Tuesday, March 26, 2013

WiFi Madness!!

So my dad and I came up with this idea of WiFi-ing the house. So far, we haven't been able to find a WiFi router that is capable of satisfying both our 'needs?' I'm stuck between EnGenius ERB 600H and TP-Link TL-WR1043NDhttp://www.tp-link.us/products/details/?categoryid=238&model=TL-WR1043ND. Who knew this stuff were this complicated? Anyways, dad dragged me half way across town, just to browse through the available routers, and compare prices. Male' may be small, but walking almost 1 km in 32 degree Centigrade, is just un-effing-bearable! So if there are any tech-nerds or net-geeks out there, give me a holler on which one to choose.

I have a coaxial cable modem, and need to WiFi a house approximately 600 km squared. So, any and all ideas will be appreciated.

Friday, March 1, 2013

Random sh*t that got my attention

I was surfing the internet, when I came across this rather intriguing article on BBC.com It was about a Maldivian girl who is 15 yrs old, and is to receive 100 lashes for taking part in premarital sex.


Not that I'm in favor of flogging rape victims, but when I dug up some information about the case, it turns out, the girl willingly took part in premarital sex, before being raped and molested by her stepfather. According to the Islamic shariah, fornication is punishable by 100 lashes. I went through some other news articles on this same issue, and found some rather interesting comments. Most of which called the punishment uncivilized, and also called people to stop visiting the Maldives. Ironically, most people who commented can not even afford to visit the nation, no offence.

The above comment made me think about this whole thing. That's when I came about this information about the large number of girls killed in India and China every year. Apparently, Indians and Chinese believe that Male children are more 'important' for the lack of a better word, than Female children. So, every year, thousands of babies are aborted or killed after birth. Their only crime was being a female baby


Hutterite women making soap


Just yesterday, I was watching this show on NatGeo called 'Meet the Hutterites', where a group of Anabaptists' were shown. In this colony women are not allowed to do the same work as men, and are punished for wearing "men's" clothing and letting their hair loose. For more information visit Wikipedia.






So my advice to all those people who wish to boycott tourism in Maldives; first get your own problems solved, then talk about living a civilized life!


Aargh!!

Disclaimer:

I do NOT support flogging of rape victims.
I do NOT support infanticide.
I DO support equality for women.