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Found an rather old, but still very relevant article by computer security expert Bruce Schneier:

Too many wrongly characterize the debate as “security versus privacy.” The real choice is liberty versus control. Tyranny, whether it arises under threat of foreign physical attack or under constant domestic authoritative scrutiny, is still tyranny. Liberty requires security without intrusion, security plus privacy. Widespread police surveillance is the very definition of a police state. And that’s why we should champion privacy even when we have nothing to hide.

I might sound rude or immature or both, but this picture really made my day. It’s one of my former classmates from high school getting married. *ROFL*

If I ever look as ridiculous, please get me a gun, so that I can just kill myself. *ROFL* See the whole madness over here.

PS: Heroes and How I met your mother are back on air. This day keeps getting better and better. Still 5 minutes of it left. Really wanna see what’s gonna happen. *ROFL*

According to The Economist companies from former developing countries are growing more important and go out to compete head on head with established multinationals from industrialized countries.

The sheer size of the consumer markets now opening up in emerging economies, especially in India and China, and their rapid growth rates, will shift the balance of business activity far more than the earlier rise of less populous economies such as Japan and South Korea and their handful of “new champions” that seemed to threaten the old order at the time.

Read the full article.