Monthly Archives: October 2004
Picture of You
Didn't they say that I would make a mistake Didn't they say you were gonna be trouble People told me you were too much to take I could see it, but I didn't wanna know I let you in and you let me down You messed me up and you turned my whole life around [...]
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Osama is back !!!
Osama is back to haunt America. And perhaps with intentions in mind. Not only has he repeated his rhetoric in his latest appearance, he has also commented on the political situation. This being election time, there is little doubt that his speech might have an effect on the outcome of these elections. I don’t know [...]
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Some good words from Linus Torvalds …
Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small _trivial_ project, and you should never expect it to get large. If you do, you’ll just overdesign and generally think it is more important than it likely is at that stage. Or worse, you might be scared away by the sheer size [...]
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What is life … continued …
Someone made a comment on my earlier post, here’s something that’ll make him think. Do we only exist at the physical level? If this is all there is to our existence, why do we think about it? What is it that makes us sentient? What is it that seems to live two or three inches [...]
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What is Life ??
Our existence as a physical being starts at the moment of conception, when the nucleus of a sperm merges with that of an ovum, and a new DNA-pattern is formed. To put it very simply, the DNA in the cells merges into a new combination of molecules, which then splits in two separate halves. Both [...]
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Object Oriented … Friendships
I am an object orientation (OO) freak. OO allows to model your program like real life, which makes programming a bit more natural.The few programs that I do write, are invariably OO. Sometimes, I feel my fascination for OO does more harm to my programs than good. Anyway, the basic funda of OO is that [...]
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Scientific Method
The other day, my good friend Dhruv and I were discussing how modern discoveries are being made in science. Here’s the algorithm - 1. Observe some aspect of the universe. 2. Form a hypothesis to explain the observed phenomenon. 3. Test the hypothesis by matching it against other observations. 4. Develop a theory that is [...]
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Sticky things
How do u get rid of things that seem to have just got stuck in your mind? My exams are coming closer, and I just can’t seem to get some things off my mind. Try as I may, they remain stuck there somewhere. Even if they do disappear, it’s only for a short while. And [...]
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Happy Dussehra !!
From the Times of India : “Dussehra marks the triumph over demon king Ravana, the victory of good over evil.It’s a reminder to people to burn the evil within them and follow the path of virtue, bearing in mind the example of Ravana, who was destroyed for his evil ways. Ravana was a great scholar [...]
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Happy Halloween !!