Dark Side of the Earth

Ch..ch..ch..ch..changes

2006-01-22T22:40:00.000-08:00

"I watch the ripples change their size
But never leave the stream
Of warm impermanence
So the days float through my eyes
But still the days seem the same"

Working on a research problem at the moment. I am desperate to get this thing out of the way. I have been working on the problem for the past 5 months. Only thing left now is the speed of the damn thing. I hope I publish this before someone else does.

Rock climbing

2006-01-07T21:33:00.000-08:00

Went rock climbing today (for the second time). Was able to complete the climb twice before my finger joints gave up :(. We (sangram and me) later roamed around Northampton in shorts in freezing cold to find a good restaurant. We went to Osaka, a good japanese place where they cook right in front of you. It was good food but very less in quantity but atleast we saw the chef's cooking tricks. Cocktail : drinks :: Osaka : japanese food. Later came home and watched Patriots kick ass. Along with wine and chocolate cake we had my liquid custard. Fun it was today.

Happy New Year!!

2006-01-01T13:59:00.000-08:00

To celebrate New Year's Sangram and I along with a couple of other friends first had a potluck with lots of chicken, shrimp, paneer and other dishes. Also had fun playing 20 questions. Then we went to Monkey Bar and just in time to had a drink for welcoming the New Year. Also had two tequila shots, a kahlua shot and a long island iced tea to finish it off. We went back home and danced it off. I finally went to sleep at about 4:30 after watching South Park where Cartman becomes a preacher just to make 1 mill. dollars (The Lord shall be your saviaaah).

Happy New Year everyone!!!

The day the music died

2005-12-18T00:08:00.000-08:00

The MPA has been taking down lots of tablature and lyrics' sites for reasons beyond my understanding. Whenever I hear an interesting song on the radio or someplace else I like to go to these sites and check the song lyrics out. Also without tablatures my life would be hell as I love playing guitar. I really like these sites and personally I do not think they give rise to piracy. The very idea is insane:

"Meat-eating orchids forgive no one just yet
Cut myself on Angel Hair and baby's breath
Broken Hymen of your highness I'm left black
Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back"

Kon(g)king

2005-12-17T17:44:00.000-08:00

I liked the movie. Kong looked amazing and the fight/love scenes were good. I also liked the last dialogue - "It wasn't the airplanes; Beauty killed the beast". Some parts felt like they would go on forever but when Kong stepped in it got really interesting. Definitely worth a watch.

Life after Death

2005-12-07T18:44:00.000-08:00

Don't worry - I haven't joined AoL (yet!). We were just having a discussion whether it is possible or not and there were couple of good arguments made. I for one do not believe in life after death. The arguments made by the supporters of the idea was that -

(1) We could not know if this was true or not because what we know until now is just a drop in the ocean. There is actually a theorem which states that the number of possible truths are innumerable and potentially infinite. It's called the Godel's incompleteness theorem. Hence there could be a life after death but cannot be explained using current knowledge of the world.
(2) Life after death could be explained if there are two kinds of states - a global and a local. When you are alive you are in a local state. After you die you go into a global state and to be reborn re-enter into a local state. It's somewhat like the matrix except that we do not remember things between the different states.

I had a couple of comments against them but the above arguments are quite compelling ;). Wot say?

Gene Found That May Affect IQ in Males!!!!

2005-12-06T22:46:00.000-08:00

I read this a couple of days ago on slashdot. It's pretty cool. I mean there is a particular gene that can help you increase your IQ points (on an average) by about 20. It brings back memories of the movie Gattaca. Will altering genes to produce your offspring become the "normal" way? Where's the fun in that. I'm really against messing with nature - she has rules and I believe breaking them can get you into trouble.

One thing interesting about that article is that this gene affects only males. Hmmm ... Is there such a gene in females? If not that means you can create genetically superior males but not females. It will be interesting to see the averages of IQs for the group on which this study was made. (From a course I'm taking: "Did males in which this gene was expressed actually have a superior IQ over females and was the difference in IQs statistically significant?")

JA's IQ about GQ

2005-12-06T22:31:00.000-08:00

What's the deal with movie stars? They can appear nude in films, walk the red-carpet in see-through clothes but when someone takes a pic of them nude they sue you for invasion of privacy.

Rejuvenating my blog

2005-12-06T22:15:00.000-08:00

I was thinking .. I actually spend more than 12 hours in front of a computer doing research. So why waste all that time, I'll blog instead. So presenting everyone with my brand new blog with a new title. I came up with the title when listening to Pink Floyd. Also see this site. It has pretty cool pics from the dark side of the earth.

Earlier I used to blog about my life but since my life isn't interesting anymore (winter, snow all around, gets dark at 4:30pm, plus I'm lazy) I thought I will write about other people's lives. Get a few laughs at their expense. Interspersed with those posts will be some cribs with my own life.

To Chicopee and back

2005-03-13T20:07:00.000-08:00

Entering Amherst

Yesterday after seeing the movie the Saw today we went to Chicopee to eat at Royal Buffet. I also tasted Squid. The food was filling and I took a lot of photographs on the way. This is one of them of us entering Amherst. Now we are watching Before Sunset.

Reasoning isn't so simple

2004-10-27T08:29:00.000-07:00

Courses are taking the toll on me. Returning home at 4:30am everyday is something I will have to get used to. The homeworks here are real time-consuming. But I still managed to squeeze half-a-movie into my schedule :). It was called Flavours 2003. I recommend watching it just for fun. Its all about people who come to the U.S of A and their lives are connected in a very neat way. Very similar to some of people here I would say. Totall T.P.

Let the blogging begin ..

2004-10-23T13:26:00.000-07:00

Just a test. Music: Alice in Chains - Swing on This.