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3 ways the Philippines’ Premature Opposition is trying to stop a Binay presidency

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3 ways the Philippines’ Premature Opposition is trying to stop a Binay presidency

Surely Filipinos deserve something better than the “lesser evil”. Perhaps. But the trouble is, Filipino voters and the mavens who shape their opinion do not believe so. With only a year and a half to go before the 2016 elections, only one man represents a credible bid for Philippine President by a far far margin…

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Politics

PCOS debacle: Is the software source code really important?

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PCOS debacle: Is the software source code really important?

The source code is the format of a program in human-readable format (that is, as far as computer programs go). It most intuitively describes the logic followed by a computer that is running said program. Programs written in high-level languages like Visual Basic, Javascript, PERL, PHP, or database languages like Standard Query Language (SQL) and…

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Politics, Tech Talk

President Noynoy Aquino shows he is at his best when campaigning and not when working

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Philippine President Benigno Simeon ‘BS’ Aquino III is reportedly the subject of a complaint filed by officials of Anakpawis party-list to Commissions on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. BS Aquino is being accused of blatantly using bribes to buy votes for his “Team PNoy” for the coming mid-term elections in May 2013. Apparently, the…

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Government, Media, Politics

Why does Noynoy Aquino need to carry around a gun while he is President of the Philippines?

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Indeed, as Commissions on Elections (COMELEC) Chairman Sixto Brillantes reportedly stated, “the entire national police force and the Armed Forces were already exempted” from a nationwide gun ban related to the coming 2013 elections. This is, of course, a no brainer. Police and military forces by the very nature of their jobs bear arms —…

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