Telkom will rival Naspers`s DSTV from next year on. HOw they do this i dont know, they talk about "channel bouquettes" like, what does that mean? 12, 24,53`4, 104 channels? form R320 p.m you dont know what to expect.

DSTV has all the movies, all the music, and all the documentaries, not to mention all the sport, (i do want them to braodcast Japanese drifting and Manga films) how on earth is Telkom going to get an audience of users who no.1 dont know what to expect and no.2 are used to DSTV`smonotonous repeats and re runs,(its better than E.tv`s continous replays of Die Hard and Bad Boys).

i know how, they came up with an innovative idea to show what DSTV does not: Adult content, or more known as basic blue movies, porno flicks, how accomodating of Telkom,

everything to make an extra penny?!?!

i`m outie

i recently used an Apple Mac notebook for the first time and was surprised to see the difference it has from windows.I always heard and read that it is "supposed" to be much more user friendlier than Windows, but i beg to differ, or maybe it was my 1st time using it and couldnt get my way arround it.

an example might be that in Windows a "lost" document can be recovered easilly, for a seasoned user of the system, but i somehow lost imprtant info while using Mac the other day and found myself in a frenzy trying to get it back, i couldnt even open a simple minimized application, i dont understand the top and bottom icons that move like a merry- go- round everytime the mouse moves over it. Or maybe my lack of experience is tarnishing the briliant sytem.

i felt so embarrased that i just switched off the guy`s lap top and gave it back to him, he asked if i found it "exhilarating"; and "better" than windows,but unfortunately i couldnt entertain his thaughts.

thus on university, or UWC at least,windows is our main user platform, but now the IT managers here have slowly started to incorporate Open Source software like Mozilla, and using hardware like Sun microsystems, the keybord alone gives me the kreeps, and ive been using PC`s for nearly a decade now.The problem escalates where the university now does not cater for those who sit in front of a PC for the first time in their lives, i thaught fear of technology was a joke , but the people i teach cannot distinguish left click from right click, model c schooling, or even the old ubhuntu education system might be to blame for this.In an effort to erradicat this problem the boys on top feel that we should make a big bang move towards open source systems and i see that in one of the labs i teach in, to my surprise is some pc`s running on , yup you guessed it ,MAC OS.

i want to know what MAC is really used for, business, developing and LINUX, business or developing, surly it cannot be used for everyday web surfing and used in a network environment in university, or must i see this as a challenge of the underdogs finally being able to "learn" to play with big boys toys??

i`m outie

Directly from japanese subways


Band called Te, and their album 'Naraba'..

"Te’ don’t waste anytime, as the first chord of the album comes blasting out of your speakers without warning. The listener is thrown directly into frenzy, drums booming and guitars crashing. I suppose I should mention that Te’ have the longest song titles I’ve ever read; they make Drowningman and A Silver Mt. Zion look succinct. With that said, “It must be called "Intelligence" if people stop when they realize they are not able to become what they are wishing to be,” the first track, goes back and forth between cacophonous rock and syncopated, groovy bridges. If the song went on any longer, this pattern would get terribly boring, but Te’ seem to know just when to stop. There song structures are thus quite simple; they tend to rely on 2 or 3 parts, repeated more than a mainstream rock band could get away with, but without boring the listener or requiring one be self medicated."

(more detailed review at http://www.decoymusic.com/index.php?content=reviews&reviewid=12850&oldreview=0)


songs :

1. It must be called Intelligence if people stop when they realize they are not able to become what they are wishing to be.
2. A thought would never let people watch what they choose. Instead, it let them see what they hope to see.
3. Anxiety is not about the issue. It is actually about people's mind related to the issue that they are afraid of.
4. Avarice would speak with every word, it acts every part and it even pretends to be not avaricious.
5.A real imitation is the imitation that let people see ridiculousness of boring original one.
6. It is supposed to be ordinary that imagination moves much faster and more freely than bright light in the darkness.
7. Existence of eloquence is only in a look of people's face that remain silence, and it even beats any kind of words.
8. Anger kills all the idiots, and envy would torture foolish people and all the instants being involved.
9. We promise with a view to hope, but the reason to accomplish what we promised would be fear.
10. A reality that people are living in this world is a lot more complicated than fantasy-land that they imagine.
11. �Courtesy is considered as a farce if there are no honesty and reality.
12. Break the heart to what is actually being told instead of asking who said that.

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I`ve been integrally and peripherally involved in the cellphone industry, well since its local inception really, this doesn`t age me too much…although perhaps one day my great grandchildren will say: "Great-Grand-Dad was around in the cell phone age…Wow he`s old!…"

The Wikipediacreator was at my campus today talking about how Wikipedia,the free encyclopedia, is going to improve. He said a lot of interesting stuff there but the ost interesting is the fact that they are exploring wikipedia on the cell phone. but as he stated, they dont have great answers for the probems such as the viewing size of the cell phone and the content size .

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Here is my opinion on why gaming is better than drinking. Feel free to add your own to this list:

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I reackon people should make money from gaming. Big time gamers probably spend 3-4 hours per day playing games (7 days a week), so rather than having to pay all this cash for playing games, we should earn money instead. I sometimes start playing at 6pm, then get up to have dinner and it's like 2am in the morning. This is a job. I say... let's get together and demand that gaming companies PAY us for playing their games. Also, I think that gaming companies should pay for regular eye tests because they are ruining our health. That's not to say it's not worth it because there are some games that are worth some health to be ruined, but I say again - we should be getting paid, not them.

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