The Machine is using us.

A nice video explaining Web 2.0 and some of the implications.
Yes - I know its geeky - but since your connected to it, you may as well understand some of whats going on.

Another detailed, but much less amusing video here.

Thanx David

4yr Old BBC Documentary on Bush stealing the elections

This appears to be doing the rounds again, Aired on Newsnight (British TV News show) its a (some what flippiant in my view) mini documentary on the shenanigins surrounding Bush's election.
I didnt relaise that Katherine Harris who presided over the Florida voting, had also been named as Bush's Florida campaign co-chair the year before.
What are these people thinking!


The Very Wonderful Greg Palast

Poigniant Video Essay on Population

Hes a very beautiful video short detailing world statiastics if our global villiage contained only 100 people.




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Harmony of the Spheres

Nice little documentary that ties up Pythagoras, harmonic structure, physics - well everything really.

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Madchester Documentary

What looks like a good documentary about Madchester & the indominatable Anthony "H" Wilson.

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Note to self - must find the other part of this.

NASA Hacker tells all

Gary McKinnon, a UK citizen is under threat of extradition to the US & 60 years in a US Jail, for discovering US Govt. machines with blank passwords.
Allthough this clip has interesting information for UFO devotees, I find it a more interesting example of crap IT policies being shored up with 'knee-jerk' legislation.

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VBS.TV

"Rescuing you from television's deathlike grip"

Some American guys run a magazine & make video shorts about a whole range of topics.
Allthough the production values are high, Im not sure anyone has actually been to journalism school. This give a refreshingly candid insight into some major world issues.

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This Film is Not Yet Rated

If you have any interest in Intellectual Property & Copyright Law, then this film is a must see. A look at the inner workings of the MPAA - the people who decide what is healthy for you to watch.

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And for a quick follow up.

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Panorama - How to poison a spy

Panorama pieces together the events surrounding Litvinenko.
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BBC Mortgaged to the Yanks

A very informative piece on the economic background between the Second World War a& the Marshall Plan

Britain has finally paid off the debt to the US for this period.
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Surplus: Terrorized Into Being Consumers

Personally I think this is a very well executed piece of work.
All though released in 2003, it is still fresh in its treatment of some very major issues, represented in a way to keep the 15 second attention slot filled.
It is multi-lingual, and sadly the versions listed here give you a choice between French, Spanish or German subtitles for the non English parts.
However - please remember that as with a lot of these works, this IS copyrighted content & really shouldn't be on GoogleVideo at all.
The full package can be purchased here, with a license for public viewing.

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Alexander Litvinenko Documentary

A very interesting & moving documentary about Alexander Litvinenko, the poisoned Russian asylum seeker.
This is all a very sad state of affairs, and seems (as usual) to have powerful corrupt politicians, secret services and shadowy organisations operating outside of International Law at its root.

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Burroughs

Documentary on the life of William S. Burroughs. (1984) The inimitable Mr. Burroughs.

Building Gods Rough Cut

Rough cut to the feature film about AI, robots, the singularity, and the 21st century. Very insightful documentary on some possible tech futures. And its got an interview with Captain Cyborg!

Douglas Adams - hyperland

This is Internet-
The Classic Douglas Adams early internet documentary.

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