Boredom !

This post is written by Muneeza Azmat ! :)


"But u must understand……......I have to leave”, the lead actor conveyed his lines with perfection.

 I felt myself absorbed in the drama. The complex mixture of undefined feelings was skillfully portrayed by his facial expressions. As I leaned closer to my T.V screen clutching the remote control tightly in my hands ……………..

BANG and POOF ……… now that’s W.A.P.D.A for you. 

Frustrated I jumped out of the sofa which had evidently turned me into a ‘couch’ potato. Cursing the load shedding and thinking what possibly could’ve happened next, I asked myself ‘What now?!’ 

It was raining heavily outside and one of the transformers that provided power supply to our block went off. The loud thunder assured that no one (read: wapda employees) was going to come for our rescue…………. The future looked grim. One entire Sunday a.k.a ‘Funday’ without electricity!!!! Not so fun now eh?!

As I felt myself being sucked into the vacuum of boredom and nothingness I took out my I pod and stood in the terrace listening to my favorite music as the raindrops fell down heavily occasionally accompanied by thunder followed by loud bangs. They say broken mirrors and black cats bring bad luck………......... I disagree for I had seen neither and, as if it weren’t already bad, my FUNday just got worse. The I-pod heralded its specific ‘low battery’ tone ………..summons to damnation. I mourned over the death of my only hope and the weather worsened.

It’s funny how the most appropriate advices flash in your memory at the most frustrating times. I remember my 8th grade teacher asking me once “What is your hobby?” to which I, with the casualness of an 8th grader for whom life is all about lip gloss, replied: “I don’t have one”. The teacher with all her air of wisdom said: “then develop one, some day you might need it”. The words kept echoing in my mind with every tick of the clock.

Finite State Machine and its Diagrams

Definition:

A State machine is a machine that has finite state (conditions) used to have some desired output. Basically a state machine is like a switch box that switches between states. It is defined with a FSM chart. 

Components of a State Machine:

A State machine chart is composed of the following components

1. States
2. Transitions
3. Conditions
4. Start and Stop states

Designing of a State Machine:

A State machine is designed with the following steps..

The Best Cricketers of the Modern Era ( PART 1)

*This first part contains opening batsman, one down and the middle order :) !


*These lists are completely based and devised on statistical grounds.
*All the records and statistics are completed till September 30. 2011.
*Positions of batsman are assessed 1) they are currently playing at that position 2) they ended their career at that position.
*The description is mostly ESPNCRICINFO's and also the stats, thanks alot to Hassaan Ajmal, Hamza Awan, Ameer Ahmed, Faisal Khalid for their input :) !

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Best Openers:


Please Note:

*The ratings are based on the performances after Jan 01, 2000, with at least playing till 2003.

*Both the test and ODI overall performances are evaluated, while the T20 have not been included for  the evaluation.

*The rating positions are based on the collective average in both forms of the game, taking the average of both the formats make the ranking.

*The highest runs scored as an opener are the actuals on which the rankings of players are based.

*At least 50 tests, 100 ODI, 4000 test runs, 4000 ODI runs are set as the minimum requirement for a  batsman to qualify.

1. Mathew Hayden:

Strength was Matthew Hayden's strength - both mental and physical. Tall, powerful and equipped with concentration befitting the fisherman and surfer that he is, he was devastating both in Tests and ODI's and battered the ball at and through the off side for days at a time.
Test: 103 8625 50.73
ODI: 161 6133 43.80

2. Graeme Smith:
Meaty, muscular and mighty, that's Graeme Smith, His batting is similarly forthright: anything bowled near his pads will be sent screaming through midwicket. Anything drivable on the off-side will be driven, brutally, often inelegantly, but always effectively. With Smith, what you see really is what you get.
Test: 91 7457 49.71
ODI: 172 6280 39.25