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.)

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Jeff Ooi discovered e-White Elephants in Parliament!

Excerpts from his post:

"At the very least, the first page that pops up on the screen, pre-booted by Parliament attendants, is to enable them to sign in their daily attendance. It's a no-brainer as the MPs will be greeted with their respective mugshots, and a click-on-the-mouse is what it takes to secure their daily subsistence allowance as a federal legislator.

In terms of hardware being fixed assets of the Parliament, the 10-inch LCD screen is screwed to the MP's table, effectively preventing theft. Affixed is a wired keyboard and a wired mouse.

...the computing specs are entry level kits fit for kindergarten.

Net net, you spent big money that only placed big, fat 222 white elephants in the hall.

Which IT consultants drew the specs for this mismatch? The way Malaysia goes, the MPs may have to wait out till the 2009 Auditor-General's Report not due before next October.

So what we do? I have to shaft away the keyboard and the whole shebang that now occupy half of my workbench, and revert to my trusty HP Pavillion notebook, or sometimes the Vaio P25G, a netbook no doubt that drives faster than the Parliament's new toys for the MPs.

And, the last time the Speaker of the House remarked on my blog entry about him, he admitted that he was reading from a copy printed by the Parliament secretary.

I ain't finished yet. I still need to find out who the Malaysian Parliament had engaged to install these flabby computers on each of our MP's desk. Computer speaking, they made the strong weak in order to make the weak strong. No good.

His full blog post:

http://asiancorrespondent.com/jeff-ooi-blog/parliament:-4mbps-line-on-a-sleepy-.htm

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