May 12
Fossils were found. Fine.
Just because something happened they never saw, does it mean it is sacred. It means you are ignorant. Stop worshipping and start gathering knowledge.
Why people worship anything they find unusual?
On BBCScientists say that the dinosaur site at Balasinor was accidentally discovered when palaeontologists stumbled upon dinosaur bones and fossils during a regular geological survey of this mineral-rich area in the early 1980s.
Fossils were found. Fine.
The find sent ripples of excitement through neighbouring villages and many residents picked up fossilised eggs, brought them home and worshipped them.
Just because something happened they never saw, does it mean it is sacred. It means you are ignorant. Stop worshipping and start gathering knowledge.
Apr 30
- Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight. "Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."
- Yaseer Hameed in pakistani newspaper. "To Sachin, the man we all want to be"
- Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin. “Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives."
- BBC on Sachin. "Tujhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?"
- Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch in 2003 WC. Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.
- Brian Charles Lara. "We did not lose to a team called India ...we lost to a man called Sachin."
- Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997) "The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."
- M. L. Jaisimha "The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"
- Glen McGrath "I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"
- Anjali Tendulkar Question: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?
Shah Rukh Khan: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!
- Shah Rukh Khan in an interview. “ India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte..“
- Navjot Singh Sidhu on TV He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also.
- Waqar Younis Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world. I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best i have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries.
- Allan Donald On a train from Shimla to Delhi , there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India !!
- Peter Rebouck - Aussie journalist "Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear discrimination. "
- NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Sachin was accused of ball tempering
There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others.
- Andy Flower "I have seen god, he bats at no.4 for India "
- Mathew Hayden "Commit all your sins when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed coz even the GOD is watching"
- A hoarding in England Joshi, Ruchir. "Bat out of Heaven: Many Factors Divide India, but Two Things Unite it: Cricket and a Star Named Sachin Tendulkar." Time International (April 29, 2002): 40. NOW THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE BEST AND MOST CUTEST OF THE LOT
"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar."
- Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class, her father's name after the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai.
Most of the great men think Sachin is God. Here is what they think
"Nothing bad can happen to us if we're on a plane in India with Sachin Tendulkar on it."- Hashim Amla, the South African batsman, reassures himself as he boards a flight. "Sometimes you get so engrossed in watching batsmen like Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar that you lose focus on your job."
- Yaseer Hameed in pakistani newspaper. "To Sachin, the man we all want to be"
- Andrew Symonds wrote on an aussie t-shirt he autographed specially for Sachin. “Beneath the helmet, under that unruly curly hair, inside the cranium, there is something we don't know, something beyond scientific measure. Something that allows him to soar, to roam a territory of sport that, forget us, even those who are gifted enough to play alongside him cannot even fathom. When he goes out to bat, people switch on their TV sets and switch off their lives."
- BBC on Sachin. "Tujhe pata hai tune kiska catch chhoda hai?"
- Wasim Akram to Abdul Razzaq when the latter dropped Sachin's catch in 2003 WC. Sachin is a genius. I'm a mere mortal.
- Brian Charles Lara. "We did not lose to a team called India ...we lost to a man called Sachin."
- Mark Taylor, during the test match in Chennai (1997) "The more I see of him the more confused I'm getting to which is his best knock."
- M. L. Jaisimha "The joy he brings to the millions of his countrymen, the grace with which he handles all the adulation and the expectations and his innate humility - all make for a one-in-a-billion individual,"
- Glen McGrath "I can be hundred per cent sure that Sachin will not play for a minute longer when he is not enjoying himself. He is still so eager to go out there and play. He will play as long as he feels he can play,"
- Anjali Tendulkar Question: Who do you think as most important celebrity ?
Shah Rukh Khan: There was a big party where stars from bollywood and cricket were invited. Suddenly, there was a big noise, all wanted to see approaching Amitabh Bachhan. Then Sachin entered the hall and Amitabh was leading the queue to get a grab of the GENIUS!!
- Shah Rukh Khan in an interview. “ India me aap PrimeMinister ko ek Baar Katghare me khada kar sakte hain..Par Sachin Tendulkar par Ungli nahi utha Sakte..“
- Navjot Singh Sidhu on TV He can play that leg glance with a walking stick also.
- Waqar Younis Sachin Tendulkar has often reminded me of a veteran army colonel who has many medals on his chest to show how he has conquered bowlers all over the world. I was bowling to Sachin and he hit me for two fours in a row. One from point and the other in between point and gully. That was the last two balls of the over and the over after that we (SA) took a wicket and during the group meeting i told Jonty (Rhodes) to be alert and i know a way to pin Sachin. And i delivered the first ball of my next over and it was a fuller length delevery outside offstump. And i shouted catch. To my astonishment the ball was hit to the cover boundary. Such was the brilliance of Sachin. His reflex time is the best i have ever seen. Its like 1/20th of a sec. To get his wicket better not prepare. Atleast u wont regret if he hits you for boundaries.
- Allan Donald On a train from Shimla to Delhi , there was a halt in one of the stations. The train stopped by for few minutes as usual. Sachin was nearing century, batting on 98. The passengers, railway officials, everyone on the train waited for Sachin to complete the century. This Genius can stop time in India !!
- Peter Rebouck - Aussie journalist "Sachin cannot cheat. He is to cricket what (Mahatma) Gandhiji was to politics. It's clear discrimination. "
- NKP Salve, former Union Minister when Sachin was accused of ball tempering
There are 2 kind of batsmen in the world. One Sachin Tendulkar. Two all the others.
- Andy Flower "I have seen god, he bats at no.4 for India "
- Mathew Hayden "Commit all your sins when Sachin is batting. They will go unnoticed coz even the GOD is watching"
- A hoarding in England Joshi, Ruchir. "Bat out of Heaven: Many Factors Divide India, but Two Things Unite it: Cricket and a Star Named Sachin Tendulkar." Time International (April 29, 2002): 40. NOW THIS ONE IS PROBABLY THE BEST AND MOST CUTEST OF THE LOT
"Even my father's name is Sachin Tendulkar."
- Tendulkar's daughter, Sara, tells her class, her father's name after the teacher informs them of a restaurant of the same name in Mumbai.
Apr 24
Application form for politicians
Application Form for Politicians Application Form To Be Filled For Contesting Indian Elections ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Name of Candidate: _______________________
2. Present Address
(i) Name of Jail: _______________________
(ii) Cell Number: _______________________ 3. Political Party: _______________________
(List ONLY the Last Five parties in the Chronological (Order) 4. Gender: [ ]
A - Male
B - Female
C - Mayawati 5. Nationality: [ ]
A - Italian
B - Indian 6. Reasons for leaving last party (circle one or more)
A - Defected
B - Expelled
C - Bought out
D - None of above
E - All of above 7. Reasons for contesting elections (circle one or more)
A - To make money
B - To escape court trial
C - To grossly misuse power
D - To serve the public
E - I have no clue
(if you choose "D, attach Certificate of Sanity from a Recognized
Government Psychiatrist)
8. How many years of public service experience do you possess?
A - 1-2 yrs
B - 2-6yrs
C - 6-15yrs
D - 15+yrs 9. Give details of any criminal cases pending against you (Use as
many Additional Sheets as you want)
10. How many years have you spent in Jail? [ ]
(Do not confuse with question 8)
A - 1-2 years
B - 2-6 years
C - 6-15 years
D - 15+years 11. Are you involved in any financial scams? [ ]
A - Why not
B - Of Course
C - Definitely
D - I deny it all
E - I see a foreign hand. 12. What is your Annual Corruption Income? [ ]
A - 100-500 Crores
B - 500-1000 Crores
C - Overflow...
(Convert all your $ earning from Hawala etc to Rupees) 13. Do you have any developmental plans for India in mind? [ ]
A - No
B - No
C - No
D - No 14. Describe your achievements in space provided: [_________]
Thumb Impression of candidate
(Not that of the person who filled the form)
2. Present Address
(i) Name of Jail: _______________________
(ii) Cell Number: _______________________ 3. Political Party: _______________________
(List ONLY the Last Five parties in the Chronological (Order) 4. Gender: [ ]
A - Male
B - Female
C - Mayawati 5. Nationality: [ ]
A - Italian
B - Indian 6. Reasons for leaving last party (circle one or more)
A - Defected
B - Expelled
C - Bought out
D - None of above
E - All of above 7. Reasons for contesting elections (circle one or more)
A - To make money
B - To escape court trial
C - To grossly misuse power
D - To serve the public
E - I have no clue
(if you choose "D, attach Certificate of Sanity from a Recognized
Government Psychiatrist)
8. How many years of public service experience do you possess?
A - 1-2 yrs
B - 2-6yrs
C - 6-15yrs
D - 15+yrs 9. Give details of any criminal cases pending against you (Use as
many Additional Sheets as you want)
10. How many years have you spent in Jail? [ ]
(Do not confuse with question 8)
A - 1-2 years
B - 2-6 years
C - 6-15 years
D - 15+years 11. Are you involved in any financial scams? [ ]
A - Why not
B - Of Course
C - Definitely
D - I deny it all
E - I see a foreign hand. 12. What is your Annual Corruption Income? [ ]
A - 100-500 Crores
B - 500-1000 Crores
C - Overflow...
(Convert all your $ earning from Hawala etc to Rupees) 13. Do you have any developmental plans for India in mind? [ ]
A - No
B - No
C - No
D - No 14. Describe your achievements in space provided: [_________]
Thumb Impression of candidate
(Not that of the person who filled the form)
Apr 13
Do I need to introduce this application. Go drown yourself if you havn't used it. Launchy
Does windows have any better application launcher Paint.NET
Superb! Zero-bloat and lightweight software esp when it runs on CLR KDiff3
I know people swear by beyond-compare, but it is paid. Not everyone has money to pay. KDiff3 is available for Windows, Linux and Mac and Solaris. 7-Zip
No more Winzip and Winrar shit. An open source archive application to solve all your woes There are more contenders in this league.
Notepad++, Launchy and other OSS awesomeness on Windows
If you are a windows programmer or work using Windows at your workplace, here is my list of awesome windows applications/softwares/utilities which will boost your performance tenfold. Notepad++Do I need to introduce this application. Go drown yourself if you havn't used it. Launchy
Does windows have any better application launcher Paint.NET
Superb! Zero-bloat and lightweight software esp when it runs on CLR KDiff3
I know people swear by beyond-compare, but it is paid. Not everyone has money to pay. KDiff3 is available for Windows, Linux and Mac and Solaris. 7-Zip
No more Winzip and Winrar shit. An open source archive application to solve all your woes There are more contenders in this league.
Apr 12
Opera Mini approved for iPhone. Kudos Apple! Microsoft
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 released. Visual Studio's new ribbon interface is surely going to help all the poor souls (read windows programmers) Google
Google to open VP8 codecs of On2 technologies Today was really a good day. Full of good news.
Good news from Apple, Microsoft and Google in one day
Today we got good news from three big companies who are actually fighting in web, mobile and browser space AppleOpera Mini approved for iPhone. Kudos Apple! Microsoft
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 released. Visual Studio's new ribbon interface is surely going to help all the poor souls (read windows programmers) Google
Google to open VP8 codecs of On2 technologies Today was really a good day. Full of good news.
Apr 11
October 2007 - We, don't need a SDK. Web is the iPhone SDK. Apple fanbois exclaim -- "Yes, who needs a shitty SDK when web is awesome"
March 2008: Non-web SDK becomes cool in just 5 months. I can't recall any technical break-thought in that period. Anyway iPhone SDK was hailed as the best thing since sliced bread. Copy-Paste
2008: We don't need copy-paste as it is tough to implement. Yes! We do have excuse cooked up
March 2009: We implemented it as we thought "Enough arrogance". Now let's move over to something new for showing arrogance. MMS
June 2008: iPhones doesn't need MMS
March 2009: MMS comes to iPhone. It is hailed as a great innovation which pushes iPhones miles ahead of other phones. Multitasking
Before 2010: I was accustomed to numerous blog posts from all nerds, geeks and pundits why multi-tasking is tough and other phone are doing it wrong and millions of other facts and figures.
April 2010: All the Apple pundits, self proclaimed Apple-ecosystem geeks were still praising Apple for not bringing multi-tasking too iPhone as it is bad. Multi-tasking is the deal-breaker for other phone. These people even had hundreds of reasons to support Apple. Suddenly Steve Jobs took out shot them in their balls. iPhone will have multi-tasking. Now all of these geeks and self-declared Apple nerds will start explaining why time has changed (overnight) and iPhone really needs multi-tasking. What next?Lastly, why Gruber doesn't allow comments on his blog? The reason is pretty simple from my point of view. He is not prepared to bear the amount of public criticism he can get and millions of comments (stop sucking Steve's balls) which Jesus Diaz gets for his all bullshit Apple supportive posts. I anyway prefer Ars for a neutral and thorough reviews of anything related to Apple.
The Apple hypocrisy re-visited
I admire Apple for their products and a lot lot for their marketing. They can turn a stone into gold by just saying that "stone is going to be the future". Now let's look at how Apple makes it's move SDKOctober 2007 - We, don't need a SDK. Web is the iPhone SDK. Apple fanbois exclaim -- "Yes, who needs a shitty SDK when web is awesome"
March 2008: Non-web SDK becomes cool in just 5 months. I can't recall any technical break-thought in that period. Anyway iPhone SDK was hailed as the best thing since sliced bread. Copy-Paste
2008: We don't need copy-paste as it is tough to implement. Yes! We do have excuse cooked up
March 2009: We implemented it as we thought "Enough arrogance". Now let's move over to something new for showing arrogance. MMS
June 2008: iPhones doesn't need MMS
March 2009: MMS comes to iPhone. It is hailed as a great innovation which pushes iPhones miles ahead of other phones. Multitasking
Before 2010: I was accustomed to numerous blog posts from all nerds, geeks and pundits why multi-tasking is tough and other phone are doing it wrong and millions of other facts and figures.
April 2010: All the Apple pundits, self proclaimed Apple-ecosystem geeks were still praising Apple for not bringing multi-tasking too iPhone as it is bad. Multi-tasking is the deal-breaker for other phone. These people even had hundreds of reasons to support Apple. Suddenly Steve Jobs took out shot them in their balls. iPhone will have multi-tasking. Now all of these geeks and self-declared Apple nerds will start explaining why time has changed (overnight) and iPhone really needs multi-tasking. What next?Lastly, why Gruber doesn't allow comments on his blog? The reason is pretty simple from my point of view. He is not prepared to bear the amount of public criticism he can get and millions of comments (stop sucking Steve's balls) which Jesus Diaz gets for his all bullshit Apple supportive posts. I anyway prefer Ars for a neutral and thorough reviews of anything related to Apple.
Apr 7
If you find this post offensive, all you need is a gesture from my side -- m|m
I was always amazed throughout my life to hear that live-in and pre-martial sex is unethical. Fine! It is bad according to the culture, but isn't it a private matter between two people? Who are we to say what they should do and not. Our country is infested with so called moral-police who are more interested in others life than looking into their own lives. This moral-police also includes the police who is meant to protect us from exploitation. Another thing which baffles me is that how people teach us that we should not have sex before marriage. Words like "Sex is bad, you should keep distance from it". Then after marriage, they expect a kid even when the couple doesn't want to take so much responsibilities immediately. Of course, the couple needs time for themselves. Anyone who talks about sex publicly is looked down upon as a vulgar indecent person. This disparity is even more severe for girls. The self-declared society considers them whores, even though guys are let off just as loose-characters. In all these culture and moralism, they forget that having sexual attraction is not wrong, but actually natural. People should actually be worried if they are not aroused seeing something hot or erotic. The number of rape cases are increasing not because more youngsters are seeing (so-called) vulgar movies, but because India is one of the most sex-deprived country in this world. When those guys are left with no-other option to satisfy their sexual feelings, some random girl/women become a victim of their desperation. To actually see the real situation of the despos in India, you just need to roam around on Orkut. You will find millions of despo guys trying to make friendship with random girls. "hiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!11" , "do u wan 2 du franshep wid me" , "u luk gud, fraands?" are some of the most classical scraps which should be preserved in the social-networking museums. This is one of the million reasons why girls on Orkut are so reluctant to upload their real snaps as their profile photos. To sum, up we should first start minding our own business. Who gets laid with whom is none of our concern. Our real concern is how the nation should progress. If you have so much of free time, better go and help the poor, educate the poor guys rather than educating young guys/girls about the great culture, esp when those youngsters will say "Bloody MoFu. He's a SoB" behind your back when you finish your lecture and leave.
Finally a step in forward direction: Live-in and pre-martial sex isn't public matter
I stumbled across a Supreme Court ruling which dismissed a plea in which a Tamil actress was charged for live-in and pre-martial affairs
Note: This post contains some strong language. If you too are dis-illusioned by the culture,ethics and moral, then you might find this post offensive. You might even end up loosing your morals, ethics and culture. Leave immediately. NOW!If you find this post offensive, all you need is a gesture from my side -- m|m
I was always amazed throughout my life to hear that live-in and pre-martial sex is unethical. Fine! It is bad according to the culture, but isn't it a private matter between two people? Who are we to say what they should do and not. Our country is infested with so called moral-police who are more interested in others life than looking into their own lives. This moral-police also includes the police who is meant to protect us from exploitation. Another thing which baffles me is that how people teach us that we should not have sex before marriage. Words like "Sex is bad, you should keep distance from it". Then after marriage, they expect a kid even when the couple doesn't want to take so much responsibilities immediately. Of course, the couple needs time for themselves. Anyone who talks about sex publicly is looked down upon as a vulgar indecent person. This disparity is even more severe for girls. The self-declared society considers them whores, even though guys are let off just as loose-characters. In all these culture and moralism, they forget that having sexual attraction is not wrong, but actually natural. People should actually be worried if they are not aroused seeing something hot or erotic. The number of rape cases are increasing not because more youngsters are seeing (so-called) vulgar movies, but because India is one of the most sex-deprived country in this world. When those guys are left with no-other option to satisfy their sexual feelings, some random girl/women become a victim of their desperation. To actually see the real situation of the despos in India, you just need to roam around on Orkut. You will find millions of despo guys trying to make friendship with random girls. "hiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!11" , "do u wan 2 du franshep wid me" , "u luk gud, fraands?" are some of the most classical scraps which should be preserved in the social-networking museums. This is one of the million reasons why girls on Orkut are so reluctant to upload their real snaps as their profile photos. To sum, up we should first start minding our own business. Who gets laid with whom is none of our concern. Our real concern is how the nation should progress. If you have so much of free time, better go and help the poor, educate the poor guys rather than educating young guys/girls about the great culture, esp when those youngsters will say "Bloody MoFu. He's a SoB" behind your back when you finish your lecture and leave.
Apr 4
This OS had a great following, a truly self-declared democratic organization.
One day the founder of this OS(Mark) decided that the window buttons will be on the left
Shit! What a fuckin mistake!
550 people liked and the rest 50 didn't
50 people were enraged that they were not considered in this decision
People who agreed on this decision kept mum.
SnR of the internet falls drastically with gazillion of posts of "ZOMG! Unbutnu buttons on the left" A bug report was generated. Everyone scratches their head if it is really a bug?
The bitching starts on the bug report.
Mark commented on a bug report to explain that Unbutnu is not a democracy
Mistake #2, another fuckin mistake by Mark. Millions of blog post again spring up out of nowhere criticizing Mark.
Meanwhile real developers of Unbutnu keep their concentration on improving Unbutnu
All the 50 people were red in anger that Unbutnu is not democracy. It wont revert back the buttons just because they said it. One supporter exclaimed "We have bigger issues to deal with rather than window button placement"
He was yelled back "You don't understand anything. It's about forgetting the community"
"What about the bigger issues like sleep, hibernate, driver supports"
"No! We need to make sure Mark treats the community well. Driver and sleep/hibernate isn't a rocket science"
"but..... we are short of time, just 6 months release cycle"
"Community.... That matters more than anything else" A hypothetical guy writes down this post
People who didn't get the head-or-tails of this satire flame this hypothetical guy
He hides from the flames and gets back fixing bugs.
The window button story
Once upon a time, there existed an OS called UnbutnuThis OS had a great following, a truly self-declared democratic organization.
One day the founder of this OS(Mark) decided that the window buttons will be on the left
Shit! What a fuckin mistake!
550 people liked and the rest 50 didn't
50 people were enraged that they were not considered in this decision
People who agreed on this decision kept mum.
SnR of the internet falls drastically with gazillion of posts of "ZOMG! Unbutnu buttons on the left" A bug report was generated. Everyone scratches their head if it is really a bug?
The bitching starts on the bug report.
Mark commented on a bug report to explain that Unbutnu is not a democracy
Mistake #2, another fuckin mistake by Mark. Millions of blog post again spring up out of nowhere criticizing Mark.
Meanwhile real developers of Unbutnu keep their concentration on improving Unbutnu
All the 50 people were red in anger that Unbutnu is not democracy. It wont revert back the buttons just because they said it. One supporter exclaimed "We have bigger issues to deal with rather than window button placement"
He was yelled back "You don't understand anything. It's about forgetting the community"
"What about the bigger issues like sleep, hibernate, driver supports"
"No! We need to make sure Mark treats the community well. Driver and sleep/hibernate isn't a rocket science"
"but..... we are short of time, just 6 months release cycle"
"Community.... That matters more than anything else" A hypothetical guy writes down this post
People who didn't get the head-or-tails of this satire flame this hypothetical guy
He hides from the flames and gets back fixing bugs.
