Years of Joy

Years of joy in final stages. It's time now foe most of us to dismantle and settle in different places. Places so unknown and not yet decided.

I will post after I finish 3 of 5 exams

Wake up call!

Probably the last one. here comes the bell from DOSA. Library goes round the clock from this Saturday. This time the call has been delayed a bit. Exams start from coming Tuesday that is 3 days to go for endsem! Gosh! This is the do/die call. Hoping to get not less than 8 even in this bad time of recession... Btw placement figures at IIT Kanpur are improving. Many department have morre than 70 p.c. placed. All eyes on next year.

This is the last semester which sees me giving pool of courses. Next one year and 1 course.

Good luck Saucy!

--Saucy

Simple

Simple is sophistication
Simple is beauty
Simple is style
Simple is simply good
Isn't it?
[:)]

thoda jyada fek diya kya...
(Translation: Have I exaggerated?)

NB: Mitchell's Law of Committees: Any simple problem can be made insoluble if enough meetings are held to discuss it.

Homogeneous Flow

This post is kinda technical and may be relevant to very few. But then it has to be like this. If one still reads on one may understand it.
Today I will talk about two phase flow i.e. flow of liquid + vapor(of the same liq.) in a pipe. Homogeneous flow model is a theory which proposes to quantify the flow process to get numerical values out of it. It assumes that the liquid and vapor states are mixed homogeneously and a pseudo state - a mixture of both of it - is formed in the pipe. The assumption is wrong as it can be felt with our experiences with water and water-vapor in our daily life. All the laws of Fluid mechanics (with slight modification) are assumed to be applicable on this phase. This gives all the parameters like mean velocity, mean density, mean viscosity of the flow, wall friction, Reynolds number.
This modeling looks quite vague in the first look but is very good to start. It gives results of the orders of magnitude close to the actual values obtained by performing experiments. In fact this model works quite good (error of around 30%) in the type of flow in which vapor and liquid are mixed such that vapor form small droplets mixed in bulk of the flowing liquid. This model is also known as fog flow model because of the above formation.

Society vs Individual

Since time immemorial there are two rivals. One named society and another named individual. There took a fierce battle between them one day. The individual lost and the society won. The fall of individual. The rise of society. Since then society governs every individual.

Camera

Switched to Picassa for image viewing. Downloaded a software called NEAT Image which claims to be a effective noise reduction software. First few results are effective. Lets check more.
I've decided that my next cam will be Nikon D40. Initially i was a bit confused between the newer version of Nikon entry level cams D60. But all it provides is some fancy buttons here and there, air flow lens cleaning system, in-camera editing and active lighting for some 100 extra dollars. Now only incentive for D60 is that the kit lens with it is a VR(Vibration Reduction) lens as opposed to D40's basic 18-55mm without VR. If D40 will not be available with VR lens kit I would be forced to opt for D60. Hoping for getting some filters and telefoto and macro attachments too as shown in ebay.ca shops.
Im also counting on Indian economy to boom so as rupee value gets stronger over dollars. In that case I might be tempted to go for an extra 55-200mm (not necessarily VR) lens too. It will be great for tele photography. equivalent to 8x zoom! An SB-400 flash instead of extra lens will also be good for indoor photographs and is priced approx $12o instead of $200 tele lens.

Searching for reviews I came across this person named Ken Rockwell. Any body looking reviews of advice on which camera to buy must read his page http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/recommended-cameras.htm as well as http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm. Megapixels really do not matter beyond 6MP. if you are owning a compact cam you will never be printing larger than 20x16" in which case 6MP is enough.
Read the recommended cameras page, choose your budget and buy the one that fits. believe me it will the best thing for you

Talk

I feel like talking a lot of things but not getting dynamic enough to do that. Just hope someone comes to me and insists me to talk. Then I will fool around and talk no sense out of laziness to collect the words into a sentence which is literally meaningful which can be very difficult at many times. How to make sense out of your sentences. Has any book ever been written with that title. Well, I need it. Write it. I will buy it.
Well I've got company Transporter is ready to come in my room and also go out for a stroll. I'm out for night stroll