Category Archives: Random Thoughts

Is There Really Such a Thing as “Artificial”?

Posted on April 17, 2006 by Hong

As I think more about our (i.e., the mankind’s) “role” in this universe, I am beginning to think that the term (or the concept), “artificial” is arbitrary when it comes to a bigger scale of things. I am not saying … Continue reading →

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Google, a young Microsoft?

Posted on September 30, 2004 by Hong

In the middle of the October 2004 issue of Communications of the ACM, there was a peculiar-looking insert titled “GLAT: Google Labs Aptitude Test”. It had a very official looking format and was a fairly well-made mock-up test. It was … Continue reading →

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What’s in a (Korean) Name?

Posted on July 1, 2003 by Hong

Should I write my name as Younghong Cho or Cho Younghong? There is something I’ve been noticing recently about how some Koreans write their names in Roman alphabets. Some of them started writing Korean names with their family name first … Continue reading →

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Jury Duty…

Posted on September 19, 2002 by Hong

For the past three days (Monday through Wednesday), I’ve been reporting for my first jury duty at the Superior Court of Santa Clara. Well, it was just for jury selection for a civil case regarding a disability insurance claim dispute, … Continue reading →

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X and Y…

Posted on August 14, 2002 by Hong

(I guess this would be one of many “unproven” theories of Hong’s…) Quite a few of my friends, by now, are married and most of them have children. One thing I noticed was that a lot of those children were … Continue reading →

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On Loneliness

Posted on July 21, 2002 by Hong

On a message board I frequent, someone mentioned about “loneliness” and how to deal with it. Here is something I wrote in response although it seems a bit too obvious… It’s a feeling that you get when you have nothing … Continue reading →

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The Language of Flirting

Posted on May 24, 2002 by Hong

I was going to say something, but I don’t think it’s that interesting. :p I guess I will just note that it’s an order of magnitude more difficult for me to flirt in English than in Korean. Since I grew … Continue reading →

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Projected Truths/Gods

Posted on December 1, 2001 by Hong

Okay, let’s get back to a more metaphysical analogy rubbish by yours truly… I like analogies, good ones I mean. Although they might not be the real things, they definitely help understand them. This is a concept that I’ve been … Continue reading →

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On the Concept of “Human”

Posted on September 16, 2001 by Hong

Thinking about the recent tragedy and other violent incidents in the world, I came back once again to a previous subject. The element of violence in human society (actually, any biological system) is inevitable. It is intrinsic to us, and … Continue reading →

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A Fine Line…

Posted on August 23, 2001 by Hong

…between having an opinion and being dogmatic… In the past, I’d been occasionally complimented (?) by some people that I didn’t impose my own tastes onto others (meaning, not having strong preferences, which kind of prompted me to to write … Continue reading →

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