Kanye West

I have a confession. I have a secret obsession with Kanye West. The funny thing is, I only just realized this about 5 minutes ago.

I am currently watching Kanye's new song 'All of the Lights' featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi. This music video, combined with everything I already know about Kanye West has led me to a realization: Kanye West is an artistic genius. Some people think that Kanye is a troll, or some sort of celebrity failure. These people are FOOLS. I swear to you, I can see beyond Kanye's awkward outer shell, and I guarantee you that he is a fucking genius.

Part of me is a huge fan of Kanye, and I especially like some of his older songs. I do not like most of his newer stuff though, it's just auto-tuned shit. Besides being a fan of him, I have realized that I am actually secretly obsessed with him, and this was previous unknown to even myself. I am obsessed with Kanye and I didn't even know it!

First of all, I own the Neoseeker account named 'Kanye West'. That alone is significant enough of my obsession. Second, my Skype username (which I will not post) directly mentions Kanye West and implies that I am him. These accounts have made me realize that I internally see myself as Kanye West.

Kanye West is a fucking god among men.

One Word: Unprofessional

I'm taking a class this semester called The Mathematics of Ranking and Clustering (MA 493). This class is very interesting to say the least, although I am a bit disappointed in the extremity of the amount of applied math that we use.

The only real complaint I have about this class is the way the instructor grades our assignments. It seems that every single time I submit an assignment, there is some sort of small error or mistake on my part, which I promptly fix and resubmit.

However, there have been 3 times now where no mistake has been made, but I have not received full credit. The first time was on the first assignment. In the first part of the assignment, we had to create a matrix A and exponentiate it a bit within the program that we coded. On the assignment page, he clearly states, "You decide how many powers of A you want to use." What does this mean? It means exactly what it says: the student decides how many powers A will be raised to. I decided to raise A to the 2nd or 3rd power, I don't remember exactly which one. Guess what? He didn't give me credit for the problem because I didn't exponentiate A enough. I will re-post the quote for emphasis:

"You decide how many powers of A you want to use."

I'm sorry sir, but there's nothing you can do here. I decided how many powers I wanted to use, and the number was 2 or 3. I could understand if someone used a power of 0 or maybe even 1, but the fact remains the same; he gave us the option to choose the power. I was furious. I had been robbed of points because he simply didn't like the fact that I didn't raise A to a higher power (by the way, the matrix converges after the 7th power, which means that anything higher than 7 would give the same thing as using the 7th power, so now you realize that using 2 or 3 is not that bad).

The next issue was in one of my recent assignments, assignment 4 or so. In this assignment, I actually coded everything correctly, but he misread my code and took off points. I spoke to him about it and he realized his error, I repeat, HE REALIZED HIS ERROR, but he still didn't give me full points. I have no idea why, but I didn't care enough to bitch about it.

Now he has gone too far. In the most recent assignment that I submitted, assignment 5, we were supposed to code some sort of function that would take TWO, pay attention to this number, TWO inputs. Those inputs were: a decimal alpha, which is a percentage, and an integer m, which is the number of teams our code is supposed to display at the end. Guess what I did? I coded the function to accept the two inputs. However, I DID NOT RECEIVE FULL CREDIT. Why? Because he decided, after the assignments were submitted, to invent his own third input, which was a specific file that would be used to check our code. He used two files to do this: the same file I used to write the code with, and a different file that I didn't use to write the code with, BUT RUNS CORRECTLY WHEN THE FUNCTION IS MODIFIED TO ACCEPT IT. So, what's the problem? The problem is this: First of all, I coded the function exactly as it was specified on the assignment, and I did so correctly. Therefore, I deserve full credit. Second, my code actually does correctly use the second input file that he used, but we were NEVER informed to accommodate for it, WHICH I WOULD'VE DONE, IF THE ASSIGNMENT SAID TO DO SO. Therefore, I deserve full credit.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

He is penalizing me for something that I am completely capable of coding (but I didn't, because he never told us to). And, he is not grading based on what was actually assigned, but rather by some fantasy land assignment he had in his mind after all the assignments were submitted.

This is simply unprofessional.

The Physics Students Are Taunting Us

I am a student at NC State University studying Mathematics. One of my favorite places to hang out is the Mathematics Undergraduate Lounge, abbreviated MUL by me and my friend Will. We always refer to it as ''the MUL'', which sounds a lot like saying ''the Mole''. That little piece of information is completely irrelevant, but I just wanted to mention it.

Anyways, if you walk into the MUL, you will be staring at the far wall, which is actually just 2 gigantic windows. On the other side of the windows is a small room which has a few entrances on the first floor (the MUL being on the second floor). Thus, if you walk up to the windows and look down, you can see people walking in/out of their classes. It's somewhat creepy, somewhat of a stalker's viewpoint. In that little room, on the opposite side of the MUL windows, are other windows which display the outside world. Beneath these other windows is a window sill. It is really more of a small ledge than a window sill, but the phrase window sill makes more sense.

Recently, I have noticed that someone has managed to place a small bouncy ball on the window sill, which raises some questions. This window sill is at least 8-10 feet from the ground, so nobody could possibly reach up there. The first question is: how did they get the bouncy ball up there without it falling off? I simply cannot figure this out. One might typically think that the bouncy ball was thrown extremely vertically, but I believe that, even if this occurred, the ball would still have enough momentum and energy, or whatever the hell the term is, to bounce right off. This has caused me to develop a theory.

I think that one of those damn physics students figured out some sneaky way to get the ball up there, and has placed it there to taunt us (us meaning the math undergrads). If you look out of the MUL windows, you can't help but see that poor little bouncy ball, all alone and helpless, sitting there on that ledge. It's a sign of torment. They want us to kill ourselves, struggling to figure out how they got it up there. Day and night, the math majors are tormented by the mystery of the tiny bouncy ball, still sitting on that window sill.

So, I have decided to act. I will plot revenge against the Physics students. My first course of action is to obtain the trophy which stands, just out of reach, in our line of sight. I will obtain the bouncy ball and keep it as a trophy of victory. Then, I will infiltrate their ground. The physics majors have their own lounge, similar to ours. Some might say that the physics lounge is better than ours, but those people are fools, FOOLS I tell you! I will examine the physics students in their natural habitat, and plot my revenge from the inside. No idea will go unconsidered.

Once I have my plan of attack, I will strike! Faster than a speeding bullet, I will strike. The physics majors will find out about this destruction, but it will be too late! I will have already enacted my revenge. Be warned physics geeks; the math majors are after you.

Pictures to come later.

The Downfall of Goober

Goober's cyber-security has been breached, and now it is time for me to investigate the hidden cave that I have discovered.

Note: I am writing this post as I am working on this.

First, I notice that I have 2 e-mails in my troll account from her Gmail. This confirms that the e-mail forwarding works, which is good. This will come in handy if a ''possession war'' takes place.

At the moment, I have two main options: snoop around her e-mail or snoop around the information in her university account. I decided to check out her university account.

First, I am checking her transcript to find out what classes she has taken (personal curiosity). Wow! To my surprise, I discover her middle name and birthday immediately. At this point, I have decided to create an information profile of this chick.

I just gained access to her Moodle account. This means that I have information regarding which students took classes with her (but only for certain classes). This is useful, because now I know who she knows.

I found one portion of her account that goes to financial aid information. It uses a slightly different login, hence, a different password. I fail the login and realize that in order to find the password I need her social security number. I can probably find it somewhere in her account, so I'll come back to this.

The parent access portion of her account is kind of lulzy. It provides me with the names of her parents, as well as their e-mail addresses and their PIN's. If I ever find one of their debit cards, I'll probably have access to their money. I noticed a button called ''initiate password reset''. I wonder what it does, so I'm going to click it and see what I can do with it. Wait ... oh shit. Nothing happened. I just got an e-mail on her account that notified me ''and the parent'' of the password reset. Fuck, now the alarm has gone off and her dad will get some kind of notification to change his password or something. Oh well, that shouldn't be too alarming. Jesus Christ, I need to be a bit more careful. By the way, his PIN at the moment is 1234. Rofl.

At the moment, I'm still trying to find that social security number. I'm trying to look at all of her school records.

I also found out which dorm, room, etc she lives in on campus, and I found out her home address. I can see her roomate's name, phone number, home address, major, e-mail address, living habits, age, and year (junior). I found the login to change data regarding her university ID, but it has that same funky login as the financial aid website. I'll have to return to this as well.

By the way, I also have access to her print account which has about $15 in it. I can use this for my own personal printing or to waste her money. From what I can see (from her financial records) she seems wealthy.

Damn, I have found so much about this girl but the one thing I cannot find is her social security number. Let me check her Gmail and see what I can find there. I'm checking her contacts to see if she contacted herself on another e-mail; no luck. She has a lot of e-mails in her trash folder, so I'm going to have to look through all of those as well but at the moment I'll check her inbox.

Her e-mails are interesting. I have one e-mail in which she organizes a group study session with one of the guys from her class. She has a few e-mails about a study abroad opportunity in Australia, and oh shit! A breakthrough discovery; one of the study abroad e-mails has a website to view her acceptance decision. By now, it is obvious that she was accepted, but the important thing to note is that the website has a login feature! Do you know what time it is? Find the password! Fuck, right underneath the login it specifically states that it's the same as your university login. Nothing to be learned here. I'll login anyway, just for the hell of it. She was accepted to the North Queensland program, whoopde-fucking-do. Oh fuck, I think I see some candy. I found a page with a bunch of 'documents' she needed to submit for applying to the program. Let me see if they show copies of the documents, because one might show her social security number. Lol, some of her essays are somewhat funny. Great, part of her application includes a section where she mentions her method of payment and guess what she said? 'My parents will pay for it.' Lol!

Moving on. There sure is a LOT of information in this application for study abroad. She had chicken pox in 1994 (when she was 3 or so). Apparently she doesn't smoke, which was actually one of the questions lol. Apparently her father doesn't live with her, and she lives with her mother. Nothing else to see here, back to her Gmail.

And there it is! Her social security number makes its first appearance. Some random file she e-mailed herself contains a copy of her social security number. Holy shit, and a lot more information! LMFAO. This file also contains records of a speeding ticket she received. And another! LOL! And another ticket for 'unlicensed to drive'. This is EPIC! Her sex offender check and arrest check both come back clean though. The e-mail before this one is a receipt for a criminal background check. Well, I guess that explains that.

Now, to put that social security number to good use! I'll go back to her e-mail later. Crap, I can only CHANGE the PIN, not discover it. Oh well, it looks like I'll be coming back to this another day. Back to the trash folder.

I see an e-mail from her mother stating that she has paid for her plane ticket to Australia. It seems like her parents are always paying for her.

Unfortunately, that's about it, except for some awkward emails where she dictates grocery lists to her mom. At any point in time, I could easily snipe access to her Facebook account, her financial aid account, and even her university card account (which probably has a decent amount of money on it). I could also probably create some elaborate scheme to scam her and her family out of a lot of money but obviously I'm not going to do that. Basically, I have control over her life. I'm done with this for now, but I will definitely keep my eye on this girl through her e-mails and such. Once I get an opportunity to- oh shit, I just realized. I saw a few e-mails that were receipts from iTunes. Nothing too significant; they had the last 4 digits of her credit card but that means nothing, HOWEVER, I now know of another account she has: iTunes! I can try to log into that. Actually, I probably won't, because I have no reason to. Oh well.

Anyways, I'll read her e-mails and if I see any e-mails indicating any other accounts or e-mail accounts she has, I'm going to revive this and pursue it further. I need to run some tests before I get too sneaky.

-Der König

Goober

I was studying today in an undisclosed location, when all of a sudden my friend called me over to the computer he was using. The previous user hadn't logged out of their account, and their Gmail was open. The previous user had been using FireFox and I realized that the ''would you like FireFox to save this password'' box was open, unanswered. Her simple act of ignoring this box would lead to my access to her account. I immediately clicked ''remember''.

Everything was a piece of cake from there.

I fiddled around with her E-mail settings a bit, but didn't change anything noticeable. After all, I didn't want her to know she was under attack. I signed up for e-mail forwarding on my troll account, so I would receive every e-mail that she receives. This is great for many reasons, some of which I will explain.

After that, I decided to go back to my ''remember password'' idea. I won't explain exactly how I did it (there are multiple ways, I use the quickest and easiest one), but I used that to get her e-mail password. Being logged into someone's e-mail account temporarily is one thing, but having 24/7 access to it is another. Not only that, but by gaining her e-mail password I also gained her password to the university system. This is pretty significant, as you could guess, but I don't intend to use it that much.

Within a few minutes, I found her Facebook (which is how I know she is a female) and various information within her university account. I noticed that she had good grades, which is good. I found the e-mail addresses of her parents, some other identifying information, and, my favorite of all, her wish list for classes next semester.

At this point, a few goals began to develop, such as:

1. Gain unnoticed access to her Facebook account
2. Investigate further the information I have access to
3. Intercept all cyber communication to and from her
4. Figure out her password to other sites

My most prominent goal is the first one. I could easily snipe access to her Facebook account. I have a lot of experience in hijacking Facebook accounts, and I know the process like the back of my hand. The only problem is that I could only snipe access, instead of just gaining it (i.e. in order to hack her Facebook account I would have to change her password instead of just discover it). This would draw unwanted attention to her accounts, and she would realize that she is under attack, so I must get unnoticed access; I must figure out her Facebook password on my own.

I have to think about this.

How to write the letter K.

For a while now, I've noticed that the way I write K's in english is a bit odd. I learned the typical way in Kindergarden and I always wrote K's that way until recently, when I started writing a bit faster (perhaps a side-effect of taking copious notes in college). This is how K's are normally written:

picture taken, without permission, from this page

Looks pretty standard, right? This is how I write K's now:

The picture on the left shows the instructions for writing K's the way I do and the one on the right makes it a bit more obvious to see exactly how I draw them. First, I draw the downward line and then extend it upwards to the right (it looks like a half-arrow), then I draw the dotted line. It's a very efficient way to draw K's and it looks about the same.


As you can see, there is a noticeable difference but it looks about the same.

Shawshank

I created a new nickname for myself: Shawshank. Think of it as a rap name.