Saturday, October 16, 2010

New web portal for mathematicians

The web portal for mathematicians has recently been revamped. Now the interface is more natural and intuitive. So you don't necessarily have to log in any more.

You can also ln in.

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The section for trigonometricists has been upgraded, too. While most of it is open to all, some sections require you to sine in.

For example, the Financial section now gives you loans. Depending on the amount, you may need someone to cosine your application as guarantor.

The Travel section offers you nice summer packages in the Southern Hemisphere in the coming months, where you can get a nice tan.

Some of these are really cheap, but they don't have beds. They only have cots.

Lastly, the World Clock application allows you to see two time zones at the same time. It not only shows you all the secs, but the cosecs as well.

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For other mathematicians, the Finance section has loans. This month's special is targeted at Indian mathematicians. This is a special loan in British currency, which requires them to pay less than they borrowed. It is called the Com-pound (कम-pound) Interest Loan. (I suspect there are hidden costs.)

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There is a bakery that sells special mathematical foods online with special discounts for mathematicians coming from the portal.

You can get a simple Pi, or you can get the Equation special, which is twice the weight, since it is the Expansion of Pi.

Cylindrical cakes with square tops and etched icing are sold by volume, not weight. These are called Pi R-square Etch.

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Then, there is the Entertainment section, which has just finished showing the Matrix movies, and is the only website to advertise the three together as The Matrices. (You can also get a good discount if you are really determinant.)

It is currently running the new late-night horror series with thin actors called Boo-lean Alge-bra. It's not suitable for kids. You really don't want to know what happened to Alge's underwear.

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Why Kalmadi?

In Kannada, 'madi' means 'do'.

So what were they thinking when they gave the job of completing the CWG preparations to someone named Kal-madi?

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Kalmadi at the CWG

Britain's Princess Diana may have died in a car crash in 1997, but New Delhi Commonwealth Games supremo Suresh Kalmadi thanked her for being at the opening ceremony on Tuesday - TOI

We need Dope testing for the organisers...