How do you want to live?

Finally got to see this movie, Lago Raho Munnabhai (Carry On Brother?)

There is a misintrepretation of Ghandi's principles. It does not mean non violence, neither does it mean, show your right cheek when someone slaps left.

It means, live sincerely.

It means; Don't lie and don't manipulate. And I wonder, how many times I have seen a letter signed off "yours sincerely" :-)

When you talk about this principle, the answer you hear is: In this world that we live in, it is not really possible to live with those principles. But the question is not whether you can live sincerely in this world? The question is:

"How do YOU want to live?"

I know a person who does live her life sincerely.

And I am married to her.

Arithmetic on Fpgas

http://www.klabs.org/DEI/Arithmetic/index.htm

Although, I was searching for something else....

IEEE computers

Issue: Software Engineering

Twisting the facts to match your plan of action used to be a bet tool for politicians. Well, now it also seem to work for technologist to publish articles in magzines as well.

Quoting a line from one of the article "In a retail survey, the number of digital cameras sold as part of mobile phones exceeded the sale of stand alone digital cameras sale"

Talk about apple to apple comparison!!!

Haggis - Source: Wikipedia.com

Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish. Although there are many recipes, it is normally made with the following ingredients: sheep's 'pluck' (heart, liver, and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally boiled in the animal's stomach for approximately an hour. It somewhat resembles stuffed intestines (pig intestines otherwise known as chitterlings), sausages and savoury puddings of which it is among the largest types. Most modern commercial haggis is prepared in a casing rather than an actual stomach. There are also meat-free recipes specifically for vegetarians which supposedly taste similar to the meat-based recipes.

Everything Rambaldi

Rambaldi, a ficticious character, who lived 800 years back, somewhere in Europe? He invented a machine, which can alter the human neurology on a very massive scale. Today, the design of Rambaldi machine is extremely difficult to find, decrypt and it requires different artifacts which are extremely rare to find.

"Everything Rambaldi" implies all the artifacts and the decryption of the machine design. If everything is put together as described in the original design, the machine can make this world a very happy, although rathar dull place to live. On the other hand, this machine in the hands of a maniac, can make this world rathar over-stimulating, and will make it trip over the edge of chaos. The assumption here is, we are already on the edge.

A very interesting tale of love,betrayal, dedication and of course, fascination. Check it out.

Stretch of Imagination; source: An Indian Newspaper

Is Abhishek dating Nicole Kidman?

"The actor—one of the international brand ambassadors of Omega—shared a cosy corner with Nicole Kidman."

Oh yeah ...