The misty Minnesota

He is out, He is in...

Who else? Its Saurav. He has been re-called for the Test series against South Africans. The official theory is that the team needs experienced players after recent dismal shows. I hope he is not being used by the "other" lobby to show Greg Chappel's place may not be that secured. Its also a chance (last?) for Saurav to take the high road and his revenge. The selectors and the coach have created enough ill-wills in the team that re-entry of Saurav may affect Dravid's performance. Some interesting things to come out though. The question is could Saurav prove his mettle or not?

Dor - Nagesh did it again

Nagesh Kukunoor is one of the few movie producers/story writer who solidly thinks about the end of the movie before starting it. His latest creation Dor is another addition to his bag of success which ends remarkably. The movie is long, a little boring in the middle, unbelievable easyness of the set quest but the end changed the theme of the movie. A good watch for those folks who are interested in neo-bollywood style of film making.

Good going Greg!

Here is the Indian record under Greg's mystery coaching before the next cricket world cup:

1. Lost terribly to Australia
2. Lost terribly to West Indies
3. Lost terribly to South Africa
4. Suddenly Indian cricket team has no reliable openers.
5. Suddenly the team has lost the pace and its' pacers.
6. The team now only looks up to aging Sachin and Kumble, again.
7. Dravid has failed miserably as a captain.
8. Sehwag? Is he a threat anymore?
9. Does a middle order exist?

Good going Greg!

Argentinian robs Bush

We have to make this world a safer place... And then,
"ABC News in the US says the robbery went unnoticed by the heavy secret service force protecting the family." Read More

A good read on Dvaita philosophy

A good read for the folks interested in Dvaita philosophy of Hinduism. And an answer to misinterpreted Varna pratha:

Interpretation of the Caste System

* Madhva interprets the concept of VarNa mentioned in the Vedas (Purusha Sooktha) as not being defined by birth, but by the nature of a Soul. For example a Soul having the nature of a Brahmin could have been born as a Shudra and vice versa. The caste system decided by birth is actually Jaati and not VarNa. The VarNas simply define the disposition of the Soul, for example a Soul classified as BrahmaNa VarNa is disposed towards learning, a Kshatriya Soul is dispose towards administration and a Shudra Soul is disploed towards performing Service.

LoE from PoC to production

I am not sure if estimation is an art or science but its tough. Usually the level of effort required to build a production quality application is approximately three to four times (may be more) the effort required for the proof of concept or prototypes. Why?

1. You would need to translate the If-Then-Else in PoC to a proper pattern in prod.
2. You would need to translate the "invoke this" to an independently runnable task.
3. JUnit classes are missing in PoC.
4. for with in for is okay for a small dataset but this won't be true in prod.
5. PoC doesn't have to deal with multiple and heterogeneous systems.
6. That hidden hard coded value won't hide any more.
7. Did you add code reviews and documentation?