I dwell among them. I breathe, I eat, I walk. I, too, am flesh and bones. And I try as hard as I can to be just like them. But I am a mortal in a different sense. The complexity of my being is often misunderstood. I feel that I can no longer adapt to their given conditions. The time constraint prevents me from learning more from their culture and as time passes by, my true colors slowly show. There are just too many secrets that cannot be told. And I feel that I do not belong here. I am an outsider.
"What... are you?" she curiously asked as she sat beside me. Her tone was as if she did not fear me at all.
The progress she is making in slowly unraveling the mysteries behind my existence is making me feel very uncomfortable. And, unexpectedly, the fact that she could see me bothered me. She could finally see me. But it felt as if it was the wrong time and place. And I did not know how to react. I did not want to scare her away, and for the first time in my life, I realized that I did not want her to see me at all.
"There is no given name for my kind," I calmly replied, "and even I do not know why I am here, or why you... can see me."
She looked at me with a confused look on her face then said, "What are you talking about?"
I would not know, not in a million years, how I could ever make her understand. And I figured I must not stay in contact for too long. All of this might create some sort of ripple in my immediate surroundings and forever affect the future's state of affairs.
And so I walk towards the elevator leaving her with my final words,
"I am a visitor here; I am not permanent."
6.25.2007
6.14.2007
network neutrality
Save the Internet | Rock the Vote
weird how i was just writing about the internet a few days ago.. then just a while ago a friend shared this video to me. we need to stop the big corporations from taking away the internet from us. we must fight this monopoly of technology!
Credit:
The link was shared to me by Feanne. Feel free to check out her site and art works.
6.08.2007
lunch
In order to have your own channel in TV you'd have to consult so many organizations and you need approval from the congress. The same goes for radio, I think. But in the internet, you could have your own radio show, post your own TV show, publish your work, share music, share information, all in real-time. Even though most domains are for sale, there are so many free sites that allow one to publish multi-media work for the whole world to see.
I love the internet. It has allowed me to watch so many movies and TV shows, download gigabytes of music, and publish my thoughts and written work. Maybe one-day the whole world would be wi-fi just as the radio is today, free for everyone who chooses to listen.
Just a thought I had while I was listening to the radio station 108.0(formerly 107.1). They transmit different forms of electronic music without the common interruption from advertisements or boring DJs. I could already imagine most pessimistic purists tainting its existence with accusations of hypocrisy. I don't really care. I think it plays great music and it entertains me.
Maybe one day it would also end up having ads. There is no such thing as a free lunch yo! Even the airwaves have become subject to property distribution, taking it away from its true owners -- the people!
Even with the internet, I guess. Internet Service Providers must be hoarding lots of profit. Maybe one day the internet would be free for all and all this technological monopoly would be stopped. Maybe in the future, wi-fi would be world wide and available for all.
I love the internet. It has allowed me to watch so many movies and TV shows, download gigabytes of music, and publish my thoughts and written work. Maybe one-day the whole world would be wi-fi just as the radio is today, free for everyone who chooses to listen.
Just a thought I had while I was listening to the radio station 108.0(formerly 107.1). They transmit different forms of electronic music without the common interruption from advertisements or boring DJs. I could already imagine most pessimistic purists tainting its existence with accusations of hypocrisy. I don't really care. I think it plays great music and it entertains me.
Maybe one day it would also end up having ads. There is no such thing as a free lunch yo! Even the airwaves have become subject to property distribution, taking it away from its true owners -- the people!
Even with the internet, I guess. Internet Service Providers must be hoarding lots of profit. Maybe one day the internet would be free for all and all this technological monopoly would be stopped. Maybe in the future, wi-fi would be world wide and available for all.
6.06.2007
foresight
Most of my subjects are now allowing on-line publishing mediums as a means for the student's submission of requirements. We were asked to create this blog for compmed and just today for engtri we were asked to join people@dlsc, an on-line publishing system designed specifically for, as the name states, People of De La Salle Canlubang. It's about time. The technology is finally being utilized.
I just finished watching Prison Break season 1 and noticed a lot about the technology being used in the series in their conveyed present setting. They can track people through cellphone calls and bug conversations. Could people in real life really do this? And if they can, how advanced is this technology in our present time? I fear how we are so unaware and uninformed about these things. We have seen in the media that our government and other power hungry groups are capable of such acts of invasion of privacy. It has been mentioned in various cases showed in the news. But then again, how can we trust the news? How do we prevent the high rollers and big time politicians from pulling their strings and connections in order to manipulate what is shown in mainstream media?
Yes, wire tapping is against the law, but how do we know that we are safe? How will this technology affect the privacy and liberty of the world's population? And how will the people's lives adjust in contrast to these setbacks? Indeed, technology is making the world a smaller place and our progress as a whole has been remarkable, but until when will we allow ignorance to rule over us? I don't even fully know how tracking devices and bugging systems work or what they look like and up to what extent their capabilities are. We have been stuck in our daily routines and have conditioned ourselves not to question these things.
A few weeks ago, there was this series of power failures that occurred around the alabang area. I saw a few Meralco trucks working around different locations. I have no idea how those wires work. Some are for cable, telephone, internet, and electricity. A man pretending to be in uniform could easily manipulate those wires and install their devices without the citizens caring or reacting. We have taught ourselves to ignore. Maybe in the future, our government could have anti-conspiracy departments or agencies that will help protect our people from such misleading and deceptive acts. The crimes and violations of rights related to computer mediated communication are easy to conduct and hard to catch. Specially in a third-world country where most of our people are not informed and are not educated about the said topics.
In the future, do you think such advanced tracking systems and wire tapping devices would be available for all? In our past lesson in compmed, we learned that computers used to be only for a few elite groups such as the army. Today, it's already becoming a necessity for academic requirements. It could be possible that the tracking systems would one day be available for all. Family members would be able to locate one another and there would be less missing persons and children. Criminals could be tracked and endangered species could be watched over. The opportunities and benefits are seemingly limitless.
But then again... are we really ready for the future?
I just finished watching Prison Break season 1 and noticed a lot about the technology being used in the series in their conveyed present setting. They can track people through cellphone calls and bug conversations. Could people in real life really do this? And if they can, how advanced is this technology in our present time? I fear how we are so unaware and uninformed about these things. We have seen in the media that our government and other power hungry groups are capable of such acts of invasion of privacy. It has been mentioned in various cases showed in the news. But then again, how can we trust the news? How do we prevent the high rollers and big time politicians from pulling their strings and connections in order to manipulate what is shown in mainstream media?
Yes, wire tapping is against the law, but how do we know that we are safe? How will this technology affect the privacy and liberty of the world's population? And how will the people's lives adjust in contrast to these setbacks? Indeed, technology is making the world a smaller place and our progress as a whole has been remarkable, but until when will we allow ignorance to rule over us? I don't even fully know how tracking devices and bugging systems work or what they look like and up to what extent their capabilities are. We have been stuck in our daily routines and have conditioned ourselves not to question these things.
A few weeks ago, there was this series of power failures that occurred around the alabang area. I saw a few Meralco trucks working around different locations. I have no idea how those wires work. Some are for cable, telephone, internet, and electricity. A man pretending to be in uniform could easily manipulate those wires and install their devices without the citizens caring or reacting. We have taught ourselves to ignore. Maybe in the future, our government could have anti-conspiracy departments or agencies that will help protect our people from such misleading and deceptive acts. The crimes and violations of rights related to computer mediated communication are easy to conduct and hard to catch. Specially in a third-world country where most of our people are not informed and are not educated about the said topics.
In the future, do you think such advanced tracking systems and wire tapping devices would be available for all? In our past lesson in compmed, we learned that computers used to be only for a few elite groups such as the army. Today, it's already becoming a necessity for academic requirements. It could be possible that the tracking systems would one day be available for all. Family members would be able to locate one another and there would be less missing persons and children. Criminals could be tracked and endangered species could be watched over. The opportunities and benefits are seemingly limitless.
But then again... are we really ready for the future?
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