Metrics vs. Matrix

The words Metrics and Matrix cause confusion, as they sound similar. So, what’s the difference between them?

Metrics:

Metric is a measurement.

Product Quality Metrics describe the characteristics (i.e. Size, complexity, performance Quality level of the product). For example:

• Mean time to failure
• Defect density
• Customer Problems
• Customer Satisfaction
• Defect Removal Efficiency

Matrix:

Matrix is a data representation and data collection mechanism. Then we use collected data to derive metrics. For example:

• Requirements Traceability Matrix
• Functional Traceability Matrix
• Test Matrix

Hyderabad...
(as on Sunday morning.. after receiving 20 cm rainfall in last 24 hrs)



Image courtesy: Times of India

A mori bangla basha..

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Songs by Dadathakur (Sharat Chandra Pandit)

Golconda Fort (through some pictures)






To check out more fort pictures visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/anandarup/

PC vs. Mac. vs. Linux

Mac vs PC

This is what is going to happen to all of us eventually!

Petrol is cheaper

Petrol is cheaper than the Coca Cola you drink. It is not just petrol; most liquids that you daily use are more expensive than vehicle fuels. Here are the latest figures to compare.

Diesel (regular) in Mumbai : Rs.39.08 per litre
Petrol (speed) in Mumbai : Rs.57 per litre
Coca Cola 330 ml can : Rs.20 = Rs.61 per litre
Dettol antiseptic 100 ml Rs.20 = Rs.200 per litre
Radiator coolant 500 ml Rs.160 = Rs.320 per litre
Pantene conditioner 400 ml Rs..165 = Rs.413 per litre
Medicinal mouthwash like Listerine 100 ml Rs.45 = Rs. 450 per litre
Red Bull 150 ml can : Rs.75 = Rs.500 per litre
Corex cough syrup 100 ml Rs.57 = Rs. 570 per litre
Evian water 500 ml Rs. 330 = Rs. 660 per litre. Rs. 500 for a litre of WATER???!!! And the buyers don't even know the source (Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)
Kores whiteout 15 ml Rs. 15 = Rs. 1000 per litre
Cup of coffee at any decent business hotel 150 ml Rs. 175 = Rs. 1167 per litre
Old Spice after shave lotion 100 ml Rs. 175 = Rs. 1750 per litre
Pure almond oil 25 ml Rs. 68 = Rs. 2720 per litre

And this is the REAL KICKER...
HP Deskjet colour ink cartridge 21 ml Rs.1900 = Rs. 90476 per litre!!!

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Switch off your lights from 19:30 to 20:30 hrs on May 3, 2008. Save power, save earth...

Batti Bandh - Hyderabad

Retail - Cheating

I shopped at Music World / Books & Beyond (Kukatpally, Hyderabad) today. I paid by card, and the cashier swaped Rs. 473 without even asking. I never expected this kind of cheating practiced by RPG group.

This is a common practice in Hyderabad. All the retail stores are into such practice. Even when you pay by card, they dont bother to charge the right amount. Beware.. .you are being cheated.

@ The V

We have shifted to The V yesterday. It was a grand opening. Well...... I would say grand opening for a grand office. Everything is grand here. I hope to spend a grand time too. Lets see.

Road to Bapatla

From the AP Tourism Guest house I walked with mom for 2 Km. This is the video on that. You can see what we experienced in that 2 km. Nice one. Enjoy..

Note: The video was taken on 23 Dec, from my mobile phone.

Keep the change. Are Indian banks listening?

Bank of America's new Keep the Change program.

Everytime you buy something with your debit card, Bank of America rounds it up to the nearest dollar and deposits the change into a savings account for you. For the first three months, they'll match your savings 100%.

Sometimes, powerful innovation is based in the simplest of ideas. This is so tempting, I may change banks. Check out this link for Keep the Change program.

Portable Video Player

After going though some online research, I landed up buying Nexus MP4 player yesterday. Tested the product for 4~ 5 hrs. And the result.. good product man.
The product is packaged with the player (with 2" screen), and easy navigable buttons, usb charger cum data transfer cord, earphone, case, CD-ROM, and a manual. The product requires Windows Media player 10 or 11 for data transfer.
The CD comes with a software, which converts nearly any video format to the players format. Till now, I have converted mov, divx, flv, mp4, real video, asf, dat... (the list is quite long). The video format that the player uses is Xvid.
The player supports album art. Beside its got FM radio, picture viewer, txt options.. and couple of things. Its got a linux operating system, built in. Costs (INR) Rs. 6999.

I would rate the product very good. If not excellent at this stage.

So, guys am ready to watch.. कजरा रे , बीडी जलाई ले , video killed the radio starts.. and whole lot of things on the move..

A song written in late 50's Sheldon Harnick during the cold war, is so significant in todays world. Listen to it, you will understand yourself.

Big Flicks

Reliance is getting everywhere in the Indian family. Started off with clothing, then to mobile, landline, broadband, agro food sector and now their latest venture movie rentals.
I got a membership for 3 months. Costs Rs. 650. And I can borrow 1 DVD /VCD at a time, and can watch n number of movies a day. The best is they give only original prints, so no piracy. The funniest part it, they also stock loads of Regional movies. I never expected them to stock Bengali movies. Wonderful.

You can check out at www.bigflicks.com for a store near your home.

Om Shanti Om

Went for O-S-O at Imax complex Prasadz. After a long time, a good weekend bollywood feature. A feature which can be kept in personal collection for watching quite often. Good comedy, an perfect timing. Deepika was awesome. By now she will have thousands of fan followers (you can count me in too). I would say a must watch movie.

Unfortunately, experience at Prasadz was not so pleasant. They didn't allow parking inside their premises. Instead I had to park it outside the movie complex (also managed by them) and was charged Rs. 5 for that. Next, the show was as 10:30 am, and they allowed us to enter the complex only at 10:15 am. Prasadz has lot of other shops beside the screens. Top of that, 3 levels of security checking including 1 level of frisking. Too much man. Next, time I would think twice before going to Prasadz. PVR will be a better experience.

Booked rail tickets.

For the first time I booked rail tickets online (www.irtc.co.in). The tickets are supposed to be delivered (this case my office address) in a day or two. Lets see. If it works, then another prompt service by the Government..