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  1. Eudemon
    Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?
    Student : Yes, sir.
    Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
    Student : Absolutely, sir.
    Professor : Is GOD good ?
    Student : Sure.
    Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
    Student : Yes.
    Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
    (Student was silent.)
    Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
    Student : Yes.
    Professor: Is satan good ?
    Student : No.
    Professor: Where does satan come from ?
    Student : From … GOD …
    Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
    Student : Yes.
    Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
    Student : Yes.
    Professor: So who created evil ?
    (Student did not answer.)
    Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
    Student : Yes, sir.
    Professor: So, who created them ?
    (Student had no answer.)
    Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
    Student : No, sir.
    Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
    Student : No , sir.
    Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
    Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
    Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
    Student : Yes.
    Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
    Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
    Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
    Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
    Professor: Yes.
    Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
    Professor: Yes.
    Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
    (The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)
    Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
    (There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
    Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
    Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
    Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
    Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
    Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
    Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
    Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
    Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
    Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
    Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
    (The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
    Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
    (The class was in uproar.)
    Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
    (The class broke out into laughter. )
    Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
    (The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
    Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
    Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
    P.S.
    I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you’ll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won’t you?
    Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH.
    By the way, that student was EINSTEIN.
  2. Eudemon
    Beats Studio 2013




    And the old one I had is Bose AE2i
    This is my first time trying out a noise cancelling headphone
    At first I was not used to the hizz sound made by active noise cancelling
    but it only lasted a day, plus, if you listen to music, you won't be able to hear that sound at all (unless you turn it to very low)
    The battery will run around 10+hours, I am a pretty aggressive music listener
    and it can last around 3 days withou charging it again
    The other good part of having a built in battery is, it doesn't drain my iPhone's battery when playing music
    but drawback is once the battery power is out in the headphone, it will no longer function until I recharge it
    Let's talk about the most important part that caused me to buy it
    when putting it on, it immediately cancels around 75% of the noises
    sometimes when I try to sleep in the school's library I like to just put it on for a better sleep quality
    and when I am on a bus or somewhere with loud noises, I noticed I have 20% less volume than using my old headphone
    (you know when you're in a noisy place, you need to turn the volume up to hear clearer sound)
    what I like about my old is the surface that covers my ear
    I wear glasses, while the beats headphone does pretty good job on confortness than most other on-ear headphone
    my old bose headphone was even better
    Lastly, since I always have this on my neck, I can feel a lot of sights of people looking at me
    (those who know me in personal know that this has became my symbol, I have been having an on-ear headphone around my neck wherever I go for more than two years now)
  3. Eudemon
    Recently I tried with flash, but failed
    If I ever gonna go about changing the homepage, it will be responsive (meaning it will support tablets and smartphones)
    However, since there are limitations using our own framework, the homepage may (yes, may or may not) use a completely different stand alone page
    while the rest of the site remain unchanged
    Speaking of our own framework, I will try apply it to our music system once I have time, not sure about how it will go since the setup structure is so different (but, trying is better than not trying)
    The other issue we have is, the current home-page size is too big
    Although we have tab content for you to switch around views, but the content that was hidden are loaded when the page is loaded
    this slows down the overall speed
    to change this, I am thinking about using AJAX technology, which will display a type of block similar to what we have right now
    but all the other tabs except the main one will not load all at once, instead, it will only load when you click on it
    this, picks up the load speed dramatically
    P.S I have two jobs this summer, and now getting my third job, so busy XD
  4. Eudemon
    Based off a true story
    General ★★★★☆

    Story ★★★★☆
    Heart touching story, watched with my mom and she just cried through
    I dislike the way of showing when they found the dogs in the film but other than that, it's pretty decent movie
    Special effect ★★★☆☆
    They did have some special effect for the earthquake and dog falling etc
    Not bad, and not good, unlike most hollywood movies, this is story based film, so yeah... doesn't really matter a lot
    Music ★★★★☆
    In my opinion, it has one good bgm and ending song
    Plot
  5. Eudemon
    First of all, the reviews and ratings are based on my personal opinion
    you may have a different view, so please don't throw up and break something if you disagree lol
    All the reviews have delays, because i like to wait until Anime finished airing and then watch them all at once
    (unless it's One Piece, I know, it's great, bought the manga's too)
    Basically I watch Animes of one season earlier than Japan's playback time (sometimes more)
    it's just a headache to keep track of whole bunch single episodes every week isn't it? well, not if you have a lot of free time
    Comments are welcome
  6. Eudemon
    Originally from a game


    General ★★★★☆
    Super love soap anime (makes me itch sometimes..
    Story ★★★★☆
    every 4 episodes feature one main character
    the last two feature a hidden char and his sister (if you don't know what I'm talking about maybe because I only watched the blue ray version I can imagine they are not included in the TV version
    CG ★★★★★
    Detailed, the light effect is very nicely done
    Design ★★★★★
    Excellent cloth, and character designs
    for example, Rihoko who likes to eat and always wants to lose weight
    if you compare her deign to the others, you see she is little fatter but still as cute as (or more than) others
    Music ★★★★☆
    Both OPs sung by azusa are very good
    I personally favor the second one "君のままで" over the 1st one
    The EDs are sung by the characters (one for each)
    and since they are CVs not music artists, the songs ain't good (for both singing part and making part)
    Can't recall any BGM in the Anime
    Plot
  7. Eudemon
    this is delayed entry, been busy for the past few days, and will continue to be in the near future
    Green tea frappe


    saw a dragon ball soft drink for the 1st time in the super market


    Calbee chips, pretty popular brand in HongKong (at least it was when i was there)


    some manga, magazines and light novel


    gift from the magazine, so cute > <


    Btw went to play pool and KTV with friends couple days ago
    found some good amount of Japanese songs in the KTV box, pretty happy with it, although still not a lot (been there before didn't find any probably are updated)
  8. Eudemon
    General ★★★★★
    Re-watching this anime in the past few days, pretty old but very good anime
    btw im trying to purchase the complete manga series of this anime

    Story ★★★★★
    This is neither a romantic nor hot-blooded story
    but rather slow pace and bit fair tale that calms your heart
    I love the final ending scene when Akari stares and smiles at Ai while she took a bit of breakfast when Ai first started working in Aria company
    and Arishia did the same exact thing to Akari back then when she first came.
    It indicates how things go around and achieve its mature states and around in a circle back to the new generation
    Graphic ★★★★★
    Might not comparable to today's graphic but back then it's very good
    it also improved a lot in later season
    btw the landscapes are a plus point
    Design ★★★★☆
    I like their uniforms
    and the design of the city
    Music ★★★★☆
    Nothing to say about BGM but
    the opening song and insert song of the first season have magnificent enchantments to the Anime
    Undine & Symphony - both by Makino Yui
    Especially the OP song plays while showing landscapes of AQUA or scenes of people getting ready to work
    It has other good songs as well (why i gave it 4 stars? because this is for general music rating)
    Warm your heart ★★★★★
    CV ★★★★☆
    Plot
  9. Eudemon
    Originally from a manga
    バクマン。
    the title literally means gambler

    General ★★★★★
    Even though I've already read the manga, the Anime still keeps me excited
    That's how good it is
    Just like the manga, every episode ends at exciting point
    Story ★★★★★
    Both main characters had their heroines in the start
    The effort they put into the their work alone the way attracted many other female characters
    and they never changed their heart
    The psychological descriptions of characters are nice (the story writer really put a lot of effort into this)
    As for the main Story
    those who never watch/read this Anime might think there isn't much to tell in drawing manga story
    That's not true, every difficulty they have overcome, another one soon pops up
    I'm not gonna discuss about the difficulties they have overcame, You will know what I mean once you watch/read it
    CG ★★★★☆
    One small negative thing I have to say is, the Anime production is too focused on speed
    Environment and Character expression are not detail enough(exp: light/dark effect)
    The manga does much better performance on this part
    Altho it's two different platform, hard to compare
    Other than that, the anime quality is good
    Design ★★★★★
    You might be familiar with this drawing style
    yes, the art is done by the same artist of Death note, Hikaru no go etc
    and like all his works, story is done by someone else
    As for bakuman, it is the same writer who wrote death note
    Music ★★★★☆
    No noticeable BGM, but I really like the OP and 1st ED
    Especially the OP lyric uses strive, dream as theme, really nice
    See you again on season 3
    Plot
  10. Eudemon
    Due Defect unit of my previous setup, decided to pull the trigger on this upgrade (also small treat for myself for the new job)
     
    Here are just some day one impressions
    When talk about tube amps, people generally say they are warm and smooth, it gives me an impression that it is best for midrange frequency
    You know me, I like Japanese music and Anime, it is full of female vocals
    they are very rich in the high frequency spectrum, to the point sometimes even piercing trebles
    For that reason I was hesitating for not picking a solid state amp, after hear numerous good things about Schiit products I decided to give it a try
    The Valhalla is not tubey at all, neutral, it preserves the brightness of my HD800
    Of course early input means it hasn't completely burn-in yet, but as of now it suits me very well and I don't need any tube rolling
     
    As for the Bifrost, there is not much to talk about other than delivers cristal clear details,  very good sense of sound stage
    note that this setup has high amount of output, and it is designed specifically for high impedance headphone like my HD800 (600 ohm)

    And I forgot to mention the DAC and AMP are all made in USA while the headphone is hand made in Germany
     
     
    Down for some photos





  11. Eudemon
    I got a call few days ago from one of the bookstores I usually go to
    said they will be closing down the store so all manga are on sale now (hard to do business these days hey
    btw the sale is 30% off everything
    So today after exam I went to buy a camera that I wanted for a while and the bookstore (they import Taiwanese edition manga)
    new Camera test

    Bakuman 1~16
    Sakura Hime Kaden 1~5,7 missing 6 (added to my missing list lol)
    Also asked them to keep the One Piece complete volumes (up until now), probably gonna go grab them tomorrow and maybe something else too
    I will post an update tomorrow
    this is my current bookshelf (two layered books)

  12. Eudemon
    was planing to go watch movie today, but for reason we changed our plan to bowling :o


    this is my 1st time playing bowling, the hand posture wasn't correct in the 1st few attempts

    looks like they were having some sort of event at the park today

    went picked up my glasses afterwards, and went to the bookstores

    two manga and an every little thing album
    conED guy coming tomorrow to check gas and electric, leave a note on the door, all set :)

  13. Eudemon
    greenhouses inside, serving all kinds of plants from all over the world




    purposely covered my eyes
    yeah that's me (face blush






    doing that for no reason










    it is more like featured toward Japan












    finally the sakura park, it wasn't fully blossoming yet
    if you go there now should be fully blossoming








    sleep under a sakura tree was one of my dream (accomplished! ^_^


    The Titanic pose (gay version) (hey don't look at me like that, i'm not gay!!
    just doing it for fun, it actually was my friend's idea






    went to the Indian American museum in Manhattan (for no reason (because it is there (yeah






  14. Eudemon
    This is delayed post, of what happened last week
    Columbus day street performance


    Brooklyn bridge


    this is me






    Me and my friend


    I love this idea


    Coast


    Status of Liberty


    what we had for dinner
    Thailand n Vietnam style noddles
    our original plan was to go to a ramen store but it lined up a huge line so we gave up


    recent purchases




  15. Eudemon
    General ★★★☆☆
    based on a light novel

    Story ★★☆☆☆
    The plot is bit childish, and boring, the hero goes out save everyone and punish all bad guys type
    Every time when I done with an episode there wasn't any desire to make me want to continue
    that's why this Anime took me so long to finished
    Not to mention the "cursed tools" are too buggy
    BTW I talking about the Anime only, haven't read the light novel so it might be different
    Music ★★★☆☆
    It did a good job on having two theme songs for a one season Anime, the songs are not bad either
    but, the BGM is where points are taken off
    by the time I done with the Anime, I can't recall any background music melodies
    Pantsu ★★★★★
    A recommend for Pantsu-cons
    Graphic ★★★★☆
    The graphic for most part is ok, but they did do lazy jobs on some parts
    for example, boob shakes and doll moves etc...
    Design ★★★★☆
    A plus point, character designs are more toward Loli-cons
    CV ★★★★☆
    Plot
  16. Eudemon
    Originally from a light novel


    General ★★★★☆
    The battle against god might seem cool but the battle character setting itself is basically retelling the ancient stories of gods (mostly Greek gods)
    and this probably can amazes the first time listeners
    but I already know majority of the stuff from Philosophy and Global literature classes
    Story ★★★☆☆
    The golden sword is really a buggy setting
    and I personally hate the plot of the 2nd and 3rd followers who hesitate and keep feeling shame for a kiss
    especially when it relates to the lives of them and the world
    (due to the condition of use of the sword, the main char needs information about the enemy, however, our main char of course doesn't have knowledge of every detail of them so someone has to tell him, but the info amount is huge for telling by mouth or read, thanks to the usability of 'magic' they can be sent instantly, and since Campione resists to magic they have to do it by kiss/internal)
    CG ★★★★☆
    Battle scenes are good, the power of golden sword just reminds me of Gilgamesh from Fate stay night
    and a lot fan-services
    Design ★★★★☆
    Above average costumes including underwear
    Music ★★★☆☆
    The first couple listen to the OP may not be noticeable but the melody is pretty good
    Plot
    I think there is a second season coming up?
  17. Eudemon
    The game was marked as shipped today midnight
    and by the time I got home from college it already arrived! (only took half day with free 2 day shipping)

    My battletag is Eudemon#1739
    if you wanna add me and play together
  18. Eudemon
    So today is the first day of classes of fall
    Looking back to the things I have done in the summer, hmm
    Basically: work, website, dentist and some game time
    (You may wonder how dentist can consume that much time, the answer is, I got two root canals and bunch other treatments
    which cost me like 15+ visits to the dentist, and still haven't finished yet, sob sob)
    Follow by the school start now I have to be a full time student with two part time jobs
    Which is going to be pretty hard for me, hmm
    Recent purchases? It's been a while since my last update, of course I have bought bunch stuff but they all scattered with my other collections, can't find them lol
    Below are images of the new car that my parents bought: Toyota RAV4 XLE 2013




    and here is their old car, which eventually become mine now: Toyota Corolla (I think it's a 2000 build, old hey)




  19. Eudemon
    変ゼミ
    Originally from a manga
    also known as Abnormal Physiology Seminar

    General ★★☆☆☆
    The length of the TV anime is only half of regular anime
    The OVA tend to get better in over-all quality, but in general, I won't recommend this to anyone
    It almost made me quit watching it, but after a long time I finally finished it
    Story ★★☆☆☆
    Not a story type series, instead focus on short length pervert activities
    You can still follow up even you don't watch the episodes in order
    Hentai ★★★★★
    Well, if you favorite this type of topic, there you go
    Music ★☆☆☆☆
    No BGM (or none I can recall)
    OP/ED no good, I think the maker spent too much energy to show off CV moe points
    Design ★★☆☆☆
    Drawing style trend to a bit fatty (not that I'm racist, this style is definitely not my favor)
    Plot
  20. Eudemon
    星を追う子ども
    Title in English is translated "Children who chase lost voices"

    General ★★★★★
    was debating between 4 and 5, maybe i should make a 4.5 lol
    while i was reading the staff list in the end, i noticed Makoto Shinkai (Director) pop up in multiple sections
    hard worker hey, his works are really decent and meaningful
    Story ★★★★★
    The story is pushed by the nostalgia of living people to those who passed away
    Character&Creature Design ★★★☆☆
    For characters, I guess it is more toward public(the masses), people who used to watch Anime may feel it's not detail enough
    For creatures, well, fair..
    CG ★★★★★
    Just like any other makoto's work, the CG is incredibly good
    Easy to follow through, pretty well done for the length of a movie
    Music ★★★★☆
    BGM good, but not incredibly noticeable
    The ending song is pretty decent as well - "Hello Goodbye & Hello" by Anri Kumaki
    The lyrics of the song is also pretty matching the story
    Plot
  21. Eudemon
    Originally from a manga


    General ★★★★☆
    Typical Missy and agent (housekeeper+bodyguard), more suitable for female audiences
    Story ★★★☆☆
    Day to day scenes, very few fighting (even though the setting of Maison de Ayakashi and half ayakashi half human gives you a good battle sense)
    You may also learn some basic info about Japanese ghosts
    Btw, the main character said in the beginning that she always says something against her will, in other words, tsundere
    Although it's popular among some people, I really hate this type of personality (don't hit me
    CG ★★★★☆
    Graphic is good and detailed
    Design ★★★★☆
    Has some sets of outfit, the drawing style is cute as well
    Music ★★★★☆
    I personally don't like the OP and EDs
    but the BGM especially the one plays when she changes form is very good
    Plot
  22. Eudemon
    Legend Proof and deck list plus win-rate against all class graph: http://imgur.com/a/VYC90 (all games are recorded in ranked)
    According to the record, it took me total 300+ games to reach legend (-_-)/~~~ピシー!ピシー!
    Just to clarify, I did not make the deck myself
    Warrior deck credit to Sjow's original deck
    Druid deck credit to neviilz2 made that post just couple days ago
    So why only showing 29 cards?
    Yes, I find most people post complete decks
    I think this can create a completed figure for the players trying out new deck and they maybe scared to modify them
    guides on how to mulligan is all over the internet so I'm not going to talk about them
    but I'm going to show you card choices based on current meta due to time shift
    that's why I leave 1 slot for you to adjust, and it is easy to understand
    but when to tech cards in/out?
    I switch cards base on the opponents I see at the time when I play
    for example, I play 8 games in the afternoon, 5+ of them are aggro face rush, I will tech in aggro counter cards
    and then at night, I find 5+ of them are control style, then I will tech in e.g black knight
    the key is find the right card that can help you beat most decks you see at the time when you play, not try to win all of them
    to find out which one is the right card to swap, see below
    Let's start with warrior (got me from all the way to rank 2): deck / win-rate
    when facing a lot mech heavy decks e.g mech mage, mech druid - add mind control tech or second brawl
    to better understand the card choice, let's look at their objective, in this case is to flood the board with minions that are not cheap enough to be removable by whirlwinds
    when facing a lot hunters / zoo / paladin / most aggro deck - add whirlwind
    creepers, muster for battles, imps, all the 2/1s, snakes
    when facing a lot warrior / handlock - add second big game hunter
    eh... kind of obvious
    when facing a lot control-ish / midrange decks / especially druid - add black knight, considerable swap iron juggernaut with sylvanas
    black knight chop chop (゚Д゚)ノ
    bad match ups: priest, mech mage
    Now let's talk about druid (got me from rank 2 to legend): deck / win-rate
    when facing a lot of mech heavy decks / paladin / zoo / hunter / shaman - add second mind control tech
    the nature of this deck is taunt up and have your opponent to do the trading instead of pointing your face
    these flood the board type of deck is basically free minion for you to grab
    plus it is not bad against others as well, I find a lot of people overlooked the second one (*´ω`)
    when facing a lot warrior / handlock - same
    the rest - add black knight
    since now a lot of people carry it due to rise of druid
    even it is not druid, belcher is more than good enough, and chopping a giant is the dream \(゜ロ\)(/ロ゜)/
    this card is also very important when playing against
    you always want to drop your cheaper cost taunt first to bait out black knight to save your ancient of war
    why no dr.boom in this deck?
    this card is certainly a very popular choice nowadays for most decks, therefore the increased number of big game hunters
    if you look back at this deck, we have no card that is above 7 damage, so screw bgh haha, jk
    back match ups: freeze mage, handlock, the summon a lot of copy mage from echo and duplicate (don't know the exact name, it is not really miling tho)
    again, I encourage you to modify your deck to better adapt to the environment
    there are numerous tools that can help you track your games, the one I'm using the hearthstone deck tracker
    you can look back at the record to see what kinds of decks you're facing the most to adjust your cards
    My stream: http://www.twitch.tv/eudemon
    I don't have webcam right now, but I plan to adding one in the future
    for now you may enjoy my play and my anime music collection (*'ω'*)
    Good luck on the climb!
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