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I’m very sorry to see the news. Hope the Indians will show more professionalism in coming months and be able organize the games in time.
Adjustment of mirrors are very crucial to reduce the possibility of accidents, especially when you change lanes on highways where the cars run at full throttle. Many people, even after driving for a long time, do not know how to properly adjust all the three driving mirrors before starting a journey.
The following site may be helpful. The principle is : adjust all the three mirrors so that there are no or less overlaps or gaps beteween the mirror views. Look at the site to know how to do that.
Now, as the 2nd round candidates of the SHA3 competiton has already been announced by the NIST , it may be fun looking at some information that have nothing to do with the technical merits of the algorithms. What if I ask: what is the expected numer of designers of a randomly chosen 2nd round SHA3 candidate? Not very easy task, at least no easier than breaking any of the 2nd round candidates, huh. However, I shall solve it right here.
# of designers (A) ——- #of Algorithms (B) ————–A.B
1 ———————————- 3 —————————– 3
2 ———————————–1——————————2
3 ————————————3 —————————–9
4 ———————————– 2 —————————–8
6 ———————————– 1 ——————————6
7 ———————————— 2 —————————–14
8 ————————————–1 ——————————8
14————————————- 1 —————————–14
——— Total ————————————————————
—————————————-14——————————-64
Therefore, the expected # of designers of a randomly chosen algorithm=64/14= 32/7=4.56
Is India perceived as an enemy of the US?
Today NIST has announced 14 2nd round SHA3 candidates. These 14 second round candidates are chosen from 51 first round candidates. The rest of the algorithms have been archived and, apparently, will no longer be considered in the competition. These 14 candidates, NIST expect, will come under focused analysis in coming months. After that NIST will narrow down the number further to select a few among them for more concentrated analysis leading to the lone winner.
The link.
Tongue in Cheek:
Helger has a funny take on the SHA3 2nd round candidates. Here.
If you are the wife of the head of British Spy Agency MI6, you cannot afford to view the world to be an abode of peace. Suspicion, mistrust, betrayal, deceit should be the order of the day, every day, week, month, year, so much so that that it is even risky to publish your holiday photographs on a social networking site. See.
An Indian court has ruled yesterday that same-sex intercourse should not be deemed a criminal act, if it is consensual. It further proclaimed that public harassment of homosexual couples should be treated as an act of human rights violation. Such a ruling is remarkable in view of India’s traditional culture, long history of more conservative view on sex related matters. I’m still not sure about the practical implications of such ruling, in particular, for example, is gay marriage now legal in India?
Vegetarianism to fight cancer. BBC reports.
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