The art of sleeping in seminars

The fun quotient depends on how much you are actually able to relate to this :-)

http://physics.illinois.edu/news_events/Sleeping.asp

Thanks to Sriram for this article !

Dialogues that you should probably use in everday life :-)

Use these dialogues in your day to day life by replacing nouns accordingly :-)
Mail me if you remember any another funny dialogue :-) I am planning to write another list on Koundamani dialogues and Crazy-Kamal combination dialogues. Ur inputs are most welcome :-)

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Vadivelu:

Giri:
"But andha dealing enakku romba pidichirundhadhu"
"Enna nallavan-nu sollittampa !"

Winner:
"Venaam,enakku kovam varaadhu"
"Nalla kelapparainga da beedhiya"
"Opening ellam nalla dhan irukku.. finishing seri illaye pa"
"Varum bodhu annan kuchi mittayum kuruvi rotti-yum vangittu varen"
"Par-ra"
"Ada, thanni vaingappa"
"Dei, nan yogyan da"
"Ingittu vaenam, angittu povom"
"Ipdiye usupethi usupethi udamba ranagala paduthitteengaley da .."

Thalainagaram
"Enna vechu comedy keemedy yedhuvum pannaliye"
"Naanum indha area-la rowdy-a form ayitten ya"
"Building strong, basement weak"
"Jailukku poren,jailukku poren,jailukku poren"
"Visham, visham,visham"
"Gymbody da,gymbody"

Manadhai Thirudi vittai
"Sing in the rain"
"What she is telling ?"
"Hello, dubai - a ?"
"En mummy daddy anga dhana livingstone"
"After all, just twenty crores loss ma"
"Why blood ? Same blood"
"Hey, put chutney"

Misc:
"Mannar and company" / "Ka ka kaakraan makeraan company"
"Number aaru,dubai kurukku sandhu,dubai main road,dubai"
"Sollavey illa!"

"Thambi, tea innum varala"

"Dei oru tea podra" .. " Annanukku oru horlicks podra" .. Vadivelu:" Agagaga"
Later: "Naan paatukku siva-ney nu dhana da poikkuttirundhen " ( Spl dedications to Kasi :-) )

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Vivek

Dhool: "Yeah,its me"
"En swapna budhdhisali.. Avala yaaralayum yemaththa mudiyadhu"
"Naan love-a solla pogum bodhu dhana avalukku cancer irukkaradhu theriya varanum"
"Satta kizhinjirundhaa.. " :-)
"Laddu-ku badhila jilebi kudukkanum-nu chandrababu naidu sattam potrukkaru"

Asaiyil oru kaditham
"Yen da baniyan potta saniyan-gala"
"Kannadiya kazhattina ivanukku kannu theriyadhu ma" " Enakku theriyume" " Idha naan yedhirpakkala"
"Inga kazhattiyachu illa, anga mattira vendiyadhu dhan"
"Ini pinnal dhan"

Minnale
"Iva ile da ava.. ana iva muliyuma than ava"

Misc:

"kutti yevada ?"
"Endra beedi malabar beedi"

The top ten things that math probability says about the real world

A great read:

http://www.stat.berkeley.edu/~aldous/Top_Ten/talk.html

Time warping :-)

Imagine as appropriate :-)

Dr1:There will be a quiz on friday morning.
You-know-who: Ok.
Dr2:You need to evaluate the MT and give me back by Tuesday noon. And u need to evaluate HW3 too.
You-know-who:Ok.
Dr3: Read through the material(7 papers+1 thesis). We will discuss on friday.We need to finish this by Tuesday.
You-know-who:Ok.
Mr4: You need to import ^&*^ format and make some meaningful interpretations of the data by Monday.
You-know-who: Ok.
X: Happy diwali
You-know-who: Ok..Hey, you didnt tell when this is due.
X: Huh ?
You-know-who: You dont have a deadline ? Gee,thanks !

puttham puthu boomi vendum - lyrics

Song : puttham puthu boomi vendum
Movie : Thiruda thiruda


puttham puthu boomi vaeNdum
nittham oru vaanam vaeNdum
thanga mazhai peiya veNdum
thamizhil kuyil paada veNdum

sondha aagayam vendum
jodi nilavondru vendum
netri vaeRkindra pothu antha nilavil mazhai peiya vendum

vaNNa viN meengaL vaeNdum
malargaL vaay paesa vaeNdum
vandu utkaarum poo maelae
naan vanthu utkaarum varam vendum

pazhamozhi konjum vazhi vidu un arugilae oar idam kodu
punnagai engaL thaimozhi endru varam kodu
boomiyil sila maaRuthal thanai vara vidu

(puttham puthu boomi...)

yuttham illatha boomi oru satham illaamal vaeNdum
maraNam kaaNadha manidha inam
indha mannil nilai koLLum varam vaeNdum

panja pasi poakka vaeNdum
paalaivanam pookka vaeNdum
shanthi shanthi endra sangeetham
sugam yaenthi yaenthi vandhu vizha vaeNdum

poanavai avai poagattum
vanthavai ini vaazhattum
dhesathin ellai kodugal avai theerattum
theivangaL indha maNNile vandhu vaazhatum

(puttham puthu boomi...)

Lyrics of Oru Naalil from Pudupettai

Lyrics of Oru Naalil from Pudupettai

Oru naalil vazhkai ingay yengum oodi pogathu
Maru naalum vanthu vittal thunbam theyum thodaradhu..
yethanai kodi kanneer mann meethu vizhunthirukkum
athanai kanda pinnum boomi ingu poo pookum
ohh ohh ohh...kaaru vassal vittu vantha naal thottu
ohh ohh ohh...oru vassal thediyae villaiyaattu
ohh ohh oh...kann thiranthu paarthal pala koothu
ohh ohh ohhohoo...kann moodi kondaaal...
ohh ohh ohho
(Humming)


Por-kalathil piranthu vittom vandhavai ponavai varutham illai..
kaatinilay vaazhgindrom mutkalin vali ondrum maaranam illai..
iruttiniley nee nadakkayiley un nizhalum unnai vittu vilagividum..
nee mattum thaan intha ulagathilay unakku thunai yendru vilangi-vidum..
theeyodu pogum varaiyil theerathu intha thanimai..
karai varum neram paarthu kappalil kaathiruppom..
yerimalai vandhal kooda yeri nindru por thoduppom..
ohh wow woow...andha Dheiva ragasiyam purigirathey
ohh wow woow...ingu yethuvum nilayilai kaaraigirathey
ohh wow woow...manam vetta veliyiley alaigirathey
ohh wow woow...andha Kadavulai kandaal
wow wow oohh..



adhu yenakku idhu unakku idhayangal podum thani kannakku..
aval yenakku ival unakku udalgalum podum puthir kannakku..
unnakkum illai idhu yennakkum illai padaithavaney ingu yedduthukkollvan..
nallavan yaar ada kettavan yaar kadaisiyil avaney mudivu seivaan..
pazhi podum ulagam engey baliyana uyirgal yengayaay.. ?
ullagathin Oram nindru athanaiyum paarthirupom..
nadapavai nadagam yendru namum serndhu nadithirupom..
ohh wow wow...pala mugangal vendum seri maati-kolvom
ohh wow woow...pala thirupam theriyum adhil thirumbi-kolvom
ohh wow woow...Kathai mudiyum pokkil athai mudithu-kolvom
ohh wow woow...Maru piravi vendumaa...
ohh wow woow...
(Humming)

Success

To laugh often and much;

To win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children;

To earn the appreciation of honest critics
and endure the betrayal of false friends;

To appreciate beauty;
To find the best in others;

To leave the world a bit better, whether by
a healthy child, a garden patch
or a redeemed social condition;

To know even one life has breathed
easier because you have lived;

This is to have succeeded.

Characteristic function and Fourier transform

We were trying to prove that Linear combination of I.I.D Gaussian Rvs produce Gaussian Rvs( not necessarily independent though).

The MGF of Gaussian distribution is as follows:




The usual trick is to calculate the MGF of the sum of the IID Gaussian RVs and after a bit of re-arranging, it can be shown that this MGF has the form of that of MGF of a Gaussian RV.Since the MGF of the sum has the form of that of a Gaussian RV, he concluded that the sum is indeed a RV. I was not quite convinced as to how the inverse would be unique. I asked my prof if he could give some intuition as to how the pdf-MGF pair was unique. He said that one can look at the characteristic function as the Fourier transform of the pdf. Oh boy ! I had never looked at this way. I feel this interpretation is cool. You can read more abt this at

http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/rbf/CVonline/LOCAL_COPIES/SHUTLER3/node2.html

Undergraduation in ECE is not entirely useless after all ! :-)

Cnn-ibn and G-talk

Add im@ibnalerts.com to your gtalk
Type 'top' to get the headlines for the day.

Easy way to catch up with whats happening in India.

If - Rudyard Kipling

Recently, Shreenaath had mentioned this poem in Orkut. Brought back memories of my scouting days when I heard abt this poem from Bhuvan anna.

The actual poem :

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream--and not make dreams your master,
If you can think--and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings--nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!

--Rudyard Kipling


Another nice read is :

ABRAHAM LINCOLN’S LETTER TO HIS SON’S TEACHER

He will have to learn, I know,
that all men are not just,
all men are not true.
But teach him also that
for every scoundrel there is a hero;
that for every selfish Politician,
there is a dedicated leader...
Teach him for every enemy there is a friend,

Steer him away from envy,
if you can,
teach him the secret of
quiet laughter.

Let him learn early that
the bullies are the easiest to lick...
Teach him, if you can,
the wonder of books...
But also give him quiet time
to ponder the eternal mystery of birds in the sky,
bees in the sun,
and the flowers on a green hillside.

In the school teach him
it is far honourable to fail
than to cheat...
Teach him to have faith
in his own ideas,
even if everyone tells him
they are wrong...
Teach him to be gentle
with gentle people,
and tough with the tough.

Try to give my son
the strength not to follow the crowd
when everyone is getting on the band wagon...
Teach him to listen to all men...
but teach him also to filter
all he hears on a screen of truth,
and take only the good
that comes through.

Teach him if you can,
how to laugh when he is sad...
Teach him there is no shame in tears,
Teach him to scoff at cynics
and to beware of too much sweetness...
Teach him to sell his brawn
and brain to the highest bidders
but never to put a price-tag
on his heart and soul.

Teach him to close his ears
to a howling mob
and to stand and fight
if he thinks he's right.
Treat him gently,
but do not cuddle him,
because only the test
of fire makes fine steel.


Let him have the courage
to be impatient...
let him have the patience to be brave.
Teach him always
to have sublime faith in himself,
because then he will have
sublime faith in mankind.

This is a big order,
but see what you can do...
He is such a fine fellow,
my son!

Copyright & information theory

Came across this at http://yann.lecun.com/ex/fun/index.html

"All copyrights and trademarks are property of their respective owners".
Bleeding-edge research in a new branch of mathematics (the application of non-standard elliptical analysis to information theory), has recently proved that the above sentence carries exactly 0 bit of information.
Researchers in yet another field of applied mathematics (applications of non-standard elliptical analysis to decision making) have conjectured that only the fear of lawsuits will drive people to write sentences with provably zero information content !


I was not able to track the original paper, anyway I think this is cool !