It's a mission...

Since I was small, I had my imaginations fueled by various TV programs. I thought we could create intelligent, creative, emotional, robotic minds.

To model something intelligent, I usually just refer to something eeriely similar - the human brain. Though programmable, given enough insight and motivation, I am sure the human minds are capable of creativity and initiative.

The thought process of a human being consists of cognitive concepts. I'd say it's a string of thoughts, with each relational ideas in mind tied closely to it. If we pull the string, it will trigger ideas that were previously associated with it.

If we seek to establish this kind of connections within the machinic mind. We would have to be able to route and re-route circuits, which could be both consciously and subconsciously triggered. It is easy to see how this kind of mechanism is achievable in a biological body like the living human. It is not impossible to implement it in a man-made center of thought.

Modern advances in circuit and MEMS will provide us with more than enough capability to route it. But I think the relevant question to ask at this point is, do we have the power to create a self-generating, independent, unrestricted mind of its own?

The new roles of the common handheld communication device, known as cell phones.

Ooo... so i got an Mp3 player that plays only songs with bitrate up to 192 bit/s. You picky consumers out there don't start mocking my new Samsung D807 because I am sure yours can't even play it unless u made it urself.

I bought this phone thinking that it'd replace a need for me to get an IPod, well, the idea seems possible, but having to recompress everything is a bit troublesome.

The reason why I did not even start b*tching bout this 192 bit/s thing is because as an Electrical Engineer myself I know how hard (or have a relatively accurate estimate of) it is to make a hardware Mpeg Decoder. and to put it into a 50mmx50mm die that is the brain of your cellular phone.

Believe me, if they could run it faster than what it could play, they would have done so already. I don't think cell phones are meant to be overclocked like ur processor is. Even if you can do it, u probably will just fry ur new LG chocolate within 2 days anyway.

Well, as I was typing out my blog, I was trying out the new feature, playing a popular Jay Chou song from a couple years back. I did not like Jay in any particular fashion, but I put it in because there are friends of mine that didn't like him in particular. Don't bother asking me why it makes sense, because it don't and there are times you REALLY REALLY need to irritate someone and you'll never know what may come in handy. (hmm.. maybe a speakerphone...)

well, my samsung's feature allowing the ringtone to be set to only be as large as 600kb. It took me a long time to resize my songs.. arghhh...

it's still a good phone. Go get urs now, and put ur iPod near the 5-10 year old discman, because u should categorized ur stuff appriopriately, and it's time to organize ur out-of-fashion-nothing-more-than-just-a-show-with-stolen-technology-from-Creative-Labs iPod in the right place.

Roasted Badger anyone?

I went to a barbeque today, although I'd like to have some roasted badger there, but they don't serve em here.

Well, I had enough of my share during the Michigan - Wisconsin game, which I watched from the student section of the Big House.

Wisconsin was on my hate list since last season. I even adopted a pet badger to abuse because of them.

Highlights of the game.
1) Chad Henne pass intercepted by Allen Langford at the Wisc 35, returned for 5 yards to the Wisc 40.
2) John Stocco pass complete to PJ Hill for 29 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
3) Chad Henne pass complete to Mario Manningham for 24 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
4) Zoltan Mesko punt for 51 yards, returned by Zach Hampton for no gain to the Wisc 18, fumbled at the Wisc 18, forced by Team, recovered by Turner Booth.
5) Garrett Rivas 31 yard Field Goal GOOD.
6) Facemask on Steve Breaston Not Called by referee.
7 ) Chad Henne pass complete to Mario Manningham for 38 yards for a TOUCHDOWN.
8) Mike Hart 5 yard rushing TOUCHDOWN.

so the hype level is pretty bad for me since i entered the stadium after a feverish day.so I was like
1) ... arghh.. I am sick and tired...
2) Cough Cough*.. what happened?
3) Hail!!
4) Oooo (Punt).... Fumble (whoa!!) ... Recovery (YEAH!!!)
5) HAIL TO THE VICTORS (again!!)
6) BULLSH-EEEEEEEEEE-T!!! BOOO !! BOOO!!!
7) I am feeling so much better now.
8) Did I just smelled smoked badger? It smells so much like the Wisconsin Skunks too...

*note. if we didn't win by 14 points. No. 6's hype level will go all the way up... Like this:

note the blowing up of physical indexes where ppl usually think that 100 is the max hype level a person could have.

I feel SOOO much better after the game. Cough*. I am sure my flu has gotten better.

Why war is necessary...

Two weeks ago, the UN and French government brokered a cease-fire between the Hezbollah and Israel. In the cease-fire proposal, they called for an unconditional release of the two abducted soldiers. On the outside, it seemed perfect and peaceful. But it is extremely flawed.

Here's why. If there's anything that Hezbollah wants, it's the trading of prisoners. They didn't go that far for nothing, and as long as their objectives are not achieved, there's no reason to turn over their trump card. So, eventually, nothing will be achieved by this short term cease fire. Moreover, it lets both sides have more time to prepare better troops, weapons, and strategies, to only cause more deaths on the battlefields and costs more innocent lives.

Israelis have their own sights in mind. To weed out the terrorist organization once and for all, is indeed better solution than keeping the ticking timebomb. Absorbing Hezbollah troops into the Lebanese Army is definitely not a long term approach. As long as the ideology is alive, it's a matter of time before all hell breaks loose again.

The peacekeepers are a joke. Look at them, people don't wanna fight them, and they have no motive to stabilize things the way they should be - by killing off the opposition.

And you're probably going like - What about the civillians in Tyre? Come on, if there are any people smart enough to stay in places like that, it's either they're held in by Hez troops or they're holding their fellow citizens from fleeing. It's not the first time things like this happened, and will not be the last.

In the world where conflict is inevitable, why do we try to stop wars at costs so great, it defeats the purpose of peace. I say - evict everyone from the region, and let them fight, finish it like a man. Then, the people can go back to their hometown and rebuild it. This time, it's permanent. It's a much better solution. Low civilian casualties and efficient.

As a conclusion, I'd like to point out that the world's first digital computer is made to read missile shells during World War II. It is easy to see how digital computer enhanced our lifestyle greatly and saved lives through computer aided surgery, pharmaceutical research, and so forth. Conflict is often the first step towards the better, all we need to do is look at the bigger picture.

Keep the troops in Iraq, clear out the vermin before it's too late. (and take some oil while u're at it)

The most advanced countries in the world are belligerent, U.S. Brits, Japan, Israel, China, Russia, which one of them have not fought a war in their own interests?

Anti-war sentiments are terrorist-loving in the context of our day. As a chinese saying goes: "kindness to the enemy is the cruelty to oneself", please, be kind to yourself, just for once.

Human beings are programmable.

We are much easier to program than computers, we do not require much complicated languages, and comprehends instruction MUCH easier.

Just like when we were young, and if we did something bad, we'll get spanked and punished. Some call it education, but it is also a very subtle programming, a foundation of do's and don't's, protocols (yes, we need to greet people before starting a meal).

And if you think it takes a long time to program a person, you may find it really wrong. A person can learn fast, and likewise brainwashed fast. If you haven't keep in touch with the news recently, there was a jet bombing threat that was thwarted (thank goodness). 10 jets flying from london to the U.S. were targeted for bombing, allowing it to drop into the atlantic ocean, however, at the final phase of the plan, perpetrators were caught. Quoting ITN reporter, Helen Callagher, "friends to one of the young men (arrested ppl) said they became very religous recently, attending a mosque setup in a converted house near the address...". How long do you think "recently" would be? 6 months? 1 year? nothing is too long, to make a person throw away their lives for some damned terrorist attack.

[ side note : I am not saying being religious is bad, but u know, I am an atheist after all. Saying that the young men which has connection to the terrorist attacks are very religious of course would throw people off guard and make it seems like religious people are of such violent nature is of course extremely incorrect. But in my context, I am just saying that, people could be programmed one way or another. ]

There are people that programs others, there are some that gets programmed, some that does both, (knowingly and unknowingly).

P.S. I am still trying to program myself so that i will wake up early in the morning, do stuff on time and such. not much of a success yet, but i'll keep trying.