WORLDVIEW

You scored as Materialist. Materialism stresses the essence of fundamental particles. Everything that exists is purely physical matter and there is no special force that holds life together. You believe that anything can be explained by breaking it up into its pieces. i.e. the big picture can be understood by its smaller elements.

Existentialist		81%
Materialist		81%
Modernist		75%
Postmodernist		75%
Cultural Creative		63%
Romanticist		50%
Idealist		50%
Fundamentalist		25%

What is Your World View? (corrected...again)
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Algrebra and my exams!!!!!

Exams commence in about 10 days and, true to my nature, all I have done in the p.l is waste time (and wasting some more by blogging this nonsense..). As a result of which I have again landed myself in the 80-20 situation where I have to still cover 80% of syllabus with 20% of the time remaining. ;-(

And as a desperate measure I am now going to employ the ALGEBRAIC MULTIGRID METHOD in my preparation.
To the uninitiated, the AMG technique is used to solve a large (and i mean "LARGE"...jus like my syllabus) set of equations. In this method we represent the entire system of equations in the form of a Grid. This grid is coarsened and different levels are generated, wherein every level has lesser number of nodes than the previous one. We keep coarsening until a stage is reached such that the original system of equations is reduced to a solvable form. Therefore, at the coarsest level, the equations are solved and the results of this level are interpolated to the finer level and we keep interpolating until we reach the finest level. This top-down and subsequent bottom-up (i.e. coarsening and then interpolating) approach helps us to finally come up with the solution for our "large" system of equations.

If some of you fools, are still wondering as to how this nonsense is going to help me with my preparation...well, here goes.... The syllabus is quite large...as a result coarsening needs to be done...first, by cutting down on the no. of pages...then no. of topics .. so on and so forth.....until I reach my coarsest level i.e. the names of indiviual topics.....As for interpolating...I shall first learn the subtitles under the main topics...then some keywords under the subtitles.then some sentences...then some diagrams...and so on....

However, there does lie one difference, unlike the original method where it is absolutely necessary to roll up to the finest level, in my case it is alright to stop midway cos not only do I not have the time but also it is "Mumbai University" yaar...where more than the content i got to concentrate on the length of my answers ;;-))

Hmm...Doesnt it sound smart and full proof....I better get at it right away....

P.s.: If you are reading this it would imply, you have read the article as well, which would further imply that both you and me have nothing better in the world to do than reading (you) or writing (me) such piece of crap ;;-))

Alvida!!!

Our B.E. Project is over. ;-(((((

I was certain to blog about it and I think Madhav was too. He, however beat me to it (he even posted the pics before he mailed them to me...;-))). I guess rightly so, in the past I have been guilty of posting his pics before he can. ;;-))

Jokes apart, I anyway could not have authored a better article chronicalling our experience at C.A. And therefore for the sake of posterity I am saving the link.

http://roundthewicket.blogspot.com/2005/05/much-more-than-be-project.html

However, what I can do is to post the pics from C.A. (Sorry maddy, not only am I stealing your pics, but also your links.....hahaha)


THE OFFICE BUILDING





ME, MADDY, ASHOK-Our Guide (a fantastic person) and ANISH








ME AND SETH




AND FINALLY....THE MADMAN AKA MADDY AKA MADHAV

A Train to Churchgate....

An unusual encounter :

On a bhayander bound fast train from churchgate (time 6 10)

The train was docked at churchgate, waiting to leave :

I, after finding a comfortable place, was settled and trying to read some book, when my peace was broken with the arrival of a 60 something elder (he called himself GRANDPA)

GRANDPA:- Arre beta, dadaji ko bethne ko nahi kahoge!!!

Me:(look up, get a lil embarassed...and then move aside to make place)

GRANDPA :(after a few min of silence) Beta yeh train churchgate kabhi pahuchengi (Son, when will this train reach churchgate)

Me:
(look at him a lil surprised, my first reaction that the man is a loose nut, but then I think probably he is new to the place and is a little lost, After a min of blank staring, I open my mouth..only to be cut short )

GRANDPA : Arre idiot, yeh train bhayander 7:08 ko pahuchengi. Phir after 10 minutes it will leave for churchgate. It will therefore reach churchgate at around 8:30. Tum itna simple calculation nahin kar sakte. Interview main fail ho gaye tum

Me : STUMPED!!!!!!!


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SPOILER.......

Read this one at your own peril.....



Dont tell me I didnt warn you....




I am gonna reveal something that some ppl wont like........




I am telling you, do not scroll your eyes to the last sentence..........





Now that you did not listen to me....pay for your sins....HERE IT IS :



AJAY DEVGAN IS A GHOST IN THE MOVIE KAAL

P.s.: Excuse my lame attempt at trying to act smart ;-))

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End of Days..........

NO....the world aint coming to an end.......

Today officially was last day of college with the last viva of my life (hopefully). The day brought an end to a mad week which was characterised with late nights, crazy vivas (my viva on system security turned out to be on American security with 9/11, FBI, CIA and wot not being discussed ;-), getting upset, tensed, angry and a host of other emotions, etc.

Anyway, the day was also in some way an end of days itself. End of college days, end of viva days, end of submission days, end of project days (gonna miss this one in particular)...hmmm ....sigh ;-(.....

P.s.:- My apologies for being inactive for some time.......

Wishing my Ba.. an healhty and speedy recovery...Get well soon Ba