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Sudo Make Friend

Feb 24

Posted by Hean in Computers, Linux, Operating System, Toot! | No Comments

One of my most recurring jokes is that I don’t have any friends (yeah, right, joke…)  so today I was thinking about how hard it is to make friend, and I mean a true friend, not just any acquaintances which more or less straight forward to obtain. Below is an account of my attempt to make friend at a terminal, with a setting I was not familiar with:

$ sudo make friend
[sudo] password for sudo:
Sorry, try again.
[sudo] password for sudo:
Sorry, try again.

It is then at this point that I realise, even with access to the source of a friendship, you just can’t make friend easily in a foreign setting, even by invoking sudo, since you don’t have the correct key.

Math by Datuk Dr. Teng Hock Nan

Nov 13

Posted by khensthoth in Penang, Toot! | No Comments

Here’s what the Penang Gerakan Chairman, who once were in a race to be the Penang Chief Minister before having their embarrassing asses “whoopped” by the DAP in the 12th General Election, said in a recent news:

Meanwhile, Teng, quoting MIDA’s statistics, said Penang received RM1.67 billion investment as at the third quarter this year.

The number, he said was eight times lower as compared to the investment secured in the corresponding period last year, which was at RM10.15 billion.

THN-Math

To be fair, I think I should use the original figures provided by MIDA available here. I should also point out that the figures are for the months January to August. The last I checked, “as at the third quarter this year” meant from “as at January to September” this year.

The figure for 2008 was RM 10,156,301,413, and the figure as at August 2009 is RM 1,664,533,609. When the numbers are rounded up to the nearest billion with two decimal places, that’s RM 10.16 billion for 2008 and RM 1.66 billion for 2009. How Datuk Dr. Teng got the figures of RM 10.15 billion and RM 1.67 billion is beyond my understanding.

Next, dividing the 2008 figure by 2009 figure, we get 6.1 – which meant as at August 2009, the amount of investment in the field of Manufacturing that the State of Penang received was 6.1 times lower compared to the same period last year. Clearly, 6.1 ≠ 8.

Even if we used the figures by Datuk Dr. Teng, it still doesn’t make sense no matter how you look at it:

10.15 ÷ 1.67 = 6.08

1.67 × 8 = 13.3

10.15÷ 8 = 1.27

So, there you have it. Mathematics according to the former Penang Chief Minister aspirant, Datuk Dr. Teng Hock Nan.

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Ken’s Kinky Adventure

Oct 22

Posted by Hean in Toot! | No Comments

There is a Metro news on The Star today

Ken is actually a hedgehog.

Heck, I’m sure at 9 inches long, he’ll have all the adventures he want. Who would miss a chance for… ahem… learning, right?

SPOILER: Read the mouseover text to find out what’s really happening.

Don’t Press the Glass to Get Hurt

Oct 22

Posted by khensthoth in Australia, Melbourne, Toot! | No Comments

Bad Translation

Bad Translation

Yes, that is an actual sign found in a secluded place in The University of Melbourne. It’s almost as if someone insert the Mandarin phrase into an online translation service and just copied the output.

Almost… as Google Translate gave even worse results:

Google Translate

Equally bad translation

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Pondan brand Cake Mix?

Oct 20

Posted by khensthoth in Australia, Toot! | 2 Comments

Not to be confused with "Pondan" in Malay

Not to be confused with "Pondan" in Malay language. Product found in Indonesian supermaket in Melbourne.

Yea… coz’ apparently the word Pondan doesn’t mean the same thing in Indonesian language and Malay language. Heck, the word doesn’t even exist in the Indonesian language. And no, I am not making this up. Check it out, they have a whole range of Pondan product available.

Don’t get me wrong – I am not a homophobe. I really do want to see this kind of products made available in Malaysia, all Pondan products. I just hope they have a better marketing/branding team in Malaysia, lest they make the mistake in the urban myth of the Chevy Nova.

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