6. 10/31 can be known as something else besides just 10/31.
5. Star Trek geeks can get their money worth - One more chance to put on the uniforms besides the Convention.
4. Kids get free candies and parents can save and serve the leftover for any occasions.
3. One can cross-dress with no fear and no shame. So... be proud and be all you can be.
2. Ladies dress as trashy (opps I meant sexy) as possible and no one shall call them hoes. Hooray!
No. 1 reason for having Halloween...
One more excuse to get drunk and trashed on a weeknight, and nobody can say you are an alcoholic. Hell Yeah!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Does it sound right?
There are some phrases that we can get mixed up still comes out alright and sounds alright:
1. Philly Cheese steak - Chili Fistick
2. Congratulation - Congradulation (a result of mixing congrad + graduation)
To Be Continuted
1. Philly Cheese steak - Chili Fistick
2. Congratulation - Congradulation (a result of mixing congrad + graduation)
To Be Continuted
Sunday, October 21, 2007
Between Good and Bad
Excellent, great, splendid, awesome, good, nice, ok, normal, so-so, alright, poor, bad, unbelievable, disaster, horrible, awful... Ever wonder running out of words to describe a state between good and bad? Most of the time we are dealing with things that are just "okay." So, how can we signify an okay toward the good side and okay toward the bad side?
Here I present you an alternative way to express your opinion in this type of situation:
When you mean to express "It's alright" leaning to the bad side, you would say "It's a'ight" but the tone should be descending. Say, start with a higher pitch and then end on a lower pitch. Remember, this shall be associated with a hand gesture. Put your hand on a level position with your fingers spread out at a relax state. Then, slightly swivel you hand up and down like playing a piano.
When you mean to express "It's alright" leaning to the good side, you would say "It's a'ight" with your tone ascending. You ought to nod your head slightly as you say it. However, DO NOT EXAGGERATE YOUR MOTION; otherwise, you would look like a bobble head!
So, you have it here, folks. Remember this instruction and use it next time when you are in the situation.
Here I present you an alternative way to express your opinion in this type of situation:
When you mean to express "It's alright" leaning to the bad side, you would say "It's a'ight" but the tone should be descending. Say, start with a higher pitch and then end on a lower pitch. Remember, this shall be associated with a hand gesture. Put your hand on a level position with your fingers spread out at a relax state. Then, slightly swivel you hand up and down like playing a piano.
When you mean to express "It's alright" leaning to the good side, you would say "It's a'ight" with your tone ascending. You ought to nod your head slightly as you say it. However, DO NOT EXAGGERATE YOUR MOTION; otherwise, you would look like a bobble head!
So, you have it here, folks. Remember this instruction and use it next time when you are in the situation.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Word of the Day - Flùcřák
Flùcřák [ fl-ə'̝-ˌzhäk ]
Function: verb
Etymology: Czechoslovakia - Hungary
Date: Before 20th Century
Definition:
Transitive Verb
1 a: to express an emotion, including anger, sadness, disappointment, upset, surprise, excitement, etc. b: to condemn one's action, speech, or thought.
2: to get ones' attention.
3: to exaggerate the importance of a sentence.
4: is the most commonly use when it is used at the beginning of a sentence.
Noun
*Usually paired with a proposition "up" to compose the word of "Flùcřák-up."
1: an expression of a screw-up, mess, and painful result.
Function: verb
Etymology: Czechoslovakia - Hungary
Date: Before 20th Century
Definition:
Transitive Verb
1 a: to express an emotion, including anger, sadness, disappointment, upset, surprise, excitement, etc. b: to condemn one's action, speech, or thought.
2: to get ones' attention
3: to exaggerate the importance of a sentence
4:
Noun
*Usually paired with a proposition "up" to compose the word of "Flùcřák-up."
1: an expression of a screw-up, mess, and painful result.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
MFU - A New Imperial System Defined for Money
What MFU? What is MFU? I hear you cry. No, it is not related to any mother at all.
MFU is an abbreviation of Money Freshness Unit. MFU is a measurement of the newness of your dough. It can be applicable to paper money as well as coins.
Decades after decades, years after years, we handle numerous cash transaction. We have seen cheese-old cash, which you cannot even recognize the face of Lincoln or Washington. Once in a while, we are lucky enough to touch and smell the freshness of a brand-new dollar bill. Based on an unofficial census, a person usually get a hand on cash or coins every 1 minute and 45 seconds. Money (cash/coins) has become an important part of our daily lives, and therefore, it is necessary to set up a system to define the freshness of money.
MFU shall be sub-categorized for paper money MFU(p) and coin MFU(c) applications. They are universal systems for all sorts of currency and can be explained as follows:
MFU(p) is measured at decibel (dB) measured from 1 foot from the subject being tested, paper money. The normal range of MFU(p) is between 10 dB (old cheese) and 60 dB (perfect). The perfectly brand new money shall make the sound of "tar" or "tark." Note: During the testing, money shall be hold at the upper left hand corner and a right index finger shall hit the lower right hand corner of the bill in order to comply to the ASTM testing standards.
MFU(c) is measured at lumen (Lu) measured from 5 foot from the subject being tested. The normal range of MFU(c) is between 0 Lu (worst) and 10 Lu (perfect). The perfectly brand new coin shall make the sound of "ding" or "cling" when it is spin in a drinking water glass. Note: The ASTM standards require that a Surefire flashlight with brand new batteries shall be used to shine on the subject at an angle of 45 degree (incident angle) perpendicular from the subject. Use a lighting measuring device to measure the reflected light from the tested subject and perform the same test for three times. Take the average of the three measurement as the MFU(c).
Reference:
1. Lei, Lemke, and Pavloff, "The Conversation about Money During the Road Trip from the Bay Area to Boston," August 2007.
MFU is an abbreviation of Money Freshness Unit. MFU is a measurement of the newness of your dough. It can be applicable to paper money as well as coins.
Decades after decades, years after years, we handle numerous cash transaction. We have seen cheese-old cash, which you cannot even recognize the face of Lincoln or Washington. Once in a while, we are lucky enough to touch and smell the freshness of a brand-new dollar bill. Based on an unofficial census, a person usually get a hand on cash or coins every 1 minute and 45 seconds. Money (cash/coins) has become an important part of our daily lives, and therefore, it is necessary to set up a system to define the freshness of money.
MFU shall be sub-categorized for paper money MFU(p) and coin MFU(c) applications. They are universal systems for all sorts of currency and can be explained as follows:
MFU(p) is measured at decibel (dB) measured from 1 foot from the subject being tested, paper money. The normal range of MFU(p) is between 10 dB (old cheese) and 60 dB (perfect). The perfectly brand new money shall make the sound of "tar" or "tark." Note: During the testing, money shall be hold at the upper left hand corner and a right index finger shall hit the lower right hand corner of the bill in order to comply to the ASTM testing standards.
MFU(c) is measured at lumen (Lu) measured from 5 foot from the subject being tested. The normal range of MFU(c) is between 0 Lu (worst) and 10 Lu (perfect). The perfectly brand new coin shall make the sound of "ding" or "cling" when it is spin in a drinking water glass. Note: The ASTM standards require that a Surefire flashlight with brand new batteries shall be used to shine on the subject at an angle of 45 degree (incident angle) perpendicular from the subject. Use a lighting measuring device to measure the reflected light from the tested subject and perform the same test for three times. Take the average of the three measurement as the MFU(c).
Reference:
1. Lei, Lemke, and Pavloff, "The Conversation about Money During the Road Trip from the Bay Area to Boston," August 2007.
The Hypothesis of Sport-dynamics
The Hypothesis of Sport-dynamics
Found on the basis that life is a zero-sum game, the hypothesis of sport-dyanmics states: Your favorite sport team(s) wins, the other favorite sport team(s) may lose, under the following conditions:
1. These sport teams have to be the absolute favorite teams. It is only allowed to pick one team from each sport to be the favorite team.
2. The choices of favorite teams cannot be based on the records of the teams.
3. Changing favorite teams is permissible only given that a legitimate reason is provided. For example, you have moved to a different city and settled in the area for more than 10 years. You are allowed to switch your favorite team.
Case Support:
Case Study No. 1: Cal football team vs. Cal basketball team.
Back between 1998-2002, Cal football program stink so bad that the team had the worst record of 1 and 11 while Cal basketball was making to the NCAA tournaments. Now, Cal football team was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation whereas the basketball team could not even make it to the NIT.
Mathematic Support:
1. Law of Energy Conservation
2. Bernoulli's equation
3. Thermodynamic Second Law
Assumptions:
1. Victory (V) is a positive energy and loss (L) is a negative energy.
2. The very original gross energy level is 0.
Calculations:
E = 0 at time, t=0
E = V + L + f, where f is miscellaneous energy such as your most dislike teams lose or your favorite players win an award, and at time, t > 0.
V+L+f = E = 0 and let's say f can be neglected since V >> L, therefore,
V+L = 0, and V = -L
Found on the basis that life is a zero-sum game, the hypothesis of sport-dyanmics states: Your favorite sport team(s) wins, the other favorite sport team(s) may lose, under the following conditions:
1. These sport teams have to be the absolute favorite teams. It is only allowed to pick one team from each sport to be the favorite team.
2. The choices of favorite teams cannot be based on the records of the teams.
3. Changing favorite teams is permissible only given that a legitimate reason is provided. For example, you have moved to a different city and settled in the area for more than 10 years. You are allowed to switch your favorite team.
Case Support:
Case Study No. 1: Cal football team vs. Cal basketball team.
Back between 1998-2002, Cal football program stink so bad that the team had the worst record of 1 and 11 while Cal basketball was making to the NCAA tournaments. Now, Cal football team was ranked as high as No. 2 in the nation whereas the basketball team could not even make it to the NIT.
Mathematic Support:
1. Law of Energy Conservation
2. Bernoulli's equation
3. Thermodynamic Second Law
Assumptions:
1. Victory (V) is a positive energy and loss (L) is a negative energy.
2. The very original gross energy level is 0.
Calculations:
E = 0 at time, t=0
E = V + L + f, where f is miscellaneous energy such as your most dislike teams lose or your favorite players win an award, and at time, t > 0.
V+L+f = E = 0 and let's say f can be neglected since V >> L, therefore,
V+L = 0, and V = -L
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