How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Thursday, February 26, 2009

This worm got past all the anti-virus programs...

Culprit: An earthworm had been 'frazzled' by the computer's hot circuit boards and damaged its internal workings
Man feared dreaded computer virus when his machine gave an error message - then discovered a REAL worm
When Mark Taylor saw an error message flash up on his computer screen he feared it could be a dreaded worm virus.
His laptop advised him to switch off the machine immediately before vital information was wiped.
Hoping it could be fixed before the problem got worse, he took the machine to an IT engineer to have it urgently fixed.
His heart sank when the computer expert confirmed his fears that a worm had indeed infected his computer - but was shocked to discover it was a five inch earthworm.
The worm had somehow crawled into his Gateway laptop through an air vent, wrapped itself around the fan and crashed the machine.
The heat of the £360 computer's circuit boards frazzled the worm and slightly damaged the internal workings.
Mr Taylor, 45, who uses the 18-month-old computer with his wife Paula, 45, at their home in Yeovil, Somerset, could not work out how the worm had ended up in his laptop.
However, he decided that the culprits must have been one of his two cats after watching them catch an earthworm in his garden and bring it into the house.
He believes that the cat probably dropped the worm near his laptop and it crawled into the air vent seeking sanctuary.
'The worm was obviously looking for a hiding place and must have crawled in through the air vent to get away from the cats,' he said.
'It was a big old worm and I couldn't believe that it had managed to get into the computer. Unfortunately it burnt itself in the laptop and when it came out it was all burnt.
'I couldn't help thinking that people get computer worms all the time, but not real life ones.'
Computer technician Sam Robinson, 28, who found the worm said: 'The machine was displaying a message saying that the processor fan was unworkable.
'I took the back off and had a look inside. Then I spotted what at first I thought was some sort of hair band or elastic band wrapped around the fan.
'I soon discovered that it was a worm which had been burnt to a frazzle. It had obviously wrapped around the fan when somebody had turned on the computer and caused the breakdown due to the fan jamming.
'The vent in the side of the laptop was larger than normal and there was obviously enough room for the worm to get inside.
'Needless to say I hadn't come across a problem like this before but was happy to sort it out for Mark.'
Computer generated 'worms' are corrupted programs that invade machines and send out versions of itself to other computers via the internet.
They almost always cause harm to a computer's network as it uses up a lot of the machine's internet connection to multiply itself.
Worms can be transmitted through unexpected emails and when opened crash a computer.
Anti-spyware and firewall programs can be downloaded to protect from worm infections.

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