Not sure why this came to mind suddenly, but I do wish I have such lofty aspirations as Yue Fei, to devote oneself totally to a single goal, never stopping until it is attained. Truly inspiring.
年代：宋
作者：岳飞
作品：满江红
怒发冲冠，凭栏处潇潇雨歇。
抬望眼，仰天长啸，壮怀激烈。
三十功名尘与土，
八千里路云和月。
莫等闲白了少年头，空悲切。
靖康耻，犹未雪；
臣子恨，何时灭！
驾长车踏破贺兰山缺。
壮志饥餐胡虏肉，
笑谈渴饮匈奴血。
待从头收拾旧山河，朝天阙。
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
How to make sushi rice without using vinegar...
Ingredients: Rice
Equipment: Rice cooker
1) Pick the best Thai jasmine rice, short grained
2) Wash two cups of rice and place in a rice cooker
3) For every one cup of rice, pour one-and-a-quarter cups of water
4) Forget about the mixture for three days
5) Finally realize it and cook it
6) Voila! After 20 minutes, an authentic sour-ish aroma of the best sushi rice fills the room.
7) Serve at company holiday potluck party :P
Equipment: Rice cooker
1) Pick the best Thai jasmine rice, short grained
2) Wash two cups of rice and place in a rice cooker
3) For every one cup of rice, pour one-and-a-quarter cups of water
4) Forget about the mixture for three days
5) Finally realize it and cook it
6) Voila! After 20 minutes, an authentic sour-ish aroma of the best sushi rice fills the room.
7) Serve at company holiday potluck party :P
Friday, December 01, 2006
The existence of Santa
This article doesn't take into account the theory that Santa can have multiple threads and is indestructible.
"We now present the results of our studies concerning the existence of
Santa Claus.
1) As far as we know, there is no such species as a flying reindeer. In
this point of our research we still have 300 000 animal species to study
(most of these are insects). So there is yet a possibility that the flying
reindeer of Santa Claus could exist.
2) There lives approximately 2 billion children in the world (who are under
18) but since Santa Claus doesn't work among the Muslims, the Hindus, the
Jews or the Buddhists, he only has to visit approximately 15 % of all the
children on earth (378 million of them). Since there are on the average 3,5
children in every household, Santa Claus has to visit 108 million homes
(presuming that there is at least one good behaving child in each family).
3) Santa Claus has to do his work in 31 hours, taking into account
different time zones plus the rotary movement of earth, and presuming that
he travels logically from east to west. As a result of quick calculations
we are to notice that Santa needs to execute 967,7 visits in one second.
This means that in every house he has approximately 1/1000 seconds to park,
jump off the sleigh, hand out the presents, run back to the sleigh and
travel to the next house. Knowing, that these 108 million stops take place
around the world and that the distance between two houses is approximately
1,3 kilometers, the total length of the journey is approximately 140
million kilometers. This means that Santa's sleigh has to travel
approximately 1 040 kilometers per second, that is 12 500 times the sonic
speed. For comparison, a normal reindeer reaches the speed of 25 km/h at
best.
4) Another interesting item for research is the weight of the sleigh.
Presuming that each child receives merely a medium-sized Lego-pack (500 g),
the sleigh weights 189 000 000 kg. On top of this we have to consider that
Santa Claus is often described as highly overweighted. On land, a normal
reindeer can pull approximately 140 kilos maximum. Even with the assumption
that a flying reindeer (see #1) can pull ten times more than a normal
reindeer, we need more than eight or nine reindeers to pull the sleigh. We
need 135 000 reindeers. This adds up the total mass (not adding the weight
of the sleigh itself) up to 210 000 000 kilos.
5) The 210 000 000 kg traveling at 1 040 km/s produces substantial air
resistance which causes the reindeer to warm up in a similar manner as a
space ship returning to the atmosphere of the earth. The first pair of the
reindeer consumes 14,3 quantum million joules/second/a reindeer. In a short
period of time the first two reindeers will burst into flames, resulting in
a chain reaction leading to the explosion of all the reindeers. The entire
herd of reindeers will evaporate in 1/4260 seconds. At the same time Santa
will meet 17 500 times the gravity forces. Santa Claus - with all his 120
kilos - will be pressed at the back of the sleigh by the power of 1 959 016
kilos.
In our studies, we came into the conclusion that if Santa Claus did in fact
distribute the presents last Christmas - he is now dead. Another
possibility is that Santa Claus is a fake, which theory is very unlikely
since there are so many witnesses in the world who claim to have seen Santa
regularly at least once a year. We shall continue the research.
With regrets, merry Christmas and a better new year despite this all.
(This text has been adopted from the Department of Research of the
University of Technology.)"
ismo from Finland (home country of Santa Claus)
"We now present the results of our studies concerning the existence of
Santa Claus.
1) As far as we know, there is no such species as a flying reindeer. In
this point of our research we still have 300 000 animal species to study
(most of these are insects). So there is yet a possibility that the flying
reindeer of Santa Claus could exist.
2) There lives approximately 2 billion children in the world (who are under
18) but since Santa Claus doesn't work among the Muslims, the Hindus, the
Jews or the Buddhists, he only has to visit approximately 15 % of all the
children on earth (378 million of them). Since there are on the average 3,5
children in every household, Santa Claus has to visit 108 million homes
(presuming that there is at least one good behaving child in each family).
3) Santa Claus has to do his work in 31 hours, taking into account
different time zones plus the rotary movement of earth, and presuming that
he travels logically from east to west. As a result of quick calculations
we are to notice that Santa needs to execute 967,7 visits in one second.
This means that in every house he has approximately 1/1000 seconds to park,
jump off the sleigh, hand out the presents, run back to the sleigh and
travel to the next house. Knowing, that these 108 million stops take place
around the world and that the distance between two houses is approximately
1,3 kilometers, the total length of the journey is approximately 140
million kilometers. This means that Santa's sleigh has to travel
approximately 1 040 kilometers per second, that is 12 500 times the sonic
speed. For comparison, a normal reindeer reaches the speed of 25 km/h at
best.
4) Another interesting item for research is the weight of the sleigh.
Presuming that each child receives merely a medium-sized Lego-pack (500 g),
the sleigh weights 189 000 000 kg. On top of this we have to consider that
Santa Claus is often described as highly overweighted. On land, a normal
reindeer can pull approximately 140 kilos maximum. Even with the assumption
that a flying reindeer (see #1) can pull ten times more than a normal
reindeer, we need more than eight or nine reindeers to pull the sleigh. We
need 135 000 reindeers. This adds up the total mass (not adding the weight
of the sleigh itself) up to 210 000 000 kilos.
5) The 210 000 000 kg traveling at 1 040 km/s produces substantial air
resistance which causes the reindeer to warm up in a similar manner as a
space ship returning to the atmosphere of the earth. The first pair of the
reindeer consumes 14,3 quantum million joules/second/a reindeer. In a short
period of time the first two reindeers will burst into flames, resulting in
a chain reaction leading to the explosion of all the reindeers. The entire
herd of reindeers will evaporate in 1/4260 seconds. At the same time Santa
will meet 17 500 times the gravity forces. Santa Claus - with all his 120
kilos - will be pressed at the back of the sleigh by the power of 1 959 016
kilos.
In our studies, we came into the conclusion that if Santa Claus did in fact
distribute the presents last Christmas - he is now dead. Another
possibility is that Santa Claus is a fake, which theory is very unlikely
since there are so many witnesses in the world who claim to have seen Santa
regularly at least once a year. We shall continue the research.
With regrets, merry Christmas and a better new year despite this all.
(This text has been adopted from the Department of Research of the
University of Technology.)"
ismo from Finland (home country of Santa Claus)
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