This was a thought, I got when I was doing my driving lessons. Driving laws are simple - you stop on a RED, you start on a GREEN. But can you change this law? I was thinking about this, and got a chain of thought. Decided to write a note as I found is amusing, even a bit crazy. What it essentially implies is you can not escape this law, and if you try the law will readjust itself that, GREEN becomes the new RED.
Looks confusing? Suppose I decide NOT to stop on RED. Well and good. I drive without accidents, even without stopping at REDs. But if this trend catches on, I wil lface an siiue. I will be forced to stop at GREENs, because there may be another driver who also does not stop on RED. So people seeing me starts driving on RED. But on GREEN there is confusion, because old law states 'You start on GREEN' and new trend makes starting on GREEN dangerous. So some may stop and some may start on GREEN.
So considering everything, the logical step will be to make ALL stop on GREEN, and all to start on RED. (Reson being it is always trendy to make a new law, than remedying an old one). I am happy that I changed the world. But essentially the world has fooled me, it has interchanged its definition of RED and GREEN. GREEN is the new RED. you stop on a GREEN(RED), you start on a RED(GREEN).
So what s the big picture ? You can not escape by any chance. You change the world by introducing democracy, trying to change the law 'The mighty takes the CROWN.' What happens ?
Mighty candidates rig the ballots to get more votes (US, Iran, Pakistan, India). They make sure any disputes come to courts in which judges were appointed by them, or even dismiss the whole judicial bench.
So guys, when you change the world make sure it is not a RED-GREEN change.
P.S. May be I can copyright this term RED-GREEN change denoting a farcical change . :)
Saturday 1 August 2009
Thursday 16 July 2009
Popularity follows Controversy
Popularity follows Controversy - this is a mantra that has been proven again and again, by film makers , authors , politicians ...But still somehow this seems to be lost on Indian government.
Remember many ordinary books made classics by ban, crap films made block-busters by VHP protests. Ramu, Ratnam, De, Meera, Rushdi.......the list continues, who has mastered this short-cut. Remember any Varma film releasing without a controversy? This is a guaranteed short cut to popularity - even though not necessarily a SUCCESS as Aag proved.
The process of banning books and works have been a process followed by governments in past and present. When there was no alternate media, and when press is controlled by government this will have the desired effect for sure.
Consider a totalitarian regime banning a book, they will absolutely make sure it does not reach the mass. But in a democracy where even a person like me can pass an opinion, will a ban help. Won't it just help to generate controversy and hand popularity in a plate. The exact opposite of what was intended.
OK, this rant is about government banning a porn comic site. Some facts. This site is supposed to be featuring the adventures of a middle aged woman. It has been around for a while, may be an year. It publishes a page per day. It recently published some episode containing a popular Indian actor look alike. Now the site got banned by Indian government and has to be blocked by all Indian ISPs.
Now what has this achieved ? All "so called cultural figures" write columns in news papers. They call it expression of a woman's sexuality.(Don ask me, what crap they mean, for me it is just porn). They don even have the common sense to avoid the name of the character from their columns, making it all the more popular. They make sure it reaches people who even have not heard about it. Save sites are launched.
Now taking off a site and blocking it in ISP s are 2 different things. India has not banned porn as in China. So this is not a total ban on porn, but a selective one, all the more making it controversial..popularity is to follow. Now technically also this is a blunder. Proxying and http tunneling can make it accessible. Over zealous netizens upload the stories on the file sharing sites, which noboby can effectively filter. Even hollywood and music industry is fighting a losing battle with these file sharing sites.
So what has been achieved. Government made this more popular - gave some job-less guys their 3 minutes of public opinion.
My opinion is, it should have been left as it was. Don give unnecessary publicity to some thing which was not a big thing.
P.S. I have ommited all specific references, so that an innocent reader do not go searching. But if you still take the pain, I am definitely not responsible :)
Remember many ordinary books made classics by ban, crap films made block-busters by VHP protests. Ramu, Ratnam, De, Meera, Rushdi.......the list continues, who has mastered this short-cut. Remember any Varma film releasing without a controversy? This is a guaranteed short cut to popularity - even though not necessarily a SUCCESS as Aag proved.
The process of banning books and works have been a process followed by governments in past and present. When there was no alternate media, and when press is controlled by government this will have the desired effect for sure.
Consider a totalitarian regime banning a book, they will absolutely make sure it does not reach the mass. But in a democracy where even a person like me can pass an opinion, will a ban help. Won't it just help to generate controversy and hand popularity in a plate. The exact opposite of what was intended.
OK, this rant is about government banning a porn comic site. Some facts. This site is supposed to be featuring the adventures of a middle aged woman. It has been around for a while, may be an year. It publishes a page per day. It recently published some episode containing a popular Indian actor look alike. Now the site got banned by Indian government and has to be blocked by all Indian ISPs.
Now what has this achieved ? All "so called cultural figures" write columns in news papers. They call it expression of a woman's sexuality.(Don ask me, what crap they mean, for me it is just porn). They don even have the common sense to avoid the name of the character from their columns, making it all the more popular. They make sure it reaches people who even have not heard about it. Save
Now taking off a site and blocking it in ISP s are 2 different things. India has not banned porn as in China. So this is not a total ban on porn, but a selective one, all the more making it controversial..popularity is to follow. Now technically also this is a blunder. Proxying and http tunneling can make it accessible. Over zealous netizens upload the stories on the file sharing sites, which noboby can effectively filter. Even hollywood and music industry is fighting a losing battle with these file sharing sites.
So what has been achieved. Government made this more popular - gave some job-less guys their 3 minutes of public opinion.
My opinion is, it should have been left as it was. Don give unnecessary publicity to some thing which was not a big thing.
P.S. I have ommited all specific references, so that an innocent reader do not go searching. But if you still take the pain, I am definitely not responsible :)
Sunday 28 June 2009
The curse of Spain
Spain is to football, what South Africa is to Cricket. The ultimate team on paper, but the CHOKERs. Even though I am no man to pass a judgement, there are shady glimpses of match-fixing in South Africa s past and present. Without a great fan following and ad market like Asia, South Africa will do no good to the sponsors by winning a trophy. But the players can always win by throwing matches.
But this is not the same with Spain. It has a football crazy population, s atrong league; and football is also used to express regional feelings. FC Barcelona, one of the most strong and famous footballing clubs, were primarily formed to express the Catalan feelings which were suppressed by the tyrannical regime of Spain. Real Madrid is the club with the richest history and the most cups. Yet collectively Spain fails in all major tournaments - expect last Euro cup.
It again has repeated in this Confederatiosn cup. It took only USA, who miraculoulsy reached the semi to kick out the 'La Furia Roja'. Many a world cup and Euro, Spain was always tipped to win the cup, but always found to lose their the way, in the fight to reach the last eight.
It may be a psycological barrier or over confidence - with a line up of Torres, Villa, Xavi, Alonso, Fabregas, Puyol, Pique and Casilas; how can any USA team beat them ? But failing to understand ' You have to play to WIN' ; Turing up on the pitch does not guarantee a win; the same lesson Champions League final taught.
But is the curse more deep rooted - a curse of Football itself ; Even though many countries try to own up origin of football - many factors point to an origin to Americas; in the tribes of Mayas and Aztecs(near modern Mexico) . No offence to Chinese and Japanese; who also seem to have an early form of football. But the presence of rubber balls and strong written information about early football makes Americas seem a contender for the birthright. But this history takes a tragic turn when Spainish landed in Americas. Rubber was a new commodity to them at that time. During the reign of King Charles V of Spain, teams from Americas were taken to perform before his court. But the ultra-religious Spainsh found the bounce of ball and rhythm of the game as handicraft of Devil. They cruelly suppressed the game in Americas. Their cruelty and also the diseases they introduced ultimately wiped out a major chunk of these cultures and also did much damage to the 'BALL GAME'. Is football taking its revenge on Spain ?
But this is not the same with Spain. It has a football crazy population, s atrong league; and football is also used to express regional feelings. FC Barcelona, one of the most strong and famous footballing clubs, were primarily formed to express the Catalan feelings which were suppressed by the tyrannical regime of Spain. Real Madrid is the club with the richest history and the most cups. Yet collectively Spain fails in all major tournaments - expect last Euro cup.
It again has repeated in this Confederatiosn cup. It took only USA, who miraculoulsy reached the semi to kick out the 'La Furia Roja'. Many a world cup and Euro, Spain was always tipped to win the cup, but always found to lose their the way, in the fight to reach the last eight.
It may be a psycological barrier or over confidence - with a line up of Torres, Villa, Xavi, Alonso, Fabregas, Puyol, Pique and Casilas; how can any USA team beat them ? But failing to understand ' You have to play to WIN' ; Turing up on the pitch does not guarantee a win; the same lesson Champions League final taught.
But is the curse more deep rooted - a curse of Football itself ; Even though many countries try to own up origin of football - many factors point to an origin to Americas; in the tribes of Mayas and Aztecs(near modern Mexico) . No offence to Chinese and Japanese; who also seem to have an early form of football. But the presence of rubber balls and strong written information about early football makes Americas seem a contender for the birthright. But this history takes a tragic turn when Spainish landed in Americas. Rubber was a new commodity to them at that time. During the reign of King Charles V of Spain, teams from Americas were taken to perform before his court. But the ultra-religious Spainsh found the bounce of ball and rhythm of the game as handicraft of Devil. They cruelly suppressed the game in Americas. Their cruelty and also the diseases they introduced ultimately wiped out a major chunk of these cultures and also did much damage to the 'BALL GAME'. Is football taking its revenge on Spain ?
Monday 15 June 2009
T20 Exit - Surprised ?
When I saw Indians exit from T20, it was English football team that came to my mind. There are so many similarities for comfort. EPL and IPL attracts the global attention. Players over-rated by the hyping media. Fooling themselves by these myths and going out in field with no preparation.
Individually take any players in both teams even though both sports are different. Best on the paper, but collectively failing to click. Lampard, Terry earns more than CR7. So do Indian players, who earn more than SA players, even though a reality check on the talents prove otherwise.
It is foreign players who shine in both IPL and EPL, doing nothing for the host countries. Compare this to Spanish league which nurtures local talent, and the success of Spanish national team.
The amount of time dedicated for preparations for representing the country, are severely restricted by IPL and EPL. Because of the money and glamour involved in both, nobody even opts out for a rest. Such is the greed that, we saw how WI captain arrived for the England tour ill-preapred. Same was the case even with India. Any fresh players out there ? You can justify, so was the case with all teams.
This is not entirely true. The athletic ability of SA, NZ players make them more adaptive in such busy times. Many an Indian lack this kind of fitness, and hence a pathetic show in field.
Even a shoulder injury of a player was not found out. So much for pre conditioning for a world cup.
Even though the team boasts of a long batting line, it entierly falls on 3 players - YR, YP and VS, to give the explosive RR. Rest are all run a ball batsmen.
If it was one Ganguly which struggled against rising ball, now we seem to have built a team full of it.
It is not a rant, when a successfull team fails once. But still if we need to take up the place now left void by Oz, lot more has to be done. And GK as defensive as a brick wall as I remember him from playing days as a T20 coach? Some joke :)
Just some points worth a look into - Cut down on the amount of cricket, or have a large squad and rotate players. Make IPL more domestic oriented. Those who arenot motivated should be dropped from national team however skilled they are. Physical fitness is a must.
Individually take any players in both teams even though both sports are different. Best on the paper, but collectively failing to click. Lampard, Terry earns more than CR7. So do Indian players, who earn more than SA players, even though a reality check on the talents prove otherwise.
It is foreign players who shine in both IPL and EPL, doing nothing for the host countries. Compare this to Spanish league which nurtures local talent, and the success of Spanish national team.
The amount of time dedicated for preparations for representing the country, are severely restricted by IPL and EPL. Because of the money and glamour involved in both, nobody even opts out for a rest. Such is the greed that, we saw how WI captain arrived for the England tour ill-preapred. Same was the case even with India. Any fresh players out there ? You can justify, so was the case with all teams.
This is not entirely true. The athletic ability of SA, NZ players make them more adaptive in such busy times. Many an Indian lack this kind of fitness, and hence a pathetic show in field.
Even a shoulder injury of a player was not found out. So much for pre conditioning for a world cup.
Even though the team boasts of a long batting line, it entierly falls on 3 players - YR, YP and VS, to give the explosive RR. Rest are all run a ball batsmen.
If it was one Ganguly which struggled against rising ball, now we seem to have built a team full of it.
It is not a rant, when a successfull team fails once. But still if we need to take up the place now left void by Oz, lot more has to be done. And GK as defensive as a brick wall as I remember him from playing days as a T20 coach? Some joke :)
Just some points worth a look into - Cut down on the amount of cricket, or have a large squad and rotate players. Make IPL more domestic oriented. Those who arenot motivated should be dropped from national team however skilled they are. Physical fitness is a must.
Tuesday 26 May 2009
Masters degree for UK visa
Strictly from a visa perspective, and a bit of learning interest
Last 2 months I was desperately searching for a Master s course. It has become a mandatory degree for UK visa. The search took me through different options.
Full - time courses were out of the equation as a break from employment was difficult at this time of recession. Also my visa did not allow me such a luxury.
The cost alone made me search in Indian Universities first. There are many Universities which offer Masters through distance education. The cost factor alone makes them attractive. Even travelling to India for writing the exams was not a problem, even with the travel cost they were much cheaper in India. But the villian was the attendance percentage needed for contact classes. 75 % or more is demanded by almost all Unis. Computer masters need labs too.
Example
http://www.keralauniversity.edu/ide/ide_prof.htm#prog
Now as this option was closed, I was looking in UK Unis. The main issue here is the course fee. You need to be a permanant resident, with at least 3 years of permanant address in UK at the momemt of application, to get good fee options in UK Unis. The fee structure is different even for Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world. In short we will end up paying 2 times the UK fees.
There was one University where I found a good part time course with a scholarship for Indians. But it is part time and you may have classes on weekdays. People not based in Preston may find it very difficult. Course length is 3 years, a bit long and repeating any module may become an issue (with application for visa in mind).
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/courses/index.php?discipline=Computing&level=Postgraduate&study_mode=Part+Time
I was looking at UK open university next.
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q01F26
The modules are too many and it looks a tedious path to get a Masters. You have to do 8 - 9 modules and a dissertation, in 4 years and have to pay in the range of 12 K pounds. Installments are not there and funding will need a loan which may cost upto 8 % interest.
Anyway if you are inetersted,
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q01F56
looks the most attractive as only 4 modules + dissertation is there. But as it is a Cisco course, contact classes and labs are mandatory :(
Then I started looking at complete online courses.
University of Liverpool was a good option. But the course fee was too high for comfort.
http://www.uol.ohecampus.com/index.php?mod=dcp&act=navigationindex&navigationid=6
Finally I struck upon this site.
http://www.rdi.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=70&category_id=1&lang=en&page=shop.browse1
Advantages (I am going to try it, these are from what I have searhed in net)
1. Full online courses.
2. No fee difference for overseas students.
3. Less time period (2 years compared to 3 years in most unis)
4. Fleaxible.
5. Better payment options.
You can check out the University rating for each course at (Thanks to my friend Kiran for this link)
http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8726
Check also points at
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/pointscalculator
Last 2 months I was desperately searching for a Master s course. It has become a mandatory degree for UK visa. The search took me through different options.
Full - time courses were out of the equation as a break from employment was difficult at this time of recession. Also my visa did not allow me such a luxury.
The cost alone made me search in Indian Universities first. There are many Universities which offer Masters through distance education. The cost factor alone makes them attractive. Even travelling to India for writing the exams was not a problem, even with the travel cost they were much cheaper in India. But the villian was the attendance percentage needed for contact classes. 75 % or more is demanded by almost all Unis. Computer masters need labs too.
Example
http://www.keralauniversity.edu/ide/ide_prof.htm#prog
Now as this option was closed, I was looking in UK Unis. The main issue here is the course fee. You need to be a permanant resident, with at least 3 years of permanant address in UK at the momemt of application, to get good fee options in UK Unis. The fee structure is different even for Ireland, Europe and the rest of the world. In short we will end up paying 2 times the UK fees.
There was one University where I found a good part time course with a scholarship for Indians. But it is part time and you may have classes on weekdays. People not based in Preston may find it very difficult. Course length is 3 years, a bit long and repeating any module may become an issue (with application for visa in mind).
http://www.uclan.ac.uk/information/courses/index.php?discipline=Computing&level=Postgraduate&study_mode=Part+Time
I was looking at UK open university next.
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q01F26
The modules are too many and it looks a tedious path to get a Masters. You have to do 8 - 9 modules and a dissertation, in 4 years and have to pay in the range of 12 K pounds. Installments are not there and funding will need a loan which may cost upto 8 % interest.
Anyway if you are inetersted,
http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q01F56
looks the most attractive as only 4 modules + dissertation is there. But as it is a Cisco course, contact classes and labs are mandatory :(
Then I started looking at complete online courses.
University of Liverpool was a good option. But the course fee was too high for comfort.
http://www.uol.ohecampus.com/index.php?mod=dcp&act=navigationindex&navigationid=6
Finally I struck upon this site.
http://www.rdi.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=70&category_id=1&lang=en&page=shop.browse1
Advantages (I am going to try it, these are from what I have searhed in net)
1. Full online courses.
2. No fee difference for overseas students.
3. Less time period (2 years compared to 3 years in most unis)
4. Fleaxible.
5. Better payment options.
You can check out the University rating for each course at (Thanks to my friend Kiran for this link)
http://www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/single.htm?ipg=8726
Check also points at
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/pointscalculator
Friday 8 May 2009
Run Forrest Run
Saw the London Marathon. Was truely an amazing event. The competition, the spirit, it was great. Many were running for charities and each runer had a story to tell. Many of them were finding this as an avenue to pay back the charities that had helped them or their beloved ones in times of difficulties. Costumes - they were colorful, and I think a world record was established for the fastest marathon in a super-hero costume. The authorities and organisers also did a good job, managing such a big event, and making roads in one of the busiest cities available for such an event. Another thing which caught my eye was the cleaning crew. There were cleaning the bottles and waste immediatly after the race.
Having said so much, there was a marathon (cross - country), I had run when I was in the 9 th standard. In our village, there was a small club of which we were all part of. If you are from such a place, you will know, it is always a club of big brothers, of which you desperately want to be a part of. It is not an easy task to get accepted, and you do not know when you become eligible too. The club used to conduct cross-countries on all Independence days(August 15).
Many used to come from neighboring places as a cash price was awarded to the winners. Also many local guys used to run. The year came and suddenly I was asked to run. For me it was an invitation to the elite group, to prove my worth. When I told to my father that I was running, he just said, "You walk with me along the route today. If you can walk at least a small part, then run". I did not have any doubts in my mind, and for that matter I did not have any clue of what I was going to do also. A month before we started to run in the morning. The funny thing was we were running less than 1 km and I was returning home all tired. Still I was sure that I can do it.
The day came. We had flag hositing in the morning and then the race started All boys from my age group , the wannabes were there. Many who had not even practiced. Race was falgged off, and a lot of people where there to cheer us. I started running. Many ran past me. But I was confident. I paced myself and was sure that many boys were behind me. As in such events in villages, there will be tempo travellers and autos accompanying such events, with blaring music and announcements. All the names of sponsors will be announced constantly. I had ran about 1 km and tiredness was creeping in. I turned a corner and I could nt believe my eyes. Many boys who I thought were behind me were in front of me. I ran fastto catch up with them.
In fact after some time I was with this group. We ran for a little more. The last announcement vehicle was now behind us. We ran a bit more and at last the guys in vehicle were getting impatient. OK now guys stop the race and get in the vehicle. We are pretty behind the seriuos runners. With half a heart I got in the vehicle with all. But we enjoyed ourselves.
But the surprise was when I came to know after many days what the actual plan was . There will be always serious runners for this race. But they will be very less in number. So when the actual event starts, to give it a glorious look, many will be asked to run. And boys behind me had not actually overtook me. They had got in vehicles at the first moment when the race was in secluded area, were dropped off just before next junction. It was all for the sake of the sponsors and public , to show so many were running. No malice as these guys would stop even before the half way as tired racers. Seeing my earnestness, they had never let me into the plan. And had a good laugh at my expense.
Having said so much, there was a marathon (cross - country), I had run when I was in the 9 th standard. In our village, there was a small club of which we were all part of. If you are from such a place, you will know, it is always a club of big brothers, of which you desperately want to be a part of. It is not an easy task to get accepted, and you do not know when you become eligible too. The club used to conduct cross-countries on all Independence days(August 15).
Many used to come from neighboring places as a cash price was awarded to the winners. Also many local guys used to run. The year came and suddenly I was asked to run. For me it was an invitation to the elite group, to prove my worth. When I told to my father that I was running, he just said, "You walk with me along the route today. If you can walk at least a small part, then run". I did not have any doubts in my mind, and for that matter I did not have any clue of what I was going to do also. A month before we started to run in the morning. The funny thing was we were running less than 1 km and I was returning home all tired. Still I was sure that I can do it.
The day came. We had flag hositing in the morning and then the race started All boys from my age group , the wannabes were there. Many who had not even practiced. Race was falgged off, and a lot of people where there to cheer us. I started running. Many ran past me. But I was confident. I paced myself and was sure that many boys were behind me. As in such events in villages, there will be tempo travellers and autos accompanying such events, with blaring music and announcements. All the names of sponsors will be announced constantly. I had ran about 1 km and tiredness was creeping in. I turned a corner and I could nt believe my eyes. Many boys who I thought were behind me were in front of me. I ran fastto catch up with them.
In fact after some time I was with this group. We ran for a little more. The last announcement vehicle was now behind us. We ran a bit more and at last the guys in vehicle were getting impatient. OK now guys stop the race and get in the vehicle. We are pretty behind the seriuos runners. With half a heart I got in the vehicle with all. But we enjoyed ourselves.
But the surprise was when I came to know after many days what the actual plan was . There will be always serious runners for this race. But they will be very less in number. So when the actual event starts, to give it a glorious look, many will be asked to run. And boys behind me had not actually overtook me. They had got in vehicles at the first moment when the race was in secluded area, were dropped off just before next junction. It was all for the sake of the sponsors and public , to show so many were running. No malice as these guys would stop even before the half way as tired racers. Seeing my earnestness, they had never let me into the plan. And had a good laugh at my expense.
Tuesday 28 April 2009
Is the Eclipse over?
Sun is a company that has fascinated me always. Partly because I like Java. But primarily because of the innovative ideas that came from Sun and the revolution they brought about. It is an epic in itself when Java took the world by storm. I think it was even featured in Time in 1991 or 1992. May be there is no other company that gave this much to open source community and took away so little as profit.
I came to know, how ignorant I was about Sun, when my assumption that Sun is all about software was proved to be wrong. In fact Sun is all about hardware, with a pinch of innovative software. But that pinch is enough to add flavour to the needs of software community.
Now Oracle may take over Sun. What is in store ? Oracle gets the advantage of a hardware stack, opearting system (Solaris), and a stack of software. With all the pieces of software that Oracle have now, they can aim for the top. IBM only will be able to boast of such an end to end catalogue of products and solutions.
How this merger is going to affect the open source movement is something that I am waiting to see. MySQL which is an integral part of all solutions as of now, may prove to be critical. Will it become more restricted, with a developer and licenced version? Will Oracle allow it to continue ?
J2ME for microsystems, J2EE concepts - how will Oracle use and drive the passion?
It looks a win win situation for Sun and Oracle and may be some real interesting solutions may come through in future. Keeping my fingers crossed about the effects on the open source movement.
May be this is the start of the age of Oracle ....
P.S. I have left technical and company details behind, so that it becomes a general read
I came to know, how ignorant I was about Sun, when my assumption that Sun is all about software was proved to be wrong. In fact Sun is all about hardware, with a pinch of innovative software. But that pinch is enough to add flavour to the needs of software community.
Now Oracle may take over Sun. What is in store ? Oracle gets the advantage of a hardware stack, opearting system (Solaris), and a stack of software. With all the pieces of software that Oracle have now, they can aim for the top. IBM only will be able to boast of such an end to end catalogue of products and solutions.
How this merger is going to affect the open source movement is something that I am waiting to see. MySQL which is an integral part of all solutions as of now, may prove to be critical. Will it become more restricted, with a developer and licenced version? Will Oracle allow it to continue ?
J2ME for microsystems, J2EE concepts - how will Oracle use and drive the passion?
It looks a win win situation for Sun and Oracle and may be some real interesting solutions may come through in future. Keeping my fingers crossed about the effects on the open source movement.
May be this is the start of the age of Oracle ....
P.S. I have left technical and company details behind, so that it becomes a general read
Tuesday 14 April 2009
The Easter post
Last Sunday celebrated Easter. We remember the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ in the celebration of Easter. It is on the third day after his death, Jesus arose from the dead and this transformed Jesus is the base of Christian faith. Jesus who lives as a man, is transformed to God as HE gets the power over death.
It is this transformation that is worth a mention.
Christian or not we can find a similar experience in life.
Pockets of time when we lose ourselves. Going through daily life with no apparent goal, when we are 'dead'. But the difference lies whether we are able to resurrect ourselves after this lull; it may be a change of job, taking up a new hobby, absolutely anything that can bring us back into the land of living, without 'just living for the sake of it'.
Constant reinvention - that may be the key to a full life. When we become something more than what we were in the 'dead' phase. May be it also tells us about the cyclic nature of life.
So what are we waiting for, just start a new hobby, play a new game , jump job (I hold no reponsibility for you in this financial climate :)
It is this transformation that is worth a mention.
Christian or not we can find a similar experience in life.
Pockets of time when we lose ourselves. Going through daily life with no apparent goal, when we are 'dead'. But the difference lies whether we are able to resurrect ourselves after this lull; it may be a change of job, taking up a new hobby, absolutely anything that can bring us back into the land of living, without 'just living for the sake of it'.
Constant reinvention - that may be the key to a full life. When we become something more than what we were in the 'dead' phase. May be it also tells us about the cyclic nature of life.
So what are we waiting for, just start a new hobby, play a new game , jump job (I hold no reponsibility for you in this financial climate :)
Saturday 4 April 2009
V for victory
V for victory. This was a notion that was in my mind from a long time.
But you learn new things all the time, and life had a new surprise for me. It was lucky that I did not learn the lesson in a hard way. I learnt it at the expense of others.
Enough intro - to the story. It all starts with Scotland's worldcup qualifiers. Two of their major players were caught boozing after a crucial match and were left out of the next game. They were on the bench for the game against the Iceland. Scotland won the game, but the two players were banned from ever playing for Scotland. Even they lost face in the local club they were playing. One player lost his captaincy in the local club. (For those who do not follow football - Football players will be playing for clubs and selected players from different clubs play for the country ).
Now what was the reason for this further punishment? Booze was the reason for the first punishemnt. What caused the eternal ban? They were caught making V signs during the WIN. I heard this and saw that in news. I was confused. I was expecting a more sinister story, like Scotland lost the match; as Iceland won and the players showed V sign, they were banned. Showing V signs when opponents won. So I looked up the news in net again. Who won ? Was it Iceland or Scotland ? As both the names end with 'Land', I may have heard wrong. No, I had not heard wrong, Scotland won ; suspended Scottish players showed V sign; they got life ban. Now really I was confused. So I went to the wiki; did a lookup on V sign. I was in for a husge surprise.
V sign is one of the most complex signs you can have. V sign - made with index and middle finger with all other fingers down. It can have two different meanings depending on the direction in which the palm faces.
When you make the sign, if the plam faces others , you are giving Victory sign, in a context of competition or war.
If the palm faces you, when you give the sign; you are in big trouble. You can be interpreted as giving the finger(up ur a--). You can be the devil or devil worshipper as the V now will stand for the horns of the devil. Or it can make you a pervert as the V can stand for female privates.
Ha ha, next time you try a gesture in a foreign land, understand the cultural significance and try it.
But you learn new things all the time, and life had a new surprise for me. It was lucky that I did not learn the lesson in a hard way. I learnt it at the expense of others.
Enough intro - to the story. It all starts with Scotland's worldcup qualifiers. Two of their major players were caught boozing after a crucial match and were left out of the next game. They were on the bench for the game against the Iceland. Scotland won the game, but the two players were banned from ever playing for Scotland. Even they lost face in the local club they were playing. One player lost his captaincy in the local club. (For those who do not follow football - Football players will be playing for clubs and selected players from different clubs play for the country ).
Now what was the reason for this further punishment? Booze was the reason for the first punishemnt. What caused the eternal ban? They were caught making V signs during the WIN. I heard this and saw that in news. I was confused. I was expecting a more sinister story, like Scotland lost the match; as Iceland won and the players showed V sign, they were banned. Showing V signs when opponents won. So I looked up the news in net again. Who won ? Was it Iceland or Scotland ? As both the names end with 'Land', I may have heard wrong. No, I had not heard wrong, Scotland won ; suspended Scottish players showed V sign; they got life ban. Now really I was confused. So I went to the wiki; did a lookup on V sign. I was in for a husge surprise.
V sign is one of the most complex signs you can have. V sign - made with index and middle finger with all other fingers down. It can have two different meanings depending on the direction in which the palm faces.
When you make the sign, if the plam faces others , you are giving Victory sign, in a context of competition or war.
If the palm faces you, when you give the sign; you are in big trouble. You can be interpreted as giving the finger(up ur a--). You can be the devil or devil worshipper as the V now will stand for the horns of the devil. Or it can make you a pervert as the V can stand for female privates.
Ha ha, next time you try a gesture in a foreign land, understand the cultural significance and try it.
Wednesday 25 March 2009
British are entitled for all Indian jobs
There was a lot of talk about change and hope when a new president came in one of the nations of the world. He was advocating a policy against foreign workers. This call is getting picked up in many nations like Australia, UK..................
I was just going through wiki and saw some interesting dates.
First settlers went to US in 1607.
It is now 2009.
Hmmm about 402 years.................
So this 402 years give the right to say to no more immigration.
First Afro-americans went to US in 1619.
That gives the president a history of maximum 390 years.
So this 390 years give the right to say to no more immigration.
First settlers went to Australia in 1788.
It is now 2009.
Hmmm about 221 years.................
So this 221 years give the right to say to no more immigration.
These lands where taken away from the original occupants and are now occupied by settlers, who say 'NO' to new settlers and outside workers.
Now another interesting fact.
The British came to India in 1617.
They were there till 1947.
That is about 330 years.
So are not the British entitled to all the jobs in India, hmm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,at least half ................ or ..................
Still I am confused..................
I was just going through wiki and saw some interesting dates.
First settlers went to US in 1607.
It is now 2009.
Hmmm about 402 years.................
So this 402 years give the right to say to no more immigration.
First Afro-americans went to US in 1619.
That gives the president a history of maximum 390 years.
So this 390 years give the right to say to no more immigration.
First settlers went to Australia in 1788.
It is now 2009.
Hmmm about 221 years.................
So this 221 years give the right to say to no more immigration.
These lands where taken away from the original occupants and are now occupied by settlers, who say 'NO' to new settlers and outside workers.
Now another interesting fact.
The British came to India in 1617.
They were there till 1947.
That is about 330 years.
So are not the British entitled to all the jobs in India, hmm,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,at least half ................ or ..................
Still I am confused..................
Tuesday 24 March 2009
When I was in ..............
When I was in ............................, This was a phrase that was attributed to pensioners from armed forces always......They were the people who used to travel far and wide as part of their assignments. As part of their journeys they used to have very exciting adventures too, which they used to narrate to all those around them (whether they were interested or not ) ..........
But globalisation changed it all . Lately lot of people have started to travel abroad, first it was Gulf countries, then US, UK, Australia the list continues..Software engineers are a lot who are blessed with this travel luck..at least till this recession time.
So now they have taken over this phrase from the poor pensioners. Difference is when I was in Punjab, Jammu etc is now replaced with , when I was in US, UK .............
You can see a lot of RRI s walking around you. (Recently Returned Indians..) , please replace the I with your country, if someone outside India is reading this blog( writer hopes so). Now how can you recogonise them ? .........Hmm.......quite easy........first you will hear a lot of 'please' , 'thank you' ........They will hold the door open for the person behind..They tend to stand in perfect queue for lunch and in bus stop. Suddenly they will start to obey traffic rules and stop spitting in road....A fear of driving and crossing roads also can betray RRI s ......Forgot one thing.........will frequently complain about the heat....speed of net ..........pollution........corruption....
And a lot of 'When I was in ...............' or 'In ............. things are not done like this.........'.
Now this is a hangover that lasts only few weeks, or months depending on the time spent onsite. Days pass and RRI will become just RI - the Real Indian.......now no more 'please' or 'thanks', doors will bang shut,,,,,, lunch queues become like cinema theatre queues...I am referring to real theatre qs, not the multiplex ones....
What causes the change ?
My aim is not to compare a developed country and a developing country and say everything is bad.
But really, if you answer my question,
then in your answer the solution will be there.
to make the developing country , a developed one...........
So till then , when I was in .......................... :)
But globalisation changed it all . Lately lot of people have started to travel abroad, first it was Gulf countries, then US, UK, Australia the list continues..Software engineers are a lot who are blessed with this travel luck..at least till this recession time.
So now they have taken over this phrase from the poor pensioners. Difference is when I was in Punjab, Jammu etc is now replaced with , when I was in US, UK .............
You can see a lot of RRI s walking around you. (Recently Returned Indians..) , please replace the I with your country, if someone outside India is reading this blog( writer hopes so). Now how can you recogonise them ? .........Hmm.......quite easy........first you will hear a lot of 'please' , 'thank you' ........They will hold the door open for the person behind..They tend to stand in perfect queue for lunch and in bus stop. Suddenly they will start to obey traffic rules and stop spitting in road....A fear of driving and crossing roads also can betray RRI s ......Forgot one thing.........will frequently complain about the heat....speed of net ..........pollution........corruption....
And a lot of 'When I was in ...............' or 'In ............. things are not done like this.........'.
Now this is a hangover that lasts only few weeks, or months depending on the time spent onsite. Days pass and RRI will become just RI - the Real Indian.......now no more 'please' or 'thanks', doors will bang shut,,,,,, lunch queues become like cinema theatre queues...I am referring to real theatre qs, not the multiplex ones....
What causes the change ?
My aim is not to compare a developed country and a developing country and say everything is bad.
But really, if you answer my question,
then in your answer the solution will be there.
to make the developing country , a developed one...........
So till then , when I was in .......................... :)
Tuesday 17 March 2009
The dog ate your news
Back when we were in school, the lamest excuse we could give for not doing homework was something like , "The dog ate my homework". :). Reading through newspapers, I feel like they are telling me the same................"We are sorry, the dog ate your news, but do not worry, what was left, we have got for you"..
All of us like to get the news in the morning, news papers, news channels , internet sites or e-papers; the mode just varies, the thirst for news is always there. We discuss, we speculate, we share and live an enlightened life.
But ask yourselves
1. Am I getting the news ?
2. Am I reading just what I like ?
3. Am I forced to read the CREATED news?
Confused................ Ok.to understand the relevance of these questions, just take a relevant issue and read about it 3 - 4 different news-papers. You will find some have ommited it (Question 1), you may find attracted to a particular newspaper (Question 2), it has been reported in a totally false manner (Question 3).
Remember the famous or infamous Bush shoe throwing....................
1. It was reported as an incident which happened in a press briefing, journalist throwing shoe at a visiting foreign president.
2. Some went one more step , linked it to Afghan and Iraq wars. Quite OK, a bit of truth....
3. One more step, it was linked to Muslim customs and projected as an ultimate insult. Here the paper is threading on a thin line between news and favoritism.
4. One more step, papers say the shoe could only be thrown as Iraqis got freedom.
5. One more step, papers praise Bush's athleticism..............now more like propoganda...........
Now read the questions again .........................does it make sense ?
There is a dangerous trend in here. The second question addresses that. The news from both sides are there. Yet the reader wants to ignore the other side. There ends the value of fraternity and co-existence and starts an era of neo-nazism (or communalism).
There is also a less dangerous trend in this division - the tabloids. People may want to read a more dramatised version of events. Here the newspaper is not the culprit. It exists as the people want to read it that way. A pinch of the masala to the dull life. What more than a center spread to start the day energetically :)
Investigative journalism changes way for sensationalism. Papers present contradictory news each day and blames the different parties for falsifying info. But these papers who present these news to us, do not they have a duty to verify things ............
I remember a heading from BBC site, Indian police recruits rats................. A person stopping at this heading gets the feeling, ya Indians ............snake charmers, may do more than this....But the news under says and ingenious way of using pet albino rats to keep away the other dangerous pests. Now if this same thing was done in UK, what would have been the heading ?................. This is really amusing.
So guys, read the news left after the dog ate it .................. or read at least from 2 opposing news papers and get the actual picture. It will definitely be somewhere in between what they have reported..............
All of us like to get the news in the morning, news papers, news channels , internet sites or e-papers; the mode just varies, the thirst for news is always there. We discuss, we speculate, we share and live an enlightened life.
But ask yourselves
1. Am I getting the news ?
2. Am I reading just what I like ?
3. Am I forced to read the CREATED news?
Confused................ Ok.to understand the relevance of these questions, just take a relevant issue and read about it 3 - 4 different news-papers. You will find some have ommited it (Question 1), you may find attracted to a particular newspaper (Question 2), it has been reported in a totally false manner (Question 3).
Remember the famous or infamous Bush shoe throwing....................
1. It was reported as an incident which happened in a press briefing, journalist throwing shoe at a visiting foreign president.
2. Some went one more step , linked it to Afghan and Iraq wars. Quite OK, a bit of truth....
3. One more step, it was linked to Muslim customs and projected as an ultimate insult. Here the paper is threading on a thin line between news and favoritism.
4. One more step, papers say the shoe could only be thrown as Iraqis got freedom.
5. One more step, papers praise Bush's athleticism..............now more like propoganda...........
Now read the questions again .........................does it make sense ?
There is a dangerous trend in here. The second question addresses that. The news from both sides are there. Yet the reader wants to ignore the other side. There ends the value of fraternity and co-existence and starts an era of neo-nazism (or communalism).
There is also a less dangerous trend in this division - the tabloids. People may want to read a more dramatised version of events. Here the newspaper is not the culprit. It exists as the people want to read it that way. A pinch of the masala to the dull life. What more than a center spread to start the day energetically :)
Investigative journalism changes way for sensationalism. Papers present contradictory news each day and blames the different parties for falsifying info. But these papers who present these news to us, do not they have a duty to verify things ............
I remember a heading from BBC site, Indian police recruits rats................. A person stopping at this heading gets the feeling, ya Indians ............snake charmers, may do more than this....But the news under says and ingenious way of using pet albino rats to keep away the other dangerous pests. Now if this same thing was done in UK, what would have been the heading ?................. This is really amusing.
So guys, read the news left after the dog ate it .................. or read at least from 2 opposing news papers and get the actual picture. It will definitely be somewhere in between what they have reported..............
Thursday 12 March 2009
Why India should shift to football from cricket ?
Team India (not Indian team, they are staying independent of the country, but needs the same nationalism), is doing well in cricket. Has got a series win also in New Zealand after a very long time. So why I am asking India to shift to football from crciket, when we are almost at the top of the world in cricket (do not ask me how many countries play cricket ? max 12 and how many decent teams in that 12, may be 4, 5........Hurray we are almost at the top of a sport played by 4, 5 countries).
It may be blasphemy for an Indian to think twice about cricket, where crciket is a religion and Sachin is a God. But seriously why do we like cricket ? Is it for the right reasons ?
1. for strategy ?
2. for planning ?
3. for concentration ?
4. for skill ?
5. as a time killer ?
6. for all the glamour ?
7. as a good means of exercise ?
8. just for the excitement ?
Ya, you can give me the answer ............... A thing close to heart does not need a reason to be liked .......... true........... I agree................. but here we are talking about a sport........... not our beloved ............. so please answer me ..
If you give any of the first 4 as reasons, rigtht reasons, but at the wrong game.
Ya actually when you play crcket in proper format all 4 are there... but mostly we play in a ad-hoc manner. Do you get to put any strategy in place ? In TV when do you get to see a strategy unfolding ? Do you get to see what s happening on ground ? Correct me if I am wrong, a lot happens in between overs. Have you seen it anytime ? The switches in fielding, discussions..anything ? You are lucky if you get to see the first and last balls in the overs....You do not decide what you decide to see ..........Broadcasters decide it .............
Time killer , glamour ya at the right place. excitement ................please change at least to 20-20 from test cricket. At least you get what you wanted.
Exercise, as the reason.................ha ha....................when was the last time you played cricket.........when was the last time you got some exercise playing cricket ? Stood for 30 minutes in ground.................true...........considering sitting in front of tv for long hours ......... standing 30 minutes is great exercise.... I have to agree.
The amount of productive man hours robbed by crciket is unimaginable. Hours gone.........mass leaves.............mass cuts...............usage of electricity..............usage of net...............usage of company resources....................by the sheer length of time alone, this game is not suited for modern lives.
If you play it regularily, you are at least pardoned, but if you spennt the whole day in front of tele, watching it , even a one day is 6 hours, with a bowl of chips what excuse do you have ? It is a recipe for health disaster.
By nature we may be liking it, the one man show, instant ride to glory, mind games, but really it is not much of a team game.
About Indian being top of game, no not worth it, we are sacrificing all other options for a game played by 4 5 decent countries. When Bhaji got the Bushan, we disgraced the olympic medal holders.
Another reason is the ads too. Corporates liove it. The amount of mind washing and conditioning done through the ads in between over is enormous. When you expose a little one to cricket in TV, mind you, it is not really to game you introduce, but to a world of filthy consumer world. (If you drink a bottle of cola you are cool, if you get a perfume, you are macho). The ads are there always in TV, yes I agree, but when will you get to exposed to them, like when you watch cricket ? Even infamous serials have a ratio of 50:50 max I think. Now on top of that even run up results in a small screen, shared along with ads. If you are thinking they are advertising, what is the big deal ......... understand the money does go from what you pay...........in fact you are paying more for a product for these ads.
May be in Europe where they get less sun, this may be way to get some essentail vitamin D. But doing that in India, you will only get sun burns.................tests ............. 5 days in Indian sun.............People in gallery too..................hmmm.............are we seriously mad ?
Fitness levels of professional players .............. that is worst in cricket...............so what to say about the amateurs ................. people tend to avoid fielding all together, where they will get to do some running at least.
The amount of gear needed to play cricket at least at a decent level, is not affordable to Indian public. It is not a quest that many can follow, so at grass roots it become worse..... so do not think every cricketer s life is a phenomenonal rise which inspires Indians. They are all from wealthy families or at least from higher middle class.
And the betting, the betting on cricket is not legal in India. So it is taken over by the underworld. Mostly this money comes back to fund terrorism in India. Enormous pressure comes on players to fix matches.
The fitness tests for students in Kerala , a southern state in India as part of curriculum, has showed disastorous results..............
Hmm,,,,,,,,,,,,, think about it.............. 1 or 1 and a 1/2 hours of football, what it can do to you........
1. fitness
2. some team work.
3. less ads.
4. more productive man hours.
5. affordable game for public.
........................if they are the right reasons for you, switch............... or if you do not want at least follow crciket for the right reasons..................
It may be blasphemy for an Indian to think twice about cricket, where crciket is a religion and Sachin is a God. But seriously why do we like cricket ? Is it for the right reasons ?
1. for strategy ?
2. for planning ?
3. for concentration ?
4. for skill ?
5. as a time killer ?
6. for all the glamour ?
7. as a good means of exercise ?
8. just for the excitement ?
Ya, you can give me the answer ............... A thing close to heart does not need a reason to be liked .......... true........... I agree................. but here we are talking about a sport........... not our beloved ............. so please answer me ..
If you give any of the first 4 as reasons, rigtht reasons, but at the wrong game.
Ya actually when you play crcket in proper format all 4 are there... but mostly we play in a ad-hoc manner. Do you get to put any strategy in place ? In TV when do you get to see a strategy unfolding ? Do you get to see what s happening on ground ? Correct me if I am wrong, a lot happens in between overs. Have you seen it anytime ? The switches in fielding, discussions..anything ? You are lucky if you get to see the first and last balls in the overs....You do not decide what you decide to see ..........Broadcasters decide it .............
Time killer , glamour ya at the right place. excitement ................please change at least to 20-20 from test cricket. At least you get what you wanted.
Exercise, as the reason.................ha ha....................when was the last time you played cricket.........when was the last time you got some exercise playing cricket ? Stood for 30 minutes in ground.................true...........considering sitting in front of tv for long hours ......... standing 30 minutes is great exercise.... I have to agree.
The amount of productive man hours robbed by crciket is unimaginable. Hours gone.........mass leaves.............mass cuts...............usage of electricity..............usage of net...............usage of company resources....................by the sheer length of time alone, this game is not suited for modern lives.
If you play it regularily, you are at least pardoned, but if you spennt the whole day in front of tele, watching it , even a one day is 6 hours, with a bowl of chips what excuse do you have ? It is a recipe for health disaster.
By nature we may be liking it, the one man show, instant ride to glory, mind games, but really it is not much of a team game.
About Indian being top of game, no not worth it, we are sacrificing all other options for a game played by 4 5 decent countries. When Bhaji got the Bushan, we disgraced the olympic medal holders.
Another reason is the ads too. Corporates liove it. The amount of mind washing and conditioning done through the ads in between over is enormous. When you expose a little one to cricket in TV, mind you, it is not really to game you introduce, but to a world of filthy consumer world. (If you drink a bottle of cola you are cool, if you get a perfume, you are macho). The ads are there always in TV, yes I agree, but when will you get to exposed to them, like when you watch cricket ? Even infamous serials have a ratio of 50:50 max I think. Now on top of that even run up results in a small screen, shared along with ads. If you are thinking they are advertising, what is the big deal ......... understand the money does go from what you pay...........in fact you are paying more for a product for these ads.
May be in Europe where they get less sun, this may be way to get some essentail vitamin D. But doing that in India, you will only get sun burns.................tests ............. 5 days in Indian sun.............People in gallery too..................hmmm.............are we seriously mad ?
Fitness levels of professional players .............. that is worst in cricket...............so what to say about the amateurs ................. people tend to avoid fielding all together, where they will get to do some running at least.
The amount of gear needed to play cricket at least at a decent level, is not affordable to Indian public. It is not a quest that many can follow, so at grass roots it become worse..... so do not think every cricketer s life is a phenomenonal rise which inspires Indians. They are all from wealthy families or at least from higher middle class.
And the betting, the betting on cricket is not legal in India. So it is taken over by the underworld. Mostly this money comes back to fund terrorism in India. Enormous pressure comes on players to fix matches.
The fitness tests for students in Kerala , a southern state in India as part of curriculum, has showed disastorous results..............
Hmm,,,,,,,,,,,,, think about it.............. 1 or 1 and a 1/2 hours of football, what it can do to you........
1. fitness
2. some team work.
3. less ads.
4. more productive man hours.
5. affordable game for public.
........................if they are the right reasons for you, switch............... or if you do not want at least follow crciket for the right reasons..................
Tuesday 10 March 2009
The watchman and the robot
Once upon a time there was an ATM. There was also a watchman who stood guard to the ATM. The bank owners saw this watch man as an old fashioned accessory, even though he was doing his duties correctly. They wanted to modernise themselves. They wanted a new robot to guard the ATM.
Bank board met, they approved of the decision. Yes , a robot, that is the solution to everything, a reprogrammable robot, that is versatile, who can speak all languages.
They contacted a reputed company to construct the robot. Now domain experts came - retired thieves who used to rob ATMs. Workshops started. Workshops progressed well. Rather than a big bang approach, they opted for a transition.
How you will do a smooth transition. After hours of brain storming, the company found out a way. Divide the project into 3 parallel streams. Version 1100 - which is the watchman. Version 1200 - dress up the policeman as a robot. Version 1300 - Actual robot. All will proceed parallely.
In version 1100, people will work on the attire of watchman, will try to make it attractive. In version 1200, a masquerade of robot will be put over this attractive dress, in 1300, the all powerful robot will replace the masqueraded watchman.
Everybody was happy.
Version 1100 was a success, watchman became, more attractive. His costumes were a hit. But he could not run after the crooks with this dress. So the technology company sent 2 of its operatives to the ATM. They started to run after the crooks. Now 3 people were monitoring the ATM, yet an occasional crook came and took cash.
Everybody was waiting for V1200 to make things good. The masquearde arrived. Now the watchman was dressed up as robot. He became even slow. Now company increased 2 men to 5.
now 6 were trying to catch the crooks now.
Hmm , now version 1300 was really needed, it was rushed, and the robot came. It could nt run, it would nt let customers into ATM and more over it handed over cash to crooks.
Robot was quickly rolled back, masqueraded watch man was back.
But do not worry, version 1400 is in design, for teaching the masqueraded watchman robot dance.
:)
Bank board met, they approved of the decision. Yes , a robot, that is the solution to everything, a reprogrammable robot, that is versatile, who can speak all languages.
They contacted a reputed company to construct the robot. Now domain experts came - retired thieves who used to rob ATMs. Workshops started. Workshops progressed well. Rather than a big bang approach, they opted for a transition.
How you will do a smooth transition. After hours of brain storming, the company found out a way. Divide the project into 3 parallel streams. Version 1100 - which is the watchman. Version 1200 - dress up the policeman as a robot. Version 1300 - Actual robot. All will proceed parallely.
In version 1100, people will work on the attire of watchman, will try to make it attractive. In version 1200, a masquerade of robot will be put over this attractive dress, in 1300, the all powerful robot will replace the masqueraded watchman.
Everybody was happy.
Version 1100 was a success, watchman became, more attractive. His costumes were a hit. But he could not run after the crooks with this dress. So the technology company sent 2 of its operatives to the ATM. They started to run after the crooks. Now 3 people were monitoring the ATM, yet an occasional crook came and took cash.
Everybody was waiting for V1200 to make things good. The masquearde arrived. Now the watchman was dressed up as robot. He became even slow. Now company increased 2 men to 5.
now 6 were trying to catch the crooks now.
Hmm , now version 1300 was really needed, it was rushed, and the robot came. It could nt run, it would nt let customers into ATM and more over it handed over cash to crooks.
Robot was quickly rolled back, masqueraded watch man was back.
But do not worry, version 1400 is in design, for teaching the masqueraded watchman robot dance.
:)
We are the software engineers
Hey I am also a software engineer.
Do you know me ? Hmm ............. to tell about me, I do not know much coding. Somehow I have to survive. I am working in maintenance, so not much coding will come. Hmm........ if it comes, I have a way out. I start to ask doubts to someone who knows a bit of coding. My doubts become so persistent that, at last, he will sit and code and go. When asking doubts I am very careful. If manager comes, I start to explain things to the poor guy in loud voice. I never sit down also. Standing gives a feeling of superiority, and people think I am in a hurry to work :) Ha ha I am also a software engineer.................
Hey I too am a software engineer. I specialises in forwarding messages, both personal and official. Personal mails are forwarded to mail groups, ya gives me visibility. Official mails, I take contents from my team members' mails and write mails to managers. Credit to team member .......... hmm .....no way, information is free, anything in my inbox becomes mine........... I am also a software engineer.
Hmm... I also am a software engineer..........I specialises in consolidation and sharing. I do not do independent work. I am too great for that. I divide work, make others do it, consolidate results, make the work mine. My machine is always free for sharing. Anybody can put excel sheets in my shared folder. But mind you, I will consolidate them. Ya, I too am a software engineer.
Hey I am also a software engineer, I always complaint that I want to do technical work. It is a secret that my team lead had long back recogonised that I can not code anything and has put me in documentation. But I have to put it to my advantage . So I tell all that I am taking the hard part of documentation so that others can do the easy work , the code. But reguralarily I will complaint in team meetings that I want to code. Ya, why can nt I, I am also a software engineer.
Hey I am also a software enginner, a perpetual moaner, I always complaint that my hands are full. I say I do all the work in the team. According to me all others are free, only I am working. I will ask anyone questions at anytime, I want the answer then and there. But when they come to me, I m as usual busy. Five things to finish before I go home today, if at all I go home. Basically I do not get anything done. I know how to make others think I am busy. I always make things complex and difficult. Always there are dependencies. :) Ya mee too, ya ya , software engineer.
Hey I am the beautiful software engineer. I am too soft, I am too beautiful too. Nobody will allow me to do any work. As soon as I get something to do, some one will come running and do the work. I just need to smile and make occasional praises. Ya an accasional lunch and tea also I have to suffer. Even client meetings I just go, sit there and smile. I too soffffffffffffftttttttttttttttware engineer.
Ya I am also SWPR engineer. SWPR ........... Software Public Relations............ ya ya ........... you got me........I organise outings, group activities... etc etc. Software, ya I make databases for collecting information about T Shirt sizes. But mind you, I am always top rater, because I work across teams.......... ya SWPR engineer.
Ya I am the software enginner specialising in tea and cigarettes . Morning I have one tea and cigarette (not only men) . Ya by the time I finish it wil be lunch, I go for lunch finish it, oh my ..., again tea time, have a tea,, time to go home,,,,,,,,,,,, I am also a softie. A pinch of gossip and ogling makes tea time productive.
I am serious software engineer, I do things seroiusly , provided it has nothing to do with my actual work. I trade, I sell , I buy,...................... everything very seriously.............. ya ya very very serious software engineer.
I am Man in the Middle software engineer. I basically do not mind my own business. Like some one said, anywhere there are 2 people, I will be with them. I will give expert comments on anything. I will make others look foolish. If others are talking to their managers, about their hardship also, I will interfere and make them understand that this is the best company and best salary they can get. Then I will goto meeting room and ask for my hike................. me too engineer, ya, software engineer.
I am a software engineer, I like drawing boards. Anything happens, I start to draw figures and lines. I call meeting in morning, afternoon and evenings. Software engineering , it is simple, it is all in design, it is all in my figures. Do not ask why I can not draw a rectangle properly. It is modern art. ...........:) Ya I am also a software engineer.
Me, I am browsing software engineer. Even though I work in my company, I am contracted to check the efficiency of IE and Firefox. I take up load testing, performance testing, exclusively for IE and Firefox.
I am software engineer, but a particular breed, I do only my job, I am well aware of my job boundaries. I am an expert in making anything, others work. I do the work of a mail server, I redirect all requests to correct parties. I will never learn a new technology. I am an domain expert also.
Hmm I am biggest software guy. I am QUALITY. I am not concerned about the quality of actual deliverable, because I do not know anything about coding. But when audit comes I become a superstar. I start to reverse engineer documents. I make 'lookahead' meetings in past. I fabricate risk analysis. The code will never goto production. But I , my project and company are all certified......................
Ya guys , we are the software engineers.
May look a bit cynical, but next time look around and classify ............ you will be surprised how this matches.
Do you know me ? Hmm ............. to tell about me, I do not know much coding. Somehow I have to survive. I am working in maintenance, so not much coding will come. Hmm........ if it comes, I have a way out. I start to ask doubts to someone who knows a bit of coding. My doubts become so persistent that, at last, he will sit and code and go. When asking doubts I am very careful. If manager comes, I start to explain things to the poor guy in loud voice. I never sit down also. Standing gives a feeling of superiority, and people think I am in a hurry to work :) Ha ha I am also a software engineer.................
Hey I too am a software engineer. I specialises in forwarding messages, both personal and official. Personal mails are forwarded to mail groups, ya gives me visibility. Official mails, I take contents from my team members' mails and write mails to managers. Credit to team member .......... hmm .....no way, information is free, anything in my inbox becomes mine........... I am also a software engineer.
Hmm... I also am a software engineer..........I specialises in consolidation and sharing. I do not do independent work. I am too great for that. I divide work, make others do it, consolidate results, make the work mine. My machine is always free for sharing. Anybody can put excel sheets in my shared folder. But mind you, I will consolidate them. Ya, I too am a software engineer.
Hey I am also a software engineer, I always complaint that I want to do technical work. It is a secret that my team lead had long back recogonised that I can not code anything and has put me in documentation. But I have to put it to my advantage . So I tell all that I am taking the hard part of documentation so that others can do the easy work , the code. But reguralarily I will complaint in team meetings that I want to code. Ya, why can nt I, I am also a software engineer.
Hey I am also a software enginner, a perpetual moaner, I always complaint that my hands are full. I say I do all the work in the team. According to me all others are free, only I am working. I will ask anyone questions at anytime, I want the answer then and there. But when they come to me, I m as usual busy. Five things to finish before I go home today, if at all I go home. Basically I do not get anything done. I know how to make others think I am busy. I always make things complex and difficult. Always there are dependencies. :) Ya mee too, ya ya , software engineer.
Hey I am the beautiful software engineer. I am too soft, I am too beautiful too. Nobody will allow me to do any work. As soon as I get something to do, some one will come running and do the work. I just need to smile and make occasional praises. Ya an accasional lunch and tea also I have to suffer. Even client meetings I just go, sit there and smile. I too soffffffffffffftttttttttttttttware engineer.
Ya I am also SWPR engineer. SWPR ........... Software Public Relations............ ya ya ........... you got me........I organise outings, group activities... etc etc. Software, ya I make databases for collecting information about T Shirt sizes. But mind you, I am always top rater, because I work across teams.......... ya SWPR engineer.
Ya I am the software enginner specialising in tea and cigarettes . Morning I have one tea and cigarette (not only men) . Ya by the time I finish it wil be lunch, I go for lunch finish it, oh my ..., again tea time, have a tea,, time to go home,,,,,,,,,,,, I am also a softie. A pinch of gossip and ogling makes tea time productive.
I am serious software engineer, I do things seroiusly , provided it has nothing to do with my actual work. I trade, I sell , I buy,...................... everything very seriously.............. ya ya very very serious software engineer.
I am Man in the Middle software engineer. I basically do not mind my own business. Like some one said, anywhere there are 2 people, I will be with them. I will give expert comments on anything. I will make others look foolish. If others are talking to their managers, about their hardship also, I will interfere and make them understand that this is the best company and best salary they can get. Then I will goto meeting room and ask for my hike................. me too engineer, ya, software engineer.
I am a software engineer, I like drawing boards. Anything happens, I start to draw figures and lines. I call meeting in morning, afternoon and evenings. Software engineering , it is simple, it is all in design, it is all in my figures. Do not ask why I can not draw a rectangle properly. It is modern art. ...........:) Ya I am also a software engineer.
Me, I am browsing software engineer. Even though I work in my company, I am contracted to check the efficiency of IE and Firefox. I take up load testing, performance testing, exclusively for IE and Firefox.
I am software engineer, but a particular breed, I do only my job, I am well aware of my job boundaries. I am an expert in making anything, others work. I do the work of a mail server, I redirect all requests to correct parties. I will never learn a new technology. I am an domain expert also.
Hmm I am biggest software guy. I am QUALITY. I am not concerned about the quality of actual deliverable, because I do not know anything about coding. But when audit comes I become a superstar. I start to reverse engineer documents. I make 'lookahead' meetings in past. I fabricate risk analysis. The code will never goto production. But I , my project and company are all certified......................
Ya guys , we are the software engineers.
May look a bit cynical, but next time look around and classify ............ you will be surprised how this matches.
Monday 9 March 2009
Interactive white boards
This is something that I came to see for the first time when I came to UK this time. In fact the company in which I work manufactures them.
The concept is pretty simple, Anything you can do on a computer, you can do on an interactive white board. I saw the board in action, and it literally surprised me.
It consists of a white board, a projector and an electronic pen to write on the board and click on the contents on the board.
You can design games which students can play, can have interactive lessons, 3d animations of lessons, videos and all the great advantages that a computer can offer. It makes the classroom lively.
It may not be a new thing for the schools in UK, but it will be certainly a surprise for Indian schools.
It does not even confine itself to schools, it can find application in corporate world too.
A computer and a projector to project it onto white screen is not new to the corporate world in India. But to interactively do something on the content projected, the presentator has to again go back to the computer. I mean it is a one way communication from the computer to the projected image. But in case of the interactive board it s 2 way communication. You need not go back to the confined computer screen to change screens or highlight things or make notes. Remeber people using a marker and getting the projection screen dirty. Many a time people use permanant markers too to make things worse. So a circle meant for a slide remains for all the presentations to come.
Gone are those days.
Its price may be a bit high - around 63 K. But I think our universities and the private schools can definitely afford these.
And also the corporate meeting rooms.
See it to believe how good it is. Have quite a number of demos also in net.
The concept is pretty simple, Anything you can do on a computer, you can do on an interactive white board. I saw the board in action, and it literally surprised me.
It consists of a white board, a projector and an electronic pen to write on the board and click on the contents on the board.
You can design games which students can play, can have interactive lessons, 3d animations of lessons, videos and all the great advantages that a computer can offer. It makes the classroom lively.
It may not be a new thing for the schools in UK, but it will be certainly a surprise for Indian schools.
It does not even confine itself to schools, it can find application in corporate world too.
A computer and a projector to project it onto white screen is not new to the corporate world in India. But to interactively do something on the content projected, the presentator has to again go back to the computer. I mean it is a one way communication from the computer to the projected image. But in case of the interactive board it s 2 way communication. You need not go back to the confined computer screen to change screens or highlight things or make notes. Remeber people using a marker and getting the projection screen dirty. Many a time people use permanant markers too to make things worse. So a circle meant for a slide remains for all the presentations to come.
Gone are those days.
Its price may be a bit high - around 63 K. But I think our universities and the private schools can definitely afford these.
And also the corporate meeting rooms.
See it to believe how good it is. Have quite a number of demos also in net.
Saturday 7 March 2009
How safe are our skies ?
I was seeing an episode of the air crash investigation in National Geographic. Somehow a disturbing thought was coming to my mind.
The points I got from the series were, aircrafts are very sophisticated machines built on failproof mechanisms. There are hundreds of small components in this aircarft which make us fly through the sky and they have been engineered to perfection. Also most of the systems are redundant - to make them fail-proof, means, a single component failing can not cause an accident. So far so good. I was happy.
After that certain points caught my attention. About 70% of the accidents are caused by personnel errors - made by people. Some of the components really depend on proper inspection, maintentance and replacement, rather than redundancy to be fail-proof.
Are you wondering where am I going with this? Giving a transcript of tv series or showing you I see National Geographic.
Really no. Most of the components have a stipulated service and replacement period.
The above points I mentioned becomes very important in time of recession - Personnel error and maintenance. We have been seeing many offers of cheap tickets. This may have been possible when the boom was there. But what about now ? How will the industry cope with the pressure - particularily in developing countries ? Develped countries may have many watch-dogs for industry standards and regulations.
Like any industry, the airline industry can also take steps to see off recession. Decreasing staff, Increasing the work load, increasing the uasge frequence of a carrier, therby decreasing the maintenance time and frequency. Replacement of components can be delayed. Faulty components which should be replaced may be left behind for the next maintenance period, as more maintenance time , means more time off the air.
This may or may not be happening, but this was a thought that came to my mind.
Really do not want my fears to be true.
Hmm............how safe are our skies through this recession period ?
The points I got from the series were, aircrafts are very sophisticated machines built on failproof mechanisms. There are hundreds of small components in this aircarft which make us fly through the sky and they have been engineered to perfection. Also most of the systems are redundant - to make them fail-proof, means, a single component failing can not cause an accident. So far so good. I was happy.
After that certain points caught my attention. About 70% of the accidents are caused by personnel errors - made by people. Some of the components really depend on proper inspection, maintentance and replacement, rather than redundancy to be fail-proof.
Are you wondering where am I going with this? Giving a transcript of tv series or showing you I see National Geographic.
Really no. Most of the components have a stipulated service and replacement period.
The above points I mentioned becomes very important in time of recession - Personnel error and maintenance. We have been seeing many offers of cheap tickets. This may have been possible when the boom was there. But what about now ? How will the industry cope with the pressure - particularily in developing countries ? Develped countries may have many watch-dogs for industry standards and regulations.
Like any industry, the airline industry can also take steps to see off recession. Decreasing staff, Increasing the work load, increasing the uasge frequence of a carrier, therby decreasing the maintenance time and frequency. Replacement of components can be delayed. Faulty components which should be replaced may be left behind for the next maintenance period, as more maintenance time , means more time off the air.
This may or may not be happening, but this was a thought that came to my mind.
Really do not want my fears to be true.
Hmm............how safe are our skies through this recession period ?
Friday 6 March 2009
Ways of robbing common man
All through human history, there were daring robberies. - armed robberies , which was basically confrontational. But with development of technology, these became irrational. Try robbing a store, you are bound to be in jail. But still robberies go on, who tries these insane ones ? People who do not have enough to eat, who are so desperate in life that they will try anything to live. People who are driven to the edge by society.
Banks have always been a good target. Many a film have come out, where you see people all dressed up in balck going for the loot with cutters. Ha ha, what are you going to do with the marked notes if you succed also ? Hmm..... films are not concerned about the life after robbery..Once the mission accomplished, their job is finsihed.
So where are all the smart crooks ? The ones who have been successful throughout in robbing common man. Have these technological advances and sophistication put an end to crime ? If you think so you are gravely mistaken.
Now it is safe to be on top of the bank and loot it, rather than outside. Better what, you will also get a large pension for your robbery. Hmm........... jail for robbery? no no , that is for common man robbing a common man. Here is an extra special, robbing common men, so no jail for him. In fact we have to double the pension for him to thank him for the job he has done for the economies of the world.
Welcome to the world of white collar crime, where you will not get punished. Now scenario had changed, but has our laws caught up ? No. We can not do anything to these guys. Now people specialise in killing common men not using guns, but driving them to their death in desperation and unemployment.
Welcome to the world of shares. Collect money from common man giving him all promises. He is always greedy, whatever you do to him, he will come back and buy them. Even if he is cheated in front of his eyes. Asatyam computers may be one example. The collected money you deposit in your various other companies and fiinally confess you had cooked up all books. Be sure to give politicians money. One important thing. When you do these new robberies, you do not take political sides. Both ruling and opposition should be in your pocket. You should help both campaigns.
Always have a good doctor handy. The moment some thing goes wrong, you are supposed to have chest pain. Five star prison, you deserve it, after all this clever looting.
If you are a politician, you can loot from anywhere. People have mastered it so well, I do not have any comments to make. When you are exposed, take out a procession with all your followers. Blame everyone other than you.
Hmm ....... are these the only ways? There is still a new way. Try to establish democarcy in another country. This you can try out only if you have enough fire power. Now to establish democarcy, you need to first destroy everything in that country. Now to rebuild it, take money as tax, from common men. Now be sure that all contracts go to your companies. Put some oil into the mix, and be on the director board of an oil company, you are in perfect position to rob common man.
Who said crime does not pay ? That person did not know how to do it :)
Banks have always been a good target. Many a film have come out, where you see people all dressed up in balck going for the loot with cutters. Ha ha, what are you going to do with the marked notes if you succed also ? Hmm..... films are not concerned about the life after robbery..Once the mission accomplished, their job is finsihed.
So where are all the smart crooks ? The ones who have been successful throughout in robbing common man. Have these technological advances and sophistication put an end to crime ? If you think so you are gravely mistaken.
Now it is safe to be on top of the bank and loot it, rather than outside. Better what, you will also get a large pension for your robbery. Hmm........... jail for robbery? no no , that is for common man robbing a common man. Here is an extra special, robbing common men, so no jail for him. In fact we have to double the pension for him to thank him for the job he has done for the economies of the world.
Welcome to the world of white collar crime, where you will not get punished. Now scenario had changed, but has our laws caught up ? No. We can not do anything to these guys. Now people specialise in killing common men not using guns, but driving them to their death in desperation and unemployment.
Welcome to the world of shares. Collect money from common man giving him all promises. He is always greedy, whatever you do to him, he will come back and buy them. Even if he is cheated in front of his eyes. Asatyam computers may be one example. The collected money you deposit in your various other companies and fiinally confess you had cooked up all books. Be sure to give politicians money. One important thing. When you do these new robberies, you do not take political sides. Both ruling and opposition should be in your pocket. You should help both campaigns.
Always have a good doctor handy. The moment some thing goes wrong, you are supposed to have chest pain. Five star prison, you deserve it, after all this clever looting.
If you are a politician, you can loot from anywhere. People have mastered it so well, I do not have any comments to make. When you are exposed, take out a procession with all your followers. Blame everyone other than you.
Hmm ....... are these the only ways? There is still a new way. Try to establish democarcy in another country. This you can try out only if you have enough fire power. Now to establish democarcy, you need to first destroy everything in that country. Now to rebuild it, take money as tax, from common men. Now be sure that all contracts go to your companies. Put some oil into the mix, and be on the director board of an oil company, you are in perfect position to rob common man.
Who said crime does not pay ? That person did not know how to do it :)
Thursday 5 March 2009
Religion and science
Thanks for all who read my first post and gave comments. I will try to write a post based on your comments. But a topic on TV caught my attention, and thought will write about it.
World is celebrating the theory of evolution, its 150 th year.
All religions have their stories of creation, so how will they handle this? Does it tell that their faith is wrong, or can they accept the theory of evolution and still keep their faith.
Based on this, a TV presenator was questioning a religious person about the changes happening in religion. The question was based on the changes made in religion to accept discoveries that science bring forward. He was on the assumption that religion drastically reinvents themselves to be on par with scientific advance.
The questions he raised also made me think some points.
1. Do religions reinvent themselves ?
Yes, they do. They try to incorporate changes in society and technology into them.
2. Is this right?
Yes. They have to. If it is to keep up the moral aspect of people, it has to address the modern issues. When you live in a world of internet, you can not talk in terms of early civilization customs. But when this happens, be sure to do it in a proper way that does not turn up absurd. But the problem here is people can believe you are controlled by machines in a matrix, cloned by extra terrestials, but disbelieve that God created you. But why ? This is because we some times present before them things which can not be scientifically correct, and the reluctance to change when proved wrong. Rememeber the earth-centric theory.
3.Why this happens?
This may be because of the authorities and politics that enter religion. When religion moves away from real faith , and moves into a power struggle the world suffers, also the followers. Religions based on almost same faiths fight against each other. I have seen Indians and Pakistanis so friendly outside Asia. But the politicians want to keep them against each other so that they have a topic they can turn always to win elections. Is the same true in case of religious leaders ? Remember a leader who used to do the Moses stuff lately quoting words from God. I think the reluctance to change in religion comes from power struggles and unhealthy politics. Noway you can justify when you bless and send people to die. It is your brother against whom you are going to fight against. So it is unquestioning faith that is asked for here. But the unquestioning faith which should be directed towards God is demanded by mortal men. It is as good as keeping people illetrate. Religion has to honour the intelligence of man. This was put there by God for some special purpose. It is meant to ask questions. A man in his quest wil ask questions. But only religious dictators will stand against this.
4. Is science right ?
I do not think so. Science for that matter is not fool proof. How many theories have we changed and discarded ? The same problem you can see in science which religion faces, that people opposing the truth. They are of the belief that their theories are right- a blind hope. So science can evolve, but religion can not , is this right ? Science without religion is utter rubbish and dangerous. Before harnessing the power of atoms for peaceful use, we used it for military use. No wonder all new scientific advances happen in military, for first to test against your brother. Still no answer for reason of life.......... more hypotheses ..........When you dissect a smile and make it a mix of muscles and hormones, you forget the beauty.
Moral
Keep religion and politics separate. Do not try to mix science and religion. Do not institutionalize religion and oppose changes. There may be a unified theory, which will incorporate all these, but still the world is not ready for it.
World is celebrating the theory of evolution, its 150 th year.
All religions have their stories of creation, so how will they handle this? Does it tell that their faith is wrong, or can they accept the theory of evolution and still keep their faith.
Based on this, a TV presenator was questioning a religious person about the changes happening in religion. The question was based on the changes made in religion to accept discoveries that science bring forward. He was on the assumption that religion drastically reinvents themselves to be on par with scientific advance.
The questions he raised also made me think some points.
1. Do religions reinvent themselves ?
Yes, they do. They try to incorporate changes in society and technology into them.
2. Is this right?
Yes. They have to. If it is to keep up the moral aspect of people, it has to address the modern issues. When you live in a world of internet, you can not talk in terms of early civilization customs. But when this happens, be sure to do it in a proper way that does not turn up absurd. But the problem here is people can believe you are controlled by machines in a matrix, cloned by extra terrestials, but disbelieve that God created you. But why ? This is because we some times present before them things which can not be scientifically correct, and the reluctance to change when proved wrong. Rememeber the earth-centric theory.
3.Why this happens?
This may be because of the authorities and politics that enter religion. When religion moves away from real faith , and moves into a power struggle the world suffers, also the followers. Religions based on almost same faiths fight against each other. I have seen Indians and Pakistanis so friendly outside Asia. But the politicians want to keep them against each other so that they have a topic they can turn always to win elections. Is the same true in case of religious leaders ? Remember a leader who used to do the Moses stuff lately quoting words from God. I think the reluctance to change in religion comes from power struggles and unhealthy politics. Noway you can justify when you bless and send people to die. It is your brother against whom you are going to fight against. So it is unquestioning faith that is asked for here. But the unquestioning faith which should be directed towards God is demanded by mortal men. It is as good as keeping people illetrate. Religion has to honour the intelligence of man. This was put there by God for some special purpose. It is meant to ask questions. A man in his quest wil ask questions. But only religious dictators will stand against this.
4. Is science right ?
I do not think so. Science for that matter is not fool proof. How many theories have we changed and discarded ? The same problem you can see in science which religion faces, that people opposing the truth. They are of the belief that their theories are right- a blind hope. So science can evolve, but religion can not , is this right ? Science without religion is utter rubbish and dangerous. Before harnessing the power of atoms for peaceful use, we used it for military use. No wonder all new scientific advances happen in military, for first to test against your brother. Still no answer for reason of life.......... more hypotheses ..........When you dissect a smile and make it a mix of muscles and hormones, you forget the beauty.
Moral
Keep religion and politics separate. Do not try to mix science and religion. Do not institutionalize religion and oppose changes. There may be a unified theory, which will incorporate all these, but still the world is not ready for it.
Wednesday 4 March 2009
Why am I here ?
Always wanted to use time effectively. But after 5 years of software engineering, it all looks the same. Do not have the genius or flare in me to leave a mark behind. May be had some good solutions, but can it be credited to me ? Definitely no.
It was with the help of google I was coding. The better you can search, the better programmer you are. Ya, you need to know what you are looking for.
So where was I ? Ya about leaving a mark behind. Always wanted to be something original. Still in the search for it. But I know, it is still a distant dream.
Got fed up with Indian software industry. The daily politics and craze for positions.
Everyone forgets that God created the 'CODE' first. He saw it was beautiful too.
Then whoever did not have the aptitude to code or did not want to code invented everything around it. QA, Management, HR .................... at last the programmer was sacrificed.
At least there was an advantage. You made quick bucks. You could hope around, always for a better offer. Everyone was wanting to become a software engineer. Now that also has changed. Everyone had forgot about the cyclic nature of the industry. The dreams are coming crashing down. We made the 'city of flowers', the most worst place to live in. Made the living expense high with our quick earned money. Now what ? Software industry is coming down. But expenses, will they come down.
Had seen a lof of 'engineers' working on stocks and real-estate in office. Wonder what they are doing now ?
Hmmmmmmmmmm.......... onsite opportunity .... if you are lucky. Again it is not a mass onsite like before. You may end up in Norway alone seeing no-one. with no sun light too.
May be a direct job abroad. That also looks bleak now. Unemployment is a problem for them too. If they can not find jobs for them selves how will they give it to you ?
Lucky are those who were befor us. Are they really ? How much they missed. Technology, sophistication and comfort have always favoured the late comers. So who is lucky ?
Ha ha ha............. Hey is this all very important? There are so many things I had missed. Now is the time to return to them. More important things.
This will all clear up. Wait for the next cycle. Take it as a reality check. At least this will keep away people away from software, who just comes here because of pressure. Let us also find alternare industries. Otherwise it will be a huge mistake. It is just till another nation picks up English and starts to offer cheaper labour.
Just wanted to write some thing, some things that were in my mind. So here I am .....................
It was with the help of google I was coding. The better you can search, the better programmer you are. Ya, you need to know what you are looking for.
So where was I ? Ya about leaving a mark behind. Always wanted to be something original. Still in the search for it. But I know, it is still a distant dream.
Got fed up with Indian software industry. The daily politics and craze for positions.
Everyone forgets that God created the 'CODE' first. He saw it was beautiful too.
Then whoever did not have the aptitude to code or did not want to code invented everything around it. QA, Management, HR .................... at last the programmer was sacrificed.
At least there was an advantage. You made quick bucks. You could hope around, always for a better offer. Everyone was wanting to become a software engineer. Now that also has changed. Everyone had forgot about the cyclic nature of the industry. The dreams are coming crashing down. We made the 'city of flowers', the most worst place to live in. Made the living expense high with our quick earned money. Now what ? Software industry is coming down. But expenses, will they come down.
Had seen a lof of 'engineers' working on stocks and real-estate in office. Wonder what they are doing now ?
Hmmmmmmmmmm.......... onsite opportunity .... if you are lucky. Again it is not a mass onsite like before. You may end up in Norway alone seeing no-one. with no sun light too.
May be a direct job abroad. That also looks bleak now. Unemployment is a problem for them too. If they can not find jobs for them selves how will they give it to you ?
Lucky are those who were befor us. Are they really ? How much they missed. Technology, sophistication and comfort have always favoured the late comers. So who is lucky ?
Ha ha ha............. Hey is this all very important? There are so many things I had missed. Now is the time to return to them. More important things.
This will all clear up. Wait for the next cycle. Take it as a reality check. At least this will keep away people away from software, who just comes here because of pressure. Let us also find alternare industries. Otherwise it will be a huge mistake. It is just till another nation picks up English and starts to offer cheaper labour.
Just wanted to write some thing, some things that were in my mind. So here I am .....................
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