brain tsunami

hi all,
let me tell you what.... my mind is a terminal for thoughts to come and go. I don't know where they come from and don't know where most of them go to. But, a few lucky (unlucky) ones end up here as blog posts..
Yes, these posts are raw thoughts... they are a chosen few based on categories like impact, concentration, duration etc.,

ok, the following lines are the outcome of the numerous discussions i have had with my good friend Ramnath... this is what i got by listening to him.

Now, ramnath's credentials- tnpcee rank 9. doing ece in anna univ (where else). going to tcs (lo).

* there is no definitive definition for charge (as in charge of electron)
* the difference between living things like us and machines is consciousness - make a thing that is as human as possible.. but is it conscious of itself?
* electronics is not science - proof, if i connect a set of components together to form a circuit i cannot predict the output.. ece guys let the circuit work and based on its output behaviour they observe, they come up with a possilbly satisfying explanation and model.
* Lord of the Rings facts - J R R tolkein talks about three ages off the middle earth. during the first age, middle earth was made and many mythical beings like valors came to settle in it. the most powerful of them becomes morgorth and his assitant is souron who becomes very powerful after the other valors some how push morgorth out of the middle earth. souron himself is not a valor.

there might be many mistakes in the above statements... no guarantees given...