Saturday, September 26, 2020

Primer : A Paradox

 

Film Review

 

 Shane Carruth's "Primer" opens with four techheads addressing envelopes to possible investors; they seek venture capital for a machine they're building in the garage. They're not entirely sure what the machine does, although it certainly does something. Their dialogue is halfway between shop talk and one of those articles in Wired magazine that you never finish. We don't understand most of what they're saying, and neither, perhaps, do they, but we get the drift. Challenging us to listen closely, to half-understand what they half-understand, is one of the ways the film sucks us in.

 

They steal a catalytic converter for its platinum, and plunder a refrigerator for its freon. Their budget is so small, they could cash the checks on the bus. Aaron and Abe, agreeing that whatever they've invented, they're the ones who invented it, subtly eliminate the other two from the enterprise. They then regard something that looks like an insulated shipping container with wires and dials and coils stuff. This is odd: It secretes protein. More protein than it has time to secrete. Measuring the protein's rate of growth, they determine that one minute in the garage is equal to 1,347 minutes in the machine.

Is time in the machine different than time outside the machine? Apparently. But that would make it some kind of time machine, wouldn't it? Hard to believe. Aaron (Shane Carruth) and Abe (David Sullivan) ponder the machine and look at their results and Aaron concludes it is "the most important thing any living being has ever witnessed." But what is it?

There's a fascination in the way they talk with each other, quickly, softly, excitedly. It's better, actually, that we don't understand everything they say, because that makes us feel more like eavesdroppers and less like the passive audience for predigested dialogue. We can see where they're heading, especially after ... well, I don't want to give away some of the plot, and I may not understand the rest, but it would appear that they can travel through time. They learn this by seeing their doubles before they have even tried time travel -- proof that later they will travel back to now. Meanwhile (is that the word?) a larger model of the machine is/was assembled in a storage locker by them/their doubles.

Should they personally experiment with time travel? Yes, manifestly, because they already have. "I can think of no way in which this thing would be considered even remotely close to safe," one of them says. But they try it out, journeying into the recent past and buying some mutual funds they know will rise in value.

It seems to work. The side effect, however, is that occasionally there are two of them: the Abe or Aaron who originally lived through the time, and the one who has gone back to the time and is living through it simultaneously. One is a double. Which one? There is a shot where they watch "themselves" from a distance, and we assume those they're watching are themselves living in ordinary time, and they are themselves having traveled back to observe them. But which Abe or Aaron is the real one? If they met, how would they speak? If two sets of the same atoms exist in the same universe at the same time, where did the additional atoms come from? It can make you hungry, thinking about questions like that. "I haven't eaten since later this afternoon," one complains.

 

"Primer" is a puzzle film that will leave you wondering about paradoxes, loopholes, loose ends, events without explanation, chronologies that don't seem to fit. Abe and Aaron wonder, too, and what seems at first like a perfectly straightforward method for using the machine turns out to be alarmingly complicated; various generations of themselves and their actions prove impossible to keep straight. Carruth handles the problems in an admirably understated way; when one of the characters begins to bleed a little from an ear, what does that mean? Will he be injured in a past he has not yet visited? In that case, is he the double? What happened to the being who arrived at this moment the old-fashioned way, before having traveled back?

The movie delights me with its cocky confidence that the audience can keep up. "Primer" is a film for nerds, geeks, brainiacs, Academic Decathlon winners, programmers, philosophers and the kinds of people who have made it this far into the review. It will surely be hated by those who "go to the movies to be entertained," and embraced and debated by others, who will find it entertains the parts the others do not reach. It is maddening, fascinating and completely successful

Note: Carruth wrote, directed and edited the movie, composed the score, and starred in it. The budget was reportedly around $7,000, but that was enough: The movie never looks cheap, because every shot looks as it must look. In a New York Times interview, Carruth said he filmed largely in his own garage, and at times he was no more sure what he was creating than his characters were. "Primer" won the award for best drama at Sundance 2004.

 

My favourite cricketer

 

My Favourite Cricketer

 

 

Abraham Benjamin de Villiers

 Abraham Benjamin de Villiers is a South African cricketer. He was named as the ICC ODI Player of the Year three times during his 15-year international career and also featured in Wisden Cricketers of the Decade at the end of 2019.

De Villiers began his international career as a wicket-keeper-batsman, but he has played most often solely as a batsman. He batted at various positions in the batting order, but predominantly in the middle-order. Noted as one of the most innovative and destructive batsmen in the modern era, De Villiers is known for a range of unorthodox shots, particularly behind the wicket-keeper.[2] He made his international debut in a Test match against England in 2004 and first played a One Day International (ODI) in early 2005. His debut in Twenty20 International cricket came in 2006. He scored over 8,000 runs in both Test and ODI cricket and is one of the very few batsmen to have a batting average of over fifty in both forms of the game.[3] In limited overs cricket he is an attacking player.[4] He holds the record for the fastest ODI century in just 31 balls. He also recorded the fastest ODI 50 and 150.

De Villiers captained South Africa in all three formats, although after a series of injuries he stepped down from the Test captaincy. In 2017 he stepped down from captaining the national limited-overs teams[5] and in May 2018 announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket. However, in January 2020 De Villiers expressed his intention to make an international comeback and play for South Africa in the 2020 T20 World Cup.[9]

 

De Villiers is a right-handed batsman who accumulated over 8,000 runs in Tests including 22 centuries and 46 fifties. He holds the record for most Test innings without registering a duck (78),[12] before being dismissed for nought against Bangladesh in November 2008. He also holds the second-highest individual score by a South African batsman, with 278 (not out). Until 2012 he was an occasional wicket-keeper for South Africa, although after the retirement of regular Test keeper Mark Boucher and under his own captaincy he has started to regularly keep wicket for the national side in Tests, ODIs and T20Is. He gave up wicket-keeping in 2015 and handed the gloves to debutant Quinton de Kock.

He holds the records for the fastest 50 (16 balls), 100 (31 balls) and 150 (64 balls) of all time in One Day Internationals by any batsmen, and also holds the fastest hundred by a South African in Tests and the fastest 50 by South African in T20Is. He is a three-time ICC ODI player of the year, winning the award in 2010, 2014 and 2015.

After the 2011 Cricket World Cup he succeeded Graeme Smith as captain of the national ODI side, and became Test captain after the second Test of the home series against England in 2015/16. He stepped down from Test captaincy in December 2016 due to an elbow injury which kept him out of the team for a long period

 

Short poem

Goa the final destination



                  Goa is one of the greatest destination. Our trip to Goa was one of the greatest ventures of my life. We take a road trip to Goa in our summer holidays. In four bikes we travelled a lot tried everything on our way. It was the most beautiful moments of each and everyone of our lives. The moment we decided to go on that journey was the perfect moment after a long waiting period. It was a great opportunity for everyone of us to increase our bonding as friends. But the trip was a great opportunity to realise that the journey itself is the greater experience than the destination.

A special character

Short story number 2

The Greatest Criminal

Every morning, dark marks were there on the kitchen step. What were they? How had they got there? I decided to investigate the mystery.
                          For the past week continuously there were black marks on the stairs to the kitchen hardly recognised as toe marks. All the people in the house claimed that this weren't their's. I as one of the biggest admirers of the great Sherlock Holmes decided to investigate the dilemma at hand. I enquired to everyone that who was the last person spotted lurking around the kitchen area.
 Everyone had different names to pull out but all of them stated that nothing had been lost or rather stolen from the kitchen. By the nature of the marks I concluded that the black marks were print of someones foot who climbed the chimney wall. I thoroughly inspected the chimneys and found out nothing has been stolen yet someone constantly climbed that wall for a reason. People around me were starting to be scared and believe that the prints were the symbol of ghosts. Anything a man can't describe, he name them paranormal. But I was determined to solve it even it is paranormal. 
By the size of the print I noted that the print belonged to a teenager as no adult in my house can walk on their toes certainly for not that long. But my assumptions didn't gave me any conclusive suspects. As there were about 5 teenagers at the time of these so called paranormal activities excluding myself. But the investigation couldn't find the culprit and no one knew who did it. 
But I knew yet I can't apprehend him because it was me and my urge to do something thrilling in lockdown made me do it. Yet nobody can catch me because "I may be a great investigator but I am more a great criminal."

My favourite book

Dan Brown
Dan Brown was born in 1964 in Exeter, a New England town in New Hampshire. His dad, a mathematics professor and textbook writer who worked there, and his mom, a musician, and a singer.
Reading the Dan Brown books in order is a treat to everyone who loves religious conspiracy adventure thrillers, and let’s face it, the Da Vinci Code is pretty much the first book that comes to anyone’s mind when this genre comes up in any conversation ever, including getting involved in scholarly intellectual debates

    Characters

● 1 Gunther Glick and Chinita Macri
● 2 Hassassin
● 3 Maximilian Kohler
● 4 Robert Langdon
● 5 Commander Olivetti
● 6 Captain Rocher
● 7 Carlo Ventresca
● 8 Leonardo Vetra
● 9 Vittoria Vetra

Plot

The book opens with the murder of physicistworking for the European Organization for Neuclear Research(CERN) in Switzerland. The ambigram representing the word Illuminattihas been branded on the victim’s chest and a vyle filled with a type of matter that has the destructive power equal to a neuclear bomb has stolen from CERN and hidden somewhere in Vativan City.The director of CERN contacted Robert Langdon,an expert on archaic religious symbolisom, to help unravel the various clues and find the canister.

Book review

Dan Brown’s 4th novel The Da Vinci Code in 2003 was an instant best seller of the year. But the book had many precurssors including Angels And Demons, the first book in Robert Langdon series published in 2000. The events takes place chronologically before Da Vinci Code.The major themes are religion vdersus science, idea of truth versus faith and the hold that powerful people and institutions have over the people that the supposedly serve.While The Da Vinci Code tackles ancient speculations about the Holy Grail, Angels and Demons involves more standard thriller fare. It puts science and religion into conflict by reviving the Illuminati, a secret society of scientists and freethinkers whose relationship with the Catholic Church has long been, Brown indicates, intimate, tangled, and not fully known. This secret society returns as a threat when the major church leaders are gathered at the Vatican to elect a new pontiff.

Increasing this centuries-old tension is a more specific threat: the Illuminati claim to have stolen a rare sample of antimatter and hidden it somewhere in the Vatican. It is highly explosive if it comes in contact with normal matter, and it will do so when a protective magnetic field runs out in twenty-four hours. Add to this the fact that the four preferred candidates for the papacy have been kidnapped, and the result is that Robert Langdon must decipher a grand puzzle and save the day while half a dozen clocks are ticking. Although the novel’s style is melodramatic, and its exposition and moral judgments are heavy-handed, Angels and Demons remains a first-rate thriller

My Inspirations

Job Aspirations 
• Businessman 
• Sports Councillor 
• Lawyer 

Places I have visited 
• Trivandrum 
• Tamil Nadu 
• Hyderabad 
• Ernakulam 
• Palakkad 
• Idukki 
• Thrissur 

Hobbies and Interests 
• Sports 
• Gaming 
• Music 
• Travelling 
• Food 

Writers who inspired me 
• Dan Brown 
• George R R Martin 
• Neil Gaiman 
 

Shortstory

Love Is Unpredictable


Sean is middle aged man who works as a forensic expert in the police department. He is a very soft person who talks very minimal. His only goal in life is to propose to the women whom he considers as the woman of his life, but he didn't had the courage to confront her in any circumstances. But after long 10 years of loneliness and thinking in solitude he decided to meet her. He mustered every bit of hthe courage he had left in him and went to her house. She invited him inside. While they were sitting in the sofa  they were discussing about something which is happening in the society. Then later he were saying about his college days where he met her . Then slowly his tone has changed in a proposal way . That he was saying that he had a crush on Esther . But he can’t convey during that time and still waited for long year’s . Then he told that this is the perfect time to propose her . Esther was surprised and impressed by his words. She asked him to wait for 5 minutes. Then  she went to her room , after a second she heard a voice suddenly she found this guy was standing behind her . She got scared by seeing him behind her . Esther’s pet where shouting at him . She ordered her pet to keep shut mouth . Esther smiled at him and slowly walked to the kitchen. When she turned back she noticed a sharp knife on his back pocket. She felt something wrong. And suddenly she dialled her neighbour. Then her neighbour informed her  about a news recently came on newspaper. That there is a psycho man who is threatening women in the city. By saying that neighbour send the picture of the person . After seeing that she was shocked, it was exact person who is sitting in the sofa. Then she handled the situation in a smart way by calling the police . At last the police entered the house and caught him . 

Travelogue

My Trip to Wayanad

Me and my friends did a road trip to Wayanad and it was one of the best places I have ever visited in my life.  We reached Wayanad in the evening. It was already getting dark, much sooner than other parts of Kerala. We stopped at Lakkidi Viewpoint, which is the gateway of Wayanad. Nearly 200 people were relaxing and enjoying the beauty of nature. We parked our bike on the side of the road where several other cars and bikes were parked. There was no proper parking area, so it was a bit dangerous to park the bike on the side of the road without much lighting. We were amazed to see the scenery from there. It was pretty dark and the view of fog slowing rising from the valleys to the top of the hills was an experience to remember forever. Everyone was busy clicking photos of the raising fog but I saw most people were complaining they couldn’t catch any proper pictures in the camera since the fog was covering all the views in the already dark valleys. We planned a trip of three days but later extended for one more day as we couldn't cover all the places. It was a fabulous trip and we enjoyed a lot. After several hours of driving, we both were tired and decided to sleep early after a quick dinner in the “thattukada” next to the hotel. Maybe because we were too hungry, the dosa and chutney tasted like the best food I have ever eaten. We heard about the activities to do in Wayanad including trekking, hiking, off road riding, camping and rafting. We tried to cover maximum spots in that beautiful place and also tried to do lots of activities and decided to be back to wayanad after some time to do the remaining activities.