Ex-MI5 chief say UK ID cards would be "useless"

The case for identity cards has been branded "bogus" after an ex-MI5 chief said they might not help fight terror.

Dame Stella Rimington has said most documents could be forged and this would render ID cards "useless".

See full article on BBC site

Biometric testing of face, eye and fingerprints could soon be used on every resident of the UK to create compulsory identity cards. If the government gets its way, the information on the chip would also be stored on a national identity register, accessible to the police, government departments, the Inland Revenue, immigration and intelligence services.

Do we really want this dangerous waste of money?

11 September: new Pearl Harbour?

Last night I watched a DVD called Confronting the Evidence: A Call To Reopen the 9/11 Investigation which you can get for free.

I'm definately not a fan of conspiracy theories, but there does seem to be overwhelming evidence that the attack on the twin towers & Pentagon is a new Pearl Harbour. Which means: an event which the US government knew full well was happening & welcomed because it would change public opinion. In this case, in order to invade Iraq (& soon Iran? then Venezuela?)

Look at the photo above. (Courtesy US Army). This is the Pentagon supposedly just after a Boeing 757-200, weighing nearly 100 tons and travelling at a minimum speed of 250 miles an hour hit it. The hole in the building is far too small. There is no debris from the plane. What happened to the plane? The grass isn't even damaged.

This site Hunt the Boeing! And test your perceptions! has more photographs taken immediately after the supposed impact.

It is not the first time the US Government has faked a military attack to start war. The same ocurred in Vietnam.

I was very dubious about these suggestions until I saw the video, but by the time I had watched the whole thing I am left with no doubt that the US authorities very definately wanted it to happen & probably actively participated in making sure the attack was a success.

Do have a look at the video & make up your own mind. Here's the site Confronting the Evidence: A Call To Reopen the 9/11 Investigation. The DVD is copright free so that you can copy it & pass it on. I can do you a copy if you want.

more about CDs

Folowing on from previous blog

Here is a list of music CDs infected by the manufacturers: http://ukcdr.org/issues/cd/bad/

Instant messaging without microsoft software

Lots of people use MSN to communicate with each other but I've always been reluctant to install their software on my computer. (There are security issues involved)

Finally I found the perfect software for the job it is called Gaim

You can use it to connect not only to MSN but folowing networks as well (1st you sign up with them, then you configure your account on Gaim)...

AIM: Go to this website.

MSN (including Hotmail email): Go to http://registernet.passport.com/.

MSN (using your own email address): Go to http://register.passport.net/.

Yahoo: Go to http://edit.yahoo.com/config/eval_register.

Jabber: See the question How do I register a new Jabber account? below.

ICQ: Go to http://web.icq.com/register.

Gadu-Gadu: Use the official client to create an account.

Novell: See your Novell server administrator.

You can download Gaim ready to run on windows & linux. It is possible run it on Macs too.

Let's escape from Microsoft!

Using Gaim I communicate with these usernames (simultaneusly). Send me a message to say what you think!...

MSN = budista@vajira.co.uk
Yahoo = aobomerida
AIM / ICQ = Vayira

Careful with Sony CDs on your computer!

If you use your computer to listen to a SonyMusic audio CD on your computer you could be heading for big trouble with your system!

The CD may contain very badly written anti-piracy software that will be make your life hell!

Read the full nightmare article with tech details

or a short version on the BBC news site

Commissioner Critical of ID Cards Bill

The Information Commissioner believes the measures set out in the National Identify Cards Bill go "well beyond" the requirements to set up a secure, reliable and trustworthy ID card system.

"The measures in the Bill go well beyond establishing a secure, reliable and trustworthy ID card. The measures in relation to the National Identity Register and data trail of identity checks on individuals risk an unnecessary and disproportionate intrusion into individuals’ privacy. They are not easily reconciled with fundamental data protection safeguards such as fair processing and deleting unnecessary personal information."

Read full report (PDF)

Guantanamo ordeal of cameraman

The USA continues abusing human rights in Guantanamo.

I don't understand how they can systematically torture & sexually abuse prisoners at the same time as saying they are against terror.

Cameraman Sami Muhy al-Din al-Hajj, a Sudanese national, was arrested by the US military while working for Aljazeera during the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and detained in Guantanamo for four years without trial.

He has suffered extreme physical and sexual abuse and religious persecution.

Full report by Asim Khan & Mahfoud El Gartit Wednesday 26 October 2005

Ecological organic disposal of of human remains

Conventional graveyards use up precious space. Cremations pollute the atmosphere. I've always thought that the best thing to do would be to freaze-dry the human body & turn it into fertilizer.

Now there is a Swedish company that does just that. Using a tecnique they call Promession it is possible to mulch the organic remains in order for it to become healthy soil.

This is done using an entirely closed individual process in which the corpse is freeze-dried in liquid nitrogen. This makes the body very brittle, and vibration of specific amplitude transforms it into an organic powder that is then introduced into a vacuum chamber where the water is evaporated away. The now dry powder then passes through a metal separator where any surgical spare parts and mercury are removed. In a similar way, the powder can be disinfected if required. The remains are now ready to be laid in a biodegradable (mulch able) coffin. There is no hurry with the burial itself. The organic powder, which is hygienic and odourless, does not decompose when kept dry. The burial takes place in a shallow grave in living soil that turns the coffin and its contents into compost in about 6-12 months time. In conjunction with the burial and in accordance with the wishes of the deceased or next of kin, a bush or tree can be planted above the coffin. The compost formed can then be taken up by the plant, which can instil greater insight in and respect for the ecological cycle, of which every living thing is a part. The plant stands as a symbol of the person, and we understand where the body went.

See their site at Promessa Foundation

Illustration of process here

UK ID card a recipe for massive ID fraud, says Microsoft exec

According to the Register...
Microsoft UK National Technology Officer Jerry Fishenden has warned that the UK ID card scheme could trigger "massive identity fraud on a scale beyond anything we have seen before." Writing in today's Scotsman, Fishenden says that the security implications of storing biometrics centrally are enormous. "Unlike other forms of information such as credit card details," he says, "if core biometric details such as your fingerprints are compromised, it is not going to be possible to provide you with new ones."

Read complete article

Buddhist monks in Monkmobiles and bulletproof robes

Yeap! Buddhist monks now travel like the pope...

Major Songphon Eiamboonyarith, a defense contractor who has invented bulletproof tuk-tuks (motorcycle taxis), "umbrellas that shoot rubber bullets, bullet-proof baseball caps and a hand-held device to fire a man-sized net 30 feet (10 m) to stop a villain in his tracks."

See this page...

Monkmobiles and bulletproof robes

bike repairs

If you need some advice on fixing your pushbike try this site...

bike repairs :: http://www.bikeforums.net/

very usefull!

tiddly wiki

I've just been trying out this site...

http://www.tiddlywiki.com/

It is an entire wiki site on a page. A very nifty bit of Java scrpting.

You can use it for makin your own non-linear notebook on anything you want to. I've saved it on my hard disk as my home page & will take it with me on a pen memory when I'm traveling.

ID cards in Britain

I am very concerned about the plan to introduce ID cards in Britain as I have lived in several countries were ID cards are obligatory & I am convinced that they do NOT reduce crime. Criminals will always find a way to subvert technology. Only the ordinary citizen is inconvenienced by them.

In the end they simply become an instrument of government control of ordinary people. Perhaps that is what the government wants?

The lack of ID is one of the things that Britain has in its favour. They would introduce yet another bureaucratic nightmare into our lives.

Here are some interesting sites to do something about them…

NO2ID: stop ID cards and the database state!

TheyWorkForYou.com: Is your MP working for you in the UK's Parliament?

Refuse to register for an ID card and donate £10 to a legal defence fund with more than 10,000 other people

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