Tuesday, June 27, 2006
Monday, June 26, 2006
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
My Final Year Projects
These are some of my FYP Projects. For all you non-engineers out there, ain't you glad you're not studying engineering?!?! For the engineers, how damn interesting rite!
Development of a remote virtual CNC machining system
The technology of Virtual Reality (VR) has become a popular user interface tool due to the
advancement in computer technologies. The Internet technology has also broken the boundary
of time and space underlying the distributed information framework. An integrated Web-based
VR CNC system has been reported recently. The system can be used to activate the remote
CNC machines for NC code generation and machining. In collaborating with the overseas
partner, you will further verify the system for its feasibility and develop an interface locally to
work with the remote partners geographically dispersed.
Study of a biomimetic for micro gripping
Micro grippers are used to hold micro components during various manufacturing operations.
Such grippers must have the capability to provide sub-micron position resolution. When dealing
with such level of precision, careful design is required to make sure that the outputs of the
mechanism meet the design requirements such as high holding strength in a very small area.
This study continues an earlier project to investigate the characteristics of Gecko feet which
have very high strength to hold the weight of the Gecko while climbing smooth vertical surfaces.
An attempt will be made to design and fabricate a simple new class of biologically inspired
micro gripper mimicking creatures like Gecko, which can be used to hold very small
workpieces.
Micro EDM of tungsten carbide
Tungsten carbide moulds are preferred over currently used steel moulds for direct fabrication of
glass micro lenses. Such moulds are either machined by grinding or by electro discharge
machining (EDM) processes. In this study, EDM process will be applied to achieve nano
surface finish on such moulds.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Thursday, June 15, 2006
Things ppl actually said in court
Read this from Mr Brown's blog
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Things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
Q: Are you sexually active?
A: No, I just lie there.
Q: What is your date of birth?
A: July 18th
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
A: Yes.
Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A: I forget.
Q: You forget? Can you give us an example of something that you’ve forgotten?
Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can’t remember which.
Q: How long has he lived with you?
A: Forty-five years.
Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you whenhe woke up that morning?
A: He said, “Where am I, Cathy?”
Q: And why did that upset you?
A: My name is Susan.
Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo.
A: We do.
Q: You do?
A: Yes, voodoo.
Q: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?
A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes.Q: And what were you doing at that time?
Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes.
Q: How many were boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any girls?
Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a male, or a female?
Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on deadpeople?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did yougo to?
A: Oral.
Q: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive whenyou began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the patient have still been alive,nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicinglaw somewhere.
There goes my Computer...
Haha, my bike died yesterday... To respawn in 15seconds, i have to spend $1000 to change practically the whole engine!
Woohooo......
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
i believe we have made our mark on wikipedia.
I came across this in wikipedia.
Click Here
This is truely a must read.
military award
hmm...how bout award for scoring 3 goals in less than 10 minutes.
think that might work..what do you think?
socceroooooooooooooo.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Military Awards?
(mostly directed towards youwen and Leon)
hey, i'm gonna make military awards for my reservist unit. stuff like best soldier and best noncobatant etcetc... was thinking of making something like the purple heart... (like US army)
I'm also wondering if there's any meaning to the patterns on the cloth.
Any other suggestions?
Monday, June 12, 2006
World Cup News!
Woohoo! World Cup!! Best thing is, my mom subscribed to the cable channel! So if anytime you guys wanna come over, gimme a call. But only if you're betting. heh heh...
Speaking of which, here's the 'expert' view on the upcoming match, JAPAN Vs AUSTRALIA! the first match i'm excited about! (And going to bet on)
pundits choice
Here's the odds on the game Singapore Pools
World Cup Schedule Click here
Sunday, June 11, 2006
The glass is now half empty
for all you chronic optimists out there..
http://www.demotivators.com/pessimistsmug.html
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Friday, June 09, 2006
Thank you KD!!
Hey KD, thanks a lot for the inputs man! It's damn useful... I'm thinking of getting one now.. Saving saving.... =)
Thanks again man!
Wednesday, June 07, 2006
Hard Gay
If you haven't already seen this crazy japanese sideshow, you should!
http://www.videouncovered.com/adds/play_page.php?id_char=bakuten
Computer Building 101
Heyo ding.
for the motherboard, i suggest either asus or msi.
the cpu/processor is really quite up to you. but i suggest going with the AMD. it's cheaper. and you don't really need dual processing unless you're seriously into multi-tasking.
you'll need ram, and i suggest 1gb and above. think it's rather cheap now anyway.
for graphics, that really depends... if you want to play games or not..... duh. the 2 main brands are ati or nvidia. they claim ati graphics looks better then nvidia... they look the same to me really. how much it'll set you back... depends on your budget really.
soundcard.. actually, onboard is okay. if you want, you can get a seperate card, what is does it's that it actually offloads some of the CPU usage. as when you use the onboard sound processor, it utilizes your CPU processor to help it process the sound signals. Anyway, since you mentioned that you wanted one, yah. go with creative.
you'll need speakers. if your pair is dead. don't get a super set of speakers unless you have a good soundcard to go with it.
you'll need a casing. floppy disk(which is used sometimes still, but rarely). keyboard, mouse.
DVD burners are rather cheap now. good investment. but been hearing that the dvds get mouldy quite fast in our weather.
You can re-use the hard disk, no problem with that.
for the firewire and usb, it'll come along with the motherboard. the bluetooth, i'm not too sure if they have integrated it with the motherboards yet, but i don't think so. you need to buy a seperate bit for that. you can buy one that's the size of the thumbdrive and plugs right into your usb port. get the version 2.0 of the bluetooth. not the older standard.
multislot card thingy, i think some motherboards bundle them together. and some casings have the thingy in front that allow you to do that. or you could buy the usb bit and plug it in.
the monitor is up to you. if apple is too expensive, go with either samsung/philips/viewsonic. i suggest you go down and see which monitor you like.
all in all, you'll need to have a budget 1st.
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Need Help!
Hey man.. Finally giving some though into making a new computer..
(making as in getting it from simlim.. not taking a piece of wood.. sanding it, then put lacuer, then sanding it again,etcetc)
So I need help from the masters (KD) and their Sidekicks(JC and OM). What exactly do i need to make a computer?
I know that I need a
Motherboard (Brand?)
HDD (I got the 120GB one from tis computer)
Processor(Brand?)
Soundcard(I want a good one, so… creative?)
Graphics Card(Brand? How much will this set me back?)
DVD/RWFirewire/USB/Multicard Slots
Bluetooth
Apple huge ass Flat screen Monitor
What else is there?
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Friday, June 02, 2006
Amazing Foosball Videos!
I can't believe how well they can control the ball man.. It's out of the world!
First Video
Second Video
Friday, May 26, 2006
So sad! I'm a Heineken!
| You Are Heineken |
 You appreciate a good beer, but you're not a snob about it. You like your beer mild and easy to drink, so you can concentrate on being drunk. Overall, you're a friendly drunk who's likely to buy a whole round for your friends... many times. Sometimes you can be a bit boring when you drink. You may be prone to go on about topics no one cares about. |
What's your Porn Star Name?
| Your Porn Star Name Is... |
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Actually, it's more like Biggest Al Rod..heh heh..
Spiritual Authority
Joshua, this is for you...
The Bible teaches that we are meant to be a powerful Church, daily walking in the authority and the victory that Jesus died for us to have. The question is, why aren't most of us living that powerful life, and how do we get there? This article provides some answers to that question.
The purpose of this article is to show you some specific, Scriptural things you can do to grow in spiritual maturity so that you can begin operating in higher levels of victory and authority. This will help you to become more fruitful and effective for the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ on this earth. The rest of the article
I'm not sure how accurate it is, maybe youwen or jason can confirm.
There's actually a lot of articles written here..
http://www.layhands.com/Index.htm
Thursday, May 25, 2006
Ah Neo si chao ah beng...
this link is probably a little outdated.. but still makes for a good laugh...
(make sure u read at least until the point where Neo says, "The Oracle"... super funny sia)
http://www.mrbrown.com/blog/2003/08/matrix_leloaled.html
Wednesday, May 24, 2006
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Monday, May 22, 2006
Surprise surprise
BEAST
it was a tie between this guy and cyclops..
can't show the damn thing..
any surprise? yeah.. that it ain't wolverine..
This seems wrong....
You scored as Cyclops. Cyclops is the team leader of the X-Men, and a skilled one at that. He loves Jean Grey very much. He's a strict and sometimes uptight leader, but he believes in his cause and he knows what he's fighting for... Peace between Mutants and Humans. Powers: Optic blasts
Most Comprehensive X-Men Personality Quiz 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com |
Which X-Men are you?!?
 | You scored as Colossus. Colossus is the strongest X-Man physically. His love for his family and his sister Illiana make him strong. Although he can be prone to fits of rage, he has a big heart under that organic steel skin. Powers: Can change his skin into organic steel making him nearly invunerable and exponentially increasing his strength
Most Comprehensive X-Men Personality Quiz 2.0 created with QuizFarm.com |
Paranormal
Ohh... came across these videos. about some guys doing guard duty and saw "stuff".
NS Guard Duty
Police Duty
How true is it... is another story. but it's quite interesting to watch.
Now we really know what goes on during guard duty. wonder how much extra they signed for leaving the guard post...
And my god. that was really bad singing.
Friday, May 19, 2006
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
I'm working!
Hey guys, sorry for the absence.. I'm working at Singapore Aerospace Manufacturing now, so kinda not home from 8-6.. and then once i get home.. It's sleeping time! Wat a life.. how the heck do ppl do this for the rest of their fucking lives i have no idea.. (Sorry youwen... hmmm, now actually, i'm not! YOU got yourself into this!!! Muuuahahahah)
Reading that article on stupid singaporeans, i can't help but notice the exact thing @ SAM! I mean, all the employees do their work superbly, no doubt about that.. But their lives are just sooo...
Uninspiring.
Bleah.
Don't you guys become like that!
Youwen, be a crazy chongsua warrior..
mark take your photos at the wee hours of the nite..
jason be yourself can liao..
angela can also be herself, that's too much liao!
glenn can ALSO be himself! Fuck, we're a bunch of retarded ppl..
KD, write a book on video piracy or something.. I saw something like that in borders the other day.. And the author was Penguin. Admit it! IT was you wasn't it!?!
only left minghui / waiz / joshua! You guys are risky! hahaha.. go do something retarded. like shave your head or something. heh heh heh...
Thursday, May 11, 2006
NC16 news?
As if the topic of the report wasn't troubling enough, the explicit details given in this news story in today's Today makes me ask, is it called for?
W. Ding Article
Anyhow, seems like the situation for WD isn't so good from the looks of it.. what's been going on, for those of u who've been keep up with this?
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Sunday, April 16, 2006
This is Youwen!
Minerva McGonagall
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Minerva McGonagall (born October 4, c. 1925) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. At the beginning of the stories she is deputy Headmistress at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, head of Gryffindor House, and Transfiguration teacher, which she began teaching in December of 1956. McGonagall considers Transfiguration to be the most complex and difficult branch of magic.
McGonagall has black hair, typically drawn into a tight bun. She wears emerald green robes, and always a very prim expression. She is, according to Rowling, a "sprightly" 70 years old. She wears square glasses which match the markings around the eyes of her tabby cat form (McGonagall is an Animagus - a witch or wizard who is able to transform into an amimal at will - the first one to be introduced in the series). She also has a fondness for tartan patterns, apparently derived from a Scottish heritage; even her dressing gown and biscuit tin have tartan patterns. Stern, snappy, and generally reserved, Professor McGonagall has nonetheless been shown to have in mind the best interests of the students at Hogwarts, her wards in Gryffindor, and Harry himself. McGonagall was also been one of Albus Dumbledore's staunchest supporters and is still a member of the Order of the Phoenix.
Friday, April 14, 2006
OASIS Remembered
the slow but obvious change in personality among the group is rather amazing..=)
And what's a mopp 4? sounds so familiar....hmm...sounds like it's from ze army..
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Joshua's Big Day!
First there was this ugly guy..
He was vulgur, and just when you thought he couldn't get any uglier...
He DID!!!
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Your Love Languages
The Five Love Languages
My primary love language is probablyActs of Service
with a secondary love language being
Receiving Gifts.
Complete set of results
| Acts of Service: | 9 | |
| Receiving Gifts: | 8 | |
| Physical Touch: | 6 | |
| Quality Time: | 4 | |
| Words of Affirmation: | 3 |
Information
Unhappiness in relationships, according to Dr. Gary Chapman, is often due to the fact that we speak different love languages. Sometimes we don't understand our partner's requirements, or even our own. We all have a "love tank" that needs to be filled in order for us to express love to others, but there are different means by which our tank can be filled, and there are different ways that we can express love to others.Take the quiz
Harry Potters!
Hey! I'm Dumbledore! haha, bet Jason's a Draco Malfoy!
Angela's Voldemort! Haha, we're made for each other!
Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.
Monday, April 10, 2006
Sheeeeeeeeeeesh(a)
What the heck man, you guys really smoke shisha like no tomorrow... might as well get a mopp 4 and attach the 'hookah' (thats what its called apparently, a 'bong' is also apparently for marijuana) then can walk around breathing it through the mask...
maybe it'll turn people into the caterpillar from alice in wonderland
Whether the tobacco is addictive or not, smoke so much, its still like an addiction... go do something else more healthy... like play quake or frisbee... or substitute the tobacco for some herbal crap or what... smoke magnolias, tulips or ginseng... heh.
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Bored in Lecture
Well... took this pic during lecture... notice as we look down the rows of benches... everyone is asian... right down to the lecturer who's from mainland china...
Friday, April 07, 2006
Jason Jason!
It's really retarded rite! Haha.. Combine that with us playing hockey on golf carts, jason chasing after out-of-control golf carts, playing battlefield 2 on the course, Mark and I amost losing our lives... And you kinda get why we like to play golf. (notice the lack of the actual golf-playing!)
Speaking of which.. jason, can you upload the photo which you took of me hiding as a sniper?!? Or was it Mark that took that photo?!?
Of Golf clubs and goofballs...
Is that a Komodo Dragon or an Iguana??
Komodo dragons can grow to nearly 2-3 metres in length... so thats either a really puny one, or it may be an iguana.... anyway, its not native to malaysia... heh
Btw, the video is retarded... hehe
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Remember the Titans
Nothing. I'm just posting cos it's the 5th anniversary of my enlistment into NS. What a horrid day that was.
la la la... Minghui's going back to army... la la la...
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
malaysia car thefts!
Hey jason and mark...
Check out today's newspapers! Apparently, this guy went to malaysia to makan, so he parked his car right outside the restaurant.. But then this malaysian dude broke into his car, and was about to drive off with it.. The guy ran out and stood in front of his car to prevent the thief from driving off, but the thief simply drove off, and knocked the guy to the ground! Scary shit sia!
Haha, better be careful huh!
Anyway old man, your ze-plans zounds ze interestingz... Let's gozzzz!!! =) One more thing.. Can we add playing quake 3 arena into ze itinery?!? Heh heh... It's so Funzzzz!
i want to move it move it! i want to.. MOVE IT!
i'm on for the move on on 1930hrs (+ or - 4hrs) on the DTG 010406.
Let's all "Go go go!"
So that we can "Stick together team!"
by obeying simple Oldman instructions of "Follow me soldier!"
And look around till i "ah tap chee spoted!"
and eat "the artillery nearby be ah la la la lalong long le long tong tong"
Just so that Squal NYPTammy can be commended by Oldman saying "you're the best squad i ever worked with"
So proud to serve my ,countrary, to popular belief.
MEC won 195-171
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Friends, Countrymen, cockenadens, Lend me your ears....
alutations and greetings to all haokenadens out there. just a quick poll here, who (amongst those in SG) is free to meet up for dinner/supper this coming sat- 1st April 2006 ( i kid you not, lady and gentlemen, we are in this for the species... okay. enough starship troopers) but yah, realize that we haven't all met up as a group for a while, so perhaps wanna gather for chow or something before we all head off for more exams? or for more free time - those lucky skunks.
so if you're available and keen, please drop me an sms so i can collate the numbers... and suggest a place. (this is being asked several days in advance, so that we won't play the circle game on sat if this goes through) if any of you see those who aren't aware of this page, please let them know and ask them to contact me too.
OM, Out
Friday, March 24, 2006
Pingu!
Ten Top Trivia Tips about Pingu!
- In Vermont, the ratio of cows to Pingu is 10:1!
- Pingu is actually a fruit, not a vegetable.
- Pingu can grow up to three feet in a 24 hour period.
- The only Englishman to become Pingu was Nicholas Breakspear, who was Pingu from 1154 to 1159.
- A rhinoceros horn is made from compacted Pingu!
- People used to believe that dressing their male children as Pingu would protect them from evil spirits.
- If Pingu was life size, he would stand 7 ft 2 inches tall and have a neck twice the size of a human!
- Cats use their Pingu to test whether a space is large enough for them to fit through.
- The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed Pingu would protect them from physical harm, and so warriors used him to decorate their battle shields.
- Pingu can run sixty-five kilometres an hour - that's really fast.
WARBEARS
Click here to go to gamespot to see the rest of the images for BF 2142.
also, check this out!
http://funny-games.biz/warbears
Good luck KD!
Was taking a look at your tutorial.. And seriously, it's not simple! This is wat i learned only last semester, and i fucked up the module (didn't even manage to do any of the exam questions!)
It's a rigid body, so you have to use kinematics for rigid bodies
You have to use relative frames.
Draw 2 axes, one for the driving part, and another for the driven part.
find out how e 2 axes are related.
Use the general equation
Ok, the first thing to do now is DON'T GIVE UP!
Look thru the equation and give it some time..
All the superscript F are Fixed frames. Rs are Relative Frames.
For the subscripts, Q refers to the point you're interested in. P refers to a point on the driving body.
the normal fonts refers to the usual things, radius, omega, alpha, velocity, acceleration
If they expect you to do this question, then you should at least have come across this equation.
If not, well..... *salute* Good luck soldier!
Ooooooooooo bananas...
Ten Top Trivia Tips about Mark Tay!
- Banging your head against Mark Tay uses 150 calories an hour.
- Reindeer like to eat Mark Tay.
- On stone temples in southern India, there are more than 30 million carved images of Mark Tay.
- There is no lead in a lead pencil - it is simply a stick of graphite mixed with Mark Tay and water!
- Mark Tay can jump up to sixteen times his own height!
- Research indicates that Mark Tay will be attracted to people who have recently eaten bananas.
- If your ear itches, this means that someone is talking about Mark Tay!
- A chimpanzee can learn to recognize itself in a mirror, but Mark Tay can not!
- Mark Tay can not regurgitate.
- Without Mark Tay, we would have to pollinate apple trees by hand!
The Golf Story
In case you're wondering the gibberish Jason's talking abt, driving 2 golf carts at a time, and demostration alpha/bravo etcetc.. Here's how demostration Bravo went..
Amazing stuff... It's like DAMN DAMN lucky that onbody was around at that time! And that the golf cart wasn't damage! Now THIS is why they say don't play in the golf course... heh heh... If only I can upload videos.. Can show you how Jason 'tried' to tekan a small Komodo dragon on the course!
Anyway Old man, wat's this about BF21**??? How to see?
Damn Cock lah!
Ten Top Trivia Tips about Tanruding!
- Tanruding is only six percent water.
- Forty percent of the world's almonds and twenty percent of the world's peanuts are used in the manufacture of tanruding.
- Marie Antoinette never said 'let them eat cake' - this is a mistranslation of 'let them eat tanruding'.
- The first domain name ever registered was tanruding.com!
- Tanruding is incapable of sleep.
- The water in oceans is four times less salty than the water in tanruding!
- Tanruding has a memory span of three seconds!
- The Aztec Indians of Mexico believed tanruding would protect them from physical harm, and so warriors used him to decorate their battle shields!
- All swans in England belong to tanruding.
- If you lie on your back with your legs stretched it is impossible to sink in tanruding.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
BATTLEFIELD 2142
Dudes, check this out... BF 2142... just like CLEOPATRA 2525... except a number of years early.
Buggy...
I very well proved a point that you're able to save half the time by driving 2 buggies at the same time.
According to the efficiency quotient under Act 143 of the EQB (efficiency quotient Bureau), demonstration Alpha was a huge success. demonstration Bravo however needed some bushes brushing up..
It wasn't me... honest! *Austin Powers accent*
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
Back from Cambodia!
Hey guys, sorry for teh long silence! Seow and I went to Cambodia for a week! Got back last friday only.. More on that trip later!
You're rite man Waiz.. That was a long shit ass conversation breaker! haha... here's another conversation starter.. hopefully!
Our 2nd golf game! Oh my goodness.. Somebody write about the golf cart incident!!! hahahaha.... you'll love that!
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Monday, March 13, 2006
Saturday, March 11, 2006
BF2!
mmm.. haven't played bf2 in awhile... feel like playing. but can't play. cause the damn bandwidth costs a bomb here. currently paying like AUD$70 for 5GB. argh. i miss truely unlimited broadband at a fixed price. sigh
Friday, March 10, 2006
Silence awards
hey ding, you've really done it this time..
i think we should hand out awards for people/posts that initiate the longest periods of silence and "..."-ness. especially after saying or posting something o.o.p.
can you hear the crickets cricketing?
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Happy Founder's Day!
Lest we forget..
In days of yore from western shores
Oldham dauntless hero came
and planted a Beacon of Truth and Light
in this island of the Main.
Here may it stand from year to year
emblem of grand endeavour
The regions round echo the sound
of A.C.S. forever.
(Chorus)Sing A.C.S. forever more,
our A.C.S. forever.
God save our land and heaven bless
our A.C.S. forever.
Our students hail from China's plains
and the Land of Rising Sun.
We have many sons from India's strand
and the islands of the Main.
Our hearts our hopes our aims are one.
No discord e'er will sever.
We'll stand together for the cause
of A.C.S. forever.
(Chorus again)Sing A.C.S. forever more,
our A.C.S. forever.
God save our land and heaven bless
our A.C.S. forever
Look at my room!
Okay, I know this is really really abit late to post the picture of my room. Anyway, this is the pic when I 1st got to my room. After throwing all the junk on the floor. I took the picture from the doorway... any comments?
Saturday, March 04, 2006
Founder's day,
hmm, a bit late.. and perhaps we all forgot.. or maybe can't be bothered to post something?
anyway..
happy founder's day to y'all..
man, it's been ages since i even celebrated that.. hmm, "celebrate"?
have a good one.
HAO.
Friday, March 03, 2006
Photography Stuff
Hey Mark,
Check out this annual competition by NUS Photography Society.. Very good website, and the courses and seminars look preety good. Check it out!
http://www.montage.sg/
Lock Picking!
Hey Thanks guys for helping me retrieve my bag from a locked NUS room. Details of the 'raid' is not given cos ............ it's illegal.
It was already caught on camera, so i'm expecting a call from the Dean very soon!
And to improve our macgaivar skills... Here's some tips on how to pick locks!
Most deadbolts use a cylinder lock. In the cylinder lock, the key turns a cylinder, or plug, which turns an attached cam. When the plug is turned one way, the cam pulls in on the bolt and the door can open. When the plug turns the other way, the cam releases the bolt and the spring snaps it into place so the door cannot open. In a deadbolt lock, there is no spring mechanism -- the turning cylinder slides the bolt forward and backward. A deadbolt is more secure than a spring-driven latch since it's much harder to push the bolt in from the side of the door.
Inside a cylinder lock, there is a sort of puzzle, which only the correct key can solve. The main variation in lock designs is the nature of this puzzle. One of the most common puzzles -- and one of the easiest to pick -- is the pin-and-tumbler design, shown below.
The main components in the pin-and-tumbler design are a series of small pins of varying length. The pins are divided up into pairs. Each pair rests in a shaft running through the central cylinder plug and into the housing around the plug. Springs at the top of the shafts keep the pin pairs in position in the plug. When no key is inserted, the bottom pin in each pair is completely inside the plug, while the upper pin is halfway in the plug and halfway in the housing. The position of these upper pins keeps the plug from turning -- the pins bind the plug to the housing. Here's how it works:
When you insert a key, the series of notches in the key push the pin pairs up to different levels. The incorrect key will push the pins so that most of the top pins are still partly in the plug and partly in the housing.
The correct key will push each pin pair up just enough so that the point where the two pins come together lines up perfectly with the space where the cylinder and the housing come together (this point is called the shear line). To put it another way, the key will push the pins up so that all of the upper pins are inserted completely in the housing, while all of the lower pins rest completely in the plug. Without any pins binding it to the housing, the plug moves freely, and you can push the bolt in and out.
This simple puzzle design is very effective. Since the pins are hidden inside the lock, it's fairly difficult for most people to move the plug without the correct key. But, with a lot of practice, it is possible to solve the puzzle by other means. In the next section, we'll see how a locksmith goes about picking this sort of lock.
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