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Pics / Lagaan 2 - Dhoni & Indian Cricket Team
« on: April 05, 2011, 03:33:39 PM »
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| Earthquake of 5.7 magnitude shakes North India | |
NEW DELHI: An earthquake struck on Monday in North India and its effect was felt in Delhi, Ghaziabad, and Noida also.
Tremors were felt across north India, including Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, following a 5.7-magnitude earthquake with its epicentre at the India-Nepal border on Monday evening.
"The epicentre was at the India-Nepal border," said an official of the India Meteorological Department.
A meteorological official said the tremors were felt at 5.02 p.m.
There is no report of any human loss or damage to property.
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Sports Khelan / Ahmedabad scene after India winning Semi Final
« on: April 01, 2011, 04:47:55 PM »
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News Khabran / TATA and Chinese Govt to Buy Facebook
« on: April 01, 2011, 04:23:26 PM »
source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382933,00.asp
The Tata Group and Chinese Government to Buy Facebook
It's been announced that the giant Indian Tata Group and the Chinese government are buying Facebook for $770 billion. Things are about to get crazy.
This morning there was crazy announcement that a tentative agreement has been reached by the giant Indian Tata Group along with the Chinese government to buy Facebook Ltd and all its technologies for $770 billion (U.S. dollars), plus an undisclosed amount of Tata stock. The deal is expected to take until April 1, 2012 to finalize. And that's only if all U.S. and EU regulatory agencies sign off on it.
The most important change for users is that Facebook management will be turned over to the India-Chinese joint venture to be dubbed the Sloo-Flirpa Group (SFG), named after a ship building consortium formed by the Indians and Chinese in the year 401 A.D. The group finally dissolved over a mining dispute involving the selling of fake gold. Ever since then, both cultures hoard gold.
Anyway, users need to be leery of this deal, and I'd advise writing Congress immediately and not letting the deal go through. For one thing, the executives running the joint venture have already said that the old terms of service will be replaced with, as they put, "something more practical and profitable."
Acting CEO, Erup Parc, said that users will have to live with the fact that new owners mean new policies and this is what they—the users—signed off on with the current Terms of Service. Critics from various blogs said that the company intends to turn every user into an advertising asset. If you like Nike shoes, then you will be a virtual spokesperson for Nike shoes, whether you like it or not. The idea is that you sign your rights away when you join Facebook, but Facebook, until now, has not really abused the opportunity to make real money off the users based on the onerous TOS.
"The free ride is over," Parc told a group of shareholders in a secret meeting last week. Shareholders will get all their money back, plus equity in the Tata Group and a Tata micro-car once the car is approved in the U.S. and passes the more rigid standards of California. Critics of this deal say that Tata is buying Facebook as part of a scheme to get the little Tata car approved, since so many bigwigs and influential people have ended up with unlisted Facebook shares.
According to a friend of mine, who was at the secret shareholder meeting, many of the shareholders were upset by the fact that Parc suggested the new Facebook should sue anyone who quits the service. My friend didn't elaborate on the mechanism, but told me I wouldn't like it. He didn't know, though, that I'm not really on Facebook. After I told him the facts, he then said (and I have no idea what he means), "You are soooo lucky!"
The Chinese rationale for this crazy buy-out hasn't never fully explained, except that they are apparently attracted to the huge 500,000,000-plus user base. Some people suggest that the Chinese would use the Facebook system as a tool for propaganda. Others say they want to force all Chinese to join it, so the secret police can keep tabs on everyone.
Off the record, someone that's familiar with the thinking behind the deal told me that this is the greatest spying mechanism ever created and the Chinese, in particular, are going to make great use of it on a worldwide basis.
The joint venture managers are expected to be in San Francisco later today and are going to be trained as replacements for all the workers currently employed by the company. The current employees will get two weeks pay and let go shortly.
I know it's crazy. If someone said to me, "April Fools, this is just a bullcrap gag," I'd say "Ooops! Got me. Again!"
The Tata Group and Chinese Government to Buy Facebook
It's been announced that the giant Indian Tata Group and the Chinese government are buying Facebook for $770 billion. Things are about to get crazy.
This morning there was crazy announcement that a tentative agreement has been reached by the giant Indian Tata Group along with the Chinese government to buy Facebook Ltd and all its technologies for $770 billion (U.S. dollars), plus an undisclosed amount of Tata stock. The deal is expected to take until April 1, 2012 to finalize. And that's only if all U.S. and EU regulatory agencies sign off on it.
The most important change for users is that Facebook management will be turned over to the India-Chinese joint venture to be dubbed the Sloo-Flirpa Group (SFG), named after a ship building consortium formed by the Indians and Chinese in the year 401 A.D. The group finally dissolved over a mining dispute involving the selling of fake gold. Ever since then, both cultures hoard gold.
Anyway, users need to be leery of this deal, and I'd advise writing Congress immediately and not letting the deal go through. For one thing, the executives running the joint venture have already said that the old terms of service will be replaced with, as they put, "something more practical and profitable."
Acting CEO, Erup Parc, said that users will have to live with the fact that new owners mean new policies and this is what they—the users—signed off on with the current Terms of Service. Critics from various blogs said that the company intends to turn every user into an advertising asset. If you like Nike shoes, then you will be a virtual spokesperson for Nike shoes, whether you like it or not. The idea is that you sign your rights away when you join Facebook, but Facebook, until now, has not really abused the opportunity to make real money off the users based on the onerous TOS.
"The free ride is over," Parc told a group of shareholders in a secret meeting last week. Shareholders will get all their money back, plus equity in the Tata Group and a Tata micro-car once the car is approved in the U.S. and passes the more rigid standards of California. Critics of this deal say that Tata is buying Facebook as part of a scheme to get the little Tata car approved, since so many bigwigs and influential people have ended up with unlisted Facebook shares.
According to a friend of mine, who was at the secret shareholder meeting, many of the shareholders were upset by the fact that Parc suggested the new Facebook should sue anyone who quits the service. My friend didn't elaborate on the mechanism, but told me I wouldn't like it. He didn't know, though, that I'm not really on Facebook. After I told him the facts, he then said (and I have no idea what he means), "You are soooo lucky!"
The Chinese rationale for this crazy buy-out hasn't never fully explained, except that they are apparently attracted to the huge 500,000,000-plus user base. Some people suggest that the Chinese would use the Facebook system as a tool for propaganda. Others say they want to force all Chinese to join it, so the secret police can keep tabs on everyone.
Off the record, someone that's familiar with the thinking behind the deal told me that this is the greatest spying mechanism ever created and the Chinese, in particular, are going to make great use of it on a worldwide basis.
The joint venture managers are expected to be in San Francisco later today and are going to be trained as replacements for all the workers currently employed by the company. The current employees will get two weeks pay and let go shortly.
I know it's crazy. If someone said to me, "April Fools, this is just a bullcrap gag," I'd say "Ooops! Got me. Again!"
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Sports Khelan / Peter the Octopus predicts Pakistan’s victory in semi-final against India
« on: March 29, 2011, 11:47:30 AM »
Peter the Octopus, who lately acquired the status of “the cocksure forecaster” by faultlessly predicting the outcome of all the matches of this year’s cricket world cup, has now predicted Pakistan’s victory over India in the 2nd semi-final. The news of his prediction has sent ripples across the betting industry. “The news has already influenced decisions of many betters” claimed a UAE-based bookie who requested anonymity. Other betting houses, especially in Europe have also confirmed the sudden shift. “Given its impeccable track record that the media is drumming up all across, the prediction will certainly waltz around betters’ minds while putting the money” added the bookie.
Peter the Octopus burst into media spotlight when a local newspaper reported its prediction of South Africa’s unexpected defeat against New Zealand in the quarter finals and a day later, India’s win over Australia.
Peter the octopus is a 2 year 7 month old Australian octopus, owned by a 78-year-old woman living in the city of Geraldton in Western Australia. When the Cricket World Cup 2011 commenced a number of teens from the neighbourhood began to toss in flags of various teams in its aquarium and Peter would wrap its tentacles around one of them and sit on it for the whole day. But things started to get interesting when his predictions turned to be impeccably accurate.
src: http://eskynews.com/main/index.php/2011/03/158/
Peter the Octopus burst into media spotlight when a local newspaper reported its prediction of South Africa’s unexpected defeat against New Zealand in the quarter finals and a day later, India’s win over Australia.
Peter the octopus is a 2 year 7 month old Australian octopus, owned by a 78-year-old woman living in the city of Geraldton in Western Australia. When the Cricket World Cup 2011 commenced a number of teens from the neighbourhood began to toss in flags of various teams in its aquarium and Peter would wrap its tentacles around one of them and sit on it for the whole day. But things started to get interesting when his predictions turned to be impeccably accurate.
src: http://eskynews.com/main/index.php/2011/03/158/
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Sports Khelan / India vs Pak Cricket Rap Themes
« on: March 29, 2011, 11:25:00 AM »
pakistan version:
india version:
http://www.youtube.com
original version by lil wayne:
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n0jplMu3UU&feature=player_embedded/watch?v=Wtasm1uHwNw | |
india version:
http://www.youtube.com
original version by lil wayne:
| Lil Wayne "GREEN AND YELLOW" Packers music video! | |
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Tech Lounge / Firefox 4 is out! Faster and new look
« on: March 22, 2011, 04:46:28 PM »
Link: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/new/
Made to make the Web a better place.
Made to make the Web a better place.
- a new look
- super speed
- even more awesomeness
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Pics / Babu Chandigarhia coming out with World cup Cricket
« on: March 18, 2011, 04:27:11 PM »
ah dekho dhoni bani firda babu
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