The Internet Would Be Perfect.

I have just finished reading this article.

It’s about some video posted on GoogleItaly. The video featured a person with down syndrome, being bullied – of course this is a horrible thing.
Everyone will agree with that. However, the ‘people’ want to know how a video containing such in-humane acts was allowed to be published online.

Google is basically being sued for allowing this to happen. They are being accused of not filtering content correctly and not responding to complaints in a quick manner.

The thing is….you have to look at this from the big picture. GoogleVideo has, I don’t know around 40million videos on it? ‘Active filtering’ would take a 1000 years, and you’d need hundreds of staff to monitor the videos. It’s completely unworkable.

So what if say…100 complaints = the video to be blocked until reviewed? This could work…but its open to abuse if not properly worked out. Maybe ‘flagging’ is only open to registered and authenticated users? Who knows.

However, if Google is found guilty and all videos in Italy become ‘pre-approved only’ then social videos will be completley lost. They might as well watch TV. Its just another thing leading towards the Internet being regulated – which I never want to see.

If it wasn’t for the minor few posting videos etc like this online then the Internet would be perfect. Alas, it’s not.

Filed under: Annoyances, Information, Internet, Media, Politics, Thoughts, Video

I’ve Killed Many Gorillas.

My efforts on Tomb Raider (after Laura let me play it) are so far pretty good. I’m quite far ahead and I’ve killed many Gorillas. Overall it’s a pretty good game.

Today, Jamie and I went to see the new Elisha Cutherbert film which I’ve completely forgotten the name of. Its a horror ‘Captive’ I think it is or ‘Captured’ either way it isn’t that good it’s also horrifically short – running in at 1hr 25min – overall you don’t get much film for your buck.

The new Biffy Clyro album is pretty good, as is Thirty Seconds To Mars’  ‘A Beautiful Lie’ – but that’s not very new.

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Pre-production has officially started on the new July Rising video – basically, Jamie and I are throwing around a few ideas and I’m trying to work out how to implement those. I suppose that makes him creative consultant – whatever he is its gonna’ be more superior than ‘drummer’.

Warring Green tonight. Ain’t seen them in a while.

Oh Leona, new Frasier box set - that is all.

- Charlie.

PS – Pffff, rain.

Filed under: Media, Music, Video

Mission

On Thursday Jamie, Chris, Laura, Becki, Amanda and I went to the Musical pub quiz at the ‘Shoulder of Mutton’ in Gomersal. It wasn’t too bad. Some of the questions were pretty hard. Laura was actually pretty good at it – she must have been revising.

After the quiz we taxi’d it down to the Frontier which was, once again rather dead. It was a Thursday night though. Anyway, after a few hours in there we were asked to leave – because it was closing time. Anyway, the rest of the crew had planned to go to ‘Mission’ in Leeds. I didn’t want to as I was filming the next day (Friday). However, when it got to Birstall everyone decided they didn’t want to go to Leeds either so they all got out.

Jamie, Chris and I then proceeded to walk Laura and Amanda back home. Bearing in mind they chose the longest way to walk home ever. They might have well have gone via London.

Overall everyone got home and that was that. Good night though, rather funny.

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Yesterday was another filming day for the documentary. After being dropped off in Bradford I went and met up with all the team members to go collect the kit. We were filming a girl called Jemma from the University. She seemed really clever and was studying cybernetics I believe which is rather interesting. To cut a long story short she came out with some really good stuff which should be beneficial to the film.

On the way back from Bradford on the bus I stopped off at Laura to get the latest Newey News, there wasn’t that much.

Later on in the evening Jamie and Imran came over. We also had a special guest appearance from Miss Leona Wilson who I hadn’t seen in a while. We mainly watched ‘South Park’ – the amazing World of Warcraft episode to be precise; Jamie, Imran and Leona hadn’t seen it.

Another pretty good night.

Well, work today. The other Newey is coming round in a bit. Charlotte. Something about some Photoshop tips. Who knows?

Charlie.

Filed under: Friends, Games, Internet, Parties, TV, Video