எனக்கு தெரியும்! என்றாவது ஒரு நாள் நீ இங்கு வருவாய் என..

Tamil Brahmi script in Egypt


significant pointer: Potsherd with Tamil Brahmi inscription, circa first century B.C., found in Egypt.
A broken storage jar with inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi script has been excavated at Quseir-al-Qadim, an ancient port with a Roman settlement on the Red Sea coast of Egypt. This Tamil Brahmi script has been dated to first century B.C. One expert described this as an “exciting discovery.”
The same inscription is incised twice on the opposite sides of the jar. The inscription reads paanai oRi, that is, pot (suspended) in a rope net.
An archaeological team belonging to the University of Southampton in the U.K., comprising Prof. D. Peacock and Dr. L. Blue, who recently re-opened excavations at Quseir-al-Qadim in Egypt, discovered a fragmentary pottery vessel with inscriptions.
Dr. Roberta Tomber, a pottery specialist at the British Museum, London, identified the fragmentary vessel as a storage jar made in India.
Iravatham Mahadevan, a specialist in Tamil epigraphy, has confirmed that the inscription on the jar is in Tamil written in the Tamil Brahmi script of about first century B.C.
In deciphering the inscription, he has had the benefit of expert advice from Prof. Y. Subbarayalu of the French Institute of Pondicherry, Prof. K. Rajan of Central University, Puducherry and Prof. V. Selvakumar, Tamil University, Thanjavur.
According to Mr. Mahadevan, the inscription is quite legible and reads: paanai oRi, that is, ‘pot (suspended in) a rope net.’ The Tamil word uRi, which means rope network to suspend pots has the cognate oRi in Parji, a central Dravidian language, Mr. Mahadevan said. Still nearer, Kannada has oTTi, probably from an earlier oRRi with the same meaning.
The word occurring in the pottery inscription found at Quseir-al-Qadim can also be read as o(R)Ri as Tamil Brahmi inscriptions generally avoid doubling of consonants.
Earlier excavations at this site about 30 years ago yielded two pottery inscriptions in Tamil Brahmi belonging to the first century A.D.
Another Tamil Brahmi pottery inscription of the same period was found in 1995 at Berenike, also a Roman settlement, on the Red Sea coast of Egypt, Mr. Mahadevan said.
These discoveries provided material evidence to corroborate the literary accounts by classical Western authors and the Tamil Sangam poets about the flourishing trade between the Tamil country and Rome (via the Red Sea ports) in the early centuries A.D.
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Sea scorpion


This is a computer generated image issued by the University of Bristol in England released on Tuesday Nov. 20, 2007 showing a size comparison between a human an ancient sea scorpion. A fossil found in Germany indicates the ancient sea scorpion was once 2.5 metres (8 feet) long, making it the biggest bug ever known to have existed. (AP Photo/University of Bristol, HO)

serena


serena
Originally uploaded by Kesavan Muthuvel
This is my favorite athlete Serena in US Open 2005.., Though I'm not interested in any of sports.., I like her. She is a hard work girl.[?].
Win almost all Wimbledon's Champion including US,Australian,French etc., in her 25+ years of life.,

East or West., Serena is Best :)

Wow - Impossible. Lady ஏகலைவா


Look @ her. She concentrates everything in a single point. She balances herself in her hand., uplifts her body., hold bow in leg., arrow in the other ., points her eye at the target., and everything in inverted position.

Is it possible for a normal one?

This image I get from a forwarded mail., unknowing no more details about her & her game.

Without no more doubt ., we call her as Lady Ekkalaiva., [ஏகலைவா] who is student of Great Thuronacharya.[துரோணாச்சார்யா] .

பத்திரம்

ஒரு கண்ணாடி யணிந்துகொள்
யாரேனும் பறிக்கக் கூடும்
காலையில் மலர்ந்த மரைகளென,
மையிட்ட உன் கண்களை..,

மு.கேசவன்
11/07/2007

காதல் கடவுளிடம்..,




புருஷனை கைகோர்த்த புதுப்பெண்
திரும்பும் மட்டும் வேண்டிக்கிறேன்
அது, நீயாய்
இருக்கக்கூடாதென..,

மு.கேசவன்






உச்சியின் உச்சியில்
பெட்டைக்கு முத்தமிடும்
காக்கையறியாது, இன்று
காதலர் தினம் என்று..,

மு.கேசவன்
14-Feb-2004

உன்னிடம் நான் யாசிப்பது வேறொன்றுமில்லை,
ஒரு கோப்பை தேநீரும்,
நிலவின் கீழ் சில வார்த்தைகளும்..,

இரவின் நிலவு எனக்குச் சொந்தமில்லை,
கோப்பை தேநீர் உனக்கும்தான்

என் பிழை
உன் முதல் வார்த்தையில் - இந்த,
தேநீர் ஆறிவிட்டிருந்தது..,

Kesavan.M
2007

Hi friends.,

Today we look @ some 3D Window Managers for WindowsXP.

Though they never compete with Linux Composite Mangers like Compiz,Beryl & Fusion., they leads a way to wonder such 3D Worlds.,.

Here are some Windows programs that make your desktop go 3D.

1) 3d Wonder - get it from http://www.3dwonder.com/ (trial)


Minimal System Req.
1GHz class processor (3Ghz recommended)
256 MB RAM (512 recommended)
3D Graphics Card with 32 MB (128 recommended)
DirectX 9.0 and Windows XP

3d_wonder.jpg

2) Sphere XP - get it from http://www.spheresite.com / (trial)


Minimal System Req
1GHz class processor (3Ghz recommended)
256 MB RAM (512 recommended)
3D Graphics Card with 32 MB (128 recommended)
DirectX 9.0 and Windows XP

sphere_xp.jpg

3) Take over your desktop (TOYD project) - get it from http://www.toyd.org/ (freeware)


Minimal System Req
300MHz class processor (1Ghz recommended)
128 MB RAM (256 recommended)
3D Graphics Card with 32 MB (128 recommended)

** The programs installs a new shell for Windows

toyd.jpg

4) Madotate get it here (freeware)


Minimal System Req
133MHz class processor (400Mhz recommended)
32 MB RAM (128 recommended)
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP


desktop3d.gif



Hope You all enjoy this one .

Bye.



Prime Numbers

"An integer is prime if its only positive divisors are itself and one. Prime numbers have always been a keen interest to mathematicians for various reasons. One being there appears to be no rhyme or reason to the distribution of primes and there is no limit to finding new primes. The largest known prime was found in November 2001 and it is over 4 million digits long! (see other links below) Finding Primes Computers have made finding these large prime numbers possible. The faster computers can crunch numbers, the larger the primes will be found. Here's an interesting graph showing the largest known primes by year. Simple Method of Finding Primes A prime number is one that has no prime factors. So a simple way of checking if a number is prime is by trying all known primes less than it and seeing if it divides evenly into that number. Example: Finding the first couple of primes Starting off with the number 2, it is prime because the only divisors are itself and 1, meaning the only way to multiple two numbers to get 2 is 2 x 1. Likewise for 3. So that starts us off with two known primes 2 and 3. To check the next number we can check if 4 modulo 2 equals 0. This means when divide 2 into 4 there is no remainder, which means 2 is a factor of 4. Specifically we know 2 x 2 = 4. Thus 4 is not prime. Moving on to the next number: 5. To check"


ANY ONE RUN THIS C Program.., & Enjoy the primes..,

/*
Prime Number Finder
Marcus Kazmierczak, marcus@mkaz.com
Created On: March 18, 2002

# findthem.c $Revision: 1.3 $
# Last Updated: $Date: 2002/03/19 06:59:11 $
*/
#include
#include

/*== start/stop range ==*/
#define START 5 // MUST BE ODD
#define STOP 99999999

int main(void)
{
int nap;
long num, c, i;
long *prime;

prime = malloc((STOP/3) * sizeof(long));
if (!prime) { printf("Memory Allocation Error."); exit(1); }

prime[0] = 2; prime[1] = 3;
c = 2; /*== initial primes ==*/

/*== only have to check odd numbers ==*/
for (num=START; num < STOP; num = num + 2)
{
nap = 0; // set not-a-prime false

/*= cycle through list of known primes =*/
for (i=0; i < c; i++)
{
/*= check if a previous prime divides evenly =*/
/*= if so the number is not a prime =*/
if ((num % prime[i]) == 0) { nap = 1; break; }

/*= stop if prime squared is bigger than the number =*/
if ((prime[i] * prime[i]) > num) { break; }
}

/*= if not-a-prime, then we found a prime =*/
if (nap != 1)
{
/*= add prime to list of known primes =*/
prime[c] = num; c++;
printf("%d \n",num);
}
}

free(prime);
}




Thanks : mkaz.com:

Google BirthDay's

"Google opened its doors in September 1998. The exact date when we celebrate our birthday has moved around over the years, depending on when people feel like having cake,' says Google's help center. In the recent years, Google's birthday has been celebrated on September 27th with a doodle displayed on the homepage. Happy birthday!"

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Russia creates world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb (photo) - Pravda.Ru


Russia creates world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb (photo) - Pravda.Ru

The Russian military has successfully completed tests of the world's most powerful non-nuclear air-delivered bomb. The new ordnance, nicknamed the "dad of all bombs" is four times more powerful than the U.S. "mother of all bombs."



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The tests have shown that the new air-delivered ordnance is comparable to a nuclear weapon in its efficiency and capability.