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Comment: He's been deported (Score 1) 841

by jginspace (#39009563) Attached to: Journalist Arrested By Interpol For Tweet

KUALA LUMPUR, February 12, 2012 (AFP) - Malaysia on Sunday deported a young Saudi journalist whose Twitter comments about the Prophet Mohammed triggered calls for his execution in his home country, an official said.

Hamza Kashgari, who was detained in Malaysia during the week after fleeing Saudi Arabia, left the country in the custody of Saudi officials, according to a Malaysian government official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity.

Planned Post-ACTA Repression In European Union: The Documents->

Submitted by petval
petval writes "Rick Falkvinge, the Swedish Pirate Party MEP, discovered two interesting European Commission documents — Proposal for a Revision of the Directive of Intellectual Property Rights and Notice and Takedown procedures that give a glimpse of the planned crackdown on online freedoms of speech post-ACTA. Falkvinge informs about some of the most blatant parts like references to eroding the common carrier status of the ISPs, fast-track lowcost civil procedures which should we read as "Fast-track, low-cost civil procedures: Civil procedures means “lawsuits against ordinary people”. Fast-track means “without delays caused by due process of law and exercising of rights”. Low-cost means “preferably in bulk”.. Continuing with other cases he also mentions some similarites with Transpacific Partnership Agreement (TPP).
His closing really sums it well: All in all, this is a completely horrible document that shows how the European Commission prepares to legislate post-ACTA. The proposals above have already entered the legislative process and will result in a real legislative proposal. We need to stay more vigilant than ever."
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The Internet

Journalist arrested by Interpol for Tweet->

Submitted by StarWreck
StarWreck writes "Police in Kuala Lumpur detained Hamza Kashgari, 23, "following a request made to us by Interpol" on behalf of the Saudi authorities. Kashgari, a newspaper columnist, fled Saudi Arabia after posting a tweet which read: "I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you and there is a lot I don't understand about you I will not pray for you." Said tweet sparked outrage in Saudi Arabia and resulted in multiple death threats. Kashgari faces the death penalty in Saudi Arabia."
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Idle

Syrian President's email hacked... Password was 12345-> 1

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Nominei writes "The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reports that the Syrian President, aides and staffers had their email hacked by Anonymous, who leaked hundreds of emails online. Reportedly, many of the accounts used the password "12345" (which their IT department probably warned them to change when the accounts got set up, of course).

Link to original news article: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/bashar-assad-emails-leaked-tips-for-abc-interview-revealed-1.411445"
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Megaupload programmer denied internet access->

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An anonymous reader writes "The head programmer of the Megaupload website has been granted bail on the condition internet access is blocked to all members of his household.

Bram van der Kolk, 29, left North Shore District Court with his wife today after he was was granted bail to an Auckland address.

The FBI is seeking to extradite van der Kolk, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom, Finn Batato and Mathias Ortmann to the United States after the closure of Megaupload on January 19."
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Crime

Train phone thief caught on camera - help us catch him->

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arcticstoat writes "Stand up comedian and mathematician Matt Parker filmed this brazen phone thief on the train in the UK Last night. He stole a phone from a bag that a woman had accidentally left on the train, and even held it up to pose with it, despite being shouted at by Parker. We're trying to identify the guy so that British Transport Police can act accordingly, so please help to spread this around if you can. If Matt's blog is down, you can see a picture of the thief here and a full video of the incident here."
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Journal: North Koreans build hovercraft base near disputed islands

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North Korea has apparently just finished building a specially-equipped hovercraft base less than 60km from disputed islands in the Yellow Sea. The base could be home to 70 conventional hovercraft, which can travel at more than 50km/h and can carry between 35-55 marines. In theory they could take 30 minutes to get to Baengnyeong island and land 2000 marines. The North Koreans are also reported to have developed

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NFF - A Nuclear Energy Support Group->

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Comment: Asian perspectives (Score 2) 297

by jginspace (#38977175) Attached to: If You're Fat, Broke, and Smoking, Blame Language

Interesting observations. Using some examples from my neck of the woods, I'd say it could be mixed up with agriculture and migration patterns.

Vietnamese is very strongly future-typed. No tenses but an auxiliary verb 'se' = 'will' which appears in front of the verb. It is used even when the word 'tomorrow' or 'this evening' appears in the sentence. Vietnamese are famous for their over-indulgence in alcohol and coffee, although culturally they're savers (in the form of gold or ornaments). Oh, and they're atrocious drivers. (And there's a Catholic influence - sin now, confess later.)

Thai is even more strongly future-typed, in that their word for 'will' ('ja') takes even more precedence in the sentence - eg "ja mai pai Pantip" - "I will not go to Pantip". Thais are known for their moderation in most areas and they're characterized as undisciplined when it comes to wealth/savings. But they do drive well. Talk about Thai attitudes and most foreign observers will sum up with "mai pen rai" ("no worries").

Both the Thais and Vietnamese are rice-growing societies who recently migrated (the Thais much more recently) from China, where they're very loose with future markers.

Contrast with the Malays. Spoken Malay has no future typing - they rely on words like 'tomorrow'. Their society is characterized by its indifference to planning and saving, feasting today, forget tomorrow. Not very organized agriculturally. They're also an island race - perhaps best not to think too much about the future when you're getting into that boat and you can see nothing on the horizon (but a full belly will help).

Now my EMOTIONAL RESOURCES are heavily committed to 23% of the SMELTING and REFINING industry of the state of NEVADA!!