Ralph Strachey's Method.
Mr. Ralph Strachey has devised rules for the construction of a magic square of a singly-even order n where n = 2(2m+1) , The rule states:- Divide the square into 4 equal quarters A, B, C,& D.
A B
D C
Construct in A, by the Hindu Rule a magic square with the numbers from 1 to u^2, where u = n/2. Construct by the identical method squares B, C & D using numbers from u^2+1 to 2u^2; 2u^2+1 to 3u^2; & 3u^2+1 to 4u^2(n^2). (Best done by adding u^2 to numbers in A to get B, then adding u^2 to B to get C and then adding u^2 to C to get D). Clearly the resulting composite square is magic in columns. Now in the middle row of A take the m cells next but one to the left-hand side and in each of the other rows take the m cells nearest to the left-hand side; interchange the numbers in these cells with the corresponding numbers in cells in D. Next interchange the numbers in the cells in each of the m+2 columns next to the left-hand side of B with the numbers in the corresponding cells of C. Now the resulting square will be truly a magic square. For ex. for a 6x6 square, n = 6, m = 1, u =3.
The preliminary, and the final square are as under:-
08 01 06 17 10 15 35 01 06 26 19 24
03 05 07 12 14 16 03 32 07 21 23 25
04 09 02 13 18 11 31 09 02 22 27 20
35 28 33 26 19 24 08 28 33 17 10 15
30 32 34 21 23 25 30 05 34 12 14 16
31 36 29 22 27 20 04 36 29 13 18 11
Although Mr. Strachey talks of construction of the odd order square by the Hindu rule it is not essential, provided we add u^2 to numbers in A etc., we can use any odd order square to begin with. The Hindu Rule, of course, enables us to get the odd order square quickly. A 10x10 square, using a 5x5 square constructed differently, is generated below:-
First the 10x10 order square before application of the Strachey rule:
03 016 09 22 15 28 41 34 47 40
20 008 21 14 02 45 33 46 39 27
07 025 13 01 19 32 50 38 26 44
24 012 05 18 06 49 37 30 43 31
11 004 17 10 23 36 29 42 35 48
78 091 84 97 90 53 66 59 72 65
95 083 96 89 77 70 58 71 64 52
82 100 88 76 94 57 75 63 51 69
99 087 80 93 81 74 62 55 68 56
86 079 92 85 98 61 54 67 60 73
and now the final square.
78 091 09 22 15 53 66 59 72 40
95 083 21 14 02 70 58 71 64 27
07 100 88 01 19 57 75 63 51 44
99 087 05 18 06 74 62 55 68 31
86 079 17 10 23 61 54 67 60 48
03 016 84 97 90 28 41 34 47 65
20 008 96 89 77 45 33 46 39 52
82 025 13 76 94 32 50 38 26 69
24 012 80 93 81 49 37 30 43 56
11 004 92 85 98 36 29 42 35 73
Monday, April 30, 2007
Sunday, April 29, 2007
FL16 -FL18. SOME MORE 4 LINERS
SO MANY CREEDS
So many God's; so many creeds;
So many paths that wind and wind,
While all the sad world needs,
Is just the art of being a little kind!
SOME HOPE THAT'S DEAD
There's not a garden walk I tread,
There's not a flower, I see, Love,
But brings to mind some hope, that's dead,
Some joy I've had with thee.
THE MORE YOU FORGET
The more you learn the more you forget,
The more you forget the less you know;
The less you know the less you forget,
The less you forget the more you know!
So many God's; so many creeds;
So many paths that wind and wind,
While all the sad world needs,
Is just the art of being a little kind!
SOME HOPE THAT'S DEAD
There's not a garden walk I tread,
There's not a flower, I see, Love,
But brings to mind some hope, that's dead,
Some joy I've had with thee.
THE MORE YOU FORGET
The more you learn the more you forget,
The more you forget the less you know;
The less you know the less you forget,
The less you forget the more you know!
Saturday, April 28, 2007
BACRONYMS AND MY GRANDSON
My grandson is very inquisitive, one day he said, a "Historian" is rarely, if at all, present at the scene so how does he write all that we read in history books, I decided to answer him in my own special way, forming a phrase using only the letters of the word in sequential order, so I told him: -
Hearsay Information, Sifting Thoroughly, Objectively Records Incidents And Narratives. Or maybe: -
He Imagines Something, Twists Others, Records Idiosyncrasies, Assembles Narratives.
Another day he was enquiring about "FAN", the answer I gave was Forceful Air Navigator, he said he was not talking about this FAN, so I told him Forcefully Advertise, Notify, however he was not satisfied yet, so I came up with Fanatical Admirer, Naive. That satisfied him.
His next question was about "Abdomen", the answer I gave was:
Actually Belly, Digestive Organ, Metabolizes Entire Nourishment.
He now came up with "Gymnastics", it took me quite some time to come up with an answer, but finally I got the right connection: -
Gives Your Muscles Noteworthy Adaptability, Stimulus, Thereby Imparting Co-ordination, Strength.
His next question was to explain him about an "Optimist" and "Pessimist", well I had to bring out the difference very clearly, here is what he was told: -
Outcome Predictable, Task Is Manageable, I'll Surely Triumph, and
Predictably, Even Sees Serious Impediments, Machinations, In Small Things.
His next question took me by surprise, it was about "Siesta', well here was the answer I got: -
Spain Itinerary - Enjoy Sleep Through Afternoon.
He next wanted to know about CATASTROPHE - Well no difficulty for me -
Calamity, Accursed Total Annihilation, Startling Thunderbolt, Result Of Particularly Horrendous Event.
His next question too took me by surprise - SCAPEGOAT The answer was however easily available - Someone Clandestinely Accused, Permitting Entire Guilty Offenders Avoid Trap.
He next came up with EARTHQUAKE - Well I was ready with an answer - Explosion Activated Remotely That Has Quivering Underground Almost Knocking Everything.
He was not yet done and came up with STAMPEDE - Well I had to think and finally said - Sudden Tension, Assembled Mob Panics, Everyone Departs Expeditiously.
He again took me by surprise by going for a really very big word - INDIVIDUALISTIC, I had a ready answer - 'I' Normally Dominates In Ventilating Ideas, Dealings, Ususally Abhors Logical Interpretations, Suggestions Treats Imbibing Contempt.
It took him too by surprise but he was not ready to give up and talked of SUPERNATURAL - I decided to go for some hard words - Strictly Unworldly, Perhaps Esoteric, Really Not Attributable To Usual Regimen As Learnt.
He again came up with a 15 letter word - STRAIGHTFORWARD I thought it was time to curb him and so said enough, but he wouldn't take no for an answer, so I obliged - Someone Truthfully Revealing Acrid Intentions, Giving His Thoughts Freeway Or Recording, Without Any Restraint,Decisions.
He was ready for some more so I told him no more but on his insistence I said o.k. One more he came up with "Tradition" and the answer I was ready with was: -
Time-honoured Religious And Dynastic Instructions, Teachings Implemented, Observed Nostalgically.
Well he knew I was fascinated by Acronyms and had been wondering if it would be too difficult to treat ordinary English dictionary words as Acronyms? I tried and found it an interesting exercise, and started coining, what I now call them - BACRONYMS. I now have a collection of over 4,000 words?
Hearsay Information, Sifting Thoroughly, Objectively Records Incidents And Narratives. Or maybe: -
He Imagines Something, Twists Others, Records Idiosyncrasies, Assembles Narratives.
Another day he was enquiring about "FAN", the answer I gave was Forceful Air Navigator, he said he was not talking about this FAN, so I told him Forcefully Advertise, Notify, however he was not satisfied yet, so I came up with Fanatical Admirer, Naive. That satisfied him.
His next question was about "Abdomen", the answer I gave was:
Actually Belly, Digestive Organ, Metabolizes Entire Nourishment.
He now came up with "Gymnastics", it took me quite some time to come up with an answer, but finally I got the right connection: -
Gives Your Muscles Noteworthy Adaptability, Stimulus, Thereby Imparting Co-ordination, Strength.
His next question was to explain him about an "Optimist" and "Pessimist", well I had to bring out the difference very clearly, here is what he was told: -
Outcome Predictable, Task Is Manageable, I'll Surely Triumph, and
Predictably, Even Sees Serious Impediments, Machinations, In Small Things.
His next question took me by surprise, it was about "Siesta', well here was the answer I got: -
Spain Itinerary - Enjoy Sleep Through Afternoon.
He next wanted to know about CATASTROPHE - Well no difficulty for me -
Calamity, Accursed Total Annihilation, Startling Thunderbolt, Result Of Particularly Horrendous Event.
His next question too took me by surprise - SCAPEGOAT The answer was however easily available - Someone Clandestinely Accused, Permitting Entire Guilty Offenders Avoid Trap.
He next came up with EARTHQUAKE - Well I was ready with an answer - Explosion Activated Remotely That Has Quivering Underground Almost Knocking Everything.
He was not yet done and came up with STAMPEDE - Well I had to think and finally said - Sudden Tension, Assembled Mob Panics, Everyone Departs Expeditiously.
He again took me by surprise by going for a really very big word - INDIVIDUALISTIC, I had a ready answer - 'I' Normally Dominates In Ventilating Ideas, Dealings, Ususally Abhors Logical Interpretations, Suggestions Treats Imbibing Contempt.
It took him too by surprise but he was not ready to give up and talked of SUPERNATURAL - I decided to go for some hard words - Strictly Unworldly, Perhaps Esoteric, Really Not Attributable To Usual Regimen As Learnt.
He again came up with a 15 letter word - STRAIGHTFORWARD I thought it was time to curb him and so said enough, but he wouldn't take no for an answer, so I obliged - Someone Truthfully Revealing Acrid Intentions, Giving His Thoughts Freeway Or Recording, Without Any Restraint,Decisions.
He was ready for some more so I told him no more but on his insistence I said o.k. One more he came up with "Tradition" and the answer I was ready with was: -
Time-honoured Religious And Dynastic Instructions, Teachings Implemented, Observed Nostalgically.
Well he knew I was fascinated by Acronyms and had been wondering if it would be too difficult to treat ordinary English dictionary words as Acronyms? I tried and found it an interesting exercise, and started coining, what I now call them - BACRONYMS. I now have a collection of over 4,000 words?
Friday, April 27, 2007
DD13. DEFT DEFINITIONS
HABITS Threads in the beginning but wires in the end.
HAIR Richest ornament of women.
HAPPINESS a) Cosmetic for beauty.
b) Cloak of misery (at times ).
c) Calm glad certainty of innocence in children.
d) A good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
A RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS Take equal parts of faith and courage, mix well with a sense of humour, sprinkle with a few tears and add a helping of kindness for others. Bake in a good- natured oven and dust with laughter. Scrape away any self-indulgence that is apparent and serve with generous helpings.
HARD-WORK A thing which everyone likes but only when he is paying for it.
HAT A head wear that will never go out of fashion, it will just look more ridiculous year after year.
HATRED a) Murder committed by the heart.
b) Madness of the heart.
c) Motor of human behaviour.
HEAD a)An attic stuffed with worn-out furniture.
b) The greatest undeveloped territory in the world that lies under your head (believe it or not ).
HEAVEN The idea of a future state born out of man's preposterous assumption that such perfect creatures as we must enjoy another existence as a reward of our perfection which we deny to other living beings such as animals and birds.
HEREDITY Stored environment.
HERO An ultimate bore.
HEROISM Self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action.
HISTORY a) Register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
b) Essence of innumerable biographies.
c) Romance with the past.
d) Glass through which we may behold with ancestral eyes, not only the various deeds of past ages and the old accidents that attend them, but also discern the different forms of humours of men.
HAIR Richest ornament of women.
HAPPINESS a) Cosmetic for beauty.
b) Cloak of misery (at times ).
c) Calm glad certainty of innocence in children.
d) A good bank account, a good cook and a good digestion.
A RECIPE FOR HAPPINESS Take equal parts of faith and courage, mix well with a sense of humour, sprinkle with a few tears and add a helping of kindness for others. Bake in a good- natured oven and dust with laughter. Scrape away any self-indulgence that is apparent and serve with generous helpings.
HARD-WORK A thing which everyone likes but only when he is paying for it.
HAT A head wear that will never go out of fashion, it will just look more ridiculous year after year.
HATRED a) Murder committed by the heart.
b) Madness of the heart.
c) Motor of human behaviour.
HEAD a)An attic stuffed with worn-out furniture.
b) The greatest undeveloped territory in the world that lies under your head (believe it or not ).
HEAVEN The idea of a future state born out of man's preposterous assumption that such perfect creatures as we must enjoy another existence as a reward of our perfection which we deny to other living beings such as animals and birds.
HEREDITY Stored environment.
HERO An ultimate bore.
HEROISM Self-devotion of genius manifesting itself in action.
HISTORY a) Register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
b) Essence of innumerable biographies.
c) Romance with the past.
d) Glass through which we may behold with ancestral eyes, not only the various deeds of past ages and the old accidents that attend them, but also discern the different forms of humours of men.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
P8. THERE IS NO ONE ELSE QUITE LIKE YOU
There is no one else quite like you,
You're a part of the Universe just as you are.
As unique as each beautiful tree and each glittering star.
There is no one else quite like you.
You're someone of infinite worth,
Who deserves every joy and blessing on earth?
There is no one else quite like you.
So treat yourself gently with pride wherever you are,
Continue to be true to the person you are deep inside.
We will miss you very much when we part.
But shall cherish the sweet memories,
Of the days we spent together.
You're a part of the Universe just as you are.
As unique as each beautiful tree and each glittering star.
There is no one else quite like you.
You're someone of infinite worth,
Who deserves every joy and blessing on earth?
There is no one else quite like you.
So treat yourself gently with pride wherever you are,
Continue to be true to the person you are deep inside.
We will miss you very much when we part.
But shall cherish the sweet memories,
Of the days we spent together.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
DD12. MORE OF DEFT DEFINITIONS
GAMBLING a) Something for nothing.
b) Child of avarice, brother of inequity and father of mischief.
GENIUS 10 percent inspiration and 90 per cent perspiration.
GENIUSNESS Art of doing what is impossible for talent.
GENTLEMAN One who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
GHOST The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
GIRLS They are akin to newspapers. They have forms, they always have the last word; back numbers are not in demand; they have great influence, you can't believe everything they say; they are thinner and costlier than they used to be; they get along by advertising; and every man should have his own and not try to borrow his neighbour's. But they differ in one way, they can't be read through and through.
GLORIOUS MEN Scorn of wise-men, the admiration of fools, the idol of parasites and the slaves of their own vaunts.
GLORY The melancholy blazon on a coffin bed.
GOD Blunder of humanity.
GOOD Final goal of ill.
GOODNESS A noble quality. To teach this quality to others is nobler still, and far less trouble.
GOOD-NIGHT Something which can't be good for lover's if it separates them.
GOSSIP a) Loose talk which no one claims to like but every-body enjoys.
b) When you hear something you like about someone you don't.
c) Mortar in the brick of conversation.
GOVERNMENT Assembly of disgruntled representatives of society, generally speaking.
GOVERNOR A device attached to a state to keep it from going ahead very fast.
GRACE The outward expression of the inward harmony of life.
GRAMMAR Logic of speech.
GRATITUDE a) Memory of the heart.
b) Most humiliating of all debts.
c) A word unfit for use amongst friends.
GREATNESS Not a prize but an achievement.
GREEDINESS Greatest of all human failings.
GRUDGE Aparasitical growth. In its primary stage it is usually benign. Operation is simple, safe and effective. But if you let it eat into you deep enough it becomes inoperable.
GUESTS Members of an objectionable tribe, who have two bad characteristics a ) they do not seem to know enough to go to hotels and b ) they expect to be entertained like royalty.
GUILT Social conditioning.
b) Child of avarice, brother of inequity and father of mischief.
GENIUS 10 percent inspiration and 90 per cent perspiration.
GENIUSNESS Art of doing what is impossible for talent.
GENTLEMAN One who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.
GHOST The outward and visible sign of an inward fear.
GIRLS They are akin to newspapers. They have forms, they always have the last word; back numbers are not in demand; they have great influence, you can't believe everything they say; they are thinner and costlier than they used to be; they get along by advertising; and every man should have his own and not try to borrow his neighbour's. But they differ in one way, they can't be read through and through.
GLORIOUS MEN Scorn of wise-men, the admiration of fools, the idol of parasites and the slaves of their own vaunts.
GLORY The melancholy blazon on a coffin bed.
GOD Blunder of humanity.
GOOD Final goal of ill.
GOODNESS A noble quality. To teach this quality to others is nobler still, and far less trouble.
GOOD-NIGHT Something which can't be good for lover's if it separates them.
GOSSIP a) Loose talk which no one claims to like but every-body enjoys.
b) When you hear something you like about someone you don't.
c) Mortar in the brick of conversation.
GOVERNMENT Assembly of disgruntled representatives of society, generally speaking.
GOVERNOR A device attached to a state to keep it from going ahead very fast.
GRACE The outward expression of the inward harmony of life.
GRAMMAR Logic of speech.
GRATITUDE a) Memory of the heart.
b) Most humiliating of all debts.
c) A word unfit for use amongst friends.
GREATNESS Not a prize but an achievement.
GREEDINESS Greatest of all human failings.
GRUDGE Aparasitical growth. In its primary stage it is usually benign. Operation is simple, safe and effective. But if you let it eat into you deep enough it becomes inoperable.
GUESTS Members of an objectionable tribe, who have two bad characteristics a ) they do not seem to know enough to go to hotels and b ) they expect to be entertained like royalty.
GUILT Social conditioning.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
E8. THE VALUE OF TIME
The Value of TIME.
To realize the value of One Year:
Ask a student who has failed in his Examination.
To realize the value of One Month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a pre-mature baby.
To realize the value of One Week:
Ask an Editor of a Weekly.
To realize the value of One Day:
Ask a daily wage labour.
To realize the value of One Hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of One Minute:
Ask a person who has missed his train/appointment.
To realize the value of One Second:
Ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of One Millie-second:
Ask the person who has won a Gold Medal in Olympics.
To realize the value of One Year:
Ask a student who has failed in his Examination.
To realize the value of One Month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a pre-mature baby.
To realize the value of One Week:
Ask an Editor of a Weekly.
To realize the value of One Day:
Ask a daily wage labour.
To realize the value of One Hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of One Minute:
Ask a person who has missed his train/appointment.
To realize the value of One Second:
Ask a person who has survived an accident.
To realize the value of One Millie-second:
Ask the person who has won a Gold Medal in Olympics.
Monday, April 23, 2007
DD11. DEFT DEFINITIONS
FOLLIES Something which everyone has and oft-times, they are the most important things he has got.
FORCE Queen of the world.
FORETHOUGHT Doing unpleasant things for the sake of pleasant things in the future.
FORTY ??? Over the hill ???
Old age of youth.
FRIENDS Are like radio's - some have loud volume some have bad tone.
FRIENDSHIP What is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame. And leaves the wretch to weep.
Is the shadow of the evening which strengthens with the setting sun of life.
It improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief.
FRUSTRATION Wet nurse of violence.
Mental indigestion.
FUNERAL Peace, quiet and beautiful flowers.
FURNITURE Soul of the house.
FUTURE Something which always remains even after all is lost in the game of life.
FORCE Queen of the world.
FORETHOUGHT Doing unpleasant things for the sake of pleasant things in the future.
FORTY ??? Over the hill ???
Old age of youth.
FRIENDS Are like radio's - some have loud volume some have bad tone.
FRIENDSHIP What is friendship but a name, A charm that lulls to sleep, A shade that follows wealth and fame. And leaves the wretch to weep.
Is the shadow of the evening which strengthens with the setting sun of life.
It improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joy and dividing our grief.
FRUSTRATION Wet nurse of violence.
Mental indigestion.
FUNERAL Peace, quiet and beautiful flowers.
FURNITURE Soul of the house.
FUTURE Something which always remains even after all is lost in the game of life.
Sunday, April 22, 2007
HOPE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here is something to pass your time, but I want them to be arranged according to
their appropriateness and suggestions for alternatives are more than welcome.
Hope means different things to different people and has different connotations to
same person at different times. An attempt has been made here to gather these
different states, in a special way using only the four letters of the word in the
sequential order in which they appear in the word HOPE. Well you are not likely to
agree to all of them and you are also welcome to frame your own phrases. So
enjoy and hopefully have a good time!
1. Honours Outright Providential Explorers.
2. Habitually Offers Probable Exits.
3. Hacks/Hampers/Harries Our Peaceful Existence.
4. Halts Our Pessimism Easily.
5. Hammers Our Problems Expectantly.
6. Hammers Out Possible Eventualities.
7. Handful Of Ploys Echoes/Exhibits/Entertains.
8. Handles Our Problems Elegantly.
9. Handles Optimists Problems Exceptionally/Easily/Engagingly.
10. Handles Our Passage Enthusiastically.
11. Handy Optimism Pursued Expectantly.
12. Hang One’s Problems Ephemerally.
13. Hangs On Predicting Elation.
14. Happily Optimism Plants Everywhere.
15. Harbinger Of Possible Escape-routes.
16. Harbinger Of Profitable Experiences.
17. Harbinger Of Profitable Effort.
18. Harvest Outpouring Protective Environment.
19. Has Optimism Prevail Enchantingly/Enticingly.
20. Heads Off Pessimism Effectively.
21. Helplessness Overcomes, Possibilities Explores/Envisages.
22. Helplessness Overcomes, Procreates Enthusiasm.
23. Helplessness Overcomes, Propels Enthusiasm.
24. Helplessness Overrides, Prolongs Endurance.
25. Helplessness Overrides, Promotes Endeavour.
26. Helps One Ponder Encouragingly.
27. Helps Optimists Proceed Enthusiastically/ Earnestly/Effortlessly.
28. Helps Our Path Exploration.
29. Heralds Omnipotent Passage Eclectically.
30. Highlights Our Problems Elasticity.
31. Highlights Opportunities, Potential, Excitement.
32. Highly Optimistic Promises Embraces.
33. Hilariously/Humorously Ousts Problematic Environment.
34. Hinders Our Pessimism Excitingly/Elegantly.
35. Hinges On Promises Exterior.
36. Hinges On Provident Enterprise/Exploitation..
37. Hinges On Prudence, Endeavour.
38. Hints Out Possible Escape.
39. Hints Of Providential Escape.
40. Hints Of Possibilities Endlessly.
41. Historically Offers Plentiful Encouragement.
42. Holding On – Potential Explores.
43. Holds Out Possibilities Endlessly.
44. Hotbed Of Promising Eventualities.
45. Houses Optimistic, Potential, Explorers.
46. Houses Optimism, Possibilities, Endlessly.
47. Hovers Optimistically, Promises Enigmatically.
47. Humourously Ousts Problems Eventually.
their appropriateness and suggestions for alternatives are more than welcome.
Hope means different things to different people and has different connotations to
same person at different times. An attempt has been made here to gather these
different states, in a special way using only the four letters of the word in the
sequential order in which they appear in the word HOPE. Well you are not likely to
agree to all of them and you are also welcome to frame your own phrases. So
enjoy and hopefully have a good time!
1. Honours Outright Providential Explorers.
2. Habitually Offers Probable Exits.
3. Hacks/Hampers/Harries Our Peaceful Existence.
4. Halts Our Pessimism Easily.
5. Hammers Our Problems Expectantly.
6. Hammers Out Possible Eventualities.
7. Handful Of Ploys Echoes/Exhibits/Entertains.
8. Handles Our Problems Elegantly.
9. Handles Optimists Problems Exceptionally/Easily/Engagingly.
10. Handles Our Passage Enthusiastically.
11. Handy Optimism Pursued Expectantly.
12. Hang One’s Problems Ephemerally.
13. Hangs On Predicting Elation.
14. Happily Optimism Plants Everywhere.
15. Harbinger Of Possible Escape-routes.
16. Harbinger Of Profitable Experiences.
17. Harbinger Of Profitable Effort.
18. Harvest Outpouring Protective Environment.
19. Has Optimism Prevail Enchantingly/Enticingly.
20. Heads Off Pessimism Effectively.
21. Helplessness Overcomes, Possibilities Explores/Envisages.
22. Helplessness Overcomes, Procreates Enthusiasm.
23. Helplessness Overcomes, Propels Enthusiasm.
24. Helplessness Overrides, Prolongs Endurance.
25. Helplessness Overrides, Promotes Endeavour.
26. Helps One Ponder Encouragingly.
27. Helps Optimists Proceed Enthusiastically/ Earnestly/Effortlessly.
28. Helps Our Path Exploration.
29. Heralds Omnipotent Passage Eclectically.
30. Highlights Our Problems Elasticity.
31. Highlights Opportunities, Potential, Excitement.
32. Highly Optimistic Promises Embraces.
33. Hilariously/Humorously Ousts Problematic Environment.
34. Hinders Our Pessimism Excitingly/Elegantly.
35. Hinges On Promises Exterior.
36. Hinges On Provident Enterprise/Exploitation..
37. Hinges On Prudence, Endeavour.
38. Hints Out Possible Escape.
39. Hints Of Providential Escape.
40. Hints Of Possibilities Endlessly.
41. Historically Offers Plentiful Encouragement.
42. Holding On – Potential Explores.
43. Holds Out Possibilities Endlessly.
44. Hotbed Of Promising Eventualities.
45. Houses Optimistic, Potential, Explorers.
46. Houses Optimism, Possibilities, Endlessly.
47. Hovers Optimistically, Promises Enigmatically.
47. Humourously Ousts Problems Eventually.
Saturday, April 21, 2007
E7. SOME COMMON EXCUSES
See if you can help me by adding to, these common excuses, we are so fond of giving.
I meant well.
I will start afresh.
It just slipped my mind.
I can give it up anytime.
I will attend to it tomorrow.
This time I could not help it.
Just give me one more chance please.
I am sorry it will not happen again.
It just happened that luck didn't favour me.
I meant well.
I will start afresh.
It just slipped my mind.
I can give it up anytime.
I will attend to it tomorrow.
This time I could not help it.
Just give me one more chance please.
I am sorry it will not happen again.
It just happened that luck didn't favour me.
Friday, April 20, 2007
DD10. MORE OF DEFT DEFINITIONS
FACE Mirror of our concealed feelings.
FAILURE The only thing in life which can be achieved without an effort.
An opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
FAITH Substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen.
Illogical belief in the occurrence of the impossible.
Believing is seeing; contra to seeing is believing.
FALSEHOOD The copper that makes truth work better but embaseth it.
Like a nettle, stings those who meddle with it.
FAME Inscription on a grave .
Beauty parlour of the dead.
An undertaker that pays but little attention to the living but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals and follows them to their grave.
A flippant lover.
FAMILY The glue that holds society together.
A well-spring of laughter and strength, knowledge and tears, a place to linger in, and inevitably, to leave.
A group of people who love and humour one another; sometimes hate and hurt one another; sometimes cry with disappointments over one another; and at yet other times cry with tenderness and joy over what is happening to one another.
FAMILY LIFE Matrimony, Acrimony, Alimony.
FANCY Sugar of life.
FARMER A man whose business is growing.
FASHION The tax which the industry of the poor levies on the vanity of the rich.
A form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
FATE The friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish and enemy of the bad.
FATHER Undertaker of all our financial demands.
FAULTS Certain defects in character or manners in other persons which like headlights of a motor car seem only more glaring than our own.
FEAR Mother of foresight.
It is born to fill the vacuum caused by the flight of faith.
The beginning of all weaknesses.
FIDELITY Sister of justice.
FIFTY Youth of old age.
FIRMNESS In matters of truth and duty is generally more decided when most intelligent and conscientious, but, in this material world, is often mistaken for obstinacy and foolishness.
FISHING The art of catching the innocent.
FLATTERY Bad money to which our vanity gives value.
To raise another above oneself.
The art of telling a person exactly what he thinks of himself.
Soft soap that contains 90 per cent lie.
The hand maid of vices.
Flirtation is giving attention without intention.
FLIRTING An optical collusion.
FLOWERS The sweetest things that God ever made but forgot to put a soul into.
FAILURE The only thing in life which can be achieved without an effort.
An opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
FAITH Substance of things hoped for, evidence of things not seen.
Illogical belief in the occurrence of the impossible.
Believing is seeing; contra to seeing is believing.
FALSEHOOD The copper that makes truth work better but embaseth it.
Like a nettle, stings those who meddle with it.
FAME Inscription on a grave .
Beauty parlour of the dead.
An undertaker that pays but little attention to the living but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals and follows them to their grave.
A flippant lover.
FAMILY The glue that holds society together.
A well-spring of laughter and strength, knowledge and tears, a place to linger in, and inevitably, to leave.
A group of people who love and humour one another; sometimes hate and hurt one another; sometimes cry with disappointments over one another; and at yet other times cry with tenderness and joy over what is happening to one another.
FAMILY LIFE Matrimony, Acrimony, Alimony.
FANCY Sugar of life.
FARMER A man whose business is growing.
FASHION The tax which the industry of the poor levies on the vanity of the rich.
A form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months.
FATE The friend of the good, the guide of the wise, the tyrant of the foolish and enemy of the bad.
FATHER Undertaker of all our financial demands.
FAULTS Certain defects in character or manners in other persons which like headlights of a motor car seem only more glaring than our own.
FEAR Mother of foresight.
It is born to fill the vacuum caused by the flight of faith.
The beginning of all weaknesses.
FIDELITY Sister of justice.
FIFTY Youth of old age.
FIRMNESS In matters of truth and duty is generally more decided when most intelligent and conscientious, but, in this material world, is often mistaken for obstinacy and foolishness.
FISHING The art of catching the innocent.
FLATTERY Bad money to which our vanity gives value.
To raise another above oneself.
The art of telling a person exactly what he thinks of himself.
Soft soap that contains 90 per cent lie.
The hand maid of vices.
Flirtation is giving attention without intention.
FLIRTING An optical collusion.
FLOWERS The sweetest things that God ever made but forgot to put a soul into.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
G2. MY CHOICE OF NEW YEAR GREETINGS.
Wishing you all
Your own dreams to dream
And see them turn to reality.
Your own songs to sing,
And together enjoy the melody.
Your own happiness to happen,
And bring all round cheer.
Your own light to quietly shine,
And brighten the entire surroundings.
Not only today but for days to come.
Our sincere prayers for a prosperous New Year.
Your own dreams to dream
And see them turn to reality.
Your own songs to sing,
And together enjoy the melody.
Your own happiness to happen,
And bring all round cheer.
Your own light to quietly shine,
And brighten the entire surroundings.
Not only today but for days to come.
Our sincere prayers for a prosperous New Year.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
F13 - F15. INTERESTING 4 LINERS
OUR LOVE SHALL GUARD
No care or grief shall wave
It's cold and blighting pinions o'er you,
For our love shall guard thy spirits hope
Till heavens blessings dawn before you!
PERSON WORTHWHILE
IT is easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the person worthwhile is the one who will smile
Even when everything goes dead wrong!
SELF AND SERVICE
Service first and the self-second,
Is a motto good and fine,
But let us have it well reckoned,
The self is yours and never mine.
No care or grief shall wave
It's cold and blighting pinions o'er you,
For our love shall guard thy spirits hope
Till heavens blessings dawn before you!
PERSON WORTHWHILE
IT is easy enough to be pleasant,
When life flows along like a song;
But the person worthwhile is the one who will smile
Even when everything goes dead wrong!
SELF AND SERVICE
Service first and the self-second,
Is a motto good and fine,
But let us have it well reckoned,
The self is yours and never mine.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
D6. PEACE OF MIND
PEACE OF MIND
A human being sets down his inventory of earthly desirables: Health, Love, Beauty, Talent, Power, Riches and Fame together with several minor ingredients of what he considers man's perfect portion. Could a man possess them all he would be as "GOD". And yet in this excellent list has been omitted the most important element of all, with whose lacking each possession becomes a hideous torment and such lists an intolerable burden - "PEACE OF MIND".
This is the gift that God reserves for his special protégées. Talent and Beauty, He gives to many. Wealth is commonplace, Fame not rare either. But " Peace Of Mind" - that is His final reward of approval, the fondest sign of His love. He bestows it charily. Most men are never blessed with it; others wait all their lives - yes, far into advanced age - for this gift to descend upon them.
I know that sum of all other possessions does not necessarily add up to " Peace Of Mind", yet on the other hand I have seen this inner tranquility flourish without the material support of Property or the buttress of Physical Health. Slowly I have learned that "Peace Of Mind" may transform a cottage into a spacious palace, the want of it can make a regal park into an imprisoning nutshell.
The quest for this unwearied inner peace is constant and universal. Analyze the prayers of troubled, overborne mankind of all creeds, in every age - and their petitions come down to the irreducible common denominators of daily bread and inward peace. When grown men lift ups their hearts and voices in this valley of tears they ask for strength and courage and understanding!
Especially today, when the prayers of men ascend, mourning and wailing, to the Bestower of gifts, they plead for an inward tranquility that is both a fortress and a sanctuary and with reason. Modern man is treading a narrow defile that skirts an inferno of such destruction, as Dante could not envision. Stricken by psychic anxieties, cloven by emotional conflicts, beset by economic insecurities, assailed by political doubts and cynicisms, the plucked rooster, man is a peculiarly vulnerable fowl as he struts along the path of civilization. He has crowed a good deal in his time, rather bravely at spots. But now he begins to suspect that the axe of destiny is being sharpened for his neck. He trembles, pales, calls for modern music, stronger wine to drown the approaching specter of his fate. For the fact emerges that the contemporary man is afraid!!!!
In his fears he casts around for devices and techniques of salvation. What he needs is not a set of reassuring answers but an inner equilibrium, a spiritual stability that is proof against confusion and disaster. "Peace Of Mind" must not be identified with ivory-tower escapism from the hurly-burly of life, nor is it "a negative conception of anesthesia". Rather it enables us to accept the pummeling's of fate with equanimity - even with a kind of eagerness sprung out of the sure knowledge that such buffeting cannot divert us from our creative life course.
A human being sets down his inventory of earthly desirables: Health, Love, Beauty, Talent, Power, Riches and Fame together with several minor ingredients of what he considers man's perfect portion. Could a man possess them all he would be as "GOD". And yet in this excellent list has been omitted the most important element of all, with whose lacking each possession becomes a hideous torment and such lists an intolerable burden - "PEACE OF MIND".
This is the gift that God reserves for his special protégées. Talent and Beauty, He gives to many. Wealth is commonplace, Fame not rare either. But " Peace Of Mind" - that is His final reward of approval, the fondest sign of His love. He bestows it charily. Most men are never blessed with it; others wait all their lives - yes, far into advanced age - for this gift to descend upon them.
I know that sum of all other possessions does not necessarily add up to " Peace Of Mind", yet on the other hand I have seen this inner tranquility flourish without the material support of Property or the buttress of Physical Health. Slowly I have learned that "Peace Of Mind" may transform a cottage into a spacious palace, the want of it can make a regal park into an imprisoning nutshell.
The quest for this unwearied inner peace is constant and universal. Analyze the prayers of troubled, overborne mankind of all creeds, in every age - and their petitions come down to the irreducible common denominators of daily bread and inward peace. When grown men lift ups their hearts and voices in this valley of tears they ask for strength and courage and understanding!
Especially today, when the prayers of men ascend, mourning and wailing, to the Bestower of gifts, they plead for an inward tranquility that is both a fortress and a sanctuary and with reason. Modern man is treading a narrow defile that skirts an inferno of such destruction, as Dante could not envision. Stricken by psychic anxieties, cloven by emotional conflicts, beset by economic insecurities, assailed by political doubts and cynicisms, the plucked rooster, man is a peculiarly vulnerable fowl as he struts along the path of civilization. He has crowed a good deal in his time, rather bravely at spots. But now he begins to suspect that the axe of destiny is being sharpened for his neck. He trembles, pales, calls for modern music, stronger wine to drown the approaching specter of his fate. For the fact emerges that the contemporary man is afraid!!!!
In his fears he casts around for devices and techniques of salvation. What he needs is not a set of reassuring answers but an inner equilibrium, a spiritual stability that is proof against confusion and disaster. "Peace Of Mind" must not be identified with ivory-tower escapism from the hurly-burly of life, nor is it "a negative conception of anesthesia". Rather it enables us to accept the pummeling's of fate with equanimity - even with a kind of eagerness sprung out of the sure knowledge that such buffeting cannot divert us from our creative life course.
Monday, April 16, 2007
A7. I NOW PRESENT SOME WORDS ENDING IN 'ANCE'. CHECK HOW HAVE YOU BEEN DEALING WITH THEM?
ACQUAINTANCE - Be on your guard.
ADVANCE - Carefully.
BRILLIANCE - Acknowledge it.
CHANCE - Needs grabbing.
COMPLIANCE - Study the order first.
CONNIVANCE - Desist from it.
DALLIANCE - Overcome it.
DANCE - Appreciate it.
DEFIANCE - Think soberly.
EXTRAVAGANCE - Shun it.
EXUBERANCE - Filter it.
FINANCE - Utilize profitably.
FRAGRANCE - Enjoy it.
IGNORANCE - Do away with.
IMPORTANCE - Judge properly.
INSTANCE - Examine implications.
MALFEASANCE - Resist it.
NUISANCE - Check it.
PENANCE - Take it seriously.
PERSEVERANCE - Cultivate it.
PRANCE - Avoid it.
RELIANCE - Don't overdo it.
REPENTANCE - Show it with earnestness.
RIDDANCE - Indulge judiciously.
ROMANCE - Be serious.
STANCE - Sensibly take it.
SURVELLANCE - Be attentive.
TOLERANCE - Avoid when dealing with injustice.
TRANCE - Be cautious.
UTTERANCE - Let wisdom guide thee.
ADVANCE - Carefully.
BRILLIANCE - Acknowledge it.
CHANCE - Needs grabbing.
COMPLIANCE - Study the order first.
CONNIVANCE - Desist from it.
DALLIANCE - Overcome it.
DANCE - Appreciate it.
DEFIANCE - Think soberly.
EXTRAVAGANCE - Shun it.
EXUBERANCE - Filter it.
FINANCE - Utilize profitably.
FRAGRANCE - Enjoy it.
IGNORANCE - Do away with.
IMPORTANCE - Judge properly.
INSTANCE - Examine implications.
MALFEASANCE - Resist it.
NUISANCE - Check it.
PENANCE - Take it seriously.
PERSEVERANCE - Cultivate it.
PRANCE - Avoid it.
RELIANCE - Don't overdo it.
REPENTANCE - Show it with earnestness.
RIDDANCE - Indulge judiciously.
ROMANCE - Be serious.
STANCE - Sensibly take it.
SURVELLANCE - Be attentive.
TOLERANCE - Avoid when dealing with injustice.
TRANCE - Be cautious.
UTTERANCE - Let wisdom guide thee.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
OL3. SOME MORE WISDOM IN ONE LINERS
Simplicity and liberality are two qualities, which beyond a certain limit, lead to ruin!
Love is like a plant; it must have water. The words of love are the water for this plant!
There is no better test of people's character than their behaviour when they are wrong.
Seeing ourselves as others see us wouldn't do much good. We wouldn't believe it anyway?
To be good is noble; to teach others to be good is nobler still, and far less trouble?
Some people are like blotters, they soak it all in but get it all, naturally, backwards?
Smart husbands speak from experience. Smarter husbands, from experience, do not speak at all?
Tight shoes are the greatest blessings on earth. They make you forget all your other troubles?
Money and kisses are the only two things loaded with germs that remain popular through the ages!
Love is like a plant; it must have water. The words of love are the water for this plant!
There is no better test of people's character than their behaviour when they are wrong.
Seeing ourselves as others see us wouldn't do much good. We wouldn't believe it anyway?
To be good is noble; to teach others to be good is nobler still, and far less trouble?
Some people are like blotters, they soak it all in but get it all, naturally, backwards?
Smart husbands speak from experience. Smarter husbands, from experience, do not speak at all?
Tight shoes are the greatest blessings on earth. They make you forget all your other troubles?
Money and kisses are the only two things loaded with germs that remain popular through the ages!
Saturday, April 14, 2007
DD9. DEFT DEFINITIONS
EMOTION a) Sphere of music.
b) Trigger of action.
EMPATHY Your pain in my heart.
ENEMY One who tells us the truth about ourselves.
ENTHUSIASM a) The paste that helps you persevere when the going gets tough.
b) A contagious disease which ought to be welcomed, as it not only yields rich dividends, but also spreads joy.
ENVY It is like a fly that passes over all of bodies sounder parts and dwells upon the sores.
EPITHETS Arguments of malice.
ERROR The discipline through which we advance.
ETERNITY Where is it going to end .
EVIL Something that is here in this world not because God wants it or uses it, but because he knows not, how at the moment, to remove it. It is, in a way, test of our courage.
EVILS In the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers on their road. Both appear great at a distance but when we approach them, we find they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived.
EXAMINATION Trial of strength between the wisest and the greatest fool .
EXCUSE A guarded lie.
EXECUTIVE An administrative official who is never busy to bemoan how busy he is.
EXERCISE a) Labour without weariness .
b) A ritual which fit people do not need and sick people should not go through .
EXPERIENCE A hard teacher who gives the test first and teaches the lesson afterwards.
EXPERT A man who avoids the small errors as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy.
EXPLANATION Test of friendship. A friend who needs explanations is no worth keeping.
EXPRESSION The most important of all things which we wear yet the one to which we give the least importance.
EXTRAVAGANCE Spending of money on articles which are of no earthly use to your wife.
EYE The tiny magic mirror on whose crystal surface the moods of feeling fitfully play, like the sunlight and the shadow, on a quiet stream.
b) Trigger of action.
EMPATHY Your pain in my heart.
ENEMY One who tells us the truth about ourselves.
ENTHUSIASM a) The paste that helps you persevere when the going gets tough.
b) A contagious disease which ought to be welcomed, as it not only yields rich dividends, but also spreads joy.
ENVY It is like a fly that passes over all of bodies sounder parts and dwells upon the sores.
EPITHETS Arguments of malice.
ERROR The discipline through which we advance.
ETERNITY Where is it going to end .
EVIL Something that is here in this world not because God wants it or uses it, but because he knows not, how at the moment, to remove it. It is, in a way, test of our courage.
EVILS In the journey of life are like the hills which alarm travelers on their road. Both appear great at a distance but when we approach them, we find they are far less insurmountable than we had conceived.
EXAMINATION Trial of strength between the wisest and the greatest fool .
EXCUSE A guarded lie.
EXECUTIVE An administrative official who is never busy to bemoan how busy he is.
EXERCISE a) Labour without weariness .
b) A ritual which fit people do not need and sick people should not go through .
EXPERIENCE A hard teacher who gives the test first and teaches the lesson afterwards.
EXPERT A man who avoids the small errors as he sweeps on to the grand fallacy.
EXPLANATION Test of friendship. A friend who needs explanations is no worth keeping.
EXPRESSION The most important of all things which we wear yet the one to which we give the least importance.
EXTRAVAGANCE Spending of money on articles which are of no earthly use to your wife.
EYE The tiny magic mirror on whose crystal surface the moods of feeling fitfully play, like the sunlight and the shadow, on a quiet stream.
Friday, April 13, 2007
DD8. DEFT DEFINITIONS
DOCTOR Professional with lot of inside information.
DORMANCY Brooding mother of discontent.
DOUBT Brother devil to despair.
Pioneer, if not the father, of invention.
DRAMA Life's distorted reflection in the mirror of art.
DREAM Imagination in real life.
Basis for solid progress.
DREAMS True interpreters of our inclinations.
DRUG A living pyre.
DRUNK One who takes certain liquids like a fish, but would be better off if he drank only what a fish drinks.
DUTY What is expected of others.
Way of fulfilling tasks. Majority of us mold the ways keeping in mind the reflections of the silly world, although their censors are not in our power and should not be our concern.
DUTIES Tasks we look forward to with distaste, perform with reluctance, but boast about them ever afterwards.
EARTH Frozen echo of the silent voice of God.
ECONOMY Buying a thing, which you do not need just because it is going cheap.
ECSTASY Afeeling you feel when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you've never felt before.
EDUCATION The process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.
It is the apprenticeship of life.
The art of learning more than just what you are told.
That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
ELECTRICIAN A man whose business is light.
ELOQUENCE Art of keeping other people away from voicing their opinions.
Vehement simplicity.
DORMANCY Brooding mother of discontent.
DOUBT Brother devil to despair.
Pioneer, if not the father, of invention.
DRAMA Life's distorted reflection in the mirror of art.
DREAM Imagination in real life.
Basis for solid progress.
DREAMS True interpreters of our inclinations.
DRUG A living pyre.
DRUNK One who takes certain liquids like a fish, but would be better off if he drank only what a fish drinks.
DUTY What is expected of others.
Way of fulfilling tasks. Majority of us mold the ways keeping in mind the reflections of the silly world, although their censors are not in our power and should not be our concern.
DUTIES Tasks we look forward to with distaste, perform with reluctance, but boast about them ever afterwards.
EARTH Frozen echo of the silent voice of God.
ECONOMY Buying a thing, which you do not need just because it is going cheap.
ECSTASY Afeeling you feel when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you've never felt before.
EDUCATION The process of driving a set of prejudices down your throat.
It is the apprenticeship of life.
The art of learning more than just what you are told.
That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding.
ELECTRICIAN A man whose business is light.
ELOQUENCE Art of keeping other people away from voicing their opinions.
Vehement simplicity.
Thursday, April 12, 2007
D5. MYSTERY OF LIFE
Let us talk of about an age-old mystery-------
The mystery of life lies in realizing the purpose of our existence. Are we mere drifters on the sands of time? We begin our life with a stage when we are absolutely dependent on others for everything, we have no control over our actions. Slowly and slowly we learn things, learn them in the way they are taught to us by others, for some time whatever is taught to us, as far as we are concerned, is the gospel truth. This stage again soon passes away; our intelligence takes a hand. We try to reason out things and form and test our own ideas. Somewhere at this stage a thought strikes that there must be a goal which we have to strive for! The search begins, we start with short term goals and choose and discard, and the mystery remains.
It indeed is a great moment, if it ever comes, when we see, however distant the ultimate goal of our wandering. The mirage of our imagination then suddenly becomes a part of our tangible world. It matters not how many rangers, rivers or parching dusty ways lie in between! It is ours now - forever. We achieve it or not is immaterial. The mystery is solved and peace, real mental peace, descends.
The mystery of life lies in realizing the purpose of our existence. Are we mere drifters on the sands of time? We begin our life with a stage when we are absolutely dependent on others for everything, we have no control over our actions. Slowly and slowly we learn things, learn them in the way they are taught to us by others, for some time whatever is taught to us, as far as we are concerned, is the gospel truth. This stage again soon passes away; our intelligence takes a hand. We try to reason out things and form and test our own ideas. Somewhere at this stage a thought strikes that there must be a goal which we have to strive for! The search begins, we start with short term goals and choose and discard, and the mystery remains.
It indeed is a great moment, if it ever comes, when we see, however distant the ultimate goal of our wandering. The mirage of our imagination then suddenly becomes a part of our tangible world. It matters not how many rangers, rivers or parching dusty ways lie in between! It is ours now - forever. We achieve it or not is immaterial. The mystery is solved and peace, real mental peace, descends.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
MS5. MAGIC SQUARES
Methods Of Construction.
We will now discuss, in greater detail, methods of construction of squares of different orders.
Border Square Method.
There is no universal method of construction of magic squares ab-initio. However, once a 3x3 square (which has only one solution) and a 4x4 square, have been constructed, the border square method, illustrated earlier for the 6x6 square, can be considered as universally applicable. In general, an order "n" square can be constructed from an order "n-2" square by the following method:-
To every number in the order n-2 square add 2n-2; the numbers that have not yet been used will be 1,2,3,....2n-2, and n^2, n^2-1, n^2-2,.....n^2-2n+3,
( these numbers are complementary numbers , in the sense that pairs of them total n^2+1). These numbers are to be placed in the 4(n-1) border cells such that the complementary numbers occur at the end of the 2 diagonals, columns and the rows of the inner square; however, the choice of the numbers for the top row and one of the columns is to be so made that the total comes to n(n^2+1)/2, the other row and column will automatically give the required total. This selection of numbers is best done by trial and error method. So long as precaution is taken not to use complementary numbers in the top row and the selected column this should not pose any problem. This method is attributed to Frenicle.
Let us try this for the 5x5 square from the 3x3 square. The order 3 square is :-
4 3 8
9 5 1
2 7 6
In this square we have to increase the numbers in each cell by
2n-2 i.e. 2(5-1) = 8.we thus get:-
The border square is to be formed with numbers from 1 to 18 and 18 to 25. This is easily done, one solution being:
12 11 16
17 13 09
10 15 14
Take 18 20 21 4 2 for the top row and 18 1 3 19 24 for the left-hand column.
So the final square is:-
18 20 21 04 02
01 12 11 16 25
03 17 13 09 23
19 10 15 14 07
24 06 05 22 08
We have already seen construction of 6x6 square by this method earlier.
Incidentally for this square we have:-
18^2 + 1^2 + 3^2 + 19^2 + 24^2 = 2^2 + 25^2 + 23^2 + 7^2 + 8^2 and
18^2 + 20^2 + 21^2 + 4^2 + 2^2 = 24^2 + 6^2 + 5^2 + 22^2 + 8^2.
The Hindu Rule.
For odd order squares we have a special rule, called the HINDU RULE. The Hindu rule may be enunciated as follows:-
To start with write the first number 1 in the center of the topmost row, next write 2 in the lowest space of the vertical column next adjacent to the right, and then so inscribe the remaining numbers in their natural order in the squares diagonally upwards towards the right that, on reaching the right-hand margin, the inscription shall be continued from the left-hand margin in the row just above, and again, on reaching the upper margin, shall be continued from the lower margin in the column next adjacent to the right, noting that whenever we are arrested in our progress by a square already occupied we are to fill out the square next beneath the one we have filled. In this manner, for example, the 7x7 square given below has been formed:-
30 39 48 01 10 19 28
38 47 07 09 18 27 29
46 06 08 17 26 35 37
05 14 16 25 34 36 45
13 15 24 33 42 44 04
21 23 32 41 43 03 12
22 31 40 49 02 11 20
This method is neat and quick. De La Loubere, Envoy of Louis X1V to Siam learnt of this method here.
This square may also be represented as under to give multiple solutions:
Cf Be Ad Gc Fb Ea Dg
Bd Ac Gb Fa Eg Df Ce
Ab Ga Fg Ef De Cd Bc
Gg Ff Ee Dd Cc Bb Aa
Fe Ed Dc Cb Ba Ag Gf
Ec Db Ca Bg Af Ge Fd
Da Cg Bf Ae Gd Fc Eb
Giving D value 21 and rest of the A's one of the values-0,7,14,28,35,42, and a's one of the values-1,2,3,4,5,6,7 we are able to cover all numbers from 1 to 49 and get the magic sum of 175. It gives 7!x6!/4 clear solutions. Alternately we can give D value 4 and rest of the A's one of the values 1,2,3,5,6,7, and A's values from 0,7,14,21,28,35,42.
And now let us have a look at the 5x5 square by the Hindu Rule.:-
09 03 22 16 15
02 21 20 14 08
25 19 13 07 01
18 12 06 05 24
11 10 04 23 17
and note that:-
9^2 + 2^2 + 25^2 + 18^2 + 11^2 = 15^2 + 8^2 + 1^2 + 24^2 + 17^2 = 1155
3^2 + 21^2 + 19^2 + 12^2 + 10^2 = 16^2 + 14^2 + 7^2 + 5^2 + 23^2 =
9^2 + 3^2 + 22^2 + 16^2 +15^2 = 11^2 + 10^2 + 4^2 + 23^2 + 17^2 = 1055 And
2^2 + 21^2 + 20^2 + 14^2 + 8^2 = 18^2 + 12^2 + 6^2 + 5^2 + 24^2 =
22^2 + 20^2 + 13^2 + 6^2 + 4^2 =1105.
We will now discuss, in greater detail, methods of construction of squares of different orders.
Border Square Method.
There is no universal method of construction of magic squares ab-initio. However, once a 3x3 square (which has only one solution) and a 4x4 square, have been constructed, the border square method, illustrated earlier for the 6x6 square, can be considered as universally applicable. In general, an order "n" square can be constructed from an order "n-2" square by the following method:-
To every number in the order n-2 square add 2n-2; the numbers that have not yet been used will be 1,2,3,....2n-2, and n^2, n^2-1, n^2-2,.....n^2-2n+3,
( these numbers are complementary numbers , in the sense that pairs of them total n^2+1). These numbers are to be placed in the 4(n-1) border cells such that the complementary numbers occur at the end of the 2 diagonals, columns and the rows of the inner square; however, the choice of the numbers for the top row and one of the columns is to be so made that the total comes to n(n^2+1)/2, the other row and column will automatically give the required total. This selection of numbers is best done by trial and error method. So long as precaution is taken not to use complementary numbers in the top row and the selected column this should not pose any problem. This method is attributed to Frenicle.
Let us try this for the 5x5 square from the 3x3 square. The order 3 square is :-
4 3 8
9 5 1
2 7 6
In this square we have to increase the numbers in each cell by
2n-2 i.e. 2(5-1) = 8.we thus get:-
The border square is to be formed with numbers from 1 to 18 and 18 to 25. This is easily done, one solution being:
12 11 16
17 13 09
10 15 14
Take 18 20 21 4 2 for the top row and 18 1 3 19 24 for the left-hand column.
So the final square is:-
18 20 21 04 02
01 12 11 16 25
03 17 13 09 23
19 10 15 14 07
24 06 05 22 08
We have already seen construction of 6x6 square by this method earlier.
Incidentally for this square we have:-
18^2 + 1^2 + 3^2 + 19^2 + 24^2 = 2^2 + 25^2 + 23^2 + 7^2 + 8^2 and
18^2 + 20^2 + 21^2 + 4^2 + 2^2 = 24^2 + 6^2 + 5^2 + 22^2 + 8^2.
The Hindu Rule.
For odd order squares we have a special rule, called the HINDU RULE. The Hindu rule may be enunciated as follows:-
To start with write the first number 1 in the center of the topmost row, next write 2 in the lowest space of the vertical column next adjacent to the right, and then so inscribe the remaining numbers in their natural order in the squares diagonally upwards towards the right that, on reaching the right-hand margin, the inscription shall be continued from the left-hand margin in the row just above, and again, on reaching the upper margin, shall be continued from the lower margin in the column next adjacent to the right, noting that whenever we are arrested in our progress by a square already occupied we are to fill out the square next beneath the one we have filled. In this manner, for example, the 7x7 square given below has been formed:-
30 39 48 01 10 19 28
38 47 07 09 18 27 29
46 06 08 17 26 35 37
05 14 16 25 34 36 45
13 15 24 33 42 44 04
21 23 32 41 43 03 12
22 31 40 49 02 11 20
This method is neat and quick. De La Loubere, Envoy of Louis X1V to Siam learnt of this method here.
This square may also be represented as under to give multiple solutions:
Cf Be Ad Gc Fb Ea Dg
Bd Ac Gb Fa Eg Df Ce
Ab Ga Fg Ef De Cd Bc
Gg Ff Ee Dd Cc Bb Aa
Fe Ed Dc Cb Ba Ag Gf
Ec Db Ca Bg Af Ge Fd
Da Cg Bf Ae Gd Fc Eb
Giving D value 21 and rest of the A's one of the values-0,7,14,28,35,42, and a's one of the values-1,2,3,4,5,6,7 we are able to cover all numbers from 1 to 49 and get the magic sum of 175. It gives 7!x6!/4 clear solutions. Alternately we can give D value 4 and rest of the A's one of the values 1,2,3,5,6,7, and A's values from 0,7,14,21,28,35,42.
And now let us have a look at the 5x5 square by the Hindu Rule.:-
09 03 22 16 15
02 21 20 14 08
25 19 13 07 01
18 12 06 05 24
11 10 04 23 17
and note that:-
9^2 + 2^2 + 25^2 + 18^2 + 11^2 = 15^2 + 8^2 + 1^2 + 24^2 + 17^2 = 1155
3^2 + 21^2 + 19^2 + 12^2 + 10^2 = 16^2 + 14^2 + 7^2 + 5^2 + 23^2 =
9^2 + 3^2 + 22^2 + 16^2 +15^2 = 11^2 + 10^2 + 4^2 + 23^2 + 17^2 = 1055 And
2^2 + 21^2 + 20^2 + 14^2 + 8^2 = 18^2 + 12^2 + 6^2 + 5^2 + 24^2 =
22^2 + 20^2 + 13^2 + 6^2 + 4^2 =1105.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
P5. EVEN THIS SHALL PASS AWAY
EVEN THIS SHALL PASS AWAY
Once in Persia reigned a king,
Who upon his signet ring,
Engraved a maxim true and wise,
Which if held before the eyes?
Gave him counsel at a glance,
Fit for every change and chance,
Solemn words and these are they -
" Even this shall pass away."
Once in Persia reigned a king,
Who upon his signet ring,
Engraved a maxim true and wise,
Which if held before the eyes?
Gave him counsel at a glance,
Fit for every change and chance,
Solemn words and these are they -
" Even this shall pass away."
Monday, April 9, 2007
DD7. DEFT DEFINITIONS
DEATH a). Good rest nobly earned.
b). Is a law, not a penalty.
c). Happy release of the soul from the body.
d). Ultimate destination of life.
DEBT A trap which a man sets and baits himself.
DECEPTION a). The art of presenting the non-existent.
b). If agreeable is better than a distressing truth.
DECISION Is often the art of being cruel in time.
DEFINITION Setting limits.
DELIGHT For woman to wound man's self-conceit. For man to gratify woman's every whim.
DEMOCRACY a). Worship of the jackals by the jackasses.
b). Bludgeoning of the people, for the people, by the people.
c). Water-logged old scow, it doesn't get far very fast, but then it doesn't sink.
DENTIST A prestidigitator who putting metal into your mouth pulls coins out of your pocket.
DESPAIR a). Conclusion arrived at by fools.
b). Is the damp of hell in contrast to joy which is the serenity of heaven.
DESTINY A series of psychic knots that we tie with our own fears.
DETECTIVE Critic of criminological ways. A smart gentleman who however isalways for all his ingenuity, a step behind the criminal.
DEVIL One who immediately sets an idle man to work.
Agentleman who never goes where he is not wel-come.
DEVOTION Beauty itself, at its best.
DIARY Useful record of our idiosyncrasies.
DICTATORSHIP Is like a beech tree - nice to look at but nothing grows under it.
DIETING a). Losing game.
b). The penalty for exceeding the waist limit.
c). A system of starving yourself to death just so you can live a little longer.
DIFFICULTY a). A mere notice for the necessity for exertion. A bracing of oneself up to meet difficulty in itself is half over-coming it.
b). An excuse that history never accepts.
DIGNITY a). A mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
b). One of the rare things that cannot be preserved in alcohol.
DIPLOMACY a). The art of saying the nastiest things in the nicest way.
b). The ability to take something and act as though you were giving it away.
DIPLOMAT A person who can juggle a potato long enough for it to become a cold issue.
DISAPPOINTMENT Nurse of wisdom.
DISAPPOINTMENTS Things that should be cremated and not embalmed.
DISCRETION a). Salt of life.
b). A comb that experience hands us when we have lost all our hairs.
DISEASE Retribution of outraged nature.
DIVERSITY Your own opinion in a Hall of Mirrors.
DIVORCE Through with love.
b). Is a law, not a penalty.
c). Happy release of the soul from the body.
d). Ultimate destination of life.
DEBT A trap which a man sets and baits himself.
DECEPTION a). The art of presenting the non-existent.
b). If agreeable is better than a distressing truth.
DECISION Is often the art of being cruel in time.
DEFINITION Setting limits.
DELIGHT For woman to wound man's self-conceit. For man to gratify woman's every whim.
DEMOCRACY a). Worship of the jackals by the jackasses.
b). Bludgeoning of the people, for the people, by the people.
c). Water-logged old scow, it doesn't get far very fast, but then it doesn't sink.
DENTIST A prestidigitator who putting metal into your mouth pulls coins out of your pocket.
DESPAIR a). Conclusion arrived at by fools.
b). Is the damp of hell in contrast to joy which is the serenity of heaven.
DESTINY A series of psychic knots that we tie with our own fears.
DETECTIVE Critic of criminological ways. A smart gentleman who however isalways for all his ingenuity, a step behind the criminal.
DEVIL One who immediately sets an idle man to work.
Agentleman who never goes where he is not wel-come.
DEVOTION Beauty itself, at its best.
DIARY Useful record of our idiosyncrasies.
DICTATORSHIP Is like a beech tree - nice to look at but nothing grows under it.
DIETING a). Losing game.
b). The penalty for exceeding the waist limit.
c). A system of starving yourself to death just so you can live a little longer.
DIFFICULTY a). A mere notice for the necessity for exertion. A bracing of oneself up to meet difficulty in itself is half over-coming it.
b). An excuse that history never accepts.
DIGNITY a). A mask we wear to hide our ignorance.
b). One of the rare things that cannot be preserved in alcohol.
DIPLOMACY a). The art of saying the nastiest things in the nicest way.
b). The ability to take something and act as though you were giving it away.
DIPLOMAT A person who can juggle a potato long enough for it to become a cold issue.
DISAPPOINTMENT Nurse of wisdom.
DISAPPOINTMENTS Things that should be cremated and not embalmed.
DISCRETION a). Salt of life.
b). A comb that experience hands us when we have lost all our hairs.
DISEASE Retribution of outraged nature.
DIVERSITY Your own opinion in a Hall of Mirrors.
DIVORCE Through with love.
A6. SOME QUESTIONS?
And here are some questions for you to ponder - no prizes for correct answers - but if you want answers get in touch!
1. How come we deliver a shipment in a car and cargo in a ship?
2. Shakespeare said " The whole world is a stage". Then where is the audience?
3. Have you heard of a thief who turned into successful actor? (He stole the show.)
4. Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
5. Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called the rush hour?
6. If money does not grow on trees how is that Banks have so many Branches?
7. Who do experts turn for advice?
1. How come we deliver a shipment in a car and cargo in a ship?
2. Shakespeare said " The whole world is a stage". Then where is the audience?
3. Have you heard of a thief who turned into successful actor? (He stole the show.)
4. Is it legal for a man to marry his widow's sister?
5. Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called the rush hour?
6. If money does not grow on trees how is that Banks have so many Branches?
7. Who do experts turn for advice?
Sunday, April 8, 2007
E5 - E6. SEE IF THESE HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON WITH YOU?
You are one of those very rare persons and we, probably, do not meet more than 3 or 4 in a lifetime, who do little or nothing of any consequence, make no effort to attract attention, seem content with the commonplace and, yet leave with everybody who knows them an enduring impression of integrity and strength, of vast unused powers of carelessly veiled greatness.
I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and satisfaction of doing one's work and performing one's duty harmoniously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition, which pervades your very being and seems to make the days timetable like that of a happy child at play.
I feel that you are justified in looking into the future with true assurance because you have a mode of living in which we find the joy of life and satisfaction of doing one's work and performing one's duty harmoniously combined. Added to this is the spirit of ambition, which pervades your very being and seems to make the days timetable like that of a happy child at play.
Saturday, April 7, 2007
A5. SEEDS AND TREES
A5. Some thought provoking, even controversial, ideas - your comments specially welcome:
Action is the seed of a tree called Results - one has to work hard for its growth.
Adventure is the seed of a tree called Fun and needs good company to mature.
Ambition is the seed of a tree called Frustration, if unsupported by manure comprising of
intelligence, hard work and knowledge.
Challenge is the seed of a tree called Opportunity, it's flowers wither away very fast.
Co-incidence is the seed of a tree called Superstition, which seldom grows on rocky ground.
Contentment is the seed of a tree called Happiness, is hard to cultivate and needs timely and proper
nourishment.
Desire is the seed of a tree called Misery, which never fails to bear fruit.
Diet is the seed of a tree called Health which bears fruit with right hygienic conditions.
Discipline is the seed of a tree called Behaviour which is long lasting and has a wide spread.
Education is the seed of a tree called Knowledge, that nurtures on diligent learning.
Ego is the seed of a tree called Individualism and derives strength from pride and stubbornness.
Emotions are the seed of a tree called Tears, they have a tendency to flow like a flooded
river.
Envy is the seed of a tree called Depression, easy to grow and expands like weeds.
Existence is the seed of a tree called Awareness and the debatable question is whether it is the
other way round.
Experience is the seed of a tree called Wisdom and fructifies if lessons are learnt in time and acted upon.
Faith (Religious) is the seed of a tree called Almighty, its branches cover the entire universe and are
supposed to govern, guide and oversee all our actions.
Failure is the seed of a tree called Sadness, nurtures on lack of patience.
Fear is the seed of a tree called Anxiety, hard to bear.
Flattery is the seed of a tree called Favours, which normally is expected to bear fruit out of
season.
Grievance is the seed of a tree called Revenge and generally is harmful to all
Greed is the seed of a tree called Grumbling and thrives on generous dose of receptive ears.
Guilt is the seed of a tree called Remorse and is painful if one gets near it.
Grit is the seed of a tree called Strength and needs stimulants from time to time.
Ignorance is the seed of a tree called Bliss, it normally gives tasty fruits but sometimes they are
very bitter.
Instinct is the seed of a tree called Dharma, is universally similar in manifestation.
Intelligence is the seed of a tree called Success and only bears fruits if labour and luck work together.
Jealousy is the seed of a tree called Sarcasm, a perennial plant.
Legislation is the seed of a tree called Justice expected to serve in all seasons.
Luck is the seed of a tree called Fate and is governed by planetary configuration.
Melody is the seed of a tree called Music which flourishes in harmonic surroundings.
Nature is the seed of a tree called Beauty that flowers with grace and charm and needs an
occasional dose of praise.
Optimism is the seed of a tree called Hope which requires perseverance and hard labour
to bear fruits.
Pessimism is the seed of a tree called Depression which thrives on misery as soil.
Practice is the seed of a tree called Habit which is indeed very hard to uproot once it takes hold.
Religion is the seed of a tree called Places of Worship - known by various names, such as Temple,
Church, Mosque etc.
Sleep is the seed of a tree called Dream, its branches provide varied and sometimes eerie
experiences.
Stress is the seed of a tree called Nervousness, difficult to get rid of once it takes root though
eventually one overcomes it.
Temptation is the seed of a tree called Sin, once it takes root, it is near impossible to uproot.
Traditions is the seed of a tree called Culture, it has a long life but time has a tendency to alter its
influence.
Truth is the seed of a tree called Honesty, Its fruits are generally very bitter.
Wisdom is the seed of a tree called Maturity which normally springs with age and lessons learnt
from guru called experience.
Yoga is the seed of a tree called Youthful Living, its branches pervade all walks of life.
Action is the seed of a tree called Results - one has to work hard for its growth.
Adventure is the seed of a tree called Fun and needs good company to mature.
Ambition is the seed of a tree called Frustration, if unsupported by manure comprising of
intelligence, hard work and knowledge.
Challenge is the seed of a tree called Opportunity, it's flowers wither away very fast.
Co-incidence is the seed of a tree called Superstition, which seldom grows on rocky ground.
Contentment is the seed of a tree called Happiness, is hard to cultivate and needs timely and proper
nourishment.
Desire is the seed of a tree called Misery, which never fails to bear fruit.
Diet is the seed of a tree called Health which bears fruit with right hygienic conditions.
Discipline is the seed of a tree called Behaviour which is long lasting and has a wide spread.
Education is the seed of a tree called Knowledge, that nurtures on diligent learning.
Ego is the seed of a tree called Individualism and derives strength from pride and stubbornness.
Emotions are the seed of a tree called Tears, they have a tendency to flow like a flooded
river.
Envy is the seed of a tree called Depression, easy to grow and expands like weeds.
Existence is the seed of a tree called Awareness and the debatable question is whether it is the
other way round.
Experience is the seed of a tree called Wisdom and fructifies if lessons are learnt in time and acted upon.
Faith (Religious) is the seed of a tree called Almighty, its branches cover the entire universe and are
supposed to govern, guide and oversee all our actions.
Failure is the seed of a tree called Sadness, nurtures on lack of patience.
Fear is the seed of a tree called Anxiety, hard to bear.
Flattery is the seed of a tree called Favours, which normally is expected to bear fruit out of
season.
Grievance is the seed of a tree called Revenge and generally is harmful to all
Greed is the seed of a tree called Grumbling and thrives on generous dose of receptive ears.
Guilt is the seed of a tree called Remorse and is painful if one gets near it.
Grit is the seed of a tree called Strength and needs stimulants from time to time.
Ignorance is the seed of a tree called Bliss, it normally gives tasty fruits but sometimes they are
very bitter.
Instinct is the seed of a tree called Dharma, is universally similar in manifestation.
Intelligence is the seed of a tree called Success and only bears fruits if labour and luck work together.
Jealousy is the seed of a tree called Sarcasm, a perennial plant.
Legislation is the seed of a tree called Justice expected to serve in all seasons.
Luck is the seed of a tree called Fate and is governed by planetary configuration.
Melody is the seed of a tree called Music which flourishes in harmonic surroundings.
Nature is the seed of a tree called Beauty that flowers with grace and charm and needs an
occasional dose of praise.
Optimism is the seed of a tree called Hope which requires perseverance and hard labour
to bear fruits.
Pessimism is the seed of a tree called Depression which thrives on misery as soil.
Practice is the seed of a tree called Habit which is indeed very hard to uproot once it takes hold.
Religion is the seed of a tree called Places of Worship - known by various names, such as Temple,
Church, Mosque etc.
Sleep is the seed of a tree called Dream, its branches provide varied and sometimes eerie
experiences.
Stress is the seed of a tree called Nervousness, difficult to get rid of once it takes root though
eventually one overcomes it.
Temptation is the seed of a tree called Sin, once it takes root, it is near impossible to uproot.
Traditions is the seed of a tree called Culture, it has a long life but time has a tendency to alter its
influence.
Truth is the seed of a tree called Honesty, Its fruits are generally very bitter.
Wisdom is the seed of a tree called Maturity which normally springs with age and lessons learnt
from guru called experience.
Yoga is the seed of a tree called Youthful Living, its branches pervade all walks of life.
Friday, April 6, 2007
S3. SCIENTISTS MEET
Believe it or not here are some replies we received after extending an invitation to eminent Scientists for a Ball?
Pierre and Madame Curie were radiating enthusiasm. Einstein thought it would be relatively easy to participate in. Volta was electrified and Archimedes buoyant at the thought. Ampere was worried he wasn't up in his current research and may not be able to spare time. Ohm resisted the idea at first. Boyle said he was too much under pressure. Edison thought it would an illuminating experience. Watt reckoned it would be a good way to let off steam. Stephenson reacted saying that the whole idea was loco. Wilbur Wright accepted with the proviso that he and Orville could get a flight. Dr. Jekyll declined - he hadn't been feeling himself lately. Morse's reply? I'll be there on the dot, can't stop now - must dash. Graham Bell said he is undecided yet, will give a ring later. Newton was apprehensive that the whole idea will fall down. Ramanujan from India, said the time of 6 p.m. if converted into minutes is a very interesting number. 360 is divisible by 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12,15, 18,20,24,30,36,40,45,60,90,120 and 180. Also if 5 is added to 360 we have 10^2+11^2+12^2 = 13^2+14^2 = 365 which is the number of days in a normal year. Milton Reynolds reply was illegible; his ballpoint pen ink must have dried up. Mrs. Rice heart was keen to come provided there was to be a competition, she was confident of being named the aviation queen. Werner Heisenberg harped on uncertainty principle associated with his entire programme. Dr. Alexander Lippisch was sure that even if he is held up at his prior engagement place he would be able to reach at supersonic speed. Martin Cooper requested that he may please reminded on his cell phone just half-an-hour before the party is due.
Elisa Otis expressed pleasure and said he would certainly come if his elevator does not cause a hold up. Sholes ChristopherLathem and Gliddon Joseph Farwell acknowledging with thanks sent a beautifully typed letter of consent.
(Notice that the reply clearly gives out the invention for which the scientist was well known.)
Pierre and Madame Curie were radiating enthusiasm. Einstein thought it would be relatively easy to participate in. Volta was electrified and Archimedes buoyant at the thought. Ampere was worried he wasn't up in his current research and may not be able to spare time. Ohm resisted the idea at first. Boyle said he was too much under pressure. Edison thought it would an illuminating experience. Watt reckoned it would be a good way to let off steam. Stephenson reacted saying that the whole idea was loco. Wilbur Wright accepted with the proviso that he and Orville could get a flight. Dr. Jekyll declined - he hadn't been feeling himself lately. Morse's reply? I'll be there on the dot, can't stop now - must dash. Graham Bell said he is undecided yet, will give a ring later. Newton was apprehensive that the whole idea will fall down. Ramanujan from India, said the time of 6 p.m. if converted into minutes is a very interesting number. 360 is divisible by 2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10,12,15, 18,20,24,30,36,40,45,60,90,120 and 180. Also if 5 is added to 360 we have 10^2+11^2+12^2 = 13^2+14^2 = 365 which is the number of days in a normal year. Milton Reynolds reply was illegible; his ballpoint pen ink must have dried up. Mrs. Rice heart was keen to come provided there was to be a competition, she was confident of being named the aviation queen. Werner Heisenberg harped on uncertainty principle associated with his entire programme. Dr. Alexander Lippisch was sure that even if he is held up at his prior engagement place he would be able to reach at supersonic speed. Martin Cooper requested that he may please reminded on his cell phone just half-an-hour before the party is due.
Elisa Otis expressed pleasure and said he would certainly come if his elevator does not cause a hold up. Sholes ChristopherLathem and Gliddon Joseph Farwell acknowledging with thanks sent a beautifully typed letter of consent.
(Notice that the reply clearly gives out the invention for which the scientist was well known.)
Thursday, April 5, 2007
S2. THE TIME MACHINNE
H. G. Wells short novel " The Time Machine " an undisputed masterpiece of Science fiction, was not the first story about a time machine. That distinction belongs to " The Clock That Went Backward " a pioneering but mediocre yarn by Edward Page Mitchell, an editor of the New York Sun (18.9.1881), seven years before young Wells (22 years old) wrote the first version of his famous story. Mitchell's tale was quickly forgotten. Nor did anyone pay much attention to Well's fantasy when it was serialized in 1888 in 'The Science Schools Journal' under the horrendous title "The Chronic Argonauts". It was badly written and its publication discontinued after 3 installments. What the world knows is the rewritten version serialized in 1894 in "The New Review" under the caption "The Time Traveler's Story".
(Source - Time Travel And Other Mathematical Bewilderments by Martin Gardner).
(Source - Time Travel And Other Mathematical Bewilderments by Martin Gardner).
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
OL2. SOME MORE INTERESTING ONE LINERS
Not failure but low aim is a crime!
Problems are opportunities in work-clothes!
Men with clenched fists cannot shake hands!
Progress, like memories, is a path without end!
Misery loves company but cannot bear competition?
Patience is an ornament to men, modesty to a woman!
People who lose their heads easily never miss them!
Never give up and good luck will definitely find you!
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself?
Memory comes in three varieties - Good, Bad and convenient!
Opportunity may only knock once, but watch out for opportunists!
Quantity is what you can count, quality is what you can count on!
Nature has good intentions but is prevented from carrying them out.
No person has a good enough memory to be a successful liar forever?
Nothing is more responsible for the good-old days than a bad memory!
Money is half the root of all evils; the other half is not having any?
Purity is like virginity; it has to be violated if life is to survive?
One good way to control your temper is to weigh less than the other fellow?
Reading makes a full man - meditation a profound man - a discourse a clear man!
Moral indignation is in most cases 2% moral, 48% indignation and 50% pure envy?
One thorn of experience is worth a whole lot more than a wilderness of warnings!
Problems are opportunities in work-clothes!
Men with clenched fists cannot shake hands!
Progress, like memories, is a path without end!
Misery loves company but cannot bear competition?
Patience is an ornament to men, modesty to a woman!
People who lose their heads easily never miss them!
Never give up and good luck will definitely find you!
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
Relationship is the mirror in which you discover yourself?
Memory comes in three varieties - Good, Bad and convenient!
Opportunity may only knock once, but watch out for opportunists!
Quantity is what you can count, quality is what you can count on!
Nature has good intentions but is prevented from carrying them out.
No person has a good enough memory to be a successful liar forever?
Nothing is more responsible for the good-old days than a bad memory!
Money is half the root of all evils; the other half is not having any?
Purity is like virginity; it has to be violated if life is to survive?
One good way to control your temper is to weigh less than the other fellow?
Reading makes a full man - meditation a profound man - a discourse a clear man!
Moral indignation is in most cases 2% moral, 48% indignation and 50% pure envy?
One thorn of experience is worth a whole lot more than a wilderness of warnings!
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
G1. GREETINGS
NEW YEAR GREETINGS FOR FRIENDS IN 2008.
Our paths converged and softly touched,
Our hearts moved close in soft greeting.
It was time to sample change,
It was time for a gentle meeting.
An accident of chance, however, became,
Our lasting gift that fine day.
Some paths do cross lanes,
But do not always join in such a way!
We're glad we have shared,
So many moments which have given,
Rise to many lasting memories.
Surely the future too will reserve this warmth,
That fills our precious time.
We're glad that fate arranged a way,
For us and our families to meet when they did!
Wishing you all a magnificent 2008.
Our paths converged and softly touched,
Our hearts moved close in soft greeting.
It was time to sample change,
It was time for a gentle meeting.
An accident of chance, however, became,
Our lasting gift that fine day.
Some paths do cross lanes,
But do not always join in such a way!
We're glad we have shared,
So many moments which have given,
Rise to many lasting memories.
Surely the future too will reserve this warmth,
That fills our precious time.
We're glad that fate arranged a way,
For us and our families to meet when they did!
Wishing you all a magnificent 2008.
Monday, April 2, 2007
DD6.DEFT DEFINITIONS
CRIME The stories would be shorter if the sentences were to be a little longer.
CRIMINAL a). A creative artist who does by illegal means what all the rest do by legal means.
b). A smart creative artist.
c).One whose success in career depends on not being found out.( Unlike others who measure success by how well they are known).
CRITIC a). A cutthroat bandit in fame's way.
b). A legless man who teaches running.
CRITICISM Harsh truth. Excellent mental tonic if we but take the truth from it and forget the harshness.
CUNNING The dark sanctuary of incapacity.
CURIOSITY a). Tonic to youth.
b). One of the permanent and certain characteristics of a rigorous intellect.
c). Catalyst for progress.
CURSE A blessing whose time has not yet come, maybe!
CURSES Like young chicken they always come home to roost.
CUSTOM a). Law of fools.
b). Rules governing life that meet us at the cradle stage and leave us only at the funeral pyre.
c).The guardian of social values of communities.
d). Great guide of human life.
CUTLERY Food lover's jeweellery.
CYNIC a). A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
b). A person who is convinced that all persons are as bad as he is.
DANCING (BALL-ROOM ) The art of pulling your feet faster than your partner's ability to step on them.
CRIMINAL a). A creative artist who does by illegal means what all the rest do by legal means.
b). A smart creative artist.
c).One whose success in career depends on not being found out.( Unlike others who measure success by how well they are known).
CRITIC a). A cutthroat bandit in fame's way.
b). A legless man who teaches running.
CRITICISM Harsh truth. Excellent mental tonic if we but take the truth from it and forget the harshness.
CUNNING The dark sanctuary of incapacity.
CURIOSITY a). Tonic to youth.
b). One of the permanent and certain characteristics of a rigorous intellect.
c). Catalyst for progress.
CURSE A blessing whose time has not yet come, maybe!
CURSES Like young chicken they always come home to roost.
CUSTOM a). Law of fools.
b). Rules governing life that meet us at the cradle stage and leave us only at the funeral pyre.
c).The guardian of social values of communities.
d). Great guide of human life.
CUTLERY Food lover's jeweellery.
CYNIC a). A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
b). A person who is convinced that all persons are as bad as he is.
DANCING (BALL-ROOM ) The art of pulling your feet faster than your partner's ability to step on them.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
F10 - F12. INTERESTING 4 LINERS
FL9. MY REGRETS
Among life's dying embers,
These are my regrets;
When I am right no one remembers,
When I am wrong, no one forgets!
NEVER
Never wound hearts that love you,
Never cause endless pain,
For hearts once ruined, like roses,
NEVER BLOOM AGAIN.
OLD DEBTS
You are forgotten as old debts,
By persons who are used to borrow,
Forgotten as the sun that sets,
When shines a new one on the morrow!
OUR HOPES
Our very hopes belied our fears,
Our fears our hopes belied.
We thought her dying when she slept,
And sleeping when she died.
Among life's dying embers,
These are my regrets;
When I am right no one remembers,
When I am wrong, no one forgets!
NEVER
Never wound hearts that love you,
Never cause endless pain,
For hearts once ruined, like roses,
NEVER BLOOM AGAIN.
OLD DEBTS
You are forgotten as old debts,
By persons who are used to borrow,
Forgotten as the sun that sets,
When shines a new one on the morrow!
OUR HOPES
Our very hopes belied our fears,
Our fears our hopes belied.
We thought her dying when she slept,
And sleeping when she died.
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