Tag Archives: mindboggling stuff

Does this sound like a mad man to you?

This one-year-old article of Robert Ho by Martyn See at AsiaTimes Online tells the odd story of a Singaporean cyber-dissident who has been routinely painted (or should it be tainted?) by the PAP government as mentally unsound. If you read the whole interview, you will wonder: Is this really the mind of a mad man?

10 strategies in waging flame wars

1. Accuse the other party of your worst faults.2. Dwell on other people’s errors. Correct them at every opportunity.3. Insist that you are misunderstood.4. Never apologise unequivocably. If forced to apologise, justify yourself in a way that makes it sound like the other party was responsible for your actions.5. Try to be many things at… Read More »

The $222,000 playlist

A 12-person jury in Duluth, Minnesota has found a Minneapolis woman named Jammie Thomas liable for piracy and ordered her to pay US$222,000 to six music companies for illegally downloading and sharing copyrighted music over a peer-to-peer network. The six music companies – Capitol Records, Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc.,… Read More »