Author: Krunk

Sorry for the minimal amount of posting for the past few days. I’ve been busy at work, looking at houses, and reading Death Note. Haha. It’s 5:30am and I have work a meeting at 11am tomorrow. Hopefully I’ll make it. I had a meeting today (supposedly) at 11:30. However, by the time I woke up, I had hit my snooze button from 10:20 to 11:40. Welp, I got lucky and the meeting was canceled. Haha.

Anyway, Death Note had an awesome ending, though I thought it could’ve been more awesome if it had a better twist at the end. Not going to say much right now, but I’ll post more tomorrow.

As for now, you can see what I’ve accumlated in Random Crap a few days ago.

Random Crap:

Today’s Japanese phrase is: 完敗 (kanpai) – complete defeat. This is what someone screams when his opponent dominates the match. Do note, it sounds exactly the same as 乾杯 (kanpai) – toast (drink) when people are cheering and drinking and banging their mugs together.

Quote from Chokoboii:

There are so many TV shows catering to pre-rich students (medical, law and business) such as Grey’s Anatomy, House MD, Nip Tuck, ER, Law & Order, Judge Judy, The Apprentice, etc. And while these shows only exist because of their large niche of audience, there lacks a drama show catering to engineers.

I propose an engineering TV drama show. Companies who have engineering problems all flock to an engineer. Every episode will be about how the engineer accomplishes certain tasks, such as how to build a subway underneath a city without disturbing it. The catch is that the engineer is a swinger. By day, the engineer figures out how to put a floating city in the sky, but by night he can’t figure out which sister (of triplets) he slept with. It will be a fast-pace drama that will be intelligent, as well as sexy. It will even spawn a new genre of television called, intellirama (intelligent + drama).

Woman shoots fireworks at police helicopter – Annoyed with a sheriff’s helicopter flying over her house late Thursday night, Marjorie Thompson ran outside with a bottle rocket launcher and started shooting rockets at the aircraft, authorities said. Authorities said they caught Thompson, 44, in the act of launching the second bottle rocket.

6-year-old Minn. boy brings pot to school – The father was later arrested and told investigators he hid the marijuana in the backpack, and left it in a bedroom closet. When he discovered the backpack was missing, he ran to his son’s nearby school. Sigh… people these days.

Kentucky man finds python in rental car – McBride said he thought it was a rubber snake someone put there as a joke. He even gave the snake a pat and put the car into drive.

Smoking and sex go hand-in-hand? – Australian brothel owners want an exemption to anti-smoking laws for sex workers and their clients because, they say, one thing leads to another. So does sex lead to smoking or smoking leads to sex, or maybe both!

MIDAS: Multifunction In-Dorm Automation System (from /.) – Since moving into my dorm this last fall, my roommate RJ Ryan and I have been working on creating the most elaborate automation system we could envision. Featuring everything from web control, voice activation, and a security system, to large continuously running information displays, electric blinds, and one-touch parties, the custom designed MIDAS Automation System has brought ease to our lives (if one doesn’t count all the time it took to actually build and program the system). From an engineering standpoint, it looked like a fun project. From the trying to attract chicks standpoint, he applied to the wrong school.

Got this hilarious analysis from Mechy:

男女各階段想靠近的對象

【0 – 5 歲的時候】
女→媽媽。
男→媽媽。

【6 – 10 歲的時候】
女→不是討厭的男孩子就可以了
男→可以陪我欺負女孩子的男孩。

【11 – 15 歲的時候】
女→十五六七八歲的大哥哥，千萬不要同年紀那班野蠻人
男→足球，籃球，網球，乒乓球……

【16 – 20 歲的時候】
女→我要十七八歲差不多年紀大家都說讚的「大帥哥」
男→女人，女人就可以了

【21 – 25 歲的時候】
女→25-29歲的成熟男人，要有事業基礎，有品味，才華……
男→20-24歲漂亮又有身材的女人。

【26 – 30 歲的時候】
女→仍是堅持要比自己年紀大的男人。
男→20-24歲漂亮又有身材的女人。

【30 – 40 歲的時候】
女→心靈契合的好男人。
男→20-24歲漂亮又有身材的女人

【40 – 50 歲的時候】
女→男人。
男→20-24歲漂亮又有身材的女人

【50 – 60 歲的時候】
女→可與他終老的男人。
男→20-24歲漂亮又有身材的女人。

【70 – 80 歲的時候】
女→五六十歲時找到的那個男人，最好不需要自己照顧的。
男→20-24歲漂亮又有身材的女人。

【80 – 90 歲的時候】
女→比自己遲死的男人。
男→雖然我已經老花眼，看不清楚……但是我還是希望是20-24歲……

總結：男人打從20歲後，對女人的需求就十分專一。

English Translation:

Male’s/Female’s idea of the ideal partner at different stages of his/her life

[0 – 5 years old]
Female –> Mommy.
Male –> Mommy.

[6- 10 years old]
Female –> Boys who don’t annoy me.
Male –> Boys who can accompany me to bully girls.

[11 – 15 years old]
Female –> 15, 16, 17, 18 year old guy, can’t be one of those barbaric guys from the same grade.
Male –> Football, Basketball, Tennis, Ping Pong Ball…

[16 – 20 years old]
Female –> I want an around 17 or 18 year old guy that everyone calls “good looking”.
Male –> Girl, any girl will do.

[21 – 25 years old]
Female –> 25-29 year old mature man, needs to have a career, taste, and talent…
Male –> 20-24 year old woman that’s pretty and has a nice body.

[26 – 30 years old]
Female –> Still stubborn about the man needing to be older than myself.
Male –> 20-24 year old woman that’s pretty and has a nice body.

[30 – 40 years old]
Female –> Good men who can connect.
Male –> 20-24 year old woman that’s pretty and has a nice body.

[40 – 50 years old]
Female –> Any man.
Male –> 20-24 year old woman that’s pretty and has a nice body.

[50 – 60 years old]
Female –> A man that I can live till the end with.
Male –> 20-24 year old woman that’s pretty and has a nice body.

[70 – 80 years old]
Female –> The man I found when I was 50-60 years old, as long as he can take care of himself.
Male –> 20-24 year old woman that’s pretty and has a nice body.

[80 – 90 years old]
Female –> Man that will die later than myself.
Male –> Even though my eye sight is already pretty bad and can’t see clearly… but I still hope for a 20-24 year old…

Conclusion: Once a male reaches 20 years old, his demand in a woman is very pinpoint and unwavering.

Today’s Japanese phrase is: 力 (chikara) – force; strength; energy; might; power; agency; authority; influence; vigor; vigour; stress; emphasis; exertions; endeavors; endeavours; efficacy; help; support; good offices; ability; faculty; capability; attainment; means; resources;
If you watch Naruto, the phrase チャカラ (chakara) is derived from this word, which is usually to used to describe power

Open Letter to the Mac Community (from /.) – The Truth Behind the iPod Nano “Scratch” Class Action Suit. Bits and pieces from the letter:

What You Don’t Know About The Nano Suit
The truth is that I never sought out nor did I ever hire David P. Meyer & Associates or Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro to represent me in any case, much less the iPod Nano Class Action suit.

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I emphasized that I did not have any access to any specific data about the materials used in making the iPod Nano. David P. Meyer & Associates used my personal comments and opinions as the basis of the iPod Nano suit. To my knowledge, there was no actual technical study done on the iPod Nano before the Class Action suit was filed.

Additionally, I told David P. Meyer & Associates that I wanted to remain private, and that my wish for privacy, among other considerations, would preclude me from getting involved in the case.

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Google results for my name skyrocketed. I began getting hate mail from people upset about the iPod Nano suit. I had to take my website down and remove legitimate references to my name on numerous web services. My fiancee and I were afraid to go outside in our own home town for fear of recognition and reprisal.

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A SLAPP In The Face
On May 1, 2006, David P. Meyer & Associates and Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro defense lawyers filed Motions to Strike the entirety of my case against the two firms despite evidence that I had unwillingly and unknowingly been made Lead Plaintiff in the iPod Nano Class Action suit. In their Motions to Strike my case against them, they also requested of the Court that I be held financially responsible for their attorneys’ fees and costs.

Husband, Wife, Child Share Same Birthday – A husband, wife and their first child beat enormous odds and share the same birthday. Evelin Alballat was introduced to Tony Osman several years ago by one of her relatives who learned they were both born on May 21. The couple married two years ago. … “I kept staring at the clock and wanted it to turn past midnight before I delivered my baby,” she said.

Video games can help cut surgical errors – Surgeons who warmed up by playing video games like “Super Monkey Ball” for 20 minutes immediately prior to performing surgical drills were faster and made fewer errors than those who did not, said Dr. James “Butch” Rosser, lead investigator on the study slated for release on Wednesday. Interesting… I wonder if I played videos prior to coding, would I make code faster and make fewer errors.

British mothers hooked on “powerpramming” – But this is “powerpramming,” a new craze taking off in Britain in which new mothers are encouraged to use their offspring — and the inevitable baggage that comes with them — as exercise aids. Fitness expert Liz Stuart is immune to comments by bemused passers-by as she cajoles her students into doing another 20 deep squats or fourth set of bicep curls using their precious babies as weights.

Qatari pays $2.75 mln for mobile phone number – At a charity event in the capital of Doha, a Qatari bidder paid $2.75 million for the mobile phone number 666-6666.　Ｔhat’s a pretty ominous number…

‘Stargazer’ Says He Fell Down Chimney – A man faces a burglary charge after police found him stuck in a chimney. Matthew Allen, 27, told police he fell down the chimney after going on to the roof of the house to look at the stars.

Apparently Apple is teaming up with Nike to produce shoes that can send data into the iPod Nano to store your running data: Nike+iPod Gear and NIKE+

Cute black and tan hound mix puppy (from B$)

Jimmy Kimmel gets bit by a snake. If you love cock, submit feedback telling me this is fake. (from RayAlome) Real or acting?

Robot Chicken Parody of Final Fantasy VII (from MS newsgroup) – Robot Chicken version of Final Fantasy VII characters working at a burger joint.

Atheist Nightmare (from Kalekkos) – Someone describes how God made a banana so that it fits directly into the human hand. The banana also has indicators to show whether it’s good or not: green for wait, yellow for good and black for bad. Chemistry, biology or sanity have nothing to do with this explanation. I can’t believe this guy is trying to use a banana to prove that God exists.

Teh maddEST SkiLLz YET!!! – Not exactly the best speller in the world, but his card trick is pretty impressive. I know a thin string is involved, but i have yet to figure out exactly how everything works. Video might require you to log in. For some reason it’s been flagged by viewers as “inappropriate” and must be 18+ to view. The only thing I could see that is “inappropriate” is the spelling and maybe the scary mask.

FIGHT OF THE UNIVERSE CHAPTER 5 NEO VS ROBOCOP (from RayAlome) – an edited clip done by AMDS Films. This clip was done by merging scenes from Robocop and The Matrix and it’s quite impressive of how nicely stitched together it is.

MacSaber: Turn Your Mac Into A Jedi Weapon (from /.) – Introducing MacSaber 1.0 Beta. Using your Mac’s sudden motion sensor, this software turns your computer into a Jedi weapon almost worthy of taking on the real thing by making authentic lightsaber sound effects. It senses speed for the lightsaber movement sounds and acceleration for different levels of striking sounds. Haha. No one ever said light sabers were cheap.