Meaning of the “Dim” keyword in Basic
Visual Basic is my favourite programming language. And sometimes I used to winder what does the Dim in a variable declaration stand for. I had read about it sometimes back but I did not remember much, today I Googled up a bit and found the meaning.
Dim stands for Dimension. It was used for declaring the size of an array.
Dim Arr(100)
So here we are declaring an array with the size of 100 (Actually 101 because in Basic it goes from 0-100 as against 0-99 in any other C based language like Java or C#)
The same keyword was extended to declare scalar(single value) variables e.g. Dim i as integer
Holy books provide a proof that god doesn’t exist
Judaism, Christianity and Islam all originated from the common geographical area. Bible makes reference to Judaism and Moses and Quran acknowledges existence of both Moses and Jesus. However none of these three religions make any reference to Hinduism or Buddhism in thier holy books. It’s a proof that these books are not a word of god. They are written by humans who had no knowledge of the existence of religions and cultures outside the limited geographic area in which they were living. Hindu scriptures talk about various avatars of god including the forthcoming avatar of Kulki. Why is there no mention of Jesus or Mohammed? If Jesus and Mohammed are indeed son/messenger of god (as proclaimed by their respective books) then Hindu books should have carried a references to them. After all that is also claimed to be the word of god! So Hindu scriptures are as false as the books of any other religion.
The very basis on which today’s religions stand - the holy books - fail to pass even a simple test then what remains for today’s religions to prove the existence of the god? The book says there is god. The book says I am word of god. How do I believe that whatever the books says is true? The only way to believe the writings of a book as true is to verify the writings against facts. The book needs to be testified for its authenticity. Just because a book says, I am true, belive in me, we can’t believe it to be true. The claim should be verifiable. There are lots of things in the holy books which are scientifically impossible and unverifiable. If the claims of a book can not be verified, it can not be taken as true. If a book can not be taken as true then whatever is said in the book becomes false! So if false book says there is god, then it means in reality there is no god! Because had there been any god and indeed he had written or inspired the writings of these books then those writings must have been 100% accurate, verifiable and true! Which they are not. So no god, no book of god.
Egyptians, Romans, Greeks all had their own gods in ancient times. They don’t follow them any more. We all know that they were just characters of folk lore. With changing times, as people became more intelligent, hey shunned the old godly figures. Nobody worships Zeus, Artemis, Poseidon, Isis or Anubis today. They have become part of mythology, not a religion. Same thing will happen to today’s godly figures - Jesus, Mohammed, Ram, Krishna etc. May be 200 years. I guess (and hope) that in the next 200 years religions and gods would be a part of history (That is if human race doesn’t itself become part of history at the hands of some nutheads starting an atomic war for the sake of some almighty god)
Maruti Suzuki A-Star is launched in India
Maruti Suzuki’s latest offering A-Star is out today in India. I am very excited about this car. The official site of the car at www.marutisuzukiastar.com is terribly slow. May be everybody is rushing to the site to know more about this gorgeous looking car! (BTW the site is developed in .Net with heavy dosage of Flash by BCWebwise) What makes A-Star extra special is that it is fully designed in India - first for Suzuki of Japan.
I have made up my mind as to which car I am going to get when I upgrade from my M800 in about a year! 
I got hold of a video of the A-Star.
The car has been launched in three versions - Lxi, Vxi and Zxi. Ex showroom prices in Delhi are Rs. 3,46,775 for Lxi, Rs. 3,74,000 for Vxi and Rs. 4,11,775 for Zxi. All the variants have stuff like body coloured bumpers, Air Conditioner and Power Steering which usually comes only in the higher versions in other cars of the class. Vxi and Zxi come with additional features like power windows, built in speakers etc and Zxi has air bags too.
Video of moon’s surface taken by Chandrayaan
Here’s one of the first videos of the moon’s surface taken by the terrain mapping camera of Chandrayaan - India’s first unmanned mission to moon.
Bubble Breaker - 870 points in a single shot!
I was playing Bubble Breaker on my mobile and hit the jackpot! Got 870 points in a single shot! This is a big deal in this game and highest by far for me. Then I saw videos of a few people getting 1000+ score in a single hit but I am happy with this for now.
The aim of this game is to match similar bubbles together in order to burst them from the board. The more bubbles you burst at once, the more points you receive. This game is also known as Bubblet or Jawbreaker.
EMICalc.net - Equated Monthly Installment Calculator
I have launched EMICalc.net, another calculator site after AgeCalc.net (An age calculator). As the name suggest this site has a calculator to calculate your equated monthly installment for a mortgage or loan. There are tons of EMI Calculators out there but this one is bit different in the sense that it also tells you the total interest you will be paying on the principal and the effective flat rate of interest over the tenure of the loan. And it also generates the repayment amortization chart.
I am going to add functionality so you can know the rate of interest from the EMI amount, tenure and principal. So if you aren’t sure what is the rate of interest you are paying on one of your loans, or want to confirm the EMI amount the loan agent has given you against the promised rate of interest then you can know it from EMICalc.net.
Check out EMICalc.net.
Donate to Wikipedia
It looks like Wikipedia’s annual fun raising is going on. I have donated whatever little I could contribute. In my opinion Wikipedia is a great service. I pay money to buy newspapers and subscribe to magazines. I use Wikipedia in the similar fashion - to gain information on various topics so the donation is well worth it.
If you want to help Wikipedia click on the button below to donate.
Sub prime crisis - an explanation in simple words
I came across this presentation about how the sub prime crisis was created. It shows how borrowers, mortgage agents, banks, investment banks, rating agencies and governments f**** up!
Very interesting. An explanation in very simple terms that everybody can understand.
View in full screen to read the text clearly.
I got a car
I got myself a car as a Diwali gift! My first one! A Maruti 800. It’s used but new for me anyway!
I bought the car through carwale.com - India’s no. 1 car portal. The seller had posted a premium ad (so I could view his contact details). I called him, arranged to see the car, I liekd it and closed the deal the next day! I am still practising my driving though.
V.I.P. underware baniyan ringtone
V. I. P. Underware baniyaan!
I had heard of this line from a song a long time back. One day I Googled a bit and found the source. A song from a 1977 movie Kitaab. Lyrics written by the great Gulzar. Wonderful song.
I made an MP3 ringtone by cutting and joining a few pieces from the song using Audacity. You can download the ringtone from here.
The funny part is that the boy shouting V.I.P. underware baniyaaaan at the end of every stanza looks so much like richest Indian Mr. Mukesh Ambani! BTW Mr. Ambani (born 1957) was 20 at the time of release of this movie (1977). Here are the pics for comparison -
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