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Classic Hari Raya Problem
Classic computer science problem: Given that a salesman needs to visit a number of cities (which are all connected directly to each other), find the route such that the total distance traveled is the shortest.
Option 1: Enumerate all the possible routes, but this can be increasingly time-consuming as the number of cities becomes larger.
Option 2: […]
The 11-year cycle
1986: Recession due to slump in commodity prices
1997: Recession due to the Asian Financial Crisis
2008: US-led recession
According to this pattern, Malaysia will be experiencing its next recession in 2019. Let’s hope that won’t derail Malaysia’s plan to reach developed-nation status by 2020.
Pilot G-1 Grip vs Faber-Castell Power Gel
I prefer the Faber-Castell because it sits nicely in the hand, and the way it applies ink to paper feels more luxurious somehow. On the right type of paper it writes like a dream; on the other hand, it just doesn’t work on some types of papyri under certain conditions. Strangely it’s rather hard to […]
This is one place where it’s really important to stop at red
They keep on trying
The English is quite interesting. The grammar is not too bad, but the style is decidedly odd. I’m not sure whether the author is consciously trying to come across as dated and old-fashioned.
“… truth and honesty to be our watch-word [sic].” The audacity!
from: Stanley Roy <stan.homzyallied@googlemail.com>
reply-to: stan_homzyallied@yahoo.com
to: …
date: Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 4:24 PM
subject: Hi,Mr Rizal […]