Monthly Archive for August, 2009

Burning trains in Bihar

A few moons ago I posted a blog post asking as to why Bihari’s are hated in Maharashtra.

Bihari’s are not so popular in Assam Punjab Delhi Harayana. UP.Pretty much. To sum up not very popular.

I was wondering as to why only the poor bihari is hated .Recently I found out  the reason the following article

A group of students travelling without tickets in an air-conditioned railway coach in the northern Indian state of Bihar were recently asked by the ticket examiner to vacate their seats.

Nothing unusual about that, but, in this case, the students took umbrage, and set four coaches on fire.

Panic-stricken passengers on the train travelling between the Indian capital, Delhi, and Rajgir in Bihar, ran out with their bags at Bihta station while the police and railway security looked on helplessly.

Railway authorities totted up the losses: each air-conditioned coach costs eight million rupees ($161,000; £98,000) to manufacture, and the losses from the Bihar incident cost the railways nearly $650,000.

This incident again proved that burning trains have become a popular form of protest and vandalism in Bihar.

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Biharis burning trains

Mission accomplised

Mission accomplised

Bihari’s burning trains

Now ticket less travel is common all over India.Be it Delhi, Assam , West bengal any other  part of India.

But burning trains for being  asked to evict a  seat for which you have not paid  is only common to Bihari’s

Click on the link below to see how many trains have been set on fire since 2000

Burning train

I mean why…why only Bihar is the trouble… ?

Is it some thing in their education system that does it.Makes them incompetent to understand .. why is it that bihar only has the maximum MP/MLA with the maximum number of criminal cases pending against them.

All I can say Bihar ? “question mark”

May be they show the same attitude,that they show in Bihar, in other states and probably that is why they are resented where ever they go.

Hey may be that’s only me.

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Brahmos Missile explained

What kind of name is Brahmos?

BrahMos was named after the rivers of the two countries taking part in developing of the cruise missile.

The initial name being taken from the river Brahmaputra  in India and the later part being taken from the River Moskov in Russia

And hence the name BrahMos.

What is Bhramos ?

BrahMos is a supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Russia’s NPO Mashinostroeyenia who have together formed the BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited.

What is a Supersonic cruise missile?

A cruise missile is a guided missile that carries an explosive payload and uses a lifting wing and a propulsion system, usually a jet engine, to allow sustained flight; it is essentially a flying bomb. Cruise missiles are generally designed to carry a large conventional or nuclear warhead many hundreds of kilometers with high accuracy. Modern cruise missiles can travel at supersonic or high subsonic speeds, are self-navigating, and fly on a non-ballistic very low altitude trajectory to avoid radar detection.

Your wikipedia copy paste answer did not satisfy my query..answer it properly !

Think of this missile as a low flying Kamakazi jet plane…filled with bombs.These missiles travel very close to the surface of the earth and there fore avoid radar detection.These are guided by GPS on how to reach the destined path and hit the target

A video will help explain

In the later part of the video you will see that the missile just cruises along the terrain and is very close to the surface of the earth.

This is what a cruise missile is.

So what is a super sonic cruise missile?

These missiles travel faster than the speed of sound, usually using ramjet engines. The range is typically 100-500 km, but can be greater. Guidance systems vary.

What does  “Guidance systems vary” mean?

Because these missile travel so close to the ground and they turn to avoid obstacles like trees and buildings they need a eye in the sky.They also need to have pin point description of their location so that they can accelerate or decelerate their speeds.

A global positioning system is used to provide this to the Cruise missile.

Here the problem is that the GPS is owned by the US and they can turn it off at their time and will and hence forth we cannot rely on them.

We are developing our own version of the GPS called Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS)

It should be done by 2011.And yes it will guide the Brahmos in event of a war.


Anything  else I need to know?

Well you might be interested in the fact that Bhramos 2 has been developed and tested and is curently being inducted in the Indian Army

here is a test video of it.

Hope you like it

BrahMos II is a hypersonic cruise missile that has been lab tested with a speed of 5.26 Mach making it the fastest cruise missile in the world. BrahMos II is expected to be ready by 2013-14 and will arm the Project 15B destroyers of the Indian Navy.


Bhramos 2 to be inducted by 2011

I want to see it in action !

Okay here is a video of it in action.

Please skip to 0:53 seconds for the actual test.

You can see how accurate the missile is.
It hits the triangly thing in the wall.

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FireFox for Dummies

I have personally introduced atleast some 100 people to Firefox

Out of the 100 I have introduced 80 of them stuck to Firefox as they like the Tabbed browsing feature

15 of them move back to Internet Explorer as they are surgically taught that “If you want to access internet press the “E” shortcut. “E for Enternet” I really cannot help these chaps.

5 of them hardly use Internet

Of the 80% who use fire fox do not use it to the fullest.

So this tutorial is for them

The logo of Firefox

The logo of Firefox

What is Firefox ?

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation. Firefox had 31% of the recorded usage share of web browsers as of May 2009[update], making it the second most popular browser in terms of current use worldwide, after Microsoft’s Internet Explorer here

Is that supposed to help me in any manner?

No, not really.Just keep in mind that it is an open source software.

What is an open source software ?

An open source S/W is in which the source code ..In other words the program code is give  out to every one to develop s/w on the program and to make it better and improve its functionality.

Okay.So how is Firefox better than Internet

Explorer ?

1.FireFox is faster than Internet Explorer

2.It uses less RAM than Internet Explorer

3.You have a variety of add on in firefox which you make them to look exactly as you want them to look

4.Firefox is a  safer web browser to begin with.

What else is better in Firefox apart from Tabbed

browsing?

Firefox is much more than tabbed browsing,it is about extentions ,Skins, themes etc,its about customization of the browser as per your own level

So what all do you recommend ?

Now that I have your attention ,I will like to take you through the most important add ons in Firefox

Adblock plus

Wait a min ..what are addon’s ?

Add ons are …as name suggests small code or snippets which you add on to the browser to make your browsing experience easier

Okay how do I add them ?

Point your browser here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

to see the list of all the add ons available

I recommend

Ad block plus Never see a ad again

Fireftp (A ftp client built right into the browser….neat huh!)

Video downloader ( to download videos from Sites like Youtube etc)

TwitterFox (Tweet as you browse)

Okay how do I install them.Can I have a video ?

Ya sure please look at the video of how to install Adblock plus.All of them are essentially the same

just click on the  “Add to Firefox” Let is install and restart ….. and you are done

Okay i get the hang of it.Where do I uninstall them

from ?

If you happen to to like any of the add on or if you think that you need more room to breath then just uninstall them by  opening Firefox >tools>Add ons>Extensions>Disable/uninstall

Are there any more suggestions for extentions?

Ya go here and have a look.

Okay cool,I am moving to Firefox?

But wait there is more ?

More ?

Ya, there are Firefox themes, which are just like windows themes, they give your browser that homely feel

Click here to see all the themes.

Is there anything else before I leave ?

Ya there is something called Firefox persona, which what basically does is dress up your firefox in clothes…

Firefox in clothes,That’s odd?

Well it is a bit hard to explain , install this plugin and try it out for yourself here

I hope after the tutorial you will move for Firefox and quit Internet explorer.

Reclaim your Online life…Do more than just web browsing.Use Firefox

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I am through with love

One of my all time favorites “I am through with love ” Sung by  Marilyn  Monroe.

Hit the play button on the video and sing along with the lyrics.

“I’m through with love
I’ll never fall again.
Said adieu to love
Don’t ever call again.
For I must have you or no one
And so I’m through with love.

I’ve locked my heart
I’ll keep my feelings there.
I have stocked my heart
with icy, frigid air.
And I mean to care for no one
Because I’m through with love.

Why did you lead me
to think you could care?
You didn’t need me
for you had your share
of slaves around you
to hound you and swear
with deep emotion and devotion to you.

Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me
It can never bring the thing that used to be.
For I must have you or no one
And so I’m through with love.

Why did you lead me
to think you could care?
You didn’t need me for you had your share
of slaves around you to hound you and swear
with deep emotion and devotion to you.

Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me
It can never bring the thing that used to be.
For I must have you or no one
And so I’m through with love.”

The famous pic which is still replicated 40 years after it was taken

The famous pic which is still replicated 40 years after it was taken

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Obama As The Joker ??

Obama as a joker

Obama as The Joker

This picture was posted in US.

Found posted under a bridge

Found posted under a bridge

I just think that this is funny,Witty and very smart.

Of course lets not forget  to mention Heath ledger, who made the character immortal.

Irony: Heath Ledger’s Joker had a Daddy problem. Barack Obama too has a Daddy problem.

Jokers daddy problem


The Joker: [holding a knife inside Gambol's mouth] Wanna know how I got these scars? My father was… a drinker. And a fiend. And one night he goes off crazier than usual. Mommy gets the kitchen knife to defend herself. He doesn’t like that. Not-one-bit. So – me watching – he takes the knife to her, laughing while he does it! Turns to me, and he says, “why so serious, son?” Comes at me with the knife… “Why so serious?” He sticks the blade in my mouth… “Let’s put a smile on that face!” And…
[looks sidelong at Gambol's thug, watching the whole thing in horror]
The Joker: Why so serious?

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