A Small Study on Genetic Algorithm

Recently, I have a chance to visit a new technique in problem solving algorithm called Genetic Algorithm. I'm sure it's been around for quite some time, but it never occurred to me before. The problem with this algorithm is it doesn't seem to have a mathematical proof that it can solve a problem, or at least that what I thought. However, after a few days struggling  and coding, I finally understand how it works and why it will work. This is a co-joint work with Martin Nelly for her undergraduate thesis.

Installing Mountain Lion: Is Apple trolling me?

After two failed 3GB download, I noticed that Mountain Lion Download Progress can't be Paused/Resumed. Well... kinda! Here's the trick: You can Pause/Resume the download, disconnect your Mac from the internet, and even put your Mac to sleep mode, but do NOT ever shut it down! Apparently, the downloaded file removed when you shut down the Mighty Mac.

My take on Sony-Gaikai Deal!

Sony just made a ridiculously weird movement yesterday: It purchased Gaikai, an online gaming service company. So the idea the folks at Gaikai had is it is possible to stream (only) what you see on your screen. Basically it's like having a supercomputer but miles away from the monitor. I still haven't tried it yet, since my internet connection is slower than a snail carrying a box of metal! I supposed it does work pretty well for some (but definitely not for others).

Why Retina Display Macbook Pro is not for me!

Recently, Apple just announced a new Macbook Pro with retina display. With slimmer body and new power, the new Macbook Pro is definitely an eye candy. Many reviewers gave a top notch review on the beauty of this beast. But not me! It's still a very good machine, but probably not for me. And here is why!

Blog Theme Failure!

Apparently, this new theme does not 'automatically' convert any black text into white text. If you find any black text, please inform me :)

060611: Geek Day 2011

June 6th 2011 is probably the most geek-fest in 2011, well at least according to me. There are two main occasion occurred on this day: E3 and WWDC. While Nintendo will have their conference on the 7th, we still count those as the 6th. This is my most awaited announcement for tomorrow:

Xcode Error Log: The selected destination is not valid for this action

Recently, I downloaded a sample project from the mighty internet. It was from Apple so it provides the .xcodeproj file. So I conveniently opened the project and press run to check what the code is all about. And I got this error: The selected destination is not valid for this action. 

After googling around, the problem is simple enough: Some properties are f* up when transfered from older Xcode to newer Xcode. What I did to fix this is to go to the project settings, and find Base SDK. It was set to ppc_something, and Xcode 4 does not support those SDK. You have to convert it to the newest one. I set it to 10.6 to be safe in the future. 

Probably its just because I downloaded a very old code. But its from Apple official website, so they should give a warning or s**t!

Archived: StudentReadPaper Algorithm

readLimit = 3;

if (paper.sheetTotal() > 5 && font <= 12) {
readLimit = readLimit -1;
}

if (playstation.getNewestGame().getReview() > 9) {
readLimit = readLimit -1;
}

if (course.relatedToGame() == false) {
readLimit = readLimit -1;
}

if (read > readLimit && understand == false) {
me.giveUp();
playstation.on();
}

if (me.chanceToPassCourse(course.getId()) < 0.5) {
me.pray();
me.pray();
me.pray();
me.pray();
me.pray();

me.giveUp();
playstation.on();
}




Archived is an old post that I posted somewhere. I put it here for a nostalgic moment ;)

Archived: Most irresponsible statement to (gaming) nerd (and its counter)

Most people have problems with this kind of nerds. They sometimes underestimates the existence of nerds and just making a totally wrong statements about gaming nerds. Here are a few statements that are just false and how to counter it. feel free to add.

A Joke Template to Mock Your Workplace

A: So there's a guy last night point a knife at me. He said "give me your money! or I'll take your life"

B: Oh my God, so what did you do?

A: I told him I'm working at [your company name here]

B: What? Why would you do that?

A: To tell him that I have no money and no life!

A Decade of My Best Movie

This decade is the best decade for movies. The special effect industry goes nuts and the average movie gross revenue jump very high compared to the previous year. Yes, no one beat Titanic (except Avatar), but overall, the top 10 of highest gross revenue goes to 2000s. And the best part is those top 10s are mostly special effect heavy movie. Here are the list of my 2000s best movie. Its a very hard choice, so lots of good movies cant make to my list. And yes, its MY list. If you're not happy with it, make your own damn list! ;)

A Decade of World in Numbers

2006 The year that the spam problem were supposed to be solved, as predicted by Bill Gates. 107 Trillion emails were sent in 2010 alone.

2 The amount of words that George Tenet described as "the dumbest word I ever said". Those words were "Slam Dunk!" when he was asked about the evidence proving Iraq's possesion of weapons of mass destruction.

2.1 Million sq Km. The amount of ice cap dissapeared on the Arctic sea from 7.0 Million sq Km in 2000 to 4.9 Million sq Km in 2010.

2003 Iraq invasion begin. 7 coalition forces including US, UK, Australia and Poland sent their troops to Iraq. It took them 21 days to reach Baghdad and marked it as a mission accomplished. Until 2009, approximately 109,000 deaths occured, mostly civilian. 

CES 2011 Shocking News: nVidias goes CPU via ARM

Project Denver: Lets see how it goes!

From my perspective, nVidia has always become a smooth talker without any action at all. Their last most awesome video featuring the Mythbuster duo, shocked the world of computing. But thats like years ago yet the GPU computation is far from real. But in CES 2011, they made another spectacular announcement: they (finally) goes CPU by adopting ARM. Yep, ARM, not Intel *tsk tsk*. 

Open Standard Closed Platform Part 2: The Misperception

As I already explained in part 1, I am able to justify Apple's movement to an Open Standard Closed Platform. But there are some people who disagree with me, who thinks that Microsoft is the real winner as an Open Platform OS. Well, as wrong as those interpretation is, I would like to show you that even Microsoft is backing up Closed Platform. Before you go through the article, please note I'm nowhere against Microsoft and its Windows Phone 7 products. I think its brilliant that Microsoft step up and challenge the critiques to Microsoft Mobile Division after their Dead on Arrival Microsoft Kin. 

Back to Mac: A review to recent Apple event

Recently Apple held another medium sized event to introduce their new line of products. As a Mac user, I am very excited since the rumors Apple was going to introduce a new MacBook line. Well actually they did, but not as what I expected. Honestly the whole event was a yawning contest for me. Its damn boring!

Playstation Move: And how Sony can win the Hardcore Gamers

Playstation Move has launched in Europe and America. As a hardcore gamer, its a blessing for me to have it. But currently Im stuck between two (if not three) country so maybe I'll get it later when I'm settled. But what come into my surprise is how 'flat' the Move sales is. The first week (or 10 days) it 'only' sold 300,000 around the world. Its not that bad considering the line up is not yet crazy enough. But its just disappointing how Sony failed to raise the hype considering the victory they can get from Move. So why do I think this controller is important? Here is my reason.

Parallax and the false hope of Glassless 3D

Recently, Toshiba launched a 3D without glasses TV using the parallax technology. Its the same technology that used in Nintendo 3DS. This technology has been around for long times. Do you ever bought a kids book that looks different when you view it from the left and right? Thats exactly how parallax works. It blocks some pixels shot to your right eye and show it to the left eye, and visa versa. To block this pixels, there is a layer called barrier in front of the screen.

Easy, simple, but not comfortable

Killzone 2: How to fix the game and make it a perfect game

Killzone 2 no doubt is the longest game I've played. And I have lots of games, around 20 and still counting! I've finished the single player 3 times, and have a 122 hours of multiplayer. Considering my working hours and the time I spend to play games daily, thats a lot of time. But the experience not always good for me while playing it. Killzone 2 has a serious problem that although not that significant, it might annoy you much. Here are some that I notice:

5 Most Annoying things in OS X

OS X has a great user interface. I think Apple spent most of its time developing UI rather than a properly functional apps (read: Garage Band). However there are a few hiccups here and there that may disturb you. Here is my list of top 5 OS X desktop error.

R.I.P: ATI and what does it mean?

Its official: AMD will kill the ATI brand. So in the future there will be no more ATI Radeon, just AMD Radeon. Now why would they do that? It only makes people confuse to differ CPU and GPU Product. If both are branded with AMD logo, what is the fine line for naming between CPU and GPU. Imagine this: AMD Phenom, AMD Turion, AMD Radeon, AMD Crossfire. There's nothing draw the line between CPU and GPU product. Do they really have to kill the brand? What is their intention?