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ஒரு பொண்ணு போட்டோவுல
தேவதைமாதிரி இருந்தாலும்
நெகடிவ்லபிசாசு மாதிரிதான் இருப்பா
அப்பா அடிச்சா வலிக்கும்
அம்மா அடிச்சா வலிக்கும்
ஆனால் சைட் அடிச்சா வலிக்காது

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உன்னை யாரவது
லூசுன்னு சொன்னா
கவலை படாதே!
வருத்த படாதே!
ஃபீல் பண்ணாதே!
உங்களுக்கு எப்படி
தெரியும்ன்னு கேள்!

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காதல் ஒரு மழை மாதிரி,
நனையும் போது சந்தோஷம்.
நனைந்த பின்பு ஜலதோஷம்.

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மகனே பரிட்சையில் எத்தனை கேள்வி வந்தது?
ஐந்து கேள்விப்பா
நீ எத்தனை கேள்வி விட்டுட்டே?
முதல் மூணும் கடைசி இரண்டும்
வெரிகுட் கீபிடப்

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டேய் என் ஜாதகப்படி எனக்கு அறிவு ரொம்ப ஜாஸ்தியாம்.
இப்பவாவது தெரியுதா நான் ஏன் ஜாதகத்தை நம்புறதில்லைன்னு???????

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என்னங்க ஏன் அடிக்கடி சமையல் ரூம் பக்கம் போகிறீங்க?
டாக்டர் சுகர் இருக்கான்னு அடிக்கடி செக் பன்னிக்க சொன்னார் அதான்.

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நீங்க உடனடியா மீன், ஆடு, கோழி சாப்பிடுவதை நிறுத்த வேண்டும்.
அதுக சாப்பிடுவதை நான் எப்படி நிறுத்த முடியும் டாக்டர்.

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டாக்டர் என் மனைவி ஓவரா டி.வி. பாக்குறா”
எந்த அளவுக்கு பாக்குறாங்க?”
கரண்ட் கட்டானாலும், டார்ச் அடிச்சி பாக்குற அளவுக்கு!!!

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வக்கீல்: உனக்கு திருமணமாகிவிட்டதா?
சர்தார்: ஆகிவிட்டது.
வக்கீல்: யாரைத் திருமணம் செய்து கொண்டிருக்கிறாய்?
சர்தார்: ஒர் பெண்ணை.
வக்கீல்: பெண்ணைத் திருமணம் செய்து கொள்ளாமல் ஆணையா திருமணம் செய்து கொள்வார்கள்?
சர்தார்: ஆம் என் தங்கை செய்து கொண்டிருக்கிறாளே!!!…

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சார்,
டீ மாஸ்டர் டீ போடறாரு,
பரோட்டா மாஸ்டர்பரோட்டா போடறாரு,
மேக்ஸ் மாஸ்டர்மேக்ஸ் போடறாரு,
நீங்க ஹெட்மாஸ்டர் தானேஏன் மண்டய போட மாட்டேங்கிறீங்க?…

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”நம்ம பையன் எங்க பணம் வைத்தாலும் எடுத்திட்டு போயிடறாங்க”
”அவனுடைய காலேஜ் புத்தகத்தில் வை….. பத்திரமா இருக்கும்”

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ஒரு காப்பி எவ்வளவு சார் ?
5 ரூபாய்.
எதிர்த்த கடையில 50 காசுன்னு எழுதியிருக்கே ?
டேய். சாவுகிராக்கி அது XEROX காப்பிடா!

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உங்க கிட்னி பெயில் ஆகிடுச்சு.
நான் என் கிட்னிய படிக்க வைக்கவே இல்லயே டாக்டர் அது எப்படி பெயில் ஆகும்.

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இன்னிக்கி 8 மணிக்கு கடுமையான மழையும் காற்றும் வரும்னு டி.வி யில சொன்னாங்க. நீங்க
கேட்டீங்களா?
இல்லை அவங்களே சொன்னங்க…

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ரூம் போட்டு உட்கார்ந்து யோசிப்பாங்களோ ???

This article was mailed to me by a friend…

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Christmas 1998
I tried to call
I just couldn’t wait
And your message was out of date
So I left my voice on your machine
But you did not respond
OK OK OK you’ve won
You make me feel so low
So low

A song that moved me very much.

Porcupine Tree – Lightbulb Sun – Feel So Low

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It all started mid-November. A friend of mine, Venki, informed me about this contest on cloud computing. I went through the details and thought I could put some effort into it. I was not new to Cloud Computing since I had already conducted workshop on that topic in college. I got into action and learnt more about the topic and the challenges faced by this new computing paradigm. I decided to work on application development on the cloud. I came up with a topic: “Realizing Parallelism and Transparency in Applications Through Idempotence”. Wrote an abstract, submitted it, and waited for the results.

I was one among the sixty students shortlisted for the technical paper round. I had about a month to work on my technical paper. I browsed various papers and articles on the topic. Read about the current trends and what kind of applications cloud computing can expect in the future. I thus came up with a pretty decent technical paper, stating the problems and solutions. even though I did not have much hope of getting through to the next round, I eagerly awaited the results.

One evening I got a call telling that I am through to the telephone interview round. This news made me prepare myself well for the interview due to happen the next day. The telephone interview did not go well, since I was literally running and gasping for breath when my phone rang. I could not answer properly, even though I knew the answers. At the end of the day, I had lost all hopes.

But it was a pleasant surprise to see my name listed as one of the six finalists. I had to prepare a presentation for the finals. I worked a lot on it and prepared the slides. I flew to Bangalore and stayed at HM Suites, an excellent place.

The final round was on 15th. I met the other finalists. We got to know each other and became good friends. We had to present our paper to a panel of judges. The panel included eminent geniuses, Bob Supnik (CTO, UNISYS), Dr. Michael Salsburg (Chief Architect, UNISYS) and others. We all were a bit nervous. But the finals went on really well. Results were not announced until the next morning.

The Cloud 20/20 Grand Finale was a fabulous event. A lot of people from UNISYS, HP, Oracle, etc had been present. The entire day was packed with events, seminars and presentations. We were given a chance to present our papers to the audience, and the experience was really great. We were awarded the prizes by Bob Supnik. Deepak from IIIT-B won the first prize, an Apple Macbook Air Laptop. The second place was won by Kiran from IIIT-H, who got a Sony Vaio Laptop. I won the Third Place.

There was also a media event where the media was briefed about the entire event. Our names, I believe, appeared in quite a few papers. But I could get hold of Deccan Chronicle only.

Overall, it was a really great experience. And this was my first technical paper presentation. All thanks to UNISYS for organizing this event successfully and providing me an opportunity to explore more into the world of cloud computing.

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An engineer and a mathematician were asked a question:
“Given a stove, lighter, water and an empty vessel, how would you make hot water?”

Both, the engineer and the mathematician gave the same answer:

1. Fill the vessel with water
2. Light the stove
3. Place the vessel on the stove and allow it to heat.

Now the question was slightly twisted:
“The stove is already lighted and the vessel already contains water. Now, how would you make hot water?“

The engineer answered, “This is dumb. Just place the vessel on the stove and allow it to heat.”

The mathematician answered:

1. Empty the vessel by pouring the water out.
2. Switch off the stove.
3. Now the problem is reduced to a sub-problem, the solution to which was previously calculated.

Now, are you an engineer or a mathematician ???

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In older versions of Eclipse, the settings might be slightly different.

I have compiled the following steps after running into various problems and errors with the setup, and solving them all. So I hope the setup will be smooth for you.

Setting up Eclipse:

1. Download Eclipse SDK
2. Extract the SDK to a folder
3. Open Eclipse
4. Go to Help -> Install New Software. In the Work With bar type this:
   http://download.eclipse.org/tools/cdt/releases/galileo
5. Choose CDT Main Features and CDT Optional Features. Install them.
   CDT stands for “C/C++ Development Tooling”
6. If you do not have a working internet connection in the system you have installed Eclipse, instead of steps 4 and 5, download the CDT from the above mentioned site. Then move to Install New Software (see step 4) -> Add and add the archive downloaded.

Installing NS-2

1. Download NS-2
2. Extract NS-2 to a folder, i.e. /home/username/ns-allinone-2.34
3. Edit Makefile:
   • Open “…/ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34/Makefile.in”and
   • Add those lines anywhere near the top of the file:
     CCOPT = -g
DEFINE = -DNDEBUG
DEFINE = -DDEBUG
   • Navigate to …/ns-allinone-2.34/ns-2.34 and run “./configure”
4. Navigate to the NS-2 folder using terminal and type ./install
5. Also, follow the instructions are displayed at the end of a successful installation. These instructions are to modify the PATH variable and other environment variables as needed.

Adding NS-2 as a Project in Eclipse

1. Open Eclipse
2. Set the workspace as the ns installation path( /home/username/ns-allinone-2.34 ) by selecting File -> Switch Workspace
3. Choose File -> New -> Project -> C++ Project
4. Select Project Type as Makefile Project -> Empty C++ Project.
   Toolchains: Linux GCC
5. Enter Project Name as ns-2.34
6. Uncheck “Use default location” then browse to the directory NS-2 source directory ( …/ns-allione-2.34/ns-2.34 )
7. Select “Next” and “Finish.
8. From the workspace, Selecting the NS-2 Project and choosing Project -> Build All should not give Error.
9. Running the project must open the console with the NS-2 prompt, %

Setting Debug Configuration:

1. Select Run -> Debug Configurations
2. Choose C/C++ Application. Type in any name.
3. Under the Main tab, Choose the following:
   Project as ns-2.34.
   C/C++ Application as ns. (Search Project and Choose this)
4. Under the Debugger tab, choose GDB Debugger. Uncheck the “Stop on startup at” option.
5. Apply and Debug.

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PROS and CONS:

DIRECTION: Chakri Toleti

• The movie is well directed, right from the starting scenes where each character is introduced one after the other. The scenes provide a very good character sketch of every person.
• There are quite a few mistakes in direction. The most important one which I noticed was that the clocks in the WAR room wall were not working. For every scene, they were just reset to an appropriate time. The second hand of the clocks were not moving. This probably shows that there had been retakes, and the clocks therefore were kept at a constant time.
• When Inspector Arif arrives at Commissioner’s office, two constables wish him “Good Morning”. Sometime later, the reporter says that she received the call from the unknown person (Kamal Haasan) at 12 noon. Arif comes only after this incident happens. Which means, the constables must have wished him”Good Afternoon”.
• To diffuse the bomb, Kamal Gives the instructions in the following order: Join the blue and red wires and then cut the green wire. But while Mohan Lal conveys the same instruction to the Bomb Squad personnel, he tells it in the reverse order. But the personnel acts according to the original order. While dealing with bombs, the order might probably matter.
• As far as I know, there is no train that goes from Chennai to Madurai corresponding to the time mentioned in the movie. Probably it was some special train.
• The TV’s in the WAR room wall show the same video over and over again.
• The reporter is shown to be a smoker. She is shown holding the cigarette, lighting it, and taking it away from the mouth, in three different scenes. She is never shown ‘really’ smoking. A good one.
• Instead of bringing in the CM as is the case in the original, here, the CM’s voice has been used, which has turned out to be a really good idea. And also showing the Chief Secretary moving out of the CM’s house is a very good thought, because, the shot has been taken at CM’s residence in Chennai (or probably a replica of the residence,but still, a good idea).
• Portraying the Chief Secretary as a timid person but trying to hide her fear is really good.
• It is a bold move to make a movie in Tamil without any songs that break the continuity of the narration.
• I feel the direction was a bit better in the original hindi movie, ‘A Wednesday’.

MUSIC:

The background score by Shruti Hassan is a let-down. The music starts and ends abruptly, at random places. Music plays a huge role in movies of this genre. they influence the mindset of the audience. From this perspective, the movie lacked a good background score.

STORY:

• Not much deviation from the original.
• The incident which Kamal Haasan narrates as the one which affected him, is a bit too gruesome than the incident narrated in the original movie. I feel it was not required.

DIALOGUES:

• Kamal Haasan has delivered his dialogues very well. But the highlights are areas where he speaks through his actions, without a word spoken.
• When Mohan Lal becomes too serious about what he is talking, he shifts to Malayalam, and that is very realistic and natural.
• The reporter mixes pure tamil with colloquial tamil very often. Sometimes, it sounds too odd.
• Some dialogues, which were very prominent and unique in the original. failed to impress in the tamil version. Sometimes this has been because of the background score. Two such dialogues that come to my mind are: “that(dropout) was by choice” by the hacker, and “I guessed so” by Mohan Lal, when Kamal Haasan says that there are no bombs placed elsewhere.

Overall, a few questions still linger in my mind:

Did the audience get the feel that Kamal Haasan was a common man? In other words, was Kamal Haasan suited for this role? This question needs an answer because, in Tamil Nadu, where Kamal Haasan is worshipped as a hero, it is really tough to find a place in the heart of the audience as a common man. I’d say, Kamal Haasan did justice to his role, but he was just not suited for it. Nazeeruddin Shah was more appealing as a common man, in the original movie (I have this feeling probably because that is the only movie of Nazeeruddin Shah that I’ve seen).

When a movie of such importance is made, with great actors and a greater story, perfection is expected. The better the quality of the movie is, the more the trivial mistakes matter…

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The way we publicized the event requires a special mention. The hall was confirmed only on the penultimate day, and so we could not put up posters earlier. I designed a poster in a hurry and asked my friends to put them up at strategic places inside the college. And then we sent an SMS to more than 200 students – to all those who had attended our earlier workshops. I had asked the students to register by sending a reply to my number, providing their names and roll numbers, just to have an approximate idea about how many students might be attending the event. This proved to be really effective, and I received about 40 replies in the next two hours. We had a participation of more than 60 students, with participants from B. Tech, M. Tech and CA branches. The hall was nearly full. More importantly, it was full of energy and enthusiasm.

I had to do a night-out to prepare the slides and learn as much as I could about Cloud Computing. And in the end, the presentation came out well, even though most of the information was taken from various sites, videos and other sources.

We asked the students to register at the registration desk and gave them OpenSolaris CD’s, data sheets and Linux Mint CD’s. We then went ahead with discussion on Cloud Computing. I talked about various concepts related to cloud computing. Aswin also chipped in a few important points in between. We also discussed about virtualization and Project Kenai. We kept the students busy and interested by occasionally asking questions and giving away gifts to those who answered.

After the discussion, we went ahead with Linux / Opensolaris Install Fest where we provided installation advice. We also provided the participants VirtualBox installation files, for those who were interested to try out the operating systems but did not want to really install on the hard disk. Special Thanks to Jithin and his GLUG-T team for guiding the students regarding the Linux Installation. Some students had various problems with their Linux/opensolaris installations. A few of them we solved on the spot, whereas the others, we had promised to look into and inform the solutions as soon as possible.

To summarize, it was a great event, an awesome audience and a lot of take-backs for the participants and the organizers. Software Freedom Day was a great success. Looking forward to organizing more such events.

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இலக்கணம் சில நேரம் பிழை ஆகலாம்
எழுதிய அன்பு இலக்கியம் தவறாகலாம்

விரல்களைத் தாண்டி வளர்ந்ததைக் கண்டு
நகங்களை நாமும் நறுக்குவதுண்டு

இதில் என்ன பாவம்
எதற்கிந்த சோகம்

கிளியே …

Heard the song “நலம் வாழ எந்நாளும்” while travelling in a bus… The above lines are excerpts from the lyrics of that song. And the lines just made me sit back and think….

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The evening was greeted by heavy showers. Incidentally, the first song was Sarasiruho Janani, set to ragam Amruthavarshini – The ragam that brings rain. With a short but kalpanaswaram, it was a testimony to the fact that the artiste was no ordinary person, and that we all have loads to learn from such stalwarts. The next song was Raghuvamsa Sudha, a refreshing piece meant for instrumentalists. The song was presented brilliantly, with an unbelievable co-ordination between sax and violin.

The main song was “Enna Thavam”, set to ragam Kapi. A brief raga elaboration was followed by the song, which brought out the emotions of the perfectly. And then was the thaniaavarthanam, which was so brilliant, the likes of which most of the audience have never heard of. The audience were tapping their feet and clapping their hands till the thaniaavarthanam ended. Anyone who had heard the rendition would have forgotten all their worldly worries and plunged into the divine world of music.

Then there were a series of light-classical songs, the first among them was “Anjali Anjali”, a song which is very famous, especially among the students of NIT Trichy. Then he performed “Kurai Ondrum Illai”, composed by Rajaji. The audience had requested him to play the theme music of the movie ‘Duet’, which he rendered immediately after. And then came the famous Tamil cine song, “Kaatrinile Varum Geetham”, which was followed by “Alaipayudhey”, set to ragam Kaanada. Then came another audience request, “Brahmamokate” in Bowli ragam. Then he performed the ragam Punnagavaraali, on which the snake tune is based. The concert came to an end with “Muthai Thiru”, a Tiruppugazh.

To summarize, it was a roller-coaster ride for all of us. A musical journey which transported all of us to an entirely different world. A world where music was eternal.

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When you search for a term having a typographical error, Google intelligently asks you, “Did you mean: … “. But on searching for “recursion“, Google asks you back, “Did you mean:recursion”, even though you’d have typed the correct spelling.

Google is really intelligent. It not only gives us links on recursion … It literally teaches us what recursion is !!!

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