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06 enero

Moved blog to Blogger

Guys, I have moved my blog long time back to Blogger!
 
Link to my personal blog...
 
Link to my technical blog...
 
Hope you visit them often :)
 
Thanks!
 
12 noviembre

He said - "This is Revolution" !!!

You dont find great words like these too often...

"The aim of life is no more to control the mind, but to develop it harmoniously; not to achieve salvation here after, but to make the best use of it here below; and not to realize truth, beauty and good only in contemplation, but also in-the actual experience of daily life; social progress depends not upon the ennoblement of the few but on the enrichment of democracy; universal brotherhood can be achieved only when there is an equality of opportunity - of opportunity in the social, political and individual life."
--- Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Prison Diary

"Revolution" does not merely mean an upheaval or a sanguinary strife - nor is there any place in it for individual vendetta. It is not the cult of the bomb and the pistol. Revolution necessarily implies the programme of systematic reconstruction of society on a new and better basis..."

"...by "Revolution" we mean that the present order of things, which is based on manifest injustice, must change. The peasant who grows corn for all, starves with his family; the weaver who supplies the world market with textile fabrics, has not enough to cover his own and his children's bodies; masons, smiths and carpenters who raise magnificent palaces, live like pariahs in the slums..."

"...the sense in which the word "Revolution" is used in that phrase, is the spirit, the longing for a change for the better. The people generally get accustomed to the established order of things and begin to tremble at the very idea of a change. It is this lethargical spirit that needs be replaced by the revolutionary spirit. Otherwise degeneration gains the upper hand and all of humanity is led astray by reactionary forces. Such a state of affairs leads to stagnation and paralysis in human progress..."

--- Excerpts from a letter from Shaheed Bhagat Singh to Shri Ramanand Chaterji, editor of Modern Review

My Experiments With...

And it was time for another experiment. A technical guy who has never dealt with this technology before. One of those old age technologies that has never fazed out (and is seriously tough to master!!!) So, I decided to take this challenge "once again" (actually, was forced to take it !!!). After failing twice earlier, I was still raring to go. And I told myself - "I will do it, no matter what. I am not afraid of the consequences". Although my friends were!!!

I collected all my energies again, focussed on the problem at hand - and here I went!!!

Here is the algorithm for that - although it does not cater to all scenarios but has been built based on same technology but using new tools:

Phase 1
Step 1: Take two spoons of oil and put it in rice cooker (this is a newer released version).
Step 2: After it is bit warm, add vegetables (for POC (proof of concept) purpose, I used already broken pieces of frozen cabbage and whatever eatable was available).
Step 3: Add two spoons of salt (please dont add any buffer here, you may land into serious trouble).
Step 4: Keep it for some time as it is with lid closed.

Phase 2
Step 1: After your patience runs out standing in front of it, just remove the lid.
Step 2: Add 3.5 cups of rice of 160 ml each (this cup utility wasnt too good actually, check out the market for better ones)
Step 3: Add 7 cups of water using same cup (although, everything was floating - but then knowledge transfer via my friend wasnt too good actually :)
Step 4: Close the lid and wait!!!

Note: Start writing the steps in a diary, uff!!! its tough to remember, right?

And after an hour or so, one of my friends came in and said, "Hey, why your application is still not working?" He checked and then changed the new technology based cooker's switch state from "Warm" to "Cook" !!!

Ok...although, it took another hour to cook that but then this was my first encounter with Pulao. Oops! initial ones were with Paranthas but I ate that, although they were completly looked like part of pan only - complete black in color!!!

But must tell you, the Pulao finally, was ready and everyone ate that. Thank God!!! Atleast, there were no "special comments" after eating that.

24 octubre

My First Day At Microsoft !!!

Yups dude, my first day at Microsoft !!! Yes, at Microsoft !!! The day about which I dreamt for around 4 long years...its a long time and finally I was going to be there, at Microsoft - the giant; which was around every corner of my mind - days and nights - about which I thought !
 
Before you start throwing in any congratulations mail to me, let me clear this air that I am still working with Persistent and am here just for a new project design. But still it is a kind of opportunity that I would have never got if I would have joined Microsoft directly. So, finally, that dream was getting too close, more close, and close...
 
After 26 hours of in-flight time, I reached here...Seattle - where it is actually, the Microsoft headquarters. Not to forget about the intense 10 days that I underwent...interviews, Visa, all formalities, packing and all that stuff. But it was done, everything was finished gracefully. Oh God! how come that happened? Rarest of times where I felt that luck was just favoring me and I was just showing immense confidence in it - surprising, seriously surpurising!!!
 
Everything that I thought about Microsoft - the poeple, the place, the environment...I was ready to experience it myself !!!
 
And yes, the day arrived. Thanks to Persistent for this. I was not too anxious too enter in, but a bit...after all its Microsoft - the place I always wanted to join. And before I entered, I just got a compliment about me being looking "great" and I was flattered..after all I was well prepared to enter...hehehe
 
My eyes were rolling and viewing each and every corner of the premises that I can blindly go and tell the locations now. Is this what my imaginations were all about? Well, I guess not...seriously it was much more than that!!! But overall it was good :)
 
I still have not seen the full power of what it is all about, but I guess infrastructure can not describe it actually...its all in brains!!! And people in my team back home India is no less :) Its all about dedication and way you enjoy and work. And its same for me from wherever I am working - My home, office, my hostel room or Microsoft office...
 
The first day in itself has been a great learning experience and I am more committed to work towards my firm, because I know where the "Real Power" lies...And not to forget, I am learning new things as well as each new enviornment teaches you something new or the other...
 
Thank God...my final goal wasnt just getting into Microsoft...otherwise I would have felt blank today...but now I am more excited...
 
Still, whenever dreams come true, its a great satisfaction and specially when you have really worked hard for it...and I add this day to my special ones :)
15 octubre

Green Computing for Processors!!!!

Just came across an article in Digit's october issue (with good focus on laptops - as i m in search for one & a really gud cover photo )

It says tht "Physics guarantees that a computer will not be able to "discard" more than 3.5 X (10^22) bits of physical information per second"!! For each computation - like an addition - it adds two numbers into one which esstentially means that bits for two numbers that were added are dissipated as heat. As because of physical limits, there is an upper bound of heat dissipation, so processor wont be able to discard more bits than a certain level!!

Based on current fastest processors, scientists say we are around 1,00,000 times slower than the max limit. And this will be covered somewhere in around 20-30 yrs, which implies saturation after that period. The issues of heat dissipation because of high electron movement and leakage will start arising more we move towards that limit. Moreover, power required for those speeds would be enormous which may just add to the existing issues of generating more and more power and seriously considering some renewable sources of energy.

Thus, scientists are working on something to "reuse the bits" and "stop throwing them away". Uncompute the unneeded bits. This is what they call as Reversible Computing. And yes, this is what they call as GREEN COMPUTING !!!

Well, a brief idea that is being worked upon to realize this concept is via the use of Ballistic Circuits/Adiabatic Circuits, which means circuit with less or without flow of heat. Here, bits are not lost because they dont dissipate into heat. Because of less flow of heat in circuits, the bits are not thrown away and can be used in another computation as well.

This will allow faster processors, more shrinked chips, cost-effective systems and prevent environmental degradation issues.

Well, must say, it would be a big challenge for scientists to put things into effect but certainly would mean beginning of a new generation of processors !!!
11 octubre

The Expressions of Life !!!

Even sometimes I feel the same, to express myself in this way. More interestingly, I sometimes feel like pressing either Ctrl+Z or Alt+Backspace in my life to re-live some awesome momemts again
29 septiembre

I EXPECT...

What say??? Quite a common line...I agree too !!!

Problem is...I am waiting for my team to finish up the work, so that we can send it to client and go back home (Arre bhai, technical entry nahin hai...dont worry )!!! And ya, I am really expecting them to finish it fast. Because being free now, this expectation and anxiety to go back now (or rather say, go back and sleep!!) is killing me now. Happens with everyone, I guess (sometimes )

With a few years of experience behind me, I just realized that "I EXPECT..." is just one of the most dangerous lines in my life !!! I am not sure if I will be able to throw it away completely out of my life, but still would rate this as "Highly Explosive"...and yes, there are reasons to it...

Time and then, as soon as I start expecting, I loose...loose badly, very badly !!! Probably because I tend to lean on other one - for help, for support - or simply saying it makes me dependent !!! And this dependency on someone is what makes me loose...ever happened with you?

Let me put it in a different way...during my college days, I participated in extra curricular activities a lot. Initial years I really enjoyed whatever I did...be it technical presentations, debates,
programming events...everything !!! I lost, I won...but it never affected me. It was pure masti. But as I started to win more, my college started sending me to events where it was like a do-and-die to win. Expecting more fame with this, with time, I lost my interest in all those. But to keep upto the "expectations", I did what I could...and to be honest, I myself expected to win every time...

Considering another aspect of life, I expect my loved ones to give me back what I give them from my side - love, affection, support, friendship, time...everything what I can - but yes, this is where you are exposed!!! There lies the vulnerability...

Well, I thought a lot, how come that happens? And I found an interesting answer and certainly can't get better than this (its in Sankrit, I am trying to put it in best possible way)...

Karmanye Va Dhikaraste, Maam Faleshu Kadachan...
Maam Karmfalheturbhurmo, Te Sangoastavya Karmani !!!

It says - Do your Karma and don't expect - And I believe it in completely!!! I may not be able to do that completely but yes, from now on, atleast I can try to apply more of this to my life - after all these are words of Lord Krishna...

Do your work, enjoy your life - But dont expect !!! Situations may be unavoidable, but still then why to expect...if it goes right, its good...if it cant, why to take more pain than is actually there or if its not present at all...

And ya, as I stopped expecting my team to finish the things faster when I started writing, let me tell you that they are already gone and only I am the one sitting and enjoying...time passed gracefully as for few moments, I WAS NOT EXPECTING...
25 septiembre

Eradicating Poverty Through Profits !!!

Just came across a book recently and I am really moved after going thru its initial pages...

"The Fortune At The Bottom Of Pyramid" - "Eradicating Poverty Through Profits" by C.K.Prahalad...

Its really awesome the way he has described how people below the poverty line can be served and high profits can be made. It signifies a win-win situation. The depth at which the market exists is just un-believable. Some 3-4 billion poeple's market can not be simply ignored.

An awesome collection of facts...a must-read for every enterpreneur...
16 septiembre

Here I Go !!!

Well, everyone keep saying...that i wanna grow, i want to reach there - on top, on top this world!!! Isn't it? Nah! First please dont tell me, u dont !! If thts the case, i wud certainly like to meet you ...
 
But ever thought what you will loose in this process, apart from gaining...i m not saying u will loose completely, may be things differ from situation to situation. I hear people keep on saying tht we will get this n that...and i guess somewhere there lies a gap, and ya, again it differs (everyone n everythin cant fit at same place!!!). In this "junnon" of doin things, people overstrive...how, why, when, where - cant be said...
 
This MOMENT that is there, and the countless that is passing at such a rapid pace...can be MUCH MUCH BETTER than you can ever imagine...
 
Have goals, hard-struck goals; have that will to do it; have that dedication and commitment to do it...BUT DONT LOOSE YOUR OWN SELF IN THIS RACE...
 
Well, this concludes off my first personal blog entry...THE TIME IS TICKING, COUNTDOWN TO THAT UTLIMATE DESTINY HAS ALREADY BEGAN, so think this off if you still havnt...and take care...
 
And ya, before i close this off...do remember:
 
VAHAN KAUN HAI TERA MUSAFIR...TU JAAYEGA KAHAN !!!
08 septiembre

Limitation of SSIS Buffers

SSIS provides a configurable setting of Data Flow Task, DefaultMaxBufferSize which defines the size of SSIS buffer. It also has a non-configurable property named MaxBufferSize which is set to 100 MB and can not be changed.
While creating data flow custom components (source / destination), our team allowed components to handle data more than the available limit. For example, the Oracle Bulk Load Destination component, which allows bulk loading of data into Oracle Server, can take more than 100 MB data and load it into Oracle Sever. Also, source components, such as Oracle Source component, allow users to set properties and fetch more number of rows. But because of 100 MB limit, SSIS throws "Memory Out of Range Exception" while our server systems has huge amount of RAM available.
Well, it would be certainly better if SSIS allow using more buffer. In any case, if system will run out even of virtual memory, it will throw a system exception but making a pre-assumption and setting limits such as 100 MB limits the performance of SSIS.