Ambiguity in Law and in Life

My barber thinks that Corona supported by Senator Judges Marcos and Santiago could have been more persuasive about using the ambiguity of the SALN Law argument. 

This is after I explained to my barber that something is “ambiguous” if it could have double or multiple meaning. Corona, Marcos, and Santiago just did not give ample explanation and samples.

My barber says, “Assets could be understood in many ways. Its Tagalog translation is “pag-aari”. A male public official, for example, could have a valuable and substantial asset dahil sa kanyang malaking pag-aari. The same is true with a female public official who could claim valuable asset because of her big frontal property.”

He further explains, “Corona’s banking and trust relationships could also be interpreted some other way like “banging and trusting partners”. You make deposits and withdrawals in trust. The deposits could be for a short or long time. They usually bear fruit or interest in 9 months, longer or lesser.”

He then concluded by asking, “If male or female ang public official na kamukha, kasing sexy o kasing “galing” at least sa isip niya, si Miriam Santiago, idideclara ba as Liability or Asset?”

Indeed, “ambiguity” could be claimed. Take it from my barber!

TABLETS

Then I started telling him about my excitement on the new Windows 8 Tablets that have just been launched and announced at the COMPUTEX 2012 in Taipei, Taiwan. The latter is the largest consumer electronics show in Asia. Its organizers always attend the International CES in Las Vegas to promote it. Together with the equivalent show in Germany, I have always wanted to attend both but never got around to synchronizing their schedule with mine.  Going to these technology conferences like CES, MACWORLD and FOSE (Government technologies) for me, is like witnessing “LITTLE MIRACLES” happening around the world.

A wise man he really is, my barber claims that there is also “ambiguity” in the word Tablet depending on how you use it. The Tablet of Moses containing the Ten Commandments has the goal of uplifting the soul through some spiritual standard. The Tablets that we take daily are for health care and physical well being through some prescribed medical standards. Now we have these Tablets identified as Androids, IPADs and Windows 8 with different operating standards and goals affecting everyday lives depending on the applications developed.

In this Planet of the APPS, applications could be on the ground offline, or in the cloud online.

Indeed, be it spiritual, physical or virtual, “ambiguity” could be claimed as well. Tech IT from my barber!

According to a study made by Morgan Stanley, “the Tablet is the fastest ramping mobile in history”. According to the survey, the market is even bigger and growing faster than they initially forecast. Purchase intentions in their survey indicate shipments of 133 million and 216 million in 2012 and 2013, or 57% and 112% larger than their initial estimates.

 While Microsoft was described as a company challenged earlier, it is now shifted to being in the best position to be very competitive. In fact, Windows 8 with Office in the Tablets now has the potential to drive market growth and share gains. The survey suggests 25% of users expect to buy Windows 8 and Office as a feature for those considering their first Tablet purchase.

The key variable that will determine the success of Microsoft and its partners according to the survey is Pricing. Consumers or respondents to the survey said that they are willing to pay a Tablet with Windows 8 and Office at price of $469 or a 6% discount to Apple’s iPad. I am sure Microsoft could lower the license fees to accommodate the Tablet manufacturers.

Many of the big players have signed in to be partners with Microsoft: Samsung, Acer, Lenovo, Intel, HP, Dell, AMD, Qualcomm and a few others. I am sure they could get it together.

My excitement as I explained to my barber is based on two developments. First, is the investment of Microsoft into Barnes & Noble. This means the availability of Windows 8 and Office in NOOK Tablets and hundreds of thousands of eBooks that Barnes and Noble owns or publishes. Second, is the presence of an offline search engines in all Windows 8 Tablets. This means that electronic libraries that are created and stored in the Tablets could now be searched, retrieved, bookmarked, and annotated offline without fear of external interference.

There is no ambiguity in my excitement to the developments!