DAY 2: Breaking Ice

Finally kicked off with the project long dreamt. Automated locking system, cuz we're too lazy to go up to the door to open it.

The first thing I had on my mind was to use an electromagnet as the armature to lock and unlock. And electromagnets do NOT work on AC... So, I had this brilliantly stupid idea of using the phone adapter...

R.I.P moto

...to substitute a battery. So what I did was...

split ends =] :D

...this!.. :D So, I plug the adapter into the socket. Control!... Where's the control for the experiment?!.. After a bit of scrounging through a pile of crap, I find this bulb, rated 250 V 10 W!.. I know this is not even close to a sensible choice to check for a 375 mA output!.. Why not just give a try?... And the outcome?...:D 

EPIC!

So, after some more of scrounging, I now find a clock. An alarm clock.

Controls(the pen, the papers and the pad excluded!).

I pluck the batteries out and connect the terminals. :| No surprise. No effect. :|

Frustrated, I try touching the terminals... :D :| No surprise, no effect again!

And short circuiting?... FAIL... 

Can't stand this anymore. SLEEP... zz z z zz zzz zzz

P. S.: http://www.instructables.com/id/Using-a-DC-Adapter-as-a-Battery/  Why no me?... :(

DAY 1: Polarization of the Light

QUBITS: Quantum Computing :\ (nerdy huh?)

Keeping track of my progress...

One of the basic kinds qubits are displayed by polarizing photons. So, I just started off by making sure I remember the basic polarizing stuff(which I have had done with the last year)...

Do you remember the wave equations?...

Yes I do!... =] And most of the basic stuff on polarization.
Lemme just skip to the notes on Circular Polarization.

SOURCE: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/phyopt/imgpho/polcls.gif

So, this kind of polarization, as is pretty obvious, occurs when two linearly polarized lights superposition themselves to form a waveform, where the angle keeps varying, making it look like, the Electric field vector pointing in circles. 

The directions pointer at the origin is the direction of the E Field at that very moment.

The elliptical polarization occurs when the amplitudes of the two super imposing waves are different, or the  phase lag is other than pi/2.

Most general case occurs when the amplitude, phase lag, and the frequency are all arbitrary. 

Up tomorrow: Polarization of photons

Windows "ATE"

And finally after a long wait (wait to get the OS downloaded).
Yeah, my internet speeds suck and so do of most South Asians'.
Well this post ain't about internet speed analysis. It's about my first impressions on Windows® 8.

Much talked is Windows® 8 about the Metro® user interface. What's even more striking is its smooth transition. They've pulled it off perfectly. For the previous Windows® users is the desktop interface. For the newbies, the Metro® is just unavoidable. Its crude and simple interface elucidates it clear enough, even to get a native desktop user to hook to it. But never the less, Metro® ain't good enough. If not powerful enough. The desktop interface just resembles the Windows® 7. Doesn't seem to have much work on it. The other features such as Messaging and Mail, S U C K. Could be because I am using a Pre-Release version of Windows®. But still the same, Microsoft had always been bad at supporting other third party services.

Certainly an OS for tablets. And if you think it'd be a competitor against Apple... Hold back. Not even close. Not that I'm an Apple supporter, but still, that I've seen it, Apple is pretty good at end user satisfaction, which Microsoft has failed. And mobile platform should be better than this. I haven't used though. :\

You can see the traditional start icon missing
[And if you're wondering about the wallpaper, it's Dell Venue Pro, one I wanted to buy. Wallpaper because, the "Law of Attraction" compelled me to!]