Stuff that people like?

Nate showed us a blog about things that white people likes. It’s called the Stuff White People Like. It says that white people are quite predictable and they made lists of things which, well, might be relevant but quite rude! It was for learning purpose art first. We want to know how people made their blogs popular. Sometimes controversy might be worth it. I don’t know why they have such guts to write these, I know it’s for fun and hey, it became the top hit blog! It’s just that white people might presume that the person who write the blog is definitely not white. And all the blame are on Asian, Indians, and others. This, might lead to another deep thoughts of racism.

What is racism?

Racism is the belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. People with racist beliefs might hate certain groups of people according to their racial groups. -wikipedia

Why does it still exist on earth? I have to confess, even living in Melbourne with a lot of people from different nationalities still make me anxious. I have a friend who went to a university in Adelaide. He was just walking on the street and there’s some Australian who were drunk, and they just start hitting my friend with no reasons. Does this count as racism? I think so!

Sharing is caring, but...

I thought that P2P sharing is supposed to be used for sharing private files, but apparently those private files are copyrighted. Why do people thinks that those files are private? Cos they bought it and now that’s theirs and they’re free to distribute it to their friend? Well that’s hella lot of friend they have, like, the entire world is their friends. Well let’s not avoid the fact that we also use P2P sharing sites. Megaupload, Mediafire, Sendspace and many other list of them. P2P sharing sites are actually very useful yet unlawful. Which sides are you in? I don’t hate it since I use it to download some songs and videos. THAT is because I don’t own any of them. Let’s just put ourselves on the author’s shoes. Won’t you hate it?! I think I would. Cos that means I will get less profit from my work and that doesn’t sound very good.

A peer-to-peer (or P2P) computer network uses diverse connectivity between participants in a network and the cumulative bandwidth of network participants rather than conventional centralized resources where a relatively low number of servers provide the core value to a service or application. -Wikipedia

Further information on P2P sharing policy is available here.

Great thing is great

So I found this great photography blog. Martin Pot!

It’s just that he did so much things on photography. He played with the focus, zoom, shutter speed. It’s just amazing! I am now currently surfing on his blog to find more unexpected great things he had. Too bad that he’s camera is the different type with mine. But there are some parts of the camera that still have the same feature as mine.

ctrl+C... right?

What is copyright?

Copyright is a form of intellectual property which gives the creator of an original work exclusive rights for a certain time period in relation to that work, including its publication, distribution and adaptation; after which time the work is said to enter the public domain. -Wikipedia

Copyright exist so that the author will have the authority to control their works, including the profits they can make from their works. It is more likely giving the author an exclusivity and limited rights for the users.

You can get some tips regarding to copyright here. It’s some dos and don’ts of copyright law that might be useful for those who are confused and don’t want to messed up in writing a proper blog.

Oh my, my Motherland!

My poor, poor home sweet home. That one phrase abruptly came to my mind when I heard something about Indonesia.

Last night I was staying over at my friend’s house. We were working on our own assignments and essays. Boohoo! Boriiiing, yes! What a way to spend such a lovely weekend. But! We did get fed up and went surfing the internet and decided to check what was on the news. Yeah, we did. We were such a geeky dorks, weren’t we?! (Another) but! We found something that turned on our serious mode.

Indonesian travel poses ‘high threat’
Josh Gordon
October 26, 2008

THE Federal Government is warning Australians not to travel to Indonesia because of the “very high” threat of a terrorist attack.

A travel warning issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade urges Australians to rethink travel to Indonesia following news that three men convicted for the 2002 Bali bombings will soon be executed.

“We advise you to reconsider your need to travel to Indonesia, including Bali, at this time due to the very high threat of terrorist attack,” it says.

“We continue to receive reports indicating that terrorists are planning attacks against a range of targets, including Western interests and places frequented by foreigners,” the report says.

It urges Australians who do decide to travel to Indonesia to exercise “extreme caution”.

The upgraded travel advice singles out the pending execution.

“The Indonesian Government announced on 24 October that the three individuals convicted for involvement in the 2002 Bali bombing would be executed in early November 2008,” it says.

Cursed those Bali bombers, they deserved the execution! Look what they’ve done to MY precious Bali. Although I am originally from Jakarta, I love Bali as much as I love Jakarta. Well, who doesn’t love Bali? It’s one of Indonesia’s heavens. I always go to Bali at least once a year. A year without Bali is not perfect.

However, concerns have also grown on my nerve. A lot of questions have been echoing on my head. Is execution the best way? Will it prevent further terrorism acts? When will Indonesia’s image get better? These were what me and my friend discussed until like, 3 in the morning. This issue was just too much, then we dozed ourselves to sleep. I just hope that one day, when I wake up, everybody in the world will totally have no idea what “terrorism” is. I hope…