Wednesday, April 20, 2005

fighting terrorism from the comfort of your home

first thing i had today was an exam. 4 questions for an hour. 10 marks each. and i dare say it was a breeze! the papers were randomised to avoid cheat cases. but otherwise i went through the questions quite sensibly i guess. hope it won't turn out too ugly when i get it back. the second lesson of the day was rather monotonous but it does has some depth...

and then we headed to get groceries! the south coast fruit market again. this time we were joined by jason's friend from church. so we bought some groceries there, which apparently was much cheaper. next we went woolworths to get yet more groceries. and the friend parted ways with us after that. we finally stopped over Wan Long aka oriental supermarket 1. we bought a 10kg pack of rice! that will last us for a while for sure...

so the main event, the exam, was over and done with. now that wasn't too bad was it? no sir it was manageable.

so what's with my topic?

have you seen all the terrorist attacks on tv/radio/news reports anywhere else? certainly you have heard of the 9-11 attack. terrorists can have motives backed by politics or region. they have brought a lot of fear the world over. and especially with this region having plenty of dense forests, they can proliferate undetected. we won't know when they might strike close to our home. or who is their next target. it can possibly be random. but we don't want to be victims do we? one of the ways these groups share information on producing lethal concoctions to achieve their aim is via the internet. by setting up a website, they can achieve the aim of making their knowledge and influence available to their companions elsewhere on the globe.

would you like to help stem these sources of information?

no, it is not necessary for you to acquire skills that would involve compromising network security and whatnot. there is always the legal route. beliefs that can lead to inflicting harm on innocent lives should not exist, especially not on the internet, despite the talk about free speech. a voluntary organisation that runs on donations is currently doing this. well of course they are in the states, but there aren't issues with nationality on the internet.

are there any responsible citizens of the world around here?

*one fries, coke and a MacXP to go please*

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