The next version of Ubuntu Linux is here. Code named ::"Natty Narwhal", Ubuntu 11.04 is available for download NOW !
Visit http://www.ubuntu.com for details.
The Narwhal is a medium-sized toothed whale that lives year-round in the Arctic.
Ubuntu releases a new version every six months in October (series 10) and April (series 04). The first two digits indicate the year (11 stands for 2011). Each version is named after a not so common animal. The animal name is preceded by an adjective, creating an interesting alliteration.
Ubuntu is a very popular distribution of GNU/LInux, based on the Debian distribution. It is available for free (gratis) download, and is also available as a free (gratis) DVD.
partha
The Professor shares his discoveries, so that you can share them with others.
2011-04-29
2011-04-27
Does GOD read blogs ?
A blog entry I wrote five years ago ( July 2006), true even today.
QUOTE
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Does GOD read blogs ?
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I hope he does. In fact, I am sure, HE does. After all, HE is the
master of all universe, and the one who makes us write blogs.
And, if HE is reading this blog now, I would like to ask him to
help my friends, my colleauges and my students. I created this
blog site, with the noble aim of helping my students and
colleagues. I thought I could share all that I learnt after years
and years of frustrating effort. I was born and grew up in an age
when the Internet was still not born. I begged people to lend me
books and show me the way. I have gone many places on this earth,
just to get that little extra which I had not learnt. And now, in
my last few years on this earth, I am trying to seed this
knowledge in the minds of people younger than me. Alas, nobody
seems to be interested. Nobody seems to read any of my blogs, or
my papers or my CDs. I am a hardcore technocrat computer
scientist. I can use only these tools. Oh GOD please hear my
prayer -- please wake up my sleeping country men. Lead them
forward from darkness to light. Help them understand that they
are losing a very good opportunity.
GOD I will be thankful to you, if you can help me change at least
one person on this earth, before you haul me up to your place.
Rest when we meet at your place, my Lord.
partha
UNQUOTE
QUOTE
-----------------------
Does GOD read blogs ?
-----------------------
I hope he does. In fact, I am sure, HE does. After all, HE is the
master of all universe, and the one who makes us write blogs.
And, if HE is reading this blog now, I would like to ask him to
help my friends, my colleauges and my students. I created this
blog site, with the noble aim of helping my students and
colleagues. I thought I could share all that I learnt after years
and years of frustrating effort. I was born and grew up in an age
when the Internet was still not born. I begged people to lend me
books and show me the way. I have gone many places on this earth,
just to get that little extra which I had not learnt. And now, in
my last few years on this earth, I am trying to seed this
knowledge in the minds of people younger than me. Alas, nobody
seems to be interested. Nobody seems to read any of my blogs, or
my papers or my CDs. I am a hardcore technocrat computer
scientist. I can use only these tools. Oh GOD please hear my
prayer -- please wake up my sleeping country men. Lead them
forward from darkness to light. Help them understand that they
are losing a very good opportunity.
GOD I will be thankful to you, if you can help me change at least
one person on this earth, before you haul me up to your place.
Rest when we meet at your place, my Lord.
partha
UNQUOTE
2011-04-22
expeyes
expeyes is a hradware and software framework for creating an electronics and physics laboratory where you can acquire data and display the same in real time. Analog voltages, in +/- 5 volts range, are measured with 12 bit resolution (around 1.25 millivolts) and time intervals with one microsecond. This project is based on Free and Open Source software, mostly written in Python programming language. The hardware design is also open.
The expeyes website is :: http://expeyes.in/
This is an ideal tool for engineering colleges.
You can contact zyxware (based in Trivandrum, Kerala) at 9446069446 or sales@zyxware.com for help in this matter.
partha
The expeyes website is :: http://expeyes.in/
This is an ideal tool for engineering colleges.
You can contact zyxware (based in Trivandrum, Kerala) at 9446069446 or sales@zyxware.com for help in this matter.
partha
Useful bookmarklets
A huge collection of useful bookmarklets, to make web surfing a pleasure ::
http://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/categor.html
And one more huge collection ::
https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/
partha
http://www.bookmarklets.com/tools/categor.html
And one more huge collection ::
https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/
partha
2011-04-20
The writing on the wall (web)
Found an interesting site showing statistics of browser popularity ::
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
The statistics is very clear ---- Internet explorer cannot match the popularity of Firefox. And one more observation I made--- IE's populaarity is steadily falling. Conclusion :: the cancer is on its way out. Thank GOD !
http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
The statistics is very clear ---- Internet explorer cannot match the popularity of Firefox. And one more observation I made--- IE's populaarity is steadily falling. Conclusion :: the cancer is on its way out. Thank GOD !
2011-04-19
Firefox 4 is out ....
The next gen open source browser , Firefox, is out. You can download it from here .....
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/
Try it out.
partha
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/fx/
Try it out.
partha
2011-04-13
Spectacular astronomy pictures from NASA
Take a look ::
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Have fun !
partha
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Have fun !
partha
An amazing teacher
I came across the website of Prof. GARY T. LEAVENS (leavens@eecs.ucf.edu) of the Universsity of
Central Florida, USA. He has an amazing variety of achievements. His web site is an inspiration and gold mine for all of us teachers. Let us try and emulate his way of inspiring people.
Prof. Leavens website is at ::
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~leavens/homepage.html
partha
Central Florida, USA. He has an amazing variety of achievements. His web site is an inspiration and gold mine for all of us teachers. Let us try and emulate his way of inspiring people.
Prof. Leavens website is at ::
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~leavens/homepage.html
partha
2011-04-12
Problem solving books in mathematics
A good compilation of maths books is at :
http://ansomniac.blogspot.com/
This compilation was made by the same student from IIT Kharagpur, who was so very upset by the quality of his teachers (see my blog post "Lament of a student". Instead of brushing him aside as a "grumbler", I am happy that I decided to listen (that is what teachers should be doing).
I am sure this list should be useful for many of my colleague teachers.
partha
http://ansomniac.blogspot.com/
This compilation was made by the same student from IIT Kharagpur, who was so very upset by the quality of his teachers (see my blog post "Lament of a student". Instead of brushing him aside as a "grumbler", I am happy that I decided to listen (that is what teachers should be doing).
I am sure this list should be useful for many of my colleague teachers.
partha
2011-04-11
Lament of a student
I received this mail recently from a student of maths. If this is what a student feels, we teachers have a lot to think about.
partha
QUOTE //**
Dear Sir,
I am third year undergraduate student at Dept of Mathematics, IIT KGP. And the first thing I would like to say is that the Department Sucks!
I apologize for the language but this is the best I can do considering the enormous amount of frustration I have right now.
I love maths (mainly pure maths) and I am pretty good at it, well at least good enough to understand and appreciate the beauty and depth of this subject. I was up all night going through the awesome library of math books that I have created at my room, solving some olympiad problems and now I'll sleep till the evening missing all my lectures. Is it the right thing to do? Well if the "professors" who teach us maths have no love for the subject or teaching then I think that it is. And I even have real doubts about the competence of some profs as well. Ask them a problem and they'll fumble and they'll ask for some time till the next class and even then it seems like they just mugged up a solution.
It's pathetic! I want to complain, I want to shout at the administration, at the profs, abuse them! But I can't, because I fear they'll ruin my only chance of escape - going for a PhD in maths at a better place, a place where the people teach because they love teaching and because they are good at it.
I am sorry for bothering you with this mail, but after reading your article I felt that you are one of those people who can understand my frustration and I felt like venting.
**// UNQUOTE
The article which provoked the above mail was here originally ::
http://www.freewebs.com/profpartha/publications/futile.pdf
The above article is now at ::
https://drpartha.org.in/publications/futile.pdf
***
partha
QUOTE //**
Dear Sir,
I am third year undergraduate student at Dept of Mathematics, IIT KGP. And the first thing I would like to say is that the Department Sucks!
I apologize for the language but this is the best I can do considering the enormous amount of frustration I have right now.
I love maths (mainly pure maths) and I am pretty good at it, well at least good enough to understand and appreciate the beauty and depth of this subject. I was up all night going through the awesome library of math books that I have created at my room, solving some olympiad problems and now I'll sleep till the evening missing all my lectures. Is it the right thing to do? Well if the "professors" who teach us maths have no love for the subject or teaching then I think that it is. And I even have real doubts about the competence of some profs as well. Ask them a problem and they'll fumble and they'll ask for some time till the next class and even then it seems like they just mugged up a solution.
It's pathetic! I want to complain, I want to shout at the administration, at the profs, abuse them! But I can't, because I fear they'll ruin my only chance of escape - going for a PhD in maths at a better place, a place where the people teach because they love teaching and because they are good at it.
I am sorry for bothering you with this mail, but after reading your article I felt that you are one of those people who can understand my frustration and I felt like venting.
**// UNQUOTE
The article which provoked the above mail was here originally ::
http://www.freewebs.com/profpartha/publications/futile.pdf
The above article is now at ::
https://drpartha.org.in/publications/futile.pdf
***
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