Java Tiger-Roars really hard!!

Hi all, So lets start out techo campaign(code named-COLGATE ha ha).. Lets start with an intro to Java Tiger..We will discuss about the new features in this session and in deatil in subsequent sessions..So GET,SET,GO... Java Tiger (Java SE 5.0) Probably this is the biggest and the most visible realease of Java.Lets look into how Java evolved wrt the Language changes.

1. JDK 1.0
Initial Language,Very Popular.

2. JDK 1.1
Inner Classes,newer model

3. JDK 1.2,1.3
No changes at language level

4. JDK 1.4
Assertions(Minor laguage change)

5. JDK 1.5
Biggest changes to language since JDK 1.0

The J2SE 5.0 release is focused along certain key themes:

• Ease of Development
• Scalability and Performance
• Monitoring and Manageability
• Desktop Client

Seven Major New features introduced in Tiger are:

1.Generics
2.Autoboxing/Unboxing
3.Enhanced FOR Loop("foreach)
4.Type-Safe Enumerations.
5.Varargs.
6.Static Import.
7.Meta Data(annotations..its really kewl!!)

We will discuss in detail about each one of the above,after I read about them in detail..ha ha...bye for now..
Enjoy JAVA!!

Regards,
Anshul Khandelwal

Java Rules-Part 1.

Hi folks,
Sorry for the procrastinated effort of mine to techo-nize my blog!!

Let me start with a basic comparision of languages..This has nothing to do with Java,but just a vision of a programmer.

	Eiffel	Smalltalk	Ruby	Java	C#	C++
Object-Orientation	Pure	Pure	Pure	Hybrid	Hybrid	Hybrid / Multi-Paradigm
Static / Dynamic Typing	Static	Dynamic	Dynamic	Static	Static	Static
Generic Classes	Yes	N/A	N/A	No	No	Yes
Inheritance	Multiple	Single	Single class, multiple "mixins"	Single class, multiple interfaces	Single class, multiple interfaces	Multiple
Feature Renaming	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No
Method Overloading	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Operator Overloading	Yes	Yes?	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Higher Order Functions	Agents (with version 5)	Blocks	Blocks	No	No	No
Lexical Closures	Yes (inline agents)	Yes (blocks)	Yes (blocks)	No	No	No
Garbage Collection	Mark and Sweep or Generational	Mark and Sweep or Generational	Mark and Sweep	Mark and Sweep or Generational	Mark and Sweep or Generational	None
Uniform Access	Yes	N/A	Yes	No	No	No
Class Variables / Methods	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reflection	Yes (as of version 5)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
Access Control	Selective Export	Protected Data, Public Methods	public, protected, private	public, protected, "package", private	public, protected, private, internal, protected internal	public, protected, private, "friends"
Design by Contract	Yes	No	Add-on	No	No	No
Multithreading	Implementation- Dependent	Implementation- Dependent	Yes	Yes	Yes	Libraries
Regular Expressions	No	No	Built-in	Standard Library	Standard Library	No
Pointer Arithmetic	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
Language Integration	C, C++, Java	C	C, C++, Java	C, some C++	All .NET Languages	C, Assembler
Built-In Security	No	No?	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

Till you evaluate the languages,I shall prepare the next articel for this tech session..bbye..

Tech Treat!!

After remaining totally unaquainted(for 3 yrs at TIET) from this very essential part of engineering-TECHNOLOGY....!!
I have now decided to dedicate my blog to carve out some Techno Stuff(god knws from where!!)...So get ready for some bombastic and some real technocrat type stuff(which i also dont understand!!)....

This Week's Theme-JAVA RULES.

Regards,
The Thinker.

A giggly morning!!!

I woke up in the morning..
looked through the window pane...
an angel in white was passing by the lane....
She was happy n gay...
but she didnt know she ws the prey...
She was vexed by the wind...that blew her wig....
No wonder why she went insane...
I dont knw who to blame...
but it was Dr. Batra persisting the pain...
She got a cherubic face...
but all went in wain....
as her baldy head was her only bane...
I gave a boisterous mirth...
as it started to rain..
She looked at me with disdain....
But i was shameless....
U knw why...'bcoz i started again....
She veered sharply...to pick up her wig..
But lets not bother....its all mundane....:>

Have a nice day....

Serve vs Reserve our Nation.

Sitting on the horns of dilemna...our very own PM..who has become nothing more than a stoical human being(since he is driven by the rope in a Italian hand..),has now a virile task in front of him to take a step in consonance with the youth of india,the future of whom is hinged upon the Mr. Arjun Singh's fantasies and the so-discerned martinet attitude of his,which evreybody is aware will not last for long..Let him enjoy his ephermal dominance and dogmatic stupid opinions..He is nobody to decide the future of human resources which he says is the minister of ...ha ha...

Dr. B.R. Amedkar,one the most venerable 'hasti' of the largest constitution of the world,created this law or watever you call,a ammendment for reserving positions for the unpriviledged and providing them the opputunities to excel and survive in the society driven by cast,creed and discrimination, was not meant to be inextricable .As of now India's economy is boosting and with so much employment oppurtunities available for the skilled,there is no such dire need of reserving and eat way the oppurtunities from the deserved ones.Okie leave it,lets discuss the pros and cons of reservation ordinance that UPA Govet wants to be passed.

Lets elucidate the reasons for no-reservation.
Firstly,we need to look in who are the needy ones,who are ones are destitute of employment and means for survival.What can be the reasons for a backward caste student to not get a admission in a reputed institute or get employed.
1. Discrimination on the basis of caste,creed and religion-its my personal belief that neither do institutes reject students on this basis,nor any reputed firm care for the caste he belongs to.
2. Lack of oppurtunities:In the current scenario,its definitely not a good excuse.
3. Lack of Abilities or Awareness:If you are incapable of surving in the circumstances due to lack of Knowledge or skill-set,you need to help yourself.
4. Devoid of proper enviornment for studies or courage and motivation-Again the ball is in our court,a ambitious student would never face the lack of above if he believes in himself and regularly DREAMS!!
5. Lack of finanacial resources-Here is the bombshell..Most of the SC/ST,OBS families state that they dont have enough financial support to admit their students to a good institute..okie...Lets believe it that the all of the 24,96,83,243 people face the same issue.
Lets find a solution for that:
Instead of reserving 50% seats for them,its governments responsibilty to provide finanacial aid to each and every student who has the capabilities..If this can be done in a effective and equitable manner by our leaders,there remains not even a single reason to Reserve Seats and positions for the Backward castes.

As a normal student and an indian i feel the above,and i expressed in a very simple manner that there is no need of even reserving even a single seat for the Backward Castes.
PS:The does not apply to the physically and mentally handicapped or in any sense physically perturbed human being.

Now the weakest point from the above is the 4th one.The students and people who live in the country side or in one of the many remote areas where there is no awareness and knowledge..
Where people suffer from even fulfilling there bare needs.I believe for such people, its not a matter of concern.,and if it is, thou shall never hesitate from helping them and providing them enough support to survive and nourish the skills they posses in appropriate fields and enviornment.

With this i hand over this discussion you all...Zyaada ho gaya na..But i believe this!!

So lets allievate the pain of the unpriviledged and the destitutes by SERVING them and nation,not by RESERVING the nation.

Rappling!!

on"Knees Straight,Knees straight..she said in such a sweet (though it seemed daunting) voice..you must be wondering what the hell does it mean,"Knees Straight"..ok..let me tell you ..what actually Rappling is..you got to hang out from a 70 feet high wall and rapple down..actually it is done on rocks..but wall is also fine,if u have some gaps in it..
"Utsav",the students of BMSCE,Bangalore call it..their xtra-pompous cultural fest..what a old stupid archaic name which added to the banality of their fest..but wait guys..the event which needed really evervated me but took out the acrophobic attitude of mine and offered some "Thrill,Fun and fear" was "Saahas".
It basically was organised by the well-estabilished mountaneering club of the college."Mountaneering Club"..kool na..The event had "Rappling","River Crossing" and one which i dun knw the name of..but it was the one like the Thiefs do in the movie..sliding all the way through a slanted rope from one tower to another..hope u got it..I dared to do rappling..(@ Rs 20/-)..We climbed up the roof and there was that sweet little girl..who was the expert ,rather i would say ,as it seemed to me..the way she was scolding and instructing her team mates..she was a connoisseur of this very thrilling sport "Rappling"..she tightened up the belts n all gave the noraml instructions..The first 1 to bid me adieu before rolling down was deepankar..i watched his Red-Rosy cheeks turn to very deep sanguine colored sweaty cheeks as he walked down the wall..I already started feeling the tickles in my stomach..After he did it successfully n landed..She said to me.."I want you to do better than him"..
I think that was the kind of motivation and courage i needed..then she asked my name..n i told her wid so much interest as if ..then i went on the other side of wall..hanging like a heroine in a typical bollywood movie n shouting "Bacho Bachao"..
Then she said.."look up anshul..Smile.Smile"..now that was the best part..She was blaring at me.."Keep ur knees straight..knees straight"..n i was rappling down easily enough ,looking up n smiling..I kept smiling to her till i realised that i have reached the ground..the journey was over..huhh...
But lemme tell u guys..if u rapple down seeing someone and smiling,u'll probabaly do it with perfection overcoming the balks that tend to distract you...

So,wait till we start a "TIET Mountaneering Club" from august 2006..M serious guys..We gonna do it!!

Ganda Ratta Examination(GRE)

Welcome to my blog..yet again..its 4:37 PM..n after whole day working so hard on ORKUT and MEEBO..filled with lassitude..dun get bored with my languid and really acrimonious remarks about the "Ganda Ratta Examination"..yes u discerned it absolutely rite..our very own GRE..actually not our's ETS's GRE..u could easily figure out from my previous blogs that i have been painlessly trying for about 2 months learning some very stupid words which have adulterated my writings and my thoughts so much that most of the seem to be futile..but still to get the yatch sailing (at a snail's pace though..) i use them intermittently in my posts and hence polutes them more than my 25-odd years old Bajaj Super..Nevertheless,they cannot intrude my thoughts and my mind which thinks a lot..lets come to the point now..as apprised to you all about GRE in the heading..GRE prep. is really trecherous and definitely not my cup of coffee..the level of Ratta required for conquering this war..even the gals of TIET..whose virtuoso performance in Ratta is remarkable..will have to pull up their socks,scratch their heads to accomplish this task..I mean how can a guy like me with a average brain size of 440 cc eat all the words starting from 'a-z'..as if i am a glutton ready to eat the pages of Barrons like a voracious tiger..fuke man..this is ridiculous..no offence meant for those who have done it..but this really SUCKS!
Even HU,OB and enviro didnt harass me so much..i am puking out everything m feeling..but this is my last resort guys..i cannot refrain from my so-called duty to eat 1 world list evry 2 days without digesting it..but thats 4 sure that there will not even bleak chances of resurgence once i departed from my duty..Neways wish me luck to get out of this hurricane of words soon...

Self Realisation!!

"You are contemplative and analytical by nature"..
This is what the so-called 'today's fortune' of my home page at Orkut said..at 5:20 P.M. when i decided to finally close the Orkut window after dabbling on Orkut for not less than 6 hrs..from 10 AM to 4 PM..
"Your key characterstics are: Persistence,Perserverence,Ambitious and hard-working"..
This is what www.astrology.com said..These so very adulations which are not intended by the writer,really accentuates me a little and makes me really sad a lot and think about my purpose of life...the ultimate goal..I started my journey of self-realization a long way back..but still when i wake up from the delusion ,I realize that i am still standing at the first station of my journey,waiting for someone to join me and take me along,moving ahead on this path..i dont even know whether i should spell realize as 'realize' or 'realise'.I do it both ways..This may be a not so significant..but it shows that my ambivalent mind is far from reaching equanimity ,which will ultimately lead to the goal i wished to achieve..and adding to that is the my extremely poignant and capricious nature which further deteriorates my mental state..my ubiquitous mind and my stoical nature are responsible for this profound state of mine..this may be sounding like a saadhu-baba ..but i feel like articulating it to you all...i wish i would have been a child,smiling and crying alone ,incapable of discerninig what is right ,what is wrong..But neways,I being a ardent lover of this strange life,will always keep on trying to search the path towards "NIRVANA"..though this is pretty boring..But it seems u n i will enjoy it!!

Tale of a Bank Account!!

Ran like a tail-wagger,freaked like a cat and pissed off like a timid mouse..for just getting a account opened and encashing my first paycheck ,which i received with so much contentment and gratification from that lanky finance guy..Though i expressed my gratitude to him for eventually giving me my chequeue after so many tantrums..
Oh! so i finally got it..but i never knew and was not aquainted with tormnet one may go through to get money,hell out of that bloody chequeue made of some recycled paper..and specially when one is a newbie in this very act of Banking..Inspite of having 10K bucks in my 7 by 4 inch wallet which itself has a very pathetic story..(tell u afterwards.),i could only boast of it,but could not buy even a 6rs. banana shake..
I woke up early to get a accout opening form form PNB,bunked my office for same ...but this time the bank was SBI..but now the introducer's signature thwarted my dreams to open a account..somehow i managed to get it done..by a much benevolent and downright neighborly Retd. Colonel uncle..but still i cant believe there were many more things waiting ahead for not allowing it to happen..now the bank wanted Colonel uncle in person to be my bystander..I really went berserk and pissed off..I decided not to mess with these banks,which i had been doing for about 20 days and finally approach my uncle who was working in Centurion Bank..now u all must be thinking i am really a buffon or rather a bloody nincompoop that i didnt approached him before..Actually hez so much engrossed and overloaded by his work that i cudnt ask him to do..So finally ,i visited him amd he referred me to such a clumsy guy ,that he took 10 days to open my acc..so eventually my pangrossain attitude paid off..

But it was not over yet..the day i came back from the bank ,finishing all those seemingly easy formalities..that guy called me up n said in such a immaculate manner.."Could u plz come to the bank tommorow..I forgot to take ur signature somwhere.."..Oh my God!!! I smirked and soliloquized.."Why the hell did i receive money.." But believe me ,i really felt that someone was enjoying the ecstacy of schadenfreude he was experiencing...I trudged down that same path leading to the bank..to sign the form..eventually i got my account number the next day..0007BA****051.Dont HACK it!!! But there was something more to agravate it further..It was my first day with my brand-new Debit card in my wallet and also the first day of boasting about it..rather abt the balance it had..But...a bloody punk mugged me..my wallet was gone..it was like,i got dowm from the bus..within the count of 3 in the process of ferreting my pocets..I shrieked.."deepu mera wallet"..ooohhh..and u will not believe where was i heading when this appalling incident happened..in a Movie hall..for "Being Cyrus"..I searched my wallet in the pockets of evry character of the movie including Dimple Kapadia..though she didnt have a pocket..
All in all,my advice "Dont open a bank account in Bangalore"..or u could say i was unfledged to do that job..I was not able to comprehend the profoundness of opening a "Bank Account"..

The SUN Odyssey

'Magnum Opus'..is the word i would use to describe,how 'not easy' was it to get a internship in SUN Microsystems..or even thinking of it for a guy like me who is always lost in his own world of quixotic dreams..to get to work in a organisation which was comfortably among the top 3 of my way too large Wish-List..much large than anybody must be having on Hi5 or Orkut. It was not a just another so very palpably lousy mornings of my jam-packed daily routine,when our very own Mr.KB,announced in his not so congenial voice(girlish..) but yet persuasive enough to give us all a reason to smile.He believed or instead u can say he knew he had done something very special for the always grousing students..Yes.he got slots for training from a organisation which definitely needs no mention..but still, who was the inventor of 'JAVA', who's one of the founder was none other than Mr. Vinod Khosla.., who's CEO Mr. Scott Mcnealy is a yet another bussiness magnate,which has the world's 2nd largest R&D centre in india..very fondly called IEC(India Engineering Center).You cannot imagine the anxiety i was withholding within me,straight from the day 1 of the vociferous broadcast of his achievment(Mr .KB)..That day marked the onset of adulations and long discussions with Mr. KB for just getting the resume forwarded by the students(like me).Though,at times his chary attitude towards his talks with SUN,seemed to malign out chances but finally our requests and motivation oviated the fear of being left out..
Though our very frequent and killing end-sems acted as a trammel in our recruitment process,but finally the D-Day came.I was yawning with a 1/2 kg book in my hand in F-Block lawns,when my really dilapidated cell phone rang..'ae mere humsafar..'(in vibrator mode :>)..I instantly picked it up,'coz the number was from bangalore..n yes u guessed it right it was from SUN..and the caller spoke in his very distinctive accent and sweet voice..'Hello ,this is Gopal Swaroop from SUN'...Then started a series of unforgettable but irrefragable telephonic interviews..I was 'Court Marshalled' three times..but finally on monday,5 PM..gopal's approbation for internship elated me..I was literally grouling and whining..after i got selected..I can neva 4get those moments..you all must be wondering..why is he so-excited..abt a bloody internship..
But believe me it is really big 4 me..more than 'REMIX-RAJA' on Radio City..I will update u on my ineffable and scintillating experience here at SUN..that will definitely keep on titillating me forever..

Lonely me,Lonely you..

Akon said it with his ineffable and impeccable style of presentation ,how lonely was he with his song "Lonely" time n again on NITE MIX(9-12 PM)..n I heard it with soo much compassion everytime..but never did the world seemed so desolute to me and never did i articulated it to the masses..But believe me,it is the contenment and my eccentric attitude towards the god's gift called "LIFE" ,that allows me to nurture my mind and inner self.I believe,that we must never allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and a Mystery..
This was recently added to my so called "stupid beliefs"..It means that we must not renounce upon the beautiful facts and experiences of life,but should devote some of our,(again) so-called precious time to enlighten ourselves..Come on people..Race against urself than competing against others..I have experienced the beauty of peace and solitude through a (again) so-called 'Realationship' which departed from trust and love in such a manner that i was left out standing on the tip of an Iceberg which could melt anytime..But it was my faith and belief that rekindled the fire and a new,sweet thougha bit strange and obscure..but still a realtionship beautiful in every sense was born..

Please Think!!!

In this very world of strange creatures,astounding in number and subtle behaviors..there are some strange beings like me who are called THINKERS!! I am the loyal and permanent member of this very category of organisms..who just are indolent enough to do somehting else other than THINKING!!
Nevertheless,my dream world is unequivocally better the really abominable world of others where there is no time to explore and enlighten the inner self which forms the base of your character and behavior..So you guys keep thinking what i am thinking to write the next time till i get out of my dreams and unavoidable worries of my worthless life...Keep Rocking!!