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Democracy — What?
What is this thing called Democracy?
The Wikipedia page on Democracy starts off by saying “Democracy is a form of government in which power is held by people under a free electoral system.”
According to the one of the definition (meaning) of Democracy on the Merrium-Webster web site:
Democracy is a government in which the supreme power is [...]
My Essential Firefox 3 Addons
As far as add-ons are concerned, for any software, I am picky and selective in my choices. Over my experiences since Firefox 1.x I have been trying out a number of add-ons that I use almost on a daily basis.
Here’s a list of my current add-ons:
1. Download Statusbar 0.9.6.4 by Devon Jensen
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/26
2. Fission 1.0.3 by [...]
Google Chrome on Linux
Before I switched to Ubuntu, I had gotten kinda sorta used to using Google Chrome. I was using three browsers side-by-side. IE 7, Firefox 3 and Chrome.
I have keep hoping to find Chrome for Linux on the Google site, however it keeps telling me that it’s only for XP and Vista.
Bummer.
Having said that, it makes [...]
Windows 8, 9 or 10
Microsoft Windows at the moment is based on a Monolithic architecture. *nix on the other hand are based on the Micro Kernel architecture. Recently I have been thinking what advantages would there be for Windows if it shifted to the Micro Kernel model?
The main advantage I see is that system will become more stable, and [...]
MD5 Collision Creates Rouge Certificate Authority
I read this last night on CrunchGear.
http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/12/30/md5-collision-creates-rogue-certificate-authority/
It was bound to happen. The beautiful thing about this is how they achieved it. Using PS3 Cluster. 200 Nodes at ~$400[1] means the people spend around ~$80,000.00 on the nodes. Plus change for networking, rack etc. would bring it up to ~$100,000 and some change.
Well, considering, [...]
Wishing you all a happy 2009
My best wishes to you all for 2009. Hope you all have a great year, filled with joy, good health, contentment, satisfaction, great experiences, love and prosperity.
I send this out to everyone out there regardless of their ethnic, geographic, religious, or philosophical background.
Cheers.
How to Run a Country
There are a number of ways people can run their country. There is Democracy, Aristrocracy, Dictatorships, and Communism, just to name a few.
What is the best way to run “a” country. How does one decide on which option one should pick? Do we just go with the flow and pick the most common way of [...]
Choices and Ranting … Ranting and Choices
Sometimes there are just too many choices. What to rant about? I feel like ranting today, it’s the perfect day for a rant. But can’t decide on what to rant about.
Perhaps I should put up some votes and let the people decide on what I should rant about.
Hmmm.. now that would be interesting. [...]
Java Client for Skype by Skype on Nokia 6120 Classic
Something kinda fun and exciting I did today.
I was in a text-only conference on Skype today. It was a really interesting one, however, I need to take a break and stretch my legs. I was in a predicament, what to do, how to excuse myself from an important meeting just to stretch my legs. That [...]
