Posted on September 28, 2008 by yalun
The USA, Russia, and China’s army are the three largest ground forces in the world, both in quantity and quality. The armed forces manpower of these three countries are 1.5, 1.0, and 2.1 millions, respectively. The USA has about 34000 armored fighting vehicles, whereas Russia and China have 18000, and 13000 vehicles (see http://www.strategypage.com/fyeo/howtomakewar/databases/armies/default.asp). This [...]
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Posted on September 24, 2008 by yalun
Menonton serial silat di TV atau DVD adalah salah satu hobiku. Sudah ratusan dollar habis buat beli serial silat asli langsung dari Hong Kong. Tidak semua cerita silat itu menarik. Tapi yang menjadi favorit adalah serial silat karangan Jin Yong atau nama aslinya Louis Cha. Belasan cerita silat hasil karya Jin Yong (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinyong#Novels )
The Book [...]
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Posted on September 21, 2008 by yalun
We regularly go to the swimming pool for the kids swimming class during weekend. The pool is located in the University of Queensland (UQ) sport complex. As usual, we went there last weekend. But once we arrived, we were noticed that we had to wait. The kids’ pool needed to be cleaned because a toddler had [...]
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Posted on September 20, 2008 by yalun
Often people wonder why many political parties in Indonesia try to force the pornography bill. Also, do Indonesians need such a law?
There are several reasons why the proponents believe this bill. I add my comment on each of them.
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Posted on September 17, 2008 by yalun
In the coming weeks, Indonesian House of Representative (DPR) will pass the long debated Pornography Bill. The detail can be read in:
Bahasa Indonesia: http://www.indonesiamatters.com/2465/pornography-laws/
or http://www.detiknews.com/read/2008/09/16/080110/1006768/10/inilah-isi-ruu-pornografi
English: http://rimafauzi.com/blogs/?p=791
The most dangerous part of this bill is the definition of the pornography. According to wikipedia, the common definition is the explicit depiction of sexual subject matter with the sole intention of sexually [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2008 by yalun
Gaji dosen di Indonesia, seperti umumnya di dunia ditentukan oleh kepangkatannya. Indonesia sudah mengadopsi sistem 4 golongan (guru besar, lektor kepala, lektor, asisten ahli) yang kira-kira setara dengan professor, associate/assistant professor, senior lecturer, lecturer. Nah, yang unik adalah bagaimana menentukan seorang dosen memiliki pangkat apa. Di negara-negara yang pendidikannya maju seperti USA, Japan, China, EU, [...]
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Posted on September 12, 2008 by yalun
I have been to several cities and towns in Asia, Western Europe, and Australia. There is one town that I always remember, named Brugge or Bruges in English, located in Belgium. It is also my wife’s favorite. Brugge is one of medieval age towns still standing today, survived the WW II. The town is very beautiful. [...]
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Posted on September 10, 2008 by yalun
Akhir-akhir ini, setelah kasus blue energy masyarakat dikejutkan lagi oleh kasus kegagalan produk teknologi yaitu kasus padi Super Toy. Padi yang diklaim oleh pihak penjualnya bisa diproduksi sampai 12-15 ton per hektar ternyata hanya 3-7 ton per hektar, bahkan banyak petani yang gagal panen. Kita perlu menarik pelajaran dari kasus ini dalam artinya perlunya pengawasan [...]
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Posted on September 8, 2008 by yalun
Salah satu faktor untuk memajukan pendidikan tinggi di Indonesia adalah menaikkan standar gaji dosen atau guru. Kali ini mari kita bandingkan gaji dosen di Indonesia, Australia, dan Malaysia. Australia mewakili negara maju, sedangkan Malaysia sebagai negara berkembang yang sedang akan menjadi maju.
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Posted on September 6, 2008 by yalun
Indonesia sebagai negara berkembang tentu memerlukan banyak tenaga ahli untuk memajukan sains dan teknologi yang ujung-ujungnya meningkatkan perekonomian negara. Namun sayang akhir-akhir ini terjadi banyak kasus di mana terjadi penipuan oleh oknum-oknum yang tidak punya kemampuan akademik mumpuni.
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