Its time that i revved up changes in my blog.
There has been continuous cribbing, skepticism,negative feedback, etc,etc. And obviously i want to minimise the negativity surrounding the blog.
So this is what will be done.
*If the post is pretty big(exceeding two paragraphs on my scale) only summary will be posted and the entire post will be uploaded at my site here
*Smaller posts and all announcements(like this) would follow the main draft.
*All requests for the posts can be directed to goths_the1@yahoo.co.in/downloaded from the site
So hopefully, this change increases both the reading apetite as well as the number of readers.
cheers,
PS:Special mention for my friend Karthik(Aero) who came up with this suggestion
Monday, October 12, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Coming not so soon
The Shaastra that wasn't
A discussion on God
Fight club-my review
21 grams-my review
And much more
I know its been a long time since my announcement of these topics. I just haven't found the time to write these things. The next few weeks are a bit of a crunch on my side. So will try to post on these topics by mid october.
cheers,
A discussion on God
Fight club-my review
21 grams-my review
And much more
I know its been a long time since my announcement of these topics. I just haven't found the time to write these things. The next few weeks are a bit of a crunch on my side. So will try to post on these topics by mid october.
cheers,
An Adventure with the Black Hole
Funda:
There was this event called the "online science fiction writing" that happened just before Shaastra-09. I wanted to write a story (it was a long time since i had written a story) and this is the one that i managed. This is the first draft that i wrote and no significant improvement has been made. The same was submitted to the contest as well. So i do agree there will be some flaws. But hopefully its good enough. And as of now, i don't know whether i have won any prize in the contest. Happy reading!
The story:
It was the same boring signal again. The red was stagnant, refusing to move. As the seconds trickled past, the boredom increased gradually. It was one of the worst moments of the day. But somehow, the past few weeks have been, kind of, boring. NO SLEEP........
To read more, click here
cheers,
There was this event called the "online science fiction writing" that happened just before Shaastra-09. I wanted to write a story (it was a long time since i had written a story) and this is the one that i managed. This is the first draft that i wrote and no significant improvement has been made. The same was submitted to the contest as well. So i do agree there will be some flaws. But hopefully its good enough. And as of now, i don't know whether i have won any prize in the contest. Happy reading!
The story:
It was the same boring signal again. The red was stagnant, refusing to move. As the seconds trickled past, the boredom increased gradually. It was one of the worst moments of the day. But somehow, the past few weeks have been, kind of, boring. NO SLEEP........
To read more, click here
cheers,
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
The joker dialogues
I had wanted to put this up long back. I practically lost this file. But better late than never. So here is the compilation of the joker's dialogues that feature in the movie "Dark Knight"(2008). Enjoy!
Grumpy: I’m bettin’ The Joker told you to kill me soon as we loaded the cash.
The Joker: No, no. I kill the bus driver.
Grumpy: Bus driver? What bus driver?
The Joker: Oh, and by the way, the suit, it wasn’t cheap. You oughta know, you bought it.
Gotham National Bank Manager: The criminals in this town used to believe in things. Honor. Respect. Look at you! What do you believe in? What do you believe in!
The Joker: I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you… stranger.
The Joker:Ha ha ha..hoo hoo.. ha ha.. And I thought my jokes were bad…
The Joker: I know what you’re afraid of. I know why you choose to have your little “group therapy sessions” in broad daylight.
The Joker: The Batman.
To read more, click here.
cheers,
Grumpy: I’m bettin’ The Joker told you to kill me soon as we loaded the cash.
The Joker: No, no. I kill the bus driver.
Grumpy: Bus driver? What bus driver?
The Joker: Oh, and by the way, the suit, it wasn’t cheap. You oughta know, you bought it.
Gotham National Bank Manager: The criminals in this town used to believe in things. Honor. Respect. Look at you! What do you believe in? What do you believe in!
The Joker: I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you… stranger.
The Joker:Ha ha ha..hoo hoo.. ha ha.. And I thought my jokes were bad…
The Joker: I know what you’re afraid of. I know why you choose to have your little “group therapy sessions” in broad daylight.
The Joker: The Batman.
To read more, click here.
cheers,
Monday, September 21, 2009
Festember 2009
Funda:
I hate to write this part. But when i utter the word Festember, 99.99999% people react in the following manner: "Ah???!!! whats that???"
So to all those who dont know what Festember is, it has a very simple funda. Its just the so called cul-fest of NIT-Trichy. The dates were 17th Sept-20th Sept.
The content:
My friends and i had a prolonged discussion on whether or not to take pains to go to trichy and attend festember about ten days before the event went underway. Train tickets would be a problem. So if by any chance we were actually going there it was by the bus. And getting a bus on a friday night before a three day weekend to trichy is-to put it simply-a herculean task.
We were indeed getting mixed responses about the event. The "driving force" was the presence of friends over there and an exposure of events conducted by other colleges. The drawback was-the events were not supposed to be good, the quality of participation poor, and not to forget, the travelling and the wastage of a full weekend.
read more
I hate to write this part. But when i utter the word Festember, 99.99999% people react in the following manner: "Ah???!!! whats that???"
So to all those who dont know what Festember is, it has a very simple funda. Its just the so called cul-fest of NIT-Trichy. The dates were 17th Sept-20th Sept.
The content:
My friends and i had a prolonged discussion on whether or not to take pains to go to trichy and attend festember about ten days before the event went underway. Train tickets would be a problem. So if by any chance we were actually going there it was by the bus. And getting a bus on a friday night before a three day weekend to trichy is-to put it simply-a herculean task.
We were indeed getting mixed responses about the event. The "driving force" was the presence of friends over there and an exposure of events conducted by other colleges. The drawback was-the events were not supposed to be good, the quality of participation poor, and not to forget, the travelling and the wastage of a full weekend.
read more
Financial Entropy
Entropy:
Definition: Entropy is the quantitative measure of disorder in a system. The concept comes out of thermodynamics, which deals with the transfer of heat energy within a system. Instead of talking about some form of "absolute entropy," physicists generally talk about the change in entropy that takes place in a specific thermodynamic process.
-physics.about.com
Thus goes the famous definition of a famous thermodynamic function. I tried to "extend" this concept to the financial world using the feeble knowledge of economics that i posses.
A completely "ordered" system in terms of economics, or the idealised system can be considered as one in which every individual has the same financial potential. Each earns the same, can spend the same, and can invest the same amount. All financial powers are identical.
A completely disordered system is one in which no individual has the same financial potential. They differ by atleast one financial unit.
So, is a scenario possible where every individual possesses equal financial potential, is a "perfect idealised system" possible?
Intuition says, "its not spontaneous, but its worth trying out". My point is, its not even worth striving for.
Imagine a world where the prime minister earns an equal income as you. So both of you will have the same meal everyday and will go through the same transport mechanism everyday. Sounds cool right?? But that only leads to huge security uncertainity. So ultimately, to protect the PM's life, money will be spent on security. This money is not actually "earned" by the PM but he somehow spends it. So, this implies that his "financial power" has increased out of nowhere.(the assumption here is that the govt funds form a sink-any amount of money can be deposited and any amount can be spent).
So ultimately, the ideal world only leads to destabilization. Say the cost of a vegetable is made higher. Since everyone has the same potential, no one will buy it and hence the vegetable's cost is automatically lowered causing considerable loss to those who tried to sell the vegetable and those who cultivated it successfully. Meanwhile, there will be a huge demand for vegetables with lower prices causing abrupt changes in the economy of such vegetables and corresponding changes in their production industries(which in the case here is agriculture). Similar problems arise everywhere.
Nature only tries to increase the entropy. So when you create an idealised system, it becomes unstable, as entropy is stored up. A small disturbance and the system breaks down to chaos.
So, will it be worth a try??I guess not. But what can be done is, drilling in a sense of satisfaction in everyone's mind. This might seem a "retrogative" idea. But what is the ultimate cause for all problems is, as Buddha put it, desire. So as long as there are people wishing for more, none will be sufficient.(the grass is always greener on the other side).In my view the Chinese govt has done a decent job towards achieving this state.
And i do propose, to create an open environment, where anyone can progress and where anyone will not have a problem if they stagnate in the same financial position. Such a system is "create-able" and as i view it is the most stable ideal system that can be brought about.(The US, though on track, is far from reaching this state).
Hoping I can do something towards creating such an environment in India and elsewhere.
cheers,
Definition: Entropy is the quantitative measure of disorder in a system. The concept comes out of thermodynamics, which deals with the transfer of heat energy within a system. Instead of talking about some form of "absolute entropy," physicists generally talk about the change in entropy that takes place in a specific thermodynamic process.
-physics.about.com
Thus goes the famous definition of a famous thermodynamic function. I tried to "extend" this concept to the financial world using the feeble knowledge of economics that i posses.
A completely "ordered" system in terms of economics, or the idealised system can be considered as one in which every individual has the same financial potential. Each earns the same, can spend the same, and can invest the same amount. All financial powers are identical.
A completely disordered system is one in which no individual has the same financial potential. They differ by atleast one financial unit.
So, is a scenario possible where every individual possesses equal financial potential, is a "perfect idealised system" possible?
Intuition says, "its not spontaneous, but its worth trying out". My point is, its not even worth striving for.
Imagine a world where the prime minister earns an equal income as you. So both of you will have the same meal everyday and will go through the same transport mechanism everyday. Sounds cool right?? But that only leads to huge security uncertainity. So ultimately, to protect the PM's life, money will be spent on security. This money is not actually "earned" by the PM but he somehow spends it. So, this implies that his "financial power" has increased out of nowhere.(the assumption here is that the govt funds form a sink-any amount of money can be deposited and any amount can be spent).
So ultimately, the ideal world only leads to destabilization. Say the cost of a vegetable is made higher. Since everyone has the same potential, no one will buy it and hence the vegetable's cost is automatically lowered causing considerable loss to those who tried to sell the vegetable and those who cultivated it successfully. Meanwhile, there will be a huge demand for vegetables with lower prices causing abrupt changes in the economy of such vegetables and corresponding changes in their production industries(which in the case here is agriculture). Similar problems arise everywhere.
Nature only tries to increase the entropy. So when you create an idealised system, it becomes unstable, as entropy is stored up. A small disturbance and the system breaks down to chaos.
So, will it be worth a try??I guess not. But what can be done is, drilling in a sense of satisfaction in everyone's mind. This might seem a "retrogative" idea. But what is the ultimate cause for all problems is, as Buddha put it, desire. So as long as there are people wishing for more, none will be sufficient.(the grass is always greener on the other side).In my view the Chinese govt has done a decent job towards achieving this state.
And i do propose, to create an open environment, where anyone can progress and where anyone will not have a problem if they stagnate in the same financial position. Such a system is "create-able" and as i view it is the most stable ideal system that can be brought about.(The US, though on track, is far from reaching this state).
Hoping I can do something towards creating such an environment in India and elsewhere.
cheers,
Monday, September 7, 2009
Why Kandhasamy doesnt work
This was a very bad experience of mine. Having spent one hundred and twenty bucks to get a plush seat at the satyam cinemas and hammering myself to squeeze out three hours(plus two for travelling) during the middle of a horrible week only added salt to the wound. Here is my outline..
The + points:
1.Vikram-this guy's underplay is sensational. Breathes life into one hell of a crap movie. But this is an implicit minus point as well. Why did an actor of his calibre choose such a dumb project?
2.Mexico-the locations choosen in this swine flu land were wonderful. Pure eye candy.
The - points:
1.You can watch Batman Begins, Spiderman, Anniyan, Sivaji, Gentleman, etc, etc etc movies one at a time. Surely you cant watch all of them at the same time. Which is what kandhasamy desperately tries to do
2.Devi Sri Prasad-He has indeed run out of the telegu tunes of the 70s and 80s to provide hit rehashes. So, he opts for remixing his own copied tunes and other shit tunes in recent telegu movies. As a result all the songs hurt the ear. My advice: Devi, please retire!!!!!!
3.Lyrics-WTF!!!!I guess the director, trying to act as a means of communication/trying to write his own lyrics, interchanged his script pad with the lyrics pad. As a result all the songs are like dialogues. EKSI
4.Shreya-Pack her!!!Seriously i have seen enough of this "guy-calling-herself-girl's" hips and boobs and ass. Its too boring. And seriously i dont think she knows enough belly dance to try and match Shakira. Bad move!!
5.Vadivelu-EKSI to him too. I dont call this "KAAMEDI"...anyone who does so??
6.Prabhu-A bad choice by Prabhu to act in this movie. Seriously, he is shown as a stupid genius. Which cop in our country has enough rights to launch an investigation into the "power of God" suspecting some malpractice???Logic missing??
7.Villain number 1-Aashish vidyarthi as the PPP is shown to be too intelligent a villain for tamizh cinema. He figures out the real identity of our so called "super hero" in just two frames!!!!!!EKSI(again)
8.Villain number 2-Shear dumb villain to be the richest man to be in TN. When vikram breaks this guy's bus with a single sledge hammer, this guy-in his panties(the undies didnt fit him..so i call them panties :P) doesnt even bother to put on his clothes.
9.Stunts-Seriously Vijay's 2km jump in kuruvi was more logical than these guys' so called team work. Dont tell me you can setup a wired network capable of withstanding a guy's weight in an agricultural field without anyone noticing.
10.Cinematography-Too shaky(pun unindented) and too unsteady.
11.Art work-You dont call plates of aluminium piled together as art. Eg: the police station in which vadivelu is investigated
12.Romance-Fck it. Its more artificial than Yaarukku Yaaro stepnie.
13.2nd half-Mexico was not needed at all. But atleast it provided some good locales that is hard to see in a lifetime
14.Director-well..he is the epitome of everything bad this movie has to offer. My advice-Shankar was eight films old when he took Sivaji-and he had 7 hits in the list!!!
My advice to the director: You could have as well used up the 40crore-or so, money, pooled to making this bull shit, towards adopting villages and improving them. Sheer waste of time and money.
Moral:never trust big budget movies. This applies to all heroes.
cheers,
The + points:
1.Vikram-this guy's underplay is sensational. Breathes life into one hell of a crap movie. But this is an implicit minus point as well. Why did an actor of his calibre choose such a dumb project?
2.Mexico-the locations choosen in this swine flu land were wonderful. Pure eye candy.
The - points:
1.You can watch Batman Begins, Spiderman, Anniyan, Sivaji, Gentleman, etc, etc etc movies one at a time. Surely you cant watch all of them at the same time. Which is what kandhasamy desperately tries to do
2.Devi Sri Prasad-He has indeed run out of the telegu tunes of the 70s and 80s to provide hit rehashes. So, he opts for remixing his own copied tunes and other shit tunes in recent telegu movies. As a result all the songs hurt the ear. My advice: Devi, please retire!!!!!!
3.Lyrics-WTF!!!!I guess the director, trying to act as a means of communication/trying to write his own lyrics, interchanged his script pad with the lyrics pad. As a result all the songs are like dialogues. EKSI
4.Shreya-Pack her!!!Seriously i have seen enough of this "guy-calling-herself-girl's" hips and boobs and ass. Its too boring. And seriously i dont think she knows enough belly dance to try and match Shakira. Bad move!!
5.Vadivelu-EKSI to him too. I dont call this "KAAMEDI"...anyone who does so??
6.Prabhu-A bad choice by Prabhu to act in this movie. Seriously, he is shown as a stupid genius. Which cop in our country has enough rights to launch an investigation into the "power of God" suspecting some malpractice???Logic missing??
7.Villain number 1-Aashish vidyarthi as the PPP is shown to be too intelligent a villain for tamizh cinema. He figures out the real identity of our so called "super hero" in just two frames!!!!!!EKSI(again)
8.Villain number 2-Shear dumb villain to be the richest man to be in TN. When vikram breaks this guy's bus with a single sledge hammer, this guy-in his panties(the undies didnt fit him..so i call them panties :P) doesnt even bother to put on his clothes.
9.Stunts-Seriously Vijay's 2km jump in kuruvi was more logical than these guys' so called team work. Dont tell me you can setup a wired network capable of withstanding a guy's weight in an agricultural field without anyone noticing.
10.Cinematography-Too shaky(pun unindented) and too unsteady.
11.Art work-You dont call plates of aluminium piled together as art. Eg: the police station in which vadivelu is investigated
12.Romance-Fck it. Its more artificial than Yaarukku Yaaro stepnie.
13.2nd half-Mexico was not needed at all. But atleast it provided some good locales that is hard to see in a lifetime
14.Director-well..he is the epitome of everything bad this movie has to offer. My advice-Shankar was eight films old when he took Sivaji-and he had 7 hits in the list!!!
My advice to the director: You could have as well used up the 40crore-or so, money, pooled to making this bull shit, towards adopting villages and improving them. Sheer waste of time and money.
Moral:never trust big budget movies. This applies to all heroes.
cheers,
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