And the argument continues....

Tanenbaum has released latest version of Minix, Minix 3...he claims it has come a long way from being a OS used for instructional purposes to being used for regular use...I am amazed to know that the OS kernel is just 4000 lines of binary code...kinda cool !!

Minix is based on Microkernel architecuture similar to big bro's OS (Windows family) ! Release of Minix made me recollect the awesome debate between Linus and Andy T'bm about Monolithic Vs Microkerenel.. Here is debate ...


Raccoon is the mascot for minix, the reason tanenbaum gives for that "Raccoons are small, agile, cute, clever, and eat bugs".... Let us see how much apetite Raccoon has to eat its bugs :)!

and if any of you guys plan to try out Minix let me know if it is stable....

Wanted

Just Incase you did not understand this post click here

and God said....

and there was light !!

Significance of Hindu way of greeting

There are different style of greetings handshakes, hug, kissing cheeks, rubbing noses...i wonder why Indian way of greeting lacks a physical contact. Curiosity which kills the cat normally... made the difference here ;) ! Googled for "namaskaram" and landed up in a feww interesting pages and here z the summary of it.

I was amazed to find the spirtual significance in greeting in Hindu culture. In hindu cluture greeting or praying is by joining both the hands together at chest height accompanied by a slight bow.

First before explaining greeting let me address to why we pray that way. When one does a "namskaram" (greeting/praying) by clasping two hands and bowing while praying, it signifies your submission or surrender to God. You say that you belong to him(God) by doing the namaskaram.

Now what we say to God interms of surrender we say to fellow human beings too so does it mean that we belong to him/or suddender to person whom we are praying..the answer is yes..the spirtual significance here does'nt change but you are acknowledging that you belong to him/her who ever you are greeting too....which is the essence of Advaitha philosphy. It is totally cool that we carry huge message of the philosophy of oneness in a simple thing like greeting.

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Amazed...

Sometimes you know what z happening by looking at the code, but never know why it has to be written that way...This piece of code is one such thing and it really amazed me today to learn why it needs to be written this way....

void send (int *to, int * from, int count)
{
int n = (count + 7) / 8;
switch ( count % 8)
{
case 0: do { *to++ = *from++;
case 7: *to++ = *from++;
case 6: *to++ = *from++;
case 5: *to++ = *from++;
case 4: *to++ = *from++;
case 3: *to++ = *from++;
case 2: *to++ = *from++;
case 1: *to++ = *from++;
} while ( --n > 0 );
}
}

Answer from wikipedia is here and the original mail about the inventor of this code is here . I have stopped my long time crib of needing break; in switch statements :) C is flawless !!!

Darpa grand challenge

From no cars finishing last years grandchallenge (2004) and with the longest distance convered by a single car being 7.4 miles out of 132 miles track; Darpa grand challenge (2005) is finally conquered by stanford this year. Stanford team completed the course (132 miles) from LA to Vegas in less than 7 hrs...They take home a cool $2 million, in a car race with no drivers...For more results check out this site

Break ...