Category: Computer

sorry bout yesterday. was so tired i actually went to sleep @ 11:30. yes this is PM and not AM. i think it’s been the earliest for since i came to college. was working on my EE hw which my eyes felt like concrete and i just couldn’t hold it up anymore. i dont even know why i was so tired especially since i only had 2 classes.

Giants lost badly today, but had an EXTREMELY GREAT comeback today! did you watch the game. looks like the Angels were winning with a 3-0 score till the 5th or 6th inning then BAM! Angel’s pitcher started breaking up and allowed 2 runs. then a 3rd. then a 4th! and when Robb Nen came in during 9th and got 3 outs. WE WIN!!!!

welp besides the game yesterday, it was devastating that my system crashed after 2 weeks of uptime. stupid microsoft and stupid outlook! hate you hate you hate you!

bumped into tacoman today! it’s been the first time i’ve seen him in ages. well, i guess last time i saw him was probably last year last day of school. sigh. it’s cool. ^_^x cunndogg asks why i get to bump into so many ppl?!? i guess it’s fate. but he doesn’t believe in that. hehe ^_^x

here’s an update on harrybons mice attack. apparently he’s caught 5 so far, but there’s MORE. seems that the like hiding underneath the fridge and although rumors say they prefer peanut butter over cheese (not cartoon rumors), the mouse still went for the cheese. so i guess cartoon does actually have some facts behind it. hehe.

cunndogg, liam, and i spent a very long time arguing about set theory and diagonalization. i won’t get too deep into, but here’s something to ponder on. It’s also known as Russel’s paradox. Given the set of all sets that don’t belong in their set, can such a set exist? assume it does, does this set belong to itself? assume yes, then you’ve broken the set’s requirement which only takes in sets that don’t belong to themselves. let’s assume no then, but then this set should include it since it didn’t belong to itself. basically, russell’s paradox has broken set theory which is basically what math is based off of. however, humans have ignored this set and arithmetic is still able to function. in class, they used the same proof to show that several types of programs can’t be written, and cunndogg argues that just because u can show it with this proof, that doesn’t mean you can’t ignore this case and move on. as liam says, both arithmetic and programming are based on axioms which follows rules. as long as the axioms allow for the case to be ignored, then everything will work. if not, it’ll break.

found out i have no cs hw due this friday so i’m one happy man! first friday that i’ve been free! my cs61b midterm grades are up. got a 28.5 outta 40. mean was 26 and median was 27. i guess i should be happy since i was expected somewhere around the C range. On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Paul Hilfinger wrote: “The midterm is graded and grades are now on-line. Mean score 26. Median: 27. Since my grading scale is predicated on a mean of 20, I’d say this is pretty good! PNH”

well, speaking of CS, someone posted this caricature online in our newsgroup. it’s so funny yet it’s so true!

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not sure if i’ve mentioned this before, but my cell phone scared the heck outta me again. was taking a nap when suddenly i heard a buzz, buzz, buzz, buzz… of course since only my computer is on, i thought the noise was generating from there. i was like o shoot, did something die!?!?! my computer is my baby. nothing bad is allowed to happen to it. of course it’s also my slave working 24/7 ;p. current status:

anyway, back to main topic. i was half way done my bed when i realized that my cellphone was in vibrate mode. (it’s embarrassing when your phone rings in class!!!) after that happened once, i’ve learnt my lesson. well, there was a sigh of relief that there was nothing wrong with my baby. hehe. ^_^x

thanks to fantasy for donating this link. it’s hilarious and seems to be written by some teenager. just some very funny stuff to pass your time with. there were also other interesting items i found in the main page. stuff like reason why no one after jesus has seen/talked to god is because he’s asleep. hehe. ;p

welp, more to come tomorrow! cunndogg is heading to SD this weekend for a sailing competition! wish him luck + i get the apartment ALL to myself. MUHAHAHAHA! think of all the possibilities! SLEEP + SLEEP + MORE SLEEP!! ^_^x

i was once reminded of childhood trick. remember when you folded the dollar bill to make Washington smile or frown, welp, the Japanese can do it too! – thanks to peter payne.

there’s a lot of mystery about krunk which has remained hidden for a very long time, and shall remain that way. everyone who thinks they know me, doesn’t know much about krunk. everyone who thinks they know about krunk, doesn’t know much about me. let’s just say that krunk emerged in 7th grade and has evolved to something which i no longer know. he has his friends, i have mine. he does stuff in the dark, while i’m in the light. he even gets credit card applications for god sake! well, today, i’ll let you catch a glimpse of Krunk’s history. i just bumped into one of his long lost friends, who he’s known at least 7 years.

dabuddha – Date Posted: 09/24/2002 12:24 PM:
hey krunk
this the same krunk from playstation?

krunk – Date Posted: 09/24/2002 5:16 PM:
when u say playstation, do u mean #psxirc ?

krunk – Date Posted: 09/24/2002 6:38 PM:
would you be DaMan from TWiH?

dabuddha – Date Posted: 09/25/2002 7:35 AM:
#psx on newnet
its jamm

krunk – Date Posted: 09/25/2002 11:54 AM:
hey jamm! long time no c!

how’s it going, do you go on irc anymore? i’m still krunk, but i hang out on irc.aniverse.com and irc.enterthegame.com

dabuddha – Date Posted: 09/25/2002 12:15 PM:
im doing pretty good. started working full time now. i goto yoda.realns.com nowadays but my home machine just bit the dust so have to upgrade.

jammy is currently engaged and plans to marry next march. i wish him the best of luck. ^_^x

welp, i almost forgot to tell you about cunndogg’s shocking adventure after his retreat! he drank a lot that night (at least 1/3 of a BIG bottle of whiskey, dunno the liters but it’s the biggest bottle of Seagrams you can find @ Safeway). well, he was got so drunk during that retreat, he actually threw up, but cant really recall do it till the next morning. he called me up on sunday morning and said, ‘Toland, i’m outta gas!’ while driving home. he apparently lost his wallet (which a friend found later and returned to him) and he was no where near home. what to do? what to do??? (drum rolls…) hopefully, he had went over the bay bridge earlier that weekend and gotten change left in the car. so he filled $2 worth of gasoline and drove home. after filling up his tank of gasoline, he realized he had actually reached or even surpassed the maximum volume for his gasoline tank. wow!

thanks to ungsunghero, he taught me a new cool trick for windows XP. right click your desktop -> ‘Arrange Icons By’ -> uncheck ‘Show Desktop Items’. not that special of a trick, but i just never knew it was there. ^_^x

btw, more doodles are up! hurray!

i was planning more for more doodles today, but that’ll haveta wait. cunndogg’s asleep and i don’t want the scanner to wake him up. anyway, parent’s want me to come home during veteran’s weekend so i guess i’m going home. already booked my tickets on southwest. if anyone else wants to come along, msg me. ^_^x

sad news guys, i’ve ditched my 2nd class this semester. this time it was cs61b discussion. i hope i didn’t miss anything important. it was just that ee20 lec and dis were back to back and they were so boring, i slept through both of them.

i got my new toy today! w00h00! it’s a firewire enclosure for a hd or cdrom or etc. it’s pretty neat. i got several hds lying around so this’ll be my portable drive. really wanted one that supported both usb and firewire for dual compatibility, however my order was canceled cause they ran outta stock. guess firewire along is good enough. ^_^x

one of the stupidest things happened to me today. i was filling out the rebate form for my Fuji CD-Rs. i cut the UPC code out on purpose to get it ready. however, after filling out the rebate form, the upc code was no longer to be found. i was like o shoot! spent about an hour looking for that thing. checked paper after paper to see if it was stuck onto. checked both my trashcans to see if i accidentally threw it away. finally, i retraced my steps and i knew i had the upc sitting there. i recall throwing a piece of paper in the trashcan cause it was no longer of any use. but i’ve checked the trash can at least 8x. even dumped everything out and put everything back in. well, thank god i checked it one more time. it was stuck to the back of some piece of paper crumbled up together. w00h00! saved $10 right there. ironic i was about to throw $10 in the trash. -_^x

finally, i’d like to introduce u to gootecks. many of u should know him, probably by a more familiar name of itsryawn, but check out what a man went through just to get the thing done. i mean i would’ve given up halfway. more info @ FatWallet. FatWallet’s a crazy place all right. i had one of my best bitter arguments with some dude this morning. too bad FW deleted it (or i can’t seem to find it). hehe. anyway, g’nite ^_^zzz

i just realized i’ve been forgetting to change the date on these news logs for the last several entries. but those have been fixed now and i apologize for the missing update yesterday. was chatting with my cuz the whole nite and before you knew it, it was 4am and i needed to get up by 9am so i had to make the hard choice of disappointing you guys or missing a class. yes, yes, i know, toland worrying about missing classes? but i’ve sworn to do better this semester. hopefully i’ll see some good results. ^_^x

just got my wireless card today. it’s a dell truemobile 1150 but really is a rebadged Orinoco gold pc card which is known to be one of the best in the wireless industry. it’s been really fun testing it out with airbears and snakescott’s wireless access point who lives below me.

our apartment is being renovated right now. first they painted our kitchen and now they’re re-tiling our bathroom. the re-tiling started last friday and then he had a 2 day break and now he’s continuing. looks like it wont be done until tomorrow. guess what, that means i haven’t had a shower in 3 days already. but i did manage to wash my hair in the sink, my head got really itchy. so, if something smells, it must be me. hehe

well, i leave you with a hilarious auction my friend just showed me: WONTON SOUP