Maa First Snowfall

Hey, guys.. today was my first snowfall in Rochester. It feels heavenly when you see everywhere a sheet of snow outside your room. Feels like "Inder Dev" sitting in heaven and Apsara's naching in front of him :).

Hope you will njoy the video, dont know how to make it interesting, so bare with it.

Click below for the video.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aAPztUECUvg

Good Ebooks Links

www.gigapedia.org

http://freebookie.blogspot.com

http://viewzoft.com

www.free-ebooks-downloads.net

http://warez.ge/forum/index.php?showtopic=27360

www.projectw.org

IBM Nanotechnology Breakthrough

Posted: August 30, 2007

IBM unveils two major nanotechnology breakthroughs

(Nanowerk News) IBM today announced two major scientific achievements in the field of nanotechnology that could one day lead to new kinds of devices and structures built from a few atoms or molecules.

Although still far from making their way into products, these breakthroughs will enable scientists at IBM and elsewhere to continue driving the field of nanotechnology, the exploration of building structures and devices out of ultra-tiny, atomic-scale components. Such devices might be used as future computer chips, storage devices, sensors and for applications nobody has imagined yet.

The work will be unveiled tomorrow in two reports being published by the journal Science.

In the first report, IBM scientists describe major progress in probing a property called magnetic anisotropy in individual atoms. This fundamental measurement has important technological consequences because it determines an atom’s ability to store information. Previously, nobody had been able to measure the magnetic anisotropy of a single atom.

With further work it may be possible to build structures consisting of small clusters of atoms, or even individual atoms, that could reliably store magnetic information. Such a storage capability would enable nearly 30,000 feature length movies or the entire contents of YouTube – millions of videos estimated to be more than 1,000 trillion bits of data – to fit in a device the size of an iPod. Perhaps more importantly, the breakthrough could lead to new kinds of structures and devices that are so small they could be applied to entire new fields and disciplines beyond traditional computing.

Illustration of the preferred magnetic orientation of an iron atom on a specially prepared copper surface. The ability of an atom to maintain its magnetic orientation can help determine that atom's suitability for storing data. As the atom's magnetic spin points in one direction, it can represent a "1", and in the other direction a "0", telling scientists that single-atoms may be suitable for storing the 1s and 0s known as bits, that enable information storage in computing devices. This represents a potential building block for atomic storage. (IMage: IBM)

In the second report, IBM researchers unveiled the first single-molecule switch that can operate flawlessly without disrupting the molecule's outer frame -- a significant step toward building computing elements at the molecular scale that are vastly smaller, faster and use less energy than today's computer chips and memory devices.

In addition to switching within a single molecule, the researchers also demonstrated that atoms inside one molecule can be used to switch atoms in an adjacent molecule, representing a rudimentary logic element. This is made possible partly because the molecular framework is not disturbed.

Schematic three-dimensional image of a molecular "logic gate" of two naphthalocyanine molecules, which are probed by the tip of the low-temperature scanning tunneling microscope. By inducing a voltage pulse through the tip to the molecule underneath the tip (shown in the back), the two hydrogen atoms in the adjacent molecule (in white at the center of the molecule in front) change position and electrically switch the entire molecule from "on" to "off". This represents a rudimentary logic-gate, an essential component of computer chips and could be the building block for computers built from molecular components. (IMage: IBM)

The Science of The Small: Understanding the Magnetic Properties of Atoms

In the paper titled “Large Magnetic Anisotropy of a Single Atomic Spin Embedded in a Surface Molecular Network,” the researchers used IBM’s special scanning tunneling microscope (STM) to manipulate individual iron atoms and arranged them with atomic precision on a specially prepared copper surface. They then determined the orientation and strength of the magnetic anisotropy of the individual iron atoms.

Anisotropy is an important property for data storage because it determines whether or not a magnet can maintain a specific orientation. This in turn allows the magnet to represent either a “1” or “0,” which is the basis for storing data in computers.

“One of the major challenges for the IT industry today is shrinking the bit size used for data storage to the smallest possible features, while increasing the capacity,” said Gian-Luca Bona, manager of science and technology at the IBM Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California. “We are working at the ultimate edge of what is possible – and we are now one step closer to figuring out how to store data at the atomic level. Understanding the specific magnetic properties of atoms is the cornerstone of progressing toward new, more efficient ways to store data.”

Lilliputian Scale Devices: Single Molecule Logic Switching

In the paper titled “Current-Induced Hydrogen Tautomerization and Conductance Switching of Naphthalocyanine Molecules,” IBM researchers describe the ability to switch a single molecule “on” and “off,” a basic element of computer logic, using two hydrogen atoms within a naphthalocyanine organic molecule. Previously, researchers at IBM and elsewhere have demonstrated switching within single molecules, but the molecules would change their shape when switching, making them unsuitable for building logic gates for computer chips or memory elements.

Switches inside computer chips act like a light switch to turn the flow of electrons on and off and, when put together, make up the logic gates, which in turn make up electrical circuits. Having ever smaller switches allows the circuits to be shrunk to ever smaller sizes, making it possible to pack more circuits into a processor and boosting speed and performance.

These molecular switches could one day lead to computer chips with speeds as fast as today's fastest supercomputers, but much smaller in size; with some speculating even building computer chips so small they could be the size of a speck of dust or fit on the tip of a needle.

Development of conventional silicon-based CMOS chips is approaching its physical limits, and the IT industry is exploring new, truly disruptive technologies to achieve further increases in computer performance. Modular molecular logic is a possible candidate, though still several years from reality. The next step for the Research team is to build a series of these molecules into a circuit, then figure out how to network those together into a molecular chip.

The concept of using molecules as electronic components is still in its infancy. Only a few examples of individual molecules serving as switches or memory elements have been demonstrated to date. Most of these molecules are complex, three-dimensional structures and change their shape when switching. Placing them on a surface while maintaining their function is extremely difficult, making them unsuitable as building blocks for computer logic.

The switching within the molecule used by the IBM researchers is well-defined, highly-localized, reversible, intrinsic to the molecule, and does not involve changes in the molecular frame. Therefore, this molecule could be used as a building block for more complex molecular devices that serve as logic elements. As the shape of the molecule does not change during switching, single switches can be coupled in a controlled way. The switching process should also work with molecules embedded in more complex structures.

"Accidental" Science

Although the IBM Research team had been screening various molecules to discover if they would be suitable for molecular switches, in the case of naphthalocyanine, the tests being performed were not to observe switching but rather to examine molecular vibrations, since understanding vibrations of molecules is important for devices operating at the atomic level. During those tests, team members were surprised to observe results that were intriguing for switching at the molecular scale, and they shifted their focus from studying vibrations to studying switching, leading to this breakthrough.

“One of the beauties of doing exploratory science is that by researching one area, you sometimes stumble upon other areas of major significance,” said Gerhard Meyer, senior researcher in the nanoscale science group at the IBM Zurich lab. “Although the discovery of this breakthrough was accidental, it may prove to be significant for building the computers of the future.”

Source: IBM

Joke Of The Day!!!

Bill Gates organized an enormous session to recruit a new Chairman for Microsoft Europe. 5000 candidates assembled in a large room.
One candidate is Santa Singh an Indian (Punjabi) guy.

Bill Gates thanked all the candidates for coming and asking those who do not know JAVA program to leave.2000 people leave the room. Santa says to himself, 'I do not know JAVA but I have nothing to lose if I stay. I'll give it a try'

Bill Gates asked the candidates who never had experience of managing more than 100 people to leave. 2000 people leave the room. Santa says to himself ' I never managed anybody by myself but I have nothing to lose if I stay. What can happen to me?' So he stays.

Then Bill Gates asked candidates who do not have management diplomas to leave. 500 people leave the room. Santa says to himself, 'I left school at 15 but what have I got to lose?' So he stays in the room.

Lastly, Bill Gates asked the candidates who do not speak Serbo - Croat to leave. 498 people leave the room. Santa says to himself, ' I do not speak one word of Serbo - Croat but what do I have to lose?' So he stays and finds himself with one other candidate. Everyone else has gone.

Bill Gates joined them and said 'Apparently you are the only two candidates who speak Serbo - Croat, so I'd now like to hear you have a conversation together in that language.' Calmly, Santa turns to the other candidate and says 'Hor Phaphe ki haal chaal?.' The other candidate answers ' O Vadiya veere, tu Sunna'

# Contributed by Pramod Singh (Dynamic)

Missing You!!!

Miss You.... :(

ए गनपत!!!

एय गनपत उधर क्या देखताः बाप,

नीचे देख नीचे!

ये अपुन का पीहला हिंदी ब्लोग है | बोले तोह्ह हिंदी में बक्वास्बाजी| ये "गूगल" वाला साला कुछ ना कुछ अन्तूस -फान्तूस करता रहता| मे "लारी भाई" को बोला के चल बे इंडिया के माफिक कुछ नया कर, टोह साला ये ब्लोग चालू कर दिया| लगता है उसकी कनपटी के नीचे बजाना ही पडेगा!!! हे, चलो भाई अपुन धन्दे पर चलता, शाम को तुम से पूछता तुम्हारा हाल, तेरी ग्र्ल्फ्रिंद क्या करती सारा दिन, उसको पिक्चर-विक्चुर दिखा ना यार|

हे गनपत चल दारू ला, थोडा टेबल-वेब्ल साफ कर दे ना यार!!!


मुम्बई ….

ए गनपत चल दारू ला ,
ए गनपत चल दारू ला
इएस चला सोडा कम थोडा पनि मिल ,
इएस चला सोडा कम थोडा पनि मिल
थोडा टेबल वाब्ले साफ कर्र्र दे ना यार ,
थोडा टेबल वाब्ले साफ कर्र्र दे ना यार
ए गंपत्त , गंपात , ए गंपत्त गनपत , वूऊ

कामों कामों ऎंड एवेर्य्बोदी ,
कामों कामों ऎंड मोवे यौर बोदी ,
कामों कामों ऎंड शेक यौर बोदी ,
शेक यौर एस , शेक यौर एस , शेक यौर एस

कामों कामों ऎंड एवेर्य्बोदी ,
कामों कामों ऎंड मोवे यौर बोदी ,
कामों कामों ऎंड शेक यौर बोदी ,
शेक यौर एस , शेक यौर एस , शेक यौर एस

इन द मुम्बई , अल ओवर इंडिया ,
वी अरे द भाई , वी अरे द भाई

इन थे मुम्बई , अल ओवर इंडिया ,
वी अरे द भाई , वी अरे द भाई

भाई हूँ में , भाई , तू फिकर ना कर ,
उसकी माँ कि , उसकी भैन कि , जो देखे इधर
अपुन को बता दे कभी होवे फंतर ,
सबकी फत्त्ती अपने नामसे अपुन जाये जिधर
थोडा काके शोक तो अपुन के दोस्त को दे ना यार ,
थोडा काके शोक तो अपुन के दोस्त को दे ना यार
ए गंपत्त , गनपत , ए गनपत चल , दारू ला

इन द मुम्बई , अल ओवर इंडिया ,
वी अरे थे भाई , वी अरे थे भाई

इन द मुम्बई , अल ओवर इंडिया ,
वी अरे द भाई , वी अरे द भाई

बिपाशा मल्लिका प्रियंका या हो ऐश्वर्या राइ ,
जाये साली जा के जहाँ मरजी मराये
यश चोपडा , सुबश घई अपनी पिक्चर बनाए
अपुन को क्या लेना जैसे तैसे पैसे कमाये
अपुन को तो चाहिऐ दिन में स्पेशल चाय
शाम को दारू , रात को लडकी और्र्र नींद आ जाये .
ए गंपत्त , ए गनपत चल

देख पलट के में हूँ कुदिये ,
हर पासे मैं ही हूँ कुदिये
तू दिल हैं में जा हूँ कुदिये
शेक यौर एस , शेक यौर एस , शेक यौर एस

देख पलट के में हूँ कुदिये ,
हर पासए मैं ही हूँ कुदिये
तू दिल हैं में जा हूँ कुदिये
शके यौर एस , शके यौर एस , शके यौर एस

कॉंग्रेस मार्च पार्टी या फिर होवे बीजेपी
सबको स्पोर्ट (सुप्पोर्ट ) होती ओनली तेरे भाई की
कोई साला फालतू बोले तो टपका डालता हूँ में
मार मार के , मार मार के , फाड़ डालता में
थोडा मुर्गा -शुर्गा मुर्गा -शुर्गा दे ना यार ,
थोडा मुर्गा -शुर्गा मुर्गा -शुर्गा दे ना यार
ए गंपत्त , चल दारू ला ,
ए गनपत , हह , चल l दरोऊ ला .

कामों कामों ऎंड एवेर्य्बोदी ,
कामों कामों ऎंड मोवे यौर बोदी ,
कामों कामों ऎंड शैक यौर बोदी ,
शेक यौर एस , शेक यौर एस , शेक यौर एस

इन द मुम्बई , अल ओवर इंडिया ,
वी अरे द भाई , वी अरे द भाई

कामों कामों ऎंड एव्र्य्बोदी ,
कामों कामों ऎंड मोवे यौर बोदी ,
कामों कामों ऎंड शेक यौर बोदी , येअह्छ

इन थे मुम्बई , अल ओवर इंडिया ,
वी अर द भाई , वी अरे थे भाई

ए गंपत्त , …. ए गनपत ,….. ए गनपत
पण ये गंपत्त कौन हैं!

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आंखों में सपने लिए
घर से हम चल तो दिए
जाने यह राहें अब ले जायेंगी कहॉ
मिटटी कि खुशबु आये
पलकों पे आंसू लाए
पलकों पे रह जाएगा यादों के जहाँ
मंज़िल नयी है अनजाना है कारवाँ
चलना अकेले है यहाँ
(तनहा दिल , तनहा सफ़र
ढूंढे तुझे फिर क्यूँ नज़र ) - २
तनहा दिल
दिलकश नज़रें देखे
झिलमिल सितारे देखे
आंखों में फिर भी तेरा चेहरा है जवान
कितनी बरसातें आयी , कितनी सौगातें लाई
कानों में फिर भी गूंजे तेरी ही सदा
माने किये थे अपना होगा आशियाँ
वादों का जाने होगा क्या
(तनहा दिल , तनहा सफ़र
ढूंढे तुझे फिर क्यूँ नज़र ) - २
तनहा दिल
तनहा दिल
आंखों में सपने लिए
घर से हम चल तो दिए
जाने यह राहें अब ले जायेंगी कहॉ
मिटटी कि खुशबु आये
पलकों पे आंसू लाए
पलकों पे रह जाएगा यादों के जहाँ
मंज़िल नयी है अनजाना है कारवाँ
चलना अकेले है यहाँ
(तनहा दिल , तनहा सफ़र
ढूंढे तुझे फिर क्यों नज़र ) - २
तनहा दिल , तनहा दिल , तनहा दिल
तनहा दिल , तनहा दिल..."

Midterms Over!!!

Midterms are over and I am feeling free again, cleaning my room and doing my pending works (chatting with people, shopping etc). I forgot to told you guys that I got lucky last week. Last week we had job fair in RIT and lots of companies showed up at the fair. So, I went to attend one of Microsoft's seminar. To my surprise I won "XBOX 360" with Halo3 game in their Lucky draw, biggest prize of the draw, and you can even see its ripple effect in my orkut!!! I have not played it yet as I dont have TV, but I am looking forward for getting some converter so that I can plug it on my Laptop and "Finish The Fight".

As I got too busy in the last week due to midterms, project report and job, I decided today to have some movie masala. So, I brought "Italian Job" and "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind"(cast Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Kirsten Dunst) from RIT library. I watched the second one, and mind it, its a gr8 movie......5 stars to it...

The director and story writer are incredible, to think something like that its out of the milky way. And you cann't stop applauding Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet in the movie. So, it was a gr8 day for me. Hope to finish "Italian Job" 2moro!

Back to basics. Today I started with my TA job also. I taught 'Organic Chemisty' basically the aldehydes and ketones reaction mechanisms. I am also working parttime as a Notetaker for "Modern Physics I", "Calculus For Engineering Technology I", and "Material Technology". So, see guys how busy is my life!!! Life is quite busy for Indians here, and for a pure Veggie like me. Study, Job, Cooking everything has to be managed. But mind it, its really cool.

Anyways, I have to go for dinner. Catch you guys later!

Happy Weekend!!! :)

Some Good, Some Bad...

As I mentioned in the last blog that I was very excited to come to USA, and my excitement is exponentially increasing day-by-day. For the last one month I am analyzing things that I hereby want to share with you. Some are good things and some are really bad one that I personally believe present in America.

Good Things...

1. Anything which are unnecessarily present in India are not seen here... I am talking about cows on the roads, street dogs, donkeys, monkeys, ants, rats in home etc.

2. 100% availability of electricity, water (hot & cold) in the apartments.

3. Beautiful homes, beautiful surroundings, beautiful garden and parks.

4. Facilities लिके hi-fi gym, tennis court, basketball court, swimming pool, ubiquitous Wi-Fi availabilty.

5. Well maintained city, roads, parks, street lights.

6. Good behaviour of people. Actually the biggest thing I have learned from Americans is the enhanced modesty, generosity, etiquette. (I am excluding the exceptions, the screwed up people like Eminem, Britney Spears Class who keep on doing something non-sense.)

7. Honesty towards work, hard work.

8. The way they enjoy their life.

9. Independent thinking and independent living.

10. Their belief in quality living. Even a 1 cent candy is of 6 Sigma quality!!!

11. Frequent events and parties!!!

12. Cheap and high quality electronic equipments.

13. Cool people.



Now, Bad Things!

1. Biggest is the loneliness.

2. Infrequent availability of some facilites which are abundant in India and readily available on every nukkar or street like Tea stalls, food stalls, Samosa's, Ice-creams, mauchi and lots more.

3. Extreme winters.

4. English toilets, ofcourse I hate them, they are 100% unhygienic (If its in a public place it goes extreme!!!)

5. High cost of living, expensive vegetables, fruits and you can say everything (Damn costly: 1 tomato piece for 15Rs)

6. Open toilets in public places which spread the shit smell everywhere!

7. Transportation problem.

8. Nonsense food ex. Pizza. (Americans just keep on eating junk food, I don't how the hell they are still healthy!!!)

9. Costly books. (I have to bought one of my book for 100$=4200Rs).

10. Extremely costly Doctors and their medicine. (Bhagwan karein ki aap kabhi bimaar na hoe USA mei nahi toh literally p***t jati hai!!!)


And the list will keep on growing as new things will keep on striking my mind.

Intro...

So, Here I Am.............. finally in USA, 12 hours behind India... :)

A sweet 'Hiii' to everyone, who is reading my small piece of life and experiences.

Myself is Rakesh Dhull, an average guy from a Hindu family. I am a Jat basically from a small but beautiful city of India known as Karnal. Its located in Haryana, in the midway of Delhi and Chandigarh highway. It has never come to my mind to write a blog but since now there is a turning point in my life, I have something to write about me and my new experiences. The idea is actually contributed by my friend "Mithlesh Bhagat" a.k.a "Baba", and I am heartly thankful to him.

So, finally here I am in Rochester, NY, USA.

Why I am here???

Its the same old story, like every Indian I wanted to taste America, the different culture, the people and of course the studies, which is one of the reason.

I never thought of coming to States, but it was a sheer luck that I got good score in TOEFL, GRE.

When I completed my B.Tech from Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information & Communication Technology (DAIICT) (www.daiict.ac.in) I was a sort of f****d up man. After performing poorly in my B.Tech I had never thougth that I will be going for higher studies that too in USA. But its the knowledge and belief in oneself that pays at the end. I got poor grades in undergraduation but that doesn't reflect the true picture, because I believe that you cannot judge the wisdom of a person by just looking at his grades. I always believed in Einstein's words "Imagination is more powerful than knowledge". Also the experience that I have learned during my 2.3 year stint in Reliance has really helped me in deciding my life goals.

Here, I would like to thank every person, from the deepest corner of my heart for supporting me in the most crucial period of life. I pay my sincere gratitude to Dr. Sanjay Chaudhary (DAIICT), Dr. Anil Roy (DAIICT), Dr. Samaresh Chatterji (DAIICT), Prof. Narendra Shukla (DAIICT), Mr. Suraj Sharma (CTO Punjab, Reliance Communications), Mr. Ummed Manral (CTO Uttar Pradesh, Reliance Communications) and Mr. Sanjeev Kumar Thapar (CDMA Lead Jalandhar, Reliance Communications) who believed in me and my intellect. And finally I would like to thank all my friends who have supported me directly or indirectly in achieving my dream.

So, Why Butterfly Effect???

I have specifically baptized the title of my blog as "Butterfly Effect" as it sends a clear message to everyone that life is not for regretting, instead its a phenomena where you lose something to learn something extra. So, never get demoralized by something in life because life always gives you a chance to omit your previous mistakes. And here, I am going through the same transformation. So, it is like a new birth for me. Being in USA means many things a new culture, new people, new way of living and of course new opportunites!!! So, its like a rebirth for me.

I was really thrilled to come to USA, and now when I have landed here the excitement is exponentially increasing day-by-day.

So, it is indeed a Butterfly Effect for me where a small change in my life (coming to USA) has completely revamped my life.



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