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Monday, May 30, 2011

Multicore, Extending The End of Moore's Law

"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong"

- Augustus De Morgan aka Murphy, Mathematician

June 23, 1866

"The complexity for minimum component costs has

increased at a rate of roughly a factor of two per year...

Certainly over the short term this rate can be expected to

continue, if not to increase. Over the longer term, the rate of

increase is a bit more uncertain, although there is no reason to

believe it will not remain nearly constant for at least 10 years. That

means by 1975, the number of components per integrated circuit for

minimum cost will be 65,000. I believe that such a large circuit can be

built on a single wafer." - Gordon Moore, Founder of Intel Corporation

April 19, 1965

I don't like watching American Idol. I don't like watching singing contests. Especially local competitions where I often hear contestants says "Gusto ko manalo, mahirap lang kami, ito ang pag-asa namin maka-angat sa buhay.", don't get me wrong, I LOVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES.

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One Night... Belle invited me to watch her illegally download AMERICAN IDOL videos via Torrent, I Love being with Belle, and I could enjoy watching 'anything' for as long as I'm beside her. Then she said 'Jasper, panoorin mo ito, yung contestant na to ay parang ikaw.'

Then I said 'Weh? Dapat magaling yan'. Then the contestant she was referring to was playing an upright bass with so much soul and groove. Then I said 'pwede na'. I myself can't play an upright bass because just like the violin, the upright bass is a FRETLESS instrument.

The next day, a friend from mainland China, pop a message with a Youtube link via GTalk sayings 'Hey Jasper, this reminds me of you'. First I thought my Friend's PC and GTalk is infected by a virus. When I check the link, my friend was also referring to the same AMERICAN IDOL contestant.

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The real winners in the Music Industry are the Record Companies... like Sony, Motown, etc. and not the Artists. I strongly believe everyone has music in them... it is to expressed and not exploited for financial gains. I also believe winning or participating in singing competition in national TV can't save your ASS or your Family's ASSES nor it can help the Country. The Youth should focus more on Science and Technology... and help this Country rise, Music on the other hand is something that should be enjoyed because it is something FREE and Natural like Air and Water... Music should just be nurtured and enjoyed to balance Life. It's not something to rely upon for a living. The Youth should be more Wise.