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ORG Revolutions - 2 December 2003

It's been a long time I didn't touched this blog... There were so many maintenance works done to this site and finally, our very own dynamic content site is finally a reality. Okay, enough of those craps. Well, at least I can post in latest entries as often as possible, without having to meddle with the HTML codes... *eww*. Daniel, your user id is ddaemon and the password is : [The following sentence has been concealed due to security issues ] ... Hahahahah.. just joking.. fooled ya!! Just give me a call if you want to know the password. After that, just go and change it, okay? I haven't add in the code for modifying user details. Maybe I will take a day or two to finish up with the codings. Kind of "busy" cos, you know, I just wanted to spend some quality time with Yin Wei tomorrow.... ehehehehehe....

Here's the link to our new blogsite : http://c.1asphost.com/melvinlai/project_org_v20 . When the page is ready for primetime, please redirect it from nerds.at/org, okay?

[[email protected]/org /] # ./ddaemon_blog --latest
/home/DarkDaemon
Monday, 11/17/2003 5:37 p.m.

People say that things will always be alright and that there is no reason to be depressed about certain calamities that befall us once in a while. Of course, I didn't believe or understand why should anyone be bothered to believe that things will become good and fine when you're too deep in your troubles and sorrows. But today changed my life completely. No, nothing good happened, no good news or no great afairs worth telling, but what i got from today is truly amazing even for words. I once indulged myself in a little theoretical physics and it was about 'String Theory'. I didn't know why did I even bother to learn about it, but i did; now i'm super glad that i did. Basically the string theory tells us that everything in this world, metaphysical, or physical, visible and invisible, theoretical or practical, is inherently derived from one single unit of matter that is elegant and beautiful, so the physicists in the world belived, but in some deeper level, all the things that we come in contact everyday is only made up of layers of matter, the outermost of which we come to identify as objects such as tables, forks, spoons, books and so on. So at the most elemental level, smaller than the atoms which we were long told are the smallest element of objects, there exists strings in constant vibration in a particular pattern. Each objects has their own certain unique patterns of vibrations that identifies the object. However, what truly inspired me was the fact that anybody, with the proper understanding of this theory, could empower themselves to achieve whatever they wanted. Anything at all, at their own will, their desires and wants. Anything and everything. At one point, I felt almost like God. Even God, i think doesn't exist in this particular context, because God doesn't have the fabric of matter that we can immediately identify, not like apples, tables or forks. God is invisible, but the very idea of His existence causes an incessant flow of questions in my head. So, i think, God doesn't exists, at least in the context of String theory.

In the theory (if i got it right), every matter in this world, exists according to a vast collection of mathematical expressions that govern the behaviors that we see. And most of these mathematical equations directly represent the natural consequences of our actions and behaviors. For instance, if you put in enough effort in a course subject, you'd probably excel in that subject, because the determining course of action was set forth by your determining action, that is to study hard, so, naturally the equation to that bahavior would work out to a successful consequence that we could be happy about. Thus, to achieve whatever that you want, all we need to realize is what are the variables that would allow us to attain that goal. However, this is not an easy task. But, by realizing that life itself is full with variables of actions, we could ultimately do our best in whatever we do, whether we realize it or not. At this point, i imagine that you're pretty much confused, but believe me, all that we're doing right now, every breath you take, every sight you see, every thought you make, is all part of a course of actions that would lead to one result, and you're the only person who might actually be able to understand it in time. Or not.

Another example: Have you ever experienced 'perfect moment(s)' where you feel like you're exactly at the right place, at the right time, and doing the right actions for a particular situation? Have you ever felt like whatever you're undertaking could ultimately result in a consequence that you'd want most? Have you ever felt that you're in the right course of actions and later discovered that you really did succeed in something? Of course, those are examples of a stringed course of action, because, as you were performing something in the right way, you are actually performing exactly the way the equations of your life intended to be. Thus, to first succeed in anything, you must first realize what you must perform, and somehow evaluate our actions whether they are the right ones or not. Instinct, i believe works here. You must somehow be connected to the second dimension, that is the world that is connected to the equations and mathematical expressions that is our lives, so that we could take advantage of that for our own good.

If you're confused, all i can say is that i was once too, but i got it today, in full color and experience. I got my first experience that was the consequence of my understanding with the universe, the laws of the string theory, and i am glad that i did.

Take your time to learn about yourself and the world, and you will make peace with yourself ultimately. That is all i could give in this entry. Greetings.

p/s - this feels a bit like the Matrix, but i'd like to think that the matrix is actually the visual representation of the laws of the universe, and of course, the string theory.

>>ddaemon
[[email protected]/org /] # ./ddaemon_blog --latest
/home/DarkDaemon
Saturday, 08/11/2003 11:25 a.m.

Yep, the Matrix fever is up again. And i have been deeply infected. Just saw the finale of the trilogy yesterday and i must say--it's amazing. I was fearful before the show that it would turn out to be some crappy ending with Neo shooting up in the sky like a black-coat version of Superman before the credits roll. But it wasn't like that and i am glad. It is 'the' perfect ending to the Matrix realm that Larry and Andy Wachowski could come up with.

Because I am a cheap bloke with plain clothes and a thin wallet, i won't go to the theatre and watch it again, so i dug up some transcripts of the Matrix Revolutions to read. If you're interested, here's the link.

>>ddaemon

[[email protected]/org /] # ./ddaemon_blog --latest
/home/DarkDaemon
Wednesday, 29/10/2003 4:01 p.m.

I know it's been like centuries since my last post, but i just wanna say that these two shell lines saved my ass BIG TIME!

$ pdftops pbible.pdf pbible.ps $ ps2text -layout -htmlmeta pbible.ps

Why am I so bloody happy right now? Cuz I've been trying to decode the password to a pdf document I was reading, and I was annoyed by the fact that i couldn't make a print or copy texts from it. So, instead of letting a stupid proggy run on my machine for days trying to crack the password, I simply converted the pdf file to a postscript file and then to a html document with all the layout perfectly intact. Now I can read the document in html format which is even easier and smaller. And best of all, I can copy the texts and print it out!!! I could have converted the ps file back to a clean pdf document but i think i'll stay with html. It's darn f**king cool!

Bye, and see you again in a century's time.

>>ddaemon

Storm of Heat - 26 October 2003

Okay . That's it . I have made my decision in my life . I won't care the damn about love , and girls . I am to made a stand here . I will continue to be a geek and continue to devote my life towards computing ...

Maybe it's time I should put something aside and concentrate to pursue my dream . 13 years to go , before I can possess as much knowledge about computing as possible . Maybe forgetting about Yin Wei for a while might give me some space to do the things I should do .

It's been so hot these days , due to sunstorm which happened on where else ? The sun , of course . I've been feeling so tired these days and lost my appetite , not to mention the assignments I had to do , and submit very soon ... . Neways , I got my hands on PHP and Java . PHP was one buggy ride . Many things to configure , and many things failed to work as expected . Anyhow , there are some codes that run , alright . Still thinking on how to do the chatbox . What dissapoint me is that , there is not even a free hosting service that provides PHP . One sentence : you need to pay .

Today I went to Yap's house , again???? . This time , it's much more geekier . I had to assemble his barebone PC . I thought that I would fry his PC , but somehow , it ran smoothly the first shot. It ran quite well , and it had succesfully burn a CD via Knoppix's K3B program . Burning process is a bit slow because we are doing USB . No doubt .

As always , the hustle and bustle of my campus life will resume tomorrow .. dang !!!

geekster - with a geek soul
9:45pm GMT+8

Tightened Ropes - 22 October 2003

It has been nearly a month since I touched the blog . There were too many sad things that happened a month ago , had a roller-coaster relationship with Yin Wei , and life's has never been easier . Quite stressful these days . Tonnes of assignments cramped me up until I can't move any inch longer ....

Went to Tun Hussein Onn eye hospital with mom today and many people had their appointments today . Waited there for almost an hour while listening to my MP3 player . Bernard's discharged from hospital today . He was strucked by accident and underwent a minor surgery this Monday . Sitting there , I began to think . I've realized that I shouldn't feel sad over some things . After all , there are still a lot of things for me to do .

I have been very active on message boards these days . Signed-up for an Xfresh account and posted lots of messages mostly on Dev/Design forums and Gaming forums. Ragnarok Online has been the buzzword on Xfresh these days . Everyone's talking about it . Speaking about the game , I took a free CD from a PC store , since the game is still under beta version , and we , the gamers , had no choice but to become the developer's labrat .

Neways , here's some scoop on the game . It is actually a Korean-Japanese based storyline , featuring some cute characters , kids and girls would like it , I guessed . Pretty much like other RPG , but this one is a bit more colourful , and less violent . All you can imagine about an RPG : Magic , Online chatting . More likely to be similar to The Sims . A bit lag on the movement , since we need to request data from the server . NPCs are highly interactive . They are not AIs , though . They are just merely network administrators . The BM translation for this game has some flaws . And sometimes , it causes misunderstanding . At first , I don't understand what 'catat masuk' means . After thinking for a moment , I finally understand that it's just simply means , log in . Weird .

Degree of addiction and replayability of this game ? Not so sure yet . Just loittered around the RO world for about 12 minutes , since it's not so convenient playing at home , I will be back with more scoops , after I put my hands more on it , in cyber-cafe this Friday .

Neways , debate about technology is hot in college . Or should I say , we are forced to post messages ? Kind of lame . Mr. Loi wanted us to talk about digital divide , and most of us went out of the topic . It's natural , but somehow , Mr. Loi was quite unhappy about this matter *sighs* . He's such a Microsoft guy . I wondered why he like to talk about C# , VB and other Microsoft stuffs once . Well , he still continued to agree that not many TARCians are tech-savvy these days . I just wondered , how did he define tech-savvy ? What is the degree of computer and technology knowledge to be considered tech-savvy ? Hmmmp ...

geekster - Having OOP stuffs on mind .....
FM : Boyz II Men : End of the world
10:57pm GMT+8

Facing the reality - 29 September 2003

College life has once again take over my free time . I asked for it , and I've got it . It's a bit different this time since we had our first class a 4pm . Data Structures and Algorithms was the first lecture and Mr.Loh was our lecturer . He's a funny guy , though . It's nice knowing him . He can't stop cracking out jokes, and it feels so good to get back to C one again .

An intro session really make time flies . Time seems to move very quickly and I can't get enough from the lecture . He's bringing a laptop for the next lecture , it will be kind of cool , I guessed . After that , we had Algebra class . This is the first time we had a lecturer whom we can call him a Dr. , and guess what ? This time , the class seemed to be very serious , more alike to university style of lecture , where everything is conducted in a very strict manner . His name was Mr. Toh , and many of my classmates today blew up their plan to lie to him , when they were required to take the attendance .

We had linear systems today , and you know , those row-echelon thingy . It's a refresh from what I've studied during precalculus last year . I don't seem to like this part , because of its tedious work, but *sighs* , anyway, I'll try to put some effort on it , anyway .

I was informed today that TARC will no longer conduct Adv. Diploma courses beginning from next year . That tells me that I will be going to Utar very soon . I'm still unclear about this matter , but I will try to collect further information about this .

I was quite amused yesterday night to hear that there is a so-called conspiracy of a man called John Titor , whom people known as "a soldier from 2036" . Sounds like time-travelling ? Maybe not . It's quite stupid , though . It said that in the year 2036 , time-travelling is made possible when the universe accidentally created 2 mini-blackholes which contributes to time-travelling . The mini blackholes is capable of distorting gravity , and maybe , time . They also said that the man has predicted that , somewhere in the year 2004 and 2005 , there would be a civil war in the US , in 2012 , there will start nuclear war . I was laughing aloud reading the article , and they must be watching too much "Back to the future" , Hahahah ... ... *I just wondered if we are now living in "The Matrix" * ......

Although it sounds stupid , check out the Time-travelling site . It's worth laughing reading the articles . Laughter's the best medicine ....

Solid Snake - Getting serious ...
9:48pm GMT+8

Paralyzed - 28 September 2003

Today , I've cracked one of life's unsolved mysteries . It has haunted me for the past 19 years , and yet I still don't know what was happening . Some people might know what this was , it happened to most of the people , only that they thought it's sometimes very scary . The word "sleep paralysis" might trigger something in your brain now .

When I read an article in The Star today , I've came across this term and started to gain some attraction to this matter . Frankly speaking , I just got "paralysed" this evening , after waking up from a short nap . For those who still don't know what the hell I'm talking about , sleep paralysis is a syndrome when we are aware of the surroundings even though we are still in the state of REM sleep ( dreaming sleep ) . However , our brain temporarily stops functioning and our muscles and the motor nerves are still "asleep" . To make matters less complicated , you will have a feeling of being "frozen" or being cramped by a heavy object on your body , rendering yourself useless to move or cry for help , upon awaking from sleep . Sound familiar ?

Some people has hallucination when they were in the state of paralysis . Visual and audio hallucinations creating an illusion of something attacking , monitoring , or choking them . Some believed they were being abducted by aliens . Some also has the fear that Death is taking away their life . According to studies , "sleep paralysis" isn't harmful . It is harmful when people started to have mental trauma , or fear of going to sleep . I remembered once when I was as young as three years old , when I thought I was having a "paralysis" even though I was totally awake and aware of my surroundings . It happened when I was given anaesthetics during surgery . I refused to inhale Nitrous Oxide ( also known as laughing gas ) that time , and the doctors had no idea but to give me a shot of so-called "tranquillizers" . The effect was so fast that , it paralysed me first , before putting me to sleep . I had the same experience that time as sleep paralysis that I had during bedtime .

Neways , TechTV has a new show starting this October called "Conspiracies" . It focuses on some conspiracies , such as UFO, and the "Man on the moon" conspiracy . I just wondered if TechTV will have this show in Asian region . I guessed it would be an interesting show than Spy School , which is just a mega-disappointment . Well , sometimes I began to wonder , what will happen to the world, say in 10 or 20 years ahead ? I also wondered how technology would change , if Moore's law is correct , will the microprocessors of a typical household PC be processing at the speed of more than 16GHz++ that time ? Will people think that we are outdated that time , even listening to songs from Linkin Park ? It would be weird that , songs from MLTR back in 1998 , will be considered oldies , just like we consider Frank Sinatra or Nat King Cole's number ...

College life continues tomorrow , and , the busy life resumes ... I'm glad that programming class starts first , which is my favourite . I was sort of impressed to know that an array can also be assumed as memory addresses in the PC . Manipulating arrays using pointers is kind of fun , at least in C , of course ... hehehe ...

Solid Snake - recalling the sweet memories of the past ...
9:32pm GMT+8