Minggu, 28 November 2010

darwin's theories

I for one a big supporter of darwinian in which he postulated that human derive from one single species.that is monkey.[insert monkey sound here].such as the question of why male had a nipples?actually when baby still in womb,babies were all females so they develop nipples but when they reached age of 4 months then the sex gene starts kicking in and hence decided to make the baby a male or a female or in rare cases a transvestites.[insert gay jokes here]

anyhow any specific traits that human may have now come from our ancestors battling extreme condition as it used to be many hundreds years ago.such as why we have a backache?it's because we human were used to walk using our 4 limbs before,thereby making our spine shaped like a bridge.but due to the evolution those human decided to only use 2 limbs for walking and another 2 to picks up heavy stuff.but this created a consequence in which our spine were pressed down and created an S-like shaped.Human spine were not constructed to be bend into an S shape and so happen we human develop a backache as a daily reminder to not picks up heavy stuff and to always watch our back [pun are intended].

in reference to:

"Hunger evolved as a trigger to drive us to search out food. Our taste buds evolved to encourage us to choose foods that benefited our bodies (such as sugar, salt and fat) and avoid those that might be poisonous"
- The Top Ten Daily Consequences of Having Evolved | Science & Nature | Smithsonian Magazine (view on Google Sidewiki)

Sabtu, 27 November 2010

Stuxnet

a worm that were made to destroy nuclear infrastructure.you see,this is the benefit of being a programmer.we can start a cyberwar of creating high quality program that's detrimental to whomever we want it to.I guess this Stuxnet must be made from some US government,they are the only country that had public enmity towards iran regime.an automation of power plant and public infrastructure are at risk due to the use of this Stuxnet virus.ostensibly the superiority of making a software that's so complex like stuxnet must not be inferior to one's country military infrastructure capability.after all many had predicted that the world war 3 would start on the internet.and it's called cyberwar

perihal:

""Stuxnet is like the arrival of an F-35 fighter jet on a World War I battlefield," blogged German industrial control systems expert Ralph Langner."
- Reuters AlertNet - ANALYSIS-Stuxnet: A new weapon for cyber insurgents? (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

terrorist's act foiled in the US

at least this terrorist act had been foiled thanks to FBI responsive action. but this event bring to light that most of the terrorist are from muslim majority country or naturalized citizen,and their name is mainly start with muhammad.I don't really know what's the situation like over there in the US of A but I reckon it must be hard for someone to live there if his name is mohammad due to the discrimination that is taking place.with the FBI watching and wiretapping every phone calls.

in reference to:

"The authorities arrested Mr. Mohamud at approximately 5:40 p.m. on Friday night, 20 minutes before the planned ceremony, taking him into custody kicking and screaming. He yelled, “Allahu Akhbar,” an Arabic phrase for “God is Great,” the authorities said."
- Oregon Teen Arrested in Plot to Bomb Holiday Event - NYTimes.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

north korea's slave labor

so besides building restaurant franchise that's so happen to reside in many countries,north korea regime also sent its people to work overseas to earn money for their government and now those workers are being pulled and back to their home country due to the escalating tension in korean peninsula to aid in Kim Jong Il warmongering efforts.one thing is for sure,it's a tough shit being a north korean.

perihal:

""North Korea's government sends thousands of its citizens to Russia to earn money, most of which is funnelled through government accounts," says Simon Ostrovsky, a journalist who discovered secret North Korean logging camps in the northern Siberian taiga. "Workers are often sent to remote locations for years at a time to work long hours and get as little as three days off per year.""
- Expats recalled as North Korea prepares for war - Asia, World - The Independent (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

Jumat, 26 November 2010

synagogue in manado

this is a sign of pluralism in indonesia.jewish community are thriving in manado and they can preach their judaism freely there without the hindrance of any islamist fanatics that were based in java, e.g FPI and the like.I for one supported the peaceful environment where no one force their own religion to someone else's throat.as this act only create tension and never ending suffering.so anyway let's preserve the status quo then. :-)

perihal:

"“The anti-Jewish feelings really came in the 1980s and 1990s, all because of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” Mr. Reid said."
- In Part of Indonesia, Judaism is Embraced - NYTimes.com (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

mathematical formula in piano

if you watch fringe you should know an episode into which a villain solve a math formula by playing the music in a piano.turns out that piano did have mathematical combination necessary to solve math problem.every note that you pushed in a piano key sets represent a set of constant value that changes when you make it into a music as the combination of notes.whoever created piano in the first place really know how to master mathematical formula and applied that in music-playing piano instrument

perihal:

"The Greeks had a lot of interest in mathemathics, and it seemed "right" for them to search for "perfect" combinations - perfect meaning that they should be expressed in terms of fractions of small integer numbers. They noticed that if you double or halve the string length, you get the same note (the concept of an octave); other fractions, such as 2/3, 3/4, also produced "harmonic" combinations."
- Mathematical difference between white and black notes in a piano? - Mathematics - Stack Exchange (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

Rabu, 24 November 2010

ireland and iceland

now another euro country that is ireland had went bankrupt.this is due to the blanket guarantee that were imposed during bank crisis there.similar to what happens in indonesia during soeharto regime.soeharto also imposed the same policy of blanket guarantee during indonesia bank crisis in 1997 but this is a wrong move as the banking collapse and the indonesian government were responsible to pay out all the debts of those bank.ireland now had to pay this hefty price and enacted harsh austerity measure to save its country from being defaulted.you see sometime learning economy is just really important.

perihal:

"Ireland has been orthodox and responsible — guaranteeing all debts, engaging in savage austerity to try to pay for the cost of those guarantees, and, of course, staying on the euro. Iceland has been heterodox: capital controls, large devaluation, and a lot of debt restructuring"
- Lands of Ice and Ire - NYTimes.com (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

Selasa, 23 November 2010

harry potter film technology explained

it's take a lot of CGI (computer graphic imaging) to create a film that as great as Harry Potter.also this reminded me when I take a class about graphic and image back in college.but well at least it was worth it.can't wait to see the second part next year.

in reference to:

"There's over 20-some minutes of fighting and aerial action, but the dragon in Gringotts is great. It's a different dragon than we've seen before. This is a badly, maltreated dragon who's been kept in the dark cave all its life. It's emaciated. It's partially blind. It's very, very dangerous. It's a great character,"
- Behind The Magic: Deathly Hallows FX Supervisor Explains Your Favorite Scenes - Techland - TIME.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Senin, 22 November 2010

north korea attacking south korea

this is interesting,for starter pyongyang just got swolen up with arrogancy due to the new nuclear reactors they're just building.and the north just keep raising the tension in korean peninsula.I really wonder how much time it would take to make south korea realize that to achieve peace in the region is for them to conquer the north and brings the communist regime down.

perihal:

"South Korea says it has scrambled F-16 fighter jets and returned fire after North Korea shot dozens of rounds of artillery onto a populated South Korean island near the countries' western border."
- North Korea Reportedly Fires Artillery Near South - NYTimes.com (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

9 collections of fatwa

this will empower your mind with known fatwas that had been released to the public.some of them are mildly interesting and the rest are just something that's blows your mind away.living the life as taliban if I must say.

perihal:

"Every time you turn around, a Muslim cleric is issuing a religious edict (fatwa) about something. Whether it's giving fellow Muslims permission to murder blasphemers or preventing children from getting polio vaccinations because it's a Jewish conspiracy, these guys have an opinion and they're more than willing to share it."
- http://www.cracked.com/article_15951_9-islamic-fatwas-we-can-get-behind.html (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

US drone attack in pakistan

pakistan just denied the request of CIA to extend the area necessary for drone attack to target taliban there.I for one supported US operation there.to make the world more safe from this hardline extremism.

perihal: Pakistan denies U.S. request to expand drone access, officials say - CNN.com (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

Minggu, 21 November 2010

alqaida intermittently plot attack in the USA

alqaida keeps finding way to circumvent security precaution being placed in the US.first there are shoe bomber and the new rule is to make people take off their shoes when entering the airport.and then the underwear bomber which make new policies by the TSA to search and feel people's underwear when entering the airplane.and now we have printer,which made that every foreign printer shall not get permission to enter to the US.with this so many rules I am just beginning to wonder how it is exactly the US economy is going to prevail? are they going to keep themselves in recession because of this? well that's their problem to solve.

perihal:

""It is more feasible to stage smaller attacks that involve less players and less time to launch and thus we may circumvent the security barriers America worked so hard to erect," Inspire writes, calling this "the strategy of a thousand cuts.""
- http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/11/21/al.qaeda.magazine/index.html?eref=edition (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

happy birthday windows

it's been 25 years and yet Blue Screen Of Death still prevails in windows computing world.I thinks its time for me to have a mac though.

perihal:

"It was 25 years ago today that Microsoft released Windows 1.0. The world’s most popular operating system has gone through a number of versions since then, and the next iteration, Windows 8, is expected within 2 years."
- http://mashable.com/2010/11/20/microsoft-windows-25-years/ (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

owl scarcity in india

I do think of keeping an owl myself though,they're kind of very cute creature.but the widespread fandom of harry potter had made owls became the object of fascination and many of them captured and taken as a pet hoping their owls can send mails just like in harry potter movie.sometime people just do what they see in the movie beyond what is permissible.

perihal:

"The mother responded, "No, the party theme is 'Harry Potter' and we want to have 'Hedwig' - Harry's pet owl. Please ask someone to capture and bring the owl to us. We can pay the cost.""
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20101119/sc_livescience/isharrypotterpartlytoblameforindiaspetowlcrisis (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

michael arrington

I always like reading his opinion pieces pertaining to certain events.he can be snarky,rude and yet interesting at the same time.a great writer and a role model for someone who wanted to be a columnist.and now he ran techcrunch, i.e a technology blog covering everything that's online.

perihal:

"My style is to bust the door down and clean the mess up later. That works pretty well for me. I’ve known a lot of my sources for five years now. When I call them, there’s no salutation—it’s just right to the point. I expect them to tell me what I want to know very quickly."
- The Way I Work: Michael Arrington of TechCrunch (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

Sabtu, 20 November 2010

afghans clueless about 9/11

so basically afghan peoples are clueless about the attack of WTC in 2001.well this is to be expected in a country that was ravaged under taliban rule beforehand since the access of information is limited.but they should know that the US allies is doing everything they can to thwart off taliban and bring peace in afghanistan.let's see how it turns out till 2014 then.

perihal:

"Research conducted in the southern provinces of Helmand and Kandahar last month suggested 92 percent of the 1,000 respondents were unaware of the attacks on Washington and New York that prompted the US-led invasion of Afghanistan."
- http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific/view/1094590/1/.html (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

android and iphone in comparison

what I seem to be getting at in this article is that we can sell apps more effectively in app store than in android market.the former maintains a strict rule that governs how the apps are being distributed while the latter due to its open source environment had created a way to pirate many apps hence make developer falls short on revenue. surely every programmers out there need to make something of the apps that they're building.you just need to know how hard it is to code things out.

perihal:

"Put another way, the iPhone is clearly in close competition against Android handsets in the mobile phone market. But iOS, as a platform, almost completely dominates the mobile app console market. In the history of epic tech industry rivalries, I don’t think this situation is similar to anything pri"
- http://daringfireball.net/2010/11/where_are_the_android_killer_apps (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

Kamis, 18 November 2010

fat people smell food better than non-fat one

so it's official,the fatter you are the more ability that you had to smell food and arouse your hunger for consuming something.this is consistent to the fact that fat people will only get fatter and thin people would only get thinner.I guess fat people never find themselves in bereavement of eating good quality food. bon apetit.

perihal:

""Obese consumers with a higher BMI have more of a drive to eat high fat, high sugar and highly palatable foods, which is consistent with a heightened taste sensitivity for these foods.""
- do-overweight-people-smell-food-better from time.com - StumbleUpon (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

Selasa, 16 November 2010

waterboarding technique

CIA use waterboarding to torture terrorist suspect.the extent of the torture is mind-boggling that's hard to grasp.this is done in retaliation of the 9/11 WTC attack.although this excruciating operation did succeed in capturing many terrorist linked with 9/11, but the procodure did arouse many controversy of the possible violation of human rights.well at least we're glad that George W.Bush isn't US president no more.that's at least would make his effort worth our while.

perihal:

"Terror suspects should get a "a dunk in the water." But recently released internal documents reveal the controversial "enhanced interrogation" practice was far more brutal on detainees than Cheney's description sounds, and was administered with meticulous cruelty."
- Waterboarding for dummies - Torture - Salon.com (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

facebook new email

well at least now I can chat with my friend easier and more effective.the thing is that email is something that's formal to use though.to connect with friends I use chat messaging such as ym or BBM (blackberry messaging).nonetheless the proliferation of this new feature will greatly augment our social interaction in facebook. :-)

perihal:

"“It starts with intuition,” says engineering director Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth. “It starts with a feeling that there’s an opportunity here.""
- Facebook Engineers Reveal How New Messages Features Came To Be | Fast Company (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

Senin, 15 November 2010

defection on the rise from north korea

the reason for the separation between the north and south korea was dated back then during japan occupation of korean peninsula.when in 1930 japan rules korean but in 1945 japan suffered heaviest defeat due to 2 atomic bombs dropped by the US and the joint attack by coalition forces such as soviet union.as japan left the korean peninsula then america and soviet union decided to divide the korean peninsula by two parts.the north korea get to governed by the soviet union and the south get to governed by the american.hence there's exist a communist state and a democratic state.overtime soviet union dominance diminished and the north find themselves unable to move forward with their economy and lagged behind, this is different situation with those in south korea that has its prosperity skyrocketing with the help of the US.the thing is that north korea is a reclusive regime that try to silence its people against any rebellion of its state and thus many people suffered there.

perihal:

"Defections from North Korea have risen markedly in recent years, as economic conditions have worsened in the North and more news from abroad filters into the secretive communist state."
- North Korea Defections on Rise, South Says - NYTimes.com (lihat di Google Wikipinggir)

Selasa, 09 November 2010

apache battles with oracle's restriction on java

this is utterly bad news for all of those programmer out there.every programmer in this world knew that java is an ubiquitious language when it came to learning object-oriented design.and realizing the fate that java had become now due to oracle's restriction that were in place only put salt into the wound.this must be hindered as java is still my most favourite programming language.the only way for this to be solve is for google to buy java from oracle. with their deep pockets of money and their heavy reliance on java on their android OS they surely must anticipated this move. hope things will turn out good for all of us involved.

in reference to:

"Charging that Oracle has willfully disregarded the licensing terms for its own Java technology, the Apache Software Foundation has called upon other members of the Java Community Process (JCP) to vote against the next proposed version of the language, should Oracle continue to impose restrictions on open-source Java use."
- Apache declares war on Oracle over Java | ITworld (view on Google Sidewiki)

tifatul sembiring hands touched with woman

actually it didn't really matter to touch a woman.but perhaps some people just taking it too far.just like this one.

in reference to:

"n footage of the official welcome, Sembiring appeared to share his countrymen's enthusiasm. He smiled broadly as he shook the president's hand and then reached with both hands to grasp Michelle's. But later he said she forced their contact."
- Did Indonesia minister shake US first lady's hand? (view on Google Sidewiki)

Senin, 08 November 2010

iran's panicking

the tough security sanctions placed on iran by the US starts biting into iranian government now.the phase out subsidies and other basic products will incite demonstration across iran.let's see how this iron-fisted regime handles this debacles.

in reference to:

"Iranian authorities have been tightening security ahead of a controversial government plan to phase out basic food and fuel subsidies. The government is bracing for social unrest, and has increased the police presence in Tehran and other cities. On Monday, several underground rap musicians were arrested in Tehran, and last week hundreds of young men and women were arrested in what the police termed a "security cleansing.""
- Iran Arrests Four Students in New Crackdown - WSJ.com (view on Google Sidewiki)

Minggu, 07 November 2010

laptop will cook your nether region

yes that's right,if you're a man then it's better not to put a laptop on your lap as it will cook your testical due to overheating.especially if you use laptop that uses AMD instead of intel -- as widely known AMD laptop generate much more heat than intel processor -- .so to prevent it then please don't put any laptop on your lap.just put it on the table or just buy an ipad instead. :-)

in reference to:

"Whoever invented the 'laptop' probably didn't worry too much about male reproductive health."
- Your laptop could be cooking your testicles - Health - Men's health - msnbc.com (view on Google Sidewiki)