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Chinese seafood restaurant

MunDsuM — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:54:01 +0800

Hi all,

Planning to have dinner with the family for father's birthday. Any good chinese seafood restaurant in the Cheras region to recommend? If can have fresh soon hock will be a plus, willing to splurge abit for this occasion.

Today ayam got clamped

MunDsuM — Tue, 21 Nov 2017 14:55:50 +0800

Darn DBKL banyak pandai now. Take RM50 first to remove clamp, then compound another RM50. Even if tak bayak compound still profit RM50.

No markings, no do not park, looks like all the other parking boxes. Paid the parking also. But still got clamped cause they say it's not a valid parking space. Note sure if we are not supposed to parking in front of ramps. Take note y'all.

Birthday celebration idea/location

MunDsuM — Mon, 06 Nov 2017 12:44:27 +0800

Hey yall. Planning to have friends and family gather for my father's 70th birthday early next year but I'm a little dry on ideas.

If you have any relevant experience or idea or venue which can host about 50 people, please recommend? Pretty please?

Where to get bar accessories?

MunDsuM — Sat, 31 Dec 2016 13:57:09 +0800

Hey guys. Anyone knows where i can purchase jiggers and pourers in KL/Cheras? Did a search but could find only online stores.

Thanks in advance

(WTS) Macbook Pro Mid 2012

MunDsuM — Sun, 15 May 2016 22:41:29 +0800

Item(s):

Macbook Pro 13 inch Mid 2012
2.5ghz core i5
4gb ram
500gb storage
Battery cycle count: 103 only!

Package includes: Macbook, Magic Mouse, Power adaptor

Price: RM2,500 00 (nego)

Warranty: None

Dealing method: COD

Location of seller: Cheras, KL, Serdang

Contact method/details: PM

Age of item: 4 years old

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Item(s) conditions: Perfect, no scratches etc

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Reason for sale: Changing to a Windows laptop!

BNP Paribas Malaysia Berhad

MunDsuM — Sun, 27 Mar 2016 01:18:45 +0800

Hey all,

I'm going for an interview at the company under Fund Administration. Couldn't get any information on the company anywhere, so I'm resorting to Lyn.

Anyone here had worked, is working or knows someone who is with the company?

Men office wear

MunDsuM — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 15:42:59 +0800

Hello all.

I'm looking for office wear that are of good quality and are available in big sizes. XL/XXL shirt and size 44-46 pants.

Tried the cheaper Suave brand from jusco and they are not very comfy. Any places that you would know of offers these sizes with quality?

Smart tag - 3 beeps

MunDsuM — Sun, 21 Feb 2016 15:26:27 +0800

Hey y'all. Recently my smart tag stopped working, a week or so after I changed the battery. Usually if it is low on battery there will be 2 beeps for a few times. But now it is 3 beeps and thats it. Even when I press the button, 3 beeps.

Mine is the one without screen. Anyone has any idea what is wrong with it?

Career at the United Nations Development Program

MunDsuM — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 20:11:52 +0800

Hey all.

I got a call the other day from a headhunter offering me a job at the United Nations Development Program office in Malaysia as sort of a payroll & benefits accountant.

I've been searching for few days about the place but have not much luck. Anyone here has experienced working there or knows someone who does? Appreciate it if you can share with me your thoughts.

Career at the United Nations Development Program

MunDsuM — Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:39:49 +0800

CNY dinner

MunDsuM — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 19:13:49 +0800

What up people.

I'm trying to organize a CNY for a group of 16. Was thinking of having the usual Chinese dinner at some Chinese restaurant but would require us to be seated at 2 separate tables. It would be rather difficult for the whole bunch to talk to each other seated like that.

So, I would like to ask for any suggestions on where else that would be a good place for dinner for a big bunch.

Thank you!

JB one day trip

MunDsuM — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:23:17 +0800

What up peeps. Bringing mom and sister down to Johor to go shopping at JPO tomorrow. Any recommendations on how my trip there should be? I don't want to drive 4 hours straight there from KL. Any good place to stop for lunch on the way there and dinner on the way back? Will be leaving a about 9.30am.

Hdtv and home theater system

MunDsuM — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:04:57 +0800

Hi peeps. Where can I find a huge range of hi def tvs and home theater system? Wanna get a new tv for the living room and get a nice home theater.

Maybank2u app

MunDsuM — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 20:35:10 +0800

Anyone of you usin the apps to access your accounts? Is it safe?

Dessert at this hour

MunDsuM — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 00:49:54 +0800

hey k. Where can i get tong sui at this hour in kl?

If I head down to Midvalley now...

MunDsuM — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 09:56:55 +0800

Will the jam be bad? Still can get parking? Or most balik kampung already.

Asus U46E or U46SV

MunDsuM — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 11:03:29 +0800

Hey guys. I'm currently in the USA. My 4 year old laptop died on me a week after I got here about a month ago. Was having 6 split screens on my monitor instead of 1. Tried formatting, messing with the GC and even banging it around but nothing worked. So I decided that it's the GC that died after various readings on the net.

So I've been waiting for the Asua U46 to be released here and the U46E, which does not have a discrete GC has been out for a week or two now. However, I was thinking that I should wait for the U46SV, which has the GT540M but it's been forever since the U46E was out and there is still no news of the SV.

My dilemma is, should I just get the U46E instead? I know you would ask me if I would play demanding games and stuffs on the laptop but the thing is I'm not sure myself. I might, I might not. I'm torn between waiting for the SV and simply buying the E. Discrete GC or integrated?

Corsair Value Ram

MunDsuM — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:00:22 +0800

Hey guys. Just got my htpc together and the rams wouldn't run at 1333mhz. If I set the DRAM frequency to AUTO or 1333MHZ in the BIOS, the PC will boot till Windows' welcome page and the blue screen appears. Tried with 2 sticks and 1 stick. Same results.

Also, it is not stated that I'm running dual channel in CPU-Z. I'm sure that I have them in the correct slots.

Any ideas?

New PC for the living room

MunDsuM — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 21:30:33 +0800

Hey people, got these components together. Can help me check if this is a good build?

Intel Core i5 2500k 695 (Couldn't find this in the whole of lowyat. No stock)
2 x 2GB KINGSTON DDR3 PC1333 124 (Bought)
MSI P67A-GD55 579 (Unsure. I want to plan for future SLI. Good enough mobo?)
Leadtek GTX570 999 (Bought. Seemed like a good deal, as other brands are selling at 1.3k)
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB 170 (Bought)
NZXT Tempest Evo 390 (Any other casing that is simple and good looking for the living room?)
SeaSonic M12-II 620 620W 80Plus Bronze 379 (Couldn't get this in lowyat also.)

Totals to about RM 3,400. Budget around that.

Opinions and comments appreciated.

Need Unhackable, Large-Capacity Data Storage?

MunDsuM — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 19:01:30 +0800

If you needed to score 900,000GB of data, how much do you think your storage system would weigh?

Let's see: 900,000GB is about 880 TB. LaCie's 2TB Quadra weighs about six pounds. Four hundred and forty 2TB Quadras would weigh about 2,640 pounds--so 900,000GB of data storage would weigh about one and a quarter tons.

Try one gram.

That's right--a group of 11 students at Hong Kong's Chinese University are making progress in the science--or perhaps I should say art--of "biostorage," i.e. storing data in bacteria cells. For the project, the group is using the bacterium Escherichia coli, a.k.a. E. coli, a.k.a. that bacterium that causes you to have fun experiences like food poisoning and UTIs.

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Apparently, storing data in bacterial cells is pretty simple (if you're skilled in the art of manipulation at the cellular level). The group of students has developed a method of compressing data, splitting it up, and distributing it between bacterial cells, AFP reports. The students remove DNA from bacterial cells, manipulate the DNA to reflect the stored data using enzymes, and then return them to a new cell.

Obviously, the team also maps out the DNA so that the stored information can later be located. The team has also created a three-tiered security fence for encoding the data, as well as built-in checks to make sure that mutations in cells don't corrupt the data.

Text, images, music, and video can all be stored within cells--and just one gram of bacteria can hold the same amount of information as 450 2,000 GB hard disk drives.

"This means that you will be able to keep large datasets for the long term in a box of bacteria in the refrigerator," Aldrin Yim, a student instructor and a 2010 gold medalist in MIT's iGEM competition, told the AFP.

This is not the first we've heard of biostorage, either--in 2007, scientists at Keio University successfully encoded "e=mc2 1905!" (Einstein's theory of relativity, complete with year) in the DNA of soil bacteria Bacillus subtilis.

So, why would we use bacteria to store our data when we have such advanced methods of data storage as flash drives? Well, there are a couple of benefits.

First of all, bacteria are a) everywhere and b) survivors. Not only do bacteria live all over the place (including inside your lower intestine, which is where E. coli is found), but they can survive in all sorts of conditions. Deinococcus radiodurans can even survive nuclear holocausts. Take that, ioSafe.

Secondly, bacteria are constantly reproducing, and the data is stored in their DNA. This means that the data could last thousands of years as the encoded DNA is passed from generation to generation.

Lastly, bacteria is unhackable. "Bacteria can't be hacked," student instructor Allen Yu told the AFP, "All kinds of computers are vulnerable to electrical failures or data theft. But bacteria are immune from cyber attacks. You can safeguard the information."

Unfortunately, this breakthrough doesn't mean you should put off purchasing that new external hard drive--the project is still in the early stages. What the team has really done is proven that the fundamental principles are achievable--but having biostorage as a viable option is a long way off (after all, recovering data takes a team of scientists in a lab).

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