Yes, yes.. it had to
happen (is this a Blog??), time to comment on the World News.... Here's where
I'm coming from:
 | I don't want to
be involved in deciding what policies or laws should be enacted; |
| Leave that to
people who do want to do it - politicians - for whatever (power-hungry??)
motives; |
| And I don't want
to write letters to newspapers - so transitory; |
| But this web-site
allows me to comment.. so why not..?? |
| Date |
Subject - Comment |
| 27 Feb, 2003 |
Iraq War
| The real problem
is.... Israel & Palestine -
please get
that sorted first; |
| Then, United
Nations requires Saddam to PROVE - he has to bring evidence to the Inspectors
(they must not be detectives and try to find) - that all biological
weapons that he did have.. have been destroyed - and that no new ones (also
nuclear) have been manufactured; |
| If UN doesn't get
that proof - then attack with a united agreement - some UN document which
countries sign up to. |
| | 27 Feb, 2003 |
Michael Jackson
| I've seen the
Martin Bashir programme but not the MJ reply; |
| MJ came across as
childlike on occasions, at other times very confident, assured, sensible; |
| He's had a weird
life........ probably (compared to us more pedestrian individuals at least) -
so he should be excused (given a bit of slack) when he appears to do weird
things. |
| March sometime -
saw the MJ reply, liked the opinions and comments of the mother of the
children. Still reckon - MJ is OK. |
| | 27 Apr, 2003 |
Zimbabwe
| Mugabe was
(February 2003) being attacked by "the world" for being inhumane etc.. to his
own people - where's that story gone to?? |
| | 27 Apr, 2003 |
SARS
| Lets get some
perspective...... |
| Its killed maybe
300 people in 6 months |
| Malaria kills
3,000 PER DAY - in Africa alone |
|
27 May,2003 |
Kazaa, Grokster,
Napster
| I liked Napster -
and I like Kazaa |
| I understand the
difference between Napster & Kazaa and recent rulings seem to honour that
difference - that Kazaa (for example) has no way of preventing file sharing and
doesn't maintain any files itself |
| Not happy with
the way the music industry is pursuing these companies |
| Surely Cassette
to Cassette copying back in the '70's/80's was much the same?? |
| Also now,
writeable CD's and DVD's?? |
| Also VHS tapes
(for films etc..) |
| | 27 June,2003 |
Kazaa, Grokster, Napster
| It looks like the
music industry is now going after "big users" of these programs |
| Please.... Music
Industry..... don't be negative..... |
| Recognise that
their (Kazaa, Napster etc..) success is an indication of YOUR failure |
| My "All time
Top-30" consists mainly of single tracks - more than 200 of them |
| I don't want to
buy 200+ albums in order to "own" my top-30 |
| But if YOU could
set up a service - where users/customers like me, could define what tracks they
wanted - and you'd create the CD/DVD whatever - I'd pay for that |
| | 08
September, 2003 | Tung Che Hwa
backdown
| I'll probably describe this wrongly - not important |
| The Hong Kong Govt tried to bring in some Bill which reduced
people's rights |
| There were mass demonstrations against the Bill |
| In the last day or two - Mr Tung has withdrawn the Bill |
| What's the comment?
 | Brilliant that the Govt. has backed down - it shows they
listen to the people (a bit) |
| Brilliant that the Chinese Govt. has allowed it to happen -
this shows they're patient, tolerant, prepared to obey the Handover
Laws/Agreements |
| Brilliant that Mr Tung has been clear about the whole thing
- I think he's a good bloke - saw him along Bowen Road one Sunday afternoon
jogging with 1 detective - I gave him the thumbs up!! |
| Brilliant on the HK Opposition parties that were prepared
to be revolting!! |
|
| | 04
February, 2005 |
Microsoft et al...
| Have just realised (in Asia - months behind the US) - cannot
now use Outlook with Hotmail |
| For US $20.00 per year I can.. |
| But Microsoft want (ha-ha) to prevent Spam |
| And the best way for them to do that is to prevent the
"back-doors" in Outlook being used by email spammers/virus-producers |
| What's the comment?
| I've been here before..... in the early days... 1960, 1970,
1980, 1990's |
| Why allow software producers to produce crappy/insecure
software?? |
| Why not just have bloody great Mainframes (Microsoft will
own them - and will then have to provide FULL/SECURE facilities/features) |
| And we all have dumb terminals!! |
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