Last time I posted about Yale university w/ 70 or so words long essay which literally won the prize of best essay given by Yale admission office, most responded as amused, amazed, and puzzled. The fact, the cruel fact, that good essay is not necessarily long seems to puzzle all my MTP readers, but also the fact that sincere applause is possible seems to amuse people. With all due respect, unless someone is crazy enough to think their college is great by any degrees, -which usually not the case unless it’s in heaven- they just cannot write such essay. Short, elegant, and gorgeously applaud Yale.

Note: post is originally in Korean. But as you are already aware of, essay itself is in English.

Now here is another interesting comments, urging to speak out 7 myths so commonly spread in our conceptions of college admissions from Washington Posts.

1. It’s best to set your heart on one school and really go for it.
2. The tuition price listed in brochures is what everyone pays.
3. The admissions department adores you.
4. It’s best to crowd your application with a volume of extracurriculars.
5. It’s better to have a high GPA than to take difficult classes.
6. Essays don’t really matter much in the end because grades and test scores are so dominant in admissions decisions.
7. Recommendations from famous people can give an applicant a huge boost.

I’ve been posting hundreds and thousands of articles from various sources of journals. And now I found myself in mannerism. It’s only making more numbers, piling more and more links to other articles, while I am only interested or at least not fully inspired enough to actually write easier one.

Here is new plan: I will write slow. But I will make it easier.

I will try my best to catch up some of the things. Will try to make things more reasonable. -R

When I last wrote about this, we -in terms of reader, writer, and contributor- that we simply do not have sufficient funding to create such gigantic machine, simulating human brain. And in terms of approach, brain mapping might, and may be easier than actual AI engineering, but we also concluded there aren’t such hardware which will bare, high-performance required software; even if we could map the brain, there is no container for it.

So literally, I came to ask ‘what is clock speed of one neuron?’ Answers were rather inaccurate, but presumably statistics wrote about one super-computer can generate 50 neurons. However 50 neurons are not even close to keep one mammal. Actually the brain of one jelly fish is faster than one super computer. To put it in layman’s terms, one human brain is faster than one earth. -awesome summary-

Which is why I am updating this for Project P. members:

• Recent research estimated one neuron would presumably have 1Ghz clock speed.
• So well known 1Ghz CPU of iPhone, A4 chip, in such size, neuron would act as fast much as super computer.
• Actually jelly fish’s brain is still smaller than A4 chip; which makes even easier to think one iPhone on neuron-steroid would generate even faster performance power than modern computers would.
• In other words, or in layman’s term, is it possible to develop AI which will be, and fully embedded only on digital information?

Like I suggested before, creating an AI which will replace living organism may be struggling, but then again creating AI that will maintain digital information in digital mainframe could be made; none so far has estimated such potential for AI. -R

I do not know how many of you actually noticed this, but then Mad Tea Party kept the name and address ‘ruined-world.com’ for several years. Now the difference will be, or I should say, update will be, there will be www in front of the address. So if you were typing ruined-world.com to get in to tea party, your browser -firefox, google chrome, safari, internet explorer, and etc.- will let you redirect to this website. Some of the cour features might not work properly with new website, so if you happened to discover any troubles, bugs, whatever that seems odd and out of place, let us know.

The reason for the update is mainly because there were some disputes, technical difficulties with address. Many of us, which may include you, tend to think website without www lacks credibility, and many readers, thanks again for letting us know, that by putting www in front of the address, first-time visitor wouldn’t necessarily freak out by not having one. And for some SSN -facebook, G+, Twitter, and etc.- did not want to approve us for not having world wide web approval signature, which we as an editor and techincal administrator of tea party wouldn’t agree with, and that was another problem. Biggest problem of all would be, some of browsers warn users for going into none-www website, which doesn’t make any sense, since this website should not have any kinds of with any browsers, for we have been using WordPress, one of the wide-spread blog tool to publish posts and ideas. But again, there are old browsers that just have problem with it, and we do not want to run another set of campaign how to put zombie IE6 back in to tomb.

Now here is the thing: URL address change is quite simple under WordPress’s nature, but then complexity of this website exceeeded, at least as an editors, our understanding. There are group of people we constantly contact for help, basically technical support and advice on this website, and they have been greatly helpful on this matter, but also was quite distracting that we need to call them again and again to become this far stable. By any slightest chance to remember, first tea party website was crashing every hour, had to fix the code everysingle day. And again, that was bad old days, not good ones.

So thanks for being patients for letting us adopt WWW in front of our URL, and again thanks for letting us know about WWW trends. We would apperciate any comments, ideas, opinions about this website. -R

I have gone through this, I’ve used G+, Twitter, Facebook, etc. and etc. Perfect. But I find G+ to be frustrating, all the features, added and erased, and some of them are just vulnerable: like circles. Twitter, which has been my most admirable SSN for long, but found to be…. rather cruel on ‘strange opinions,’ now I kinda half-quit twitter. Including Facebook, that is.

Now this is what I am thinking, I will not be commenting any of twitter, G+, Facebook, myspace, whatsoever it is, unless someone actually ‘wanted’ to speak with me -like mentioning me in G+ or Twitter. I will be publishing what I have recently written in blog to twitter and G+, and as usual, I will “please comment in actual blog” as well.

But please, don’t tell me that it seems I am avoiding SSN. Because I do. -R

I believe it was about a year ago, when I -literally out of nothing- decided to upgrade my macbook pro’s memory to 8GB. I was unsatisfied with the  performance; it didn’t have any problem, but it was slow, in a way I wouldn’t appreciate – not my type. I usually work on lots of things at once. Some may call it multitasking, but in my vocabulary just call it coding.

Now it’s 2011. Despite all the troubles, mine is still working. VERY POORLY.

Just ask me what I could have possibly been doing with it. NOTHING! NOTHING, but just simply little code work for my blog, which shouldn’t take much of processing power, little googling for back-up fire, - certainly no one would want to just make up codes from nothing- musics in the background. And here we go! aOnly about 2GB of memory is actually ‘usuable.’ Bloody half of CPU is eaten up by random sequence of codes, I guess.

So this is mac, apparently what you are seeing above. I just try not to even start Windows, nope. No booting for Windows. It wouldn’t just slow the whole thing, but my laptop isn’t ready for such ‘far’ trip.

And again, it is ridiculously hard to even start explaining how slow my workstation is. Yeap, it is slow…. but if you ask me how, then how am I suppose to respond to this? Really? Seriously now? Are you sure about that?

Oh well, bad luck for me. Oh, and by the way, after 1 week when I bought this laptop, new one came out -R

Loopinsight.com or the Loop proudly suggested Apple products are actually working, and as the sentence suggest, it is simply working.

For years people have been discussing about this simple sentence: whether or not is it bias. Reality is, or at least my opinion is, that many Mac users are not Apple fans, but just simply anti-Windows or Windows phobia. Again Windows, though Windows 7 greatly improved the quality of User Experience, there are still times PCs just don’t work. And more likely, they are listed as one of useful features on commercials, but full of bugs.

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For, actually longer than 12 hours, I’ve been struggling just to upgrade my iPhone and iPad to iOS5 beta 2. Let me start explaining what really happened: I have Macbook Pro with Lion + iPhone with iOS5 beta 1 + iPad with iOS5 beta 1 = making all kinds of crappy buggy little problems that just hecks in my way!

To many iOS users, since more than just half of users are using PCs, I wouldn’t recommand iOS5 for PC. Apple has been anti-PC, especailly with iOS. I still remember the first day I bought my iPhone, when first generation of iPhone came out: I had to buy Mac to just get along with it. Though it was great experience, it was awful moment.

iTunes, iOS and iPhone are actually very much mac-friendly devices and software. Steve Jobs was almost proud himself to start explain that iOS is born out of Mac, even tried to explain iPhone OS, older name for iOS, is actually Mac OSX portable version!

Anyway so I struggled and now solved the problems. To be really honest, most developers wouldn’t help you with installing iOS5 on your device. Some of them even mock you, for even trying the beta while you’re not related to such field. I would do so as well, it takes way too much effort to explain all the troubles, bugs, -actually, you wouldn’t call it Apple product: it just doesn’t work- and besides it is confidential trial only for actual developers, or those who have some expertise in it. I wouldn’t dare call myself expert, but, oh well. -I know my responsibilities-

iOS5 beta 2 was rather impressive than iOS5 beta 1. It was thorughly fixed, stabled from beta 1. I mean, if you felt like your phone or iPod is wecked with 1st beta, I would recommand you to upgrade. But that’s it! Please don’t, if you cannot handle your own situation.

That’s my story. I had some problems, and solved it on my own. And I would wish samething happens to everyone who’s struggling with new iOS5 and upgrading their apps. But let me be really sincere on this part.

iOS5? If you can’t handle it, this is it. -R

I happened to stay for couple of hours in the house of a girl, one that I know for personal reasons. As always, we talked, we laughed, and etc. I believe until the moment she start crying, everything was, well appeared to be, fine.

Apparently many of us would, or must agree that we could not understand her. A reason, which she was upset about, was simply a basketball game, she wanted to play. And this is not a popular game with a ticket, it’s just simply a basketball game between, us, the visitor of her house. Of course, it was not right moment to bear sweats under dress, but 2 little brats -I am calling them brats, because, well, they were the idiots- joked around that we may be able to play one or two games. She ran off, preparing for game, and then this two brats, again, irresponsibly started defending themselves; it was all joke.

One would notice it was a joke. But she, as again we already knew, was going through harsh times. She definitely would not have capacity to bear those practical jokes. She utterly crashed after she heard, “it was all joke.” Shouting that this was a sort of mockery, she started blaming everyone in the house for everything happened or going to happen to her, except those who did not say yes. -Unfortunately, it was only me.-

After she ran off through the door, -I wonder where she went after- they started discussing about her behavior. It was then, it was their behavior, not hers, which caught my eye. Do they really think they will be able to understand her? I mean, as always, the discussion will end with defining her as to be misbehaving. Do they really think setting her to be misbehaving would solve the mystery? Truly thinks so?

I believe all that took place during my short visit, was simply their fault. They should have told her, that they cannot understand her. If they could, they wouldn’t be discussing over dinner table about it. And then again, no one told her that they are miserably emotionless like I have told to many other, to at least calm her. No one would want to get their hands dirty, like I did many days ago. -R

It was year 2008. I happened to move to Wisconsin, where it is freezing for half of the year. Some might say, experimentation of democracy, as it has been called for centuries. But what I found in the midst of the Wisconsin was rather unbelievably disgusting.

I would like my little *big-mouthed* talking from here. From my experience, or at least from my childhood, whatever you want to call it, I used to stay in 24.5 in Celsius. Which is about 76 degrees in Fahrenheit. No matter what season it is, no matter how hot or cold it is, I used to stay in that temperature. Thanks to parents, or parenting policy they had, I prefer to stay in same temperature with same humidity of about 60~70%. Though during the Summer, it always went over 80%, -and I know you’re gonna say this is disgusting as well- but there weren’t many choices. This isn’t cosy house with fireplace. If we had, since my father is seemed to obsessed with ability of fireplace, he would probably burning firewood every day to just keep it low as it possible during the Summer.

Most of people would not choose the way we live. They would say, keep your jacket on during the Winter, and keep your socks off during the Summer. -if you don’t get it, you never tried it- In other words, during the Summer most of the family keep the house warm, and keep house cool during Winter. There is no problem with that, after all it saves lots of gas and electricity. Despite the fact that it leaves huge carbon footprint behind with high usage of air conditioner and heater, my whole idea was, “hey, I will pay the bill. And let me make a choice about it.” Why don’t I, keep the TV off, so that I can keep my A/C on? I mean, seriously now. Do you even remember all the shows you watched last night? I don’t watch TV after all, I always listen to radios, newspapers, magazines, and Internet. No TV. I hate commercials.

Which I mean, that’s really what it is all about. Trouble was rather simple. What happened was obvious, and unpleasant.

I had two landladies. Let’s just call them Madam μ, *looks like u, isn’t it?* and madam δ *let’s pretend it looks like d*. Madam μ rented me the room, which she used as office. She was accountant, dealing major business and associations around there. And think about it, how much stress she could possibly have? She just let some random guy to stay inside her precious office. Her own private office, which appears to be designed around cold war, -I am saying it because it looked like bomb shelter- had one bed, and several safes, a desktop, and locked-desk. Good old locked-desk, I mean, it is not just any desk you will find. It literally locks up the whole desk, covering from bottom to top. She was irritated by everything. I wasn’t allowed to stay in that room while sun is out, and I wasn’t allowed to work on any of the desks she had there. And still the front door said it’s room.

What she wanted seems to be very deserving for me. She never wanted any one entering that room, and only excuse she allowed me was, simply financial issue. -It was right after the mortgage issues- But seriously, I have totally different life style than hers. I live in 76 degrees, and Wisconsin frequently goes below 0 in Fahrenheit. Of course she kept the heater on, for “UPSTAIRS”. She did install heater for basement, where her office was. But that typical heater was installed quite after the home was built, so it had problems. Problem #1: Costs lots of electricity. Problem #2: Really loud. She never wanted it turned on. Besides I am not even allowed to go to basement before sunset. Well, heater problem happened to resolve in peaceful mood. I tricked her, actually. I kept the all the doors in the basement during the afternoon, so that warm air wouldn’t just fly away. But she wasn’t happy about something as well. My laptop. She claimed I am using too much electricity. *Yeap, and I wonder why don’t you keep your 4 desktops off*

That wasn’t it, actually. If it were? I might have stayed longer than just 6 months.

To be Continued – R

In the writing of essay, especially when it comes to the point of SAT, no wonder why many students struggle in examples, but rather compassions on those who need to take SAT again only because it. Examples are the one of most fundamental aspects in the essay; it makes real life expression of topic and argument. Although ironically college board usually take only one point for mis-written essay, which is clearly underestimating the vitalness of essay examples, still truth won’t change until writer change their draft.

All it begins from the little, little did he know, led him to misinterpretation. College board and other writing tutors encourage SAT takers to use personal, juvenile, but sincere examples. Such as, “I had experience of….” kinds. Issues rise from here, usually most of kids, who never thought essay seriously, -I am very sorry about you junior essay and the essays will be written- start mentioning that is totally irrelevant, or something that is more private.

Since the examples are always followed with the topic, topic here is “Discuss the importance of personal freedom in decision”, boy named Jay -not real name, of course- used an example, conflict between parents and him about private tutoring for his B+ math grade. The reason he couldn’t make 6 with his essay was, clearly misunderstanding of an example -he only mentioned about personal experience, not an EXAMPLE.

If you, yourself, are the one who reads through the essay just taken in New York for SAT, and just by the glance would have thought, “Oh, gush. He really didn’t get it.” There are two problems that this portrays. First, Jay wasn’t smart enough to think that most readers, mainly over 18 with children as parents, will not take this logical whatever, whenever he used it as example. Just think about it. You just read all the complains dealing with private tutoring for his get grade up to A-. Wow, how convincing. Second, Jay didn’t really imagined that this conflict has nothing to do with topic; if he wanted to use it as an example, either he gets more philosophical and literal about psychological damage he took from conflict -like I said, just copy the line from famous court soaps- or puts more effort on writing actual result from conflict. If his essay got 5, only because of this example, having little argument with parents over tutor, he probably could get 6 instead by putting “I got A, not A-, without tutoring.” or sort.

The reason Jay couldn’t think of it is, simply out mind doesn’t function that way while writing about personal experience. Building reference to personal experience could give impression to readers, as they agree on the writer’s right usage, but not from literal emotions. Essays don’t work that way. Essay requires to be cold-blooded, strictly logical. And so on, unless Jay is going to argue that the psychological abuse from parents led him to see his shrink, he only complained about his parents publicly, nothing more than that.

This is where we all need start seeing writing as complicated endless puzzle. There is no such shortcuts in writing, but rather hard learning. Especially when it comes to test, asking to make 5 paragraphs essay in 25 minutes with unexpected topic, only thing that aids you are either becoming A.I. or keep writing on your own. In Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, we all know the main idea, by just illustrating the portion of topic: my cat is dead, my bro is crying for days, my tutor sucks, etc. Because that’s the purpose of writing in the online; giving shot stories that would be enough to share information easier than ever. Besides, if there is a guy, asking “why are you crying when your cat is dead?”, then we all would scream and run for Sherlock, yelling at him we just found cold-blooded psychopaths who might be killing another cat next door tomorrow night. But in essay, it is completely rational and needed to think “why is he crying when your cat is dead?”. And, if you are the one who just tossed that as an example, I also hope you will say “that’s what makes us to believe human has mind.”

Examples are the the key bridge connecting the essay with our actual world. They can disprove the point, but also can strength it. That’s where we suppose to estimate example as our final defense from alien readers.

Letters to whom supposedly get this message.

Ok. I will admit, that I am demonic, crazy, irrational with ridiculous perspective. And you know what, just shut up. I mean, literally. How can you be so selfishly, asking all the excuses you can, while I can’t? Arrogance? I would rather call it persecutory delusion.

I’m not saint like Buddha, or Jesus. I am ordinary human with biological 23 chromosome. -I will accept any argument, saying “you’re just cold-blooded lunatic.” Ok, no defense as you wished so much. So please, could you shut up for moment, so that I can at least listen to my Bach?

No kidding. This is frustrating. You’re being… just so like ridiculous socialist party member. Asking for “equal rights”, but in reality just want everything in world reserved for you. Stupidity? That’s not just enough to explain things.

You’re not 3 years old kid, crying for same toy. Just shut your mouth for moment.

Could you just leave me alone?