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- 25 Jan 2015 10:46
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
So, for convenience I am reproducing the problem I asked above. It is a classic problem and one of my favorite fun problem which teaches some basic idea. (If you have not heard it before, the answer may surprise you) Problem: There are 100 seats assigned to 100 passengers, but each person randomly ...
- 13 Oct 2014 13:19
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
I'll describe from A's perspective. Just by looking around (1) A only knows only that: B knows that C has green eyes. (2) Since he doesn't know the colour of his own eyes, A does not know: whether B knows if C knows that there is at least one dragon with green eyes. Remember A is modeling B's model ...
- 12 Oct 2014 03:20
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
For the dragon puzzle... Before the speech Every dragon knew that at least 99 dragons have blue eyes Every dragon knew that 99 dragons knew that at least 98 dragons had blue eyes ..... Every dragon knew that 99 dragons knew that 98 dragons knew that ..... 2 dragons knew that there is at least one dr...
- 26 Oct 2012 10:51
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
Would someone please explain the math above? I don't get the missing steps. For instance: tan(l)=Asin(m-m0) What is l, m and m0? l is the latitude and m is the longitude. Sorry for not making it clear, I was using the notation from my earlier post. A and m0 are just constants of the equation. Solve...
- 26 Oct 2012 02:24
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
As I'd suspected, found out that it's trivial working in spherical coordinates: Equation of a great circle is: tan(l)=Asin(m-m0) Use the latitude, longitude values for A and V and solve to get A=-3.948 and m0=-36.71 deg. This is equation of the great circle connecting A and V. We need to find the lo...
- 24 Oct 2012 10:19
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
I used the north star longitude on the ecliptic system - 90 E and the plot now matches yours nicely. The times when the A and V longitudes match up are 13400 BC - 4500 BC.
- 24 Oct 2012 09:33
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
Nileshji, My plot looks the same as yours, only its left-right inverted because I've taken the opposite direction of rotation for the precession (magnetic pole in this problem). My plot is also shifted a bit because the starting longitude is 0 in this problem. I'd need to know Polaris' longitude in ...
- 24 Oct 2012 05:41
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
There's probably a simpler way to do it if you know spherical trig. which I don't. This is how I tried to do it: The longitudes of A and V need to obtained in the globe with the magnetic poles as the new North and South poles. In a cartesian system with its x-axis along the direction from the earth'...
- 07 Oct 2012 19:53
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
Added Later: I am just playing the devil's advocate here! To understand please see the next post addressed to A_Gupta ji. Sorry to interrupt your exchange. If OIT was the dominant theory instead of AIT, the 'devil's advocate' in your post would simply have to replace Central Asia by North India and...
- 06 Oct 2012 20:44
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
It seems to me that even if OIT replaced AIT tomorrow, the schisms that developed because of AIT would not be affected. The idea that created the divides is not that 'Aryans came from outside India'. It's the idea that there existed a group of people with their own separate culture, religion and lan...
- 04 Oct 2012 21:11
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
but it seems perfectly refutable. All one has to do is to take an example of such a word (or a set of words) and show that it can be ascribed a meaning such that all the statements using the word still remain sensible. Say there is a very simple sentence like this in Veda: "I am atman". w...
- 03 Oct 2012 21:49
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
I felt the same way. Having said that, anyone trying to defend against.... 'Rigveda can not be interpreted and no true meaning of its words can be understood'....position is fighting to refute something that is 'irrefutable' and thus fighting against unscientific proposal (by unscientific I don't m...
- 11 Sep 2012 01:19
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
If PIE originated and spread from outside India, the very first question becomes, when did it enter India and what was the causative event? There are two main answers - first, with the horse and chariot, around 1500 BC and second, with the advent of agriculture, some five thousand years earlier. As...
- 09 Sep 2012 11:58
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
Let's say that all the purely linguistic arguments are accepted i.e. the relations between Sanskrit and the other Indo-European languages and its descent from PIE. Let's say that we also accept the claim that PIE originated and spread from outside India. Now, what are the additional arguments and as...
- 09 Sep 2012 02:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP) : 24 July 2012
- Replies: 2840
- Views: 298826
Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP) : 24 July 2
G. Parthasarathy on NDTV was completely in favour of removing the Visa restrictions and said they shouldn't have been imposed in the first place.
- 16 Jul 2012 23:25
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 29th May 2012
- Replies: 2845
- Views: 269231
Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 29th May
http://www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_gavaskar-is-entitled-to-his-opinion-on-indo-pak-cricket-ties-rajeev-shukla_1715762 Asked about BJP, Shiv Sena's constant protests over resuming any sporting ties with Pakistan, Shukla said, "The leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Arun Jaitley was a...
- 05 Jul 2012 21:47
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
We ignore that and hang on to all sorts of dubious characters because we have been taught to think " Indians didn't write. So they were bullshitting. The people who wrote always tell the truth " The West can conceive of only these two ways representing the past - representing it accuratel...
- 27 Jun 2012 03:45
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
what? did you read the thread, especially what venug has said about one of the major problem it can solve? btw, have you lived in India and experienced life in desh? The word 'problem' in my post wasn't used in a general sense (i.e. social, economic, etc...). It was used in the sense of 'a gap in o...
- 27 Jun 2012 02:51
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
All theories that are based on reading the Rig Veda as some sort of historical record, albeit with some fantasies, exaggerations and distortions thrown in, whether of the AIT or OIT variety are simply pseudo-science. In order to make their case the proponents of these theories first need to present ...
- 21 Jun 2012 15:21
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
You see one glaring reason why there is no urbanism in the Rig Veda is that it could have been composed before urbanism. Even if it was composed during a period after urbanism began, why should it necessarily reflect an urban lifestyle? Do we have any reason to presume that Rig Veda is some sort of...
- 15 Jun 2012 07:18
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
God in Sanskrit (as per a dictionary in front of me right now in case someone mistakenly believes that I am not consulting a dictionary) has many synonyms including deva, which is connected with the origin of the word "deity", But God actually sounds like the word "Kadaval" in T...
- 14 Jun 2012 01:51
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
Parts of AIT I agree with : At the turn of 2nd millenium BC, the first speakers of a language which is a branch of indo-european family entered Indian subcontinent. The language now called 'Vedic Sanskrit' is developed in India, the first snapshot we see of a their language is the ṛgveda. Parts of ...
- 12 Jun 2012 11:25
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
Surely electrons weren't 'proto-electrons' before someone first named them? Weird analogy. Languages are created by humans. Electrons are natural. My point was that an entity doesn't begin to exist only when someone names it i.e. Sanskrit would have existed before Panini called it as such. Leaving ...
- 12 Jun 2012 01:34
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
- Replies: 8372
- Views: 1053364
Re: Out-of-India - From Theory to Truth
Surely electrons weren't 'proto-electrons' before someone first named them?ManishH wrote:Actually no one called the language 'Sanskrit' until pāṇini. Maybe proto-Sanskrit is a better word.
- 20 Apr 2012 02:24
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 29 March 2012
- Replies: 2868
- Views: 283952
Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 29 March 2
There is something very very sinister in the offing. Today, Mr. Vikram Sood expressed his disappointment on twitter over NDTV cutting short his air time during the panel discussion to a very very short duration because he took the position that India shouldn't withdraw unilaterally from Siachen. Ti...
- 14 Apr 2012 01:47
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Should India scrap Kudankulam nuclear plant project?
- Replies: 116
- Views: 13100
Re: Should India scrap Kudankulam nuclear plant project?
I voted NO because I've also lived next to a nuclear plant all my life and with all three hands on my heart I can say that I'm perfectly normal and healthy.
- 09 Feb 2012 18:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv Newj
- Replies: 2847
- Views: 343376
Re: Bakistan: Emirate of New-clear Inquilabi States-Bojitiv
http://tribune.com.pk/story/333739/cricket-india-trying-to-bankrupt-pakistan-bangladesh-sri-lanka-boards-says-ashraf/ The PCB chief also spoke about his discussions with BCCI President S Sri Nawason on restoration of Pak-India cricketing ties and how the latter had declined the offer, saying that hi...
- 30 Jan 2012 16:45
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 15 Jan 2012
- Replies: 2848
- Views: 289002
Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 15 Jan 201
Audio recording of the whole panel discussion is here: http://www.gwu.edu/~sigur/news/audio.cfmsum wrote:Very happy to read that someone in MEA atleast disagrees with what MSA keeps peddling:
Relations with Pak should be India's top priority: Aiyar
- 29 Jan 2012 00:42
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Development Statistics : News and Discussion Jan 2 2011
- Replies: 51
- Views: 7446
Re: Development Statistics : News and Discussion Jan 2 2011
^ Criticism of the 'stunting' statistic and the response http://www.financialexpress.com/news/just-about-how-much-hungama/899861/0 Another issue, which has been written about earlier in this newspaper, has been the proposition that there might be a problem with the reference sample that is used by t...
- 25 Jan 2012 15:56
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
Thanks both! Having two sides whose ratio is known and an included angle doesn't fix the triangle. But all the triangle solutions are obviously similiar, so the other two angles are the same in all the solutions.
- 24 Jan 2012 15:25
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2238
- Views: 451432
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
Here is one just using law of sines and some trigonometry. ... Now from 3 and 4 BP/BR = Sin(60+a)/Sin(60+c) Hence Angle BRP = 60+c and angle BPR = 60+a in Triangle BPR. ... I didn't follow this step. Just because the ratio of the sides is expressible as the ratio of two sines, are they necessarily ...
- 14 Jan 2012 18:51
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussion 9th Aug 2011
- Replies: 2935
- Views: 323062
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussion 9th Aug 2011
I didn't realize that being a proud bhratiya involved getting offended over nothing.Yogi_G wrote:depends on whether u r a proud bharatiya or a macualite p-sec or a gora aping accent touting DIE.Dan Mazer wrote:Again, what exactly was offensive about the show?
I agree.shiv wrote:It's just a stupid show.
- 14 Jan 2012 15:05
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussion 9th Aug 2011
- Replies: 2935
- Views: 323062
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussion 9th Aug 2011
Again, what exactly was offensive about the show?
- 14 Jan 2012 06:11
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Indo-UK News & Discussion 9th Aug 2011
- Replies: 2935
- Views: 323062
Re: Indo-UK News & Discussion 9th Aug 2011
In case you haven't seen this show: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnbdaw_top-gear-india-christmas-special-1-2_shortfilms http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xnbdgl_top-gear-india-christmas-special-2-2_shortfilms I saw this when it was aired and struggle to understand what exactly I'm supposed to get...
- 19 Dec 2011 17:16
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 06 Dec 2011
- Replies: 2854
- Views: 285659
Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 06 Dec 201
When did the bolded part stop being the case in India? This is a diversion from the topic of Pakistan, but Arun seems to be asking how defeudalization (as was done in India by grabbing land from large landowners and handing that same land to those who lived on the land, causing landholdings to be s...
- 18 Dec 2011 23:06
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 06 Dec 2011
- Replies: 2854
- Views: 285659
Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 06 Dec 201
When did the bolded part stop being the case in India?A_Gupta wrote:I wonder, if India hand not defeudalized during the period when socialism was intellectually respectable, what mechanism would have arisen?
- 10 Apr 2011 03:30
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2011
- Replies: 2858
- Views: 464242
Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Mar. 29, 2
Actually, weirdly, after that match he admitted that he was at fault and apologized to Gambhir.KJoishy wrote:Afridi hates Gambhir after this incident. GG didn't cover in his dhoti as expected. ya allah kya zamaa aaya hai
- 26 Dec 2010 16:09
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Wikileaks Diplomatic Cable Dump - News and Discussion
- Replies: 1835
- Views: 295786
Re: Wikileaks Diplomatic Cable Dump - News and Discussion
Actually a good key. Why are not there similar "interfaith" efforts going on between Hindus and Buddhists on an Asian scale? For Abrahamic religions, the goal is to accurately intercept and understand the one true God's revelation. So the existence of multiple faiths with differing truth ...
- 19 Oct 2010 22:20
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: The Ram Janmbhoomi Verdict: News and Discussion
- Replies: 1043
- Views: 195698
Re: The Ram Janmbhoomi Verdict: News and Discussion
Kushwant Singh in Deccan Chronicle There is no need to dispute that. However, there are over a dozen versions of the Ramayana which differ in essential details. But how much do we know of Shri Rama? We celebrate his birth anniversaries with great fervour but no one knows the year he was born, nor, ...
- 26 Jul 2010 22:54
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): July 07, 2010
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 435221
Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): July 07, 2
Qureshi might be laughing out loud hearing these talk. Why is it that, we always have to consider, it is we who engineered the talk breakdown ? Becoz as it was described as the whole atmosphere changed after Kiyani's intervention. It was clarified by the Indians that, the DH & LeT matter was al...