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Recheck.. recheck … ;-)
Moral of the story: Don’t forget to recheck everything, even to the most obvious thing you will always do (e.g. in this case: TURN ON the equipment before you expect the device to work 
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Remind of what happened to a friend recently, the power adapter for the laptop needs electricity, thus you’ll need to plug in the cable correctly :-; [and it took two days to find it out 
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SPOKANE, Washington (AP) — David Atkinson spent 18 years designing an experiment for the unmanned space mission to Saturn. Now some pieces of it are lost in space. Someone forgot to turn on the instrument Atkinson needed to measure the winds on Saturn’s largest moon.
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“In total, the core of our team has invested something like 80 man years on this experiment, 18 of which are mine,” Atkinson wrote. “I think right now the key lesson is this — if you’re looking for a job with instant and guaranteed success, this isn’t it.”
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800 people aboard on the same plane?
The newly unveiled Airbus A380 has the capacity of up to 800 passengers (when all seats are economy class). Would you want to queue up that long for checking in, boarding and later on (after the exhausting flight) to claim your luggage ?
Other interesting facts:
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The gigantic new plane � which is nearly as long as the 241-foot Great Sphinx in Egypt � could not have been built without close coordination with suppliers around the world. The assembly line at Airbus’ headquarters here is the final piece in a mind-boggling international jigsaw puzzle. The huge wings, for example, were designed in Wichita and Broughton, Wales. One of the panels is made in Alabama. The wings are made up of about 32,000 parts and 23 miles of electronic wiring. The forward and aft sections of the fuselage are assembled in Hamburg, Germany. They are shipped by ferry to Wales, where the wings are attached. The plane is then shipped to St. Nazaire, France, where the nose section and rear parts (made in Spain, assembled in Germany) are attached.
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Why doesn’t the European emulate Boeing strategy by creating a very large factory to assemble the plane at one place?
Been impatient?
Been a while since I posted anything here. Spending the holidays visiting the central part of Japan (Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Nara), and it was a lot of fun. Well, probably too much fun that my research seems to be on holiday until today when I finally found a blur light far away in the horizon 
. Listening to a speech, and the verse I quote below are good thing to be learnt
(disclaimer: not that I’ve been impatient lately, it’s just as if when those days are coming, I will not be ill-prepared).
Al-Ma’arij:70
Courtesy of www.quraan.com, click here.
[19] Verily, man (disbeliever) was created very impatient;
[20] Irritable (discontented) when evil touches him;
[21] And niggardly when good touches him;-
[22] Except those devoted to Salat (prayers)
[23] Those who remain constant in their Salat (prayers);
[24] And those in whose wealth there is a known right,
[25] For the beggar who asks, and for the unlucky who has lost his property and wealth, (and his means of living has been straitened);
[26] And those who believe in the Day of Recompense,
[27] And those who fear the torment of their Lord,
[28] Verily! The torment of their Lord is that before which none can feel secure,
[29] And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts from illegal sexual acts) .
[30] Except with their wives and the (women slaves and captives) whom their right hands possess, for (then) they are not to be blamed,
[31] But whosoever seeks beyond that, then it is those who are trespassers.
[32] And those who keep their trusts and covenants;
[33] And those who stand firm in their testimonies;
[34] And those who guard their Salat (prayers) well ,
[35] Such shall dwell in the Gardens (i.e. Paradise) honoured.
In Bahasa Indonesia
Courtesy of http://quran.al-islam.com
[19] Sesungguhnya manusia diciptakan bersifat keluh kesah lagi kikir.
[20] Apabila ia ditimpa kesusahan ia berkeluh kesah,
[21] dan apabila ia mendapat kebaikan ia amat kikir,
[22] kecuali orang-orang yang mengerjakan salat,
[23] yang mereka itu tetap mengerjakan salatnya,
[24] dan orang-orang yang dalam hartanya tersedia bagian tertentu,
[25] bagi orang (miskin) yang meminta dan orang yang tidak mempunyai apa-apa (yang tidak mau meminta),
[26] dan orang-orang yang mempercayai hari pembalasan,
[27] dan orang-orang yang takut terhadap azab Tuhannya.
[28] Karena sesungguhnya azab Tuhan mereka tidak dapat orang merasa aman (dari kedatangannya).
[29] Dan orang-orang yang memelihara kemaluannya,
[30] kecuali terhadap istri-istri mereka atau budak-budak yang mereka miliki maka sesungguhnya mereka dalam hal ini tiada tercela.
[31] Barangsiapa mencari yang di balik itu, maka mereka itulah orang-orang yang melampaui batas.
[32] Dan orang-orang yang memelihara amanat-amanat (yang dipikulnya) dan janjinya.
[33] Dan orang-orang yang memberikan kesaksiannya.
[34] Dan orang-orang yang memelihara salatnya.
[35] Mereka itu (kekal) di surga lagi dimuliakan.
