I have often been ridiculed for my larger-than-life posterior (I have also been stared at for my dimple, but getting "back" to the matter-at-hand...). Life's so unfair. Halfway round the world, if I were a pop singer, I could have insured my butt for millions, but being an ordinary-looking Indian engineer, with a paunch to match, does not entail such benefits. Its quite disconcerting when you are walking with a group of friends who slowly fall back, which you don't notice until all of them are literally sniggering their hearts out at my swaying hips.
Though I always retort with a mischievous smile and a haunting "Don't be jealous!", these pricks have a way getting to you, no matter how many layers of fat you have. (I'd rather refer to them as reminders of good meals past.)
So, next time you meet me and my chair is squeaking or my seat is quaking, don't be alarmed. I am merely shaping up my bottom.
You know what would be a cool idea? (YKWWBACI?) An ad-hoc processing network built to interface with every device through every possible means. Yes, it is a stale idea called the Grid, but hear me out. You have a large problem you need to solve. Instead of coding your problem in such a way that only one computer can process it, you code it for multiple computers at the same time. Yes, that's plain-Jane parallel computing. What I am proposing is a little different.
Its something like the SETI, only at much grander proportions. Suppose, SETI had a street office in, say New York, which could possibly transmit or upload processing modules. Everybody carries a Blackberry (just assume it!). What if when they are going to office, they download a particular module for processing, process that module during the day, and when going back home, return the results in the same manner, or upload them to the Internet?
Now, let's improve the scenario. Everybody doesn't have just a Blackberry. Some of the privileged ones will have laptops and most of them will have mobile phones. Heck, some of them will even have mp3 players (though how they are going to be interfaced, I have no clue, USB ports in the streets, perhaps? or probably Bluetooth? Now Bluetooth is something that has other advantages too.) All of these devices can download a module, too.
Now that we are really going wild, why not include IPTVs, etc., anything that has a resident OS and processor. See the proportions this idea if really worked upon can reach. Instead of bringing laptops to warehouse, to create a momentary supercomputer, we have a really good fault-tolerant one with infrastructure in place. I know the financial implications and inconveniences, including the ones at the individual level, will make it really hard to implement this idea. But hey, it's worth a try.
You know what would be an absurd idea? (YKWWBAAI?) A Linux with just the basic kernel, designed to run the Java Virtual Machine. Every process is then coded in Java, including the command interface.
The only possible use of this version of Linux could be on the new smart phones, where most downloaded applications are coded in JME (Java Micro Edition). But will coding the entire interface in Java, help in making the development of the Java applications to be run on it easier? Probably, because all the components are referenced in the already coded Java library. Another question, will the changes in this library for different platforms minimal, if we use interfaces feature in Java? That's for the developers to say.
A big disadvantage is the JVM itself. Java applications are really heavy and if the menus and interfaces are going to be Java applications, is the cost of running them really worth the customisability, if there is such an advantage?
This will be my last post for a month. I'll be going on a holiday and will be back with a revamped blog. Adios, muchachos!
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