Kamis, 31 Desember 2009

How the law Works

How law is made 
Our legal system is based on laws made by Parliament and cases decided incourts and tribunals. Law has to be reasonably precise but it must also be possible for the law to change as sociaty develops and changes. The legal system attempts to achieve those two conflicting aims. 
Parliament and the law 
Laws made by Parliament are supreme over all other law in Britain including lawdecided by the courts. Acts of parliament start their life as Bills which are discussed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Bills are usually amended by the two Houses and then become binding at a date decided by Parliament. The law making process does not stop there. Most Acts contain provisions for making Regulations which deal with matters that need to be laid down with greater precision and detail than id needed in Act itself. Government Ministers promote this type of delefated legislation which will itself have to be approved by Parliament. And in some types of legislation Ministers or others are given power to give diections which are themselves legally binding. whe have no written constitutuion so Parliament can always change or repeal laws it has itself made. 
The courts and he law 
Courts were for centuries the main law makers. A system of law was developed from individual cases both in criminal and non-criminal matters. Decisions by judges establishe precedents which provided principles on which later cases were decided. Only over the last hundred years has the body of law changed significantly because of Parliament's activity. The precedent system still dominates in the courts. The higher the court the more important its decisions. So cases decided by the House of Lords bind all other courts. Those decided by the Court of Appeal bind, usauallt, that court itself and always inferior courts. Cases decided by the High Court will bind County Courts, but not other High Court cases. Decisions of magistares courts, County Courts and Crown Courts will not creat law.

Rabu, 30 Desember 2009

NINJA ASSASSIN REVIEW

 

This film was reviewed as part of Fantastic Fest
PLOT: Raised by a secret ninja clan as a young orphan to be an assassin, Raizo (Rain) is now on the run after engaging in a secret affair and defying his "father". Meanwhile, Mika Coretti (Naomie Harris), is working with Europol investigating strange deaths and a string of clues that seem to lead back to a secret society of ninjas-for-hire. Once she stumbles upon this she becomes marked by the Ozunu Clan (Raizo's clan) and joins forces with Raizo to bring the clan down.
REVIEW: NINJA ASSASSIN had a lot of potential to become the dream film of many fanboys. And until those fanboys see it, it may remain so. However, I found my dream slightly shattered after witnessing the film for myself. The first area in which this film fails, and the element that works entirely to its detriment, is in story. For a movie like this to work without exception we either need to believe in the ninja as a real being traveling the world unnoticed and assassinating people, or we need to not care that they aren't real. Unfortunately, NINJA ASSASSIN plays everything straight faced and we're left to force ourselves to remain interested until the next CGI-blood soaked action scene.

During these segments of storyline, many huge gaps in logic become very frustrating. One utterly painful story point (a MAJOR story point at that) comes when Raizo, who we have spent the entire film learning is a badass ninja, makes a stupid mistake and is caught completely off his guard. Why the extended scenes of ninja training if you're going to throw it completely out the window when the story needs a turning point? Things like this rear their heads throughout the film and further negate the need for any story at all. Furthermore, Maika's entire investigation (the scenes where we are meant to "believe" that this could all be true) is so forced and weak that we have to literally be fed spoonfuls of exposition to summarize her findings.
The actors attempt their best to deliver some of the worst dialogue seen in a big budget action movie. In an attempt to demystify the ninja, the script isn't sure what style of dialogue to use. No matter, though, as it all comes out uniformly wooden by the cast. Rain may be a gigantic Korean pop-star and he may play well with the ladies, but when handed bad English dialogue, he can make your ears bleed. Every other major character is drawn from the shallowest of stereotypes. So maybe it's not the actors but, again, the script that is to blame for the failures.
So it's up to director James McTeigue (V FOR VENDETTA) to save the day with visual flair and spectacular action sequences. Unfortunately, it's a mixed bag in the direction and action department. The story scenes are directed adequately at best with no real attempt made to mask the story and dialogue problems. The action scenes are quite bloody. In fact, this is probably one of the most blood soaked films I've seen at the theater. Unfortunately, McTeigue made a conscious decision to use CGI blood to make the action more comic book style. Not only does it look rather fake most of the time, it directly conflicts with the stylistic choice to ground this tale in some semblance of reality.

Outside of the blood though, there is more often little going on on screen of interest. Ninjas and shurikens fly by quickly with McTeigue never really settling on the best way to capture the action of an entity that is never seen as part of its mythology. The camera never stops moving, the takes are only seconds long and there's never a real grasp on who is fighting who. It's all just a big ninja mess with one particular extended action scene in the middle being reduced to uselessness by the wild direction that prevents the audience from having really any shred of an idea of what is going on. This, in turn, further diminishes the story as we are left to guess what the stakes are when we can't tell who is winning a battle.
Overall, NINJA ASSASIN is a failure. However, the film opens with a strong sequence that really captures the spirit of the ninja legend. The final action scenes are actually enough over-the-top that there's some good fun to be had. McTeigue's cameramen seem to have gotten a bit worn out by the time they filmed these scenes as the movements of the camera are far less seizure-like. In between there are brief moments where we get to see what we have imagined it must be like for a ninja to slip in and out of the shadows. Had this been incorporated better in the action, had McTeigue rented a steadicam, had the mythology been made fun we might have a solid ninja film to return to time and time again. Instead we have a watch once and throw away, frustrating curiosity.(Joblo)

google phone review


The good: The T-Mobile G1 features a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G support, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth. The Google Android operating system offers good integration with Google applications as well as access to the Amazon MP3 Store and YouTube. As more applications become available, the G1 will also become a more powerful smartphone for all types of users.
The bad: The G1 doesn't include a standard heaphone jack and lacks Microsoft Exchange support. There are some annoying design quirks that make the smartphone uncomfortable to hold and difficult to use. You can't save downloaded applications to a memory card. Speakerphone quality wasn't the greatest.
The bottom line: While we're not in love with the design and would have liked some additional features, the real beauty of the T-Mobile G1 is the Google Android platform, as it has the potential to make smartphones more personal and powerful. That said, it's not quite there yet, so for now, the G1 is best suited for early adopters and gadget hounds, rather than consumers and business users.

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is more like traditional Ethernet networks, and requires configuration
to set up shared resources, transmit files, and to set up audio links (for
example, headsets and hands-free devices). It uses the same radio frequencies as
Bluetooth, but with higher power output resulting in a stronger connection.
Wi-Fi is sometimes called "wireless Ethernet." This description is accurate;
it also provides an indication of its relative strengths and weaknesses. Wi-Fi requires more setup, but is better suited for operating full-scale networks
because it enables a faster connection, better range from the base station, and
better security than Bluetooth. A personal computer must have a Bluetooth
adapter in order to be able to communicate with other Bluetooth devices (such
as mobile phones, mice and keyboards). While some desktop computers already
contain an internal Bluetooth adapter, most require an external Bluetooth dongle.
Most recent laptops come with a built-in Bluetooth adapter.
Unlike its predecessor, IrDA, which requires a
separate adapter for each device, Bluetooth allows multiple devices to
communicate with a computer over a single adapter

Selasa, 28 April 2009

sketsa & photo manipulation

Sketching,skarang seh uda enak,ga bisa gambar?? bisa tracing pake software computer buat gambar,ada photoshop,corel draw,trus illustrator (yg notabene) paling ok buat tracing gambar apapun karena menggunakan satuan Vektor,bukan pixel seperti photoshop..jadi resolusi-nya lebih besar (CMIIW anak2 design di jagat jakarta ini hehehe)..ya bahasa gampangnya seh "kalo di gedein ga pecah 'sob..(hehehehe..gaul pisan)".

Di sini saya hanya menampilkan hasil karya saya,tidak memberikan tutorial dan sejenisnya;karena saya juga baru bisa "entar di bilang sotoy pula"...wekekekek

well anyway bebrapa sketsa yg saya buat menggunakan software2 tsb yg saya bilang di atas ,dari yg di trace dr photo,gambar,mainan,sampai yg manipulasi photo..so enjoy everyone....take care. btw,gambar bakal di uptdate terus apabila ada hasil yg baru,..thank you semua..cheers