Archive for January, 2008

Mystery image of Mars

January 23, 2008

Is that someone walking on the surface of Mars? The image is taken by NASA spacecraft Spirit in 2004. Some says it is garden gnome, some says Virgin Mary. Some says it is the Bigfoot, some says it the Little Mermaid status of Copenhagen. What is your take on it?
Reference: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7205004.stm

Avoid LAB-Aid Hospital

January 17, 2008

I just received the following email. I felt that I should share it with all the Bangladeshis. The following is not an exception in Bangladesh. It is happening all the time. I do not know whether there are laws to prevent this kind of negligence or whether people are unaware or afraid of taking help [...]

Why Java should not be the first programming language to learn?

January 10, 2008

I found this article “Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?” by Dr. Robert B.K. Dewar and Dr. Edmond Schonberg of New York University to be very interesting. I am in full agreement with these gentlemen in this regard. Actually, I told this to my friends long ago when I saw people [...]

Dynastic politics in Pakistan

January 2, 2008

After the tragic assassination of Banazir Bhutto, Pakistan went to a disarray. The culprits are yet to be found. I do not know much about Benazir Bhutto's past achievements but seeing her courage to try to return democracy to Pakistan and defy threats on her life, I started to admire her. I was amazed to [...]