Untitled Part 6: Mr. K and the Mathematics of Multiverses

Link to Untitled Part 5: http://cartikvyas.blogspot.in/2014/11/untitiled-part-5-mr-k-and-7-dimensions.html 

 

Untitled Part 6

 

 

As Mr. K has always said, humans are a very primitive species. However, humans have the grit to achieve the unexpected and the impossible when the situation demands. They have achieved a lot in their history back until 21^st century on planet earth. However it seems majority of them got stuck in the rat race, the race and fight for survival. There were technological advancements, but not as many great thinkers and revolutionary creators as there have been in the 19^th and 20^th century.

There were however some who were the chosen one, who choose to always challenge the normalcy, who had a very curious and pondering mind. They were readers, writers, innovators and outstanding thinkers. They were the one who would salvage the human race.

 

The multiverse (or meta-universe) is the hypothetical set of infinite or finite possible universes (including the Universe we consistently experience) that together comprise everything that exists: the entirety of space, time, matter, and energy as well as the physical laws and constants that describe them. The various universes within the multiverse are sometimes called parallel universes or "alternate universes". There were lot of theories about the origin of universe, and about multiverse, but still everything was theoretical and to majority of the race hypothetical.

 

The missing component was the mathematics. If the mathematics could be derived, it would mean tremendous advancement in technology of interstellar space travel to enable creation of worm-hole to travel across galaxies. It could also mean further derivations of equations which would enable humans to traverse across the dimensions of time.  Slowly as humans discover and uncover the potential of more and more dimensions, they would be masters of the universe. 7dimensions was long way away, and not the whole of human race on planet earth would survive the complexities of extreme weather but many would and they would travel across galaxies ,and live with other intelligent species, sometimes in peace and sometimes not.
 

The most important thing in deriving the mathematics for multiverse is to believe in the concept. Only if you believe that there is another you in another dimension and in another universe would you be able to think of ways and the mathematics required traversing across multiverses. As Mr. K said in Part 5, the ultimate dimension is Maths, and using Maths one can derive more dimensions. It would be difficult, and require a lot of hours, or may be days and months to think it, but once achieved it would change the face of mankind.

Once humans reach certain level of advancements in Mathematics, they would understand more and more about the universe, and about themselves. There is a saying the day a species finds everything about itself it would know everything about the universe. Things like origin of a species, origin of the planets, the origin of the universe if there was one, the physics of dark matter black holes, even the exact functioning of a human brain down to cellular level, humans still have a lot to learn.

 

 

They are a species with a lot of potential, the day they would learn to use more and more of their abilities and their thinking power their abilities and brain to maximum potential, more they would become a super species. As there is a saying, there is God in all of us, all we need to do is find it. 

Ye Hain India Ka Tyohaar!!

So the world cup got over with Australia winning it comprehensively. Barely a week later IPL starts. This is the 8^th edition of IPL. This one is a bit special for me and I am enjoying it too. Having lived without a TV for over 3 years, it’s like a novelty indeed!

Today is third day and third match between Kings XI Punjab and Rajasthan Royals. First two matches were good. KKR beating Mumbai Indians at home comfortably, and Chennai winning a last ball thriller against Delhi Daredevils, and that too by just one run. Delhi have been very miserable in last two seasons, wining only 5 matches  total, hopefully they would do better this time.

Today’s match is between Rajasthan Royals and Kings XI Punjab. It is Punjab’s thundering batting vs Rajasthan’s potent and plentiful bowling attack. Rajasthan were struggling with the bat, James Faulkner salvaging them with a useful knock at the end. Currently the score is 121 for 5 for Punjab chasing 163 odd; ball seems to be in Royal’s court as of now!!

What else, new job is going well. My onboarding will happen in project coming Monday, things will get busy hence. Today was a fun day in office, we played game in office. A lot of people participated there were 4 teams, with 5 members in each team. Aim was to throw maximum balls in a bin from a distance. Eventually our team won, had fun and got chocolates as prize! Team name was MAVERICKS, guess who suggested it!!

Big news of today was Snapdeal.com buying freecharge startup with $400 million. The founder of freecharge is just 35 years old, has a B.A. in Philosophy and is a MBA dropout. He is from a business family, but if you think his concept was very novel, very useful, and instant hit. Definitely deservers it and he said in an interview today in TOI, he is still going to continue and keep improving and expanding freecharge website.

Life is Good

Today is 3rd April, 2015. It’s around 10 days since I started my new job. Currently I am in the initial training phase. I am into a new domain now, that of investment banking. I will get to learn a lot and am looking forward to it.

I also moved my residence. I was staying in Magarpatta City, which is 2 hours’ drive from my new office. So I have moved closer now in Balewadi, this is just 20 mins drive from office. Here houses are more spacious then Magarpatta City and real estate is also more affordable. I am currently staying in a wonderful 2BHK flat on 3rd floor. The name of society is Mount Corsica, the area around is still developing; and similar towers are coming up. There is not much nearby, but with time, area will develop too.

Currently I have not yet started working in shifts due to training. I have a pretty nice schedule made up. I get up around 8 or so. Listen to songs on TV, my favorite channel is E24, they show songs of 90s and early 2000’s, feel good for the ear, much better than Honey Singh kinda headaches. Moring I prefer soft music, while doing work out, honey singh stuff is welcome.

Speaking of workout I have joined gym again. The name is Oxyfit. I had joined Abs from April 2012 for a year. Had a break for a while, used to do workout at home, even now I used to do at home. Was checking out my office campus and found this gym, I checked it out, it was pretty neat, lot of equipment’s and they are all new as well. I asked for the fees they said they have a 50% discount for couple of days I got the discount thankfully, got a great deal of 10k for 1 year membership, will utilize it well.  Yesterday was first day and I burnt 600 calories… #FeelingProud

What else, I am having the time of my life with my fiancé, the more I know her, the luckier I feel, and more thankful to God too. Little Sparshu is also doing great, had a nice first year birthday celebration party. Going to day care now and doing well.

World Cup just got over last weekend, Australia won it for a record 5^th time. They beat India in the semis add New Zealand in the finals. India did well in the World Cup to reach till semis, had an unbeaten run till then, against all the initial expectations it was a commendable effort indeed. Australia was just too strong on the day, we tried our best, but the better team won. Another important happening is Sania Nehwal is now World Number one in badminton, that is a remarkable feet indeed. Badminton is played in a lot number of countries compared to cricket, badminton is also not that popular in India, and to achieve this feat is simply outstanding…Kudos Sania!!

The Importance of Moderation and Self-care

Dear Sparshu,

Currently I am 29 years old I have over 5 and a half years of experience in IT field. Working in IT field in India has lot of perks and good compensation as well. However, with all these facilities also come some health and stress issues. Always remember there are pros and cons of everything in life, you should do whatever you enjoy, and accept your job with its perks and also by accepting its cons. I currently work in a 24 X 6 shift model but I accept it and focus on my work, and enjoy. I don’t have to stretch compared to normal 9 to 5 ‘ers who often end up going 9 to 9. There are many other perks as well like free cab facility. So point is enjoy what you do and never compare yourself to anyone or anyone’s job. Always remember: Look in the mirror, that’s your competition!

This post is for you when you start working, so it may not make sense earlier, but when you reach my present age this would be relevant so I want to give you some important advice based on my own life experiences. Second thing I would like to tell you is the importance of moderation in life. Always have everything in moderation in life what it means is don’t overdo anything you like. You should do everything in life, but in moderation. Also remember always stay away from smoking, alcohol and other such bad things, you are an American citizen residing in US but never forget your Indian culture and values.

Third and final thing is work life balance. You may have graduated from a top university and earning in 6 figure and having a house in Manhattan or similar place, but if you are not doing good health wise it is of no use. You should make sure that you are healthy all the time. Always remember your health comes first. If you are not healthy you are not happy, it is ok if you are not earning 6 figures but it is very much important to be healthy and happy. As you go towards late twenties and early thirties you would be occupied with work, make sure you exercise regularly as soon as you start working full time. Learn some yoga, pranayama and meditation as well. Mental health is equally important as physical health. Your wonderful parents would always be there to guide you and tell you all this, these are just my 2 cents for my dear bhanju. Finally wishing you a fantastic healthy life, lots of love and happiness, and an illustrious career in life! Love you bhanju!  

Yours Lovingly,

Mamu

Life & LOTR

I had started watching ‘LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring’ last week, but saw only half an hour, could not complete it. It’s an almost 4 hour epic. I finally got some time, and started again today. Really felt wonderful, now that the Hobbit series is also complete, it makes much more sense and much simpler to understand completely. The cinematography is also superb; the narration of the female voice in the starting with the mystery genre music is fabulous. Middle earth depiction is also incredible, I am not seeing this first time, but the more I see it the more I like it. Also I thought of my good friend Dishitbaba…(like we are friends as Bilbo and Gandalf ;) )who encouraged me to see this more than a year back, I saw the LOTR series first time and simply loved it.

Not blogging much these days, am pretty busy. Lot happening in my life. I changed my job. Now I am in Cognizant, back to Hinjewadi, felt good going there again after Infy stint. Also new challenges to look forward to and new things to learn.

Another wonderful thing is that I got engaged since the last post in this blog. Life is amazing, I am really lucky to have such a wonderful future wife, and I am thankful to God for the same.

I am going to leave Magarpatta this weekend, stayed here for more than 3 years, had lots of fun, and made lots of friends, Seasons Mall and Amanora Mall were like second home. DC was a frequent, almost daily trip too. Amdocs was also a wonderful journey, but change is the only constant in life, and you should keep moving, keep exploring and keep learning. Last post from Roystonea…hasta la vista!! 

Sparshu's 1st Birthday

Dear Sparshu,

 I am writing this after quite a while. I will try to cover up as much as possible on this very special and auspicious occasion of your 1st Happy Birthday. I was going through #Mamulogs and what I have written till now. The joyous moment when you were born, the happiness when you first came home, your first month birth anniversary  and your fourth month birth anniversary.  It felt great to know that time has flown so fast, you are one year old now, and you will just keep growing, I feel sad I am not there with you but believe me my best wishes, and blessings are always with you.

 I have earlier quoted about Abraham Lincoln, and also given you some lessons in life which I have learnt through my own life. I remember when I was growing up, many times I did not get what I wanted, many times I was not happy with my parents not allowing me few things, but as I see it now, it was all for my own good. What I am today, I owe a lot to my parents, my sister (your mom) and my jiju (your dad). What I am trying to tell you is sometimes you may not be happy with some things, but always remember, whatever your parents decide is for your own good. You may feel bad for time being, but when you grow up you would realize and be thankful to them.

 You would be going to school, college, and eventually working. You would meet a lot of people, and encounter a lot of situations, where you may have to decide between 2 or more options. I have faced this a lot, and everyone faces this. Always remember to live by your principles, a man is defined by his principles, always choose the right path. There is no shortcut to success. There is no thing like free breakfast. Remember, life is 10% situation and 90% how you react to them. So, think before you take any decision, take guidance and advice from parents and your good friends if you need it. Never be afraid of failure, be afraid of not trying, and live a life without regrets, make every moment count. Finally count life in your years and not years in your life!

I am sure you would have a wonderful birthday party. Along with this letter, I am also attaching a card I prepared for you, I wish you all the happiness and health in the world...God Bless!    

Yours lovingly,
Mamu!

A Study in Scarlet

First post of year 2015. 2014 was great indeed and I can arguably say one of the most happy and memorable year of my life. I had good health, lots of fun outings with friends, gained more confidence at work, also managed to stay healthy and fit. The best part however was birth of my nephew Sparsh, the next generation is here. Suddenly you feel more responsible.

I also saw lots and lots of movies in multiplex last year. Something I plan to cut on this year. I started working on the same end of last year. I started and finished the sci-fi series ‘Firefly’(rather than watching all released movies in multiplex).  It had only one season, too bad they did not release more, as it was wonderful indeed!! I would read the book surely. Speaking of which, currently I am reading 'Sherlock Holmes' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

To be frank I am not as voracious a reader as I am a writer. Writing comes natural to me, I read only something that keeps me interested. The list is placed towards bottom right section in this blog itself. I had just seen the couple released Sherlock Holmes movies before. After finishing ‘Firefly’ I decided to finally start watching the long pending Sherlock series. I finished 2 episodes of season 1 and immediately decided to get the book. I ordered it from Amazon and have finished 5 chapters of the first long story ‘A Study in Scarlet’.

This story is the first by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is the story where Dr. Watson meets Sherlock Holmes. The way in which Sherlock does his investigation and his theory and practice of ‘Science of Deduction’ is captivating. I will not disclose further details of the story but implicitly and may be inadvertently the author has also portrayed why does a person commits crime and he has portrayed it magnificently!!

I can say the novel has kept me interested and absorbed indeed. I have completed reading just around 100 pages of volume one, and am glad that there are 1000 more to come. I will also order the second volume from Amazon later, this would surely be a great collectible in my book collection..

MQ Quiz by Kartik Vyas

1) MQ is what type of software?

a) Application Server

b) Web Server

c) Message Oriented Middleware

d) Database Server 

2) Which is the latest version of MQ as on October 2014?

a) 7.5

b) 6.0

c) 8.0

d) 8.5

3) Which of the following is NOT a MQ Series object?

a) Queue

b) Pipe

c) Message

d) Channel

4) Which of the following is NOT MQ API CALL?

a) MQCONN

b) MQCONNX

c) MQDISC

d) MQEXIT

5) Which of the following is NOT a type of queue in MQ Series

a) Local Queue

b) Remote Queue

c) Automatic Queue

e) Transmission Queue

6) Which command is used to create a Queue Manager?

a) create

b) create mqm

c) crtmqm

d) crtmqm mqm

7) Which of the below is MQ super user?

a) system

b) mqm

c) mq

d) mqsys

8) MQ uses both Stacks and Queues data structure

a) TRUE

b) FALSE

9) Which of the following is NOT a feature of MQ Series

a) Predictability

b) Ascynchornicity

c) Transformation

d) Message never lost

e) Routing

10) Which is default value of MAXSMSGS?

a) 500

b) 10000

c) 2500

d) 5000

India white wash the Lankans 5-0

 To start with I am blogging about cricket after long time. I did not get much time recently to watch or follow sports, I do not have a TV at home since almost 3 years anyways, that is intentionally to make sure I do not sit in front of it all day. However, I do go to malls or friends place sometimes to catch any important sports events.

 India just white washed the Lankans 5-0 at home in the ODI series. What happened prior to it was West Indies cut down their tour to India and left midway due to some issues with their cricket board. The Lanakans were called in, and as always they did not disappoint. New records were created, and all the Indian batsman struck golden form, just in time for the tour of Australia and the world cup henceforth.

Dhoni did not play this series, he was rested, Kohli led the team, and he lead the team in style. Not only did he himself continued his good form, but the whole team played woderfully well. All the batsmen chipped in, the highlight of the series undoubtedly was Rohit Sharma's record breaking 264 run innings, he beat Sri Lanka by 13 runs in that match. 

 The bowlers all did their part. India look to have found good combination with regards to bowling when they go down under. Also Kohli has matured to be a good captain, chances are Dhoni may retire after the world cup down under, India is covered in that department I belive. My only concern is the batting down under, there is not a definite that the batsmen will perform as well away as they do at home, let's keep our fingers crossed!!

The Table Tennis Diary

Since long time I wanted to write this down. Finally I am doing it. Again it is coming at 3AM, another 3AM post. May be I should make a label for it...hehe. This time I was playing table tennis till this time.

 It all started in school 7th grade. We had a table tennis tournament going on. I was not even included in it, don't know why, but I stayed and watched the game. I had a liking for it since then. After I watched a couple of games, they gave me kinda wild card entry and I played a game. Somehow I won it, I played 2 more and I won them too. Eventually I was the champion, against everyone's expectations, a boy who was not even considered good enough to play in the tournament had won the tournament. Rising and triumphing against all odds has occurred more than once in my life. Getting on campus placement in Infosys was also the same, and many such instances.

 After that victory I got a table tennis bat upgrade. Earlier I had a very simple bat worth 45 bucks. After I won, dad bought me an expensive Belbot bat. It was a wonderful bat, and I used it all the way till my Infy days.

 I remember how my game was then, I always had a very defensive game. When I won the tournament in 7th grade, my only focus and complete energy was to just receive the ball and hit back, no fancy chops or smashes, just keep it simple, and be patient. Even now I can say, I have that quality, and I have developed a few more. I do not want to boast myself, but now I have a very wide range of shots, my biggest strength is still in defense, I can return smashes, most of the time when it is unexpected by the opponent.  Also hitting smashes as a surprise element works well for me. However the thing which I believe works the most is the thinking part of the game.

 I think and strategies a lot when I play. A lot of thought goes into my each service,  especially when playing doubles. I try to win maximum point in my serve, studying the opponent position, his style of play and the previous serve done, I make sure I put in the best serve. Also another thing I have become good at is placing the ball, it helps a lot when returning serves in doubles.

 To be frank I do not have a very good and frequent smash game, but I have a lot of other things to compensate for it. I can proudly say I can hold my own, and have done that against every player I have played till now. I have lost, I have learned, but I have fought, and I have persisted.

 Another good quality I have developed is smart usage of table tennis bats. There are various types of bats, some heavy,some light, each with it's pros and cons. I use appropriate bat as per situation and opponent. Even today, after office when I went to play table tennis with my good friend Akshath I was using a heavy bat.   Then another player came, I was not doing well against him, I realized the reason and immediately switched to lighter bat. I could not save that game due to high lag, but I did win the next 2. He is a pretty good player, and I can proudly count that as another accomplishment in my table tennis career.