Lucky & Flo

Recently a senior official from DTCA made a statement that Malaysia will ask the government of Ireland to give Lucky & Flo, two canines borrowed to the DTCA and used as sniffers for CD, VCD & DVD raids. This was published in the Star and also Kosmo, or was it Metro? Forgot.

The statement was given during an Intellectual Property function, seminar or forum or something. Erm... ok. Sounds so inappropriate. Asking Ireland to GIVE trained canines (that cost around RM100,000 not inclusive of CD sniffing training). Erm... at an Intellectual Property function?? I mean, i know Malaysians are cheapskates, but please, not at a function that totally opposes the request. I'd assume the training for the dogs AS intellectual property. You want the services, you PAY for the services, canines or not.

The best option i see is for Malaysia to work out a program with Ireland to make our own CD sniffing cuddly canines. Put costs aside, since the returns they give definitely overweights it.

Talking about cheapskates, i've come by a few Ministries and Departments that are interested in GIS. That stands for GeoInformaticsSystem. Its a cool software and the applications are limitless. With the proper data attained by proper research, it can be a powerful financial, planning, political and information tool. Some sectors did show interest, others just keep bugging for freeeeeeeeeeee information (from the GIS). I think the Statistics Department has already used the system for some years. Imagine, one system compiling info from the Stats Department, Jabatan Pendaftaran, Pendidikan, Pembangunan Luar Bandar, Belia & Sukan, EC, DTCA, ALam Sekitar, Pertanian, Industry, JUPEM, the whole lot. Endless uses. Think about it. Oh, and make sure the security of the system is flawless, such info would be really2 valuable forr those with bad intentions.