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Internet Trolls

Bruno — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:34:00 +0000

Anonymity is a weapon used to reduced the accountability for one’s actions. The anonymous writer fears for dramatic effects on his/her reputation and hides his/her identity from the reader; he/she is thus irresponsible for his/her comments.Recourse to anonymity is required in fascist societies where governments are allergic to criticism. Hiding one’s identity is essential to keep oneself safe

Units

Bruno — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:38:00 +0000

All physical quantities consist of a numerical magnitude and a unit. A unit of measurement is a standardised quantity of a physical property, used as a factor to express occurring quantities of that property.Base unitsThe system of units commonly used by the scientific community in Europe is known as SI, an abbreviation for Système Internationale d’Unités. SI units are a coherent system of units

Add Facebook Share count button on Blogger

Bruno — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:45:00 +0000

I’ve always wanted to add a tweetmeme-like Facebook share button on my blog. I finally succeeded today! The trick is neat, simple and very easy to implement! You can increase your blog traffic with this nifty button when your dear readers share your post on with their Facebook.Here’s the instructions:Login to the dashboardClick on the Layout tabEdit HTMLClick on the “Expand Widget Templates”

Want a free Google Wave Invite?

Bruno — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:03:00 +0000

The Web Design Bureau of Mauritius is organising a competition and giving away 15 Google Wave invites. Check out the rules in the following link: http://www.webdesign-bureau-of-mauritius.com/win-a-free-google-wave-invite.Google Wave is the latest web craze, but is still in beta preview. Nevertheless, the collaborative tool is amazing, mostly if you want a neat platform to play Sudoku and Chess

Nick Griffin BBC controversy

Bruno — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:17:00 +0000

The British National Party leader, Nick Griffin, has been invited in today’s BBC programme, Question Time. This invitation has been subject to much controversy since the BNP is viewed as a racist and fascist party. The latest scandal from the BNP was when they forbid non-whites to attend one of their meetings.The BBC is defending this invitation because of their “central principle of

New Google Music

Bruno — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:22:00 +0000

A new Google Music service is out! Before, we had a search service powered by Google: http://www.musgle.com/It is a free music search engine for music downloads. For e.g. if you search “Emma Shapplin”, you can get a list of mp3 downloads for the opera artist:Update: The Google Music Service is out! To access the service, follow the following instructions:1. Go to google.com2. Type music: artist

Climate change and disinformation

Bruno — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:33:00 +0000

The media is treating climate change more as a political issue rather than a scientific one. The presentation of the subject is therefore “balanced”, even though there is overwhelming scientific evidence that the planet is dangerously warming up. Worse, science is losing the media war to conservative lobbies.This is clearly exemplified by a Gallup pool conducted over the past decade. This poll

C’est l’hôpital qui se moque de la Charité

Bruno — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:29:00 +0000

L’actualité mauricienne continue de nous livrer son lot de ridule. Maintenant, c’est au tour de la femme adultère de s’indigner des escapades de ses soeurs.Somduth Dulthumun ferait mieux de se taire au lieu de se poser comme champion de l’unité nationale et défenseur de l’harmonie sociale. Il est utile de se rappeler quelques unes de ses perles telles que “C’est nous qui choisissons les

Sitting on the fence

Bruno — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:25:00 +0000

Many Mauritians seem to be obsessed with neutrality. You can’t openly say you are pro-MMM or pro-Labour without being viewed as some biased retard. You can no more express yourself on the Palestinian issue or the 9/11 without being tagged as an Islamist fanatic or an Islamophobe. It now seems a newspaper cannot openly endorse a political party.Where does this silly attitude come from? What’s the

The road to hell

Bruno — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:04:00 +0000

The main opposition party recently suggested that internet access should be free for all households in a paper presented by Alan Ganoo. The motive behind their proposal isIn order to enhance the democratization of this sector, decrease the social and cultural inequalities through access to information, culture and knowledge, and bridge the digital gap.This is a very laudable initiative indeed,