Ha! Take that royally screwey midterm!
February 28, 2002
Dennis’ update is his best update I ever read.
I think I failed my impossibly difficult midterm. Well, it wasn’t impossible, it just took really keen nerds who studied everyday to get it. Not me. Nosirreee! I have one more to take tomorrow (land law) and I will study now till sleeptime and then basically wing it. I miss my girlfriend, we haven’t talked much these couple days cuz we’re both crazy busy. I’ll make it up to her by hugging her brains out later.
I did manage to play some Deus Ex last night right before I slept (I never sleep right after studying - I must unwind somehow) and the plot has thickened. Actually, the plot thickens after every level. It’s so thick now. THICK
I will update a better update later. I vow it. Upon my dead puppy’s grave.
In My Mind At This Very Moment
February 27, 2002
eliminating entries are not the same as journal entries do not get them mixed up remember the orphan entry for years subsequent to the acquisition that 498 midterm was stupid oh well i finished too fast only upstream transactions are used to calculate nci%sni multiplied by their % downstream transactions don’t affect nci equity method journal entries involve 3 accounts where as cost basis i don’t know how many probably 2 and what is parent theory and entity theory and fuck this the net affect of all intercompany transactions over time will net out to zero so inventory transfers usually net out by the year they’re all sold by capital transfers such as buildings will take longer remember to get rid of investment in sub and sub goodwill because they both are zero in consolidated financial statements don’t forget to look for preferred shares before doing a purchase price discrepancy schedule or you’re more royally screwed than you are now i wonder what eri is doing oh cool dragonball is on but i have to study i hate accounting and there is another midterm about leases and land law and know what an easement and restrictive covenant is they have the same terms and a lot of interests in land must be registered or they mean less than accounting numbers and i am hungry and i didn’t smoke for a long time and i drink too much coffee
One Day Jerry… One Day…
February 26, 2002
You asses can dream about cars and houses all you want. Here’s what I want.
Canada Takes Another Gold
February 25, 2002
Hockey: 5-2 - Sakic 2 goals, 2 assists, probably will be named mvp. Sweet. Good game.
This is cool - it’s a time machine
My webpage through various times in recent history. This webpage shows you any webpage at given times so you can see its progress. It actually saved my very first webpage but missed a whole bunch else.
Fine ‘n Dandy like Sour Candy
February 24, 2002
As Dennis has mentioned, we have been System Shock 2′ing for the past few nights. It’s a really good game because it takes the best out of first person shooters, suspense thrillers, and puzzling puzzlers (i couldn’t think of an ‘er’ word for puzzles). Something that bothers me is that even when you clear out the level of all monsters, they respawn after awhile and come back and haunt you. Sometimes they respawn in front of your eyes (which doesn’t make sense). The worst are the gaybots - they run after you flailing their flamboyantly gay bodies and then self destruct taking you with him. The next worse thing are those damn monkeys. This game is making me hate monkeys, especially the psi-power throwing monkey. Then there are those midwives who run after you shooting lasers out of their uh… fingers I guess. Of course who can forget those lovely security droids who shoot slow moving plasma balls that resemble the bfg shot in doom in some ways (because they move so slowly). We’re more than halfway through the game and we’ll probably finish in a couple of days.
It gets harder to study with a computer.
Propaganda at its best
February 23, 2002
This is something you’ll never hear on your local news network.
Inspirations
February 20, 2002
www.dyske.com has a new, refreshing look. Another of dyske.com’s pet projects is this one. I really like the designs. I want a redesign. I think i’ll copy them and mush them together.
Vacation
February 18, 2002
It’s the last of my vacation days where I’m letting myself go through a day without studying or working. I miss these days.
I’ve been playing Deus Ex almost excessively these couple of days because it’s so much fun. So Dennis came through and didn’t overhype the game. It’s much alike to System Shock 2 where you can interact with the environment in many ways and you choose how you wish to complete the objectives. Be you a stealthy catlike secret spy agent who hacks into all the systems and silently retreat or be you the Terminator reincarnate with assault rifles inserting shells into the torsos of would-be defenders? I chose Terminator man. In fact, I always choose Terminator man when given a choice of fighting or sneaking. I think it says something about my psyche. So far, I’ve finished two missions and I didn’t leave anyone alive - I barely let the hostages live (load, save, load, load, load). It took my probably near 5 or 6 tries before the two damn hostages got out alive.
Once you choose your play style, there’s also the question of what to use. I am infallible with my sniper rifle. There’s a part where you climb onto roofs and ladders and such - my snipe took out probably close to 10 guys before I climbed down into the target building where this stupid generator is. I also try to keep some alive by using the stun gun type dealie, but it’s too boring. I quick slice with the carbine knife is just “cleaner”.
I like this game over SS2 not because it’s newer or more graphically enhanced, but because there are a lot of real world conspiracies happening that mirror our own. For example, Majestic 12 (MJ12 in the game) is really theorized as a secret agency, along with MIBs, the Templars, the Illuminati, and so on. The writers of this game did their homework.
That’s all! Bye.
Is This The New World Order?
February 17, 2002
What great news to wake up to:
Bush bashes N. Korea, second bombing in the Philipines, Afghanistan still having troubles, and of course, it wouldn’t be a real news day without another Jerusalem attack.
I believe in freedom and peace, but the only way to end war is either: annihilate your enemy to prevent any more attack, or conquer them and instill fear and oppression with an autocratic government system. Ironically, those two are the only ways to guarantee freedom and peace.
After Reading This, More Will Be Evicted
February 16, 2002
Yep.
February 15, 2002
H A P P Y
V A L E N T I N E ‘ S
D A Y !
You bastard!
February 14, 2002
Differences of Values? Or is it because they are just assholes?
February 12, 2002
I just read this. It’s basically about how Bush called Iran part of the new Axis of Evil (along with Iraq and N. Korea). In retaliation, Iranians are chanting “Death to America” and protesting and such and such.
Alright here’s my question: it’s ok to chant “Death to X” in many of these middle east countries right? We’ve all seen effigies of Bush burning in Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, and all the other states that have been bombed by US as of late - so, is it ok to chant “Death to Y” in Canada or the USA? How come Canadians or Americans don’t hold parades where people have signs and burn effigies of the latest fascist and burn their flags?
My guess is that North Americans are too PC to do anything that demeans any particular group. It’s ok to demean an individual (ie. neighborhoods ganging up and stopping a convicted sex criminal from moving in, people make stupid webpages that bash a person, say a particular president) but not ok to bash groups (ie. gay bashing / anti-semitism / etc rallies aren’t very celebrated by society anymore). Of course, there’s also another possibility that these “troubled” countries just breed jerks. Or maybe they have so much progaganda that they become jerks. Maybe they think we’re jerks for not taking a stand!
My point from all this is: just shut the fuck up. No more shooting. No more bombing. No more hate.
My dream is to become the world dictator and force peace onto my kingdom. That will be my legacy.
17 Months!
February 11, 2002
Yay! I love you!
It’s a coming
February 10, 2002
Valentine’s is coming in 5 days and I was just thinking of the past Valentines Days I’ve had. I remember one year when I was single, everyone else had dates on Valentines Day so I felt so crappy and lonely that I asked a friend to go out with me for dinner. I even went as far as buying a single rose. Of course, I didn’t feel anything for her because she was just a friend but it made me feel better I guess. That was one of the few Valentines where I actually had fun. Another time, I felt really shitty even though I was with someone I really liked. I thought that since we were gonna spend the day together, I would feel awesome being with her. But it turns out I felt like the worst person in the world and yeah, it sucked. The best time of course was with Eri. Last year she made me chocolates instead of buying them and it was soooo awesome. She bought this small metal container and made the bow and the inside stuff. She and a friend bought some chocolates and took the wrappers and then made their chocolate and used the wrappers. No one ever put so much effort into something for me and that’s why I love her so much. I just bought her roses so there wasn’t much effort on my part. So this year, I spent a lot more time in that package I sent her. So even though I can’t spend Valentines Day with her this year (damn ocean), I won’t be feeling sad or lonely because she’s always in my heart.
Wow, that must be the mushiest update I’ve ever written. Tee hee!
Monkeys are possibly the coolest animals
February 09, 2002
Because they like bananas.
I just found out that I’m taking the hardest rated course in Commerce. It’s Comm 453 - Advanced Financial Accounting. Essentially, it just deals with consolidations. For our non-accounting visitors, a consolidation is when you basically add up two companies and stuff all the numbers on one report. The reason you do this is if one company owns another, it’s a legal requirement to report only the parent’s numbers. Nice to know that I’m not struggling in the other mediocre commerce courses like Comm 292 - How To Put Money In Your Wallet, or Comm 290 - How To Take Comm 290. Bah.
I have 2 weeks before midterms, one of which will be this hard commerce course, another in accounting, and in a land law class. Yay. I shall study like a monkey.
Screw The Banner Ad Plan, This Is How To Make Money
February 08, 2002
Now I’ll just need a few delicious looking femmes who are willing to enter into this joint venture with my company. Our project leader, namely me, will assist each of you in procuring the product and even assist in sales. Profits will be split 70-30 for me.
What If
What if I were to put banner ads all over my webpage?
– 12 visitors per day (average) x 30 days x 12 months = 4320 hits per year
– Average click through percentage is about 1~2%, so 4320 x 0.015 (average of 1 and 2%) = 65 click throughs (rounded up)
– 65 click throughts at $0.25 per click = 65 x 0.25 = $16.25 revenue
– $16.25 less personal tax rate of… 26%? (About there I think) = $16.25 - (0.26)x(16.25) = $12.01 (rounded up).
Assumptions: Every 100 times you see a banner, you will hit it once. You will keep visiting at the average rate as before (that is, the banner ads won’t annoy you so much you will stop visiting). I am immoral and evil. I desperately need an additional 7 days worth of coffee.
Conclusion: If I were to subject all my lovely visitors to the worst of the worst in banner ads for one year, I would have enough to buy coffee for 7 days ($1.66 per cup).
That’s pretty good, Dennis
February 07, 2002
His webcam shot eerily resembles Sadako from The Ring (”ringu” - nihon go).
A Tiring Kind of Day
February 06, 2002
That kind of header is a great set up for a shitty joke. I could say something like my car tires were flatted out but that’s not my point. Tuesdays are just tiring. It’s an 8:30 - 17:30 day of school and work nonstop. I enjoy it though, Tues/Thurs are my ‘fun’ class days while the other days are my accounting/challenging days. Whatever.
I have been watching that scary link that Justin put up over and over again. I love those things! I actually fell for this one big time because those stupid dreamy, cartoony drawings set you up and that Hikaru Utada song was the icing on the cake. Then the scream and the face comes on and I jumped out of my seat. Thanks to Justin for bringing those things back! See it here now!
I remember there was another similar thing that was a program… something like Pokemon Adventure and when you hit the start button, you get the face. It might have been Dennis who had it… was it? Do you still have it? I want a copy! Someone must have it!
Eri received my package yesterday and she’s quite thrilled with it. I’ve never spent so much time making such an elaborate package for anyone before but surely she deserves it and more. Mush factor 10.
Homework. Bye.
Three Updates In a Day
February 05, 2002
Quickie: Mutation photos of plants and animals from the Three Mile Island accident back in 1979. The two headed cow is cool. This my friends is how we will destroy our own race.
More Stuff
After my last update, I was looking at the webpage where I got the picture from and decided to put a list of these very useful resources:
And one more thing that was on my mind. I get about 5-10 spam emails a day. I never even look at them before mass deleting them but in order to do so, I must glimpse at the header. I’ve noticed lately that many of them have messages like “Do you want dinner?” or “Do you remember me?”. The funny thing was, these weren’t even porn ads (because in some sort of way, you can link a porn website to those kind of phrases right?) Think back to that last porn flick you saw… don’t deny it). The thing was, these were ads for Cal-Bay (Stock Symbol: CBYI) stock and one of those mailing list dealies where you send 5 bucks to people before you (I thought they were illegal). I mean, I understand marketing concepts, you want those stupid dinner and remember me sentences to make people read the email thinking it was your long lost girlfriend or mistress, but once you see that it’s a stupid junk stock offering, you’ll be so pissed off that never in a million years will you subscribe or pay anything! Right Right?!
Spam email has become what car alarms are to us now… meaningless. Think of the last time you heard a car alarm in your neighborhood and rushed out to make sure no one was stealing someone else’s car. And so, think of the last time you bought/subscribed/downloaded anything off a reference from spam. I hate spam. Well, I actually don’t have any beef with that can product (get it? Beef Spam? Muhahaha). But erggh. My hotmail account is even worse - the bulk mail folder averages 100 messages every couple of days - most of it porn ads. Why the fuck am I getting all these porn ads? I don’t subscribe to any porn website. If it’s other companies selling my email away, then I hope they all die and spend eternity in purgatory reading each spam message they caused to be delivered.
AARARGH NOW I’M WORKED UP IN ANGER I NEED MY PUNCHING BAG BECAUSE I LIKE SWORDS AND PUNCHING STUFF AND KILLING STUPID PEOPLE SPAM SPAM WHY AM I SCREAMING BECAUSE I PUNCH PUNCH ARFJEAJIOWAF…
Useless Knowledge Time
Did you know that a class package I bought contained 2 copies of pages 186 to 260? I sure hope I didn’t pay for those repeat pages. Did you know that Sunglass Hut is a subsidiary of Luxottica SPA? I found this out because Lux owns Lenscrafters and I used to work there. I got curious as to how their financials look and there I found that Sunglass Hut dealy. Lux has the most vertically integrated structure in the eyewear industry - from drawing on paper any frame design all the way to selling little disposable napkins in which to wipe the lenses. But their margins aren’t that great (consolidated that is, the margins on lenses is incredibly high). Did you know that while most scientists agree that arctic ice sheets have been melting for the past X years, one sheet was found to be actually thickening? Did you know that animals can ‘predict’ earthquake via changes in charged ions, subsonic vibrations, or that the animal God tells them in advance? Did you know that Punxsutawney Phil says there will be 6 more weeks of winter? Did you know on average, people eat 4-6 spiders in their sleep? Did you know this?
That’s all.
In Memory of a Great Teacher
February 01, 2002
To: Faculty and Staff
From: James A. Brander, Associate Dean, Faculty
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It is with great regret that I must pass along the very sad news that Len
Henriksson has passed away. The actual cause of death was a stroke and the
doctors now believe that Len initially had small stroke that caused the
original symptoms and then had a more severe stroke a few days later.
There is a memorial service tentatively scheduled for February 9 at the
Highland United Church in North Vancouver but we do not yet have
confirmation on the precise time. I will pass along the information as soon
as we get it.
I am waiting to hear back from the family regarding whether they would like
to designate a charity that people could contribute to in memory of Len. We
will also provide some form of recognition for Len at UBC.
If people want to send cards the address to send them to would be Mrs. I.
Henriksson, 990 Essex Road, North Vancouver B.C. V7R 1V9. This is the
address of Len’s mother.
I would recommend holding off on sending flowers until we learn of the
family’s wishes. It would also be best not to try to reach Mrs. Henriksson
by telephone. Needless to say, the family has a lot to handle right now.
In addition to being a very conscientious and well-liked instructor, Len was
a tremendously public-spirited person who did a great deal for UBC Commerce
above and beyond the call of duty. We will miss him very much.
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Len was a very approachable, funny, and caring teacher and even though I thought the class he taught was very boring, the way he taught made many of the things interesting. He was the most eccentric teacher I’ve ever had, me and a friend call him Kramer because he really was like the Seinfeld guy. I remember he brought a keyboard in one day and started playing a song and somehow tied it into his lecture (he plays the church organ weekly I think). Then, he brought in excerpts of a radio interview he did on the Raith Mair Show (sp?). I think it was his fifteen minutes of fame but he squeezed all the juice out of it. And what I respected the most was that he genuinely cared about his students, which is something that’s lacking in almost every professor at UBC. He even took some classes to ‘teach’ us real, applicable stuff like job hunting tips, talking about his life experiences, and things that don’t come into context of Comm 394: Government & Business. His passing was a real shocker to everyone and I hope that everyone who has met him remembers how he made a difference in your learning. He made me realize that not all profs are emotionless monsters.
