After Week 11 of INTRICT

INTRICT Week 11... August 4 and 6... Let me look back...

Well, we had this particular activity wherein Sir Oli gave us sheets of paper containing a list of sales of cars on a particular area and year and then we should gather the data from these. The scenario was we had to prepare the data and present it in front of a company meeting, consisted of the executive members. Each round of the activity was given a time limit, and consequently NOT EVEN ONE GROUP came up with a correct and appropriate "data report". It is because for every wrong answer, a group accumulates negative points (of course, if a group gets it right, the group accumulates plus points). With that, all groups got -30 points, hahaha. And so, we were informed that in order to erase the -30 points we all accumulated, we must prepare a dance number that we will be performing in class. Oh well, BRING IT ON, hahaha.

The discussions this week was really quite interesting since we talked about the Y2K problem and how the data storage device we all know today as USB evolved from the big (and I mean BIG) floppy disk measuring 8 INCHES per side.

What's really interesting with the Y2K problem is that the primary concern of every programmer, analyst, and whosoever is regarding the "depletion" of every data in the world or in other terms, worldwide systems failure since the year will be back to the --00 digits. Imagine that, two zeros can cause a major, worldwide problem. Because of this, there were sleepless nights to those programmers, analysts, and whosoevers who were trying to come up with solutions in order to prevent the total worldwide systems failure. Sir Oli even narrated that even La Salle, the BEST school when it comes to Computer Studies (let's go CCS! HAHA), was troubled with the Y2K problem because the all the data of the university will all be abolished. Take for example that no one can enroll, no one can even enter the campus, and so on.

Lastly, Sir Oli told us how the floppy disk evolved into the USB device. But here's the catch... bakit kaya habang paliit ng paliit yung structure ng device, lumalaki naman yung capacity for storage? HAHA. Seriously, it's somehow difficult to understand, haha. Imagine from a square thingy measuring 8 inches per side has become a device measuring 2 inches? DAMN. LOL, haha! And oh yeah, there's a format with the how the capacity increases, for example, 2GB becomes 4GB and then 8GB, and then 16GB, and so on. According to my memory, the pattern is like 2^2, 2^3 and so on. Aaaamazing!

Oh wait, before I forget, I didn't know that the Philippines' entire internet connection is linked to Taiwan. We are connected with Taiwan through those transatlantic wires. Damn, the world is so HI-TECH na talaga, hahaha. Oh yeah, DLSU also has those fiber-optic lines that connects every building in the campus for internet connection. DLSU not only has those fiber-optic lines, it also has a satellite, which is responsible for the internet connection of the whole campus. Not to mention, Planet Goks is the primary source of internet connection in the entire DLSU Campus. Let's go CCS, haha!

So, I guess that's it... I'm sleepy now!

Still have a game tomorrow, GO LA SALLE!

God bless you all! :)