- Moonstruck(1987) : "Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn't know this either, love don't make things nice--it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren't here to make things perfect. The snowflakes are perfect. The stars are perfect. Not us. Not us! We are here to ruin ourselves and to break our hearts and love the wrong people and die...Now I want you to come upstairs with me and get in my bed!"
- The Bridges of Madison County(1995) : "It seems right now that all I've ever done in my life is making my way here to you."
- Before Sunrise(1995) : "If there's any kind of magic in this world, it must be in the attempt of understanding someone, sharing something. I know, it's almost impossible to succeed, but...who cares, really? The answer must be in the attempt."
- Good Will Hunting(1997) : "…I'd ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. But you've never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable. Known someone that could level you with her eyes, feeling like God put an angel on earth just for you. Who could rescue you from the depths of hell. And you wouldn't know what it's like to be her angel, to have that love for her, be there forever, through anything…"
- As Good As It Gets(1997) : "…I might be the only one who appreciates how amazing you are in every single thing that you do, and…how you say what you mean, and how you almost always mean something that's all about being straight and good. I think most people miss that about you, and I watch them, wondering how they can watch you bring their food, and clear their tables and never get that they just met the greatest woman alive. And the fact that I get it makes me feel good, about me."
- When Harry Met Sally(1989) : "I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle in your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes. And I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night. And it's not because I'm lonely, and it's not because it's New Year's Eve. I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible."
- Sleepless in Seattle(1993) : "It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were suppose to be together... and I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched her. It was like coming home... only to no home I'd ever known... I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew. It was like... magic."
- Jerry Maguire(1996) : "You... complete me."
- A Place in the Sun(1951) : “I love you. I've loved you since the first moment I saw you. I guess maybe I've even loved you before I saw you.”
- Don Juan DeMarco(1994) : "Have you never met a woman who inspires you to love? Until your every sense is filled with her? You inhale her. You taste her. You see your unborn children in her eyes and know that your heart has at last found a home. Your life begins with her, and without her it must surely end."
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Best 10 Romantic Movie Lines ever
Friday, January 15, 2010
Common Fallacies of Human Thought
1) Gambler's Fallacy
The Gambler’s fallacy is the tendency to think that future probabilities are altered by past events, when in reality, they are not. Certain probabilities, such as getting a heads when you flip a (fair) coin, are always the same. The probability of getting a heads is 50%, it does not matter if you’ve gotten tails the last 10 flips. Thinking that theprobabilities have changed is a common bias, especially when gambling. For example, I am playing roulette. The last four spins have landed on black, it has to be red this time right? Wrong! The probability of landing on red is still 47.37% (18 red spots divided by 38 total spots). This may sound obvious, but this bias has caused many a gambler to lose money thinking theprobabilities have changed.
2) Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Self-fulfilling prophecy is engaging in behaviors that obtain results that confirm existing attitudes. A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that causes itself to become true. For example, I believe that I am going to do poorly in school, so I decrease the effort I put into my assignments and studying, and I end up doing poorly, just as I thought. Another common example is relationships; I think my relationship with my significant other is going to fail, so I start acting differently, pulling away emotionally. Because of my actions, I actually cause the relationship to fail. This is a powerful tool used by “psychics” – they implant an idea in your mind, and you eventually make it happen because you think it will.
3) Pareidolia
Pareidolia is when random images or sounds are perceived as significant. Seeing clouds in the shapes of dinosaurs, Jesus on a hot pocket, or hearing messages when a record is played backward are common examples of pareidolia. The common element is that the stimulus is neutral, it does not have intentional meaning; the meaning is in the viewer’s perception.
4) Hyperbolic Discounting
Hyperbolic discounting is the tendency for people to prefer a smaller, immediate payoff over a larger, delayed payoff. Much research has been done on decision-making, and many factors contribute to the individual decision making process. Interestingly, delay time is a big factor in choosing an alternative. Put simply, most people would choose to get 20 dollars today instead of getting 100 dollars one year from today. Normally it makes sense to choose a greater amount of money immediately than less inthe future, as the value of a dollar is worth more today than it is tomorrow. Assume that the interest rate is 9%, at this interest rate, a rational person would be indifferent to taking $91.74 now, or $100 a year from now.
5) Placebo Effect
The Placebo effect is when an ineffectual substance that is believed to have healing properties produces the desired effect. Especially common with medications, the placebo effect has been observed when individuals given a sugar pill for a real ailment report improvement. Placebos are still a scientific mystery. It is theorized that placebos cause an “Expectancy Effect”, (In cases of uncertainty, expectation is what is most likely to happen) individuals expect the pills to cure their ailments, so they feel cured. However, this does not explain how the ineffectual pills actually cause a reduction in symptoms.
The Gambler’s fallacy is the tendency to think that future probabilities are altered by past events, when in reality, they are not. Certain probabilities, such as getting a heads when you flip a (fair) coin, are always the same. The probability of getting a heads is 50%, it does not matter if you’ve gotten tails the last 10 flips. Thinking that theprobabilities have changed is a common bias, especially when gambling. For example, I am playing roulette. The last four spins have landed on black, it has to be red this time right? Wrong! The probability of landing on red is still 47.37% (18 red spots divided by 38 total spots). This may sound obvious, but this bias has caused many a gambler to lose money thinking theprobabilities have changed.
2) Self-fulfilling Prophecy
Self-fulfilling prophecy is engaging in behaviors that obtain results that confirm existing attitudes. A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that causes itself to become true. For example, I believe that I am going to do poorly in school, so I decrease the effort I put into my assignments and studying, and I end up doing poorly, just as I thought. Another common example is relationships; I think my relationship with my significant other is going to fail, so I start acting differently, pulling away emotionally. Because of my actions, I actually cause the relationship to fail. This is a powerful tool used by “psychics” – they implant an idea in your mind, and you eventually make it happen because you think it will.
3) Pareidolia
Pareidolia is when random images or sounds are perceived as significant. Seeing clouds in the shapes of dinosaurs, Jesus on a hot pocket, or hearing messages when a record is played backward are common examples of pareidolia. The common element is that the stimulus is neutral, it does not have intentional meaning; the meaning is in the viewer’s perception.
4) Hyperbolic Discounting
Hyperbolic discounting is the tendency for people to prefer a smaller, immediate payoff over a larger, delayed payoff. Much research has been done on decision-making, and many factors contribute to the individual decision making process. Interestingly, delay time is a big factor in choosing an alternative. Put simply, most people would choose to get 20 dollars today instead of getting 100 dollars one year from today. Normally it makes sense to choose a greater amount of money immediately than less inthe future, as the value of a dollar is worth more today than it is tomorrow. Assume that the interest rate is 9%, at this interest rate, a rational person would be indifferent to taking $91.74 now, or $100 a year from now.
5) Placebo Effect
The Placebo effect is when an ineffectual substance that is believed to have healing properties produces the desired effect. Especially common with medications, the placebo effect has been observed when individuals given a sugar pill for a real ailment report improvement. Placebos are still a scientific mystery. It is theorized that placebos cause an “Expectancy Effect”, (In cases of uncertainty, expectation is what is most likely to happen) individuals expect the pills to cure their ailments, so they feel cured. However, this does not explain how the ineffectual pills actually cause a reduction in symptoms.
Interesting Fact: The term “Placebo” is used when the outcomes are considered favorable, when the outcomes are negative or harmful; the term is “Nocebo”.
Flickard featured in Yahoo official blog
http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2009/02/17/hacku-09-mumbai-delhi/comment-page-1/
Flickard is a way of sending picture messages to people. The motivation for the idea was that 'sometimes words are not enough...'. The idea was to combine Flickr with the functionality which allows people to write their messages on images from Flickr and turn it into customized greetings. Several times it happens that you come across pictures and you want it to send it to your loved ones, at least it happened it to me when i came across an extremely romantic picture and wanted it to send it to my girlfriend(ex) with the thought the image evoke. Not knowing any image editing tool, it took me a long time to convert my idea into an actual greeting but with Flickard it is a minutes-task. Here is what I wanted to do :
Flickard provides choices with respect to the font/style/positioning of the message, editing of the image and greetings template. Some of the cool/naughty things you can do with Flickard :
Flickard is a way of sending picture messages to people. The motivation for the idea was that 'sometimes words are not enough...'. The idea was to combine Flickr with the functionality which allows people to write their messages on images from Flickr and turn it into customized greetings. Several times it happens that you come across pictures and you want it to send it to your loved ones, at least it happened it to me when i came across an extremely romantic picture and wanted it to send it to my girlfriend(ex) with the thought the image evoke. Not knowing any image editing tool, it took me a long time to convert my idea into an actual greeting but with Flickard it is a minutes-task. Here is what I wanted to do :
Flickard provides choices with respect to the font/style/positioning of the message, editing of the image and greetings template. Some of the cool/naughty things you can do with Flickard :
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Introduction
I am Prateek Srivastava, currently pursuing B.Tech. in Computer Science at IIT Bombay.
My greatest passion is to learn new activities and this has led me to dabble in a variety of stuff ranging from Scuba diving, Ice skating, Roller blading, Mountain biking, Arts, Dance to learning French, Table Tennis, etc.
I am a huge movie buff. Some of my top favorites include City of Angels, Dil Chahta Hai, A moment to remember(Korean), Nuvestonanate ninnedante(Telugu) and Troy. Apart from movies, I am also interested in arts. You can find some of my drawings here.
My bucketlist includes going on a backpack tour to Europe and learning Salsa.
My greatest passion is to learn new activities and this has led me to dabble in a variety of stuff ranging from Scuba diving, Ice skating, Roller blading, Mountain biking, Arts, Dance to learning French, Table Tennis, etc.
I am a huge movie buff. Some of my top favorites include City of Angels, Dil Chahta Hai, A moment to remember(Korean), Nuvestonanate ninnedante(Telugu) and Troy. Apart from movies, I am also interested in arts. You can find some of my drawings here.
My bucketlist includes going on a backpack tour to Europe and learning Salsa.
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