Friends...
For exactly 40 days starting from May 31st, I might be off-blogging. It's because I have to join KKN (Kuliah Kerja Nyata) Program at PanjangRejo village, Pundong District, Bantul Regency, Jogjakarta and serve as a Kormanit (Coordinator of Students at a KKN TaskForce Unit). Our main program was focused on the 2nd stage of 2004 General Election: to socialize UU No 25 Tahun 2003 regarding Presidential Election, to conduct voters education and to watch the overall process for any unfair practice during the process.
(huhuhu... for only 3 credits man! what a ****!!)
The good news is that I might have enough time to go online during my weekly visit to submit the report to Community Service Institute at my campus, which is an hours ride away from the village. If I am lucky, I may be able to post some stories from our daily activities. Something like KKN Diary or else... (I don't promise you that, though)
Well, I'll miss you all so much. Wish me luck, OK? Bubye...
Thursday, May 27, 2004
Thursday, May 20, 2004
Something So Precious
You gave something that money can't buy.
You gave me your love.
Period.
CAUTION: the last word should be spelled and interpreted correctly. ^___^
You gave me your love.
Period.
CAUTION: the last word should be spelled and interpreted correctly. ^___^
A Bedtime Story
Years ago, when I was a little boy, my dad used to ask me to do a little massage on him. I can remember that on the first time, I did that for fun. All I had to do was to walk back and forth on his body, from his back to his legs, while he is lying on the bed. And the most important thing, I thought it would be something to do occasionally.
But I was wrong. Later on, since he asked me to do the same for the 3rd time or so, I came to think not to do this free of charge ^_^V. My capitalist mind said it should not be taken for granted. I demanded something in return. Not for pocket money though, coz I don't like to buy things for myself in that early age.
Guess what? I asked him to tell me bedtime stories. I just don't get it now why I did that. But I did, and he didn't mind either. The stories were mainly about animals lesson of life. The one still fresh in my mind was the friendship story between a bird and a colony of ants.
There was a riverside, where a colony of ants built their home. Accidentally, some of the ants fell into the water and gasped helplessly while the river took them away. The bird up there on the branch, knowing the situation, tried to do something for them. She knew she couldn't fly down to save them all. She tore down a leaf instead. So flew the leaf, down to the water nearby those helpless ants. Finally, they were safe, and thanked the bird afterwards. "No need my friends, that's the least I could do", said the bird.
The days go on. The same bird was still building her new nest on a good branch of the same huge tree. She was so busy that she didn't realize a hunter, with a riffle full of bullet ready, was keeping an eye on her. Lucky her. The same colony of ants were still there. Some ants sensed the danger. Wanting to acknowledge the bird's favor on the old days, they command all the soldiers to move and attack to distract the hunter...
...AND THEY DID IT!! Sudden feel of itchy sensation all over his leg was so unbearable that the hunter swear all possible (including not-yet-discovered) foul words ever. His yelling and jumping and moving awkwardly had alerted the bird. She flew away from the danger and thanked the ants, her new friends, afterward.
"Well, that's the best thing we could do", said the commander of the soldier ants, waving the bird goodbye.
And then they all live happily ever after....
(except the hunter, of course ^_^V I heard she said "Ouch! Ouch!")
But I was wrong. Later on, since he asked me to do the same for the 3rd time or so, I came to think not to do this free of charge ^_^V. My capitalist mind said it should not be taken for granted. I demanded something in return. Not for pocket money though, coz I don't like to buy things for myself in that early age.
Guess what? I asked him to tell me bedtime stories. I just don't get it now why I did that. But I did, and he didn't mind either. The stories were mainly about animals lesson of life. The one still fresh in my mind was the friendship story between a bird and a colony of ants.
There was a riverside, where a colony of ants built their home. Accidentally, some of the ants fell into the water and gasped helplessly while the river took them away. The bird up there on the branch, knowing the situation, tried to do something for them. She knew she couldn't fly down to save them all. She tore down a leaf instead. So flew the leaf, down to the water nearby those helpless ants. Finally, they were safe, and thanked the bird afterwards. "No need my friends, that's the least I could do", said the bird.
The days go on. The same bird was still building her new nest on a good branch of the same huge tree. She was so busy that she didn't realize a hunter, with a riffle full of bullet ready, was keeping an eye on her. Lucky her. The same colony of ants were still there. Some ants sensed the danger. Wanting to acknowledge the bird's favor on the old days, they command all the soldiers to move and attack to distract the hunter...
...AND THEY DID IT!! Sudden feel of itchy sensation all over his leg was so unbearable that the hunter swear all possible (including not-yet-discovered) foul words ever. His yelling and jumping and moving awkwardly had alerted the bird. She flew away from the danger and thanked the ants, her new friends, afterward.
"Well, that's the best thing we could do", said the commander of the soldier ants, waving the bird goodbye.
And then they all live happily ever after....
(except the hunter, of course ^_^V I heard she said "Ouch! Ouch!")
Friday, May 14, 2004
No Post for Today
Hohoho...
There's nothing any writer fear of except the lost of creativity, getting stuck in a way that he/she even doesn't know what to write.
In the realm of boredom, there should be some sorts enlightment.
The question is: how to find one?
There's nothing any writer fear of except the lost of creativity, getting stuck in a way that he/she even doesn't know what to write.
In the realm of boredom, there should be some sorts enlightment.
The question is: how to find one?
My Deepest Condolence Goes to...
.. Hendrat Prasetya. He passed away on May 9th, 2004 at 17.58 WIB in a tragic traffic accident somewhere near Bawen, Semarang Municipality, Central Java. Can't you imagine? a motorcycle against a bus? Poor Hendrat...
He's been a good friend of mine since Dec 2000. The first time I saw him was in the first session of Merpati Putih training at UGM. He's already a Balik I belt holder (red belt with small MP logo on it) when I was still a sophomore (a plain white belt ). He's a good fighter, and has made remarkable achievements in some figthing championship.
I never thought that he never reach his 25th birthday next July *sigh*.
My Allah be with him, always...
He's been a good friend of mine since Dec 2000. The first time I saw him was in the first session of Merpati Putih training at UGM. He's already a Balik I belt holder (red belt with small MP logo on it) when I was still a sophomore (a plain white belt ). He's a good fighter, and has made remarkable achievements in some figthing championship.
I never thought that he never reach his 25th birthday next July *sigh*.
My Allah be with him, always...
Sunday, May 09, 2004
My Heart is made of...
Heart of Crystal
What is Your Heart REALLY Made of?
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Friday, May 07, 2004
Another Team Member Has Joined...
I hereby give sincere welcome to Anggi, who has approved my invitation to join this blog. For your information, she is now a student of Communication Management, International Program at Hogeschool Inholland. She is one among talented writer, a good friend of mine, and currently the one who fills my empty heart.
Oh dear Anggi... I can't wait to read your post... ^__^V
Oh dear Anggi... I can't wait to read your post... ^__^V
Thursday, May 06, 2004
HOMEWORK 7
To have a robot learning becomes a dilema. This is my answer to Homework 7 of Introduction to Robotics by Bipin Indurkhya.
Advantages:
1. Less complexity of design. We don't have to identify all possible case that the robot has to deal with. It's very useful for designing robot operating in unpredictable environment. For example: consider a mission to Mars. A team of researchers would like to have their robot find some specific chemical compound. There is pre-installed guidance in the knowledge-base module, which comprises how to search, identify, and finally collect substances containing this compound. However, the search process itself is extremely time-consuming. Even the designers themselves could not possibly map all possible condition in the target environment and then design all relevant response to it since their lack of data. Even if they could, it would be extremely complex. Therefore, designing a robot that can learn is very essential. The robot can learn to divide search space into manageable size, explore them, then predict the rate of abundance of the chemical compounds .
2. Less interference from human; in other words: more independent/autonomous. For example: When busy family would like to have some kinds of pets (ie: dogs, cats, birds) at once. Due to their lack of time and, for some reasons their ignorance to have somebody else doing it, they could hardly manage to feed them all at regular time. In this situation, a robot that can learn will be helpful. Not only does it feed the pets regularly, but also "learns" of how much the food should be given, based in the food left, and "learn" if the food is too little for the pets. It's even more important for extreme/dangerous situation, like fire disaster. A robot can be designed to learn recognizing the hotspot, predicting potential source of fire and decide what action is considered effective (based on its own experience) to fight the fire.
Disadvantages:
1. Outperform human workers and thus will replace them to some significant degree. Situation: apple harvester robot in an apple farm. The robot is designed to distinguish perfect ripe apples from raw or even rotten ones, by learning from its experience. The more 'advanced' the robot, the more likely that it can replace human workers.
2. The learning process could somehow result in unpredictable outcomes. This might give problems to, or even edanger, human race. For example: for security reason, people design an automatic security system that employs some robots as its executor. These robots are designed to learn identifying who the "enemies" is, and who the friends" are, based on the degree of so called "familiarity". If an intruder ("unfamiliar human") is detected, the robot could take appropriate actions. But what if the so-called "enemies" and "friends" are bound closely together, for example in a "hijacking" situation? An "enemy" put the gun on a "friend". Will the robot recognize who's who? It is so risky.
Advantages:
1. Less complexity of design. We don't have to identify all possible case that the robot has to deal with. It's very useful for designing robot operating in unpredictable environment. For example: consider a mission to Mars. A team of researchers would like to have their robot find some specific chemical compound. There is pre-installed guidance in the knowledge-base module, which comprises how to search, identify, and finally collect substances containing this compound. However, the search process itself is extremely time-consuming. Even the designers themselves could not possibly map all possible condition in the target environment and then design all relevant response to it since their lack of data. Even if they could, it would be extremely complex. Therefore, designing a robot that can learn is very essential. The robot can learn to divide search space into manageable size, explore them, then predict the rate of abundance of the chemical compounds .
2. Less interference from human; in other words: more independent/autonomous. For example: When busy family would like to have some kinds of pets (ie: dogs, cats, birds) at once. Due to their lack of time and, for some reasons their ignorance to have somebody else doing it, they could hardly manage to feed them all at regular time. In this situation, a robot that can learn will be helpful. Not only does it feed the pets regularly, but also "learns" of how much the food should be given, based in the food left, and "learn" if the food is too little for the pets. It's even more important for extreme/dangerous situation, like fire disaster. A robot can be designed to learn recognizing the hotspot, predicting potential source of fire and decide what action is considered effective (based on its own experience) to fight the fire.
Disadvantages:
1. Outperform human workers and thus will replace them to some significant degree. Situation: apple harvester robot in an apple farm. The robot is designed to distinguish perfect ripe apples from raw or even rotten ones, by learning from its experience. The more 'advanced' the robot, the more likely that it can replace human workers.
2. The learning process could somehow result in unpredictable outcomes. This might give problems to, or even edanger, human race. For example: for security reason, people design an automatic security system that employs some robots as its executor. These robots are designed to learn identifying who the "enemies" is, and who the friends" are, based on the degree of so called "familiarity". If an intruder ("unfamiliar human") is detected, the robot could take appropriate actions. But what if the so-called "enemies" and "friends" are bound closely together, for example in a "hijacking" situation? An "enemy" put the gun on a "friend". Will the robot recognize who's who? It is so risky.
Monday, May 03, 2004
The Most Important Thing for me Now is...
...to be accepted just the way I am. (thanks to you, Anggi)
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