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THE MONSTER HAS LANDED!


The monster with the two Samsung SyncMaster 2233RZ 120Hz LCD monitors


The super burner of Blu-Ray and HD DVD-ROM with the nVidia 3D Vision


The Intel Core i7-350 3.06GHz 8MB L3 Cache, QPI 4.8GT/s with the 12GB DDR3-1333 RAM



The X2 nVidia GeForce GTX295 SLI

I realized that Dell has been selling the desktop version of Alienware now after the laptop debut for quite some time in Singapore. However, the price is ridiculous! The brand name is too expensive! It is like comparing a German made car with a Japanese made car with the same engine, gearbox and horsepower.

It is time to test drive this monster!

I want to kick some asses!

ALCORCON 4-0 REAL MADRID

Even with the most expensive team on the planet, Real Madrid lost 0-4 to an unknown Segunda Division B side called Alcorcon in the Copa del Rey competition. Extreme shame to the high heavens!

MONEY CAN'T GUARANTEE SUCCESS!

ALVIN'S PROPOSAL

I just got a sms from Alvin to help him spread his wedding proposal online in whatever form possible. I have decided to help him by posting it on my blog to spread to any people who may drop by the blog.

Alvin's my old pal who is probably the most coolest dude I've seen. He is always cool on anything and I have not for once see him having any extreme expressions from the effect of happiness, excitement or shock. He is always very steady with his emotions. Now, the dude wants to make a proposal to Rachel, his girlfriend.

His blog post is at Project R: Wedding Proposal 2.0

“Rachel, will you marry me? I am waiting for your answer at a secret location. To find me, you need to unlock a series of clues which showcase my five resolutions to you. The first clue is in a video posted on my blog. I will be waiting for you till you show up.”

ALL THE BEST TO YOU ALVIN! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO MAN!

WINDOWS 7

Today is an important day for Microsoft. Windows 7 will be officially launched today.

Will this be the WinXP equivalent to save the face of the WinME equivalent? Well, I always see WinVista as a total failure, a sort of good comparison of WinME. I know it is pretty stable but still most of the people who uses lotsa computer all their lives are avoiding it. I am still pretty much a WinXP user up to today. I swear I have not spent more than 10 hours on a WinVista since its birth.

The question now is should I upgrade directly? My new computer will arrive anytime now. They will provide the registration number for Win7 which I need to register on-line with Microsoft. The Win 7 will be valid till January 2010. I have until then as my last resort to upgrade from now. One of the biggest issues is about the various software support I need. I hope they all can run on Windows 7.

One of the coolest things about the new Windows is its capability to support touch screens. Dell is probably the first ever Windows computer maker who is selling such monitors now. I am unsure about the rest.

Windows Touch

One important feature which XP users like me must use is the Windows XP Mode. I am having the Win Vista Ultimate for my new computer, which allows me to upgrade to Win7 Ultimate. I heard it is better than the normal virtual machine because you are directly running it in Win7. This is probably a good way of luring WinXP users to jump into Win7. Still, let's be very sceptical until we test all the programs vigorously. I will not be praising anything until it is proven stable and good, especially Microsoft products.

Win7 editions

Windows XP Mode

Will Win7 flourish? Will it be a success to win over WinXP users like me? Well, we'll find out soon!

REAL MADRID 2-3 AC MILAN

Well, I am not giving this match much publicity like I will always do in the past. No, it is not that I am getting bored at football. I am probably too busy to wake up to watch the match or update the blog lately. I just saw my boss sending me an email like 4+am so maybe she's a football fan? Nah...

Well, on paper they both combined with the most amount of European champion titles in the entire history of UEFA. Therefore, a clash between them will definitely and surely bring the most highest anticipations ever. Not this time for me.

Real Madrid are more or less requiring time to settle down and they are still not. Their defence are still woeful. As for AC Milan, what do you expect from a bunch of has-beens old folks? The only reason I can think of now for them not to invest seriously is because of their president, Silvio Berlusconi, who is in the news lately for the wrong reasons. Although Real Madrid do have a couple of has-beens too but not as many.

Pato was the hero who got a brace while Pirlo had a spectacular goal as I heard. Real Madrid's biggest problem is defence and if they don't solve it, no amount of the most expensive players in the world at midfield or forward will be sufficient to cover that weakness.

MOURINHO NEEDS TO WIN, UNLIKE WENGER AND RAFA

As always, another controversial statement by Mourinho. Well, to an extent, he is right but we have to compare apple to apple. If you are paid handsomely and given a huge amount of talented players as well as major transfer fees, you are expected to perform straight away. You can look at the other angle and say well it's unfair since your job will be more secured if you are at a situation like Arsenal. You can always use the excuse of time needed to build a young team and not enough budget to buy anything big. Well, let's just see how far Inter Milan can go this season.

Inter Coach Mourinho: I Need To Win Trophies To Keep My Job Unlike Wenger & Rafa Benitez
Inter coach Jose Mourinho talked about the pressure of coaching in Italy and the importance of midfielder Esteban Cambiasso to the team.
Oct 15, 2009 9:08:40 PM

While Inter prepare for a tricky away match against Genoa on Saturday evening, coach Jose Mourinho gave an interview to Inter Channel in which he talked about being called a 'bauscia', Milanese dialect for arrogant, loud-mouthed person, midfielder Esteban Cambiasso, and the transfer market.

"Am I a 'bauscia'? Yes, I know what it means," Mourinho said. "Certainly all the fans know I give everything for the club and also to them. I couldn't work any other way, that's how I am."

On Cambiasso, he said, "I would need two Cambiassos, one playing ten meters further forward and the other ten meters behind."

Asked about who Inter might buy in the near future, the coach preferred not to name any players, "I don't want the newspapers to say Inter will buy this or that player."

On his future as coach of Inter, he said, "[Arsene] Wenger has been Arsenal's coach for 15 years but he hasn't won even a Carling Cup for six years. [Rafa] Benitez hasn't won a league title in six years but he continues to be Liverpool's coach.

"This is not the Italian mentality. To stay here I must continue winning and do well."

Danilo Pochini, Goal.com

HOUDINI + PYTHON

My remaining days of 2009 will be focused on Houdini + Python mastering. It is not the famous magician Harry Houdini of Hungary as well as the python snake. It is a combo of high-end animation 3D animation + programming language.

My secondary focuses are Radiance and Ecotect. I haven't touch Ecotect since the Square One days. I hope I can master all four, especially my primary priorities.

BUSY BUSY BUSY ...

I have two public exams to take, one conference paper to submit, many software, hardware to review and buy and many applications to fill and submit. I guess I will be busy from now till mid December 2009. Therefore, there will be minimal updates from me. Exams? The last time I have taken a serious exam was like two years back. I think my brain is extremely rusty. I need to go for a fish buffet or something to replenish and revive my dead brain cells.

So what do you think of the latest by-election result where a corrupted candidate won with such high majority? I was there at Port Dickson during my last one week trip and I have to say it's a pretty run down, dead and polluted town. I have no idea what sort of things the locals owe this candidate that they must repay him regardless of his past. Is it wishful thinking of my part to have any faith and hope left of Malaysia's future? Well, maybe it's just dumb of me to be so gullible and naive of how the whole political system works.

There will be updates if I can find some spare time. Some crucial updates like if Argentina or/and Portugal may have problems to qualify for the World Cup. You guys take care!

2009 TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION-QS WORLD UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

World University Rankings 2009 Top 200

2009 World Rank	School Name	Country	Overall Score
Source: QS Intelligence Unit (www.topuniversities.com) Copyright © 2004-2009 QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd. Click here for copyright and limitations on use.
1	HARVARD University	United States	100.0
2	University of CAMBRIDGE	United Kingdom	99.6
3	YALE University	United States	99.1
4	UCL (University College London)	United Kingdom	99.0
5=	IMPERIAL College London	United Kingdom	97.8
5=	University of OXFORD	United Kingdom	97.8
7	University of CHICAGO	United States	96.8
8	PRINCETON University	United States	96.6
9	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M...	United States	96.1
10	California Institute of Technology (CALT...	United States	95.9
11	COLUMBIA University	United States	95.6
12	University of PENNSYLVANIA	United States	94.2
13	JOHNS HOPKINS University	United States	94.1
14	DUKE University	United States	92.9
15	CORNELL University	United States	92.5
16	STANFORD University	United States	92.2
17	AUSTRALIAN National University	Australia	90.5
18	MCGILL University	Canada	90.4
19	University of MICHIGAN	United States	89.9
20=	University of EDINBURGH	United Kingdom	89.3
20=	ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of T...	Switzerland	89.3
22	University of TOKYO	Japan	88.9
23	KING'S College London	United Kingdom	88.5
24	University of HONG KONG	Hong Kong	87.5
25	KYOTO University	Japan	87.1
26	University of MANCHESTER	United Kingdom	85.7
27	CARNEGIE MELLON University	United States	85.6
28	Ecole normale supérieure, PARIS	France	85.4
29	University of TORONTO	Canada	85.3
30	National University of Singapore (NUS)	Singapore	84.3
31	BROWN University	United States	84.0
32=	University of California, Los Angeles (U...	United States	83.5
32=	NORTHWESTERN University	United States	83.5
34	University of BRISTOL	United Kingdom	83.4
35	HONG KONG University of Science and Tech...	Hong Kong	83.3
36=	University of SYDNEY	Australia	83.1
36=	ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE	France	83.1
36=	University of MELBOURNE	Australia	83.1
39	University of California, BERKELEY	United States	82.7
40	University of BRITISH COLUMBIA	Canada	81.2
41	University of QUEENSLAND	Australia	80.7
42	Ecole Polytechnique Frale de LAUSA...	Switzerland	80.6
43=	TRINITY College Dublin	Ireland	80.1
43=	OSAKA University	Japan	80.1
45	MONASH University	Australia	80.0
46	The CHINESE University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	79.6
47=	SEOUL National University	Korea, South	79.0
47=	University of NEW SOUTH WALES	Australia	79.0
49=	University of AMSTERDAM	Netherlands	78.9
49=	TSINGHUA University	China	78.9
51	University of COPENHAGEN	Denmark	78.8
52=	PEKING University	China	78.4
52=	NEW YORK University (NYU)	United States	78.4
54	BOSTON University	United States	77.8
55=	TOKYO Institute of Technology	Japan	76.3
55=	Technische Universitaet Muenchen	Germany	76.3
57	HEIDELBERG University	Germany	76.2
58	University of WARWICK	United Kingdom	75.7
59	University of ALBERTA	Canada	75.4
60	LEIDEN University	Netherlands	75.3
61=	The University of AUCKLAND	New Zealand	74.7
61=	University of Wisconsin-Madison	United States	74.7
63=	AARHUS University	Denmark	74.5
63=	University of ILLINOIS, Chicago (UIC)	United States	74.5
65	Katholieke Universiteit LEUVEN	Belgium	74.2
66	University of BIRMINGHAM	United Kingdom	73.9
67=	LUND University	Sweden	73.7
67=	London School of Economics and Political...	United Kingdom	73.7
69	KAIST - Korea Advanced Institute of Scie...	Korea, South	72.6
70=	University of YORK	United Kingdom	72.4
70=	UTRECHT University	Netherlands	72.4
72	University of GENEVA	Switzerland	72.3
73=	Nanyang Technological University (NTU)	Singapore	72.0
73=	WASHINGTON University in St. Louis	United States	72.0
75	UPPSALA University	Sweden	71.9
76=	University of TEXAS at Austin	United States	71.5
76=	University of CALIFORNIA, San Diego	United States	71.5
78	University of NORTH CAROLINA, Chapel Hil...	United States	71.3
79	University of GLASGOW	United Kingdom	71.2
80	University of WASHINGTON	United States	71.1
81	University of ADELAIDE	Australia	70.8
82	University of SHEFFIELD	United Kingdom	70.6
83	DELFT University of Technology	Netherlands	70.5
84	University of WESTERN AUSTRALIA	Australia	70.3
85	DARTMOUTH College	United States	70.1
86	GEORGIA Institute of Technology	United States	70.0
87=	PURDUE University	United States	69.8
87=	University of ST ANDREWS	United Kingdom	69.8
89	University College DUBLIN	Ireland	69.7
90	EMORY University	United States	69.6
91	University of NOTTINGHAM	United Kingdom	69.4
92=	University of ZURICH	Switzerland	69.2
92=	NAGOYA University	Japan	69.2
94	Freie Universitaet BERLIN	Germany	69.0
95=	University of SOUTHAMPTON	United Kingdom	68.9
95=	National Taiwan University (NTU)	Taiwan	68.9
97	TOHOKU University	Japan	68.6
98	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München...	Germany	68.4
99	University of LEEDS	United Kingdom	68.3
100	RICE University	United States	68.1
101	University of OSLO	Norway	67.7
102	Hebrew University of JERUSALEM	Israel	67.3
103=	FUDAN University	China	67.2
103=	DURHAM University	United Kingdom	67.2
105	University of MINNESOTA	United States	67.1
106	University of CALIFORNIA, Santa Barbara	United States	66.6
107	Université de Montréal	Canada	66.2
108=	University of BASEL	Switzerland	66.1
108=	ERASMUS University Rotterdam	Netherlands	66.1
108=	University of HELSINKI	Finland	66.1
108=	University of CALIFORNIA, Davis	United States	66.1
112	University of SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA	United States	66.0
113	University of WATERLOO	Canada	65.9
114=	TEL AVIV University	Israel	65.6
114=	University of PITTSBURGH	United States	65.6
116	MAASTRICHT University	Netherlands	65.3
117	Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie PARIS ...	France	65.0
118	QUEEN'S University	Canada	64.7
119	CASE WESTERN RESERVE University	United States	64.6
120=	EINDHOVEN University of Technology	Netherlands	64.4
120=	PENNSYLVANIA STATE University	United States	64.4
122=	University of MARYLAND, College Park	United States	64.0
122=	Universität FREIBURG	Germany	64.0
124	City University of Hong Kong	Hong Kong	63.9
125	University of OTAGO	New Zealand	63.8
126=	Université catholique de LOUVAIN (UCL)	Belgium	63.7
126=	Ecole Normale Supérieure de LYON	France	63.7
128	University of VIRGINIA	United States	63.5
129=	GEORGETOWN University	United States	63.4
129=	OHIO STATE University	United States	63.4
129=	University of ABERDEEN	United Kingdom	63.4
132=	University of VIENNA	Austria	63.0
132=	TECHNION - Israel Institute of Technolog...	Israel	63.0
134	POHANG University of Science and Technol...	Korea, South	62.9
135	CARDIFF University	United Kingdom	62.8
136	University of GHENT	Belgium	62.6
137	University of LIVERPOOL	United Kingdom	62.4
138=	University of GRONINGEN	Netherlands	62.3
138=	CHULALONGKORN University	Thailand	62.3
140	VANDERBILT University	United States	62.2
141	University of ROCHESTER	United States	61.8
142	KEIO University	Japan	61.6
143	MCMASTER University	Canada	60.9
144=	University of BERGEN	Norway	60.7
144=	University of BATH	United Kingdom	60.7
146=	HUMBOLDT-Universität zu Berlin	Germany	60.6
146=	University of CAPE TOWN	South Africa	60.6
148	WASEDA University	Japan	60.5
149=	Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen	Germany	60.4
149=	University of CALGARY	Canada	60.4
151=	The University of WESTERN ONTARIO	Canada	60.3
151=	YONSEI University	Korea, South	60.3
153	SHANGHAI JIAO TONG University	China	60.2
154	University of Science and Technology of ...	China	60.1
155=	WAGENINGEN University	Netherlands	60.0
155=	LOMONOSOV MOSCOW State University	Russia	60.0
155=	KYUSHU University	Japan	60.0
158	NEWCASTLE University	United Kingdom	59.6
159	Technical University of DENMARK	Denmark	59.5
160	TUFTS University	United States	59.4
161	University of CALIFORNIA, Irvine	United States	59.0
162	LANCASTER University	United Kingdom	58.9
163	Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (I...	India	58.6
164	QUEEN MARY, University of London	United Kingdom	58.5
165	VU University AMSTERDAM	Netherlands	58.3
166=	University of ARIZONA	United States	58.0
166=	University of SUSSEX	United Kingdom	58.0
168=	Saint-Petersburg State University	Russia	57.4
168=	NANJING University	China	57.4
168=	University of LAUSANNE	Switzerland	57.4
171=	University of BARCELONA	Spain	57.2
171=	HOKKAIDO University	Japan	57.2
173	STONY BROOK University, State University...	United States	57.1
174=	University of TSUKUBA	Japan	56.9
174=	University of BOLOGNA	Italy	56.9
174=	KTH, ROYAL INSTITUTE of Technology	Sweden	56.9
177=	University of ANTWERP	Belgium	56.8
177=	University of ATHENS	Greece	56.8
179	TEXAS A&M University	United States	56.7
180	Universiti MALAYA (UM)	Malaysia	56.5
181	Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (II...	India	56.4
182	Rheinisch-Westfelische Technische Hochs...	Germany	56.3
183	RUTGERS, The State University of New Jer...	United States	56.2
184	Universitat KARLSRUHE	Germany	56.1
185	University of GOTHENBURG	Sweden	55.8
186=	University of Colorado at BOULDER	United States	55.6
186=	Universitat Göttingen	Germany	55.6
188	University of CANTERBURY	New Zealand	55.2
189	MACQUARIE University	Australia	54.9
190	Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Méxic...	Mexico	54.8
191=	University of READING	United Kingdom	54.7
191=	Universite Libre de BRUXELLES (ULB)	Belgium	54.7
193=	INDIANA University Bloomington	United States	54.5
193=	University of BERN	Switzerland	54.5
195	The HONG KONG Polytechnic University	Hong Kong	54.4
196=	University of LEICESTER	United Kingdom	53.9
196=	SIMON FRASER University	Canada	53.9
198	CHALMERS University of Technology	Sweden	53.8
199	University of NOTRE DAME	United States	53.6
200	University of TWENTE	Netherlands	53.5

Indicator	Explanation	Weighting
Academic Peer Review	Composite score drawn from peer review survey (which is divided into five subject areas). 9,386 responses in 2009.	40%
Employer Review	Score based on responses to employer survey. 3,281 responses in 2009.	10%
Faculty Student Ratio	Score based on student faculty ratio	20%
Citations per Faculty	Score based on research performance factored against the size of the research body	20%
International Faculty	Score based on proportion of international faculty	5%
International Students	Score based on proportion of international students	5%