Misuse or just plain stupid?

Call it misuse or just plain stupid, but it seems people are still casually clicking away without second thought. The recent case happened at the Health Promotion Board twitter. Someone sent out a tweet with the F word. No one ever expect F word coming from a government tweet. Even though the tweet got deleted fast, it is not fast enough and the news spread. In the IT world, anything can happen and it happens now. The sender could be considered as misuse since he was reported as sending a personal tweet. Sending out personal message from a work computer, causing such an incident for the employer, it should be enough to start rolling.

http://www.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/DigitalOne/Story/A1Story20110226-265447.html

Ready for change?

Do upgrade of your operating system necessary mean to be good? If you think back to the early days when the operating system is the plain black screen where you have to type in commands, this OS is known as DOS. Moving from DOS to a GUI type in Windows 95 is a good sign. Everyone can do multitasking and better graphics and good multimedia tasks. The uncomfortable area starts when Windows moves into XP. XP is a complete different system and many of those older programs that runs well in Windows 98/ME doesn't work. Now the same cycle happens again with Windows 7. Some of my programs running well in XP doesn't work on Windows 7. Surprisingly when I use an older version of the program and it managed to run. I am expecting more programs to be unable to perform. Although Windows 7 come with the function to run XP within the system, I do not believe it works well for me. It seems to tax the computer with it running and since I am not using those high end machine, I can't go with this. But eventually the change will have to happen. You can't stay in one place forever. I could dump all and move back into DOS. Maybe when I am done with IT and using the simple DOS to play games of the olden days is much relaxing. Right now, you just have to face the change.

Do you have a dream diary?

We all makes a journal of everyday events. Do we also journal our dreams after a night rest? Sometimes the dream event is more interesting than what we face in out real life. The only problem is that most of the time, the dream is either abruptly disrupted, due to alarm clock ring or we forgotton most of it when we wake up. If you do have a dream journal, do you easily remember those old dreams you noted down? Sometimes it is like digging out old data and you found them easily. Others is like you have no clue and takes some effort to remembers. Most of the time my dreams are in a mess and I have no idea where is the start, stop and how they link up. They also were easily forgotton everyday when I wake up.

food for thought

When you read this would you still eat when you travel in those places? All the while we know that behind the scene there would be hygiene issue but as long as all's well after eating it doesn't bother anyone. Now that the article shows what was found in the checks by the authorities, dead rat in oil, makes you think they will cook the rat too. Look like the best way to avoid these is to get a pack of oreos from the neighbourhood mama shops. As least we know these packet food are much better. Or cook instant maggie mee if you prefer hot food. It makes sense to be safe than regret later on.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ann/20110219/tap-dead-rat-found-floating-in-cooking-o-aee7c44.html

Incentives hints of election goodies

The government is offering budget incentives to people, reason to help the people when the cost of living are rising. Some people also see it as a sign of election coming. Does the government only gives out incentives during election period? If that is the case, that incentive will have to last for 4 years before the next election. During that time some people will also speculate that incentives given will be collected back as taxes. Every year we have to pay our taxes and until some accountant would clear the air with some calculations on the amount of taxes vs the incentives given, the link of give and take will be there. Perhaps ways to reduce the cost would be a better way.

The Sun is angry

Mankind is going to be preparing for some electronic emergencies in the coming days. Scientists are detecting solar eruptions from the Sun and these eruptions are bigger and could last longer. So does this add to the 2012 type of start of the end kind of stories? It could be the beginning of the end, or maybe it is just one of those natural occurrence within the Sun. Right now, Man needs to do what they could to prevent the solar activities disrupting or even destroying electronic facilities that all of us depends on. Transmission could be disrupted, that could be accepted, but imagine those electrical generators going down. It will kind of pushing mankind backwards. Perhaps, mankind will survive this by unplug everything just for this event. It is only temporary as compare if the solar event wrecked some important stuff that might kind of affect everything else like cards. You can rebuild from scratch, if you could afford another few decades to achieve what we have today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110217/sc_afp/usastronomytelecomnasachina_20110217095946

stab - man's behavior

Had watch a DVD on those triad subject. Everytime these type of movies there will always have those black eats black kind of plots or stories. Black eat black refers to backstabbers within the gang. The surprise here is that the story ends with white eat white. I coin the term white eat white refers to the backstab situation within government agency. While such shows usually have partial truth in the triads but it seems the backstab part will occur anywhere. People with certain powers will do things to their advantages. So such is the action of man.

smaller is not always better

Apple is developing a smaller, cheaper iphones. I would welcome the cheaper portion. I would not go for the smaller. Many people uses the iphone for its multi-functions such as reading and watching. I would never expect to direct my vision on the smaller screen for long hours. Unless one have got Superman's super vision, you will, in the long run get problem with your eyes. Sure you can zoom in, but is that supposed to be an incentive? And if the screen is smaller, how do you expect to fit two fingers on the screen to move, to type? While smaller for most phone gadgets is better, not for iphone. Iphone is no longer a phone. It is more like, an entertainment device and in the long run, affects your vision.

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20110214/ttc-us-it-company-telecom-internet-apple-0de2eff.html

ipad rumors seems ridiculous

There is a chinese saying, hitting the rod while it is hot. That is what Apple is doing. Rumors are getting out about a iPad 3. Could this be some fan's doing or it is some kind of marketing strategy? If it is I don't see how this will benefit Apple. The iPad was out last year and it is not even a year yet. iPad 2 is on the way, at least that is the impression. If 2 is not even confirm, why would a 3 be in the news? It would be a hitting on your own foot. I would be like why get a iPad 2 when I know 3 is coming soon, in a few months time? In the early days, for computers, the pentinum 2 would last in maybe a few years before a pentium 3 comes in rather then every few months they have a improved pentinum model. Of course the old days buying one computer can kind of cost so much. Today they can be easily purchased. With all the tablets brand coming in for a bite in the market, unless they have something outstanding from Apple, they just can't make it in term of standard. Apple have set the standard and other than the price, they are king. The king do not need to start planning for ipad 3, ipad 4 when ipad 2 does not even exist in the market. Maybe such news would be good advertisement for Apple. Let see how the market rumble when they do release iPad 2.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20110210/tc_pcworld/ipad2rumorsnowcompetewithipad3rumors;_ylt=Aj6JSIDyd9r1n6Ki.rInz8sxVrIF;_ylu=X3oDMTNnaW4wZ2UxBGFzc2V0A3Bjd29ybGQvMjAxMTAyMTAvaXBhZDJydW1vcnNub3djb21wZXRld2l0aGlwYWQzcnVtb3JzBHBvcwMxMwRzZWMDeW5fcGFnaW5hdGVfc3VtbWFyeV9saXN0BHNsawNpcGFkMnJ1bW9yc24-

MS like black color??

I haven't quite noticed, nor if others notice or post on the web about it, I never did catch them. MS is going black..... I mean they are going towards the black color. Ever noticed, from the good old DOS days, those old MS DOS shell programs are in blue colors. Then the first ever MS Windows start with blueish splash screens. It remains blue until Windows 95 where you get the sky splash. Sky is blue and it was refreshing to look at the sky before your start work. Then in windows 98 you get a slightly darker sky but it is still blue. Then when Windows ME comes alone it became white. Then it all goes black when XP comes in. From what I know we couldn't change the splash screen as easily as the windows before. Vista is totally black except for the loading bar. Now Windows 7 is still black, at least a MS logo is there. So is black the IN color for MS? At least for whoever in charge of the splash screen, I guess. Black looks cool for the first time in XP, nothing unusual for Vista when it goes all black, now Windows 7 is still black. I would love to see green in the next release. My favorite is green and well, green can relax you too. Just look at those grassland wallpapers all over the internet. And the term "Goes Green" kind of sound friendly too.

toys anymore?

Do you ever played with toys when you were young? How long have you stopped playing them? I still believe that the young person is still within us. If the computer-age is not as widely connected globally, like during the 80s and early 90s, toys could still flourish. Most youngsters are busy with their console games or computer. Same with me too, until I have this dream that I was playing with my MASK toys and Legos. Yes, I had them when I was young and I still have them now although I do not take them out now. Deep within me, I would play with the toys again but reality it is, I am more of going to bang on the keyboard and mouse as usual. Wonder if anyone else still play with their toys?

moodless new year market

This year's chinese new year there is no festival mood. The open market is smaller. Lastly there isn't any of the chinese new year music. It is so different without the music. Going into the crowded market and squeeze with everyone is like any other normal market place without any music. So why is the music missing? The usual RIAA asking for fees to whoever plays the music. Sound absurd when the music is there to give everyone the new year mood. It is a festival song. Already there isn't much new year mood on TV, same with radio and now at street market. Sound like RIAA putting in the final nails.