India Pakistan Relations: Perspectives

Brilliant read on the Indo-Pak relations.

Brookings essay by William Dalrymple

More stuff on what transpired in 2002 and why we recalled the Indian Ambassador can be read here

Aah... the advantages of doing read ups, thanks to being part of the Good Judgment Project... Strenuous... but lovely to do all this.

Addictive

Hit the top charts in that year. Good 'un, Gothye.

Youtube link

There is something ephemeral long-lasting about music that isnt true with many other things... success may come and go, life may lead us astray or ahead, trials and tribulations will continue to exist in everyday life... but if one understands and appreciates music, life becomes a whole lot better.

If only we had more tamil music producers [atleast one in the current contemporary era] who can make good music.

Lyrics:

"
"Somebody That I Used To Know"
(feat. Kimbra)

[Gotye:]
Now and then I think of when we were together
Like when you said you felt so happy you could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still remember

You can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found that we could not make sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad it was over

But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

Now you're just somebody that I used to know
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[Kimbra:]
Now and then I think of all the times you screwed me over
But had me believing it was always something that I'd done
But I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on somebody that you used to know

[Gotye:]
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened and that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger and that feels so rough
No you didn't have to stoop so low
Have your friends collect your records and then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to know

[x2]
Somebody
(I used to know)
Somebody
(Now you're just somebody that I used to know)

(I used to know)
(That I used to know)
(I used to know)
Somebody

"

Courtesy az lyrics

IBM Reported by SEC for violations in cloud reporting

Interesting times get even more interesting.
Now IBM has been reported by SEC for violations in its cloud reporting in its earnings.

Mmh... but hey, wait a minute. Didnt IBM say there is an aggressive push by the company towards the cloud, its adoption and making it more seamless. Havent they been showing approx 25-30% growth in it Q-o-Q.

Sadly, no link yet. Its still hot news though. 

Mistaking planets for drones

The jawans in the border sadly mistook a few harmless planets [or harmful, as the case may apply] to be Chinese drones.

Sad, such negative publicity.

" Only once the objects' movements were noted in relation to the stars were they identified as planets. The Telegraph suggests the sentry ought to be forgiven, with planets appearing brighter as a result of the different atmosphere at altitude and the increased use of surveillance drones."

Link here

I read in a site that luckily India doesnt have the capability to shoot down such high altitude objects. Even worse.

Interview with Danny Kahneman

Good 'un. For those who wouldnt know him, he was the 2002 Nobel Laureate for his decisive and critical work on behavioural economics.
What makes it even better is that he is a psychologist who won a Nobel in Economics. The first to do so.

"For a psychologist it's obvious that people are not fully rational, and that they're not selfish, and that their tastes change. It was just a collection of statements that seemed almost absurd. I had no idea, at that stage, that a lot of my career would be dedicated to that conversation. That sort of happened almost by accident, later."

Link here