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I am the crusher of dreams!
>:D
Well, that is part of being an engineer, I guess! One of my friends was describing to me his ideas for technology and inventions and I explained to him why every single one of his ideas would not work. Even his only practical one was unmarketable due to the risk to the user!
I was nice about it, though! I really love logic and creativity. After all, that's why I'm an engineer (or studying to be one, rather)! I almost get off on solving problems that require creativity and logic. In fact, when I was a little kid, about 7 years old, I'd try to take apart and reassemble my toys to create new toys. Perhaps it's because my memory is skewed, but I recall coming up with some pretty awesome things!
Alright, I am not feeling very creative with my blog, I've been working too much on editing my story for my advanced fiction writing class. Thus, today I will answer ANY question you have about me or my opinions/thoughts on subjects (excluding those regarding sensitive information such as my social security, bank account number, etc).
So...
Ask away!
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What were your friend's ideas? What was good/bad/impossible about them?
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What's your SSN?
ok kidding.. i know this destroyer of dreams thing. I don't destroy dreams, but i destroy people who have already finished doing something. It absolutely does not matter what anyone gives me, i always find some (usually fairly small) thing that's not that good, but to fix it it's often like the whole thing needs to be redone. I don't know if that's a talent or a curse..
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What's your ideal guy?
*Whips out notepad*
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On May 09 2011 06:40 Souma wrote:
What's your ideal guy?
*Whips out notepad*
Judging from her signature, i'd say you fit fairly well.
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On May 09 2011 06:38 micronesia wrote:
What were your friend's ideas? What was good/bad/impossible about them?
One of them was to have a kind of recycling that either used nanomachines or a reagent to break down anything to raw elements. I really don't think I need to explain the impracticality of that.
Another idea was to have an electric motor with contacts that don't touch in a vacuum so that the electricity arcs across the void and energy is not lost to friction. However, a vacuum by definition is a perfect insulator, so... it just can't happen! I suggested he explore ideas about heat-recycling instead.
He also bought up the idea of creating "a huge distributed computing network which we could meter out for large tasks and one of those would be a human body simulator so we could test millions of treatments on someones genetic makeup." That just is not within our technology, not even close.
On May 09 2011 06:39 MisterD wrote:
What's your SSN?
ok kidding.. i know this destroyer of dreams thing. I don't destroy dreams, but i destroy people who have already finished doing something. It absolutely does not matter what anyone gives me, i always find some (usually fairly small) thing that's not that good, but to fix it it's often like the whole thing needs to be redone. I don't know if that's a talent or a curse..
I think that's an amazing talent.
;p
On May 09 2011 06:40 Souma wrote:
What's your ideal guy?
*Whips out notepad*
Intelligent, witty, a gamer, enjoys having fun with life.
Truthfully, I'm all about personality and intellect. Sure, having a tall, handsome, ripped guy is great and all, but I fully believe brains>brawn. I want a guy that I can be happy to wake up next to in the morning. Who laughs at my bacon cream cheese croissant sandwiches and isn't disgusted when I take shots of half-n-half when I go to diners. I want someone that I can rough-house with, who won't panic when I randomly jump on them or try to wrestle with them. I want someone who respects me and gives me credit for who I am! I'm a track-star, martial artist, gamer, engineer! I want to be treated as an equal and have my ideas and opinions respected. However, I love having my opinions challenged! What some people call "arguments," I call "debates." I love when a disagreement comes up because it gives you a chance to learn so much! I want someone who gives me an intellectual challenge in conversations!
Yet, at the end of the day, I want a big pair of arms I can snuggle up in and feel safe (especially after a good romp ;D ).
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tempered glass or a clear carbon fiber plastic to make the invisable jet
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On May 09 2011 07:04 Zeroes wrote:
tempered glass or a clear carbon fiber plastic to make the invisable jet
Of those two? The latter.
However, I think "cloaking" is going to work best with the various light-bending materials they are considering. I have a bunch of optic fibers I picked up during my internship and I love playing with them and can easily see how they would help make something invisible.
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What's your experience in studying engineering as a female? I assume it's a male-dominated domain all over the world, at least it is that way everywhere I've been to.
Is it fun or difficult being part of that minority of women? Are you taken seriously? Are you overwhelmed by advances from your male companions? Not related to your personality itself but based on you being one of the girls there.
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On May 09 2011 07:08 Riku wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2011 07:04 Zeroes wrote:
tempered glass or a clear carbon fiber plastic to make the invisable jet Of those two? The latter. However, I think "cloaking" is going to work best with the various light-bending materials they are considering. I have a bunch of optic fibers I picked up during my internship and I love playing with them and can easily see how they would help make something invisible.
i just wanted a plane where you can see the pilot and passengers but not the plane
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when I was a little kid, about 7 years old, I'd try to take apart and reassemble my toys to create new toys.
Those are called Lego and we all had them.
What's your story about? What does advanced fiction entail? I've never felt like creativity could be taught, but I remember enjoying a creative writing class in high school simply because it gave me an excuse to write and a person to read my work.
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What race do you play in sc2? assuming you play that is.
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On May 09 2011 07:19 Spekulatius wrote:
What's your experience in studying engineering as a female? I assume it's a male-dominated domain all over the world, at least it is that way everywhere I've been to.
Is it fun or difficult being part of that minority of women? Are you taken seriously? Are you overwhelmed by advances from your male companions? Not related to your personality itself but based on you being one of the girls there.
Well, my school only has math/science/engineering, you can't get any humanities majors here. Thus, I feel like I am taken quite seriously at the school, especially considering it's prestige. However, I find that outside of the college, I am often met with bias that is rather annoying. It is not uncommon to have the following conversation:
"So where do you go to school?"
"Harvey Mudd College"
"Oh, interesting. I thought that was an engineering school."
"It is..."
Certainly, when I worked at my internship, I was the only female in the entire company other than the secretary, but it never really bothered me nor did I think much about it. I found I am treated with as much or more respect in the field than if I was male. As for advances from my male peers... they're are all still a bunch of geeks, I might be slightly easier to approach than a non-geek female, but they are still generally too reserved to hit on me.
On May 09 2011 07:22 Zeroes wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2011 07:08 Riku wrote:On May 09 2011 07:04 Zeroes wrote:
tempered glass or a clear carbon fiber plastic to make the invisable jet Of those two? The latter. However, I think "cloaking" is going to work best with the various light-bending materials they are considering. I have a bunch of optic fibers I picked up during my internship and I love playing with them and can easily see how they would help make something invisible. i just wanted a plane where you can see the pilot and passengers but not the plane
Oh, then definitely the second one. carbon fiber is the material of the future, imo.
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On May 09 2011 06:34 Riku wrote:
So...
Ask away!
:3
Okay, this is a long shot but here we go.
How do you keep motivated on writing? Unless you haven't been writing that long - My novel's been off/on for about 9/10 years now and I haven't made an inch of progress in a year and a half. Would you call it at that point?
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On May 09 2011 07:03 Riku wrote:
Another idea was to have an electric motor with contacts that don't touch in a vacuum so that the electricity arcs across the void and energy is not lost to friction. However, a vacuum by definition is a perfect insulator, so... it just can't happen! I suggested he explore ideas about heat-recycling instead.
Not sure how his plan helps us really but electrons can jump from one plate to another through vacuum if the distance is short enough and the potential difference is high enough.
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On May 09 2011 07:30 Chef wrote:Show nested quote +when I was a little kid, about 7 years old, I'd try to take apart and reassemble my toys to create new toys. Those are called Lego and we all had them. What's your story about? What does advanced fiction entail? I've never felt like creativity could be taught, but I remember enjoying a creative writing class in high school simply because it gave me an excuse to write and a person to read my work.
Except, for someone in engineering, they're not doing that with Lego, they're doing that with their SNES. They've probably known how to use a soldering iron since they could walk..... I know I did.....
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On May 09 2011 06:34 Riku wrote:
. In fact, when I was a little kid, about 7 years old, I'd try to take apart and reassemble my toys to create new toys. Perhaps it's because my memory is skewed, but I recall coming up with some pretty awesome things!
I did this too. I bet you also played with lego as did all aspiring engineers.
Haha, now I've made you feel less special
>:D back at you!
Ok so I have this cool idea. It's like a website that will allow people to make their own macros and turn them into executable files that run with a hotkey control. The point of it being web based is so it can be accessed anywhere by anyone.
I figure that since macro recorders like easymacro aren't too accurate, and scripting macro software is too difficult for the common person, I'd make it very much gui based. It'd be more sophisticated and accurate than just macro recorders. I'd allow people to specify a list of instructions they want to do, including where on the screen (given pixel coordinates). Basically it's a tool that makes macros in a way that's easier than scripting, but more accurate than recorders.
It's supposed to make people be more productive, but I can see other uses for it (eg cheating in rts games). Then to help market the idea, I'll make it easy for people to tweet what macros they've created and to help share them.
Now go ahead... Just try and shoot my idea down!
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On May 09 2011 06:49 MisterD wrote:Judging from her signature, i'd say you fit fairly well.
Woot, I have a chance!
On May 09 2011 07:03 Riku wrote:+ Show Spoiler +
Intelligent, witty, a gamer, enjoys having fun with life.
Truthfully, I'm all about personality and intellect. Sure, having a tall, handsome, ripped guy is great and all, but I fully believe brains>brawn. I want a guy that I can be happy to wake up next to in the morning. Who laughs at my bacon cream cheese croissant sandwiches and isn't disgusted when I take shots of half-n-half when I go to diners. I want someone that I can rough-house with, who won't panic when I randomly jump on them or try to wrestle with them. I want someone who respects me and gives me credit for who I am! I'm a track-star, martial artist, gamer, engineer! I want to be treated as an equal and have my ideas and opinions respected. However, I love having my opinions challenged! What some people call "arguments," I call "debates." I love when a disagreement comes up because it gives you a chance to learn so much! I want someone who gives me an intellectual challenge in conversations!
Yet, at the end of the day, I want a big pair of arms I can snuggle up in and feel safe (especially after a good romp ;D ).
Okay, maybe not.
*Whips out steroids and weights*
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On May 09 2011 08:04 Souma wrote:Show nested quote +On May 09 2011 06:49 MisterD wrote:On May 09 2011 06:40 Souma wrote:
What's your ideal guy?
*Whips out notepad* Judging from her signature, i'd say you fit fairly well. Woot, I have a chance! Show nested quote +On May 09 2011 07:03 Riku wrote:On May 09 2011 06:40 Souma wrote:
What's your ideal guy?
*Whips out notepad* + Show Spoiler +
Intelligent, witty, a gamer, enjoys having fun with life.
Truthfully, I'm all about personality and intellect. Sure, having a tall, handsome, ripped guy is great and all, but I fully believe brains>brawn. I want a guy that I can be happy to wake up next to in the morning. Who laughs at my bacon cream cheese croissant sandwiches and isn't disgusted when I take shots of half-n-half when I go to diners. I want someone that I can rough-house with, who won't panic when I randomly jump on them or try to wrestle with them. I want someone who respects me and gives me credit for who I am! I'm a track-star, martial artist, gamer, engineer! I want to be treated as an equal and have my ideas and opinions respected. However, I love having my opinions challenged! What some people call "arguments," I call "debates." I love when a disagreement comes up because it gives you a chance to learn so much! I want someone who gives me an intellectual challenge in conversations!
Yet, at the end of the day, I want a big pair of arms I can snuggle up in and feel safe (especially after a good romp ;D ). Okay, maybe not. *Whips out steroids and weights*
I dunno, I'd be more worried about the witty requirement than the buff one. Getting ripped is easy. Learning to be witty is impossible.
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How often do you play Vindictus, and LoL now? Always looking for more for LoL and I've been trying to ease my way back into Vindictus again. I'm on East for Vindictus since I guess that kinda matters too. 
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