Saturday, May 24, 2008

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www.w3schools.com. one of the best sites i have ever seen.Has a huge colletion of extremely easy to understand resources for learning lots of interesting things about computers like html ,php,javascript,flash etc...

check it out .It is great fun.

Thursday, May 22, 2008

I was coming in an auto after having purchased some books.I had to get my eye-sight checked and my specs made.It had been 4 months since i visited hyderabad.I had been used to peaceful life in the campus and all the pollution in hyderabad was too much to bear.The auto driver took a short cut.I and the driver had decided on a price as his meter was not working.Now i realised my folly because the driver would now take me through claustrophobic streets to save his petrol.The driver had to display his adroitness in maneuvering his auto without colliding with any vehicle.I would not help but notice the bustling life in that small,crowded street.vehicle horns ,vendors shouting,people bargaining,dogs barking and so many other sounds merged together and needless to say the result was cacophonous.i put my ipod on and eerily saw the auto driver drive like a juggernaut.i knew there was no point in me telling him to slow down.i tried to concentrate on the song playing and acted as if i was nonchalant .Finally after half and hour i reached the destination.The first thing i did after getting down was to thank god for the safe trip.I have started learning how to drive just to feel more safe when i am travelling.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

This might as well as be taken as a case study for the topic "Height of stupidity".
I was working on my laptop and listening to songs on my ipod.A song with heavy guitar-ing was playing and the volume was uncomfortably high.It was a cacophony!I had to reduce the volume and i had to do it urgently.But nothing seemed to happen .The sound was getting unbearable and i removed the ear-plugs and felt a little stupid, "cant i operate a ipod properly?".It was then i realized that i was pressing the "reduce volume" touch pad on my laptop which was not playing music!.Now i had touched the heights of stupidity .
can you think of anything you have done that is more stupid ?

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

I now have two and half months of free time .What a luxury!I was reading a book called"The curious incident of the dog in the night-time" by Mark haddon,i came across a problem called the monty hall problem in this book.Have a look at the problem below-
The Monty Hall problem is a puzzle involving probability loosely based on the American game show Let's Make a Deal. The name comes from the show's host, Monty Hall. The problem is also called the Monty Hall paradox; it is a veridical paradox in the sense that the solution is counterintuitive.A well-known statement of the problem was published in Parade magazine:Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?
If you think it wouldnt make any difference because the probability of the car being in anyone one of the two unopened gates is the same,think again because that would be wrong.This is one classic example where intuition fails and logic gives the right answer.so which is more powerful -logic or intuition?well ,i think it depends on the situation.I will tell you how i use a combination of logic and intuition in my chemistry exam (if the paper is objective type).1)I read the question twice 2)then i intuitively guess the answer.Since "I" think this is the right answer, i for sure know that it will NOT be the right answer.So now i have to choose between 3 options3)among the these 3 options i select that answer that i think is right ,i mean intuitively right.So now i can rule out this option too.Now i am left with 2 options4)repeat the process once more .thus,the correct answer is obtained!
nOw here is a question -what used one use more in life ?logic or intuition?

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

12 more hours ..

12 more hours to go and i would have completed my first year in bits.Overall it has been a good experience .Really looking forward to the holidays .This vacation will for sure be very exciting.

by the way maya's bday is on 14th may.so i am getting ready to give him bitsian style bumps.The interesting part is i have decided to give him a sore butt by kicking him with his heavy woodland boots!

 
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