Category Archives: News Clips

Some news are still worth to remember even when it goes old.

Can high school grades be trusted?

Credit shopping is nothing new. I did it when I was in high school many many years ago. I took my English OAC in a public school in summer because the English teacher in my school is really though. Buying the credit without studying is a bit too much, but it is natural that students will take the difficult courses with an easy teacher. For example, I got a 20% grade increase. That makes a huge difference in university application. The only fair admission system is public exam system like HKCEE.

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Unleashing the Counter-Reformation

I am looking forward to the day when the Catholic Church lift the celibacy requirement of priests. Maybe I could become a priest as my second career when I am bored working as an engineer.

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Biofuels Aren’t Really Green

We should not worry too much about environmental problems. At the end of the day, it all about energy. According to estimate, we only to cover 6% of land on Earth with solar panels to give enough energy to let everyone a life like the Americans. The world has 14% of land is desert, so we just need to cover all the desert of Earth with solar panels to solve our environmental problems. Those desert land are useless anyways.

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Ottawa won’t help woman stuck in Saudi Arabia

Is it just that the law of Saudi Arabia stupid or the Sharia law in general is stupid? Canadian citizen is kidnapped overseas and our government is not doing anything. I wonder what will the US government do in the same situation?

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E pluribus tunum

What kind of stupid undergrad students willing to pay $1.5 to download a song? The maximum amount I am willing to pay to download a song is $0. Why pay a dime if you can get it for free? A song only worth the cost of electricity and bandwidth to download it.

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