The battle between Lamar S. Smith’s SOPA H.R. 3261 & the internet sites is like the battle between Microsoft and Open Source.  It’s like a continuous debate on security vs. accessibility.

If before, open source has been a threat to Microsoft: “Everyone in the Linux world remembers Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s famous comment that Linux is a “cancer” that threatened Microsoft’s intellectual property.”¹ “ In 2010 Microsoft is trying hard not to be public enemy No. 1 to open source proponents, in some cases by making key contributions to open source code and in other cases by making Microsoft products interoperable with open source software.”¹

If this war has been solved thru interoperability, I hope that the legislators will try to find means to solve this issue without compromising the freedom of the users to use the necessary sites that will allow them to broaden their horizon as they confidently share their knowledge with others.

Internet nowadays is a necessity.  Deprive the people of food and they will find means to survive or even retaliate.  A draconian way of shutting down the internet for few days will provoke the people to unite and take radical step that could lead to unrest just like what happened last January 28, 2011 in Egypt.

Isn’t it that knowledge should be free and not be pecuniary?  Therefore, knowledge should be acquired easily without restrictions.

¹http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/082310-microsoft-open-source.html

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PEOPLE IN TURKEY

Indian Entertainers

The Magician

The Passengers

Musicians

Shisha Smoker

Turkish Appetizer

Turkish Dishes

Manti

Midye Dolma

Turkish Dessert

Baklava

Macun

 

Turkish Drink

Ayran

 

FRUITS

Cherries

Berries

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Regarding the question: What’s the greatest challenge facing humanity today? 

I think aside from religion,  mores, poverty, it’s philistinism that has not only been the greatest challenge facing humanity

but has made a major impact in the society.

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With regards to the idea of Al Gore by asking  the climate reality supporters to “donate” their Twitter and Facebook accounts for 24 hours, I’m not comfortable with it, because it could compromise the accounts of the supporters which could eventually lead to phising &  identity theft issues.   Therefore, its supporters should be aware of the repercussions before disclosing such information and accounts.

Moreover, there are other ways to effectively promote its launching other than exploitation of social networking like: using the media, institutions, civic organizations & government agencies. I’m an advocate of the project.  Check it out and get updates @ http://climaterealityproject.org/ .  I hope that every citizen would support the project without divulging personal information and accounts.

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Hi guys.  I’m working on a  Registration & Grading System (DBMS).

Kindly send me the name of the school  in the Philippines where you came from or studying, or the school where you worked or working  and the type of grading system used in the report card  (letter grade-A,B,C,  number grade-1,2,3, percentage-100%, 50%) in the Elementary & Secondary/High School level.

Example:  Brent International School – Letter Grade

Thank you.

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