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From my other blog : (Some of the) Movies I like

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THE LINK to the "full" list : HERE The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Charles Chaplin How to Steal a Million (1966) Small Time Crooks (2000)   Ratatouille (2007)   Salt (2010) Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003) THE LINK to the "full" list : HERE

Facebook strikes again !

I like facebook but I dislike the violations that occur there all the time even if I might believe this statement: "We didn't do it on purpose,". After quietly on February 4th '09 Facebook updated it’s terms of service to grant itself an unending and irrevocable license to use all content uploaded despite the media scandal that followed, Facebook continues to raise concerns related to the privacy of its users' personal data and more recently (starting on October 1st, 2010) they strike again with the "Download in High Resolution" link/button available to anyone viewing an image. Though the final image still remains small, there's a link below-right to "Download in High Resolution" for any users to save the image at the higher resolution (and no options to prevent it except for deleting the image). I'm sure no one likes or needs this as I would prefer the images to be displayed in High Res (as promised) and to be protected from ...