Women (In)Equality

Hello everyone. Nice to meet you after a brief lull. So whats this post gonna be. Am i going to be a pro - feminist and say women must be given equal rights and blah and blah or is it goin to be a post dominated by male chauvinism.... Well read on, you may find that out.

I was watching the railway budget session, Lalluji made some announcement about concession to all women till they complete their graduation. I thought thats a decent move to woo the female voters.

A couple of days after this, a friend of mine called me and said check the class groups, it seems some news about Microsoft placement. And when I checked the group mail, I was kinda taken aback, astonished, dumb struck(well i still cannot find the proper adjective). The mail read thus

"Hi ppl,

A  good news for our campus is that MICROSOFT was invited our college for the 'All India Placements for Women Engineers!!'

The criterion for placements if that one must me a B.E/B.Tech or M.E/M.Tech in C.S.E or I.T streams only.

Girls,

Please register at www.merittrac.net/microsoft........."

Now whats microsoft thinking?? I can understand Lalluji's intentions, this being an election year. Does Microsoft think that men are incompetent or does Microsoft think "WOMEN ARE NOT CAPABLE ENOUGH TO COMPETE WITH MEN...", thats a question, the answer for which still eludes me. 

Then came the Budget 2008. As a person whos gonna start earning in a few months, I was majorly interested on what PC would do about the "Direct Taxes". The first announcement regarding the increase on tax bracket from 1.1 lacs p.a to 1.5 lacs p.a came amidst loud cheers. PC followed  it with a shocker "and for women 1.85 lacs p.a...."

Now why is this Inequality? Why are the major industries and the government trying to woo women? And most importantly why does a gender which dosen't just say but boasts itself of not only being equal, but also being better to their male counterparts, be happy with such announcements? Can we infer from these announcements that the claim made by most of our female counterparts are just a hollow claim with no substance? If thats not the case why do they accept such offers which clearly shows women are weaker and need extra support?

There are some questions which cannot be answered. And there are some questions which people are afraid to answer. I think i'll never get answers to my questions.

Till my next post adieu

KP - THE DEVILZADVOCATE.  

P.S

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  What do i say here?? Just feel free to comment. I wanna hear your views especially the views of my female friends.
  
  

Moron Magnet - "Like Poles attract"

Hello everybody!! Hope you all had a wonderful 2007. I would like to wish you all a very very happy, prosperous and an adventurous 2008. Its been quite sometime since i wrote my last post. My exams, project hunt and above all my innate laziness have kept me away from writing. After some pestering by my friends Raghu and Vidya, here i am writing this post. Hope you enjoy reading this as much as i enjoyed writing this. And hey, i dedicate this post to all those intelligent people who call themselves moron magnets.

Well all of us know the meaning for Moron right!!?? In case u happen to have missed the word, a "moron" is a dumb or a stupid person. So what or who is a "moron magnet"?? The meaning is quite obvious isn't it? A moron magnet is someone who attracts morons, as simple as it can get. The word "magnet" can be quite misleading and the presence of this word makes many intelligent (Duh) people calling themselves "MORON MAGNETS". Now why is the word 'magnet' misleading?? Magnets attract, but its unlike poles which attract in the physical magnet. And this property of magnetism makes it quite fashionable and attractive for the usage of this phrase. Isn't this usage justified? And ain't I being a big moron  saying "Like poles attract"??

Well its very true that this property of magnetism holds really good in physical magnets, but, with respect to human magnets will the same law hold good. Now lets think of this scenario for a moment. We do make friends right? What do you think will be the criteria?? Compatibility, cohesiveness, ability to make adjustments to name a few. Now how possible or probable is it for two individuals with strikingly dissimilar likes and characteristics to strike a great, thick and close friendship and on the other side what will be the possibility or probability of two individuals with almost similar or complementing characteristics being best buddies?

Wanna think more. Lets take it to the next level. Would you want a life partner with very contrasting characteristics or would you prefer a guy/gal who complements your thoughts and lifestyle?

We all talk about matching wavelengths? With what kind of people do we expect matching wavelengths? Now if we are able to answer all the questions, it will give us a good idea about the characteristics of human magnets. Now I leave it to my readers to decide on whether I am justified in saying Moron Magnets - "Like Poles attract" after trying to think about the questions put forth previously. Your comments are always weclome and till my next post adios.

KP - The devilzadvocate

P.S:

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   The human attraction theory is very complex and i dealt only with the majority of cases. Don't start an argument citing few exceptions. I believe that i dealt with a fact in majority of cases and if you find this contradictory i am open for arguments.
   
   


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   There can be arguments and comments and please don't start a fight out here. This is my humble request.
   
   


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   Again I request you to not to comment as anon. Lets be brave in what we comment and stand by it if we are right.
   
   

From Friendship to Love - Betrayal or ?????

Hello everyone. The Devilzadvocate is back. Special thanks to Raghu, for its because of him i took out some time from my busy schedule(Which includes playin games, watchin TV and sleeping) and writing
this post. This post is dedicated to Raghu and to all those people who have experienced what this post is all about.

Friendship and love are the two most beautiful words in any language. And i believe most of us would have experienced both in some way or the other. But the thing which bamboozles everyone like a Muralitharan's doosra is the transistion from friendship to love. I would say this is something which has the potential to torment or give the butterfly effect when ya think about it. It is said that there is a thin line which separates friendship and love, but the thing which goes unsaid is that you would never know as to when you breach that laksman rekha. Infact its a pity that sometimes people who cross the line fail to realize or dont want to realize the fact. King khan in his film Kuch Kuch hota hai quotes a few lines which conveys the meaning that his best friend would become his lover. Is this always the case? Do people really think it this way? The billion rather trillion Euro question is "Is it a Sin to propose a friend(with the intention of making him/her a lifelong partner)??"  Well the irony is that people not only consider this a sin, but say something like "BETRAYAL OF FRIENDSHIP". According to me betrayal is too heavy a word to use. The acceptance or dismissal of the proposal according to me is strongly governed by the LADDER THEORY. It holds good especially for girls... No offences meant, but lets face the fact. Its mostly girls who say " How can you say like this? U had betrayed our friendship. Friendship has lost its sanctity because of you and blah blah blah..." Goes on and on (even Duracell batteries will loose the race here). My poser to all those great minds would be " Dont you people think that keeping something in his/her mind and sham around as if nothing is happening is a bigger crime??". "Is it not a desirable quality to speak out your mind?". Its time we grow up and accept certain facts as they are. If people say that understanding is the most important thing you expect from a person who is gonna share your life, whats the furore if a good friend with whom there is a considerable understanding expresses his/her desire?
So am I coming to say that you should accept a proposal from a friend? The answer to this question is a definite and a BIG "No". What I want to say is dont go around slinging mud on the person who had committed the only offence of loving you. If thats what you think should be done... Bang your head once and start using your brains.

KP - THE DEVILZADVOCATE

P.S:

• If you have been on the receiving end, then one thing i would say  is "Don't loose heart. You should rather be happy and thank god for saving you from a person who doesn't deserve your love and your friendship. Yaaruku theriyum innoruvati ungaluku bulb yeriyalam, mani adiakalaam and this time its a story with the happy ending.


• If you think that u are being pestered by someone to love them. Then make them realize that love doesnt come by pestering. If the other person is an ass, then it warrants a more strict approach.


• Now dont give me the story that u love ur country, love ur parents blah blah blah. You must know what love i am talkin about. If u don't either u are a 5 year old kid or a brainless moron.


• If you are gonna comment please dont be a coward and send it as anonymous. If you are not brave enough then you are not fit to comment.


• I would love to listen to your views.

And finally i couldn't find an appropriate word to put in the title. I had filled with "?". If you think that you can give me the word that i am looking for please do post it as a comment. And that person who gives the word i am looking for would get a "Diary Milk"(You gotta come and get it from me.)

College syllabus

We use Java dont we?? And here i have my class teacher telling me

1) Java is faster than C

My foot.. the only thing faster than C is assembly

2) It does not use pointers

I would say "explicit pointers" is a better term.. all objects in java can be used as references.... which are implicit pointers

3) Java doesnt use templates

"Generics have made their way into java"

4) Java doesnt use multiple inheritance and pointers because it is tough for the user to use

It does not exist because

i) Multi inheritance leads to multiple copies of a function which leads to run time collisions.

ii) Pointers lead to access of memory outside the vm.. so it leads to security lapses

5) Java has a very good inbuilt GUI called ATK..

yuck!!!! ATK is an " Abstract" window toolkit

Swing is the real GUI toolkit

And i would recommend that anna univ upgrades its texts to the latest .. or atleast current stable version of java

Like programmers say it..

"Lets go dynamic"