It's UniFi.. Thats all I can say..
On March 24, 2010 TM launched UniFi, its much-awaited High Speed Broadband service. According to TM, UniFi is a combination of “Uni” signifying togetherness and camaraderie, and “Fi” symbolizing fiber optics.
For residential customers, UniFi offers a bundled triple-play service of high-speed internet, video and phone. For internet, the speed choices are 5 Mbps, 10 Mbps or 20 Mbps. For video, it is IPTV, delivered on a separate 8 Mbps channel, and consisting of TV channels, Video on Demand and Interactive Services.
Service delivered would depend on the type of building the customer resides in. For houses, it would be optical fiber all the way, in what is known as Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) architecture. For high-rise building such as apartments and condominiums, the fiber runs to the ground floor of the building, and then connected to the customer’s unit via existing in-building copper cabling, in what is known as Fiber-To-The-Building (FTTB)+Very high speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) configuration.
On March 24, I was in Busan, South Korea (see here, and here) eagerly following the launch online. TM’s website was congested, so I could not get updates from that site. Instead, I got an almost real-time information on the launch on Twitter.
It was exciting. I could literally experience UniFi in Busan. Not the Malaysian UniFi, but the Korean high-speed internet which gave me glimpses of what UniFi could deliver. I consistently experienced aggregates of 5 Mbps or more downloading movies! One of the movies I managed to locate and download was Splash, a 1984 movie I watched 3 times (!) in a cinema in Perth, Australia, when I was a final year Electrical Engineering student at UWA suffering from examination blues.
Was my home in UniFi coverage?. Seemed to be that way. At launch, we were informed that premises in 4 areas of Klang Valley were covered by UniFi – Subang Jaya, Shah Alam, TTDI and Bangsar. I was confident that my home was in one of the 4 areas because way back in November 2009 I saw TM contractors laying fiber optic cables around my neighborhood and terminating them at newly constructed roadside cabinets. Talking to them, I gathered that their target was to complete the works before Eid Adha which fell on November 27, 2009. Additionally, I observed a new black cable with yellow line being strung on poles in the lane behind my house.
However, that was not meant to be. Even though the physical infrastructure was all there, the service was not yet available. That was it, until the morning of July 19, 2010, ten days after I had registered online, I received a phone call from TM UniFi Centre informing me that UniFi was now available in my neighborhood.
In the afternoon of the same day, July 19, I went to the nearest TM Point outlet, and signed the required papers. Actually I did not need to do that, i.e. go to TM Point. After confirming that my house is in a UniFi area, I could have simply phoned TM UniFi Centre, told them that I wanted to sign up, and they would have given me a date for installation. During installation, TM staff would bring the necessary papers for me to sign.
Considering that UniFi service involves equipment more expensive that normal phone service, I found the new phone-in option by TM to be very refreshing and very welcome change. However I still prefer the old fashioned way. There’s nothing like holding a copy of the order form in my hands, to assure myself that I was really on my way to UniFi…
On July 30, 2010, the date of the appointment with UniFi installers, I took a one day leave from work. Actually I took two days – one day to prune a guava fruit tree behind my house which had grown too big that the fiber and copper cables in the back lane were partially hidden in the branches; and another day for the UniFi installation.
Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) Network Diagram. Each house is served by a single lighted fiber with downstream and upstream data being transmitted on different wavelength on the same fiber.
A typical TM UniFi wiring at a landed house.
A TM UniFi technician at the Fiber Distribution Point (FDP) on a telephone pole in the backlane of my house.
Inside the FDP box. The blue things are passive optical splitters. I was the first customer to be in this box, and I believe the first in the neighborhood to be optically connected!
The optical fiber drop cable in a 500m-length drum.
The cable was a local product, newly manufactured 3 months ago in April 2010
HyppTV Interactive Flight Information main screen.
TM's skilled and friendly UniFi technicians - Rusli, Syazamir and Rizani.
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Computational Mathematics
INTRODUCTION
Computational mathematics involves mathematical research in areas of science where computing plays a central and essential role. It involves algorithms, numerical methods, and symbolic methods. In engineering and science today, there is a trend towards the use of modern, sophisticated mathematical techniques of both computational and theoretical types.
However, a career in computational mathematics is not just about numbers. Those who are keen on a career involving mathematics should realise that it is a job that allows you to solve problems in an environment of your choice.
You will also realise that many who utilize mathematical techniques in their jobs are rarely called a mathematician. The outlook of a career in mathematics has evolved and diversified. Today, mathematical experts are engineers, computer scientists, physicists, economists and researchers.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The environment or industry you choose can vary greatly, as with your job title, but one thing that remains the same is the nature of your job, that is, problem solving abilities.
Examples of what you may be required to do are: finding the most efficient way to organise a database so that it delivers information quickly; creating a model that simulates complex systems found in science, medicine, engineering, and economics; recommending the balance for a risk/reward trade-off in the financial investment sector; data mining; weather forecasting; and many more.
Those with skills in computational mathematics can also consider emerging fields such as Computational Biology and Genomics, Neuroscience, Materials Science, Computer Animation and Digital Imaging.
Employment and places of work
As mentioned earlier, places of work is varied and a lot depends on which industry drives your interest to parlay your mathematical savvy. As such, employees of mathematicians range from governmental research organizations to independent consultants.
xamples of industries that employ people qualified in computational mathematics include government agencies; engineering research organizations; computer service and software companies; electronics and computer manufacturers; financial services firms; chemical or pharmaceutical companies; research organisations; and independent consultants.
Areas Covered by Programmes
A degree in mathematics or science that majors in computational mathematics will prepare you with mathematical knowledge-tools like differential equations, probability and statistics, matrices, calculus, and computational geometry. Equally important are central skills like the art of abstraction, good communication skills, business and management skills, and the ability to programme computers.
It is also important to prepare yourself by getting experience in using these ideas in real applications and finding the general patterns among specific problems in engineering, science, finance, medicine, and many other areas.
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Tp sebelum cuti hae2 rancang nk study Statistik lanjutan tp hampeh habuk pom xde..
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Khutbah Terakhir Rasulullah SAW
Wahai Manusia,dengarlah baik-baik apa yang hendak ku katakan.Aku tidak mengetahui apakah aku dapat bertemu lagi dengan kamu semua selepas tahun ini.Oleh itu dengarlah dengan teliti kata-kataku dan sampaikanlah ia kepada orang-orang yang tidak dapat hadir disini pada hari ini.
Wahai manusia,sepertimana kamu menganggap bulan ini dan kota ini sebagai suci,maka anggaplah jiwa dan harta setiap orang Muslim sebagai suci. Kembalikan harta yang diamanahkan kepada kamu kepada pemiliknya yang berhak.Janganlah kamu sakiti sesiapa pun agar orang lain tidak menyakiti kamu lagi.Ingatlah bahawa sesungguhnya kamu akan menemui Tuhan kamu dan Dia pasti membuat perhitungan diatas segala amalan kamu.Allah telah mengharamkan riba,oleh itu segala urusan yang melibatkan riba dibatalkan mulai sekarang.
Berwaspadalah terhadap syaitan demi keselamatan agama kamu.Dan dia telah berputus asa untuk menyesatkan kamu dalam perkara-perkara besar,maka berjaga-jagalah supaya kamu tidak mengikuti nya dalam perkara-perkara kecil.
Wahai manusia,sebagaimana kamu mempunyai hak keatas isteri kamu ,mereka juga mempunyai hak di atas kamu.Sekiranya mereka menyempurnakan hak mereka ke atas kamu maka mereka juga berhak untuk diberi makan dan pakaian dalam suasana kasih sayang.Layanilah wanita-wanita kamu dengan baik,berlemah-lembutlah terhadap mereka kerana sesungguhnya mereka adalah teman dan pembantu yang setia.Dan hak kamu atas mereka ialah mereka sama sekali tidak boleh memasukkan orang yang kamu tidak sukai ke dalam rumah kamu dan dilarang melakukan zina.
Wahai manusia ,dengarlah bersungguh-sungguh kata-kata ku ini,Sembahlah Allah,Dirikanlah solat lima kali sehari,Berpuasalah di Bulam Ramadan dan Tunaikanlah Zakat dari harta kekayaan kamu.Kerjakanlah ibadat Haji sekiranya kamu mampu.Ketahuilah bahawa setiap Muslim adalah bersaudara kepada Muslim yang lain.Kamu semua adalah sama,tidak seorang pun yang lebih mulia dari yang lainnya kecuali dalam Taqwa dan beramal soleh.
Ingatlah,bahawa kamu akan menghadap Allah pada suatu hari untuk dipertanggungjawabkan diatas segala apa yang telah kamu kerjakan.Oleh itu Awasilah agar jangan sekali-kali terkeluar dari landasan kebenaran selepas ketiadaanku.
Wahai manusia,tidak ada lagi Nabi atau Rasul yang akan datang selepasku dan tidak akan lahir agama baru.Oleh itu wahai manusia,nilailah dengan betul dan fahamilah kata-kataku yang telah aku sampaikan kepada kamu.Sesumgguhnya aku tinggalkan kepada kamu dua perkara,yang sekiranya kamu berpegang teguh dan mengikuti kedua-duanya ,nescaya kamu tidak akan tersesat selama-lamanya.Itulah Al-Quran dan Sunnahku.
Hendaklah orang-orang yang mendengar ucapanku menyampaikan pula kepada orang lain.Semoga yang terakhir lebih memahami kata-kataku dari mereka yang terus mendengar dari ku.Saksikanlah Ya Allah bahawasanya telah aku sampaikan risalah Mu kepada hamba-hamba mu.
(Khutbah ini disampaikan oleh Rasullah s.a.w pada 9hb Zulhijjah Tahun 10 Hijrah di Lembah Uranah,Gunung Arafah.)