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Happy 410th Birthday, Fermat!

EsX_Raptor — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:41:52 +0900

I have created a truly marvelous blog, which this page is too small to contain.

Chopped Chess Board and Dominoes?

EsX_Raptor — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:05:01 +0900

We have a chessboard with the two opposing corners removed, and we have a set of dominoes shaped such that each domino covers exactly two squares: Which arrangement of dominoes can cover the entire chessboard?

Long and Thin or Short and Thick?

EsX_Raptor — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 02:06:21 +0900

Problem Suppose we have two connected syringes A and B of cylindrical shape: Syringe A is given to a little girl and syringe B is given to a guy. Assume both syringes can hold the same volume V, the uncompressible liquid between them is also V, and the radius of syringe B is equal to twice the radius of syringe A. Question 1 If the little girl presses her syringe with a forc...

Area of a Circle

EsX_Raptor — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:45:28 +0900

Problem Suppose I have the following two-dimensional space: Suppose I can fill it with as much water as I want: How can I find the area the water covers? Solution I divided the problem into three parts: when x < r, when x = r and when x > r. When x < r, the following model applies: Where: h = r - x b = SQRT (r ^ 2 - h ^ 2) θ = SIN ^ -1 (b / r) ...

Serious Ghost Pranks

EsX_Raptor — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 06:25:27 +0900

Every Halloween, I think of a really legit ghost prank I could play on a friend or group of friends. As a result, nobody gets near me that day and calls me a bastard while at it. But who cares, I've got coworkers, and it so happens that my closest coworker's birthday is right then. Since we're all in a "grown up" environment at the company, I don't feel like carrying out a stupid teen...

Quick Go Question

EsX_Raptor — Fri, 20 May 2011 02:17:17 +0900

I'm a chess player who's trying to get into Go for recreational purposes in college. I've already read and understood most of the Go rules, however, there's something I haven't yet been able to understand simply because it's just never elaborated on (from what I can tell). White to move. Suppose you decide to take the black stone cluster on the right side of the board as follows (thoug...

AoE: The "Revenge"

EsX_Raptor — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:58:55 +0900

Some of you may have read that old blog in which I take the time to describe a particular friend of mine and his ever so peculiar gaming attitudes and tendencies. As a recap, he is a highly cocky personality with no skills to back his talk up. It's very funny, especially when you manage to break his 'perfect strategies' apart and contemplate his rage for the remainder of the month or so. ...

Fun Riddle

EsX_Raptor — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 02:18:21 +0900

Two ropes hang closeby from a ceiling. A rope thief can survive a fall halfway up one of the ropes. What's the biggest amount of rope he can steal?

Bulbasaur, Squirtle and Charmander - The Best?

EsX_Raptor — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 03:28:35 +0900

Which one is the better starter? This question has been asked several times ever since Pokémon came into the market. And why wouldn't it, when it's the biggest decision you have to make before embarking into the Pokémon world. Most people will advise you to pick Bulbasaur due to its quick growing potential; it has a type advantage over the first two gyms and resists the next two well. H...

Coincidences Don’t Exist

EsX_Raptor — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:51:21 +0900

In the 21 years I've been living on this earth, I can with no doubt say that there are no such things as coincidences – or at least that's how I've been perceiving it. When something "amazing" happens to me, to someone I know or just around me, I often never find myself being amazed nor emotionally affected by it; a plane can crash right into my office and I won't care about it a...

Gold and Shit Don't Mix

EsX_Raptor — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 01:06:54 +0900

Clumsy, stupid, ugly, and lonely are just a couple of the adjectives that can describe this guy. It wouldn’t impress anyone if I were to tell them he’s never had a girlfriend even though he’s 24. In fact, he’s even confessed he’s never jacked off. By the way, did I already mention he's stupid? Since the beginning of the year, the guy has managed to keep in touch with one of the mos...

When Best Students Get F's

EsX_Raptor — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 05:12:27 +0900

I am the best student in a certain class. The professor knows me like a son. Just before the semester began, I found out the class was closed. I begged my professor to open up a slot for me. He agreed, and went through hell in doing so, but at the end, I was in. He did it because, at that moment, he had said he knew I was a "serious guy" and "would excel without a doubt."...

My Senior Project!

EsX_Raptor — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:46:48 +0900

Soon, I will be needing to turn in a proposal for a senior project I will be having to work on all semester long. I have a couple ideas of what I want to do, however, I do not know whether they'll prove to be big or good enough to be called a "Senior Project". I want to make an AI program for a game of checkers, as well as make its respective GUI, but I do not know if that will suf...

Ass Kick: My Turn Now

EsX_Raptor — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 04:00:54 +0900

I followed the advice you guys gave me in my previous thread and decided to write another (short, but fulfills the length requirement) essay on one of the old WPE questions (random pick) my university keeps on their website for student reference. Here it is: What does responsible citizenship mean today? What role should a university play, if any, in promoting responsible citizenship? ...

Ass Kick: Courtesy of my University

EsX_Raptor — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:26:05 +0900

I'm in tears right now. Fuck, no matter how manly I like to think I am, I admit it. My university requires its students to take a writing test called the Writing Proficiency Exam (WPE) which is a mandatory test required for graduation, regardless of one's major. I took the test late May and just got my grade back: I didn't pass it. The worst thing is that I was asked to write about com...

Can I kick your ass?

EsX_Raptor — Fri, 14 May 2010 03:39:23 +0900

What's up TeamLiquid guess what? Well, what a damned-funny yet cocky-ass bastard of a friend – or should I rather say ‘colleague’ – do I currently have to deal with mates I tell you. However, he doesn't have the skills to back up his trash-talk; not even close. Him: “I am unbeatable in games!” He challenged me to a StarCraft duel when he found out I played the game. Ho...

SC2 Beta Key Challenge #5

EsX_Raptor — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:54:14 +0900

Be the first to find the answers to the following simple questions: Quantum gravity Have fun! It is really easy!

Are We All Clueless?

EsX_Raptor — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:19:45 +0900

I can't believe how ants can be so retarded. All they do is just walk around foraging for anything they can find that is edible, and then bringing it back to their hole. They do this all day long without ever taking a rest. They don't even think about keeping what they find for themselves, nor do they steal something of value from a fellow ant either. No. They are all driven by this moral...

Happy Birthday Zoler!

EsX_Raptor — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:41:17 +0900

Happy 18th birthday bro! You 18 year old Swedes can now buy all the drinks you want mothafukas! Best you get here in the U.S. is just some crappy Marlboro and Camel cigars at that age, and praying to god cops won't raid the fucking party if they catch you drinking under 21. Hell! HB bro and don't drive today :P

CS @ Germany?

EsX_Raptor — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:34:47 +0900

Hey guys I'm a Counter-Strike major and this semester I'm taking the AK-47 1301, M4A1 3302, Camping 101 and Hostage Rescuing 101 courses. This is my last year and I will be getting my bachelor's on December! Finally I'll be ready to go out there and bomb some Aztec ruins and shit.. Now for real, lol, I'm a Computer Science major and I'm planning to move to Germany (girlfriend) once...