i have thought of something. how do we know anyone/thing else other than yourself exists?
arguments:
1)According to the brain in the vat argument, all your senses are 'hacked', so you will not be able to find out if all you sense are even real at all. Hence the only thing you can prove that exists is yourself.
2)In some cases, one has dreams so vivid that he cannot tell whether it is real or not. he can interact, sense, and think about things and people in the dream, and he can also move and change view-basically everything that one can do in the 'real life'. however, all these objects and characters do not even need to be the input of an external controller- it can be figments of one's imagination, just like in dreams.
hence I hypothesize that it is not possible to prove that anyone else except yourself exists. therefore i think that suicide bombers are kinda strange.(i'm being mild here.)
darn. the market for good mushiking cards is getting smaller. i'd better sell it for even a meagre profit before the fad is over.
Monday, August 30, 2004
Friday, August 27, 2004
screw it. mushiking has wasted a total of 6 hours of my life... lame game. gonna get rid of the cards soon. prefarably with a profit $__$
kay sooo... lets see who wants to compare the championess of their RE oral prsentation with me?
i was supposed to present on 11.30 am, 25 august. i was informed this on 8.10am on 25 august. wow.
so i finished my physics worksheet(supposed to take the entire lesson kay) in 3 minutes and spent the rest of the lesson answering questions of my classmates and doing my powerpoint. then later not enuff time i used up 1/2 the chinese period to finish it. then i went back and told the chinese teacher the truth. and he gave a stunned look and said: "i see... next time when such a thing happens make sure you inform the next teacher first." 0_0
to explain why i was so surprised firstly u will need to understand that the first two years of my RI life of chinese studying had zhang mei suo in it. and then you will need to understand that the new male chinese teacher speaks EXACTLY the same way as zhang mei suo... "BU GUANG CAI...ah...bu guang cai" "Hao le wo men kai shi shang ke...da jia yu xi le mei you?"
had i done the same thing to zms i think the class three storeys and three classrooms away can hear him. or maybe he close the doors and the next classroom can hear me cry.
anyway back on my RE presentation.
so my project was on electronic circuits. to draw the circuit in computer will take hours. i've settled with drawing on transparency. which i didn't have and needed to get from miss huang during recess. and because of the large number components (is a 3 digit number of wires, 40+ logic gates considered a lot? not for a pro, but it is a rather daunting task for me to draw them neatly on a piece of transparency) i couldn't finish drawing it before i needed to present.
shrug. upload and present. and lo and behold in just the only project i chose to use transparency the OHP broke down. TWICE. and the judge waited like 1 minute before asking the timer to stop timing and change OHP. but in the meanwhile he allowed me to draw my diagram on the whiteboard. by the time i finished i would have finished the marker ink, but miss huang(one of the judges) allowed me to just draw one setup only(supposed to be 4). so i only used 3 minutes drawing. and i didn't know how to do picture mute...boohoo.
after that i presented. and i could see the look of awe on james miao's face. grins.
then the judges asked qns. no student asked.(either they didn't understand or they didn't bother...not a very good sign) the judges asked very good questions. first one was one that i had answered before in a presentation in IME. so i was prepared. next one was posed by mr wee concerning the circuitry. i think i answered well. after all i designed the whole thing from scratch(admits that i got some help from zhao yan and mr quek my mentor) i should understand it rite...
somehow when i had three slides left and i was told to sum up quickly i was said "well this project taught me the aspects of circuit design, in which some are not easy, and it makes me very impressed of the father of the computer, charles babbage".
almost end of my RE.
kay sooo... lets see who wants to compare the championess of their RE oral prsentation with me?
i was supposed to present on 11.30 am, 25 august. i was informed this on 8.10am on 25 august. wow.
so i finished my physics worksheet(supposed to take the entire lesson kay) in 3 minutes and spent the rest of the lesson answering questions of my classmates and doing my powerpoint. then later not enuff time i used up 1/2 the chinese period to finish it. then i went back and told the chinese teacher the truth. and he gave a stunned look and said: "i see... next time when such a thing happens make sure you inform the next teacher first." 0_0
to explain why i was so surprised firstly u will need to understand that the first two years of my RI life of chinese studying had zhang mei suo in it. and then you will need to understand that the new male chinese teacher speaks EXACTLY the same way as zhang mei suo... "BU GUANG CAI...ah...bu guang cai" "Hao le wo men kai shi shang ke...da jia yu xi le mei you?"
had i done the same thing to zms i think the class three storeys and three classrooms away can hear him. or maybe he close the doors and the next classroom can hear me cry.
anyway back on my RE presentation.
so my project was on electronic circuits. to draw the circuit in computer will take hours. i've settled with drawing on transparency. which i didn't have and needed to get from miss huang during recess. and because of the large number components (is a 3 digit number of wires, 40+ logic gates considered a lot? not for a pro, but it is a rather daunting task for me to draw them neatly on a piece of transparency) i couldn't finish drawing it before i needed to present.
shrug. upload and present. and lo and behold in just the only project i chose to use transparency the OHP broke down. TWICE. and the judge waited like 1 minute before asking the timer to stop timing and change OHP. but in the meanwhile he allowed me to draw my diagram on the whiteboard. by the time i finished i would have finished the marker ink, but miss huang(one of the judges) allowed me to just draw one setup only(supposed to be 4). so i only used 3 minutes drawing. and i didn't know how to do picture mute...boohoo.
after that i presented. and i could see the look of awe on james miao's face. grins.
then the judges asked qns. no student asked.(either they didn't understand or they didn't bother...not a very good sign) the judges asked very good questions. first one was one that i had answered before in a presentation in IME. so i was prepared. next one was posed by mr wee concerning the circuitry. i think i answered well. after all i designed the whole thing from scratch(admits that i got some help from zhao yan and mr quek my mentor) i should understand it rite...
somehow when i had three slides left and i was told to sum up quickly i was said "well this project taught me the aspects of circuit design, in which some are not easy, and it makes me very impressed of the father of the computer, charles babbage".
almost end of my RE.
Saturday, August 21, 2004
today i happen to be in a good mood so i shall write a very long narrative on MUSHIKING.
italics: the player's train of thought
normal font: the words on the mushiking screen
quotations: "the mushiking sound effects"
bold: sound effects
parenthesis: (the real life circumstances)
"hi i'm popo a very good friend"
kaching
1 credit. please remove card. 0 credit.
play with a friend? bish
"great! train with a friend to improve your skills!
now please, scan your beetle card. it's the green card! if you don't have a beetle card, press any button and a large beetle will fight for you!"(scans in 'crimson gena beetle') bish
"great! now teach your beetle skill by scanning your skill card. its the orange card!"
(scans in inner femur pinch)bish
"you taught it a pinching skill!"
(scans in agitation)bish
"you taught it a throwing skill!"
"GREAT!"
"now please, scan your beetle card. it's the green card! if you don't have a beetle card, press any button and a large beetle will fight for you!"(scans in 'giant abdominal beetle') bish
"great! now teach your beetle skill by scanning your skill card. its the orange card!"
(scans in king finger poke)bish
"you taught it a pinching skill!"
(scans in agitation)bish
"you taught it a throwing skill!"
(scans in finishing attack blocker)
"you taught it a hitting skill!"
"GREAT!"
"Yes, its a crimson gena beetle! now let's see how it powers up!"
crimson gena beetle:
inner femur pinch: very compatible. super finishing attack!
agitation: very compatible.
finishing attack stopper: quite compatible.
"you did it! scissors is your finishing technique! use to finishing attack to defeat the opponent to do a great deal of damage!"
"Yes, its a giant abdominal beetle! now lets see how it powers up!"
giant abdominal beetle:
king finger poke: compatible.
agitation: very compatible.
finishing attack blocker: compatible
"you did it! paper is your finishing technique! use your finishing attack to defeat the opponent to do a great deal of damage!"
"now let the battle begin!"
(the crimson gena beetle's[CGB] tarsal hits the gena to produce a weird slapping sound)
(the giant abdominal beetle's[GAB] frons exhales deeply, its labrum wide open, then quickly clicks back and releases its maxilla, producing a sound resembling "harger" or huggle")
player one thinks: neeheehee....finshing attack of course. (press scissors)
player two thinks: gulat! (press stone)
"YES!"(the GAB rushes toward CGB head on, while it was still sharpening its long pincers, and the CGB gets toppled over to the side and hitting its head with a loud thud. its gena turns more crimson from the impact and gets up and recovers, though its had sustained a large amount of damage, with only 4/5 HP left. Due to the finishing attack blocker skill, the GAB now tenses up its thorax, preparing to use its gigantic abdomen to block to view of the oppnent, thus effectively preventing a precise aim on the inner femur)
player one thinks: hmm...finishing attack blocked. so he can use paper, his finishing attack uncountered. i must minimise this damage. (press paper)
player two thinks: since the opponent's finishing attack is blocked, he will try to minimise damage by blocking my finishing attack. hence i might be able to catch him by surprise by countering that move. (press scissors)
"YES!" (the CGB realises that it is unable to use its finishing attack due to the unusual twitching movements of the GAB's abdomen. It holds its mandibles high up, preparing to hold up the opponent, yet it gets countered again as the GAB fully extends two legs crossed, and pokes both side of the thorax, while retracting both legs, thus pinching the neck hard. The CGB is very pissed, evident as its gena turns more crimson with extra piaking sound. now it has only 3/5 HP left)
player one thinks: shit. *** it... now if it uses its finishing attack i'm gone. but wait, he knows that too...so he'll counter scissors and use stone. but wait, if i use my finishing attack i can deal even more damage as it is a super finish. so he'll try to counter it by using stone. soo...(press paper)
player two: finish it! (press paper)
"Alright."
(CGB and GAB now prance around with their tarsus outstretched, hoping to grab each other. they strike at the same moment, and as they hit each other, produce a very loud piak. little damage sustained by both)
player one: okay...i suppose he thinks i think he thinks i'll use my finishing move...so he'll use scissors. now great chance to use my finishing attack stopper to keep me alive for another turn. (press stone)
player two: i rock. random. (presses all three, and paper is selected)
"YES! ITS THE FINISHING MOVE!!"(blue light glows around GAB)
(GAB lifts up CGB effortlessly with the effective use of momentum, jerks its head up and down, disorientating CGB for a while, before slamming it onto the ground. Then a butterfly comes up and lands on the CGB's thorax, agitation the CGB even more, and now it has hit and all time level of frustation, its gena turns blood red, with strange darker lines on it. CGB has little life left!)
player one: now i'd better use my finishing attack soon and think less..no time (press scissors)
player two: hey random works! now let's try again.(presses all three, paper gets selected)
"YES! ITS THE FINISHING MOVE!!"(super bright green light glows around CGB as it sharpen its claws for revenge)
(CGB darts forward, while GAB arrogantly waits with its lefs outstretched, preparing for a firm grip, Alas! CGB darts fast and low, its sharp claws scraping the legs, as it lunges for the femur. it darts so fast, that the cgb over shot and flipped the GAB high up in the sky. now the CGB awaits quietly under the large shadow caused by the abdomen of the GAB, preparing for the moment of revenge. now it is arrived! at the femur almost touches the ground, the CGB swings its body towards the inner side and pinches hard. the GAB grimaces in agony, as the CGB continues to unleash its fury, darting and rolling around the ground, leaving a very distinct mark on the GAB's inner femur. The GAB collapses in pain.)
"The Crimson Gena Beetle wins!"
To be continued.
italics: the player's train of thought
normal font: the words on the mushiking screen
quotations: "the mushiking sound effects"
bold: sound effects
parenthesis: (the real life circumstances)
"hi i'm popo a very good friend"
kaching
1 credit. please remove card. 0 credit.
play with a friend? bish
"great! train with a friend to improve your skills!
now please, scan your beetle card. it's the green card! if you don't have a beetle card, press any button and a large beetle will fight for you!"(scans in 'crimson gena beetle') bish
"great! now teach your beetle skill by scanning your skill card. its the orange card!"
(scans in inner femur pinch)bish
"you taught it a pinching skill!"
(scans in agitation)bish
"you taught it a throwing skill!"
"GREAT!"
"now please, scan your beetle card. it's the green card! if you don't have a beetle card, press any button and a large beetle will fight for you!"(scans in 'giant abdominal beetle') bish
"great! now teach your beetle skill by scanning your skill card. its the orange card!"
(scans in king finger poke)bish
"you taught it a pinching skill!"
(scans in agitation)bish
"you taught it a throwing skill!"
(scans in finishing attack blocker)
"you taught it a hitting skill!"
"GREAT!"
"Yes, its a crimson gena beetle! now let's see how it powers up!"
crimson gena beetle:
inner femur pinch: very compatible. super finishing attack!
agitation: very compatible.
finishing attack stopper: quite compatible.
"you did it! scissors is your finishing technique! use to finishing attack to defeat the opponent to do a great deal of damage!"
"Yes, its a giant abdominal beetle! now lets see how it powers up!"
giant abdominal beetle:
king finger poke: compatible.
agitation: very compatible.
finishing attack blocker: compatible
"you did it! paper is your finishing technique! use your finishing attack to defeat the opponent to do a great deal of damage!"
"now let the battle begin!"
(the crimson gena beetle's[CGB] tarsal hits the gena to produce a weird slapping sound)
(the giant abdominal beetle's[GAB] frons exhales deeply, its labrum wide open, then quickly clicks back and releases its maxilla, producing a sound resembling "harger" or huggle")
player one thinks: neeheehee....finshing attack of course. (press scissors)
player two thinks: gulat! (press stone)
"YES!"(the GAB rushes toward CGB head on, while it was still sharpening its long pincers, and the CGB gets toppled over to the side and hitting its head with a loud thud. its gena turns more crimson from the impact and gets up and recovers, though its had sustained a large amount of damage, with only 4/5 HP left. Due to the finishing attack blocker skill, the GAB now tenses up its thorax, preparing to use its gigantic abdomen to block to view of the oppnent, thus effectively preventing a precise aim on the inner femur)
player one thinks: hmm...finishing attack blocked. so he can use paper, his finishing attack uncountered. i must minimise this damage. (press paper)
player two thinks: since the opponent's finishing attack is blocked, he will try to minimise damage by blocking my finishing attack. hence i might be able to catch him by surprise by countering that move. (press scissors)
"YES!" (the CGB realises that it is unable to use its finishing attack due to the unusual twitching movements of the GAB's abdomen. It holds its mandibles high up, preparing to hold up the opponent, yet it gets countered again as the GAB fully extends two legs crossed, and pokes both side of the thorax, while retracting both legs, thus pinching the neck hard. The CGB is very pissed, evident as its gena turns more crimson with extra piaking sound. now it has only 3/5 HP left)
player one thinks: shit. *** it... now if it uses its finishing attack i'm gone. but wait, he knows that too...so he'll counter scissors and use stone. but wait, if i use my finishing attack i can deal even more damage as it is a super finish. so he'll try to counter it by using stone. soo...(press paper)
player two: finish it! (press paper)
"Alright."
(CGB and GAB now prance around with their tarsus outstretched, hoping to grab each other. they strike at the same moment, and as they hit each other, produce a very loud piak. little damage sustained by both)
player one: okay...i suppose he thinks i think he thinks i'll use my finishing move...so he'll use scissors. now great chance to use my finishing attack stopper to keep me alive for another turn. (press stone)
player two: i rock. random. (presses all three, and paper is selected)
"YES! ITS THE FINISHING MOVE!!"(blue light glows around GAB)
(GAB lifts up CGB effortlessly with the effective use of momentum, jerks its head up and down, disorientating CGB for a while, before slamming it onto the ground. Then a butterfly comes up and lands on the CGB's thorax, agitation the CGB even more, and now it has hit and all time level of frustation, its gena turns blood red, with strange darker lines on it. CGB has little life left!)
player one: now i'd better use my finishing attack soon and think less..no time (press scissors)
player two: hey random works! now let's try again.(presses all three, paper gets selected)
"YES! ITS THE FINISHING MOVE!!"(super bright green light glows around CGB as it sharpen its claws for revenge)
(CGB darts forward, while GAB arrogantly waits with its lefs outstretched, preparing for a firm grip, Alas! CGB darts fast and low, its sharp claws scraping the legs, as it lunges for the femur. it darts so fast, that the cgb over shot and flipped the GAB high up in the sky. now the CGB awaits quietly under the large shadow caused by the abdomen of the GAB, preparing for the moment of revenge. now it is arrived! at the femur almost touches the ground, the CGB swings its body towards the inner side and pinches hard. the GAB grimaces in agony, as the CGB continues to unleash its fury, darting and rolling around the ground, leaving a very distinct mark on the GAB's inner femur. The GAB collapses in pain.)
"The Crimson Gena Beetle wins!"
To be continued.
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
Wednesday, August 11, 2004
i love knives.
knives are simple, yet fascinating, considering the way that its underlying concepts are intergrated together into a useful, powerful, and awesome tool that the human civilisation could not have progressed so far without.
basic principle: pressure. When you sharpen a knife, you sharpen both ends evenly at the same angle from the grindstone, and after it has been sharpened, if you try to sharpen either side anymore, the other side will come crumbling off. which is to say, the surface area of the blade ULTRA small. Thus any small force applied to the handle exerts a very large pressure, causing the objects touching the blade to be split or punctured.
Another principle is the wedge, which is a simple machine consisting of two rigid inclined planes. When a slit is made, the wedge causes it to open up slowly, and the blade itself cuts the material at the point of contact.
Such is how a knife works. it is simple, yet effective and ingenious, and is an invaluable gift to the human civilisation.
Now that i have bought a few grindstones and i have a drill at home i'm gonna have fun. Currently requesting for GGY to give me one of his steel bullets to sharpen for him. aww well.
one day i could go jimr's house and grind up some stuff.
knives are simple, yet fascinating, considering the way that its underlying concepts are intergrated together into a useful, powerful, and awesome tool that the human civilisation could not have progressed so far without.
basic principle: pressure. When you sharpen a knife, you sharpen both ends evenly at the same angle from the grindstone, and after it has been sharpened, if you try to sharpen either side anymore, the other side will come crumbling off. which is to say, the surface area of the blade ULTRA small. Thus any small force applied to the handle exerts a very large pressure, causing the objects touching the blade to be split or punctured.
Another principle is the wedge, which is a simple machine consisting of two rigid inclined planes. When a slit is made, the wedge causes it to open up slowly, and the blade itself cuts the material at the point of contact.
Such is how a knife works. it is simple, yet effective and ingenious, and is an invaluable gift to the human civilisation.
Now that i have bought a few grindstones and i have a drill at home i'm gonna have fun. Currently requesting for GGY to give me one of his steel bullets to sharpen for him. aww well.
one day i could go jimr's house and grind up some stuff.
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
i just realised that i like to boast.
i remember a convo with zhenghong when i boasted... and i was estatic.
XY: so did u take part in the RI-BP sci creativity challenge in p6?
ZH: yar. i got first. (smirks)
moment of silence... my face glowed with a fake glimpse of awe
XY: hmm... really? but you couldn't have gotten first...
ZH:?
XY: Because i got first! HAHAHAHAHA....
ZH: oh...OH! YOU BASTARD!
wide grin :]
i remember a convo with zhenghong when i boasted... and i was estatic.
XY: so did u take part in the RI-BP sci creativity challenge in p6?
ZH: yar. i got first. (smirks)
moment of silence... my face glowed with a fake glimpse of awe
XY: hmm... really? but you couldn't have gotten first...
ZH:?
XY: Because i got first! HAHAHAHAHA....
ZH: oh...OH! YOU BASTARD!
wide grin :]
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