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To whom it may concern:

I have recently emailed this helpdesk regarding a problem I am facing while trying to access the Internet on my campus connection. The problem I am referring to is a code 500 HTTP error which occurs abotu 50% of the time for each external webpage which I try to load. It is accompanied by a [RESOURCE_RECLAIMED] error message, and I find I have to hit refresh 5-6 times before anything will even show up on screen. If anything loads, it will load halfway, and file downloads are often truncated as well. This makes the World Wide Web unusable for anything except browsing within NTU’s homepage.

In light of receiving no reply to my previous email, I have since called the helpdesk twice regarding this problem, and on both occasions, even before I have had a chance to fully explain the problem I was facing, I was asked to clear my cache and check my proxy settings. While failing to fully understand what the contents of my cache have to do with a server-side failure, I did as requested and I would like to assure you that as of this writing, My cache is empty and my proxy settings do not deviate in any way from those outlined on CITS’s website, yet the problem persists, and I am not able to connect even to www.google.com.sg.

When I requested to know if anything would be done that same night about this problem, I was told that it was unlikely, as all the relevent people had “gone home”. However, I was assured that my complaint would be forwarded to the network engineer. What then, may I ask, is the point of operating a manned helpdesk till 11pm every night?? Why not just give me a recorded message telling me to clear my cache then call back tomorrow morning at 8.30? My name was not recorded, neither was my contact number, and I can only guess at whether my complaint was even noted down for the relevent people to deal with the following morning, hence I am emailing, as requested.

This problem is not new, and has been occurring intermittently over the past few weeks. However, it seems to be happening with increased frequency and is very annoying, especially as it appears nothing is being done about it. I sincerely hope that someone will look into this problem this time round.

I can be contacted at <number removed> should anyone need to know if I have cleared my cache.

Thank you and regards,

Gary Koh

Gary :: Oct.24.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts, Bitchin' :: No Comments »

Wherein I take a break from my econs paper and observe some dumbasses.

Now seated in the SAC study area. The fella beside me keeps looking around… to the point that it’s becoming annoying. Anyone who walks past, he’ll check out. he swirls around when i unplug my thumbdrive. He glances at me when I type fast. he stares at people whose phone goes off. And it’s not a noise issue either. he stares at the girl beside him. He looks into the fucking cabinet under his desk. He checks under his seat. He checks the back of the paper he reading. And it’s not because I’m checking him out that I notice this. It’s just that he’s in my line of sight and every move of his is eye-catching. bloody fool. His powerpoint slides are printed one per page. They look brand new 3 weeks from the exams and they are full of maths equations. He’s staring at them like they’re some collective appiration of the virgin mary. I think he’s interested in the girl beside him. They know each other, and arrived together, but he keeps staring at her so much it’s creepy. Ok. now she’s turned around. he catches her eye, and he rolls over in his seat to go talk to her. They discuss a drawing. He goes back to his notes. he doesn’t last 20 seconds. He flips the page, to another sheet full of equations. He looks up, he looks down, he parts the fucking blinds, he checks his phone, he turns his head to look at someone walking past behind him, he shakes his legs, he checks his phone again, he looks at the ceiling… I wanna slap him. Fuck, I’m updating his movements in real time and my fingers can’t catch up.

Ok. enough ranting. Time to go back to econs.

P.S. Bloody dweeb.

UPDATE: He went off for a short walk… presumably to look at MORE stuff, then when he came back, he silently walked over behind the girl beside him, and bent over her, staring intently at the sheet of paper she was writing on. I mean, WTF? She sensed something, turned and found him grinning at her… She jumped.

Gary :: Oct.19.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts, Bitchin', A thousand words :: No Comments »

Once again, after a long time

It’s been awhile.

Currently in Cafe by the Quad on my laptop. Sent it in for repairs a little while back, cos the mouse pointer wouldn’t stop moving by itself. The quotation came up to be $1044.75, so I told Toshiba to kindly shove it. I got the laptop back formatted (requested for and done FOC) and somehow the problem seems to have diminished. Not entirely gone, but the cursor moves less now. Anyway, that sequence of events led me up to this point, tearing my hair out in this cafe trying to get the wireless LAN to work, and only succeeding after nearly an hour.

Everything has to be re-setup, re-installed, re-configured. It’s quite a pain in the arse, but a bearable one just as long as the fucking mouse pointer doesn’t drift that often.

Birthday today. Acap gang cooked up an elaborate scheme over the past few days to get me to believe that the audition had been pushed to thursday instead of friday, so that i would call for a practice onwed night. This gave everyone a good excuse to be in the same place at the same time, and I was halfway through Santa Claus when the door burst open with a bunch of people carrying a cake. Sneaky bastards. =)

Thanks folks, for the cake and the presents and the wishes and the food and the drinks. Jared, Tianyun, Sebas, David, Xinhui, Shawn, Yeh Yang, Chin Yaw, Jacq.. you guys were great.

Jacq even wrote me a corny limmerick..

Here comes Gary the Koh,
Holding his presents, what? Oh!
So it’s your birthday
You’re twenty-four today
Hey! Let’s go again to Big O.

Haha… yep. =)  You can find her blog here.  Thanks Jacq…! And yes, I left a comment.

Coke!

Foot-tall coke light with revolving whatchamacallits.

Jack Skellington

Jack Skellington figurine with interchangable heads.

Gary :: Oct.06.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts, A thousand words, General :: No Comments »

Angry All The Time

The reasons that I can’t stay don’t have a thing to do with being in love
And I understand that lovin a man shouldn’t have to be this rough
You ain’t the only one Who feels like this world left you far behind
I don’t know why you gotta be angry all the time

Gary :: Jun.21.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts, Music, Sad :: Comments Off

things that have happened since the last update.

  • IA is coming to an end.
  • I have a new 3G phone.
  • I have picked up more new magic, and am currently working hard on them.
  • I have a new photoblog here.
  • I have learnt many new things.
  • I have forgotten many old ones.
  • I have grown a little older, a little wiser.
  • I now know that pigs are the only animals other than humans which suffer from sunburns.
  • I have three starlets, two arrows, and candy.

Gary :: Jun.16.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts, General :: Comments Off

Two Middle East mothers….

Two Middle East mothers are sitting in the cafe strip chatting over a pint of goat’s milk.

The older of the mothers pulls her bag out and starts flipping through pictures and they start reminiscing.

“This is my oldest son Mohammed. He’s 24 years old now”

“Yes, I remember him as a baby” says the other mother cheerfully.

“He’s a martyr now though” mum confides.

“Oh so sad dear” says the other.

“And this is my second son Kalid. He’s 21″

“Oh, I remember him,” says the other happily, “he had such curly hair when he was born”.

“He’s a martyr too ” says mum quietly.

“Oh gracious me ….” says the other.

“And this is my third son. My baby. My beautiful Ahmed. He’s 18″, she whispers.

“Yes” says the friend enthusiastically, “I remember when he first started school”.

“He’s a martyr also,” says mum, with tears in her eyes.

After a pause and a deep sigh, the second muslim mother looks wistfully at the photographs and says… “They blow up so fast, don’t they?”

Gary :: Jun.10.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts, Funny, WTF :: Comments Off

Next sem’s timetable…. w00t!

TIME \ DAY MON TUE WED THU FRI
0830-0930 SC433 (LT8) SC440 (LT10)     SC134 (LT2A)
0930-1030    
1030-1130 SC441 (LT19A)  
1130-1230
1230-1330   SC440 (LT10)
1330-1430
1430-1530 SC134 (TR11) SC441 (LT1)
1530-1630 SC440 (LT8) SC441 (LT19A)  
1630-1730   SC433 (LT8) SC444 (LT19) SC444 (LT19)
1730-1830  
1830-1930 SC433 (LT22)    
1930-2030
Index Subject Title AUs Exam Date/Time
10624 SC441 Advanced Computer Networks 4 08 November 2005 (TUE) 13:30h
10626 SC444 Cryptography and Network Security 4 11 November 2005 (FRI) 14:30h
10621 SC433 Programming Languages 4 15 November 2005 (TUE) 13:30h
10623 SC440 Advanced Algorithms 4 21 November 2005 (MON) 13:30h
10601 SC134 Principles of Economics 4 25 November 2005 (FRI) 09:30h
Total of 5 subject(s) and 20 AU(s).

Really wanted to take AI instead of programming languages, but it would have made my Fridays suck to the max.  No breaks from 8.30 to 3.30.  Also, note the totally free Thursdays? I didn’t plan that. No one seems to want to schedule lessons on Thursdays anymore.  Xinhui pointed out it’s my ticket to happy mambo nights.  And I didn’t even realise…! hmmm… =)

In other news, my mega-magic shipment arrived yesterday.  Sponge balls are fun.

And don’t ask me about chocolate cravings, forgetful mice and blissful pigs.

Gary :: Jun.01.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: Comments Off

Whoohoohoo

Another magic shipment arriving in about 3 weeks… just in time for the end of IA..!
Am quite cheerful right about now.  =)

Items 
Quantity  Product Name  Price 
1 On the Spot with Gregory Wilson 2 Volumes on 1 DVD! 49.95
1 Tomas Medina’s Cardiologist Deck with instructional DVD 24.95
1 Super Soft 2 Inch Sponge Balls Yellow 4.95
1 Magic Mints (PROMO) 0.00
Subtotal  79.85
Discount Code  penguinwelcome
Discount Amount  -7.98
Tax  0.00
Insurance  1.40
Shipping Type  Foreign Shipping
Shipping  11.95
Total  85.22

Gary :: May.22.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts, Entertainment, General :: Comments Off

How to tell you are a linux fanatic

1. You rejuvenate and dance when you hear a windows flaw exposed, but you conveniently ignore the thousands of security flaws exposed in linux.

2. You yell loudly TROLL! at any person’s post or at any person you see posting facts that you do not want to hear about your oh so cool linux.

3. You know it’s a classic case of penis envy, you don’t have all the support, software and hardware available for linux and you have to let that anger out somewhere, but you don’t have the brains to admit it.

4. You hate windows, hate Microsoft, but race to emulate windows, have programs to run office from within linux, and spend a $300 on a Windows emulator, only Windows fools.

5. You cannot admit that you don’t have professional usage of Linux outside server markets.

6. You cannot admit that most of the joe user out there when told that there is linux will respond, what is that?

7. You cannot admit that there is no professional printing capabilities in linux.

8. You cannot admit that you are a masochist (otherwise why would someone spend hours playing with scripts,
and recompiling programs that are available for Windows?)

9. You cannot admit that there is no professional desktop publishing done on Linux.

10. You cannot admit that no one in their right mind would do professional video editing in Linux.

11. You cannot admit that linux sucks when it comes for gaming/home entertainment or education.

12. You have problems in understanding Windows, and you will blame your own incompetence on Microsoft.

13. You have problems in pointing a clicking, but have no problems in wading through cryptic scripts written by lunatics.

14. Nothing will get past that shit that fills your head, you will not admit to any facts.

15. You can’t admit that naming of linux components, packages, and others are weird and fits profiles of troubled teenagers. gentoo, lgx, rpm ….

16. You feel angered because you were left out by microsoft’s Media technologies, they support Mac, Sun sparc, but not linux.

17. You feel inferior deep inside but unable to admit it, you don’t have a database as easy and powerful as Access.

18. You cannot tell that not a single office package outside Microsoft’s is worth looking at or bothering with.

19. You don’t know that your CD recorder software sucks.

20. You don’t have DVD-RAM, DVD-R, DVD-RW support in your pathetic OS.

21. While the rest of the world moves on, you’re stuck in a stone age technology that needs third party software to boot into GUI.

22. You act out of prejudice, you kill file domains and users of specific news readers while you ignore the bullshit that your fellow linux losers post.

23. You don’t know commercial support in Linux is almost non existent.

24. You miss the fact that companies are leaving linux because of the chaos, and the cheap linux losers who are unwilling to pay and support hard work, Corel, gaming companies,…etc.

25. You are unaware that linux has no terminal services (there is a lame one that no one uses), and commercial support for it is not happening.

26. You are unaware that setting up servers on Windows takes couple of minutes while on linux, good luck playing with configuration scripts.

27. You cannot admit that support for USB on linux is laughable at best.

28. You think that Linux is better because slashdot told you so.

29. You spend countless hours flaming people because they post their opinions about your oh so cool linux and your attitude, instead of researching things for yourself and understanding fact in order not to look this stupid.

30. You think that anyone who uses linux has a clue.

31. You think that linux cannot crash.

32. You think that everyone is interested in your conspiracy theories about Microsoft (or should i say M$ in order for you, teenagers to understand?), and how they destroyed linux, …etc.

33. You keep ignoring the fact that thousands of linux servers get hacked every year, but it takes one Windows server hacked to get you and your fellow linux idiots to dance and celebrate.

Gary :: May.07.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts, 1337, General :: Comments Off

hmm

<table align=”center” cellpadding=”20″> <tbody><tr> <td align=”center”> <font size=”5″><b>Your brain: 80% interpersonal, 100% visual, 80% verbal, and 140% mathematical!</b></font><br /> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> Congratulations on being 400% smart! Actually, on my test, everyone is. The above score breaks down <font color=”blue”><b>what kind of thinking you most enjoy</b></font>
doing. A score above 100% means you use that kind of thinking more than
average, and a score below 100% means you use it less. It says nothing
about how good you are at any one, just how <i>interested</i> you are in each, relatively. A substantial difference in scores between two people means, conclusively, that they are <font color=”#006600″>different kinds</font> of thinkers.
<br /><br />

<b>Matching Summary:</b> Each of us has different tastes. Still, I offer the following advice, which I think is obvious:<br /><br />
<ol><li>Don’t date someone if your <font color=”#ff0066″>interpersonal percentages</font> differ by more than <font color=”#ff0066″>80%</font>.
</li><li>Don’t be friends with someone if your <font color=”#ff6600″>verbal percentages</font> differ by more than <font color=”#ff6600″>100%</font>.
</li><li>Don’t have sex with someone if their <font color=”#009900″>math percentage</font> is over <font color=”#009900″>200%</font>.</li></ol>
</td> </tr> <tr> <td align=”center”> <img src=”http://is0.okcupid.com/users/704/510/7055112809383642671/mt1111506225.gif” /> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <br /><br /><br /> <table cellpadding=”20″> <tbody><tr> <td> <span id=”comparisonarea”>My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people <i>your age and gender</i>:<blockquote><table border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”4″><tbody><tr><td valign=”middle”><table bgcolor=”black” border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”1″><tbody><tr><td bgcolor=”#b2cfff” height=”20″ width=”111″><a href=”http://www.okcupid.com”><img src=”http://is3.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif” alt=”free online dating” border=”0″ /></a></td><td bgcolor=”white” width=”39″><a href=”http://www.okcupid.com”><img src=”http://is3.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif” alt=”free online dating” border=”0″ /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign=”middle”>You scored higher than <b>74%</b> on <b>interpersonal</b></td></tr><tr><td valign=”middle”><table bgcolor=”black” border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”1″><tbody><tr><td bgcolor=”#b2cfff” height=”20″ width=”107″><a href=”http://www.okcupid.com”><img src=”http://is3.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif” alt=”free online dating” border=”0″ /></a></td><td bgcolor=”white” width=”43″><a href=”http://www.okcupid.com”><img src=”http://is3.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif” alt=”free online dating” border=”0″ /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign=”middle”>You scored higher than <b>71%</b> on <b>visual</b></td></tr><tr><td valign=”middle”><table bgcolor=”black” border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”1″><tbody><tr><td bgcolor=”#b2cfff” height=”20″ width=”111″><a href=”http://www.okcupid.com”><img src=”http://is3.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif” alt=”free online dating” border=”0″ /></a></td><td bgcolor=”white” width=”39″><a href=”http://www.okcupid.com”><img src=”http://is3.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif” alt=”free online dating” border=”0″ /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign=”middle”>You scored higher than <b>74%</b> on <b>verbal</b></td></tr><tr><td valign=”middle”><table bgcolor=”black” border=”0″ cellpadding=”0″ cellspacing=”1″><tbody><tr><td bgcolor=”#b2cfff” height=”20″ width=”120″><a href=”http://www.okcupid.com”><img src=”http://is3.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif” alt=”free online dating” border=”0″ /></a></td><td bgcolor=”white” width=”30″><a href=”http://www.okcupid.com”><img src=”http://is3.okcupid.com/graphics/0.gif” alt=”free online dating” border=”0″ /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td valign=”middle”>You scored higher than <b>80%</b> on <b>mathematical</b></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></span> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table cellpadding=”20″><tbody><tr><td>Link: <a href=”http://www.okcupid.com/tests/take?testid=15273633770079357960″>The 4-Variable IQ Test</a> written by <a href=”http://www.okcupid.com/profile?tuid=7055112809383642671″>chriscoyne</a> on <a href=”http://www.okcupid.com”>OkCupid Free Online Dating</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

Gary :: May.04.2005 :: Old Deadjournal posts :: No Comments »

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