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Just recalled one of my several questions i had when i was a small kid to which i never got any answers, so here's my kiddy question

can it be that.. we are beings living inside another huge-living-being and working for it under some laws. like the way we have cells in our body working for us, we could be something like cells working in this huge-living-being.

can this explain the multiverse idea i.e a universe inside another universe inside another universe.. and maybe finite in number.

Most Entrepreneurs are married - i guess is because they tend to marry first(the teen-age effect) and later on in life start up with some business; also i guess they have successful business(60% as above) as they tend to devote more time to business than family later in life.

I would seriously like to know:

1) How many entrepreneurs start up a serious business first and then get married - Do they prefer girl-friends over a wife ???

2) Having got married - are they able to devote the same time to their business

3) Are they able to devote equally good time for children, wife and parents(when they fall sick)

4) Are children, wife and parents happy with these entrepreneurs

5) Do these Entrepreneurs always have a supporting wife and supporting children OR are have their wives and children compromised on their own personal life for the success of the entrepreneur

Professional life and Personal life are two different things.. when you combine both; they together make up "Life" - or what accounts to as "Time of one's life"; and when one talks about both together; what one implicitly is talking about is one's "Happiness".

6) So, After 25+ years into entrepreneurship does the entrepreneur repent on having wasted life(time) OR is really happy thinking only about their business achievements.

7) How many such entrepreneurs having 25+ years of experience are truly happy with their professional life as well as personal life(wife, children, parents, friends). do we have any such numbers.

wow, awesome visualization.

I always wondered how scientist determine the position of earth in our galaxy and the center of the galaxy. can somebody throw some light on this ???

Personally i don't care about Karma on HN and what others Karma is. All i care about is good link to something useful - technically atleast. "Title" of the post matters a lot.

Discussion: guess somebody will post more links to some good technical material or post some useful comments.

LIVE: Press Conference RedBull Stratos

http://www.redbullstratos.com/live/

He was spinning like crazy for quite some time - that literally had my heart beating like crazy - i was like - what's going to happen - is he unconscious - is the automatic parachute ejection not working - then; later was happy to seem him gain control on his free fall. :-)

Current Free Fall Record - 4:36 - and still holding

Felix's Free Fall time - 4:22

Short by 14 seconds. Guess he pulled the parachute, when his helmet wiser started fogging up. Would have been great to have him break the existing record after having jumped off from a higher altitude than the earlier record jump. Good luck next time - to whoever makes the next jump.

Nice app. btw, How are you tracking trains? Is there an API for Indian railways or are you scraping data from their websites ???

Are you using search results from other search engines and applying some heuristics on that or have you mined your own web data. nice start though !!!

>>> Here’s how I set up the question:

>>> I want you to explain something to me. Pick any topic you want: a hobby you have, a book you’ve read, a project you worked on–anything. You’ll have just 5 minutes to explain it.

I am an experienced technical guy. In case of technical interview if somebody starts away with that kind of question; i would take that in a negative way. I hate it when interviewers instead of being focused on their requirements focus on unnecessary things. As a job seeker i would like to be felt that i am required for the position; and that am not just a guy seeking money or a change in job. I would like to have the interviewer ask me questions for the job-position that i've applied; such that i feel motivated to continue; and know that the interviewer is serious about the position; and is just not filling up vacant company position.

start off with reading 1) linux kernel development 2) linux device drivers 3) linux kernel module programming guide

have - understanding the linux kernel as your reference manual.

by now, you should be comfortable to read/understand the kernel source; download linux kernel source and start browsing through the code.

simply reading books wont get you anywhere - you need to play around with kernel source inorder to understand the linux kernel behavior and different problems you may come across. write simple kernel modules to get a hang of how you can interact/modify with the kernel.

join some opensource project and start fixing bugs you're comfortable with or just play around with your local linux kernel source - make changes; build and deploy and observe what happens.

EDIT:

if you have no prior knowledge of OS Theory and Fundamentals; then you should start here first - read either of the following books 1) Operating System Concepts by Galvin, Silberschatz OR 2)Modern Operating Systems by Tanenbaum

For programming related - system calls and stuff read 1) Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment - by Richard Stevens

The more i read about apple news related to patent issues(simple ideas that should not have been granted patents) and suing, i am starting to develop serious hatred for apple. Even though i respect the products they've come up with; i don't feel like buying any apple product.

They seem to be trying to create a monopoly - implicitly making an effort to stop companies both big and small - start-ups from innovating. They seem to fear competition.

This patent issues among all these big companies is starting to hurt a lot.

So you are at some "Source" and you want to get to the required "Destination"(goal) -- what do you do ???? --- you plan your journey well. Let your plan take into considerations all the possibilities --- all pros an cons.

Good Programmers - well they plan; understand the requirements of the problem; case study or analyze the problem space; consider all(or most) of the possibilities to reach their goal(destination); then make a design (create a plan) and decide on the path(s) to be taken i.e. choose data structures, algorithms, programming language, and other factors. Having understood the pros and cons of their design; they begin to code. This process generally works most of the time; but there are times when you go mid way and then change the design or might consider another alternative(like data-structures); this generally happens when you've missed some problem space to analyze earlier while planning. None-the-less; planning well ahead of time; before you begin coding helps get a good product and helps save a lot of time, money and effort.

Bad programmers on the other hand know about their Destination(goal) but do not know how to get there; they simply jump into coding hoping that they would someday get to their destination. This too works, but it takes more time; and when one realizes that one has made a mistake; it becomes very difficult to come up with a new plan to move forward from that point. The product loses its quality. Often you land up starting again from square zero.

How can someone release a product like this !!!

What were the PM, team manager, technical architect, developers and QA doing !!! Didn't they observe this !!!

Is this a deliberate product release ???

Well i believe; that for a Software company like MS; it should give software for free to its employees instead of hardware - if it really wants to show that it cares. Most employees will belong the software field and will most definitely feel cared; if software is given to them for free - inorder for them to explore their own development/testing potential along with exploring the product potential. Also by giving the software for free; when an employee leaves the company; due to his/her interest in what the software product can deliver; they become lifelong customers - buy product upgrades and related software.

as far as attrition goes; well I guess it is bound to happen in case of experienced employees, no matter how great the company is; 'cause as one moves up the ladder; number of higher positions(across various teams) start to decrease. Talented employees hungry to explore their capabilities will leave for sure due to lack of opportunity.

As far as people outside MS wanting to join - guess will automatically happen if MS meets their requirements(job satisfaction + money + environment). The case most generally is that a company will find a replacement for a vacant position on its terms(there may be exceptions). But, It need not give hardware for free to its employees - inorder to send a message to the outside world - but rather give Software for free. Software given free to its employees means a opportunity to grow; and guess that would definitely attract outsiders to explore.

well by "software alone" - what i implicitly meant was that most employees would already have some hardware – latptop or desktop – in which case software given for free would motivate and encourage them to develop their ideas and even more apps.

If one has some hardware machine then one can install several OS’s in Virtual Machines for development and testing. one need not have separate hardware to develop apps for different OS’s.

If MS has to give hardware for free for whatever reasons, wouldn't it be a great idea to give the hardware to customers (non-MS) for free. This way if the product is really great; it will cause some buzz in the market and help the company market their product as well.

I just wonder if it’s really worth giving free hardware; instead of software. Once a software is given; and an employee discovers the potential in it; no matter whether the employee remains with the company(MS) or not; the person will become a lifelong investment and asset for the company - as he may/will buy product upgrades and related software – which may not be the case with hardware .

I totally agree with employees being allowed to enjoy and explore company products; and that such experiences should be absolutely free for all employees; but wonder if this experience should be limited within the company premises.

btw, does the hardware belong to the employee or is a property of MS. If the hardware is property of the employee, how does that make sense for MS, when employees switch jobs for their betterment (job + monetary reasons) .

AFAIK, MS at Redmond does not give Windows OS(software) for free; but gives it at a discount to its employees. Why not use the same strategy with hardware – give it with some discount – say 50% discount.

Win Apps - Do you really need to give hardware to build Apps for WP and Win8 or software alone would do ???

I wonder how come MS is able to afford giving free hardware to so many of their employees. Earlier they gave the Windows Phone and now the Tablet.

Is it a good marketing strategy. Do non-MS people buy their products, based on word-of-mouth spread by MS employees. Does this strategy really work ???

1) Patent filing must be made a really cheap process; so that even an individual earning a normal salary is able to file patents. This way Prior idea(art) comes to focus immediately.

2) There should be "no country(area) boundary laws" for Patents. A patent filed in particular country should be applicable world wide.

This is something i thought about Dark Matter: I believe Dark Matter to be the resultant force(and/or field) generated due to the interaction of the forces(and/or fields) of individual moving objects(matter).

consider a magnet(refer here as object) - something which has the property to attract(gravity like) and repel(field like): Now if you were to have 2 magnets(moving objects) come close enough such that they repel(or attract); but due to forces(and/or fields) of other moving objects in their vicinity(or far enough[1]); they get locked or entangled such that their movement(and other properties) is now dependent on the strongest forces or fields of nearby objects. Over time; these other objects also get entangled and tend to form clusters and keep moving(exhibiting other properties like radiation etc). But now their movement(and other properties) seem to be the resultant effect of forces (and/or fields) of all the objects now entangled - giving an illusion of some matter that exists - now known as Dark matter.

I have used magnets as just as an example - one could think of matter having both these properties to attract and repel - such that the area affected by them could vary depending on various properties of the objects(matter).

[1](far enough) - such that their observation is neglected; but these objects tend to have forces(and/or fields) that they affect a particular system under observation.