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Randi Harper -
Automating FreeBSD Installations
Source: BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference
Added: 25 May 2009
Tags: bsdcan, bsdcan2009, presentation, freebsd, pxe, sysinstall, randi harper
Slides (33 Kb, 14 pages)
Automating FreeBSD Installations
PXE Booting and install.cfg Demystified
This paper will provide an explanation of the tools involved in performing an automated FreeBSD install and a live demonstration of the process.
FreeBSD's sysinstall provides a powerful and flexible mechanism for automated installs but doesn't get used very often because of a lack of documentation.


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Windows 8 to grab iPad market share wrested back from Android
Google, watch out for MS not Apple, says analyst
Windows 8 will dent Apple's dominance of the tablet market, but it's biggest impact will be to hold Android's growth back.
So says market watcher Canalys, which reckons some 207m tablets will ship in 2016, around half of them iPads of one size or another. In that year, tablets will account for almost a third of all personal computer shipments.
Android will be found in around 35 per cent of the tablets that ship that year, a share largely unchanged from now.
Preventing the Google OS from grabbing a share from Apple is Windows 8, though it will only have a share of 17 per cent or so by 2016, the researcher believes.
So it'll be Microsoft taking share from Apple, not Google.
Canalys reckons Android can increase its market share, but only if "vendors make radical improvements to the overall user experience". It highlights Amazon's "tight integration of hardware, software and services" in its Kindle Fire family as a case in point. Likewise, though to a lesser extent, what Google is doing with the Nexus 7.
Indeed, because of what Amazon has done, Canalys thinks the online retail giant will be Apple's key competitor.
Geographically, the US is expected to dominate pad shipments, with the volume more than doubling to 88m units in 2016. China is expected to be the second largest country market, with shipments of around 20m. ®
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Hi Michael, I think this is tremendous work and should help us get a better structure and consistent attribute names for accessibility. I only have a few questions about the media elements. For a short text alternative for video (not for audio though) I would expect that what is being seen on screen as the representative image (be that a poster or the first frame) needs some explanation, similar to the @alt on img. I'd prefer that to label - what would the label be for? Also, I am curious why you do not see a need for a summary on audio and video? I can see that a full transcript goes into the long text alternative, but a summary is different and useful to both, sighted and vision-impaired users. In fact, it is often provided underneath the video or in an overlay. And finally on caption (not captions but caption as used for images) - while it's not customary to provide a caption subtext on video or audio, it is very customary to display a video/audio title (and a short summary as stated). Maybe in the video case the video "caption" is the video title? It is also very important from an accessibility perspective since it explains to sighted and thus also vision-impaired users what can be expected in the video and should probably be made part of our concerns. I'm not sure how the media use cases fit with your classification and it would be great to clarify this. Cheers, Silvia. On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 9:33 AM, Michael Cooper <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > The attached file is a draft analysis of how fallback mechanisms are > applied to various types of embedded content in HTML. The analysis is an > important step towards determining where the support provided by the HTML > specification needs to be extended or modified to ensure all accessibility > use cases are covered. The analysis is prepared primarily by Michael Cooper, > with input from members of the Bug Triage sub-team of the HTML Accessibility > Task Force. > > This is a draft analyis put forth for discussion and should not be viewed > as complete, final, or constituting a proposal in itself. > > This analysis relates to Bug 8885<http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=8885>and executes > ACTION-66 <http://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/track/actions/66>. As discussed > on 5 November 2010 <http://www.w3.org/2010/11/04-html-wg-minutes#item13>, > preliminary work on this was done by the bug triage sub-team on 16 > November 2010 <http://www.w3.org/2010/11/16-a11y-bugs-minutes#item01> and 22 > November 2010 <http://www.w3.org/2010/11/23-a11y-bugs-minutes#item02>, and > it is now being taken to the task force for wider review and discussion. > > Michael > -- > > Michael Cooper > Web Accessibility Specialist > World Wide Web Consortium, Web Accessibility Initiative > E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com <email@example.com> > Information Page <http://www.w3.org/People/cooper/> > > Fallbacks for embedded content > > This is an attempt to analyze how fallback mechanisms are applied to > various types of embedded content in HTML. The analysis is an important step > towards determining where the support provided by the HTML specification > needs to be extended or modified to ensure all accessibility use cases are > covered. The analysis is prepared primarily by Michael Cooper, with input > from members of the Bug Triage sub-team of the HTML Accessibility Task > Force. > > This is a draft analyis put forth for discussion and should not be viewed > as complete, final, or constituting a proposal in itself. > > Sections of this document: > > - HTML 4 <#12c80061e2356983_html4> > - HTML 5 <#12c80061e2356983_html5> > - General issues with fallback mechanisms<#12c80061e2356983_generalissues> > - Use cases <#12c80061e2356983_usecases> > > HTML 4 > > The table below shows known fallback mechanisms for embedded content > elements in HTML 4. Only elements defined in HTML 4 are listed, plus the > <embed> element which is a "de facto" HTML 4 element. The fallback > mechanisms and issues are as generally used in the wild, not as defined by > the specification. This is in order to identify the real support baseline > upon which we are building. > Embedded content elements in HTML 4 Element / Approach @alt @title embedded > content @longdesc @name <title> of referenced content embed not > standardized or widely used but recognized by some user agents not > standardized, but may be supported by some user agents iframe @title > widely recognized as labeling the frame, but this was a narrowing of that > general-purpose attribute Often misunderstood and used for a text > label, or at used in an "if all else fails" scenario, but this does not > function well as it's a token for processing with extreme limitations Many > advocated fetching the referenced content and using the title as a label for > the frame, but it requires support for the element, fetching an external > resource, and being able to find a title img see general issues with @alt<#12c80061e2356983_general_alt> see > general issues with @title <#12c80061e2356983_general_title> see general > issues with @longdesc <#12c80061e2356983_general_longdesc> object See > general issues with embedded content <#12c80061e2356983_general_embedded> > HTML 5 > > The table below shows fallback mechanisms documented in the HTML 5 > specification for the embedded content types supported by the specification. > By contrast with the HTML 4 table, this HTML 5 table lists what the > specification supports, *not* what is generally used in the wild. This is > because the purpose of this exercise is to review the specification, not > current usage. Note that the set of available fallback mechanisms (shown as > column headers) is different from the set used in HTML 4. > Embedded content elements in HTML 5 Element / Approach @alt @title embedded > content @longdesc @aria-labelledby @aria-describedby audio supported, > after <track> elements canvas supported embed > disallowed iframe permitted but markup will be removed and only > for HTML serialization; not specified if it's meant to be a fallback > img @alt for short descriptions not support@ted removed (under dispute) proposed > as replacement for @alt proposed as replacement for @longdesc math deferred > to features of MathML, fallbacks should be possible using @alttext > object supported, after <param> elements svg deferred to > features of SVG; fallbacks should be possible using <desc> and <title> > video supported, after <track> and potentially <source> elements > General issues with fallback mechanisms > > Some of the fallback mechanisms identified above have issues in theory or > practice that were generic to several embedded content elements and / or > were too long to include in the table. These issues are shown here. > @alt > > - simple and long history > - not internationalized and doesn't support phrase markup > - lack of feature to specify "decorative" images have led to various > heuristic uses of this attribute, but not complete universality in these > > @title > > - variously proposed / used as a replacement and / or supplement to > @alt, but wildly inconsistent from an accessibility perspective > - primacy between @alt and @title unspecified: does @title come first, > last, or cover @alt? Or should be ignored from an accessibility perspective? > > @longdesc > > - provides explicit long descriptions, contrasted with "d-link" > approaches that don't semantically tie description to image > - description referenced by a URI, but user agent behaviour not > specified (e.g., fetch and present? give user a link? etc.) > - many argue that a URI consisting only of a fragment on the same page > should be valid, but unclear that implementations support this use case > well, and expected UA behaviour not specified > > embedded content > > - mixture of fallbacks and param elements > - unclear whether fallback intended for non-support of element, > non-support of the referenced content language (fallback only visible if the > technology not supported), or accessibility (fallback displayed at user > request) > - in practice, accessible fallbacks not available if browser supports > the technology, which is largely the case today > > Use cases > > This is an attempt to propose use cases for fallbacks, as a step towards > understanding what use cases remain to be met. The focus is on * > accessibility* use cases. Use cases for non-support of the embedded > content element and non-support of the referenced content technology are > also important, and should not be confounded with accessibility use cases. > It may be necessary to expand on this in the future in order to cleanly > separate them. > > The following list describes the use cases identified, and the table shows > which embedded content types may have the corresponding use case. Beware of > token overload; the terms are used here as defined below, and should not be > interpreted to have any other meanings inherited from other contexts. Cells > have an x where the use case is believed to apply to the embedded content > type, otherwise they are blank. > Short text alternative Can substitute for the object, sometimes on its > own and sometimes complemented by an additional long text alternative. > Normally, short text alternatives aren't provided if direct accessibility is > possible, but it may still be used if direct accessibility for whatever > reason isn't enabled (e.g., canvas makes a simple image and there is no need > to enable full shadow DOM support). Long text alternative Can substitute > for the object, fairly completely. Normally it complements a short text > alternative but may stand on its own, e.g., in the case of transcripts.Label Identifies > the object and tells the user if they want to go into it more. This has both > non-accessibility and accessibility use cases. Frequently confounded with > short text alternatives, it's a distinct use case and optimally should have > a different implementation. Generally, if a label is provided, a short text > alternative would be redundant and is not separately required. Caption This > is a visible label, such as appears below an image in many publications. > This is not primarily an accessibility use case, but is confounded in a few > ways: 1) implementation of the caption is often (incorrectly, in my opinion) > taken from the implementation of short text alternatives; 2) captions and > short text alternatives are often both provided where their content is > identical and redundant; 3) when a caption is provided, it should also > generally be sufficient to meet the short text alternative use case (but not > vice versa). Summary Is more than a short text alternative, but not the > complete replacement that a long text alternative should be. Like a label, > it may help a user decide whether to explore more, or may be a sufficient > overview of the object in many cases. Idiosyncratic direct accessibility The > object content itself provides ways to make it accessible, e.g., caption > formats in video, features of SVG, the shadow DOM of canvas, etc. Generally, > if a format supports direct accessibility it may still benefit from a label, > but should not require a short or long text alternative. However, some > objects may not enable the direct accessibility and still require external > text alternatives, such as a short text alternative for a simple image > implemented with canvas, or a transcript (i.e., long text alternative) for > an audio. Note that for <embed> and <object>, this depends on features of > the loaded content language, so these elements may or may not require > separate fallbacks within the HTML. Advisory / tooltip A kind of text > label that is usually displayed as a tooltip. Although frequently taken from > short text alternatives or captions, *this is not an accessibility use > case*. It is in the table to show that it is a distinct use case and > should not be confounded with other accessibility fallbacks. Specify none > needed For formats that need to be able to indicate that they are > "presentational" and no accessibility fallback is needed. Fallback use > cases for embedded content elements Element / Use case short text > alternative long text alternative label caption summary idiosyncratic > direct accessibility advisory / tooltip specify none needed audio x x > x x x canvas x x x x x x x x embed x x x x x x x x iframe x x x > x x img x x x x x x math x x x x object x x x x x x x x > svg x x x x x x x video x x x x x > >Received on Thursday, 25 November 2010 03:41:53 UTC
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the docs said:
Turtle graphics is a popular way for introducing programming to kids. It was part of the original Logo programming language developed by Wally Feurzig and Seymour Papert in 1966.
Imagine a robotic turtle starting at (0, 0) in the x-y plane. After an import turtle, give it the command turtle.forward(15), and it moves (on-screen!) 15 pixels in the direction it is facing, drawing a line as it moves. Give it the command turtle.right(25), and it rotates in-place 25 degrees clockwise.
Imagine a robotic turtle starting at (0, 0) in the x-y plane. After an import turtle, give it the command turtle.forward(15), and it moves (on-screen!) 15 pixels in the direction it is facing, drawing a line as it moves. Give it the command turtle.right(25), and it rotates in-place 25 degrees clockwise.
Python docs - Turtle Graphics
This link is for Python 3.3, there is a drop-down list at the top-left if you are using a different version of Python.
- Poking His Head Out
- Some Settings
- Moving Without Drawing
- Square Pants
- For Loops (and Range)
- Stamping: Our Turtle Makes an Impression!
- Tracey Triangle (Equilateral)
- Filling In
- The Right Angle
- Finish with a Function
Part Two is here
Poking His Head Out
You can explore turtle graphics interactively using the IDLE editor, as shown in the following screenshot.
turtle uses the tkinter module which is installed with most versions of Python, so it should only require the following as the first line in your code:
import turtle
The turtle can be controlled just by typing turtle.somemethod(). This is using the default instance of the turtle. I'm sure that you would rather name your turtle, so use:
import turtle timmy = turtle.Turtle() timmy.forward(100) # pixels timmy.left(90) # degrees timmy.forward(120)
This works fine in IDLE but in a fuller Editor or IDE (Integrated Development Environment) a few more lines should be added:
import turtle scr = turtle.Screen() # our turtle's playground timmy = turtle.Turtle() timmy.forward(100) timmy.left(90) timmy.forward(120) scr.mainloop() # wait for the turtle-window to be closed
Screen() and Turtle() are constructors that allow us to manipulate the turtle's window (playground) and to create a new turtle. mainloop() is necessary to keep the screen open until we are ready - close the window using the cross at the top-right (in Windows). Do not use mainloop() with the IDLE editor.
We can create, and control, a number of different turtles if we want to:
tracey = turtle.Turtle()
When naming your turtle just use letters of the alphabet, although you can include a number (as long as it is not the first character). You could also use underscores but, again, don't use this as the first character:
square_pants = turtle.Turtle()
The turtle starts in the centre of the screen, at position (0, 0), and facing East. timmy.forward(100) moves timmy forward, in the direction he is currently facing, a distance of 100 pixels. Notice that he draws a line as he moves.
timmy.left(90) turns timmy left by 90 degrees; again, it is important to understand that this is "90 degress left from the direction he is currently facing".
Timmy can also move .backward(50) and turn right(90). This is the same as going forward(-50) and left(270) but I am sure you will find it less confusing to stick to forward/backward and left/right.
There are many abbreviations that you can use such as fd(), bk(), back() for forward() and backward(). I prefer to use the full words and I think this makes the code easier to read (and more obvious!).
Some Settings
There are a number of settings that we can change, best illustrated with an example:
Explore Spend some time exploring this code. Get timmy to move in different directions, try different pen-sizes, etc.. Explore the colours. There are many colour-names that you can use: orange, purple, pink, lightblue, etc.. If you want to use an image for the background make sure that it is a .gif file, a reasonable size, and is saved in the same location as the python file.
Moving Without Drawing
Use timmy.penup() to prevent our turtle from drawing a line as he moves. Use timmy.pendown() to start drawing the line again.
As the following code shows, we can also use goto(x, y) to move to a specific location. x and y can be positive or negative values. Use negative numbers to move to the left and/or down. The values are measured from the turtle's home at (0, 0). Note, however, that a line will still be drawn when using goto() unless you first use penup(). You can prove this just by commenting out the penup() statement on line 20. To comment out a line (so that it is ignored) type a hash-sign # at the beginning of the line.
Note: As well as goto() there is also home() which returns our turtle to his starting-position (0, 0).
We can also use setx(value) and sety(value) to change the x or y position, leaving y or x (respectively) unchanged. That is, just moving the turtle vertically or horizontally.
Square Pants
A square has four sides of equal length and each internal angle is 90 degrees. When drawing a square on graph-paper it is quite common to mark the four corners and then draw straight-lines between them. Often we might want to position the square from a certain location, so we might first work out where the bottom-left corner is; that is, how far away it is from the origin (0, 0).
Drawing with the turtle is a little different. It might help to imagine yourself sitting on-top of the turtle and facing in the same direction. (Of course, it would need to be a Giant Turtle!) To draw a square he moves forward a distance, turns left 90 degrees, moves forward the same distance as before, then turns left again. If he repeats this sequence four times he will end up where he started, but leaving a nice square in his wake.
He doesn't have to turn left - he could turn right, but he would need to turn right four times to complete the square.
Thinking about it in this way might take a little getting used to. (It helps to slow the turtle down using speed()). However, there are a number of advantages. Most significantly, the turtle doesn't care where he is positioned, or what direction he is facing: as long as he completes the four steps we will always end up with a square. We can draw a square anywhere on his Screen, and tilted at any angle, just by repeating the four movements!
Explore Try different colours, shapes, and using goto() and left() (or right()) to draw different squares, starting at different positions and angles. Don't forget to use penup() and pendown() if you want to move the turtle without drawing a line.
You should notice that we are repeating the same instructions (called statements) over and over. For more complex shapes and diagrams we might end up with lots of the same statements being repeated. This means a lot of typing, or copying, and it is more likely for us to make mistakes. What we need is a way to repeat the same statements, without re-typing them. Hello to Loops!
For Loops (and Range)
for x in [1, 2, 3, 4]: # statements that will be repeated 4 times pass
- for and in are Python keywords - part of the language of Python.
- x is the name of a variable. You can use any (reasonable) name, but you'll often see code using either x or i when, effectively, counting. It is sometimes called a counter variable or sentinel.
- [1, 2, 3, 4] is a List containing the four numbers.
- The for-statement needs to have a colon : at the end of the statement.
- The lines (statements) that follow this line will be repeated a certain number of times.
- These statements must be indented so that Python understands that they form the body of the loop (that is, the statements that need to be repeated).
- You can either Tab in, or use spaces, to create the indent, but the indent must be the same for all the lines that need to be repeated. (That is, unless these statements include another block-structure; but you don't need to be concerned about this for a while.)
- Each time the statements are repeated x will assume the values of 1, then 2, etc. Hopefully you can see that this will repeat the statements four times in total.
A variable is a location in the computer's memory that we can use to temporarily store a value of some kind: a number, a piece of text, a date, etc.. To help us work with the value we give the variable a name (x, table, user_name, eric). We can then use this name to refer to, and change, its value in our code.
Rather than creating a List using [..] we can use the range(start, stop, step) function to create a sequence of numbers. Change the for-line to the following and run the code again.
for x in range(4):
This actually gives x the values 0, 1, 2, 3 within the loop. This doesn't matter though, as we are not using the values of x within the loop. As long as there are four-values it will cause code to be repeated four times. If you really wanted to use the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 then you could write:
for x in range(1, 5):
This looks odd to me, as it just seems intuitive that it should end at the value 5, not 4. I encourage you to get used to counting starting at 0 (using range(4)). All modern programming languages do this, even VB.NET!
To repeat statements four times we just need something (an iterable) that contains four items/elements. We can take advantage of this fact by creating, and looping through, a List of four colours. We can assign our list of four colours to a variable:
colours = ["red", "green", "blue", "cyan"]
Stamping: Our Turtle Makes an Impression!
At any point we can use stamp() to leave an imprint of the current turtle (its shape and colour) at its current position. You can modify the previous code to the following version:
penup() means that it will not draw lines between the stamps. (This also confirms that the pen doesn't need to be down in order to leave an impression.)
Tracey Triangle (Equilateral)
An equilateral triangle has sides of the same length. This is similar to drawing a square: we need three loops (iterations) and the internal angle between each line is 60 degrees.
The internal angles of a triangle add up to 180 degrees. For an equilateral triangle these angles are equally split at 60 degrees each.
However, when the turtle is facing forward, she needs to turn 120 degrees so that the angle between the line she has just drawn, and the line she is about to draw, is 60 degrees. (The line she is on represents an angle of 180 degrees.)
A slight difference for this example is that we first move tracey to a different location, and change the angle she is facing. Notice that this has no effect on her ability to draw a triangle.
Filling In
Filling a shape or area with colour is achieved by:
- Using turtle.fillcolor("red") to choose a colour.
- turtle.begin_fill() to confirm that you will be filling an area.
- After moving the turtle around use turtle.end_fill() to fill the area.
If you have completed the outline of an area then it is this area that will be filled. If you stop before you've completed the shape then the turtle will fill the area that would be completed if the turtle returned to the location it was at when begin_fill() was used. To see this effect change the number 3 to 2 in the code that follows.
This can be very useful because the turtle doesn't have to complete a full area and can be left at a different location than he started from. It can also catch us out, though, if the turtle doesn't end-up at a suitable location. (You might end-up with an oddly-shaped block of colour?!) Practice and experience will enable you to take advantage of this behaviour.
In this example I've also turned off the pen (penup()) so that a border won't be drawn around the shape. An alternative would be to make the pencolor() the same as the fillcolor().
The Right Angle
If we complete the adjacent and opposite sides of a right-angled triangle we can use pythagoras' theorem to determine the length of the remaining side (the hypotenuse). However, we still need to work out what angle our turtle needs to turn in order to correctly close the triangle.
While I'm happy to teach turtle graphics and Python, this isn't the place for me to attempt to teach mathematics (geometry). You can study the following code, which also demonstrates using the math module.
I am going to cheat though. I mean, take advantage of the turtle's behaviour and methods. In order for timmy to draw the first two lines, he must start from a certain point and move forward from there. If we can store his starting-point we can just use goto() to return him to this point - closing the triangle in the process. position() gives us the turtle's current position which we can store in a variable.
When creating this example I realised that it no longer needs to be a right-angled triangle. In fact, if we store the starting-position, we can use this to complete any shape that we are drawing. I mention this only as a small example of the little gems, and pieces of inspiration, that you will encounter on your programming journey! I started by investigating (revising) some arithmetic and geometry so that I could complete a right-angled triangle, and ended-up with a simple approach that I could use to complete any shape whatsoever.
Finish with a Function
A Python function is a block of re-usable code. When we want to use the function we call it, passing it any information it requires - arguments for the function. Functions can also return a value (to the code that called the function), but we won't look into that here.
We declare a function using a def statement:
def function_name(parameters): # function code # this code needs to be indented at the same level pass
- The keyword def stands for function definition.
- Give the function a meaningful name.
- Within the (required) brackets you can list parameters - values that will be passed to the function.
- The def-statement is completed by the colon : (required).
- Indent the code of the function at the same level.
See the notes that follow this example, which draws a square for our turtle:
import turtle scr = turtle.Screen() timmy = turtle.Turtle() def square(aturtle, side): for x in range(4): aturtle.forward(side) aturtle.left(90) square(timmy, 120) scr.mainloop()
The name of our function is square. It accepts two arguments, which are our turtle and the length of the sides for our square. We can use (call) this function at any time, passing it our turtle, or any other turtle that we have, and the length of the square's sides that we want to draw. square(timmy, 120) calls the function.
When we define (using def) our function, the variables in the brackets are the function's parameters. When the function is called we pass the function specific values, called arguments. However, you will frequently encounter the words parameter and argument used interchangeably.
I'll stop here, but repeat the link for the official Python documentation for the turtle graphics:
Python docs - Turtle Graphics
I hope this tutorial has given you a good start with turtle graphics (and Python)! Enjoy, it is quite interesting working with the turtle, and it is a good way of getting into programming.
Added: Part Two is here
This post has been edited by andrewsw: 04 October 2013 - 01:09 PM


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SimCity works offline. We know this. You can play the game for up to 20 minutes without a connection to one of Electronic Arts' servers before the city-builder kicks you to the main menu. Now, someone claims the game will work offline indefinitely with some changes.
On the popular content-aggregation site Reddit, user AzzerUK posted a video that shows what is apparently SimCity's debug mode in action. He uses it to add extra highways outside the borders of his selected municipality, which isn't normally possible. GamesBeat is attempting to verify the following video's validity:
"With a little bit of package editing within SimCity, and a little playing about in the code, it's possible to enable debut mode," wrote AzzerUK. "Most developer debug features are disabled without having an actual developer's build — they have terraforming tools available in the full developer build — but a few things do still work — including editing the main highways."
The main highways are the primary means of transportation for Sims traveling between cities. I'm playing in a region with some friends and no highway connects some of our cities, which makes trading difficult. I'd love to just go in and add a big ol' highway between my area and theirs.
AzzerUK then goes on to explain how it is possible to play offline forever, although not without some issues.
"I also modded out the disconnect timer," he wrote. "I can now play offline indefinitely, but [it doesn't save or sync] region related stuff, not yet anyway. … But the simulation can carry on with no connection indefinitely."
He also changed SimCity so that it only showed the actual population and not the "fudged" number it typically displays to players.
"Both are very minor and easy tweaks," he wrote.
This new information seems to contradict SimCity general manager Lucy Bradshaw, who has continuously claimed that to make SimCity work offline would require "significant engineering." No doubt many features, like the leaderboards and achievements, do require an online connection, but that seems to stretch the definition of "significant."
SimCity's always-online functionality caused numerous issues for the title during its launch week. Gamers couldn't play while servers were under strain from massive demand.


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Friday, August 12, 2005
12 commando police vs Fantastic Four
Today I tried to use my Singpass to go online check my CPF. Every year they keep send me a new password, I dunno which lan cheow password to use, so I keep trying and trying and trying, but cheebye cannot login. Remind me of that time I use Singpass for my tax like that. Also cannot work.
In the end, I got one Access Denied. I think this mean I kena fucked liao. The CPF computer don't like me and close their door.
Nabei so I lunchtime go to the CPF building in town, because Lawrence say this kind of thing must go there to settle. Sibei sian, because that side the lunch food not so nice, and the char bor not as chio as the Raffles Place side. Raffles the girls know how to dress skirt tight tight, top tight tight, a few less button. Very the sexy and like those office girl from overseas magazine. Too bad they think they very high class, like their cheebye is made of gold.
Heng not go until Tanjong Pagar, or else sure see even more kan see lang pai kua office girl one. And probably see a lot of office auntie.
I walk to the building around lunch and saw many people blocking the CPF building entrance. Like more than 100 people crowd around there, I think. I am thinking die lah, my lunch one hour only, like this how.
In Singapore when got so many people, is either someone die (and they need to get 4D number), or got sale, or got free thing.
But when I go there, is only four people, two man two woman, wear some white T-shirt, got words like NKF and HDB and CPF on it. They also holding some paper. Chay, I thought the two woman tng sar do strip tease or what!!
Then got someone in the crowd say, wah Singapore now also got protest, man.
Protest? These people crazy ah? Singapore want to protest must get licence one! Even want to be pros, or health centre massage girl, or president also must get license. Protest lagi have to! They don't look like got-licence protester leh.
Then I overheard got another uncle, he say he think he know why four people only.
I ask him, "Uncle, why four people ah? They cannot find enough people to protest issit?"
He said no, five people then consider no licence and against the law. Less than five only considered disturb people, is call public nonsense.
I am thinking, the gahmen like this sure toolan, wait they change the law to make it less than five people is also against the law. Maybe they might say, more than two people is also need licence now.
Like that die lah. You want to go Geylang to do three-way also consider illegal protest liao. You want to go pak tor, go dating also need two people but new law say cannot. So you can only go alone and pak chiu cheng. Hahahahaha!!!
Suddenly got a lot of police come. Not just normal police, but those riot one. Wear until look like going to war like this. They wear helmet, carry shield and big stick, and the leg all cover with pad (scared fall down issit?)
Wah, look damn fierce man. I see already I also scared. Because at first, I am thinking die, this police all come here is to catch me, because the CPF Singpass computer scan my PC see I got sex picture and movie. Especially the japanese type. I also dunno why Lawrence he download the japanese xxx, the jap girls is quite chio, but many no neh neh, and cannot see cheebye lan cheow one, all square squares. Sometimes when the jap girl suck cock, the square square got so many until her face also cannot see. Only can hear her noise. Like that also shiok.
Seelang Lawrence, always use my PC download this kind of fuck thing, see lah! Kena scan by Gahmen computer and the police send their Commando team come liao.
Somemore I scared because I remember in London they chase one fella and shoot him until die, thought he was the cheebye terrorist. In the end he is not a terrorist, just look like one. And London police never even say sorry, only say regret!!! KNNBCCB! Shoot wrong person still only say REGRET?!!! Lan cheow ok! The only person regret is that poor fucker who run, man. Regret he meet this kind of police!
Nabei!!! At least in London they regret. I think in Singapore if you kena shoot, police will not regret or say sorry. Maybe even get medal. Who call you stupid fucker carry big bag in MRT, see police liao go and run ah?
So I stand there. Dunno to fucking run or stone there. If I run, I scared they shoot me. If I stone there, I scared they come and catch me for Lawrence xxx files. That chow Lawrence, all his fucking fault!!!
Then I heard the police shout at the four people. Tell them to get lost or get caught by police. After second time kena tell by the commando police, the four of them go home.
So drama sia! Wah lao eh!! Why so many police come? Even send the commando police? Four people only! Make until Rockson scared think it was him. The normal police come can already lor, public nonsense only what. One police post mata come and tell them to fuck off should be enough.
The normal police not free have to send commando issit? Wah lan eh. They are Fantastic Four got powers issit? Heng ah, if got more people and carry weapons type, then comfirm the CID, army, navy and airforce also come. National Day over already, all this people free what.
By this time, I also sian dowan to check Singpass already. Another day then do, stomach also hungry. My day spoil by this people dunno protesting what fuck. Stomach more important so I go makan.
I also told myself better go back and delete those porn file. Wait really kena police knock down my door and send me to jail to kena fuck backside.
165 comments:
isn uploading to a portable hard disk a better option??? haha...
- Friday, August 12, 2005 2:54:00 AM
seriously u can jus publish ur own newspaper... the cheebye times or the ah beng post sounds pretty cool... haha
- Friday, August 12, 2005 2:57:00 AM
hilarious.. simply hilarious is all i can say
- Friday, August 12, 2005 3:05:00 AM
Enjoy your entry as usual. Tahk you again!
If you want to permanently delete your files, use software like Wipe My Files, otherwise it will still be in your hard drive.
Alternatively, store interesting files in portable drive.
Rock on, Rockson!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 3:23:00 AM
Hey Rockson,
those 4 pepole, were what race huh? Malay, indian, cheena, or cheebye ang moh??
- Friday, August 12, 2005 5:08:00 AM
Did it really happen? I living here all the way in the middle east, so the only singapore action i get is from you man...
- Friday, August 12, 2005 5:12:00 AM
- the pacimist said...
haha, Rockson you go man~
Lucky the police never come lia you. Otherwise you spill everything about your porn to them, by that time really tio tai ji dua diao liao.
Wait they go your house raid. =)
- Friday, August 12, 2005 6:51:00 AM
orrrr...i know liao la... tamade... lawrence = rockson la! rockson is lawrence schizo other half... the beng half!! no wonder chao ah beng also can blog... cos
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:02:00 AM
- chitter-chatter said...
wah i just read about the 4-man protest in the papers and now i see it on your blog! i think you are so happening!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:06:00 AM
what the fuck are these 4 cheebye people potesting about? Do they seriously think that they can get something out of it? They got a fcuk by the police! Ha. Must be Mud-lays race rite? Mud-lays are good for nothing society scums, lazy, incompetent, silly-ass, etc..
Indescribeable fools.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:12:00 AM
fuck u
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:15:00 AM
- Grace said...
hahaha....a french newspaper reported the 4-man protest as a demonstration! Haha, like Singaporeans are that wild.
Anyhow, Rockson, something tells me you will enjoy watching "The Aristocrats". Try to get it; I'm not sure MDA will bring it into our cinemas.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:18:00 AM
Dear Rockson,
Nabei!!..u so updated one, lehh...I tot the HOTTEST newz now is abt the emergency alert in KL, but S'pore olso got emergency alert harr??...Police olso got commando unit, meh?? Cheebye! Since when police here so sophisticated? wahahahaa..(I tot they hv new Subaru only?!)
I tink they juz want to scare those F4 lehh...Gahment juz want to show their power, mahh..so, u ppl dont 'pray-pray' wif them next time.
Nyway, thx for keeping me updated. U better then CNA. Today must put ur blog as my homepage oready..
Chow liao!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:30:00 AM
- Grace said...
and oh, Rockson, what do you think of the slamming of our presidential 'hopeful', Mr. Andrew Kuan?
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:32:00 AM
Hmm, you are right. First it was the half-tank rule, then it became a three-quarter tank rule. The writing is on the wall.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:32:00 AM
Aiyo yo only four people orso need a team of riot police, veri jialat man. Spent so many taxpayers money just to tackle four ordinary people, no face man real shame.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:37:00 AM
- Wilson Tan said...
Not commando lah... those are riot police. Anyway, like Rockson said, 4 people only, how come need to mobilise the riot police? 1 mata from the police post should suffice. Needless to say, the Gahmen is showing its prowess just because the protest is started by the Chee family. Dunno what is their agenda leh, always go against gahmen, kena sue until tng kor not enough...
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:38:00 AM
Whenever I see/hear some crap police situation like this, I can't help but think of their counterparts in doubtlessly more 'real' situations like London (now), Iraq, 911 and what have you. These situations is often more desparate, stressful, and their resources are often stretched and many have put their lives on the line, for a thankless task that maybe under intense public scutiny.
Only in a relatively peaceful place like Singapore, our police force, CDF, SAF etc. can afford send an entire division to crush an ant. Rather than spending everyday idling in canteen breaks, I guess for them (I refer to the organization, not the individuals carrying out their duties) this offers a chance to wayang and showcase themselves in some 'live' action, and also show that some tax money is being put to good use!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:39:00 AM
Aiyah, you know why there was a big crowd? In the movie, one of the Fantastic Four took off all her clothes! Wasted man, looks like you were late for once!!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:42:00 AM
hi hi my beloved rockson....i think singaporeans have a lotta frustrations bottled up inside of them and soon one day we will all erupt like a volcano from hawaii... anyways though we feel frustrated and couldnt air ou views freely enuf.... u have helped us channel atiny bit out...like a small airhole leakin bits of hot air outta a small packet of tetra packed milo...anyways thks and u have once again without fail, made my day happier. im smiling now. u rock. :)fans forever
- Friday, August 12, 2005 10:08:00 AM
Hilarious as usual, for the first time I'm commenting when there's fewer than 100 comments lol!
NS cut to 10 yrs leh... any comments?
- Friday, August 12, 2005 10:11:00 AM
- deefenz said...
Aiya, Singapoor mata chiak liao bee wan lah ! Only good 4 terrorising citzens !
- Friday, August 12, 2005 10:29:00 AM
They sent down the whole division of riot police because they can 'gain experience' mah. Or else they whole day whole life go canteen break then very cho boh lan right?
And I'm sure their 'commander' in this 'operation' will get a promotion soon because he has 'real life experience of dealing with street protesters'.
Hahahahahaha!!! Really kan si lang lame man!!!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 10:56:00 AM
Protest in sg?? Only 4 person??
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:11:00 AM
really knn, PAP gahmen only know how to tekan and aqueeze s'poreans! Fcuking showoff send riot police fs page correctly (I'm more of a sass person but I think I have this right), Punto has played 17
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:35:00 AM
- darkscarlette said...
and ya stop using Lawrence as an excuse k - u both share the same BIG HORSE lor.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:36:00 AM
Ah... Rockson... finally another of yr long awaited comments..and as usual... i enjoyed it..ok.write another today.lah.. pleeeese..
fm Rat
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:36:00 AM
Ah... Rockson... finally another of yr long awaited comments..and as usual... i enjoyed it..ok.write another today.lah.. pleeeese..
fm Rat
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:36:00 AM
knn PAP gahmen and their leckey dogs only know how to tekan s'poreans! Send riot police for fcuk?! Buay paiseh wan to show off only. PUI!!!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:38:00 AM
ai ya... wait u send a small policecar wif 2 policeman.. then cannot control of somemore refuse to leave then have to call 4 more pple mah... so 1 shot throw the whole riotpolice down.. see who dare to stay there..they immediatly arrest u.. so many pple arrest 4 pple.. sure no problem de mah.. u send 2 policeman.. only 2 stun gun.. enuff meh? :p
- Friday, August 12, 2005 12:02:00 PM
"anonymous said:
what the fuck are these 4 cheebye people potesting about? Do they seriously think that they can get something out of it? They got a fcuk by the police! Ha. Must be Mud-lays race rite? Mud-lays are good for nothing society scums, lazy, incompetent, silly-ass, etc..
Indescribeable fools. "
> eh boy, dont anyhow say haha. it shows u dont even read the papers. by the way, it is indescribable not indescribeable. even worse, it shows u dont pay attention in school enough. fancy the pot calling the kettle black.
rockson, pls blog more often. and say something abt racism. i hope yr blog is not encouraging anything of that sort.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 12:19:00 PM
You rock! Rockson! Another entry to get rid of boredom.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 12:30:00 PM
- chococat said...
haha..ur funny wor~
- Friday, August 12, 2005 12:53:00 PM
- Da Froggie said...
Rockson...u mean this protest is real? I tot I saw it on SDP webbie yesterday? Anyhow, I suspect that Lawrence is your farking alter-ego...akin Tyler Durden and the Narrator, played by Edward Norton....
- Friday, August 12, 2005 12:58:00 PM
Weak. Let see if you have balls to write something brave.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 1:52:00 PM
From anonymous: Weak. Let see if you have balls to write something brave.
Hahahahahahahahaha! The Brave and Ball-less Mr Anonymous Ball asks Rocky to write something brave. Hahahahahahahahaha! Weak indeed!
I'm anonymous too, but at least I don't go around telling people to be brave. Hahahaha!!!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 2:08:00 PM
- Soul-cheeky said...
your blogs are very farnie! laff until pengsan!
either you're a smart ah-beng or a funny one. But I think you're both! Didn't know bengs can be so updated on socio-politics, etc! haha.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 2:11:00 PM
eh! tanjong pagar girls also got chio ones.. not all aunties hor
- Friday, August 12, 2005 2:13:00 PM
Rockson, why do you blog?
- Friday, August 12, 2005 2:21:00 PM
haha.. the 4 person who put up the demostration looks funny.. click below to see the news !! got pics somemore.. hhaah
- Friday, August 12, 2005 3:18:00 PM
"Anonymous said...
Rockson, why do you blog?"
Instead he ask of Lee why he represses free expression, and hear from the old man himself:
"Repression, Sir is a habit that grows. I am told it is like making love-it is always easier the second time! The first time there may be pangs of conscience, a sense of guilt. But once embarked on this course with constant repetition you get more and more brazen in the attack. All you have to do is to dissolve organizations and societies and banish and detain the key political workers in these societies. Then miraculously everything is tranquil on the surface. Then an intimidated press and the government-controlled radio together can regularly sing your praises, and slowly and steadily the people are made to forget the evil things that have already been done, or if these things are referred to again they're conveniently distorted and distorted with impunity, because there will be no opposition to contradict."
(Lee Kuan Yew as an opposition PAP member during 1956 speaking to David Marshall)
- Friday, August 12, 2005 3:23:00 PM
more pics of the 4 protestors.. haha end of protest they walk away... cool
- Friday, August 12, 2005 3:24:00 PM
Rotson yr horse shrunk.Hahaha.So you become NO HORSE MAN (not run)
- Friday, August 12, 2005 3:45:00 PM
i confess a slight suspicion crossed my mind. is it coincidence that you were there to check your singpass? or is it merely a convenient launchboard into a topical news discussion. dont get me wrong, i do love your posts, but all the more if they were grounded in reality.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 3:51:00 PM
To anonymous above me:
You are damn bleddy stoopid leh, of cos not real one la! Bodoh! But who cares, its very entertainment all the same, and very enlightening too! But most important... sibei ho chio! Chio ka peng!
Rock on!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 4:09:00 PM
To anonymous above me:
You are damn bleddy stoopid leh, of cos not real one la! Bodoh! But who cares, its very entertainment all the same, and very enlightening too! But most important... sibei ho chio! Chio ka peng!
Rock on!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 4:09:00 PM
Heard Dr Chee was there too.?
Can we now change the title to Dr Chee bye aka CSJ and the Fanastic 4?
- Friday, August 12, 2005 4:41:00 PM
"Anonymous said...
i confess a slight suspicion crossed my mind..."
Ever heard of the term "artistic licence"? Hey, this is a blog, not the BBC! And it carries more truth than what you read in the Shit Times, too.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 5:12:00 PM
- Ethanolic said...
Hey rockson write something abt the president campaign leh. like JTC man mr kuan saga!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 5:18:00 PM
- Ranting Rock said...
Ah...so now I know rockson works at Raffles Place? Banker is it?
- Friday, August 12, 2005 5:34:00 PM
rOcKsoN, u rOcK~!! mY fReNs iNtrO mE tO uR bLOg aNd aLl i caN sAe iS, Its vERi FunNiE~!! heEz.. cAn I hV uR e-Mail~?? heEz.. U seEm lIke aN iNteREstiN pErsOn.. :P
- Friday, August 12, 2005 5:46:00 PM
- John YS said...
wah... ur life is fucking interesting if all the cheebye stories are real...
- Friday, August 12, 2005 6:47:00 PM
These are not stories. it actually happened. You can read that on yesterday;s wanbao or today's zaobao. It is covered in TODAY as well. The coverage in Zaobao is the best. The 4 asked why a minimum sum of CPF cannot take out. Why HDB no transparency in upgrade costs. NKF still haven't given the public an explaination of what has happened...
Read the zaobao.com i think it is still there (if you still know how to read chinese).
- Friday, August 12, 2005 8:18:00 PM
Lawrance porn collection really very heavy. Either that or you using a Pentium 1 hehehe...
anywayz, as usual, lockson Lock!
- Friday, August 12, 2005 8:34:00 PM
I agreed with Frankie abv. Reading yr blog is better than reading the cheebye Shitty Times and those fucking news from the lan cheow MediaCock. They are totally under gahmen control and only know how to lick their balls lah. KNNBCCB.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:08:00 PM
ur blog rawks.. :)
- Friday, August 12, 2005 9:12:00 PM
hahaha 'square square'
that made my day.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 10:03:00 PM
>>Must be Mud-lays race rite? Mud-lays are good for nothing society scums, lazy, incompetent, silly-ass, etc..
Indescribeable fools.<<
This remarks by Anonymous arr discriminating recial jerks, D Mud-lays or what U call belong to Malaya thats include Spore, trace your ancestor where U come from, chinese fm China or Indian fm India.Dont forget that.
We're on one land Spore strive $ survival.
- Friday, August 12, 2005 10:20:00 PM
Rockson, you are the MAN! Post more can or not? Damn funny la your shit...really brighten up my day. :P
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:01:00 PM
- Oreo said...
Protest!????? Are they really Singapore PINK IC??????
Either they are :
- On drug?
- Insane?
- Kana aids or Cancer, waiting to die?
- Not singapore pink IC?
I'm not laughing at them, i just cannot BELIEVE it!
Riot police? Hahaha...finally after spending soooo much money to keep these "riot police" around, they finally can put them to use...!!! Money well spent !!!
I think u don't even need a policeman to chase them away, all u need is a bypasser telling them "U die liao, u will be vapourized from this world soon!" They will wet their pants and run like no tomorrow or go get a Medical Cert to say they are of unsound mind!
This is not Japan / China / Hong Kong / Korea / Indonesia that do protest!!! Not here my friends.......Not here....
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:22:00 PM
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:27:00 PM
- sun said...
protest also no use...
ni kong ni eh ..
wa zor wa eh ......
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:28:00 PM
- sun said...
i know what .. dnt use singpass to check ur cpf lor .. use the old cpf pal .. hehe then cannot scan ur computer to see how many boh cheng sai gals pictures hv in there ..
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:29:00 PM
aiyo... sun. u dunno cpf gg scrap pal liao ar? no read papers? u anyhow recommend rockson, later he knn u i dunno. hahahaha....
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:50:00 PM
stupid bitchbert... demonstration in french means protest la...wah lan eh..
- Friday, August 12, 2005 11:56:00 PM
- gilesy said...
i cant believe im saying this but someone just intro'ed ur blog to me and it just lightened my mood so much! thanks for all ur funny stuff! ure hilarious! :)
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:04:00 AM
In Singapore 4 ppl = Protest
In Other Countries, 4 ppl the police there see also dun wan see ar...
Korea Protest the Best one sia... The Riot Police heck care who your father ar... Just wack you with the Shield they carry sia...
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:05:00 AM
sia la i gonna rape rockson
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:09:00 AM
Dun forget mediacock's Today too, they are now totally pro-gahmen mouthpiece; though for a very short time in the beginning it wasn't like this.
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:35:00 AM
- scuderia.kevingoh said...
please blog as much as possible.
need your posts man.
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:37:00 AM
- Archives Of Palace A said...
u really rock!
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 2:26:00 AM
Very impressive Mr Rockson. Your social commentary gets better with every post. It is easy to see why even veteran journos like Sumiko Tan are beginning to fear and resent the advent of bloging in Singapura.
Perhaps one day, everyone on your island will be able to write like you do but openly, proudly, freely and without fear.
One day...
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:19:00 AM
Don't worry about the porn stuff, you will be fine.
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 5:50:00 AM
Rockson, when you do posts like these I am really impressed with you.
So many people don't read the news so they don't know what's happening but if they read your blog and are updated on current events, then your blog will have fufilled something worthwhile.
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 5:59:00 AM
- BabeThePig said...
AIYOH if you go jail then you can tell us the ah beng version of getting holed up at police station wor.
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:13:00 AM
- jyh said...
lmao. u never fail to make me laugh.
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 8:46:00 AM
- Aaron Tan said...
you're the king of blogger...
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:17:00 AM
Why dont gahmen send their red loris to Seranggon Road, Beach Road and Orchard Road every Sundays and pubic holidays ha! Always got big big assemblies mah! Donno whether these assemblies got liscence or not. More than 6 Singaporean get together is illegal, hundreds FT shit everywhere is OK one. Then create new post with big name for old Singapore idle citiizen to clear their shits. Sinkapore surely got very responsible gahmmen ma. Very creative one.
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:20:00 AM
- sun said...
oh ya? no more cpf pal liao ? hehe i long time no chck my cpf liao lah .. chck for what .. see no touch ,, check liao pek chek only .. wnt to use medisave for lasik also say cannot cos its cosmetic surgery.. eyes not impt one meh?
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:57:00 AM
yohz rockSON...
seen this before or not? Not PORN site lah... go see see...
waiting for your cheebye comments..
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 11:29:00 AM
Rockson hope u will hit the million counter on the people who visit ur site, then u will be really famous! U already got 500k!!! Simi cheebye blogger can compare to you??
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:12:00 PM
A lot can be said of the 4 protestors but credit must be given too for daring to make a stand for their belief. Big things come from one small step. I am not anti government; am appreciative to them for bringing Singapore, a tiny island with no natural resources to it's present state. Look at our neighbours, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Phillippines... draw your own conclusion. Our government is not without criticisim.
Thank you, Rockson, for another entertaining entry. Look forward to many more to come.
Rock on, Rockson!
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 12:45:00 PM
- pensivehour said...
knn la rockson. ur blog fucking funny can? makes being a beng or lian look damn good!
yah, del those stuff la. wait gahmen come n kacau u.
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:14:00 PM
Aiya, send 4 sweaty Ah Neh to protest lah, sure send those team of riot police scramble for full biological and chemical protective suits. Wahahahahahahaha~!!!!!!!!!!
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 1:22:00 PM
Rocky, I've read so much about your horse! Will you let me play with it? Please... - Fatimah
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 4:02:00 PM
I prefer Rockson when he's not that serious..
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 5:36:00 PM
Oh gosh, you are SO GODAMNFREAKIN FUNNY!!!!! Hilarious i tell ya! Now my friends are all thinking im going crazy,laughingto myself while reading your blog...Waaah..Neways..ROCK ON,ROCKSON!
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:06:00 PM
fuck you
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 6:13:00 PM
too long winded like auntie
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 7:09:00 PM
to the 2 anon above me.....then wat the FUCK u are doing here ? BUZZ OFF!
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 7:33:00 PM
>A lot can be said of the 4 protestors but
>credit must be given too for daring to
>make a stand for their belief.
They believe in shit also give credit meh ?
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:40:00 PM
Rockson you chi-mi isit ? Never see the Dr. Chee-bye there sell book ? He knn wrote about his fucking story not as exciting as yours, then cannot sell. People see him run far far. So he think out this fuckup idea to ask 4 idiots there wear funny big shirt. Think like this can get people crowd around. Like you lah, only see the 4 idiots and never see the Dr. Chee-bye and his lan chiow book. He must think of better idea next time. May be he better sell his back side. Sure got many people want to fuck him one. Then after he earn a lot of money, then can go and kao-peh the PAP people and then pay more money. Then fuck more then pay more...that is why he get his title as doctor chee-bye.
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:09:00 PM
rockson , come and suck my cock u talk a lot .
- Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:42:00 PM
dude, i have to say you are seriously terribly funny. My God.
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 12:58:00 AM
Spore MP's sometimes talk big and nonsense, thats why kena backfire by the Taiwanese gov. All mostly senior citizen should kene retrenched already, start to talk nonsense.GIVE YOUNGER ONE TO GENERATE.
They are Bold & arrogants always scared the Sporean only. Scaring Sporean about the terrorist story. It's chicken feed them attack Spore, but dont talk too much as though invited them, London also kena. Spore we are ready, talk by Mr. Tan. ready for what.
US now at Iraq also beh tahan.
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 7:23:00 AM
I doubt the police would be so silly.
I feel that it has received the wrong information and the person who called the police could be an SDP member.
The whole episode was staged by the SDP.
The foreign press were invited by the SDP to blow up the news to show we have no democracy.
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:52:00 AM
"qui ann said...
I doubt the police would be so silly."
IMHO, the whole exercise was to show the world the Singapore Police (and the whole government machinery) IS silly. Inspite of their claims to all the best brains in the land, they fell into a simple trap. The joke is on them, but Singpore is the poorer.
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:09:00 AM
CSJ is good for nothing. Lier. He went there and the commando police ask him he say he don't know the fantastic 4. But one of them was his sister. This kind of thing very typical of CSJ. Last time he went to the outside of Istana try to be funny also. Kena 'carried' away by a pool of policeman. CSJ do this do that, really very nuisance to Singapore. Those who went to watch also silly. This whole thing CSJ is behind laughing. Silly Singaporean never see protest before. Silly commando police.
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:25:00 AM
The SDP tactics seem to work well - congratulations!
A demonstration or civil disobedience now and then and if the police over-react so much the better. Arrests? Fine! SDP hoping for that.
Get the foreign press involved to show that we are dictatorial. Yes, get the foreigners to hammer us!
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 9:37:00 AM
What the fuck? All these ministers good for nothing, show alot of arrogance and ignorance. Ready for what fuck? One bomb thrown into Singapore and it's gone. Defend what shit? It is time for these people to step down. They can't even portray themselves as good leader. All they do is lead Singapore into further deep economy shit.
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:37:00 AM
Spore is very FINEd country.
Here fine there fine.
Spore is fine.
One Spore one Nation.
All sporean pay very fine.
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:48:00 AM
go publish KNNBCCB time liao...
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:31:00 AM
Nothing fishy lah.
The police only doing their routine exercise, good hands-on experience.
They disappointed because only miserable 4 persons.
More people next time please.
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 1:01:00 PM
I just wanna have a taste of your horse, Rocky... - Fatimah
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 2:45:00 PM
- sÞ¡ηηєє said...
*LMAO* c'mon leh. i work at raffles place too.. not all charboh that kena sai la.. :)
btw true or not? 4 pple protest ony need to move those police to come down?
By the way, to reset singpass not need go down to robinson CPF. any CPF office would do. You could also ask them to send the Singpass to you if u dun need it urgently. Dun even think about going to Town CPF during wkdays. unless u go there at 8am...
I know it so well 'cuz I was working closely with them from Oct '04-Mar '05. The pple at CPF also a bit knn. Dun talk about it... *spit*
anyway, GOOD post! :)
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 2:52:00 PM
your horse got wash or not ? or u never let your mother wash for u ?
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 4:04:00 PM
- fry` said...
i think sure gals help him bj wash la. =)
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 4:58:00 PM
ya lor ...geylang gals lor..he said he got go geylang one
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:25:00 PM
change your name to cockson la.you damn cock~but not that anyone mind a good laugh! *winks*
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:41:00 PM
read this http://darlinglife.blogspot.com maybe someone can help?
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:15:00 PM
your lawerence friend damn kum = lor neng lar
singpass go to nearest CC can settle with their computer liao
issue passport on the spot
give u wrong info u for u to go down to see live action F4 perform against the mata izzit
- Sunday, August 14, 2005 11:42:00 PM
hey to get a singpass is v fast one. dun hv to queue tt long. normally queue v fast like cut queue liddat..abit messy.. jus get ready your 8 digit number can oredi.
- Monday, August 15, 2005 12:41:00 AM
We all agree that it was an overkill.
So, I too don't believe that the police deliberately made themselves look stupid.
We only see the stories from one side. There may be other reasons.
- Monday, August 15, 2005 12:56:00 AM
stupid cock , go all the way there....C . C can reset singpass already.
- Monday, August 15, 2005 8:54:00 AM
All those chee bye brainless people you think Rockson relli dunnno where or how to reset his fucking singpass har? You silly fuckers you think Rockson relli so stoopid issit? If he is so stoopid he can write so well meh? He just need some fucking excuses to stat his story mah. To those sillyporeans - save yr breath lah stop telling him where and how to reset his singpass lah - Rockson is smarter than you think hor.
- Monday, August 15, 2005 10:09:00 AM
wah, i love your english one.... your english make my english like the philosopher guy one, that that that shakespeare or what ever he name one.....
- Monday, August 15, 2005 11:14:00 AM
You all noe why so many police there or not?
It is not to take action against the 4. Mata there in numbers just in case normal passer-by and public start to join in and become 'people power'. Mata not so stupid one, they know s'poreans all boh chi, so on occasions like this with many foreign reporters around they PURPOSELY wan to show strong force and numbers. Sia suay a bit they dun care as long as s'poreans stay scared and obedient.
- Monday, August 15, 2005 11:16:00 AM
KNN~! thiz show that I'm more bengz than cheeBye rockson ...
What the fuck is this SingPass????
LimPea don't even know got such pass, pass for what kind of LanChaio???
- Monday, August 15, 2005 1:13:00 PM
- Coldkoh said...
wah...nowaday better dont download all this porn man, i heard they are tracing IP addresses and will ambush this places with those who have high download rates one of this day.
You have being warn
- Monday, August 15, 2005 1:19:00 PM
hey rock-hard horse, can't wait for you to start writing about EPL
- Monday, August 15, 2005 1:22:00 PM
talk about ur horse.. more funny...
- Monday, August 15, 2005 1:46:00 PM
rockson, i know why 12v4 liao... Singapore rule, wanna engage agressor must take on 3:1 ratio. one company to fight one platoon. last time NSF got learn before right?
- Monday, August 15, 2005 2:23:00 PM
wah u r super shen cock talker, please dont stop!!!
- Monday, August 15, 2005 6:39:00 PM
- Hummytan said...
Nabet Rockson, nowadays been fucking too hard izzit? only update blog every few days. U know hor, never read your blog, is worse than not having sex.
- Monday, August 15, 2005 6:56:00 PM
- Hummytan said...
Nabey Rockson,
Nowadays fucking too hard izzit? Blog only update every few days? U know hor, never read your blog is worse than not having sex... Keep updating leh
- Monday, August 15, 2005 6:57:00 PM
- aaaapril said...
you dun so funny, CAN?! lol.
- Monday, August 15, 2005 7:00:00 PM
- Monday, August 15, 2005 7:54:00 PM
nabei cibai... fucking ah beng leh you.. Wah ah beng now high tech ah?
Got blog...?
But keep it up man!
- Monday, August 15, 2005 9:39:00 PM
- socute333 said...
rockson so long oledi c'mon faster give us another blog leh...
lau auntie
- Monday, August 15, 2005 10:48:00 PM
Talk something about the walk-over winning of the president election leh..All of us craving for your analysis
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:46:00 AM
- bioanarchism said...
oei rockson tan!
want to go and see lau neh neh or not? eh, knn people protest make you think some char bor tng sar kor do strip tease? wonder what's in your lup sup brain siah?
eh, i think you should start talking about things that you can find in the shopping mall. i am sure you will have alot of things to say about the heartlands.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:10:00 AM
you're hilarious! you manage to perpetuate the "true" singaporean in all of us with your hokkien slang and dim-witted sense of humour! kudos to wateva you're doing n keep the singa spirit alive!
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:48:00 AM
Have you been arrested? Are you in jail yet?
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:17:00 AM
I once saw like 6 to 8 police officers coming down on one guy in TPY. Very different hor...in US, Rambo one person screw like one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine pricks.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:58:00 AM
I read this blog religiously. Well done and speaks lots of truth.
Network Manager
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:04:00 AM
The singapore police is not the only one that like to show off ,I ever saw 5 fire engines with dunno how many firefighters at the scene of a small fire, size of a normal HDB shop.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 10:13:00 AM
I see before 7 firefighters climb up tree to rescue 1 ant...
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:06:00 PM
In NYC hor, one time I saw 3 fire trucks and dunno how many firefighters putting out fire from 1 trash can. And many other times, saw many fire trucks, like 5 or 6 and many more firefighters but no fire..... most of the firemen are very cute - see them too long can cause fire in my pants...
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:24:00 PM
- JackFrost said...
Please update more, thanks!
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:20:00 PM
rockson , your got so many jiao wei.....your dick grow on your fingers or mouth ?
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:41:00 PM
- Heidi Cooper said...
rockson..oh rockson! which planet have u disappeared to?
pls come back n continue blogging.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:52:00 PM
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 1:53:00 PM
rockson says, quality not quantity.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:21:00 PM
lockson, mai tu liao. when is the next post?
lim bei going to peng san without laughs.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:48:00 PM
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:52:00 PM
yoohoo... horsey.. where are you??? why no more entries about your mighty horse analysis??? you being locked away cos your horse creating too much hoo-ha in sg iz it??
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 3:24:00 PM
Haha, no post to read, read the lan cheow comments also funny ahha
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 3:44:00 PM
very very farni...
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:33:00 PM
wah ur blog ah... baik sia! haha, i like...
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:35:00 PM
i don't see why $120,000 must be kept in minimum sum when we reach 55 years. Give us back all our money including medisave when we reach 55. we are not children.
the hospital shortage in Tan Tock Seng is an international disgrace. waiting 5 hours for a bed or being turned away saying the hospital is full is completely unacceptable unless we are still a third world country. no matter what khaw tries to justify - no use.
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:36:00 PM
hey i want to hear more of your horse leh .... i develop a strong feeling for itnle
- Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:08:00 PM
The Riots police nowadays too free got nothing else better to do sit there just waste tax payer $$$ lah... Kanna 1 small case everyone excited want to show face in news also... activate whole peloton to tackle the '4 weak protestor'...
- Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:29:00 AM
Rockson, tell us about your 1st sex experience la. Even more interesting than anything else haha
- Wednesday, August 17, 2005 11:32:00 AM
Pls la those people are not commando police la they are riot police also called SOC ok, this kind os simple thing you also don noe stil wan 2 act sut sut.Since when police got commando 1??
- Wednesday, August 17, 2005 1:11:00 PM
SOC = suck old cock ?
- Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:14:00 PM
heh rockson, check out this link for the commando event: Click here for the visual effect
- Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:50:00 AM
Some pics and report.
- Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:50:00 AM
Wahahahahahh!?!? CheeBye funny than rockson !!! KNN I kinna hood by my TaiKor for not working but looking at this WaYang!
Like that also can, KNNBCCB! really made those MaTa look STUPID, whoever organise this protest must have same IQ as Osama Bin LaDin.
CheeBye man ! like that if they keep sending different groups of F4 popping up at every corner, at different time, sure send those MaTa kang, Mata bor running around. HAHAHAHAHAH!!!
Ouch! kinna hood again ... ok ok ok ... I go work now ... SeMi!? sell VCD!? Doiwan lar ... I go protest can ??? ouch! ouch!
- Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:15:00 PM
Dr Chee Soon Juan is a neuropsychologist, received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, US. Of course he is damn smart, plan everything so nicely to embarrass the PAP. Well done!
Vote for the SDP!
- Tuesday, August 23, 2005 12:38:00 AM
Damn! Did this really happen? Now I finally know where my damn taxes go to!
- Friday, September 09, 2005 4:51:00 PM
whahaha at first my friend ask me to read ur blog he say this is funny, i was like other pple blog funny also other pple's business what the fuck has it got to do with me? but hes a good friend so i just come in have a look, i was please to see the 'pple say good morning and good night -fight' kinda crazy but funny,nay police has no right to catch u de la dont worry,just carry on write ur own feeling out,i dont think its ur OWN blog if u cannot write cheebye and fuck in it, at the very least u can teach the chat kan tang(english speaking pple) how to scold hokkien vugular ma, i think they ma even be grateful for ur teaching! lol haha anyway this (BIG D) here
- Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:49:00 PM
eh rockson be careful wat u say wait pm lee see ur blog then u kena fuck backside by isd
- Monday, September 19, 2005 11:53:00 PM
lol eh rockson u must b damn cham man so many kaypoh ppl cum c ur blog and leave lame comments..like me...nah bei la want to talk cock to urself oso cannot tok in peace must have people come and kaypoh and say some shit one
- Wednesday, September 28, 2005 3:28:00 PM
- Mikey said...
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- Saturday, October 08, 2005 8:32:00 PM
Eh Rockson You Better Not Say so much Cheebye and What Shit, Later Some stupid cheebye ang moh see this not shiok.
- Thursday, October 13, 2005 6:08:00 PM


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By: Jeff Masters and Lee Grenci, 4:07 PM GMT on April 03, 2017
At least 254 people were killed in the in the city of Mocoa (population 40,000) in southwest Colombia near the border of Ecuador early Saturday, when torrential rains triggered a debris flow on a nearby mountain that surged into the town as a huge wall of water carrying tons of mud and debris. The disaster is the fourth deadliest weather-related disaster in Colombia's recorded history. Reports from Colombia indicate that 130 mm (5.1") of rain fell during a shor...
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A worrisome juxtaposition of very high instability and extreme wind shear will fall into place across a large swath of eastern Texas and northern Louisiana on Sunday, setting the stage for a potential round of multiple strong tornadoes. Update (12:30 pm CDT]: The NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center has placed the region under a high risk of severe weather (its highest risk category), with a chance of significant tornadoes (EF2 or stronger).
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By: Jeff Masters, 1:31 PM GMT on April 01, 2017
National Hurricane Center (NHC) director Dr. Rick Knabb announced last week that he was leaving NHC to take a position as The Weather Channel's chief hurricane expert this summer. The excellent Dr. Knabb served ably for five years as NHC director, and will be missed. His successor has already been named—it will be Dr. Gail Spinner, the first-ever female head of the agency. Dr. Spinner comes from a distinguished career at the National Science Foundation-funded Un...
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A brief break in our multi-day spate of U.S. severe weather appears to be forthcoming, but not until one more day of widespread severe storms. In its Day 1 outlook issued at 11:30 am CDT Thursday, the NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center placed a large swath from the Ohio Valley to the Gulf Coast under a slight risk of severe weather through Thursday night, with a pocket of enhanced risk over the lower Ohio Valley.
Thursday's setup is looking less potent th...
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Decades of progress on cleaning up our dirty air took a significant hit on Tuesday, along with hopes for a livable future climate, when President Trump issued his Energy Independence Executive Order. Most seriously, the order attacks the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Clean Power Plan, which requires a 32 percent reduction in CO2 emissions from existing power plants by 2030 (compared to 2005 emission rates.)
Tuesday's blow was just ...
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Remy returning to Red Sox booth for 2014 season
NESN voice since '88 makes difficult decision after taking leave of absence on Aug. 15
BOSTON -- Jerry Remy, a fixture broadcasting Red Sox games on NESN since 1988, announced he will return to his post for the 2014 season.
Remy took a leave of absence on Aug. 15, 2013, after his son, Jared, was arrested for the murder of longtime girlfriend Jennifer Martel.
With the trial still pending, Jerry Remy agonized in recent weeks over whether he should return to work.
He ultimately took the advice of his family and friends, including his wife, Phoebe.
"I had two main concerns -- obviously, what the public would think, and whether I could be myself," Remy told a small group of reporters at the NESN studios on Monday. "My answers at that time were no. ... I couldn't find a reason to come back. I just couldn't find it."
In recent weeks, however, his perspective started to change.
"I've never been a quitter, and I don't intend to be one now. I've been in professional baseball in some capacity for 40 years. It's what I do," Remy said. "It's what I know. It's where my comfort level is. It's where I feel I belong and where I feel that I'm going to continue to do so for as long as possible."
Ever since the death of Martel, Remy has expressed his outrage that something so tragic could happen to someone he considered to be family.
"Last August 15, we lost a beautiful woman," Remy said. "She was energetic. She was a wonderful mother. She was a person who was trying to make a better life for herself through going to school, wanted to become a teacher. It's been an incredible loss, obviously, to the Martel family to lose their daughter, Jen.
"Jen was also very close with us, very close with my family, with my daughter, with my son. We can't even imagine or feel the pain that the Martels are going through and have been going through daily since this tragedy. We've also gone through a lot of pain. I don't want in any way to take away from what they've had to deal with, what they've had to go through. But it was by far the worst day of my life, and obviously the worst day of the Martels' life. They don't have the benefit now of speaking to her, talking to her. They'll never see her again. Her daughter will never see her again."
Though he is going back to work, Remy is still coping with the devastating loss of Martel.
"People have told me in time that things get better," he said. "Time has not gotten things better. I still feel the same way today as I felt on the night of August 15th. ... It became worse and worse. The initial shock, the initial grief all got worse. There was no possible way that I felt I could come back last year to do Red Sox baseball.
"I'm sure there will be people out there who will be very upset with me, and I'm sure there will be people that are happy I'm coming back. I have no way to predict right now what the response is going to be. I know one thing, I work for very smart people here at NESN and with the Red Sox, and if the response is overwhelmingly negative, they'll take care of it."
When Remy gets back in the booth with play-by-play man Don Orsillo, he plans on keeping the same light-hearted and insightful approach during games that has made him so popular among Red Sox fans.
"That's what I've always been," Remy said. "I don't see how else I can do it. If I didn't think I could be myself, I wouldn't do it. I hope that doesn't come off as insensitive. It may to some, but it's the only way I know how to do my job."
Remy, a native of Somerset, Mass., played for his hometown Red Sox from 1978-84. He is in the Red Sox Hall of Fame.


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LONDON (Reuters) - A Formula One pit stop could take less than two seconds this season, according to world champions Red Bull who belatedly claimed a record of 2.05 on Wednesday.
The British-based team said they had beaten McLaren's previous record of 2.31 seconds, set in Germany last year, on five separate occasions at last month's controversial Malaysian Grand Prix.
The achievement got little attention at the time, with the main focus on the Red Bull drivers who ended the race barely talking to each other after Sebastian Vettel ignored team instructions and overtook Mark Webber to win.
Red Bull said their car data showed stationary times of 2.13 for each driver's first change of tires. Webber's second stop was recorded as 2.05 with his third and fourth stops timed at 2.21 and 2.26.
"There's always a quicker stop out there, and it's possible this season we'll see the magical two second barrier breached at some point," the team said on their website (www.infiniti-redbullracing.com).
Pitstops in Formula One have become almost a blink-and-miss experience since mid-race refueling was banned in 2010, with teams developing a range of technology to shave off more fractions of a second.
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Washington explains pep talk to pitchers
ARLINGTON -- Rangers manager Ron Washington is known for his occasional and rather unusual practice of hurrying out to the mound and briefly speaking to his pitcher. Typically that's the pitching coach's forte and the overwhelming percent of the time, it's Mike Maddux who gives the pep talks.
But Washington made one of his trips to the mound Saturday night in the eighth inning, when Alexi Ogando got in trouble against the White Sox. Ogando walked the first batter he faced and allowed a single up the middle to the next batter.
That brought up Adam Dunn, a slugging lefty in the midst of a hot start this season, and that brought Washington to the mound for some advice.
"Throw it in the strike zone, we've got a four-run lead," Washington said he told Ogando. "Make them swing the bat. You're not going to give up four runs before you get us off the field, and he didn't."
Washington said his demeanor with Ogando and other pitchers differs from Derek Holland, who has received his share of somewhat animated visits from the manager.
"Derek, I can go out there like I talk to an umpire," Washington said.


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Lance Armstrong: A Fall from Grace?
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency has stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour De France titles. However, the USADA cannot take away his perseverance of surviving cancer and the inspiration he has provided cancer patients and survivors.
When athletes provide sports fans with record-breaking performances, there is always the question, were performance-enhancing drugs used?
This isn't the first time a professional athlete has fallen from grace and had their performance has been questioned by the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Two examples come to mind. First, Barry Bonds was questioned when he broke Hank Aaron's home run record. Second, Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were questioned when they broke the home run record after the 1998 home run race.
Fans watch these stars and admire them for their accomplishments. Then, when athletes test positive or get accused of cheating, fans question them, and ask, are they really a role model?
That is exactly what people are going to ask about Lance Armstrong. More than likely his brand of Livestrong will be affected, but should it?
Back in August when Armstrong announced he wouldn't fight charges anymore against doping allegations, people started wondering why? He hasn't been proven guilty of the doping allegations, and for a man that fought a disease that can take lives; people asked how could this be?
It has been a tough last few months and days for Armstrong. Armstrong has lost his sponsorship with Nike, RadioShack, Trek, and Anhueser-Busch. He has stepped down from chairman of Livestrong. In the Dallas Morning News, Armstrong said that he is going to appear at all Livestrong connections this weekend and continue to play a role in his cancer-advocacy foundation. The question remains, will his foundation survive?
Armstrong didn't just win seven Tour De France titles, but he has his own foundation, and has started Livestrong to provide awareness for cancer research. In fact, his Livestrong foundation has raised 470 million to inspire those that are affected by cancer.
Too many times when an athlete does something wrong, their positive influences get overlooked. If the allegations of Armstrong taking performance-enhancing drugs do come out true, his supporters shouldn't go away. Yes, his integrity may be questioned, but look deeper and realize that he gave his heart for cycling. He fought cancer, and helped others affected by cancer defeat the disease.
For now, Armstrong will have to deal with the consequences of the allegations of performance-enhancing drugs. He has an upward battle to fight, and you have to imagine he won't go down fighting.
So, if you own a yellow Livestrong bracelet, will you continue to wear it?