http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/ My Thoughts - My Words - My Mind en-us Copyright 2004 Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:05:53 +0530 Thu, 02 Dec 2004 08:27:18 +0530 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.121 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Today I recieved two books both by the author Victor Hugo!! I finally get the chance to read his works. The books I got are "The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Les Miserables". Looking forward to some fascinating reading!!... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/11/victor_hugo.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/11/victor_hugo.html Miscellaneous Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:05:53 +0530 It's been a while since I last posted. Lots of great things have happened in the last 3 months. The course at C-DAC is going real good, learnt quite a few things out here. Will write more on it later.... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/11/its_been_a_whil.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/11/its_been_a_whil.html Miscellaneous Sat, 20 Nov 2004 14:38:44 +0530 I recieved today my copy of The Objectivism Research CD-ROM!! Finally I get to read the remaining works of Ayn Rand, those which I could never before get my hands on. Especially looking forward to read "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal"... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/06/the_objectivism_1.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/06/the_objectivism_1.html Philosophy Tue, 15 Jun 2004 22:20:23 +0530 Heard about the 8-queens problem? I think most CS guys are familiar with it. I was generally trying to brush up with my C++, so I thought I'd try to generate the solutions to the 8-queens problem (there are 92... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/06/nqueens_solutio.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/06/nqueens_solutio.html Programming Wed, 09 Jun 2004 23:46:03 +0530 Just installed Gentoo Linux on my machine a few days back. So now, I have a dual boot of Windows XP Professional and Gentoo. I was earlier using Red Hat 9.0, but I got really bored of it and hence... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/06/gentoo_linux.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/06/gentoo_linux.html Programming Sat, 05 Jun 2004 16:45:05 +0530 Well, today turned out to be a very good day indeed. I was greeted early in the morning with the news that I had got into the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Bangalore. It's a one year Full-Time... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/06/off_to_bangalor.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/06/off_to_bangalor.html College Tue, 01 Jun 2004 21:27:47 +0530 In my two months of vacation, I'd like to read/re-read the following books. I say re-read 'cause some of them have been read by me before, I just need to brush up. 1) The C++ Programming Language - Bjarne Stroustrup... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/list_of_books.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/list_of_books.html Programming Tue, 25 May 2004 10:55:36 +0530 Yesterday marked the end of my Engineering course!! One more year of college through a Post Graduation in Software Technology and then I'll be out in the real world!! Can't wait for it!! Well, here's to even more productive years... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/free_at_last.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/free_at_last.html College Tue, 25 May 2004 09:31:47 +0530 Over at rediff.com, I just read the CMP of the United Progressive Alliance (Congress and it allies). One point made was that "All regulatory institutions will be strengthened to ensure that competition is free and fair. These institutions will be... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/the_common_mini.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/the_common_mini.html Politics Sat, 22 May 2004 09:10:46 +0530 Yesterday, it was finally ratified that Dr. Manmohan Singh will be the new Prime Minister of India. Being an economist who is pro-reform, this is definitely good news. He has said that the reforms will continue though with a "human-face".... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/proreform_prime.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/proreform_prime.html Politics Thu, 20 May 2004 09:14:14 +0530 Being in the midst of my final semester engineering exams, I found myself contemplating the various methodologies that students employ to study a subject. I think this can be broadly classified as those who study by rote memorization and those... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/the_art_of_stud.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/the_art_of_stud.html College Tue, 18 May 2004 21:09:18 +0530 Recently the Congress Party swept the Indian Elections ousting the BJP. Being ideologically socialist, the future of the Indian Economy could be heading for doom, if they go about making too many economic policy changes! If you want to look... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/a_socialist_fut.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/a_socialist_fut.html Politics Mon, 17 May 2004 18:38:36 +0530 The one constant dream I have had for 4 years now has been to see the end of my engineering course. Well, the time has come. The coming week will see the beginning and end of my final semester examinations.... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/final_semester.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/final_semester.html College Sun, 16 May 2004 21:17:21 +0530 This is it, I finally have my rationalmind.net blog. I have my final semester examinations starting tomorrow (17th), hence I will have to refrain from writing too much for now. Come the 25th of May and I'm a free bird.... http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/the_start_of_so.html http://prometheus.rationalmind.net/archives/2004/05/the_start_of_so.html Miscellaneous Sun, 16 May 2004 06:15:22 +0530