My best friend

Friendship is a beautiful bond in which people share common interests, habits, likes and dislikes etc.It is one of the most wonderful relations existing in one's life. Friendship blooms into an everlasting relationship if there is an equal reciprocation from it's counterparts and for this to happen there should be a certain kind of mutual understanding among them.These counterparts can very well be termed as friends.So friends are the family you choose.One can make many friends but someone who's a bit different from others and has got certain similar interests becomes one's best friend.Likewise, I have got many friends with whom I often spend a good time, but there can only be one best friend, and that is, Ira, my childhood friend.Since, our friendship is very old, so with each passing day it is becoming deeper and denser with it's roots entrenched so deep.
Since, childhood we have been studying in the same class so I am very much fond of her company. We both share a unique chemistry between each other and there is an equal reciprocation from both the sides, so this is what makes our friendship very special.There is such a great mutual understanding between us that there is no room for any kind of misunderstandings. She truly defines the character of a best friend as she is a good natured person, simple at heart and has got a kind and helpful attitude.She encourages me by raising my self-confidence and asking me to always take things in a positive stride. She always stands by my side, be it in my moments of sorrows or be it my happy moments.
All these features makes her very different from the rest of my friends so that is why i consider her my best friend.She plays a very integral part in my life so I can't imagine my life without her presence. Though she is far far away from me this time, I strongly feel her presence and I miss her everyday.

I've become soooo numb!

Yes it’s really hard to write this stuff but at this point I'm so much depressed that I need some space to unwind myself. When you come to a place with so much expectations and even when you see all your expectations coming true, it real hard to say, “This is not the place I was looking for”. And at this time, I must realize that the real beauty of the place is not defined by the facilities or infrastructure but by the people who dwell there. It’s me who was so excited to come to a place where I can employ my abilities to learn new skills, later found that the world is not that beautiful as it was looking and now my opinions for this place is completely different from what I’ve written in my first and second blogs. A fair competition is always good among students to make them more active, learn, gain more and more knowledge and perform well in their studies but what if no no I can't say anything more.................

But soon I realized, that it is just a start, I’ had lost my interest in studies, I needed help, but it is not that if you had been helping others, you should expect any helping hand, OK, I agree to cope with it but at least it should be clear, but...…

I came here with a pure pursuit to learn, I was talking to everyone, thinning not to have a herd mentality, but I was taken for granted. Now situation in the campus is such that students are quarreling like child, no maturity at all and even for a small matter like nothing, they are complaining in administration, and when it happened to a student which has been helping all the students in clearing their doubts, it was really shameful. And at this time, when there must be full-throttle study for coming Quiz week and MGPT we are intertwined to solve such silly problems. So I can see a big difference between the study environments we had here for the first month and what we have now.

Study schedule is out of track and with dying spirits it gonna be real tough to perform well in the exam, don't know where to start but only thing I know is that if I didn't perform well, I won't b able to forgive myself for the rest of the course, as even I have cleared 9 MGPAs i still not able to forget failure in 2nd one and not able to forgive myself for that. But even if I want to do my best, I can't do much but to wait and watch, what happens in the MGPT, but my further efforts will be strongly affected by that. With such a Kaleidoscopic state of mind, in my dreams I'm dying all the time.....

Western Music, new Addiction

As I said in my previous blog, in my childhood I used to listen only old Hindi music, but you can't always stick to one thing, because life is dynamic and changes are mandatory, if you say, "this is my favorite song", I would ask, "for how long?", because in my case my favorite song changes with time and I put them in my favorite list but its not always that I would like to listen those songs. In my childhood, I saw some west rock songs, those were Electric Rock; too much loud and I had a bad impression for west music just because of those song, but when I heard songs by Enrique, I realized that they are better then us in music too.
I started with songs of Enrique, Westlife, Kylie, Holly Valance, and Sting i rally enjoyed them very much. At that time I was almost out of addiction for music but that drastic change helped me very much to regain the passion. And now I'm experimenting with it to listen more and more players to get myself acquaint with it to a great extent...

Spanish people have contributed to west music to a extent that we can't forget to mention them, if we are talking about western music, even in the English version of a song there you can see Spanish words. There are very popular singers of Spanish origin, named few Enrique, Ricky and Madonna and Sakira...

Here I have classified my favorite singers from west by Gener:
POP(Blue, Backstreet Boys, WestLife, Kylie Minogue , Enrique Iglesias), ROCK (Avril Lavigne), RAP( Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Saggy, Busta, Nelly, Usher, Ludacris n ........), BLUES (JM, Enrique Iglesias) Alternative (Sting);

Here is a list of songs, which has been my favorite listed according to singers...
Few Favorite: What Goes Around Comes Back Around and Sexy Back (Justine Timberlake); Incomplete, Shape of my Heart ( Backstreet Boys); Flying Without Wings, Miss Nights, What Makes a Man(WestLife); Sorry..the Hardest Word, One love, Best in Me (Blue); Numb, Lying from You(Linkin Park); Addicted, Bilamos, I've Always Loved U, Not in Love(Enrique); Desert Rose (Sting); Summer Girls (LFO) and almost all by Enigma, Sonu Nigam, Avril Lavigne, Kylie Minogue, PCD...

Time to conclude, and finally I would like to say, It is copyism that had made our well cultured music worse. People here just copy music from west but failed to just with it, they mix it with their meaning less lyrics and that is just bullshit. If want to copy, at least you should make it better and if you can't make it better, just don't do it at all.

Music, my passion

Music, is the only addiction I got, I don't even remember when I got into this addiction...
I belong to a joint family n my elder cousins were used to listen the songs of Kishor, Rafi...etc and a simple child mind were facing a strong influence of music, no way to escape almost all of popular songs of those singers were in my mind by the time. And I was singing them most of the time and that was one of the great time-pass. At that time new songs were coming from movies but they were not up to mark and people of that time had strong feeling "Old is gold" and I still agree with them as mid of 90s was the worst period of Hindi Cinema. However era was changing and private albums were making their presence... ya I'm talking about the boom Indi-Pop. With the release of Sonu nigams private album "Deewana", the scenario was completely changed, and songs from that album were on everybody's tongue. The album Deewana was a great success and over 10 million copies were sold, I also had become a great fan of Sonu Nigam and he is still one of my favorite. But now I'm little disappointed because he is not releasing any private album. I also liked the genuine work of Sonu Nigam in Jaan and Yaad and title songs from all three album are in my great favorite list. In start of 20s we saw great contribution in both Music and Cinema from Bollywood but we were getting ahead of mid 20s, the charm was start disappearing, and now there is no good private albums and we have mutants of singers in playback industry( at least I can't call them they seems shouting on meaning-less lyrics). But Still don't want to give up.
The answer came from Hollywood, their I av lots to explore, and great songs are there from all perspective, now I'm getting feeling that, how can I call myself a music freak, without understanding Hollywood well, as they have genuine music, sound lyrics, great variety in genre. Yes nobody can call himself to music lover before understanding songs from Hollywood, they really have great variety which is still to be explored, which will be completed in my next blog. However I must say that music can't be separated by language or religion. I strongly feel that turning to western music has deepens my love and addiction for music...Sometimes I listen Spanish songs, which I don't understand at all but still give me feeling of great satisfaction.

Research versus regular job

Research versus regular job, the topic 4 my GD today; I did not get enough time to mention my all points, and as this is what I would personally love to discuss, so I'm writing a blog on it.
The start of our discussion was a mess, Mr. Deepak started the discussion and in the middle of his statement, someone blamed him for speaking out of the scope of the topic, another voice supported him, and thus the of discussion really lost its scope, and at that moment I was thinking, it has started or not! But after all we are on track. Despite of the bad start we finally did good job and appreciated by our Councilor. Now I should focus on the topic than what happened today.
What I believe is, research or a regular job, it should depend on person's capabilities and interests. If a person is innovative and can handle challenging work, he should go for research job, and a person who wants an easy go life he should better get a regular job.
And when it comes to me, I would prefer to go for a research job, and the reasons for this choice are:
1. My continuous quest for learning would be better satisfied by research job, and for me job satisfaction is more important than money.
2. A research job is far more innovative and we have freedom of work.
3. In a research job we work to get desired outcome, not just to meet the deadlines.
4. Research leads to refinement of available technology, products or services.
5. Research improves the living standard of peoples that gives a great sense of satisfaction to us on social front.
6. Research job is like contribution to future generations, as our ancestors contributed to ours.
Finally I would like to say that in current scenario; research is very important component of all industries, as it gives them cutting edge against their rivals, without which they can't survive. Yes we can't ignore the regular jobs, all I can suggest is that elite people should join research job because our country's contribution in research job is still not remarkable.

My favorite Movie, "I Robot"

I Robot is my favorite movie, this is a movie about an intelligent robot, Sony who saves humanity from other robot who were taking control of the whole city. The story is picturized for Chicago in 2035 when robots are used to do all tasks. The robots are programmed never to harm humans, and governed by three rules... sorry not for writing them, It would take lots of efforts to remember them and even then they wont be as they were in the movie. A scientist create a robot named VIKI (I think it is Visual Interactive Kinetic Interface, not damn sure about it), VIKI was initially created to monitor all unites of a company which is creating human like robots which are as perfect as a human.
VIKI was prevalent in the whole company and can be assessed just by calling VIKI, a Kinetic Interface is created just by calling VIKI, and this interface can serve all your commands. The production unit of the company creates thousand robots daily, and all the production work is monitored by VIKI itself. Later VIKI was expanded to control the traffic system of the whole city, and it reduces accidents by 80% in a year.
The real twist in the story starts when, the scientist who created VIKI and developed the those human like robots kills himself and leave a message for a homicide detective Spooner, a role played by my favourite actor Will Smith, the perfect actor for the movie.
Later it is found that after the scientist finds the plans of VIKI to take control of whole world with the help of those robots, he creates Sony which was much more intelligent and resembling the human behavior, Sony can even dream. Sony later solves all the mysteries and saves the world form VIKI. It’s a very good movie to watch so I’m not going to write anymore, you better watch it.

The movie has great stunts and hi-fi technical scenes, I think you will certainly enjoy the movie, and one more thing your mind should be active to understand true meaning of dialogs.

My fev. place to hang out @ lucknow

Lucknow is famous for it's ancient architectural monuments which were built long time back.Today, still they are standing tall, maintaining the rich cultural heritage of the city. They have been a source of attraction to many tourists from different countries and it has been one of the important places of historical interest. The Bara Imambara, the Chota Imambara, Roomi Darwaza, Residency , Clock Tower, Dilkusha etc are some of the famous examples of sightseeing which leave such an impact on all those people who visit them.But I like kukrail reserve forest.
Kukrail, a picnic spot is approximately nine to ten kilometers away from Lucknow. Here one will find the endangered species of crocodiles and also a deer farm where many cute deers can be seen roaming around.Many different varieties of birds are also spotted here. The place provides recreational facilities to children as one wud see them enjoying in parks and gazing the amazing part of wildlife. The place also has a cafetaria and a rest house.Also, the beautiful natural surroundings and the lush green gardens create a scenic beauty and provides a refreshing atmosphere.
The positive aspect of this place is that it is working for the betterment of the animals. It is a sort of rehabilitation center for someof the endangered species.Also it has got recognition from the Animal rights activists for successfully doing it an outstanding performance. As i'm an animal lover so for me this is the ideal place to be.
Though one wud find many beautiful sightseeing places in Lucknow but I wud suggest everyoneto come come to this place as it is a worth visiting place. Here you can spend a quality time with your family and friends. After visiting this place you will feel so much charged and energised that you'll completely be under it's spell. So this is what Kukrail is all about.

Great Lucknow, My Lucknow...

Now I'm going to elaborate very distinctive city, a city having glorious past and bright future, the one n only my "Lucknow".

Lucknow, often called the "City Of Nawabs"is one of the most beautiful cities of India. Being the capital city of Uttar Pradesh, it boasts off a rich historical and cultural background.This place has really got a charm and all those people who visit it come under the spell of this city.What drives most people here is it's unique rich culture and what we call the "Lakhnawi Tehzeeb" for which this city has always been famous for, and this is the thing which makes Lucknow very distinct from rest of the cities. Lucknow is an ancient and a historical city and it dates back to the period, when the Moghuls ruled over it. At that time the city was named"Awadh". Later, the British came into existence, due to which the city had to come come under their control. The city was so much prosperous and rich in resources that it became a soft target of exploitation. But, despite losing it's independence and being in years of suppression, this city today still retains it's cultural heritage and traditional values which are just remarkable. Lucknow, is also famous for it's beautiful architecture. Great monuments like the Bara Imambara, the Chota Imambara, the Roomi Darwaza are some of the perfect examples, which till date are still standing tall and maintaining the city's rich cultural prestige.People from various places are completely mesmerised by the grand beauty of these monuments and so the city becomes one of the important areas of interest.There are many attractive parks like the Ambedkar and Lohiya park which are some of the favourite places to spend leisure time.Not to forget the beautiful National Botanical Garden, being the pride of the city. The city is also famous for it's Chikan work(a unique embroidery), which has received global recognition.There are many other things which makes the city very distinct from others. I, being a citizen of Lucknow, feel proud to be a part of it and i feel honoured to represent my city to whatever place I go. I wish, the city always maintains it's distinct culture and prestigious values which has been responsible for making it a beautiful and a worthy place to live in.

But this is not all I want to say, but it's better to keep dark side in dark, is all I can say...

going through hell to bangalore

Sept Friday 14, was the worst day I had here in Bangalore, Actually it was idea of hanging out which turned to as worst as it could be...
In the morning of Friday(11am), I had my MGPA, me and some of my friends had decided to go to forum after the MGPA, as soon as we done with our MGPA, I ran to SBI ATM to get some money...shit the only ATM in our area was not working... doesn't matter I'll get money in the city and then went to our canteen.
After having dinner, I was feeling quite tired...ya I was not willing to go but It was me who already had screwed last two such plans, thought I must go...let's go...
While going to bus stand we'r thinking that we'll get a Volvo, for smooth journey, but even after standing around 40 minutes on the stand, didn't get Volvo any not even BMTC bus were coming...bad day let's try private bus...
After 15 min in the private bus, I realized it was a big mistake, the bus was moving like a tortoise...I never thought that so many people can travel in a bus...I was not able to see anything out, not even had proper air to breath.
After passing around 1hr:10 min in the bus I took a look outside the window, the bus was standing near Oxford Engineering College, this was the best time to get out of the bus...there was nothing else I can think that time...first just get out, two of us sitting in the back and other two were in the front, I just moved out and called other's to follow...
Outside I realized that I was a good decision because I was seeing so much traffic on the road...lot's of people were coming out of their vehicles and moving on foot, I thought I'll take a taxi, after I'll cross this traffic...
flooded roads were not easy to move on foot, I still had the "No Turning Back" attitude, so kept moving on... this was the first time I was seeing dirty face of Bangalore, the Hosur road. we were almost running on the road to cross the traffic as there were chances of raining and this rat race was ended at Madiwala, near Vishal Mega Mart. The area flooded up to nee, now I was so tired, I decided to go back, just thought "I can't cross this dirty river" party mood was already off as there was water in my shoes......
Hell day, hell Hosur road, now I'll think thrice before planning to go out...

Most Power full feature of .NET 2.0 languages: Generics

The type system of a programming language enables us to check for illegal instructions and memory violations at compile time. Defining the types for values at design time allows us to detect related bugs in the code at compile time in all the strongly typed languages, including C# and VB.net (using Option Explicit On). Since the binding is done early, it makes the code run faster and thus increases its performance. In spite of all these advantages, type system has some disadvantages. It reduces flexibility of the code and restricts its reusability. If the same type of operations is to be executed on two different types of values, we need to rewrite the code for each type. For example, if we need to write stack classes for String and Integer values, we will have to write two classes for it.
As a solution to the above problem, Microsoft has added a cool feature known as Generics to .NET 2.0. Actually, Generics is the parametric polymorphism that is supported by many programming languages but has not been available in .NET languages till now. In .NET, Generics is the type extension of the Common Language Runtime (CLR). Using generics, we can write code that is type-safe, runs faster and works with any data type. As the CLR supports many languages, you can write the generic code in any .NET language. Depending on the language, syntax of the generic code will also change, however, they are absolutely inter-usable with each other.
In generics, we specify the data type as the replaceable element. This missing information is completed in the consumer code using the (of T) construct. The capital “T” is used by convention and can be replaced by any letter.
When we define the class with (Of Integer), it uses the Integer type wherever we have specified the “T” type and, similarly, when we define the class with (Of String), it uses the String type wherever we have specified the “T” type in the class. As the data types of generic classes are determined at compile time, it reduces the chances of illegal assignments. There is no need of casting, which increases the performance of the code. As the class works with all data types, there is a substantial increase in the code reuse.

Not only can Generics be used at the class level, we can also write generic code at the procedure level. Following is the code in VB.NET 2.0 to explain generics.

Public Sub Swap(Of T)(ByRef Val1 As T, ByRef Val2 As T)
Dim tmp As T
tmp = Val1
Val1 = Val2
Val2 = tmp
End Sub

In case we would like to use the above procedure for integer values, we will call the procedure in the consumer code as:
Dim j, k As Integer
j = 10
k = 100
Swap(Of Integer)(j, k)

Similarly, in case of String values, we will write the calling code as:
Dim str1, str2 As String
str1 = "sushant"
str2 = "verma"
Swap(Of String)(str1, str2)

Pair programming: power of Core2 Duo

Pair programming is the practice of two programmers working together on the same terminal and on the same development-task. One person is the driver and the other is the observer. The driver has control of the keyboard and contributes by coding or drawing design diagrams. The observer wears the hat of a strategist. He or she observes what the driver is doing, to analyze its correctness and also to understand how well it fits into the big picture of the software being developed. Developers switch roles as well as pairs during the duration of a project.Pair programming initially seems like a very unorthodox way of working. Developers are used to the notion of code ownership and solo programming. Some initial reservations people often feel are:· Code ownership improves quality of code because developers would not want their code to be of bad quality. How can a methodology, which eliminates code ownership, produce good quality code?· Why have two people work on a task, when one person can do it in the same time?· Developers will not want to work together because of ego clashes.The above reservations may initially seem very intuitive and correct, but in reality, studies have shown them to be incorrect. Let us take each reservation separately and analyze it.
Code ownership improves quality of code: It is true that when developers own the code they write, they try to make it as good as possible, because after all, it is their reputation at stake. However, individual code ownership diminishes the chances of peer review. Peer review has been found to be very helpful in increasing code quality. During Pair programming, the code and design is reviewed immediately. Thus, if a developer makes a mistake due to an oversight, it is very likely that his pair will point it out. Also, when dealing with a particularly difficult coding or design problem, it has been found that two developers will explore a larger solution space and will find a better solution.
Having two developers working on a task would be wasting human resources: If we apply simple mathematics here, we can conclude that if 1 person takes 100 hours to code a particular task, then 2 people working together on the same terminal and the same task would also take 100 hours, which is actually 200 person-hours. Why would we spend double the time and reduce productivity?
1. Studies have shown that when people program in pairs, they actually code faster, taking only 15% more time.
2. It has also been shown that the resulting code has 15% fewer bugs. We all know that if a defect is caught early in the development cycle, the cost of rectifying it is a lot lesser than if it were caught later. In Pair Programming, since all code is reviewed immediately when it is written, many defects are eliminated almost right away. This results in significant savings in time that would be spent in removing these defects, had they been caught later in the development cycle. The 15% extra time that the pairs take is more than compensated by the time saved in QA related tasks. The saving can be as much as 60 times the extra time spent due to pairing.
3. The resultant code is also of a significantly higher quality, thus increasing the robustness and flexibility of the software.
Developers will not work together because of ego clashes or differing working styles: Most people have their own unique style of coding and approaching a problem. It is felt that Pair Programming would work well only if both developers had a similar style of working. Studies have found this myth also to be untrue. Even though people do have their own style of coding and problem solving, most of the time they are not averse to working in pairs. When two people work together on solving the same problem, they explore a larger solution space enriched by their unique experiences. Most likely they will solve the problem with a more creative and efficient solution. The fact that developers in a pair bring their experience in the way they work, very often results in spontaneous learning. Working in pairs can also be a socially pleasurable activity, specially if both of them belog to different gender anf ofcourse it helps the team to reduce work related stress.
So enjoy pair programming...

get tru, "SQL injection"

Haking has never been my interest, but as a programmar, we should be aware of various hacking techniques, to make our code- safe from malicious attack, first I will touch SQL injection which is a technique to get safe information from your database by using some special characters in input.

SQL injection works on logical operations such as AND, OR, UNION, etc. If this technique is used properly, a malicious user can gain complete access to your server. If the application is using dynamic queries, it can create some real surprises.Vulnerability occurs as a result of faulty or incomplete validation of data provided by the user in web applications. It may be possible that the programmer is a newcomer and does not understand such attacks. A majority of programmers believe that the client or end-user will always give correct input to the application. They just check for some minor validations like empty string or null values, etc. but never think of the fact that a user could insert a specially crafted query which reveals all the important information on your machines.

query="select * from userinfo where username='"&strUser&"' and password='"&strPass&"'"
strCheck=GetQueryResult(query)
if strCheckheck=""
bool loginflg=False
else
bool loginflg=true

This query works fine, without any problems, if a user enters the correct characters. But suppose a malicious user enters the following:username=testpassword=' or 1=1--Now the above query will become:

query="select * from userinfo where username='test' and password='' or 1=1--'"

-- Symbol denotes the comment in SQL Server. Hence in the MS-SQL Server everything after the -- is ignored.So this query actually becomes something like this:

select * from userinfo where username='test' and password='' or 1=1

We can break this query into two portions, e.g.:

p=>username='test'
and
password=''q=>1=1

So we can write it as pVqFrom Boolean algebra we know that in V(OR) operation the result will be true if any of the value is true. As in the above code the value of q is always true, since 1 is always equal to 1, hence the value of this entire expression(pVq) is always returned as TRUE. Now, as discussed above, the pVq is always true and hence the query will select all the records in the current table. But generally a programmer takes one record for login and hence the username becomes the username of the first record. Hence on executing the above malformed query a malicious user can bypass authentication mechanisms of the web application. This is only one thing among several endless options that an intruder can use. By using specially crafted query a user can retrieve the entire database schema of your application or the user can upload/download any file or even gather any other information such as credit card numbers stored in the database, delete the user, add a new user, etc.

However when it comes to me, SQL injection can't harm my code as right from my first project, I'm in the habit of writing stored procedure which are fail safe from such attacks.

MIMO: Nxt Gen Wireless Services

Knowing new and new technology is one of my interest, I always want to keep up with abreast changes in the tech-world. Now I'm writing about a very promising wireless technology, MIMO.

MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) and is fast growing as a broadband wireless communication technology. It provides higher data transmission rates with more robust connections.
There are some physical limitations for any mobile environment due to the topsy-turvy nature of the radio channel. As we roam around in a mobile environment, the distance between the transmitter and the receiver varies and this in turn degrades the service quality. Also the signals would clash with the fixed objects, physical walls, high-rise buildings, trees, mountains etc resulting in signal reflections, diffraction, and deviations in their original paths. Also there are possibilities for the signals to interact and interfere with other signals from different sources. This results in signals traveling in multiple paths and hence signal fading occurs. That is, signals become so weak that they cannot be reliably captured and even sometimes there is not enough signal to demodulate or even to detect the transmission itself and to extract the communicated information from the carrier precisely. There are several ways and means being explored in order to mitigate this problematic fading and energy loss so that users can experience preferred reliability, speed, clarity, coverage and ultimately better throughput. Smart Antenna technology is an excellent mechanism to surmount this problem of fading. A conventional radio uses one antenna to transmit a data stream. A typical smart antenna radio, on the other hand, uses multiple antennas. This design helps to combat distortion and interference. Beam forming (a.k.a. beam switching) concentrates the signal energy on the main path whereas receive combining (a.k.a. diversity) is to capture the strongest signal at any given moment. These two, being the multi-path problem mitigation techniques, do not multiply data throughput over the wireless channel. Both techniques however have demonstrated their power in incrementing performance in point-to-point (P2P) applications such as outdoor wireless back haul applications.Another interesting performance-enhancing technique is channel bonding that multiplies throughput by combining two or more radio channels. That is, to gang together multiple radio channels. For example, for attaining 108 Mbps, two 54 Mbps channels can be simultaneously utilized. Compressions and other relevant techniques are being leveraged to gain additional advantages. Assuming the channels are readily available, channel bonding is a promising technique significantly increasing the throughput. However, channel bonding consumes more bandwidth. In some cases, channel bonding may not be an option because the target frequencies have been already allocated to other users or services. Hence the ideal solution for the performance degradation problem is to come out with competent technologies that simply pack more information per unit of bandwidth and time. That is, optimized utilization of channel to attain higher spectral efficiency.

Interests continued

The third area of my interest is .NET & J2EE interoperability, as I have done some project in .NET and I also know nitty-grities of J2EE and learning extensive codeing here @ C-DAC. First let me introduce you what interoperability means in application software development. Interoperability is the ability to communicate or transfer data between functional units running on different platforms, implemented in different technologies, using industry standard or widely accepted data description and communication protocols. For.NET/J2EE interoperability, this process consists of ensuring that applications built on one platform connect to those created on the other.
Interoperability is a key requirement for many enterprises, allowing internal systems to work together and enabling businesses to connect to customers, external partners, and suppliers. With ever increasing requirements for efficiency, responsiveness, and cost cutting, interoperability is a key demand for the modern IT environment. Effective interoperability projects take the approach that an organization should use the best technology for the job at hand. If a company creates the majority of its applications in-house, there may be more factors pushing in the direction of staying with the current environment. However, if you need to implement a third-party solution or want to make use of features that, for example, only .NET offers, interoperability offers an effective mechanism for ensuring that the two environments
work together. Delving further into the business needs for interoperability produces the following areas where interoperability is a major factor:
1. Achieving reuse of existing systems.
2. Achieving lower project costs.

3. Making use of best from both platforms.

Best Example: http://www.orkut.com/ User authentication using Java servlets and user interface using ASP.NET.

Areas of my Interest

Continuous quest for knowledge, has always been my prime concern,N if you have gone through my previous posts, you must know that I enjoy learning and now I'm going to put some light on the areas of computer science which interests me the most.
1. Artificial Intelligence:
AI is the area of computer science focusing on creating machines that can engage on behaviors that humans consider intelligent. The ability to create intelligent machines has intrigued humans since ancient times, and today with the advent of the computer and 50 years of research into AI programming techniques, the dream of smart machines is becoming a reality. Researchers are creating systems which can mimic human thought, understand speech, beat the best human chess-player, and countless other feats never before possible. Find out how the military is applying AI logic to its hi-tech systems, and how in the near future Artificial Intelligence may impact our lives.

2. Computer Graphics:

CG is concerned with digitally synthesizing and manipulating visual content. Although the term often refers to three-dimensional computer graphics, it also encompasses two-dimensional graphics and image processing.
A broad classification of major subfields in computer graphics might be(as described by wikipedia):
Geometry: studies ways to represent and process surfaces
Animation: studies with ways to represent and manipulate motion
Rendering: studies algorithms to reproduce light transport
Imaging: studies image acquisition or image editing

first failure @ C-DAC

I believe that failures must be cherished to remind us, “To error is human”, and we can't get over this hard reality, but if we are careful and have understanding of our previous mistakes we can minimize the space where we can go wrong. In 2nd MGPA of FPGDST, I failed, and the postmortem session organized by the faculties was not good for me, so I decided to do it, myself and right here.
When I came here, there was so much hype about MGPA/ MGPT and its toughness, and in my first MGPA I was so cautious about the problem, that I read the problem statement 4 times. The problem was so simple for me that, I was trying to find some hidden points which may result in havoc, but the problem statement was clear, nothing to worry about but I went beyond the problem statement to overcome any critical situation, because I knew if the problem statement is as simple as written, I can code on the computer just in 5 minutes. Wrote the code on the paper by extending the problem base on my own assumptions. But coded it as stated in the problem, on the computer just to check if the problem can go beyond the statement. And success in the very first attempt, around in 5-10 minuets, the problem was as simple as stated.
The second MGPA, again problem looked simple to me as earlier, but this time I was so relaxed that I did not read the whole problem nor I had any look at second test case...I didn't understand the problem at all. Coded it like simple Queue, executed the first test case, success...so submitted it to PARIKSHAK got just 2 Y's, thought there must be some simple logic or code mistake and start wasting my limited time in casual debugging.
After wasting enough time, I just thought to execute the pathetic 2nd test case given in the paper, test case failed, so I'm close to the problem, I thought, how pathetic I was!!! Again debugging but no success, now I took the serious step to analyze the 2nd test case, and I found that the problem can't be solved by simple Queue, Shuffling Queue or Circular Queue is the right solution, still have 15 minutes, I still can do it...
in ten minutes or less I completed it 2nd test case was successful, submitted to PARIKSHAK no success.
Now there was problem with the 1st test case, by now I had lost faith in me( in my logics), start checking the logic, but there was not any problem in the logic..how can I find that. “Time Over” message from the PARIKSHAK, lost the battle...LOSER....
But later, I went to lab to find out the problem, I just forget to put braces after else condition containing three statements, I figured it out just within 3 minutes, but it was too late...
I used to write complex and compact code so that it would require it's due mental exercise each time I go through it, never put braces if loops or conditions execute a single statement. In simple Queue implementation in else block of Enqueue operation had single statement but when I modified it to Circular queue there were three statement in that block, but braces were missing...
I failed to handle the situations, just because my prejudices made me blind to observe minute points, leading to series of silly mistakes and finally, I lost the battle even working hard for an hour, which I could have finished in just 20 minutes.

first whole day @ C-DAC!!

First day @ C-DAC, time to write my experience, careful because it's not a personal diary. I got the accmodation at the hostel and been alloted room #G-6 with Mr. Roopraj from Katak Orissa, it's a cool room having green scene outside the window (see the picture of the hostel, the Training-Block). This is my first time in the hostel, with lots of peers around, I must tell you that I'm an introvert and loner, people here might be amazed to see 'me enjoying myself!' but what I gotta do... I don't care and I can't change myself!!! And I'm happy to see that my room mate is soooooo cool that he never interrupt me n let me live in my space!!!
At the first day at the institute, I had lectures on UNIX commands and hands-on in the lab and then leave to my friend Mr. Sandeep, the place where I stayed my first day and night before coming to C-DAC. The very next day I gotta shift myself to the hostel to start my studies with full pace, after all so many previous students said to me that this is a tough course n impossible to complete in one year, n I've got the challenge to go on...
Morning of 7th, aug. 07, I entered the Training-Block with my stuff, from now on I'm going to stay here for whole one year. The class was scheduled at 10:00 AM, I tried to put my stuff in place n took bath and went to have morning tea at canteen, tea was not good enough but this's my only addiction, can't help myself with this...
In the class, I enjoyed the stuff, a good learning experience ended with tea/ coffee break; how cool as it may seem, something to eat/drink after each session of 1:30 or 2 hrs, but dinner timings made me suffer, diner @ 7:30 how sick, I can still drink tea/ coffee as I used to...and what is gonna happen to my late night tea, I used to take after 1 AM in night,

'm cryin, yo can't seeeeeeeeee!!!'

Our Lab, most versatile area of our campus! Open for 24X365 wonderful!!! where I gotta stick??? need not to worry quite a space to house all of us!!! Done with basic commands, don't want to get in the assignments at the first day!!! rather I wanna see the campus and around!!!
I played the volley-ball in the campus, rather I was dragged in to the game, made some hits, other player screamed and laughed I didn't understand what I did. I don't understand the game and I decide not to see myself in the play ground again.
In the night, tired enough to sleep early, headed to my room,I slept well but sunlight woke me up early 6 am in the morning!!!

Whole story is gonna happen again but with some differences...................................................

...so this was the my first whole day at the C-DAC.

going to C-DAC, Bangalore.

After being selected at C-DAC Electronics City B'lore for FPGDST, I was filled up with mix of thoughts, feelings which were real hard to express...leaving all behind was not easy for me but it was for a good cause n purpose, purpose of learning which has always been the first purpose of my life, the purpose of achieving excellence in my profession if not perfection, the purpose of gaining the confidence which will make me stand distinctively among all...and the most important of them is to join a community which is consistently serving our country since inception and made our country to have its own series of supercomputers, and proved that professionals from India are skilled enough to take any challenge.
With so much(can't you see ) enthusiasm, I was ready to leave Lucknow but it was reluctant to admit the fact that I'm leaving Lucknow, with such a bemused state, I started boring journey to bangalore, and in the first day @ B'lore I was so bored n was feeling so bad about my departure, actually I wasn't able to find enough reasons to be here. The very next day I was ready to go C-DAC but this time I wasn't feeling that much enthusiasm but after I entered the beautiful campus of C-DAC, things were quite different.
Infrastructure and environment here is so suitable that learning is bound to happen here, in the introductory lecture of the course, they told us that this is a military course in computer science, focusing on practicals it has Parikhsak environment which is a software to test students programs on predefined test cases, so you gotta write perfect code to get your code successful. Machine Graded Programming Test and Machine Graded Programming Assignments, based on this Parikhsak environment are the toughest exams in India, which have given nightmares to previous students. So start studying from today, because these tests will start from next 10 days, consistently for 1 year, to challenge your programming skills, so if you enjoy learning this is the place for you.
The first subject we were taught was UNIX, after all we are going to code Java on UNIX environment, four fast pace lectures were enough to complete all basic UNIX commands. We were given 30 problems to solve, problems were very strange and tough enough to give nightmares to all of us. Mr Raman, who are the most popular faculty here, gave us introduction and tips to prepare for MGPTs and asked us to enjoy our first weekend out 'caz we'll not gonna have time for another. His way of teaching is quite different and impressive. And he'll teach us Data Structure and Algorithms in Java, I'm quite sure that I'll enjoy those lectures. Mr. Balaji, who is teaching us OOPJ is another great teacher, the way he teach, leaves no way for doubts, and if we have doubts he never fail to clear those. Teachers here are actively involved in research, and that's what gives us very distinctive environment of learning.
Challenges are fuel to my energies, accepting these challenges, I'll work hard to accomplish them...I'm really feeling good to be part of such a noble learning environment.