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This interview was not permitted to be aired

LightningFist — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 22:08:46 +0800

http://www.bfm.my/anwar-ibrahim-kajang-eve...on-podcast.html

So is it independent? How does something like this even get banned - the radio asks for permission?

Anybody go surfing/windsurfing/kayak/swim

LightningFist — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:16:18 +0800

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=534093523344407

AFOI Dissent & Democracy

LightningFist — Sat, 19 Oct 2013 23:58:35 +0800

https://radio.adelaide.edu.au/dissent-and-d...-anwar-ibrahim/

New Dell XPS 15

LightningFist — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 07:39:25 +0800

Can anybody call Dell 1800 88 2888 to find out the price of the 512GB SSD config? Overseas atm, number doesn't work for me.

Processor
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4702HQ processor (6M Cache, up to 3.2 GHz)
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5-4200H Processor (3M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)

Operating System
Windows 8.1 Single Language (64Bit) English
Windows 8.1 (64Bit) English
Windows 8.1 Pro (64Bit) English

Memory
8GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (4GBx2)
16GB Dual Channel DDR3L 1600MHz (8GBx2)

Video Card
Intel® HD Graphics 4400
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 750M 2GB GDDR5

Display
15.6 inch LED Backlit Touch Display with Truelife and FHD resolution (1920 x 1080)
15.6 inch LED Backlit Touch Display with Truelife and QHD+ resolution (3200 x 1880)

Hard Drive
Up to 1000GB SATA hard drive (5400RPM)
Up to 512GB Solid State hard drive

WTS Win7 Laptop 256GB SSD, 8GB, 1080p

LightningFist — Sun, 13 Oct 2013 23:58:38 +0800

Item(s): Dell Studio XPS 1647

Package includes:

- Intel Core i5-460M (2.53 GHz, Turbo to 2.8 GHz)
- Samsung 830 series 256GB SSD primary hard drive (added a few months ago)
- 500GB 7200RPM HDD secondary hard drive
- 8GB DDR3 RAM (upgraded same time as the SSD)
- 16 inch 1080p Full HD resolution RGBLED with 100% colour gamut
- ATI Radeon 5730 1GB dedicated graphics
- Backlit keyboard
- touch buttons for Wifi, play/stop/next/back, mute and volume control
- 3 USB, Ethernet, Wifi, HDMI, DisplayPort, VGA, eSata, SD card slot, mic, two Audio output jacks
- Power cord and working detachable battery
- 2.86 Kg
- Original Windows 7 operating system
- 24/7 XPS tech support and Dell on-site warranty (expires March 2014)

Price: Will take best offer, willing to negotiate, looking to sell within a month

Warranty: Dell On-site Warranty and 24/7 XPS tech support, expires March 2014

Dealing method: COD or postage

Location of seller: PJ, Selangor

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: Mid 2011 Model

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Item(s) conditions: Screen is perfect, touch keys and backlit keyboard fully functional, still plays games.

Picture:

Reason for sale: Upgrading

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Urgent Maths/Probability Question

LightningFist — Tue, 01 Oct 2013 13:01:11 +0800

If X1, X2, X3, ... , Xn are independent and identically distributed random variables,

Is the conditional distribution f(X1 + X2 + X3 + ... + Xn | X1) = X1 + f(X2 + X3 + ... + Xn) ?

Thanks!

Asians Eat Weird Things

LightningFist — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:59:14 +0800

[YOUTUBE]wFGCr9KsqUA[/YOUTUBE]

What is the saddest thing in my life

LightningFist — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:48:01 +0800

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...-indelible-ink/

BY TRINNA LEONG
JUNE 17, 2013

The Election Commission admits failure of indelible ink during the 13th general election. Its chairperson, Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof expressed his disappointment with reports that the ink could be washed off easily.

"If people ask me now, what is the saddest thing in my life, I would answer: ‘Indelible ink'," said Abdul Aziz during an interview with Malay daily, Sinar Harian.

The ink was part of the electoral reforms made last year to improve transparency within the system. However, the plan backfired when many voters found that the indelible ink can be washed off. According to Abdul Aziz, the commission tested the indelible ink several times prior to the May 5 general election.

“On the much-awaited day, the power of Allah is greater when the ink could disappear after being washed several times. Where is the mistake?” said Abdul Aziz.

The commission has set up a taskforce to investigate factors that could have caused the ink to fade upon washing. The team would be looking into the chemical components that made the ink, storage methods, if the room temperature in the police lock-ups affects the usability of the ink, and so on.

Abdul Aziz also reiterated that the recent elections was fair, citing the opposition’s win in Kelantan, Penang and Selangor as proof that the elections was fraud-free. He again challenged the opposition to provide evidence of electoral fraud first before calling for his resignation.

“If they want us to resign, first they need to file petitions to clearly show that we have cheated and broken the law, only then would we comply,” he added.

Who watches/is watching True Blood

LightningFist — Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:00:02 +0800

One of my favourite shows ever

Hope S6 is as good as S2 and S3, because S4 was shit

RIP Russell

Inb4 Twilight

Feeling bored

LightningFist — Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:15:19 +0800

Failed an exam yestd, so need to study today so that my grade average doesn't suffer that badly

Can anyone recommend soothe and smooth Chinese music (Mandarin or Cantonese language only), the calm type that you can use for studying.

Some examples of what I am looking for

[YOUTUBE]zQiwVtDMq1A[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]vUOrKx5OCik[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]UO4lQOq6ztI[/YOUTUBE]

Or because I listen to English language music a lot, the Chinese equivalent of these

[YOUTUBE]9DCoVSE4G7Y[/YOUTUBE]

[YOUTUBE]5U-7m90l7d0[/YOUTUBE]

Putrajaya to favour those who backed

LightningFist — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 20:33:10 +0800

Those who should understand government and democracy the most, fail to grasp its core.

Our country is falling apart. Just when you get to see some positives, like MCA and MIC leaders talking about a unified party, students fighting for their rights, judges standing up for justice, younger UMNO leaders displaying substance and wisdom, you get to see s... like this.

TLDR: The administration will direct “greater assistance” towards the communities that backed it during the general election.

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysi...says-muhyiddin/

Is it 'legal' for civillian to carry a knife

LightningFist — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 00:24:15 +0800

Just wondering, if you had like swiss army knife, hunting knife, keris, even a steak knife

Not parang, machete, kerambit la

Suggested by /k, batons, foldable card knives, pepper spray, other small blades, homemade taser (not recommended)

Breakfast Thread

LightningFist — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:15:46 +0800

Just had heaping portions of these for breakfast.

Good night people, see you on the other side.

Testing Bulletproof Glass

LightningFist — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:59:32 +0800

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegal...l?frame=2564475

Recommend Over Ear Headphones

LightningFist — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:28:04 +0800

I've never owned over-ear headphones, looking for a pair now, for home and personal use.

Most important are

(i) Comfort (ii) Sound quality (iii) Noise isolation

while I don't want wireless or active noise cancelling (anything that needs batteries/charging).

Within budget of RM300-RM700

Some that caught my eye are

Audio Technica ATH M50

AKG K 240 MK II

Going to check some out at the airport (overseas) when I stop by, if can test I would probably just test whatever then buy.

Anything to look out for in case they don't have testing? I figure buying here in Australia is cheaper than in KL

dulu siapa ada main 9d

LightningFist — Sun, 26 May 2013 23:47:06 +0800

game had many problems but it was fun back in the day, no?

Noodle Dancing

LightningFist — Sun, 26 May 2013 01:43:55 +0800

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142412...=googlenews_wsj

Boasting waiting rooms with free manicures and servers who dance with noodles, popular Chinese hot pot chain Hai Di Lao is planning to break into the U.S. market. The WSJ's Laurie Burkitt speaks with Hai Di Lao CEO Zhang Yong about what diners can expect to find at the hot pot chain.

If P.T. Barnum had ever opened a restaurant, it might look a lot like Hai Di Lao, the popular chain of 75 Chinese eateries planning its first foray into the U.S. market this fall.

Talk about a three-ring circus: Diners pass the time in the waiting area with Internet terminals, board games and kids' toys. They can nibble on unlimited free snacks. Or kick back for a shoeshine, manicure or hand massage.

Gilles Sabrie for The Wall Street Journal
Placing noodles in a Hai Di Lao hot pot.

In the dining room, patrons wearing full-size aprons provided by the restaurant lean together over the boiling caldrons embedded in each table, dropping morsels of uncooked meat, fish, vegetables or tofu in a spicy steaming broth, then dipping them in flavorful sauces. On special holidays, magicians in colorful, traditional masks perform tricks. Patrons order using iPads. Periodically, a server breaks into the restaurant's signature Olympic-style "noodle dance."

Such showmanship, along with service, has set Hai Di Lao apart in China's burgeoning restaurant landscape and has distinguished it from competitors that also sell hot pot, the traditional communal cuisine that originated in Mongolia centuries ago. Spicy versions emerged from the southwestern city of Chongqing and expanded in neighboring Sichuan province and then across China. Hot pot is particularly popular with groups of young people and families. The act of pulling food from the caldron lends to the chain's name, which in Mandarin means "fishing in the bottom of the sea."

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Gilles Sabrie for Wall Street Journal
Patrons waiting for a table pass the time with Chinese checkers and snacks.

Owner Zhang Yong, who launched Hai Di Lao in Sichuan in 1994 and opened his first international branch in Singapore last year, hopes the touches that established his brand in China will also pave the way for his first U.S. outpost. It is scheduled to open this September in the affluent Los Angeles enclave of Arcadia. Hai Di Lao has the potential to do for Chinese cuisine what Benihana Inc.—famous for its hibachi-style restaurants where chefs prepare food in front of guests—did to boost Japanese food in the U.S. in the 1980s, said Shaun Rein, managing director of Shanghai-based China Market Research Group.

Only in the past several years have Chinese companies significantly embarked outside the country. But most have centered on sectors like energy and manufacturing. Mr. Zhang is one of the few who have gone after consumers.

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Gilles Sabrie for Wall Street Journal
A magician in traditional garb performs at the restaurant.

"One great thing about Americans is that they are a very curious group of people," said Mr. Zhang.

In China, every Hai Di Lao employs a handful of "noodle masters," who train an average of four to six months before starting to perform their dance in the middle of the dining room. They stretch foot-long wads of dough into at least 10 feet of slender, ribbonlike noodle by whipping the center out like a jump rope and rippling and swirling it through the air like the ribbons twirled by Olympic rhythmic gymnasts. Often, the dancer flings the dough over customers' heads as they squeal and clap, before folding it with a flourish and dropping it in the broth.

Another offering Hai Di Lao hopes will attract American attention: a private "cyber" dining room outfitted with two giant flat screens, a sort of large-scale Skype-while-you-slurp concept initially rolled out last year to allow businessmen to replace long plane rides between Beijing and Shanghai with virtual dinner meetings. For a total of $65 per hour, 12 guests—six in each city—meet and eat via private screening rooms. Mr. Zhang says it hasn't been as popular as he thought it would be, but he enjoys having the option for guests.

Hot pot itself isn't totally foreign to the U.S. market. Yum Brands Inc., YUM -0.13% which owns KFC and acquired Chinese hot-pot chain Little Sheep in 2011, already has a dozen outlets in the U.S. They are predominantly in areas with high Chinese populations, like Flushing, N.Y. According to the most recent census, Arcadia, Hai Di Lao's new U.S. home, is more than 50% Asian.

Tong Xin, a 22-year-old college student in Beijing, once arrived at Hai Di Lao after getting caught in the rain.

"They took one look at my soaking sneakers, offered me slippers and somehow managed to dry my shoes out by the time I left the restaurant," said Ms. Tong. She says she eats at the chain about once a month.

The staff doles out a steady stream of hot towels and other niceties: hair elastics to longhaired customers (to prevent hair from falling in food), eyeglass wipes to the bespectacled (all that steam can fog one's vision) and plastic bags to phone-toting eaters to protect mobiles from getting messy. Unlike at many Chinese restaurants, patrons don't have to yell out for menus or checks. In the restrooms, they have access to an array of free perfumes and lotions.

Wait lists for tables on weekends average 50 to 75 names in peak traffic times. Like many customers, Zhao Xiaoyi, a flight attendant in Beijing, is willing to wait for a full hour, playing chess and snacking on cherry tomatoes and animal crackers. "It's absolutely worth the wait," Ms. Zhao said.

Hai Di Lao's 75 outlets made more than a 10% profit on 3.127 billion yuan ($510 million) in revenue in 2012, up 54% from a year earlier, Mr. Zhang said.

The entrepreneur is well aware that not every trick in his playbook will work for the U.S. market. Manicures in restaurants aren't likely to pass muster with U.S. food-safety inspectors. Costs for amenities like hot hand-towel service and dancing wait staff are bound to be higher in the U.S., just as they have been in Singapore.

Some broth flavors, like the sour vegetable fish soup, may not translate, either. Mr. Zhang said he would tweak the menu to fit consumers' tastes, but using chopsticks to eat remains a must.

He also said he would offer individual pots for U.S. customers rather than the group caldrons used in China. The reason, Mr. Zhang said, is that Western dining is more individual. "Whatever they want is what I'll give them," he said.

Questions for Property Guru

LightningFist — Sat, 25 May 2013 19:16:50 +0800

How to tap the property market

Please Help Maths / Stat Problem

LightningFist — Sun, 19 May 2013 16:38:36 +0800

A random variable X is normally distributed with mean -2 and var 25.

Find the expected value of X, given that X is positive.

Hint - First derive the cdf of the random variable Y = (X|X>0).

Real IC for Real Banglasians

LightningFist — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:56:30 +0800