History Of The Universe in 200 Words

Quantum Fluctuation. Inflation. Expansion. Particle-Antiparticle Annihilation. Deuterium and Helium Production. Matter Domination. Recombination. Blackbody Radiation. Local Contraction. Large-Scale Structure Formation. Violent Relaxation. Virialization. Galaxy Formation. Turbulent Fragmentation. Contraction. Ionization. Massive Star Formation. Deuterium Ignition. Hydrogen Fusion. Hydrogen Depletion. Core Contraction. Envelope Expansion. Helium Fusion. Carbon, Oxygen, and Silicon Fusion. Iron Production. Implosion. Supernova Explosion. Metals [...]

Who Said ?

Commies, Hippes, Liberals, WMDs, Iraq, Mushroom Clouds, 911, 911, 911, 911, 911, Iraq, Nukes, Russia, Muslims, Death, Destruction, Pot smokers, Iran, Iran, Iran, Britney spears, Shahrukh’s 6 pack, 911, 911, World war III, Emergency, Elections, Emergency, Elections, Google, Google, 123, copyright, DRM, open, open, open, Iran, Iran, Iran ….
I think I’m sick !

Advice ain’t free

Some snide today remark about my bull got my hackles up again today. There we were sitting peacefully at the top of my office roof at around 11 in the night watching all those Genpact girls (well we have a GE, ICICI, Verizon, HSBC call centers at my workplace) walk across and were into a [...]

Flattened

Renting an apartment ? Well its much easier in Hyderabad you know, Bangalore / Chennai its much worse you know, no sweat, I was assured. Just pay 2 months rent as down payment and its all yours. And as soon as I started looking for an apartment all these sunny dreams disappeared like my [...]

War, Corporations and Global Warming

Recently found an interesting post on Slashdot listing the Top 25 Censored Stories of 2007 [US Media] ranging from Halliburton selling off Nuclear secrets to Iran to wars in Congo and Iraq and to Global Warming, Danger to World’s Ocean and mining dangers to Bottled water as an [...]

Holy Cow !

Cows believed to be among the most docile animals in the world are somehow linked inextricably with the mash up that is Indian society, politics and culture. Placid and calm, the very embodiment for bovine wisdom. In India, the cow is believed to be a symbol of the earth - because it gives so much [...]

Creationwiki and Conservapedia and WikiPedia

Wiki seems to have spawn off a host of similar online encyclopaedias, ( Creationwiki and Conservapedia)each claiming to present a more balanced view of the world as we see it. Conservapedia, started by christians conservatives, proclaims to be ” a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American .” In their view Wiki [...]

cynical - who me !

well are we becoming more and more cynical ? or is it just that we’ve learned to take most things with a grain of salt. Dunno but my attitude towards most stuff has become steadily more and more cynical ( or shall I call it practical) these last few years. i dont get [...]

Its not Rocket Science

last few days a surprising amount of discussions kept meandering to work and and what most of the yuppies working in a typical IT env. like Hyderabad do @ office most days.
and well the conclusion is .. that its not Rocket Science. Oh well we have Dell, Google, Microsoft, CA, CSC, Yahoo, Amazon, Oracle ( [...]

The whole Morality and Religion debate

people keep talking to me about religion and morality and right and wrong …. but what they dont seem to realize is that almost everyone who talks about it, cannot do so objectively . Everyone has a preconcieved notion/thought/idea and all he does in a discussion is to tailor the arguments/theories/facts he “likes” or finds [...]