Let's see u can answer the 3 Qs below!
Q1. A murderer is condemned to death. He has to choose between three rooms. The first is full of raging fires; the second is full of assassins with loaded guns, and the third is full of lions that haven't eaten in 3 years. Which room is safest for him?
Q2. A woman shoots her husband. Then she holds him under water for over 5 minutes. Finally, she hangs him. But 5 minutes later they both go out together and enjoy a wonderful dinner together. How can this be?
Q3. This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Try to do so without any coaching!
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Answers
1. The third. Lions that haven't eaten in three years are dead.
2. The woman was a photographer. She shot a picture of her husband, developed it and hung it up to dry.
3. The letter "e," which is the most common letter in the English language, does not appear once in the long paragraph.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Friday, February 10, 2006
Why (Feb 2006)
Why does wet fabric appear darker?
When fabric gets wet, light coming towards it refracts within the water, dispersing the light. In addition, the surface of the water causes incoherent light scattering. The combination of these two effects causes less light to reflect to your eyes and makes the wet fabric appear darker.
Why does water not calm the tongue after eating hot spicy food?
The spices in most of the hot foods that we eat are oily, and, like your elementary school science teacher taught you, oil and water don't mix. In this case, the water just rolls over the oily spices.
What can you do to calm your aching tongue? Eat bread. The bread will absorb the oily spices. A second solution is to drink milk. Milk contains a substance called "casein" which will bind to the spices and carry them away. Alcohol also dissolves oily spices.
Why is blue for boys and pink for girls?
In ancient times, it was believed that certain colours could combat the evil spirits that lingered over nurseries. Because blue was associated with the heavenly spirits, boys were clothed in that colour, boys then being considered the most valuable resource to parents. Although baby girls did not have a colour associated with them, they were mostly clothed in black. It was only in the Middle Ages when pink became associated with baby girls.
Why do people kiss under the mistletoe at Christmas?
In ancient myth, when the son of the Norse goddess Frigga was killed by an arrow made of mistletoe and then brought back to life, she blessed the mistletoe and bestowed a kiss on all who passed beneath it. In the 18th century, the legend was adopted as a promise to marry. At Christmas a lady standing under a mistletoe may not refuse a kiss. If she does, she cannot expect to marry the following year. So it is told.
Why are there bunnies and eggs at Easter?
The ancient Anglo-Saxons celebrated the return of spring with a carnival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eostre. The word carnival possibly originated from the Latin ‘carne vale' meaning "flesh, farewell" or "meat, farewell." The offerings were rabbits and coloured eggs, bidding an end to winter.
As it happened, the pagan festival of Eostre occurred at the same time of year as the Christian observance of the Resurrection of Christ and it didn't take the Christian missionaries long to convert the Anglo-Saxons when they encountered them in the second century. The offering of rabbits and eggs eventually became the Easter bunny and Easter eggs.
If blood is red, why are veins blue?
Blood is bright red in its oxygenated form and a dark red in deoxygenated form. In simpler terms, it is bright red when it leaves the lungs full of oxygen and dark red when it returns to the lungs for a refill. Veins appear blue because light penetrating the skin is absorbed and reflected in high energy wavelengths back to the eye. Higher energy wavelengths are blue.
Why did Columbus and others try to sail around the world?
You probably know that people native to the Americas are called "Indians" because early explorers like Christopher Columbus thought they had come across the Indian spice islands. Traders were forced to sail westward after the spice route to the East by land was blocked for Europeans by Muslim uprisings.
Why is it called a "loo?"
The British word for toilet, "loo", derives from the French "garde a l'eau!" In medieval Europe people had little conception of hygiene and threw the contents of their chamber pots out the window into the street below. In France the practice was preceded by "garde a l'eau!" ("watch out for the water!"). In England, this phrase was Anglicised, first to "gardy-loo!", then just "loo", and eventually came to mean the toilet/lavatory itself. The American word for toilet, "john", is called after the John Harington mentioned above.
Why is the sky blue?
When sunlight travels through the atmosphere, it collides with gas molecules. These molecules scatter the light. The shorter the wavelength of light, the more it is scattered by the atmosphere. Because it has a shorter wavelength than the other colours, blue light is scattered more, ten times more than red light, for instance. That is why the sky is blue.
Why does the setting sun look reddish orange? When the sun is on the horizon, its light takes a longer path through the atmosphere to reach your eyes than when the sun is directly overhead. By the time the light of the setting sun reaches your eyes, most of the blue light has been scattered out. The light you finally see is reddish orange, the colour of white light minus blue.
Why do onions make you cry?
Onions, like other plants, are made of cells. The cells are divided into two sections separated by a membrane. One side of the membrane contains an enzyme which helps chemical processes occur in your body. The other side of the membrane contains molecules that contain sulfur. When you cut an onion, the contents on each side of the membrane mix and cause a chemical reaction. This reaction produces molecules such as ethylsufine which make your eyes water.
To prevent crying when you cut an onion, cut it under a running tap of cold water. The sulfur compounds dissolve in water and are rinsed down the sink before they reach your eyes. You can also put the onion in the freezer for ten minutes before you cut it. Cold temperatures slow down the reaction between the enzyme and the sulfur compounds so fewer of the burning molecules will reach your eyes.
When fabric gets wet, light coming towards it refracts within the water, dispersing the light. In addition, the surface of the water causes incoherent light scattering. The combination of these two effects causes less light to reflect to your eyes and makes the wet fabric appear darker.
Why does water not calm the tongue after eating hot spicy food?
The spices in most of the hot foods that we eat are oily, and, like your elementary school science teacher taught you, oil and water don't mix. In this case, the water just rolls over the oily spices.
What can you do to calm your aching tongue? Eat bread. The bread will absorb the oily spices. A second solution is to drink milk. Milk contains a substance called "casein" which will bind to the spices and carry them away. Alcohol also dissolves oily spices.
Why is blue for boys and pink for girls?
In ancient times, it was believed that certain colours could combat the evil spirits that lingered over nurseries. Because blue was associated with the heavenly spirits, boys were clothed in that colour, boys then being considered the most valuable resource to parents. Although baby girls did not have a colour associated with them, they were mostly clothed in black. It was only in the Middle Ages when pink became associated with baby girls.
Why do people kiss under the mistletoe at Christmas?
In ancient myth, when the son of the Norse goddess Frigga was killed by an arrow made of mistletoe and then brought back to life, she blessed the mistletoe and bestowed a kiss on all who passed beneath it. In the 18th century, the legend was adopted as a promise to marry. At Christmas a lady standing under a mistletoe may not refuse a kiss. If she does, she cannot expect to marry the following year. So it is told.
Why are there bunnies and eggs at Easter?
The ancient Anglo-Saxons celebrated the return of spring with a carnival commemorating their goddess of offspring and of springtime, Eostre. The word carnival possibly originated from the Latin ‘carne vale' meaning "flesh, farewell" or "meat, farewell." The offerings were rabbits and coloured eggs, bidding an end to winter.
As it happened, the pagan festival of Eostre occurred at the same time of year as the Christian observance of the Resurrection of Christ and it didn't take the Christian missionaries long to convert the Anglo-Saxons when they encountered them in the second century. The offering of rabbits and eggs eventually became the Easter bunny and Easter eggs.
If blood is red, why are veins blue?
Blood is bright red in its oxygenated form and a dark red in deoxygenated form. In simpler terms, it is bright red when it leaves the lungs full of oxygen and dark red when it returns to the lungs for a refill. Veins appear blue because light penetrating the skin is absorbed and reflected in high energy wavelengths back to the eye. Higher energy wavelengths are blue.
Why did Columbus and others try to sail around the world?
You probably know that people native to the Americas are called "Indians" because early explorers like Christopher Columbus thought they had come across the Indian spice islands. Traders were forced to sail westward after the spice route to the East by land was blocked for Europeans by Muslim uprisings.
Why is it called a "loo?"
The British word for toilet, "loo", derives from the French "garde a l'eau!" In medieval Europe people had little conception of hygiene and threw the contents of their chamber pots out the window into the street below. In France the practice was preceded by "garde a l'eau!" ("watch out for the water!"). In England, this phrase was Anglicised, first to "gardy-loo!", then just "loo", and eventually came to mean the toilet/lavatory itself. The American word for toilet, "john", is called after the John Harington mentioned above.
Why is the sky blue?
When sunlight travels through the atmosphere, it collides with gas molecules. These molecules scatter the light. The shorter the wavelength of light, the more it is scattered by the atmosphere. Because it has a shorter wavelength than the other colours, blue light is scattered more, ten times more than red light, for instance. That is why the sky is blue.
Why does the setting sun look reddish orange? When the sun is on the horizon, its light takes a longer path through the atmosphere to reach your eyes than when the sun is directly overhead. By the time the light of the setting sun reaches your eyes, most of the blue light has been scattered out. The light you finally see is reddish orange, the colour of white light minus blue.
Why do onions make you cry?
Onions, like other plants, are made of cells. The cells are divided into two sections separated by a membrane. One side of the membrane contains an enzyme which helps chemical processes occur in your body. The other side of the membrane contains molecules that contain sulfur. When you cut an onion, the contents on each side of the membrane mix and cause a chemical reaction. This reaction produces molecules such as ethylsufine which make your eyes water.
To prevent crying when you cut an onion, cut it under a running tap of cold water. The sulfur compounds dissolve in water and are rinsed down the sink before they reach your eyes. You can also put the onion in the freezer for ten minutes before you cut it. Cold temperatures slow down the reaction between the enzyme and the sulfur compounds so fewer of the burning molecules will reach your eyes.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Read Carefully and Understand the Meanings
Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.
Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry?
If love isn't a game, why are there so many players?
Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
You can only go as far as you push!
Actions speak louder than words.
The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.
Don't let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.
Life's short. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it.
A best friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.
Some people make the world special by just being in it.
Best friends are the siblings God forgot to give us.
When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.
True friendship never ends.
Friends are forever.
Good friends are like stars....you don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
Don't frown; you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Most people walk in and out of your life, but only friends' leave footprints in your heart.
If u loves something...let it go.
If it comes back to you its yours....
If it doesn't then it never was.
A kiss is just a kiss until u finds the one you love.
A hug is just a hug, until it's from the one ur thinking of. A dream is just a dream until u makes it come true. LOVE is just a word until its proven 2 u.
Love starts with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear.
Don't cry over anyone who won't cry over you.
What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry?
If love isn't a game, why are there so many players?
Good friends are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget.
You can only go as far as you push!
Actions speak louder than words.
The hardest thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else.
Don't let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff.
Life's short. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it.
A best friend is like a four leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.
Some people make the world special by just being in it.
Best friends are the siblings God forgot to give us.
When it hurts to look back, and you're scared to look ahead, you can look beside you and your best friend will be there.
True friendship never ends.
Friends are forever.
Good friends are like stars....you don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
Don't frown; you never know who is falling in love with your smile.
Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end.
Most people walk in and out of your life, but only friends' leave footprints in your heart.
If u loves something...let it go.
If it comes back to you its yours....
If it doesn't then it never was.
A kiss is just a kiss until u finds the one you love.
A hug is just a hug, until it's from the one ur thinking of. A dream is just a dream until u makes it come true. LOVE is just a word until its proven 2 u.
hmm...
Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are flat?
Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
What is the speed of darkness?
Are there specially reserved parking spaces for "normal" people at the Special Olympics?
If you send someone 'Styrofoam', how do you pack it?
If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
If it's true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?
Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?
If someone with a split personality threatens to commit suicide, is it a hostage situation?
Do you cry under water?
How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up every two hours?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.
Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they know there is not enough?
Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?
Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection?
Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?
Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?
Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "lisp"?
What is the speed of darkness?
Are there specially reserved parking spaces for "normal" people at the Special Olympics?
If you send someone 'Styrofoam', how do you pack it?
If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow, how cold will it be?
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
If it's true that we are here to help others, what are the others doing here?
Do married people live longer than single ones or does it only seem longer?
If someone with a split personality threatens to commit suicide, is it a hostage situation?
Do you cry under water?
How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
If money doesn't grow on trees then why do banks have branches?
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up every two hours?
If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.
Communication
Depending on your working environment, you may find this offending or you may face the same situation as I am. Frustrated and felt so hopelessly handicapped.
Isolation?
Noticeable when going out for lunch, we have been isolated. Being rationale, ignore the isolation and get on with our life is better. As I know splitting 1 team in 2 difference place is bounced to cause isolation.
Co-operation?
Cooperating meaning wait and discuss. In the ends, it means talking blanks and finger pointing to someone to do the work. Why wait when 1 person can do the work just fine?
Tolerate?
Being tolerate means being viewed as weak and undecided, so much for mister nice guy. I wonder how they define tolerate and decisive.
Definitions of COMMUNICATE on the Web:
* transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
* transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"
* convey: transfer to another; "communicate a disease"
* join or connect; "The rooms communicated"
* be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas; "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
My definition of office communication, keep it short and simple. Just make them understand what you want, let them decide how to execute it, they are not young kids, they have mind to think and I don't plan to insult their intellectual ability.
When the armies are engage in battle, the commanding officer issue 'Fire at will', I wonder what will the soldier do? Are them in a mess? They know what to do and will execute it properly. Are they train to do it? Yes, so are the people in office, they are not new hires and no detail instruction is required.
Too much of communication means lack of productivity. Maybe this is the way the people wants it. If you don't communicate with me, then I will give you a hard time.
Isolation?
Noticeable when going out for lunch, we have been isolated. Being rationale, ignore the isolation and get on with our life is better. As I know splitting 1 team in 2 difference place is bounced to cause isolation.
Co-operation?
Cooperating meaning wait and discuss. In the ends, it means talking blanks and finger pointing to someone to do the work. Why wait when 1 person can do the work just fine?
Tolerate?
Being tolerate means being viewed as weak and undecided, so much for mister nice guy. I wonder how they define tolerate and decisive.
Definitions of COMMUNICATE on the Web:
* transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees"; "pass along the good news"
* transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist"
* convey: transfer to another; "communicate a disease"
* join or connect; "The rooms communicated"
* be in verbal contact; interchange information or ideas; "He and his sons haven't communicated for years"; "Do you communicate well with your advisor?"
wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn
My definition of office communication, keep it short and simple. Just make them understand what you want, let them decide how to execute it, they are not young kids, they have mind to think and I don't plan to insult their intellectual ability.
When the armies are engage in battle, the commanding officer issue 'Fire at will', I wonder what will the soldier do? Are them in a mess? They know what to do and will execute it properly. Are they train to do it? Yes, so are the people in office, they are not new hires and no detail instruction is required.
Too much of communication means lack of productivity. Maybe this is the way the people wants it. If you don't communicate with me, then I will give you a hard time.
Performance Management Dialogue II
Since I didn't know much about Technical Symposium last year, this year I am more prepared. In fact, I plan to submit 2 or 3 technical paper this year. I will try to produce a good technical paper that the judge will accept and make the team proud. If possible, I would like to try to submit patent paper as well but I would need more help from Edmond and Choon Guan.
Also planning to take RAE this year and pass the exam, it would be better this time since I got more time to prepare myself for the exam. For finding defects, I have been doing some reading and will try to practice the theory when I run expert test. I would use more error input to improve my testing and try to be more observant.
At the moment, I am spending 100% concentration and time on box testing. I do have some ideas on how to improve the team; one of the mini projects I am working on is modifying an information portal to make knowledge sharing a breeze. The idea is to make the box test handbook accessible online, easier to maintain and everyone can contribute to it. The progress is kind of slow as I need some details from our Penang Box Test Homepage server before I can continue the project.
Working here is enjoyable, but sometime I also need to plan for my future as well. I have thoughts of furthering my study later this year but I have yet to decide on this. I will continue to contribute my service in Motorola and make a decision before my contracts end. However I can't give you a confirmation as I am undecided at the moment. Anything can happen and I may change my decision depending on the situation.
Also planning to take RAE this year and pass the exam, it would be better this time since I got more time to prepare myself for the exam. For finding defects, I have been doing some reading and will try to practice the theory when I run expert test. I would use more error input to improve my testing and try to be more observant.
At the moment, I am spending 100% concentration and time on box testing. I do have some ideas on how to improve the team; one of the mini projects I am working on is modifying an information portal to make knowledge sharing a breeze. The idea is to make the box test handbook accessible online, easier to maintain and everyone can contribute to it. The progress is kind of slow as I need some details from our Penang Box Test Homepage server before I can continue the project.
Working here is enjoyable, but sometime I also need to plan for my future as well. I have thoughts of furthering my study later this year but I have yet to decide on this. I will continue to contribute my service in Motorola and make a decision before my contracts end. However I can't give you a confirmation as I am undecided at the moment. Anything can happen and I may change my decision depending on the situation.
Monday, February 06, 2006
Foo Bar
Bar
A bar is an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold to be drunk on premises. It can be either an independent business or a section of a restaurant or hotel.
One day I am going to open a pub of my own, where real alcohol is going to be sold. No more beer flavored water is being served (20% beer mix with 60% plain water and 20% of ice). No more there is inexpensive wine, liquor or whisky being sold at a premium rate.
This is absurd when you are killing yourself with the low quality alcohol. Anyway I maybe not be a good businessman where the competitor are earning millions while I earn a few grant only but I do believe more people need a place to relax and release their tension.
Below is what my temporary bar establishment may look like.
A bar is an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold to be drunk on premises. It can be either an independent business or a section of a restaurant or hotel.
One day I am going to open a pub of my own, where real alcohol is going to be sold. No more beer flavored water is being served (20% beer mix with 60% plain water and 20% of ice). No more there is inexpensive wine, liquor or whisky being sold at a premium rate.
This is absurd when you are killing yourself with the low quality alcohol. Anyway I maybe not be a good businessman where the competitor are earning millions while I earn a few grant only but I do believe more people need a place to relax and release their tension.
Below is what my temporary bar establishment may look like.
Ultra-Stable Software Design in C++?
From the failure-minimization dept.
null_functor asks: "I need to create an ultra-stable, crash-free application in C++. Sadly, the programming language cannot be changed due to reasons of efficiency and availability of core libraries. The application can be naturally divided into several modules, such as GUI, core data structures, a persistent object storage mechanism, a distributed communication module and several core algorithms. Basically, it allows users to crunch a god-awful amount of data over several computing nodes. The application is meant to primarily run on Linux, but should be portable to Windows without much difficulty." While there's more to this, what strategies should a developer take to insure that the resulting program is as crash-free as possible?
"I'm thinking of decoupling the modules physically so that, even if one crashes/becomes unstable (say, the distributed communication module encounters a segmentation fault, has a memory leak or a deadlock), the others remain alive, detect the error, and silently re-start the offending 'module'. Sure, there is no guarantee that the bug won't resurface in the module's new incarnation, but (I'm guessing!) it at least reduces the number of absolute system failures.
How can I actually implement such a decoupling? What tools (System V IPC/custom socket-based message-queue system/DCE/CORBA? my knowledge of options is embarrassingly trivial :-( ) would you suggest should be used? Ideally, I'd want the function call abstraction to be available just like in, say, Java RMI.
And while we are at it, are there any software _design patterns_ that specifically tackle the stability issue?"
http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/06/02/05/0119223.shtml
100% stable software? I don't really think it is possible, no programmer can really predict what the user input is or user interaction would be thus tackle the issue. We will have to try harder when we do the planning and design stage.
null_functor asks: "I need to create an ultra-stable, crash-free application in C++. Sadly, the programming language cannot be changed due to reasons of efficiency and availability of core libraries. The application can be naturally divided into several modules, such as GUI, core data structures, a persistent object storage mechanism, a distributed communication module and several core algorithms. Basically, it allows users to crunch a god-awful amount of data over several computing nodes. The application is meant to primarily run on Linux, but should be portable to Windows without much difficulty." While there's more to this, what strategies should a developer take to insure that the resulting program is as crash-free as possible?
"I'm thinking of decoupling the modules physically so that, even if one crashes/becomes unstable (say, the distributed communication module encounters a segmentation fault, has a memory leak or a deadlock), the others remain alive, detect the error, and silently re-start the offending 'module'. Sure, there is no guarantee that the bug won't resurface in the module's new incarnation, but (I'm guessing!) it at least reduces the number of absolute system failures.
How can I actually implement such a decoupling? What tools (System V IPC/custom socket-based message-queue system/DCE/CORBA? my knowledge of options is embarrassingly trivial :-( ) would you suggest should be used? Ideally, I'd want the function call abstraction to be available just like in, say, Java RMI.
And while we are at it, are there any software _design patterns_ that specifically tackle the stability issue?"
http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/06/02/05/0119223.shtml
100% stable software? I don't really think it is possible, no programmer can really predict what the user input is or user interaction would be thus tackle the issue. We will have to try harder when we do the planning and design stage.
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