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Killler JoKeS!
All these were previously known to me. But still, they are a good read always. Very nice! Especially the Covalent bond. 😀😀
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Enhance your programming skills from Scratch
shalini_goel14PS: You need to go for Java class. These languages are too outdated.😉Outdated? no way., every language has it's own pros and cons. I cant accept...
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How do you delete an e-mail which you've unintentionally sent?
If you are using gmail, there is an "Undo Email" option that appears right after you send the email. If you want to stop that email...
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1 THz processor energy requirements
I refer you to this 9 year old article - "#-Link-Snipped-#" The article primarily deals with traditional processors and not mobile processors. But the trends and...
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Do You Think That Every Indian Should Know Hindi ?
Hmm.. What a topic to come back!! This is going to be a rant.. First, as is already mentioned, Hindi is not our National language. In...
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Happy Birthday Durga - Wishing a great year : Sep 15, 2012.
Happy birthday Durga! Have a blast! 😀
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Need Help: New kind of Matrix formula?
I'm not sure what you are not getting here.. A = A' and B = -B' are assumptions that you made in the beginning, right? (ie.,...
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Galaxy Note Vs. Note II Specs Comparison Chart
These gadgets sure make me feel poor!! 😔
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Does the industry support only the profitable innovation?
What use is innovation without application? And those applications, however niche they might be at first, will be better utilized if it comes to be mass...
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Happy Birthday Sada :)
Belated birthday wishes!! 😀 Sada, you are one of the best CEans on CrazyEngineers. Have a wonderful day.
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Math-tactics !
Quite a big family they have.. Pity they all are not going for the tour 😛
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Should marijuana(Ganja) be legalized ?
So you are coming to say tobacco killed more people than WW2.. Well, while that might seem to be the case, the tobacco deaths were counted...
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How many of you are in for CE Weekend discussions?
Yep, night will be even better for me too! 😀
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How many of you love engineering mathematics?
anuraadhaExactly!! Even I used to google it and see if it is really possible. I got an affinity to the series when a simple concept of...
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Issues on CE
oh.. ok. It was because of that app? I thought ad blockers only blocked javascript from executing in the page..
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Issues on CE
Mine is the same too.. (21.0) Only thing is, I tried it in incognito mode earlier.. so, just to be sure, I tried it in normal...
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What is a server?
The_Big_KHardware itself wouldn't be called a 'server', right? It's the software that makes things happen. Or am I wrong? 😨Hardware used only for 'serving', ie., hardware...
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What is a server?
A server is anything which 'serves'. It might be a software in a computer, it might be a computer itself.. It might also be just a...
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A better Mechnicsm to make a robot which can project A teniss ball..
What are the 2 ways that you have thought about now?
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How many of you are in for CE Weekend discussions?
I think a chat like interface would be the closest to real discussion. If I'm not wrong, threads have a small amount of time before you...
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How many of you are in for CE Weekend discussions?
hmm.. looks like I'm pretty late here, but still, I'd like to be a part of it.. So, are we starting today? Couple of things er...
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Vinashi - new browser based strategy game
Not as engaging as some other browser-based RTS games I have played... But I liked it for its Indian flavor.. There are several annoying things I...
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Should marijuana(Ganja) be legalized ?
While we are at it, why not legalize LSD, meth, cocaine, heroin and countless other drugs currently used for 'recreational' purposes?
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Wifi Modem Buying Advice
Or you can just buy a wireless router and use it along with your modem.. Wireless routers are cheap, and very good routers from well-known makers...
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How many of you love engineering mathematics?
anuraadhaThere is one series called the numb3rs where they use math to investigate.Yep, Numb3rs is too good. I just loved it. The idea of using math...
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Do You Use 'What's new?' feature of CrazyEngineers?
I use it all the time.. It's how I know what has happened here since the last time I logged in..
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How many of you love engineering mathematics?
I love Math in general, and naturally, when I was doing my engineering, I very much liked Mathematics. So much so, that after taking the three...
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Python Error: ImportError: No module named gtk
And wen I searched for python modules containing gtk, this is the list I came up with, #-Link-Snipped-# I think the library you're trying to use...
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Python Error: ImportError: No module named gtk
It seems you are trying to import a module named gtk and python cannot find that module. Make sure that whatever modules and libraries you are...
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What is output of this program ?
English-ScaredHats off, #-Link-Snipped-#! Great explanation! Correct me if I am wrong, but if "a" is declared as array then it can be used as pointer. The...
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What is output of this program ?
When you declare the array, it's actually stored as follows: ___________________________ | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |...
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8" CMU construction
I'd like to publish construction eng. paper in a Journal. Anybody who can assist where?
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Happy Left Handers Day! - August 13 [International Celebrations]
ah.. That indeed is one of the tools where right-handedness dominates.. Btw, here are some links if you want to get a pair of 'lefty' scissors...
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Happy Left Handers Day! - August 13 [International Celebrations]
😀 Happy left-handers day 😀 By the way, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Lefthanders_Day" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">International Le...
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New Feature - Thread Prefixes!
Is it like tags for threads? Can there be more than one prefix, then? Also, what if I want to include some word which is not...
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Largest-Ever 3D Map of the Universe Will Blow Your Mind [VIDEO]
bioramaniWith the suspended particle matter and light pollution being so high, nowadays the sun and moon are about the only celestial objects (other than the planes...
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Is Man & Nature 'Just An Experiment' By An Advanced Civilisation?
It's basically a comedy science fiction. Spoiler And so the story goes on.. It's a very funny book. I'd recommend this to any science fiction fan....
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Is Illuminati Real?
Don't be so paranoid! Of course the rich would definitely want controlover everything. That type of control exists everywhere, because rich people are everywhere. The degree...
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Game Development in Matlab
^^ What he meant was if you are new to game development, you can start with a simple game like snakes. If you want to create...
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Is Man & Nature 'Just An Experiment' By An Advanced Civilisation?
Haven't you read "<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy_(novel)" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">The Hitchhiker%27S Guide...
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Most Discouraging Words You've Ever Heard?
The_Big_KWell, the thing is words are just words. When we are down, those words can surely encourage. But listen to those words when you're happy and...
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Most Discouraging Words You've Ever Heard?
The_Big_KThe classic - "This too shall pass". 😔I thought that was supposed to be encouraging!! 😒
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How much do companies make per employee
She probably meant $80 per day, which comes to around $1700 - $2000 per month, or $20400 - $24000 per year. It still seems to be...
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Increase speed of downloads in steam
I think the client selects the closest server to our location be default. ie., what is the default server that the steam client uses? How is...
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Beforehand Robotics
And as a side note, I would like to say, there is no beforehand and afterhand while learning robotics. Or learning anything, for that matter. Just...
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Beforehand Robotics
Not sure if it will be useful, but I made some threads about robotics quite a while back, when I was a college kid.. I didn't...
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Python or C ?
Troll_So_HardSo, Python is super high language + OOP, while C is high level & not OOP. I have heard from many that Python is easy so...
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London Olympics 2012 - Show Off Affordable In Economic Crisis?
Spending is not always a bad thing. You know, in Japan, people were very much thrifty. They were not willing to spend at all, and it...
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Chinese Badminton Players Disqualified From Olympics - Justified?
It was strategy all right.. But you should see it from the perspective of the eager audience who paid money hoping to see the best of...
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You Engineers n0 like computer gaming?
Limbo is an awesome game. It's a game with minimal graphics, but I was hooked to it until I finished it fully.. It'll prove to be...
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CE Bengaluru Meet On 29 July 2012 - Photos, Updates & Goodies
The mug looks awesome!! Sorry I couldn't attend.. I very much missed it. Also, simple games explaining some concepts would be very much fun indeed. Both...
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Can the people who've been forced to bribe raise their voice against corruption?
I think this sounds like saying "Rape victims should not voice against rape and rapists". Just like that case, bribe givers are mostly victims. And who...
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Your Favorite Novel
^^ Just read about that author. It seems she worked for 10 years in consulting, marketing etc.. and then quit her corporate career to become a...
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Your Favorite Novel
durga* writing novels --- appreciable* *getting into iimc --- appreciable* But I somehow dislike the idea of a IITMC graduate writing novels.why waste a iimc seat...
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Python or C++??
Python is actually implemented over C. Meaning, Python is written in C. Python is an interpreted language, whereas C++ is a compiled language. Python is easy,...
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
Let's hope for the best. Besides, I heard tatkal booking has become a lot easier nowadays, since it begins at 10 AM and not at 8...
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Steve Jobs On Life & Failure - Short Video, Must For Every Entrepreneur
Unfortunately, Larry Page and Sergei Brin's phone numbers aren't listed.. (I googled it 😛 😁 ) Otherwise I could've called them up and asked, "I'm building...
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Is there anything like 'right decision'?
There is nothing like a right or wrong decision. We take decisions based on information that is available to us when we make that decision. The...
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'Talk Less'- Will bring success in life?
The point is, Don't stop with the talking alone. You can talk, no one is stopping you. But you should follow up your talk with action,...
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Should you stick to just one profession all your life?
While everyone can click a picture with a camera, very few have the level of talent required to monetize it. Now, one can quit one's job...
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
hmm... Wondering if flying is ruled out... 😒
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Shock Of AC Current Is Attractive & Dangerous Than DC Current - Why?
^^ I think what he meant was that in AC current, the voltage is continuously varying. The severity of the shock you get depends on both...
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Can Electronics and Telecommunication engineer (B.E.) give GATE exam in Computer Science?
Yes, you can give GATE in CS though you are an ECE engineer. In fact, one of my classmates in college studied ECE with me, then...
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
I'm not free in the morning. 😔
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GreenIndex: Indian consumers have best sustainable behavior
Developed countries are aware of the problem, and the cheapest solution they could think of is to dispose of the waste in the developing countries and...
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5 Caps, 3 boys.
If both first and second boys were wearing white, then the third must have figured out that his own cap is red. Since the third said...
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
Ok then, we can have it in Cubbon park. No problem.
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
Any reason why Cubbon park? Cubbon park is fine for me, but I guess, somewhere in this thread we were talking about Koramangala. Also, I believe...
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5 Pirates Puzzle
Now that the solution is given, let me give a link that explains better. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_game" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Pi...
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Real Time Sub-Titles For Videos : Thoughts, Ideas & Algorithms?
^^ That is still not completely real-time. The subtitles should still be prepared beforehand. It's just projected from a different projector, so that even if the...
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5 Pirates Puzzle
Thought of a solution and googled it. The actual solution turned out to be quite the opposite. As with most good puzzles, whatever we think intuitively,...
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SHOULD MERCY KILLING BE LEGALIZED?
Euthanasia!! There are many subtle points to this, and it's no easy matter to come to a full conclusion regarding whether to fully allow it or...
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Can We Simplify The 'ENGLISH LANGUAGE'?
zaverii do not think so. the english language is beautifull the way it is . and what's more, speaking the language induces some kind of broad-mindedness...
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Can We Simplify The 'ENGLISH LANGUAGE'?
MOHAMMED RAQEEBmy view is, mostly all indians are very very good in english than actually english speaking people. so my kind request is not to give...
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Different ways to shutdown your PC - Try something different
The second method (Using keyboard) doesn't work on Windows 7; If you press Windows key and then 'u', the character 'u' is typed on the search...
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Can Homosexual's donate blood?
It made sense when the exact cause of AIDS was not clear and it was widely believed that homosexuality might be an important cause for the...
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Games For 256MB Graphic card
BetterThanBeforeDota officially launched & maintained by Blizzard --- #-Link-Snipped-# But recently Valve re-customized Official dota of blizzard with some new heroes & Hi graphi...
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Can We Simplify The 'ENGLISH LANGUAGE'?
aarthivgEnglish is regarded as one of the difficult language around the world. Despite its wide spread use, people learning foreign language has "English" and English speaker's...
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Linux or Windows ?
Linux for getting work done, Windows for games. That is how it has been for me, for quite some time now. 😀
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Should "Basic Economics course " ..be included in Engineering
Economics, in my opinion, is the single most important topic common to everyone, regardless of what one is studying. Be it engineering, pure sciences, arts or...
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Should "School Uniform" be banned?
Whatever we learn at childhood, we learn very easily, and also thoroughly.. And equality, ie., the ability to view every other human to be his/her equal,...
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Should 'Police' Be Armed?
Today, nobody knows when and what emergency will crop up in which place. It's always better to be prepared and anticipating than to be sorry after...
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Potato in a microwave oven
A microwave oven heats whatever is put inside it, by heating the water molecules in that material. Potato contains water. So when it's kept inside a...
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CEan Aarthivg's birthday
Happy birthday Aarthivg. I hope your dreams come true and you have a truly wonderful thread.
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Best Tech Channels On YouTube - Subscribe To These
^^ Thanks! 😀 That channel is indeed very good!
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Best Tech Channels On YouTube - Subscribe To These
Reya#-Link-Snipped-# Also subscribe to Brusspup-illusions and science. Every video will amaze you 😀Give the links please! 😀
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We Got An Extra Second!!!!
Ah... just now seeing this. If I had seen this yesterday (June 30th), I would've made some plans 😛 😁
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
Hmm.. Postpone a few more weeks and I might not be in Bangalore then.. 😒 😁 I'm ok with any weekend until mid August or so,...
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How does foreign investment solve India's economic problems?
I'll try to answer this as best as I can. Well, if we are self-sufficient, we need not depend on anyone else for our own progress....
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
durga#-Link-Snipped-#: wokay. but as I said before give me time till this weekend. ..and I am put up at hsr layout near silkboard that is.. the...
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c code problem in strings....pls help..!!!!
You are modifying variable 'z' inside the function str(). That is a local variable which is visible only inside that function. Whatever changes you make to...
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
Ok, 21st/22nd it is. Now about the place.. People from Bangalore update your locations. I'm staying near old airport road. If the locations of those attending...
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
As I said, I'm completely fine with 14th/15th, as long as it's in the evening. The next weekend (10th/21st) will also work for me. I'm available...
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World's Quickest Personality Test
My hands were leveled, and I didn't see any puppy. And I do enjoy puzzles and games. But I also get easily absorbed into books and...
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Google Alan Turing Doodle On http://www.google.co.nz/
Awesome doodle!! 😀 Solved all the stages.. Superb indeed! 😀
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Rahul Kapoor - Playing Your Game At Level 10 - TEDx Talk @ Sona College
Wondering what if my particular game had more than 10 levels.. 😒 😕 😁 The part about our personal integrity was especially very good. Indeed, if...
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Are engineers less talented ?
^^ You are right about that!! 😀 Generally, how so ever difficult a technical job may be, it's usually more difficult to get that job done...
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
14th and 15th is fine for me. Who else is in?
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What type of computing / problem solving do super computers do?
Hmm.. One application I can think of, for which any amount of astronomical computing power is welcome, is Cryptanalysis. There are many branches in cryptanalysis and...
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Try Everything Once - Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Someone once said "Learn from others' mistakes, because you can't possibly make them all yourself". I think this applies to experiences too. One can't possibly experience...
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Will electronics engineers become jobless?
I assume you are still in college, and I can understand your apprehension. But the doom scenario you have mentioned is still a long way ahead....
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
Hmm.. Confirmed!!
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
#-Link-Snipped-# The count will be 10, if all the CEans who RSVP'd as maybe turn up for the meet.
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
AbraKaDabraThe meet is DEFINITELY in the evening. 👍 Day- long activities will be planned only if atleast 10 CEans turn up.Then you can count me in!...
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Rapid Construction Projects: 30 Story Building In 15 Days!
Hmm.. They were working round the clock, even at night. Taking that into account, it's more like 30 conventional 'working days'. More than that, we can...
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
AbraKaDabraWhy have #-Link-Snipped-# and #-Link-Snipped-# RSVPd 'Maybe'? 😨 Also, we want a word from you #-Link-Snipped-# Dates can be confirmed only when a majority of CEans...
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Can SCIENCE explain Everything? [DEBATE]
If Science could explain everything, we already would've started celebrating science as a religion and scientists as almost demiGods. Science aims to explain everything. Some inv...
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Traffic Lights! What are they? Are you a CEan to need them?
This is just a trivial example. There are no junctions. Just two one way roads, and people are taking right to cross the road. There are...
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black body radiation problem
A black body absorbs all incident electromagnetic radiation on it, irrespective of the frequency or the angle of incidence. At thermal equilibrium, it also emits a...
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The 'da' & 'ja' Puzzle
Grrr!!!! Hardest Logic Puzzle indeed.. wat complex questions!!! :O
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CE Bengaluru Meet, July 2012 at Bangalore, karnataka on Jul 29, 2012
Any weekend is fine. But it's better if it is in the evening, (after 1 PM) since I might have some things to be done in...
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Foreign Expert in China
Arthur WName: Arthur Wyss *Engineering Trade: Electrical Engineer Location: Suzhou (苏州), Jiangsu Province, China (PRC) Longitude: 120° 36' 54.4021". Latitude: N 31° 18.544182...
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What is the function of 'main' in 'c' programming?
The function definition in C is like this.. <return-type> function-name(<list-of-arguments>)Here, return-type can be of any data-type, like int or char etc.. It can also be "void...
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Physics of fightighting a traffic ticket - and pit falls in that
^^ Lol.. That judge must have to be a physicist too!! 😛
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Which bowl does he choose to pour their taster from?
After the first swapping, the concentrations of water and the cocktail in both glasses will be equal, I think.. Similarly after the 2nd time too..
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Indie Game: The Movie Release On June 12th - Game Developers Excited?
Looks very interesting.. I have always wanted to design and develop games.. Never got the know how, though.. But it is on my bucket list.. Let's...
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Is interstellar travel possible? - 100YSS Program
Light energy? You mean something like solar energy in the space? Hmm.. Since we are talking about interstellar space travel, we should assume that on the...
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How a fiber optic cable works [Explained]
Amazing video! Beautifully explained. Especially the total internal reflection demo was cool.. We had a paper on optical communications in college. I wish we had some...
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Is interstellar travel possible? - 100YSS Program
We would probably need new energy sources like the anti-matter or dark matter or something for that kind of space travel, I guess..
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Google Knowledge Graph - Will it revolutionize search?
Seems something similar to Wolfram Alpha.. In the sense that Google might be trying to become a knowledge engine from a search engine. It's very interesting,...
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How Your Phone's Accelerometer Works [Video]
That got me thinking, the robots manufacturing these complex printed circuits, themselves have such tiny circuits driving them. Who must have manufactured those circuits then? 😁.....
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How Your Phone's Accelerometer Works [Video]
The complexity of the patterns that are etched to form the accelerometer is simply mind-blowing. If not for the robots etching away at the silicon and...
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Cytoscape
Looks interesting!! Data Visualization is a very promising area these days.. The ability to analyze large graphs and visualize them in various forms will be very...
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Leap 3D Motion Control Video - The future of human computer interaction?
well, not iron man, exactly.. At least someone like Tony Stark, when he's not in his suit! 😁
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Leap 3D Motion Control Video - The future of human computer interaction?
Now everyone can become IronMan 😁 😛
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Flipkart Prices Going Up? Here's a price comparison chart
We really need to compare more types of products before we can reach any conclusion. The initial table was full of cooking books, and that's too...
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Google Tab Sync Feature on Chrome - I think this is useful!
This might be just what I want.. To sync the tabs between my home computer and my work computer would be very good indeed 😀
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Should Facebook Allow Kids & Under 13s?
I'm not sure if kids under 13 yr old should be allowed access to Facebook. Connecting with old friends and all is ok, but when you...
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COURSERA _ Free online courses from top universities like Prninceton, Stanford nd Michigan
I have taken a couple of computer science courses from Stanford through Coursera. The course content and the delivery model are very good. I'm on the...
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Best free alarm clock app for android
I like the solve puzzles to snooze option.. If the puzzle is somewhat difficult, I would be awake before I could solve it and put the...
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Will Apps Kill Traditional Web?
Internet is a network and HTML is a language used to represent content in that network. If not HTML, then we would be using some other...
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Wolfenstein 3D - Play Free Browser Version
One of the first games I ever played.. It was so good, I enjoyed it very much.. Brings back a lot of memories. 😀
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Fill IRCTC Form Quickly To Get Train Reservation
Hmm... This might be helpful if we need to reserve for a large group of people, say more than 5 or 6. I usually book tickets...
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Why is our universe fine-tuned for life? - Brian Greene [TED Talk]
shreyasstarAmazingly Brilliant... The idea of Multiverse is quite fascinating. Though imagining the existence of other universes (probably a billion more) do arise certain question...
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Write an efficient algorithm to find the first non-repeated character in a string defined
Praveen-KumarEr... Will try... If PHP I guess I can easily say... There is a concept of associative arrays, where you can do this way: count["char"] =...
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Write an efficient algorithm to find the first non-repeated character in a string defined
A simple algorithm to do it in only one pass of the string is to maintain an array of count of the letters, and then scanning...
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Why is our universe fine-tuned for life? - Brian Greene [TED Talk]
Wow!! Absolutely brilliant! The implication that he talked about at the end of the talk, is especially worth pondering. The implication is that, in the future,...
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Discussion About 'Liquid Metal' & Its Uses In Engineering
I thought Mercury was the liquid metal 😕
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The Science Of Deduction & Deductive Reasoning
Those blogs are awesome!! Especially Watson's blog.. It's exactly like the original Sherlock Holmes.. Great job, BBC. 😀
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Project Idea: Berkeley Ridiculously Automated Dorm Room (BRAD)
They allow the students to do all these things to a dorm room? We couldn't even hit a nail into the wall in our hostels when...
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HP Rules The PC Market Again. The PC Market Grows By 21%
I do most of my work in a PC, both at work and at home. I do have a laptop, but its use is severely limited....
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Harry Potter inspires engineer for a quick blood type test
Nice one!! Now, anyone can do the blood type test, and all you need to know is the English alphabet. No technical knowledge required. Could be...
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Is Mobile Penetration Causing The Drop In Overall Connection Speeds In The World?
#-Link-Snipped-# In the original report, you can see that the average connection speeds for most countries are fluctuating, if you look at the long term, right...
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The Dark Knight Raises Trailer Is Awesome!
AbraKaDabraThere is so much talk about this movie. I haven't seen previous Batman flicks, but this trailer looks good. 👍You haven't seen the batman movies?? 😨...
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145-inch Ultra High Definition Plasma Display - Stop Going to the Theaters
8000X4000... That is a resolution of a whopping 32 mega pixels 😲 😨 That's a whole lot, for a TV. Anyhow, as it is said in...
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Gumroad Removes The Pain In Selling Digital Stuff Online
Hmm.. Interesting.. If they don't take a cut from the sales, where is their money coming from? What is their revenue model?
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World's Quietest Room @ - -9.4 decibels - Inner peace anyone?
AbraKaDabrathe ear makes its own noise when it does not detect sound.What?? 😲 I didn't know that before!! Should be fun to try it out! 😁...
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Minimize the total area
^^ ahh.. Yes, what a silly mistake indeed 😁 So, the total area comes to be A = a[sup]2[/sup]/4*Pi + (16-a)[sup]2[/sup]/16 Minimizing this, the value of...
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Minimize the total area
Let's say the cut is made at a distance 'a' inches from any end.. Then, we can have the first piece of length 'a' be made...
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cube problem
6n[sup]2[/sup] - 12n + 8 I think it can also be expressed as, n[sup]3[/sup] - (n-2)[sup]3[/sup]
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The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling's New Novel - Coming September 2012
^^ I think you mean <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avada_Kedavra#Avada_Kedavra_.28Killing_Curse.29" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Avada Kedavra Avada K...
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The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling's New Novel - Coming September 2012
For the same reason, you can also try the Lord of the Rings series.
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The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling's New Novel - Coming September 2012
^^ Don't dismiss fantasy totally as a useless thing.. Fantasy or realistic, for any novel to be interesting, the plot should be unpredictable.. For that, the...
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the magnetic equivalent of ohm's law is ..
^^ Then the answer would be Rowland's law.. It seems Hopkinson's law is also called Rowland's law. In that same Wiki page, there is an analogy...
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the magnetic equivalent of ohm's law is ..
Ohm's law: E = IR where E is the EMF, I is the current and R the resistance. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_circuit#Hopkinson.27s_law:_the_magnetic_analogy_to_...
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Spam Mail: How To Get Rid Of Them?
IssueHowever these mails manage to find my email id and land in my account ("spam" section of course!) How do they get people's email id?😨There are...
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Does Oscillator Need Feedback? If yes, Positive Or Negative?
^^ Barkhausen criterion is a set of conditions under which a linear electronic circuit will oscillate. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barkhausen_stability_criterion" targ...
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The Casual Vacancy - J.K. Rowling's New Novel - Coming September 2012
Mr.Don(but who will read such a gigantic series of books if we can enjoy visual experience - kidding 😉)Reading a book and watching a movie based...
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Why Starter is required in Tube-Light?
Well, there are two kinds of lights. One is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incandescent_light_bulb" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Incandescent Light Bu...
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What personality type are you?
Hmm.. There are 4 categories, and we have 2 options in each category.. There are E/I, N/S, F/T and P/J. So, the total number of combinations...
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What personality type are you?
Looks like there are a lot of introverts here on CE. I see a lot of ISTJ and ISTP types.. 😀
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What personality type are you?
Mine seems to be: Introverted (I) 62.86% Extroverted (E) 37.14% Sensing (S) 65.71% Intuitive (N) 34.29% Thinking (T) 69.7% Feeling (F) 30.3% Judging (J) 57.14% Perceiving...
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Government's Dilemma!
The_Big_KThe whole 'tax' system is the one to blame in my opinion. The more I learn about the way money functions, the more it seems like...
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Cool Optical Illusion
^^ That is what I said too.. Just concentrate on the center of the image.
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Cool Optical Illusion
Good one! I managed to stop the rotation by concentrating on the center of the image for a few seconds. If you look at any other...
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If I wake up tomorrow and there is no Google Search...
If I wake up tomorrow and there is no Internet, then that might be something to panic about.. If one fine day, suddenly Google ceases to...
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Aim In Life: Want To Be Very Rich
You should have a reason for having an aim, whatever aim that may be.. And if you are clear about that reason, then you will be...
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Upload brain to a computer. Would you even if it becomes possible?
In information theory, information is quantified in terms of bits and bytes. If you know something about a signal, you get less information about that signal....
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Generic Algorithm For Elevator Operations Software For 'N' Floors
^^ In that case, people who need to go from 1st floor to the 15th floor will need to switch elevators at 10th floor. So, they...
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Ambigiuous Question
33/11 is 3 in any number system, if we convert them to that system first. 33 in base 5 is 113, and 11 in base 5...
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Byte Swapping Program help
well, you can just use bitshift operator to split the bytes.. Like this: Let's say you have the integer stored in a variable a. b =...
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Tagging On CE Has Been Improved!
^^ They are different usernames. I think such alias names can't be used, as there is no way of tracking such names..
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A Tree House that does not even need Trees! Just right for CEans
It doesn't look very stable to me.. Isn't its base too small? How strong will it hold out against wind?
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Founders of Shaolin Kung Fu - Indians Or Chinese?
We really can't say for sure. And whatever actually was the case, the Chinese continued to nurtured those skills and developed it into a full fledged...
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DARPA Cheetah Robot Runs Faster Than You'd Think (Video)
^^ Spot on.. Even in the above video, the robot seems to be powered directly from the main power supply. Once it's time for the bot...
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How use two Internet connection on a same PC
^^ From that url, Due to the APIs required, ForceBindIP will only run on Windows NT/2000/XP/2003. It will not function on Win9x/WinME.I think win7 might not...
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[TED] Robots that fly … and cooperate: Vijay Kumar
WOW!! Completely mind-blowing!! 😀 That music band at the end was super awesome!! Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Computer Engineering.... Whoa! Such a blend of engineering...
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Simple Puzzle on unequal weights.
^^ You mean we can do it in less than three trials??
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Tag Any User On CE! Know Who's Talking About You!
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The Science Of Getting Inspired & Doing Nothing
^^ Ah.. converse is not necessarily true, you say!! 😀 Got it! 😀
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The Science Of Getting Inspired & Doing Nothing
IssueComing to point, I have observed that every single famous man/woman in this world has a handsome nose. Look at scientists, politician, actors, Entrepreneurs and every...
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The Science Of Getting Inspired & Doing Nothing
There is something called procrastination, you know!! 😛 Getting inspired is one thing. Turning that inspiration to action is an entirely different thing. In fact, I...
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Indian Hockey Rocks...
As expected, India posted a thrashing 8 - 1 victory over France and qualified for the olympics in London.. What a match.. It was like penalty...
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imaginary number in c++
What is the input you are giving and what is the output? Give the full dump..
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imaginary number in c++
After you have calculated delta, (variable "pro" in your program), calculate the individual roots in the following way.. pro = sqrt(abs(B*B-4*A*C)) if ((B*B-4*A*C) >= 0) {...
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Indian Hockey Rocks...
Let's hope the men's team at least makes it all the way in! It seems France is a less formidable opponent for the men than S.A...
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Indian Hockey Rocks...
#-Link-Snipped-# Where did you get that from? I was so happy and I did a search.. I could only find the above!! 😔 So very sad...
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imaginary number in c++
Use a variable to indicate whether the delta (B[sup]2[/sup]-4AC) is positive or negative. Instead of pro = sqrt((b*b)-(4*a*c)); here, use pro = sqrt(abs(B*B)-(4*A*C)) And the...
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Mechanical Engineer iOS App
AbraKaDabraSo true. The apps on Android and other OSes are so unworthy.😔 😭 You are offending an Android fan!! Why you no like Android?? 😕 I'm...
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Is copying of great things and showing our hand work, legal or not?
Well, 'A' when inverted looks a lot like 'V' too. Why do you think it's a copy? Why can't it be a coincidence? With all the...
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Chess Puzzle.
Oh, yeah!! Didn't notice that. Then it just follows that the white pawn was not in g2 but in g3, initially. Right? Now it will be...
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Simple Puzzle on unequal weights.
CE DesignerI hope i explained well, I also hope someone gets it in less iterations (SS) 😎I tried.. I couldn't do it in 3 weighings.. So...
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Chess Puzzle.
Black made the en-passant capture, and white replied with Ke5, now it's again black's turn to move. The last move that was made was Kf5->e5. I...
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Chess Puzzle.
^^ Backtrack the moves.. Yes, it's black's turn to move now. Which means, the last move was made by white. And, since the king is the...
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Chess Puzzle.
Ah!! Eurekaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!! White King was initially at f5, and there was a white pawn at g2 and a black pawn at f4. So, probably the move...
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Does The Design Pattern On Tires Contribute To The Road Grip?
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One_tyres" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Formula One Tyres</a>
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Windows 8 Logo Is A Window, Not A Flag!
^^ TM stands for TradeMark. I like the new logo. It's simplistic and looks modern. Btw, looks like Windows 8 will truly be a different experience...
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English Questions
Read the sentence as While a number (of people) ___ defecting, many others will stay behind blah blah... Now, fill in the blanks 😛 As is...
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Coca Cola Price Cut. 200ml For Rs. 8.00
I don't consume coca-cola or pepsi anyway, so it's price is irrelevant to me. But, given the situation, I think it's no wonder that soft drink...
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Lean Production: Is Toyota Fool-Proof Organization?
^^ I'm going to assume that what is called the Toyota way or Toyota's formula for success is not just comprised of lean manufacturing, and it...
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English Questions
LovesharmaThanks Guys. I have some more doubts. Please clear it. 1) He is one of those friends that have passed through the school 2) Visit one...
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Is Diamond the hardest thing known to man
^^ Maybe a little off topic.. But, what do you mean when you say diamond is "harder" than glass? Why can't we use normal metal bits...
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Simple Puzzle on unequal weights.
I 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...
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Are The Medicine Makers Playing With Our Lives?
Quite a scary thought, that is!! :O As to whether it is true, I sure hope it's not. If it is, it would probably be the...
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[TED Talk] Drew Dudley on Everyday Leadership
An interesting take on leadership and how we can be leaders on a day to day basis.
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Ancient India was better than Present India! Why?
Dancer_EngineerA vegetarian diet is mostly derived from plants. Aren't the vegetarians cutting down plants to feed themselves? Even more plants are cut to feed the farm...
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True Story about Joshua Bell
Praveen-KumarOne of the possible conclusions from this experience could be: If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best...
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(a+b)²=a²+2ab +b²... But Why??? Now Explained! Do Watch!
I tried the same for (a+b)[sup]3[/sup] Here, of course, instead of a square, we have to use a cube. And sure enough, the total volume (instead...
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A Day Made of Glass 2 Corning Video - Highly engineered glass!
Sure looks like some very advanced science fiction. 😁 And even if it were to become a reality, I'm not sure if I would like to...
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Technology Should Be Taught In Mother Tongue. - For or Against?
^^ And why do you think that is a solution? Don't you want to preserve your own language? It would have definitely been better if we...
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Absolute Zero: People you meet at your coaching center
😁 Nice. Some of my friends from my coaching center would say I belonged to the first category, but I myself would like to think I...
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Take TOEFL exam to mention it in Resume?!
I don't think TOEFL is such an important exam that you can include it in your resume. Of course, if some organization requires proof of your...
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Dhanush (Kolaveri Di) To Lecture @ IIM-A : Meh?
I don't see anything wrong in that... As far as the IIM is concerned, they have a course on contemporary cinema, and who else would they...
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Ce Meet Bengaluru
So is it fixed at next saturday at KFC in Forum mall, Kormangla? What time?
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Most Amazing High Definition Image of Earth
bioramaniAmazing view. You can really see the Raman effect as the thin blue band of atmosphere. That is all the extent of the so called deep...
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Technology Should Be Taught In Mother Tongue. - For or Against?
To teach a subject, any subject, in a given language, we need to be able to express everything about that subject in that language without using...
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Ce Meet Bengaluru
Then how about we do it at the start of Feb? Feb 4th or 5th is fine? How many are in? Where do we meet?
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The Laugh Out Loud Thread
^^ In other words, 😁 31 Oct = 25 Dec (31 in octal = 25 in decimal) (Halloween is on 31 october, christmas is on 25...
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The Laugh Out Loud Thread
Halloween comes in October (which is the 10th month) and Christmas in December (12th month). Now, 10 expressed in in Octal numbers, is 12. That's why...
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Will India Become Super Power By 2020? How?
Adding to the above point, one country I can think of, which mostly fulfills almost all of the conditions mentioned above, is Singapore. There may be...
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Will India Become Super Power By 2020? How?
Dancer_EngineerSuper Super Power if India can feed every single mouth every single day! [EDITED] My vision of Super Power India: Food for every single person every...
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Ce Meet Bengaluru
Ok, How about Feb 11th or 12th? Venue : How about the Forum mall? Suggest other places too.. Agenda : Now that's what I dont know....
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Chinese Microbloggers Must Register Their Real Names With Government
Very concerning!! This trend should not be allowed to continue. With all the other types of media already bought out or otherwise tampered, internet remains the...
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IPv6 Global Launch Confirmed On June 6 By Internet Society
^^ We can continue to use IPv4 addresses internally, I guess...
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Online Electronic Stores For Engineers - Embedded Projects
That's actually very good. I liked the product list very much. Although, I feel it would be better if all the products had better descriptions or...
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If there is no gravity in space then how do astronauts attend their natural calls?
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