22500

22500.
This was the reading of the speedometer (? or whatever that counts the number of kms the vehicle has traveled till date) of my bike. So did you notice anything special about 22500 ? Well I did. The moment I saw this number it looked familiar. I thought that I know this number. Now Let me elaborate on what I mean by knowing a number with an analogy. So when you come across a name such as 'Amit', this will sound familiar to you. Because you must have come across this name in your life. You might be knowing few Amits. But if you see a name like 'Fitzergerald' you will know that you don't know this name. With names it is easier to think if we know it or don't.
Going by this notion of knowing, it is not that easy to categorize between numbers we know and those we don't. One reason is that it is comparatively much more difficult to remember numbers. But that is not my point. The worse part is that we think we know all the numbers. That is not the case. So when I looked at 22500, I actually new the number, because I remembered that it was the answer of some numerical question I had solved not so long ago. At that time a thought came to me that there are so many numbers in the world (numbers live in the world..? I didn't know that), which I have never come across in my life. (I am 24 and still don't know most of the numbers... how bad) There are certain numbers like 500, 99, 1024... which most of us know. But there are many more numbers (we do not need to go to large numbers. You can even consider 4 or 5 digit) which we think we know but we don't. The whole point of writing this text is that next time if you look at some number you should be (or might want to be) aware of the fact that the number you are dealing with might be appearing in front of you for the first time. If you have really followed whatever I have written seriously (I mean I have written it seriously but have you followed it seriously) I bet looking at the numbers would never be the same again. Still not convinced ? Try this 66816.

[If you don't like Amit (as a name) you can use any other name in above example as long as you know it]

WWW

Hi all. This is the second post. I got good response and some feedback for my first post from many readers (read just a few friends of mine). Most of the readers thought that it was not bad attempt at all but it was lacking content. After they finished reading they did not quite remember what they just read. Or they could not summarize the central idea or could understand what that post was actually about. Well... I take it as a compliment (I take criticism in very positive way). Because I believe its not easy to write something that people cant remember just after having read it. I call it "the art of writing without writing". In the movie "Enter the Dragon" (which is one of my favorite movie), legendary Bruce Lee answers his opponent that his fighting style is "the art of fighting without fighting" [for those who haven't seen the movie here is the link ] On the similar lines I guess I have my own style- "writing without writing [WWW]". And I guess most of the readers would agree! If you still have doubts about my style, finish reading this post and after ten minutes try to remember what you had just read. If you don't remember it means that WWW thing is true. If you do remember, it means you have got really good memory, Congratulations!


[PS. I know, if one more time I write a post like this (without actual content) most of the readers will turn away from this blog forever. So will put my style - WWW on hold for sometime. And you will witness some real blogging by me]