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How to catch an elephant in Africa?

Posted 03-07-2013 at 06:27 AM by Anisha Kaul
Updated 03-08-2013 at 02:58 AM by Anisha Kaul

A technicians joke worth sharing...of course in my personal opinion

Quote:

How to catch an elephant in the Africa

MATHEMATICIANS hunt elephants by going to Africa, throwing out everything that is not an elephant, and catching one of whatever is left.

EXPERIENCED MATHEMATICIANS will attempt to prove the existence of at least one unique elephant before proceeding to step 1 as a subordinate exercise.

PROFESSORS OF MATHEMATICS will prove the existence of

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Why and how to use condition variables? - Pthreads

Posted 02-06-2013 at 01:40 AM by Anisha Kaul
Updated 02-06-2013 at 05:55 AM by Anisha Kaul

Q: What is a condition variable?
A: A condition variable is a variable of type `pthread_cond_t`. It is
used to suspend the thread execution until some condition is true.

Q: Is a condition variable dependent on a mutex lock to work properly? Why?
A: Explaining with an example:

Assumptions:
1. There is a variable `x` whose current value is 0.
2. There is a thread `threadA` whose task is to start some job once the
  variable `x` reaches the value 1000.
3. There

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Egg fried rice with Meat masala - North Indian Style

Posted 09-13-2012 at 06:30 AM by Anisha Kaul
Updated 09-15-2012 at 03:51 AM by Anisha Kaul

Ingredients:

Uncooked Basmati Rice measured in a 187ml vessel.
1 table spoon Cumin seeds.
1/2 table spoon Red Chilli powder.
1/2 table spoon Salt.
2 table spoons Meat masala. (No, this ingredient can NOT be skipped.)
6 raw Eggs.
14 table spoons oil. (Yes I know what I am talking about )

Directions:

Cook the Basmati rice by boiling method. Keep it aside till it cools down completely.
Heat the oil in a non stick vessel, drop in the Cumin seeds

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Take care of yourself

Posted 07-20-2012 at 12:44 AM by Anisha Kaul
Updated 07-20-2012 at 05:34 AM by Anisha Kaul

I am very relaxed and happy right now therefore I decided to write
a new blog post.

I have realized the importance of positive mental attitude. I have
realized that I'll have to look after myself rather than being
dependent on someone.

It has been three weeks since I had a proper food. I skipped breakfast
and lunch for three weeks probably due to lack of hunger. It is
summer here. The day time temperature raises to 45C. ACs have...

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