Devoid of Anything Useful

We will redirect to /dev/null on your behalf

[Insert form here]

Device Daemon appears.

"We will redirect your hatred into /dev/null immediatley

(Replacement of his soul with /dev/urandom or /dev/random on request)"

[Wants to hit enter]

"However, when a soul is cursed, 2 links are made.

Your soul will be replaced by /dev/zero

And will soon resemble /dev/full

After that you will still go into /dev/null all the same.

That's after you die of course.

The rest is up to you."

Raw egg white + Uncooked Sausage + Bee Hoon + Fishball + Good Arrangement = WIN

No pics. Or will be NSFW.

SoOkThisIsThatShitOnFacebook

1. Put your music on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER HOW SILLY IT SOUNDS!
4. Tag 10 friends who might enjoy doing the note as well as the person you got the note from.

IF SOMEONE SAYS "IS THIS OKAY" YOU SAY?
Pachelbel's Canon in D
[I think this is from my NGE folder]

WHAT WOULD BEST DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY?
Hajimari no Kiseki (Steel Angel Kurumi Zero ED)
[wtf I don't listen to this folder anymore...]

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Colorless Wind (Sola OP)
[hmm. At first I was thinking of farts. Then again, redundancy.]

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Shine of Voice edited ver (Ichigo 100% OP)
[The original is nice too. I wonder why i have this instead...]

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Brand New Breeze (Kin'iro no Corda / La Corda D'oro OP)
[hmm. Farting again.]

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO?
You are the one (from SnS Single Yoake Umarekuru Shōjo / 夜明け生まれ来る少女)
[Right...]

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Hare Hare Yukai~ver Haruhi (SHnY OP/Haruhi's Character Single)
[This was supposed to be the one where all 3 sang, but Gendou's one is still this ver. And quite appropriate.]

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT VERY OFTEN?
Hikari no Rasenritsu (Rozen Maiden Traumend ED)
[Hmm. means 光の螺旋律, Spiraling Melody Of Light. Interesting...]

WHAT IS 2+2?
Still Alive (Portal ED)
[Wow. One of the few English songs I have. And it could actually make sense.]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR BEST FRIEND?
Colourful Days (Minami-ke ED)
[Makes sense too.]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
らき☆らき☆べいべー Lucky Star Baby (Lucky Star vocal mini album)
[wtf I don't listen to that often. But another that could make sense.]

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Cruel Angel's Thesis A.D. 2001 (NGE OP)
[wtf scary...]

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Megassa Koukishin (Tsuruya-san's Character Single)
[hmm...means Mega Curiosity. Quite accurate...]

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Keikenchi Joushouchuu (Minami-ke OP)
[Getting experience points...right.]

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Death Note Theme (Death Note OST)
[Wtf no...]

WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Hare Hare Yukai~ver Kyon (Kyon's Character Single)
[It really had to be this. No way...More suited for the next question though.]

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
Tsuki no Curse (Loveless OP)
[Hmm...watch out for the moon then.]

WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY/INTEREST?
Mysterious Purupuru Pururin (Welcome to the N.H.K. Insert)
[How appropriate. The instrumental is my SMS ringtone...]

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
16000 Hz (Mosquito tone-ish)
[I made this myself in Audacity. Not my biggest but you could call this a secret.]

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Concerto (Stepmania song)
[Maybe...]

WHAT'S THE WORST THING THAT COULD HAPPEN?
Mitsukete Happy Life (Asahina Mikuru's Character Single)
[WTF?]

HOW WILL YOU DIE?
13.mp3 (Best of Hooked on Classics)
[I forgot the track name and guess what? The track number truly curses me.]

WHAT IS THE ONE THING YOU REGRET?
Binkan na Fuukei (Sola Insert)
[Sensitive Landscape? Hmm...]

WHAT MAKES YOU LAUGH?
Hare Hare Yukai~ver Tsuruya-san (Tsuruya-san's Character Single)
[Acceptable answer.]

WHAT MAKES YOU CRY?
Dragostea Din Tei (OZone)
[I will if I ever get tired of it.]

WILL YOU EVER GET MARRIED?
Inori~You Raise Me Up (Romeo X Juliet OP)
[Prayer? Niao.]

WHAT SCARES YOU THE MOST?
Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru (Hatsune Miku Original song)
[I'm going to Miku Miku...No way it scares me.]

DOES ANYONE LIKE YOU?
Seishunii Janai Ka' (Tsuruya-san's Character Single)
[Ain't Youth Great is not helpful. And why am i getting so much Tsuruya-san?]

IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME, WHAT WOULD YOU CHANGE?
Honto no Kimochi (Zero no Tsukaima ED)
[True feelings? Telling me something...]

WHAT HURTS RIGHT NOW?
Tomadoi Bitter Tune (Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu OP)
[Confusion? Nevermind.]

WHAT WILL YOU POST THIS AS?
Light's Theme.
[Ok. Off to post]

Ok bloody waste of time but cool anyway. And yeah Merry Christmas. Not like I celebrate it anyway. And not like you care.

Apparently someone got there before me.

randName was already taken.

I took _randName_

http://twitter.com/_randName_

Let's all celebrate tomorrow! (24/12)

It's Furukawa Nagisa, not Nagisa Aoi (though they share the same VA).

It's one of the rare times character's birthdays are so clear. The only other one I can remember is the Hiiragi twins on 07/07.

Wtf this was so useless.

The RP (RolePlay, as in RPG that type of RP) going on at fantasia_gensokyo was keeping me busy for the past few days.

Go there if you haven't already done so lol: http://fantasiagensokyo.proboards.com

My character Bio:

Name: fixedName
Age: 15 (his organic portion)
Gender: Male
Species: Integrated Data Entity Interface

Stats: 60 hp 40 mp

Abilities:
Environmental Interaction (Environmental Data Processing) [Level 1]
Environmental Interaction (Data Manipulation) [Level 1]

Appearance:
Looks like a lively, charming young lad. Not too tall or short when he stands beside other people (since he can adjust his shoes slightly anyway), he sports brown hair of colour #663300 and a fringe of which has dye so he can change the colour anytime (luckily, he only adopts HTML web-safe colours). He dislikes putting anything into his eyes, so it is of a natural black/brown combo.

Personality:
Adaptive, Changing to fit crowd. He mingles around for a bit staying silent, taking in verbal and body language from everyone. Then he gets the average and outputs it. Therefore everyone would describe him differently, but most often as a "very likeable" person, and one who is easy to open your heart to (that's how he collects more data)

History:
Attached to a living organism by the Integrated Data Entity because of a need to use its huge amounts of data more effectively than simple SQL statements. There are many others like him all around, but they rarely need to meet as there is an active database for communication (like a message board). They age less quickly compared to humans, and for them "true" ageing is simply the fragmentation of Interface data. Without proper TLC and maintenance, the organic component of the Interface may suffer from wear and tear which will make the it appear to age as quickly as humans. When the life span of the cells in the organic component are nearing their end, the Interface can request for a renewal, and it will be attached to another organic being. The record for the longest life of the organic component was 143 years.

Given the bare minimum amounts of information needed to survive, fixedName lived alone for the first few years of his life. He then moved around and started roaming "through a sudden bout of boredom", and has helped the Entity gather substantial amounts of new data, like who all the bases belong to.

Such wanderlust would certainly lead to something big. Finding the Roundtable was certainly that. Finding it interesting, he stayed there for a while, observing conflicts that happen there frequently.

Others: [TBA]

Changelog:
v0.1 (12/17:20:31) - Added Age, Species, Personality, Abilites and Stats
v0.2 (12/17:21:38) - Added Name, Appearence and Updated Personality
v0.3 (12/17:22:08) - Finetuning (Carillus)
v1.0 (12/18:19:20) - Updated Age, Personality, added History.
v1.1 (12/18:19:43) - Updated History, modded look

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Level 1
EXP to Level 2: 100
EXP: 35

And then the follow up by a skilled RPer

Nagato Yuki type reality warping, huh. Well, what the heck.
At the first level, you can only transform small objects into other objects of similar ability/function. Low level non-contact alchemy, basically. Kitchen knives into daggers, wooden swords into metallic ones, tables into little baby cots, things like that.

Elaboration: When soon-to-be-Ex-President Bush was speaking at an un-announced trip to Iraq, an Iraqi journalist stood up and threw one of his shoes at Bush while calling him "dog" (doesn't Louise do that everytime anyway), and he managed to duck. The journalist threw his other shoe and this time the guy standing beside Bush helped to block the missile.

Lol. In Iraq that is "close to an ultimate insult" (CNN), as it implies that the person is lower than the dirty shoe. As Mr Brown puts it, "Yes, and in other cultures, throwing a shoe is a sign of respect, affection and love." And go see the pics he put up.

"It was a size 10".

I hope this is a temporary solution while I search for a nicer one.

And if the blogroll looks smaller, its because I had to put them back one by one, so don't fret if you don't see yours yet.

Parchment looks so good...

That would probably be one of the most appropriate translations I've ever seen for netspeek.

lol = 乐 (le4 if your chinese really that cmi)

1) It sounds similar
2) It brings similar meaning (happy)
3) It's short and sweet

乐

http://www.zareason.com/shop/product.php?productid=16162

So I will mod mine somehow...

This summary is not available. Please click here to view the post.

...Has passed. Details: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2008/09dec_fullmoon.htm

I was lucky enough to wake up so early on a Saturday morning. The moon was uber-big, enhanced by the moon illusion itself. Then half an hour after sunrise (not the Gundam and C.G. one), I receive a feed from MAKE:Magazine pointing to the above link.

Sad I didn't take pics. I thought it would automatically happen every 十五 of the month but, no, it had to be a special one. Sian

And in other news, that guy who niao-ed the teacher apparently calmed down and reached an understanding. http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/12/character-assasinations-aint-us.html

And I watched Clannad AS 11 from another fansub (feed from a.scarywater.net). But I will be getting the Eclipse one when it comes out...on Sunday

Yay i fail at drawing


freehand drawn with reference to http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/365564


freehand drawn with reference to http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/365319

And yay there is a visual novel that runs on wine on ubuntu: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=6888

Lol

I have many things that I can say OMT for. This however, deserves the true OMT (at least here).

And this came through via slashdot, which was then from my feed reader, and after finding the source I come to this which gives me another yay feed to add.

One wonders if the OS wars were ever fought...

Snippets:

...observed one of my students with a group of other children gathered around his laptop. ... The student was showing the ability of the laptop and handing out Linux disks. After confiscating the disks I called a confrence with the student ... I am sure you strongly believe in what you are doing but I cannot either support your efforts or allow them to happen in my classroom. At this point, I am not sure what you are doing is legal. No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful. These children look up to adults for guidance and discipline. I will research this as time allows and I want to assure you, if you are doing anything illegal, I will pursue charges as the law allows. Mr. Starks, I along with many others tried Linux during college and I assure you, the claims you make are grossly over-stated and hinge on falsehoods. I admire your attempts in getting computers in the hands of disadvantaged people but putting linux on these machines is holding our kids back.

This is a world where Windows runs on virtually every computer and putting on a carnival show for an operating system is not helping these children at all. I am sure if you contacted Microsoft, they would be more than happy to supply you with copies of an older verison of Windows and that way, your computers would actually be of service to those receiving them...

(Ok, maybe not snippets I got lazy after the first 2 cuts).

This brings to light how propaganda is so effective. It is not a question of how the teacher is stupid. She did try Linux before (though when it was highly primitive). However, being brainwashed by higher-ups led her to become one of the many drones that are running classes in US now. I think she would be the exception, actually finding a source to the "problem" and voicing out what her bleached brain was trained to output.

Then of course, "kind" rebuttals (I think of them as hidden niao). By the Helios guy himself:

The fact that you seem to believe that Microsoft is the end all and be-all is actually funny in a sad sort of way.

And from slashdot, some guy mentioned that he was chatting to his old friend. The friend was complaining about expensive antivirus software (ha Windows duh), and he suggested Linux and introduced to him the Free and Open Source Software movement (FOSS). That old friend rejected the idea completely, along the lines of "no such thing as free lunch", "if anything is to good to be true, it is" and "scam, illegal, etc".

I do not think we have that problem here, as the people who fit into the category of old stubborns do not actually like or care about the particular stuff they use, and they just want to manage to teach a decent lesson (the literal meaning intended here) with Microsoft PowerPoint (refering it by its proper name). Think Shiehls and Chiak.

Then the ones who actually care about piracy and stuff do have some knowledge about this matter. The rules added about "copyrighted games" are (I suspect, and most likely anyway) due to the number of people caught playing GTA (wtf I hate GTA. No meaning unless you do the allcarsgoboom thing), NFS (I (or at least my brohter) buy them noob shits) and *gulp* DotA (actually not that I play it often now, seeing my previous screenshot (which was the reason that I gulped actually)).

All this however, could be slowly ruined. Microsoft has extended its grisly arms to education, providing us with the FutureSchools Programme, congratulating us with huge banners on our entry to the gates of Updates and Service Packs (if they even come).

Let us all hold ours heads down in prayer in the name of Haruhi.

EDIT: Then again, doing my usual clicksurfing, I came upon the huge joke of Jerry Lee Cooper. One wonders if he was just joking all along.

I've noticed that my current usage habits are rather...erm...interesting.

Instead of going away from the compy unwilingly every 5 minutes, I sit around for about 10 to 30 mins and then go do something else (like read those new books. Air-Con nation roxx). It feels like the amount of time spent is the same, but overall satisfaction is greater instead of an empty feeling in the past.

Which means of course any chance of gaming is kept to a minimum. DoTA is merely entertaining, VBA is used for Galaxian, Dig-Dug, Pole Position and Pacman; Totally no long run games at all.

I don't know if this is a turn for the better or worse.

Just thought this is better in a separate post.

RSS life rocks.

I currently have so many feeds that the equivalent of going to each website to wait for updates would take a whole day.

Now I know how lame some people are with Wikipedia. Just subscribe to the "Recent Changes" feed.
Found that the people at our place are pretty lame too, through WikiScanner.

And also, Eclipse lagged! Last week their Clannad AS 9 was out pretty fast, but it seems AS 10 needs a bit more time...

What defines abnormal? (in this context, a person in public)

Just a TL;DR here: I tio Bishan Gay. Happy? Wtf he follow me on 74 and 157. Like he purposely detour from his usual 156 to gay.

Is it the ability to conform to a socially acceptable "norm", or is it simply not being disruptive or disturbing?

What is the socially acceptable "norm"?

It is a question dependent on the people around. In America and many "friendly" countries, helping someone you met on the street is common practice. It just feels normal. In previously communist/oppressive states, no one looks into each others' eyes, much less help another, for fear of the other person being a suppressor. In Singapore, I feel that the norm is to help when no one notices, but when trouble strikes in an highly accessible location, no one stops.

Enough about helping people. Those were just examples. I am rather more interested in behaviour on public transport. More particularly, Buses or Trains.

Let me start with seats. When it is during the rush hours, the only people who actually get to seat are those who have their starting location at the ends (or beginnings, if you prefer) of the particular routes. Once you stand, you don't sit and once you sit, you don't stand (unless you are giving up your seat). I don't know how most of you choose how and when and where to sit, so I shall not fake public opinion. What I do observe is that people usually sit whenever there is a "free seat" (no one else), less than half will hesitate to sit when there are no free seats but there is nobody standing, and more than half will just stand when there are no free seats and there are already people standing.

For me, personally, I go by the number of seats left. If after I sit down the next person who boards has no free seats to choose from, then I will not sit. Unless of course I am beat.

Then next is talking. Or actually to be more generic, "producing sound". I digress yet again, but in Japan it is rude to have your phone ring while on the train. Back here in Singapore, it seems that it is merely an amusement (okok for me at least) to find out what other's ringtones are. Talking on the phone usually blends in with the engine noise well, the only thing you will know is that a phone convo is going on. Then there are exceptions, but of course being in Singapore exceptions are always exotic and fun (okok for me at least).

Then of course there are those "crazy" guys who talk loudly for no reason. Happens one in every 75 trips (not that I counted). That is my focus. Not the reason that I wrote this though.

Do they really belong in the asylum? I don't think so. Some may be irritating, but as long as they don't really pose a public danger, it is a reality check that we still have such people in society that do not conform. Not exactly that I'm a non-conformist, but I do not believe in doing so just to conform or not to. Safety in numbers does not apply.

Just a note, I usually keep a straight face while on the bus alone (as in, without people to talk to). Only when people are in my circle then I let loose.

Details of the Bishan Gay attack:
Waiting for bus after training (opposite HCI).
Noticed him after I walked past the tree.
Hid behind bus info for a while. He adjusted himself to peek through the gap. 気持ち悪いだ.
I just let myself get full blasted by standing in front of the bus stop advert. I was facing the advert, keeping watch by means of reflection (a skill I had mastered).
Too creepy. Went to back of Advert. Kept watch at sidea but got me twice.
74 came. planned to board it.
When another hci guy boarded, I feared the worst. He followed.
I went upstairs, he didn't
I got of at matrichie (whatever is the damn spelling) stop, he follow.
Went to the other stop for 157. He followed soon after.
157 came under a minute. He followed too.
Got off and ran behind the info panels.

Spooky...