On my Own Way .....

A very short sad lovestory

2006-05-04T01:38:00.000-04:00

someone left this story on IM. Here it goes.
A guy had cancer and had only few days to live. He liked a girl working in a cd shop very much..but he did not tell her about his love.. evryday he used to go to cd shop & buy a cd to talk to her..after a month, he died..when the girl went & asked about him..his mother told he died & took her to his room & the girl saw all the cds unopened & the girl cried bitterly..u know y?? she had kept letters inside the cd to LET HIM KNOW HOW MUCH SHE LOVED HIM.

The bit logics; this two digits 1 and 0 can cause chaos

2005-12-11T13:02:00.000-05:00

Are you a typical programmer who appreciates a diferent way of doing something? then you will definitely like this blogpost. After several months of thinking in terms of objects, believe me, it will be so difficult for anyone to come down to a level of thinking in terms bits. Cant believe it? then try to solve the following three programming puzzles.

Q1. Quickly find if a given number is a power of two or not?
Q2. Write logic to count the number of ones in a 32 bit unsigned integer? and finally
Q3. I have an array of numbers out of which all the numbers are occuring even number of times except for one that occurs odd number of times. Write a logic to find this number that is appearing odd number of times in the array?

If you have solved them without using bit level operations, thats fine, now try to solve them using bit level logic.

The Answers.
Ans1. If a number is a power of two then only one bit is 'on' in the bit representation of the number. Example int 2 is represented in binary as 0010, integer 4 is 0100, integer 8 is 1000. All the time if a number is a power of two there is only one 1 bit in the bit representation of the number. Now what? Try to make use of this property to find if a number is a power of two. Here we go.
If the number is n and if we do a logical and with (n-1) then all the bits should cancel out. so if n &(n-1) == 0 then the number is a power of two.

Ans2. After understanding this logic I now really have a tough time to explain it. Think on this. If I do something like this, what will happen?
n = n&(n-1);
if the number is 11. and we do n&(n-1) ie (1011) & (1010) n becomes (1010). making the last one bit in the bit representation of n, disappear. Now n =10 ie (1010) and now if we do n&(n-1) again then the last one bit in n will again disappear. Thus the algorithm goes as follows

unsigned count_ones(unsigned num){

unsigned count = 0;

while (num)
{
num &= num - 1;
++count;
}

return count;
}
Spend some time on it you will understand.

Ans3. This is a tricky question too. You should be knowing what xor does?
1 ^ 1 is 0
1 ^ 0 is 1
0 ^ 1 is 1
0 ^ 0 is 0
whats with this? If you xor a number with itself we get zero right? and if we agian xor zero with the number we get back the number. That means if we xor a number the even number of times then the result is zero and if we xor the number odd number of times the result is the number itself. eg x = 7 ^ 7 ^ 7 implies x is 7.

Now take an array of some numbers 2,5,6,2,5,5,6 if we keep on xoring the numbers ie 2 ^ 5 ^ 6 ^ 2 ^ 5 ^ 5 ^ 6 in this series of xoring the numbers that are appearing even number of times will cancel out to zero and the only number that is appearing odd number of times will be the result of the operation of xoring the whole array. we got the number, we wanted.

Enjoyed it, now if you are of the opinion that such answers cannot be expected of a candidate in an interview, then Iam with you. I agree that it is very rare that such a logic will strike your mind in the interview. Most of the times one can answer the question only if he/she read about the logic somewhere.

My idea of a good corporate desktop screen saver

2005-11-07T23:42:00.000-05:00

The other day I was looking at my PC and was not happy to see the same old screensaver and press alt+ctl+DEL to unlock screens. I started dreaming on what could be better than the current ones and checkout what came to my dreams?
Cool to have features.
1. On the screen saver visitors to your place should be able to type into the screen with section "when you were not at your desk".
2. Ability to leave a voice message will still be better.
3. With the advent of ubiquitous mobile technology and if you could have a way to connect your cell phone with your computer wirelessly it would be wonderful if your distance from your desktop can be displayed on the screen saver.

What more can we ask for? A live satellite video feed of my current location onto my desktop....Iam just kidding.

Does Software Expire?

2005-11-07T23:22:00.000-05:00

The Question may sound meaningless but it can be a good discussion starter. And my starting point of view on the topic is Yes! Software expires, thats the reason why we create all new requirements and renovate software often. My extention to this point is even you continue to renovate, make enhancements and no matter what you do software still expires or gets out dated.

The example to this is observing the Internet Explorer browser. ie was designed longback probably with a best design. Over a long term it sure would have undergone so many changes and now if you compare it today with mozilla firefox(Iam not saying its inferior or superior) you can see that ie was not targetted at tabbed browsing at all and the solution implemented for this tabbed browsing in msn toolbar download is not quite appealing. This is a symptom that over a period of time software grows to a point that any more changes will not cover its outmodishness and hence it moves towars the direction of expiry unless you redesign the major part of the code and give the same name to it.

Another noteworthy example to this discussion is the introduction of object oriented programming in perl. Its really hard to do object oriented programming in perl compared to the way we do in c++ or java. Thats the reason why the perl6 team is going with a new design from the scratch with one of the aims to support object orientedness.

A list of top security tools appraised

2005-09-03T18:35:00.000-04:00

Just stumbled here, turned out to be a very good compilation of network security tools. http://www.insecure.org/tools.html

Security Focus.

2005-08-12T18:23:00.000-04:00

I was wondering how one can fight system crashes and security attacks because of getting online using windows? It was then I got this crazy idea. Microsoft has a product called virtual pc using which you can have any number of pc based operating systems on your machine. And now find a way to connect to internet only using one of the OSes installed inside the virtual pc. This implies you will not be able to access the internet on the main windows OS. This makes your data and system on the main OS safe and secure. Virtually its the same as if you are accessing the net from a secure sandbox. The whole concept should work well or atleast give a tough time to hackers. Who knows you never know something works until somebody finds a way to break this virtual barrier too.

2005-08-07T08:19:00.000-04:00

A Bit skeptic about WiFi

Can this be true? here. I dont really understand much of whats said in there until I try that on my own. But the users are warned to be privacy and security savvy. A good to know thing.

An incomplete List of all areas u can do IT business

2005-07-13T07:04:00.000-04:00

An incomplete List of all areas one can do IT business, Suggestions welcome

1. Write security software Norton,symantic
2. Write Content management softwares EMC
3. ERP Applications Oracle, SAP
4. Operating systems Microsift,IBM
5. Software development tools microsoft, Oracle, eclipse
6. Database, Oracle
7. Write Desktop applications
8. Write web service applications
9. Office automation
10. Write hardware interfaces to software like device drivers etc
11. Write messaging and communication software.
12. Content search software business
13. Advertising software.
14. Unicode and font developers
15. Content presentation software.
16. Graphics software
17. Gaming software
18. Software for audio and video processing
19. Provide services to implementaion of open source products
etc

An overdose of GRE.......very funny

2005-07-13T07:00:00.000-04:00

GRE STUDENT : Scintillate, scintillate, asteroid minim.

NORMAL PERSON : Twinkle, twinkle, little star

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GRE STUDENT : Individuals who make their abodes in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting perilous projectiles.

NORMAL PERSON : People who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

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GRE STUDENT: All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly auriferous.

NORMAL PERSON : All that glitters is not gold.

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GRE STUDENT : Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.

NORMAL PERSON : Beggars are not choosers

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GRE STUDENT : Male cadavers are incapable of rendering any testimony.

NORMAL PERSON : Dead men tell no tales

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GRE STUDENT : Neophyte's serendipity.

NORMAL PERSON : Beginner's luck

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GRE STUDENT : A revolving litchi conglomerate accumulates no congeries of small, green, biophytic plant.

NORMAL PERSON : A rolling stone gathers no moss

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GRE STUDENT: Members of an avian species of identical plumage tend to congregate.

NORMAL PERSON : Birds of a feather flock together

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GRE STUDENT : Pulchritude possesses solely cutaneous profundity.

NORMAL PERSON : Beauty is only skin deep

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GRE STUDENT : Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.

NORMAL PERSON : Cleanliness is godliness

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GRE STUDENT : It is fruitless to become lachrymose of precipitately departed lactile fluid.

NORMAL PERSON : There's no use crying over spilt milk

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GRE STUDENT : It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.

NORMAL PERSON : You can't try to teach an old dog new tricks

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GRE STUDENT : Surveillance should precede saltation.

NORMAL PERSON : Look before you leap

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GRE STUDENT : The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.

NORMAL PERSON : He who laughs last, laughs best

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GRE STUDENT : Exclusive dedication to necessitous chores without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders Jack a hebetudinous fellow.

NORMAL PERSON : All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

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GRE STUDENT : Where there are visible vapours having their provenance in ignited carbonaceous materials, there is conflagration.

NORMAL PERSON : Where there's smoke, there's fire!

Talking about IT

2005-07-12T02:31:00.000-04:00

http://www.itconversations.com

Top ten reasons not to buy a diamond

2005-06-20T09:37:00.000-04:00

http://www.fguide.org/Bulletin/conflictdiamonds.htm

Top 5 sites of the day

2005-06-16T09:27:00.000-04:00

creativity @ photography http://www.pixeladdiction.com/
A vast collection of screenplays http://corky.net/scripts/
Learn Biology interactively http://biologyinmotion.com/
All that you wanted to know to start using Linux http://brunolinux.com
customize windows the way you want it to look http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/category02

See my name in various text graphics........

2005-06-16T09:19:00.000-04:00

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Have fun. Don´t forget to bookmark

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Ofcourse I could not format the better ones here but you can get many such Ascii designs of words here http://www.network-science.de/ascii/

Play with world's companies and their directors......here

2005-06-16T08:23:00.000-04:00

A good one http://www.theyrule.net/

Very good collection of Siddu's comments.

2005-06-16T01:34:00.000-04:00

Collection of famous quotes by Navjot Singh (The Indian Cricketer)

1. That ball went so high it could have got an air hostess down with it.

2. There is light at the end of the tunnel for India , but it's that of an
incoming train which will run them over.

3. Experience is like a comb that life gives you when you are bald.

4. This quote was made after Ganguly called Dravid for a run and
midway sent him back and Dravid was run out in the third test against
the West Indies at Barbados."Ganguly has thrown a drowning man both
ends of the rope."

5. Sri Lankan score is running like an Indian taximeter.

6. Statistics are like miniskirts, they reveal more than what they hide.

7. Wickets are like wives - you never know which way they will turn!

8. He is like Indian three-wheeler, which will suck a lot of diesel but
cannot go beyond 30!

9. The Indians are going to beat the Kiwis! Let me tell you, my friend that
the Kiwi is the only bird in the whole world, which does not have wings!

10. As uncomfortable as a bum on a porcupine.

11. The ball whizzes past like a bumble -bee and the Indians are in the sea.

12. The Indians are finding the gaps like a pin a haystack.

13. The pitch is as dead as a dodo.

14. Deep Dasgupta is as confused as a child is in a topless bar!

15. The way Indian wickets are falling reminds of the cycle stand at
Rajendra Talkies in Patiala one falls and everything else falls!

16. Indian team without Sachin is like giving Kiss without a Squeeze.

17. You cannot make Omelets without breaking the eggs.

18. Deep Dasgupta is not a Wicket Keeper, he is a goalkeeper. He must be
given a free transfer to Manchester United.

19. He will fight a rattlesnake and give it the first two bites too.

20. One, who doesn't throw the dice, can never expect to score a six.

21. This quote was made after Eddie Nichols, the third umpire, ruled
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 'NOT OUT' in the second test at Port of Spain T&T.
"Eddie Nichols is a man who cannot find his own buttocks with his two hands."

22. Anybody can pilot a ship when the sea is calm.

23. Nobody travels on the road to success without a puncture or two.

24. You got to choose between tightening your belt or losing your pants.

25. The cat with gloves catches no mice.

26. Age has been perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.

27. You may have a heart of gold, but so does a hard-boiled egg.

28. He is like a one-legged man in a bum kicking competition.

29. The third umpires should be changed as often as nappies and for
the same reason.

30. Kumble's bowling at the moment is flat as a Dosa.

And Finally the clincher:-

This quote was made when India was losing a match and one of the
fellow commentator made the mistake of saying that things would have
been different had Tendulkar's wicket not
fallen at the wrong time.

My dear, if my aunt was a man she would have been my uncle !!!!

www.start.com/3

2005-06-13T01:43:00.000-04:00

Its more of a customised newsbot to me. Its cool. I liked it.

upload your photo and see your self in different hairstyles

2005-06-10T01:57:00.000-04:00

....here http://hairstyles.virtual-hairstyles.com/virtual_hairstyles.asp

If you are interested in ciphers and codebreaking and all that cryptography !!!

2005-06-07T09:26:00.000-04:00

If you are the one with a Beautiful Mind or some sort of a Robert Langdon of The Davinci Code here is a very nice link for you. Learn in detail about ciphers and code breaking here http://www.vectorsite.net/ttcode1.html

how to surf at work in a restricted place.

2005-06-07T04:39:00.000-04:00

Morally not recommended, if your employer does not like it but for information this is a good place to learn about firewall and how to make your surfing encrypted. http://www.buzzsurf.com/surfatwork/

A better Windows explorer for XP

2005-06-07T02:13:00.000-04:00

If you are an XP user you should try this. http://www.explorerxp.com/

Theorem on Salary... Very funny

2005-05-27T11:08:00.000-04:00

The theorem relies on the following 3 postulates:
1. Knowledge is power ie knowledge = power
2. Time is Money ie time = money
3. And every physics student knows power = Work/ Time

Here goes the theorem
Knowledge = Work / Time
and since Time = Money
Knowldege = Work/ Money

Solving for Money

Money = Work / Knowledge

So as knowledge approaches Zero Money approaches to infinity regardelss of work done...........

Conclusion : The less you know the more you make....

Lessons in Management ........ Very funny

2005-05-27T11:01:00.000-04:00

1.) Lesson Number One

A crow was sitting on a tree, doing nothing all day. A small rabbit saw the crow, and asked him, "Can I also sit like you and do nothing all day long?" The crow answered: "Sure why not." So, the rabbit sat on the ground below the crow and rested. All of a sudden, a fox appeared, jumped on the rabbit and ate it.

Management Lesson: To be sitting and doing nothing, you must be sitting very, very high up.

2.) Lesson Number Two

A turkey was chatting with a bull. "I would love to be able to get to the top of that tree," sighed the turkey, "but I haven't got the energy. "Well, why don't you nibble on some of my droppings?" replied the bull. " They're packed with nutrients." The turkey pecked at a lump of dung and found that it actually gave him enough strength to reach the first branch of the tree. The next day, after eating some more dung, he reached the second branch. Finally after a fortnight there he was proudly perched at the top of the tree. Soon the turkey was spotted by a farmer, who promptly shot him out of the tree.

Management Lesson: Bullshit might get you to the top, but it won't keep you there.

3.) Lesson Number Three

When the body was first made, all the parts wanted to be Boss. The brain said, "I should be Boss because I control the whole body's responses and functions." The feet said, " We should be Boss as we carry the brain about and get him to where he wants to go. The hands said, "We should be the Boss because we do all the work and earn all the money. "And so it went on and on with the heart, the lungs and the eyes until finally the asshole spoke up. All the parts laughed at the idea of the asshole being the Boss. So the asshole went on strike, blocked itself up and refused to work. Within a short time the eyes became crossed, the hands clenched, the feet twitched, the heart and lungs began to panic and the brain fevered. Eventually they all decided that the asshole should be the Boss, so the motion was passed.

Management Lesson: You don't need brains to be a Boss, any asshole will do.

4.) Lesson Number Four

A little bird was flying south for the winter. It was so cold, the bird froze and fell to the ground in a large field. While it was lying there, a cow came by and dropped some dung on it. As the frozen bird lay there in the pile of cow dung, it began to realize how warm it was. The dung was actually thawing him out! He lay there all warm and happy, and soon began to sing for joy. A passing cat heard the bird singing and came to investigate. Following the sound, the cat discovered the bird under the pile of cow dung, and promptly dug him out and ate him!

Management Lessons:
a) Not everyone who drops shit on you is your enemy.
b) Not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
c) And when you're in deep shit, keep your mouth shut.

5.) Lesson Number Five

A man was in a hot-air balloon. Soon he found himself lost with nothing but green fields for as far as the eye could see. Eventually, he happened to float over a man who was walking his dog. He leaned over the basket and yelled out, "Hello! Where am I?" The man on the ground replied, "You're about 20 feet above the ground in a hot- air balloon." The balloonist cursed him and shouted back, "You must be a statistician." "Why do you say that?" asked the man on the ground. "Well," shouted the balloonist, "You're absolutely correct but your answer was completely useless." "Oh I see," replied the walker, "And you must be a manager." "Actually, you're right," said the balloonist. "How did you know?" "Well," said the walker, "First you were lost. Then, after working out what information you needed to sort yourself out, you asked someone else to get it for you. Now, that you have the information, you're still lost, but it's someone else's fault." Well, Was it interesting?

Management Lessons : Do I need to tell it again !!!!

Did u see this from google.

2005-05-09T09:13:00.000-04:00

http://webaccelerator.google.com/index.html

cooking with google

2005-05-09T09:05:00.000-04:00

is in't this interesting. You go home and u see only few ingredients at home. u enter those ingredients and you will get a list of recipies u can cook with them.
chekout here http://www.researchbuzz.org/cookin_with_google.shtml

Here are some tips to spped ur firefox

2005-04-07T08:52:00.000-04:00

check the tips here that will speed up your firefox.
http://computerhaven.info/forum/tm.aspx?m=1732&mpage=1&key=ۄ

something strage in MS word.......

2005-04-07T03:13:00.000-04:00

got this from a mail of one of my friend....
open a word document and type

= rand(1,1)

press enter.
you will see the following message The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

could be some kind of a bug........or dont know if it serves any higher purpose.......

My theory on Open source ......

2005-04-04T05:32:00.000-04:00

I have a feeling!! Software development is easy. Iam a software developer proves my feeling right. Anyone can jump in and start writing useful programs. Thats probably how people started writing and sharing software.

After my little bit of experience in this area I want to write an equation

need/use of a propreitory software is proportional to the open source initiative of the software.

The more there is a need for a software or the more usability of a propreitory software the more quickly people will start writing the same software under the canopy of open source. So Propreitory companies cant just sit and relax after the initial delivery. The cycle goes as follows for a software company

get good ideas ---> implement them ----> earn as much money on that as u can when the iron is hot---> open source will kill u anyway with its free version----> to survive get more good ideas, implement them and continue the cycle. Thats as simple as it gets.......

This how ever does'nt mean open source is good or bad. It however is imperative that open source is driving/chasing the industry for a better place.

2005-01-24T04:19:00.000-05:00

I am trying SharpReader to read and organize RSS feeds. It seems cool.

2004-06-08T02:44:00.000-04:00

A Good Brain-Teaser?

1. The word has seven letters...

2. Preceded God...

3. Greater than God...

4. More Evil than the devil...

5. All poor people have it...

6. Wealthy people need it...

7. If you eat it, you will die!

2004-06-01T01:40:00.000-04:00

Is'nt This Amazing?

The person who formulated this sentence must be a vocabulary wizard.

Read the sentence below carefully. . .

"I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalizes intercommunications incomprehensibleness. "

In this sentence the Nth word is N letters long.
e. g. 3rd word is 3 letters long, 8th word is 8 letters long and so on.

2004-05-13T11:04:00.000-04:00

Google in the news
Its time to update our dictionaries, to google means to search. Google has been the most competent search engines available on the internet. It was found six years ago by sergey brin and larry page while they were still at Stanford University and today it has become a househod word and a worldwide phenomenon. Google has converted internet into an extremely fast and valuable research tool. You want some thing you got about it here.
The company is going for a public offering, with an intention to get the small invester a look in. The stock offering which is expected to raise as much as $2.7 billion is going to be conducted in an unusual method of online auction called the dutch way, a bid to make its shares more widely available. Morgan stanely and credit suisse First Boston were named as the underwriters for the deal.
The core buisness for google is the way of serach based advertising. This allows companies to purchase ads tied to specific keyword searches. This has been the most lucrative and rapidly growing markets in the technology sector. and some of the other products are froogle( a comparison shopping website), a local search engine, and gmail.
This has been the most anticipated offering since the dot-com bubble burst. The first people who are going to get benifited form the deal are the "the boys" as termed by silicon valley insiders brin and page. A list of the others who stand to be enriched should Google go public seems to prove that the rich get richer.

2004-05-10T11:48:00.000-04:00

something good to flatter your girl friend
" It must have been a rainy day when you were born. It was not raining but the sky was crying for it lost a star"

2004-05-07T02:32:00.000-04:00

I finally startd writing on some thing.
Find a link here

2004-04-14T03:15:00.000-04:00

Think a word when added to these gives other proper meaning
"cover" "arm" "wear" . If u can get it mail back to me yanilkr@hotmail.com

2004-04-02T02:05:00.000-05:00

Woman's Dictionary
Yes = No
No = Yes
Maybe = No
I'm sorry = You'll be sorry
We need = I want
It's your decision = My correct decision should be obvious by now
Do what you want = You'll pay for this later
We need to talk = I need to complain
Sure go ahead = I don't want you to
I'm not upset = Of course I'm upset, you moron
This kitchen is so inconvenient = I want a new house
I want new curtains = carpeting, furniture, andwallpaper
I heard a noise = I noticed you were almost asleep
Do you love me? = I'm going to ask for somethingexpensive
How much do you love me? = I did something today you're going to hate
I'll be ready in a minute = Kick off your shoes and find a good game on TV
You have to learn to communicate = Just agree with me
Are you listening to me!? = Too late, you're dead

2003-10-22T12:19:00.000-04:00

I found it really worth reading.................

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What's better than...? --- By Butch Jimenez

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Butch Jimenez, head of PLDT's media and strategic communications department, delivered this speech at the UP Diliman Class 2003 commencement exercises.

Better than being negative:

As college students, you're just about to set sail into the real world. As you prepare for the battleground of life, you'll hear many speeches, read tons of books and get miles of advice telling you to work hard, dream big,go out and do something for yourself, and have a vision. Not bad advice, really. In fact, following these nuggets of truth may just bring you to the top. But as I've lived my life over the years , I have come to realize that it is great to dream big, have a vision, make a name, and work hard. But guess what: There's something better than that.

So my message today simply asks the question, What's better than...? Let's start off with something really simple. What's better than a long speech? No doubt, a short one. So, you guys are in luck because I do intend to keep this short. Now, let me take you through a very simple math exam. I'll rattle off a couple of equations, and you tell me what you observe about them. Be mindful of the instructions. You are to tell me what you observe about the equations.
Here goes: 3+4=7, 9+2=11, 8+4=13, and 6+6=12. Tell me, what do you observe?

Every time I conduct this test, more than 90 percent of the participants immediately say, 8+4 is NOT 13, it's 12!
That's true and they are correct. But they could have also observed that the three other equations were right. That 3+4 is 7, that 9+2 is 11, and that 6+6 is 12. What's my point? Many people immediately focus on the negative instead of the positive. Most of us focus on what's wrong with other people more than what's right about them. Examine those four equations. Three were right and only one was wrong. But what is the knee-jerk observation? The wrong equation.

If 10 people you didn't know were to walk through that door, most of you would describe those people by what's negative about them. He's fat. He's balding. Oh, the short one. Oh, the skinny girl. Ahhh, 'yung pango. Etc. Get the point? It's always the negative we focus on
and not the positive. You'll definitely experience this in the corporate world. You do a hundred good things and one mistake-guess what? Chances are, your attention will be called on that one mistake.

So what's better than focusing on the negative? Believe me, its focusing on the positive. And if this world could learn to focus on the positive more than the negative, it would be a much nicer place to live in.

Better than working hard:

We have always been told to work hard. Our parents say that, our teachers say that, and our principal says that. But there's something better than merely working hard. It's working SMART. It's taking time to understand the situation, and coming out with an effective and efficient solution to get more done with less time and effort. As the Japanese say, "There's always a better way."

One of the most memorable case studies I came across with as I studied Japanese management at Sophia University in Tokyo was the case of the empty soap box, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a box of soap that was empty. It immediately isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box went through the assembly line empty. Management tasked its engineers to solve the problem. Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast. But a rank-and-file employee that was posed the same problem came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Clearly, the engineers worked hard, but the rank-and-file employee worked smart. So what's better than merely working hard? It's working smart. Having said that, it is still important to work hard. If you could combine both working hard and working smart, you would possess a major factor toward success.

Better than dreaming big :

I will bet my next month's salary that many have encouraged you to dream big. Maybe even to reach for the stars and aim high. I sure heard that about a million times right before I graduated from this university. So I did. I did dream big. I did aim high. I did reach for the stars. No doubt, it works. In fact, the saying is true: "If you aim for nothing, that's exactly what you'll hit: nothing." But there's something better than dreaming big. Believe me, I got shocked myself. And I learned it from the biggest dreamer of all time, Walt Disney. When it comes to dreaming big, Walt is the man. No bigger dreams were fulfilled than his. Every leadership book describes him as the ultimate dreamer. In fact, the principle of dreaming and achieving is the core message of the Disney hit song, "When You Wish Upon a Star". "When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are; anything your heart desires will come to you. If your heart is in your dream, no request is too extreme. When you wish upon a star, as dreamers do," as Jiminy Crick et sang. But is that what he preached in the Disney company? Dream? Imagineering Well, not exactly. Kinda, but not quite. The problem with dreaming is if that's all you do, you'll really get nowhere. In fact, you may just fall asleep and never wake up. The secret to Disney's success is not just dreaming,it's IMAGINEERING. You won't find this word in a dictionary. It's purely a Disney word. Those who engage in Imagineering are called imagineers. The word combines the words
"imagination" and "engineering." In the book "Imagineers," Disney's CEO, Michael Eisner, claims that "imagineers turn impossible dreams into real magic." Walt Disney explained there is really no secret to their approach. They just keep moving forward-opening new doors and doing new things, because they are curious. And it is this curiosity that leads them down new paths. They always dream, explore and experiment. In short, Imagineering is the blending of creative imagination and technical know-how. Eisner expounds on this thought by saying that "Not only are imagineers curious, they are courageous, outrageous, and their creativity is contagious." The big difference with imagineers is that they dream and then they DO! So don't just be a dreamer, be an imagineer. What's better than vision :You must have all been given a lecture at one time or another about the importance of having a vision. Even leadership expert John Maxwell says that an indispensable quality of a leader is to have a vision. The Bible also makes it very clear that "Without vision, people perish." So no doubt about it, having a vision is important to success. But surprise! There's something more potent than a vision. It's a CAUSE. If all you're doing is trying to reach your vision and you're pitted against someone fighting for a cause, chances are you'll lose.

The Vietnam War is a classic example. Literally with sticks and stones, the Viet Cong beat the heavily armed US Army to surrender,
primarily because the US had a vision to win the war, but the Vietnamese were fighting for a cause. In the realm of business, many leaders have visions of making their company No.1, or grabbing market share, or forever increasing profits. Nothing really wrong with that vision, but take the example of Sony founder Akio Morita. He did not just have a vision to build the biggest electronics company in the world. In his biography, "Made in Japan," he reveals that the real reason he set up Sony was to help rebuild his country, which had just been battered by war. He had a cause he was fighting for. His vision to be an electronics giant was secondary.

What's the difference between a vision and a cause? Here's what sets them apart... No one is willing to die for a vision. People will die for a cause. You possess a vision. A cause possesses you. A vision lies in your hands. A cause lies in your heart. A vision involves sacrifice.
A cause involves the ultimate sacrifice. Just a word of caution. You must have the right vision, and you must be fighting for the right cause. In the end, right will always win out. It may take time, and it may take long. But if you have the right vision and are fighting for the right cause, you will prevail. If not, no matter how sincere you are, if you are not fighting for what is right, you will ultimately fail.

The Bible, which says, "To whom much is given, much is required." Having been given the opportunity to study in UP, no doubt, much has been given to you in terms of an excellent education. Don't forget that in return, much is now required of you to use that education not just for yourself, but for others. And as you move up and start reaching the pinnacle of success, even more will be required of you to look at the welfare of others, of society and of the country.

A final review:

* What's better than focusing on the negative? Focus on the positive.
* What's better than working hard? It's working smart.
* What's better than dreaming? Imagineering.
* What's better than doing something for yourself? Doing something for your country.
* What's better than a vision? A cause.
* What's better than a long speech? Definitely, a short one.

Thank you and congratulations,
UP Diliman graduating class of 2003

"Excellence is not a destination; it is a continuous journey that never ends."

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2003-10-20T10:29:00.000-04:00

A very nice Q

int i, n = 20;
for (i = 0; i < n; i--)
printf("-");

You have to print '-' 20 times. by adding or removing or
replacing only a single character from the code.
There are 3 possible solutions for the above question. What
are they ?
want answer? mail me at ankur_reddy@yahoo.com

2003-09-09T09:20:00.000-04:00

A powerful speech from Dr. Abdul Kalaam

DR. APJ Abdul Kalaam's speech in Hyderabad. A must read for every Indian. (May take some time to read)

Quote: I have three visions for India. In 3000 years of our history people from all over the world have come and invaded us, captured our lands, conquered our minds. From Alexander onwards. The Greeks, the Turks, the Moguls, the Portuguese, the British, the French, the Dutch, all of them came and looted us, took over what was ours. Yet we have not done this to any other nation. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture,
their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. Why? Because we respect the freedom of others. That is why my first vision is that of FREEDOM. I believe that India got its first vision of this in 1857, when we started the war of independence. It is this freedom that we must protect and nurture and build on. If we are not free, no one will respect us. My second vision for India is DEVELOPMENT. For fifty years we have been a developing nation. It is time we see ourselves as a developed nation. We are among top 5 nations of the world in terms of GDP. We have 10
percent growth rate in most areas. Our poverty levels are falling. Our achievements are being globally recognized today. Yet we lack the self-confidence to see ourselves as a developed nation, self-reliant and self-assured. Isn't this incorrect?

I have a THIRD vision. India must stand up to the world. Because I believe that unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. Only strength respects strength. We must be strong not only as a military power but also as an economic power. Both must go hand-in-hand. My good fortune was to have worked with three great minds. Dr. Vikram Sarabhai of the Dept. of space, Professor Satish Dhawan, who succeeded him and Dr. Brahm Prakash, father of nuclear material. I was lucky to have worked with all three of them closely and consider this the great opportunity of my life.

I see four milestones in my career:

ONE: Twenty years I spent in ISRO. I was given the opportunity to be the project director for India's first satellite launch vehicle, SLV3. The one that launched Rohini. These years played a very important role in my life of Scientist.

TWO: After my ISRO years, I joined DRDO and got a chance to be the part of India's missile program. It was my second bliss when Agni met its mission requirements in 1994.

THREE: The Dept. of Atomic Energy and DRDO had this tremendous partnership in the recent nuclear tests, on
May 11 and 13. This was the third bliss. The joy of participating with my team in these nuclear tests and proving to the world that India can make it, that we are no longer a developing nation but one of them. It made me feel very proud as an Indian. The fact that we have now developed for Agni a re-entry structure, for which we have developed this new material. A Very light material called carbon-carbon.

FOUR: One day an orthopedic surgeon from Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences visited my laboratory. He lifted the material and found it so light that he took me to his hospital and showed me his patients. There were these little girls and boys with heavy metallic calipers weighing over three kg. each, dragging their feet around. He said to me: Please
remove the pain of my patients. In three weeks, we made these Floor reaction Orthosis 300 gram calipers and took them to the orthopedic centre. The children didn't believe their eyes. From dragging around a three kg. load on their legs, they could now move around! Their parents had tears in their eyes. That was my fourth bliss!

Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? We are the first in milk production. We are number one in Remote sensing satellites. We are the second largest producer of wheat. We are the second largest producer of rice. Look at Dr. Sudarshan, he has transferred the tribal village into a self-sustaining, self-driving unit. There are millions of such achievements but our media is only obsessed in the bad news and failures and disasters.

I was in Tel Aviv once and I was reading the Israeli newspaper. It was the day after a lot of attacks and bombardments and deaths had taken place. The Hamas had struck. But the front page of the newspaper had the
picture of a Jewish gentleman who in five years had transformed his desert land into an orchid and a granary. It was this inspiring picture that everyone woke up to. The gory details of killings, bombardments, deaths, were inside in the newspaper, buried among other news. In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. Why are we so
NEGATIVE? Another question: Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? We want foreign TVs, we
want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported. Do we not realize that self-respect comes with self-reliance?

I was in Hyderabad giving this lecture, when a 14 year old girl asked me for my autograph. I asked her what her goal in life is: She replied: I want to live in a developed India. For her, you and I will have to build this developed India. You must proclaim. India is not an under-developed nation; it is a highly developed nation.

Allow me to come back with vengeance. Got 10 minutes for your country? YOU say that our government is inefficient. YOU say that our laws are too old. YOU say that the municipality does not pick up the garbage. YOU say
that the phones don't work, the railways are a joke, the airline is the worst in the world, mails never reach their destination. YOU say that our country has been fed to the dogs and is the absolute pits. YOU say, say and say.

What do YOU do about it? Take a person on his way to Singapore. Give him a name - YOURS. Give him a face -
YOURS. YOU walk out of the airport and you are at you International best. In Singapore you don't throw cigarette butts on the roads or eat in the stores. YOU are as proud of their Underground Links as they are. You pay $5 (approx. Rs. 60) to drive through Orchard Road (equivalent of Mahim Causeway or Pedder Road) between 5 PM and 8 PM.
YOU comeback to the parking lot to punch your parking ticket if you have over stayed in a restaurant or a shopping mall irrespective of your status identity. In Singapore you don't say anything, DO YOU? YOU wouldn't dare to eat in public during Ramadan, in Dubai. YOU would not dare to go out without your head covered in Jeddah. YOU would not dare to buy an employee of the telephone exchange in London at 10 pounds (Rs. 650) a month to, "see to it that my STD and ISD calls are billed to someone else." YOU would not dare to speed beyond 55 mph (88 kph) in Washington and then tell the traffic cop, "Jaanta hai sala main kaun hoon (Do you know who I am?). I am so and so's son. Take your two bucks and get lost." YOU wouldn't chuck an empty coconut shell anywhere other than the garbage pail on
the beaches in Australia and New Zealand. Why don't YOU spit Paan on the streets of Tokyo? Why don't YOU
use examination jockeys or buy fake certificates in Boston? We are still talking of the same YOU. YOU who can respect and conform to a foreign system in other countries but cannot in your own. You who will throw
papers and cigarettes on the road the moment you touch Indian ground. If you can be an involved and appreciative citizen in an alien country why cannot you be the same here in India. Once in an interview, the famous Ex-municipal commissioner of Bombay Mr.Tinaikar had a point to make. "Rich people's dogs are walked on the streets to leave their affluent droppings all over the place," he said. "And then the same people turn around to criticize and blame the
authorities for inefficiency and dirty pavements. What do they expect the officers to do? Go down with a broom every time their dog feels the pressure in his bowels? In America every dog owner has to clean up after his pet has done the job. Same in Japan. Will the Indian citizen do that here?" He's right. We go to the polls to choose a government and after that forfeit all responsibility. We sit back wanting to be pampered and expect the government to do everything for us whilst our contribution is totally negative. We expect the government to clean up but we are not going to stop chucking garbage all over the place nor are we going to stop to pick a up a stray piece of paper and
throw it in the bin. We expect the railways to provide clean bathrooms but we are not going to learn the proper use of bathrooms. We want Indian Airlines and Air India to provide the best of food and toiletries but we are not going to stop pilfering at the least opportunity. This applies even to the staff who is known not to pass on the service to the public. When it comes to burning social issues like those related to women, dowry, girl child and others, we make loud
drawing room protestations and continue to do the reverse at home. Our excuse? "It's the whole system which has to change, how will it matter if I alone forego my sons' rights to a dowry." So who's going to change the system? What does a system consist of? Very conveniently for us it consists of our neighbors, other households, other cities, other communities and the government. But definitely not me and YOU. When it comes to us actually making a positive contribution to the system we lock ourselves along with our families into a safe cocoon and look into the distance at
countries far away and wait for a Mr. Clean to come along & work miracles for us with a majestic sweep of his hand. Or we leave the country and run away. Like lazy cowards hounded by our fears we run to America to bask in their glory and praise their system. When New York becomes insecure we run to England. When England experiences unemployment, we take the next flight out to the Gulf. When the Gulf is war struck, we demand to be rescued and brought home by the Indian government. Everybody is out to abuse and rape the country. Nobody thinks of feeding the system. Our conscience is mortgaged to money.

Dear Indians, The article is highly thought inductive, calls for a great deal of introspection and pricks one's conscience too....I am echoing J.F. Kennedy's words to his fellow Americans to relate to Indians.....

"ASK WHAT WE CAN DO FOR INDIA AND DO WHAT HAS TO BE
DONE TO MAKE INDIA WHAT AMERICA AND OTHER WESTERN
COUNTRIES ARE TODAY"

Lets do what India needs from us.

2003-09-09T06:26:00.000-04:00

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2003-08-26T05:49:00.000-04:00

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2003-08-18T06:29:00.000-04:00

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2003-08-18T06:20:00.000-04:00

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