Prisoner's Dilemma

I got this from my Phd Friend Maryam's facebook page - I am sure every one will be thrilled by this great example of Game Theory. Dont hesitate to read the entire article in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner's_dilemma
Deepak

http://www.esotericonline.net/photo/deepak-abha-mussoorie-visit-august-2012-25?xg_source=activity A little holiday at a resort in Mussoorie with Abha - we enjoyed ourselves and have returned so fulfilled - since Multiply may wind up any day - I have joined another very nice website where I have posted a few pictures of our trip in the Mist which covered Mussoorie the entire while we were there - so check out the album on esotericonline and also examine the site for migration there - I have a feeling that it will be just the right place for us all to go toDeepak

'Beam Us Up, Mr. Scott!': Why Misquotations Catch On - The Atlantic

Link
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/08/beam-us-up-mr-scott-why-misquotations-catch-on/261146/#.UCv8eXgIK2o.multiply 
I have an internet friend named Maria Konnikova and she is a spectacular writer - that little link above this line will take you to a really nice article of hers which you will all enjoy very much and probably many of you will be able to add something to it too
Have fun
 Deepak

BLEND OF LOVING ENERGIES Login

Link
http://lovingenergies.spruz.com/?page=login&cmd=approval&a=1#.UCOZy2CU0z8.multiply 
"Else" our Multiply colleague has suggested this link - and I went through it and it is really dazzling - I think it would be a fitting place to migrate too and it has lots of links to other sites too including Multiply.
I have become a member there with my usual silly id demoninlove ha ha
In any case I think we can all open our accounts at least - the site depends upon donations and as such if no one donates anything it may close - so we all can take a call on that later after it is finalised
All the best and remember the demoninlove is me on all the sites ha ha
Deepak

Eternal News

http://paper.li/f-1344253937
This is my own Weekly Newspaper - Hope you all enjoy the content - I think you wil find it entertaining and informative too and great to read on a Monday morning over elevenses!

A Slip of the Disk is a fault of the mind - avoid ego rule

Dear Friends – Perfect or Imperfect, Tall or Short, Fat or Thin, Fair or Dark, Big or Small, Boys or Girls, Serious or Frivolous, Holy or Unholy Joe’s or Jane’s, or what ever other way you choose to describe yourself,

This is an UPDATE on how time has passed ever since I was laid on the bed as a result of my allowing my inflated ego determine my prowess and  thereby forgetting that my tremendous strength rested on my brawny arms and shoulders, and that thick globe I carry on my shoulders full of some dense woody substance they call my brain which can be better described by Abha who knows the extent of it’s thickness and density better than everyone, I leaped out of bed early one morning a couple of weeks ago, awakened by the sound of a Gas cylinder being knocked around, so I leaped up and rushed to the Kitchen, hysterically admonishing ABHA for attempting to perform a task better suited for one endowed with superhuman strength like me and certainly not meant to be done by a member of the delicate tender fairer sex like her, and then pushing her aside I bent and lifted the Gas Cylinder to insert it under the slab where the Gas Stove was lying, and since the stupid architect who had designed this flat for the State Bank of India under the generally ridiculous guidelines of the Premises Department of the Local Head Office many decades ago, with lots of angles at every intersection or joining of any two wall resulting in there not being even a single room which is either square or rectangular – the house is a jigsaw puzzle enthusiasts delight – and that architect has also put his special touches to the area under the kitchen slab by building a silly 6 inch high ledge on the floor which makes it impossible to push the Gas Cylinder under the slab and neither can it be put under the kitchen slab upright, and so it has to be lifted up 6 inches, and inclined at an angle of about 23 Degrees and then put inside which means that if one is not so particular about bending ones back 23 degrees everything is alright, except when one is trying to insert a full cylinder of Cooking Gas into the aforesaid space below the kitchen slab, because I have discovered to my horror that while the Gas Cylinder slipped in quite well, there is something called a disk or disc or whatever which is placed between ever set of two vertebrae in the spine of every living homo sapien, and that silly disc thing slips out the moment that Gas Cylinder slips in, and the tirade I was under process of delivering to Abha turned into a loud strangled shriek because the disk thing between some L-5 Vertebrae in my spine chose to slip out and attacked my spinal cord  which I later got to know is hanging around a few millimeters away and give a huge electric shock kind of severe pain in all the nerves of the lumbar area similar to what happens to lumberjacks when they try to ignore their brawny arms and try to lift a fallen tree using their backs instead – needless to say Abha has the habit of closing her eardrums   -something like the film that snakes or frogs can suddenly generate to cover their eyes with to block out the sight of any obnoxious creature like a mongoose if it ventures into the compass of their vision - so she did not bother to respond like a good Pavitra Hindu Nari wife should have done by bursting into tears and screaming with terror, but instead she went about whatever she was dong, till my specific comment that something has cracked in my back jerked her out of her stupor – and she came and after helping me straighten out, wasted the entire drama of the moment by NOT bursting into tears and screaming with terror like she should have done, but instead she told me to get into the bed and lie flat and she brought out the Chinese TIGER balm as I kept repeating that I had a sprain in my back, and those of you who have had occasion to use that Tiger Balm  thing  will understand how hot it made my back  as well which quite cooled the heat in my head -  so I remained in Bed and before leaving for office, she put the Laptop next to the bed and a big tray full of sweets and biscuits and a thermos of the super tea she makes etc etc and with the remote control of the TV as well as the AC also with my eBook and Lots of novels which I had been planning to read but did not get time to, so I had a great time in the bed and believe me this kind of luxury happens only once in a while so if you get a chance, then really enjoy yourself!

Since I hate going to the Doctor, I have an inflated ego, and also think that I am like the INCREDIBLE HULK,  I thought that it will get all right in a short while, I resisted going to the doctor and when it did not improve even after 10 days, finally Abha put  her foot down heavily on the floor, got me whining and cribbing into the Car and took me to the Doctor Bones a couple of kilometers away, and he gave me such a penetrating and piercing glare of approbation, that I had no courage to even try to sidestep his directive to admit me to his hospital IMMEDIATELY, so I succumbed and there I remained for 5 full days with nurses more like dragons attending to me and lots of chaps dropping into the room every half an hour to stretch me by hanging weights from my torso or turning me on my stomach and giving electric shocks to my spine or using some heating pads which almost burnt my remaining pride to ashes etc etc – so I remembered my friend Donald and while bearing the imprisonment as well as all the bruises to my huge ego, I said what he always said – “What to do?”.

To cut a long story short I am now back to the luxury of the 5 star home which Abha has kept just right for me with all the afore said luxuries and glad to say that so shall I remain for the next couple of weeks till I get the clearance from Dr. Bones to walk – though, between you and me, I do get up sometimes in between to go to the bathroom etc (Remember that all that is hidden behind that little word ‘etc’ will never be revealed so don’t even try to ask ha ha).

I would have written more details for the more inquisitive amongst you, but it is rather tiresome to lie in bed flat on your back and write a long letter so I am keeping this short, of course I think that a short letter like this is better than clicking on the ‘like’ icon on Facebook ha ha. Just remember to avoid lifting Gas Cylinders or even Big Bank Ledgers from the floor while sitting on a chair as my good friend Cherian told me just now when he rang up from Abu Dhabi where he is located, because he did that many years ago and faced the same slip of the disk and found out that it is different from a slip of the tongue, though in the business of banking, both may have horrific consequences ha ha.

Love to all of you and yours from Abha and I

Deepak

Happy Independence Day to every American and everyone else in the world

To share in the celebrations which will be cheering the hearts of everyone in America, I am posting some photos of our trip to America - the beauty of America is celebrated by us here in India too and we wish them the happiest and most joyous 4th of July ever.
.                              Samir on his Graduation Day in Stanford with Abha and Deepak
..                             This is my great Internet friend Diana with me and Abha in
                              Stanford  - we had a wonderful day together .  .                              Abha and me at Stanford's wonderful approach lawns
                               Our dearest friends RK and Sujata with us in Broadway N.Y.
.                     Such a wonderful song on the Broadway theatre mini screen behind us - so
.                                  I had a good dance with Abha amongst the crowd
.                               Tall young grownup Anurag & me at the Nashdaq, N.Y
                                  Dallas with Sudhanshu, Monica, Sumona & Ramona
                                  and my great friend of a decade Kathy the Professor
                                  of American Literature who flew down from Greenville
                                  Illinois to be with us - such a great first time meeting



 We went with Monica and Sudhanshu and the kids to a wonderful Safari place near Dallas - lots of fun and a wonderful experience - we also went to Billy Joe's Ranch and danced there.







.                                 SEATTLE -  Great city and wonders all around

.                                 Deepak at Alcatraz Prison Administrative building

.                                 On the way to Niagara we visited this MUST visit museum
                                  and got to know that Glass is more beautiful than virtually
                                  anything if properly crafted.
.                         Abha, Sujata, me and Gavy at the Lincoln Memorial Statue
                          in Washington
                           Strolling down the street of Carmel, C.A. on my Birthday
                           26th July with Abha
                           Gavy, RK,Sujata, Abha and Deepak at Niagara Falls
                           It is really a natural wonder of the world beyond compare
                          At the lone Cypress - Monteray C.C. this is the famous
                          TREE HUNDREDS OF YEARS OLD THEY SAY
                                                    I think this is one of the great Juniper trees Peter has
                          written about - it is on the famous 17 mile drive at Carmel/
                          Monterrey

                          Sam, Abha - Deepak

Book reviews written by Deepak demoninlove - Shelfari

http://www.shelfari.com/demoninlove/reviews
Shelfari the book lovers shelf site, has been taken over by Amazon now and I thought that I will put this link to some of the little reviews I have written there about a few of books I have read ... and all these are wonderful books I feel - well worth reading!

KNOWLEDGE - WROTE THESE MANY YEARS AGO FOR MY CHILDREN

5.   KNOWLEDGE  5.1  Knowledge  is   the   sum   total   of   one's   life's  experience  and   study.  
And   of   all   knowledge,   the   knowledge   gained   by   one's  personal   experience   is  
the   longest   lasting.  

5.2 Most   people   who   thirst for   knowledge   never   get   a   chance  to   obtain  it,   but   
get   lost   in   the   desert   sands   of   the   struggle for   existence.   And   most   of   those   
who   have   been   blessed   with   the   means   for   acquiring   knowledge,   scorn its   pursuit.   
And   most   of   those   who   acquire  knowledge  are   soon   gone   from   this   world   leaving  
not  a   trace to   show   for   it   like   rain   on   the   sands   of   the   desert.   
It  is   the  small   miniscule   who   record   their experiences   for  posterity,   to   whom   we   
owe   every   comfort   of   civilization.  

5.3 Never   has   the   birch   raised   a   welt   on   which   words   of  knowledge   could   
be   imprinted.

'TIS AN IDLE FANCY - A poem my me written in an idle moment ...

                                                 'Tis AN IDLE FANCY 

                                                                                        A poem by Deepak Menon

I love HER? How can you say that?
I tell you it is not true!!
You insist! Even when it isn't a fact?
Oh! How can I convince you?
.
I do not believe a word you say!
And even if I did, so what?
So what if throughout the day
My brow is feverish and hot?
.
So what if from my deepest slumber
I start, and then to her call out?
So what if efforts to erase her memory
Have by time - been put to rout?
.
So what if I often think of her,
And talk and dream and live her name?
So what if my eyes are often filmed
With tears of sorrow, lingering shame
.
That I could not my conscience still
And keep my tryst with destiny's call?
So what if her image my heart does fill
So what if she holds my heart in thrall?
.
'Tis nonsense, once more I tell you
You are mistaken, though you know me well
Even though away with my soul she flew
'Tis an idle fancy, - can't you tell?

African Woman -A painting by Deepak Menon (House Husband)

Nothing posted by me since a long time - so here is a painting I made many years ago of an African Woman playing an African Musical Instrument - I saw the picture in the National Geographic Magazine somewhere and though the painting is changed a lot from the Photograph, the expression on the woman's face was so plaintive that it stuck to my mind and the painting reflects that to some extent!

In the footsteps of the Buddha

Link

http://glidingdove.multiply.com/journal/item/4/In-the-footsteps-of-the-Buddha 

ABHA FINALLY GOT SOME TIME TO WRITE A VIEW ON "In the footsteps of the Buddha". I think all my friends in the BT (Buddhist Travelers Group) will like to read it - so please click on the Link thing above and do read her comments.
Deepak

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Tales of the Booga Dooga Land - Pickwick's Plan

https://www.createspace.com/pub/community/give.review.do?id=1102367&rewrite=true
This is the little Preview of my book - do read it and scroll down and don't forget to answer the 5 feedback questions - I will be thrilled to read feedback from all my friends and family!

story teller: The Story Of the Last Prisoner Of War

story teller: The Story Of Last Prisoner Of War
This link was sent to me by Mrs Rita Chauhan (then Rita Panwar) who taught me in school when I was in Class 9. Now 41 years have passed and she still keeps in touch with the naughtiest of her students - me!
Read this story - it deserves to be read and that is a tribute  to "Joe" who was an Indian Army taken prisoner by the Pakistan army and incarcerated there!

Tales of the Booga Dooga Land - Pickwick's Plan - My first Childrens Book

Cheers Everyone

The link to the preview is :-

https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1102367

copy and paste it into the address bar to go and see and comment on it
I am now well on the way of getting the first of my Children's Books published which is a relief to my friends and family since they were quite certain that I had become a slacker as soon as I left my bank ha ha
Well, I had been a slacker for the first 6-7 months and really enjoyed being one. Now the Illustrator - a very talented young art student from Serbia has been awarded the contract and the images are now being made - one is on the link too though it is still under revision - so hope to have it on Amazon and Createspace Bookshelfs by June end. I hope you all buy some copies - I think you will like them. Once again, the link to the Preview of the Book is :-
https://www.createspace.com/Preview/1102367
I have also pasted it on my facebook page - my ID there is only demoninlove@yahoo.com - so check it out there too and remember to write a very nice flattering and encouraging comment too so that I can get the inspiration to become even more foolhardy than I am at this time ..heee hee  hee
With  love from
the hon'ble House Husband Freelancer Deepak

THE SONG OF THE SOUL OF THE PARTY - a poem by me

THE SONG OF THE SOUL OF THE PARTY

by Deepak Menon

The intensity of the blow which has

NOT FALLEN YET,

Has crushed me from within with

ITS IMPENDING THREAT,

Has ulcerated my mind, body, soul

Reduced my existence to despair

AN UNDYING DEATH.

**

For die I can not, nor

EVEN DESPAIR STILL,

Tho' bent within and knotted without

OF SHATTERED WILL,

I must forever crawl, however cringing, towards

the dawn of hope always hidden beyond

THE NEXT HILL.

**

But hope of what, I dare not even

CONTEMPLATE,

Each victory won, does, to

EQUAL LOSS RELATE,

To cherish hope is to shatter hopes

The face of doomed love is

CLOAKED WITH HATE,

**

So close I my mind in

AN IRON BOX,

So turn I my heart

INTO COARSE ROCK,

So paint I my face into

A WOODEN SMILE,

Stifling the pain with

LAUGHTER AND TALK.

Deepak Menon

MICHELLE AND ABHISHEK GOT MARRIED TODAY - 11 MAY 2012

Link

Click on the link to see the Photos of the Wedding on my blog - the blog address is www.deepakdemoninlove.multiply.com and every one please post your comments there - Multiply ID can be got in a few minutes and it is free with unlimited storage and then see all the albums - you will find so may photos of all my friends and family and you can connect to them too.

My email is demoninlove@yahoo.com by the way and now is the time for our past to really come alive - so write to me also all those of you who had vanished for all these decades into different paths and different destinations - the circle of life does come around,

MICHELLE AND ABHISHEK GOT MARRIED TODAY - 11 MAY 2012

I attended their wedding at the Centenary Memorial Methodist Church today and time stood still - no it rolled back 35-40 years - for starters - James Rodney Hersey was there - 87 years old and still looking a very sprightly 50-60! The full complement of the Grays were there with Phyllys John and both the daughters Barbara and Jenny and their husbands and children - such an incredible thing meeting them after all these decades! I posted the card and left for the reception at Dwarka with Abha, who missed the wedding because she had to attend a high level meeting or something at the bank - but she met a lot of of people there.
And the reception in Dwarka was a very very nice affair - lots or really excellent food and lots of dancing and fun too.
I am not uploading photos one by one and hope someone will comment and fill in the names of every one - there were lots of relatives and children I did not know - remember we met after over 30 years.
Will be back to post more here and lots and lots of photos

Free Will

Link
And I say there is nothing like free will ...