Sybreon Ones Nought

I find this article from TheStar particularly funny. The article says that, "there is no need to conduct a physical evaluation test on the Eurocopter EC-725 Cougar helicopter prior to purchasing it because the Royal Malaysian Air Force has the helicopter’s technical data and documentation." As you all know, I have been going car shopping recently. I have already placed a booking fee for the car pictured above. Well, ...

It seems that the show is starting... RPK has just been arrested under the Internal Security Act, today. He obviously knew that it was coming and he has been well prepared for it. Whether or not it was right to detain him under the ISA is another question altogether. Some will think that the government has abused it's powers while others may think that it was justified. We can ...

I successfully made it home in one piece, although there were several interesting things that happened along the way. I think that this is probably the most eventful flight that I had ever been on. So, I thought that I'd share a few of the things that had happened on that fateful day. It all started with the coach ride to the airport. When we left Stansted, the coach ...

I love Battlestar Galactica. it has, once again, taught me something useful in life. According to an article in TheStar: The armed forces will be called in to assist police in maintaining public order if the security situation of the country warrants it. In light of this comment, I am reminded of the following quote by Commander Adama: There's a reason we separate military and the police: o­ne fights the enemy ...

I have found out that I am living in the same house as a few ball crashers! I have asked them about their adventures and it all sounds fairly exciting and interesting. This is May Week and there are so many Balls being held at the different colleges. So, it's the busiest week in the year for the ball crashers. The first interesting thing that I found out is ...

My favourite humanities professor, who taught me cultural anthropology, used to say this often. He said that the history of Man, is entirely about production and reproduction. If you look at the way we often look at history, his statement is rather true. History was essentially about lineage and what great people did. Hence, the two words. This random memory popped into my head when I read this ...

In light of recent developments in Malaysia, with the computers of certain prominent anti-establishment bloggers, consistently being confiscated for dubious investigative purposes, I thought that it might be a suitable time to write a little about information security. The whole idea behind information security isn't to foil justice, but to make sure that the rights of people are not infringed. With harddisk sizes going into the Terabyte range, ...

I've just read a recent article which says that from now onwards, online banking customers may be held responsible for losses if they have out of date anti-virus or anti-phishing protection. From the banking code, which you can download online, the provisions in section 12.11 clearly state that: If you act without reasonable care, and this causes losses, you may be responsible for them. (This may apply, for example, ...