Jan 8, 2007
Earworm...
Breaking the habit, anyone?
Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight
I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends
Clutching my cure
I tightly lock the door
I try to catch my breath again
I hurt much more
Than anytime before
I had no options left again
I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
That I'm the one confused
I don't know what's worth fighting for
Or why I have to scream
I don't know why I instigate
And say what I don't mean
I don't know how I got this way
I'll never be alright
So, I'm breaking the habit
I'm breaking the habit
Tonight
I'll paint it on the walls
'Cause I'm the one at fault
I'll never fight again
And this is how it ends
Dec 29, 2006
Links to cellphone software
Wonder why I've put those up? Yup, easy way to transfer them to my cellphone when I don't have the USB cable or when I'm at work on my Linux workstation. Just put the link on the blog, point my cellphone to it and download... works like a charm.
Dec 28, 2006
Maxwell's Demon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s_demon
Maxwell's demon is an 1867 thought experiment by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, meant to raise questions about the possibility of violating the second law of thermodynamics.
Maxwell's demon is an 1867 thought experiment by the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell, meant to raise questions about the possibility of violating the second law of thermodynamics.
Tachyon visualization
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Tachyon04s.gif
Since a tachyon moves faster than the speed of light, we can not see it approaching. After a tachyon has passed nearby, we would be able to see two images of it, appearing and departing in opposite directions.
Since a tachyon moves faster than the speed of light, we can not see it approaching. After a tachyon has passed nearby, we would be able to see two images of it, appearing and departing in opposite directions.
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Wanderer
Places I've transited through in recent times (other than Noida and Delhi, of course):
1. Helsinki
2. Oulu
3. Lucknow (2 separate trips)
4. Rae Bareily
5. Allahabad
6. Durg
7. Kanpur
And for varied reasons too, work-related, wedding reception of a close friend and recruiting.
Used up 3 more of my lives: 2 road near-accidents, 1 actual-accident-but-not-quite-fatal.
Got myself an Xbox 360, NFS Carbon and Gears of War (phew... it does grow on you), another 300+ GB hard disk to help out my old, aging 250 GB one, new DVD writer, new Antec Nine Hundred case for my PC, new power supply for the old PC at home.
A word to the uninitiated, who wonder whether they need an Xbox 360. No. You don't. But if you do end up buying one, pair it with a good PC monitor, NOT a normal Indian TV. Doesn't matter if it's one of those giant ones that you pay for through your nose, if it can't do 1280x1024 or the HDTV equivalent, it's no good.
And a word for the initiated, who wonder about the Antec Nine Hundred. Yes. Totally worth it, especially if you don't go lugging your system all over the place.
1. Helsinki
2. Oulu
3. Lucknow (2 separate trips)
4. Rae Bareily
5. Allahabad
6. Durg
7. Kanpur
And for varied reasons too, work-related, wedding reception of a close friend and recruiting.
Used up 3 more of my lives: 2 road near-accidents, 1 actual-accident-but-not-quite-fatal.
Got myself an Xbox 360, NFS Carbon and Gears of War (phew... it does grow on you), another 300+ GB hard disk to help out my old, aging 250 GB one, new DVD writer, new Antec Nine Hundred case for my PC, new power supply for the old PC at home.
A word to the uninitiated, who wonder whether they need an Xbox 360. No. You don't. But if you do end up buying one, pair it with a good PC monitor, NOT a normal Indian TV. Doesn't matter if it's one of those giant ones that you pay for through your nose, if it can't do 1280x1024 or the HDTV equivalent, it's no good.
And a word for the initiated, who wonder about the Antec Nine Hundred. Yes. Totally worth it, especially if you don't go lugging your system all over the place.
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Dec 14, 2006
Nov 6, 2006
Slashdot.org
Would it have been possible to come across news like this without the Internet?
"A new U.S. study finds evidence for 'Snowball Earth,'
the hypothesis that the entire Earth was ice-covered for long periods
on several occasions, most recently 600-700 million years ago. The icy
conditions (Earth's oceans frozen completely with ice more than a
kilometer thick) ended violently under extreme greenhouse conditions — snowballearth.org
suggests the meltdown could have occurred in as little as 2,000 years.
Snowball Earth challenges long-held assumptions regarding the limits of
global change. Wikipedia has more on the hypothesis."
"While the only permanent solution for human-driven global warming
is developing renewable energy, a temporary hack to counteract possible
abrupt climate change is to build a giant sunshade in space.
The sunshade would be launched in small pieces by electromagnetic
launchers, conventional chemical rockets being far too expensive. The
sunshade could be developed and deployed in 25 years, would last about
50 years, and would reduce the amount of sunlight reaching Earth by 2%
— enough to balance heating due to a doubling of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere."
"A new U.S. study finds evidence for 'Snowball Earth,'
the hypothesis that the entire Earth was ice-covered for long periods
on several occasions, most recently 600-700 million years ago. The icy
conditions (Earth's oceans frozen completely with ice more than a
kilometer thick) ended violently under extreme greenhouse conditions — snowballearth.org
suggests the meltdown could have occurred in as little as 2,000 years.
Snowball Earth challenges long-held assumptions regarding the limits of
global change. Wikipedia has more on the hypothesis."
"While the only permanent solution for human-driven global warming
is developing renewable energy, a temporary hack to counteract possible
abrupt climate change is to build a giant sunshade in space.
The sunshade would be launched in small pieces by electromagnetic
launchers, conventional chemical rockets being far too expensive. The
sunshade could be developed and deployed in 25 years, would last about
50 years, and would reduce the amount of sunlight reaching Earth by 2%
— enough to balance heating due to a doubling of carbon dioxide in the
atmosphere."
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