Shakuntala Devi passes away in Bangalore on Sunday

The legendary Shakuntala Devi, world’s fastest Human computer whose skills in mathematics earned her a place in the Guinness Book of World Records is no more. 

Shakuntala Devi died of respiratory complications at a Bangalore hospital. It is remarkable that she had no formal education and picked up reading and writing from books. It is said that adding two 16 digit numbers and multiplying the result with another 16 digit number was done almost instantaneously. Then within the blink of the eye she would tell the cube root of the resultant. 

The mathematics demonstration expert attributed her powers to divinity. Univac 1108 one of the fastest computers ever made rated her as one in 58 million for the way she computed without any other devices. 

Shakuntala Devi was born in an orthodox Kannada Brahmin family on Nov 4 1929. She has written a lot of books. Astrology for you, Fun with Numbers and Puzzles to Puzzle you are some of the well known ones. 

Source: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/-A-God-s-gift–with-a-divine-quality-/1105728/

Higgs Boson getting renamed

Ever since the significance of the God particle, the Higgs Boson caught the fancy of the common man there has been a stir among the scientific community regarding the naming of the particle. 

Peter Higgs is only one of the six scientists who put out papers regarding the elusive God particle. The others are Carl Hagen, Tom Kibble and Guralnik who published findings on the God particle just weeks after Higgs and Francois Englert and Robert Brout whose papers came out before Higgs paper did. 

There are suggestions afoot to name the particle as BEHGHK or the Berk particle with the initials of all the contributing scientists being included in the name. 

However, other scientists are not concerned. They contend that a name that has been around for 40 or so years need not be changed. 

 source: http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/scientists-want-higgs-boson-to-be-renamed-113042100283_1.html

Movie Review Priyadarshan and Rangrezz

 

The director Priyadarshan wants the movie to follow certain guidelines of yesteryears, the fisticuffs and the emotional appeal reflecting scenes that would have looked good a decade back. The story of three friends (with Jackky Bhagnani, Priya Anand and Rajpal Yadav playing the roles) who pitch in to get two estranged lovers married is nothing new. 

The way the lovebirds part ways making the friends look silly may be the turning of the story but it is not. The friends bring the couple together and leave them alone far away in the hope that they would re unite. 

Some hope, the turning point in the story is when the hero is faced with the same situation at the end of the story. Jackky Bhagnani, Priya Anand and Rajpal Yadav are in the lead roles.

 

 

 

MAKING DECISIONS RAHUL GANDHI STEERS INDUSTRY AND OTHER TOP LEADERS

 

Rahul Gandhi has made clear steps to outline the map of progress for industry leaders (CII) just a few days after the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed them. 

These could the changes following the policy outlined by the government to bring changes that are necessary to remain competitive with other fast paced countries like China. 

 Rahul Gandhi has always been interested in the welfare of the people and his interests this time points at a much bigger step towards economic liberalization and global competitiveness. 

SO WHAT ARE THEY SAYING MONKEY MAN COMMUNICATIVE LINK FOUND

 

 

The wild gelada baboon in Ethiopia has been “smacking” its lips and making sounds just like human speech, scientists report. The chattering of monkeys and human speech has long been analyzed side by side for any clues to the evolution of language. 

So what was the need that made evolution of sound into language? It is believed the need to communicate is felt when large groups of primates are gathered together. The chatter then takes on the sorts of human forms that we today recognize as language.

Wild gelada baboon or monkey from the forests of the Himalayas, they are driven by the same passion; they want to get the females. Perhaps that is why man also talks maybe. 

Wonder what shuts him up? 

Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/04/09/talking_monkeys/

 

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Thief Galaxy steals stars from Neighbors

Internet is opening up with innovations leading on the path to future horizons. Futuristic outlook has been speeded by some things like the iPhone, Android OS and of course the cloud computing. 

Cloud computing lets a person utilize his humble phone browser to access the cloud for data and interact with it. All the work is stored in the cloud and so there is no need for any bulky software at all. 

The pest management department also is utilizing this technology for managing its data and data management systems. 

This cloud based pest control control software system is paperless, has automatic backup , has provisions for your customers to make bill payments online and leave feedback regarding the services and technicians. You can also make arrangements for schedule retreats, connect using Facebook, and access from anywhere. The ease of access is due to the seamless integration that the cloud technology provides.

This is software designed for the pest control companies both big concerns and also small to medium concerns. There is a powerful portal for the commercial customer and a business intelligence executive dashboard. There is an inventory application to help you keep track of the work and orders and a module where the setup, scheduling, recommendation, collection and processing of credit card payments from a call center, from the field itself, or using a self-service website application from wherever you are. 

Using this software you will be able to contact filed staff, managers, service technicians and also update customer information just through your mobile app.
It is easy to sync your service schedules, notes for the same, update details of the customers, routes and new customer data to the main database in real time or you may do it offline using a Wi-Fi connection. The business management intelligence reporting application lets you see how the business is faring at any point in the service network, from anywhere. Significant growth in revenue and profits and increased turnover are reported within weeks of installing the software.

The cloud based pest control control software adds efficiency and control to the management of pest control at higher interactive levels of operation. It is simple to use, there is no need for anyone to have any special knowledge in order to be able to operate the system. Intelligent and timely support helps you to update and maintain your system to your liking.

 

Magnificent though subdued.

The beginning of the week was a bit dull, the opening notes just did not seem to take off. There was a flash of inspired instrumenting when I wrote and submitted my articles but that was lost in the overall profusion of sound emanating from the string section (they are the keepers). The rhythm overall was merry and I got everything in good perspective though the things I wanted done, like the clothes, did not rise up to the washing line. There was overall harmony in the kitchen department, with everyone contributing their piece and though there were burns out and rehashes the synchrony was maintained.

Not a bad piece, though the conductor would have felt bad that I did not drop in to visit Him this week. I have full confidence that the performance next week will be even better.

Magnificent though subdued.

The beginning of the week was a bit dull, the opening notes just did not seem to take off. There was a flash of inspired instrumenting when I wrote and submitted my articles but that was lost in the overall profusion of sound emanating from the string section (they are the keepers). The rhythm overall was merry and I got everything in good perspective though the things I wanted done, like the clothes, did not rise up to the washing line. There was overall harmony in the kitchen department, with everyone contributing their piece and though there were burns out and rehashes the synchrony was maintained.

Not a bad piece, though the conductor would have felt bad that I did not drop in to visit Him this week. I have full confidence that the performance next week will be even better.

Magnificent though subdued.

The beginning of the week was a bit dull, the opening notes just did not seem to take off. There was a flash of inspired instrumenting when I wrote and submitted my articles but that was lost in the overall profusion of sound emanating from the string section (they are the keepers). The rhythm overall was merry and I got everything in good perspective though the things I wanted done, like the clothes, did not rise up to the washing line. There was overall harmony in the kitchen department, with everyone contributing their piece and though there were burns out and rehashes the synchrony was maintained.

Not a bad piece, though the conductor would have felt bad that I did not drop in to visit Him this week. I have full confidence that the performance next week will be even better.

Magnificent though subdued.

The beginning of the week was a bit dull, the opening notes just did not seem to take off. There was a flash of inspired instrumenting when I wrote and submitted my articles but that was lost in the overall profusion of sound emanating from the string section (they are the keepers). The rhythm overall was merry and I got everything in good perspective though the things I wanted done, like the clothes, did not rise up to the washing line. There was overall harmony in the kitchen department, with everyone contributing their piece and though there were burns out and rehashes the synchrony was maintained.

Not a bad piece, though the conductor would have felt bad that I did not drop in to visit Him this week. I have full confidence that the performance next week will be even better.