Author: Ken Shaw ★2017
Date: 2013-03-30 18:27
Lelia -
The openness of the internet, and Wikipedia in particular, has led to pitched battles between the forces good and evil. Just last week, when the spam exposure site Spamhaus named a notorious spam host, the spammer tried to shut down Spamhaus and even attacked the internet central servers, slowing access for the whole world. It was as if North Korea backed up its infantile threats with actual weapons that could attack anywhere in the world.
The same thing happens in Wikipedia. When they published a meticulously sourced article on the health quack and charlatan Gary Null, Null "edited" the article to remove its criticisms and added material praising himself. It led to a rare freeze by Wikipedia, preventing any editing without editorial approval.
I fear that the Spamhaus incident will lead to ham-handed efforts to protect the world by suffocating the goose that lays the golden eggs (a triple mixed metaphor!).
Revenons à nos moutons. My sighting of Jon Manasse picking out Greenline Festivals for his students happened ten years ago (or longer). I'd be interested in knowing which model he actually plays today and, equally important, who set up the instruments for him and his students.
Ken Shaw
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