More animated ID card humour

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Brian Randell <Brian.Randell () newcastle ac uk>
Date: September 7, 2005 5:58:09 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: More animated ID card humour


Hi Dave:

You, and quite a few IPers, liked the Gilbert & Sullivan parody  
attacking the proposals for a National ID Card scheme here in the UK  
that I sent a few weeks ago - here's another one by the same authors,  
this time based on the Wizard of Oz!

    http://eclectech.co.uk/swizz.php

Cheers

Brian

PS A somewhat related story in today's Guardian newspaper reveals  
that the UK Government is abandoning plans for E-voting:




> E-voting plans shelved after extensive trials
>
> Julian Glover and Tania Branigan
> Wednesday September 7, 2005
> The Guardian
>
> Plans to revive democracy by replacing ballot boxes with online e- 
> elections were abandoned by the government yesterday.
>
> The constitutional affairs minister, Harriet Harman, used a written  
> parliamentary answer to announce the change of heart, after trials  
> of e-voting in local council elections showed systems were  
> expensive, unreliable and open to abuse.

Full (brief) story at:

  http://www.guardian.co.uk/guardianpolitics/story/ 
0,3605,1564094,00.html

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