IICian's defend Sankalan 2007

It was one hell of a party for the IICians in 2006 when they captured Sankalan'06 and WizeByte'06 both. I wasn't a part of the team that won Sankalan but played a pretty meaty role in the WizeByte win. It was an exhilirating experience for our batch as we fought back from the depths of defeat and emerged victorious in WizeByte. Once again IIC ruled at IMT Ghaziabad and the banished king had comeback to claim his throne once more.

History repeats itself and in IIC's case it has a frequency of 1 year, This time around the Sankalan trophy has been defended successfully by IICians.

Here's an excerpt from one of the Juniors on the IIC Forum :-


Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:02 am Post subject: sankalan 07 conquered!iic rocks dumca agn

sankalan 07 has been conquered!iic has rockd dumca agn fr the 2nd consecutive year.this year iic successfully defended its trophy against the likes of iitd,iitr,nit's,jnu n othe 60 teams.the winning team ws lead by swati sharma and included vaibhav,kartik,vipin,paramjeet n yours truly maut ki kaali chaaya!!!!!!!!! cheers!!!!!!!!!


So as I say "IIC waale phir se DUMCA ki baja kar agaye !!" or Joshi says "IIC ROCKS !!!"

Next Generation Microprocesors

Hafnium, a metal used in the manufacture of nuclear reactors, could soon replace silicon in the technology lexicon following claims that it will revolutionise computer-chip technology.
Competing breakthroughs announced over the weekend by Intel and IBM, two of the biggest names in the industry, should enable the speed and power of computer chips to keep accelerating for at least the next decade.

The development, described by Intel as “the biggest change to computer chips in 40 years”, will not only push personal computers and laptop speeds to unprecedented levels, but it should also allow people to do more on their mobile phones.

The number of transistors on a chip has been roughly doubling every two years, making it more and more difficult for the thin silicon dioxide insulators to stop leakage of electric current. This, in turn, leads to a shortened battery life.

Although leakage can be reduced by thickening the insulators, it also reduces the electric charge passing through, thus hindering performance. Hafnium-based insulators are said to solve this conundrum as they allow the insulation to be thickened without impeding performance. The metal will also be used to make the so-called gate that turns the transistor on and off.

The resultant combination of processing power and energy efficiency could make it possible for mobile-phone users to watch video footage at length. At the moment the resultant drain on the battery limits people to watching short clips.

Intel said that the revolutionary technology would be used on its new generation of 45nanometer transistors, which it claims are so small that 400 could fit on the surface of a single human red blood cell. A decade ago the industry was preening itself after developing 250 nanometer technology.

Hafnium Valley may not have quite the same ring, but the metal may be Silicon Valley’s best hope of maintaining the pace of technological progress that the human race has come to expect.

Apple iPhone

Been looking for this a loooong time, Apple iPhone Video, feast ur eyes on this baby...

Racism - The hot potato

Okay, It's time I took a bite of the racism pie...
The tabloids and new channels have gone haywire at the whole shilpa shetty issue, and clips of her are all over the place, big brother has got what it wanted publicity and shilpa is a few movies richer. IT's all fine hunky dorey there's flaw in it which no one has questioned. Why is it that the case has come to the fore when something has happened to a celebrity. Let me warm up this post by giving a formal definition...

Racism definition courtesy of dictionary.com

1.a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

2.a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.

3.hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

Going by this definition in the past 1 year Indian education system has been the greatest symbol of racism... Yeah i am talking about that old monkey which was given a tranquiliser and people have now forgotten about the intial hulabaloo...

Look at the second definition from dictionary.com,The quota policy implemented by the govt. is also a policy based upon discrimination. If racism is what india is against then I believe india should clean up it's own act first and then point fingers at any other entity. I am not against SC,ST or OBC's but I am against any policy that makes them feel that they are lesser than other people and they require a quota crutch to achieve success in life. Racism doesn't exist in one form only and neither does it exist only in countries with a mixed population of colored and white people. Racism has many a forms and whether it be a quota policy or t.v. show people should learn to recognize and eliminate it rather I would say cure it...
so get well soon miss Goody and same goes for you Arjun Singh...

Mixed Sentiments - Ganguly & The Media

History repeats itself... only because time is circular in nature and it bends around the edges of the universe or was that the edges of ganguly's weapon of mass destruction, whoa hold on there Mr.Bush no need to send in those MIG's, i'm just boasting about gangu's bat...

Sourav made his comeback into the one day squad and justified it in style, hat's off to him. The media vulture has already got it's new piece of rotten flesh to feed upon. Prabhu chawla takes an interview and all the channels had 30 mints specials on Ganguly, it was almost as if he was the latest sensation in indian cricket. The Indian media is pathetic in this sense, when he was dropped they made it a big deal and a huge hulaa hoo just fill their own stomachs and now that he's back it's deja vu...

Time to take some cheap shots...
The media whether print or tv all of it has been reduced to cheap tabloid status, the front runner in this case and majorly the cause behind this is the news channel Aaj Tak, one can always depend on this channel to blow things out of proportions and call it an indepth analysis, whereas it reminds you of an item number by rakhi sawant. Aaj tak itself was the first channel to resort to cheap tabloid style reporting and other channels suitably followed... my message to the indian media "GROW UP", stop being so bloody cheap, and stop acting like a whore...

As for Ganguly, daadaa.... phaata phaati... khoob bhaalo...

About Her...

It was a cold friday evening and there she was, standing right there with him. He had a forlorn look on his face. My mind questioned the emotion on his face, I looked at her she but she was fine. And then he told me, some one had backed into her... the usual follows the unusual and that's why a baby starts crying almost immediately he's born... so therefore even on that day the rule withstood the test of time.
Felt sick to my stomach and continued to do so till sunday, how can it happen ? why to her ? Seldom are these questions are answered and seldom does the answer deliver any satisfaction. There's only one thing you can calm your mind with and that one thing's what people are looking for since the day they are born. Mom told me "it's bound to happen sometime" so did the old man who kept on questioning me about her. I though "why me ?", then again why not me. There's only one way I can learn and that is through experience, makes me wonder do people have to live through this life twice so they can use this so called experience.
happy existence...

Virus vs Cancer - Battlezone Humans

The common cold could be used in a ground-breaking treatment to fight cancer, scientists said last night. Human trials starting this year will attempt to kill cancers by using viruses like the common cold to infect the tumour.

Preliminary research on mice shows the treatment works well on tumours resistant to cancer drugs. If the tests are successful, the virus therapy could become standard alongside radiotherapy and chemotherapy, but without the debilitating side-effects.

Read the complete artice @ HERE

Post Card frpm Heaven

This majestic view, taken by NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, tells an untold story of life and death in the Eagle Nebula, an industrious star-making factory located 7,000 light-years away in the Serpens Sonstellation. The image shows the region's entire network of turbulent clouds and newborn stars in infrared light. The color green denotes cooler towers and fields of dust, including the three famous space pillars, dubbed the "Pillars of Creation," which were photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in 1995 (right of center; see http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/spitzer/multimedia/ssc2007-01b.html for exact location). But it is the color red that speaks of the drama taking place in this region. Red represents hotter dust thought to have been warmed by the explosion of a massive star about 8,000 to 9,000 years ago. Since light from the Eagle Nebula takes 7,000 years to reach us, this supernova explosion would have appeared as an oddly bright star in our skies about 1,000 to 2,000 years ago. According to astronomers' estimations, the explosion's blast wave would have spread outward and toppled the three pillars about 6,000 years ago (which means we wouldn't witness the destruction for another 1,000 years or so). The blast wave would have crumbled the mighty towers, exposing newborn stars that were buried inside, and triggering the birth of new ones.

The Blue Sun

Loops of highly charged particles burst from the sun's surface in this image, taken on Dec. 4, 2006. Among the first images taken by STEREO, the image shows the sun's roiling surface and atmosphere at temperatures around one million Kelvin (1.8 million degrees Fahrenheit).

The charged particles, mostly extremely hot protons and electrons, create a strong magnetic field that pulls the particles into the loops seen here. Over time, magnetic stress builds in the sun's atmosphere until the energy is released in a massive explosion. The explosion sends a giant cloud of charged particles (a coronal mass ejection) and x-ray solar flares hurtling into space with a force comparable to a billion megaton nuclear bombs. When the charged particles and x-rays bombard the Earth, they can disrupt communications and power systems and are a threat to satellites and astronauts in space.

Understanding the difference between harmful and harmless coronal mass ejections is one of the biggest questions that scientists studying the face of the sun. Currently, scientists only see ejections in one dimension. To understand how solar storms travel through the solar systems, scientists need a three-dimensional view of the storms.

STEREO, launched on Oct. 25, 2006, consists of observation systems orbiting the sun in front of and behind the Earth. Just as our two eyes give us a three-dimensional view of the world, the views provided by each STEREO system can be combined to provide a three-dimensional view of the sun. Though the first STEREO images were taken in early December, the two systems won't be in position to give three dimensional images until April 2007.

The Forbidden Apple

Finally it has happened, Apple has entered into the mobile phone market and things are sure to heat up now. Take a glance below to see what Apple brings to the table and believe me it's more than a mouthful. Personally I think apple has opened the floodgates to an era of technology which only science fiction novels have contained and we've only dreamt of. Get ready all you descendants of Adam and Eve coz the Forbidden Apple is making a come back... And you better be ready to bite it !

Check out the complete pics,videos and specs @ HERE

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