Emilie du Chatelet
“She was a great man whose only fault was in being a woman.“ Francois Marie Arouet de Voltaire Commenting on scientist Emilie du Chatelet
Author: Adnan Masood
NOVA | Einstein's Big Idea | E = mc2 Explained | PBS
Einstein (enthusiastically): Energy = mass times the square of the speed of the light Mileva Maric: Would you like me to check your mathematics? An excellent program by PBS Nova.
San Diego Fall 2005 Technical Summit
A group photo of NEC attendees for San Diego Fall 2005 Technical Summit.(Right to Left) Neal, Me, Antony, Ajit, Calvin, Ana It was previously mentioned as left to right, thanks for the correction Rob!
Evopedia - Genetic Algorithm in action
[From Dr. Dobb's AI Expert Newsletter] Evopedia is an online encyclopedia with a difference. It evolved. Evopedia's home page explains how. In evolutionary programming, you need a problem, a way to generate random solutions, a way to evaluate solutions (a fitness function), and a way to mutate solutions. For Evopedia, the problem is the need…
Nobel Prize in chemistry for olefin metathesis - Caltech
Caltech's research output is amazing! Several blocks down from our residence, this comparatively very small university (900 undergrad, 1200 grad) has hosted best research scholars in nation and home of finest inventions planet has seen. The list of its Alumni and visiting faculty includes Albert Einstein and Charles Francis Richter, the creator of Richter scale. Sticking to Chemistry,…
Ramadan Greetings!
Ramadhan is the (month) in which was sent down the Qur'an, as a guide to mankind, also clear (Signs) for guidance and judgment (Between right and wrong). So every one of you who is present (at his home) during that month should spend it in fasting, but if any one is ill, or on a…
urdu blogs
Rashid Kamran started a decent urdu blog website and has posted some very interesting articles in his blog. Imatator that I am, also signed up for one and got my urdu ramblings blog up and running, however not very sure what I'll be posting in it. And last but not least, when I mentioned the current wave of…
Upcoming Events
10.08.2005 San Diego Fall 2005 Technical Summit: Its a prime so-cal event in Carlsbad; with topics like “Developing Rich Web Applications with ASP.NET "Atlas", “Practical Best Practices for migrating an ASP.Net 1.x application to ASP.Net 2.0“, “Design Patterns in .Net“, “Test-Driven Development in .NET“ and “Introduction to Windows Communication Framework (Indigo)“, its definitely a must attend…
Hiked Mt. Wilson (5,710 ft) and Got Rescued by Helicopter
On Saturday 10th Sep, I along with a friend Antony hiked Mt. Wilson (5,710 ft (1,742 m)) . On the way back from a 20 mile trail completely exhausted, we got lost and ended up on a landslide dead end. After about two hours of wandering around searching for way down and it got dark, we had to…
Star Wars ; the telnet mode
Telnet to towel.blinkenlights.nl and check out Star Wars! Some people have way too much time on their hands.