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- 10 Sep 2019 08:27
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 5242
- Views: 1534985
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Rebuttal by email from a lurker Every organization and environment has its characteristics. etc. (deleted. see original post) The reason I posted that initial recollection was not for a single anecdote but for the possibility that it could shed some light on whether Indian orgs have a systemic weak...
- 09 Sep 2019 10:06
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 5242
- Views: 1534985
- 09 Sep 2019 01:56
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
- Replies: 5242
- Views: 1534985
Re: India's R&D in Defence DRDO, PSUs and Private Sector
Admins. Please delete if inappropriate. Know the person. Story of talented IITM BTech graduate from 1980s. ----- I joined DRDO. I was there happily. I wrote GATE and got admission to MTech in IISc. I applied for "deputation". That is asking DRDO to keep me on the rolls and pay me to do MTe...
- 04 Sep 2019 10:30
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayan-2 Mission
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 582115
Re: Chandrayan-2 Mission
"On soft-landing on the Moon, he said its something like flying saucers coming in hovering on the top and then slowly descending, as in science fiction." Question: How were these capabilities tested/mocked on earth? This article describes NASA testing of LM in the Apollo program. http://ww...
- 30 Aug 2019 21:54
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Understanding the US - Again
- Replies: 7503
- Views: 1751278
Re: Understanding the US - Again
Talk has a lot of interesting povs.
Not endorsing it but sharing it here.
Guy is bullish on US, bearish on China's capacity
https://youtu.be/feU7HT0x_qU
Not endorsing it but sharing it here.
Guy is bullish on US, bearish on China's capacity
https://youtu.be/feU7HT0x_qU
- 25 Aug 2019 23:21
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6364
- Views: 1408173
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Note that sindhu's parents were *both* national level volleyballers. That gives her the base height and athleticism. China arranges these kind of matches systematically. Yao Ming being a famous example.
- 16 Aug 2019 21:18
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: J&K Union Territory-2019
- Replies: 4374
- Views: 1437953
- 08 Aug 2019 19:23
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: J&K News and Discussion - 2016
- Replies: 3305
- Views: 955594
Re: J&K News and Discussion - 2016
Anyone have link to ram madhav interview by Marya shakil on cnn news18? Was there briefly on TW but now inaccessible.
- 05 Aug 2019 13:31
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: J&K News and Discussion - 2016
- Replies: 3305
- Views: 955594
Re: J&K News and Discussion - 2016
X posting I am bit confused. Is the article already repealed or the resolution is tabled? Does it require 2/3rd votes in both the houses? @amishra77 "This is how it is being done. President under Article 370, Section (3) can issue proclamation to annul #Article370 with concurrence J&K cons...
- 15 Jul 2019 02:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Chandrayan-2 Mission
- Replies: 2278
- Views: 582115
Re: Chandrayan-2 Mission
Countdown on hold due to "glitch"
Possible scrub of launch rumored.
Possible scrub of launch rumored.
- 25 Dec 2016 06:37
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy
- Replies: 7884
- Views: 1462913
Re: Currency Demonetisation and Future course of Indian Economy
In the US, there is no limit on cash; but any cash deposit or withdrawal at or more than $10,000 generates a Cash Transaction Report (CTR) that goes to the government. If the bank employee involved feels there is something fishy then they can mark the CTR as an SAR (Suspicious Activity Report). Str...
- 16 Aug 2016 05:28
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: India-US relations: News and Discussions III
- Replies: 3964
- Views: 890543
Re: India-US relations: News and Discussions III
DJT has to overcome the "Crazy, Dangerous" Frame. We are in the realm of persuasion, onlee. It's a tough ask. HRC seems to be ill. Kaine might be President sooner than later. Some scenarios on how DJT can bounce back. Realistically if the gap isn't narrowed in a month, game over. http://bl...
- 23 Nov 2015 03:35
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
- Replies: 771
- Views: 158951
Re: Climate Change: Propaganda Vs Reality
If I recall correctly, there was a lot more climate alarmism some years ago (used to be called global warming). These days its not even newsworthy any more except for token news reports whenever there are floods, hurricanes, droughts etc. No doubt deforestation and pollution (land and sea) are serio...
- 20 Nov 2015 09:07
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread
- Replies: 3937
- Views: 730255
Re: Indian Railways Thread
I guess we just don't have the talent+leadership in IR as it has been directed to IT related areas and videsh over the last few decades. We were in CLW from 68 to 74 and my dad was involved in design/manufacture/debugging of traction motors for WAM-4 (As I recall the traction motor was based on Alst...
- 19 Nov 2015 11:51
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05, 2015
- Replies: 2850
- Views: 351749
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan-Sept 05,
Good stuff. On why Pak is the original Islamic state created by Indian muslims (and not by the muslims who actually lived in Punjab and Sindh)
- 27 Apr 2015 21:35
- Forum:
- Topic: BR Mainsite 2.0 : Volunteers Wanted
- Replies: 133
- Views: 0
Re: BR Mainsite 2.0 : Volunteers Wanted
I have a mix of backend and frontend tech and writing skills. However, I am traveling and moving in the next 2 months and so my availability will be spotty (estimate my coordinates and state to be stable by mid July). Can definitely allocate time and learn required stuff to be useful to BR. As I am ...
- 19 Apr 2015 22:06
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Education System
- Replies: 3959
- Views: 792282
Re: Indian Education System
There are dedicated folks who have made a difference. Here is one such Professor service + teaching + research. Prof. Ravinder David Koilpillai received his B.Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1984. He then received Masters and Doctoral degrees from California Institute of Te...
- 02 Apr 2015 17:39
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread
- Replies: 3937
- Views: 730255
Re: Indian Railways Thread
Source: Economic Times The Bibek Debroy Committee in its interim report on the Indian Railways recommends sweeping changes in the way the ailing organisation runs. From encouraging private players to run trains to eliminating the Railway Budget altogether, the report dwells on all that ails Indian R...
- 09 Mar 2015 20:56
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Naval News & Discussion - 12 Oct 2013
- Replies: 4026
- Views: 562972
Re: Indian Naval Discussion
Shiv: Yes. He's based in Canada and was in Bangalore for a month (for Cyclotron treatment) and met with many of his services contemporaries (this support network is very good). He's feeling good now (plays tennis with one functioning arm) and has done everything humanly possible but ultimately this ...
- 09 Mar 2015 20:21
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Naval News & Discussion - 12 Oct 2013
- Replies: 4026
- Views: 562972
Re: Indian Naval Discussion
Vice Admiral Rustom Khushro Shapoorjee Ghandhi. RIP. My brother who was ADC in the late 80s and was in the Navy till the early 2000s met Rusi Ghandhi in his old age a couple of years ago. A remarkable individual having had a role in all the wars post-independence. https://www.dropbox.com/s/aqx84kus...
- 13 Jan 2015 23:11
- Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
- Topic: BR Forum Feedback
- Replies: 1178
- Views: 338646
Re: BR Forum Feedback
My 2 naya paisa. The existence of a closed forum is to stretch boundaries. Express stuff that you wouldn't otherwise. This may have the side-effect of antagonizing some but I'd say this is a worthwhile trade-off. Requests to mass-delete probably means that the content may have impact on "real l...
- 28 Dec 2014 18:51
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Railways Thread
- Replies: 3937
- Views: 730255
Re: Indian Railways Thread
http://swarajyamag.com/tag/columns-parallel-tracks/ is an ongoing series on Railways by Bibek Debroy.
- 21 Dec 2014 22:09
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Indian Space Programme Discussion
- Replies: 3934
- Views: 676268
Re: Indian Space Programme Discussion
We are not living on a dying planet. World population is projected to reach maximum by 2100 and after that decline steadily. This is already happening in Japan, Spain etc (they have maxed out) . Human life quality has gone up consistently, decade on decade for quite a while. No reason why it should...
- 30 Oct 2014 08:28
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
- Replies: 6364
- Views: 1408173
Re: Indian Sports and Entertainment Industry
Let's not be deluded. England is ranked #18 and invariably qualifies for the WC. The thing is, most/many Euro countries have African players. Why not India?
- 29 Sep 2014 09:56
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 19 Jul 2014
- Replies: 2846
- Views: 303018
Re: Sunni Terrorist Fragments of Unstable Pakistan - 19 Jul
As Pakistan declines, as the state crumbles, as systems fail, as results diminish and possibilities shrink, there is one system that is going in the opposite direction: the infrastructure of jihad — the mosque-madressah-social welfare network that creates an enabling environment for religiously tai...
- 28 Sep 2014 04:30
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion
- Replies: 3947
- Views: 460816
- 28 Sep 2014 04:08
- Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
- Topic: India-US Relations : News and Discussion
- Replies: 3947
- Views: 460816
Re: India-US Relations : News and Discussion
Modi's "secret" 1999 US trip during Kargil? before he was CM (the anchor doesn't seem to know that).
- 24 Sep 2014 07:58
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: Mangalyaan: ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission
- Replies: 2760
- Views: 403510
Re: Mangalyaan : ISRO's Mars Orbiter Mission
Proud day. Glad to see Google Bot in the action here.
- 22 Aug 2014 18:34
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 460239
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
For some closure here is some Scala psuedo-code that illustrates the two functions. What AmberG provided will make its way into a system. function to get linear index position from (x, y) indices, linearindex(x,y,n) val u = n - x val v = n - y val g = u(u-1)/2 +v val linearindex = n(n-1)/2 - g The i...
- 21 Aug 2014 07:39
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 460239
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
Amber G. Yes, I too had the intuition about reversing the array because N is taken out of the picture. You can visualize it easily enough as the matrix gets bigger the coordinates do not change and N becomes irrelevant as you show. Thanks for working out and typing all of this painstakingly. I remai...
- 21 Aug 2014 01:33
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 460239
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
matrimc, amberg: My application is very humble onlee, just finding the easy and obvious way to index a lower half correlation matrix (using 1d array). Re meshless my birather is supposedly in this area and you may know of him (herr professor at uc davis) and I have no use for these things yet. amber...
- 20 Aug 2014 21:49
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 460239
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
Subhash Khot wins Nevanlinna prize http://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140812-a-grand-vision-for-the-impossible/ Bade Mian! Take That and That! Madrassa B.Techs land a big one here ! Now kneel down and repent and ask for forgiveness for all the bad mouthing you did of those poor lil kids! He i...
- 20 Aug 2014 21:29
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 460239
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
Amber, Thanks Saar or is it Maam? What about the inverse function that gives the tuple given n (say 6) and an index (say 7) ? Is this function (which returns a 2-tuple) easily obtained? Yeah, I got the notion that it has to quadratic in x and linear in y (good observation, Amber-ji). Thanks for the ...
- 20 Aug 2014 19:27
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 460239
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
It is not fully clear what you mean by "arithmetic function" and "inverse arithmetic function" in these cases. Is a polynomial function going to be good enough? If so, you can check out Newton Polynomials. If your background is engineering, you might have studied them during you...
- 20 Aug 2014 18:47
- Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
- Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
- Replies: 2239
- Views: 460239
Re: BR Maths Corner-1
This is probably an "easy" problem, but one that I would appreciate an answer from the resident gurus. Consider the n*(n-1)/2 entries in a lower triangular matrix (entries below the main diagonal). Assume the cells are indexed sequentially in a one dimensional 2-tuple array as follows (exa...
- 07 Aug 2014 06:02
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
- Replies: 6544
- Views: 32735
Re: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
Jogging by the Charles River Meditatively, at 50% effort The sun is warm, The air is cool Enroute emerges an Apsara in full bloom Blond, slender, thigh-gap beauty Praise be to Allah, the merciful And at my pace, or maybe slightly faster I relax and enjoy as I run behind for the mile and a quarter we...
- 08 Jul 2014 20:44
- Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
- Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
- Replies: 40179
- Views: 4017215
Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Om Namo Namo Namo .... 1000th page Narayanana
- 21 Jun 2014 17:48
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
- Replies: 6544
- Views: 32735
Re: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
moi was reading/analyzing about a research data with regard to behavioral traits in MSM(men who have seks with men tis now PC word for Gays) onething me noticed almost all are highly computer savvy, very much into social media,(yawn,,, wat is new yesay?) they are very health conscious 98% are into ...
- 14 Jun 2014 21:06
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
- Replies: 6544
- Views: 32735
Re: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
I drink quite a bit of milk (with cereal) and that is fortified with Vit D. Good enough?panduranghari wrote:Take Vit D supplements and make everyone in your family take them. Niran ji did say about doing Surya Namaskar which is good. But taking Vit D supplements for Indics should be mandatory.
- 13 Jun 2014 04:10
- Forum: Trash Can Archive
- Topic: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
- Replies: 6544
- Views: 32735
Re: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
Muggy but overcast.. Alternated stride length and pace every 100 strides. To keep it interesting closed mouth during the easy phase. Sweated too much and had to go topless in second half. RB-ullah is leaving us all in the dust. 8 min per mile.. wow!