[_] Death to s/facebook/fedbook and the great CIA social datamining exercise
anthony story
anthony at junctionyk.co.uk
Wed Jan 2 14:50:24 GMT 2008
From: Tom Gidden [mailto:tom at gidden.net] Sent: 02 January 2008 14:27 >Funnily enough, I was reminded of these exact issues a couple of weeks >ago, while watching a 28-year-old sitcom episode, which framed the >issue quite nicely... >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_%28Yes_Minister%29 One anecdote from the Yes Minister series I liked was that, despite its believability, neither of the writers ever worked for the civil service. Instead, as long-term (suffering) BBC employees, they based the characters and interaction on life at the BEEB - and just threw in a political plotline. Anyone know if things have progressed at the BBC in the Mark Thompson era? Anthony Anthony Story Junction YK Registered Ltd Company Address: 12 King Square, Bristol, BS2 8JH Company Registration Number: 05239134