And the loser is .....

About two months ago (2010-08-20), I posted an entry called "And the winner is ...".

On that day, I had had 262 visitors who were Linux users, and 131 visitors who were Win XP users (just 50% of Linux users).

Today, I notice that I have had 280 Linux users, and just 121 Win XP users. The number of Linux users has gone up. Win Xp users are fading out.

The writing on the wall is clear and loud.

You can make your own conclusions !

partha

Computer history

Visit this museum of omputer history ::

http://www.computerhistory.org/

Spend your time in a worthwhile fashion.

Learn.

partha

Command line goldmine

Linux/Unix command lin fanatics will enjoy this goldmine ::

http://www.thoughtdeposit.net/category/linux-unix-command-line/

You will find lots and lots of tips and tricks here.

Enjoy !

partha

Have fun with math and logic....

Young people: Dorothy, Jean, Virginia, Bill, Jim, and Tom became
engaged to one another (3 marriages to be). Who got engaged to whom?

- Tom who is older than Jim, is Dorothy's brother.
- Virginia is the oldest girl.
- The total age of each couple is the same, although no two people are
the same age.
- Jim and Jean together are as old as Bill and Dorothy.

Name the three pairs of engaged couples.

Please help me!
Thanks a lot.

Need help ? Feel like cheating ? Take a look at ::

http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/55703.html

partha

I now have an entry in the Electronic World Directory of Mathematicians (EWDM) maintained by the International mathematical Union.

Visit ::

http://www.mathunion.org/ewdm/search.php

and search for "partha"


partha

Best practices for journals

The International Mathematical Union Committee on Electronic
Information and Communication (CEIC) has a new (and useful) document. While the
core audience for this "IMU Current Best Practices for Journals" is
primarily editors-in-chief and boards of journals, we hope a wide
spectrum of stakeholders in the mathematical literature will find it
useful. Whether you are a beginning graduate student, an early career
scholar, a senior mathematician, or someone active in the publishing
or library communities, the document should be of interest to you.

International Mathematical Union Current Best Practices for Journals,
endorsed by IMU General Assembly 16 August 2010 is at:

http://www.mathunion.org/fileadmin/CEIC/bestpractice/bpfinal.pdf

Take a look.

partha

Intl. Math. Union (IMU) Newsletter

IMU recently conducted the ICM2010 Conference in Hyderabad. Unfortunately, teachers like me, do not have the money to pay for the registration expenses. But there is some hope for us. We can keep ourselves informed, by subscribing to the FREE (gratis) newsletter of IMU:: IMU-Net.

There are two ways of subscribing to IMU-Net:

1. Click on http://www.mathunion.org/IMU-Net with a Web browser and go
to the "Subscribe" button to subscribe to IMU-Net online.

2. Send an e-mail to imu-net-request@mathunion.org with the Subject-line:
Subject: subscribe

In both cases you will get an e-mail to confirm your subscription so
that misuse will be minimized. IMU will not use the list of IMU-Net
addresses for any purpose other than sending IMU-Net, and will not
make it available to others.

Previous issues can be seen at:
http://www.mathunion.org/imu-net/archive/


The IMU General Assembly, at its
meeting in Bangalore, prior to the ICM, decided that Seoul, the
capital of the Republic of Korea, will host the ICM in 2014. This
congress will take place from August 13 to 21, 2014.

partha

Learning from Prof. Don Knuth

Many of us are not fortunate to study at Stanford Univ. Many of us have only heard about Donald Knuth, but have not heard him. If you are one of these, like me, here is a golden opportunity to stop dreaming. Visit the "Stanford Center for Professional Development", and listen and see Don. Knuth. No, you dont have to travel, you just have to click on the link below, and scroll down to the bottom of the page you see. Choose the group of lectures you want to watch :::

http://scpd.stanford.edu/knuth/index.jsp

Vive le web !

partha

QUOTE
"This was an experimental project where we'd have three or four cameras in a basement studio and we would film classes of about an hour," says Knuth. "We got a bunch of our brightest students and gave them extremely difficult problems. You could literally see the 'Aha' taking place. People can watch the problem-solving process as it occurred."
UNQUOTE

Not so "stupid maths tricks"

Take a look::

http://cactus.eas.asu.edu/partha/Columns/04-23-Math.htm

partha

Leslie Lamport's writings

I came across a site which collects and summarises the writings of an amazing person -- Leslie Lamport. This site also gives links to the actual papers, so you can download them too. Take a look at ::



https://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/pubs/pubs.html

partha

PS Sad thing is, Lamport works for Microsoft ;-(

PPS: You can also get to know Lamport, from his home page at::


http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/lamport/