DAY 2937

Jalsa, Mumbai Apr 15/16, 2016 Fri/Sat 12:34 am

Life is that excitement when a drawer, withdrawn and neglected for years, gets your attention and it opens almost impulsively .. impulsively because you had not meant to open it but you did .. curiosity, time lapse, non visited location in the home .. several thoughts and reasons dribble their way through the mind ! But what really remains is the flash of time that goes by, the reasons for the letter or the paper, the comments on it, mostly the comments .. those inspirational words, those inspiring words, of behaviour and deeds and circumstances that run past your limited vision now since, time to be devoted to them has no time at all ..

Its like :

“ Nothing in the world can take the place of PERSISTENCE ; TALENT will not, nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent ; GENIUS will not, unrewarded genius is almost a proverb ; EDUCATION alone will not ; the world is full of educated derelicts

PERSISTENCE AND DETERMINATION alone are omnipotent !!”

an important quote from a learned source … and this, from a prominent stage actor in the West :

“I’m not so embarrassed when I’m talking as when I read what I have said. I hope what I do as an actor is interesting but I do find it difficult to talk about it.”

Hmmm … sounds familiar .. hehah .. and this :

“Our business is a very monastic life and you have to find happiness within its framework.”

and this :

“ It takes courage to analyze your body as it goes downhill.”

and finally this :

“Jean Françios Revel , said ‘la CONNAISSANCE INUTILE’

What we need to be aware of is the fear today of ‘perversion of words’ and ‘approximative information’ …”

All noted and read and written by me in my hand in ink and diary in the period of mid 80′s ..

My love as ever ..

Amitabh Bachchan

Reinventing the Wheel

Planning a trip to the Moon? Mars? You’re going to need good tires…

Exploration requires mobility. And whether you’re on Earth or as far away as the Moon or Mars, you need good tires to get your vehicle from one place to another. Our decades-long work developing tires for space exploration has led to new game-changing designs and materials. Yes, we’re reinventing the wheel—here’s why.

Wheels on the Moon

Early tire designs were focused on moving hardware and astronauts across the lunar surface. The last NASA vehicle to visit the Moon was the Lunar Roving Vehicle during our Apollo missions. The vehicle used four large flexible wire mesh wheels with stiff inner frames. We used these Apollo era tires as the inspiration for new designs using newer materials and technology to better function on a lunar surface.

Up springs a new idea

During the mid-2000s, we worked with industry partner Goodyear to develop the Spring Tire, an airless compliant tire that consists of several hundred coiled steel wires woven into a flexible mesh, giving the tires the ability to support high loads while also conforming to the terrain. The Spring Tire has been proven to generate very good traction and durability in soft sand and on rocks.

Spring Tires for Mars

A little over a year after the Mars Curiosity Rover landed on Mars, engineers began to notice significant wheel damage in 2013 due to the unexpectedly harsh terrain. That’s when engineers began developing new Spring Tire prototypes to determine if they would be a new and better solution for exploration rovers on Mars.

In order for Spring Tires to go the distance on Martian terrain, new materials were required. Enter nickel titanium, a shape memory alloy with amazing capabilities that allow the tire to deform down to the axle and return to its original shape.

These tires can take a lickin’

After building the shape memory alloy tire, Glenn engineers sent it to the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Mars Life Test Facility. It performed impressively on the punishing track.

Why reinvent the wheel? It’s worth it.

New, high performing tires would allow lunar and Mars rovers to explore greater regions of the surface than currently possible. They conform to the terrain and do not sink as much as rigid wheels, allowing them to carry heavier payloads for the same given mass and volume. Also, because they absorb energy from impacts at moderate to high speeds, there is potential for use on crewed exploration vehicles which are expected to move at speeds significantly higher than the current Mars rovers.

Airless tires on Earth

Maybe. Recently, engineers and materials scientists have been testing a spinoff tire version that would work on cars and trucks on Earth. Stay tuned as we continue to push the boundaries on traditional concepts for exploring our world and beyond.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com.

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akshayk

2 years ago

ConsenSys

MetaMask Partners with Asset Reality to Help Victims of Scams In Their Efforts to Recover Stolen Digital Assets | ConsenSys

This partnership represents an industry-first approach in improving digital asset recovery. Support from Asset Reality to MetaMask’s users w

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akshayk

3 years ago

#tbt Psycho riff makes an early appearance at Big Day Out in Sydney 2004. And how to plug in a mic cable mid-chaos.

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akshayk

7 years ago

🚨This is a Red Alert for net neutrality 🚨

Last December, the FCC voted to to kill net neutrality. If we do not take action, this will kill the free and open internet as we know it. The internet needs you—all of you—to make sure your voices are heard NOW.

We need all hands on deck for this one. It may be our last chance. If you’re feeling under-informed and overwhelmed about why net neutrality is so incredibly important, we have this handy guide just for you.

Here’s what you can do to save the internet:

In mid-May, the Senate will vote on a resolution to overrule the FCC using the Congressional Review Act (CRA). We only need one more vote in the Senate to win. Write or call your Senators or Representatives. You can also text BATTLE to 384-387 to get more information on how to write to your reps. You can do this, Tumblr.

Join us and dozens of your other favorite companies like Etsy, Vimeo, Reddit, and GitHub to raise awareness with the Red Alert campaign being run by Battle for the Net. Just add this small widget to your Tumblr to let your followers know how they can contact their reps. It’s as easy as copying and pasting the small line of code right into the customize theme page on the web.

This is important. This matters. It’s up to you to help.

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akshayk

7 years ago

RED

(On sale)

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akshayk

9 years ago

A new way to watch

This update brings you a whole new way to watch Vine.

Our latest design introduces a “Watch” button that lets you kick back and see the story of a channel as Vines automatically play back to back.

People love to go through a channel or watch an account from start to finish. You can now do that with just the tap of a button, without having to manually scroll through individual posts. Check out Johnny McHone and Alona Forsythe for a couple examples.

When you’re on a user’s channel, you can tap “Posts” to choose how you want to view Vines: oldest to newest, newest to oldest, or by what’s popular. We recently introduced these options, and we recommend using them with this new viewing experience. Also, if you want to make a Vine loop as you’re watching, tap and hold it.

Get the update now on the App Store or Google Play.

- Vine

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akshayk

7 years ago

It was an Honor working on this album. I grew up learning how to play incubus songs on the guitar at young age , so my fans can thank them for my early love for making music 🙌. this is a great rock album. go check it out! #Incubus8

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akshayk

8 years ago