tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-343241942024-03-07T19:01:06.304-05:00Psychedelic"To fathom Hell or soar angelic,
just take a pinch of psychedelic."kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-36673052724838193062012-11-24T04:05:00.001-05:002012-11-24T04:10:50.947-05:00Einstein - God
Many
a times I've come across the banal usage of Einstein's quotes that invoke
the word "God". Einstein's philosophical writings do not show any
significant adherence to a deity in the usual sense of the term "God".
Einstein differed on principle when it came to any collective ideology,
be it nationalism or organized religion. The very idea of a mass taking
part in collective activity is kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-12604313080385930752012-11-24T03:51:00.000-05:002012-11-24T04:14:26.496-05:00What is "artificial"?
If humans are a part of Nature, then why are their creations "artificial"? It makes little sense to worry about how humans may harm Nature. The only harm we maybe causing is to the survival of the species homo sapiens sapiens. Rest of the chatter is pure hubris.
kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-51444300712028082812012-11-24T03:41:00.003-05:002012-11-24T03:43:04.888-05:00Abrahamic Monotheism
The trio comprising of the Old and New Testaments and the Quran forms the defining elements of the departure from the pantheon of El that Abraham undertook. In his footsteps developed a characteristic notion of a true God which over generations shaped into the monotheistic school of Abraham.
The peculiar aspect of this brand of monotheism is acknowledging the existence of many Gods. However kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-988287459520344982012-10-20T20:16:00.001-04:002012-10-20T21:27:53.879-04:00Faith
The concept of faith is often cited as that ethereal ingredient which connects man to divine, notwithstanding its slavish implications.
In
the days of yore, when civilizations were cradling to life, the curiosity
of many a man was quenched by invoking divinity. Gods were beings of
supreme power, and sometimes wisdom, who knew the answers to those
worries that ailed the early kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-26062696071443748792012-04-15T15:47:00.007-04:002012-04-15T21:23:27.993-04:00wget with Windows PowerShell
You will need: Windows PowerShell
Enable script execution:
Open powershell as administrator.
Check the status of script execution:
Get-ExecutionPolicy
Most likely it will report Restricted. In that case you need to change (for this purpose you needed administrative privilege) the status to allow script execution. Type:
Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned
Note that this is kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-11287294496354113892009-07-02T11:13:00.005-04:002009-07-02T11:40:25.891-04:00A Sudden Outburst of Common-senseMy belief in the Indian Judiciary is bolstered further. Though it took 8 years of litigation, in one swish of the hammer a repulsive and utterly ridiculous law(section 377 of IPC) has been read down. India has further reclaimed its original flavor, a Land of true equality, a Land of true freedom. India has shaken cleaner of years of domination by the narrow values of foreign culture. We have kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-84420549661670493162009-06-29T12:30:00.011-04:002009-06-29T13:15:52.830-04:00Secularism of IndiaExistence of secularism in the fabric of a country's constitution is always indicative of an advanced culture and a logical coherence in the definition of a nation. India had adopted (forced!) a brand of secularism when her constitution was drafted 60 years back. But, the Indian brand of secularism is rather peculiar. It does not seek an equality by removing 'religion' as a factor while dealing kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-77876213700962146332009-04-19T21:31:00.006-04:002009-05-08T01:28:55.561-04:00Revolution of the MassThis fragment of engagement of my thoughts stemmed about two and a half years back. I got my new desktop at home, and rented Gharey Bairey, a Bengalee movie, directed by Satyajit Ray, based on Rabindranath Tagore's 1915 work that goes by the same name. It is set against the backdrop of the Swadeshi Movement, it posed a very novel question : Is a 'nation' ready for a revolution, even if it meant kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-25874275290499014762009-04-03T04:14:00.023-04:002009-04-05T21:26:35.195-04:00Weapons of Future?Einstein had once remarked that "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."I had often wondered about the nature of a third world war. Gedanken experiments, given the constraints of world politics, is an interesting activity. Over the years it has been becoming increasingly clear, that conventional warfare, such that we kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-73761139519226430672009-03-10T01:07:00.002-04:002009-03-10T01:12:14.653-04:00end of the world'politically correct version' :Pkivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-50227852984734210552008-06-30T20:38:00.002-04:002009-04-03T04:14:08.362-04:00Bill GatesThough my substantial computer education has been through strong doses of open source and Richard Stallman, I feel indebted to Mr. William Gates III.3 days after he quit his legendary Microsoft.Mr. Gates through his Microsoft gave us humans a lot to feel happy and indebted. Whatever may be his motive, he's a visionary, who has contributed laudably to the human society at large and is still doing kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-1077979105279703692008-06-30T20:02:00.000-04:002008-06-30T20:37:10.174-04:00Puzzling Forbes ListI was having a look at the Forbes list of world billionaires, and to my great surprise discovered 4 Indians sitting tight in the top 10 list!What is this world coming to? If one goes by numbers, there are only 2 U.S. guys, Buffet and Gates (as usual), Carlos Slim, a Mexican telecom magnate, followed by a train of the 4 Indians: Mittal, the Ambani brothers and KP Singh, then comes a giant each kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-80647654946986395962008-06-15T20:42:00.001-04:002008-12-10T11:39:47.780-05:0032 forts :Dkivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-56831750577896053942008-06-15T19:18:00.001-04:002008-12-10T11:39:47.859-05:00nerd sniping :Pkivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-34985584169680698152008-06-11T21:10:00.000-04:002008-06-11T21:15:56.442-04:00remote x-serverI just came across something entirely new today.the university server supports x-serv on remote-host.its kinda cool.i could see the pics and the pdf's approximately properly. then i went a step ahead... i tried to run audio files and then the video ones. and !!! it works. though quite patchy cramped up, but it works :)cool stuff ...kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-28334138834215922432008-05-13T01:19:00.001-04:002008-12-10T11:39:48.201-05:00A Great Day ...Today is a great day in my life ... I got core dumped ... my dream ... here's a screenshot ...kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-17532273350618228142008-05-09T02:56:00.000-04:002008-05-09T05:13:24.477-04:00mariosince everything comes with a bit of shit, neglect the stupid links below and enjoy the game :)kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-1786092473586882202008-04-05T00:47:00.000-04:002008-12-10T11:39:49.427-05:00The Indian Civ in AOE IIIThis one is special, very special to me. The Asian Dynasties expansion marks the entry of a serious Indian component in RTS games. My personal opinion is that its awesome, all RTS lovers and specially the AOE freaks should try this. Microsoft has done an excellent job this time.So what are the key points of the Indian civ?First and most importantly look out for a rush. This civ is extremely kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-37631554390269383572008-04-01T23:31:00.004-04:002012-10-20T20:03:23.502-04:00Equations in Blog
MathJax.Hub.Config({tex2jax: {inlineMath: [['$','$'], ['\\(','\\)']]}});
Of late I had been searching for ways I could include equations in the blog, to make it more scientifically relevant for such future uses. The following is what I found :
1. One can convert the expression into a typical picture ( png/jpg/tif etc ). You can find it here.
2. You can go here. This one is more direct in kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-40926664889482089842008-03-13T18:06:00.000-04:002008-03-13T18:12:12.254-04:00Bose Founder Discusses Audio Perfection and Digital MusicBy Karen Jones<!-- only display photo on first page --> <!-- start article photo -->kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-12310993251644807602008-03-09T14:34:00.000-04:002008-03-09T15:02:02.994-04:00role of media in civil/political unrestRecently I came across the case of a certain Kashmir Singh, who was recently released from a Pakistan prison. He's an Indian who was detained for suspected espionage. Well that is not clear though, the crux is that he spent long years in Pakistan prison, which is believed to be tormenting experience for Indians. Apparently this guy claimed in a press conference that he was working for kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-10555777828578046342007-05-10T02:08:00.000-04:002007-05-10T02:09:25.831-04:00Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear--not absence of fear. Except acreature be part coward it is not a compliment to say it is brave; it is merelya loose misapplication of the word. Consider the flea!--incomparably thebravest of all the creatures of God, if ignorance of fear were courage.Whether you are asleep or awake he will attack you, caring nothing for the factthat in bulk and kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-75052711098332235962007-01-12T08:36:00.000-05:002008-12-10T11:39:49.758-05:00all ur base are belong to uskivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-4563044314271054362007-01-04T04:39:00.000-05:002007-01-04T04:40:09.908-05:00frm_bash.org life sucks so do whores but life sucks for freekivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34324194.post-1160713137132711432006-10-13T00:17:00.000-04:002012-11-24T03:28:13.027-05:00The Process of adopting
I came across this piece somewhere on the web.
In this experiment they put eight monkeys in a room. In the middle of the
room is a ladder, leading to a bunch of bananas hanging from a hook on the
ceiling. Each time a monkey tries to climb the ladder, all the monkeys are
sprayed with ice water, which makes them miserable.
Soon enough, whenever a monkey attempts to climb the ladder, all kivoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09707057267368371095noreply@blogger.com2