Amazing Piece of Art January 31, 2006
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Here are two pics of an amazing piece of art.
Location: Tata Museum, Jamshedpur.
In the first pic, you can see a painting. This was a gift to JRD Tata on his Birthday by a street artist. Nobody was able to understand his art. Unfortunately, only the painting was given to JRD and the artist had promised to reveal the secret shortly . However, JRD was no more when the secret was actually revealed
Machine Nature January 29, 2006
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Its one of those rare occasions when I decieded infact forced myself to go to the Learning Resource Centre or in simple terms the library of our college (M-A-N am I not brave enough to do this 
) Tried to focus on some conventional n prescribed books of my course…. all epics like Lehninger’s BioChemistry, Tortora’s Microbiology and others but owing to my nature got f*cked by ‘em in just a few mins….. it was then that i decieded to search for a book of my interest to actually keep me awake in the environment of the “L.R.C.” Took me ’bout 3 mins to find a book which I think noone had even touched since it came to the “L.R.C”
Title of the book read “THE COMING AGE OF BIO-INSPIRED COMPUTING” MACHINE NATURE by Moshe Sipper
I found the book quite interesting after I read the prologue that said
“Many people feel they were born too late. Then there are those who deem themselves to have been born too early; I, for one, belong to this latter group. I like to envision a future in which our bodies are on a par with our imagination, where humans will have unchained their earthly shackles and perhaps most importantly, a future in which humanity’s spirit finally matches its technological wizardry. Maybe that is why my research revolves around what might, prima facie, seem like science fiction; machines and computers that adapt, evolve, learn, heal, reason, and more-accomplishing feats that are usually associated only with Nature….”
Machine and Nature are not often used in the same sentence. The title of this book may seem at first glance to be an oxymoron. This is the first interesting thing I noticed in the book ! Even I usually use a lotta oxymorons in my conversations so it gave me my own feeling 
! Coming back to MACHINE NATURE….. the first que that comes in mind is “FOR what is Natural ’bout a Machine?” Our collective consciousness is filled with “UNNATURAL MACHINES”, frightening Frankenstein monsters that lead their human creators into frozen wastelands of hubris. Its time to move beyond these dusty concepts of natural creation !
Computers are rigid, unbending, unyielding, inflexible, and quite unwieldly. Lets face it. They’ve improved our lives in many a way, but they do tend to be a pain. When interacting with them you need to be very methodical and precise, in a manner quite contrary to human nature. Step outside the computer’s repertoire of behaviour, and it will simply refuse to co-operate, or-even worse-it will CRASH 
Computers are notoriously bad at learning new things and at dealing with new situations.
Whereas, Natural Organisms are complex, adaptive systems, and our artifacts are now beginning to follow in their footsteps.
ADAPTATION, BIO-INSPIRATION and COMPLEXITY thus underlie the new computing ABC !
Though I have not even finished half of the book by now…. it feels like Yes….one day Man can conquer the dream of Self Evolving Machines and that day may come soon in my life !(Hope it comes soon….. why not try sharing my emotions with a machine than the human race that’s getting worse day by day )
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Boy….am I on a rollllllllllllll January 28, 2006
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Here you go ppl…. another funny shit !
A few months ago, there was an opening with the CIA for an assassin. These highly classified positions are hard to fill, and there’s a lot of testing and background checks involved before you can even be considered for the position. After sending some applicants through the background checks, training and testing, they narrowed the possible choices down to two men and a woman, but only one position was available.
The day came for the final test to see which peson would get the extremely secretive job. The CIA men administering the test took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun. “We must know that you will follow our instructions whatever the circumstances,” they explained. “Inside this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill her.” The man looked horrified and said, “You can’t be serious! I could never shoot my wife!” “Well,” said the CIA man, “you’re definitely not the right man for this job then.”
So they brought the second man to the same door and handed him a gun. “We must know that you will follow instructions no matter what the circumstances,” they explained to the second man. “Inside you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill her.” The second man looked a bit shocked, but nevertheless took the gun and went in the room. All was quiet for about 5 minutes; then the door opened. The man came out of the room with tears in his eyes. “I tried to shoot her; I just couldn’t pull the trigger and shoot my wife. I guess I’m not the right man for the job.”
“No,” the CIA man replied, “You don’t have what it takes. Take your wife and go home.”
Now they only had the woman left to test. They led her to the same door to the same room and handed her the same gun. “We must be sure that you will follow instructions no matter what the circumstances; this is your final test. Inside you will find your husband sitting in a chair. Take this gun and kill him.” The woman took the gun and opened the door. Before the door even closed all the way, the CIA men heard the gun start firing, one shot after another for 13 shots. Then all hell broke loose in the room. They heard screaming, rashing, and banging on the walls. This went on for several minutes; then all went quiet.
The door opened slowly, and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow and said, “You guys didn’t tell me the gun was loaded with blanks. I had to beat the son of a bitch to death with the chair!”
Who runs the body ????? January 28, 2006
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Well looks like I am thinking more like a “BIO”-tech student ;) now without actually losing my sense of humour 
….. read the shit below to know why
In the human body, which organ is in charge?
All the organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was in charge.
The brain said: “I should be in charge, because I run all the body’s systems, so without me nothing would happen.”
“I should be in charge,” said the heart, “because I pump the blood and circulate oxygen all over the body, so without me you’d all waste away.”
“I should be in charge,” said the stomach, “because I process food and give all of you energy.”
“I should be in charge,” said the rectum, “because I’m responsible for waste removal.”
All the other body parts laughed at the rectum and insulted him, so in a huff, he shut down tight. Within a few days, the brain had a terrible headache, the stomach was bloated, and the blood was toxic. Eventually the other organs gave in. They all agreed that the rectum should be the boss.
The moral of the story:
You don’t have to be smart or important to be in charge… just an asshole.
A Miracle Of Modern Medicine January 28, 2006
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One day Bill complained to his friend that his elbow really hurt. His friend suggested that he go to a computer at the drug store that can diagnose anything quicker and cheaper than a doctor. ”Simply put in a sample of your urine and the computer will diagnose your problem and tell you what you can do about it. It only costs $10.” Bill figured he had nothing to lose, so he filled a jar with a urine sample and went to the drug store. Finding the computer, he poured in the sample and deposited the $10. The computer started making some noise and various lights started flashing. After a brief pause out popped a small slip of paper on which was printed: “You have tennis elbow. Soak your arm in warm water. Avoid heavy lifting. It will be better in two weeks.”
Later that evening while thinking how amazing this new technology was and how it would change medical science forever, he began to wonder if this machine could be fooled. He mixed together some tap water, a stool sample from his dog and urine samples from his wife and daughter. To top it off, he masturbated into the concoction. He went back to the drug store, located the machine, poured in the sample and deposited the $10. The computer again made the usual noise and printed out the following message:
“Your tap water is too hard. Get a water softener. Your dog has worms. Get him vitamins. Your daughter is using cocaine. Put her in a rehabilitation clinic. Your wife is pregnant with twin girls. They aren’t yours. Get a lawyer. And if you don’t stop jerking off, your tennis elbow will never get better.”
