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'IT' Happened to Me - Part 1 of Many ...

James Cromwell played the character of George Sibley in 'Six Feet Under', a TV series. IMDB calls this series as 'A chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles.'. Among other things, the character of George Sibley has a quote that sounds quite interesting: "Life is a series of accidents". Some other people have also spoken in the same way while receiving big awards. There is an opposite view, that simply thrashes this argument. This view states: 'Life is not a series of meaningless accidents. When things are bound to happen, they surely will.' I think, the truth lies somewhere in between, at least for me. Many things that have happened to me have been purely accidental. Being born into a hard-working, middle class, honest, well-educated, loving family must be a very good accident. When we look around, we see so many miserable families. The misery could be for a number of reasons, ranging from extr...

'IT' Happened to Me - Part 5

Computer programming is great fun. I enjoy it so much that even now, I spent countless hours trying to solve a particular programming problem, get frustrated when I am not able to understand or implement something in spite of all the possible efforts, and have a very peaceful sleep on the occasions when the challenge is surmounted. Sometimes, I actually feel that I would have been completely lost had computer programming not been invented. What else would I have done? Every few years, there is a theory that computer programming is dead, and that we need not write programs anymore. This is because computer programs themselves would write programs. So, why should humans write programs? However, in spite of code automation in many areas, we still need solid, skillful programmers. With the developments in tools and technologies, I do not know how long this would last. But I truly hope that at least in my lifetime, the joy of writing programs and constantly learning something new should ...

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