Jinn of Quality and Risk (2002-Oct-02)


Jinn?
According to critics, an eavesdropper, constantly striving to go behind the curtains of heaven in order to steal divine secrets. May grant wishes. or use my wishlist (at amazon.com) if you are in the mood for gifts.
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Species: featherless biped, chocolate addict
Roots: born in Sweden — lived also in Switzerland, USA, UK — mixed up genes from Sweden, Norway, India, Germany
Languages: French, English, Swedish, German, Portuguese, Latin, Ada, Perl, Java, assembly languages, Pascal, C/C++, etc.
Roles: programme manager, methodology lead, quality and risk manager, writer, director of technology, project lead, solutions architect — as well as gardener, factory worker, farmhand, supermarket cleaner, programmer, student, teacher, language lawyer, traveller, soldier, lecturer, software engineer, philosopher, consultant

2002-Sep-03 [this day]

China blocks Google, national collapse expected soon

The Great Firewall of China has started blocking Google -- ah well, there's a doomed civilization. How true. Another bizarre twist of a dictatorship's fight for survival: prevent citizens from using the best search engine in the world. Imagine growing up in a country where the State systematically does that to you — because their standard of judgment is not life, nor liberty, nor the pursuit of happiness. [via Boing Boing Blog[this item]

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