The Nerd Report

I just could NOT less this pass me. I mean, how awesome is this??!!

Click meeee!!!

Cognitive computing huh? Well then, I guess I'd better reread my old,worn copies of Neuromancer and rewatch my rotting Johnny Mnemonic DVDs, because as soon as self-aware, thinking computers take over, I'm screwed. lol.

I have worked on a neural network simulation in C++, but its pretty useless as far as actual function is concerned. Just a bit of number crunching(but then, in the end, everything is).

Still, this is pretty interesting. Thank God my original ambition was to become a neurosurgeon. Chances are by the time I get out of medical school they're still going to be messing around with it. Maybe if I get lucky I can work with them. Who knows?

Lets hope this thing pans out.

Oh yeah, I have 5 unit tests next week. Luck, you say?

Ha, I don't need luck.

I need a miracle.

Peace,
Gavin

The Past 2 Months In Less Than 500 Words

Wow, perfect. Another "sorry I haven't updated in so long" post. Its sorta becoming a habit, don't you think?

Well, without further ado, here's the rundown of the past two months.

1)School started. Its a bitch.

2)I learned a lesson the hard way about the importance of backing up stuff. My old computer's motherboard,hard drive,graphics card and memory stick went bad all at the same time. Lost over 200 GB of stuff.

3)I finally realized that I was really good at Mathematics and probably should consider taking over Stephen Hawking's job at CERN.

4)I underwent a period of psychological trauma after starting college Chemistry and realizing that electrons don't actually orbit in shells, their positions are random, that is, they have a 95% chance of being found in a regions of space known as orbitals. I wept.

5)I had an epiphany, and realized that its pretty simple to build a nuclear bomb.

6)All hail President Obama!!! Finally, a balla president. Lots of people died that night, since after seeing that, they probably had nothing left to live for.

7)At some point, I realized that I more or less forgot about Happy Desolation. Some good Samaritan reminded me about it(Thanks Robyn!!).

That's about it. Lets hope from now on, I can be more regular with the updates. For your sake,since I know you all live for this. lol.

Georgia, Russia, Jamaica, l337ness, Isaac and Much Much More.....

As Russia pushes deeper into Georgian territory, I can't help but wonder if the world is going crazy.

Then, I realize it has. Isaac Hayes has died. A stroke was the cause of death.



If you have no idea who he is, yet he looks familiar, you've probably seen him if you watch Fresh Prince. He was in the episode where Will and Lisa ran away to get married in Las Vegas. He was the ermm..pasto....marriage official.

Anyway back to international news. Russia has sent 20000 soldiers and 500 armoured personnel carriers into Gori, a key Georgian town. Since Monday, they've hacked the Georgian government's website. They want the Georgian President gone.



Yup, they hacked the government website. Now we see where l337ness comes in. That is uber-l337.

Georgian civilians claim that Russian soldiers are torching homes and taking their property. They've ransacked a few military bases too. Foreign journalists have been warned to hurry up and get out of Georgia. Rather interesting. Georgia sits on top of a strategic oil pipeline, which supplies western markets and the oil comes from the Caspian Sea. I'm sure you see where this is going.

There was a fire at Apple Computer Corporation Headquarters. No one was harmed, and I haven't found any information about the extent of the damage.

Anyway, what does the Georgian thing have to do with Jamaica? Well, lets start with the EU. If the EU sends a peacekeeping force into Georgia(remember now, peacekeeping forces are expensive), there will be less money for member states to do other things. Especially buy sugar from Jamaica, since the climate isn't really favourable for sugarcane in Europe, and sugarcane sugar is preferred to beet sugar.

Sugar and tourism are more or less Jamaica's major income earners. Under an agreement, Jamaica can sell up to 126000 tonnes of sugar a year to the EU market. If the average price per tonne of sugar is US$ 330, 126000 * 330 = US$41580000. With the current recession, lets say that they can only buy half of that(and we can barely produce that). Couple this with the fact that oil prices are sky-high right now, and the country is already buried in debt due to loans from the World Bank and such, you know we're screwed.

Also, Iran claims to have built a smart unmanned sub. They've also purchased some submarines from Russia. Nice twist huh? How cool is that.