War

'The U.S. De­part­ment of Justice shut down MegaUp­load.com, one of the world’s largest file-shar­ing web­sites, on Thursday after char­ging the site and its ex­ec­ut­ives with vi­ol­a­tion of pir­acy and copy­right laws.'

US Department of Justice shut down MegaUpload

'Hackers aligned with the global cyber-collective known as Anonymous have claimed responsibility for taking down at least six prominent websites, including those of the US Department of Justice and Universal Music Group, in retaliation for charges levied earlier Thursday against content-sharing site Megaupload.com.'

Hackers Retaliate

The title of this blog post summarises  what is happening now. A war.

This war does not only take place in the physical world which our feet stands on, LOL.

A war on the Internet. People express discontent by using 'violence' like hacking websites.

Internet, World Wide Web. What do they stand for?

Is it equals to Free Knowledge as coined by Wikipedia?

Or does it equate to Piracy and Copyright Infringement?  

Parallel Paths

There is this chinese saying that, the fact that you can meet some people in life, it is because of fate.

Does this also apply to those people who you have not met. The 'faceless', 'nameless' people in the crowded street whom you walk past everyday. 

Is there a chance that one day, you will know this 'faceless' people?

What do you say to those people whom you know, but who have walked at a path parallel to yours all these while? 

Comic Sans

If I am correct, I have made the font of the posts in this blog set to Comic Sans. There reason I use it because it looks rather informal. Its not like NEAT, STRAIGHT, CLEAN CUT. You get the idea.

Its informal, no need to be so serious.

Its a blog. Its a not a document to used for presentation in school or at work. LOL


I don't find the need to hate this font.

There actually an entry in Know Your Meme about Comic Sans.


http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/comic-sans

At first I was like

Not Strong

I remember the first time I saw this video entitled 'Strong' by Rick Perry was because it was on the front page of YouTube. I can still remember I was like 'what?' after watching the video. I wonder why he would say whatever he say in the video. 

Especially the part where he goes 'our kids can't openly celebrate Christmas or pray in school. '

Is this really true in USA?







‎...But you dun need to be in school every day to know there is something wrong when programmers are nerds and students can't openly visit Urban Dictionary. I am not Rick Perry and I approve this blog entry

Open Source Video Games

Apparently, there are such things. Look at the title of this entry.

So, what are the characteristics of Open Source software?

FREE!!!!

yes. Free VIDEO GAMES! Woohoo!


It also seems that some of such games are based previously released games. I think I saw one where they describe the game uses the engine of Doom 2, the first person shooter game.

The most exciting part I think, is there is even developer documentations for this games!

WOW!

We can code in our own parts in the game?

LOOOL

Toothbrush User Group

Recently, I realised there are such groups or organisations called user groups. One obvious example is Linux User Group. So people who use Linux will join, they will organise meetings to interact with each other. People of the same interest, essentially.

I have decided that I want to organise a user group too. It will be called the toothbrush user group. Everyone will be automatically registered into this group after I created it.

WHY?

Because everyone use a toothbrush. This is something common for all of us.

I will also organise an annual meeting. ToothCamp.

In this camp, we will talk about Tootbrushes. Below is a draft of the manifest for this user group.

Toothbrush User Group Act

Manifest Dated : 2011-12-01

Purpose: To globally unite people who use toothbrush.

Mission: The Group will be a platform for its member to share anything about toothbrushes. Information that can be shared can be and not limited to the following: Usage of toothbrush, Types of toothbrush, maintenance of toothbrush.

Communication: A meeting or gathering will be held annually to promote the aware of the group as well as to let the community flourish. All group members are encouraged to participate. Location of gathering can be traditional physical venues or on the World Wide Web. It is suggested that these gatherings will be titled ToothCamp. 

Signed,
Exer.V
Chairman
International Federation of User Groups

Signed,
JC Teo
Director
Toothbrush User Group

Facepalm.