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Sentence in algorithms textbook taken out of context: “The twiddle factor used in each butterfly operation depends on the value of s.” I have test tomorrow. Test involves discrete fast fourier transforms (multiple processor) and decrypting RSA encrypted messages without private keys (small values).
And I give you an efficient way to waste your time, I love some of those games.
Another issue is done, that makes 11 for the semester and about 14 so far. I still haven’t received a transition manual from either of the former editors. Fortunately, Neil left us a bible. I don’t really refer to it anymore, but I read through it before I started (the thing is at least an inch thick). Anyway, the issue this week is 24 pages, that’s like doing a double issue compared to some of the ones we’d been doing. In my opinion it’s too much, 16 and 20 pagers make for better content, oh well, it’s fun. There’s a lot of good stuff in the issue this week, there’s also a lot of space filler. Our main graphics dude was sick (may or may not have been related to Sci Formal), he usually works his magic on the cover. We only had one graphics person around and lots of colour stuff to be done, so I did a bunch of work on the cover. It’s alright, it’ll make people smile at least. It’s a pun though. A fucking pun. I think sleep is in order now.
Hmm, lets see. The lightbulb in my desklamp blew out, and i fucked up one of the one’s in the overhead light trying to see what wattage it was. It didn’t really want to go back in the socket. So, my room’s a bit dark.
Stuff stuff stuff. There was the DJ Vadim show at the Elixir last night; I went with Freeman and Tavis, Eve showed up too. The show was alright, I didn’t stick around until the end, I was kind of tired. The waitress we had was kind of wacky, I think she was overworked/tired. She left her tray at our table for fifteen minutes and rambled on about stuff, it was funny. We had a pad of paper with us and drew a bunch of stuff, I should probably take a look at it. Some of it should probably be burned.
I went and saw Matrix Revolutions on Wednesday night. It wrapped up a bunch of stuff, left some question but no worse than the first movie. There was a lot of action, boom boom boom. I found that their ammunition expenditure didn’t seem to match the amount being put in. I guess that’s generally the case in the movies though. There was also a tendency to explain away large questions in a sentence or two, generally along the lines of, “That’s the way things are, you gotta do what you’re meant to do.” It seemed like everything happens for a reason and you should just let it all happen, but while you’re doing that your should do it all really really really fast. On a whole I enjoyed it and wasn’t really disappointed.
Man, the proposal for my final project was due yesterday. I haven’t finished it yet. I probably could have whipped it off, but wanted to thing about it a bit more. The 499 supervisor is my project supervisor, so it’s not like a really have to describe my project much to him anyway. It’s just getting the rough deadlines done. The date isn’t too tight, but if he didn’t do it, no one would submit them. I’m halfway done it, with most of the outline finished. I have a networks assignment due tomorrow, I’m done the second half, but the first question or two are throwing me for a loop.
A new day has arrived — I present to you the comprehensive Guided By Voices online database. Now, it’s the GBV database and not the Robert Pollard database, so don’t get your hopes up too high. Regardless, it’s enough to satiate the most rabid GBV fan. As for me, I can say that I didn’t know Tonics and Twisted Chasers existed. And you know what, I just realized that I lied a sentence or two ago when I said it wasn’t a Robert Pollard database. Well, actually I didn’t lie because it’s not. The point is you can sort by label too, including the Fading Captain Series, so it may as well by the Pollard database.
I went and saw American Splendor with Dave on saturday afternoon. It was at the Screening Room downtown. For those that haven’t been, it’s akin to watching something on a really big television, but lower quality. The theatre has an endearing quality to it though.
I saw the trailer for the movie a few days ago and decided that I wanted to see it when it came out. Coincidentally, it showed up at the Screening Room last weekend. The movie is about the life of Harvey Pekar, in a pseudo-documentary/biography sort of way. There was a bunch of different techniques used to give it a more authentic feel, mainly some white screen things while the real Harvey is narrating the movie. Basically, he creates a comic book series based on his life and illustrated by his friend Robert Crumb. It was a little bit different than I expected, but I thoroughly enjoyed the movie. I recommend going to see it.
The internet is littered with abandoned websites that haven’t been updated in months or years. We’ll no shit.
Well the good news is that the newspaper is back up to 20 pages this week, rather than the 12’s we’ve running lately. The bad news is that I got out at 5am and have a test at 1130. Go classics, go classics, go! Absorb yourself into my brain.
“I’ve got people coming in now during the seventh season who have watched six seasons, they have bought the DVDs and they think it is THEIR game. They are telling me…’Isn’t today Day Seventeen, Mark? Shouldn’t there be like a rain cloud today? I am like, you know, shut the fuck up and just play.”
Alright, there was the Networks midterm on wednesday night, it was open book — i did a lot of research during the test. I think i did alright. I also had an assignment due for Networks this morning, it was writing a simple mail client. It wasn’t really that hard. And thus the week is done. I got the algorithms test back today, I passed, did ok, but not great.
Today is Halloween, the day/night when freaks get along alright with the rest of society. I don’t really know what I’m up to. There’s a bunch of keg parties and shit that I know about and there’s always The Scherzo, they have a show going on tonight, it should be good fun. I had office hours this aft, the office contains left alcohol from the cresting party. Yea!
With that I’m done. If I have something more productive to say, I’ll let you know. I’ve been trying to update the sidebar links more often, so try that shit out.