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by Vayutuvan
16 May 2014 05:37
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
Replies: 6544
Views: 32735

Re: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread

Saral saar, didn't have these symptoms the last time I quit - about 2.5 years ago. Not sure why... SunilUPA saar had recommended Chantix, but it's not an option here. I still have the nicorette gum gifted by the wife - for emergencies only, but am trying to stay away from it as well. It is a strugg...
by Vayutuvan
16 May 2014 05:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread
Replies: 6544
Views: 32735

Re: Personal Health, Nutrition and Fitness Thread

Raja Bose wrote:Boozers should run ultras - there is a hardy tradition of drinking and running there. :mrgreen:
Don;t they get dehydrated? It could be dangerous if they drink even a little bit of water which can result in water poisoning?
by Vayutuvan
16 May 2014 05:30
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Technolgies useful for Indian problems
Replies: 748
Views: 234817

Re: Technolgies useful for Indian problems

I am unable to find the right thread for this. It touches on several things that are important - efficient food production, environmental impact of rearing of meat producing animals, factory farms, ecological balance between predators and prey (i.e. food webs), prevention of cruelty to animals, biod...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2014 23:29
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 1158
Views: 262527

Re: Exit Polls & Discussion 2014 Elections

All, don't know where this news should go but being a BRFite wanted to share with comrades I was big part of this http://www.informationweek.in/informationweek/news-analysis/295826/hyderabad-analytics-startup-builds-india-largest-electoral-repository-814-crore-voters And I guess you have figured ou...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2014 23:14
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 1158
Views: 262527

Re: Exit Polls & Discussion 2014 Elections

@Singha Any community underdeveloped, not in mainstream tends to form votebank, it has nothing to do with mistrust on North IMHO, let development & education reach them and they will cease to be vote bank such community may also feel powerful enough to change course of election due to sheer num...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2014 22:39
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Yes. I tried angle chasing and ended up getting only one equation in two variables. Wondering how I can another independent equation. By the way that reflection method is fantastic. I always love when symmetry us used to solve priblems - Math or physics. There is certain satisfying geometric beauty ...
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2014 09:34
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

I didn't get the ADE is isoscles. That is what was missing. With that probably I will get it. Will gave to try tomorrow.
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2014 06:35
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 3694621

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

KLNMurthy wrote: Modi is Erdogan of India or Modi is Rajapaksha of India or Putin of India are all lazy analogies that don't take into account core differences between semitic / feudal / western thinking and Indian thought.
Very well put. +1116
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2014 06:34
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 3694621

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Because we feel that 'Hindutva' must be lead by the true 'fundamentalists' and shepherded by the 'reformists' - with the 'traditionalist' ballast only used to keep it stable and centered and as a resource to harvest good memes from. I am a little unsettled with the word "fundamentalists"....
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2014 06:07
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 384801

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

TSJones wrote:Enough of it.
When are we going to say the same about the following? :P
TSJones wrote:It's like cooperating with Packees. Ugh.
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2014 04:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: The Bharatiya - Identity, Vision, Agenda, Proposition
Replies: 2738
Views: 327618

Re: The Bharatiya - Identity, Vision, Agenda, Proposition

RajeshA wrote:but that real data can be presented to the Indian Parliament and people.
also comes in handy to counter western (un)"think puddles" on their own turf with the curated verifiable data.
by Vayutuvan
14 May 2014 03:50
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 3694621

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

Ah-ha! Now it's in the open. Make the view mainstream, coin the term "Hindu-hater," and put these people on the back-foot. The game is just beginning. Far from being an "incorrect interpretation," this is a cornerstone of Western policy, and not just in India. Anybody to be tarr...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2014 21:38
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 20717
Views: 1899696

Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

Aaptards saying exit polls show EVMs have been rigged. :-o They are setting stage for the specter Modi win and take tegu help from the likes of BBC and the oh so wise ex president jimmy carter who gas been observer to several elections to make a high ullage gulla. If cong(I) wins then also same wil...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2014 10:20
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: General Elections 2014- Transition of power & World Reaction
Replies: 708
Views: 85526

Re: General Elections 2014- Largest peaceful transition of p

@A_Gupta ^^^ Priyamvada Gopal crossed the line when as an Indian citizen she called on UK intervention to redress a "wrong" in her home country. Is she Indian or Britiish? added later that still should not detract us from two things 1. She was called names by some twitterers. 2. In turn s...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2014 10:17
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 3694621

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

In fact, only Nehru was sharpest and charismatic among the lot. I take it you did not see Indira Gandhi speak? I saw her speaking from a stage at a rally in a medium sized town (the rally was not very big - so from up close) and also numerous times on TV. She was an extremely charismatic woman. Pos...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2014 10:05
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Re: Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections
Replies: 1158
Views: 262527

Re: Exit Polls & Discussion 2014 Elections

Let the genuine folk within the AAP do away with these charlatans (just like the Cong hopefully will do away with the dynasty), and it will be a welcome development in the Indian political scene. sudarshan: Are there any? I have my doubts - the other high profile people are the guy who is asking fo...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2014 05:16
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

AmberG it is 22 and Mary could have one of the numbers {2,3,8,9}. So we have to go through each round and eliminate numbers for M and J. First Round: M doesn't know J s number -> M = {2-9}, J = {1-10} Second Round: J doesn't know M's number -> M = {2-9}, J = {3-8} Third round: M knows J's number -> ...
by Vayutuvan
13 May 2014 02:44
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Multiatuli You have to assume that M does not have the end numbers 1 or 10. Otherwise she would have known J's number. So M has 2 between 2 and 9. Now J says he does not know M's number. So J does not have 1 and 10 either. This is where I goofed and gave 11, which is wrong. It could be 44. But we ha...
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2014 23:12
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Multatuli and others, by the way substitute a big number for n like 1,242,764 or even a billion or some such and give the problem. People will take time to reverse engineer the formula. Abstraction and closed form solution (of course works only when it is a "simple function" to compute, i....
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2014 22:48
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

AmberG, these kids are good. Thanks for sharing the problems. I will pose them to my son.
The circle problem I made the obvious mistake (assuming the circle to have the diagonal as the dia of course it is the digonal). My mistake is not drawing a diagram :((
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2014 10:43
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: US strike options on TSP
Replies: 2412
Views: 231258

Re: Understanding the US-2

Shreeman wrote: Leave it alone.
Whatever floats your boat, boss. I am neither in a position to shut down the said thread nor have intentions of derailing it. It is an empty exercise is all I am saying. Carry on, don't mind me.
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2014 10:16
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Amberg 2.5 and 11?

My son was in the school team. They did reasonably well but could not make it to the state.
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2014 10:06
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

My Guess would be -32. Don't ask for a systematic approach to the solution, I am just "reverse engineering" the final Mathcounts question. A "systematic approach" would be try out -2, -3 etc. Added later: Just write a nice little proggie to do it. Actually it is -n. -n to +n inc...
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2014 07:11
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: General Elections 2014- Transition of power & World Reaction
Replies: 708
Views: 85526

Re: General Elections 2014- Largest peaceful transition of p

ramana garu a very good observation. Now tgat Rajiv Gandhi crossed the rubicon now it is the turn of the women folks and Caligula to start looting the plebes and the road by which they take the riches leads to Rome and Milan. Nobody would have complained if they were another family Medici based arou...
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2014 02:40
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: General Elections 2014- Transition of power & World Reaction
Replies: 708
Views: 85526

Re: General Elections 2014- Largest peaceful transition of p

I am all for her saying whatever she wants to say. I defend her right to say it. But there is no call for her to ask the British to come riding into India and rescue the poor oppressed folks from big bad Modi. By the way a couple of her comrades she thanked in that book are interesting. Prof Suvir K...
by Vayutuvan
12 May 2014 01:32
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

ArmenT, that is fast. We have a few guests for lunch and I posed this question. My friend took about 7-8 seconds and came back with " do I include nothing (Hindu shunya). As I suspected for long I am a little slow on the take which explains why I am quite bad at standardized tests. I lies track...
by Vayutuvan
11 May 2014 22:28
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2236
Views: 412150

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

Wow that is fast. By the time I understood and formulated an approach, it was more than 7 or 8 seconds. It is 67 of course - not to forget 0.
by Vayutuvan
11 May 2014 22:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: General Elections 2014- Transition of power & World Reaction
Replies: 708
Views: 85526

Re: General Elections 2014- Largest peaceful transition of p

the problem is, she's already been loved up by the tag team of harbans and matrimc. So now she's identified the enemy......you wimen abusing abdulls on this forum. guns will blaze. Please support your claims with evidence or shut up (or not and continue to make a fool of yourself though somehow I f...
by Vayutuvan
11 May 2014 01:23
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: US strike options on TSP
Replies: 2412
Views: 231258

Re: Understanding the US-2

1. How US treats minorities and lower class is well known and well publicized. There is no need to hear it from second hand or third hand sources. not amongst indians in US. i will say that i see more awareness in my second stint here than before. The people who want to know will get educated. And ...
by Vayutuvan
10 May 2014 20:35
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Re: US strike options on TSP
Replies: 2412
Views: 231258

Re: Understanding the US-2

Interesting to see only a few tech companies in the top 25. The reason is obvious IMHO. Most jobs are in health care which require the person to be on site which eliminates the danger of offshoring. Not many mfg companies in the top 25. What would be the breakup for Indian and Chinese HS grads, I wo...
by Vayutuvan
09 May 2014 11:00
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Phone, Tablet and Gizmo Thread #0x02
Replies: 8048
Views: 680406

Re: Phone, Tablet and Gizmo Thread #0x02

RB thanks. I saw this balloon thingy a couple of years back on utube. Ten days just a little before end of the acad year for middle ischool in our town. They would also have to write a report most probably. Younger one is getting a lot of HW but he wants to wind up quickly so he can get back to his ...
by Vayutuvan
09 May 2014 09:34
Forum: BR Nostalgia Archive
Topic: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India
Replies: 40179
Views: 3694621

Re: Narendra Modi vs the Dynasty: Contrasting Ideas of India

FWIW... http://m.timesofindia.com/Home/Lok-Sabha-Elections-2014/News/Modi-brings-temple-town-to-a-halt/articleshow/34848199.cms He promised his election managers he will return to Varanasi on May 11 when he is likely to perform Ganga Aarti . Modi indicated he will remain in Varanasi on the polling ...
by Vayutuvan
09 May 2014 09:28
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Phone, Tablet and Gizmo Thread #0x02
Replies: 8048
Views: 680406

Re: Phone, Tablet and Gizmo Thread #0x02

Ladies and gents, my kid's class wants to send an android phone with camera up in the air tied to a balloon and take pictures and GPS coords and upload them to a website. They bought a phone (Android 2 unfortunately) and asked me (I never did any modern GUI in my life - text would not count) to help...
by Vayutuvan
09 May 2014 07:27
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1428129

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

SVinayak: please to read Jonathan Swift's works or rather study them. What I am doing right this minute. Especially A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms and A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Be...
by Vayutuvan
09 May 2014 06:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: General Elections 2014- Transition of power & World Reaction
Replies: 708
Views: 85526

Re: General Elections 2014- Largest peaceful transition of p

Smog sire smog. Beltway Bandit smoke mixed with Fog from the Bottom.
by Vayutuvan
09 May 2014 06:44
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1428129

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Sk, I wouldn't try to impress the likes of Sri Bill(i) Clinton. He is an elite wannabe trained in UK. Now this news about Hillary Clinton resisting putting boko haram on terrorist org list in 2011. These two supposedly cleaned out Casa Blanca of gifts given to the US by foreign govts. and taken them...
by Vayutuvan
09 May 2014 01:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: General Elections 2014- Transition of power & World Reaction
Replies: 708
Views: 85526

Re: General Elections 2014- Largest peaceful transition of p

So that is She-Who-Must-Be-Hounded? Looks like a dangerous character indeed. Could bring down all of India. TSjones ji, again I ask when did you develop a soft corner for Marxists? May be I misunderstand the reason for your soft corner. May be you will defend anybody of whatever political and relig...
by Vayutuvan
09 May 2014 01:05
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Eastern Europe/Ukraine
Replies: 4026
Views: 384801

Re: Eastern Europe/Ukraine

If German foreign policy does break away from toeing the American line, that would be a decisive blow for the US empire as well a big big win for Russia. They cannot away from US that easily. Two reasons that come to mind immediately are Germany does not have an army and cannot militarize and their...