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Misunderstood

2009-12-28T07:26:00.000-08:00

Caution: This post is very geeky and boring

“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.” ~ Edsger Dijkstra.

There is something spectacular about computer science that almost all students who come out of schools and colleges in India fail to understand. Blame it on the system! How can we expect students to love a subject that is taught as a subject to memorize the button sequence that Microsoft Developers expect from a computer user or as a set of puzzles based on the C compiler. Sadly this is a great subject incorrectly tagged as a "Click-Click based subject" or as a "spot the missing semi colon based subject".

"Imagine if students are taught Light by first making an electric connection to switch on a bulb and we call it physics "
"Imagine if students are made to do salt analysis straight away in their Chemistry class without any theory"

What happens is very simple. Students learn Light as a sequence of electric connection and learn chemistry as a puzzle that can be solved through a sequence of systematic steps. Did they learn Physics or Chemistry? Will such a set of students have any respect for these subjects?Can you expect them to contribute anything towards Physics or Chemistry?

Physics and Chemistry does not have such a plight. But the poor computer science is still under the snare of Microsoft button sequence and C compiler puzzles.

Since I am trained by this very system I am not competent enough give a new meaning or a new direction, but I can share some of the things that I learnt from My Engineering College (MEC).

As Dijkstra said we must move away from the very thought that computer science is all about computers. With greater efficiency and greater usability computers have transformed from a simple calculating tool to a super machine. This super machine with huge processing capability and large memory capacity is useless without the wonderful field of computer science. Powerful servers and pocket computers led to the advent of the Information age. But its the remarkable field of computer science that ensured the availability of information. The time sharing operating systems, multi tasking web servers and search engines made up the Internet. Now we can do the impossible - " yes, we are connected to the World Wide Web ".

Another important achievement is the formal definition of computation and computability. We were also able to find programming languages that made the task of using computational power to new areas and new fields easier. Algorithms and data structures add super hero stuff to Computer Science. Future will see computer programs ruling the world. Computer Programs will beat the human tricks of corruption and crime. With improvements in artificial intelligence computers will start thinking, rewriting approaches build by human brain, and dream for us.

love story

2009-11-13T07:43:00.000-08:00

caution: u may not find any gossip in this post

My mother used to ask me when I sit in between my parents on the bed, Whom do u love more? Father or Mother? Hmu... After a little bit of thought I used to give a very diplomatic answer..."Equal". Once I said to my mother that I think I like her a little more. Soon she said "never say like that...that will make ur father sad". It was a spontaneous conclusion . One small quarrel with my mother changes the equilibrium :)

Ok...now let me explore things from my mothers perspective.She feel sad abt loving me more than my brother. She wants to maintain an equilibrium. Frankly, I am more loveable than my brother because he has some spontaneous reactions and I am calm and understanding ;) than my brother. He is more loving though he not as lovable as me. And I am jealous about that.

Now the last view is how I look at my parents? They are married to each for the past 25 yrs and i have seen them living together for 21yrs. I have never seen them saying "I love You".

Finally...Is there a love story that failed to see for the past 21 yrs ;)

Status Message

2009-11-09T03:45:00.000-08:00

Caution : This is my fav
This is my first day time post . There are many ways to write status messages. Some are cool quotes , some are slogans like "Jai Hind", again some are tweets like "going to study"...
Now coming to some serious messages, its a wonderful platform to raise opinion. Recently one of my friend roasted the media for using words like "love jihad ".
Its also a way share link and even serve the purpose of telling the world..."hey i too have a blog...pls visit ".

The worst form of status messages are emotion rich words like "i dont care what the world think abt me". If you dont care abt the world, then why bother abt telling that???

The most interesting category is messages like "@rohit chat with me when u are free" ...an online weapon against the online, not responding rohit :)

Hey who found this stupid thing?? I say "BAN IT"

Technomaniac

2009-11-02T10:29:00.000-08:00

Before coming to MEC all i wanted was some friends who could fly with my thought, inspire me to fly higher and bring in me a sense of happening. If someone ask me to paint MEC of my dreams the first character that i would paint is a skeleton. He is my friend who flew with me, inspired me to fly higher and brought in me a sense of happening.
I am not a go getter nor I am street smart. Maths Quiz was my first event in my college and at that time I could hardly identify a person in my class by name. When I wanted a partner for Maths Quiz I went straight to my class asked for Cyriac that I might get a partner. He instantly agreed and that was one of the most satisfying quiz I ever attended. He propelled my thought, he inspired me, he brought in me a sense of purpose. The days I spend with him at NITC was one of the purest in my life. He is a child who would say without much thought that what you did is one of the best in the world or even the worst thing to happen ever :) .

Now I come to the worst and the most exciting part of Cyriac. If you live with him for one week you can expect this kind of a conversation.

You : hey cyriac, I think Earth is spherical
Cyriac : ( immediate response and very seriously) NO
You : No way man ..I think its spherical
Cyriac : onne podo...(irritated and annoyed)

after some time...

Cyriac : Ya..I think u are correct...Its spherical though its flattish at the poles and bulges at the equator (very seriously)
You : :)
Cyriac : :D

He is the spirit of my hostel room. Its a boring and dull life without Cyriac. And my college and my class is incomplete without him.

to my seniors...

2009-04-06T10:38:00.001-07:00

caution: its senti
This is a blog entry for my seniors in my college... MEC is a college were seniors shape the life of a junior....they are our friends ....and in most cases our main guide.....its time to say thanks to my loving seniors as our 4th yrs are spending der last days in the college...

My interaction with seniors mainly took place in the form of ....spending time with them during tech fests outside our college.....chats in our college canteen nd classrooms...then thru macs...(computer association in mec)....if someone ask me where it all begun...then I would say it all started before freshers...i still remember with great excitement the days when i feared going to toilets....days when we wished that the classes dont get over at afternoon..and now we thank them for all those beautiful times...

I still cherish the time i spend with the then 3rd yrs and 4th yrs in nitc hostel.... when we went for tathva...I still remember the time that i spend with all our friends in macs...I still remember the time i spend with them at iitm...these are some of the most refreshing moments in mec....my engineering college

thank u all for the moments...thanks for the warmth and happiness.....bye all
especially my macs friends....wishing u a more exciting and colourful life...tata from puppy...

My neighbours whiskey

2008-06-26T11:17:00.000-07:00

We have everything in our country.We have beautiful ladies around us to to give wings to our teenage fantasy,every Indian enjoy the company of at least 2 children at home(we have at least successfully fired the slogan "hum dho hamare ake" as bakwaas).

But we have a small attitude problem!!

Instead of a long explaination, I shall ask some questions

Why is it that Indians don't dare to fight with his or her spouse without fear of others??
Why is it that Indians don't dress the way they love to dress??
Why is it that Indians spread the news of unmarried pregnant women in some corner of our state or country like unnatural death??
Why is my neighbours whiskey bottle a news for me??
Indians act like parasites.Our neighbours whiskey bottle is a source of happiness for us.
We make news out of anything ....we are not going to change
we will continue to to monitor our out neighbours daughters dress...
take count of our neighbours sons girlfriends....
Check whether our neighbour goes to church or did he become a communist...
Does our neighbours children study well...

finally "Her lipstick is very important for us...his whiskey bottle is even more important "

"his girlfriend is very important for us ...her dress is even more important"
"We Indians are like this......very very social parasites "

"Trained Indian to become a Typical Indian"

2008-06-07T10:39:00.000-07:00

Frankly,I am a great admirer of medical profession,If someone ask me "Do you want to become a doctor ?" I would say "yes" but I don't want to study medicine.May be ,I share the same passion towards white coat that my parents have.These thoughts made
my decision harder,but the very thought of studying for that made me say
" NO to medicine".
I think people with broader mind would be thinking why does this guy always connect biology with medicine.Yes there are many other professions,but In India we have the concept "typical Indian concept"

"Science stream is good but you must become a doctor or at least an engineer"
"Commerce stream is..........OK but you must become a chartered Accountant or at least do Business Administration"
"Doctor with only MBBS? Aaah...can't be considered as a degree holder"
"Doctors with specialisation ...GREAT "
"Engineer with job...OK"
"Engineer without job.....USELESS"

Anyway I don't know how to think differently .

"I am a trained INDIAN to become a typical INDIAN"

Believe me this is not the worst situation.In my case I had the choice to choose what I want ,but there are millions who don't have that.
What are they????