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Archive for June 15th, 2005
Local newspaper article on May Balls makes me feel pleased that I’ll (hopefully be working at Mags ball :) ) as well as Robinson and St Eds.
Having noticed a very pro-XiaXue post on Casanova For Hire and the very funny comments that asiapundit makes regarding good English. I thought I’d throw out some thoughts on these idiot XiaXue-haters, these, for example.
XiaXue is rude and crude, and while she can’t really write good journalism to save her life, she is very funny! [...]
Piracy is bad but Data Misuse is Fine
0 Comments Published June 15th, 2005Tagged: rants | technology | uk
Swedish anti-piracy group, Antipiratbyrån has been disciplined for breaching data protection rules by linking IP addresses to individuals and passing this information on to prosecuting agencies. This follows the questionable use of an informant last year.
This is a disgrace. The hypocrisy of saying “piracy is wrong but abuse of data is fine” is clear. In [...]
MSN Caves in and Bans Freedom, What does this mean for China?
0 Comments Published June 15th, 2005Tagged: asia | china | hong kong | law | singapore | technology | uk
Microsoft has jumped on board the Chinese censorship band wagon. Words that will now generate a censorship error messages include: freedom (自由) , democracy (民主), human rights (人æ?ƒ), and demonstration (示å¨?) as well as references to pornography (these are links to the relevant MSN searches, i.e. you probably don’t want to click on the [...]
