Opinion on Peter V. Mørch's Blog

Towards a 1984-like society: Lets go some other way!

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 05:29:26 +0000

So now here in Copenhagen, apparently traffic experts are suggesting that instead of a congestion charge similar to London’s, in the future we should have a GPS receiver in our cars that transmits our position continuously to the tax authorities. And I’m sure that somebody (who won’t be re-elected and who therefore can’t be held accountable) will declare that this is for the sole purpose of Congestion Charging. And it wouldn’t surprise me if it becomes the law.

Oh, god I hate PDF for on-screen viewing

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 20:36:09 +0000

Honestly, I don’t understand how somebody can prefer PDF to HTML for on-screen viewing. Really? That is possible? If you’re one of them, can you help me understand?

Increased surveillance is considered a positive by many? Yikes...

Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:24:23 +0000

Here in Denmark, we’ve just had an election, and the previous government has been replaced.

A newspaper article [lang=“da”] looks back at what people liked and disliked about what the previous government did.

I have trouble believing, much less understanding, that 68% consider increased surveillance to have had a positive effect for Denmark, 16% believe the effect to be neutral and 16% believe it to be negative.

Wow. The people who believe that our society is better off when the government monitors us more out numbers people like me 4 to 1? Yikes. Has nobody read 1984 or seen Das Leben der Anderen? Doesn’t anybody remember DDR or the Soviet Union? Perhaps China will open source the great firewall too, so we can install it here!

How much do we trust posts on website forums?

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:47:41 +0000

A Danish Minister approves an ad-agency to pose as real users and stuff a forum with bogus posts to kick-start it. I’m appalled, surprised at my own ignorance and worried about the lack of credibility of even government-funded sites.