Prof. Rao, Bangalore IT and the controversies......

Recently, I was made to go through some supererogatory drama created by Churmuri, where as a counter action to Prof. C N R Rao's outburst against the IT sector, a so called saviour of IT sector counters each point of his in a true Gossip mag style. Trust me, I ain't a socialist, I love Money. God! who doesn't want 'MONEY', what a wonderful word! But I also value my emotions, a lot more than you think I do. I was then a passive observer, impartial, thinking both sides are to blame and more blah blahs. But then today, after attending a lecture by Prof. Rao, I couldn't help but admire the charisma of the man. So now, I take sides. Never mind if I understood less than 20% of it or was vaguely remembered of the few compounds I learnt in those long inorganic classes at SKA.

Look, here was a man who had in himself the uninhibited childlike enthusiasm of Kalam and the immense love and dedication for his work. He was almost jumping on the stage with enthusiasm. Not to forget his wit

Publishing papers is a harmless racket, it doesn't kill like the virus in Bengal.

When I was in Belgrade airport, a man walks up to me and asks, there was a paper somewhere in 60s by a Rao, is it your father?- although he didn't ask, he must have assumed that Rao is dead already.

There was student of mine who was worse, but later he became terrible.

Getting back, why did CNR in the first place lash out against IT? Well, he didn't want people to work like machines. Yes, IT work is mood off work, you agree it or not. This is good enough for any guy[or gal as the case may be] to loathe it. Never mind, I myself might end up in one such job sometime down the lane. I might still vouch for the authenticity of this piece, even then. But as for now, CNR earned one more fan and probably many many more. After all, all the hype of him being the most revered scientist in India isn't bogus at all!

By the way, all Prtyaksha volunteers, don't punch me in the face next time you meet me. I actually found time to write this piece!

Adsense, No sense or Nonsense???

Well Google's Adsense is indeed wonderful, it has bred a class of bloggers who are hell bent upon making fast bucks, the Google way. Hence, I see my friends coming up with 'controversial' blogs, so to say. A friend suggested this to me, put up something 'controversial' in your blog, you can make a hell lot of money. Controversial eh?? These are the most controversial things I can stumble upon (and I'm sure these don't merit ad clicks or even ads)

• Man jumps from 20 storeyed building, unhurt ( How the heck do you know he was jumping in his bathroom??)
• The English Professor scored 800 in Quants and 210 in Verbal when he made an extra bold attempt to write GRE
• Richard Feynman's application rejected by ASU, Fulton on grounds of lack of independent thoughts.

But, I still cant figure out which 'SANE' person in his right mind, especially an Indian would click on ads supplied by Google?? I don't, you don't and I know many others who don't. My friend says he made 8 cents with 10 clicks and Google would pay you after you earn100$ through a check. Now my calculation tells me, it would require 12500 hits to make that amount. In the scenario where not even 250 guys ( a substantial amount- my own views) have read my blog since its existence, I might as well keep it as my retirement fund, where I'm presented with this cheque of 100$ on my last working day, 40 years hence.

But this gaawy [pronounced gaaaaaaawiy, with Atkinson's emotions of surprise and awe] hinted on their 'modus operandi' to make money, skim through articles, if you like one of them, click on an Ad to show your appreciation. Now isn't that wonderful! But there is a drawback to this, the world is full of sadists like me who'll never ever (trust me NEVER EVER) click on an ad!

Anyway, all ye bloggers, Happy Earning, I have visions of you all stashing dollars in your cupboards!