What's in a name?

Today i felt nothing interestings to tell. So, I decided to write less words but put more pics for the first post of this February.

These are some of the most unusual town names around the globe.

The town called A, somewhere in Norway

The district of Boring, Oregon, USA

The town of Center Of The World, Ohio, USA

This is the town of Dildo in Newfoundland, Canada

Hehe...this is the small town of Condom in France

Hehe...Bastardo, in Italy...

The Town of Gays, Illinois, USA

Little town of Hell, Norway. So we can think like "Ooh.. i went to Hell and came back!"

County of Muff, Ireland

Welcome to Happy, Texas, USA

This is the small town of Nothing, Arizona, USA. One more interesting facts about Nothing is the town sign reads "THE STAUNCH CITIZENS OF NOTHING ARE FULL OF HOPE AND FAITH AND BELIEVE IN WORK ETHIC. THRU THE YEAR THESE DEDICATED PEOPLE HAD FAITH IN NOTHING, HOPE FOR NOTHING, WORKED FOR NOTHING FOR NOTHING."

Moron Air Base in Spain. Hahahaha...

A town called Silly in Belgium

Road sign to the town of Wedding, Germany

The arch of the town of Weed, California, USA

Zzyzx Road, California, USA. I wonder how to pronounce it? Is it Zye-ziks? Maybe, Zee-zye-iks?

This is the town of Wank, Germany. The sign means, Wank. Nesselwang market, turn at Ostallgäu

Good at Spelling Bee? Try this:

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrmdrobwllllantysiliogogogoch, Wales.
A translation into English would yield "St Mary's church in the hollow of the white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the church of St Tysilio near the red cave"

or this one, even longer...

Llanhyfryddawelllehynafolybarcudprindanfygythiadtrienusyrhafnauole, Wales.

(English: A quiet beautiful village, a historic place with rare kite under threat from wretched blades)

Bad Egg, Switzerland

The Nunhead station in London

An exit to No Name, Colorado, USA

Why, Arizona, USA

Santa Claus, Indiana, USA

The road name is Shades Of Death, New Jersey, USA

Huhuhu...basically the names sounds funny because the name of the town is in their own language and there is nothing funny. It just because its been traslated in english that made it sounds funny. Thats all~

world’s first sex robot wants to hold hands

this topic quite attract me on the news in the star online this morning. So, i would like to share with you guys what is it actually..

freshly taken on 6.23am this morning on the star online under the technology news..

In Las Vegas,

Hines, founder of True Companion, poses with a life-size rubber doll named Roxxxy during the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas

A New Jersey company says it has developed “the world’s first sex robot,” a life-size rubber doll that’s designed to engage the owner with conversation rather than lifelike movement.

At a demonstration at the Adult Entertainment Expo in Las Vegas on Saturday, the dark-haired, negligee-clad robot said “I love holding hands with you” when it sensed that its creator touched its hand.

Another action, this one unprintable, elicited a different vocal response from Roxxxy the robot.

The level of sophistication demonstrated was not beyond that of a child’s talking toy, but Roxxxy has a lot more brains than that, there’s a laptop connected to cables coming out of its back.

It has touch sensors at strategic locations and can sense when it’s being moved. But it can’t move on its own, not even to turn its head or move its lips. The sound comes out of an internal loudspeaker.

Douglas Hines, founder of Lincoln Park, New Jersey-based True Companion LLC, said Roxxxy can carry on simple conversations. The real aim, he said, is to make the doll someone the owner can talk to and relate to.

“Sex only goes so far, then you want to be able to talk to the person,” Hines said.

The phrases that were demonstrated were pre-recorded, but the robot will also be able to synthesise phrases out of pre-recorded words and sounds, Hines said.

This part quite attract me,

Man U, too

The laptop will receive updates over the Internet to expand the robot’s capabilities and vocabulary. Since Hines is a soccer fan, it can already discuss Manchester United, he said. It snores, too.

Owners will also be able to select different personalities for Roxxxy, from “Wild Wendy” to “Frigid Farrah,” Hines said. He’s charging somewhere from US$7,000 to US$9,000 (RM24,000 to RM31,000) for the robot, including the laptop, and expects to start shipping in a few months.

A Japanese company, Honey Dolls, makes life-size sex dolls that can play recorded sounds, but Roxxxy’s sensors and speech capabilities appear to be more sophisticated. Hines’ goals are certainly more far-reaching.

An engineer, Hines said he was inspired to create the robot after a friend died in the Sept 11, 2001, terror attacks. That got him thinking about preserving his friend’s personality, to give his children a chance to interact with him as they’re growing up.

Major hurdles

Looking around for commercial applications for artificial personalities, he initially thought he might create a home healthcare aide for the elderly.

“But there was tremendous regulatory and bureaucratic paperwork to get through. We were stuck,” Hines said. “So I looked at other markets.”

The broader goal of the company is still to take artificial personalities into the mainstream, beyond sex toys, Hines said.

“The sex robot thing is marketing, it’s really about making a companion,” he said.

In a 2007 book, Love and Sex with Robots, British chess player and artificial intelligence expert David Levy argues that robots will become significant sexual partners for humans, answering needs that other people are unable or unwilling to satisfy

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nervous

hmm...i recently watch 2012 this midnight alone since i've heard this movie so interestings. I just watch it online because no money to buy DVD even the pirate one. If i'm not mistaken this movie was released last year on 13 november. Its kind a late already, but i really interested to watch it since that time i was busy struggling for last spm. What so interesting in that movie is, the CGI is really2 nice and i dream of making it one day. CGI?? It is stand for computer generated imagery. It is application of the field of computer graphics or more known as 3D graphic to make special effects especially in movies. I really likes graphic. Thats why it attract me a lot to watch it..

BUT! What does i means with the topic NERVOUS??
so, i would like to share somethings, from my research this morning. But it was in Malay Language, and I think its okay for my friends to understand.

RENUNGKANLAH BERSAMA-SAMA


Cuba kira...1 Ramadhan pada tahun 2012 jatuh pada 20 Julai hari Jumaat, jadi 3 Ogos 2012 bersamaan 15 Ramadhan jatuh juga pada hari Jumaat. Sama dengan hadis Nabi mengenai huru hara besar yang akan terjadi pada tengah malam pertengahan bulan Ramadhan iaitu hari Jumaat 15 Ramadhan di bumi ini yang akan mengejutkan semua orang yang sedang tidur, berkenaan satu suara yang amat dahsyat akan kita dengar di langit, bukan Kiamat tapi huru hara tersebut akan melenyapkan umat manusia di atas muka bumi ini sebanyak 2/3, yang tinggal cuma 1/3 sahaja. (seperti yang NASA pernah maklumkan pada 21.12.2012 planet X akan melintas/mendarat di bumi ni) Adakah kita semua ini tergolong dalam 1/3 tu? Allah sahaja Maha Mengetahui. Cuba kita lihat hadis Nabi di bawah ini dan kenyataan mengenai kalendar Islam 2012.


Nu'aim bin Hammad meriwayatkan dengan sanadnya bahawa Rasulullah S.A.W. bersabda: "Bila telah muncul suara di bulan Ramadhan, maka akan terjadi huru-hara di bulan Syawal...." Kami bertanya: "Suara apakah, ya Rasulullah?" Baginda menjawab: "Suara keras di pertengahan bulan Ramadhan, pada malam Jumaat, akan muncul suara keras yang membangunkan orang tidur, menjadikan orang yang berdiri jatuh terduduk, para gadis keluar dari pingitannya, pada malam Jumaat di tahun terjadinya banyak gempa. Jika kalian telah melaksanakan solat Subuh pada hari Jumaat, masuklah kalian ke dalam rumah kalian, tutuplah pintu-pintunya, sumbatlah lubang-lubangnya, dan selimutilah diri kalian, sumbatlah telinga kalian. Jika kalian merasakan adanya suara menggelegar, maka bersujudlah kalian kepada Allah dan ucapkanlah: "Mahasuci Al-Quddus, Mahasuci Al-Quddus, Rabb kami Al-Quddus!", kerana barangsiapa melakukan hal itu akan selamat, tetapi barangsiapa yang tidak melakukan hal itu akan binasa".


UPCOMING IMPORTANT ISLAMIC DATES


2010 Calendar
Islamic New Year: December 18, 2009 (1431 A.H.*)
Aashura: December 27, 2009
Ramadan: August 11 - September 8, 2010
Eid ul-Fitr: September 9, 2010
Hajj: November 14 - November 17, 2010
Eid ul-Adha: November 16, 2010


2011 Calendar
Islamic New Year: December 7, 2010 (1432 A.H.*)
Aashura: December 16, 2010
Ramadan: August 1 - August 29, 2011
Eid ul-Fitr: August 30, 2011
Hajj: November 4 - November 7, 2011
Eid ul-Adha: November 6, 2011

2012 Calendar
Islamic New Year: November 26, 2011 (1433 A.H.*)
Aashura: December 5, 2011
Ramadan: July 20 - August 18, 2012
Eid ul-Fitr: August 19, 2012
Hajj: October 24 - October 27, 2012
Eid ul-Adha: October 26, 2012

this things actually made me really nervous and i cant sleep now. So, i just post this entry hope can share with everyone about this. To those been watching this movie, i believe they also agree with the logical in this movie scientifically. For me, we can believe it. but we only need to set up our faith..

Just sebagai seorang Islam ni, kita wajib percaya kewujudan Hari Kiamat, tiupan sangkakala, mati dan dihidupkan semula, berkumpul di Padang Mahsyar, timbangan Hisab, meniti Siratul Mustaqim, balasan Syurga dan Neraka itu semuanya benar. Bila segalanya akan berlaku? Tiada siapa pun yang tahu. Wallahu' Alam...

diri ini hanya hamba Allah yang hina..