I know what you are thinking. This blog has been reduced to just refrences to things I read and want to keep for future. Well cant help it, unless until I get a better device than my computer to post online. Came across this excellent poet : Monica Mody's blog titled In Small Pieces
Her poems are soft and sensous like old Hindi film song.
I have always been enthralled by creative people, partly because this is something I have always desired to have and I dont know why. May be because I have always seen my parents who have been my role model throughout as Operational people, and they have been brilliant at that frankly speaking.
May be it has something to do with my disillusion with money and the ways people adopt to make it. Most of the time they dont create but resell. Someday I would write more on this.
As for now, I just loved Miss Monica's I want you
May she brings recognition to the country and the family with her poems.
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Friday, December 10, 2004
US Patent Woes
So much for free society. I have always thought of US as stupidly litiguos. And here is something which supports me.
Read IEEE Spectrum's analysis of the malaise of the current Patent regime in US.
I think patents are hurdles in the progress of mankind. They are impediments in the pursuit of happiness. If we calculate the total energy spent on all the patents and on fighting legal battles on the same, its really not worth it.
Look at it...I remeber reading that US PTO grants some 30 odd patents on toilet design every year...God damn it, none of them have solved the problem of the water required to flush a toilet. If sulabh was patented, would it have been a revolution it has been today?
Read IEEE Spectrum's analysis of the malaise of the current Patent regime in US.
I think patents are hurdles in the progress of mankind. They are impediments in the pursuit of happiness. If we calculate the total energy spent on all the patents and on fighting legal battles on the same, its really not worth it.
Look at it...I remeber reading that US PTO grants some 30 odd patents on toilet design every year...God damn it, none of them have solved the problem of the water required to flush a toilet. If sulabh was patented, would it have been a revolution it has been today?
Monday, December 06, 2004
You are wrong Mr. Behrendt...
Not sure how many of you guys are a fans of Sex and the City...here is a book by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo advising women on dating and stuff...On asked why he choose to call it 'He's Just Not That Into You' and not 'She's Just Not That Into You', he says ""Sure, we could have written that book," he says. "And about eight guys would have bought it." (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/books/11/29/books.hes.not.into.you.ap/index.html)
Going by what I have seen (and unfortunately experienced) I am sure the book would have sold millions...
HimS
PS: What do you think about this? Lets write a book?
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Going by what I have seen (and unfortunately experienced) I am sure the book would have sold millions...
HimS
PS: What do you think about this? Lets write a book?
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Thursday, October 28, 2004
J2SE Code Names
"Since 1.2.2, major releases 1.3, 1.4.0, 5.0 and 6.0) are named after birds or mammals, while minor releases are named after insects, given that they are bug-fix releases. (Hopper is short for grasshopper, ladybird is another term for ladybug, and dragon is short for dragonfly.) "
http://java.sun.com/j2se/codenames.html
I wonder if the nomenclature of bugs has anything to do with the size of the bug...
:)
Reminded me of our own nomenclature antics.
HimS
http://java.sun.com/j2se/codenames.html
I wonder if the nomenclature of bugs has anything to do with the size of the bug...
:)
Reminded me of our own nomenclature antics.
HimS
Tuesday, October 05, 2004
A rabbit from the laboratory
A rabbit one day managed to break free from the laboratory where he had been born and brought up. As he scurried away from the fencing of the compound, he felt grass under his little feet and saw the dawn breaking for the first time in his life.
"Wow, this is great," he thought.
It wasn't long before he came to a hedge and, after squeezing under it he saw a wonderful sight lots of other bunny rabbits, all free and nibbling at the lush grass.
"Hey," he called. "I'm a rabbit from the laboratory and I've just escaped. Are you wild rabbits?"
"Yes. Come and join us," they cried.
The lab rabbit hopped over to them and started eating the grass. It tasted so good.
"What else do you wild rabbits do?" he asked.
"Well," one of them said. "You see that field there? It's got carrots growing in it. We dig them up and eat them."
This he couldn't resist and he spent the next hour eating the most succulent carrots. They were wonderful.
Later, he asked them again, "What else do you do?"
"You see that field there? It's got lettuce growing in it. We eat them as well."
The lettuce tasted just as good and he returned a while later completely full.
"Is there anything else you guys do?" he asked.
One of the other rabbits came a bit closer to him and spoke softly.
"There's one other thing you must try. You see those rabbits there," he said, pointing to the far corner of the field. "They're girls. We shag them. Go and try it."
Well, the lab rabbit spent the rest of the morning shagging his little heart out until, completely knackered, he staggered back over to the guys.
"That was fantastic," he panted.
"So are you going to live with us then?" one of them asked.
"I'm sorry, I had a great time but I can't." The wild rabbits all stared at him, a bit surprised.
"Why? We thought you liked it here."
"I do," our friend replied.
"But I must get back to the laboratory. I'm dying for a cigarette."
"Wow, this is great," he thought.
It wasn't long before he came to a hedge and, after squeezing under it he saw a wonderful sight lots of other bunny rabbits, all free and nibbling at the lush grass.
"Hey," he called. "I'm a rabbit from the laboratory and I've just escaped. Are you wild rabbits?"
"Yes. Come and join us," they cried.
The lab rabbit hopped over to them and started eating the grass. It tasted so good.
"What else do you wild rabbits do?" he asked.
"Well," one of them said. "You see that field there? It's got carrots growing in it. We dig them up and eat them."
This he couldn't resist and he spent the next hour eating the most succulent carrots. They were wonderful.
Later, he asked them again, "What else do you do?"
"You see that field there? It's got lettuce growing in it. We eat them as well."
The lettuce tasted just as good and he returned a while later completely full.
"Is there anything else you guys do?" he asked.
One of the other rabbits came a bit closer to him and spoke softly.
"There's one other thing you must try. You see those rabbits there," he said, pointing to the far corner of the field. "They're girls. We shag them. Go and try it."
Well, the lab rabbit spent the rest of the morning shagging his little heart out until, completely knackered, he staggered back over to the guys.
"That was fantastic," he panted.
"So are you going to live with us then?" one of them asked.
"I'm sorry, I had a great time but I can't." The wild rabbits all stared at him, a bit surprised.
"Why? We thought you liked it here."
"I do," our friend replied.
"But I must get back to the laboratory. I'm dying for a cigarette."
A sweet Poem
Really Nice poem, which I picked up from a chain letter. Yeah you guessed it, I am too materialistic to believe in the luck (or bad luck) which a chain letter is supposed to have.
Achchi lagi to yahan par dal di.
Around the corner I have a friend,
In this great city that has no end,
Yet the days go by and weeks rush on,
And before I know it, a year is gone.
And I never see my old friends face,
For life is a swift and terrible race,
He knows I like him just as well,
As in the days when I rang his bell.
And he rang mine but we were younger then,
And now we are busy, tired men.
Tired of playing a foolish game,
Tired of trying to make a name.
"Tomorrow" I say! "I will call on Jim
Just to show that I'm thinking of him."
But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,
And distance between us grows and grows.
Around the corner, yet miles away,
"Here's a telegram sir," "Jim died today."
And that's what we get and deserve in the end.
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Monday, October 04, 2004
Thursday, September 23, 2004
Quote for the Day
"Have you ever seen an inchworm crawl up a leaf or a twig, and then, clinging to the very end, revolve in the air, feeling for something, to reach something? That's like me. I am trying to find something out there beyond the place on which I have footing."
~ Albert P. Ryder
~ Albert P. Ryder
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Google plans its own browser
Analysts and several posts on the net suggest that Google is planning a browser of its own.
Obviously...thats the only way to beat MS at its own game. MS has bet on Smart Client technology rather than the applications being delievered over the Network on the browser, because thats how they can keep selling their OS in the next decade.
Several tech evangelist including Larry Ellison of Oracle and IBM with its on-demand buisness have bet on the PC just being a hardware with very little storage and memory and applications being accessed over the browser.
See my earlier posts on the browser wars and how MS has been left out of the race by likes of Safari and Mozilla.
I believe Googles browser will be based on Mozilla.
Obviously...thats the only way to beat MS at its own game. MS has bet on Smart Client technology rather than the applications being delievered over the Network on the browser, because thats how they can keep selling their OS in the next decade.
Several tech evangelist including Larry Ellison of Oracle and IBM with its on-demand buisness have bet on the PC just being a hardware with very little storage and memory and applications being accessed over the browser.
See my earlier posts on the browser wars and how MS has been left out of the race by likes of Safari and Mozilla.
I believe Googles browser will be based on Mozilla.
Product Development goes Collaborative
This is an example of how companies can leverage the strengths of the Net to ensure better sales. Threadless.com, a maker of t-shirts has a member community which participates in the decision of whether to make a t-shirt or not. The designer submits a design for review, and the other members vote for it. If there are enough votes, only then do Thredless manufacture those t-shirt, making sure that the tshirts they produce have a ready market before product launch.
Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Free Standards Group Announces General Availability Of Linux Standard Base 2.0
This is going to go a long way to ensure that Linux wins a war against Redmond. I think its all about money. Not following standards is lucrative, but I believe this is going to show to the world that Open Standards is also lucrative.
Coupled with support from major venors from Red Flag to Red Hat, this will ensure that developers can have some peaceful sleep.
Coupled with support from major venors from Red Flag to Red Hat, this will ensure that developers can have some peaceful sleep.
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Project Management Rule # 3
Project Management Rule # 3
there can only be so many developers on a project. It's called the Law of Diminishing Returns.
When you have 1 developer on a project and you bring in another the productivity is actually more than double what the original guy was doing. You get to 5 developers, and that only doubles what 2 guys were doing. It takes nearly 15 to double the work that 5 guys were doing, but you also need 1-3 managers to manage that team.
Project Management rule #3: resources are finite. Objectives are not. Throwing more resources at a project does not make it happen faster. Defining the objectives does.
there can only be so many developers on a project. It's called the Law of Diminishing Returns.
When you have 1 developer on a project and you bring in another the productivity is actually more than double what the original guy was doing. You get to 5 developers, and that only doubles what 2 guys were doing. It takes nearly 15 to double the work that 5 guys were doing, but you also need 1-3 managers to manage that team.
Project Management rule #3: resources are finite. Objectives are not. Throwing more resources at a project does not make it happen faster. Defining the objectives does.
Did you know...
...that a green skin on potato is a sign that it has toxin in it?
http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw1105
Not only green skin, but also sprouts are signs that potato has higher concentration of toxic glycoalkaloids...
Apparently people can die because of this poison. but for that someone with a bodyweight of 70 kgs have to eat 2 kgs of them.
These glycoalkaloids are produced when potatoes are exposed to light as a protection against the threat from animals who could have eaten them...
Kya concept hai...
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http://www.newscientist.com/lastword/article.jsp?id=lw1105
Not only green skin, but also sprouts are signs that potato has higher concentration of toxic glycoalkaloids...
Apparently people can die because of this poison. but for that someone with a bodyweight of 70 kgs have to eat 2 kgs of them.
These glycoalkaloids are produced when potatoes are exposed to light as a protection against the threat from animals who could have eaten them...
Kya concept hai...
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Friday, September 03, 2004
perl.com: Hacking Perl in Nightclubs
perl.com: Hacking Perl in NightclubsIn other words, a musical score is a kind of source code, and a musical performance is a kind of running program. When you play from a musical score or run a program you are bringing instructions to life.
I'm a musician who for the last few years has used Perl as my only musical instrument. I've had some successes, with hundreds of people dancing to my Perl, jumping about to my subroutines, whooping as I started up a new script. To this end, I built a whole library of little compositional Perl scripts that I ran together to make music. However, when running my Perl scripts during a performance I grew to feel as if I wasn't really performing -- I was running software I'd written earlier, so to some extent the performance was pre-prepared. I could tweak parameters and so on, but the underlying structure was dictated by my software. So what's the alternative?
I'm a musician who for the last few years has used Perl as my only musical instrument. I've had some successes, with hundreds of people dancing to my Perl, jumping about to my subroutines, whooping as I started up a new script. To this end, I built a whole library of little compositional Perl scripts that I ran together to make music. However, when running my Perl scripts during a performance I grew to feel as if I wasn't really performing -- I was running software I'd written earlier, so to some extent the performance was pre-prepared. I could tweak parameters and so on, but the underlying structure was dictated by my software. So what's the alternative?
Tuesday, August 31, 2004
MoreGoogle -- Its not from Google
MoreGoogle : Search results from Google, Web page preview from Alexa.
I wonder why Google hasnt incorporated preview technology in their search result web pages.
I wonder why Google hasnt incorporated preview technology in their search result web pages.
Monday, August 30, 2004
Is this where it all started?
Info on Erdos number project: "Erd�s Number Project"
In 1995, mathematicians started a new concept. They created a database of all those people who had co-authored a paper with Paul Erdos, "a widely-travelled and incredibly prolific Hungarian mathematician". All these people were given the Erdos number of 1. They then awarded Erdos number 2 to all the people who have co-authored a paper with people having Erdos number 1, and so on and so forth.
The idea was to create "a vehicle for more serious studies of the dynamics involved and a “real-life” fairly large graph for combinatorialists to study. "
I am wondering if, this is where the idea of networks like Orkut, Ryze started?
In 1995, mathematicians started a new concept. They created a database of all those people who had co-authored a paper with Paul Erdos, "a widely-travelled and incredibly prolific Hungarian mathematician". All these people were given the Erdos number of 1. They then awarded Erdos number 2 to all the people who have co-authored a paper with people having Erdos number 1, and so on and so forth.
The idea was to create "a vehicle for more serious studies of the dynamics involved and a “real-life” fairly large graph for combinatorialists to study. "
I am wondering if, this is where the idea of networks like Orkut, Ryze started?
Should phone companies replace POTS with VoIP n/w's?
Clieck here
What does VoIP gives which POTS doesnt.
Some interesting debate from Robert. He says that the total capacity of eye to carry data is 100kbps. Then why should a video transmission require more than 100kbps.
What does VoIP gives which POTS doesnt.
Some interesting debate from Robert. He says that the total capacity of eye to carry data is 100kbps. Then why should a video transmission require more than 100kbps.
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Jsmina:: Story of a paralysed Girl from Bombay
Jasmina suffers from Cerebral palsy, but that didnt stop her from getting herself a PG degree from Mumbai university.
Stuff dreams are made of!!!
Stuff dreams are made of!!!
Monday, August 16, 2004
The positive thinking poem
Piyush Hari's mail on i*i*t*r-n*a*c mailing list has stirred a hornet's nest. Some of the replies to it are of the following types:
Little birdy in the sky,
You look up and it shits in your eye.
You don't mind and you don't cry,
You just thank God that cows don't fly.
(This is an humble attempt at humour, and does not necessarily reflects my personal views on this controversy)
Little birdy in the sky,
You look up and it shits in your eye.
You don't mind and you don't cry,
You just thank God that cows don't fly.
(This is an humble attempt at humour, and does not necessarily reflects my personal views on this controversy)
- Under the Tuscan Sun
"I spent the whole afternoon chasing the ladybugs.
Exhausted, I fell asleep on the grass and woke up to find the ladybugs all over me."
(Thanx Alok, for this wonderful quote)
Exhausted, I fell asleep on the grass and woke up to find the ladybugs all over me."
(Thanx Alok, for this wonderful quote)
Thursday, August 12, 2004
Oh gawd!!!Blogger sucks
I tried to post a message to my blog using email...The message contained an image embedded in it.
Blogger cribbed. I expected that it will take care of it automatically...The image will go to Picasa's network, and link will replace the content in my email
or am I expecting too much from blogger? Come on they work with "Google"
-----Original Message-----
From: postgateway@blogger.com [mailto:postgateway@blogger.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2004 8:04 PM
To: Me
Subject:
Your message could not be posted because of the following reason(s):
Myidtopostonblogger@blogger.com, Invalid Content Type
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or am I expecting too much from blogger? Come on they work with "Google"
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Wednesday, August 11, 2004
Who succeeds?
Historically, solutions that succeed in the price sensitive lower end of the market eventually displace products in the high end.
Source: Gartner
Source: Gartner
Tuesday, August 10, 2004
Work of HimS
Spent the morning time downloading some more reports from the you-know-who.
Now, the scope of research has become more focussed and some more clarity has emerged after yesterdays session on what we have to do.
I really get charged up and raring to go after the meeting. Its exciting to do the kind of work which I am doing, and which I have always wanted to do. Dont know if it is my own expectation of work that is stopping me from delivering right now. You know the feeling when you dont want to deliver a half baked "delivery". You just want to be perfect. Its a jungle out there. Really dont know till the end if what you have done is good or not.
The insecure feeling in your stomach when you are doing something for the first time is something which is causing the nervousness.
Wish me luck!
HimS
Now, the scope of research has become more focussed and some more clarity has emerged after yesterdays session on what we have to do.
I really get charged up and raring to go after the meeting. Its exciting to do the kind of work which I am doing, and which I have always wanted to do. Dont know if it is my own expectation of work that is stopping me from delivering right now. You know the feeling when you dont want to deliver a half baked "delivery". You just want to be perfect. Its a jungle out there. Really dont know till the end if what you have done is good or not.
The insecure feeling in your stomach when you are doing something for the first time is something which is causing the nervousness.
Wish me luck!
HimS
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Its not as big as I thought
A typical Analyst speak:
HimS
-----Original Message-----
Stats are quite interesting. The age group distribution is a classic bell curve with 15-22 age gp contributing to abt 70%. Female participation being double is another interesting facet. These stats will make more sense once one develops an understanding of how people r actually using it.
-----Original Message-----
http://www.livejournal.com/stats.bml
Dont have stats of other sites
Regards
HimS
HimS
-----Original Message-----
Stats are quite interesting. The age group distribution is a classic bell curve with 15-22 age gp contributing to abt 70%. Female participation being double is another interesting facet. These stats will make more sense once one develops an understanding of how people r actually using it.
-----Original Message-----
http://www.livejournal.com/stats.bml
Dont have stats of other sites
Regards
HimS
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