Ooh, pressure?

Work's coming in hard and fast, thrusting it's pelvis in our faces.

Oh well.

Work work.
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Up till now, I've pretty much refused to blog too much on the XiaXue case, other then laughing at her.

Until now.

"ME IS PISSED. ME IS ANGRY. ME IS VERY VERY VERY HOT NOW. Appartently, over the weee hours of this morning, some little xxxx decided that it would be FUN, COOOOOL AND MACHOOOO to hack into xiaxue's blog and GMail account. And he appartnetly succeeded. Also, news has confirmed Anna Wonkytong's was hacked too. Great, someone who doesn't know how to respect a lady." -- Digital Life

HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Amusing, getting angry for someone else's blog. That's not the point, but the level of english used is just enough to make me go XD. Also, this guy here assumes simply that the hacker is a male. Erm, hello? Talk about not respecting ladies....

For me, I will always think that the blog was not "hacked".

Reasons:
-Who the blue hell frames up something which made you so angry? I won't, at least.
-All the posts restored? Does Blogspot keep archives?
-I don't really give a damn about reasoning.

Oh well. *shugs*
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Online petitions, do they even work?

There are thousands, if not millions of petitions out there, ranging from interesting ones such as asking the governments to do something about the atrocies in Middle East, to kicking out a school teacher.

However, do they work?

People can simply brush them aside, because it's easy to chalk up petitions by simply voting many times, especially if you use a router, allowing your IP to hop around. In fact, you can simply get people to sign for things they don't really know and understand. Just put them on a forum, make a bombastic speech, and people will just sign. All it wastes is 5 seconds of their time, and there is probably no traces back to them. Most of the petitions are not something which changes how everyday life is, so people can feel guilt free to voting, instead of regretting their decision later in life.

The problem with petitions is that it spreads by word of mouth. So, all someone needs to do is to chain mail his friends (People actually read that?), toss it on his blog, and reap the results. Petition online will also mean that you don't need to do pretty much anything, as instead of walking in the hot streets in the afternoon seeking people's signature, you just have to click a button and all is done.

However, as said before, the main advantage of it being online will mean that you don't depend on the traffic flow on the streets you are hawking your wares. Word do get spread around quickly, especially if placed on a famous message board, with the poster typing properly and decently enough to persuade his fellow board mates (Above example is one way not to get support, at least in GFs).

Traditional method over new-age digital ones? Digital ones are definately more Convenient, but lacks credibility. Present a floppy, or a thumbdrive with a million signatures will probably get you laughed at, because it's so easy to fake votes (F.A.C.T. wanted people to put their I/C. Sure. S54231352P.). Present one signed in ink by ten thousand people, and you will probably get better results.

Pros and Cons.