When Giants Fight

By now the Apple Samsung patent infringement suits has inflicted bruises along the very wide global battle front.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh sums it all up "“Samsung may have cut into Apple’s customer base somewhat, but there is no suggestion that Samsung will wipe out Apple’s customer base, or force Apple out of the business of making smartphones,”

With this, Apple was awarded $450.5 million, nearly half of the $1 billion damage awarded earlier before Samsung appealed.

Judge Lucy Koh of Korean descent was born 1968 in Washington DC. Awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College in Social Studies in 1990 and a Juris Doctorate from Harvard Law School in 1993.

The dust has hardly settled and Apple is now all set to launch  the 60-inch iTV this year. This is in direct confrontation with Samsung and LG 55-inch OLED TV expected in stores this year.

Absolutely Obsolete

Bus ticket hole puncher. The job is overtaken by the contactless stored value card.

The card communicate with a terminal by radio waves.

Contactless cards were first used for electronic ticketing in 1995 in Seoul, and 1997 in Hong Kong.

The turning indicator of the old days is a pop-up lever to indicate the driver's intention to turn.

Today, all vehicles are installed with electric blinking turn signal lights.

 

The manual car window winder has gone electric power.

  

Sony, Panasonic, Hitachi, Sharp have ceased production of CRT television sets.

Own time, Own Target

All Singapore males report for full-time National Service upon reaching age 18.

Weapon training include live firing with the SAR 21 rifle.

The shooting target, depicting a charging German soldier, is widely used by most armed forces.

It is more than 60 years after the war but this image is still in use.

It is a case of "if it ain't broke dont fix it" situation. Poor Jerry.

The North Korea military has their own version of the shooting targets.

They have no qualms about telling the world who their mortal enemy is.

The Shady Tree

Otherwise known by the scientific name Bucida Molineti.

The tree has its origin from the Caribbean and Bahamas.

The peculiar characteristic of the Bucida Molineti is its multi tiered shady branches.

Can be commonly seen along Singapore roads.