Having a Good Laugh on the Internet

Where can you get a good laugh on the Internet? All I've been doing these few days is reading a few sites where you can find good, hilarious things to read. Here are those among my favourites (in no particular order):

Things People Said Things People Said just lists all the crazy things people say or write in every day normal things. I believe most of them are real and actually did happen.

Computer Stupidities Computer Stupidities lists tech support calls and events that are sure to outstrip your worst experience. That is, unless you are actually in one of them. Of course, we have crazy computer things too!

The Best Page in the Universe Whether or not this is the best page in the universe has yet to be proven, but he gives his own interpretation of things people make noise about in the real world, reviews some services and stuff in his own unique way which is sure to interest you. Some things are not funny or entertaining, but what the feedback hedecides to display publicly most definitely is.

kennysia.com Well, this is Kenny Sia's blog. He shows you what funny things happen in his life and sometimes purely insights into his own life. He also shares his view on the light side of things and shows off his photographing and photoshopping skills to great hilarity.

bash.org bash.org is a legendary archive of entertaining quotes from IRC chats. 'nuff said.

Darwin Awards Some of you have seen the book. Some of you have seen them happening. This lists some real stories and some urban legends of how 'clever' some members of the human race are. Be prepared.

cockeyed cockeyed is like Mythbusters. They try what you won't try yourself and don't have the time to try yourself, and document every bit of it. The result is obviously very entertaining.

Note: If your site is listed and you wish to have it removed, comment and tell me. If any of the links don't work, comment and tell me also. :D If you have anything to add, tell me, I'll happily laugh over a new site. XD

Chapter 1 - 01: The Year is 3031

The year is 3031. This year is of no significance in history. It is of no significance to any normal person, any average person. Nothing has happened and nothing is going to happen this year that will concern the normal citizen on any of the Terran colonized planets. But for a few people, it will be the first day of a step in the direction of a new life. However, only one of them will cause the shift of events that will alter destinies and fates forever. This one, at this point in time, cannot remember his name. He is among those who have chosen or been chosen to have their memories wiped.

All he will remember when he awakens will be the room he woke up in. This room will be a simple room in a space vessel known as the Medical Vessel Number 2904. It is currently travelling through Dekaten System to Remote Station 29.

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The room is unfamiliar to him. He remembered seeing this room before. It was darker before. His eyes blinked a few times to adjust. "Where am I?", he thought. He saw a green light flashing at the door. He got up and walked to the door. He knew it was supposed to open, but it didn't. Seconds later, it opened. He knew it wasn't him who activated the door.

On the other side, there was another man. "I see that you are awake. Come with me, we have much to talk about." In his hand was a large file. It was labelled "Subject 3002 - Kanya Methodius". "Oh yeah, and by the way, I'm Harrison. I see you've already taken interest in this file I'm holding. Yes, your name is Kanya."

Harrison led Kanya down a long series of doors. As he looked back, he could no longer tell which was the room he was in. He had forgotten to take note of his room number. They finally came to a door which led to another hall of doors. Harrison just went into the closest unoccupied room. Kanya had no idea how he knew, but he knew the configuration of lights above the door meant it was unoccupied.

Convert into Algorithm

How do you convert a simple looking formula and turn it into an algorithm? It's simple. Break stuff down into steps. That's what you're always told. There are actually a few more things to do.

1. If there are any constants in your program, declare them as such. This will make your life easier when you want to alter it slightly to produce different output.

2. If you can put together an operation on one line, chances are that you should. A single line operation is usually easier to debug also, since you don't have to go hunting for what does what in the long chain of operations.

3. If you can't seem to find a way to do what you want to do, it means your algorithm isn't simple enough.

Wordpress 2.02 Installed

I've just installed WP 2.02. Some of you might have seen the accident caused by my useless FTP client. I'm still fixing it. Be patient. Report any errors you see in the shoutbox, and I will get down to it ASAP. I haven't blogged much because I've been planning out changing the main character for my story, so expect a new Story post soon! :D

If you haven't noticed already, http://cfgt.net/v1 has been removed. I've found it to not do what I wanted it to do, and I wasn't doing enough to keep it around. I'll put it on hold until I find what I want to do with the main domain of cfgt.net. :D

The Story's Back Story

As you should've figured out by now, the story has a relatively simple back story. While it might've been better to fit in this back story in a later part of the story, I thought it would be better for you to know of the central 7 of the Arltian Alliance, the 29 Gifted of the Terrans, the two major corporations and the central Terran system known of the Terran Meganet. I think this will allow me to immediately push into the main storyline without much ado. You can also expect numerous references to the 29th Gifted, since this person is the last, youngest, and also currently the most powerful. Do note that I have not named any of the central 7 colonies, meaning that they will play important roles along the lines of the story later on.

Of course, you can expect elaboration of the back story as we go. I have yet to generate the main character, and I'm not entirely sure how I will go about it. I have decided that the main character would have to be a mercenary to tell my story in its entirety, but I'm not entirely sure where the story should start.