Really Nice Animated Pictures

MANILA, Philippines - There was a time when animated pictures were the highlight of the web. Now, seems like all websites are eliminating the support of this wonderful file -- the GIF. Before it's completely gone, let me just show you some amazing animated pictures that you may find awesome.

A Running Dalmatian?

A New York City Cab?

A Critical Analysis of “Cybercrime law: Demonizing technology: by Sen. Guingona"

MANILA, Philippines - In an article written by Sen. Teofisto 'TG' Guingona III on the Rappler website entitled “Cybercrime law: Demonizing technology”, he strongly states that the “Republic Act 10175 is oppressive and dangerous.” RA10175, also called the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012, is the latest “cyber law” that pushes legal actions against unpleasant online interaction. Though, the Senator clearly pointed out that we need a Cybercrime Prevention Act, he still disapproved the libel provisions of the law.

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Guingona used three words to describe RA10175: vague, unfair, and oppressive. In vague, it is stated that since there is no clear definition of the people who are liable in making such cyber crimes, the practice of freedom and democracy for anyone is not envisioned in the law as anyone can be charged as long as there is enough proof of criticism. In this part of his article, Guingona used the provisions of the cybercrime act to show the imprecision of it. His argument proves to be correct as there was never anything mentioned regarding who can be held liable in such unpleasant acts. The vagueness is evident as to see nothing in an article means there is nothing to defend.

Calling it unfair, the senator also stated that RA10175 has a weightier punishment of up to 12 years imprisonment if proven guilty while the traditional libel act gets a mere four years and two months of jail years. In this statement, the validity lies to the facts of the laws involved. The traditional libel law has been active for many years now; therefore it is true that if proven guilty, one can be locked in for up to four years in jail. Seeing that the provisions of the new online libel law may take up to 12 years, it is unacceptable to state that it is unfair. First, it is not safe to compare an old law that has been in practiced for years now to a one that is still being reviewed by the lawmakers themselves as changes may still occur. Second, if ever the new law is already in effect, the extent of damage one can make by doing such libelous crime online is larger and bigger due to the fact that almost everyone has access to the internet, therefore the information (regardless of its accuracy) can easily spread out.

Is The Question "What is happiness?" Philosophical?

QUEZON CITY, Philippines - I came across one of my homework (or howemork) in my Philosophy subject and decided to publish it here. Fifty percent of the things I've written seems gibberish to me. Well, I didn't know what I was doing (or in this sense, writing.)

1. Is the question "What is happiness?" philosophical?

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The question “What is happiness?” is philosophical. A good philosophical question is a question, according to Avrum Stroll and Richard H. Popkin’s Introduction to Philosophy, which has seven characteristics of a philosophical problem. And this particular question includes: digging beyond the obvious—for we know exactly what happiness is. On second thoughts, do we really?

Let’s say the question is the argument itself. According to the book Philosophical Analysis, real arguments in natural language are not amenable to fully precise treatment. Many people would deal with the question with full of controversy and analogies. So, by thinking of the question--“What is happiness?”—we can come across many ways to evaluate it.

A philosophical question is one that has more than one legitimate answer. Therefore, the answer to this question can be different from one another. And the value of those answers has yet to be proven. The answers might be in many forms—making it a perfect example of a philosophical question.

2. Identify one valuable lesson that you learned in the Intro to Analysis of Statements which you think can help you in your life.

 A valuable lesson I learned in the first part of the course that would probably help me in my life is the knowledge on how to analyze the truth-value of statements. We all have gotten into an argument without actually being confident about how well our statements have been. We just utter words that sometimes just don't make sense even if our mind tells us that we know exactly what we are talking about.

A Compilation of Jokes!

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PSBank Debit MasterCard Review

MANILA, Philippines - In the Philippines, credit cards are becoming easier to have, but is that really a good thing? Easy credit card means easy money and it sure means easy debt. Ask yourself, you really need a credit card? Yes? You sure?

If the purpose of you wanting to have a credit card is to buy things online (because your ATM is not an alternative) or to go shopping in the mall without having to touch cash (because you believe it's so dirty) then proceed reading. I'll try to convince you that there is a better alternative. And oh. The title sure tells it to you already.

Let me introduce: PSBank Debit MasterCard

My own debit card!

What do I know about debit cards, you say? Well, I actually work as a phone banker of a large debit card provider in the US. I know how exactly how debit cards work and the internal process everything goes through. Do I sound legit now?