CONTROL

Cat and Mouse in Cyberspace

A case study of China vs Iran

10-Sep-2010
This paper aims to compare Chinese and Iranian cyberspace to highlight the excessive traffic analysis, surveillance, filtering and the resulting effects on anonymity and freedom of expression in the borderless society of the Internet. The paradoxical contrasts between these two different states provide much scope for analysis and discourse, particularly in light of recent media attention. As has been shown by the government crackdowns in the aftermath of the Iranian election of 2009, and China’s recent dispute with Google, cyberspace is highly contested by government’s seeking to harness digital economic and e-business benefits whilst restricting online dissent and political activism>>>

HERITAGE

Give Iran Some Credit

Impact on Western science and medicine

10-Sep-2010 (11 comments)
The ancient world contained only a few countries that had any form of knowledge of medicine and science, the main were Egypt, Greece China, India and Rome. Iran had for its time a through knowledge of the sciences more than most countries. From the Achaemenid Empire to the late Sassanian Empire Iran has had an effect on the worlds understanding of science. Even the civilised world was influenced by Iran’s vast amount of understanding of the sciences. A few examples include the fact that the Greeks used the same form of building as the Iranians, the Romans attempted to create their own form of “Baghdad Battery” which was invented by the Parthians>>>

POETRY

Face Book
10-Sep-2010
Between the fifth and the sixth
I laugh my heart out,
surrounded by everyone
that I've ever loved.
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Fred
10-Sep-2010 (8 comments)
Learning to live with it>>>
Niki Tehranchi
10-Sep-2010 (4 comments)
Castro gets sanctimonious in his old age, a handlebar-mustachioed hillbilly from the Florida backwater gains international attention, and Lady Gaga really makes us gag... >>>

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