The story begins from a violation warning on Yahoo! Answers. I strongly believe that I do not violate the community guidelines. The asker post a 5-word question “Can you jtag without soldering?” on Yahoo! Answers under the category Science and Mathematics > Engineering. I researched Wikipedia.org and posted about 300 words on JTAG in manufacturing test in the electronics industry which is the primary objective of JTAG. However the asker was talking about hacking xBox with JTAG and therefore angry with my answer and reported me for abuse.

Then I posted a question describing the case and seeking comment from other users whether I was violating the rules. I felt disappointed because the majority of answerers thought that I was violating the rules. I rewrote the question and posted again but it did not receive any answer. I think of answering myself with a different ID. Therefore I sign up with Yahoo! for a new ID.

Unlike the writer’s experience, I feel that Yahoo! detects my double registration (maybe because of the same IP address or something else) and asks for my identification with sensitive credit card information. I am shocked immediately. It may be Yahoo! effort to prevent multiple registration by the same person for account misuse. But it reveals that Yahoo! is tracking every detail of user’s activities and able to make automatic decision on some cource of action. What if the information is misused or abused?

My blog theme is custom. I created it. However I no longer like it and will be switching to a new theme (of my own creation as well) within the next year.

The one good thing about Yahoo! Mail, though, is that they’re testing out a brand-new interface right now. I’ve been lucky enough to get a spot in the beta, and I must say, the interface is pretty impressive. It’s almost as good as Outlook, except it’s 100% web-based and doesn’t rely on crap like ActiveX or Java, which make me cringe each time I hear their names.