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* C is a racing car that goes incredibly fast but breaks down every fifty miles. * C++ is a souped-up racing car with dozens of extra features that only breaks down every 250 miles, but when it does, nobody can figure out what went wrong. * Java is a family station wagon. It's easy to drive, it's not too fast, and you can't hurt yourself. * C# is a competing model of family station wagons. Once you use this, you're never allowed to use the competitors' products again. * Lisp looks like a car, but with enough tweaking you can turn it into a pretty effective airplane or submarine. * Perl is supposed to be a pretty cool car, but the driver's manual is incomprehensible. Also, even if you can figure out how to drive a perl car, you won't be able to drive anyone else's. * Python is a great beginner's car; you can drive it without a license. Unless you want to drive really fast or on really treacherous terrain, you may never n...

Halt the New Pension Scheme The Finance Minister's recent statements in the aftermath of the financial crisis in the US, reiterating the Government's commitment to carry forward financial sector reforms show a stubborn refusal to learn proper lessons. His assertion regarding the ability of India's financial regulators "to keep regulations one step ahead of innovation" does not carry any conviction. The UPA Government should abandon forthwith all moves to put the pension funds of Government employees into the stock market. The Government has refused to assure a minimum guaranteed pension for the Government employees under the New Pension Scheme. The pension funds of the employees must not be left to the mercy of the speculative forces, which have played havoc in stock markets across the world. The Government will be held squarely responsible for any erosion of the hard earned savings of the employees owing to a stock market meltdown. The CPI (M) demands that the in...

Clandestine Deals with US Nuclear Power Companies Exposed The UPA Government seems to have already decided to place orders with the American nuclear power companies for supplying a large number of nuclear reactors without any debate in the country regarding the cost of such imported reactors, or the safety of their designs. William Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, while testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 18, 2008 stated: The Indian government has provided the United States with a strong Letter of Intent, stating its intention to purchase reactors with at least 10,000 Mega Watts (MWe) worth of new power generation capacity from U.S. firms. India has committed to devote at least two sites to U.S. firms. India also has committed to adhere to the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage. Each 1000/1,100 MW reactor from US companies like Westinghouse or GE, by latest estimates, will cost at least $7 billion each. Th...

A chat with Dr.Devi Shetty, Narayana Hrudayalaya (Heart Specialist) Bangalore was arranged by WIPRO for its employees . The transcript of the chat is given below. Useful for everyone. Qn: What are the thumb rules for a layman to take care of his heart? Ans: 1. Diet - Less of carbohydrate, more of protein, less oil 2. Exercise - Half an hour's walk, at least five days a week; avoid lifts and avoid sitting for a long time 3. Quit smoking 4. Control weight 5. Control blood pressure and sugar Qn: It's still a grave shock to hear that some apparently healthy person gets a cardiac arrest. How do we understand it in perspective? Ans: This is called silent attack; that is why we recommend everyone past the age of 30 to undergo routine health checkups. Qn: Are heart diseases hereditary? Ans: Ye...

hese Nokia codes will work on most Nokia Mobile Phones (1) *3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) - Your phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced my approx. 5% (2) #3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) OR *3370# (3) *#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time. (4) *#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec. (5) *#0000# Displays your phones software version, 1st Line : Software Version, 2nd Line : Software Release Date, 3rd Line : Compression Type. (6) *#9999# Phones software version if *#0000# does not work. (7) *#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI Number). ( #pw+1234567890+ 1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols). (9) #pw+1234567890+ 2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols). (10) #pw+1234567890+ 3# Country Lo...

Very Interesting....must read ................. Currently almost all oil buying and selling is in US-dollars through exchanges in London and New York . It is not accidental they are both US-owned. The Wall Street crash in 1929 sparked off global depression and World War II. During that war the US supplied provisions and munitions to all its allies, refusing currency and demanding gold payments in exchange. By 1945, 80% of the world's gold was sitting in US vaults. The dollar became the one undisputed global reserve currency - - it was treated world-wide as `safer than gold'. The Bretton Woods agreement was established. The US took full advantage over the next decades and printed dollars like there was no tomorrow . The US exported many mountains of dollars, paying for ever-increasing amounts of commodities, tax cuts for the rich, many wars abroad, mercenaries, spies and politicians the world over. You see, this did not affect inflation at home! The US got it all for free! Well...

he Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) denounces the terrorist network that has perpetrated the series of blats in Delhi which has so far claimed 25 lives and injuries to scores of others. That the capital has been hit by blasts which are similar to those which occurred in Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Jaipur this year, indicate that the capacity of the terrorist network to strike has not been curbed despite claims of arresting some of the main culprits after the blasts in Ahmedabad. Given this latest outrage in the capital, it is imperative for the Central Government to explain why the intelligence and security set up have failed to identify and dismantle the terrorist groups that are operating. The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) demands that the Central Government convene parliament immediately and submit a report on the matter to it. It is evident that the main need is for an effective intelligence and investigating system which can uncover the persons behind these activit...

Lessons of the Financial Crisis Afflicting the US The bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest investment bank in the US, marks a considerable deepening of the financial crisis in the US, which was precipitated by the collapse of the real estate bubble. Another large investment bank, Merrill Lynch, was bought over by the Bank of America at a throwaway price while insurance giant AIG (American International Group) is struggling to raise funds and desperately seeking a bailout package. This latest round of financial stress in the US comes in spite of the recent nationalisation of the housing mortgage companies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and the state-sponsored bailout of another investment bank, Bear Stearns, earlier this year. It is clear by now that even the US Government, with all its resources, is finding it impossible to bailout these failing financial giants with public funds, given the sheer extent of their losses. The deregulated financial system of the US, which has b...

The NSG waiver opening the door to nuclear trade for India after a three-day long meeting is neither clean nor unconditional and reflects the continuous concessions that India has made on this issue. Starting from the joint statement of July 18, 2005, India has given in steadily to US pressure, starting with the 123 Agreement, the IAEA safeguard and now finally the NSG. The text of the waiver has converted the voluntary moratorium on testing into a multilateral committment. India has now agreed that any fuel supply agreement will be subject to periodic NSG review and subject to India's moratorium on testing. While India clearly does not have fuel supply assurances as claimed by the Government, the Safeguards on India's nuclear facilities will be in perpetuity. The restrictions on Enrichment and Reprocessing technologies will in effect continue, as prescribed in the Hyde Act, India Government's statements to the contrary not withstanding. The Hyde Act conditions will continu...

The waiver by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) for India represents another surrender by the Manmohan Singh government in its journey to operationalise the Indo-US nuclear deal. The NSG waiver is neither clean nor unconditional. As in the case of the 123 Agreement and the IAEA Safeguards Agreement, the waiver by the NSG, organised by the United States, will bind India to all the conditions set out in the Hyde Act. All these steps have gone against the Prime Minister's assurances to parliament in August 2006. The voluntary moratorium on testing has now become part of a multilateral commitment. Restrictions on transfer of enrichment and reprocessing technology will continue. India has become part of the non-proliferation regime which it always held to be discriminatory. The NSG waiver is in alignment with the 123 Agreement and India will not get any better terms from other countries supplying fuel or reactors. The country is being subjected to an orchestrated barrage of prop...

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Friends ......those of you in India planning for iPhone... THINK TWICE BEFORE MAKING A DECISION... The short comings of iPhone are endless... No video calling, no AD2P on the Bluetooth, CAN'T share ANY (mp3, images,videos....) files via bluetooth, can't use as a wireless modem, (you pay ridiculous data charges to activate internet on your phone , but cannot connect it to your PC and browse when you are at home) no copy and paste,(cannot copy a part of a.... say.... email & send it....have to type it out yourself) no 3.2 or 5 megapixel camera ,(the 2MP camera it carries is worst camera i've ever seen..... photos look like they have come out of a VGA camera) no video recording with camera, no front camera, no flash. no JAVA support No physical keyboard (BELIEVE me! this alone is a dealbreaker...touch keyboard as good as it looks...once you use it then only you come to know about the importance of having a hard keypad) No 3G network yet in India ..so why pay for expensive ...

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY & NEVER TRY TO UNINSTALL WIFE 1.0..... BECAUSE WIFE 1.0 IS OPERATING SYSTEM & UR LIFE. QUERY Dear Tech Support Team: Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0. I soon noticed that the new program began unexpected child-processes that took up a lot of space and valuable resources. In addition, Wife 1.0 installed itself into all other programs and now monitors all other system activities. Applications such as BachelorNights 10.3, Cricket 5.0, BeerWithBuddies 7.5, and Outings 3.6 no longer runs, crashing the system whenever selected. I can't seem to keep Wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run my favorite applications. I'm thinking about going back to Girlfriend 5.0 , but the 'uninstall' doesn't work on Wife 1.0. Please help! Thanks,"A Troubled User" REPLY: Dear Troubled User: This is a very common problem that people complain about. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 5.0 to Wife 1.0, thinking that it is ...

1 If you are right handed, you will tend to chew your food on your right side. If you are left handed, you will tend to chew your food on your left side 2 If you stop getting thirsty, you need to drink more water. For when a human body is dehydrated, its thirst mechanism shuts off. 3 Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying. 4 Your tongue is germ free only if it is pink. If it is white there is a thin film of bacteria on it. 5 The Mercedes-Benz motto is 'Das Beste oder Nichts' meaning 'the best or nothing'.. 6 The Titanic was the first ship to use the SOS signal. 7 The pupil of the eye expands as much as 45 percent when a person looks at something pleasing. 8 The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night. 9 Laughing lowers levels of stress hormones and strengthens the immune system. Six-year-olds laugh an average of 300 times a day. Adults only laugh 15 to 100 times a day. 10 The roar that we hear when we place a s...