Pessimism

Is it a bad thing?
Is too much of it a bad thing?
Is too little of it a bad thing?
When is it a good thing?

No matter how far I get away from it,
it keeps catching up.
Its tentacles always reaching to grab me.
Why?

When will I have the chance to be overly optimistic?
How is it that I can be an optimist rather than a pessimist.
Hateful as being a pessimist is,
being an optimist is equally worse.

The benefit of being an optimist is..
the joy of people being around you.
Is that why I want to be optimistic?

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This is my first time attempting a poem. Oh well… I need to read more anyway

No, I am not overly pessimistic. I am dwelling on the result dragging myself through the road of pessimism while trying to be an optimist at the same time. If being an optimistic means that more people are around you then I say: NO WAY! I am internally driven. Can’t stand the feeling of being externally driven to do something. Don’t you feel less and less inclined to do work once you think you are or have failed? To some extent, yes I do, but I still keep going. kthanksbye.

Watching Code Geass for the second time around.

Why am I watching it again? To be direct, this is an anime would love to remember for the rest of my life. Code Geass is all about a student’s rise to a rebellion against his father, who is the king of a huge empire, Britainnia. The story starts out in Japan, which has been taken over by by Britainnia and renamed Area 11. All people who were Japanese are now called Elevens. Britainnia is practically and geographically the United States.

What is most interesting about this show is that there is no specfic good or bad person and it relies on your ideological beliefs to determine who you are sympathetic with. It can go beyond ideological beliefs to personal beliefs as well. Lelouch is the student’s name who is rebelling against his father. His personal beliefs about how the world should be for his sister and the need to know who killed his mother sparks his sentiments against King Charles, his father. Geass is a supernatural power to control people against their will. There are different Geass and different effects.

First episode in season 2 starts off with Lelouch doing what he does best, gambling. The Britainnian military tracks what Lelouch is doing 24/7 with secret agents. Wait till you see the part where the baron is reading what Lelouch does on a certain day (waking up, skipping class, etc.). I would find that to be a little be too much for me if I was being monitored for certain activities. (Why do you care what time I wake up? It is insignficant.) Anyway, fast forward, Lelouch gains his identity (Zero) back alongside the self proclaimed witch, C2. Lelouch uses his geass to order the Britainnian soldiers, who surrounded him, to kill themselves. The Black Knights, Zero’s self proclaimed military although viewed as terrorists, were in on the operation to get Zero back.

Seond episode, season 2. Fast forward, Black Knights defeat the Britainnian forces at Babel Tower with the prize of killed the Viceroy of Area 11. Suzaku is a knight of the round. Zero makes his presence known to the world. Rollo, Lelouch’s fake brother and a secret agent, wants to kill Zero. Fake brother meaning that King Charles used his geass to plant memories of Rollo being a brother to Lelouch into everyone who knew Lelouch and Lelouch himself.

I don’t get why Lelouch’s father, King Charles, and Suzaku kept Lelouch alive only to plant fake memories in him. Why does Suzaku join the Knights of the Round with the intention to kill Zero? He captured Zero before, so what was the point in keeping Lelouch alive? I’m pretty sure King Charles could have gone through with his activities without Lelouch being alive. Apparently, Lelouch was used as bait. I guess it was to keep the story going, which is fine, but it is a cheesy way to do it.

Points: Lelouch has several identities throughout the series. Lelouch is a prince (Lelouch vi Britainnia), a student (Lelouch Lamperouge), a military commander (Zero). Those are the three main identities. Lelouch is Suzaku’s friend all throughout the series even though they have their turbulent periods. Lelouch and Suzaku have the same ideal world in mind at this point, but conflicting ways to bring it about causing trouble in their friendship.

Professional Robbers [At Apple Store] and 31 seconds.

An amazing 31 seconds, an Apple store was robbed a plenty of Apple laptops, iPods, and iPhones. How awesome is that? Let’s clean house baby! As funny as it may be, I don’t think anyone would want this to happen to their house or property for that matter.

Watch it here: Link

Has anyone heard of Wipt?

“Wipt is a package management system similiar to Debian APT.” Wipt

I think that would be pretty cool stuff if Microsoft had a look at it. I haven’t tried it myself, but if it is similiar to apt-get then upgrading would be a lot simpler than double clicking your package file and clicking through endless dialog boxes . The last update was in 2006, so Iguess it has been dropped due to lack of support. I want to know if Microsoft has had a look at this though. Heh, users of apt-get would probably complain about it if Microsoft were to ever implement something like this. There are other projects similar to Wipt, such as Win-get, which looks like it has a lack of support as well… Eh, it is just a thought.

I think it would be beneficial to Windows, although installing in windows is easy enough. This would provide a more organized place to get certain programs… well free programs. There are useful free programs out there, just have to find them. Finding useful free software is harder to find for Windows than Linux or Mac.

Apple’s response to Microsoft’s ad campaign

Apple representative says “A PC is no bargain when it doesn’t do what you want.” I would like to take this time to say, BURN. Wow, I am beginning to like this war between Macs and PCs, although I do not care whether or not anyone uses a Mac or a PC. The truth be told (whether fan boys like it or not) is no one really cares how great a Mac or PC is presented because people use computers for certain reasons and cost.

When it comes to to money, yeah sure, people will buy a PC or save more for a Mac. Given more money, any person, who uses the mushy stuff up there (that’s right point to your head), is likely to buy a powerful PC or a Mac (I am inclined towards powerful PCs). Many, if not most, people use a computer casually. There’s, let’s say, 10% of people in the high school I go to who actually do something creative on the computer, whether it is creating videos or creating art (I am practically the only programmer and the only one going to UIUC).

No matter what, I will stick with a PC (OS: Windows | Linux). Mac is a side order as my interest in Objective-C grows due to the iPod (honestly). I use Windows Vista/7/Xp || Fedora for everything. Windows having the largest amount of devl0pers and software is the part of the reason why I stick with Windows.

When it comes down to choosing between a Mac and a PC, the question is actually “What do you expect to do when you buy a computer?” If you expect to use the computer casually, I suggest a PC. If you expect to create media such as art, audio, or video, then I suggest a Mac. It is based on my experience.

Mac is becoming a little more known, but it will never overtake the lead Windows has or at least It will be long after most of Generation Y and X are dead before Mac is in lead. I say that it might never be in the lead, since companies like Google want to phase out operating systems in favor of a browser OS, so they say.

I must add anyone expecting a Microsoft-free experience is close minded, and will never happen. Microsoft has made contributions and is still making contributions to various projects. Mac OS X has some Microsoft products such as Word. If I am wrong, I am ready to admit that, but it is unlikely. Also for this is for Mac fan boys.

Anyways, nice response to Microsoft’s ad campaign. I want to see Microsoft’s next ad. Something to think about: Doesn’t the PC market continue to exist because of the many hardware makers? If so, do you think Apple will ever have such a market? Lastly, if Apple ever has a market akin to the PC market, will Mac be as buggy as Windows when you install incompatible or conflicting device drivers?

Link to Apple’s response: here

Cursebird

Hey all, check out Cursebird. It provides a “real-time” feed of ‘tweets’ that contain swear words. I cannot believe a site such as this exists, but there are worse. Haha, it shows you how people use curse words in their daily life, no matter what and it tracks the percentage of the uses of a certain curse word. “Fuck” has the top spot currently with “shit"” as the next leader. Wow, just look at it. I think I might make my own web site that looks for certain posts as well. Who knows, anything is possible.

If you have twitter, you can follow me here.

Personal Blog

This is my personal blog where i will be posting anything i feel like posting. Whether my posts are insightful, helpful, interesting, or boring matters not since many of you do not think the same. Very short intro.

I am going to college next year, but i am not sure which one i am going to yet. Its possible that I’ll post college application related stuff in here. Its possible that i might post my university life here. Who knows? I am planning for my new home, which is this blog.

UPDATE: Going to UIUC.