The International Debate Site.

OMG see this ( black/purple hands)

2008-06-10T22:33:00.004+08:00

Guys, see this picture. i have made a parody of it. hahaha.

Black Hand

Hi 5

will give you...

THIS. nice? HAHAHAHHA

exodus-bob marley style

2008-01-12T21:15:00.000+08:00

Evening everybody
i've seen many of m'friends , schoolmates and collegemates alike transferring and opening up blogs over the last few years. Reading the papers, it would seem like a trend to do so, but i've never thought much of it before.At one point in time, i did have blogs on xanga, friendster and even this site, but having seen how inconsistent i can be, i deleted my accounts in the end.
Well, i've suddenly decided to jump on the bandwagon, so if you're interested, do visit my personal blog at leehannmin.blogspot.com , which i've started just a while ago. Most of my enrtries will be through there, and only articles of note, if there are any will be through mark's portal

cheerio

Save the Environment. Save Yourself.

2007-12-17T01:08:00.000+08:00

initial insertion into hostile territory-hann min 1

2007-12-17T01:06:00.000+08:00

hello.
My pal mark invited me to contribute to this column. I'm honoured to be invited
. hehe. But partly b'cos I feel guilty 'bout not visiting him in Sg, after I clearly promised to do so and mislead a couple of souls on the false prtense I was going,including a poor chick in Kedah...my bad.
Allright, as the first entry point,let me first extapolate the boundaries and limits regarding my time here.
firstly, entries will entered on inconsistent periods.I'm a highly contradictory person, and I'll put in stuff when i FEEL like it.Muhahaha. It is of course your right to dismiss me at first hand.(0bviously)
BE MY GUEST.MAKE MY DAY....just hope u readers out there will give me a chance(one will do...hopefully)...I'm sure you'll warm up to me. (yeah right...)
Analysis: The first few paragraphs implies a highly direct , warm and personal person.
There is a hint(A HINT!!u've got yo be kidding...) of rudeness and all-knowing smartass posture.This might imply a very careless,reactionary, and reckless thinking.But a word of caution.anybody who has even glanced through Sun Tzu's(does this guy really exist?) , would remain on guard. we fail when we fail to notice we fail( wat a dick?!)
well, taking a hint from mark's title,(I'm running out of immature things to say), (kopi oh satu!), I'm not exactly sure why I should be writing this blog in the first (tahan ye...) place.
International debate ?'bout what?
About government corruption?the lack of freedom of speech? the lack of a right to free assembly? No man...I don't want no ISA in my backyard,no siree...I'm a good,loyal, and partriotic citizen. Critizisng about direct realities ain't news, its something to do when you want to look good to yourself . thats loser. Want to change the world?? JUST do it(trademarked by the nike corporation).Stop yapping!
To make my stay here entirely peaceful, harmonious, and entirely sugarcandy , I'll be in fact entirely diverting from international debate. U know?
I'll be yapping on and on...(YIKES! KILL ME!KILL ME!!),about awesome stuff like clouds, windchimes,glorious malaysian food, (Loh bak, cham peng, yeah baby...), and basically stuff that will make censors happy planet-wide.Of course, avoiding any choppy waters will also, basically, in effect, save my ass in the long run(pardon the language).It will also basically give me hope, because reading the papers today basically makes me throwup(literally).this time, i hope, will save me from meself. So I don't get pissed off all the time. So that i can basically blow some steam, refocus myself so I don't feel too down, and basically improve my command of english, so i can implicitly insult whomsoever i desire, .....without detection.Hooray!!Give me a five!
(knocks on the door)" Alloo...tis iz the Ministry of truth We l ook ing 4 this kid...u know..this traitor, who's been writing some unpallatable crap on the net..." "why ? whats up?wheres the fire bra?" "well, we(implying a fictitious organization of prole control, which OF COURSE,has nothing to do with anybody in the REAL world,OF COURSE...) wanta shoot'ya in the head bra..!!Put'cha in a black bag, disappear 4 2o yrs(divide by 10)."NO!!OMG!OMG...omg,pls bra...don't do tis to me yeah .I'm a cool bird...pls..."BANG!BANG!THRUUUUTGHRIGRUREURUGUUG ....AHHHHHHHAIER(something like in tiberium sun)"
Yeah, its getting late, gotta get some beauty sleep, stay strong people, we'll make it through. Evil people don't live long. they get angina.

Warning: The contents within this piece of writing is purely fictitious.Any resemblance to any real person or place,or organization,whether living or dead, is purely coincidental and is ,most definitely,highly regretted(Pls don't kill me, i'm harmless, and what is more, a bloody coward as is mate...)

References

"1984"George Orwell(1945)

"Angela's Ashes", Frank Mccourt(1997??)

"The Art of War", Sun Tzu, published 5 thousand yrs ago,(thx for the loan jeremy)

"Macchivellians guide to womanizing, anonymous(???)

Nike slogan used was duly referenced and acknowledged

"the Godfather part two", Francis Ford Coppola,(viewed last week, in a dark room, with....i'm not telling u !go F@#k yourself( rated pg13)(pardon the language)

the matrix trilogy',wachowski brothers,viewed god knows when(jeez...the ending sucked balls,pardon the language.)

ps. yeah, and I played Tiberium, the WESTWOOD version, when I was a kid.pity

Cluster bombs are best-selling toys this Christmas

2007-12-15T00:44:00.000+08:00

According to Uncyclopedia.org, Cluster Bombs made the best selling product this christmas. "I would want an explosive Christmas this dec!" said one citizen of USA. For more news head here: http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/UnNews:Cluster_bombs_are_best-selling_toys_this_Christmas . Forget Wikipedia.org, it contains invalid information for the world today....which is why we are having many wars.

OMFG! YUKS!

2007-12-13T20:45:00.000+08:00

whoo. going to bangkok morrow morning. awesome... haha. can get away from stuff for a while. free up my thinking a little. been bogged down with.. stuff. this few days.

anyway. watched Evan Almighty last night. hur. damn funny show. intetresting too, how some ppl actually portray God. it's fascinating to know how other ppl see him. anyhow, more into a few things that the script contained. like, "Does God give you courage when you pray for it? Or does he give you the opportunity to be courageous?" and "A Random act of Kindness= ARK". hur. thought provoking.

went over to shawn's place today. (finally) had practice. not too shabby i thought. it was time well spent. :D the new speakers are AWESOME. they don't crack up! :D ahaha. finally. the old pair was... damn horrible. shawn's finally managed the transition from top rock to footwork to freeze more smoothly (he tripped. but that was cause the floor is damn rough), looks really awesome. radiates freaking awesomeness. i didnt do much. much footwork or what not anyway. still recovering from a slight flu attack. but practiced my freezes though. XD hoho. my airchair is coming along. too bad don't have a picture to put up. but soon. when i get it well oiled first. :D ahah. cant get my legs straight though. hmmm...

writing poems again. didn't really stop. but i noticed a change in my poems again, they're starting to make sense. and not just any sense, rather, a DEEPER sense. like. ... like. it kinda hits you're deeper thought processes. like a pebble that starts an avalanche, riding to glorious ruin. heh. but. honestly.

yeah. this is kinda... cheap. but i thought i'd write poems to e lit ppl in odac as an xmas present. of sorts. i've already finished rod's. next up is shoes, then marcus then yang. hoho. i'm not afraid to put this up. cause no one ever comes here. :D ahaha. dats a good thing. planning to slowly write them out during the thailand trip, hopefully get all of them properly written out neatly and presentably when i get back. which is the 17th. ... party is 21st.

rahh. another bitching point (i cant believe it. i'm bitching. like, wtf.). party is on 21st. and i'm... stressed... over... NOTHING. XD there are like, no responses la. damn sad.

Creative Zen Versus IPod Nano

2007-12-13T13:47:00.000+08:00

Thoughts on Creative Vision W

2007-05-08T18:26:00.000+08:00

First, let me introduce what Creative Vision W is. Creative Vision W is a portable media player which allows users to enjoy widescreen entertainment such as music, movies, videos, microphone, radio and photos. Dimensions are:- 134mm x 75mm x 22mm. The weight is : 276g (with battery). Heavy isn't it? With built in speakers.

I have a Vision W for 4-5 months already. Overall, I m impress with the playback and the numerous formats that it could support. I love to toy around with the functions it has to offer! However, the downside is the battery life. With ONLY 13 hours of music playback and 4.5 hours of video....... I might as well get a Cowon D2 device, which has 52 hours of music playback and 10 hours of video. I do hope that Creative PTE LTD release an Extended battery life pack for the Vision W.

Comparison with the Ipod video:-

Advantages of Vision W over Ipod Video:->

Wider screen
Built in speakers
In-built radio
Microphone
200,000 + colours
Compact flash card reader.
Has a longer battery life for video playbacks
Better GUI (Graphical User Interface)
A/V out - which means you can watch videos on TV

Advantages of Ipod Video over Vision W:->

Scroll Wheel (The most powerful feature in ALL ipods)
Branded (Quite...)
More range of accessories
In-built mirror (At the back of the Ipod Video)
Popular by the masses
Smaller size, and therefore lighter..

Images of the Vision W:-

Creative Vision W

At the back of Vision W

Battery pack of Vision W

The Love For Yahoo! Inc.

2007-05-06T09:29:00.000+08:00

The love for Yahoo! Inc. is back! In my opinion, what's so great about Yahoo! Inc. that makes Microsoft Cooperation wants that company so badly. Yahoo itself is a place filled with advertisements - in Yahoo! Search, Yahoo! Mail, etc. I don't see the point of having annoying advertisements all over their services. Look at Google for example, it's doing good, practically everyone loves its search engine. It's not filled with annoying advertisements - not in Google Search, iGoogle, Google Mail, Google Talks, Blogger, etc. Practically every services in Google is not filled with those pests.

At least Microsoft doesn't have that many advertisements though. Microsoft should, in my opinion, consider pursuing Google instead of Yahoo although they are competitors. Stupidly enough, probably feeling rich, Microsoft is willing to buy Yahoo at the price of 50 Billion dollars when Yahoo is currently priced at 30+ billion dollars. A question that might be circulating everyone's mind, is Microsoft taking over the entire technology World? Probably in the future Apple's Mac might be leading, since their product is, to be honest, better than Windows. Windows is forever buggy, making the system lag and sometimes hang. Mac doesn't lag that much. It doesn't even hang unless you are intelligent enough to corrupt the entire system files.

Anyway, back to the topic, does anyone think that Microsoft-Yahoo is a good fit? Or MSYahoo? or something similar? NBC universal has been bought over by Microsoft, renaming it to MSNBC, this sounds better, it's as though a product of MSN.

Read this news anyway,

NEW YORK - Speculation about a possible Microsoft-Yahoo tie-up met with skepticism Friday from analysts who believe services from the two companies have too much in common.

Yahoo shares surged following published reports Friday that Microsoft Corp. is resuming its pursuit of Yahoo Inc. in an attempt to better compete with Web search and advertising leader Google Inc. (MSNBC.com is a joint venture of Microsoft and NBC Universal.)

The New York Post reported that Microsoft has asked Yahoo to enter formal negotiations for an acquisition that could be worth $50 billion. Yahoo’s market capitalization was about $38 billion on Thursday.

Both companies declined comment on the reports, each of which cited unidentified people familiar with the situation.

The Wall Street Journal said executives of the two companies are looking at a merger or some other kind of matchup and said the talks appear to be in the early stages. It said the companies explored the idea of combining last year but the talks led nowhere.

David Hallerman, a senior analyst at the research group eMarketer, said he saw many cultural problems and few strategic benefits with a Microsoft-Yahoo combination.

“There’s too much overlap between Microsoft and Yahoo, and to try to merge the company cultures of two large companies like that in general is hard,” Hallerman said.

Hallerman said Microsoft would be better off buying an ad network to beef up its own operations, the same way Time Warner Inc.’s AOL has seen its advertising revenue grow following the acquisition of Advertising.com’s technology and sales force.

Yahoo, meanwhile, could lose the flexibility it needs to compete if it were to be one division within a larger company like Microsoft, he said.

Industry analyst Matt Rosoff with Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland, Wash., said a huge takeover is unlikely, noting that Yahoo would duplicate services Microsoft’s MSN already provides, such as instant messaging and e-mail.

It is possible, Rosoff added, that Microsoft and Yahoo might be talking about a deal involving only online search advertising.

Hallerman said he could see at most a spin-off of Microsoft’s MSN online division to be run by Yahoo.

Microsoft is feeling increasing pressure to compete with Google, which plans to beef up its portfolio with a $3.1 billion purchase of online advertising company DoubleClick Inc.

Microsoft currently trails both Yahoo and Google in the lucrative and growing business of Web search, even as Google increases its development of Web-based software that directly competes with Microsoft’s lucrative Office suite.

Microsoft and Yahoo each considered buying a stake in AOL in late 2005, but Google ultimately won a search advertising deal and agreed to pay $1 billion for a 5 percent stake in AOL.

The Post story said Microsoft and Yahoo have held informal talks over the years and said Microsoft’s latest approach to Yahoo signals increased urgency.

Earlier this week, Yahoo said it would buy 80 percent of advertising exchange Right Media for $680 million, increasing its stake in that company to full control.

2007-04-29T16:59:00.000+08:00

its been said that creative now is part of Apples gang but how true isit i dont noe its making things for ipods such as the idock

Free CDs up for grab!

2007-04-29T12:02:00.000+08:00

Free CDs up for grabs! Not music CDs, neither is it video CDs. It's the one and only Free operating system - Ubuntu.

You might be wondering what in the world is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is a community developed operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. Whether you use it at home, at school or at work Ubuntu contains all the applications you'll ever need, from word processing and email applications, to web server software and programming tools.

Ubuntu is and always will be free of charge. You do not pay any licensing fees. You can download, use and share Ubuntu with your friends, family, school or business for absolutely nothing.

We issue a new desktop and server release every six months. That means you'll always have the the latest and greatest applications that the open source world has to offer.

Ubuntu is designed with security in mind. You get free security updates for at least 18 months on the desktop and server. With the Long Term Support (LTS) version you get three years support on the desktop, and five years on the server. There is no extra fee for the LTS version, we make our very best work available to everyone on the same free terms. Upgrades to new versions of Ubuntu are and always will be free of charge.

Everything you need on one CD, which provides a complete working environment. Additional software is available online.

The graphical installer enables you to get up and running quickly and easily. A standard installation should take less than 25 minutes.

Once installed your system is immediately ready-to-use. On the desktop you have a full set of productivity, internet, drawing and graphics applications, and games.

That's Ubuntu ;)
And yeah, it's always free-of-charge! That's way cool isn't it?
Now that the team has released a new version - 7.04-, they are giving out free CDs upon request and the shipment is free-of-charge.
Please take note that this news is a week old now. Please act fast if you want it. =)

Creative Inc. Updates

2007-04-22T14:27:00.000+08:00

Hehe. I m a Creative Fanboy actually. Anything to do with Creative is just my liking...except that it's sound bass needs more improvements..

Anyway, Creative Technology launched a collection of Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity enabled products for the home at the "X-Fi Your Home" event in the showflat of the prestigious Condominium. It features X-Fi Crystalizer that restores the detail and vibrance to compressed music and movies and the X-Fi CMSS-3D that expands stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround sound over multichannel speakers, stereo speakers or even headphones.

Sound cool right? They've been doing all these Xi-fi marketing for many months, but yet...the problem is still there. The bass boost isn't good enough for it's customers. Comparing Cowon's D2 with creative products... you will be tremendously shock by the fact that Cowon's sound quality (Overall) outplays Creative Tech. Time to speed up Creative!

Servers of Windows Live

2007-04-21T22:50:00.000+08:00

Has anyone notice that for the past few months, Windows Live Messenger servers have been down very often? Tabs gone missing, contact list not loaded properly, speed getting worst, Display Names, Personal Messages and Display pictures won't load properly on another PC, got disconnected while entering to Windows Live Spaces website and many more...

I wonder what the team has been doing lately, not only that their Service status page is not updated, apparently they haven't been listening to the users of Windows Live or have they? I really hope that they will stop upgrading their services and just get on with the updating for all their Windows Live services already. Especially both Windows Live Messenger and Windows Live Spaces.
Haven't you notice that whenever you connect to Windows Live Spaces, your internet gets disconnected? Or perhaps is just my local internet service provider is doing a bad job in providing a good network? Or perhaps there's more reasons into the mysterious sudden disconnection upon connected to Windows Live Spaces?

Oh well, let's hope that all the teams in Windows Live will do a good job when they remove the BETA tag from all their services.

Some news updates. (:

2007-04-20T20:17:00.000+08:00

Hi, let me self introduce myself to you all. I'm Jason, (another new administrator for this blog =D), you can can me Jason or by my Chinese initials, X². You will see my initials more often after each post I've made. I'm a student from a Polytechnic, who loves programming, web/video/graphic designing, etc. I've also created my personal website, do check it out (: A contact form will be made during my first week of holiday. I will be posting on mostly about Technology. Not all though...
Enough of self introduction.. Let's get to serious business.

It's a pretty old news, but I doubt everyone have read it or heard of it.

I assume that everyone has heard of Buzz Lightyears and his famous quote, yeah? This is something that sounds perhaps exactly alike, or perhaps not. Whatever it's... ...

Yahoo is going infinity and beyond. Enjoy infinite mail storage after they update everything. The current space is 1Gb, similar to the current Hotmail. But after May 2007, Yahoo will be infinite times better than the upcoming Windows Live Hotmail that gives free users 2Gb of space, and paid users 4Gb of space. Isn't this wonderful? I can't wait for it.
Here's the news.
Enjoy (:

Windows Live Messenger is going for an upgrade after its current version 8.1. No news of whether they are going to change a new UI to suit all Windows Live services better or whether there'll be a version specially made for Windows Vista. Some users are awaiting for the team to make an edition for Windows Vista just like what Yahoo! has done - created a messenger specially made for Windows Vista. Though it's not out publicly, there's screenshots and video of the messenger itself.
During valentine's day and even the 12th of April post, the Windows Live Messenger Team said that they are trying to add these features in and improve on them though it's no guarantee that you will see all features they said. Thanks to users who requested those features to be improved and be added into Windows Live Messenger.

Features to be improved:
More Messenger Customization (Skins, emoticons, winks, games)
More feature in Mac Messenger (Go here for more information about Mac Messenger)
Better Auto-Update
Better text customization in IM (More font colors, better bold/italic support)
Better Vista Integration

New features that you want:

Custom Animated Display Pictures
Ability to show different status to different people or groups
Make it easy to search for other messenger users
Multiway Video Calling
Display picture history
Tabbed Windows
Save IM conversations into Hotmail
Spell Check
Phone calls, ability to buy a phone number and have it go to Messenger.
Have all Messenger clients work together.

Have fun (:

Cheers!

Shootings in Virginia Tech University

2007-04-19T20:40:00.000+08:00

On Monday a gunman went on a shooting spree at Virginia Tech University, killing 32 people and injuring over 20 more before ending his own life. It is not known at this time why he decided to start the senseless deadly rampage in the first place. I'm sure details will be coming out over the next few days and weeks. Obviously students, faculty, and their families are horrified and in utter shock. It has been said that he is suffering from mental illnesses.

Many students told the press that he was a loner in the university. I think , to put things simply, it was difficult for him to blend into the American Society.. which explains his loneliness. The way he expressed his anger on others was terrible AND ABSOLUTELY WRONG. It IS just Unacceptable by the world.

It's full of insanity.

2007-04-16T22:31:00.000+08:00

In singapore not KL, polys has already started while mark(you) in college is ending soon..so u shud feel happy haha

since when did i ask u on how to sell mp3 player ??

Singapore is boosting on its attractions a ferris wheel has completed building on the bay of marina and expected to be opened by next year 14 feb 2008 and in 2-3 years time theres not diff between Las Vegas and Singapore more IRs will up soon leading to economic rise and a rise in the aviation sector with a terminal 4 coming up in a few years time....

Other websites

2006-11-22T23:57:00.000+08:00

The following links are my websites:-

My IT updates!

2006-09-13T15:03:00.000+08:00

My Mouse changing colours along with my robo dog!

My Mouse changing colours along with my robo dog!

My laptop with a realistic "Jungle-like" screensaver!!! Nice water flowing with sound effects!!!! Woah!!!!

Remember WC days

2006-08-25T09:37:00.000+08:00

Sunway College

2006-08-13T22:07:00.000+08:00

Going to Sunway College on 16th August! Next to sunway lagoon! Got to set up my room stuffs and computer networks! Jennifer's house is really interesting. Got dog, fishes, rabbit and cat LOL all under one house! Got to pack up.

So much freedom but don't know what to do..

2006-08-05T18:27:00.000+08:00

Got a long holiday till 16th August. On the 10th, I would be in K.L (Malaysia). Got to start enrolment and prepare my books for my college year! Sad that I couldn't meet my friends before I go off.

Friends doing Old Level (Some sort of 'stress' test).

2006-08-05T18:23:00.000+08:00

All my friends preparing very hard for the GCE O Level! They had to start memorizing formulae and plenty of revisions! Remember to sleep properly and take breakfasts! Good luck!

Dragon Tiger Gate Movie

2006-08-05T18:17:00.000+08:00

Awesome show! Crazy kungfu stunts and the effects are OVER DONE! Thumbs up! :D The effects are darm good. The storyline is based in HongKong. They got a kungfu school called the Dragon Tiger Gate. The main hero is suppose to protect the school from threats........ find out more when you watch the movie!

MSN Space blog change

2006-08-03T21:24:00.000+08:00

For those of you using MSN space, live.com has taken over MSN spaces. The layouts are not professional as what MSN spaces did. :( But i hope that live.com would improve the services further!

World: Getting Chaotic.

2006-08-03T21:22:00.000+08:00

Look at the news headlines, its always a bad news. The world today is becoming uglier. Do u think that humans should be govern by a human AI? Since we couldn't govern our own people well? lol?
Just played a game called Deus Ex. Ya, i know its an old game, but it's still a big hit these days. Apparently, some conspiracies taking place within organizations like the UN and the FEMA, that sort of thing in the game. Its an RPG game (Role Playing Game). You choose where you want to go and how the game is.
Same as the real world, people are created to shape the world they want it to be.

China Ladies stikes again!

2006-07-31T14:23:00.000+08:00

Yet another big news in the newspaper front page. China women come from all over china to other countries , so as to hang onto a cash cow. Their mission: Milk him dry (as defined by the newspaper itself!) But, can't help it, these ladies are desperate for money.

Computer Addiction

2006-07-30T11:47:00.000+08:00

Just some news lately about youngsters in cybercafes. There were cases where students in school uniform hang out in cybercafes during school hours. That's really funny. Some parents have to knee down to beg their loved ones out of the cybercafe. That's really stupid.

Some news overseas, whereby some youngsters burnt down the cybercafe because the staff refused to let them in. That's crazy..

Luckily, there are some sane gamers around. So much for RTS and FPS games, but yet these gamers are able to control the games, rather than the other way round :D.

China : Friend or Foe?

2006-07-29T22:53:00.000+08:00

Recently, I read a book called CHINA FRIEND OR FOE? . The book is really interesting and it explains lots of things about China , which many of you would not know. This is what is written behind the book:- China is growing phenomenally, with half the world's cranes currently on its soil. Its 1.3 billion people have around 300 million mobile phones and a purchasing power second only to the US, although, especially in rural areas, there is widespread poverty. Government censorship is a fact of life - with as many as 50,000 workers manning a firewall restricting citizen's access to the internet.

Yet few in the West know much about China. Popular press coverage is limited to stereotypes, the serious media to economics and business, and that's about it. What does China mean to the rest of the world?

Hugo De Burgh deals with the key questions : How is China managed? How are its relationship with its neighbours? How does the Party function? What do we need to know about Chinese Nationalism? Will the Chinese economy provide huge new opportunities for trade, or will it kill off our own livelihoods? How is China using its political and cultural influence? What about China's human rights?

Is China a friend to be welcomed or a foe to be guarded against? Accessible, straightforward and often astonishing, China: Friend or Foe? is the first popular exploration of one of the biggest issues of the next hundred years.