Title: Downloading Speed
Composer: Light Gaia
Description: This song is actually a full msn conversation that I had with someone regarding our RE presentation. He was transfering a powerpoint file and since the downloading speed was so slow, I got bored. The song lasts from the start of the downloading to the end of the downloading, after which I closed the conversation window.
(Note: Copied directly from MSN window)
Miles Tails Prower...take care... says:
*ppt
*yay
*ppt
*yay
*ppt
*yay
*ppt
*yay
*ppt
*yay
*ppt
*yay
*ppt
*yay
*ppt
*yay
*ppt
*yay
*ppt
[RIRC'10] HAL 9000 now life has killed the dream i dreamed says:
*er
Miles Tails Prower...take care... says:
*send me send me sned me sned me
*send me send me sneeze me fry me
*quickly quickly send me send me
*quickly quickly haha hee hee
[RIRC'10] HAL 9000 now life has killed the dream i dreamed sends:
Open(Alt+P)
Miles Tails Prower...take care... says:
heeheeheeheeheyomg
omgomg left 4548 kb
downloading speed so slow you see
gahgahgahgahgahgahgahgahgahgahgahgahga*gahgahgah*
*bridge*
downloading speed!
downloading speed!
omgomg
so so so slow you see
downloading speed!
downloading speed!
i still want the ppt
and its so slow too slow for me
*electric guitar instrumental*
why oh why is the speed so slow
if its too late i have to go
downloading speed!
*downloading speed!
*omgomg
*so so so slow you see
*downloading speed!
*downloading speed!
*i still want the ppt
*and its so slow too slow for me
now only left 452 kb
quick quick quick quickly quickly
You have successfully received C:\Users\user\Documents\RE-SMP\SMP v1.ppt from [RIRC'10] HAL 9000 now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
Miles Tails Prower...take care... says:
*downloading speed!
*downloading speed!
*omgomg
*so so so slow you see
*downloading speed!
*downloading speed!
*i still want the ppt
*and its so slow too slow for me
**electric guitar instrumental*
*why oh why is the speed so slow
*of its too late i have to go
*downloading speed!
*downloading speed!
*omgomg
*so so so slow you see
*downloading speed!
*downloading speed!
*i still want the ppt
*and its so slow too slow for meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....
*ITS DONE...
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Social Commentary - Straight talk on Tiger Poaching
The Bengal tiger is one of the most ferocious hunters in the world. Many a time has there been tales of a single tiger terrorising entire villages, decimating livestock and devouring children. The tiger can take down a leopard or a crocodile, and can injure or even kill a full-grown elephant. Surely, surely nothing can defeat this mighty striped King of the jungle. Nothing, except until now.
The Bengal tiger is now quavering at the hands of the humans. With their supremely advanced technology, with the power to fire projectiles fifty times faster than the speed of a running tiger, the humans have taken over the animal kingdom and are steadily driving the Bengal tiger to extinction.
The major way in which Man is extinguishing the Bengal tiger is by poaching. The demand for tiger parts has been and still is increasing. However, whether or not poaching is immoral can still be questioned. After all, chickens are killed worldwide and their parts exported to many different countries! The morality of poaching has be taken from the viewpoints of the poachers, the people who place orders for tiger parts, and of course, the Bengal tiger itself.
The poachers would certainly agree with the idea that poaching tigers should be allowed. Poaching is worth a lot of money. This comes about because tigers are difficult to catch, and as such, their parts are very precious. The parts then have to be exported to other countries and this will require illegal smuggling and carefully calculated moves. All this adds up to the cost of the tiger parts and consequently makes poaching very profitable.
Poaching is just like hunting, say the poachers, and while others kill deer for their meat we kill tigers for their parts. Tigers are no more than money-bags than deer are food.
Furthermore, many people in other countries, notably China, believe that tiger parts have medicinal properties. Tiger parts, such as the teeth and the claws, have healing properties and may even be used as aphrodisiacs. These people believe in traditional medicine and are willing to pay a lot of money so that they can obtain this precious medicine. They believe that killing tigers will heal people, and this will help them and their families to become well and to prosper. This drives the poaching industry to continue its trade.
However, no one, or nothing, can truly argue for or against poaching, other than the Bengal tiger itself Although the tiger is incable of human speech, many activists have stood up to stand for its rights, including the Indian government. The Bengal tiger is on the verge of extinction, having decreased in number from 40, 000 to 1,300 in a span of 100 years. In addition, global warming threatens the natural environment of these tigers, making it more and more difficult for them to survive, much more when poachers are lurking around in the forest.
The Bengal tiger is an animal which is beng wiped out. We cannot allow it to die out just because of a handful of mindless killing hunters who feel that profit is everything. As for those who believe in the medicinal properties of tigers, there are so many natural herbs and plants which also have similar characteristics. The tiger is living being like us, and deserves to live, and the right to live outweighs all other arguments that may be used to support the act of poaching.
The Bengal tiger is now quavering at the hands of the humans. With their supremely advanced technology, with the power to fire projectiles fifty times faster than the speed of a running tiger, the humans have taken over the animal kingdom and are steadily driving the Bengal tiger to extinction.
The major way in which Man is extinguishing the Bengal tiger is by poaching. The demand for tiger parts has been and still is increasing. However, whether or not poaching is immoral can still be questioned. After all, chickens are killed worldwide and their parts exported to many different countries! The morality of poaching has be taken from the viewpoints of the poachers, the people who place orders for tiger parts, and of course, the Bengal tiger itself.
The poachers would certainly agree with the idea that poaching tigers should be allowed. Poaching is worth a lot of money. This comes about because tigers are difficult to catch, and as such, their parts are very precious. The parts then have to be exported to other countries and this will require illegal smuggling and carefully calculated moves. All this adds up to the cost of the tiger parts and consequently makes poaching very profitable.
Poaching is just like hunting, say the poachers, and while others kill deer for their meat we kill tigers for their parts. Tigers are no more than money-bags than deer are food.
Furthermore, many people in other countries, notably China, believe that tiger parts have medicinal properties. Tiger parts, such as the teeth and the claws, have healing properties and may even be used as aphrodisiacs. These people believe in traditional medicine and are willing to pay a lot of money so that they can obtain this precious medicine. They believe that killing tigers will heal people, and this will help them and their families to become well and to prosper. This drives the poaching industry to continue its trade.
However, no one, or nothing, can truly argue for or against poaching, other than the Bengal tiger itself Although the tiger is incable of human speech, many activists have stood up to stand for its rights, including the Indian government. The Bengal tiger is on the verge of extinction, having decreased in number from 40, 000 to 1,300 in a span of 100 years. In addition, global warming threatens the natural environment of these tigers, making it more and more difficult for them to survive, much more when poachers are lurking around in the forest.
The Bengal tiger is an animal which is beng wiped out. We cannot allow it to die out just because of a handful of mindless killing hunters who feel that profit is everything. As for those who believe in the medicinal properties of tigers, there are so many natural herbs and plants which also have similar characteristics. The tiger is living being like us, and deserves to live, and the right to live outweighs all other arguments that may be used to support the act of poaching.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Midori-san!!!
Midori-san!!! (http://plant.bowls-cafe.jp/)
Personally, I never knew that people could get so bored with life. First we dressed up monkeys and elevated them to “great-(grand^152) ancestor” status. Now we have plants blogging about their life, their exp3r13nc35, their daily activites, their feelings….
It’s quite subjective as to how accurate these ‘bloggings’ are. The readings that are provided by the sensors seem to give a proper description of what Midori-san is going through. However, we cannot be certain for sure that the posts that are..um...posted are an accurate enough description of Midori-san's feelings and thoughts.
I feel that this is a great achievement in computer algorithms, the fact that the feedback given by the sensors are able to be translated into words by the computer. Judging by the comments by other people I am assuming that the posts are substantial and grammatically crafted enough to be accepted as 'realistic' posts. I say assume, because I can't be a proper judge on that as I don't really understand Japanese...I recommend anyone who is interested in computer generated sentences to visit this page: http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/
However, as I whole, I really like this initiative. It comprises an effort to link nature with the man-made world, a relevant move since today's Earth is facing destruction at the hands of technology. Midori-san is a reminder to us of how we should be caring for the environment, and by personifying her (Midori is a girl's name) we tend to be moved by the “personality” that she has adopted. People will be more touched by a talking plant than by a person who is speaking for the plant.
I think another key idea that comes across as I read the article (and Midori-san's website) is that JAPANESE ARE DOMINATING OUR LIFE!!! I mean that in a good way, no offense. Many of our daily items are manufactured or invented in Japan. Mitsubishi owns many of our electric fans and family cars. Mitsubishi was responsible for the downfall of the British Airforce in Singapore (freaking A6M Zero Fighters). Much of our cartoons today are largely influcence by Japanese Anime (not to mention the anime themselves are being screened everywhere). The Americans and British were wrong to look down on Asians. They got pwned. Almost. A particularly obese male and a pre-adolescent child stood in the way of Japan's near-victory. And Japan is rising to the top of the world today! Beat that!
As a final word, Midori-san is so cute!!! I can't help but contribute to helping her photosynthesize. (*keeps clicking on widget *) At the same time, I'm also contributing to global warming as the continuous usage of fluorescent lights results in the excessive use of fossil fuels, subsequently increasing the amount of carbon dioxide concentration in the air. Ah well. Guess I'm obsessed too... ^_^
Personally, I never knew that people could get so bored with life. First we dressed up monkeys and elevated them to “great-(grand^152) ancestor” status. Now we have plants blogging about their life, their exp3r13nc35, their daily activites, their feelings….
It’s quite subjective as to how accurate these ‘bloggings’ are. The readings that are provided by the sensors seem to give a proper description of what Midori-san is going through. However, we cannot be certain for sure that the posts that are..um...posted are an accurate enough description of Midori-san's feelings and thoughts.
I feel that this is a great achievement in computer algorithms, the fact that the feedback given by the sensors are able to be translated into words by the computer. Judging by the comments by other people I am assuming that the posts are substantial and grammatically crafted enough to be accepted as 'realistic' posts. I say assume, because I can't be a proper judge on that as I don't really understand Japanese...I recommend anyone who is interested in computer generated sentences to visit this page: http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/scigen/
However, as I whole, I really like this initiative. It comprises an effort to link nature with the man-made world, a relevant move since today's Earth is facing destruction at the hands of technology. Midori-san is a reminder to us of how we should be caring for the environment, and by personifying her (Midori is a girl's name) we tend to be moved by the “personality” that she has adopted. People will be more touched by a talking plant than by a person who is speaking for the plant.
I think another key idea that comes across as I read the article (and Midori-san's website) is that JAPANESE ARE DOMINATING OUR LIFE!!! I mean that in a good way, no offense. Many of our daily items are manufactured or invented in Japan. Mitsubishi owns many of our electric fans and family cars. Mitsubishi was responsible for the downfall of the British Airforce in Singapore (freaking A6M Zero Fighters). Much of our cartoons today are largely influcence by Japanese Anime (not to mention the anime themselves are being screened everywhere). The Americans and British were wrong to look down on Asians. They got pwned. Almost. A particularly obese male and a pre-adolescent child stood in the way of Japan's near-victory. And Japan is rising to the top of the world today! Beat that!
As a final word, Midori-san is so cute!!! I can't help but contribute to helping her photosynthesize. (*keeps clicking on widget *) At the same time, I'm also contributing to global warming as the continuous usage of fluorescent lights results in the excessive use of fossil fuels, subsequently increasing the amount of carbon dioxide concentration in the air. Ah well. Guess I'm obsessed too... ^_^
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