Curious Reactions

Saturday, May 27, 2006

Cruise Control

Guilt, Doubt, Remorse and Fear
Bogus emotions are these you hear
When you dam the flow
Then it tends to blow
You are afraid you're shy so desire repels
You are afraid to die when fear propels
If I push you resist
If I pull you desist
I'll stop I'll cease to refrain
But pull the plug from the drain
Its because it is you don't know how
That you stop in your tracks you block the Tao
The flow it knows
The flow it flows
You gotta find a way you know
To trust,have faith to just let go
Damn the dam get outta the way
Don't sit back when you gotta play

Friday, May 19, 2006

Judge Dread

Do you have character
Or are you an actor
Do you dude
Have the right attitude
They go on and on
From the day you were born
You work you sweat
Worn out I'll bet
All you want is to retire
They play while you tire
But you smile look happy
Walk a mile when you're snappy
You can be a trier
Or else be a liar
They also admire
Grace under fire
Though you may dance to the tunes
Of a different drummer
Don't dance to their tunes
And you're hotter than summer
You work they judge
They wink and they nudge
You are damned if you do
You are dammed if you don't
Character in a word
I know its absurd
Is trapped in a sentence
Thats called pretence

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

HitchHackers

I usually sign
On the bottom line
If the deed is fine
But how in deed
Can I sign
Online
Even if I trust Verisign

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Ganesha the Personal Computer

Here's why I think Ganesha is a symbol

A personification of a Computer

Ganesha is the God of Knowledge and Wisdom
The Elephant head suggests an elephantine memory
It was created when Lord Siva was denied access and in anger he hacked it and later to appease Parvati replaced it with a larger head (memory).
Ganesha is frequently shown as sitting in Goddess Parvati's lap - suggesting he's a laptop computer.
Lord Siva bestowed it with a boon that people would worship Ganesha and invoke him before starting any venture

The trunk suggests a broadband connection
The large ears suggest speakers
The large stomach that contains infinite universes held together by the snake which threads around the belly suggests infinite files stored securely (the snake preventing access) in a FAT format.
The noose in the first hand is in fact a cable suggesting Wireless Access
The Axe in the second hand is not an axe its a quill maybe a pen drive
The Abhaya hastam suggests a palm pilot or a digital keyboard
The fourth hand has a modaka or sweet which is his power source of energy
The mouse is a mouse

He is known as Gananayaka - "the lord of the spirits" and his feet one on the ground one above it suggests the computer like Ganesha participates in both material as well as ethereal worlds.
Ganesha therefore depicts virtual reality.

Ganesha challenges Vyasa that he would be his scribe only if Vyasa continously dictates the Mahabharata in verse form to him - suggesting that there was a screensaver and automatic power off setting.

Vyasa in turn agrees provided Ganesha understand every word and concept before writing it down - suggesting that every now that Ganesha like a computer has to interpret or compile the verses dictated by Vyasa.

There is this story of when Lord Siva asked Ganesha and Kartikeya to circumnavigate the world and Karthikeya took off on his peacock whereas Ganesha just went around his parents
What does this suggest?
That sitting at the feet of his parents the world wide web could be navigated.

Monday, May 08, 2006

Cook's Laws

First Law
Milk always boils over when you are not looking

Corollory
Don't boil over boiled milk

Second Law
What is Life?
Water's Life