Orkut is Blocked!!!

Wow...the other day I was wondering about the stupidity of my ISP and was thinking about ways in which it could degrade the quality of this stinking hellhole of a miserable experience that I like to call "Browsing the net using dial up with a paranoid Big Bro proxy watching over my back".

Then, I get a call from my good friend yesterday...Of course as I spend most of my time sleeping or reading, there was a 50% chance he couldn't reach me. When he finally did, he informed me about this incident, I wasn't well too shocked as it was already blocked by the UAE University server and I figured that the trend would surely catch on. Anyway, it seems that my poor buddy was "orkutting" so as to speak, when this happened. To quote him, "one sec I was there, next sec I was not".

Ouch.....

Well, I did some meticulous research (which is an euphemism for I did a quick Google search) and found out that somebody actually feared people were using the site to find sexual partners!!!

Now I don't deny that the claim is 100% false, but come on...whats next? Will they ban mobile phones coz guys and girls who aren't married will use it to talk with each other? Or destroy television sets coz they can be used to...I don't know, "culturally inappropriate material"?

On a funnier note, it seems orkut can still be accessed from the Media City and all iZones (the wireless hotspots in UAE are called iZones). I smell a conspiracy here, Etisalat is tired of its new rival Du, slowly but surely taking a good chunk out of the mobile services sector. So, I think it is trying to force more and more people to take other costlier services so that they can maintain their exorbitant profits.

Damn...I am in a bad mood now....

Twitter..."the newest threat to my morals"

So...I was reading a blog post about it....and decided to check in out. And guess what?....It is blocked!!!So twitter is the latest additions to the bunch of normal sites blocked for pedantic reasons in the UAE. This list includes MySpace and Flickr. I had allude to this phenomenon in a previous post of mine.....

DAMN these self righteous pains in the ass who think they can regulate my freaking corrupted morals!!!!!!

Telephone Helplines....

I found this link and was instantly reminded about my experience with the Etisalat hotline, or whatever they call it. Tired of the sweet voice telling me that all their customer representatives or whatever they are called were busy with other calls....I decided to call them at 4 am in the morning. Guess what...I heard the same message.

Hmm...wonder what the customer whatevers were busy with at 4 am....anyway...to be fair, once you get through to them, they are pretty helpful and readily solve all our concerns.

18 Ave de Suffren Paris, 75740 France

I am just sick and tired of people making a big fuss about Paris Hilton. I don't know what people find so alluring about her.Is it the fact that she is a millionaire heiress or her looks(?) or (god forbid) her songs? Or the fact that she had no qualms in distributing...err...home movies(?).

Anyway, everything she or does makes the news. I can't comprehend the fact that most people have lives so mundane that they have to generate excitement by being up to date about their favourite celebs' exploits. It pains me to think that some folks might actually consider her to be a role model.

Coming back to Paris Hilton. Now it seems the latest buzz is about her jail sentence. Well, I have no idea what her crime was, but I don't think it matters to the general public. A huge fuss is being made by the media about everything, from what she plans to do in jail, to her new surroundings, to her to be jail mate.

Hmm..I am in the mood for predictions. I predict that her cellmate is gonna write a book that outlines her memoirs about sharing the same space as Paris Hilton. This might also lead to reality shows being made, where Paris Hilton lives with other people in extremely cramped spaces(a spinoff of her previous reality show) and the so called drama that will follow. Ahh...but today's world is shaped in such a way that I am sure that it would be a huge hit.

Networks...I hope you get this idea somehow so that I can brag about how I saw it all coming. Who knows...I may even decide to start my own religion...or atleast a psychic helpline...

But that is a discussion for another day.

Oh yeah, if anyone was wondering what the address above signifies....Well it points to The Paris Hilton(the hotel).....