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Amitabh Mukherjee
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Latest posts by Amitabh Mukherjee

Genghis Khan and His Daughters

I should have timed this better. The post is apt for The International Women's Day.This is an excerpt from The Secret History Of The Mongol Queens: How The Daughters of Genghis Khan Rescued His Empire by Jack Weatherford. This appears in the March 2010 of The Scientific American.Genghis Khan was cer...Read more.

Posted on 14 March 2010 | 8:55 pm

Unit of Possible Success

My most favourite tweet till date - absolutely original :DI have been often asked if there is a unit to measure possibility of success. Actually there is. It is Joule-Seconds (=Energy x Time).Now, isn't that nice?Read more.

Posted on 13 March 2010 | 11:48 am

Piracy in 1759

Now this is interesting ...On 15 and 16 January 1759, Voltaire was furtively sending out copies of his new novel Candide, or Optimism, to Paris, Amsterdam, London and Brussels. Once the copies arrived at these major centres of the European book-trade - in what can only be called a marketing innovati...Read more.

Posted on 11 March 2010 | 9:06 am

DO-178B Quiz #3

Ok here goes ... 1) DO-178B defines three Software Life Cycle Processes. Name them. 2) As per DO-178B, when is the compiler considered acceptable for a software product? 3) Problem Reporting is an objective associated with CC1; however Problem Reports...Read more.

Posted on 27 February 2010 | 4:43 pm

Answers to DO-178B Quiz #2

The answers to the DO-178B quiz #2 are: 1) DO-178B does not recommend any SDLC model. Ha! That was simple. 2) It should be possible to trace a requirement back (eventually) to the system level requirements to ensure that systems...Read more.

Posted on 19 February 2010 | 3:48 pm

A Humble Request To My Readers

It has been almost 3 years since I have been blogging on DO-178B related topics. At this point in time I have a few dedicated readers and some occasional visitors. In other words, moderate readership. Like all other bloggers I...Read more.

Posted on 15 February 2010 | 10:12 am

Beware the returns

You think your have made a killing at the stock market?You are gloating over a return of 24%?The newspapers tell you that if you had invested in shares you would more than double your money in 3 years. Or whatever.But have you taken inflation into account?Yes inflation. The factor that eats away you...Read more.

Posted on 29 December 2009 | 7:42 am

Money Management Article on WSJ

The Wall Street Journal has started a couple of columns that deal with investment and insurance. From the few articles I read, they are level headed and seem to make sense.Here is the links:WSJ - India, Home PageAn article under the column Maximum MoneyAnother article on Insurance under the column I...Read more.

Posted on 3 December 2009 | 10:20 am

Invest in shares

I am sticking my neck out here. I do not invest in equity - at least not directly.So it is kind of stupid to give advice on share markets.But here goes anyways ...1) I believe that the world economy will recover, sooner or later. It has to. 2) The share market will also, therefore, climb.3) If you a...Read more.

Posted on 24 July 2009 | 12:10 am

The Whole Picture

Impressions are formed over a mug of beer, in PG accommodations and in malls. At any given time your employees know what benefits the other companies provide to their employees. Selective memories help. Only the benefits that the others give (and you do not) is retained. SO much for your coherent an...Read more.

Posted on 29 May 2009 | 4:01 pm

Entering Sideways

By policy your company inducts only freshers. Lateral induction is discouraged. Loyalty is rewarded and all higher posts are filled from within. Till now that is.Things are about to change. You think your company is on the verge of a rapid growth and to take-off you will have to resort to lateral in...Read more.

Posted on 3 April 2009 | 6:45 am

Maintaining pecking order

This post discusses the case study Respect Is Commanded Not DemandedYour need to maintain a pecking order comes from your desire for control. Which may or may not be such a bad thing. Depends on the context. But before you decide what you need to do about your direct reports jumping over your head t...Read more.

Posted on 1 April 2009 | 8:30 pm



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