22nd

Jan 2010
Old MMORPG: Marcoland
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hmm just heard of the news that a game i used to be in has been shut down. Its one of those text based games where you spend about 5 minutes a day to maintain your character. Its free and the community is massive. Tiipsi was its name. I vaguely remember. The concept is good as it lets communities grow while there was a main theme to it.  Oh well. There was a sudden urge to rebuild it, but what the heck. Maybe later :D

Posted in Computers
20th

Jan 2010
So you want a PhD
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So you want a PhD. Why do you need a phd?

for glory, oooo a Dr;. for more knowledge; for a good career; for noble cause; or just nothing else to do?

Embarking on a career for Phd is to prepare you to be an independent researcher. Research is about finding answers. Answers to solutions. So to find answers, you must know the environment.

Read read read, know what you are dealing with or love to deal with. Then its time to find the loop holes. Why? is your friend. Why why why? then make a guess of why and you are on a your journey to prove your guess. Just like sherlock. A hypothesis and a proof. That is research.

Some researchers try to make their research sound complicated. but in our current work where public is power. Simplicity is your best friend. A professor once told me “if something is too complicated. Use the stupidiest way to solve it.” And once you do. use the simpliest way to explain it.

Posted in Education
15th

Jan 2010
Best software innovations 2009
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Applications that are simple and have impressed us.

Songbird
Twitter
Google Chrome
Ubuntu Linux 9.10
Virtual Box
PPStream

Posted in Computers
9th

Jan 2010
Your choice in security
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In Dec 2009: A security flaw found in SSL that is applied on websites was noted. A researcher informed various companies but only Google responded. Flaw allows hackers to access cookie history and buyers information.

Companies that ignored or refused to comment: Hotmail. Yahoomail. Facebook. Amazon

In Dec 2009: Firefox tops bug list.

Firefox 102, Adobe Reader 45, Microsoft Office 41, Microsoft IE 30. As usual microsoft dominates top bug list?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10417785-245.html?tag=mncol;mlt_related

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10023958-83.html

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