War for wealth

Back then kings sacrificed lives for wealth in the name of war... The war for wealth continues... powerless front-line soldiers...

A stitch in time saves nine, but is it time? stitches before time reduces the value and beauty of the cloth... hmm.. it doesn't! As the current fad is to wear clothes full of stitches! The share-holders are asking for it :(

Maths, Physics, Chemistry doubts

1. There was a fire-emergency drill yesterday in my office and now I have a doubt, "What is the coldest possible flame? And how much heat does it produce and its temperature?" The flame froma welding equipment is definitely hotter than the flame from candle, So how to have a 1 square inch of visible flame with least amount of energy released. Will it be the material that can be ignited at a lowest temperature? hmm may be the material the material that would continue to burn in the lowest temperature... so what it is? How much is the temp?
   

2. My roommate plays with Rubik cube a lot. And I saw an application that solves the rubik cube for your inputs. My question is what is the minimum no of faces required as input out of the total (9 x 6) 54 faces? Does the number change based on which faces?

3. What is the largest number possible with two 9s? A question on a poster in my office.
   

• 99

• 9^9 (But isnt using operator allowed? But exponent can be written without operators as superscript i.e., 9⁹)

• 9!^9! (But if you allow unary operators, I do not even need a second 9, i.e., ((9!)!)... == 9!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• I think 99 could be the answer without any opertators, but I would say it is a number with base-googol or may be base-infinity ;) [In base-infinity 99 would mean 9*infinity+9]
  

Please tell me whatever you think could be the answer.

dot dot dot...

Some random thoughts... don't think logically and connect them.

• Killing oneself is a crime.
• Protesting in public without permission and disturbing the public is a crime.
• Giving money is either a form of encouragement and acknowledging one's good work. Or it can be an aid, in case some one was unluckily affected, not due to a mistake of his own, but say by a natural calamity.
• M Karunanidhi gives 2 Lakh INR from people's money, to the person who committed suicide in front of a Government office to protest an issue in our neighboring country.
• Several other people are trying to commit suicide after the first one successfully killed himself to show their protest for war in Srilanka.
• Tamil Srilankans in Jafna are protesting against LTTE, not their Government.
• Connect the dots is a kid's fun way to learn drawing, where they connect the dots to get the whole picture. Adults do not usually enjoy them.
  

Bad ECOnomy

One of my friend was making a comment that, "I am buying a motorcycle when many people are getting pink slips.." Jokingly I commented, "It is said that, not spending during a bad economy would worsen the situation, and people should spend, which would make businesses prosper and economy would get better"

But this made me think about the prevalence of the pink-slip fear. I know some of my friends who are afraid of being laid-off and hence they work 24 hours doing almost 2+ person work a day, to make them valuable for the company. But the net effect is everyone does 2 people's work and the management would find that only half the number of people are enough. So they would cut the workforce!!! And most of the people who worked like a donkey to shield themselves from lay-off, would be laid-off...

Moral of the story: Prevention is better than cure, but make sure your prevention measures cannot be multiplied by a negative number.

Dropped 60000 INR on road

And it is taking me places. Honda CBF Stunner

carom: one-sided game

One-sided game could mean something different in some games! In carom, it could mean that all the coins are all in one side of the board!

And yes, one-sided games in carom have high probability of becoming one-sided games! :)

oneway - ஒரு வழிப்பாதை

one - ஒரு
way - வழி
way - பாதை

??

way = வழி
way = direction, path
வழி != direction

way = திசை
ஒரு திசை பாதை ?

?!

hmmm may be
இரு வழிப்பாதை = 2 -lane road
ஒரு வழிப்பாதை = single lane road??

Marriage ceremony

அந்த நாள் வரை யார் காலிலும் விழாதவர்களை, மாற்றி மாற்றி பலர் காலில் விழ செய்து... No one is independent என உணர்த்தும் நாள்

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This was written on 26th Jan 2009, but was not published. It is still interesting after 10 months for me, when I read it today.