Mari kita mulakan tajuk hari ini dengan perbandingan penggunaan minyak RON95 dengan RON97. Jika anda perasan, RON95 adalah minyak yang sangat tidak menjimatkan. Beza penggunaan RM50 RON95 dengan RON97 adalah jelas menggunakan Toyota Wish saya. Ujian ini adalah sangat rambang dan mungkin kurang tepat akan tetapi secara kasarnya ianya agak konsisten. Ini tidak termasuk ujian di atas lebuhraya. Diharap agar anda tidak menggunakan hasil ujian ini sebagai rujukan di tempat lain.
RON 95
RM50 boleh dapat 26.32 liter di mana saya boleh memandu sejauh 240-260 bergantung cara pemanduan.
RM50 bahagi dengan 240km = 20.8 sen setiap 1 km.
RON 97
RM 50 boleh dapat 21.74 liter di mana saya boleh memandu sejauh 280-330 bergantung cara pemanduan
RM50 bahagi dengan 280km = 17.8 sen setiap 1km
Menggunakan minyak RON97 sebenarnya lebih murah walaupun harga nampak seperti mahal. RON97 juga lebih baik untuk kenderaan anda, 3 sen setiap kilometer jika didarab dengan setiap 5000 km, anda menjimatkan RM150 setiap kali servis. RM150 boleh digunakan untuk servis kereta, kenalah tambah sikit.
Dan kerajaan yang bijak ini mungkin tahu tentang hal ini. Hehe. Mereka tahu orang akan lebih menggunakan RON95 sebab harganya yang murah, tapi kadar penggunaannya lebih tinggi.
OK.
Mengurangkan kebergantungan kepada sumber bahan api minyak adalah sesuatu yang bernas akan tetapi bagaimana praktikal-kah idea ini untuk dipraktikkan, sekurang2nya buat masa sekarang.
Sumber bahan api berasaskan petroleum ini paling banyak digunakan dalam aktiviti yang menggunakan enjin dan motor, seperti memandu kenderaan dan industri2. Ianya adalah bentuk jisim yang menghasilkan tenaga melalui pembakaran yang menghasilkan satu tenaga yang lain.
Prinsip keabadian tenaga mengatakan nilai tenaga sentiasa sama walaupun ianya berubah bentuk. Nilai akhir tenaga dalam bentuk yang lain mungkin berbeza, disebabkan oleh faktor-faktor kehilangan tenaga seperti geseran dan sebagainya.
Setakat ini, belum ada sumber bahan api yang boleh menandingi keberkesanan minyak sebagai sumber bahan api yang murah dan efisyen, walaupun dalam keadaan sekarang ini, ianya tidaklah begitu murah di negara ini, ianya tetap yang paling murah. Walaupun sekarang teknologi penghasilan tenaga melalui bahan2 lain seperti Hidrogen dan Elektrik telah ada, teknologi tersebut masih mahal disebabkan manipulasi hakcipta harta intelektual yang membenarkan satu2 inovasi itu dimonopoli oleh orang yang memiliki hakcipta tersebut.
Sepertimana di Malaysia, kerajaan kononnya memberi galakan untuk rakyat yang ingin menggunakan teknologi hibrid di dalam kereta tapi kereta hibrid yang paling murah setakat ini, RM93,000, iaitu Honda Insight, yang pada sesetengah golongan rakyat sangat tidak berkemampuan untuk memilikinya. Harga Perodua Kancil yang paling murah (bukan terpakai) tetap 20k lebih.
Saya sangat hairan kenapa Kerajaan Malaysia tidak begitu mendorong Perodua dan Proton mengeluarkan kereta2 hibrid ini dengan cepat memandangkan kerajaan berpendapat, jumlah simpanan Petroleum semakin berkurangan?
Ini adalah sesuatu yang bertentangan dengan prinsip kerajaan yang kononnya mahu melindungi harga proton di pasaran sehinggakan harga2 kereta bukan Proton dinaikkan sekiranya jualan Proton merudum jatuh.
Secara logik, jika petroleum semakin kurang, kerajaan menggalakkan lebih penghasilan kereta2 hibrid. Perodua sudah sepatutnya keluar dengan kenderaan hibrid yang tidak menggunakan minyak dan tidak mencemarkan udara dan bunyi alam sekitar. Adalah mustahil Perodua tidak mampu menghasilkan kereta hibrid sedangkan Perodua dipunyai oleh Toyota & Daihatsu, dua nama besar dalam industri kenderaan yang sudah pun mempunya kenderaan hibrid sendiri.
Apakah puncanya? Adakah kerajaan juga mahu melindungi Petronas? Adakah jika semua orang menggunakan hibrid, jumlah jualan petroleum akan berkurangan?
Isu sebenarnya yang saya nak tonjolkan di sini adalah, mengapa simpanan minyak semakin sedikit.
Sebagai orang Islam, saya percaya, dengan bersedekah, Allah akan memberi lebih kepada kita. Saya tidak nampak kerajaan Malaysia mahu bersedekah minyak kepada rakyatnya. Lagi kikis duit rakyat lagi adalah. Mungkin itulah sebabnya Allah tarik balik nikmat Minyak yang diberikan kepada Malaysia disebabkan para pemimpinnya tidak menguruskan minyak dengan cara yang diredhai Allah.
Maaf, ini bukan spekulasi, tapi ini adalah tanggapan saya sahaja. Kita harus lihat negara-negara Arab. Mereka mulai mempercayai minyak sudah mula berkurangan. Siapakah yang menasihati mereka ini? Orang2 barat.
Kalau kita Islam dan percaya dengan bersedekah Allah akan memberi lebih lagi, kita tentu tidak risau tentang minyak. Betapa Nabi Ibrahim tidak risau meninggalkan Siti Sarah dan Nabi Ismail di Safa & Marwa sebab yakin Allah akan melindungi mereka. Allah bagi sumber air yang abadi untuk mereka.
Lu pikirlah sendiri.. Wallahualam.
December 15, 2010
October 1, 2010
IPHONE4 & and battery tips
Finally, Iphone 4 is in Malaysia. I was among the earliest to obtain it from Digi. The reason why I got it from Digi is because it's earlier and cheaper (in terms of phone price and monthly fees). Use 1GB and the rest is still free even though it's slow.
There are a few obvious issues I myself found on my very own Iphone4.
I switched on and off, and turn on flight mode and off it back, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I resync my Iphone and made a call to my wife and it works again, but I'm worried of the inconsistency.
So far, it works great and as u know, this is the thing of which I'm not gonna really use it for calls, it's more probably a small computer for me to get connected to the world, anywhere I want, but having the core function not working as supposed gives me some sort of headache right now. *blegh*
There are a few obvious issues I myself found on my very own Iphone4.
- It fell off from my car to the road surface, and dented, and the so called Helicopter like glass-plasticky material as claimed are not that strong either. From 2 feet above, and fell, and dented, is not supposed to be the case here. Anyway, all function are still working very fine. NO doubts, except for the last thing I'm gonna mention at the end of this article.
- Call drops.
- Battery is draining furiously fast with all the options turned on. Below are tips to prolong it
- Turn off location service
- Turn off push notification
- Fetch new data manually, instead of push
- Turn off push email
- Reduce email accounts to be auto-checked
- Minimize playing games/3rd party apps
- Turn off Wifi. Turn it on only when necessary
- Turn off Bluetooth
- Offline or use airplain mode where the provider signal is low or totally null
- Use dimmer brightness
- Turn EQ off for Ipod or set EG to flat
- Disable using 3G.
I switched on and off, and turn on flight mode and off it back, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I resync my Iphone and made a call to my wife and it works again, but I'm worried of the inconsistency.
So far, it works great and as u know, this is the thing of which I'm not gonna really use it for calls, it's more probably a small computer for me to get connected to the world, anywhere I want, but having the core function not working as supposed gives me some sort of headache right now. *blegh*
Iphone4 + some tips
Finally, Iphone 4 is in Malaysia. I was among the earliest to obtain it from Digi. The reason why I got it from Digi is because it's earlier and cheaper (in terms of phone price and monthly fees). Use 1GB and the rest is still free even though it's slow.
There are a few obvious issues I myself found on my very own Iphone4.
I switched on and off, and turn on flight mode and off it back, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I resync my Iphone and made a call to my wife and it works again, but I'm worried of the inconsistency.
So far, it works great and as u know, this is the thing of which I'm not gonna really use it for calls, it's more probably a small computer for me to get connected to the world, anywhere I want, but having the core function not working as supposed gives me some sort of headache right now. *blegh*
There are a few obvious issues I myself found on my very own Iphone4.
- It fell off from my car to the road surface, and dented, and the so called Helicopter like glass-plasticky material as claimed are not that strong either. From 2 feet above, and fell, and dented, is not supposed to be the case here. Anyway, all function are still working very fine. NO doubts, except for the last thing I'm gonna mention at the end of this article.
- Call drops.
- Battery is draining furiously fast with all the options turned on. Below are tips to prolong it
- Turn off location service
- Turn off push notification
- Fetch new data manually, instead of push
- Turn off push email
- Reduce email accounts to be auto-checked
- Minimize playing games/3rd party apps
- Turn off Wifi. Turn it on only when necessary
- Turn off Bluetooth
- Offline or use airplain mode where the provider signal is low or totally null
- Use dimmer brightness
- Turn EQ off for Ipod or set EG to flat
- Disable using 3G.
I switched on and off, and turn on flight mode and off it back, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I resync my Iphone and made a call to my wife and it works again, but I'm worried of the inconsistency.
So far, it works great and as u know, this is the thing of which I'm not gonna really use it for calls, it's more probably a small computer for me to get connected to the world, anywhere I want, but having the core function not working as supposed gives me some sort of headache right now. *blegh*
August 31, 2010
The 53rd Merdeka Anniversary!
- I'm thanking God, for, being a Malaysian, and a Muslim, and living in Malaysia, we are still able to do so many things here, even though we cannot play fireworks, cannot drive fast on the highways, cannot criticize the government, cannot simply eat anywhere due to uncertain halal status, bla bla bla.. hehehe..
- Just remember we still have; smuggled fireworks, willing to nego policemen, PM and Police Head who open up their own SMS complain hotline and variety of good & halal food sources if you really look for it as this is a Muslim Country.
- I'm praying for the wellness, wealth and prosper of the country. May Allah give more of His blessings for this country. Think about it, you should be thankful that no one is pointing guns at the public, and not even a sound of mortar, even though you'll be able to hear the sound of people playing the smuggled fireworks.
- I'm praying to God, to unite every single people in this country to be together to build and protect this country; even though there are so many people who ridiculously trying to make this country look bad.
- I'm praying also to god, so that other country will not be our enemy. It's not good to have enemies now, as we all know, one of the neighboring country is massively hating us in many different ways, even though they know, we are by right from the same root and believing in the same god.
- Despite of the country is having more trouble now, I'm still be thankful to God for being a Malaysian.
- I'm fat, healthy and doing quite alright in this country.
Selamat Hari Kemerdekaan yang ke 53.
What Merdeka is, for you?
August 26, 2010
I was right
When I told my wife about why Maybank took quite sometimes to setup their bank in front of my office.
I answered her like this.
As I was having a loan with CIMB, so after withdrawing my money, I went to the next building, which is CIMB, which is located just next to Maybank, which they populated the place first. I queued up at the fudgingly slow Cash Deposit Machine (CMD) for 20 minutes just to find out that the machine was not stable and the know the fact that,
Then I took a counter queue number, which require me to fill in the form first, then I climbed up the stairs, just to find out there 8 more numbers queuing in front of me.
After half an hour, the number didn't move, then out of my patience, I walked up to the counter and asked,
Then, for another 15 mins, I wait up and she called me up again and I paid.
I wasted my 1 hour and 5 minutes just to get my loan to be paid.
Why can't they be penalized for not serving us the way they should have?
I answered her like this.
CIMB will always setup theirs first just to capture people eyes on their existence there, but Maybank is not going to jeopardize their business by moving in so quickly without ensuring everything is in place so that their business continuity is guaranteed.Today, I went to both Maybank and CIMB, which located just in front of my Office in Cyberjaya (thank god, I'm so blessed to be working here). I went to Maybank first, and used up all their facility, CDM, ATM, ChqDM what ever 'M' it is, they are all working fine and no one queued at their counter, except for those non conventional banking transactions. I'm done in Maybank for less than 10 mins.
As I was having a loan with CIMB, so after withdrawing my money, I went to the next building, which is CIMB, which is located just next to Maybank, which they populated the place first. I queued up at the fudgingly slow Cash Deposit Machine (CMD) for 20 minutes just to find out that the machine was not stable and the know the fact that,
This transaction cannot be done now. Please try again later.When I read that, it straight away gets my mind flashed the memories of all the common error with DOS prompt, 15-20 years back. They always asked us to try again later.
Then I took a counter queue number, which require me to fill in the form first, then I climbed up the stairs, just to find out there 8 more numbers queuing in front of me.
After half an hour, the number didn't move, then out of my patience, I walked up to the counter and asked,
Kak, diorang tak panggil nombor ke?She responded by saying most of the system are out of order and she's the only one who are able to take the deposit for loans.
Then, for another 15 mins, I wait up and she called me up again and I paid.
I wasted my 1 hour and 5 minutes just to get my loan to be paid.
Why can't they be penalized for not serving us the way they should have?
August 25, 2010
Halal Cert of QBB Ghee suspended?
Jakim had posted a notice on its website mentioning about the suspension of the Halal Certificate with effect from August 19 2010. Link
The website (link provided below) is also using Chef Ismail, a Muslim Chef as an Icon to promote it as a Muslim approved food. They even still displaying the Halal Logo by Jakim on their website which is strictly has breached the order by JAKIM.
Luckily I'm not using this product but I know my Auntie is. Right now, I'm having difficulties to contact her to let her know about this.
What should I do?
* Picture courtesy of http://www.qbbghee.com/contactus.php
You know what?
I had now realized, after so long, of why I'm no longer updating my blog regularly.
All these while, I blogged, mostly due to my dissatisfaction towards so many things (especially the government), and if you notice properly, I only blogged after Pak AAB became the prime minister.
I was full of anger. Full of dissatisfaction fuil of so many shit in my head. It's all about so many things that went wrong with the government. Everything was wrong.
At first I thought I slowed down, caused of too much hatred in myself. I felt like my writings were inadequate, not enough to give any impact to anything.
Today, I had just realize, someone else has done the job for me.
It's Tun Mahathir.
All these while, I blogged, mostly due to my dissatisfaction towards so many things (especially the government), and if you notice properly, I only blogged after Pak AAB became the prime minister.
I was full of anger. Full of dissatisfaction fuil of so many shit in my head. It's all about so many things that went wrong with the government. Everything was wrong.
At first I thought I slowed down, caused of too much hatred in myself. I felt like my writings were inadequate, not enough to give any impact to anything.
Today, I had just realize, someone else has done the job for me.
It's Tun Mahathir.
July 19, 2010
What does it take to be a boss
taken from an email sent by a friend this morning.
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When the body was first made, all parts wanted to be the boss.
The brain said "Since I control everything and do all the
thinking, I should be the boss"
The hand said, "Since I must do all the work and earn all the
money to keep the rest of you going, I should be boss"
The eyes said "Since I must look out for you all and tell you
where the danger lurks, I should be the boss."
And so it went with the Heart, the ears, the feet, the lungs,
etc. Finally the A**hole spoke up and demanded to be the Boss.
All other parts laughed at the idea of the Asshole being Boss.
The A**hole was so enraged that he blocked himself off and
refused to function.
Soon the brain was feverish, the eyes crossed and ached, the feet
were too weak, the hands hung limply at the side, the Heart and
lungs struggled to keep going. All pleaded with the Brain to let
the A**hole be the boss.
And so it happened. All the other parts did all the work and the
A**hole just bossed around and passed out a lot of shit.
Moral: You don't need a brain to be the boss. It's the other thing :p
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When the body was first made, all parts wanted to be the boss.
The brain said "Since I control everything and do all the
thinking, I should be the boss"
The hand said, "Since I must do all the work and earn all the
money to keep the rest of you going, I should be boss"
The eyes said "Since I must look out for you all and tell you
where the danger lurks, I should be the boss."
And so it went with the Heart, the ears, the feet, the lungs,
etc. Finally the A**hole spoke up and demanded to be the Boss.
All other parts laughed at the idea of the Asshole being Boss.
The A**hole was so enraged that he blocked himself off and
refused to function.
Soon the brain was feverish, the eyes crossed and ached, the feet
were too weak, the hands hung limply at the side, the Heart and
lungs struggled to keep going. All pleaded with the Brain to let
the A**hole be the boss.
And so it happened. All the other parts did all the work and the
A**hole just bossed around and passed out a lot of shit.
Moral: You don't need a brain to be the boss. It's the other thing :p
What would you need to be a boss?
taken from an email sent by a friend this morning.
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When the body was first made, all parts wanted to be the boss.
The brain said "Since I control everything and do all the
thinking, I should be the boss"
The hand said, "Since I must do all the work and earn all the
money to keep the rest of you going, I should be boss"
The eyes said "Since I must look out for you all and tell you
where the danger lurks, I should be the boss."
And so it went with the Heart, the ears, the feet, the lungs,
etc. Finally the Asshole spoke up and demanded to be the Boss.
All other parts laughed at the idea of the Asshole being Boss.
The Asshole was so enraged that he blocked himself off and
refused to function.
Soon the brain was feverish, the eyes crossed and ached, the feet
were too weak, the hands hung limply at the side, the Heart and
lungs struggled to keep going. All pleaded with the Brain to let
the Asshole be the boss.
And so it happened. All the other parts did all the work and the
Asshole just bossed around and passed out a lot of shit.
Moral: You don't need a brain to be the boss. You just need to be an asshole.
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.
When the body was first made, all parts wanted to be the boss.
The brain said "Since I control everything and do all the
thinking, I should be the boss"
The hand said, "Since I must do all the work and earn all the
money to keep the rest of you going, I should be boss"
The eyes said "Since I must look out for you all and tell you
where the danger lurks, I should be the boss."
And so it went with the Heart, the ears, the feet, the lungs,
etc. Finally the Asshole spoke up and demanded to be the Boss.
All other parts laughed at the idea of the Asshole being Boss.
The Asshole was so enraged that he blocked himself off and
refused to function.
Soon the brain was feverish, the eyes crossed and ached, the feet
were too weak, the hands hung limply at the side, the Heart and
lungs struggled to keep going. All pleaded with the Brain to let
the Asshole be the boss.
And so it happened. All the other parts did all the work and the
Asshole just bossed around and passed out a lot of shit.
Moral: You don't need a brain to be the boss. You just need to be an asshole.
July 15, 2010
One of the scariest moments of my life.
The plane touched down at changi airport around 11 AM++ and while exiting, my wife truly enjoyed what she was seeing there.
Being not the first time there (been to Terminal 2 & 3), I wouldn't mind to spend a few minutes (or even hours) to wander around at the Changi airport, especially you know, the airport provided PC to access the internet for FREE! I tell you, she was like so amazed that she asked me to take pictures of her, at any point of time she liked something and want to be in a picture with it.
After the immigration and claimed our luggage out, we walked around again just to see what do they have in here. Then we see that DHL ads. She insisted me to take picture with the Ad. I took off my camera bag, posed and smiled, as you see above.
Then we walked away looking for other spots.
SUDDENLY,
I realized that I have forgotten my camera bag and looking around for it. I was almost forgotten where did I put my camera bag. As I looked into my pictures in the camera, I remembered the place she took my picture with the Ad. We when there and...
Luckily, it was still there! Phewh! Good singaporeans. It was still there in tact, untouched. There was someone there as well but he seems not to be giving attention towards the bag.
HAHAHA. How relieved I am!
So we proceed to the Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal just to find out that we had just missed the earliest Ferry we should be catching. Hahaha.
The next Ferry is 5 hours after! We were supposed to catch the earlier ferry as we were planning to go fishing.
Wifey blamed herself for being too 'Jakun' at the airport. hehehe.
* This is my 600th post on this blog! :)
June 25, 2010
The government is desperate
It is about the summon this time. This really hit me.
I was able to renew my Car's Road Tax for the past 2 years (2008 & 2009) with no fail. All of a sudden, this year, I was unable to renew my road tax due to a blacklisted summon dated 14 February 2008, of which I didn't even knew about it at all.
I was able to renew my Car's Road Tax for the past 2 years (2008 & 2009) with no fail. All of a sudden, this year, I was unable to renew my road tax due to a blacklisted summon dated 14 February 2008, of which I didn't even knew about it at all.
As per my understanding, once you're stopped by the police/JPJ and given the summon by hand, and the summon was signed by you, and if you didn't settle it in the next 3 months, then only you get blacklisted.
This summon was not even notified to me, by anyone, and if I even knew about it, I am eligible to get a trial as well. I think, it is the responsibility of the police team to hunt for the people who made the offense and nowadays, tracking people are just at your fingertips.
I was worried if actually someone else used my car plate number as there was once a car with my plate number was reported to bang a lorry in Klang but my car was actually being repaired in a workshop in JB and never been out during that accident period. I've got a summon and was called for investigation but after lodging a police report, the police officer told me not surrender myself as the letter from the workshop is good enough to prove my innocence.
So it might be someone else's fault. But back in 2008? Then I was supposed to be unable to renew my road tax in that year itself!!!
That sounds like I was found guilty without me knowing about it. That is cruel!
How does it feel like when all of a sudden you get a slap a your face and told, that's for trying to court my wife, but you didn't even know the wife?
June 7, 2010
Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7 on the Old Acer TravelMate 4050.
I was using IATKOS 10.5.7 for this install. It offers a much more flexibility and option in installation compared to Kalyway. It's easier to install using Kalyway anyway.
I'm not sure when does this notebook was being manufactured but I remember buying it from a second hand shop a the price of RM1700 (initially was 1500 but I added another 1 GB of RAM).
It seems to be possible to run Mac OS X on most Intel processor platform (except for my Asus laptop, that is purely stupid isn't it?) and my next quest would be to try to install Mac OS X on an AMD processor platform. My sister's old desktop would be a good one to try.
* this update is made using Acer TravelMate 4050 with Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.7
June 6, 2010
Snow Leopard on PC - Screenshots from my Hackintosh.
The setup of my PC. A tower desktop, a 19 inch LCD screen, wireless keyboard & mouse. Inside the desktop is:-- Intel Quad Core 2.5 GHz
- 8 GB Ram
- Gigabyte EP43-UD3L Motherboard
- MSI nVidia 9500 GT 1 GB RAM
Step by step system booting into Mac OS X.
Anyway, I'm still facing problem with the BIOS reset. I will fix that up later.
June 2, 2010
Retail Snow Leopard on my desktop
Finally, after buying the Snow Leopard installation CD for quite sometimes (I think I bought it last year), only now that I managed to get it installed to a PC and get it fully running. Tried with so many methods, then I decided to buy an almost compatible to Apple setup CPU.
The spec of the newly bought PC is as below:
Unluckily, my sound card is not as advertised in the website, which is reported to be using the ALC 888 codec. Mine was using the ALC1200. Using Kakewalk installation method, it was kind of messing up with my HDA kexts and installing the Kext for ALC1200 downloaded from the Internet was not a success.
Then I tried using the Snow Boot Loader installation Method. Good thing was:
Will put a snapshot in the next post. Cheers :)
The spec of the newly bought PC is as below:
I first tried the Kakewalk Installation method which is pretty easy to be done but I have to choose the GA EP45-UD3L method instead as it doesn't have any support for EP43-UD3L, so that was the closest I can pick. The installation was easy, except that the display card didn't work Out Of the Box (OOB), of which I have to use lookup for the nvflash utility, setup a bootable Dos USB flash and run the nvflash to get the ROM file. The using the OSx86 tools to inject the EFI string using the NVCAP string obtained from the nvflash utility.Intel Quad Core 8300 2.5GHz Processor Gigabyte GA EP43-UD3L motherboard bought from Lowyat MSI n9500 GT 1GB PCIe Display Card 8GB RAM 1 TB HDD
Unluckily, my sound card is not as advertised in the website, which is reported to be using the ALC 888 codec. Mine was using the ALC1200. Using Kakewalk installation method, it was kind of messing up with my HDA kexts and installing the Kext for ALC1200 downloaded from the Internet was not a success.
Then I tried using the Snow Boot Loader installation Method. Good thing was:
But I'm not pretty sure whether it is running in 64 bit or otherwise. I will have to check.Display work OOB. Even though I have to change the resolution, it goes blank blue and I restarted. It goes well after that. ALC 1200 was installed with success. It works like a charm!
Will put a snapshot in the next post. Cheers :)
I have a retail SL running in my desktop.
Finally, after buying the Snow Leopard installation CD for quite sometimes (I think I bought it last year), only now that I managed to get it installed to a PC and get it fully running. Tried with so many methods, then I decided to buy an almost compatible to Apple setup CPU.
The spec of the newly bought PC is as below:
Unluckily, my sound card is not as advertised in the website, which is reported to be using the ALC 888 codec. Mine was using the ALC1200. Using Kakewalk installation method, it was kind of messing up with my HDA kexts and installing the Kext for ALC1200 downloaded from the Internet was not a success.
Then I tried using the Snow Boot Loader installation Method. Good thing was:
Will put a snapshot in the next post. Cheers :)
The spec of the newly bought PC is as below:
I first tried the Kakewalk Installation method which is pretty easy to be done but I have to choose the GA EP45-UD3L method instead as it doesn't have any support for EP43-UD3L, so that was the closest I can pick. The installation was easy, except that the display card didn't work Out Of the Box (OOB), of which I have to use lookup for the nvflash utility, setup a bootable Dos USB flash and run the nvflash to get the ROM file. The using the OSx86 tools to inject the EFI string using the NVCAP string obtained from the nvflash utility.
Intel Quad Core 8300 2.5GHz Processor
Gigabyte GA EP43-UD3L motherboard bought from Lowyat
MSI n9500 GT 1GB PCIe Display Card
8GB RAM
1 TB HDD
Unluckily, my sound card is not as advertised in the website, which is reported to be using the ALC 888 codec. Mine was using the ALC1200. Using Kakewalk installation method, it was kind of messing up with my HDA kexts and installing the Kext for ALC1200 downloaded from the Internet was not a success.
Then I tried using the Snow Boot Loader installation Method. Good thing was:
But I'm not pretty sure whether it is running in 64 bit or otherwise. I will have to check.
Display work OOB. Even though I have to change the resolution, it goes blank blue and I restarted. It goes well after that.
ALC 1200 was installed with success. It works like a charm!
Will put a snapshot in the next post. Cheers :)
May 19, 2010
Passion
Beside doing photography and starting to be actively playing music again, my passion towards 1 and 0 has never been off.
Even though lately I thought I'm already bored with computers, the actual thing was I just needed something new, just to fire up my interest again.
Legally not correct, but the challenge of doing it the right way and getting it to work is definitely a 'yes-yes' stuff to me.
I've started off with this project since quite some times ago, starting by buying the SL install DVD of which I've had never got it to be running on any system yet ever. Tremendous hours spent on the Net and RTFM will definitely not getting me to anywhere yet.
I've posted some screen shot on Facebook, whereby I managed to get a Leopard 10.5.2 to be installed and running on my Desktop and an Acer laptop as well. What I hated most was, I wasn't even able to get it running on my very own Asus Laptop with that HD LCD screen, of which, if it's ever going to be running the Mac OS X on it, it will definitely be as good as the Macbook display, at least at par.
As for now, I even manage to get it to be running on my other desktop and I'm planning to get it running on my other Acer Laptop, which currently I believe to be having the hard disk problem.
Buying a Mac book at the price of 2 laptops is definitely a pain in the ass. In terms of performance, with the same amount of money, I can build a super duper powerful Mac Custom system. How much is it to buy a Mac with a Quad Core processor, or even an i3 or i5 processor or even an i7 (owh am I dreaming too much), and imagine it having at 4 GB or 8 GB to be safe, and a TB of hard disk.
Keep on dreaming as it will cost you at least one and a half, of an EVO 6 half cut.
For about 2.5 k, I can get a decent Quad Core or an i5 processor with 8GB memory and 1TB hard disk, with an HD monitor linked through the HDMI cable.
And running the latest SL!
Even though lately I thought I'm already bored with computers, the actual thing was I just needed something new, just to fire up my interest again.
Legally not correct, but the challenge of doing it the right way and getting it to work is definitely a 'yes-yes' stuff to me.
I've started off with this project since quite some times ago, starting by buying the SL install DVD of which I've had never got it to be running on any system yet ever. Tremendous hours spent on the Net and RTFM will definitely not getting me to anywhere yet.
I've posted some screen shot on Facebook, whereby I managed to get a Leopard 10.5.2 to be installed and running on my Desktop and an Acer laptop as well. What I hated most was, I wasn't even able to get it running on my very own Asus Laptop with that HD LCD screen, of which, if it's ever going to be running the Mac OS X on it, it will definitely be as good as the Macbook display, at least at par.
As for now, I even manage to get it to be running on my other desktop and I'm planning to get it running on my other Acer Laptop, which currently I believe to be having the hard disk problem.
Buying a Mac book at the price of 2 laptops is definitely a pain in the ass. In terms of performance, with the same amount of money, I can build a super duper powerful Mac Custom system. How much is it to buy a Mac with a Quad Core processor, or even an i3 or i5 processor or even an i7 (owh am I dreaming too much), and imagine it having at 4 GB or 8 GB to be safe, and a TB of hard disk.
Keep on dreaming as it will cost you at least one and a half, of an EVO 6 half cut.
For about 2.5 k, I can get a decent Quad Core or an i5 processor with 8GB memory and 1TB hard disk, with an HD monitor linked through the HDMI cable.
And running the latest SL!
My Current Passion
Beside doing photography and starting to be actively playing music again, my passion towards 1 and 0 has never been off.
Even though lately I thought I'm already bored with computers, the actual thing was I just needed something new, just to fire up my interest again.
Legally not correct, but the challenge of doing it the right way and getting it to work is definitely a 'yes-yes' stuff to me.
I've started off with this project since quite some times ago, starting by buying the SL install DVD of which I've had never got it to be running on any system yet ever. Tremendous hours spent on the Net and reading all the Fuckin' Manuals will definitely not getting me to anywhere yet.
I've posted some screen shot on Facebook, whereby I managed to get a Leopard 10.5.2 to be installed and running on my Desktop and an Acer laptop as well. What I hated most was, I wasn't even able to get it running on my very own Asus Laptop with that HD LCD screen, of which, if it's ever going to be running the Mac OS X on it, it will definitely be as good as the Macbook display, at least at par.
As for now, I even manage to get it to be running on my other desktop and I'm planning to get it running on my other Acer Laptop, which currently I believe to be having the hard disk problem.
Buying a Mac book at the price of 2 laptops is definitely a pain in the ass. In terms of performance, with the same amount of money, I can build a super duper powerful Mac Custom system. How much is it to buy a Mac with a Quad Core processor, or even an i3 or i5 processor or even an i7 (owh am I dreaming too much), and imagine it having at 4 GB or 8 GB to be safe, and a TB of hard disk.
Keep on dreaming as it will cost you at least one and a half, of an EVO 6 half cut.
For about 2.5 k, I can get a decent Quad Core or an i5 processor with 8GB memory and 1TB hard disk, with an HD monitor linked through the HDMI cable.
And running the latest SL!
Sounds kewl isn't it? That's why I'm heading to Low Yat, after waking up from my sleep tomorrow afternoon :)
Even though lately I thought I'm already bored with computers, the actual thing was I just needed something new, just to fire up my interest again.
Legally not correct, but the challenge of doing it the right way and getting it to work is definitely a 'yes-yes' stuff to me.
I've started off with this project since quite some times ago, starting by buying the SL install DVD of which I've had never got it to be running on any system yet ever. Tremendous hours spent on the Net and reading all the Fuckin' Manuals will definitely not getting me to anywhere yet.
I've posted some screen shot on Facebook, whereby I managed to get a Leopard 10.5.2 to be installed and running on my Desktop and an Acer laptop as well. What I hated most was, I wasn't even able to get it running on my very own Asus Laptop with that HD LCD screen, of which, if it's ever going to be running the Mac OS X on it, it will definitely be as good as the Macbook display, at least at par.
As for now, I even manage to get it to be running on my other desktop and I'm planning to get it running on my other Acer Laptop, which currently I believe to be having the hard disk problem.
Buying a Mac book at the price of 2 laptops is definitely a pain in the ass. In terms of performance, with the same amount of money, I can build a super duper powerful Mac Custom system. How much is it to buy a Mac with a Quad Core processor, or even an i3 or i5 processor or even an i7 (owh am I dreaming too much), and imagine it having at 4 GB or 8 GB to be safe, and a TB of hard disk.
Keep on dreaming as it will cost you at least one and a half, of an EVO 6 half cut.
For about 2.5 k, I can get a decent Quad Core or an i5 processor with 8GB memory and 1TB hard disk, with an HD monitor linked through the HDMI cable.
And running the latest SL!
Sounds kewl isn't it? That's why I'm heading to Low Yat, after waking up from my sleep tomorrow afternoon :)
April 20, 2010
Malaysia & Broadband
I love Malaysia so much, so I do think that I have the right to be a lil upset. You should refer to my post http://life.izham-miyake.com/2009/10/aussie-firms-deterred-by-malaysias-slow.html which I put a newspaper link mentioning about a lot of Foreign Companies pulling out their investment, caused by our SLOW INTERNET!
More shocking! In China, they even have the 4 GB connection to home and they only pay RM60 equivalently. Confirmed by a friend who just went there last week.Isn't this good for expat who wanted to work from HOME?
Yes, we cannot compare to them in terms of density level but at least we should be at the same pace as they are now. 1MB compared to 1GB (like 1000x faster?), and running 1MB at a higher price (1GB@RM83 vs 1MB@RM99) is totally unacceptable.
Zid's comment/thought is a thought that will keep Malaysia left behind. Plus, the 1MB connection we pay is 'Best Effort' service, and I hope you guys understand what 'Best Effort' is, as mentioned in the Streamyx's SLA.
We keep comparing with the neighboring countries, but my question is, why should we compare to them as we claimed we are so much developed compared to them.
I tell you guys, Malaysia are so left behind at this point, compared to a few of our neighboring countries. Why? These are the facts:-
1. SG - 8Mbps - SGD65. ~ RM140
2. TH - 2 Mbps - THB1000 ~ RM100
3. PH - 12 Mbps - P5999 ~ RM432
SG can offer 8Mbps lower than the cheapest 4MB offer in Malaysia (RM160).
TH, which country is as big as Malaysia can offer, 2MBPs. almost the same price as our Streamyx RM99 1MB combo package. Not to mention what is the percentage of the availability Streamyx can offer?
PH, they can offer 12MBps?
Don't you think Malaysia should be at an UPPER level to PH/TH?
This is yet to compare with those in the UK. My sister is subscribing to a 10Mbps broadband, packaged with a phone line and TV cable, at a price of GBP5 ~ RM30 only.
My Brother in Russia, using a 8Mbps line paying for only RM70 a month. Russia is not densed as HK right?
If we keep giving EXCUSES on things, this 'TIDAK APA' attitude will get Malaysia left so behind in the next 10 years. Believe me guys.
The worst is, I've been applying land phone line for my house since July last year. Until today, my home is still not wired. Even SKMM gave me empty promises. Any of you guys can help?
More shocking! In China, they even have the 4 GB connection to home and they only pay RM60 equivalently. Confirmed by a friend who just went there last week.Isn't this good for expat who wanted to work from HOME?
Yes, we cannot compare to them in terms of density level but at least we should be at the same pace as they are now. 1MB compared to 1GB (like 1000x faster?), and running 1MB at a higher price (1GB@RM83 vs 1MB@RM99) is totally unacceptable.
Zid's comment/thought is a thought that will keep Malaysia left behind. Plus, the 1MB connection we pay is 'Best Effort' service, and I hope you guys understand what 'Best Effort' is, as mentioned in the Streamyx's SLA.
We keep comparing with the neighboring countries, but my question is, why should we compare to them as we claimed we are so much developed compared to them.
I tell you guys, Malaysia are so left behind at this point, compared to a few of our neighboring countries. Why? These are the facts:-
1. SG - 8Mbps - SGD65. ~ RM140
2. TH - 2 Mbps - THB1000 ~ RM100
3. PH - 12 Mbps - P5999 ~ RM432
SG can offer 8Mbps lower than the cheapest 4MB offer in Malaysia (RM160).
TH, which country is as big as Malaysia can offer, 2MBPs. almost the same price as our Streamyx RM99 1MB combo package. Not to mention what is the percentage of the availability Streamyx can offer?
PH, they can offer 12MBps?
Don't you think Malaysia should be at an UPPER level to PH/TH?
This is yet to compare with those in the UK. My sister is subscribing to a 10Mbps broadband, packaged with a phone line and TV cable, at a price of GBP5 ~ RM30 only.
My Brother in Russia, using a 8Mbps line paying for only RM70 a month. Russia is not densed as HK right?
If we keep giving EXCUSES on things, this 'TIDAK APA' attitude will get Malaysia left so behind in the next 10 years. Believe me guys.
The worst is, I've been applying land phone line for my house since July last year. Until today, my home is still not wired. Even SKMM gave me empty promises. Any of you guys can help?
April 1, 2010
1st April 2010
It's been a year in DHL APIS.
It has been great working in here even though I've not into working anymore but the job provides me adequate enough to carry on.
While in DHL APIS also, I was recruited into their very own band, ' The Undecided' and so far we've been having Gigs in several places including Singapore and Phuket, as the bassist, though. :P
It's been a year++ of my marriage as well. I'm pretty lousy at it but both of us are working our best on it. I'm still the same hot blooded person as usual but my patience (and passionful) wife is at best being the understanding and supporting woman for me.
I've just got a new car for my family to be. My Civic is just being unreliable and inconsistent lately. I was supposed to be driving my Civic to work tonight but warming it for at least 5 minutes didn't give me any sign that it's gonna work well for me tonight.
My mom has been not very well due to slip discs problem and my father keeps on seeking for every solution possible to help my mom to relief the pain.
My sister, Fadhlina is now in UK doing her phd. My other sister, Faizah, to my surprise had won the Malaysian Bronze Medal for her Master thesis, which for me is a superb accomplishment ever! I managed to congratulates her as I got home from Seremban prior to this moment but as usual, and I hope she knew how proud I am being her brother.
And she's getting married on the 1st May as well.
Expect me to be more active for the next few months. I have been limited to Internet XS for the past 2 years and my new house will only be equipped with PSTN line in the next few months, 2 or 3. That's what SKMM told me in their email.
I'm now starting to feel lucky again.
DO you feel lucky punk?
It has been great working in here even though I've not into working anymore but the job provides me adequate enough to carry on.
While in DHL APIS also, I was recruited into their very own band, ' The Undecided' and so far we've been having Gigs in several places including Singapore and Phuket, as the bassist, though. :P
It's been a year++ of my marriage as well. I'm pretty lousy at it but both of us are working our best on it. I'm still the same hot blooded person as usual but my patience (and passionful) wife is at best being the understanding and supporting woman for me.
I've just got a new car for my family to be. My Civic is just being unreliable and inconsistent lately. I was supposed to be driving my Civic to work tonight but warming it for at least 5 minutes didn't give me any sign that it's gonna work well for me tonight.
My mom has been not very well due to slip discs problem and my father keeps on seeking for every solution possible to help my mom to relief the pain.
My sister, Fadhlina is now in UK doing her phd. My other sister, Faizah, to my surprise had won the Malaysian Bronze Medal for her Master thesis, which for me is a superb accomplishment ever! I managed to congratulates her as I got home from Seremban prior to this moment but as usual, and I hope she knew how proud I am being her brother.
And she's getting married on the 1st May as well.
Expect me to be more active for the next few months. I have been limited to Internet XS for the past 2 years and my new house will only be equipped with PSTN line in the next few months, 2 or 3. That's what SKMM told me in their email.
I'm now starting to feel lucky again.
DO you feel lucky punk?
February 24, 2010
Full tummy with empty minded
For the past few weeks, there were so many things had been going on and a lot of things are gonna change for good.
People have been hard but luckily life is not as sucks as what other people might have thought of. I gained weight as a result of totally not exercising even though attempts were made to play badminton, last few weeks back, but the shift pattern of my job makes it hard on me.
There are also futsal session arranged by the mates in the office but again the shift pattern disallow me to join them whenever they have it held, just in front o my office.
Unless I got the guts to leave my desk and shut my mobile off and ready to get tonnes of warnings the next day on.
These, are plus my laziness as well. A tiring day at work (which normally a day with not so much of work, of which I would normally youtubing or facebooking for most of the time) causing me to be helplessly lazy to move around, even to go out to eat, but making your own maggi at the kitchen is one bad thing that I must stop doing it, especially late night, and when I'm alone.
The fact that my wife is away would help me to reduce my consumption of food is neverthelessly false.
I should from now on start to read for more. The amount of my brain nerves responding time towards my search request for wording/vocabulary, either in English or Malay is worrying. For most of the time, the words uttered from my mouth are actally the result of immediate biological response of my body; instead of actually my brain should do the thinking before saying things out.
As for example, a helpdesk operator were telling me he's gonna make the call I was asking for, of which I should have said "Thank You" or "I will hold on the line".
I stupidly replied with "Yes, HOLD ON" (You may start laugh now)
These phenomenon had numerously causing me problem with people, and it was worse when I was mad at something. I didn't totally freaked out but sometimes it hurts other people feeling.
One good thing to do is not to accumulate your anger inside your mind, as for I can conclude today, your tummy would need to balance it off; by making you eating more.
This may have been the stupidest conclusion afterall but I need to tell myself something and act upon it.
My waist is already 36 for the record. :(
People have been hard but luckily life is not as sucks as what other people might have thought of. I gained weight as a result of totally not exercising even though attempts were made to play badminton, last few weeks back, but the shift pattern of my job makes it hard on me.
There are also futsal session arranged by the mates in the office but again the shift pattern disallow me to join them whenever they have it held, just in front o my office.
Unless I got the guts to leave my desk and shut my mobile off and ready to get tonnes of warnings the next day on.
These, are plus my laziness as well. A tiring day at work (which normally a day with not so much of work, of which I would normally youtubing or facebooking for most of the time) causing me to be helplessly lazy to move around, even to go out to eat, but making your own maggi at the kitchen is one bad thing that I must stop doing it, especially late night, and when I'm alone.
The fact that my wife is away would help me to reduce my consumption of food is neverthelessly false.
I should from now on start to read for more. The amount of my brain nerves responding time towards my search request for wording/vocabulary, either in English or Malay is worrying. For most of the time, the words uttered from my mouth are actally the result of immediate biological response of my body; instead of actually my brain should do the thinking before saying things out.
As for example, a helpdesk operator were telling me he's gonna make the call I was asking for, of which I should have said "Thank You" or "I will hold on the line".
I stupidly replied with "Yes, HOLD ON" (You may start laugh now)
These phenomenon had numerously causing me problem with people, and it was worse when I was mad at something. I didn't totally freaked out but sometimes it hurts other people feeling.
One good thing to do is not to accumulate your anger inside your mind, as for I can conclude today, your tummy would need to balance it off; by making you eating more.
This may have been the stupidest conclusion afterall but I need to tell myself something and act upon it.
My waist is already 36 for the record. :(
January 6, 2010
Hazril Ibrahim - Apa keburukan yg timbul kepada Islam jika semua agama lain guna nama Allah untuk tuhan masing2? Apa pula kebaikannya?
Keburukan - Hahahaha. Orang2 dari agama lain akan ramai2 masuk Islam sebab akhirnya mereka akan mengaku bahawa tuhan adalah Allah, bukan tuhan2 lain (takut nak sebut nanti sensi-Azman Minha). Nanti tak cukup tanah pula untuk perkuburan orang Islam.
Kebaikan - Dakwah secara tak langsung bahawa Allah yang maha Benar dan Satu adalah Allahu Ahad Wallah Hussamad.
Dalam hal2 sebegini, yang penting adalah hati kita. Di manakah letaknya Iman kita.
Sbg seorang Islam, yang penting adalah Aqidah kita. Kita asyik sibuk dengan amalan Fiqh sdgkan Aqidah kita tak berapa kuat lagi. Masih terdengar orang2 yang bersolat tunggang tunggik tapi masih lagi percaya benda karut marut yang bidaah dan mensyirikkan seperti berjumpa bomoh, menyantau orang dan sebagainya.
Ramai juga yang kuat solat tapi tak bisa menahan Ammarah. Ramai juga yang suka bersedekah tapi suka menjaja cerita sedekahnya.
Saya pernah terdengar seorang Imam yang marahkan anaknya sebab dah kawin lebih sepuluh tahun tapi masih belum dapat anak. Katanya, 'Buat anak pun tak reti', sedangkan rezeki adalah di tangan Allah.
Dalam hal ini, kita harus bertawakkal kerana hanya Allahu Ahad yang Maha Mengetahui. Kenapa kita harus risau sekiranya perkataan Allah digunakan dalan terjemahan Bible sedangkan reference kita adalah al-Quran, yang juga Imam kita. Kenapa nak takut sedangkan Imam kita bukan Bible.
Kita yang seharusnya memperkuatkan Aqidah kita. Dengan didikan yang cukup, rasanya kita tak perlu takut dengan apa pun hatta kalau orang nak bunuh kita kerana beriman dengan Allah pun kita tak perlu takut selagi kita berpegang kepada beriman kepada Allah.
Alhamdulillah, sekarang ni rasanya ramai lagi yang masih kuat Imannya walaupun luarannya nampak macam orang yang mulutnya jahat. Sebagai contoh seorang kawan di kantor yang suka mengutuk orang tapi bila bercakap tentang anak, rezeki dan pangkat, beliau selalu berkata alhamdulillah atau pun masih belum ada rezeki walaupun kerjanya mengutuk orang tak sudah (you know what I mean)
Sepertimana yang kita katakan tadi, you know your limit even though sky is the limit, you know where to limit yourself.
Saya sendiri, Taiko dan kawan2 lain dengar jugak lagu2 puja syaitan yang ganas2 macam Black Metal Grind Core dan sebagainya tapi tak pulak jadi atheist atau masuk Kristian. Masih lagi orang Islam yang sejati.
Daripada bercerita hal2 yang serious yang kita pun tak tahu ke mana hala tuju, baik kita cerita pasal blue atau taik.
Taklah takut jadi Syirik. Hehehe.. :p
Kebaikan - Dakwah secara tak langsung bahawa Allah yang maha Benar dan Satu adalah Allahu Ahad Wallah Hussamad.
Dalam hal2 sebegini, yang penting adalah hati kita. Di manakah letaknya Iman kita.
Sbg seorang Islam, yang penting adalah Aqidah kita. Kita asyik sibuk dengan amalan Fiqh sdgkan Aqidah kita tak berapa kuat lagi. Masih terdengar orang2 yang bersolat tunggang tunggik tapi masih lagi percaya benda karut marut yang bidaah dan mensyirikkan seperti berjumpa bomoh, menyantau orang dan sebagainya.
Ramai juga yang kuat solat tapi tak bisa menahan Ammarah. Ramai juga yang suka bersedekah tapi suka menjaja cerita sedekahnya.
Saya pernah terdengar seorang Imam yang marahkan anaknya sebab dah kawin lebih sepuluh tahun tapi masih belum dapat anak. Katanya, 'Buat anak pun tak reti', sedangkan rezeki adalah di tangan Allah.
Dalam hal ini, kita harus bertawakkal kerana hanya Allahu Ahad yang Maha Mengetahui. Kenapa kita harus risau sekiranya perkataan Allah digunakan dalan terjemahan Bible sedangkan reference kita adalah al-Quran, yang juga Imam kita. Kenapa nak takut sedangkan Imam kita bukan Bible.
Kita yang seharusnya memperkuatkan Aqidah kita. Dengan didikan yang cukup, rasanya kita tak perlu takut dengan apa pun hatta kalau orang nak bunuh kita kerana beriman dengan Allah pun kita tak perlu takut selagi kita berpegang kepada beriman kepada Allah.
Alhamdulillah, sekarang ni rasanya ramai lagi yang masih kuat Imannya walaupun luarannya nampak macam orang yang mulutnya jahat. Sebagai contoh seorang kawan di kantor yang suka mengutuk orang tapi bila bercakap tentang anak, rezeki dan pangkat, beliau selalu berkata alhamdulillah atau pun masih belum ada rezeki walaupun kerjanya mengutuk orang tak sudah (you know what I mean)
Sepertimana yang kita katakan tadi, you know your limit even though sky is the limit, you know where to limit yourself.
Saya sendiri, Taiko dan kawan2 lain dengar jugak lagu2 puja syaitan yang ganas2 macam Black Metal Grind Core dan sebagainya tapi tak pulak jadi atheist atau masuk Kristian. Masih lagi orang Islam yang sejati.
Daripada bercerita hal2 yang serious yang kita pun tak tahu ke mana hala tuju, baik kita cerita pasal blue atau taik.
Taklah takut jadi Syirik. Hehehe.. :p
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