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Comment with your friend co... ah hell, it's not like I'm gonna get online until I get back home and maybe leech off the neighbor's wireless network. Or something.

I was going to post about this back when it actually happened, but I guess I deemed it not really all that noteworthy. So you remember how I took a computer graphics class last year. Not much artistic about the course, it was mostly on codes and algorithms and methods for graphics. So one day the professor is lecturing about interpolation for 3D curves and surfaces and he briefly mentions the different kinds of software for CG modeling, such as Maya. Someone randomly raises a hand.

Random guy: "What is Dreamweaver?"
Me: ...

The professor explains that it's a web layout program that's not really all that related to computer graphics.

Random guy: "So it's like Shockwave?"
Me:

That was not a bright day.
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Oh my ****, I finally worked up the guts to look at my grades from last quarter and they were all B's.  Even one B+!  While I was sure I was heading towards F material. <^_^;;;;  There was this one class that I was sure I was doomed in, but the prof said that if you scored higher than 3/4 of the class on the final, you get automatic A-, and higher than 1/2 of the class is automatic B-.  I didn't think I'd pull it off but... eheheh

Well anyways, it seems that I can get somewhat of an internet connection going on my own lappy now, huzzah!  So I guess I shall be posting the pictures from Jiuzhaigou very soon.  There's like nearly 100 pics and those are just the extra-notable ones I picked out!  So I'll post them over many days to spare you guys of course.
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A very "special" dictionary. by lily22
Look up:
Definition:Soothing, slow, calm in nature, unconcerned about the workings of the world; comatose or dead.
Quiz created with MemeGen!

Hey, that's pretty good.

I've concluded that my studying would be improved if I had a comfier chair. Either that or I'll doze off more easily. Either way. >_>

(Also: small but numerous munchies.)

Reading research papers on motion capture is not that bad... Reading research papers on motion capture is not that bad... Reading......
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The last of the hijinks from my computer networking book, because the final was today!

A packet that wasn't routed in the correct way:
"The datagram would just die and go to datagram heaven."

::SNIFF SO SAD::

A list of ways the next generation of wireless networking can develop:
"We'd like the [wireless] system to support voice and real-time video over IP, so that we can all wear Dick Tracy watches and video conference with our friends and colleagues, no matter where we are."

Take that Pruneface!

At the end of several paragraphs of thorough discussion on the pros and cons of switches vs. routers:
Finally, there are two different ways to pronounce the word router, either as "rootor" or as "rowter," and people waste a lot of time arguing over the proper pronunciation [Perlman 1999].

AGH WTF ::head explodes::

Don't get me wrong, this actually is a decent textbook. It's just that these things really throw you for a loop when you're trying to study seriously. XP
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From my ever-amusing-yet-painful computer networking textbook:

(For those too young to know, a rotary phone is an analog telephone with no buttons - only a dial.)

Oh man, that is sad. ^^;; What, is it just because I grew up a little in China that I've actually seen - and used - rotary phones and B&W TVs? I remember when I volunteered at the Tech Museum in high school, we had a rotary phone as one of the small hands-on exhibits at the info desk in the Communication gallery, and little kids would come up and be like "This is a phone?" I'M NOT OLD I'M ONLY TWENTY

The big-ass thunderstorms are rolling in again - fun, because I'm safe and sound indoors! ...But it should be safe for me to be on the computer, right? I mean, these big, sturdy dorms are well-insulated, right? ...>>;;

Edit, just because I feel like it: In China we had a color TV, even with a remote (although it was attached by a wire), because my dad went to America on business and brought back much bling. But my neighbor friend downstairs had a B&W TV that tried to pretend it was color by tinting the top, middle, and bottom different strips of colors. I always thought there was something wrong with it - didn't find out until recently that there were TVs made like that in an attempt to simulate sky/flesh tone/grass. Heh.

Ho-hum.

Jan. 13th, 2005 11:38 am
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I am nerdier than 65% of all people. Are you nerdier? Click here to find out!

I am ashamed.

From my computer networking textbook:

We would like to be able to give you a one-sentence definition of the Internet, a definition that you can take home and share with your family and friends. Alas, the Internet is very complex and ever changing...

But what will my family and friends do without Distilled Essence of Internet? ::cry::

Anyway, here's a bit o' progress. Despite appearances that I'm getting closer to finishing the shading, there's still a lot of costuming and background details that aren't even drawn in yet. Look for the finished product around, oh, end of March ^^;;
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I am liek teh finished with project 2~~

Project 2 for the Intro to Computer Graphics class was just to create an animated scene with OpenGL. Anything goes, as long as it meets sufficient complexity standards and then the rest is just subjective judgement calls on creativity. So here's my scene. It's a froggy. (30-sec mpg file, 2.8 megs)

(Geez, the encoding program is unforgiving with compression.)

The frog jump animation is not perfect - if I were animating it by hand, it would look more solid. But it's more complicated when I have to describe the whole frog body through math equations, and it's not that noticable at normal speed (< 1 sec per jump) anyways. =P
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So about 15 minutes into the Mechanics lecture, my professor pauses, looks at his notes, and says, "Excuse me--I need to go get a cup of coffee." And proceeds to do so.

My classes have been pretty boring these couple of days, since I guess the start-of-quarter material is still fairly easy. And y'all know what happens when I get bored in class...

(I'd like to paint this later on, but the line art doesn't seem to sit right... me thinks I need to go back to figure drawing class =/)
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Very excited about my Computer Graphics class. I had expected it to be mostly about using computers to model rudimentary imaging (DRAW-A-CUBE-USING-COORDINATES-AND-VECTORS), and be very mathematical/computational. But while it does involve a good deal of programming and math, we're also going to be doing quite a bit of the graphics part, including modeling and animating and ray tracing and such. What's more, this class is newly structured to be a three-part year-long course, including Computer Animation in the spring =) And there's hearsay of animation contests...

And speaking of computer art, remember this doodle?
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Arr... have been incredibly overcome by urge to procrastinate like there's no tomorrow. Unfortunately, there is a tomorrow and it's going to bite me on the ass real soon. Starting with this here project that was due at midnight and which I haven't even understood all of the code for yet.

(It's okay, I can turn it in n days late for 2n-1% off.)

::watches the battle rage between FFIII and LttP::

::downloads the FFVII OST one track at a time from a slow server::

::puts folderfull of Zelda midis in chronological order::
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I've been subjected to three fire alarms in the last 48 hours. One on Tuesday night at about 8, while I was napping. One this morning at 7, while I was napping. One this afternoon at 3:45, outside of Boelter Hall. I was not napping, but I would've been (in class) if it were half an hour earlier. XP

Also outside of Boelter before that: I got witnessed to! It was rather... reassuring to see the "opponent"'s logic and arguments, or lack thereof. I was able to keep them at bay quite well, if I do say so myself. The two girls kept asking me whether I had studied religion before; I assume they don't often get people who debate them back =P

(It's not that I'm against belief or faith, just that I don't feel there is enough solid evidence to devote oneself solely to one "right" organized religion. And I do enjoy poking holes in the fundies' shortsightedness.)

Installed a Bayesian spam filter for OE, since I did so much research and work on the (99.9% accurate) method for Stats I figured I might as well give it a run. Fun =)
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Heh. All the search hits I get on my portfolio site capitalize on my famous name. Nyahaha. Speaking of which, I need to do some maintanance updates... but have so little free time to spend on low priority things.

I was talking to my (grad student) cousin over dinner yesterday, and he told me if I want to get into the digital art industry, best thing to do would be to focus more on learning the industry standards (programs, skills, etc.) rather than get bogged down in schoolwork that won't even be useful once I get out of school. Not that I didn't have a notion of this before, but hearing it from another respected source... not encouraging. I've been trying to appease my mom all this time by being a good Asian girl and doing the studious stuff, but now she's telling me "You want to get into the computer art industry, you figure out what you need to do because I don't know about it", and I'm like NOW YOU TELL ME? After I give up going to an art school or art major, after I give up building my portfolio for cramming formulas into my brain? I feel like I'm wasted my time/chances already. Especially if I want to land a job right out of college because I sure as hell don't want to go to grad school. ^^;;

Man, I really need to switch major to CS because I don't understand the E part at all. ^^;;

Okay, EE homework. Crap. ^^;;
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More from the physics lab manual:

"The previous 4BL course, which was taught, with little change for the last 20 years was very simple and easy. The new 4B Lab is designed to be more advanced and challenging." DAMMIT!

"The level of the class is slightly above the average material of the lecture class. The average student is unlikely to finish all of the assignments within a 3-hr lab session." DAMMIT!

On the other hand, this is really funny. "You have my Ford"
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From my physics lab manual:

"A Dell PC with a 1.7GHz Pentium 4 processor, 256 MB SDRAM, 20 GB hard drive, CR RW [sic] drive and 3.5" floppy drive, 17" monitor is provided. The operating system is Windows XP."

And this matters to the physics lab student... why?

"For security reasons, no connection to the Internet is provided."

Because we can't risk having hackers stealing the sensitive, top-secret data acquired from basic undergrad electromagnetic labs.

"If the data acquisition program freezes due to pressing the wrong buttons, simply close the file, exit from LabView, and start all over."

Ah, the splendors of Ctrl+Alt+Delete. Never leave home without it.

And the data-taking program apparently won't save results in a format that itself will read. We had to mess with the Excel files, edit the columns, re-label things, and save them as text files before it would analyze them. Bastard. XP

Umm... and here's a pic my brother made! =)
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Okay, I've been dead for a long time... rushing about trying to get this study abroad application put together at the last minute. I don't even want to do it all that much now, since I'm finally starting to get settled down here and meeting people at clubs and such, and what would come of that if I took off to another country for a year in the middle of everything? My parents want me to try to transfer to Stanford too because it's closer to home. I wonder if I can still wiggle out of that...

I guess I'd like it if I get into Tokyo Institute of Technology because they have quite a few computer graphics courses there, but the requirements say they only accept seniors. I'll almost have senior standing by the time I go, but I doubt that'll make the cut...
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Well, at the least, it is full of incomprehensible things and is a most bizarre source of amusement. )

I thank the heavens for my lovely lovely physics book from last quarter. ^^;

On another topic, I downloaded pretty mp3s of Chinese folk songs I used to love when I was younger. Ah nostalgia ::tear::

I guess Sushu's just about the only one who'd know what I was talking about if I rambled on further, so I'll stop here. ^^;

o/^ 让我们荡起双桨~ o/^
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The logic design professor is so evilly cool. >=D I'm sure many people would look at me like I'm crazy, but I like his attitude. Harsh and no-nonsense, but still personal and with a sense of humor. Not unlike Mr. F, but eviler. >=D The only thing I'd complain about is his accent, but that can't really be helped.

Math is a sigh of relief. 33B really has nothing to do with 33A (linear algebra), which I didn't have fun with. It's just more infinite series and stuff, at least it's material I've seen before. Whew =)

EE1, however, looks to be a pretty dry class. ^^;; Raspy-voiced Japanese professor, but at least class focuses more on concept than strict math. Must... hang in there...

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