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万事如意，年年有余。

（二零十二年一月二十四日星期一）
Today I escorted my parents to temple and saw children performing Lion Dance attraction to celebrate Lunar New Year (too bad I didn’t take picture) and had vegetarian dishes for lunch. 爱好吧！ It rained a little before we went home, but it was a good sign! In our tradition and belief, Lunar New Year needs to be raining 雨, symbolizing prosperity, rich soil, and nice harvest for a year. After that, the big 陈 [Chen] family gathered together in grandma’s house and the married ones gave us 红包 [hong bao]. It was a tradition for Chinese family to give something wrapped in red envelope to their children/ unmarried couples in the family. It’s supposed to be given to older/ parents symbolizing children’s tribute for their parents though, 哈哈哈；；

inside the temple

We’re keeping traditions that in Chinese New Year, we have to eat fish (年年有余 [for years prosperity], 余 [prosper] is similar pronunciation to 鱼 [fish] ) and noodle for looong looong blessing. It is said, sweeping dust since it is believed to be sweeping good luck. We also played fireworks to fend off bad spirits. I don’t really believe about those, but it doesn’t hurt, though, since we younger generations are suppose to keep traditions too. Plus, the dishes are delicious and since I’m not married yet, I’ll still get the red envelope. The temple’s visitors said that there will be ta-pe-gong event (I don’t think that’s right pronunciation, since it’s perhaps in Hokkian) in 50 days after New Year (cap go meh: cap go = 50) and there will be 60 representatives from other towns participating. I’ll surely take a lot of photos and videos of Lion and Dragon Dance this time!

*陈淑慧

 

Help! Error 5 on PIXMA MP145

I got new original cartridges (830 series) for my printer/scanner/copy Canon PIXMA MP145. I have used my printer twice to test the colors and it works pretty well. But then the next day, the printer shows E5 (until now)! I’ve searched for solutions in the internet but it is not working at all. If anyone knows how to solve it without bringing it to service center / change cartridge / slam the printer, please send me message.

note : I’ve tried to unplug – plug the power source while pressing stop/reset button and it entered to service… or rather, alarm mode. The seven segments didn’t blink, only the alarm indicator (orange) and on/off button (green).

 

QUE 4koma 16

QUE Project: Divided By Zero
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Not related to internet meme, this is just a cold joke xD. Everyone says ev’ry number divided by zero is “infinity”, but that’s not quite true. The answer is “undetermined”, “can’t be defined”, or simply “Math Error” (by calculator /lol). Dividing a cake is common example for understanding the definition of “division by zero”. In math functions, you can solve this problem (I mean, some of them) by using limit. You can trust wikipedia for this one if you’re curious.

QUE Project and all of the characters are belong to VnyX (me)

 

QUE 4koma 15

QUE Project: /Gg
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Just a joke, there’s no way 5 million grams stored in a small case like that (trolling Lyos). This is the importance of physics units! Don’t lazy writing the unit, since it is too important – especially for engineers. If you are going abroad, you can meet the difference of units used in different countries. Most Asia countries are using IS (international standard of unit measurement) as standard, but in America you will meet mostly British, so do the oil and gas industries all over the world. If you say something without measurement unit, the number will go ambiguous and eventually people will misinterpret it. I’ll upload more about units later.

QUE Project and all of the characters are belong to VnyX (me)

 

QUE 4koma 14

QUE Project: C-sama
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You who have learned basic chemistry must have known. Carbon is an element, but it has two pure stable structure that you can find in Mother nature: GRAPHITE and DIAMOND. While their element is the same, Carbon, the structure difference makes big difference in material behavior and characteristics. Diamond – well, who know not this beaut – has atomic structure like silica, it is sturdy, the strongest material and only diamond can cut diamond, beautiful, transparent and the most important thing is…expensive. and hard. Graphite? Cheap, black, the structure is layered hexagonal and brittle, because it’s inert and cheap it is usually used as electrodes.

Humans and all beings are composed (mainly) of CARBON. It’s a strange material that (invades earth – joking) can be combined to many (strange) structures such as polymer, carbon nano tube, organic material, etc. Since its abundance and usefulness, research on Carbon is quite popular among scientists.

QUE Project and all of the characters are belong to VnyX (me)

 

QUE 4koma 13

QUE Project: PI-ojousama
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Which science/engineer/student doesn’t know the amazing number pi ()? It’s extremely infamous for its irregularity and it’s one of very important constant which used in every science/engineering field – especially for physicians and mathematicians. PI is derived from Greek word “perimeter”,  the ratio of any Euclidean circle‘s circumference to its diameter [5]. The 14 March (3/14)  is known as ‘PI DAY‘, many people competes to remember digits of pi (…I myself can only remember 15 digits so far^^; ), and there are many famous poems/ sonnets with pi pattern (piphilologi). I admit that pi is beautiful – aside of its function as constant – because… well, can’t describe the beauty . Not the gossip about whoever can find the last digit of pi will be God or whatever, though.

But did you know? The number “7″ won’t be found even we recite 10th digit of pi. Let’s cite: 3.1415926535897..! The pi is simplified as 22/7, and you will see something cute there: 3.142857… (then again, the number 7 is the last number appear before the digits repeat). There are two numbers missing: 6 and 9 and if we glue them together, 69 and rotate , you’ll find a sign of zodiac #coldjoke There are amazing mysteries around pi – that’s why I love this number.

QUE Project and all of the characters are belong to VnyX (me)

 

QUE 4koma 12

QUE Project: PASSWORD
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Just a pun from previous post.

QUE Project and all of the characters are belong to VnyX (me)

 

Kode Etika Insinyur Indonesia [Overview]

There are so many accidents involving structure failures and trespassing of engineering responsibility. Countless events and accidents have been recorded, some have been put in the court but some are left unsolved – and eventually forgotten. The last one happens in my home country. I made this just for knowledge for common people, who don’t even know how engineer works. Because this is my country’s matter, I’ll give the explanation in my native language.

Indonesia adalah satu-satunya negara yang belum memiliki Undang-Undang Keinsinyuran sampai sekarang, dan sudah waktunya Indonesia menerapkan RUU tentang Keinsinyuran ini demi negara kita sendiri. Sebagai pengetahuan, tahun 2012 ini RUU Keinsinyuran telah disusun dan kemungkinan besar tahun 2013 akan sudah diterapkan sepenuhnya. Mengapa insinyur harus memiliki undang-undang? Bukankah mereka ‘hanya’ bekerja menurut apa yang di-S.O.P-kan saja? Secara teknik, analitis, dan sudah meruntut pada perhitungan eksak matematis?

Hal inilah yang belum disadari oleh bangsa kita selama ini. Dengan mudahnya seseorang bisa ‘ngeles’, “ah, itu kan cuma masalah teknis, perbaiki sedikit bisa kembali normal”. Benarkah “cuma”? Bagaimana kalau karena masalah teknis yang terlihat sepele dan kecil itu ternyata mengakibatkan kematian bagi banyak orang, apalagi di tengah krisis moral bangsa kita yang terlalu toleran  dan pelit sehingga “kalau bisa dikurangi, kenapa tidak?” Itulah yang terjadi pada Jembatan Kertanegara dan hal-hal kecil sekeliling kita.

Insinyur memerlukan sebuah dasar hukum yang tepat dan adil untuk, selain mengekang mereka supaya tidak menimbulkan kerugian dan korban, melindungi manusia. Keteknikan adalah bidang yang sangat vital dan kebanyakan orang awam menganggap remeh karena mereka tidak melihat apa yang akan terjadi bila alat/ struktur tersebut mengalami kegagalan. Faktor safety telah diperhitungkan matang-matang, apabila faktor ini dikurangi demi mendapatkan keuntungan bagi pengelola apa yang terjadi?

Tidak seperti dunia seni, dunia teknik adalah eksak dan menyangkut nyawa orang banyak. Contoh paling sederhana: kabel listrik rumah yang sudah mengelupas dibiarkan begitu saja sampai terjadi percikan api (short-circuit), meletakkan komputer dekat air minum, mencolokkan perangkat listrik ke steker tanpa alas kaki – dan ternyata stekernya berdebu sehingga kemungkinan besar terjadi lompatan bunga listrik ketika dicolokkan, pembuatan jalan yang tidak sesuai standar dan asal-asalan sehingga ketika hujan turun akan membuat lubang dan air menggenang… dan mungkin membunuh pengendara motor yang melintasinya. Atau keteknikan sekitar kita di mana faktor keamanan telah diperhitungkkan: kabel yang dibungkus isolator karet, aki mobil yang dilindungi dengan casing yang tebal, stopper dan shock-breaker, sabuk pengaman…

Mungkin bila insinyur yang membangun tidak memiliki kode etik, benda-benda berkecapatan tinggi seperti jet-coaster yang ada di Dunia Fantasy bisa melayang ke neraka karena salah digit desimal, atau terjadi kebakaran hebat karena insinyur lupa mematikan ‘keran’ (valve) pada sebuah kilang minyak. BILA ada yang lebih tidak punya kode etik, mereka bisa membangun bom nuklir, shockgun, penyemprot zat asam, zat biokimia, bahkan mengembangkan virus untuk membunuh banyak orang. Maka dari itulah kode etika dan hukum insinyur sangat diperlukan.

Sesuai dengan apa yang telah saya terima di kelas Etika Profesi dan Kerja Praktik Teknik Fisika, secara garis besar ada 6 poin hukum dasar, di mana di sini hanya dijabarkan sangat singkat:
1) K3L (utamakan keselamatan orang banyak)
2) Bekerja HANYA sesuai kompetensi (hanya INSINYUR yang bisa mengadili insinyur)
3) Pernyataan publik yang jujur dan objektif (tidak boleh melebih-lebihkan, apalagi berbohong tentang spesifikasi teknik)
4) Setia pada majikan / klien (sebagai insinyur profesional wajib menghormati klien, mengungkap konflik kepentingan, dan tidak menerima imbalan dalam bentuk apapun pada saat proyek berlangsung)
5) Menghindari penipuan (kualifikasi diri dan perihal suap-menyuap)
6) Wibawa, tanggungjawab, patuh hukum, dan menjaga kehormatan profesi

 

QUE 4koma 11

QUE Project: WIFI
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I have inspiration from Sheldon in Big Bang’s episode XDD it’s hilarious! Plus, we, in Skullers before our HQ is moved underground, have wifi access password reset. If you want to troll someone, you can use password like ‘who am I’, ‘my favorite number’, ‘what’, ‘how do i know’ etc :,D and see your friend’s reaction. Nah, don’t try this for your private e-mail or important things though.

QUE Project and all of the characters are belong to VnyX (me)

 

Happy New Year 2012~!

To all readers, happy new year 2012! ヾ(*´∇`)ﾉ  Let this year be awesome, full of blessings, and good fortunes!

I’ve heard about some bad news these first days of 2012, starting from the lost of two Mancheste–wait… okay, I’m The Citizen’s fan ( ・_・)ノ… murder case in my hometown, crisis in politics and economics… Although there are some bad news around you, don’t let them reduce your spirit to do good works. One of my friend tweeted, “why (people usually set good resolution and wait for next year to do another resolution) always in new year, why not new day, new minute, new second…”. And I received an answer from my prof in etiquette course that these days (my nation) people are sick and we need to brace ourselves, strengthen our belief and faith to counter the tides. It’s a very good advice, never cease to do good works, don’t let critiques and bad issues affect what you’ve believed, and – the most important thing – let God leads you according to His plan.

Alright! Now time to share what to post here until July (my aimed graduation)!

1. Things about my undergraduate thesis! I haven’t touched them even though I’ve written the abstract for QED-C’s admission oTL;; I should graduate in July since it’s part of my vow for Osaka Univ, if I am to be accepted to study there for master and doctoral program. That means also an extremely hard works! I’ll be using DL_POLY for Molecular Dynamics Modeling,  which I haven’t tried since I have to do it, perhaps, with my campus’ cluster and palodozen.
2. QUE 4koma Project will be updated every day or every week, because may be I don’t have enough time for drawing properly until July :,D
3. Something about soundscape (my friend’s thesis). It’s a very interesting topic! I’ll give some of examples but don’t expect me to give it in lossless format XD since I’ll only record voices with my cellphone recorder.