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No war!

Mon, 31 Jul 2006 00:03:29 +0800

How could one convince me to believe in Christianity? Is this the heaven that all Bible lessons tell us as demonstrated by Israel with their "justified" assault on Lebanon? Open up thy eyes. There is no God!

Original news (NASA site defaced) from Slashdot
More independent news (Chinese)

关于微软事件和美国国会可能的立法

Sun, 15 Jan 2006 21:23:33 +0800

Response from Anti on his blog regarding possible anti-censorship measures by the US government earlier.

Partial translation of the article can be found in EastSouthWestNorth.

Internet companies 'must respect free speech'

Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:17:50 +0800

The anti-censorship measures might or might not work, but at least a gesture showing that the world is watching!

A picture says a thousand words...

Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:50:29 +0800

(image from sheep-dog.blogspot.com)

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Microsoft censors Chinese blogger

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 23:18:00 +0800

ZDNet news link

Anti's site re-hosted

However, the new Anti's site is no longer accessible to the folks in PRC... It triggers a bit of thoughts. Perhaps some weekend writing later...

More news links (updated 8 Jan 06): NY Times

星島日報冇眼睇

Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:24:55 +0800

InMedia news link (Chinese)

EastSouthWestNorth news link (English)

It could be done on purpose to please the government, or simply sloppy (find the easiest substitutes and nobody would care). Whichever the reason, this is not good. Actually, to the programmers, are we also writing programs in this manner? Give a quick and dirty solution to the customers, get the money, and flee...

Stop the nonsense!

Sat, 31 Dec 2005 01:23:09 +0800

I have seen more serious injuries in one American football match than the whole week of anti-WTO protests in December, and the Hong Kong Police dares to call that a "riot" for justifying the tear gas and arrests on 18 Dec. Either we are so stupid that the government thought we could be blinded easily, or the government is so stupid that she thought she could treat everyone as 3-year-old.

The news "guardian"

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:11:25 +0800

They beat him until he was lifeless (10 Oct) is a total exaggeration. On the next day, Guardian posted Activist found alive after beating by mob (11 Oct). There is no way that Lu can still "has told" The Guardian if what reported on 10 Oct is not an exaggeration – his tongue was cut just 24 hours ago!

The "People's" Republic of China

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 23:10:40 +0800

I read a sad news today:

They beat him until he was lifeless

We know that humans are not perfect, and sometimes we behave like animals, except that in China, we institutionalize such behavior in the name of stability and prosperity.

Update: The news is confusing, as there are also accusations that The Guardian reporter exaggerated.

Spoof me not!

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 01:36:30 +0800

I am pretty tolerant to spam mails, perhaps because I’ve got a good filter (spam assassin) on my mail server. Also, the recent hunting down of major spammers (including one murdered…) around the globe does have an effect. My daily spam log has items reduced from 120+ to 60+ - almost down by half.

Say no to consumerism

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 22:06:08 +0800

Today, I bought 2 shirts and a pair of pants out of necessity (I can’t go to work in nude, somehow). Not quite sure since when, I’ve become very practical - I only buy what I need, not more, not less.

In the old days, gear was all that I care. I used to buy the latest and greatest, even though it would only be used for a week (then another new toy popped up to the mind). Needless to say, I was one of those nerds who help push the GDP up a few %, at the expense of one’s own pension.

老師上課被偷錄控學生誹謗

Fri, 09 Sep 2005 00:07:37 +0800

Chinese News Link

If this can be called slander, then all news agencies should cease to exist. What kind of teacher is this? More than eager to see the final verdict.

..1. Why Taiwan matters?

Sat, 03 Sep 2005 03:08:42 +0800

(From The Archive, originally posted 2005 May, somewhere else on Earth.)

Business Week News Link

I was on a leisure trip to Taiwan last week. It was fun, and most importantly, I seemed to feel life again. Well, it wasn't due to Taiwan, but perhaps after my 2 years ordeal of midlife crisis, my hormone levels were finally back to normal (or finally my brain had accepted my degraded body). Hope that I can write regularly from this point onwards. It took me a while to figure out that I have either to write programs, or anything except corporate memos, in order to keep my brain functioning.