Think

Think about an ant. Odd? Well, that’s the point. What would you think when you see the ant? You probably won’t spend any time pondering its existence, and it would be called the lucky ant. In the rare event that you do, it might just get flicked away for contaminating your field of view.

Or you could run on over to the sugar jar, and carry over a lump to send the ant scurrying away gratefully… but since the possibility of such an event can be safely considered infinitesimally small, we can disregard it.

Using the ant as an example is probably very unfair. The points of difference between an ant and us humans, supposedly the beings with the most advanced intelligence on this planet, is quite profound, but I believe it can be grasped by a person with adequate training.

The problem with dealing with what we cannot comprehend… is just that. We can’t. We’re trying to delve into that which is beyond our… physical capabilities. Assuming, of course, that you consider our intelligence as being limited by our physical characteristics as humans beings.

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I’ve been pondering posting this ‘article’ with it’s proper heading (and of course, the rest of it) for a while now. But I realize I lack the information, the knowledge, let’s say, to substantiate the idea. Perhaps later. Probably never, since this is me I’m talking about here. ^_^

Adroit Senselessness

I’m leaving for Ernakulam tomorrow morning to attend my cousin’s wedding. Chetan’s gonna be taking his macbook along and I’m gonna test the ‘new’ Photoshop CS3 Mac OSX Native version on it. From the peek that I got of it, it seems to pretty similar to its predecessor… but the update to the magic wand tool (I can’t remember the new name) seems pretty interesting.

And for the record…

and out of nowhere, it seems…

…I’d like to state that I was being really, really stupid when I advised anyone to buy a CRT monitor over an LCD. The past two months with a BenQ FP71-E+ has brought me up to date with quite a bit of changes that have taken place in the world of displays since the oh-so-old cathode ray tubes were in power. For one, the age old excuse(s) of saying that a CRT has better Colour Reproduction, Black Level, 180 degree Viewing angle, and most IMPORTANTLY no ghosting no longer has any practical value. When I moved from my old Samsung CRT over to the current LCD, the changes quite literally blew me away.

• Colour reproduction was, if anything, so much better that it made me want to cry.
• True… LCD black isn’t exactly black, but it still dark enough that you’d never dare call it dark grey.
• 180 degree? You can’t see anything at that angle! Most LCDs boast 120 degrees of acceptable visibility though it still looks better when you sit in front of the computer table rather than viewing from the floor…

… which would be pretty stupid.

• Ghosting? What’s ghosting? I really don’t know what that is… and I’ve watched tons of films and fragged quite a bit on this display. This problem has been history for quite a while it seems.

LCDs are brighter, thinner… ergo smarter… ergo sexier, and in short much better than a CRT. If you’re planning to buy a new computer, say ta ta to the CRT.

Oh yeah, the title. I actually thought this one up on my own, believe it or not, and it’s even got a hidden meaning of its own. Wicked, if I say so myself.

And no, I’m not gonna explain it. Where’s the fun in that? Oh okay, I’ll give you a hint since it’s at least remotely possible that you’ve read up to this point:

I live it.