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Data Rot

If Moses had gotten the Ten Commandments on a floppy disk, it would never have made it to today. (Dag Spicer, curator of the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, The NYTimes Circuit, 26-Mar-2009)

Unreasonable man

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” – George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists

Wrath of God

“The wrath of God is the only way I can describe it. I’m used to seeing roofs off houses, houses blown over. These houses were down to their foundations, stripped clean.” said Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, after surveying tornado damage there.

Abolishing government

James Madison said, “If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish an old government and establish a new one.” In Indonesia, …, well no comment.

Situs baru PR

Setelah empat belas hari menunggu, akhirnya saya bisa menikmati kembali berita-berita dari Bandung. Harian PR tampil dengan wajah baru dengan koneksi yang tampaknya lebih kencang.

NGOS, ke mana IGOS?

From NYTimes: Without big noise, Netherlands goes open source. What about Indonesia’s IGOS? I think its going ngos-ngosan!

Korban ventilasi jelek

Dari detik.com: beberapa karyawan Carrefour keracunan CO. Gubernur mencurigai adanya kesalahan desain. Komentar Pak Gubernur ini ibarat menepuk air di dulang, yang kena kan pejabat Pemda sendiri, karena semua desain ventilasi kan sudah disetujui oleh Pemda. Mari kita tunggu kelanjutannya.

Ada apa dengan PR?

Situs PR menampilkan koran tgl 1-Des-2007. Sudah seminggu tidak di-update?! (Update: ternyata diam-diam mereka sedang menguji situs baru, yang tampaknya lebih bagus dan lebih kencang).

Asides

If Moses had gotten the Ten Commandments on a floppy disk, it would never have made it to today. (Dag Spicer, curator of the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley, The NYTimes Circuit, 26-Mar-2009)

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
George Bernard Shaw, Maxims for Revolutionists

“The wrath of God is the only way I can describe it. I’m used to seeing roofs off houses, houses blown over. These houses were down to their foundations, stripped clean.” said Governor Phil Bredesen of Tennessee, after surveying tornado damage there.

James Madison said, “If there be a principle that ought not to be questioned within the United States, it is that every man has a right to abolish an old government and establish a new one.” In Indonesia, …, well no comment.

Setelah empat belas hari menunggu, akhirnya saya bisa menikmati kembali berita-berita dari Bandung. Harian PR tampil dengan wajah baru dengan koneksi yang tampaknya lebih kencang.