July 1st – India threatens to ban Blackberry
According to Yahoo, RIM got served a 15 day notice on July 1st 2010 to allow India’s government to access their client’s information (such as sent emails, etc.).
There was a lot of chatter online regarding privacy on the tech websites such as Slashdot, but generally the comments on indian news websites were a “follow our rules or get out”.
So July 16th rolled around and…. nothing happened. At least nothing the news/internet picked up. So it seemed that the threat of banning the blackberry in India has gone the way of India’s “$10 computer” (which ended up being never heard from again).
July 28th – India threatens RIM again
Suddenly today, news agencies started reporting that India has threatened another ban, although this time without a definite deadline.
The current revival of this issue seems to be just a case of India getting jealous. Supposedly RIM is setting up a server in China, and India is going “why can’t we get one too?”
Times of India says:
The fresh confrontation comes after reports that RIM was ready to set up a server in China to address Chinese security concerns.
The home ministry has asked the department of telecommunication (DoT) to check the veracity of reports of a server being set up in China and then press the Canadian company to do the same in India.
Did RIM sell out its users already?
Did RIM ALREADY give out its encryption codes (and thereby sell out its customer base worldwide)?
An indian news agency reports “tensions were defused after RIM agreed to provide its encryption code to security agencies” in reference to the first time Blackberry was threatened with a ban years ago.
According to Times of India, RIM has already given out the encryption codes; so the current confrontation is over India complaining that China gets a RIM-server while India didn’t rather than just getting access to your emails.
Implications to blackberry users
Unless Blackberry encryption is region specific, beware that Indian intelligence agencies (known for their corruption) may be eavesdropping on your emails. They may claim it only affects Indian users, but how do they judge that? Someone’s who’s been in India once? Someone who’s received an email from an Indian citizen?
Why might RIM do it?
Why would RIM give away their encryption keys? I want to say that the news article by Times of India got it wrong, that RIM didn’t sell out the rest of the world for a few bucks in India (where the Average Revenue per User is very low already, so it’s literally a few bucks). But if the article is correct, then the only two reasons I can think of would be economical or legal.
Economical: They don’t want to lose out on a “big” economy, population wise, even if profit per user is dead low and dropping
Legal: They don’t want to be seen as discriminating against Indians Apparently they already co-operate with US Intelligence agencies, so to not do so may seem racist. Although US intelligence agencies are held to far stricter accountability standards than Indian ones.
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G20 protests in Toronto turn violent!
Here’s the video of them smashing windows of Tim Hortons (a coffee shop chain):
I was walking down Yonge street just south of College.
I saw a truck with cops heading towards us, and the police are waving to people, yelling “Get away!”
Behind them I see a huge crowd of protesters coming at us like zombies from Resident Evil 4.
My friend and I stand to watch at first, but when my friend sees them breaking windows and waving sticks, we make a run for it along with the other civilians. We find a road away from where they’re going and recorded the video of them smashing windows from a safe distance, but have to leave as the police start massing behind us.
Video of them coming at us coming soon!
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Hey all,
Valentine’s day isn’t only a day to rejoice if you’re in a relationship. It’s an opportunity for you when you’re single too.
Women the world over (where valentine’s day is being celebrated) will be looking to spend this day with a guy. So your job is simply to be that guy.
But How?
With Valentine’s Day so close, you need something fast and simple that you can use now. The context for using this is when you know the girl, either having just recently met or known each other for years. As long as she doesn’t feel anything negative towards you, this is a good starting line.
The line you tell her (or text/message to her, if you’re too worried about calling), is this:
“What’re you doing this Sunday? Let’s meet up, I want to see you. How about meeting at LOCATION at TIME?”
It’s that simple. Maybe even send that to several girls. If you have too many, you can schedule one for Saturday (the day before Valentine’s Day) because girls will still be thinking about Valentine’s Day. As for what you actually do during your mini “date” (notice that we didn’t call the meeting up a date; we don’t want her to feel pressured in any way. However, by saying “I want to see you”, the context is implied, and if you do the right things, it can easily turn romantic), is up to you. I recommend reading my book Dating Revolution Method. It’s available as a EBook on at http://www.datingmanualadvice.com or by paperback format on Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/1449994407/
I recommend the EBook version since you’ll get it quicker.
Feel free to share this article with your friends too!
Best wishes and good hunting,
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This article was taken with permission from Dating Manual on How to Meet Women
It’s not about knowing everything about fashion or following the latest trends. That’s what most people think of when they think of fashion. Sure, knowing the latest trends shows that you keep up with current events and following the latest trends shows that you have access to some financial resources (it’s expensive following the latest trends). But that’s a lot of effort for relatively little return. This short dating manual excerpt will help you dress well to date women you want.
It’s about what looks good on you, and more importantly what makes you look good. Most importantly, it’s about what it communicates about you. The way you dress should communicate something about your lifestyle. The following are some general guidelines that work for a large majority of men. For some men there may be certain social stereotypes they may be targeting (eg: for wannabe Japanese girls, dressing like a japanese pop star would score you major points) but making a list of all these niches would be unproductive.
- Wear clothes that fit
Clothes that fit are essential when it comes to being able to attract women. A person wearing loose clothes shows that they may not be comfortable with their figure (either they think they’re too slim or too fat). A person wearing tight clothing shows that they are comfortable with themselves and can imply comfort with sexuality. This is important for building attraction in women. As mentioned in the beginning, it’s what your clothes communicate about you that really matters. As such, wearing a form fitting $10 plain shirt can look much better than an oversized $200 shirt.
If you can afford it, I recommend that you also tailor your clothes that don’t fit EXACTLY. If they fit exactly already, that’s ok. But otherwise, tailoring can help clothes fit you better, which then helps you attract women and date women.
- Each accessory should communicate a story
This is a good way to get conversations started and continued. By wearing interesting items of clothing, you give women who want to talk with you an excuse to start a conversation. By having a story behind the item of clothing instead of it just being a “cool item”, it gives you great conversation material for talking with women you want to date.
For example, in my hotel room last night with two cute asian girls, one girl asked me about my belt. I told her it was a gift from a third girl who knew I was lacking a belt. This shows that I know other girls, and that other girls I know hold me in high regard (enough to give me gifts). This significantly helps in attracting women.
- Calibrate to situation and audience
In order to figure out how to get what you want in terms of dating women, you first have to understand what it is that you want. If you’re trying to date asian girls who are conservative, you want to wear something that they will find attractive. If you’re going for goth punk rockers, you want to wear something they will find attractive.
Also you have to consider the situation. Wearing dress shirts with big G-chains while trying to meet women in the library, you stand out in a bad way as they may think you are just there to meet women. Wearing pajamas to a high end nightclub shows lack of social calibration and you probably won’t even be able to get in to meet the women inside, so much harder for you to date these women.
- It’s all in the details
If it looks like it took a lot of effort to make, it’s considered good (keeping taste in mind, of course). When it comes to dating women, details matter. Women notice details on clothing more than men, and additionally, they try to interpret those details. Wearing a piece of clothing with fancy complicated designs (hopefully in good taste) implies higher financial position, all else being equal. A fancy design on a shirt is not a “necessity” for a shirt since the main goal is to cover you and keep you warm. So the fancy design is considered an extra, and it implies that if you’re able to obtain extras then you must be well off enough that you’re not worried about getting the necessities.
This is a major reason why women wear high heels. High heels are not very productive; they make it hard to walk and have bad balance compared to more productive shoes. Yet this is a major reason that women will wear them since it implies higher social status (that they don’t need to any laborious tasks and lead a luxurious life). You should keep in mind this concept not only when learning to attract women but also in all social situations. Be aware of what you indirectly communicate by what you do, dress, and say.
- How to dress on a budget
My dating manual understands that you may not want to spend a lot of money. These tips reflect that same principle of my dating manual. Even if you’re well off financially, I believe that saving money when possible is a good thing.
It is better to have 2 good outfits you wear often than 50 outfits that look bad and you wear rarely. So instead of getting dozens of average shirts and average jeans, I recommend you get a few outfits that are great instead. You don’t really need a pair of jeans for each day of the week. You can wear the same pair of pants more than once before washing. Shirts are a bit harder to wear more than once in a row, but you can just alternate shirts.
Next is using “core dressing”. Have one or two items that are “core” to your outfit. For example, a jacket or a blazer. Next you dress around that. You can wear different jeans, different shirts, etc. but the item that people associate you with, the core item, is still there. This allows you to cut down on the amount of outfits you buy while still looking good.
I hope these fashion tips serve you well. I occasionally get compliments on my clothing, and I didn’t spend a lot of time reading GQ or men’s magazines trying to copy fashion. I just followed these basic tips to find out what looks good on me. I also don’t spend much on my fashion. The current outfit I’m wearing as I’m typing this which got a compliment last night, I got for under $30 CDN (tho the belt was a gift).
This article was taken with permission from Dating Manual on How to Meet Women
Introduction
Asian women are wonderful. They put in so much effort into their men, that men of diverse ethnicities want to meet and seduce asian women. This dating manual snippet will give you some brief tips on how to meet asian women and then attract asian women.
Remember
The following guidelines may not always be true. For example, there will be cases where some asian women will be more independent than their non-asian counterparts. However, these guidelines aren’t supposed to be “sum up the asian race in one program”. It’s designed to help you achieve your goals, which is to successfully meet asian women and date asian women.
If this guide helps you understand and achieve success with 95% of the asian women you meet, do you really care that it doesn’t cover the other 5%? Exactly.
Understanding 1 – Community Based
Asian culture is more community based. Asians, especially asian women, try to fit in. Thus they are more unlikely than other races to engage in behavior that goes against the norm. There’s a saying in Japanese, “If someone sticks out, hammer it back in” (a humorous analogy to the “If a nail sticks out, hammer it back in” advice).
- Dating Manual targetted towards asian women
This dating manual was written by a chinese person who has dated chinese, korean, japanese, and taiwanese girls in multiple cities. Girls who barely speak english to girls who were born in Canada/USA. This is the guide for you.
That is not to say that you cannot seduce asian women into doing one night stands. Her reputation amongst her societal group isn’t hurt if nobody finds out about it. Thus discreetness is key. In fact, discretion is one of the traits of a romantic hero.
As long as you can protect her reputation, she can be free to do things with you that she really wants to, but society may forbid and/or look down upon.
Method 1 – Approval by her friends
One of the two main ways to meet an asian girl and seduce her would be through a socially approved way. This includes meeting her through friends, through school, etc. It’s a way that her social group would consider a normal way for her to meet a guy. If you go through this route, you should integrate yourself fully into her social life by making her friends think of you as a good person for her. Thus they will encourage her to hook up with you. Two things to beware of when using this method would be she may feel overly pressured by her social group (contrary to popular belief, her friends asking her daily “are you going to date him?” can actually backfire when dealing with a shy asian girl because of social pressure and how she responds to it).
Method 2 – Anonymous hookup approach
This method will be skipped in this article because you will need to understand and be comfortable on how to meet women anywhere (eg: coffee shops, on the bus, etc.) before you can accomplish this. See the full dating manual for more info on how to do this.
Further reading
Despite the cultural differences, one of the key things to remember is that asian women are still women. In order to attract asian women, you still need to display the qualities such as confidence, leadership, etc. of a romantic hero that women are naturally attracted to. I highly recommend that you read, reread, and most importantly, apply the concepts of my complete dating manual in order to truly catapult your dating life success.
I hope you enjoyed this guide and I’m sure you’ll enjoy an asian woman 
The title of this post seems extra funny to me because I recently watched the movie Never Die Alone.
I’ve been doing some thinking. This post may seem really obvious, but it’s sometimes the most obvious things that we miss.
Never dine alone.
I didn’t talk much during food. I personally thought and still think that having lunch with someone is a horrible way of getting to know someone. You’re eating, they’re eating. There’s awkward silences, and not much information is exchanged. So why is eating with someone so important? Because it does so many things. It’s spending time with them. This makes them more comfortable with you, and get to know you better, even if it’s slowly. You show them what it’s like to live life with you, since eating is a part of that life.
How to make friends
First, you have to meet the person. Social skills handles this area wonderfully.
- Social skills aren’t enough
Social skills lets you introduce yourself to people you want to get to know. It means you could go into a city not knowing anyone, and meet people to hang out with and have sex with if that’s what you want. But pure social skills, aren’t enough. You also have to spend time with people. Live life with them.
Making friends in school, 101
*Study with people.
When you’re studying together, it’s natural for you to eat together when lunch/dinner time comes. “Hey, I’m hungry, want to grab a bite?”. It’s also very easy to do other things. For example, while studying, you could say “Hey, I’m going to the campus gym sunday, you want to join me?”. It’s natural because they’re already studying with you and eating with you, might as well explore other activities as well.
*Eat with people.
Discuss plans for the night. “Hey, what’re you doing tonight?”. They’ll tell you their plans, and if they feel comfortable enough with you and see your value, they’ll feel comfortable inviting you along too.
Conclusion
So what’s the moral of this post? SPEND TIME WITH PEOPLE. Social skills by themselves aren’t enough, a base to build upon it is important too. Sure, enough social skills can eventually make up for bad social lifestyle. But there’s decreasing marginal returns on increasing only one skill. As people say, a chain is only as good as its weakest link.
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I know this is off-topic of this blog, but I’m posting it anyways because I want to reveal the truth. Note that I’m not Russia or Georgian (heck, I’m asian) and don’t have any assets over there either.
For those of you who don’t know, there’s been a “war” of sorts between Russia, South Ossetia, and Georgia.
This is a true story, happened probably about a year ago, in a bookstore in Canada.
Context: Magazine section in a bookstore, guy sees cute asian girl reading magazines.
Guy: Heya… you seem like a fashionable girl, what magazines would you recommend?
Girl: Huh?
Guy: I’m looking to improve my fashion *sweeps arms out to show clothing*, and I’d like you to recommend something for me.
Girl: Oh, I don’t know
Guy: …
Girl: Maybe Vogue… you know… lot’s of magazines here. There’s a bunch that you could read.
Guy: I’ll have to admit I haven’t really read many magazines lately, been busy with school. I noticed you have an interesting accent tho… are you Japanese or Korean?
Girl: Korean.
Guy: *says hello in Korean*, but don’t expect me to speak it, I’m Chinese.
Girl: Ohhh *turns toward the guy* do you have many Korean friends?
Guy: Some here and there. What’re you doing here?
Girl: You mean here as in here, or in Canada?
Guy: Both
Girl: I’m studying English in Vancouver, and I’m visiting Toronto for sightseeing.
Guy: That’s pretty interesting. I’m here shopping for clothes *shows her his shopping bags*
Girl: Wow, you get a lot of clothes for a guy.
Guy: What can I say, I like to shop. What about you, what do you like doing?
Girl: I mountain climb, hang out with friends, and eat.
Guy: Wow, mountain climbing, you’re really brave. I like you, not many cute girls are adventurous like that.
Girl: Haha… thanks.
*some more fluff*
Girl: It’s really hot here, I’m gonna go.
Guy: *thinking she still needs to be in store to wait for her friend* Hey, my legs are tired, let’s go upstairs and sit on a bench. I’d like to know more about this cute girl who climbs mountains.
Girl: *follows*
*Relocates to outside the bookstore*
Guy: What’re you studying in school?
Girl: Computer science, but I really hate it.
Guy: Yea, PHP/mySQL is fine, but C++ can be a pain sometimes.
Girl: Wow, you’re really smart.
Guy: So are you… I like you. *starts holding hands*
Girl: I like you too.
Guy: I want to see you again.
Girl: If I came back here.
Guy: I was planning on going to Vancouver this summer, but *goes into a story*
Girl: Haha… actually, I’m going back to Korea.
Guy: I’ll give you a shout next time I’m in Korea then
Girl: YES! If you come to Korea… we can… you know… *looks expectantly*
Guy: Sometimes it’s not really how long you spend with someone, but the meaning of the interaction.
Girl: Huh?
Guy: You look cute when you’re confused. *leans in to kiss her*
Girl: *pulls away* I’m traditional girl!
Guy: Hey, let’s take a picture, I like your hat.
*picture taking and some more fluff*
*exchanges contact info*
Girl: Ok, I have to go meet my friend… would you like to come along?
Guy: It’s ok. Here’s a hug to remind you of me.
*5 minute hug*
Contrary to popular believe, talking about computers doesn’t make you boring or unattractive to girls. Correlation doesn’t equal cause. Sure, most people who talk about computers to a girl on a “date” aren’t the pick of the litter when it comes to guys. But it doesn’t mean a good guy can’t talk about computers to a girl (not even on a “date” or that he met through a mutual friend) and still not be viewed as attractive
Notice how she told him she liked him shortly after he mentioned PHP and mySQL. Now you can tell tell your parents to stop bugging you when they say “stop spending so much time on the computer and get a girlfriend/boyfriend”.
A GOOD GUY (what we’re about) is someone who is a good person. Instead of trying to be confident, he is OK with who he is. He respects and adores women, and he lets her know this. He isn’t afraid to show her he cares and gives her the freedom to choose.
A NICE GUY (what we laugh at) is someone who pretends to be a good guy. He may open doors, drive girls around, pays for expensive dinners, etc. But he does this from a place of wanting something. He wants to get into her pants, like any other straight guy.
Let’s use a bunch of case scenarios. In each situation, I’ll list what a “nice guy” would try to do, what a “good guy” does, and occasionally what North American society expects. Continue reading »
