Monday, March 29, 2010

How long does it take to prosecute Kasab

It took them one year...but finally they sentenced 17 to death for killing 1.
"Seventeen Indians were sentenced to death by a sharia court in Sharjah on Sunday for killing a Pakistani man during a clash between gangs in January 2009"
They did takea long time to convict them but nevertheless they did. In India, we are still wondering and trying to prove or disprove that Mr.Kasab was responsible for the massacre in Mumbai...Ain't that a bit demoralising?
The problem with India is that everything goes at half the pace it is expected to work and then there are too many people trying to look for oppurtunities to satify their vested interests.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Unique attack

Well that is the most "Brave" use of the Organ!!...
Marium Varinauskas, 28, tried to strike the officer on the head with his penis when she was called out to his flat, but she got out of the way.
Thank god the female officer did not use her baton against the Weapon of attach...


waste management and disposal technician == BIN MAN

Now that is interesting....I am sure I too can add a few things to the list.
While at university I had a relatively well-paid job with the title surveyorship enumerator. I counted cars going through traffic lights.
Joe Wright, Glasgow
I am a Senior Engineer and i dont know what i am doing...:P. It is very often that we look at the lucrative job title or for that matter even the company name and take a decision to join it. However, only later we realize that what he have just decided would perhaps count in our worst decisions ever made. A job change should always under go sufficient research which includes talking to the folks who are in the organisation and also those who were in the organisation. This will give you with a picture which contains both Pro's and Con's. Also, putting forth the right questions will only yield you with favorable results. Just asking for someone's opinion would provide you with answers which you cannot compare or use to help you with you decisions so easily.
Anyway, I am sure each of knows tons of Job-Switching guru's ...who can perhaps even tell you what a company is looking for in you...
Bottomline...Do not take a decision based on Company or Job Title.




Monday, March 15, 2010

Agent Deepak and 5230

It is been atleast 3 months since i have been using Nokia's budget offering in touch phones; The Nokia 5230. The phone is quite cool with all the basic stuff chugging cooly on a symbian OS and and ARM processor. The design and outer looks match that of the 5800 express music. However, the phone comes hardly with any accessory as compared to 5800. Don't be surprised to find no Memory card or free screen guard. You will have to shell out money for these from your own pocket. After bargaining for what looked like a eternity to me, I got a 4GB memory card and the phone together for 8.5K. A deal i thought!! However, there are a few glitches. The phone doesn't have all the wonderful software that you would expect from a phone with Symbian OS. I missed the document viewer and pdf viewer. These are available with the 5800 without extra payment. A search online revealed that i could get "QuickOffice" for my mobile provided i was ready to pay $19 for that....No more a deal :-(.



GPS and 2 MP camera in the phone are quite good to use. I have used more or less all the functions of the phone. One thing that irritates is that with the sensor turned on very slight movement will make the phone screen flip 90 degrees. However, irritative as it might me the feature helps when you want to do some photo or web browsing. Funnily the 90 degrees tilt works only in one direction...i.e. if you tilt the screen 90 in anti-clockwise the screen turns so that you can read it ...If you tilt it 90 degrees clockwise...well the screen still turns as if it was a anti-clockwise turn :-o. Well that could be easily fixed...i cant understand why or how Nokia did not think regarding this.
The one touch music, gallery and internet access is very useful. Further there are multiple options for the default screen. However, do not choose to change the theme to anything apart from the ones which come with the phone, lest you would be struggling for standby time. Again a question why that happens????

This phone doesn't hang....rather it just reboots when things go bad. Happens very often when you add new themes or keep switching the phone direction while browsing photos.

Overall rating for the phone outta 5 would be a max 4. I would have been happier if i could get a company supplied screen guard and also a few more softwares. ...

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Saturday, March 13, 2010

English is In

There has been a spurt in the number of bollywood movies which are using "English" Titles. While on one hand this shows that the average movie goer now is able to understand the title of the movie even though it is in English, it also shows that with tons of multiplexes opening we are able to get the educated class also into the theaters. ....Only worry i have now is that after reading this our MNS or ShivSena dudes should not get offended!! and burn down posters and theaters quoting that the films do not have a "Marathi" name!!