Timothy's writeup does not make the facts clear regarding the number of complaints made, he states:
only six complaints about local sites were made in the second 6 months of operation.
It should be made clear that there were 290 complaints made but only six were found to be hosted locally. The relevant paragraph states:
"Although 290 complaints were received during the six months, only 139 were found to relate to prohibited content and, of these, only six were found to be hosted locally."
There should be a clear distinction between complaints made and those acted upon.
An opinion that I have heared many times is that surveillance does not actually prevent crime, it just moves it to other areas.
Any study that tries to prove that crime has been reduced by the use of cameras in an area may be neglecting the fact that crime has just been pushed somewhere else.
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Wasn't that an Arthur C. Clarke quote?, not Asimov?
We should be glad we're getting any service at all, I mean, look at the server room :)
At least we get MrT's pity!
Timothy's writeup does not make the facts clear regarding the number of complaints made, he states:
only six complaints about local sites were made in the second 6 months of operation.It should be made clear that there were 290 complaints made but only six were found to be hosted locally. The relevant paragraph states:
"Although 290 complaints were received during the six months, only 139 were found to relate to prohibited content and, of these, only six were found to be hosted locally."There should be a clear distinction between complaints made and those acted upon.
Have a look at this picture from the web site.
It clearly says "USSR". This flew in 1997?"I thought you guys broke up?
(strong russian accent)"Yes, that is what we wanted you to think!"Any study that tries to prove that crime has been reduced by the use of cameras in an area may be neglecting the fact that crime has just been pushed somewhere else.