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The Worlds fastest Electric Car

DavidSilverlight — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:26:50 GMT

Watch this Electric car consistently blow away high end sports cars at the track.

The SnugWow - Part ShamWow, Part Snuggie

DavidSilverlight — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:28:17 GMT

Cold Opening - Alex Trebek is crazy!

DavidSilverlight — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:56:54 GMT

The Hour presents an unpleasant look into the past of the famous game show host. His job isn't the only thing in Jeopardy.

Cute Girl Flushes Fish

DavidSilverlight — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:46:35 GMT

Who knew death could be this adorable?

Worth watching...

[Joke] "'Johny, Johny, Yes Papa" re-written to glorify India's Enron leader ("Ramalinga Raju")

deepak kumarvasudevan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:53:40 GMT

Raju Raju
Yes baba

Cheating us
No baba

Telling Lies
No baba

Open the balance sheet
HA HA HA

[Joke] A review on badly performing cricket teams

deepak kumarvasudevan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:49:25 GMT

Since in India and some countries, the cricket teams enter the game in good hope but fail miserably, there were a few jokes on them too, in a tech-savvy fashion:

1. LAXMAN:available@home- only. com
2.GANGULY:nowdays@no_use. com
3.KUMBLE: only@test_match. com
4.SACHIN: admitted@hospital.com
5.KAIF:good@for_nothing. com
6.SEHWAG:consistently@ out_of_form. com
7.DRAVID:stick@crease_ like_fevicol. com
8.PATHAN:takewickets@ only_with_ kenya. com
9. GREG CHAPPELL only_experiment@ noresult. com
10. Munaf Patel only_line&length@nospeed. com
11.Harbhajan Singh no_spinpitch@ nowicket. com
12. Suresh Raina why_i_am_there@ god_knows.com

[Joke] The Lighter Side of Software Development (Outsourcing)

deepak kumarvasudevan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:44:15 GMT

Softwarism: (Ultimate... .)

Client has 2 cows and u need to milk them.

First prepare a document when to milk them (Project kick off)
Prepare a document how long you have to milk them (Project plan)
Then prepare how to milk them (Design)
Then prepare what other accessories are needed to milk them (Framework)
Then prepare a 2 dummy cows (sort of toy cows) and show to client
The way in which u will milk them (UI Mockups & POC)
If client is not satisfied then redo from step 2
You actually start milking them and find that there are few problem with accessories. (Change framework)
Redo step 4
At last milk them and send it to onsite. (Coding over)
Make sure that cow milks properly ( Testing)
Onsite reports that it is not milking there.
You break your head and find that onsite is trying to milk from bulls
At last onsite milk them and send to client (Testing)
Client says the quality of milk is not good. (User Acceptance Test)
Offsite then slogs and improves the quality of milk
Now the client says that the quality is good but its milking at slow rate (performance issue)
Again you slog and send it with good performance.
Client is happy???
By this time both the COWs aged and cant milk.

(The software got old and get ready for next release repeat from step 1) !!!!!

The Real Cost Cutting

deepak kumarvasudevan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:38:31 GMT

Check out the image:

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7251/therealcostcuttingwl2.jpg

A Good Way to Scribble Cartoons Online ...

deepak kumarvasudevan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:19:20 GMT

Check out this website http://www.toondoo.com/. It is targetted as an Online Cartoon Creator.

Note: The website needs the latest Flash Player to be installed to proceed...

India's Youngest Kid to get Income Tax PAN Number

deepak kumarvasudevan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:17:23 GMT

In India, PAN (Permanent Account Number) is a unique number for Income Tax Assesses and at least currently serves an identification similar to SSN in US. There was an interesting development sometime back that a youngest kid was able to get a PAN number:

http://www.pressreleasepoint.com/youngest-pan-card-account-holder-7-days

The kid got her PAN number just eight days after her birth.

The Loyalty to the Organization we are in ...

deepak kumarvasudevan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:07:58 GMT

Everyone knows about the recent India's Enron (Satyam Scam) incident. Whilst investigating agencies are busy in their efforts, there was one gossip about Satyam employees being advised to look out for jobs.

Here is one email chain that was circulating. Not sure whether it was real but the reply from the Satyamite seems to be good.

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I (Satyam Employee) am deputed at client location and came across a very interesting conversation in cafeteria yesterday. One of my co-worker,
also deputed with the same client through some lesser known two room company, mustered guts to ask me sarcastically in front of entire team,
"So, Satyam is gone! What are you guys planning to do now?" In normal circumstances, I have a habit to not to reply to lose talks, but in
front of entire team....

I thought I need to fix this guy's thought process. I asked him, as my military training has imbibed in me the habit to fight till last breadth, "Who says Satyam is gone when I am very much alive here and committed to create value on behalf of my company?". He shot back,
"Hello Mr., your chairman has resigned, you guys are facing financial turbulence and you still have a face to say that Satyam is not gone!"

At this juncture, I thought of replying to this guy in his own language. I asked him, "Tell me, what will you do and where will you go if our
country India was not there?" He was not prepared for this level of thought and asked back, "What a stupid question, How can India be gone,
it is a country?" I asked him back, "Country! What makes a country? Land? Economy? Our Prime Minister? Our President? Our Geography? Or the PEOPLE? If our PM resigns, will you say India is gone? If our economy faces a slowdown, will you say India is gone? But yes, if the people of a country are lost for any reason, we will say that country has no meaning. Who cares of vast land of Antarctica today which has just one permanent resident, Father Georgy? Which country does it belongs to? Why does not it has any government? Why does not it has any economy? Or, how many countries were there when humans used to hunt for food in pre-historic times? Countries, Wealth, Infrastructures and booming economies are nothing but creations of
efforts of PEOPLE, and they do not have any existance on their own. And the final blow was, "When one man can create Satyam as an organization
of 53,000 people, why not 53,000 committed people can rebuild one SATYAM?"

By now, I saw my point was well placed and he stood up and shook hands with me and murmured, "Yaar, when I used to hear from my roommate who
work in Satyam that EVERY SATYAMITE IS A LEADER, I used to laugh it off. Now, I know why! "

A Poem on Love and Mathematics

deepak kumarvasudevan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:04:14 GMT

Just got this as a forward from one of the friend and would like to share it:

My Love for You and Your Love for Me
(In the language of Math)

You add the happiness I feel each day
You subtract the emptiness I have in me.
You multiply the love that I feel within
You divide the love and care for me to share.

You shape my plane with your love so real
You encircle me with your figure, when the pain I can't bear.
Because of
you I can function and relate fully well
To finding the zeros for my quests anywhere.

You graph your love for me in the most intricate curve
And I accepted you, now the range of my every move.
You are my y as I am your x, from you I will never part
I meet you at a fixed point far down in my heart.

You are always at the vertex of whatever I say and do
Most of your thoughts are symmetrical to the ones I have for you.
I reveal to you statements that at all times are true
I do love you greatly in my own point of view.

I've been through trials in different degree
Yet found the right angles for my identity to be free
Free to assume, solve and coordinate with you
There's no set of boundary when it comes to loving you.

My love will not reverse and will not fade away
As the seconds turn to minutes, still you are in me
And as the minutes turn to hours, again I'll say
My love for you is constant
it's there every night and day.

I have asked the Lord to lengthen and maximize my time
To prove my love to you and feel your love divine
My world rotates positively, because of you, my love
You're the center of my spirit, the focus of my life.

At this time that you're away, my life isn't so complete
My heart yearns for you, its reflection it has to meet
The whole of my heart beats and waits for you infinite
Forever and a day my love, in my heart you will be kept

The Wal-Mart Virus

DavidSilverlight — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:58:34 GMT

The spread of Wal-Mart is somewhat of a phenomenon. Since its birth in Arkansas back in 1962, its worldwide growth has been staggering.

Seeing the American growth plotted out on a map of the U.S. is remarkable to watch.

Each dot represents one new Walmart...

The true courage ...

deepak kumarvasudevan — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:09:13 GMT

I just wanted to share about the true courage of people who could bear the acute physical problems dormant in them and focussing on the tasks. Our Prime Minister (Dr. Manmohan Singh) is having the second bypass surgery today http://ibnlive.in.com/news/pm-undergoes-bypass-surgery-nation-prays/83551-3.html

When it has come to the extent of bypass surgery, surely he should have been feeling ill about his heart for sometime but he has managed through and faced his day-to-day commitments with smile and ease.

How to Fight

DavidSilverlight — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:59:50 GMT

Being attacked by a guy with a knife or a gun or can be scary, but it doesnt have to be. Heres three ways to avoid being hurt by sociopaths who have no regard for human life.

Watch it on Funny Or Die

Mark Gormley - Without You

DavidSilverlight — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:47:43 GMT

“In 20 years people will be Mark Gormley people instead of Rick Rolling them.”

Portable applications

faisal — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 21:55:20 GMT

Here the link http://lifehacker.com/5133679/five-best-portable-applications which discusses five best portable applications. Chaeck this out and enjoy.

What are your thoughts on Windows 7?

LouVega — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:28:56 GMT

Since Windows 7 beta was released earlier lots have downloaded it and tried it out. What are your thoughts?

The Differences between men and women

DavidSilverlight — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 14:59:06 GMT

A very funny commercial, compliments of heinekin

Land of the Lost

DavidSilverlight — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 13:17:17 GMT

I am not sure how many people out there will get as excited about this as I am, but I hear that there is a "Land of the Lost" movie coming out this year. This has really made my morning. That show brings me back.

Here is the opening theme song:

I am going to try to hunt down info about the movie now...

Little Dog Vs. Big Dog

DavidSilverlight — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:11:52 GMT

This dog sure had alot of patience

The World’s Luckiest Kid

DavidSilverlight — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:21:39 GMT

This kid used up a lifetime of luck in just 30 minutes on a gameshow but it was one hell of a ride

Tow Truck Revenge

DavidSilverlight — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:05:46 GMT

She is the hero of all of us.

The New Terminator Trailer

DavidSilverlight — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 22:54:27 GMT

I am looking forward to it, although sequels are typically not so great. It is said that sequals typically make 60% of the money that the original made, so they are always made after a successful movie regardless of how well written they are. Terminator sequals have gone against that curve for sure. I have loved them all so far.