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Turkey in the EU? - I say NAY!
Friday, October 06, 2006
The debate still goes on about Turkey’s adhesion to the European Union. A few months ago, I was favorable to this for various reasons that I will not develop here. However, I only recently discovered the “Islamization” of school literature that had been inserted into the Turkish school curriculum and, now, I am truly horrified at the possibility that such a country would join. What happened? Recently, Turkish publishing houses have inserted Islam into classics that did not have it. Pinocchio, Tom Sawyer, Heidi, Victor Hugo, La Fontaine, and others! Tom Sawyer is a slacker but very conscientious when learning his Islamic prayers. D’Artagnan, from the Three Musketeers, is told that he can not visit Aramis. Why? “He is surrounded by men of religion. He converted to Islam after his illness.”
Let’s not forget that Turkey has been a secular country since the 1920s! The Turkish government has said that it would take legal action:
I read this and I think “Hmm.... good start.” Then they say something that is simply weak:
Notice that there is NO mention what-so-ever of religious allusions or distortion of literature. Is Turkey’s government too weak to enforce its own law? Countries wishing to join the EU have a lot of requirements before they are fully admitted. In Turkey’s case, many things are already met. However, a secular government that is not capable of controlling and accepting world literature the way it is, is completely and utterly unacceptable to me. Sources: Forum Post, BBC, Telegraph (Primary source). |
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About the uselessness of Hotlines - FREE and ORANGE
Some weeks are just strange. Some weeks, bad things just seem to accumulate and it gets to the point where you ask yourself “Why?” “How?” Last weekend, there was a mighty impressive storm over Paris that took everyone by surprise. I was driving down Champs Elysees when it began and (to my delight I might add), it started raining so hard that motorcyclists were forced to stop and people on the streets were scurrying to find refuge under some store’s porch. Anyways… point is, it was an impressive and sudden storm. It didn’t last too long; maybe 10 minutes. When I came home however, both aZ and I quickly noticed that our cell phone reception within the living quarters was close to 0 whereas just before, we were always getting a 5 out of 5 connection. My first guess was that the storm knocked out an emitter somewhere. This was Saturday. By Tuesday, the situation had not improved and so I called Orange (my cell phone provider) and told them about the issue. They said that they would know if one of their antennae had problems and none of them were showing any signals. They then offered to update my SIM card (as if that would do anything). I said yes. They never did it. Wednesday - FREE starts having problems. My internet connection as of Wednesday was very choppy. It would shut down and disconnect almost routinely every 20 minutes with no remedy possible but to simply unplug and replug it back in. This was VERY annoying. As I write this post, I still seem to be experiencing problems. When I called the hotline, they asked me to run so many tests that I just hung up on him. They wanted me to:
1) Bring the modem to person who has another Freebox and try it there.
Only after I had done all these things would they do a test on their side. So naturally, after hanging up on him, I called support again, asked the same question, and told them that I had done all of the above tests and everything had worked fine. The conclusion was wonderful : Wait and see. So here I am, on a Friday night, waiting to see if FREE will ever be stable again… On the bright side, my cell phone is back to 5 out of 5. I don’t know why. I’m guessing that there’s something in my building that was disturbing the signal. Can’t wait for this week to be over… |
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Series Review: Prison Break
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Prison Break - Season 1
Summary:
New. Prison Break is awesome simply because it’s new and exciting. Rarely has a series developed its characters as much as Prison Break and kept the story and suspense so intriguing and intense. PB has kept me on the edge of my seat (couch) for 3 weeks now (I got the entire season at once) and I can’t wait to get on to Season 2. The fact that each episode is 45 mintues long is great because it gives us enough time to really get into the mood of the series. I would strongly recommend this series to anyone who is looking for something new and captive to watch. This is not a funny series. It’s a suspense-packed (with some brief action) production not suitable for young children. Some links: IMDB trailers collection, Offical Prison Break Video Blogs, Offical Prison Break Homepage. Posted by:
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320GB for 133 Euros @ GrosBill.com
Monday, September 18, 2006
They’re selling this for 119 Euros. I got the insurance and with the transportation, went up to 133 Euros. They have a better model for 70 Euros more I believe that is 400GB with FireWire. Definatley worth it if you can afford it. If you’ve located any better deals, please let me know. So far, I’m very satisfied with the product. Quick delivery (although confusing website), neat design, stand, external power supply, ON/OFF switch, and very silent; this may be because it doesn’t have a fan though |
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Recently I ran into some storage problems (having my laptops crashing and what not). My 120GB external drive being already full and my IOMEGA Zip Drive (100MB) being practically useless now (were those ever widely used?), I had no choice but to look for a second external hard drive. To make a long story short, the best deal I could find was on 
Oh well…
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Apple Expo 2006
Sunday, September 17, 2006
In conclusion, I was somewhat expecting more from Apple. More of a “WoW” effect if you will. People who came to discover what the Mac was about, were surely disappointed. Others who came to BUY a Mac were happy - 6 to 8 % off. Myself, I am glad it was a free entrance but I had hoped to see some of the new Apple products coming out. Instead, I saw lots of cars and software. Is Europe still not worth the effort? |
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The Apple Expo finally came to Paris, the first stop of its European Tour. This was my first Apple Expo and I must say that I was surprised. First off, the entrance is impressive with several hostesses and high-tech macs checking you in; no security check I might add. After that, I was surprised by the low attendance of the event. There seemed to be more people at their stands than actual visitors! Secondly, I was looking for all the new things that Apple had announced: Leopard, iTunes7, iTMS, iPod Nano, iPod, etc… I was able to attend a presentation on iTunes7; but that’s it! No hands-on experience or anything. Did I miss something? Was there a room somewhere I was supposed to go to? There were no machines laid out for visitors to explore the Mac and discover its new and classical features. The few Macs that were there were demonstrating software tools OR helping you figure out how you were going to finance an over-priced laptop. 
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