[Fun] Solving The Rubik's Cube

Its been three fine days since I bought a toy Rubik's Cube from Dalhousie , primarily to learn it well enough before my next semester starts . But the problem with these toy Rubik's Cubes is that they are very iffy about doing fine rotations around the axis.They get stuck when you are in the middle of clocking your time.But all the time I had put in , was never wasted , let me tell you this thing is so damn simple. You can be an absolute horse-hoot , and still learn it in two days or more (no larger limit on time) . Just keep some simple points in mind:

1. The Rubik's Cube is not 54 colored squares , but just 8 corners and 12 edges.

2. The color of any side of the cube is the color of the center square.

3. The best algorithm is the layer-wise solve in which you begin from a white cross on top , then keep going down layer by layer to finally get your solution.
4. Buy a genuine Rubik's Cube!

The algorithm that I have learnt , is from these scripts by some Stanford student:

Its not that you can't learn without these algorithms , but then your only purpose is not to solve it , you have to solve it in minimum time possible.So I advice anyone willing enough to learn it , learn the algorithms on your finger tips. Note that there are so many algos for any given situation , but then its up to your intellect to choose what should be applied where.My good wishes for all the beginners.

Any questions regarding algorithms , or any doubts regarding a rubik's cube. Drop me a comment , this post is targeted at those who land up at my Blog from search engines.I don't want you to be disappointed !!

[Music] Some things that get me a High.

Well , I was just bored , I thought of compiling some sick beats that you can move to anytime of the day.I have heard each of these like so many times and they all do a lot of good for your ears and body.

Gorillaz - Tomorrow Comes Today (Techno)

Bubba Sparxx - Deliverance ( Country Rap)

50 Cent - In Da Club (Mainstream Rap)

Trick Feat Eminem - Welcome To Detroit City ( Wicked Beats)

Lil Sach - Sara Pind Mitran Da (Carries that 'Proud Punjabi' Tag)

Punjabi MC - Je Yaar (Old School Gurdaas Mann)

Linkin Park - Cure for the Itch

Further additions to the List:

Justin Timberlake - Senorita (Thanks To Vega)

Tupac ft. Dre - California (Thanks to Anony)

P.S. I hate Bollywood.

Drop me a line if you have some better 'wicked-beats' genre songs.

[Travel] : India-Pakistan Border
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From left to right and going downwards:

1. The 'sthal' where Akbar was crowned the next King of India after news about his father's death reached him.This was around 1569. (He was 13 then).I never knew he was crowned in Punjab .. !!

2.This is a high zoom shot , spanning over 4 and half kms of Pakistan Land . This is the Kartarpur Sahib Gurudwara which is now in Pakistan . Guru Nanak spent his last few years here doing farming after his 'four odysseys' or 'char udaasiyan' . You can only see this Gurudwara from a high platfrom in India so that you can see atleast 5 kms into the Pakistan Land.If you are having a look at this image , the Gurudwara is a 'white' coloured structure that you can see admist the barren land.Blurred because highly zoomed.

3.A 4X zoom view of a Pakistani army-post , about 2 kms from the place I was clicking from.

4.The 'chola' or the 'long cloak' that Guru Nanak used to wear while he was in his last days at the Chola Sahib Gurudwara.This cloak times to around 1539 A.D.

5.Indian army post.You can see a jawan climbing .There was a BSF Canteen also nearby , we had some tea and drinks over there before leaving the place.

6. The official Indo-Pakistan border or the 'sarhad' .