Development processes have fundamental problems they address, a philosophy by which they try to solve that problem and methods by which they implement that philosophy.Problem that Agile solves is ever changing requirements of enterprise applications.There are those who laugh at Agile for how awfully it would fail in building an air plane (technically speaking, proper agile will not fail, but ...
Are you practicing an agile process in your team? Do you still find your team working through the night? Do you still find your software to be rigid, fragile and immobile? Do you still find changes of requirements to be nightmares to the developers? How do you suppose those situations are possible with an Agile process?Unfortunately, this is the situation ...
Sometime back I read Alan Shalloway’s wonderful book “Design Patterns Explained: A New Perspective on Object-Oriented Design” which I think makes a wonderful pre-read for anyone who’s going to read the GoF design patterns book. But even if you’ve already read the GoF, like I had, Alan’s book still is a good read.In that book, Alan brings the point that ...
So, every political party, except for the ruling party is walking with FUTA, saying they'd have done the right thing and given more funds to education... but the government is like hell bent over on not even having an intelligent discussions... I'm willing to bet, those politicians who are walking with FUTA too are with the government on this one; ...
Teachers and Lecturers of government schools and universities should get salaries in par with leading schools and universities of the world. Government Universities and Schools should charge at least a nominal fee, so that students and their parents would value the education they receive Student loans and partial scholarships should be provided by the government for those who can't ...
Couple of years ago news was on banning internet porn, raided porn rental joints, busted happy ending massage parlors and prostitution rigs etc. Now, the news is on pedophiles, rapists, molesters and generally sexual crimes being on the high. I’m just saying… nah… no point in wasting my time writing this... http://blog.icloneable.com/2010/11/prostitution-and-porn.html
What we perceive as self is essentially a continuous flow of thoughts, leading from one to another, and awareness of stimuli that come through the senses... that includes senses within as well, on top of the five external. (i. e. things like hunger, sex drive, need to pee etc. etc.) In different beliefs, this is called soul, spirit (chi?) etc. ...
Consciousness of self is a manifestation of the brain, brain weakens – your awareness of self weakens, brain dies – you die. Period. There’s nothing going to hell or heaven, nor gets re-born. Accept that and you don’t need a religion to pamper you. But, your brain wouldn’t want you believing that would it? It’s, much like any other ...
I always wanted to capture this entrance passage without any person in it, but given that I don't visit the temple of tooth often enough and it's always crowded, it wasn't easy getting the shot. On the day of Sinhala avurudu though, I had my chance - for about 10 seconds. Wish the two people at the end of the passage were family, but they are not.
[This was received through email, addressed to all Sri Lankans] I am a regular visitor to Sri Lanka and for the past 10 years I have enjoyed coming here for both work and leisure; currently I am here on holiday and have covered quite a sizeable chunk of the Island in my pursuit of the stunning landscapes and fascinating wildlife ...
