Random lines

A is more or less a straight line
B is more like a spline or curved line.
A and B can be purely tangential and thats the closest to intersection between them.
A can only be extended along its axis.
B can extend across even the 4th dimension of time.
Which means B eventually intersects A at its own angle of inclination
B is free to move and continues to be extended as before along all its axis and then A is free to extend again
Probability that B intersects with several other similar splines is much higher.
For A to intersect with similar straight line is for a line directly opposite to it along the same axis but -ve direction
A can only try to shift along its vertical axis for intersecting its genre of lines.

Imbalance

Casually browsing thro' Y! news and came across this photo. So its nature's fury with floods causing havoc? Well, each year Florida is sweeped with hurricanes and yet its one of the most popular destinations in the US. why this imbalance of power, money, struggle and what not?
Bcos some people made hay while the sun had shined? or should they be termed opportunistic?

So, thinking abt this imbalance & hence the scarcity of food,water,shelter and maybe even air, SETI (Search For Extra-terrestrial Intelligence) has always inspired me. What if someday we find life in another planet with abundance of all that is scarce today in Earth. Our galaxy is just a dot in millions of those that exist today. But has evolution ever been paralleled in another world? If so, we have been waiting for signals from them and of vain all these years. Found that there is something called as Fermi's paradox.

The Fermi paradox states:

"The size and age of the universe incline us to believe that many technologically advanced civilizations must exist. However, this belief seems logically inconsistent with our lack of observational evidence to support it. Either the initial assumption is incorrect and technologically advanced intelligent life is much rarer than we believe, our current observations are incomplete and we simply have not detected them yet, or our search methodologies are flawed and we are not searching for the correct indicators."

Maybe there exists life 1000's of light years away and struggling to contact us just as we are. And what if the scarcity of resources there is 10 fold to what we see in our world today? Can there be a big bang that erases current evolution and start from scratch? or maybe we are continuing to evolve to face these struggles and one fine day we learn to live w/o the bare essentials? Guess time alone has the answer to these...

By all means... MARRY!

Got this as a fwd today. Thought it was from one of my colleagues but then saw the email id and its from my Manager!! was funny to read :D

I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry.
That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.
David Bissonette

When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
Sacha Guitry

After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
Hemant Joshi

By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get
a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
Socrates

Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.
Dumas

The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?
Sigmund Freud

I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
Anonymous

"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays."
Henny Youngman

"I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years."
Sam Kinison

"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage."
James Holt McGavran

"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me, and the second one didn't."
Patrick Murray

Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming
1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
2. Whenever you're right, shut up.
Nash

The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once...
Anonymous

You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.
Henny Youngman

My wife and I were happy for twenty years. Then we met.
Rodney Dangerfield

A good wife always forgives her husband when she's wrong.
Milton Berle

Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.
Anonymous

First Guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!"
Second Guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."

Purely for laughter and not to provoke anyone..

Turn back the time

Last 3 months just flew so fast. Few things that attributed to this -
1. Moved to a new team internally
2. Working on a multi-million dollar project (2 yr)
3. Been assigned Project Manager with a team of 4 (including myself, meaning I'll be held responsible for whatever goes right or wrong in the Project)
4. Gym'ing after work almost everyday, practically at the office from 9 to 9

First time on all of the above. Atleast one thing I have achieved so far is being able to get some shape to my body. Whats needed was a big time break that came back to back the last couple of weeks

An awesome trip to the Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. 8 of us flew from different locations to Denver (amidst one missing the flight and reaching the rest the next day). Scenic drive up the mountains with snow topped was a delight to watch. The next day had the best part - a 2 1/2 hr rafting with level 3-4 in a nearby river. Almost fell during the gutsy ride but for the guy who sat in the front supporting me. This was followed by a ~ 2 hr marathon Mini-golf. Successfully won the 18 hole golf course amidst the heavy sledging by my fellow competitors towards the end. I was shocked it did have an impact! Celebrated the B'day of a friend who shares the same first first name with me. The last day was spent in Denver downtown. Well, the sad part was I missed the flight, had to stay overnight in a hotel and flew the next day. But that was ok considering the fact that I got a 400$ flight coupon from the airlines ;-)

The next fun part was a 3 hr A.R.Rahman concert in Oracle Arena (Golden State basketball court) in Oakland, CA on June 2nd. Thrilled to meet ARR for the first time. Song collection was decent though he couldve cut down on the # of hindi songs (a few from Taal were too boring). But, but, SIVAJI songs made up for everything. The songs that electrified the Audi

1. Rang de basanti songs
2. Secret of success - Boys
3. Athiradi, Sivaji theme

So there it ends a 2 weekend relish. So, back to work until the next long weekend..

YES

Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were hanged at the age of 23.

They gave up their lives for their dream of a free, democratic & secular India

And yet Indian society today is ravaged by the poison of FUNDAMENTALISM,COMMUNAL HATRED, INJUSTICE & CORRUPTION

Have we betrayed their sacrifice?

- "The Legend of Bhagat Singh"

Bhagat Singh is lost in history in not nearly reaching the hearts of millions as Gandhi. I cant blame Gandhianism just bcos I dont know much about it. (apart from the fact of non violence and non cooperation)

But why Bhagat Singh? Bcos His idealogies were more for the aggressive? On retrospection, How many had witnessed JallianWala Bagh massacre? People could not see through his eyes. Maybe there is an inner selfish motive behind all this?

Bhagat Singh is written in history as a very aggreesive and rebellious leader. He took the path of non-"non violence". Kissed death at 23. Would our ancestors want us in the path of Him? No way! He is buried in history. Delibrately!
And they were successful. I read about Gandhi all through history books. I read about Bhagat Singh as a chapter in my Tamil Non-detail book in my Secondary grade.

So, what am I trying to convey? Have a Bhagat Singh Jayanthi and declare national holiday? there were hundreds of His genre who made sacrifices. Remember Him in our heart. For me, He is a GOD. Pray Him. While Praying, remember the sacrifice He made.
His dream will no longer be one. To see them in reality is all He could ask for..

Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamaare dil me hein

Positive thinking

When Edison was questioned if he ever grew tired trying and failing several times before he went on to invent lightbulb, he answered - "I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work"

TAG Heuer

The blog title has nothing to do with the Swiss watch manufacturing giant. just for the heck of a name for this blog entry did I chose it. Anyways, as always Ram had me tagged yet again and I'm here answering 50Q.

1. Were you named after anyone?
my paternal & my maternal grandfathers.

2. Do you wish on stars?
Nope.

3. When did you last cry?
abt 3 weeks back from my India trip. More of a soft tear and not a "cry-cry" per say.

4. Do you like your handwriting?
Used to be good.I like my typing nowadays.

5. What is your favourite meat?
Depends on how its prepared.

6. What is your most embarrassing CD on your shelf?
None.

7. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you?
Totally.

8.Are you a daredevil?
Nah.

9. How do you release anger?
console myself saying "wait for an opportunity to rebut and dont react now impulsively"

10. Where is your second home?
meaning Mamanar's home? dont know yet.

11. Do you trust others easily?
used to.

12. What was your favourite toy as a child?
Machine gun (Toy).

13. What class in school/college do you think is totally useless?
Had to take some courses just for the heck of requirements.

14. Do you use sarcasm a lot?
Never actually unless its a rebuttal as in qn9.

15. Have you ever been in a mosh pit?
Does Techofes count here?

16.What do you look for in a guy/gal?
Answer to Qn 21 in the negative

17. Would you bungee jump?
Sorry. I would think twice to jump from my bed..

18. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off?
depends. if in a hurry, will not. But 99.99% will definitely untie.

19.what's your favourite ice cream?
Any BlackForest combination, fried bananas with Strawberry cream

20. What are your favourite colors?
Black, Blue, Brown, Cream.

21. What are your least favourite things?
Hypocricy, Bureaucracy, show off, people who manipulate others.

22. How many people do you have a crush on right now?
No comments

23. Who do you miss most right now?
My family

24. What are you listening to right now?
Watching 'Everybody loves Raymond' actually

25. If you were a crayon, what colour would you be?
Pink. dont know why but had a huge crush on this color in my childhood.

26. What is the weather like right now?
Late in the evening. getting a bit cold but no complaints as long as I am in CA.

27. Last person you talked to on the phone?
Ex roommate.

28. The "first" thing you notice about the opposite sex?
If she is infact too opposite to me (not necessarily saying I feel disposed)

29. Do you like the person who sent you this?
Ram is such a wonderful guy and I lie too much these days ;-)

30. How are you today?
Tired.

31. Favourite non alcoholic drink?
Mango Milk shake, Piña Colada.

32. Favourite alcoholic drink?
no clue. but might like something if at all I try a few someday

33. Natural hair colour?
Black.

34. Eye colour?
Black.

35. Wear contacts?
Nope.

36. Siblings?
2 elder sis.

37. Favourite month?
December

38.Favourite food?
Lots

39. Favourite day of the year?
December 31st

40. Have you ever been too shy to ask someone out?
I wish..

41. Scary movies or happy endings?
Scary movies as long as someone who's more scared than me sits by my side.
Happy ending as long as I like the movie. else I dont care abt the ending as I would've been to bed by then.

42. Summer or winter?
Definitely Summer.

43. Holi or Diwali?
Diwali.

44. Do you like your name?
yes.

45. What book/magazine are you reading?
Jan month's Reader's Digest

46. What's on your mouse pad?
No mouses in my home. I mean no PC's in my home

47. What did you watch on TV last night?
One silly hindi movie called "bhagam bhag"

48. Favourite Smell?
Depends on my mood

49. Have you ever regretted breaking up with someone?
Not Applicable. And if I do, I wouldnt want it to be regretable

50. Most tiresome thing you’ve ever experienced/done?
A 11 mile hike in Yosemite. fell off a small cliff and guys had to make a human chain to help me up.. ;-)