Robriefs 6.20.2008

Robrief no. 1: Smackdown talking between Israel and Iran
Imagine you’re watching a WWE Smackdown show: Israel vs. Iran in a tough-talking verbal match. The audience is booing and cheering simultaneously and who’ll be coming out of the flashy introduction stage to upstage both of them? ;)

Robrief no. 2: EU Commissioner slams China on blocking Internet
Good going, Viviane Reding, the European Commissioner for Information Society and Media! China is ridiculously illogical with its very restrictive and dictatorial control of Internet access between China and the world. The Chinese people deserve to participate and know about the world beyond China without government policy say-so.

There should be a US Internet commissioner to tell corporations to stop blocking general Internet access for American workers, customers and citizens as it is counterproductive and illogical. Come on, Facebook is blocked? Internet message boards are blocked? Dumb. However, there should be no access to porn, gambling, online gaming or video-based services since they are bandwidth-hogs and could slowdown the networks. Then, there’s the argument that the companies lose money when workers surf the Internet too much, but the evidence says otherwise: workers are actually more productive and happy with general Internet usage while working than those who aren’t productive. Another good example here.

The rational way for workers is to keep in mind that they are hired to do works for the companies, then make leeway times to stretch out sporadic Internet usage at work throughout the day rather than to surf the Internet in one sitting for too long. The idea, as in my own experience, is to help cut down the amount of time to surf the Internet at home after work and free up time to do other things at home or elsewhere beside Internet-surfing. By letting workers surf the Internet at work, it would reduce the time they have to surf the Net at home and do other things beside it.

On the other hand, CISCO stated big growth of the Internet is ahead and superfast Internet connection will enter the markets in the next 5-10 years.

Give it up, China and corporations. Resistance is futile.

Robrief no. 3: Sweden is the new China
Sweden is no longer a free (socialist) country, thanks to a new law passage for wiretapping on emails and telephones. Many Swedes are upset. :(

Robrief no. 4: Ice Cream on Mars!
If there’s ice on Mars, there should be ice cream on Mars! There ought to be oil way down there, let’s go offworld drilling there. ;)

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