The future is coming !!

This is your brain on a microchip from CNET

He laid out several specific projects and figures. For example, computational power is advancing. The human brain produces between 10^13 (10 to the 13th power) and 10^16 operations per second, emitting 100 watts of energy while at rest. The human brain is incredibly efficient, too: The brain takes about 20 percent of the body's oxygen to perform at that rate.

Today's supercomputer, such as IBM's Blue Gene, processes about 10^14 operations per second, but with six orders of magnitude more wattage.

Also, money is flowing into artificially intelligent systems. Car and truck companies, for example, are investing heavily in collision-warning systems and vehicles that can drive themselves. (Hawkins even acknowledged that several major car companies have contacted him and are showing interest in his intelligent platform.) And a study from the Department of Transportation said that robotic vehicles with safety warnings will likely save more lives than airbags and seatbelts together, Albus said.

The military is building future combat systems and investing in technology such as fighter drone planes. Albus said that by 2015, cognitive reasoning capabilities in computer-driven systems will enable tactical behaviors on the battlefield.

After I read this one all I coud was smile :)

Staying dumb may be the best option from Cricinfo

Around a month back, at the pre-match press conference before the sixth one-dayer against England at Jamshedpur, Sehwag was asked about Ganguly. His response was guarded, more an effort to pass the question rather than create a stir: "... there's no question of looking back ... We have already forgotten that chapter." No warning then, no yellow card, no nothing.

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Life is simple, its just not easy.
-- Author Unknown

Mango Mania in US will catch up soon if they keep writting like this :)

Mango Mania in India from NYTimes

Now this article probably catches the full essance of the mango season in India from a outside point of view. Though for me it seems that there is nothing unusual when the mango season srrives... Other than ofcourse that it is "The Mango Season" :)

It sure did make me numb...

So do you expect the girl to keep count? via IndiaUncut


I couldn't agree more with the comments made by Amit on this story. Do read.

Fixing bug is a priority :)

Linux kernel 'getting buggier,' leader says from CNET

"I believe the 2.6 kernel is slowly getting buggier. It seems we're adding bugs at a higher rate
than we're fixing them," Morton said in a talk at the LinuxTag conference in Wiesbaden, Germany, on Friday.

Morton said he hasn't yet proved this statistically, but has noticed that he is getting more e-mails with bug reports. If he is able to confirm the increasing defect rate, he may temporarily halt the kernel development process to spend time resolving issues.

"A little action item I've given myself is to confirm that this increasing defect rate is really happening," he said. "If it is, we need to do something about it."

"Kernel developers will need to reapportion their time and spend more time fixing bugs," he added. "We may possibly have a bug fix-only kernel cycle, which is purely for fixing up long-standing bugs."

One problem is that few developers are motivated to work on defects, Morton said. This is particularly a problem for bugs that affect old computers or peripherals, as kernel developers working for corporations don't tend to care about out-of-date hardware, he said.

Nowadays, many kernel developers are employed by IT companies, such as hardware manufacturers. That can cause problems, as they may be motivated by self-interest, Morton suggested.

Joke

President Bush was in New Orleans. He said that, "We all pray for no hurricanes this year." This is all part of the Faith Based Disaster Management plan.
--Jay Leno