September 30, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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I got here last night from Washington DC. I love being around New Brunswick, the home of Rutgers Univ. Lots of fun times and lots of heartaches. Khalil Gibran’s words best describe how I felt when I moved to California … Continue reading
September 29, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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Dateline: 29th Sept, 2010. Washington DC. The US is the world’s most powerful country. That’s clear enough to the casual observer. What should also be clear is that the US does not hesitate to use its power. Very few would … Continue reading
September 28, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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Hi. Second time in Washington DC within the same month! I am meeting someone at the Willard Intercontinental Hotel — which is a stone’s throw from the White House. More about my excellent adventure in DC later.
September 25, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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In the post — “Don’t believe everything you hear–even on TED” — I instinctively rejected the claim that it takes the energy equivalent of a lump of coal to transport one MB of data on them internets. I said that … Continue reading
September 25, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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Gutenberg’s press was a huge success because it was used to print indulgences. That I did not know. Here’s more on that.
September 25, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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Go check out the videos shortlisted for playing at YouTube Play celebration event at the Guggenheim Museum. What’s that?
September 23, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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In a comment to a recent post, “The Games Built on a Cesspool,” the commenter Eroteme says, “We help elect a govt., sit on our hinnies and then find faults with whatever they do. Much like the opposition. Why don’t … Continue reading
September 23, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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Those who refuse to do arithmetic are doomed to speak nonsense. That one is a favorite quote from a computer science guru John McCarthy. To it I would add that those who are incapable of reasoning are doomed to being … Continue reading
September 23, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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A mashup of Kellogs Frosted Flakes tiger and Sylvester the cat.
September 22, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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No one can escape the huge amount of press on the ongoing disaster called the “Commonwealth Games” in New Delhi. There is little doubt about the train-wreck — it’s inevitable as the locomotive has long left the track and is … Continue reading
September 21, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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Here’s a bit about what happened to Sikhs following the assassination of Indira Gandhi in Oct 1984 — for the record.
September 20, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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I just can’t bring myself to trust the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. It is clearly wrong. Any ranking which puts UC Berkeley below that junior university is obviously suspect, in my considered o-pee-nee-awhn.
September 20, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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For the last few days I have been busy writing. Which is the reason why I have not been writing for the blog. Actually, whenever I have any serious writing to do, I find that I have a whole lot … Continue reading
September 15, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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This is about a bunch of articles that I have been reading.
September 14, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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I bet you did not know that the US Constitution is “sharia compliant.” No, seriously it is. Ok, I am not an expert on the US constitution, and quite frankly I don’t know the first thing about sharia except that … Continue reading
September 13, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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The web is amazing. It is the largest smorgasbord of stuff for the brain ever imaginable. I have to admit that I spend inordinate amounts of time just learning stuff from surfing the web. It is worth reminding ourselves that … Continue reading
September 12, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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In August in a post, Is the Indian Government the Greatest Enemy of India’s Prosperity?, I had quoted a WSJ piece which read in part, “Because India’s entrepreneurs have succeeded amid dysfunctional government and financial institutions by developing a kind … Continue reading
September 10, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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It’s that time of the year again when he with the curved elephant’s trunk, of enormous body, with the brilliance of a ten million suns, the remover of obstacles, etc., visits our homes. Here are a couple of songs to … Continue reading
September 5, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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I had read the story of Daniel Everette’s experience among the Piraha tribe years ago in an article by him. This morning, Hemley Gonzalez‘s tweet about Everette, brought that back to mind. I watched the short BBC 4 video that … Continue reading
September 4, 2010
by Atanu Dey
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Catholics consider the pope to be their god’s representative on earth. In other words, anyone who declares himself or herself to be a Catholic necessarily believes that what the pope says about the nature of the universe is absolutely correct. … Continue reading