Orbis non sufficit
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
Gmail eh?
Well blogger told me about this gmail stuff, so out of curiosity i thought I'd check it out. Looks kind of nifty actually, in no small part due to the 1000mb of free space for e-mail storage they offer. Also has nifty e-mail searching, filtering and some weird thing where it tracks replies to e-mails and groups whole converstations together. Anyway, I'll see how it goes, if its actually worth changing to permenantly.
In other news, I managed to shift of the rest of the work for the latest part of my context project. Its a group thing so I'm not being slack, I just managed to get the others to do most of it for a change. Hope it doesn't turn out too crap. In any case it means i don't have to worry about any more assignments this week! Woot! Nothing too crap anyway. May have to think about the mousetrap car we gotta build for mechanical eng and the newspaper bridge we gotta make for civil, but meh, thats not too bad. Also i have at least two tests next week, but i'm getting used to having tests every week so i'm not too fussed. Should have aced the last one, it was so easy. Anything I got wrong will have been through stupidity not lack of understanding or knowledge.
I was talking to the guys in my civil group in our tutorial today and heard something most amusing. Apparently one of em knows somebody who did philosophy last year or something. I suppose the story has come through a few people to reach me, but meh. Anyway apparently in some exam last year, that was supposed to be 3 hours long, the question they got was "Why?", entirely it seems, on which they had to write an essay. Somebody apparently just wrote "Why not?" and walked out. Whats more amusing is they allegedly got 100% for that exam. I find that awesome if it's true. Go philospohy. You can just picture a lecturer going over the essays, then reaching that one and studying it for a moment, thinking "It's brilliant!".
Alright, I must stop now, since I have to go get some cash out of the bank we have here. My dad gave me some money to pay for my kendo uniform but I gotta get some out for dinner tonight, since the kendo club is going to some korean restaurant in clayton after training. Should be good, only good things were said about the food.
Well blogger told me about this gmail stuff, so out of curiosity i thought I'd check it out. Looks kind of nifty actually, in no small part due to the 1000mb of free space for e-mail storage they offer. Also has nifty e-mail searching, filtering and some weird thing where it tracks replies to e-mails and groups whole converstations together. Anyway, I'll see how it goes, if its actually worth changing to permenantly.
In other news, I managed to shift of the rest of the work for the latest part of my context project. Its a group thing so I'm not being slack, I just managed to get the others to do most of it for a change. Hope it doesn't turn out too crap. In any case it means i don't have to worry about any more assignments this week! Woot! Nothing too crap anyway. May have to think about the mousetrap car we gotta build for mechanical eng and the newspaper bridge we gotta make for civil, but meh, thats not too bad. Also i have at least two tests next week, but i'm getting used to having tests every week so i'm not too fussed. Should have aced the last one, it was so easy. Anything I got wrong will have been through stupidity not lack of understanding or knowledge.
I was talking to the guys in my civil group in our tutorial today and heard something most amusing. Apparently one of em knows somebody who did philosophy last year or something. I suppose the story has come through a few people to reach me, but meh. Anyway apparently in some exam last year, that was supposed to be 3 hours long, the question they got was "Why?", entirely it seems, on which they had to write an essay. Somebody apparently just wrote "Why not?" and walked out. Whats more amusing is they allegedly got 100% for that exam. I find that awesome if it's true. Go philospohy. You can just picture a lecturer going over the essays, then reaching that one and studying it for a moment, thinking "It's brilliant!".
Alright, I must stop now, since I have to go get some cash out of the bank we have here. My dad gave me some money to pay for my kendo uniform but I gotta get some out for dinner tonight, since the kendo club is going to some korean restaurant in clayton after training. Should be good, only good things were said about the food.
Monday, April 19, 2004
Question Answering
Alrighty then, here we go!
Jason:
1. GOODBYE: The ‘good’ of ‘good-bye’ was originally ‘God.’ The expression is a contraction of ‘God be with you,’ a form of farewell first recorded in the late 16th century. Its gradual reduction can be traced through a series of metamorphoses (Shakespeare, for instance, had ‘God be wy you’ and “God buy’ ye”[16th and 17th century]), and there was “ God b’y you” [17th century] and numerous other versions and it did not reach its modern form until the 18th century [M-W says 19th]. The substitution of’ ‘good’ for ‘God’ seems to have been mainly due to the influence of such phrases as ‘good day’ and ‘good night.’
2. Who needs light? But if I had to light something for the heck of it, I'd hope to hell that match wasn't a safety match and light that :P.
3. I believe I will leave one switch off, turn the next on, then flip the third like crazy for quite a while in the hope that it will fry the fillament in the third globe. Should be obvious enough once I go into the bulb room :P.
Steve:
1. Mars next tuesday, alive and well eh? Well, firstly you should complete your course, majoring in quantum physics and temporal mechanics or some such. Then you must devote your life to researching time travel. In case you do not achieve this you must mentor people to take your place and continue the research with instructions to bring you back a space ship or teleportation device once they are sucessful. Then you must bring that ship or device back to now and give it to yourself so you can go to mars. Don't blame me if the spaceship doesn't arrive though, it will be your own fault for not being motivated enough or for picking unreliable heirs :P.
2. Yes i am.
3. Maybe, though I'm at uni right now so I can't check for you.
Fudgey:
1. I'm afraid I don't know what you're looking at, you'll have to provide more details :P.
2. Lisp comes from the Old High German word, "lispen," which means "to lisp," therefore I'd say it was a cruel German dude :P.
3. Please contact your manufacturer for further details.
Sean:
1. I'd say an old lady beat him to death with that iron bar because Jason was trying to steal her pie from the windowsill.
2. She sent the earth hurtling through space at near-light speed while waiting behind in a space-craft, thus taking advantage of relativistic effects as defined by einsteins equations. Either that or the day before yesterday was the 30th of december and her birthday is on the 31st. Then she was 18 yesterday, will be 19 on the 31st of december this year and 20 on the 31st of december next year.
3. Because the adding up is buggered. You can't just add the $2 the bellboy has like that. That should have been subtracted to give the cost of the room, not added to give the total amount of money floating about. The people have $1 each, the kid has $2, and the manager has $25. 3 + 2 + 25 = $30.
Alrighty then, here we go!
Jason:
1. GOODBYE: The ‘good’ of ‘good-bye’ was originally ‘God.’ The expression is a contraction of ‘God be with you,’ a form of farewell first recorded in the late 16th century. Its gradual reduction can be traced through a series of metamorphoses (Shakespeare, for instance, had ‘God be wy you’ and “God buy’ ye”[16th and 17th century]), and there was “ God b’y you” [17th century] and numerous other versions and it did not reach its modern form until the 18th century [M-W says 19th]. The substitution of’ ‘good’ for ‘God’ seems to have been mainly due to the influence of such phrases as ‘good day’ and ‘good night.’
2. Who needs light? But if I had to light something for the heck of it, I'd hope to hell that match wasn't a safety match and light that :P.
3. I believe I will leave one switch off, turn the next on, then flip the third like crazy for quite a while in the hope that it will fry the fillament in the third globe. Should be obvious enough once I go into the bulb room :P.
Steve:
1. Mars next tuesday, alive and well eh? Well, firstly you should complete your course, majoring in quantum physics and temporal mechanics or some such. Then you must devote your life to researching time travel. In case you do not achieve this you must mentor people to take your place and continue the research with instructions to bring you back a space ship or teleportation device once they are sucessful. Then you must bring that ship or device back to now and give it to yourself so you can go to mars. Don't blame me if the spaceship doesn't arrive though, it will be your own fault for not being motivated enough or for picking unreliable heirs :P.
2. Yes i am.
3. Maybe, though I'm at uni right now so I can't check for you.
Fudgey:
1. I'm afraid I don't know what you're looking at, you'll have to provide more details :P.
2. Lisp comes from the Old High German word, "lispen," which means "to lisp," therefore I'd say it was a cruel German dude :P.
3. Please contact your manufacturer for further details.
Sean:
1. I'd say an old lady beat him to death with that iron bar because Jason was trying to steal her pie from the windowsill.
2. She sent the earth hurtling through space at near-light speed while waiting behind in a space-craft, thus taking advantage of relativistic effects as defined by einsteins equations. Either that or the day before yesterday was the 30th of december and her birthday is on the 31st. Then she was 18 yesterday, will be 19 on the 31st of december this year and 20 on the 31st of december next year.
3. Because the adding up is buggered. You can't just add the $2 the bellboy has like that. That should have been subtracted to give the cost of the room, not added to give the total amount of money floating about. The people have $1 each, the kid has $2, and the manager has $25. 3 + 2 + 25 = $30.
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Wala! (pronun. WAH-LAH)
Middle(
I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less.
Ask me anything you want.
Then I want you to go to your blog/journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything.
and i know SOME OF YOU ARE READING THIS SO YOU BETTER ASK.
seriously. ASK ANYTHING
)
Hecate
?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
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You are a white dragon, pure and noble, you would
help humans if they desprately need you. YOu
are kind and wise with a heart of gold.
Which Dragon resides in your soul? (cool pictures!)
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You are a forest shadow. Your essence is that of
the tree or beast that casts you upon the
earth. You feel a purpose to be in balance
with the cycles of life and are wise and
beautiful in your submission to the justice of
Mother Nature. You are peaceful in temperament
and, though you feel small, your spirit is
precious, strong, and mighty as the
(green)forces with which it is affiliated.
(please rate my quiz cuz it took me for
freaking ever to create)
What Kind of Shadow Are You? (with gorgeous pics)
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You are Form 5, Dragon: The Weaver.
"And The Dragon seperated the virtuous from
the sinful. He tore his eyes from his sockets
and used them to peer into the souls of those
on trial to make a judgement. He knew that
with endless knowledge came endless
responsibility."
Some examples of the Dragon Form are Athena
(Greek), St. Peter (Christian), and Surya
(Indian).
The Dragon is associated with the concept of
intelligence, the number 5, and the element of
wood.
His sign is the crescent moon.
As a member of Form 5, you are an intelligent and
wise individual. You weigh options by looking
at how logical they are and you know that while
there may not always be a right or wrong
choice, there is always a logical one. People
may say you are too indecisive, but it's only
because you want to do what's right. Dragons
are the best friends to have because they're
willing to learn.
Which Mythological Form Are You?
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Middle(
I want everyone who reads this to ask me 3 questions, no more no less.
Ask me anything you want.
Then I want you to go to your blog/journal, copy and paste this allowing your friends (including myself) to ask you anything.
and i know SOME OF YOU ARE READING THIS SO YOU BETTER ASK.
seriously. ASK ANYTHING
)
Hecate
?? Which Of The Greek Gods Are You ??
brought to you by Quizilla
You are a white dragon, pure and noble, you would
help humans if they desprately need you. YOu
are kind and wise with a heart of gold.
Which Dragon resides in your soul? (cool pictures!)
brought to you by Quizilla
You are a forest shadow. Your essence is that of
the tree or beast that casts you upon the
earth. You feel a purpose to be in balance
with the cycles of life and are wise and
beautiful in your submission to the justice of
Mother Nature. You are peaceful in temperament
and, though you feel small, your spirit is
precious, strong, and mighty as the
(green)forces with which it is affiliated.
(please rate my quiz cuz it took me for
freaking ever to create)
What Kind of Shadow Are You? (with gorgeous pics)
brought to you by Quizilla
You are Form 5, Dragon: The Weaver.
"And The Dragon seperated the virtuous from
the sinful. He tore his eyes from his sockets
and used them to peer into the souls of those
on trial to make a judgement. He knew that
with endless knowledge came endless
responsibility."
Some examples of the Dragon Form are Athena
(Greek), St. Peter (Christian), and Surya
(Indian).
The Dragon is associated with the concept of
intelligence, the number 5, and the element of
wood.
His sign is the crescent moon.
As a member of Form 5, you are an intelligent and
wise individual. You weigh options by looking
at how logical they are and you know that while
there may not always be a right or wrong
choice, there is always a logical one. People
may say you are too indecisive, but it's only
because you want to do what's right. Dragons
are the best friends to have because they're
willing to learn.
Which Mythological Form Are You?
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Saturday, April 10, 2004
null static void
Heh, crazy java. I'm sure I'll learn what those words can be replaced with sometime, but for now we just get told to bung all those at the start of every method. Actually, I know that static means that other objects can't screw with the method and that void means the method doesn't actually return anything, but i'm not too sure about null...
Anyhow, it has apparently nearly been a month since I've updated :P. Sat Mar 13 says the timestamp on the last post. Ahh well, I've been busy, sort of. I did have a bunch of tests and assignments due this week, though the only stressful part of that was one of the members of one of my groups didn't send me her part of the assignment until 7.00pm the day before it was due. Damn her. Oh well, at least she did actually send it in the end, despite its somewhat poor quality. Hmm, lets see what's happened in the last month...
Well, I failed my P's test a while ago, that sucked, but I'm trying again next friday so hopefully that one goes much better. At least I passed the crappy computer test and don't have to do that crap again. Also went to see the penguins on phillip island a while ago, they were reasonable cool, although not as swarming as I was hoping for. Oh well.
Went bowling with a couple of days ago, nice little conglomeration of people from school there. I sucked in the first game but bowled 150 in the second, so that wasn't too shoddy. We got hotdogs and chips with our deal too, so that was a nice bonus.
In other news, my kendo is getting better I feel. My MEN cuts are getting pretty reasonable I think. They don't feel as dodgy as they used to in any case. I'm getting my uniform for that soon too, so that will be fun. Kendo has such a cool uniform :P.
Hmm, ah yes, will hopefully be going to some cool market on wednesday to purchase some cheap swords, I heard i can get 3 for $35, which is fricken cheap! Jason said they even looked pretty good. Very odd I think but if it gets me cheap swords I'm not complaining. I'm going to have to head down to the police station sometime soon too to try and get a permit for the things. Hopefully I can, I have no criminal record or anything. I'm possibly going to have to prove I can store them locked up though, whih could be a problem cause I can't right now. I can at least find out if I have to be able to prove it first, then go out and build me a big cabinet for them afterwards. The permit better not cost a fortune either or some heads will roll! Damn gangs cutting off peoples hands. And damn those legislators and their short-sighted views! Always attacking the symptoms, not the cause *shakes head*. How sad. Anyway, they're all making it very inconvinient for me. Stupid permits. I do have to get one though, otherwise they can fine me $12,000 and toss me in prison for a while just for owning the swords. It's bullshit I say. BULLSHIT!!!
Heh, crazy java. I'm sure I'll learn what those words can be replaced with sometime, but for now we just get told to bung all those at the start of every method. Actually, I know that static means that other objects can't screw with the method and that void means the method doesn't actually return anything, but i'm not too sure about null...
Anyhow, it has apparently nearly been a month since I've updated :P. Sat Mar 13 says the timestamp on the last post. Ahh well, I've been busy, sort of. I did have a bunch of tests and assignments due this week, though the only stressful part of that was one of the members of one of my groups didn't send me her part of the assignment until 7.00pm the day before it was due. Damn her. Oh well, at least she did actually send it in the end, despite its somewhat poor quality. Hmm, lets see what's happened in the last month...
Well, I failed my P's test a while ago, that sucked, but I'm trying again next friday so hopefully that one goes much better. At least I passed the crappy computer test and don't have to do that crap again. Also went to see the penguins on phillip island a while ago, they were reasonable cool, although not as swarming as I was hoping for. Oh well.
Went bowling with a couple of days ago, nice little conglomeration of people from school there. I sucked in the first game but bowled 150 in the second, so that wasn't too shoddy. We got hotdogs and chips with our deal too, so that was a nice bonus.
In other news, my kendo is getting better I feel. My MEN cuts are getting pretty reasonable I think. They don't feel as dodgy as they used to in any case. I'm getting my uniform for that soon too, so that will be fun. Kendo has such a cool uniform :P.
Hmm, ah yes, will hopefully be going to some cool market on wednesday to purchase some cheap swords, I heard i can get 3 for $35, which is fricken cheap! Jason said they even looked pretty good. Very odd I think but if it gets me cheap swords I'm not complaining. I'm going to have to head down to the police station sometime soon too to try and get a permit for the things. Hopefully I can, I have no criminal record or anything. I'm possibly going to have to prove I can store them locked up though, whih could be a problem cause I can't right now. I can at least find out if I have to be able to prove it first, then go out and build me a big cabinet for them afterwards. The permit better not cost a fortune either or some heads will roll! Damn gangs cutting off peoples hands. And damn those legislators and their short-sighted views! Always attacking the symptoms, not the cause *shakes head*. How sad. Anyway, they're all making it very inconvinient for me. Stupid permits. I do have to get one though, otherwise they can fine me $12,000 and toss me in prison for a while just for owning the swords. It's bullshit I say. BULLSHIT!!!
