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Quantum Physics is so KEWL!
http://viterbi.usc.edu/news/news/2008/viterbi-algorithm-goes.htm
Finding a textmate in a galaxy far, far away just got that much easier!
'"Such [entangled] photons," in the words of the recent New Scientist story, "obey the strange principles of quantum physics, whereby disturbing the state of one will instantly disturb the other, no matter how much distance there is in between them."'
"Alice would like to transmit a stream of quantum information to Bob. She shares entanglement in the form of ebits before quantum communication begins. Red qubits belong to Alice and blue qubits belong to Bob. She repeatedly performs a series of encoding operations and transmits her qubits as soon as they are encoded. The noisy quantum communication channel corrupts her transmitted qubits. Bob receives her qubits and combines them with his half of the ebits. He performs measurements and Viterbi processing of the measurement results to diagnose the channel errors and performs recovery operations based on the results of the Viterbi algorithm. He then performs a decoding circuit and finally possesses the qubits that Alice first sent."
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
| Rating: | ★ |
| Category: | Movies |
| Genre: | Action & Adventure |
Originally posted at slangards.multiply.com on August 4, '08
This sucked hard.
Take the 1st and 2nd one, take away Rachel Weisz, Oded Fehr, and Arnold Vosloo, add the director of Fast and the Furious and a rehashed script (with Kung Fu!) and what you get is... not worth it.
All Marvel Geeks Must Read This
Originally at slangards.multiply.com on Aug 1, '08
Go here.
Arc !hz14sz5IlM says:
"Should the gloves prove insufficient to hand the eye beam's damaging nature, an adamantium reinforced glider could be fabricated. The goggles would be controlled by means of handgrips hardwired to the glider. An improved avionics package is also a plus in this configuration."
Anonymous replies:
"OH GOD MAKE THIS CANON"
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| Whoever drew these illustrations, I love you! |
FLYCLOPS IS GO!
http://4chanarchive.org/brchive/dspl_thread.php5?thread_id=3277788&x=cyclops+can+fly
Flyclops.
"...an adamantium reinforced glider could be fabricated..."
"...even just a admantium umbrella..."
"...Okay, so they build a new visor that loops around the back of his head, that has an opening in the front and the back, he can open them one at a time or the same time. Add a back pack that opens to wings for stabilizaton, or tiny wing things on the under arms of his costume. FLYCLOPS IS GO!"
"...TO THE SKIES, I SHALL FIGHT EVIL AND BE THE BEST X-MAN LEADER EVER! WHEEEE!..."
This is either the stupidest discussion I've ever seen or it's the most awesome gathering of minds I've ever witnessed.
I can't decide.
UP? meh.
1. ANONG STUDENT NUMBER MO?
95-23856
2. NAKAPASA KA BA OR WAITLISTED?
Both. Passed CS, wait-listed in Arki.
3. PAANO MO NALAMAN ANG ENTRANCE EXAM RESULT?
Highschool classmates told me when it was announced.
4. ANO ANG FIRST CHOICE MO NA COURSE?
Architecture
5. SECOND CHOICE?
Computer Science
6. ANO COURSE MO NA NATAPOS?
Fine Arts
7. NAG-SHIFT KA BA?
duh.
8. CHINITO/CHINITA KA BA?
No. Why? Are you implying a stereotype that perpetuates a fallacy of sweeping generalization. 'Cause that's bad you know?
9. NAKAPAG-DORM KA BA?
No.
10. NAKA UNO KA BA?
Yes. and 2s. and 3s. and 4s. and 5s. Lots of Dropped to.
11. NAGKA-3?
I just said so.
12. LAGI KA BANG PUMAPASOK SA KLASE?
Fine Arts. duh.
13. MAY SCHOLARSHIP KA BA?
No.
14. ILANG UNITS NA ANG NAIPASA MO?
About half?
15. NANGARAP KA BA NA MAG- CUM LAUDE?
Fine Arts. Hello!
16. KELAN KA NAGTAPOS?
2005. That's right. a decade buddy.
17. FAVE PROF
Eli "Where's the Libog?!!! Africa"
18. WORST TEACHER:
I forgot his name. Dude who gave me a 1 when I put flowers on my plate and a 3 when I had a demon on it. That was weird.
19. FAVE SUBJECT:
Photography. Red Room. Or Creative Writing.
20. WORST SUBJECT:
Math 1, Math 11, Math 13, Math 14, Math 52, Math 53, Math 54, etc.
21. FAVE BUILDING:
Sea Weed College. (Next to FA. Nice empty bathrooms.)
22. PABORITONG KAINAN:
Thai Canteen (but I think they closed it.)
23. NONG ESTUDYANTE KA PA MAGKANO BA ANG BINABAYAD MO SA JEEP?
P1.25 I think...
24. LAGI KA BA SA LIBRARY?
No. Library sucked. Can't find a decent dinosaur or scifi book to save your life.
25. NAGPUNTA KA BA SA CLINIC NUN?
Yes. Had a respiratory infection once, F*ckin' Doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics that were P1000 per pill. Hello!? UP STUDENT!.
'Tard.
26. MAY CRUSH KA BA SA CAMPUS?
Yes.
27. ANU-ANO ANG MGA NAGING PE MO?
Finished:
Judo
Aikido
Scrabble
Bridge
Dropped for some reason or another:
Philippine Games
Tai Chi
Camping
Chess
28. KAMUSTA NAMAN ANG BLOCK NYO?
They all came out of the closet and formed stage act that is debuting on Broadway next season.
29. MEMORIZE MO BA ANG ALMA MATER SONG?
I don't even know the name of it.
30. MEMBER KA BA NG VARSITY TEAM?
I am now rolling on the floor. Laughing.
31. NAKA-PERFECT KA NA BA NG EXAM?
Again. On the floor.
32. DITO KA BA NATUTONG UMINOM NG BEER?
The gang still has yet to successfully get me drunk. They should start a pot.
95-23856
2. NAKAPASA KA BA OR WAITLISTED?
Both. Passed CS, wait-listed in Arki.
3. PAANO MO NALAMAN ANG ENTRANCE EXAM RESULT?
Highschool classmates told me when it was announced.
4. ANO ANG FIRST CHOICE MO NA COURSE?
Architecture
5. SECOND CHOICE?
Computer Science
6. ANO COURSE MO NA NATAPOS?
Fine Arts
7. NAG-SHIFT KA BA?
duh.
8. CHINITO/CHINITA KA BA?
No. Why? Are you implying a stereotype that perpetuates a fallacy of sweeping generalization. 'Cause that's bad you know?
9. NAKAPAG-DORM KA BA?
No.
10. NAKA UNO KA BA?
Yes. and 2s. and 3s. and 4s. and 5s. Lots of Dropped to.
11. NAGKA-3?
I just said so.
12. LAGI KA BANG PUMAPASOK SA KLASE?
Fine Arts. duh.
13. MAY SCHOLARSHIP KA BA?
No.
14. ILANG UNITS NA ANG NAIPASA MO?
About half?
15. NANGARAP KA BA NA MAG- CUM LAUDE?
Fine Arts. Hello!
16. KELAN KA NAGTAPOS?
2005. That's right. a decade buddy.
17. FAVE PROF
Eli "Where's the Libog?!!! Africa"
18. WORST TEACHER:
I forgot his name. Dude who gave me a 1 when I put flowers on my plate and a 3 when I had a demon on it. That was weird.
19. FAVE SUBJECT:
Photography. Red Room. Or Creative Writing.
20. WORST SUBJECT:
Math 1, Math 11, Math 13, Math 14, Math 52, Math 53, Math 54, etc.
21. FAVE BUILDING:
Sea Weed College. (Next to FA. Nice empty bathrooms.)
22. PABORITONG KAINAN:
Thai Canteen (but I think they closed it.)
23. NONG ESTUDYANTE KA PA MAGKANO BA ANG BINABAYAD MO SA JEEP?
P1.25 I think...
24. LAGI KA BA SA LIBRARY?
No. Library sucked. Can't find a decent dinosaur or scifi book to save your life.
25. NAGPUNTA KA BA SA CLINIC NUN?
Yes. Had a respiratory infection once, F*ckin' Doctor gave me a prescription for antibiotics that were P1000 per pill. Hello!? UP STUDENT!.
'Tard.
26. MAY CRUSH KA BA SA CAMPUS?
Yes.
27. ANU-ANO ANG MGA NAGING PE MO?
Finished:
Judo
Aikido
Scrabble
Bridge
Dropped for some reason or another:
Philippine Games
Tai Chi
Camping
Chess
28. KAMUSTA NAMAN ANG BLOCK NYO?
They all came out of the closet and formed stage act that is debuting on Broadway next season.
29. MEMORIZE MO BA ANG ALMA MATER SONG?
I don't even know the name of it.
30. MEMBER KA BA NG VARSITY TEAM?
I am now rolling on the floor. Laughing.
31. NAKA-PERFECT KA NA BA NG EXAM?
Again. On the floor.
32. DITO KA BA NATUTONG UMINOM NG BEER?
The gang still has yet to successfully get me drunk. They should start a pot.
Kermit the Frog Hulk
Originally posted at slangards.multiply.com on July 28, '08
Yeah, pretty much what I said in my last review, but without the bukake.
He needs to see a dentist though. Coffee stains.
Responsible Power Usage Hulk
Originally posted at slangards.multiply.com on July 28, '08
One of the weirdest Hulks ever. I hear it's still cannon though, since Petey Parker was zapped in some issue or other and went green.
If you can find this guy, get him. It's one of those toys geared toward the younger crowd so it has an action feature, but unlike most, his isn't too annoying. Basically, if you push the lever in the back, his arms fly up. The arms still move independently so no biggie.
Good thing is; INDIVIDUAL FINGER ARTICULATION! That's right. The good thing about big figures is that you can fit joints onto fingers and put them in all sorts of offensive gestures. Very nice.
Detail is pretty good too. Some paint slop on mine, but all in all, green is green and red is red. Not too much to complain about.
That chin, though. Whatta profile.
Jerry Lewis Hulk
Originally posted at slangards.multiply.com on July 28, '08
This toy is just awful. Not only does it look like Hulk has missed about a week of sleep with those dark circles, but the articulation adds nothing to him and his hands look like he wants to play patty cake.
Only reason I have him is this guy who was selling an Abomination was selling the two as a set. I had just broken my second one, so I was desperate.
Oh well. He makes for funny pictures.
Bukkake Hulk
Originally posted at slangards.multiply.com on July 28, '08
This one is just yuck. Not a big fan of bukake, but this is one variant I had to have.
The Keown/David run on The Hulk was one of the best comic team ups ever. EVER. not only did they do the Transvaal storyline, they also had one of the best one-shot stories with the Infinity Gauntlet crossover where Hulk shrinks to a tiny rat-sized mighty-man and has to face Emil Blonsky in all his acid-faced glory.
Not only is it a moving story, the art is just the best Hulk vs. Abomination rendition I've ever seen. They both look massive (even if he's a tiny thing), and Abomination's face looks scary, not ridiculous.
That same thing is caried over to this toy. I'd have preferred it if they used a paint that was something a little less "Secret of the Ooze", but it's still a great representation. He's big, he's ripped, he's got warts and scales, and fins.
He's missing a torso joint, but let's face it. None of the torso joints in the other Hulks really helped much. The ratcheting in his arms and legs is really satisfying since you can get him in all sorts of poses, but be careful. His arms snap off if handled too much.I went through 2 regular Abo's before I decided not to touch his arms anymore.
If anyone wants an Abomination sans his right arm, let me know.
P.S. If you don't know what bukkake is, don't look it up at work.
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