Comments on: Irony: 1984 - 2007 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 03:50:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: StevoR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33887 StevoR Tue, 08 May 2007 15:56:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33887 NOYB Says: [April 2nd, 2007 at 2:58 am] Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who. Wow - you're right - I hadn't spotted that before! (Slaps forehead.) In my defence I haven't seen it so can't sday muchabout it. I Haven't even seen that final (double) epsiode of Dr Who & Rose yet which Ivideoed ages ago .. really will getaround toit one day! ;-) As for security cameras everwhere - all these cameras seem a very sad indictment of how little trust we have in our society when it comes to people behaving honourably and truthfully. I'd agree with theperson whomentioend Saudi Arabia as a better community -Saudi Arabia for Beelzebubs sake people! Camera camera on the wall Here we go record it all All that passes All that's done Scrutinised as death is sum. Death of people, social good Death recorded viewed not understood. Seen later Help its not Image fuzzy, Cop in blue Seems they are the problem true! FIlm deleted tampered mixed Used to frame, befuddle, fix Everstaring electric eye Oh foolish minds that think (it) can't lie! In a world where cameras all Yet someone watches the Humans thrall They that moniter get their say The rest obliged no choice obey. ------- -Original poem by me, written ... now. Not a one can move without NOYB Says: [April 2nd, 2007 at 2:58 am]

Torchwood is an anagram of Doctor Who.

Wow - you’re right - I hadn’t spotted that before! (Slaps forehead.)

In my defence I haven’t seen it so can’t sday muchabout it. I Haven’t even seen that final (double) epsiode of Dr Who & Rose yet which Ivideoed ages ago .. really will getaround toit one day! ;-)
As for security cameras everwhere - all these cameras seem a very sad indictment of how little trust we have in our society when it comes to people behaving honourably and truthfully.

I’d agree with theperson whomentioend Saudi Arabia as a better community -Saudi Arabia for Beelzebubs sake people!

Camera camera on the wall
Here we go record it all
All that passes
All that’s done
Scrutinised as death is sum.

Death of people,
social good
Death recorded viewed
not understood.

Seen later
Help its not
Image fuzzy,
Cop in blue
Seems they are the problem true!

FIlm deleted tampered mixed
Used to frame, befuddle, fix
Everstaring electric eye
Oh foolish minds that
think (it) can’t lie!

In a world where cameras all
Yet someone watches
the Humans thrall
They that moniter get their say
The rest obliged no choice obey.
——-
-Original poem by me, written … now.

Not a one can move without

]]> By: Roseline http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33886 Roseline Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:44:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33886 I enjoy Torchwood as well, it may be my weird likeing of Captain Jack that keeps me watching tho. I'd just assumed that the completeness of the CCTV was in fiction really. It's a bit scarey to think maybe its for real. And to think I'm going to study abroad there. I enjoy Torchwood as well, it may be my weird likeing of Captain Jack that keeps me watching tho. I’d just assumed that the completeness of the CCTV was in fiction really. It’s a bit scarey to think maybe its for real. And to think I’m going to study abroad there.

]]> By: Blog clearance sale « My Opinions Are Important http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33885 Blog clearance sale « My Opinions Are Important Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:59:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33885 [...] 1984 ALL OVER AGAIN: There are 28 CCTV cameras within 200 yards of George Orwell’s [...] […] 1984 ALL OVER AGAIN: There are 28 CCTV cameras within 200 yards of George Orwell’s […]

]]> By: Omri Ceren http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33884 Omri Ceren Mon, 09 Apr 2007 21:37:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33884 Unless I'm misreading the story, it's 32 cameras - 28 plus the four that are directed right at where Orwell used to live. Charming. Unless I’m misreading the story, it’s 32 cameras - 28 plus the four that are directed right at where Orwell used to live. Charming.

]]> By: Kimpatsu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33883 Kimpatsu Mon, 09 Apr 2007 12:51:23 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33883 Phil, you've finally lost it. Torchwood is BRILLIANT! I mean, Toshiko in bed with another woman? How can you not dig that?! Phil, you’ve finally lost it. Torchwood is BRILLIANT! I mean, Toshiko in bed with another woman? How can you not dig that?!

]]> By: Misfit http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33882 Misfit Sun, 08 Apr 2007 22:18:37 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33882 You should always live your life as if you are being watched ... because you probably are. Originally people lived this way believing that God was the one watching ... Now it's man that is watching. What I fear most is that Man is a much harsher judge then God is. You should always live your life as if you are being watched … because you probably are.
Originally people lived this way believing that God was the one watching … Now it’s man that is watching. What I fear most is that Man is a much harsher judge then God is.

]]> By: The_German http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33881 The_German Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:12:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/04/01/irony-1984-2007/#comment-33881 @Bougainville: ok. Maybe it was a misunderstanding in translation or use of the word controversial. In Germany the word "kontrovers" is usually used with things that are not yet clear and under discussion and a final result has to be obtained sometime in the future. As I live in a country were "denial of the holocaust" is a crime, I agree with you that as I understand "freedom of speech" this should not be the case. But on the other hand if you see pictures of British Hooligans (for sure not represantative for the average Brit) doing the "Heil Hitler" salute at the Nuremberg NSDAP area then I agree with our law. In Germany you can be arrested for using this salute. @Bougainville: ok. Maybe it was a misunderstanding in translation or use of the word controversial. In Germany the word “kontrovers” is usually used with things that are not yet clear and under discussion and a final result has to be obtained sometime in the future.
As I live in a country were “denial of the holocaust” is a crime, I agree with you that as I understand “freedom of speech” this should not be the case.
But on the other hand if you see pictures of British Hooligans (for sure not represantative for the average Brit) doing the “Heil Hitler” salute at the Nuremberg NSDAP area then I agree with our law. In Germany you can be arrested for using this salute.

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