Peaceful Campaign

Our current mayor is about to retire after two periods and now it's time for an election and there are three candidates that will be the successor of the current mayor. Right now, they are in campaign process and the real election will be held next month.

Today, i went for a walk with my wife and saw lots of motorcycles were on the streets. There were two big group marching together and i was in the middle of it. I thought it would be a chaotic campaign, but luckily, i'm fine and nothing happened.

It seems that they have agreed to have a peaceful campaign this time and this makes most of the citizens happy. I wish this harmony can be implemented in whole nation, not just in our city.

US Border Laptop Searches

If you are going to US in short time and you wish to bring your electronic equipment with you, you MUST read this article first. It's called Five Things to Know About U.S. Border Laptop Searches.

Basically, all travelers, U.S. citizens and others, need to be aware of certain issues when entering the U.S. with electronic equipment. WHY? Because a lawsuit has been filed last week over warrantless searches of laptops and other electronic devices at U.S. borders, meaning that the officer at the borders could take your laptop without any evidence needed.

Here are some of the highlights:

1. No evidence needed to take your laptop
2. Anything can be searched
3. Your PC might not be returned right away
4. Don't take anything you don't want to share
5. Be cooperative

I know it's STUPID, but they WILL start using this procedure when someone enters US territory (but no information on specific date when will this procedure will be started)

Linux To Unite Two Countries

Linux has made an outstanding achievement by making two countries that had cold war united on one development under Hana Linux Project. As Reported by Guardian, South Korea will set up Linux training centers in North Korea. As you might aware of, South Korea is one of Linux's biggest converts. Since discovering the free operating system in 2003, officials have unveiled plans to switch all government-run offices to Linux (something which is very rare in Indonesia).

Why they choose Linux for their operating system? There are several reason, but mainly are free and unification. By making one Linux version that will be used in all over Korean, it will be a Korean-universal Linux distribution, meaning that all people in Korea will use this version and it's getting easier to maintain, since almost everybody used it.

Is it possible to do that in this era of freedom when you are free to choose your own operating system? I think it does. When it comes to IT, South Koreans do things differently. Almost everyone in the country uses Korean search engine, Naver; Google is considered a poor man's substitute. MSN's Messenger plays second fiddle to the local Nate On service. Virtually the whole of South Korea snubs Windows Media Player for Gom Player. The list goes on.