The Monkey Business
For The past few months, I’ve been keeping Monkey pictures as my display picture in my social networking profiles. When I get bored by one monkey, I would search for another cool monkey and put it in my profile. This was the normal routine. 
These monkey pictures will usually describe my mood. I put this monkey on the right one day when I got crazy and started learning “Introduction to Brahma sutra”
This one was a normal smiling monkey. This was not up for a long time in my profile. The monkey looks “balled” I didn’t like this monkey for that. :D So I quickly changed my display picture.
This one was a normal naughty chimp. This one was up for a long time. I liked this picture.
When I got B+ in my project, I was damn upset. I worked like NEVER before, and the result is just B+? This picture seemed to describe my mood. This dumb monkey bored my profile in a few days and I started searching for a new monkey picture. And the “hero” appeared.
This Monkey picture was so simple, so cool. First of all, this picture does not completely look like a monkey. This resembles a human face (because the monkey mouth is absent.) Actually this picture reminded me about my childhood hero - “The jungle book” character Mougly! This was my favorite monkey picture I ever had. Also in some Orkut communities, I play this game – “Best thing about the profile above you”. And most of the people who posted for me voted for the profile picture.
When I choose a display picture for my profile, I (actually most of us) usually choose that picture that best suits my mood. During the First week of October, I was searching for a monkey with a graduation hat or the black gown or something to do with the graduation, because, I was about to get graduated on October 7th. But I couldn’t find the perfect picture.
The picture in the left came up. But wasn’t cool enough to put in my profile. I liked my monkey picture so much that I didn’t want to give it up.! And slowly my monkey started talking to me – “Raj, of course u hate to give up me. Also you know a little Photoshop. Why don’t you give me a graduation hat and let me continue to be your profile picture?” I said – “Monkey, You are a genius! It will be COOL and CREATIVE!” and I decided – “Cool! Hereafter the monkey with the theme is going to be my display picture”
I googled for a graduation hat and gave it to my monkey. Bravo! “The monkey got graduated!” This was my profile picture for a week before and after the graduation. I didn’t stop with this. I had my status as, “The monkey is going to get graduated” and “Yeah! The monkey got graduated!” And it goes like this,
When TCS gave me the joining date, I was excited, and gave the monkey the TCS theme. This display picture was there for a week. I’m leaving this city for my job in a few days. 
Coming back to the monkey business - The picture in the right side is presently my display picture. I’m excited and happy. So is my monkey! :D
You wouldn’t believe people’s reaction to these themed monkeys. Here are a few questions aked by my friends.!
Debanjan: I was amused when you call urself monkey :P
Praveen: why you call yourself monkey??? sorry to ask.. but i have seen you putting pics of a Monkey and now a status msg a monkey got graduated..:P
Dev: are you crazy abt monkey? :)
Life is to party: actually y u stuck wit tat monkey face?
Sai: So, why are you called monkey ?
Arun : but still oly i can understand d inner meanin of d pic.. (Which he doesn't )
Anand Arun : hey... wanted to ask u something -- whats the story behind this monkey stuff ??
I had no idea as what to reply when they asked me such questions. :D I just came up with totally random answers. I was like - “Man is from monkey. Monkey is the super class. So Man can always be down casted to a monkey”, “Dude, Recently I was trying to make a decision. I was constantly jumping between the choices like monkey”, “I was totally amused by Vivekananda’s comparison of man’s mind with the monkey’s mind”, “and I always liked monkeys”, “Dude. Don’t call it monkey. It’s Lord Hanumaan in 21st century style.”, “When I was a kid I loved monkey cartoons.” and many crazy reasons :)
Honestly – I don’t know. I just liked the picture so much! It was sarcasm when I said – “The monkey got graduated”. It’s really dramatic when I quote what I think in the name of monkey (which is my personified brain).
Thanks to all the monkeys who were in my display picture. About the present monkey - The original monkey’s file name was, “walker_jamar_monkey_icon.jpg” and I’ve been searching for this monkey picture in the internet for the past few weeks and I couldn’t find it.
The monkey business will continue to run :)
Have you ever noticed?
[Whenever I say CARD, I mean A card from a STANDARD CARD SET, like the one above.]
When you hold a card in hand, have you noticed if u are holding it in a proper way or upside down? I Know most of us haven’t. Most of us think cards are symmetric along its (both) diagonal and will look exactly same either way! Well NO!!
The very asymmetric nature of the symbols(formally called suit) makes the card asymmetric. Only in dies [where the symbol itself is symmetric] almost all the cards are symmetric! 7♦ is the only die card that is asymmetric in a standard card set. This is because, for some reason, in any card, the max number of symbols present in a row is only 2. But, 7=2+2+2+1; 2 symbols are up, 2 are down, 2 are in the middle, and the position of the last ♦ determines the orientation.
In other sets, the royals are always symmetric. Odds are never symmetric! This is because, if n = the number written in the card ; u can put floor ((n/2)) symbols upwards, floor ((n/2)) symbols upside down and you’ll have 1 symbol left. The orientation of that symbol determines the orientation of the card! Knowing this, one might expect all the even cards to be symmetric (because they have equal number of symbols to put in either side). But again for some crappy reasons, I found in cards 6 & 8, they’ve put both the symbols of the middle row in the same orientation. If they make one of them face up and the other down, the cards would’ve been symmetric. But they haven’t. This makes 6 & 8 asymmetric and all other even cards symmetric.
Let us come to the royals[formally called as the "court cards"]. No royal guy faces your eyes directly. They either look at your left or to your right. Some of the royals are turned 90◦ (they show only one eye) - formally called "one-eyed" and some are turned just 45◦ (both of their eyes are visible). Only in the set of ♣ s, all the 3 royals are turned 45◦. In all other sets, 2 of them would’ve turned 45◦ and one would’ve turned 90◦. In none of the suits, all the royals will see the same direction. Only in ♦s, 2 will look at your right. And 1 will at your left. In others, 2 will look at your left and 1 at your right.
["Looks at" Differs from sets to set.. But MOST of the Standard sets has this ]
Card Looks at* Beard Mustache Turned
J♦ Right No No 45◦
Q♦ Right n/a n/a 45◦
K♦ Left Yes Yes 90◦
J♣ Left No No 45◦
Q♣ Right n/a n/a 45◦
K♣ Left Yes Yes 45◦
J♥ Right No Yes 90◦
Q♥ Left n/a n/a 45◦
K♥ Left Yes No 45◦
J♠ Left No Yes 90◦
Q♠ Left n/a n/a 45◦
K♠ Right Yes Yes 45◦
Things to notice in royals... Quote from wikipedia.:
Though specific design elements of the court cards are rarely used in game play and many differ between designs, a few are notable. The Jack of Spades, Jack of Hearts, and King of Diamonds are drawn in profile, while the rest of the courts are shown in full face; these cards are commonly called "one-eyed". When deciding which cards are to be made wild in some games, the phrase "acey, deucey, one-eyed jack" (or "deuces, aces, one-eyed faces") is sometimes used, which means that aces, twos, and the one-eyed jacks are all wild. The King of Hearts is the only King with no mustache, and is also typically shown with a sword behind his head, making him appear to be stabbing himself. This leads to the nickname "suicide king". The axe held by the King of Diamonds is behind his head with the blade facing toward him. He is traditionally armed with an axe while the other three kings are armed with swords, and thus the King of Diamonds is sometimes referred to as "the man with the axe" because of this. This is the basis of the trump "one-eyed jacks and the man with the axe". The Jack of Diamonds is sometimes known as "laughing boy". The Ace of Spades, unique in its large, ornate spade, is sometimes said to be the death card, and in some games is used as a trump card. The Queen of Spades usually holds a scepter and is sometimes known as "the bedpost queen", though more often she is called "Black Lady". In many decks, the Queen of Clubs holds a flower. She is thus known as the "flower Queen", (though in many playing cards from Germany and Sweden she is depicted with a fan) though this design element is among the most variable; the standard Bicycle Poker deck depicts all Queens with a flower styled according to their suit.
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Few card sets for u :
• http://read.pudn.com/downloads38/sourcecode/game/131555/%E6%8D%89%E9%BA%BB%E5%AD%90%E6%AD%A3/%E6%B8%B8%E6%88%8F%E5%AE%A2%E6%88%B7%E7%AB%AF/Res/CARD__.jpg
• http://www.jfitz.com/cards/windows-playing-cards.png
• http://pixhost.ws/avaxhome/2007-12-31/ist2_3811721_playing_cards.jpg
• http://math.hws.edu/eck/cs124/s06/lab12/cards.png
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/archive/b/b3/20081219011019!Set_of_playing_cards_52.JPG
• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Cards.jpg
References from wiki :
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_card
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suit_(cards)
Who am i ?
The code written below is a perfectly standardized C code (would u believe it?). Read the entire code once and then try running this code to see WHO AM I !!
Compile instructions.
first :Copy the code and save it as "raj.c"
GCC COMPILER -
$ cc raj.c
$ ./a.out
TC
put raj.c in the forder containing TC.EXE
Open TC
File > Open : raj.c
Press CTRL+F9 to run the code
Press CTRL+F5 to see the output.
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// USE GOOGLE CHROME SEE THE CODE.
// IN IE OR FIREFOX, ZOOM IN SO THAT THE BLOG FILLS UP THE WIDTH OF
// ... THE SCREEN.
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#include <stdio.h >
#define CSTR char*STR
#define a =
#define F ,
main(){
CSTR a "I AM THE MASTER OF C ; U WANT TO KNOW WHO I AM ? \
EXECUTE THIS CODE AND SEE\
KTQRIDEQIDFQBAEEEFDJEEECJBJDEDJCIBFKEBPMDBOMEBIAFHIBIBFEDAFBICFBDEDBI\
EEADEDBIFRBIHPBD_D^E]E]" ;
int ____________ ,
R a 'J' ,
___________ ,
A a R F
E a 1 F
C a E ;
for ( ; A a STR [ R++ ] ; )
for ( ; A >= 'A' ;--A,++C )
putchar ( C%'#' ? 33 ^ !(R&1 )
: '#' / 3.5 );
}
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This is one OBFUSCATED C code written by me.
I took 45 minutes[approx] to understand the original inda map obfuscated code. I again took 45 minutes to code this program. This code has exactly the same logic of the India map code. Once i finished it, I felt like GOD :)
Entangled In The Web - Revision
This argument was familiar to me. I spend more than 75% of the day (when I’m awake and jobless) online, and I have had similar thoughts. But I didn’t really work on it to find out if it is right or wrong. When I read his article, I was surprised. So I’m not the only person to contemplate this!
I’ve quoted his article below. Do visit the original one: http://rdndas.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/entangled-in-the-web/
After my college, life hasn’t been beautiful. Lots of time to kill but there is practically nothing to do or that is what I feel. I’m just aimlessly idling in bed or in front of the computer, signing-in to the virtual world. That’s it. The only good thing that has happened during these days is that I’ve started reading books. Thanks to my friend without whom I wouldn’t have started. He influenced me in a sense.
Computer and internet play a major role in our lives these days. It has actually crept into our system that we are dependent on them so badly. Whenever I misplace something or finding something becomes difficult, I wonder if I had a google.com or a Ctrl+F shortcut key… This shows how dependent I am on computers/internet. I’m addicted!
On one hand these social networking sites help us to keep in touch with our pals but on the other it has also enslaved us. Like all the other technologies, internet has its own advantages and disadvantages. Unfortunately our human mind easily succumbs to the disadvantages. I don’t know whom to blame – the technology or my monkey mind!? I should find out a method to come out of this addiction. Is there any rehabilitation centre for these addictions?
Every night I say to myself, “Ok I should stop this. I’m not going online tomorrow”, but the first thing I do is that. I go online saying, “I’m just gonna check my mail. That’s it. Its gonna take few minutes.” Later I realise that it has been more than an hour, I’m not checking mails but I’m somewhere else, entangled in the web! May be I have a very weak will power.
Though being online, browsing and reading, downloading stuffs, chatting etc. have helped me a lot but it is taking away my sleep – sleeping at odd times. I’m missing all the fun in the outside world. I knew Obama was going to have a new pet even before he actually bought it but didn’t know that my neighbour died, I knew it only two days after! I also miss one or two odd cricket matches that I used to play with my friends. The casual talk with my family and friends. I used to do a lot in those days, not now! I miss them!
There should be a way out to stop this! But the question is, can I? Any remedies guys?
-A frustrated addict yelling for help.
Oh my god! This does really makes us think. Doesn’t it? But when I said, I had similar thoughts before, I didn’t think of this in his outlook. I had a different perspective. And here is my reply to his question.
Dude, I pity you. You’ve got nothing. Still u worry about it?
Computers and internets are one of the few things that the modern technology has gifted us. And you are ‘just another’ user of it. Everybody uses computers and internets, social networking and everybody feels “if I had a google.com or a Ctrl+F shortcut key” for searching even physical stuff. I do not say its regular just because everyone does it.
But tell me what exactly what is your problem? New technologies are invented for the sole purpose of comforting man. If you think it makes u lazy you are wrong. It just makes you efficient. All that matters is your attitude and mainly interest. You didn’t know that your neighbor passed away for 2 days just because: only that much interest you have on your neighbor. Dude I’ve to confess: I don’t know much about what is happening even in my house!!! That’s just because I’m crazy about computers! You’ll naturally prefer what fascinates you more.
Your attitude is like the church’s attitude towards anesthetic when it was invented. Church said, men are meant to experience pain during surgery. What say? Do you agree? Imagine if you were in 1940s. For travelling you would’ve used only your legs. Then suddenly one guy invents motor bike. Will u say: “Motorbike makes me lazy. If I walk, I get a physical exercise. Motorbike gives only obesity. Motorbike SUCKS!!”? No. You’ll appreciate it for making your travel so much comfortable.
Internet does the same. It makes you keep in touch with your friends in a very resourceful way. Only if you do not use this, you will look like a loser who failed to keep in touch with his pals even though he had all the efficient technologies. You said you miss so many simple things in life. Dude, I don’t think you mean them really. If you really do, you would have gone for it – it’s an instinct.Try changing your attitude towards the technology. You are not doing anything wrong. You are not painfully addicted to anything. Never again say “Ok I should stop this. I’m not going online tomorrow”.
I hope I’ve given a different and a good perspective to your problem and helped you a little. Still if you think you are, as u said, a frustrated addict (OMG!!! What an expression!!!), do not worry. You are into all this only because you have way too much free time. Once you get yourself occupied (man!! You are going to Infy!! You won’t even get time to breathe), you’ll get over this!
Technology started evolving right from the early monkeys (pre humans) started thinking. And it will evolve forever. No one can overlook it. All one can (honestly, one “should”) do is to get adapted to it. Technology is by no means a pain in the butt. All we need is a Revision.
GRE Preparation
Exactly similar thoughts were running in Babu Prasad’s mind. He also had only M.Tech plans, One day he called me and asked if I am ready to take up GRE preparation. OMG! Good. I was searching for a company. And now you are there.
After 2 weeks of planning, we both joined Manchester - Coimbatore to take up the course. The Mathematics part is so much easier than I thought. Mathematics usually freaks me out, but not anymore…
They say: GRE vocabulary is the toughest part. I’m giving it equal concentration. I’m studying 40 words per day. And in this rate, it’ll take 80 days to complete vocabulary.
So far so good - !I’m planning to fix my GRE exam about February and aiming for minimum 1400 marks. I’ve got no ideas about the courses / colleges. First let me write the exam. Then I’ll think about everything later.
Seriosly, I've not done this much mathematics in my entire life!!! :( .. For the first time, i find it interesting. All the best to me :) :)
Declaration Definition and Assignment
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About Me
- Rajgopal Vaithiyanathan
- Coimbatore, Tamil nadu
- My name : RajGopal Vaithiyanathan.
I've finished my B.Tech Information technology [ 2009 ] in Amrita School of Engineering. I'm placed in TCS, waiting for the call letter.!
I'm a programming maniac. I've did many simple games and lot of application programs in C/C++/Java.
My first kernel level project : Pooled Storage File system - was one of my greatest achievements. visit: pfs-blog for more details
Do visit my personal blog too..