Random musings
What a sorry performance by the Indian cricket team. Suck they indeed. Before the team left for Sri Lanka the main story was that Tendulkar needed 172 runs to surpass Brian Lara’s record in Test cricket (which probably was obtained in lot fewer tests). At the run rate Tendulkar is managing these days it will … Read more
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s UPA government survived the confidence motion by a much bigger margin (20 votes) than was predicted earlier. Though it was supposed to be a vote for or against the nuclear deal, it was anything but that. The Left was probably the only party that stuck to its principles — right or … Read more
In the NY times editorial titled No Rush, Please, on the subject of the nuclear deal, the author says India’s illicit pursuit of nuclear weapons would effectively be forgiven. I don’t understand how some countries’ pursuit of nuclear weapons — USA, Russia, UK, China, France — would be considered legitimate and India’s pursuit considered illicit. … Read more
Fibonacci numbers are a series of numbers such as 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,…. You can write a simple program, such as the one given below, in any language such as perl, python, ruby, javascript, php, java, haskell etc. slowFib 0 = 0 slowFib 1 = 1 slowFib n = slowFib (n – 2 ) + slowFib (n – … Read more
On June 2, the company said it would record an $891 million charge to change the name of FedEx Kinko’s stores to FedEx Office. Close to a billion dollars to change the name? Amazing! Sounds better when they put it as asset-impairment charge tied to the decision to minimize the use of the Kinko’s name … Read more
I was shocked to learn that Tim Russert (58) died of heart attack on Fri. I used to watch his program when I was in the US and enjoyed his interviews. May his soul rest in peace. I didn’t know that he had coronary heart disease. Heart disease is the #1 killer in the US … Read more
Craig Ferguson: “Hey, you know what happened today? Barack Obama put his birth certificate online to fight rumors he wasn’t born in the US. … John McCain will put his birth certificate online too, as soon as he figures out how to upload a stone tablet.” 🙂
The price of crude increased by $11 overnight. Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 400 points. Gasoline is over $4/gallon in US. In India, the price of gasoline and diesel went up by about 10%. A while back, someone in US bought a Toyota Prius hybrid and added lots of batteries and made it pluggable. It … Read more
Accused 9/11 mastermind asks judge to be executed By ANDREW O. SELSKY – Article Why? What did the judge do? 🙂
I didn’t expect to be writing an article criticizing ubuntu. Ubuntu can be a great alternative to Windows.
I installed Ubuntu 7.1 on a desktop (core 2 duo) using a CD and upgraded it to 8.04 (Hardy) using the update manager.