Comments for That Stupid Beautiful Calm... http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com ...what calm? Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:20:34 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Chaos Theory by Pink Imp http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/chaos-theory/#comment-101 Pink Imp Mon, 29 Dec 2008 08:20:34 +0000 http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/?p=68#comment-101 I'm surprised that this post is not flooded with comments. Hmm! Anyway, two more definitions of entropy, ones that I use most commonly: Measure of interestingness. High probability, low entropy...Low probability, high entropy. Information gain! Information theory one! Cannot type the formula here..but I'm sure you know what I mean..Summation of the product of the Prob and the log of its inverse...zzzz I’m surprised that this post is not flooded with comments. Hmm! Anyway, two more definitions of entropy, ones that I use most commonly:

Measure of interestingness. High probability, low entropy…Low probability, high entropy. Information gain!

Information theory one! Cannot type the formula here..but I’m sure you know what I mean..Summation of the product of the Prob and the log of its inverse…zzzz

]]> Comment on Travelogue 5: Breaking The Law by Dush http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/travelogue-5-breaking-the-law/#comment-100 Dush Mon, 15 Sep 2008 07:52:47 +0000 http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-100 @ Ingrid you may mock me now, but as soon as i haul my ass off to the license people and hand 'em some money under the table (over actually, corruption is quite in-your-face over there), a Royal Enfield awaits me. @ Ingrid you may mock me now, but as soon as i haul my ass off to the license people and hand ‘em some money under the table (over actually, corruption is quite in-your-face over there), a Royal Enfield awaits me.

]]> Comment on Travelogue 5: Breaking The Law by Ingrid http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/travelogue-5-breaking-the-law/#comment-99 Ingrid Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:28:47 +0000 http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-99 @Dush: "...makes my being out on the streets being all cool whilst driving my mother’s gearless scooter ..." Hilarious. :) But i still maintain that you, boy with the solid marathi surname, are quite a hypocrite. @Dush: “…makes my being out on the streets being all cool whilst driving my mother’s gearless scooter …” Hilarious. :)
But i still maintain that you, boy with the solid marathi surname, are quite a hypocrite.

]]> Comment on Fire In The Hole by Dush http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/fire-in-the-hole/#comment-98 Dush Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:51:56 +0000 http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-98 @ Pres to give you an example, in the aftermath of the IC814 hijacking, India released three imprisoned terrorists. One of them, Maulana Masood Azhar, an ISI-backed member of Al Qaeda, has subsequently been involved in attacks against India, including the one against the Parliament. Now, don't you think it woulda been easier if he'd been killed off via a death sentence? I know intelligence is not easy, unlike portrayals in books and movies. That doesn't excuse it occasionally being abysmal. What does India have? The CBI, RAW, and IB. These people don't get much right very often. Contrast it with the US—they have the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, NSA, dunno what else. These guys are out there, catching as many bad guys as they can... unlike our guys, stuck in their bureaucratic loops. Sure my "solutions" are extreme. But that's what you need. Look at the effect of draconian laws like TADA and MCOCA—organized crime has witnessed a sharp fall in Maharashtra, particularly in Mumbai. If a terrorist, or a wannabe terrorist, out there thinks that he can play with the lives of innocent people, India, as a nation, should screw human rights, and take away the lives of these Islamic fundamentalists if they so much as scratch us. @ Pres
to give you an example, in the aftermath of the IC814 hijacking, India released three imprisoned terrorists. One of them, Maulana Masood Azhar, an ISI-backed member of Al Qaeda, has subsequently been involved in attacks against India, including the one against the Parliament. Now, don’t you think it woulda been easier if he’d been killed off via a death sentence?
I know intelligence is not easy, unlike portrayals in books and movies. That doesn’t excuse it occasionally being abysmal. What does India have? The CBI, RAW, and IB. These people don’t get much right very often. Contrast it with the US—they have the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, NSA, dunno what else. These guys are out there, catching as many bad guys as they can… unlike our guys, stuck in their bureaucratic loops.
Sure my “solutions” are extreme. But that’s what you need. Look at the effect of draconian laws like TADA and MCOCA—organized crime has witnessed a sharp fall in Maharashtra, particularly in Mumbai.
If a terrorist, or a wannabe terrorist, out there thinks that he can play with the lives of innocent people, India, as a nation, should screw human rights, and take away the lives of these Islamic fundamentalists if they so much as scratch us.

]]> Comment on Fire In The Hole by prestidigitator http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/fire-in-the-hole/#comment-97 prestidigitator Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:52:40 +0000 http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/?p=62#comment-97 While I totally understand the sentiments expressed (believe me, I was worried sick about my bro in Delhi after I heard the news), I doubt carving a hole in their heads is going to solve anything. From what we've seen, a violent retaliation mostly just results in escalation. And that can't be good. Also, intelligence is rarely as easy as it sounds in a Ludlum book in a populous country like India; far too much randomness and chaos to be accounted for unlike a country like America where there is well, more order. Maybe putting those bastards who make inflammatory speeches in jail would be a step in the right direction. The ones who carry out the attacks are merely sheep. Also, have you noticed how the media tends to aggravate situations by unconsciously instigating hate? We live in sad, depressing times. While I totally understand the sentiments expressed (believe me, I was worried sick about my bro in Delhi after I heard the news), I doubt carving a hole in their heads is going to solve anything. From what we’ve seen, a violent retaliation mostly just results in escalation. And that can’t be good.

Also, intelligence is rarely as easy as it sounds in a Ludlum book in a populous country like India; far too much randomness and chaos to be accounted for unlike a country like America where there is well, more order.

Maybe putting those bastards who make inflammatory speeches in jail would be a step in the right direction. The ones who carry out the attacks are merely sheep. Also, have you noticed how the media tends to aggravate situations by unconsciously instigating hate? We live in sad, depressing times.

]]> Comment on Travelogue 5: Breaking The Law by Dush http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/travelogue-5-breaking-the-law/#comment-96 Dush Sat, 13 Sep 2008 19:07:07 +0000 http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-96 @ Pres funny shit... :) @ Charl You'd be surprised at how "solid" my surname really is. The fact that i didnt get my ass nailed by the friendly law enforcement dude is proof enuff. It can also ensure me speedy service at government offices while others languish in serpentine queues. @ Dhen Screw hypocrisy. It got me outta trouble. That's all i care about. And don't u dare try to rub in the football defeat. Who, might i ask, are the reigning champions of ENGLAND AND EUROPE??? @ Pres funny shit… :)
@ Charl You’d be surprised at how “solid” my surname really is. The fact that i didnt get my ass nailed by the friendly law enforcement dude is proof enuff. It can also ensure me speedy service at government offices while others languish in serpentine queues.
@ Dhen Screw hypocrisy. It got me outta trouble. That’s all i care about. And don’t u dare try to rub in the football defeat. Who, might i ask, are the reigning champions of ENGLAND AND EUROPE???

]]> Comment on Travelogue 5: Breaking The Law by Raulette http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/travelogue-5-breaking-the-law/#comment-95 Raulette Sat, 13 Sep 2008 18:07:02 +0000 http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-95 You ARE a hypocrite. After calling the community some colorful names, to take advantage of the fact that yu "belong" to the community is just awful. And yu've done it with the B also na? For your investments? SHEE. Well, Charl, he'll sure jump at that offer. His team lost after god-knows-how-many years to their rivals! My other Man U friend's already drowning himself in a bottle of whiskey :D P.S. Dush, i saw the match! Was so happy to see some soccer here :D You ARE a hypocrite. After calling the community some colorful names, to take advantage of the fact that yu “belong” to the community is just awful. And yu’ve done it with the B also na? For your investments? SHEE.

Well, Charl, he’ll sure jump at that offer. His team lost after god-knows-how-many years to their rivals! My other Man U friend’s already drowning himself in a bottle of whiskey :D

P.S. Dush, i saw the match! Was so happy to see some soccer here :D

]]> Comment on You shouldn’t know me because… by Dush http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/about/#comment-94 Dush Thu, 11 Sep 2008 18:49:03 +0000 #comment-94 Yes Charl, thanks for the grammar check. I will not, however, correct this... no reason why a few standards can't be relaxed here. Yes Charl, thanks for the grammar check. I will not, however, correct this… no reason why a few standards can’t be relaxed here.

]]> Comment on You shouldn’t know me because… by Charl http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/about/#comment-93 Charl Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:33:53 +0000 #comment-93 HEY! No hyphen in "occasionally-violent," bubs. Not in adverbwala compound adjectives! For shame, I tell you! :) HEY! No hyphen in “occasionally-violent,” bubs. Not in adverbwala compound adjectives!

For shame, I tell you! :)

]]> Comment on Travelogue 5: Breaking The Law by Charl http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/travelogue-5-breaking-the-law/#comment-92 Charl Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:23:52 +0000 http://outtatheshadows.wordpress.com/?p=52#comment-92 @ Dush: Solid marathi surname! Haaw! SUCH a cutie you are, Tushy! :) Let's get drunk together sometime? Yes, I mean again. Just you and Ing and me and Jack. @ Dush: Solid marathi surname! Haaw! SUCH a cutie you are, Tushy! :) Let’s get drunk together sometime? Yes, I mean again. Just you and Ing and me and Jack.

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