Showing posts with label General Awareness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label General Awareness. Show all posts
March 29, 2015
May 14, 2014
How to become a Speed Cuber? | Part 2
Finally we are back with the Part 2 of this How to become a Speed Cuber series. (For Part 1 - Click here). This article and the previous one mainly concentrate on the original Rubik's Cube, 3x3x3.
Many people liked Part-1, but one thing they wanted was me to explain each of the speed solving methods, i discussed about in detail. Well, I would like to do that for sure, but this article doesn't seem like the correct place for that. So, for now, i'll give a few links at the end of this article to a few sites and videos, that helped me with Speed Cubing.
But, since, many people asked me to cover the methods, i'll explain the basic procedure, strategy and tips and tricks with each method in this and the successive articles in this series. Here, i need to be honest with you. Jessica Fridrich's method (CFOP), is the most popular and well used. So, as you probably can guess, I use CFOP for solving. At the same time, i know Petrus method too, So, i'll cover these two methods in great amount of detail than the other two methods (Roux and ZZ). But, i'll still give my comments on them but they are mostly from seeing others solve and not my own personal experiences. So, for these two methods i'll provide a few resources for you guys to look at, if you are interested in learning these.
So, Let's get started .
Many people liked Part-1, but one thing they wanted was me to explain each of the speed solving methods, i discussed about in detail. Well, I would like to do that for sure, but this article doesn't seem like the correct place for that. So, for now, i'll give a few links at the end of this article to a few sites and videos, that helped me with Speed Cubing.
But, since, many people asked me to cover the methods, i'll explain the basic procedure, strategy and tips and tricks with each method in this and the successive articles in this series. Here, i need to be honest with you. Jessica Fridrich's method (CFOP), is the most popular and well used. So, as you probably can guess, I use CFOP for solving. At the same time, i know Petrus method too, So, i'll cover these two methods in great amount of detail than the other two methods (Roux and ZZ). But, i'll still give my comments on them but they are mostly from seeing others solve and not my own personal experiences. So, for these two methods i'll provide a few resources for you guys to look at, if you are interested in learning these.
So, Let's get started .
February 22, 2014
Why do Hard Drives and USB sticks show less space than advertised ?
Have you always wondered why a 8GB USB drive shows less than 8GB (7.5 GB) of space and why does a 500 GB HDD shows an available space of 465GB right out of the box?
That is not because the manufacturer is cheating you or something,but it has to do with the difference in the definitions of a GB (Giga Byte) for our computer and the manufacturer. It has to do with math.
Hate Math? We'll make it easy for you.
February 02, 2014
November 19, 2013
What is BITCOIN ? | Swaroop's Blog
Bitcoins have been the talk of the economic world ever since US senate has decided to take them seriously. So, for those who don't know about Bitcoins, this article gives you a quick overview of it.
So,What is Bitcoin?
So,What is Bitcoin?
Bit coin is a Decentralized, digital, peer to peer (P 2 P), crypto currency. That is too many techy words in one sentence. So, let's break it down part by part and try to understand what it means.
- Decentralized - There is no central authority or bank to create Bit coins unlike the regular currency, where a central monetary authority prints (mints) it and distributes it.
- Digital Currency - It is electronics money (e-cash) that can act as an alternative currency. Not to be confused with Virtual money, because this is real deal. You can use this to buy real goods and things.
August 23, 2013
August 16, 2013
Spontaneous Human Combustion - A Rare Medical Condition
What is SHC ?
Spontaneous Human Combustion is the burning of human body without any apparent external source of fire (as if it is internal). It is a very rare and strange phenomenon and many people have put forth many hypotheses to explain this medical condition, but no one knows the exact reason for this but the proposed theories often include supernatural sources and new sub-atomic particles. The scientists obviously don't believe in supernatural and ghosty stuff, neither did they ever found the evidence of the so called sub-atomic particle. Here are the reasons they believe causes SHC.
Spontaneous Human Combustion is the burning of human body without any apparent external source of fire (as if it is internal). It is a very rare and strange phenomenon and many people have put forth many hypotheses to explain this medical condition, but no one knows the exact reason for this but the proposed theories often include supernatural sources and new sub-atomic particles. The scientists obviously don't believe in supernatural and ghosty stuff, neither did they ever found the evidence of the so called sub-atomic particle. Here are the reasons they believe causes SHC.April 22, 2013
Why is porn so addictive ?
Why Is Pornography So Addictive ?
Have you ever wondered why Pornography is so addictive and why many people get addicted to it! You will find out everything about this during the course of this article.25% of the total search requests to any search engine is porn, though some people believe that it is a lot higher than those numbers. It is also the 4th most common reason given by people for going to the internet. Some stats even show that pornography is affecting the life of every individual on the face of the planet either directly or indirectly.
Pornography addiction is spreading like an epidemic these days. Never in the history of Internet was porn as crucial and active as is in these days and it has changed from a global phenomenon to a global problem very fast. Some stats are showing that Pornography constitutes to about Pornography is in many ways like a drug to the brain and with continuous exposure people find themselves addicted to it and their tolerance increases much like any other drug. Just like a drug it leads to the loss of control over oneself and compulsiveness to engage in the activity more despite of the negative consequences. Long term exposure may lead to permanent changes in the neural network. Dopamine (DA) is produced when ever we feel happy or accomplish something. This Dopamine sort of re-wires your brain to perform the same action again and again thus leading to addiction. So, what is produced as a New-Normal becomes more and more evident and our brain/body craves for this Dopamine to regain that new Homeostasis (the new equilibrium). This Dopamine is produced during sexual excitement and now you know the reason for addiction. Along with Dopamine some other hormones like Serotonin, Norepinephrine
The more of Pornography you watch the more Dopamine (DA) is releasedand the more you will be forced to watch again forming a 'Trap Cycle', coming out of which is very difficult. More over, the more you watch the more your tolerance increases and it becomes more difficult to get turned on by Reality. This may also lead to finding your mate less attractive.
Here Comes the GOOD NEWS. As our brain is a USE IT or LOSE IT system the addicted people still have a way out. The neural connections which you use tend to get Stronger and Stronger while those which you don't tend to get weakened and ultimately you tend to lose those qualities. So, Get more good habits and Avoid or Ignore the bad habits and you will come out of the Trap Cycle. Some experts view pornography as a dysfunctional view of society towards sexuality.
Any way now you know that Pornography become a great problem to a person and it potentially capable of getting you in to troubles. So, beware and BE AWARE. :)




