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Fun in Data Management wasn’t something I thought possible!

But somehow, we managed. Behold:

What you see there, ladies and gents, is the fruits of a KXX131 survey on something inconsequential.

Now obviously we were expected to fill in the right-hand column with values from 1-6 indicating our preference.

Obviously, that didn’t happen. 😛

What did happen was some smart-arse response from me involving pi, a null value, and the number 10.

My survey response was pretty tame in comparison to James’ – that guy managed to sneak in phi, infinity, the square root of minus one, and natural e. Impressive, no?

KXX131, you were a decent subject. Between your “wang operators” and “crud”, you bought the lulz. It was a pity that your content was as dry as it was, then.

This post part of Blogtober 2009 – unlike the past two posts, this one isn’t late. There’s no guarantee that the next couple of posts won’t be, though 😉

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Internode are AWESOME!

Yes, the return of “is AWESOME!” posts.

Finally, you might say.

In any case: Internode. New levels of awesome every day.

Unmetered content, including Linux distros, files, and more. An impressive 16 TERABYTES of content in all, if I remember correctly.

Now they’ve gone and raised my usage limit again, with their new Easy Broadband plan. On this plan, I get 50GB of usage to use every month, at 1500/256 speeds, or the fastest available at my exchange (so theoretically I could be getting ADSL2+ speeds if Telstra lifted their game), all for $50 a month.

Too easy.

Internode. New levels of awesome.

This post brought to you by Blogtober 2009. Yes, this is the third time I’ve been late, but there were other considerations, okay?

The Fun Theory.

We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do. We call it The fun theory.

via YouTube – Piano stairs – Rolighetsteorin.se – The fun theory.

Stuff like this is pretty awesome.

This post part of Blogtober 2009. I could be blogging about my recent Google Wave experiences, the fact that I have 3 assignments due within the next couple of days, or the fact that I like sleeping, but you know, this’ll have to do.

Someone think of the napkins!

A little late, but here you are anyway:

Behold. The most important contents of my Windows 7 party pack.

What isn’t pictured: Windows 7 themed gift bags, Windows 7 themed poster, Windows 7 themed cardboard marketing material.

This post part of Blogtober 2009. This is the second time I’ve posted late, so here’s hoping there won’t be a third.

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And now for something different – Hitler’s Downfall

So I have noticed everyone has been making subtitles of their own to this famous scene from Downfall or Der Untergang and I decided to post it with the subtitles that what he is actually saying, so enjoy.

via YouTube – Hitler’s Downfall Original Subtitles.

Instead of posting about my somewhat epic and numerous bus misadventures, I thought I’d mix it up by posting something a little left field, if you will.

There’s a meme going around at the moment where people put different subtitles to the clip above (Hitler’s Downfall, or Der Untergang), resulting in some HIL-A-RI-OUS combinations.

The face expressions, the pure rage, all accentuated by any topic you like – pure meme genius.

What you see above are the original subs to the film – that is actually what he says in the movie (except in German, of course).

I’ve shown you the clip above so you can better understand the follow-ons below. I’ve only linked the ones that are actually worth watching – there are many more, but are either not funny or just not worth linking here.

Enjoy!

This post part of Blogtober 2009. A post a day keeps the RSS away. Or something.

It’s a good thing my in-ears insulate me from public ignorance.

If I didn’t have my in-ears to drown out the sound of public ignorance, I’d be insane by now.

For the past 11 weeks of semester, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, I catch the 7:55am bus to Hobart. (As an aside, this entails a 6:30am wakeup, but that’s a story for another time.)

For the past 11 weeks of semester, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, there is also one, but sometimes two, Japanese females who also catch the same bus, from the same bus stop that I do. (As an aside, there’s also another girl that catches the same bus, albeit from a different stop, but that’s for another time.)

I don’t know whether it was the introduction of Metro’s Green Cards that did it, the language barrier, or what, but for the past 11 weeks, catching the bus with these Japanese females is simply a chore.

After a couple of trips on the bus, you learn what your bus-fare is. It just happens. These Japanese females, however, seem to forget – EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

That wouldn’t be so bad if they just had the right change, or had a selection of change ready. But no, that would be too Australian for them – instead, every boarding of the bus is accompanied by the driver having a lenghty chat with them, on I-don’t-know-what, all because they can’t seem to catch the bus properly? They’ve talked for up to minutes at a time, and yes, this happens EVERY. SINGLE. TIME.

Usually, this is alright. I can usually deal with this – I simply tune out, or board the bus before they do.

This morning, however, it was pouring with rain, I had already put away my umbrella, and yep, you guessed it, there they were, showing utter incompetence at catching the bus. If they had a GreenCard it’d be so much easier – just touch and go, but nooo. That’d be far too awkward. Instead, I, and all the passengers behind me, are forced to endure their blatant failure in catching the bus.

Sigh.

I don’t know. Maybe it’s the language barrier. Maybe it’s the fact that they have every possible denomination of coin in their purse – in both Japanese and Australian currencies, no doubt.

The real kick in the gut, though, comes from the fact that they have a companion. Some guy that goes to UTas – as far as I can tell, the Japanese females are exchange students and he’s part of the exchange family (or whatever it’s called). Usually he witnesses this exchange – never intefering, just observing.

You’d think that he would educate them on whatever they’re doing wrong. You’d think that he’d be able to tell them that you need to pay the driver this amount, or that you need to say this and then pay the driver.

You’d be wrong.

This post part of Blogtober 2009. A post a day isn’t too hard, right?