< aboutcher />; Guides, Code and Other Ramblings

Slow Work…

I've now started proper work on my MSc dissertation which is an "Automatic Error Reporting System" aimed at edn devices i.e. Printers.

Also I thought this was interesting

Today, unfortunately, the very pillars on which Wikipedia has been built - neutrality, freedom, and verifiability of its contents - are likely to be heavily compromised by paragraph 29 of a law proposal, also known as "DDL intercettazioni" (Wiretapping Act).

This proposal, which the Italian Parliament is currently debating, provides, among other things, a requirement to all websites to publish, within 48 hours of the request and without any comment, a correction of any content that the applicant deems detrimental to his/her image.

Unfortunately, the law does not require an evaluation of the claim by an impartial third judge - the opinion of the person allegedly injured is all that is required, in order to impose such correction to any website.
Hence, anyone who feels offended by any content published on a blog, an online newspaper and, most likely, even on Wikipedia can directly request the removal of such contents and its permanent replacement with a "corrected" version, aimed to contradict and disprove the allegedly harmful contents, regardless of the truthfulness of the information deemed as offensive, and its sources

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Comunicato_4_ottobre_2011/en

which probably ends up being nothing but a bit worrying.

There hasn't been any ldir developments either.

Thats all, I'll attempt topost on here developments with my MSc Project/Dissertation