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Monthly Archives: February 2009

World without borders

28-Feb-09

After reading a recent tweet from a friend ranting about crunchyroll’s region locking and disabling watching some anime for some people living in certain regions, it got me thinking. It certainly seemed that the disabling was due to either commercial interests (ie. they already sell/broadcast the stuff there) or simple fear of piracy (prevention of [...]

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Fire in ice

26-Feb-09

Today’s a short post inspired by a newspaper article about methane gas trapped in ice in Alaska and Siberia. It is interesting to note that methane gas has 20 times the heat-trapping effect of carbon dioxide. Meaning, 1 ton of methane in the air will trap as much heat as 20 tons of carbon dioxide [...]

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I am considerate, therefore I am human

25-Feb-09

Part of our being human is the fact that we are capable of much higher thought than other animals are capable of. Our thoughts are not just shaped by instinct and purpose, but also by a higher level of consciousness capable of vetoing some actions that many may consider the most reasonable. For example, if [...]

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Private schools vs Public schools?

24-Feb-09

After reading a link a friend sent me today, I was left utterly speechless at the absurdity of the situation. A school closing without notice is just plain unethical in my opinion. What’s worse, is that I don’t see Singapore doing much to help these students left high and dry after finding the gates shut [...]

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First post of the site

23-Feb-09

So I’ve just started another blog, something I’ve been doing pretty often ever since I discovered it to be possible. Back when I learned to blog (which was many years ago) I always wanted to blog about a certain something, be it technology, anime or stories that I dreamed up. I’ve never had a really [...]

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Hello world!

23-Feb-09

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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