100th anniversary of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity

Today is the 100th anniversary of Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity.
In early 90's when people were obsessed with the quantum physics, Einstein was working on his unified theory which will put together all the theories in one place and explain everything in the universe.

His belief was that everything can be described in simple mathematical equations and his argument in the fight with other scientists who believed in quantum physics was that "God does not play dice".

On his deathbed, till his last moment, he kept working on his unified theory.

my company needs manager's signature to give me a pack of pencils:))

Today I went to the stationary guy to get a box of pencils(10 pencil) and a pack of binder clips. I filled up the form but that guy asked me for my manager's signature and that too because I was asking for a box of pencil:)) Ultimately he agreed to give me 4 pencils without my manager's signature.

Einstein

I am actually very much impressed with Einstein. You can say I am a big fan of his. I don't know all about his theories but little enough to imagine what a big genious he was. How on earth, one can simply imagine or even a wild thought that time can be slowed down if we move with great speed or that we have a fourth dimension also? Frankly, even till now, I don't have that ability to think about it. May be it has something do with education? May be if I learn pure science, it may open my mind to think more broadly?

My right brain is rusty to an extent that it calls for emergency measures

I have studied core subjects like optics, quantum physics, elecromagnetism, atomic physics and ..... in college. But frankly speaking, I don't know a single thing about all this. Just cleared the papers somehow.(the open secret is that one does not need to study to clear exams in Delhi university:))

But lately, I have an urge to study these subjects again. My job is not giving me enuf kick. Surely, I keep learning new technologies related to programming but that is not science. It is plain logic. and on day to day basis, one does not even need to apply logic. It is all routine work which one can do with closed mind and that is what I have been doing till now. It is not science for sure. Just doing the things with hook or crook and once the program is running no body cares how it works and whether it is a good way to do it or not. We somehow, have missed the opportunity to link programming with science. Though, they call it computer science, it is not science. May be in the things related to computer hardware, it may be true but surely programming is still being done in a very unscientific way.

So whole day my right brain keeps screeming that I should use it. but for years now, I have not used it. And my brain is getting rusty. The only way to get my right brain working, I feel, is to learn physics or maths. That can be the only simulant to my brain.

The systems are still down:(

The systems are still down:(

Today also I cannot finish off my work!:(

Yesterday eclipse was playing games with me and today the backend system is down. How on earth I am supposed to finish my work!!! We are still living in stone age. Are these the tools, and the systems that are going to move us ahead technically?

Non technical technology company

Why Indian companies can't give laptops so that I can work from home. I came all the way to office and found that the backend systems are down. Such a big waste of time! My company(better not name it here) even though is a technology services company, still I find it so non-technical in all the ways. To even get a pencil, I need to fill up a form. Can you believe that! Such a waste. and more than waste so embarrasingly non-technical thing to do! Means, shouldn't we have technical ideas flowing out of every part of the company, so that it creates an environment where people can think out of the box and imagine what has not been done before and innovate and truly deliever technical ideas? Just to give an example, few weeks back, I came to office on weekend and forgot to bring my I-card. Can you believe me that thay didn't allow me to enter the office! They had no system in place to verify if I was an employee of the company. No database, no other security authorization. A technology company does not have technology in place to verify my identification! Is this the impression one would like to give to the prospective client?

Compare this with my last company. Everything and anything there was done online at the click of the mouse. All the applications were web-enabled, with single sign-in.
During my year long stay in that company, not even once I had to move out of my desk to get anything done. Simply impressive. This company has a Arvind mills showroom within the campus and to show the company's technical capabilities, it developed RFID based system for this store. This goes in a long way to create an impression about the company and shows the eagerness of the management to develop technical capability within the company and show it to the prospective clients.

Eclipse is making me crazy:(

:((
I have written some code that is not working. and for most non-technical reason.
One of the expressions shows diffent values in the variable and expressions in debug mode. It is the most stupid thing I have seen till now. I am completely at loss, what to do!!:(

HIV+ve grooms break barriers

Read this article http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=72714

HIV -ve women marrying HIV +ve. One of these women says
"There is more to marriage than having children. There are other factors like affection and support and if he is a good human being, why not?’’
See what these guys have to say ‘‘Men who are financial well-off manage to find such women. The reverse trend has not been noted,”

After reading this or even with common sense, one can easily make out what were the reasons behind HIV -ve women marrying HIV +ve men.

One of these guys says:
Two of the responses I got were from a 19-year-old girl in my area whose father did not have money for her dowry while another was a 23-year-old widow with a seven-month-baby whose husband had died in a road accident,

Simply pathetic. Do we really have any human values left in our country!!!!!!

Are we in Matrix?

Today morning, while coming to office, I was walking on the footpath that leads to my office. It is a very small footpath so usually one has to walk slowly in a kind of queue. Not sure why, but today I was thinking about it and it felt so strange. Hundreds of people walking around. I don't know them and they don't know me. I am just one of the lakhs, crores of people. It also remembers me of the matrix. In of the scene, where Morpheous takes Neo to some training programme to explain him about his existence and there are lots of people walking and Neo is confused not being able to understand where he was and what was happening to him, trying to comprehend the bigger picture but his views, ideas still stop him from doing that. Are we also not like Neo, getting up everyday, getting ready for office, coming back home and ........ We are bound by a programme of which we dont have the clear idea or bigger picture. We don't question our schedule as if bound by something which we can't see, something that stops us from thinking more than what we are thinking right now. Are we actually some program running in a predefined space? Could it actually be true that we are into something like Matrix. Jokes apart, sometimes I really feel that it could be true.

nothing is as boring as coming to office on weekend for office work

Seems like I will have to come to office this weekend:( I have to finish some work that is important but it is very boring. Let see, I still have 3-4 hours. Trying to complete the work today itself.

If it is not office work, then it is not a problem. I do come to office on weekend but for my own work only. It is fun actually. With no one around. I can play music loudly. No one to disturb. The only problem is that I dont get anything to eat in office. The cafeteria is closed and there is no restaraunt nearby.
So I usually take heavy breakfast cum lunch on weekend so that I can manage without food for few hours in office.

Rough flight from Delhi to Bangalore

The flight from Delhi to Bangalore this Monday was the most rough flight I ever took. Right from Delhi where it was raining heavily till Banglore the plane was shaking all the time. The pilot switched off the Seat belt sign off for hardly few mintues duing the 2 and half hour flight. I was so glad to reach Bangalore in one piece:)I must have travelled hundred time by now, but I dont know why I am still scared when the plane takes off.