Funny Abbreviations of IT Companies :P

DEC : Drifting & Exhausted Computers
HCL : Hidden Costs & Losses
TCS : Totally Confusing Solutions
C-DOT : Coffee During Office Timings
BAAN : Beggers Assosciation and Nerds
IBM : Implicitly Boring Machines
SATYAM : Sad And Tired Yelling Away Madly
PARAM : Puzzled And Ridiculous Array of Microprocessors
HP : Hen Pecked
CTS : Coffee, Tea and Snacks
ICIM : Impossible Computers In Maintenance
BPL : Below Poverty Line.
NIIT : Not Interested in IT
AT&T : All Troubles & Terrible
CMC : Coffee, Meals and Comfort
INFOSYS : INFerior Offline SYStems
WIPRO : Weak Input, Poor & Rubbish Output
BFL : Brainwash First, and Let them go
DELL : Deplorable Equipment & LackLusture
TISL : Totally Inconsistent Systems Ltd
PSI : Peculiar Symptoms of India
PCL : Poor Computers Ltd
SPARC : Simply Poor And Redundant Computers
SUN : Surely Useless Novelties
CRAY : Cry Repeatedly After an Year
TUL : Troubles Un Limited
HUGHES : Highly Useless Graduates Hired for Eating and Sleeping

LOLZZZ :D

Combinations in Java

Hi there!
Here is an interesting piece of Java Code that I really enjoyed studying and implementing.

/*************************************************************************
 *  Compilation:  javac Combinations.java
 *  Execution:    java Combinations N
 *  
 *  Enumerates all subsets of N elements using recursion.
 *  Uses some String library functions.
 *
 *  Both functions (comb1 and comb2) print them in alphabetical
 *  order; comb2 does not include the empty subset.
 *
 *  % java Combinations 3
 *  
 *  a
 *  ab
 *  abc
 *  ac
 *  b
 *  bc
 *  c
 *
 *  a
 *  ab
 *  abc
 *  ac
 *  b
 *  bc
 *  c
 *
 *  Remark: this is, perhaps, easier by counting from 0 to 2^N - 1 by 1
 *  and looking at the bit representation of the counter. However, this
 *  recursive approach generalizes easily, e.g., if you want to print
 *  out all combinations of size k.
 *
 *************************************************************************/

public class Combinations {

    // print all subsets of the characters in s
    public static void comb1(String s) { comb1("", s); }

    // print all subsets of the remaining elements, with given prefix 
    private static void comb1(String prefix, String s) {
        if (s.length() > 0) {
            System.out.println(prefix + s.charAt(0));
            comb1(prefix + s.charAt(0), s.substring(1));
            comb1(prefix,               s.substring(1));
        }
    }  

    // alternate implementation
    public static void comb2(String s) { comb2("", s); }
    private static void comb2(String prefix, String s) {
        System.out.println(prefix);
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); i++)
            comb2(prefix + s.charAt(i), s.substring(i + 1));
    }  


    // read in N from command line, and print all subsets among N elements
    public static void main(String[] args) {
       int N = Integer.parseInt(args[0]);
       String alphabet = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
       String elements = alphabet.substring(0, N);

       // using first implementation
       comb1(elements);
       System.out.println();

       // using second implementation
       comb2(elements);
       System.out.println();
    }

}

Copyright © 2007, Robert Sedgewick and Kevin Wayne.
Last updated: Tue Sep 29 16:17:41 EDT 2009.

How to Permanently Delete your Facebook Account.

(From http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16929680703 )

Hi Folks!

Facebook usually allows us to deactivate our accounts but never delete them. Well, here is a way to PERMANENTLY DELETE your account:

Go to this page:
http://www.facebook.com/help/contact.php?show_form=delete_account

Click "Submit" and follow the instructions.

Your account will be deactivated for two weeks, and if you don't log in during that period, your account is permanently deleted.

This method is official and should be complete, i.e. no need to delete individual photos, comments, messages or items from your profile or anywhere else on Facebook!

Cool, eh?

Chaos Theory (Movie) [2007]

(From IMDB - http://www.imdb.com)

At his daughter's wedding, time-management specialist Frank Allen corners the reluctant groom and tells him a long story: about the night his wife chose him, and then, about eight years later, when a missed ferry, a corporate groupie, a panicked expectant mother, and a medical test brought Frank's marriage to a crisis. In the midst of the crisis were Frank, his wife Susan, their daughter Emily, and Frank's best friend, the feckless Buddy. Things come to a head at a lake when Frank, armed with a shotgun, decides to cross something permanently from one of his time-management lists. Is there ever room for whim and chaos? Written by {jhailey@hotmail.com}

A simply beautiful and enjoyable movie. A Must watch.

:)

Instability Rules: The Ten Most Amazing Ideas of Modern Science.

A truly wonderful book I'm reading.

Visit: http://as.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471380423,descCd-description.html to buy.

World-altering discoveries that reveal a universe of uncertainty and constant change
Whether probing the farthest reaches of the vast universe or exploring the microscopic world of genetics and the subatomic world of quantum mechanics, Instability Rules is a remarkably informative and engaging look at ten milestone discoveries and their discoverers-a wide range of very human personalities whose insights have dramatically altered our most basic assumptions about human existence during the last century. The stories include Edwin Hubble and the expanding universe, Alfred Wegener and continental drift, Neils Bohr and quantum mechanics, Alan Turing and artificial intelligence, and James Watson and Francis Crick and DNA. Also covering discoveries of the twenty-first century that are already refining these and other ideas, Instability Rules is an exhilarating, sometimes amusing encounter with the defining scientific discoveries of our age.

"...For its clarity and wit, this is a winner..." (New Scientist, 22 June 2002)

"...remarkable and engaging..." (Materials World, July 2002)

"...a highly readable account of what Charles Flowers thinks were the most fundamental and far-reaching ideas..." (Chemistry & Industry, February 2004)

Visual Literacy Exploration

Hello Folks :)

Here are some compositions made by me. The base photograph is in the Jami Masjid at Champaner-Pavagadh.



View More of these at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/smmankad/VisualLiteracyExplorations?authkey=Gv1sRgCKX59uyYmY-r2gE&feat=directlink

What is Design?

(From Wikipedia)

Design is the planning that lays the basis for the making of every object or system. It can be used both as a noun and as a verb and, in a broader way, it means applied arts and engineering (See design disciplines below). As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, system, or component with intention. As a noun, "a design" is used for either the final (solution) plan (e.g. proposal, drawing, model, description) or the result of implementing that plan in the form of the final product of a design process. This classification aside, in its broadest sense no other limitations exist and the final product can be anything from socks and jewellery to graphical user interfaces and charts. Even virtual concepts such as corporate identity and cultural traditions such as celebration of certain holidays are sometimes designed. More recently, processes (in general) have also been treated as products of design, giving new meaning to the term "process design".

The person designing is called a designer, which is also a term used for people who work professionally in one of the various design areas, usually also specifying which area is being dealt with (such as a fashion designer, concept designer or web designer). Designing often requires a designer to consider the aesthetic, functional, and many other aspects of an object or a process, which usually requires considerable research, thought, modeling, interactive adjustment, and re-design.

With such a broad definition, there is no universal language or unifying institution for designers of all disciplines. This allows for many differing philosophies and approaches toward the subject. However, serious study of design demands increased focus on the design process

Explorations in Black and White

This album covers select old architecture in the vicinity of the cities of Ahmedabad and Vadodara in the state of Gujarat, India. These photos have been taken using the Nikon D80 Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera equipped with a standard 1:2.2 55mm Lens using the zoom range of 18-105mm with Apertures - 2.2-19, Shutter Speed - 125, ISO - 100-400. Explorations in Black and White by Me :) Visit the entire album at http://picasaweb.google.com/smmankad/ExplorationsInBlackAndWhiteRAWProcessing?feat=directlink