Comments for RFA Unplugged http://www.rfaunplugged.org Extra comment and coverage from Radio Free Asia Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:16:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Humor And Graphics Show How China’s Great Firewall Works by Tweets that mention Humor And Graphics Show How China’s Great Firewall Works » Belarus, China, china censorship, great firewall, Humor, Hungry Beast, selling censorship technology, YouTube » RFA Unplugged -- Topsy.com http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2010/09/02/humor-and-graphics-show-how-the-great-firewall-works/#comment-386 Tweets that mention Humor And Graphics Show How China’s Great Firewall Works » Belarus, China, china censorship, great firewall, Humor, Hungry Beast, selling censorship technology, YouTube » RFA Unplugged -- Topsy.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:16:56 +0000 http://www.rfaunplugged.org/?p=1701#comment-386 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dwight Wallace, Jon. Jon said: Humor And Graphics Show How The Great Firewall Works » Belarus ...: Humor And Graphics Show How The Great Firewall... http://bit.ly/ceYsza [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Dwight Wallace, Jon. Jon said: Humor And Graphics Show How The Great Firewall Works » Belarus …: Humor And Graphics Show How The Great Firewall… http://bit.ly/ceYsza [...]

]]> Comment on The Fight For Justice Takes Its Toll On Uyghur Family by Tweets that mention The Fight For Justice Takes Its Toll On Uyghur Family » » RFA Unplugged -- Topsy.com http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2010/09/01/the-fight-for-justice-takes-its-toll-on-uyghur-family/#comment-385 Tweets that mention The Fight For Justice Takes Its Toll On Uyghur Family » » RFA Unplugged -- Topsy.com Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:26:57 +0000 http://www.rfaunplugged.org/?p=1696#comment-385 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Amy Reger, Henryk Szadziewski. Henryk Szadziewski said: The Fight For Justice Takes Its Toll On Uyghur Family. http://tinyurl.com/27g9o2q [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Amy Reger, Henryk Szadziewski. Henryk Szadziewski said: The Fight For Justice Takes Its Toll On Uyghur Family. http://tinyurl.com/27g9o2q [...]

]]> Comment on Electronic News You Can Use (and how to get to it) by Accessing Google.com From China » Chinese, There, Other, Electronic, Please, News you » RFA Unplugged http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2010/03/14/electronic-news-you-can-use-and-how-to-get-to-it/#comment-180 Accessing Google.com From China » Chinese, There, Other, Electronic, Please, News you » RFA Unplugged Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:16:20 +0000 http://www.rfaunplugged.org/?p=1228#comment-180 [...] methods of bypassing the great firewall are detailed on the  rfa unplugged blog Electronic News you can use (and how to get [...] [...] methods of bypassing the great firewall are detailed on the  rfa unplugged blog Electronic News you can use (and how to get [...]

]]> Comment on New Phone Project Turns Surveillance Technology On Its Head by Electronic News You Can Use (and how to get to it) » Internet, Ultrasurf, Click, Chinese, Proxy, Freegate » RFA Unplugged http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2010/01/21/new-phone-project-turns-surveillance-technology-on-its-head/#comment-178 Electronic News You Can Use (and how to get to it) » Internet, Ultrasurf, Click, Chinese, Proxy, Freegate » RFA Unplugged Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:04:07 +0000 http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/?p=1053#comment-178 [...] check out the blog on the “guardian phone“. This fantastic project promises to be a key protection for journalists, academics, [...] [...] check out the blog on the “guardian phone“. This fantastic project promises to be a key protection for journalists, academics, [...]

]]> Comment on China: Mass show of sympathy over Hubei man beaten to death by WORKSHOP » Test Post http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2008/01/10/china-mass-show-of-sympathy-over-hubei-man-beaten-to-death/#comment-111 WORKSHOP » Test Post Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:28:11 +0000 http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/china-mass-show-of-sympathy-over-hubei-man-beaten-to-death/#comment-111 [...] Death.” Web log post. RFA Unplugged. Radio Free Asia, 10 Jan. 2008. Web. 09 Sept. 2009. <http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/china-mass-show-of-sympathy-over-hubei-man-beaten-to-de...>. [7] China and Globalization, 109th Cong., 15 (2005) (testimony of William H. Overholt). Web. [...] [...] Death.” Web log post. RFA Unplugged. Radio Free Asia, 10 Jan. 2008. Web. 09 Sept. 2009. <http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/china-mass-show-of-sympathy-over-hubei-man-beaten-to-de…>. [7] China and Globalization, 109th Cong., 15 (2005) (testimony of William H. Overholt). Web. [...]

]]> Comment on Tibetan Characters Now Supported by Smart Phonesb by Chris http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2009/12/14/tibetan-characters-now-supported-by-smart-phones/#comment-167 Chris Fri, 15 Jan 2010 19:03:00 +0000 http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/?p=933#comment-167 If you follow the instructions on Nathan Freitas web site the base glyphs for Tibetan are displayed in Android the conjuncts or "stacks" necessary for rendering Tibetan properly are not formed so a lot of Tibetan text will be pretty unreadable. According to the developer Mike Reed there is as yet no CTL (complex text layout) support in Android. This means all scripts requiring CTL support (including Arabic, Bengali, Devanagri, Tamil, Thai etc. as well as Tibetan) will not render properly until this is added. In this day and age it is pretty lame of Google to launch an operating system that "supports Unicode" without proper CTL support. There are well tested and freely available cross-platform libraries such as ICU (used by OpenOffice) and Pango (used by GNOME under Linux) they could have made use of and good open-source fonts for most complex scripts freely available so there really is no good excuse. ~ Chris If you follow the instructions on Nathan Freitas web site the base glyphs for Tibetan are displayed in Android the conjuncts or “stacks” necessary for rendering Tibetan properly are not formed so a lot of Tibetan text will be pretty unreadable.

According to the developer Mike Reed there is as yet no CTL (complex text layout) support in Android. This means all scripts requiring CTL support (including Arabic, Bengali, Devanagri, Tamil, Thai etc. as well as Tibetan) will not render properly until this is added.

In this day and age it is pretty lame of Google to launch an operating system that “supports Unicode” without proper CTL support. There are well tested and freely available cross-platform libraries such as ICU (used by OpenOffice) and Pango (used by GNOME under Linux) they could have made use of and good open-source fonts for most complex scripts freely available so there really is no good excuse.

~ Chris

]]> Comment on China Internet Crackdown Could Fuel DVD Piracy by Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber » Blog Archive » Hartes Vorgehen gegen User-generierten Content im chinesischen Internet http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2009/12/13/china-internet-crackdown-could-fuel-dvd-piracy/#comment-166 Ingrid Fischer-Schreiber » Blog Archive » Hartes Vorgehen gegen User-generierten Content im chinesischen Internet Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:55:25 +0000 http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/?p=924#comment-166 [...] 7. RFA Unplugged: China Internet Crackdown Could Fuel DVD Piracy http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/china-internet-crackdown-could-fuel-dvd-piracy/ [...] [...] 7. RFA Unplugged: China Internet Crackdown Could Fuel DVD Piracy http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/china-internet-crackdown-could-fuel-dvd-piracy/ [...]

]]> Comment on Hmong Forced Back To Laos by seeharhed http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2009/12/28/hmong-forced-back-to-laos/#comment-169 seeharhed Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:26:11 +0000 http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/?p=982#comment-169 I haven't heard anything from Laos side yet, whether if they are going to accept them back or not. At this moment, those 4000+ lives still in Thailand soil, right? They will need a lot of boats to transport those folks back to Laos. I haven’t heard anything from Laos side yet, whether if they are going to accept them back or not. At this moment, those 4000+ lives still in Thailand soil, right? They will need a lot of boats to transport those folks back to Laos.

]]> Comment on China Looks to Future Climate Talks by euandus2 http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2009/11/06/china-looks-to-future-climate-talks/#comment-155 euandus2 Sat, 19 Dec 2009 18:36:23 +0000 http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/?p=638#comment-155 As per http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/national-sovereignty-and-climate-change-at-copenhagen/ , the less than stellar result of the UN conference on climate change can be seen to point to the antiquated absolutist approach to national sovereignty in the wake of the technological changes of the 20th century. As per http://euandus3.wordpress.com/2009/12/19/national-sovereignty-and-climate-change-at-copenhagen/ , the less than stellar result of the UN conference on climate change can be seen to point to the antiquated absolutist approach to national sovereignty in the wake of the technological changes of the 20th century.

]]> Comment on China: Tight Internet controls during Party Congress by Beijing Olympic Nevereverland! « Adhilsiraj's Blog http://www.rfaunplugged.org/2007/10/17/china-tight-internet-controls-during-party-congress/#comment-72 Beijing Olympic Nevereverland! « Adhilsiraj's Blog Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:01:11 +0000 http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/china-tight-internet-controls-during-party-congress/#comment-72 [...] http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/china-tight-internet-controls-during-party-congress/ [...] [...] http://rfaunplugged.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/china-tight-internet-controls-during-party-congress/ [...]

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