July 27, 2011

Heavy Rain in Seoul

Over 100mm rainfall per Hour. It still rewrites the record.

Seoul immersed in the water.






Jerry Meals, I Really Just Wanted to Go Home

It's a funny night, it's a white night, so it becomes a tired today. I appreciate Jerry Meals, home-plate umpire of game this early morning, to end the game before 2am.


He really wanted to go home, I think. It's a 6 Hours and 39 minutes game. He never expected it. I did. You did. We enjoyed the long game, but it's a completely annoying to him. Yeah, I understand. It's a Instinct and Human nature.


Scott Proctor already knew it's safe. He had ceremony just after hitting supter-strong ground ball


What can I say, I'm proud of Pirates. It's never been expected in last not a few years. I have no idea, but Pirates is getting stronger and stronger.

It's a fun baseball season!

July 26, 2011

U2 Is Ready to Bang at Heinz Field.

The Irish rock band's 360 Tour, which touches down at Heinz Field tonight, is the highest-grossing tour of all time with a massive steel structure -- dubbed "The Claw" -- that takes more than four days to construct and requires 136 touring crew members and 120 local stagehands.

Pittsburgh is the penultimate stop on this run, which began in 2009 and has topped the Rolling Stones' Bigger Bang Tour, with ticket sales expected to top $700 million and fans numbering more than 7 million.

Followings are representative U2's songs (actually impossible to list them, hundreds of songs)

#1 Billboard Hot 100 singles chart
  • With or Without You.
  • I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For.

Grammy Record of the Year or Song of the Year
  • Beautiful Day
  • Walk On
  • Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own

#1 UK Chart
  • Desire
  • The Fly
  • Discothèque
  • Beautiful Day
  • Vertigo
  • Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own

Others, but fascinating songs
  • New Year's Day
  • Where the Streets Have No Name
  • One
  • Stay (Faraway, So Close!)

The Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh

As you know, Pittsburgh has lots of Museums near Downtown and Oakland. Pittsburghers enjoy those place with family, friends, and children. Even though I stay here just 3 years and I am not a citizen, but I know that it's a proud of Pittsburghers. The Heinz History Center is also one of those places.

Introduction
As the largest history museum in PA, this is the place where history comes alive. From the pre-revolutionary drama of the French & Indian War to the legendary match-ups of the Super Steelers, discover 250 years of Pittsburgh history at the Senator John Heinz History Center.

An affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, the History Center is the largest history museum in Pennsylvania. The 275,000 sq. ft. museum features six floors of long-term and changing exhibition space, including the Western Pennsylvania Sports Museum, a dynamic museum-within-a-museum, and the Library & Archives, an extensive scholarly resource documenting 250 years of life in Western Pennsylvania.

The History Center presents the most compelling stories from American history with a Western Pennsylvania connection, all in an interactive environment perfect for visitors of every age.

Address
  • 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222


Hours
  • The History Center's exhibits and Museum Shop are open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The History Center is closed Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.


Admission
  • Adults: $10.00
  • Senior Citizens (62+): $9.00
  • Students with a valid school ID: $5.00
  • Children ages 4-17: $5.00
  • Children age 3 and under: Free
  • History Center Members: Free


For more information, see Heinz History Center Website.

DUI vs DWI and DUI Law In Pennsylvania

DUI and DWI are both pretty serious offenses. What's the differences? from diffen.com,

DUI stands for Driving Under the Influence and DWI stands for either Driving While Intoxicated or Driving While Impaired. Another term that is sometimes used is Operating While Impaired (OWI). All these terms relate to driving after consuming alcohol or drugs. The drugs don't have to be illegal for a DUI to be issued - they can be illegal narcotics, over the counter medication, or prescribed medication. Depending upon the state where you live, the severity of the offense may vary.

In some states, the drunk driving laws differentiate between a DUI and a DWI, where the DUI is a lesser charge. In these states, a DUI usually signifies a lesser degree of intoxication, which is determined by a person's blood alcohol level at the time of arrest. Sometimes, states will allow the charges of a DWI to be reduced to a DUI. In the case of a reduction from a DWI to a DUI, certain conditions typically must be met, such as the incident being a first offense, the defendant’s display of remorse for the action, and a blood alcohol level that was not drastically over the legal limit. For example, the state of New York differentiates between DWI and DUI by establishing a blood alcohol level of .08 as the legal limit for DWI. If a person has a blood alcohol level of .07, the charges may be reduced to a DUI, which carries a lesser punishment.

Some states (like Virginia and New Jersey) do not recognize any difference between a DUI and a DWI. As far as the laws of these states are concerned, any blood alcohol level over the specified limit is a crime that will be punished in the same manner.

In Minnesota, on the other hand, there is technically no such thing as a DUI because they only use the term DWI.

The distinction for the federal government is drawn based on severity. A DWI is issued when the blood alcohol content (BAC) is over the 0.08 limit, whereas a DUI is a less severe term, given when a persons BAC is under 0.08.


In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania DUI Laws: Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Limits and Implied Consent
  • "Per Se" BAC Limit: 0.08 Percent
  • Zero Tolerance (Underage) BAC Limit: 0.02 Percent
  • Enhanced Penalty (Aggravated) BAC Limit: 0.16
  • Implied Consent to Submit to BAC Test: Yes


Pennsylvania DUI Laws: Select Penalties
  • Minimum License Suspension or Revocation (1st, 2nd, 3rd offense):  none, 1 year, 1 year
  • Mandatory Alcohol Education, Assessment and Treatment: Assessment & Treatment
  • Vehicle Confiscation Possible: No
  • Ignition Interlock Device Possible: Yes

July 19, 2011

There are 8 Computing Labs in 7 Places (Buildings) around Oakland.

View University of Pittsburgh Computing Lab in a larger map

Check out the Summer Hour. It's opened later and closed earlier that regular hour.


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July 06, 2011

Pyeongchang to Host Winter Olympics 2018

After three tries, Pyeongchang, City of South Korea, has been awarded the Winter Olympics 2018, beating out two European challenges from France and Germany.


The 2018 Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, a town in South Korea's third-largest county of the same name. The site is in the scenic Taebaek mountain region, which is famous here for winter sports.

The choice of Pyeongchang follows two close South Korean defeats in attempts for the 2010 and 2014 games, to Canada's Vancouver and Russia's Sochi, respectively.

Early reports placed the South Korean bid as a slight favorite over Germany, with France as a distant third choice.

Pyeongchang's choice for 2018 means the Winter Games will be held in Asia for the first time since the 1998 games took place in Nagano, Japan.

July 01, 2011

9 Chrome Processors to Open 1 Tab, What's Going on?

I felt my computer little bit slowed down this morning. I looked up the task manager and I found so many 'Chrome' processors on the manage. I know one or two additional processors are launched when I start Chrome browser and 1 processor for each new tab.

But, it's too much. 9 Processors for 1 tab.



I'm not sure the chrome makes the slow-down. Anyway, it's crazy. If it's from new Chrome updates, please go back.
Full Question:
You need to check that your friend, Bob, has your correct phone number, but you cannot ask him directly. You must write a the question on a card which and give it to Eve who will take the card to Bob and return the answer to you. What must you write on the card, besides the question, to ensure Bob can encode the message so that Eve cannot read your phone number?

It's a kind of making you stupid. Some possible answers are here.

1. Check-sum
Since you are just "checking," you ask him to call you at a certain time. If he doesn't, he doesn't have your number. Too simple? A reader suggest: "In that case you need a check-sum. Have Bob add all the digits of your phone number together, write down the total, and pass that back to you."

2. Public key Cryptography
Here is my public key, please encrypt my phone number you have with it and send back to me.
key=num-reveres of num

e.g if my no is 9740852296
the key=2818271817 Eve can't read it as Eve doesn't have my number so she can't predict & she has to lot of computation which only possible she know my number or some its digits ..so she can't decode the my key.

(we can also extend the explanation so i write on the paper that bob i am sending you key to decode it reverse the key & then decode using logic you have so the same thing bob has to do in its side & same he write back to me..m not using this in this solution )

then bob decode it using computation he tries all the way +,-*,/, %,xor all possible way to decode if he has my correct phone number then suppose he try to subtract my key from my phone number he has so if has correct phone number then after subtracting the key from my number he will send 9740852296-2818271817=6922580476 & he also write that after decoding reverse it so i will get my original number e.g. 9740852296 so i can say bob has my correct phone number else it would have been some other value & after reversing it i wont get my exact no so i can say bob don't have my correct number..