Arun Shroff’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-24

@purugovind Interesting that USA & India are in the top 3 in all 4 lists http://bit.ly/j9hjE: Can anyone submit challenge / idea ? in reply to purugovind #
@purugovind Yes, but still very creditable : being at No 3 in awards & solver & No 2 in submissions & projects. Bodes well for India. in reply to purugovind #
@arunshroff is ranked 1001 on retweetrank http://www.retweetrank.com/arunshroff/ Where do you rank? #
All successful technologies tend to look inevitable only in hindsight – which says a lot about shortcomings of foresight ! (#insight) #
Woah ! Suprised pleasantly – I got a Twitrank of 10/10 at TwitRank : http://yvoschaap.com/twitrank/?top=1 #
RT Awesome @Karoli wow. really brilliant stuff. re: http://ff.im/1B0Hd (reminds me of Escher’s art) #
Talking of Escher – some of his incredible art can be seen here http://bit.ly/FtJf8 #
Can Twtr scale? Stress on Twitter’s servers is proportional to [N squared] where N = # users: Rt now n**2 is between 9 to 64 Trillion ! #
Stephen Hawking’s bedtime stories – this may give us a smarter generation of future scientists http://bit.ly/I5Fj #
Watching Jeopardy – it seems the champ Larissa Kelly is the 3rd highest winner ever & even has a Wikipedia entry ! http://bit.ly/4Mk5u #
Obama unveils $2.4-billion grant program for electric cars & targets a million hybrids on the road by 2015 http://bit.ly/wuQJ #
“Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted.” ~ Martin Luther King Jr. #quote #
Twitter missing tweets RT @twitter http://bitly.com/jUc7 … So if you dont see this tweet now you know why 🙂 #
@arjunram Yeah – I too realized this about cyc_ai a couple of days back – see http://bit.ly/zc2lu in reply to arjunram #
@AlohaArleen Aloha from the east coast ! #
Did U know that a 110lb. woman wearing stiletto heels puts a lot more pressure on the ground than a 6,000lb elephant?” http://bit.ly/gvqtC #
A single, quick-reference comparison chart of all the major religions in the world http://bit.ly/C9QY9 #
Scientists have flash of light over Parkinson’s treatment http://bit.ly/w0dkM #
” Success = Some Talent + Luck ; Great Success = Some Talent + A Lot of Luck ” -D. Kahneman. What is YOUR Formula ?” http://bit.ly/r56v #
All successful technologies tend to look inevitable only in hindsight – which says a lot about shortcomings of foresight ! (#insight) #
@AlohaArleen Aloha and thank you for the #followfriday ! Your generosity is much appreciated 🙂 in reply to AlohaArleen #
@purugovind Thank you for the #followfriday ! Snazzy new avatar there 🙂 in reply to purugovind #
RT @zentropikCEO: Evolutionary theorist identifies the 8 patterns as the cause of all humor http://is.gd/odih #
@AlohaArleen @purugovind @LionelEscobar @TiffanyBlackden @ChiefCatalyst @markdavisartist @dorait @Mennacher @anoos #followfriday #
@zentropikCEO @SujataChadha @nischalshetty @kellycdb @CMS_Lessons @neallachman @pick3 #followfriday in reply to zentropikCEO #
@zentropikCEO You are welcome – Reading that paper on humor now 🙂 in reply to zentropikCEO #
8 Screwups and Failures that led to brilliant discoveries http://bit.ly/wCBG4 (via @pickover) #
@Mallikarjunan Thanks for the RT ! in reply to Mallikarjunan #
@matt235 Thanks for the #followfriday ! in reply to Twiittermenow #
@ChiefCatalyst You are welcome ! My policy for FF is simple – it the least I can do to thank anyone who spent time to read and RT my s … in reply to ChiefCatalyst #
@zentropikCEO You are welcome ! My FF policy is simple: It’s the least I can do to thank someone who bothered to read and RT my stuff ! in reply to zentropikCEO #
#sillysaturday anyone ? Post your silliest jokes, observations etc. with this tag tomorrow. You follow – then please RT ! #
Goodbye rush hour traffic? Hello, Transition – the Plane that Drives – http://bit.ly/5Vke4 #
@zentropikCEO Thanks for the #followfriday ! in reply to zentropikCEO #
“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.” ~ Woody Allen #
“To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of whom are absent.” ~ Robert Copeland #
Mars, Mud and….Microbes ? http://bit.ly/JzSRD #
India bought advanced spy satellite from Israel after Mumbai attacks http://bit.ly/alwA #
Simply thinking about words associated with money seems to makes us more self-reliant and less inclined to help others. http://bit.ly/IOjKm #
A Computer for $10 ? Playpower builds one using low cost chips from the 80s for children in the developing nations http://bit.ly/39GAE #
Scientists Find That Music Feeds The Soul universally ! http://bit.ly/13Cu7D #