Posts Tagged With 'idle thoughts'
Seems that umbilical cord blood banking in India received some starry recognition recently. There's also a rather informative general discussion about it on Slashdot.
I haven't made up my mind about it yet, but I am pretty sure it's all a waste of money for the following reasons:
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Currently reading a wonderful article by Marvin Minsky - Why people think computers can't. Got caught up in one point that he puts forth:
We tend to think of learning as something that just happens to us, like a sponge getting soaked. But learning really is a growing mass of skills …
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http://kerneltraffic.org/kernel-traffic/latest.html
Discovered today that KT has gone inactive now. I had stopped visiting the site after I noticed it hadn't been updated for weeks. Zack says he's taking a break, but the last sentence sounds rather ominous ... "Hopefully Kernel Traffic will not be missed too …
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At the outset, here's the mandatory disclaimer: "I am not an expert in English. I am not the smartest or the wisest or the most experienced literary critic in the world. I am just a humble engineer, but I believe I have a grasp on English that is good enough …
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"Sieze the day!" ... that's what it means ... "Carpe Diem!" and the phrase has captured my heart ever since I heard it. It points to the biggest problem that middle-class society faces, I believe - a lack of passion in what they believe.
I heard the phrase in a recent movie I …
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This one's gonna be long. You have been warned! ;)
I had been reflecting on life as a PG student, and what lies beyond ... what after I finish my doctorate? Who, or what, will I be? But before we get into that, let me describe the setting ...
The third floor of …
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