Christmas In London, quiet Oxford Circus

Vivek

It ain't over until it's over!

from the staircase graffiti

Believe in your great self!

Tips on reading papers

Tips on reading papers:

http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~hgs/netbib/efficientReading.pdf

along with:

a) abstract is 25%-50% the valoue of a paper
b) abstract + conclusion is 90%
c) abstract + conclusion + introduction is 95%

Fresher's week and students

Qoute:

In a room full of freshers who don't know each other, the first person to speak is surely the biggest twat!

Men are just happier??!!!

I am not responsible for these comments!!!
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Men Are Just Happier People

What do you expect from such simple creatures? Your last name stays put.
The garage is all yours. Wedding plans take care of themselves. Chocolate
is just another snack. You can never be pregnant. You can wear a white
T-shirt to a Thorpe Park. Car mechanics tell you the truth.

The world is your urinal. You never have to drive to another petrol
station because this one's loos are just too yucky. You don't have to stop
and think of which way to turn a nut on a bolt. Same work, more pay.
Wrinkles add character. Wedding dress ~£3000. Tux rental ~£50. People
never stare at your chest when you're talking to them. The occasional
well-rendered belch is practically expected. New shoes don't cut, blister,
or mangle your feet. One mood all the time. Phone conversations are over
in 30 seconds flat. You know stuff about tanks.

A five-day vacation requires only one suitcase. You can open all your own
jars. You get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness. If
someone forgets to invite you, he or she can still be your friend. Your
underwear is £7.99 for a three-pack. Three pairs of shoes are more than
enough. You almost never have strap problems in public. You are unable to
see wrinkles in your clothes.

Everything on your face stays its original colour. The same hairstyle
lasts for years, maybe decades. You only have to shave your face and neck.
You can play with toys all your life. Your belly usually hides your big
hips. One wallet and one pair of shoes one colour for all seasons. You can
wear shorts no matter how your legs look. You can "do" your nails with a
penknife. You have freedom of choice concerning growing a moustache. You
can do Christmas shopping for 25 relatives on December 24 in 25 minutes.

No wonder men are happier. Send this to the women who can handle it and to
the men who will enjoy reading it.

Indian sentence of the day

nahi too pareshanni hoo jayee gii

this means this means Otherwise, there will be trouble/problem.

Polish lessons of the day

czesc, jak sie masz, kochaj mnie and kocham cie

Paper writing

How to Increase the Chances Your Paper is Accepted at ACM SIGCOMM

Hassan's Birthday

Held at the prestigious Pizza Palace

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"Only Dry Hands are clean hands", J Sainsbury's

Tim S:
Please consider the Venn diagram derived from J Sainsbury's Statement, "only dry hands are clean hands", which will be henceforth be referred to as 'the statement'.

The box represents the sample space for all hands. Clean hands are represented by the large, shaded sample space. Dry hands are represented by the smaller, white circle.

This statement implies that all dry hands are clean hands. Whilst working in a coal yard, my hands were covered in coal dust, yet were exceptionally dry. These hands were not clean hands. Clearly, I was in violation of 'the statement'. I would therefore seek you advice as to how this predicament can be remedied.

Hamed H:

unfortunately your Lemma is in-valid:
I prove here


integer employee;
const max.employed =1000;
constant hand;
boolean status;


for employee= 1:max.employed
if ((hand == dry ) && (hand != dirty))
hand = clean;
else
hand = dirty
kill (employee)
end



unfortunately the Lemma requires a pre-assumption which had been minimised in the quotation.

Tom L:

Unfortunately I feel I must dispute your Venn diagram - for I believe the respective circles should be reversed. That is to say:

1. A hand can be dry, but not clean (for example, consider the coal yard scenario).
2. A hand can be dry and clean
3. A hand can be not dry and not clean.
4. A hand cannot be not dry and clean.

(3) resides in the outskirts of the diagram, the white square. (2) is the white circle in the middle. (1) is the grey area. Grey in colour, not in lack of definition. (4) is demonstrated by the absence of a suitable area.

That is, you cannot be in violation of the statement, unless you insist your wet hands are clean. However no-one would believe you should you say that (at least no-one aware of the Statement) - as V.M. once said when I wrote "dBm" on a graph axis instead of "dB", "It's just meaningless".

T-Zilla:

I have two lamentations/comments regarding your peer review of my work.

Firstly, is Lemma the singular of dilemma?

Secondly, the routine by which J Sainsbury appear to deal with dirty hands seems to be rather disturbing. Has this always been the case?

Paris Visit 2-8th August, Intel/Thomson Lab friends

2nd to 8th of August 2006, visit to friends/former colleagues from Intel, Pan hui [Ben] and Dr vivek Mhatre, now at Thomson Research Lab in Paris for a few months [pics]

Very important Lessons learnt:

Create the mathematical model, do all the analysis and keep it as geenral as possible, and at the last stage start with the most simple case to start implementation

Consider all the confidence intervals for the sampling case

Keep it simple

Richard Hammings, you and your research and in PDF