Thursday, January 13, 2005
A Temp solution for my bandwidth woes
Enough is enough. Having to limit what I can download just because I have to keep within my 220mb bandwidth has been driving me crazy for long enough. So, I weighed my options.
(all calculations based on additional amt paid after 2 years)
1. Upgrade to unlimited broadband: cost: 35*24=S$840
2. Take up more tuition to earn more money to do either option 1 or 2.: cost: My nightly supper and depressed poetry writing time.
3. Learn how to forge my dad's signature....: cost: Risk getting kicked out of my house.
4. Buy a thumbdrive and download stuff in sch.:cost: S$50
5. Buy a notebook and use sch network: cost: S$1500++
5a. Kope min's notebook and use sch network and see the frustration on her face:cost: Priceless!!!
Though I was really tempted to go for option 5a, after much consideration, I felt that option 4 would be the more sensible choice... considering what min already is doing on her blog after I pang seied her for MNO, I seriously don't wanna risk it.... too dangerous... So, went to the bazaar at coop today, got myself a 256mb thumbdrive =). cheap cheap! Only $45 dollars... less than 50 I tot it would cost... I would soon realise why....
First, the cap is a tad too small to fit the thing itself, so the profile view looks a bit funny.... maybe i'm going too much into details here, but what hte hack! Secondly, the string they give to loop through the hole on the usb thumbdrive is too thick, or the hole too small.... doesn't fit! Asked my friend to see if she could do it, but she couldn't too, and it was with the help of her earrings which had a long thin metal piece... (side issue... now I know why gals have earrings... depending on the design, it can be use for self defense / pick locks / double as needle / other things i've yet to think of). But these two flaws aside, its a good thing I've finally gotten a thumbdrive to transfre data from my computer to the outside world... Considering that my cd-rom up till date is still firmly supporting our IDA's anti-piracy stand... I can read absolutely no CD-R / CD-RW / pirated CDs.... damn.... wth!
So, I finally gotta download songs from my gmail acc that xin sent me ages ago on the sch comp, and save it onto my newly aquired 'best friend'.... haha.... not to mention the list of drifting vids from links that i've meticulously stored away on my email... FREEDOM!!! I have to agree with my philo tutor for once, that freedom from having the power to do what you want, sure beats freedom from not wanting to do what I want. Sounds chim eh... not wanting to do wat I want? What the hell is this person talking about? If you figure it out, go take PH1101E... you'd get A+... promise! =P
P.S. PH1101E is the best course to take in my opinion.... take it! ALL MCQ exam, 2 sub 800 word essays and that's it! Furthermore, reading of the text, regardless of what others might tell you, is totally so not necessary! The only requirement for this subject, is to:
For the exam: Have a clear mind, and think through the MCQ options for the test. Text is all provided. No prior knowledge required.
For the essays: Consult your tutor with the draft, and be good and the art of intelligent bluffology. Meaning, writing nonsense in such a way that seems plausible... basically just support what you say with examples, and try to argue the unarguable... need example, come and find me =) haha....
As seen, this module is kinda guarenteed A- minimum, with 0 hour input... In fact, just skip the lectures too.... not necessary really.... if you don't believe, juz try to get hold of one of them MCQ papers and try it to believe it... the only person u should actually listen to is your tutor, so that you know what he wants for your essay.... As Sun Ze said, knowing your enemy is half the battle won.... guess that's what he means, considering he said: 知己知彼百战百胜。 Don't ask me why, but I've got a funny feeling that i'll be corrected soon on this phrase by the in-house chinese expert that reads my blog....
- Emptiness - 1/13/2005 01:17:00 am
