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Government's Dilemma!

Issue*Alcohol* cannot be compared to *chocolates*. First compare it with some other thing. ...How about Drugs? Very well, my freedom 😨 of consuming drugs is getting...

Government's Dilemma!

IssueGuess, it is imported from other states. Ban it in whole country. The constitution is for whole Country and not Gujarat alone. Of course Gujarat Government...

Government's Dilemma!

IssueThe action starts by banning it. Education can follow suit.There is a ban on alcohol in Gujarat. But still alcohol is available there. This shows ban...

Government's Dilemma!

IssueI am not addicted to alcohol. Is it not feasible? If the production of liquor stops, no body will drink alcohol. It means, not only our...

Government's Dilemma!

IssueThe logic is Government spends more on treating alcohol patients than it earns from liquor business. Moreover, not every alcohol patient is treated by Government. Those...

Absolute Zero: Interest Levels in Engineering Curve

chuckofalltradesIt's too bad that interest levels in engineering have to dip. To my mind, it's because of two reasons: 1. Lack of clarity when applying: I've...

Government's Dilemma!

IssueSay if a company produces 1 bottle of beer, Government earns INR 50. It spends about INR 5000 to treat an alcohol patient in Government hospital....

Do Food MNCs Lie To Consumers?

here's an interesting video that will make you think twice before eating at McD. Even fungus don't like to consume McD . So why should humans...

Rajinikanth's Kochadaiyaan Movie [Behind the scenes]

btw Superstar is paired opposite Deepika Padukone , she must be younger than Rajni's daughter. This proves Rajni Saar is evergreen.

Absolute Zero: Signs that it's time to upgrade your computer

One of the ways to upgrade your old computer for free is to go for efficient operating systems such as Lightweight Ubuntu -<a href="https://lubuntu.net/" target="_blank" rel="nofol...

GATE Score 2000 | Which College To Apply For EC?

If he belongs to general category I don't think any IIT new or old ,is possible. I am not aware of other categories.

Upload brain to a computer. Would you even if it becomes possible?

The_Big_KHuman Brain's capacity is estimated to be about 2.5 petabytes. That's quite big! 😨One important thing to realize is that human brain memory is quite different...

Engineers Who Have Changed The World

Edwin Howard Armstrong - the father of FM. read his story - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_Armstrong" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Edwin Armst...

Engineers Who Have Changed The World

Linus Torvalds.

How many of you people like to drink water from Earthen Pots.

3-4 litres of water a day can keep many health problems away. Not many people must be knowing that drinking more water can help reduce weight....

Should IITJEE become subjective ?

My dear friend , there are plans to scrap IIT-JEE from 2013 onwards. Most unfortunate. Since it is going to die a violent bureaucratic death, there...

How many of you people like to drink water from Earthen Pots.

one tip which most of you matka lovers perhaps already are aware of - Cover the earthen pot with a cotton cloth. And pour water on...

Photocopies vs Real books

AbraKaDabra#-Link-Snipped-# This is the reason why using books for study/research is going to be extinct in near future. We use PDFs of all the major reference...

Tagging On CE Has Been Improved!

#-Link-Snipped-# . Great work there.

GATE 2012 IIT Cut Off - What is your guess?

The table is a good approximation of the actual cut-offs.

gate score

I am assuming you belong to general category.You will most probably get a mid range NIT . IIT is completely ruled out and most probably so...

Chess Puzzle.

Posted solution in white color in previous post. Select text in previous post to view solution. Those who want to try problem may still try.

Chess Puzzle.

The solver must deduce White's last move. At first blush, there seems to be no solution: on any square from which the white king could have...

Why do we twitch before we sleep? Yaaaawwwnnnn....

@#-Link-Snipped-# I don't think ghosts exist.

Why do we twitch before we sleep? Yaaaawwwnnnn....

Have you experienced any twitch while in dream state. Usually such a dream ends with the sensation of falling from a height. Just before collision one...

The report that ended my tobacco addiction

I feel that majority of people who smoke and drink started doing so because of over politeness and peer pressure. Just say NO.

The Great Y U No Meme Thread

Engineering College 'Mass Bunk' Experiences Sharing

There is something known as the "tyranny of the majority" , mass bunk is an example of it.

CEans can cook!

IssueFinally I can make nice and fluffy Idli 😀 But unable to manage Sambar 😭 On an *industrial* note, I believe Idlis are the only food...

Absolute Zero: Why the Nokia 808 is the Rajnikant of mobile phones

AbraKaDabraFound a comic about iPad 3 - By the way weren't we supposed to stick to the Absolute Zero discussion here ? 😁

Should We Store Personal Files In Cloud

Most of us lock our homes when we go outside. The lock that we use is intended to keep the petty thieves away. In the case...

Chess Puzzle.

simplycoderOk. since this needs a bit of different approach, try to add something more on board, carefully observe the pawn on g-file. Try to guess how...

Flipkart's Flyte Is Digital Media Download Store. Download Mp3 Legally!

I don't see why 10 rupees is costly. If you remember the era of audio cassettes , people would pay 40 rupees for a film album....

Which is better in the wake of dwindling natural resources - Capitalism or Socialism ?

The_Big_KI could never go beyond 150 pages of 'The Fountain Head' (but I'm going to go to the last page, I've promised myself). Let's say a...

Which is better in the wake of dwindling natural resources - Capitalism or Socialism ?

From what I have read no existing economic theory satisfactorily takes into consideration the effects of industrialization on environment and the dwindling of scarce natural resour...

Absolute Engineers: Get ready for the seminar!

I like puns , they need lateral thinking. Good one.

Which is better in the wake of dwindling natural resources - Capitalism or Socialism ?

Why no replies ? Why this Kolaveri di ?

Coin roll tutorial

It is more addictive than cigarettes. 😛

The Food Thread

Has anybody ever tasted 'Ponkh' - it is a Gujarati rural snack but I have also seen it in Vidarbha and MP. 'Ponkh' is actually made...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

Praveen-KumarWhich post did you mean Biggie?I think he meant ianoopLol ... here is from Jaspal bhatti 😉this one . For it contains dialogue which is not...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

Dancer_EngineerNope. It was a similar puzzle: 2 friends, waiter, missing dollar. 😛Hello , yeah , well the point of the joke was that the puzzle consists...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

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The Laugh Out Loud Thread

I live in Mumbai and there is an area here known as Vile Parle (of course most of you know about it). The place has a...

suggestion for books or tutorial

1) #-Link-Snipped-# #-Link-Snipped-# Do take a look at these videos from Prof K Radhakrishna Rao of IIT M. I found his treatment of analog circuits very...

Personalities You'd Like To Meet Through Our Small Talks

AbraKaDabraWill do a little research about his profile.From what I have seen on his blog , he very rarely speaks about Computer Science stuff , mostly...

Don't Look For Indian & Chinese Engineers : Obama

Well our politicians promise free laptops to student if they get elected. I think Obama's promises are to the same effect. No company in the US...

Personalities You'd Like To Meet Through Our Small Talks

<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/arnabray/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">arnabray</a> a.k.a Greatbong. He is a computer science Phd who is currently w...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

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100 floors and 2 eggs.

But it wasn't solved satisfactorily in that thread.

Skip Youtube Ads Immediately With Google Chrome Extension

born_star16Thanks but YouTube ads look interesting sometimes.😀😨

How Much of a CHOCOHOLIC are You???

Praveen-KumarBut yeah, still no idea about that choc! 😔That is sad indeed.

The Food Thread

Better than string theory. 😉

The Food Thread

There is an interesting history behind the invention of Pao Bhaji. The origin of this dish is traced to the heyday of the textile mills in...

How Much of a CHOCOHOLIC are You???

Praveen-KumarThis one? Haven't heard of! Indian??? No man. This one isn't Indian . It had a silver wrapper with Break written in red font. Plus the...

Valentine's Day: Stuff That Happens In Every Engineering College

Yet another superb comics! You're doing great Chuck. For this one I just wanted to say : John McClane Says - yippee ki-yay! 😁 I am...

How Much of a CHOCOHOLIC are You???

Does anybody remember a chocolate called "Break" by Cadbury/Nestle (I don't recall which) . I remember eating it last circa 1999. I thought it was better...

Skip Youtube Ads Immediately With Google Chrome Extension

The_Big_KOn a related note, I wonder how the Ads never get stuck even on slower internet speeds. 😨Perhaps by a corollary to Murphy's Law :- What...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

source :- <a href="https://xkcd.com/739/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">xkcd: Malamanteau</a>

Simple Puzzle on unequal weights.

BionicWhat was I thinking? Oh my God...Perhaps you didn't take into consideration the fact that the scale can handle infinite weight. Hence one could keep 3...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

for Batman Fans : - for Harry Potter Fans :-

The Food Thread

Dancer_EngineerThere are a few threads related to FOOD😍, #-Link-Snipped-# #-Link-Snipped-# #-Link-Snipped-# But this one looks a bit similar: #-Link-Snipped-# For the Soy milk...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

British Humor at it's best. It takes 3-5 seconds to get the joke. Enjoy .

The Food Thread

I will set the ball rolling by posting something healthy. A recipe for making soy-milk at home using soy beans. Soy milk is very affordable if...

Are The Medicine Makers Playing With Our Lives?

The_Big_KOn the similar lines, how does 'Yog' & 'Pranayam' cure people? I've personally seen bedridden people giving up medicines and getting back to normal life with...

Are The Medicine Makers Playing With Our Lives?

sorry double post. 😔

Tic Tac Toe Puzzle.

ianoopBoth are in situation of winning the game..... One of the player must have done wrong move.The question is to find out who played the first...

Simple Puzzle on unequal weights.

silverscorpionI can do it in 2 weighings. Separate the bags into groups of three, and you will get three groups, 2 with 3 bags in it...

Are The Medicine Makers Playing With Our Lives?

Let's talk more about the placebo effect. People get cured of simple maladies because they feel they are taking medicines when they are actually given dummy...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

Praveen-KumarHey, but seriously... Cat lovers get offended as the cat is getting hurt in this!!! The snake might have bit the cat and she's running because...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

Praveen-KumarYeah, am here... A Cat Lover! 😛Snake lovers may resent the video. The snake gets pwned in the end.

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

For cat lovers : -

What is the Profit Percentage of the Banana vendor?

I remember reading a book called Swami and Friends by R K Narayan , have you read it. It is based on life of Swami who...

What is the Profit Percentage of the Banana vendor?

sorry ,answer is 50% . Cost price = 15 * 1 - 5 = 10 Profit = 5 % profit = 100*profit/cost = 50%

What is the Profit Percentage of the Banana vendor?

33.33 % ?

The Greatest Jump Ever!

This is the best video ever. The terrain on which the guy dived is simply awesome . And that guy must have made a thorough study...

Three Logicians walk into a bar.

Praveen-KumarIs that what you call simple?You mentioned a pie , I gave you a 'pi' pie.

Are The Medicine Makers Playing With Our Lives?

Praveen-KumarSee, we cannot say this way... If not invented, they were not discovered. People those days would die just due to a fever! There were no...

Are The Medicine Makers Playing With Our Lives?

Homeopathy is complete mumbo-jumbo according to me. You are right homeopathy does depend upon placebo effect. Anyways , if the medicine companies are introducing new viruses...

Ancient India was better than Present India! Why?

The_Big_KFeel free to start a new thread. The age old debate needs its own space on CE 😁 . Never thought so many engineers would debate...

Ancient India was better than Present India! Why?

bioramaniThe entrance was through a large arch on which the Dasavatar (the ten incarnations of Lord Vishnu) were depicted as statues. When I asked the relevance...

Ancient India was better than Present India! Why?

Dancer_EngineerI'm clearly not stating here that I'm a non-vegetarian or a vegetarian or I just don't consume food. 😀 Vegetarians do consume animal products (by-products) like.....

Three Logicians walk into a bar.

Praveen-KumarSimple as Pie! 😛You mean this - ? 😉

Tic Tac Toe Puzzle.

Praveen-KumarNo! Circle played the first turn and now cross has to play and cross would win!!! 😁Can you provide the reasoning ? 👍

Ancient India was better than Present India! Why?

Sadly, agriculture in India is largely dependent on the quirks of Jupiter / Zeus / Indra - i.e on rainfall.

Ancient India was better than Present India! Why?

I would like to ask how many of the people here are vegetarians ? Earlier I used to consume meat once a month on average. I...

When a Lizard Can, Why Can't We???

Praveen-KumarYup! I too understand this... The story is what is the main thingy! Not the research for the truth! We are seeing a hell lot of...

When a Lizard Can, Why Can't We???

Not to disappoint you or anything but check this out :- <a href="https://www.joewein.net/hoax/hoax-lizards-and-love.htm" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Hoaxes...

Three Logicians walk into a bar.

Bingo. Puzzle solved.

Remember Orkut? It's Got #hashtags, if you still care

Something to think over - Initially when google started out till many years it didn't create it's own content. It only linked to other people's content....

Ancient India was better than Present India! Why?

The_Big_KBy the way, did anyone of us even consider the innovation India's done over the ages in cooking? I'm quite confident that Indians know more number...

Who is your favourite hero and heroine??

favorite hero - Tamil friends will understand some of the words better.I am not Tamil but still I could understand most of it as it was...

Remember Orkut? It's Got #hashtags, if you still care

The_Big_KMost of the Google products have been failures. Definitely not this one - <a href="https://www.google.com/logos/2011/lespaul.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener...

The Laugh Out Loud Thread

source : - <a href="https://abstrusegoose.com/385" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Abstruse Goose | ancestors</a>

Homogeneous function

There is an alternative definition of homogeneous function of order n. I.e f(x,y) = (x^n)u(y/x) where u is a function of y/x. Example :- consider f(x,y)...

Remember Orkut? It's Got #hashtags, if you still care

nigelbIts fun to see Google keeping Orkut alive when they themselves have a competing product in G+.This is true of many Google products. They sometimes acquire...