tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post232440404030548403..comments2023-11-03T18:44:02.277+05:30Comments on THE WORLD IS SQUARE: Memoirs Of An Almost-Techie (Part-3)Sherry Wasandihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02070127948095554465noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-49920470502460898192010-08-07T20:04:36.578+05:302010-08-07T20:04:36.578+05:30@Tushar: Good Sir, you have just jolted my gray ce...@Tushar: Good Sir, you have just jolted my gray cells out of a sabbatical. Given to sloth and a recently acquired taste for inactivity, they will whine and screech while I force-feed them the solution. Thank you. <br /><br />Alas, the sleeping barber no longer resides in the aforesaid tome, having been replaced by the Dining Philosopher's Problem.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dining_philosophers_problem<br /><br />I am taking your cue here. :)Sherry Wasandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070127948095554465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-74201343538704718522010-08-05T02:03:25.332+05:302010-08-05T02:03:25.332+05:30Whenever faced with a science/math puzzle, my refl...Whenever faced with a science/math puzzle, my reflex is to shout out to Wikipedia much like a infant to his Mum. Generally if my Wikipedian mother is in a beneficent mood she blesses with an answer. Here's Yours: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banker%27s_algorithm<br /><br />From my sleepless nights with Galvin I ironically recall something called the 'sleeping barber algorithm' amongst many others which implemented mutual exclusion between processes by passing a mutex[wiki for details] token.<br /><br />But implementing mutex isn't the brightest(optimal) approach here. Notice how the algorithm gets around that. <br /><br />Well if the intention of the post was to arrive at the shining conclusion you did at the end. Contingent apologies for clearly missing it. :)<br /><br />General note: I like what you've done to the place!Tusharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03847929760377761744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-12243368233439043162010-02-13T19:08:31.597+05:302010-02-13T19:08:31.597+05:30rochester http://gotuc.net/members/Polar-Heart-Ra...rochester http://gotuc.net/members/Polar-Heart-Rate-Monitors/default.aspx http://gotuc.net/members/Popcorn-Machines/default.aspx http://gotuc.net/members/Garage-Door-Openers/default.aspx http://gotuc.net/members/Area-Rugs/default.aspx http://gotuc.net/members/Omeprazole/default.aspxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-6522464279403035562009-09-09T17:25:00.596+05:302009-09-09T17:25:00.596+05:30Ha.
Engineering. IT.
The Great Indian Stereotype...Ha. <br /><br />Engineering. IT.<br />The Great Indian Stereotype.Sherry Wasandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070127948095554465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-40464352157537851572009-09-09T16:48:33.358+05:302009-09-09T16:48:33.358+05:30Engineering :PEngineering :PRene Lacostehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10013708754758800692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-8150673253475977002009-09-06T15:55:23.966+05:302009-09-06T15:55:23.966+05:30@Lemon Girl : I'm pretty darn sure that's ...@Lemon Girl : I'm pretty darn sure that's the case everywhere. <br /><br />Cerebral function and a social life are, by definition, also mutually exclusive. <br /><br />Though that also depends on your definition of a social life.Sherry Wasandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070127948095554465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-15018364876079438272009-09-05T22:09:17.004+05:302009-09-05T22:09:17.004+05:30And journalism can at times involve reducing one&#...And journalism can at times involve reducing one's gray cells to nothingness for the sake of a social life. It's sad, really.Lemon Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11811855390677545623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-18277511983973154142009-09-05T19:22:05.867+05:302009-09-05T19:22:05.867+05:30@Anty : Heh. You have competition!
But yes, appl...@Anty : Heh. You have competition! <br /><br />But yes, applying engineering theories to your social life involves stretching your gray cells to the absolute limit of their tensile strength. But then, at least we have something to entertain ourselves with during lectures.Sherry Wasandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070127948095554465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-17759835208023194702009-09-05T19:19:35.809+05:302009-09-05T19:19:35.809+05:30@Death On Two Legs : That's a nice way of putt...@Death On Two Legs : That's a nice way of putting it! I think it's just more of the fact I find everything stagnating. So, I tend to dabble into a lot of things to beat the boredom. <br /><br />@Clezevra : Though most won't agree with me, the one part of it that was fun was Manufacturing Processes. I learnt to weld, drill and operate an arc welding machine! And trust me, it's <i>tres</i> cool. <br /><br />Also, thanks for visiting. <br /><br />@mgeek: This makes me sound creepy, but that's the one reason I envy med-students. Not the rainy afternoon part. But yes, dissecting cadavers has got to be interesting. Hell, you get to hold a human brain in your hand!(Which is what one friend once gushed to me about as if she were talking about having bought a pair of Manolo Blahniks!Sherry Wasandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070127948095554465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-11354672480493128922009-09-05T19:11:24.019+05:302009-09-05T19:11:24.019+05:30I brag to my engineering group of being able to ap...I brag to my engineering group of being able to apply ethical theories and communication models to my life, at the very least.<br /><br />But, this sounds like fun.Antarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03178126540536815154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-24917174705239173862009-09-05T13:04:32.018+05:302009-09-05T13:04:32.018+05:30And I used to envy all you engineering people ever...And I used to envy all you engineering people ever since I had to spend a rainy afternoon with a half-dissected cadaver...mgeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02204026245715229205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-61004649413771413372009-09-04T21:22:46.992+05:302009-09-04T21:22:46.992+05:30This should be so much fun! Or not, I suppose. But...This should be so much fun! Or not, I suppose. But interesting nevertheless.Clezevrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598065728935482243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-2741369172955737142009-09-04T20:40:45.260+05:302009-09-04T20:40:45.260+05:30You are a VERY multi-faceted person :D But your ab...You are a VERY multi-faceted person :D But your about me did hint at me. Too bad no one ever takes those seriously :PAnushkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10679958970869924269noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-74235713916754541412009-09-04T19:52:46.480+05:302009-09-04T19:52:46.480+05:30Hello JD.
Thanks for dropping by. Glad you liked i...Hello JD.<br />Thanks for dropping by. Glad you liked it. <br /><br />Honestly.Sherry Wasandihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02070127948095554465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6124546431971631325.post-11990376468640053712009-09-04T01:03:32.718+05:302009-09-04T01:03:32.718+05:30"You start to apply programming paradigms to ..."You start to apply programming paradigms to real-world scenarios."<br /><br />Happiness and thrill is seeing this line right in the beginning of a blog vaguely stumbled upon.<br /><br />Elation is seeing that line preceded by an xkcd strip!<br /><br />Strange, contended feeling-at-the-end-of-a-hectic-engineering-day is on hearing about engineers being strange people.<br /><br />Honestly :)JDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875510621651608799noreply@blogger.com