Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Copyright-


Well, this topic is kind of hard, because I do not really care about copy right..
To be honest, I download songs and put them into my mp3 player, I get movie files from my mates and do not care where they come from. Deep deep down, I have tiny little bit of concern about copyright, I think, as this is sensitive issue for business people. Copyright automatically protect someone's idea, but sometimes, it is annoying matter for users. Some of journal websites require us to join the websites or pay for journal that we need, and this is because they want to protect their idea as their property?

I support the idea of copyright, as long as users can freely access to the information and recognize of some creator's right, but it should not be too strict!
What really copyright does too us is a big questions for me. Privacy, fair use and copyright..
Different culture realizes copyright in slightly different perception?
I don't know, although copyright does exist, and users are aware of it, people still download stuff off from internet and share files.

I don't know about autonomy and copyright however, I think it will gradually change.

Maybe we need something else, second version of copyright..

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

I like my real life better than my virtual life??!!!

When you having difficulty with your studying, TRY THIS!!!

I remember when Play station first came out, my friends and I, all so excited about this but well, too expensive to buy. So, we all gathered at one of my 'lucky' mate's place, playing around. Fortunately, I got sick of it very soon and moved on.

I don't have virtual life in game, really. (Really?) But I know a lot of stuff because few of my guy mates always on and on about it, like who got better item and stuff. we can create identity, socialize and make a lot of money in second life. Even, if you have a great idea, you can sell it to game company(if you lucky, you can be a millionaire and .. maybe 30 years later, you will be on a reality show, all you have to say is "YOU ARE FIRED!")

I can imagine, it would be super-great if we get points each time we sit on the library chair, stick our ass to the chair for at least 50 minutes for reading or studying then we will get 10 points!(10+!) And our concentration rate will get high if we get mushroom(look at the photo! XD)
So, just pretend that when we study( maybe in your head there are supermario background sound music like 'bambala bam~ '), we get points
1. we get 10 point if we sit and read for 50 minutes
2. If we don't talk, we get extra 3 points
3. If talk, we lose 3 points
4. If your 'enemy' come and talk and you did talk back, then you also lose 2 points.
5. If you use pen, highlighter, notes you get each 1 points.

Things like this. well, am I imagining some boring stuff that I can only think of?

Some artistic reality concept.. I read Critics last year sometimes and they talked about some university students killed ducks in Botanic garden because they are too 'poor' to do grocery shopping. If your flatmate cook dinner and it looks like roast chicken with extra fatty stuff, you need to look at your flatmate's eyes. (see they are living in real life). Maybe the university students who killed the ducks for dinner were playing game.. (hm.. don't get an idea man.. )

I wish I can invent some game for Otago University students for Couch burning.
Who knows? I can devote some time to reduce some damage in Dunedin city and I may get reward from fireman! (God, I love fireman!) You can choose couch colour, you can choose beer, wine, dekila or anything than get you drunk. In 2 minutes, you can burn couch with some 'helper' avata, creative burning will get extra points. You can pour Olive oil from your kitchen(extra points?). Maybe this game theory is dangerous and provoke more thoughts and action in real life.. So I will shut up.. about this.

I love my real life better than virtual life because I think you can see, talk, look at eyes and have cup of coffee. well, you can have silver knife or shiny gun and bling bling stuff in your game, kill some enemy, have Ford car. However, real life is real life still, we have to deal with it! Paying bill, feeding cats, cleaning mass from Saturday night, I know it sucks! but this is reality of real life and you will love it ! Right?

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Blogging RULES!!!!


Blogging! Blogging! Blogging!! Yay! what an amusing creature for me!
We all are living with internet in everyday life.
There are many blogging sites that we can not even count!
History of blog is not that long like papyrus, or cave man's picture of COW!
we can read journals, watch news, overlook someone's criticism. Being a reader of some blog sites are very amusing as I can see each blogging has style, fashion of framing their post and what kind of rules they keep on track.

As we use blogging sites, is it really affecting traditional media news?
I still prefer to watch 6pm news when I cook dinner,
first, I have nothing to do apart from experiment with my food for dinner and second I know it is piece of crap but still I can see what is going on around the world.

On last Saturday, big fire was on princess street about 2am? 3am?
As usual, I was awake, entertaining little bit with my mates. Then I heard people went to see the fire! I thought, "Phew! what, another couch burning lesson?"
"Nah, really, there are big big fire on the Princess street! "
I did not believe it, and just keep hanging out, chilling out and eat lots of food..
the next day, I saw on the news that there were actual big fire on the princess street.
Wow.. I missed that bit, but I am sure lots of people took of photos or video recording them so we can get to watch them on bebo or youtube?

Why are all media so obsessed with the who is going to be the president of next US while president G. Bush sit back and relaxing, with his chocolate cheese cake mouthful?
Whoever, Hillary or Obama win and become a president of United States, White house would still be white house, maybe Clinton would be a good husband in this time by doing facebook with lots of gals~?

Lots of blogs making fun of those two(both Hillary and Obama) and make us being curious at least.

I often go to fashion blog, what is the latest fashion style in London or Italy and see how much skinnier girls walking on the fashion shows, imagining how much suffer by not eating as much as they want. (well, I do! ) It is informational, but never I can apply on me because, hello? You saw me! I am not skinny enough and as long as we live in Dunedin, I don't need that much cloths.
They often talk about this "Fashion IQ" that makes me think 'Do I.. I mean, do I have fashion IQ? I am wearing CCC pants for running and T-shirt from the cook, it is fashionable in Dunedin at least!" Well, if you want to check, go to this: Top 50 fashion blogs in US
I am sure Paris Hilton making her own as well go to her personal blog Paris Hilton my space


Ok, guys, I mean, I read a interesting journal that analyzing facebook and 1st year student life(Duh! like all first year, after they meet in about 10 minutes they want to know their cell phone numbers and facebook ID? really? ) go and check here !


I have been thinking what this blogging means and what would be the best rules in blogging.
There are NONE!!
Each blog has each colour, style, fashion and purpose no matter what who is doing the blog!
So sit back and Enjoy! NOW it is the time for us to eat cheese cake mouthful~ ! lol