Accept your mistakes

The only way I tell a lie is by not telling the truth. Otherwise, I find telling a lie and trying to keep it intact is very tiring and demanding process. Some of my friends and relatives, whose lies i can see through have always said the chance of one getting away with a first lie is greater (i.e you dont have to say many lies to save the first lie). So, its worth a shot instead of facing the consequences. But then i have seen them pay a very high price for the very small percentages of lies which went on to become a big problem. So, from my point of view it is better to accept any mistake and face the consequences.
In reality, we dont face ego-shattering, life-threatening and moral-dilemma situations often. So, if we practice telling truth in that situation, it would be easy for us to say truth in trying times.
Look at what Scott Adams did. Whether he intentionally did this or not is not our botheration. Accepting his mistake is the best way out. You could see many comments where the audience empathizes with him for self-plagiarism.

Mine Sweeper

I beat my own previous record of 8 seconds.

Calvin & Hobbes

My first Haiku

Ahem..mmm...

I bought a book in
time management but did not
get the time to read.

Wah Ustad Wah.

Hike-Who?

Haiku is one of the most important form of traditional Japanese poetry. Haiku is, today, a 17-syllable verse form consisting of three metrical units of 5, 7, and 5 syllables.

I tried to compose one Haiku. Damn it! I can't make the syllable count correctly. To balance this and the meaning is pretty difficult. After a little search for Haikus in tamil, i realized nobody is strict about the count. All they aiming for is 3 lines with preference for the middle line to be bigger.
Freakonomics blog had a Haiku contest in economics. The winner was

Haiku writers know
The opportunity cost
Of a syllable.

Where am i?

After a major disappointment, i have come in terms with the fact that i have only two colleges in the world that specializes in technology.
1. Alberta - Technology Commercialization
2. Berkley - Management of Technology

There could be many schools that may provide an elective in something similar to technology. But only these two schools offer closer to what i want. Importantly they are situated in areas where there is a huge opportunity of this kind of MBAs.

I am not that confident with applying just for two schools alone. If curriculum is compromised, i am ready to take trade-offs in any other aspects of school selection. Hence, i have decided to go for a set of indian schools.
IIM, ISB, XLRI, SP Jain, GLIM are on the list. The list may expand or contract. I would come to know after few weeks of research in these colleges.

Vive Le Sam

If you want to know what freedom of speech is, watch cartoon wars episodes of south park. My only reaction was Oh My God!.

This is not on, Mr Suresh Kalmadi

Not often do you see rediff commentators voicing same opinion (Raja Sen review is an exception). But Suresh Kalmadi easily did it. I don't know in what world Mr.Kalmadi lives and what he thinks about himself.

WORKERS OF ALL LANDS UNITE

In physics, work done is the amount of energy transferred by a force.
Work Done = Force * Distance
When you move an object from one place to another, a positive work is done.
When you stop an object which was moving earlier, a negative work is done.
Basically when a force is significant enough to cause a change in energy (kinetic usually), then the work is considered done by that force.
W = F * D = F * D * cos theta.

To make the class interesting, physics teachers would always quote two things.
1. When you carry an object say a shopping bag at the behest of your mother and ask for a favour or pocket money in return, then the mother can simply reject your statement saying that according to physics you have not done any work. teta is zero- The class by now would burst into laughter.
2. But when you carry the same shopping bag to your mother's room upstairs, then you have done some work. theta is some angle.

I have my doubts in the spirit of the statement that translated into this formula.
a. When a car is stationed and you touch it. Work is not done because you are not responsible for the change in kinetic energy and in fact there is no change in kinetic energy of car. But when you carry a shopping bag, you have lifted the bag from the surface. If it isn't for you, the bag would have reached the ground. In effect, you are preventing a change in kinetic energy of the bag (gravitational energy converted into kinetic energy), thus changing the kinetic energy actually. (You might call this a potential energy)
b. If you argue point a is wrong, then you should very well accept point 2 is also wrong. Because in effect you are not changing the kinetic energy of the bag. You are just increasing the potential energy.
So my main argument is that when a force is applied work on the object will be done. Don't ask me to come up with a formula.

PS: I know i feel little lonely!!

Good to know

This term Vaporware popped up when i was reading about SlingCatcher.

"Vaporware is a somewhat derogatory term used to describe a software or hardware product that is announced by a developer well in advance of release, but which then fails to emerge after having well exceeded the period of development time that was initially claimed or would normally be expected for the development cycle of a similar software/hardware product. The term implies unwarranted optimism, an as yet unannounced abandonment of a project, or sometimes even deception; that is, it may imply that the announcer knows that product development is in too early a stage to support responsible statements about its completion date, feature set, or even feasibility. However, most vaporware would not be considered a hoax since the makers have a genuine intention to create their product, even if it ultimately never materializes. Products with unspecified release dates or long development times that outwardly demonstrate regular, verifiable progress in production are not normally labelled vaporware."

Interesting..

Krishna kumar is one of my favourite singers. He is capable of singing any type of songs. Born in kerala and brought up in Delhi, his singing in telugu and tamil without a hint of other accents is amazing.
Me and my friend Prad would always discuss which is his first song in tamil. First what i thought was his earliest song is Poovukellam siragu mulaithathu from Ajith movie Uyirodu Uyiraga. Then i found that he has sung even before in Prabhu Deva movie VIP - Eechan kaatu. Recently, when i was hearing Minsaraa kanavu songs. It suddenly struck me Strawberry kannae was KK's voice.
So as per current standings, minsara kanavu leads the pack as his earliest song in tamil.