Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Lokpal bill passed

Lokpal bill has been passed by Lok Sabha yesterday. It is a bill which is consistent with times. It is a bill which was fought for, valiantly by Anna Hazare.
Why is this bill important? Under UN Convention, whistleblower policy is a welcome policy. India also needs to follow UN convention and therefore important. In India Lokpal Bill is an extension of this UN guideline. Anna Hazare, the great leader of modern times, the digital times has advocated for it.
Is justice going to be easy? No. Political parties have a strong clout. They consider themselves superior to common man and therefore unless a common man truly deserve justice under Lokpal, political parties will oppose.
Can there be improvement to Lokpal Bill? It will be difficult. All the people have to make Lokpal effective and should cause fear in government. Only then. It may be noted here that Anna Hazare will be observing the effectiveness of Lokpal in various states.
Most of my blogging time has been devoted to following Lokpal issue. It makes me happy that Lokpal issue has become a law.
 

Monday, December 9, 2013

More Digital

Everything at once is very apt. Because though widgets are there in Android, only Windows has Live Tiles (app + widget). Live Tiles makes possible "Everything At Once" more.
I have downloaded Visual Studio for Desktop. This particular software developer tool does not have tools for building Metro Apps. Metro Apps, by the way are quite complex. A lot of things have to be correct to make a successful Metro App. Metro App can be compared to COM objects, if I may say so. The Visual Studio for Desktop, however can develop Desktop application. A developed program tile in Start Screen of Windows 8, will be run in the desktop. Another thing that can be developed is Windows presentation application. I really do not understand much about it. Maybe someone can write about what is a windows presentation application all about.
I bought Google Nexus 7 tab from Flipkart. It was available at 43% discount. I read that it is fantastic for gaming. And it sure is.
Android KitKat is fantastic. It is simple. Not much complications to a common user.
Using Nexus 7 and flight simulator app, I managed to take off and land a flight successfully. I have got a grip on flights in tablets. I am also improving my biking skills in Dhoom 3 app.
 

Sunday, November 24, 2013

Made As Japan

India has hinduism and budhhism. Many say though both are similar, their perceptions are different.
1)Boss is father like. Hinduism wants boss(father) as strict. Budhhism wants openness.
2)A Job is for lifelong. Hinduism treats job as bondage. Budhhism treats job as contribution.
3)Suggestions. Hinduism wants implemented suggestions. Budhhism studies feasibility and acceptability of suggestions.
4)Small improvements. Hinduism wants small spiritual improvement. Budhhism wants small lifestyle improvements.
5)Just in time. Hinduism follow no time. Budhhism wants everyone to follow their time.
6)Food.Iyers are preached to beg for food. Budhhists beg for food.
7)Beverages. Hindus drink beverages at hot temperature. Budhhists like drinking warm.

 

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

XML - Data Structure explained?

XML can be a dangerous necessity. XML gives meaning to data structures and if I may say so, then there is no need for me to say that I am from India because <country>India</country> says it all.
I was wondering why I found it difficult to read the blogs of my interest(mine included) in my Windows mobile phone. It was relatively less difficult in my Windows 8 laptop. The reason is XML.
A Windows 8 laptop is probably able to understand more types of XML files than a Windows 8 phone.
W3C guidelines clearly states the rules for XML. One needs to specify the xml schema followed as the first line in an XML file. This is mandatory. It is also necessary to follow the xlink guidelines of W3C consortium.
What is the loss if someone do not follow the W3C guidelines? Is it only lacking netiquette? Is there a bigger loss? A matter to ponder.

Friday, September 20, 2013

The Running Mathematician

Tarun was a brilliant mathematician. He believed in Pythagoras theorem and told himself that eyes, ears, hands, legs can be made to or already obeys Pythagoras laws. He claimed to his near relatives that he can see the Pauli exclusion principle to the maximum. He was laughed at by them but he kept believing in this theory.
One of his friend Shankar said that light was everything. Everyone was attracted to light and light is what matters. To Tarun however, light was only 3.8 x 10^8 m/s.
Tarun was always sidelined by people who mattered. He never could understand this. He thought that the world is fair and even handed. He also believed in black and white principle of China. Then he realised that people were scared to call the world fair and started thinking using grey cells(black and white combined).
Then he started thinking about change in velocity. The acceleration part. Why people wanted to be slow and steady? He could not find an answer to this. He thought let me jog everyday and try to find an answer to this.
He is waiting for an answer . . .

 

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

The Girl in the Beach

The small girl was standing in the beach. It was morning hours. The sun was just out. She felt her heart was at rhythm with the sound of the waves. She had curd diluted with sea water which her mother made and gave her.
The girl had a small bag on her left shoulder. She would pick up shells from the beaches and put them in her bag. She was careful of the type of shells she picked. She had a natural sense of value and would very carefully take out the one needed.
The little girl has become big now. She is a successful CEO. She is well known for the quality and ability to take decisions. And she owed it to the values she learnt herself. The values taught by the type of shell she would pick from the sea.

Monday, September 16, 2013

The Full Circle

The man woke up from his sleep in the middle of the farm. He stood up. Just to see the horizon on all the sides. The earth seemed to be circular. He woke his dog. The dog woke up but could not see the horizon because its view was blocked by the grasses.
The man ran and ran in trying to reach the end of the circle. The dog too ran happily. But the man was unable to reach the end. He began to sweat. Luckily he saw a thin towel lying nearby. He took it and wiped his forehead. He felt cool.
He daily saw the sun moving above him in a circular way. He thought heat was also circular. And because towel made him feel cool, he drew a conclusion that cloth is also circular.
He thought of many such things. And he began to get mad. Then he started rotating about himself. He felt better. Then he thought whenever such thoughts come, he needs to rotate about himself.
It was night time. He slept then knowing that sleep means half death.