Stop SOPA!

by on 18. Jan, 2012 in Brainbuster

 

If you haven’t noticed, Wikipedia, WordPress, TwitPic and Reddit have blacked out their websites in protest against Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT IP Act (PIPA). 

SOPA or House Bill No 3261 of the United States House of Representatives is a bill nearing the Congress. It gives omniscient power to US content creators within and outside US to bring down any website that violates their IP. Moreover, they can order websites such as Google, YouTube, Yahoo, PayPal, and The Pirate Bay to limit their services in accord to aiding any violation or infringement without appearing before a court.

In a nutshell, the bill shall deprive us of our enjoyment in digital life — learning, photo-sharing, online business, social networking, media streaming, online auction, blogging, and the like.

There is a ton of entities against it — President Obama, Yahoo, Google, Netfirms, GoDaddy (just recently turned into), Wikipedia, among others. While we can feel that most websites offering free online services are against SOPA, there’s a long list of those who are in favor of it.

The least thing we (assuming you, reader, are against it) can do is to make our protest visible online or raise awareness.

On January 24, PIPA, a similar bill, shall be voted on in the US Senate.

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Take It, It’s Your Turn

by on 04. Jan, 2012 in Advertisement

Take it; it’s your turn! UP Career Assistance Program for Engineering Students and Nestle Philippines present Jobfair 2012. For more details, visit upcapes.org.

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UP CAPES and Nestle Philippines’ Jobfair 2012

by on 08. Nov, 2011 in Advertisement

The University of the Philippines Career Assistance Program for Engineering Students (UP CAPES) and Nestle Philippines proudly present Jobfair 2012 on January 9-13, 2012 at the Melchor Hall (College of Engineering), UP Diliman, Quezon City.

Take it. It’s your turn!

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Watch Pacquiao vs Marquez III Online

by on 07. Nov, 2011 in SEO

Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is about to face Juan Manuel Marquez for the third time on November 12 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Both are eyeing for the title Boxing Welterweight Champion. Watch the live streaming here. Catch it also on HBO Pay-per-view.

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The Wet Engineer

by on 06. Nov, 2011 in Literary, Personal

The night sky was enveloped with clouds as heavy rain was becoming imminent. I was standing in a street in UP with my hands on my waist and eyes closed. The only apparels on my body were a white dry fit shirt, a pair of black cycling shorts, my favorite running shoes, and my iPhone in my armband, which was set to make a new record. Teenage Dream played on the earphones.

I started to run and thought of the very reason why I did so – board exam results ain’t coming. I wanted to relieve the stress I was feeling all over. Five days had passed after I took the board exam for electronics engineering, and it had been a question why the release of results was taking so long than it did usually in the other recent licensure exams.

“2.5 kilometers. You’re half-way there,” the voice over on my phone prompted as I strode the curve turning to the Oblation statue.

Then, it started to rain hard.

I thought of what most reviewers would categorize as hardships and pain in the course of studying almost everything under the sun. If my memory served right, six months of my life was dedicated to full-time review albeit I admit that it was not so full-time, or so I assume. During the first few months, I was taking the review lightly, but only when the big day drew nearer did I feel pressured about passing. I would always tell my classmates, “I haven’t done this kind of studying before. All I am reviewing is so over the top. And haven’t felt so (more…)

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