Categorized Books To Be Read ...

BOOKS: LIFE
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Anthony Robbins: Unlimited power
Anthony Robbins: Awaken the Giant Within
Anthony Robbins: Inner Strength
Barry Schwartz: The Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less (P.S.)
Bijan Anjomi: Absolutely Effortless Prosperity
Bill McKibben: Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age
Bill McKibben: The End of Nature
Carl Honore: In Praise of Slow
Carlos Castaneda: The Art of Dreaming
Carlos Castaneda: Fire from Within
Carlos Castaneda: Power of Silence
Carlos Castaneda: Separate Reality
Carlos Castaneda: The Active Side of Infinity
David Myers: The Pursuit of Happiness
David Simon: The Ten Commitments
David Simon & Deepak Chopra: Return to Wholeness
Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Deepak Chopra: The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Deepak Chopra: Creating Affluence
Deepak Chopra: Peace Is the Way
Deepak Chopra: Perfect Health
Don Miguel Ruiz: The Four Agreements
Eckhart Tolle: The Power of Now
Gregg Michael Levoy: Callings
Helen Keller: To Love This Life
Helen Keller: Optimism
Homer: Odyssey
Irini Rockwell: Five Wisdom Energies
James Collins & Jerry Porras: Built to Last
James Redfield: The Celestine Prophecy
Jim Collins: Good to Great
Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz: The Power of Full Engagement
John Gray: What You Feel You Can Heal
Lao Tzu & Stephen Mitchell: Tao Te Ching: An Illustrated Journey
Larry Bossidy: Execution: Discipline of Getting Things Done
M. Scott Peck: The Road Less Traveled
Marshall Rosenberg: Nonviolent Communication
Michael J. Gelb: How to Think like Leonardo da Vinci
Oliver Sacks: Awakenings
Paulo Coelho: The Alchemist - DONE
Pema Chodron: Awakening Loving Kindness
Pema Chodron: Comfortable With Uncertainty
Pema Chodron: When Things Fall Apart
Robert Aziz: Jung's Psychology of Religion & Synchronicity
Robert Moss: Conscious Dreaming
Sakyong Mipham: Ruling Your World
Sidney Rosen: My Voice Will Go With You
Spencer Johnson: Who Moved My Cheese? - DONE
Stephen Covey: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Sulak Sivaraksa : Seeds of Peace
Sulak Sivaraksa : Conflict, Culture, Change
Sulak Sivaraksa : Loyalty Demands Dissent
Susan Schutz: Reach Out for Your Dreams
Thomas Peters: In Search of Excellence
Vernon Howard: Esoteric Mind Power
Vernon Howard: Your Power of Natural Knowing
Vernon Howard: Secrets for Higher Success
Vernon Howard: Pathways to Perfect Living
Vernon Howard: Inspire Yourself
Wayne Dyer: Your Sacred Self
Wayne Dyer: The Power of Intention
Wayne Dyer: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life
Wayne Dyer: Inspiration
William Martin: The Sage's Tao Te Ching

BOOKS: NOVELS
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Aldous Huxley: Brave New World
Alexander McCall Smith: The Number 1 Ladies Detective Agency
Alistair MacLeod: No Great Mischief
Andre Brink: Dry White Season
Andre Brink: The Other Side of Silence
Andre Brink: Imaginings of Sand
Andre Brink: The Rights of Desire
Andre Brink: Rumours of Rain
Andre Brink: Devil's Valley
Anita Diamant: The Red Tent
Anthony Burgess: A Clockwork Orange
Ayn Rand: Fountainhead - DONE
Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged - DONE
Barbara Kingsolver : The Poisonwood Bible
Breyten Breytenbach: The True Confessions of an Albino Terrorist
D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers
D.H. Lawrence: Women in Love
Daniel Mason: The Piano Tuner
Dashell Hammett: Red Harvest
Doris Lessing: The Golden Notebook
Doris Lessing: Prisons We Choose to Live Inside
Doris Lessing: The Grass is Singing
Doris Lessing: In Pursuit of the English
Doris Lessing: The Four Gated City
E.M. Forster: A Passage To India
Ernest Hemingway: Moveable Feast
F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby
George Orwell: Nineteen Eighty Four
George Orwell: Animal Farm
Graham Greene: England made me
Graham Greene: The Quiet American
Graham Greene: The Ministry of Fear
Harper Lee: To Kill A Mockingbird
Ian McEwan: Amsterdam
Jack Kerouac: On The Road
Jack London: The Call of the wild
James Joyce: Ulysses
John Berger: Pig Earth
John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath
Joseph Conrad: Heart Of Darkness
L. Ron Hubbard: Fear
Leo Tolstoy: Anna Karenina
M. Coetzee : Disgrace
Margaret Atwood: The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Mitchell: Gone with the Wind
Mario Puzo: The Family
Milan Kundera: Unbearable Lightness of Being
Nadine Gordimer: Crimes of conscience
Oscar Wilde: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Penelope Fitzgerald: Innocence
Richard Russo: Empire Falls
Scott Fitzgerald: Tender is the Night
Sinclair Lewis: Main Street
Thad Carhart: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
V.S. Naipaul: India: A Wounded Civilization
V.S. Naipaul: In a Free State
V.S. Naipaul: A Bend in the River
Vivian Gornick: Approaching Eye Level
Vivian Gornick: Fierce Attachments
Walker Percy: The Moviegoer
Wallace Stegner: Crossing to Safety
Wallace Stegner: Angle of Repose
William Faulkner: As I Lay Dying
Yann Martel: Life of Pi
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Productivity, Time Management, Effectiveness
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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey (personal effectiveness)
Getting Things Done by David Allen (workflow and productivity)
Maximum Achievement and Time Power by Brian Tracy (time management)
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin (personal effectiveness)
Organizing From the Inside Out by Julie Morgenstern (getting organized)
Now, Discover Your Strengths by Marcus Buckingham (finding your strengths)
Is Your Genius at Work? by Dick Richards (finding your genius, book review)


Success, Behavior, Victory
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Unlimited Power and Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins (achievement and NLP)
Using Your Brain for a Change by Richard Bandler (NLP)
Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman (optimism)
The Now Habit by Neil Fiore (overcoming procrastination)
Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers (overcoming procrastination)
The Art of War by Sun Tzu (slaughtering your enemy efficiently)
The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene (ensuring your enemy doesn’t slaughter you first)
The Psychology of Winning by Denis Waitley (victory)


Consciousness, Awareness, Spirituality
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Power vs. Force by David Hawkins (levels of consciousness)
Ask and It Is Given and The Amazing Power of Deliberate Intent by Esther Hicks (manifesting intentions)
The Power of Now and A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle (consciousness and awareness)
The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra (manifesting intentions)
The Celestine Prophecy by James Redfield (consciousness and awareness)
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman (inner peace)
Cosmic Trigger Vol I, Vol II, and Vol III by Robert Anton Wilson (”weird” doesn’t begin to describe it)
A Course in Miracles by the Foundation for Inner Peace (channeled teachings from Jesus)
The Disappearance of the Universe by Gary Renard (awareness and forgiveness)
Bringers of the Dawn by Barbara Marciniak (channeled teachings of the Pleiadians)
Operation Terra by Sara Lyara Estes (channeled messages)


Meaning, Purpose, Fulfillment
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There's a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, The Power of Intention, and Inspiration by Wayne Dyer (spiritual problem solving, finding your purpose)
Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl (finding meaning in the Holocaust)
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (Holocaust story)
A Child Called It, The Lost Boy, and A Man Named Dave by Dave Pelzer (abuse and recovery)


Philosophy, Wisdom
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The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran (wisdom)
As You Think aka As a Man Thinketh by James Allen (power of thought)
Tao Te Ching by Lao Tsu (wisdom)


Psychic Development, Astral Projection, Dreams
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Lucid Dreaming and Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen LaBerge (lucid dreaming)
Talking to Heaven, Reaching to Heaven, and Heaven and Earth by James van Praagh (mediumship, psychic connection)
Trust Your Vibes and Ask Your Guides by Sonia Choquette (psychic development, Ask Your Guides review, Sonia Choquette interview)
Far Journeys by Robert Monroe (astral projection)


Wealth, Business
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The Type-Z Guide to Success With Ease (ebook) and The Millionaire Course by Marc Allen (Type-Z Guide review, Marc Allen interview)
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (wealth)
Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki (wealth advice)
Built to Last and Good to Great by Jim Collins (business)


Relationships
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How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie (social skills)
Nonviolent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg (communication)
Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus by John Gray (male-female communication)
Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay by Mira Kirshenbaum (diagnosing relationship issues)
Should I Stay or Go? by Lee Raffel (healing or ending relationships)


Health, Medicine
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The China Study by T. Colin Campbell (health, book review)
Diet for a New America and The Food Revolution by John Robbins (health and ethical food choices)
Mad Cowboy by Howard Lyman (why a cattle rancher won’t eat meat)
The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion by Pete Egoscue (pain-free structural alignment)
Anatomy of an Illness by Norman Cousins (laughter as medicine)
Vegan Family Favorites by Erin Pavlina (easy and delicious vegetarian recipes)


Mental Development, Intelligence, Science
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The Memory Book by Harry Lorayne (develop a superior memory)
Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain (visualization exercises)
Brain Building in Just 12 Weeks by Marilyn vos Savant (boosting your intelligence and mental clarity)
Chaos and Genius by James Gleick (chaos science and fractals; Richard Feynman bio)
The Tipping Point and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (social and mental phenomena)


Fiction
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Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (philosophy of objectivism)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (the insanity of social conditioning)
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller (the insanity of war)
Incarnations of Immortality by Piers Anthony (fascinating fiction series): On a Pale Horse (Death), Bearing an Hourglass (Time), With a Tangled Skein (Fate), Wielding a Red Sword (War), Being a Green Mother (Nature), For Love of Evil (Satan), And Eternity (God)
The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer (the Trojan War and classic Greek mythology)
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (stranded boys turn into savages)
Mark Twain: Four Complete Novels by Mark Twain (a true literary genius)
Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (outgrowing your old self)

EBooks

Some Interesting Links
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http://www.fortunecity.com/roswell/vortex/401/library/library.html

http://www.dailyzen.com/

http://www.srichinmoybio.co.uk/blog/

http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/full-text/book/book-Z-H-4.html#%_toc_start

http://www.htdp.org/2003-09-26/Book/curriculum-Z-H-1.html#node_toc_node_chap_Temp_1

http://www.rheingold.com/texts/tft/1.html

What is Lost ... ?

I heard this saying when I was a Kid, in my schooling days.

When Wealth is Lost ...
Nothing is Lost !!!

When Health is Lost ...
Something is Lost !!!

When Character is Lost ...
Everything is Lost !!!

I have seen it my life. It is very much true.

Just a thought:
===============

Plants are the only living beings which is qualified to live in Planet Earth. Animals too is some sense, can be qualified to live in this planet. The organisms which are deadly to Earth are...
* Virus
* Bacteria
* Parasites
* Humans...

Yes, Humans are not qualified to live this planet. He is a Parasite, he is a virus. I still remember Agent smith talking to Morpheus in Movie "THE MATRIX"

Agent Smith: I'd like to share a revelation during my time here. It came to me when I tried to classify your species. I realized that you're not actually mammals. Every mammal on this planet instinctively develops a natural equilibrium with the surrounding environment but you humans do not. You move to an area and you multiply and multiply until every natural resource is consumed. The only way you can survive is to spread to another area. There is another organism on this planet that follows the same pattern. Do you know what it is? A virus. Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet. You are a plague, and we are the cure.

Well said

Some day, in years to come, you will be wrestling with the great temptation, or trembling under the great sorrow of your life. But the real struggle is here, now, in these quiet weeks. Now it is being decided whether, in the day of your supreme sorrow or temptation, you shall miserably fail or gloriously conquer.

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process.

-- Phillips Brooks (1835-1893) American Bishop

Linux Kernel

Linux is Unix-like operating system. It is released under GNU GPL (General Public License). Linux Kernel was originally developed by Linux Trovalds. Linux is written in C Programming Language(GCC).

Simplified Linux Kernel
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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Linux_kernel_diagram.png

Linux Kernel Map
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http://www.makelinux.net/kernel_map

Bahut Shukriya Badi

Bahut Shukriya Badi - This is one of the Hindi Song which I love to hear in my Teenage days.



Don't ask me the meaning of this, I like this Song. I don't know Hindi.

I also love to hear a song which goes like ...

'BADE ACCHE LAGTE HO....YEH NADIYA..YE MAUSUM..YE RENA OR OR TUM..'- I don't know the movie name, couldn't find it in the internet .... :-(

If someone finds it let me know, a nice song to hear.

A-weema-weh A-weema-weh

Want to stay relaxed, watch this:

Some people say, it is Stalin & Me, others say it is PVK & Me. Guess for yourself...




A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh
A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh
A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A weema-weh
A-weema-weh A-weema weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh

In the jungle, the mighty jungle
The lion sleeps tonight
In the jungle, the quiet jungle
The lion sleeps tonight.

A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh
A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh
A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh A weema-weh
A-weema-weh A-weema weh A-weema-weh A-weema-weh

Near the village, the peaceful village
The lion sleeps tonight.
Near the village, the quiet village
The lion sleeps tonight.

MONEY !!! Do you deserve it !!!

Money, Money, Money !!!

Give me the Money !@!@!@ Jokes apart...

Do you Deserve the Money you Earn ? If YES... Don't spent it lavishly...

Will you buy a Reynolds ball pen for Rs.100, obviously NO. Then, why are you renting a house for Rs,15,000 per month which is not worth that Money.

Don't buy anything which is not worth that money you pay for it. If you do so, then it is 100% sure that YOU DON'T DESERVE IT !!! IT IS NOT HARD EARNED !!!

Please, please, please make sure that you pay what anything is worth, not a penny more, not a penny less.

Master the Art of Buying !!! the Art of Negotiation !!! Make the seller know that you value your Money, and you can't pay more than what the thing worth.

IF YOU PAY MORE THAN IT'S WORTH !!!!
YOU DON'T DESERVE THE MONEY !!! (YOU DON'T WORTH YOURSELF)

What will happen, if there is going to be one more down fall of IT Industry ? Will they pay back your Money !!! The contractor from whom you the bought the Flat will not pay the EMI for your 50 Lakhs double bedroom flat.

BEWARE !!! BEWARE !!! BEWARE !!!

Vanishing NEWS

Cat Vanish in Magic ....
Rat Vanish in Magic ....

Goat Vanish in Magic ....
Boat Vanish in Magic ....

Even, Taj Mahal Vanish in Magic ....

But, NEWS Vanish in Real-life ....

Knuth and Turing

Most of the Software Engineers don't know who is Donald Knuth and Turing. Oh ... God, have pity on them.

Last week on 10-Jan-08, I thought of writing an article about D.E.Knuth, who is one of my guru. Don't ask me whether I have read and understood any of his books, I was able to completely able to read and understand any of his books.

D.E.Knuth is one of the greatest Computer Scientist alive. He is the famous author of the famous book "The Art of Computer Programming". One of my life-time goal is to read his books and understand what is in it.

He is called as the father of "Algorithm Analysis". In 1971, Knuth was the recipient of the first ACM Grace Murray Hopper Award. He has received various other awards including the Turing Award, the National Medal of Science, the John von Neumann Medal and the Kyoto Prize(noble prize in Japan).

-- I will write about Alan Turing on some other day.

Ayn Rand's Principle

"You must be the kind of man who can get things done. But to get things done, you must love the doing, not the secondary consequences."
-- Ayn Rand

Contradictions do not exist. Whenever you think you are facing a contradiction, check your premises. You will find that one of them is wrong.
-- Ayn Rand

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.
-- Ayn Rand

Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values.
-- Ayn Rand


The purpose of morality is to teach you, not to suffer and die, but to enjoy yourself and live.
-- Ayn Rand

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
-- Ayn Rand

When I die, I hope to go to Heaven, whatever the Hell that is.
-- Ayn Rand

A simple fact abt Arrays

Consider the following array:

int a[5]={1, 2, 3, 4, 5};

a[i] == * (a + i)

* (a + i) == * (i + a)

* (i + a) = i[a]

yes, a[i] == i[a], both are same.

In this example 'a' is not a pointer the array. 'a' is just a value or constant. A pointer is an Variable, it means it's value can be modified.

'a' is a pointer constant, it is an address. That's why you can't put 'a' in the left hand side of the equation. 'a' is not an L-value.

Short, But Sweet

I've read lot of books ranging from Any Rand to P.G.Wodehouse. But there are very few books which are very Short But Sweet:

Here is my list:
* Anthem by Ayn Rand
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach
* Eaters of the Dead (Michael Crichton)
* Who Moved My Cheese
* Fish Tales
* Alchemist (I love this)

Zen Story - 4

Obedience

The master Bankei's talks were attended not only by Zen students but by persons of all ranks and sects. He never quoted sutras nor indulged in scholastic dissertations. Instead, his words were spoken directly from his heart to the hearts of his listeners.

His large audiences angered a priest of the Nichiren sect because the adherents had left to hear about Zen. The self-centered Nichiren priest came to the temple, determined to debate with Bankei.

"Hey, Zen teacher!" he called out. "Wait a minute. Whoever respects you will obey what you say, but a man like myself does not respect you. Can you make me obey you?"

"Come up beside me and I will show you," said Bankei.

Proudly the priest pushed his way through the crowd to the teacher.

Bankei smiled. "Come over to my left side."

The priest obeyed.

"No," said Bankei, "we may talk better if you are on the right side. Step over here."

The priest proudly stepped over to the right

"You see," observed Bankei, "you are obeying me and I think you are a very gentle person. Now sit down and listen."

All the Zen Stories posted here, come from www.101zenstories.com.

Zen Story - 3

Is That So?

The Zen master Hakuin was praised by his neighbors as one living a pure life.

A beautiful Japanese girl whose parents owned a food store lived near him. Suddenly, without any warning, her parents discovered she was with child.

This made her parents very angry. She would not confess who the man was, but after much harassment at last named Hakuin.

In great anger the parents went to the master. "Is that so?" was all he would say.

After the child was born it was brought to Hakuin. By this time he had lost his reputation, which did not trouble him, but he took very good care of the child. He obtained milk from his neighbors and everything else the little one needed.

A year later the girl-mother could stand it no longer. She told her parents the truth - that the real father of the child was a young man who worked in the fishmarket.

The mother and father of the girl at once went to Hakuin to ask his forgiveness, to apologize at length, and to get the child back again.

Hakuin was willing. In yielding the child, all he said was: "Is that so?"

All the Zen Stories posted here, come from www.101zenstories.com.

Zen Story - 2

Finding a Diamond on a Muddy Road

Gudo was the emperor's teacher of his time. Nevertheless, he used to travel alone as a wandering mendicant. Once when he was on his was to Edo, the cultural and political center of the shogunate, he approached a little village named Takenaka. It was evening and a heavy rain was falling. Gudo was thoroughly wet. His straw sandals were in pieces. At a farmhouse near the village he noticed four or five pairs of sandals in the window and decided to buy some dry ones.

The woman who offered him the sandals, seeing how wet he was, invited him in to remain for the night at her home. Gudo accepted, thanking her. He entered and recited a sutra before the family shrine. He then was introduced to the woman's mother, and to her children. Observing that the entire family was depressed, Gudo asked what was wrong.

"My husband is a gambler and a drunkard," the housewife told him. "When he happens to win he drinks and becomes abusive. When he loses he borrows money from others. Sometimes when he becomes thoroughly drunk he does not come home at all. What can I do?"

I will help him," said Gudo. "Here is some money. Get me a gallon of fine wine and something good to eat. Then you may retire. I will meditate before the shrine."

When the man of the house returned about midnight, quite drunk, he bellowed: "Hey, wife, I am home. Have you something for me to eat?"

"I have something for you," said Gudo. "I happened to get caught in the rain and your wife kindly asked me to remain here for the night. In return I have bought some wine and fish, so you might as well have them."

The man was delighted. He drank the wine at once and laid himself down on the floor. Gudo sat in meditation beside him.

In the morning when the husband awoke he had forgotten about the previous night. "Who are you? Where do you come from?" he asked Gudo, who still was meditating.

"I am Gudo of Kyoto and I am going on to Edo," replied the Zen master.

The man was utterly ashamed. He apologized profusely to the teacher of his emperor.

Gudo smiled. "Everything in this life is impermanent," he explained. "Life is very brief. If you keep on gambling and drinking, you will have no time left to accomplish anything else, and you will cause your family to suffer too."

The perception of the husband awoke as if from a dream. "You are right," he declared. "How can I ever repay you for this wonderful teaching! Let me see you off and carry your things a little way."

"If you wish," assented Gudo.

The two started out. After they had gone three miles Gudo told him to return. "Just another five miles," he begged Gudo. They continued on.

"You may return now," suggested Gudo.

"After another ten miles," the man replied.

"Return now," said Gudo, when the ten miles had been passed.

"I am going to follow you all the rest of my life," declared the man.

Modern Zen teachers in Japan spring from the lineage of a famous master who was the successor of Gudo. His name was Mu-nan, the man who never turned back.

All the Zen Stories posted here, come from www.101zenstories.com.

Zen Story - 1

A Cup of Tea

Nan-in, a Japanese master during the Meiji era (1868-1912), received a university professor who came to inquire about Zen.

Nan-in served tea. He poured his visitor's cup full, and then kept on pouring.

The professor watched the overflow until he no longer could restrain himself. "It is overfull. No more will go in!"

"Like this cup," Nan-in said, "you are full of your own opinions and speculations. How can I show you Zen unless you first empty your cup?"

All the Zen Stories posted here, come from 101 Zen Stories.

My First Lisp Program

For the last few days, I'm reading the famous book name "Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs" by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman. The books is available online: Link

This is my first lisp program to compute Factorial:

(define (fact x)
(cond
((= x 1) 1)
((> x 1) (* x (fact (- x 1))))
)
)

Want to See My Friend Stalin ....

I'm getting addicted to Kolangal(Sun TV Serial). It is mainly because of Stalin.

Yes.... He is coming there, I could see his Big Fat, Black, Half-Clown face in it. He is coming as Tholar Balakrishnan. He talks in pure Tamil and talks a lot abt Classical Tamil, Social Worker.

Anybody who has seen Stalin will agree with me. Now, Stalin will be in some remote corner of U.S.A. hacking into his computer. Not aware of whom I'm comparing him with.

The Three Ants

Three ants met on the nose of a man who was asleep in the sun. And after they had saluted one another, each according to the custom of his tribe, they stood there conversing.

The first ant said, "These hills and plains are the most barren I have known. I have searched all day for a grain of some sort, and there is none to be found."

Said the second ant, "I too have found nothing, though I have visited every nook and glade. This is, I believe, what my people call the soft, moving land where nothing grows."

Then the third ant raised his head and said, "My friends, we are standing now on the nose of the Supreme Ant, the mighty and infinite Ant, whose body is so great that we cannot see it, whose shadow is so vast that we cannot trace it, whose voice is so loud that we cannot hear it; and He is omnipresent."

When the third ant spoke thus the other ants looked at each other and laughed.

At that moment the man moved and in his sleep raised his hand and scratched his nose, and the three ants were crushed.

The Two Learned Men

Last Week I got a Omnibus of Khalil Gibran, at a random read I got this.

The Two Learned Men
==================

Once there lived in the ancient city of Afkar two learned men who hated and belittled each other's learning. For one of them denied the existence of the gods and the other was a believer.

One day the two met in the marketplace, and amidst their followers they began to dispute and to argue about the existence or the non-existence of the gods. And after hours of contention they parted.

That evening the unbeliever went to the temple and prostrated himself before the altar and prayed the gods to forgive his wayward past.

And the same hour the other learned man, he who had upheld the gods, burned his sacred books. For he had become an unbeliever.

Programming Books with Category

From the Bottom Up

This list is in the best reading order I could find. It’s not necessarily easiest to
hardest, but based on subject matter.

• Programming from the Ground Up by Jonathan Bartlett
• Introduction to Algorithms by Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, and Ronald L. Rivest
• The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth (3 volume set - volume 1 is the most important)
• Programming Languages by Samuel N. Kamin
• Modern Operating Systems by Andrew Tanenbaum
• Linkers and Loaders by John Levine
• Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface by David Patterson and John Hennessy

From the Top Down

These books are arranged from the simplest to the hardest. However, they can be
read in any order you feel comfortable with.

• How to Design Programs by Matthias Felleisen, Robert Bruce Findler, Matthew Flatt, and Shiram Krishnamurthi, available online at http://www.htdp.org/
• Simply Scheme: An Introduction to Computer Science by Brian Harvey and Matthew Wright
• How to Think Like a Computer Scientist: Learning with Python by Allen
Downey, Jeff Elkner, and Chris Meyers, available online at http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkpython/
• Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Harold Abelson and Gerald Jay Sussman with Julie Sussman, available online at http://mitpress.mit.edu/sicp/
• Design Patterns by Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, and John Vlissides
• What not How: The Rules Approach to Application Development by Chris Date
• The Algorithm Design Manual by Steve Skiena
• Programming Language Pragmatics by Michael Scott
• Essentials of Programming Languages by Daniel P. Friedman, Mitchell Wand, and Christopher T. Haynes

From the Middle Out

Each of these is the best book on its subject. If you need to know these languages,
these will tell you all you need to know.
• Programming Perl by Larry Wall, Tom Christiansen, and Jon Orwant
• Common LISP: The Language by Guy R. Steele
• ANSI Common LISP by Paul Graham
• The C Programming Language by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie
• The C++ Primer by Stanley Lippman
• The C++ Programming Language by Bjarne Stroustrup
• Thinking in Java by Bruce Eckel, available online at http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/
• The Scheme Programming Language by Kent Dybvig
• Linux Assembly Language Programming by Bob Neveln

Specialized Topics

These books are the best books that cover their topic. They are thorough and
authoritative. To get a broad base of knowledge, you should read several outside of
the areas you normally program in.
• Practical Programming - Programming Pearls and More Programming Pearls by Jon Louis Bentley
• Databases - Understanding Relational Databases by Fabian Pascal
• Project Management - The Mythical Man-Month by Fred P. Brooks
• UNIX Programming - The Art of UNIX Programming by Eric S. Raymond, available online at http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/
• UNIX Programming - Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment by W.Richard Stevens
• Network Programming - UNIX Network Programming (2 volumes) by W.Richard Stevens
• Generic Programming - Modern C++ Design by Andrei Alexandrescu
• Compilers - The Art of Compiler Design: Theory and Practice by Thomas Pittman and James Peters
• Compilers - Advanced Compiler Design and Implementation by Steven Muchnick
• Development Process - Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code by Martin Fowler, Kent Beck, John Brant, William Opdyke, and Don Roberts
• Typesetting - Computers and Typesetting (5 volumes) by Donald Knuth
• Cryptography - Applied Cryptography by Bruce Schneier
• Linux - Professional Linux Programming by Neil Matthew, Richard Stones, and 14 other people
• Linux Kernel - Linux Device Drivers by Alessandro Rubini and Jonathan Corbet
• Open Source Programming - The Cathedral and the Bazaar: Musings on Linux and Open Source by an Accidental Revolutionary by Eric S. Raymond
• Computer Architecture - Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by David Patterson and John Hennessy

Further Resources on Assembly Language

In assembly language, your best resources are on the web.
• http://www.linuxassembly.org/ - a great resource for Linux assembly language programmers
• http://www.sandpile.org/ - a repository of reference material on x86, x86-64, and compatible processors
• http://www.x86.org/ - Dr. Dobb’s Journal Microprocessor Resources
• http://www.drpaulcarter.com/pcasm/ - Dr. Paul Carter’s PC Assembly Language
• http://webster.cs.ucr.edu/ - The Art of Assembly Home Page
• http://www.intel.com/design/pentium/manuals/ - Intel’s manuals for their processors
• http://www.janw.easynet.be/ - Jan Wagemaker’s Linux assembly language examples
• http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/asm.html - Paul Hsieh’s x86 Assembly Page

The Argument

An interesting argument.... between XXX and YYY ....

Guess, who is XXX and YYY ..... ?

XXX (1:34:20 PM): Do not deceive yourselves. If any one of you thinks he is wise by the standards of this age, he should become a "fool" so that he may become wise. 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight.
YYY (1:34:57 PM): All I'm talking is science
YYY (1:35:04 PM): nothing more than that
XXX (1:35:18 PM): yes you're talking about unprovable science
YYY (1:35:49 PM): I don't believe in any Dogma
XXX (1:36:51 PM): I don't believe in any science that is unprovable and is only a theory
XXX (1:37:24 PM): And dont call theory as a science. its theory and NOT science
YYY (1:37:31 PM): yes, every scientist/science had this problem
YYY (1:37:58 PM): people just want to stick to thier confortable thinking
XXX (1:38:08 PM): Yes thats what I say to you too
YYY (1:38:10 PM): they just don't think out of the box
XXX (1:38:23 PM): You wouldn't like to consider what I am saying bgut stcking on to your own
XXX (1:38:52 PM): And I say again, if you have verifiable proof to what you say I will consider. But talk theory as science
XXX (1:39:00 PM): I mean Dont talk
YYY (1:40:07 PM): once upon a time, man going to moon is also called impossible and not proven
YYY (1:40:15 PM): but time changed
XXX (1:40:19 PM): Yea talk it after you prove
XXX (1:40:28 PM): dont talk before you prove
YYY (1:40:32 PM): It is not for you
YYY (1:40:51 PM): you should have common sense to buy it or not
XXX (1:41:19 PM): You told about science and what you're saying is only theory
XXX (1:41:42 PM): I just need common sense to differentiate what u're talking is science or theory
YYY (1:41:54 PM): yes, first it will be theory and then it will become science
XXX (1:41:54 PM): And call theory as theory and science as science. dont mix both
XXX (1:42:06 PM): Hmm...
YYY (1:42:13 PM): se the history
XXX (1:42:21 PM): Good hope...
YYY (1:42:26 PM): for you too
XXX (1:42:39 PM): what shud I see in history?
YYY (1:42:45 PM): atleast science can be proven
YYY (1:42:52 PM): but not god
XXX (1:42:58 PM): yea thats what I say prove it
YYY (1:43:01 PM): god can't be proved
XXX (1:43:12 PM): Dont force your thing on others before u prove
YYY (1:43:36 PM): there is no god
XXX (1:43:46 PM): There is no evolution
YYY (1:44:49 PM): XXX, did you have biology in your studies ?
YYY (1:45:00 PM): in 10th standard
YYY (1:45:09 PM): which group in +2 are you ?
XXX (1:45:17 PM): why u're asking
YYY (1:45:31 PM): for "XXX (1:43:46 PM): There is no evolution"
XXX (1:45:42 PM): Yes there is no evolution
XXX (1:46:07 PM): Thats because it appears in some science text books, it is not science
YYY (1:46:13 PM): go back to your schooling
XXX (1:46:23 PM): I was never given proof
YYY (1:46:35 PM): did you write the exam ?
XXX (1:46:41 PM): yes...
YYY (1:47:00 PM): did you give the answer abt evolution ?
XXX (1:47:11 PM): No, it wasn't asked :)
YYY (1:47:11 PM): or you answered it differently ?
YYY (1:47:26 PM): ok, atleast you studied
XXX (1:47:32 PM): No either
XXX (1:47:41 PM): I asked you for proof you have any?
YYY (1:48:14 PM): Answer: go for schooling
YYY (1:48:18 PM): one more time
XXX (1:48:20 PM): It requires me great faith to believe something came out of nothing than to believe something came out of something
YYY (1:48:51 PM): it is not something came out of nothing
XXX (1:49:11 PM): mmm
XXX (1:49:20 PM): How did the universe came into existence then?
YYY (1:49:33 PM): then god is also nothing ????
YYY (1:49:53 PM): God came from Nothing ?
XXX (1:50:41 PM): God created time, space, matter. All that I see now. God hasn't given me the intelligence to comprehend beyond this. When I meet him I will find it out
YYY (1:51:08 PM): my question is simply
YYY (1:51:15 PM): who created GOD
YYY (1:51:31 PM): do you have answer ?
XXX (1:51:35 PM): My question is who created universe?
XXX (1:51:39 PM): do you have answer?
YYY (1:52:24 PM): Universe came out of Big Bang
YYY (1:52:47 PM): do you have any such theory ?
YYY (1:52:50 PM): for GOD
XXX (1:53:06 PM): who created big bang?
XXX (1:53:15 PM): Or who initiated
XXX (1:53:24 PM): and how did matter come into existence
YYY (1:53:32 PM): XXX, I answered yours
YYY (1:53:37 PM): you answer mine
XXX (1:53:39 PM): Not yet
YYY (1:53:43 PM): who create GOD
XXX (1:53:46 PM): Who initiated big bang
XXX (1:53:56 PM): How did matter come into existence
YYY (1:53:57 PM): atleast give some theory ?
XXX (1:54:14 PM): You didn't answer mine.
YYY (1:54:15 PM): you don't have any ?
XXX (1:54:22 PM): you answer me then I will
XXX (1:54:52 PM): You give me a thory for big band and the existence of matter then I will
YYY (1:55:03 PM): XXX
YYY (1:55:15 PM): the basis of any religion is GOD
XXX (1:55:22 PM): forget that
XXX (1:55:31 PM): I am talking abt big bang and matter
XXX (1:55:34 PM): tell me first
YYY (1:55:36 PM): but you don't know who create your GOD
XXX (1:55:51 PM): And you dont know how matter came into existence
YYY (1:55:52 PM): does it not given in your Book ?
XXX (1:56:09 PM): tell me first
XXX (1:56:44 PM): Is there any proof in the entire universe where matter came out of nothing?
XXX (1:56:55 PM): You at least need a photon dude!
XXX (1:57:12 PM): And how did the first photon originate?
YYY (1:57:12 PM): at least Science have some answers, but religion dont have any ???
XXX (1:57:20 PM): What answer??
XXX (1:57:30 PM): You asked me abt God and I asked you about matter
XXX (1:57:43 PM): It is more correct to say that both have no answer
YYY (1:58:27 PM): atleast science is digging deeper
YYY (1:58:32 PM): but religion is not
YYY (1:58:39 PM): it is blind
XXX (1:58:41 PM): yes dig deep and tell me how matter came into existence
XXX (1:58:58 PM): Atleast science is blind too in terms of origin of matter
XXX (1:59:04 PM): That is primary to any science
YYY (1:59:07 PM): atleast you can see matter
YYY (1:59:17 PM): but can you see god ???
YYY (1:59:23 PM): ok
YYY (1:59:27 PM): I don't see any god
XXX (1:59:29 PM): I am not asking abt matter, I am asking abt its origin
XXX (1:59:39 PM): I can see God's creation for sure
YYY (2:00:00 PM): but who is god ?
YYY (2:00:07 PM): do you say
YYY (2:00:14 PM): MATTER = GOD ?
XXX (2:00:16 PM): Isn't it best to conclude that both of us follow religion
XXX (2:00:21 PM): NO
XXX (2:00:31 PM): Matter is God's creation
YYY (2:00:35 PM): GOD create WORLD
YYY (2:00:49 PM): WORLD is made up of MATTER
YYY (2:00:58 PM): so GOD = MATTER
XXX (2:01:04 PM): Hey I admit mine is religion will you admit yours? If not give me proof of origin of matter
YYY (2:01:43 PM): matter and energy always existed
YYY (2:01:47 PM): like your GOD
XXX (2:01:50 PM): hmm
XXX (2:01:55 PM): Isn't it religion
XXX (2:02:07 PM): aren't both of us following religion?
YYY (2:02:10 PM): if it is religion
XXX (2:02:14 PM): Why do u call ur religion science?
YYY (2:02:18 PM): you will chatting like this
YYY (2:02:33 PM): there might have been no invention
YYY (2:02:36 PM): nothing
XXX (2:02:38 PM): hmm
YYY (2:02:45 PM): we will in complete darkness
XXX (2:02:47 PM): Isaac Newton wrote abt God more than science
YYY (2:03:11 PM): and Einstien also
YYY (2:03:16 PM): carl sagan also
YYY (2:03:26 PM): everybody
YYY (2:03:29 PM): I also
YYY (2:03:31 PM): I say
YYY (2:03:36 PM): MATTER = GOD
YYY (2:03:51 PM): Matter create the world
XXX (2:03:53 PM): This is ur assumption dude
XXX (2:03:58 PM): Who created matter
XXX (2:04:28 PM): I dont know who created God and you dont know the origin of matter
YYY (2:04:35 PM): does your God is male or female ?
XXX (2:04:36 PM): We both are following religion
XXX (2:04:54 PM): That doesn't matter and it is outside of our context
YYY (2:05:03 PM): what is he made out of
YYY (2:05:10 PM): flesh ?
XXX (2:05:21 PM): Man answer mine I already told you I dont know
XXX (2:05:38 PM): Now only you'd have to admit you dont know too
YYY (2:05:52 PM): are you making any progress to research into
XXX (2:06:02 PM): Are you?
YYY (2:06:16 PM): we we are researching into matter
XXX (2:06:23 PM): hmm any findings?
YYY (2:06:25 PM): are you researching into god ?
YYY (2:06:27 PM): yes
YYY (2:06:29 PM): a lot
XXX (2:06:33 PM): tell me whats latest
YYY (2:06:50 PM): read abt String Theory
YYY (2:06:56 PM): what abt god ?
XXX (2:07:02 PM): hmm
XXX (2:07:13 PM): what does it tell about the origin of matter?
YYY (2:08:33 PM): matter composed of bosons, Glue balls
YYY (2:08:34 PM): etc
YYY (2:08:42 PM): what is God made up of ?
XXX (2:08:52 PM): how did boson originate
YYY (2:08:54 PM): water
YYY (2:08:56 PM): fire ?
YYY (2:09:00 PM): earth
YYY (2:09:10 PM): which chemical compoent
XXX (2:10:12 PM): how diod boson originate
XXX (2:10:21 PM): and which chemical component it contains?
YYY (2:10:32 PM): now, tell me something abt your god
YYY (2:10:52 PM): do he eat to live
YYY (2:10:53 PM): ?
XXX (2:10:58 PM): I said I don't know. Only you seem to be telling you know everything. Thats why I am asking you
XXX (2:11:14 PM): how did boson originate?
YYY (2:11:19 PM): research it
XXX (2:11:19 PM): What it is composed of?
YYY (2:11:35 PM): XXX, as I told you
YYY (2:11:47 PM): scientist are studing it
YYY (2:12:00 PM): we still have long way to go
XXX (2:12:26 PM): hmm... we've already researched for 100 years and still we dont know how matter and God originated
XXX (2:12:35 PM): I mean life, not god
XXX (2:12:53 PM): And any chances of finding that are 50/50
XXX (2:13:15 PM): Say for now that whatever you have is theory and don't claim it as science
YYY (2:13:59 PM): atleast we are going into that path of finding the origin of matter
XXX (2:14:20 PM): But where are you getting at?
YYY (2:14:21 PM): can you tell me, is there is any research going on for GOD
XXX (2:14:22 PM): No where
XXX (2:15:07 PM): Scientists would never even accept the notion of God existing and how do you expect them to research God?
YYY (2:15:19 PM): atleast did you make any attempt ??
XXX (2:15:20 PM): But if you want you can individually research him
YYY (2:15:36 PM): oh .. my god
YYY (2:15:49 PM): you don't know anything abt god
XXX (2:16:06 PM): I can tell you God exists and I spoke to him today morning but you wont believe it unless you know it personally
XXX (2:16:16 PM): And yes you dont know anything about the origin of matter
YYY (2:16:17 PM): thru phone ?
YYY (2:16:27 PM): do you have his number ?
YYY (2:16:36 PM): do you cann heaven ?
YYY (2:16:54 PM): do you call heaven ?
XXX (2:16:55 PM): Do you really think you're speaking logic?
YYY (2:17:03 PM): LOGIC
YYY (2:17:06 PM): my god
YYY (2:17:16 PM): XXX is speaking abt LOGIC
XXX (2:17:29 PM): Yes YYY too is talking abt it.. My God
YYY (2:17:30 PM): LOGIC says GOD=NOTHING
YYY (2:17:37 PM): do you take it ?
XXX (2:17:47 PM): Logic says something should create something
YYY (2:17:54 PM): It take SCIENCE=NOTHING
XXX (2:17:55 PM): do u take it?
YYY (2:18:00 PM): what abt you ?
YYY (2:18:07 PM): I take it
YYY (2:18:12 PM): science=nothing
YYY (2:18:17 PM): do you take
YYY (2:18:22 PM): god=nothing ?
YYY (2:18:27 PM): by LOGIC
XXX (2:18:37 PM): what do u mean by science is nothing?
YYY (2:19:29 PM): XXX, do you believe in miracles ?
XXX (2:19:45 PM): do you?
YYY (2:19:59 PM): answer me, first
YYY (2:20:04 PM): do you or not
XXX (2:20:07 PM): yes
YYY (2:20:10 PM): ok
YYY (2:20:18 PM): then don't talk abt LOGIC
XXX (2:21:23 PM): ok I never said I believe in logic. But since you believe I asked whether the questions you asked are logical?
YYY (2:24:41 PM): XXX, you are a contradiction
YYY (2:24:48 PM): either you hold
YYY (2:24:53 PM): Miracle
YYY (2:24:57 PM): or hold
YYY (2:25:06 PM): Logic
XXX (2:25:13 PM): ok do u believe in logic?
XXX (2:25:24 PM): Anyway we are deviating from topic
YYY (2:25:27 PM): ha ha ha ...
XXX (2:25:47 PM): You asked me some questions and I asked you whether they were logical
YYY (2:25:54 PM): Science created logic
XXX (2:26:06 PM): And of course u're definition of logic is different from mine
YYY (2:26:17 PM): No way
YYY (2:26:25 PM): Logic is same for all
XXX (2:26:35 PM): No it depends on your belief
YYY (2:26:38 PM): there is no Your Logic and My Logic
YYY (2:27:00 PM): do interchange Logic and Belief
XXX (2:27:01 PM): I believe God is all powerful and all knowing. He can do miracles. And that is logical
XXX (2:27:18 PM): If you belive in God it becomes logical if not it isnt
YYY (2:27:28 PM): Miracle is not Logical
XXX (2:27:44 PM): God does miracle because he has power and this is logical
YYY (2:28:33 PM): how many watt power ?
YYY (2:28:54 PM): you said:XXX (2:17:47 PM): Logic says something should create something
YYY (2:29:17 PM): now you say God can create something without something
YYY (2:29:30 PM): I mean Miracle
XXX (2:29:34 PM): But I said I dont believe in ur opinion of logic
YYY (2:29:47 PM): there is no "opinion of logic"
YYY (2:29:52 PM): there is only Logic
XXX (2:30:01 PM): The power is not measured by watts... It is similar to ur brain power
XXX (2:30:08 PM): hmm
YYY (2:30:10 PM): either you tautologies or contradict
XXX (2:30:17 PM): If God is all powerful he can do miracles
YYY (2:32:00 PM): Brain is a matter XXX
YYY (2:32:12 PM): it has chemical reaction
YYY (2:32:31 PM): what is that "Powerful" means
XXX (2:32:53 PM): Powerful to do anything
XXX (2:33:08 PM): Now if you ask me about Go, I have already told you I dont know.
XXX (2:33:27 PM): I believe he is all powerful all knowing and with that I can logically conclude he can do miracles
XXX (2:33:38 PM): But only you're not trying to admit you dont know
XXX (2:33:45 PM): Mine is a religion I admit
XXX (2:33:52 PM): And yours?
YYY (2:34:08 PM): You mean he is a Super computer who create the world
YYY (2:34:17 PM): and controls all events ?
XXX (2:34:17 PM): I said I dont know
YYY (2:34:28 PM): may be he is ?
XXX (2:34:34 PM): Since you seem to know everything can we talk about yours?

"Silence is an argument carried out by other means."
- Che Guevara (favorite Quote of Karadi)

Good Prayer for Daily Use

Good Quote

"Anything is possible. You can be told that you have a 90-percent chance or a 50-percent chance or a 1-percent chance, but you have to believe, and you have to fight."

Lance Armstrong

(Very good for my present situation)

Problems

Common Sense is not Common

There were once four learned and accomplished men. One day they said to themselves, "Of what use is all our learning if we do not seek the employment of a great king?" Accordingly, they set out for the capital.

Now among these four, three were particularly brilliant. The fourth was far inferior to the others in intellect, but he was the one with the most sense.

On the road, they came upon the skeleton of a lion. "Let us bring this lion back to life," proposed the first. "Yes, this will bring us great fame," agreed the second and third. The fourth one said, "If you bring this lion back to life, he will attack and devour you."

"Don't interrupt!" cried the first, who already used his superior knowledge to put flesh on the bones. The second quickly introduced blood, and the third was about to breathe life into the lion.

"We should think of safety," said the fourth.

"Quiet!" said the third from the depths of his labor.

"Well, then, I shall go sit in this tree," said the fourth. "Just in case."

The lion came back to life and killed the wise men. The only one who survived was the man with common sense.

Courtesy: Link

This Week Quotes

To be alive, to be able to see, to walk,...it's all a miracle.
-- Arthur Rubinstein (1887-1982) Polish Pianist

"The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate."
-- Oprah Winfrey

People call me an optimist, but I'm really an appreciator....When I was six years old and had scarlet fever, the first of the miracle
drugs, sulfanilamide, saved my life. I'm grateful for computers and
photocopiers...I appreciate where we've come from.

-- Julian Simon (1933-1998) American Academic

"At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want."
-- Lao Tzu

A prudent man will think more important what fate has conceded to him, than what it has denied.

-- Baltasar Gracian (1601-1658) Spanish Philosopher

"Nothing is worth more than this day. You cannot relive yesterday. Tomorrow is still beyond your reach."
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

"A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided."
-- Tony Robbins

Spiral Matrix Program

My Spiral Matrix Program

#include < stdio.h>

#define UP      0
#define LEFT    1
#define DOWN    2
#define RIGHT   3

int getele(int *arr, int x, int y, int size) {

    int pos=(x*size)+y;
    return arr[pos];
}

int setele(int *arr, int x, int y, int data, int size) {
    
    int pos=(x*size)+y;
    arr[pos]=data;
}

void setspiral_worker(int *arr, int x, int y, int data, int size, int dir) {

    if(data==1)
        setele(arr, x, y, data, size);
    else {
        setele(arr, x, y, data, size);
        dir=check_change_dir(arr, x, y, size, dir);
        if (dir == UP) {
            x--;
        } else if (dir == LEFT) {
            y--;
        } else if (dir == DOWN) {
            x++;
        } else if (dir == RIGHT) {
            y++;
        }
        setspiral_worker(arr, x, y, data-1, size, dir);
    }
}

void setspiral_driver(int *arr, int size) {
    
    setspiral_worker(arr, size-1, size-1, size*size, size, UP);
}

int check_change_dir(int *arr, int x, int y, int size, int dir) {
    
    if (dir == UP) {
        x--;
    } else if (dir == LEFT) {
       y--; 
    } else if (dir == DOWN) {
       x++;
    } else if (dir == RIGHT) {
       y++;
    }

    if (x>=0 && x<=size-1 && y>=0 && y<=size-1 
        && getele(arr, x, y, size) == 0)
        return dir;
    else 
        return (dir+1)%4;
}

int main() {
    int oper=UP;
    int size;
    int i,j;

    int *matrix;

    printf("Enter the size:");
    scanf("%d", &size);

    matrix=malloc(size*size);
    
    for(i=0; i < size ;i++)
        for(j=0; j < size;j++)
            setele(matrix, i, j, 0, size);
    setspiral_driver(matrix, size);
    for(i=0; i < size;i++) {
        for(j=0; j < size;j++)
            printf("%4d\t",getele(matrix, i, j, size));
        printf("\n");
    }
    return 0;
}

Some Chanakya Quotes

Chanakya (Indian politician, strategist and writer, 350 BC 75 BC)

"A person should not be too honest.
Straight trees are cut first
and Honest people are victimised first."

"Even if a snake is not poisonous,
it should pretend to be venomous."

"The biggest guru-mantra is:
Never share your secrets with anybody. !
It will destroy you."

"There is some self-interest behind every friendship.
There is no Friendship without self-interests.
This is a bitter truth."

"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful.
Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."

"As soon as the fear approaches near,
attack and destroy it."

"Once you start working on something,
don't be afraid of failure and don't abandon it.
People who work sincerely are the happiest."

"The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind.
But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction."

"A man is great by deeds, not by birth."

"Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them.
By the time they turn sixteen, treat them like a friend. Your grown up children are your best friends."

"Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person."

"Education is the best friend.
An educated person is respected everywhere.
Education beats the beauty and the youth."

Quiz Again

CODC Quiz is one of the Annual Event, which I always love to attend. Many Chocos to win, T-Shirts. Today, I won 2 Chocos and 1 T-Shirt.

I'm not much strong in Networking Area, my favorite areas are OS, esp. Unix/Linux.

Choco Question-1:

It is abt "Nicolas Writh" - A Turing Award winner who wrote Pascal PL, and many books on DS and Algos.

Choco Question-2:

It is a simple question, the answer is "Friend Class", you can guess the question.

One Summa Question:

Who wrote TeX - Donald E.Knuth (Thala...)

And The Great T-Shirt Question is....

What is the name "Unix" Stands for:

It is named as a pun on Multics, which some Bell guys like Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan were working. Multics is an Multi-users operating system, funded by GE. But Multics was huge flop, so they came with an new operating system which developed on PDP-11 and using C Language, it is been ported to other hardwares.

Guna answered 2 Choco Questions.

I still remember My Senior Dhinesh, asked this same question in the Ragging Session while I was doing my MCA in MKU.

Totally, it is an awesome experience.

C/C++/Unix/Linux Help

This is for some my friends who want to learn C, C++ and Unix/Linux Programming including C/C++ pointers, templates, STL, IPCs like Semaphore, Pipes/FIFO, MQs and Pthreads.

Just leave your questions on comments session, I will try to answer them to the best of my knowledge.

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Pthread Synchronization w/o Mutex

Today, when I was just going through some Pthreads concepts. Pthreads are very useful for writing multi-threaded application, it has more advantages over multi-tasking.

Here is my program of Pthread Synchronization without using Mutex

#include < pthread.h>
#include < stdlib.h>
#include < unistd.h>

int mx=0;

void *thread_function1(void *arg) {
  int i;

  for ( i=0; i<10; i++) {
    while(mx==2);
    mx=1;
    printf("Thread says hi-%d!\n",i);
    mx=2;
  }
  pthread_exit(0);
}


void *thread_function2(void *arg) {
  int i;

  for ( i=0; i<10; i++) {
    while(mx==1);
    mx=2;
    printf("Thread says hello-%d!\n",i);
    mx=1;
  }
  pthread_exit(0);
}

int main() {

  pthread_t mythread1, mythread2;
  pthread_attr_t my_attr;
  char *str;
 
  if(pthread_create( &mythread1, NULL, thread_function1, NULL) ) {
    printf("error creating thread1.");
    abort();
  }
  if(pthread_create( &mythread2, NULL, thread_function2, NULL) ) {
    printf("error creating thread2.");
    abort();
  }

  mx=1;

  if ( pthread_join (mythread1, NULL) ) {
    perror("error joining thread.");
    abort();
  }
  if ( pthread_join (mythread2, NULL) ) {
    perror("error joining thread.");
    abort();
  }
  printf("Pthread Joing Success\n");

  exit(0);

}

The main disadvantage of this code, is polling, the while() statement in the 2 threads. When you use Mutex/semaphore, this polling which consume CPU time, can be avoided. I don't know the implementation of Pthread Mutex. But we can try to analyze through time command in the next session.

Next Meet Pannalam....

ha ... ha... ha... Stalin

Stalin, What is the use of getting a book, if you are not going to read it ?

See, When ever you read that book, I have asked my Sister to beat you up and give you some important jobs in the Kitchen. Don't waste your precious time by reading other's blobs, go... go... go to Kitchen.

Some Dialogues from 300
=======================
.....
Persian Messenger: What makes this woman think she can speak among men?
Gorgo: Because only Spartan women give birth to real men.
....
Persian messenger: This is blasphemy! This is madness!
Leonidas: [He looks at Gorgo, who nods to him] Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!!! [kicks the screaming messenger down the well]
....
Persian Emissary: No, not slaves. Your women will be slaves. Your sons, your daughters, your elders will be slaves, but not you. By noon this day, you will all be dead men! A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. Our arrows will blot out the sun!
Stelios: [grins] Then we will fight in the shade.
....
[The Spartans hold up their shields as a flurry of Persian arrows blot out the sun.]
Leonidas: Persian cowards.
[Suddenly, Astinos begins laughing.]
Stelios: What the hell are you laughing at?
Astinos: You had to say it!
Stelios: What?
Astinos: "Fight in the shade!"
....
Xerxes: Yours is a fascinating tribe. Even now, you are defiant, in the face of annihilation, and the prescence of a god. Imagine what horrible fate awaits my enemies when I would gladly kill half of my own men for victory.
Leonidas: And I would die for any one of mine.
.....
Stelios: It is an honor to die by your side.
Leonidas: It is an honor to have lived at yours.
....
Xerxes: There will be no glory in your sacrifice. I will erase even the memory of Sparta from the histories. Every piece of Greek parchment shall be burned. Every Greek historian and every scribe shall have their eyes put out and their tongues cut from their mouths. Why, uttering the very name of Sparta or Leonidas will be punishable by death. The world will never know you existed at all!
Leonidas: The world will know that free men stood against a tyrant, that few stood against many. And that before this battle is over, even a god-king can bleed.
....

Courtesy: 300 Wikiquote


Today's Quote
=============
"The starting point of achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desires produce weak results, just as a small amount of fire produces a small amount of heat."

- Napoleon Hill

Language Agnostic Books

I have consolidated some of the Language Agnostic Books from the Computer Zen Link.

List of Language Agnostic Books:
================================
1. Code Complete
2. Pragmatic Programmer
3. Programming Pearls
4. Refactoring
5. Design of the UNIX Operating System
6. Design Patterns
7. The Practice of Programming
8. The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
9. The Mythical Man Month
10. Object Oriented Analyis and Design

The Tao of Programming

In the beginning was the Tao. The Tao gave birth to Space and Time. Therefore Space and Time are Yin and Yang of programming.

Programmers that do not comprehend the Tao are always running out of time and space for their programs. Programmers that comprehend the Tao always have enough time and space to accomplish their goals.

________________________________________________________________________________

The Tao gave birth to machine language. Machine language gave birth to the assembler.

The assembler gave birth to the compiler. Now there are ten thousand languages.

Each language has its purpose, however humble. Each language expresses the Yin and Yang of software. Each language has its place within the Tao.

But do not program in COBOL if you can avoid it.

________________________________________________________________________________

Once the Grand Master Turing dreamed that he was a machine. When he awoke he exclaimed:

"I don't know whether I am Turing dreaming that I am a machine, or a machine dreaming that I am Turing!"

________________________________________________________________________________

A master was explaining the nature of Tao of to one of his novices. "The Tao is embodied in all software - regardless of how insignificant," said the master.

"Is the Tao in a hand-held calculator?" asked the novice.

"It is," came the reply.

"Is the Tao in a video game?" continued the novice.

"It is even in a video game," said the master.

"And is the Tao in the DOS for a personal computer?"

The master coughed and shifted his position slightly. "The lesson is over for today," he said.
________________________________________________________________________________
Link: Tao of Programming

Memory for Programmers

The links to

Memory for Programmers Part-I

Memory for Programmers Part-II

________________________________________________________________________________

The Joel Test

The Joel Test

1. Do you use source control?
2. Can you make a build in one step?
3. Do you make daily builds?
4. Do you have a bug database?
5. Do you fix bugs before writing new code?
6. Do you have an up-to-date schedule?
7. Do you have a spec?
8. Do programmers have quiet working conditions?
9. Do you use the best tools money can buy?
10. Do you have testers?
11. Do new candidates write code during their interview?
12. Do you do hallway usability testing?

Some Quotes for this week

"God doesn't require us to succeed; he only requires that you try."
-- Mother Teresa of Calcutta

"Life's real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up."
-- Anonymous

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
-- Adam Smith (1723-1790)

"You learn in life that the only person you can really correct and change is yourself."
-- Katharine Hepburn

"The real measure of your wealth is how much you'd be worth if you lost all your money."
-- Unknown

"Other people's opinion of you does not have to become your reality."
-- Les Brown

"The soul is healed by being with children"
-- Fyodor Dostoyevsky (I miss my kid so much)

Happy about Stalin

I'm very Happy Now. Stalin called me !!! Don't mistake me, I'm not happy 'coz of Stalin called me from US, after a very very long time. (Anish lingo: inga vishyame verra).

I'm happy b'coz Stalin is not reading anything.... ha ha ha... Great .... Good ... Cool...

People like movies... Tell me the movies you watch, I will tell who you are ... ? (I'm not that freak)

Movies I love:

* The Matrix Trilogy
* Illusionist
* Troy
* 300
* Prestige
* Proof
* Sixth Sense
* Strangers

I like movies with style/adventure, movies with hidden agenda like Illusionist and Prestige ...

I don't like sad ending movies(expect Matrix, it is only climax which can be given to it), I always like good/happy ending movies. I also don't like sad ending books.

I don't like books like:

* Catcher in the Rye
* All books by Salman Rushdie
* Pulitzer won books (not all)
* Kite Runner
* Odyssey by James Joyce

I don't know, some people like these books. Books are meant for understanding, like a flowing river. It must give you the crystal clear view of what it is supposed to give you. These books are really hard to read and understand, how can you love a book which you don't understand.

ABC's of Life

The ABC’s of a Successful Selling Career

Attitude
Begins with the ability to handle failure and rejection.

Balance
Total fulfillment in all areas: financial, emotional, physical, and spiritual.

Confidence
Act it and you become it.

Discipline
Desire without discipline leads to disappointment, disillusionment, and depression.

Enthusiasm
En Theos = God within IASM — I am sold myself.

Flexible
Anything is feasible if you are always flexible.

Goals
Short-term and long-term — must be believable and worth committing to.

Health
To get rich and sick is stupid.

Integrity
Be trustworthy so people will like you, trust you, and want to listen to you.

Just
for today Live in the present moment. Burn the past. Don’t worry about the future.

Knowledge
is power when properly applied.

Laughter
is like medicine to the bones.— Proverbs

Mentor
Allow yourself to be mentored and mentor others.

Network
With every new person you meet, you expand your potential client base.

Organized
Pay fast attention to details.

Persistence
Growth occurs when you find you can’t go on, but know you can’t quit.

Questions
If I say it, they tend to doubt it. If they say it, it’s true.

Relationships
Begin with rapport. Develop respect and give more service than your clients expect and they will give you more referrals.

Success
The continuous journey toward the achievement of pre-determined, worthwhile goals.

Time
planning I must do the most productive thing possible at every given moment.

Understanding
The first step that creates empathy and builds a long-term relationship.

Vocabulary
The words we use create thoughts and feelings that result in actions.

Work
Combine PLAY and WORK and you’ll fall in love with PLORK.

X-tra
Find more creative ways to give thanks and recognition to your clients.

Y-wait
Overcome procrastination by living by these three words: DO IT NOW.

Zero
in with Zeal Stay focused. Keep yourself in a positive shell and unleash the Champion within you.

Love and French Revolution

La mamma morta
m'hanno a la porta
della stanza mia;
moriva e mi salvava!...
Poi a notte alta io cor.Bersi errava,
quando,ad un tratto,un livido
bagliore
guizza e rischiara innanzi a'passi
miei
la cupa via!
Guardo!...Bruciava il loco di mia
culla!
Così fui sola!...E intorno il nulla!
Fame e miseria!...
Il bisogno,il periglio!...
Caddi malata!...
E Bersi,buona e pura,
di sua bellezza ha fatto
un mercato,un contratto per me!
Porto sventura a chi bene mi vuole!

(A un tratto nelle pupille larghe di Ma

dalena si effonde una luce di suprema
gioia, una gran luce profonda come

riflesso di splendore misterioso)
Fu in quel dolore
che a me venne l'amor!
Voce piena d'armonia
E dice: "Vivi ancora! Io son la vita!
Nè miei occhi è il tuo cielo!
Tu non sei sola! Le lagrime tue
io le raccolgo!...io sto sul tuo
Cammino
e ti sorreggo!
Sorridi e spera! Io son l'amore!...
Tutto intorno è sangue e fango?...
Io son divino!...
Io son l'oblio!...
Io sono il dio
che sovra il mondo scende da
l'empireo.
Fa della terra un ciel....
Ah! Io son l'amor!...
E l'angelo si accosta,bacia,e vi
bacia la morte!...
Corpo di moribonda è il corpo
mio!
Prendilo,dunque!..Io son già
Morta cosa!....


Here is the (English translation of the) text to “La Mamma Morta”
It is about the famous and unique romance of “Madeleine” in the ultimate work of Umberto Giordano. It is the dramatic retelling by the Countess of Coigny, who had lost her mother and all things precious with the French Revolution to Gerard, already a butler in his palace and now boss in the tribunal of the people. So that the poet Andrea Chènier could be saved, with whom she is in love, Madeleine was disposed to offer herself to Gerard.

They killed my mother
Close by the doorway leading to
my chamber.
In dying,she saved my life.
Then,at dead of night.
I left the house with Bersi,
And in the distance,
The flames leapt up behind us;
Fierce tongues of fire set all the
sky aglow,
Lighting our path.
My home,my well-loved home,
Was burnt to ashes.
I was alone.
I had no shelter.
Hungry and needy,danger
haunted my footsteps.
Then I fell ill,and Bersi,poor
faitful creature,
She would not leave me:
She bartered her beauty to kee me alive.
I bring misfortune even to those.
who love me.
In all this sorrow,
My poor heart woke to love.
In a voice of soft compassion he
murmured: "Heard him who
calls thee.Life itseid enfolds thee!
In my arms,no harm can befall
thee,
I am here beside thee.
Thy tears of despair,I will banist
Tho guide thy faltering footsteps,
I shall be near thee!
Let joy fill thy being,
For Love itseld am I!
Though thy path be dark with
terror,
I shall bring solace.
Take heart again!
Raise your eyes and behold me;
I come to thee from out the vault
of heavem above,
Making earth a paradise.
The god of Love am I!
The angel hovered near me
And kissed me with the cold kiss
of death.
So take this worthless body,here
before you.
"This as you wish...for I am dead already"

If you want to hear the song.

Osho

Osho is one of the philosopher who have always fascinated me from my childhood days. His writings about Zen are exemplary, I always had a thirst for him. There were days when I used to read it very deeply.

Today I just went thru the list of books which he actually liked.

* TAO TE CHING
* SERMON ON THE MOUNT
* BROTHERS KARAMAZOV
* Thus spoke Zarathustra (he is a great fan of Nietzsche)
* The book of Mirdad
* Jonathan Livingston Seagull (I've read this)
* The parables of Chuang Tzu
* Bhagavad Geeta
* Gitanjali
* The book of sufis
* The Prophet
* The book of Lieh Tzu
* Dialogues of Socrates
* THE NOTES OF THE DISCIPLES OF BODHIDHARMA
* RUBAIYAT
* MASNAVI
* ISA UPANISHAD
* ALL AND EVERYTHING
* IN SEARCH OF THE MIRACULOUS
* LEAVES OF GRASS by Walt Whitman
* HSIN HSIN MING
* TERTIUM ORGANUM
* THE SECOND ORGANUM
* ORGANUM written by Aristotle
* GEET GOVIND
* SAMAYASAR
* THE FIRST AND LAST FREEDOM by J. Krishnamurti

I will write the next list in my upcoming Blogs.... uhhh...

The Japanese Fish Story

The Japanese have always loved fresh fish. But the waters close to Japan have not held many fish for decades. So to feed the Japanese population,fishing boats got bigger and went farther than ever. The farther the fishermen went, the longer it took to bring in the fish. If the return trip took more than a few days, the fish were not fresh. The Japanese did not like the taste of stale fish.

To solve this problem, fishing companies installed freezers on their boats.

They would catch the fish and freeze them at sea. Freezers allowed the boats to go farther and stay longer. However, the Japanese could taste the difference between fresh and frozen and they did not like frozen fish. The frozen fish brought a lower price. So fishing companies installed fish tanks. They would catch the fish and stuff them in the tanks, fin to fin.

After a little thrashing around, the fish stopped moving. They were tired and dull, but alive.

Unfortunately, the Japanese could still taste the difference. Because the fish did not move for days, they lost their fresh-fish taste. The Japanese preferred the lively taste of fresh fish, not sluggish fish.

So how did Japanese fishing companies solve this problem?

Here's what they did:
The Japanese fishing companies still put the fish in the tanks. But now they added a small shark to each tank. The shark eats a few fish, but most of the fish arrive in a very lively state. The fish are active and challenged.

Have you realized that some of us are also living in a pond but most of the time tired & dull, so we need a Shark in our life to keep us awake and moving? Basically in our lives Sharks are new challenges to keep us active and taste better...

The more intelligent, persistent and competent you are, the more you enjoy a challenge just be patient and courageous!!!!

Circle or Line

Circle or Line.... Finite or Infinite...

I'm not a student of Mathematics. This is just my contemplation.

There was one old poem by a Tenali Raman (I think so, or some Telugu Poet). In that poem he says about a situation where there is a large queue of goats standing. Each goat is eating the tail of the goat in front of it. It just came to my mind when I was reading GEB yesterday, which talks about Strange Loops in Godel, Escher and Bach.

The arrangement of the goats can be a Circle or it can be a Line. An line of infinite length is a Circle.

So here is the question, Is there anything infinite. We say that universe is infinite, my thought is when you reach the end of it(you can have a coffee:HGTG), it cycles and you come to beginning of the universe.

Just like mod counters.... once you reach n, the next is zero...

Maybe I will patent this idea... :-)

Courage

Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear - not absence of fear.
- Mark Twain

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
- Ambrose Redmoon

Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.
- John Wayne

I've recently read an article about Courage. Look at the definition of Courage given by John Wayne. Have you experienced it, you will be scared to death, but you will have no other option. You need to move into it, and at last you turn back to yourself and LOL..."Hey Man... if I knew it ..."

There way a poem which comes to my mind... I couldn't get the exact words... but the essence is...

Come here Kid, Come here...
No Mom, You will push me, I will fall

Come here Kid, Come here...
No Mom, You will push me, I will die

Come here Kid, Come here...
The kid came and the Mom pushed...
The Kid flew high...

This is a poem about the first flight of a Cuckoo...

Gödel, Escher, Bach

Recently I've started reading Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas Hofstadter. It is one of the great books in the array of "Alice in the Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.

"Alice in the Wonderland" is one of my all-time-favorite books. It is not only a book for children, it is a good for intellectuals. You will come to understand when you read it very deeply and contemplate over it again and again.

You will come across many Paradoxes.

Books of Deep Understanding:
* Alice in the Wonderland (& other works by Lewis Carrol)
* How the Mind Works (& other works by Steven Pinker)
* Gödel, Escher, Bach

Zeno Paradox:

It says Achilles (one of fastest runner in the world) cannot overrun a slow tortoise.

The reason is something like this... say tortoise has already started the race and crossed over distance DT, now Achilles is started running. When Achilles comes to DT, let us say the time taken by Achilles to cover the distance DT is TA.

At this point, the tortoise has a time of TA, so covers a distance DT1. Now, Achilles who has already covered DT, takes TA1 interval of time to reach DT1.

At this point, the tortoise has a time of TA1, so covers a distance DT2, Now, Achilles who has already covered DT1, takes TA1 interval of time to reach DT2.


In C++ ...

for(i=1;i!=i;i++) {

At this point, the tortoise has a time of TA(i), so covers a distance DT(i+1), Now, Achilles who has already covered DT(i), takes TA1 interval of time to reach DT(i+1).

}

OPHH.... God Save it. Did you UNDERSTAND.... ?

Golden Car Photos

Night View of the Golden Car

A Close View of the Golden Car

Day View of the Golden Car


Thanks a Prasanna, my schoolmate. Actually speaking, I have stolen it from him.

Life . . .

What is life ... Got is from Orkut...

The adventure of life is to learn.
The purpose of life is to grow.
The nature of life is to change.
The challenge of life is to overcome.
The essence of life is to care.
The opportunity of life is to serve.
The secret of life is to dare.
The spice of life is to befriend.
The beauty of life is to give.
The joy of life is to love.

What about Artificial Life ? Can Life exist inside a computer like what we have seen in Matrix ... Are we living the real life or is it just a computer generated dream world.

Purpose of Life

Some more Quotes...

Happy Independence Day !!!

Some Quotes ....

"Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to."
-- Lao-Tzu

Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

-- James Lane Allen (1849-1925) American Author

"Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important."
-- Stephen Covey

Do not wait for leaders; do it alone, person to person.

-- Mother Teresa (1910-1997) Albanian Missionary

"Something almost magical happens when people break through the obstacles that hold them back and discover what is truly inside them."
-- Brian Biro

"Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve."
-- Leonardo da Vinci

The Warrior

For the Warrior.....

Will is ...
Will is something very clear and powerful which can direct our acts.
Will is something a Warrior uses, for instance, to win a battle which he, by all calculations, should lose.

Death is ...
... Warrior live with death at their
side, and from the knowledge that
death is with them they draw the
courage to face anything ...

Freedom is ...
Warrior prepare themselves to be aware, and full consciousness
comes to them only when there is no more self-importance let in them.
Only when they are nothing do they become everything


I found it in some pictures, it makes me to remember a Paulo Coelho (Manual of the Light Warrior)

New Genesis

New Genesis:

God created Man, he was lonely(happy). God thought it was not good for Man to be happy so he create Woman.

(It is just a JOKE...)

All that begins well, ends well. The Golden Car Festival went fine. This time I'm able to touch the car. I enjoyed festival, with mouth-watering Biryani and Chicken-65 by my mother-in-law. We are preparing for Baptism of my son, Julius Rohan. We have already given invitation to most of them.

Today, I did some changes in the blog. I have added 2 Page elements. One is the image of Marvin, the next thing is I added the chainreading link to track my readings.

Today's Quote
=============
"When I'm having trouble with someone, it's a sure sign that person is exactly the gift I am needing in my life. Sometimes it takes me years to write the thank you note, though."

-- Unknown


[Private Stuff for me]
On 04-Aug, I attended my grandpa's 16th day remembrance. He is one of the strongest guy I have ever seen. My Grandpa comes from a very poor background. He was a diver, he used to take diving lessons for British officers. He had 6 children, 2-M + 4-W. My mother was the 3rd child. In his last days, none of his children/grandchildren took care of him, except those who he had neglected in his life. He realized it just before his death. If my mother would've stayed alive, she would've taken care of her.

I dedicate this song to my grandpa
===================================
There's a hero,
If you look inside your heart,
You don't have to be afraid of what you are,
There's an answer,
If you reach into your soul,
And the sorrow that you know will melt away.

[chorus]
And then a hero comes along,
With the strenght to carry on,
And you cast your fears aside and you know you can survive,
So when you feel like hope is gone,
Look inside you and be strong,
And you'll finally see the truth that a hero lies in you.

It's a long road,
When you face the world alone,
No one reaches out a hand for you to hold,
You can find love,
If you search within yourself,
And the emptiness you felt will disappear.

[chorus]
Lord knows,
Dreams are hard to follow,
But don't let anyone tear them away,
Hold on,
There will be tomorrow,
In time you'll find the way.

[chorus]
That a hero lies in.....you.......
Ooohh that a hero lies in.....you.....

Science Fiction

Out of all science fiction books I've read, I like Dune Chronicles the most. The Story is set on a Planet named Dune(a waterless planet). It is story about a boy named Paul and how is comes back to power after his father's assassination.

The fictional characters are too good. I once saw the 3 part series in AXN, which I couldn't remember now. It gives us a clear picture of a future society(would-be).

Other than Dune Chronicles, I like HHGG (Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy). But HHGG is total comedy, it is an old classic. HHGG is as comical as P.G.Wodehouse. I like the Marvin, the Paranoid Android Character in it very much.

Today, I'm leaving to Tuticorin to attend Golden-car festival of Lady of Snows Church. It is conducted after 7 years, it happened in 2000 when I did my First Year MCA in MKU. I invited over 10+ of my classmates, we had a really good time. The picture of PVK eating Crab is still making me to LOL.

Haskel VOD Part-I
Haskel VOD Part-II

Today's Quote
=============
Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824) English Poet

The End of Harry Potter

I've completed reading the final book on the series of Harry Potter books. I'm not going to give the spoiler here, it kills the reading. There are many opinions about "Harry Potter and Deathly Hallows", my opinion is that it has Exceeded Expectation.

Happy Reading to all Harry Potter Fans....

I've added Jacob's Blog in my blog page. I was quite amazed that Jacob is also a bibliophile. Good to hear that he reads my blog periodically. Some of the books which I have read within a week's time:

* Anthem
* Amulet of Samarkand
* Paulo Coelho Books (Alchemist, Pilgrimage, The Valkyries, Manual of Light Warrior)
* HP & the Half-blooded Prince
* HP & the Deathly Hallows

Today's Quote
==============
Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it.
Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held.
Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books.
Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin.
Believe nothing just because someone else believes it.
Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.

- Buddha (Got it from somebody's Orkut profile)

Good Quotes

UNIX is simple. But It just needs a genius to understand its simplicity.
--Dennis Ritchie

It's hard enough to find an error in your code when you're looking for it; it's even harder when you've assumed your code is error-free.
-Steve McConnell Code Complete (Very True)

Good code is its own best documentation. As you're about to add a comment, ask yourself, 'How can I improve the code so that this comment isn't
needed?'
Improve the code and then document it to make it even clearer.
--Steve McConnell Code Complete

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment..
--Fred Brooks

Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight. (very much True)
--Bill Gates

Programmers are in a race with the Universe to create bigger and better idiot-proof programs. The Universe is trying to create bigger and better idiots. So far the Universe is winning.
--Anon (ha..ha..ha)

Harry Potter and IMSc

I love this Marvin character in HHGG.

I started reading Harry Potter when I did my mca project in IMSc (Institute of Mathematical Science). I'm proud that my name is mentioned in Home of Dr.Venkatesh Raman, my mentor, guide and guru.

It was abt 5+ years back, it is one of the series of books which I can never forget in my life. I can't leave it without completely reading it within a week's time. I still remember time, when I've taken leave from office to read it.

Saying abt IMSc, my god this is heaven where they pay you for learning. I got a stipend of Rs.3000 per month for doing my project over there. I could've given them at least 10k to get such a high-class education. If I really miss anything in my life, it is the life I spent in IMSc. I can never forget it.

I've bought the HP and the deadly hallows from Big Bazaar, and currently reading it, nearly 300 pages are completed. It is a paper-turner, I don't know the exact word, It will make you to sit on the edge of the Seat.

Today's Quote
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A person is only as big as the dream they dare to live.

-- Unknown

Harry Potter and IMSc

I started reading Harry Potter nearly 6 years back, when I was doing my MCA project in IMSc (Institute of Mathematical Science, Taramani). I love to read HP, I have already completed 6 parts. On 21-Jul, after a great negotiation my finance minister Mrs. S.Juliet Reemus approved my HP Budget.


I've completed reading 100+ pages.

Laws and Programmers

Today, I read an article Laws of Software. It is quite interesting.

The Law which I like most is:

"If anything can go wrong, it will."

Programming is not a science anymore, it is more of art. Read "Art of Computer Programming" by Donald E. Knuth (Need a lifetime to finish reading it). It is classical master piece and must read for all life-time programmers.

I also read another article abt being a Programmer by Peter Norvig.

Geeks And Haskell

The word geek has recently come to be used to refer to a person who is fascinated by knowledge and imagination, usually electronic or virtual in nature.

Some use full links:
* Being Geek
* Programmer
* Hackers

Books:
* Hackers and Painters
* ESR (Cathedral and Bazaar)

Here is Good Tutorial for Haskell

Today's Quote:
To get your ideas across use small words, big ideas, and short sentences.
-- John Henry Patterson

Top Programmers and Python

In a survey of Top Programmers Linus Trovalds is rated #1. The List is

1. Linus Torvalds
2. Alan Turing (Great Hacker)
3. Dennis Ritchie (No info needed)
4. Rasmus Lerdorf
5. Donald Knuth ( The Guru Programmer)
6. Richard Stallman (GNU)

Out of all, I met Richard Stallman in person. Yes, I met him in MIT (not that MIT, MIT chennai), when I was doing my MCA Final Year Project. I got 2 GNU stickers from him, I've pasted it in my "Unix Internals" book by Uresh Valhallia. I've preserved it as my treasure for the past 5 years.

He is one my inspiration, my other inspirations are:

=> Donald Knuth
=> Grady Booch
=> Bjarne Strustrup
=> K & R
=> Alan Turing
=> Marvin Makinsley
=> John Backus

Just got a short and sweet tutorial for Python. You can learn Python in 10 Mins.

Today's Quote: (I feel lucky, got Ayn Rand quote today)

"Happiness is that state of consciousness which proceeds from the achievement of one's values."
-- Ayn Rand

Books of this Month

Finally, The Game ends here. I want focus, I need to read all the Books I own.

So, the Books of the Month:

* Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy
* TCP/IP Illustrated Vol-I
* 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
* Code Complete

Santo and Myself are going to read and discuss TCP/IP Vol-I. Later, We are thinking of moving to TCP/IP Illustrated Vol-II, the implementation, anybody can join...If interested post a comment here.

7 Blunders of the World

We know the 7 Wonders of the World, but what is this new "7 Blunders of the World".

Well, It is as follows:

1. Wealth Without Work
2. Pleasure Without Conscience
3. Knowledge Without Character
4. Commerce Without Morality
5. Science Without Humanity
6. Worship Without Sacrifice
7. Politics Without Principles
8. Rights Without Responsibilities (Added by Arun Gandhi)

The list is given by the "Father of Our Nation". Click here for the Article by Arun Gandhi.

Procrastination

"Procrastination is the seed of self-destruction."
-- Matthew Burton

What is Procrastination ? (Wikipedia)

Procrastination is the deferment or avoidance of an action or task to a later time. Psychologist and author Neil Fiore defines procrastination as:

"a mechanism for coping with the anxiety associated with starting or completing any task or decision."[1]

For the person procrastinating this may result in stress, a sense of guilt, the loss of productivity, the creation of crisis, and the chagrin of others for not fulfilling one's responsibilities or commitments. While it is normal for individuals to procrastinate to some degree, it becomes a problem when it impedes normal functioning. Chronic procrastination may be a sign of an underlying psychological or physiological disorder.

How to overcome Procrastination ?

Overcoming Procrastination

Coding

"Always code as if the person who is going to maintain your code is maniac serial killer who knows where you live."

- Programming Tip of the Day.

Today's Link: Tao of Programming

Today's Quote:
Right actions for the future are the best apologies for wrong ones in
the past.

-- Tyron Edwards

Success Coach Robin Sharma

"Success" - is a journey not the destination. It is enjoying life every moment of it. Drink the cup till you empty it.

Robin Sharma on Sucess

Never Search Happiness in others,
But Search it in yourself.

Today's Quote:

"He is a letter to everyone. You open it. It says, 'Live!'"
-- Mevlana Rumi

Essential List of Computer Books (without any language basis)

I just read Six Essential Language Agnostic Programming Books. So thought of putting my own computer essential book list.

1. The Pragmatic Programmer:From Journeyman to Master
2. The Practice of Programming
3. Writing Solid Code - Steve Maguire
4. Programming Pearls - Jon Bentley
5. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
6. Design Patterns Explained - Shalloway, Alan
7. Refactoring :Improving the Design of Existing Code - Fowler, Martin
8. After the Gold Rush - Steve McConnell

Today's Quote
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"The good life, as I conceive it, is a happy life. I do not mean that if you are good you will be happy; I mean that if you are happy you will be good."
-- Bertrand Russell