be the problem !!

My perfect umbrella

2009-08-28T03:55:00.001-07:00

My perfect umbrella:

Gas powered, spring loaded detachable top, with a sharp tip. Should be moderately usable in case I wanna kill a target 50 mt's away.

Should be able to withstand high pressure air, by which I mean, it should double up as a parachute.

Well, if it's not too much to ask, make it waterproof as well.

Pravin's handbag.

2009-08-14T03:41:00.000-07:00

I have a colleague of mine who is thorroughly confused about his sexuality. . Gay/Straight .. Male/Female/Others ;)

Anyhow I wanna rant about his bag.

His handbag has Cream and deodorants, and moisturizer , and lip balm, and lip gloss...

Rubber bands etc.

Ask me how it's different from any Girl's handbag, and i would be speechless.

Wondering if it has tampons or Sanitary Pads too !!!!

Stand up urinals are NOT indian.

2009-08-14T03:31:00.000-07:00

How the hell is one supposed to pee whilst wearing 'Ethinic' Kurta pajamas ?

My ambitions

2009-06-09T08:54:00.000-07:00

My manager Manish once asked me to perform this 'Powerful' excercise, where in i list my ambitions - as in what I wanted to be when i was 0-5 years, 5-10, 10-15 , 15-20 and 20-24 year old.

Well, here i go:

0-5 year old

Scientist, Racecar Driver, Doctor (probably a gynae .. eeew), i also wanted to be a superman.

5-10 year old

Scientist, wanted to be 9 years old for some technical reasons- achieved this one !, a Wrestler, F1 racecar driver, wanted something to do with computers- I loved logo !

10-15 year old

Businessman:with a computer related business , a man manager, a corporate, My own company, a marketing business.

15-20 year old

Businessman, Portfolio Fund Manager, a Venture capitalist, a consultant to a marketing business, A Brand consultant

20-24 year old

-maybe later !

will keep updating the list as i can think of more.

Broke that !

2009-06-09T08:53:00.000-07:00

I promise to rant more !`

2009-06-02T12:55:00.000-07:00

those sucky things are meant to be broken anyway !

Sucky things

2009-06-02T12:49:00.000-07:00

Of all the things that suck , ... does the most .

RHEL sucks !

2009-05-05T00:42:00.000-07:00

RHEL Linux sucks !
And now , that's official. have been trying the get the damned thing to obtain an IP for the last 5 hours !
DamnIT !

OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7

2008-11-10T05:21:00.000-08:00

OS X Snow Leopard vs. Windows 7

Microsoft announced it will be releasing a new edition of its operating software, called Windows 7, while Apple is working on its new OS X Snow Leopard. How will they stack up against each other?

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

2008-02-26T01:52:00.000-08:00

Thanks XKCD.

This set of pie chart diagrams brought me to my old days of TNMT. Thought it as worth posting !

Japan successfully launches high-speed Internet satellite

2008-02-25T00:20:00.001-08:00

TOKYO (AFP) — Japan successfully launched Saturday an experimental satellite aimed at providing high-speed Internet access across Asia, even when terrestrial infrastructure goes down, the space agency said.
The 342 million dollar-Kizuna will allow super-high speed data communications of up to 1.2 Gbps, which would make it the fastest in the world, the agency said.
That rate would translate to 150 times that of the average high-speed ADSL connection rate of 8 Mbps, or 12 times the speed of a fibre-optic communication delivery to a person's premises (FTTP).
Here’s the Link: http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hX8lBEBzBIjvve9l9INca7yhM0Qw

Holy cow ! 1.2 Gbps. Sure, it's gonna be expensive, but i'm ready to give away a pound of my own flesh for that !

Random Musings

2008-01-30T05:08:00.000-08:00

Lost some cash while trading RNRL on the BSE yesterday, only to realize that about 5 minutes of patience would have been sufficient to bring the trade into the green.
Lack of sleep (movies) coupled with a tight delivery schedule at office just crabbed my day.
Saw Notting Hill for the first time, liked it.This is an awkward acceptance since I normally would be tormented at the thought of sitting through a Romantic Flick.
Heard Better: Chinese Democracy (GNR) about half a dozen time during evening.
I've been slacking at work for the last few days. Have to sit till late to cover my rear.
Hope it's a brighter day tomorow.

Here in my car !

2008-01-28T11:49:00.000-08:00

I woke up with an old song in my head ... Cars by Gary Numan.
it goes something like this :
here in my car - I feel the safest of all....

I first heard this song during the days of my Celeron 533 mhz monster while playing Test Drive 5. Fell instantly in love with it. And it slipped out of my conscience years ago.

Little did I know that about three quarter of a dozen years later ....
Here in my car, I feel the safest of all.
I can lock all my doors, It's the only way to live
In cars .... :)

Tormented my friend Satish with my version of cars while riding to the office in the morning .. not too sure if he got the lyrics right .
Anyway, I still have the song pulsating in my head.
Goodnight !

Catch me if you can

2008-01-27T12:15:00.000-08:00

Just an update to the previous entry:

- Proof collection for taxes ( Initiated)
.- Get a study table. (maybe next week)
- Use the study table for obvious purposes. (next to next week)
- Enrol for a certification. (next to next week)
- Get a haircut..cuz i terribly need one (maybe next week)
- Get my demat and finances straightened out... Tomorrow . !!
- Start posting on my blog, which apparently I just did! -And Continuing.

I finished watching “Catch me if you can”. An amazing movie, where one can just hope for a happy ending!! I wikied some info on the real life Frank Abagnale (The . Was amazed at the man , This guy is a One Man Thriller ! Try reading that.

I might start posting again

2008-01-26T14:15:00.000-08:00

For all the avid followers of my posts , which makes 1 if you count me in; Cheers, I might start posting again. Since I'm too sick of my lazy attitude. Here'e the first thing that comes to my mind right now.

Reminder to me :

- Proof collection for taxes.
- Get a study table.
- Use the study table for obvious purposes.
- Enrol for a certification.
- Get a haircut..cuz i terribly need one .. Today is another weekend gone by.
- Get my demat and finances straightened out... Like all cheap things in life, Reliance Money Demat stinks. !! Don't bug me for too many reasons... for starter: Slow service, Unauthorised transactions .
- Start posting on my blog, which apparently I just did!

N80 first review - Audio !

2007-04-05T04:37:00.001-07:00

Like I said, I’ll be back with a first hand review of the N80.

It’s got a great mp3 quality. A pretty good interface, great on mid-tones. No screechy treble. The bass is just right and the default headphones that come packed with the N80 are pretty good too. This is how I rate it to the other mp3 players in the market

Creative Zen V – 95/100

N80 – 85/100

iPod Nano – 85/100

N73 – 80/100

N91- 70/100 (the treble is screechy)

N72/70 – 60/100

The only downside I would say is the lack of a standard 3.5mm jack on the phone. That's sad.

You can always buy an adapter for fitting in your standard audio headphones though, but those too don't come with the standard box package.

mp3 quality on the phone (as in Loud mode) is averagely loud, but i'm not a fan of playing Music out on loud mode. N80 comes with a 128 MB Mini SD memory card, but anything under 1GB is too less if you ever plan to listening music on this one.

Quote of the Day !

2007-03-30T02:24:00.001-07:00

N80 :) Finally !!

2007-03-30T00:11:00.001-07:00

After three long years, I have changed my phone. Here are the specifications for both the phones.
I’ll post a first hand review, as soon as I develop an opinion on the N80.

Manufacture	Nokia	Nokia
Model	7650	N80
Website	Website	Website
Form factor	Block	Slider
Networks	900/1800	850/900/1800/1900
HSCSD	Yes	No
GPRS	Yes	Yes
EDGE	No	Yes
UMTS	No	Yes
WLAN	No	Yes Wi-Fi 802.11g
Weight	154	133
Height	114	95
Width	56	50
Depth	26	23
Battery	Li-Ion 750 mAh	Li-Ion 820 mAh
Standbytime (h)	230	200
Talktime (m)	240	190
IrDA	Yes	Yes
SMS	Yes	Yes
Email	Yes	Yes
MMS	Yes	Yes
Bluetooth	Yes	Yes
Java	Yes	Yes
FM Radio	No	Yes
Camera	Yes	Yes
Camera resolution	VGA	3 Megapixels (2048x1536) 20x digital zoom
Camera Flash/Light	No	Yes
Video recording	No	Yes
Colour display	Yes	Yes
Number of colours	4096	262144
Display width	176	352
Display height	208	416
Memory	NA	40 MB
Ringtones	Polyphonic	Polyphonic truetones
MP3	No	Yes
Games	NA	NA
Calendar	Yes	Yes
Voicedialing	Yes	NA
Predictive text	Yes	Yes
WAP version	1.2.1	2.0 XHTML
Voicememo	Yes	NA
Synchronization	Yes	Yes
SyncML	No	NA
Touchscreen	No	No

Machine & Machine

2006-08-30T02:54:00.000-07:00

Machine and Machine .. This is where I spend the better part of my day. Office Cabin.
Ahh life !! .. now only if they let me install NFS !

The nizam visits Golconda

2006-08-29T01:28:00.000-07:00

These are some of the photographs of Golconda Fort, Hyderabad.
well, not clearly visible are the details of the ruins of the fort... the world isn't any different now.
Anyway, i hate historical buildings, especially the ones in ruins ,and would continue to do so.
So, that's all for now .
more , later.

Think About it !

2006-05-27T23:24:00.000-07:00

United States embraced affirmative action for blacks in 1960s. But more than reservations, social awareness programs caused employers and universities to actively recruit black people and show that they are giving equal opportunities to all races. The effects have been monitored over the years and the programs adjusted to produce maximum results. Reservations for black has created a creamy layer and the benfits to richer blacks are more visible the poor ones. Malaysia also started reservations for Malay people who traditionally lagged behind people of Chinese and Indian origins. This caused the Chinese and Indians to flee the country with their capital apart from social rifts. Malaysia has recently revoked reservation based on ethnic origins in higher education. In Srilanka, appeasement of traditionally backward Sinhalese population created a huge rift between Sinhalese and Tamils and led to riots and civil war. This is a huge lesson for India, coming out from a neighbouring country, as the classes now being given reservations are outnumbering the unreserved classes. India can witness similar conflicts and caste wars witnessed in some states like Bihar may engulf other parts of the country.

Arjun Singh Unearthed !!

2006-05-22T11:07:00.000-07:00

This is a Section of the Interview Held by CNN-IBN channel .
The interviewer was Karan Thapar ... and this is what Arjun Singh had to say .. ... ..
The full discussion can be read from ...
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/decision-on-quota-is-final-arjun/11063-4-1.html

Karan Thapar: So, when critics say to you that you don't have a case for reservation in terms of need, what do you say to them?

Arjun Singh: I have said what I had to say and the point is that that is not an issue for us to now debate.

Karan Thapar: You mean the chapter is now closed?

Arjun Singh: The decision has been taken.

Karan Thapar: Regardless of whether there is a need or not, the decision is taken and it is a closed chapter.

Arjun Singh: So far as I can see, it is a closed chapter and that is why I have to implement what all Parliament has said.

Karan Thapar: Minister, it is not just in terms of 'need' that your critics question the decision to have reservation for OBCs in higher education. More importantly, they question whether reservations themselves are efficacious and can work.

For example, a study done by the IITs themselves shows that 50 per cent of the IIT seats for the SCs and STs remain vacant and for the remaining 50 per cent, 25 per cent are the candidates, who even after six years fail to get their degrees. So, clearly, in their case, reservations are not working.

Arjun Singh: I would only say that on this issue, it would not be correct to go by all these figures that have been paraded.

Karan Thapar: You mean the IIT figures themselves could be dubious?

Arjun Singh: Not dubious, but I think that is not the last word.

Karan Thapar: All right, maybe the IIT may not be the last word, let me then quote to you the report of the Parliamentary Committee on the welfare for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes - that is a Parliamentary body.

It says that looking at the Delhi University, between 1995 and 2000, just half the seats for under-graduates at the Scheduled Castes level and just one-third of the seats for under-graduates at the Scheduled Tribes level were filled. All the others went empty, unfilled. So, again, even in Delhi University, reservations are not working.

Arjun Singh: If they are not working, it does not mean that for that reason we don't need them. There must be some other reason why they are not working and that can be certainly probed and examined. But to say that for this reason, 'no reservations need to be done' is not correct.

Karan Thapar: Fifty years after the reservations were made, statistics show, according to The Hindustan Times, that overall in India, only 16 per cent of the places in higher education are occupied by SCs and STs. The quota is 22.5 per cent, which means that only two-thirds of the quota is occupied. One third is going waste, it is being denied to other people.

Arjun Singh: As I said, the kind of figures that have been brought out, in my perception, do not reflect the realities. Realities are something much more and of course, there is an element of prejudice also.

Karan Thapar: But these are figures that come from a Parliamentary Committee. It can't be prejudiced; they are your own colleagues.

Arjun Singh: Parliamentary Committee has given the figures, but as to why this has not happened, that is a different matter.

Karan Thapar: I put it to you that you don't have a case for reservations in terms of need, you don't have a case for reservations in terms of their efficacy, why then, are you insisting on extending them to the OBCs?

Arjun Singh: I don't want to use that word, but I think that your argument is basically fallicious.

Karan Thapar: But it is based on all the facts available in the public domain.

Arjun Singh: Those are facts that need to be gone into with more care. What lies behind those facts, why this has not happened, that is also a fact.

Karan Thapar: Let’s approach the issue of reservations differently in that case. Reservations mean that a lesser-qualified candidate gets preference over a more qualified candidate, solely because in this case, he or she happens to be an OBC. In other words, the upper castes are being penalised for being upper caste.

Arjun Singh: Nobody is being penalised and that is a factor that we are trying to address. I think that the prime Minister will be talking to all the political parties and will be putting forward a formula, which will see that nobody is being penalised.

Karan Thapar: I want very much to talk about that formula, but before we come to talk about how you are going to address concerns, let me point one other corollary - Reservations also gives preference and favour to caste over merit. Is that acceptable in a modern society?

Arjun Singh: I don't think the perceptions of modern society fit India entirely.

Here's the Vewpoint ..

2006-05-10T11:34:00.000-07:00

.. had a small discussion of over 100 threads on orkut on reservation.
.. Here's what a member had to say...
Now this Dude is from IITkgp. Called Gaurav or something ...
Note how thoroughly he tries to sound Politically Correct .

Here's what he has to say..
"(A)because, nearly 90% of the 'Open category Seats' at IIT/IIM/AIIMS/NID/NIFT/IIHM are offered to those who can afford-
(1) >Rs. 1,00,000 for coaching(in case of IIT/AIIMS/NIT/Top-10 Med colleges).
(2)>Rs.1,00,000/4,00,000[in case of IIM's]('Fact:nearly 70-75% seats at IIM's are offered to Engg. graduates'.Now of these 70-75% nearly 15-25% are grabbed by graduates from 7 IIT's & 15-25% by graduates from NIT's/Other Govt-funded Colleges,So Rs.1,00,000 for 30-50% and most of the rest 25-40% by graduates from Pvt. engg. colleges where most of the students pay ~Rs. 4,00,000 for their 4-year-Education).
(3)>Rs.2,00,000 (in case of NID/NIFT/IIHM,for those with high-profile-Convent-Education perform better when it comes to Aptitude test/GD-PI for 'Govt-funded Design/Fashion/Hotel management' Institutes).
.....So it means that even 'Open-Category' ppl have 'Reservation in between them' in place..it also means that most of the 75% 'open-category-seats' in famous govt-established institutes are repeatedly used by the 'Rich Open Category'(5% of the Indians) and the 'Poor Open Category'(10~16% of indians) gets only a miniscule of these Seats.[This is my Counter-argument to "Children of Quota-beneficiary Govt-officers will repeatedly grab most of the Reserved Seats" raised by our Anti-Reservation activists.......comeon ppl!!when this practice prevails even in 'Open-Category'.why deprive 'Non-open category' ppl from this...and if want to eradicate this evil from our society then all of First eradicate the evils of 'NRI/Management quota' which I'm going to discuss in my next point].

2)Nearly 15-25% seats in most of the famous Private Engg/Med/Management institutes are Reserved for the applicants whose Parents can either offer 5-50 LAKHS as Donation/Capitation fee or use their 'Political connections'...most of times these students thoroughly 'Njoy!' their Time at college and then join the Big Engg-firm/Hospital/Business of their Parents/Relatives...Now tell me,Why you anti-reservation supporters don't challenge merit of these Engineers/Doctors/Managers?

3)Although Financial/Intellectual/Cultural WEALTH/Success of a person depends upon his/her own efforts but most of us will agree that this success can not be achieved without using 'Resources' of his/her 'Country'.
.....Now,as per Govt-approved-Reports nearly 77-85% population of India comprises of 'OBC[52%]+SC[17.5%]+ST[8%]'. whereas Only 15-23% of Indians come under 'Open-Category'.
....so we the 15-23% of the Indians are using most of the Country's Resources and when the Majority(77-85%) of Indians are asking for their 'Proportionate-Share' in the Country's resources [including educational resources] ..we are protesting/yelling..why ppl why? haven't we heard of "Vasudhaiv Kutumbkam-all the world is but one" culture or are we chasing Jungle's Law-'Survival of fittest'?

Be Warned & allow 80% of the ppl to get 50% of the 'Resources'....otherwise they will no more tolerate us 20%-Kicking India at first opportunity-'Open-Category' ppl!!!

Thanking you for bearing my comment,
"

So how that .. this is probably the same viewpoint as any Communist would have ... or the same view as any *Arjun Singh* (9sic0 ,bastard.)

.. here' my sweet reply ... I'll add on a few comments to it late in a seperate blog entry ... am too busy ....
" Hey gaurav Dude .. why don't you listen to me and stick these facts up .
* IIT's do not have 5-15 lacs( Rich DAD seats) neither do IIM's
* who the hell told you that being a SC implies being poor ... there's a difference ... you have Poor general Category student's, who're the only hope of their parents ... who'se their God father .. Not mr. Arjun Singh... right
* Let the OBC's score .. the govt should go in for lesser fees for the OBC's , not lesser seats for the general class ... there's a difference .
* Arjun singh is promoting politics of hate ... I hate the bastards, who'll eye my seat at the IIM's or any college for that matter and won't mind taking out my frustration publically or slyly. "

Tell me what do you think Guys ...

I SUPPORT RESERVATION

2006-05-05T12:13:00.000-07:00

Infact I believe that there should be reservation in the indian cricket team ! Atleast 4 ST and 5 OBC candidates in the playing 13.
moreover , No bowler should be allowed to bowl over 80 miles to a SC batsman .
An SC bat'sman's 4 should be taken as a 6 and his 6 as 8 runs.
.. and any SC batsman scoring over 30 runs should be termed as a Century.How's That Arjun Singh !
You bastard , if you really wanna get the country down in tbe dumps , you better do that in a less sly way.
I hope, you have a SC pilot , who'd crash your helicopter soon. And then a SC doctor to ensure that your Autopsy dosent take long .
Long live the republic !

About this Blog !

2006-05-03T00:13:00.000-07:00

Well, today i come up with a renewed sense of Purpose ... FUCK RESERVATIONS !
After slogging for nothing , throughout your measley lives, let me quote a newspaper to you
http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060503/asp/frontpage/story_6175810.asp

"Other students, in favour of the quota and asking for Muslims to be included in it, also hit the streets carrying placards that read: “Anti-reservation is anti-national” and “arrest and hang all anti-reservation elements”."

Top 50 IT companies in the world !!

2006-04-05T06:40:00.001-07:00

Heya geeks !
So, want some information ..... huh ... do you !!
Why !!!!
....jokes apart ... ere's the database of the top 50 Companies of 2005 .

2005 Software 50

标题: 2005 Software 50

Rank Company U.S./World Headquarters Sort Up Sort Down Web Site Software / Services Revenue ($Million) Software / Services Revenue Growth Corporate Revenue ($Million) Corporate Revenue Growth Services as % R&D as % of Corporate Revenue Employees Software Business Sector
1 IBM $61,307.00 7.7% $96,293.00 7.8% 75.0% 6% 329,000 Middleware/Application Server/Web Server
Armonk, NY www.ibm.com
2 Microsoft $33,969.00 15.4% $36,835.00 14.4% NA 21% 57,086 Operating Systems
Redmond, WA www.microsoft.com
3 EDS $20,669.00 0.5% $20,669.00 3.3% 100.% NA 117,000 IT Sourcing
Plano, TX www.eds.com
4 Computer Sciences Corporation $15,188.10 9.7% $15,188.10 9.7% NA NA 76,000 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
El Segundo, CA www.csc.com
5 Accenture $15,113.60 12.8% $15,113.60 12.8% NA NA 100,000 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
New York, NY www.accenture.com
6 Hewlett-Packard Company $13,778.00 35.5% $79,905.00 41.2% NA NA 151,000 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
Palo Alto, CA www.hp.com
7 Oracle Corporation $10,156.00 7.2% $10,156.00 7.2% NA NA 41,658 Database
Redwood City, CA www.oracle.com
8 Hitachi, Ltd. $9,490.70 2.5% $84,365.00 4.6% 85.0% 4% 347,424 Telecommunication Services
Brisbane, CA www.hitachi.com
9 SAP $9,313.50 5.0% $9,313.50 5.0% 68.3% 14% 32,000 Business Process Management
Newtown Square, PA www.sap.com
10 Capgemini $8,580.90 18.8% $8,580.90 18.8% NA NA 59,324 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
New York, NY www.capgmini.com
11 NTT Data Corporation $8,014.90 15.4% $8,014.90 15.4% NA NA 17,389 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
New York, NY www.nttdata.co.jp
12 Lockheed Martin $7,651.00 16.0% $35,526.00 11.6% NA NA 130,000 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
Bethesda,, MD www.lockheedmartin.com
13 Atos Origin $7,231.90 89.9% $7,231.90 89.9% NA NA 46,584 Vertical Industry Applications
Houston, TX www.atosorigin.com
14 Science Applications International, Inc. Pvt $6,720.00 13.8% $6,720.00 13.8% NA NA 42,400 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
San Diego, CA www.saic.com
15 SYNNEX Corp. $5,314.00 28.8% $5,314.00 28.8% NA NA 2,676 Supply Chain/Manufacturing
Fremont, CA www.synnex.com
16 Ingram Micro Inc. $5,092.40 12.7% $25,462.10 12.6% NA NA 13,600 Supply Chain/Manufacturing
Santa Ana, CA www.ingrammicro.com
17 QUALCOMM Incorporated $4,880.00 22.9% $4,880.00 22.9% NA NA 7,600 Wireless/Mobile
San Diego, CA www.qualcomm.com
18 Unisys Corporation $4,724.70 0.7% $5,820.70 -1.5% NA NA 36,400 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
Blue Bell, PA www.unisys.com
19 EMC Corporation
EMC Corporation Company Profile EMC Corporation Company Profile EMC Corporation Company Profile $4,358.50 49.2% $8,229.50 32.0% 50.0% 10% 22,700 Storage Management
Hopkinton, MA www.emc.com
20 Affiliated Computer Services (ACS) $4,106.40 8.4% $4,106.40 8.4% 100.% NA 47,000 Outsourcing Services
Dallas, TX www.acs-inc.com
21 Sun Microsystems, Inc. $3,830.00 5.2% $11,185.00 -2.2% NA NA 35,000 Operating Systems
Santa Clara, CA www.sun.com
22 Fiserv, Inc. $3,729.70 38.2% $3,729.70 38.2% NA NA 22,000 Business Process Management
Brookfield, WI www.fiserv.com
23 CSK Corporation $3,581.00 54.4% $3,581.00 20.4% NA NA 4,768 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
New York, NY www.csk.co.ip
24 Sungard Data Systems, Inc $3,555.90 20.3% $3,555.90 20.3% NA NA 13,000 Financial Applications
Wayne, PA www.sungard.com
25 Avaya, Inc. $3,499.30 -6.2% $4,069.00 -6.2% NA NA 14,900 Telecommunication Services
Basking Ridge, NJ www.avaya.com
26 Computer Associates International, Inc $3,276.00 8.2% $3,276.00 5.1% NA NA 15,300 Infrastructure/Network Management
Islandia, NY www.ca.com
27 Getronics $3,246.30 -3.2% $3,246.30 -3.2% NA NA 21,026 Enterprise Application Integration
Billerica, MA www.getronics.com
28 LogicaCMG $3,216.40 6.0% $3,216.40 6.0% NA NA 19,695 IT Sourcing
Lexington, MA www.logicacmg.com
29 Google, Inc. $3,189.30 117.% $3,189.30 117.% NA NA 3,024 Portal/Search Tools
Mountain View, CA www.google.com
30 Convergys Corporation $2,487.70 8.7% $2,487.70 -89.1% NA NA 66,300 Financial Applications
Cincinnati, OH www.convergys.com
31 DST Systems $2,428.60 96.3% $2,428.60 40.8% NA NA 11,000 Financial Applications
Kansas City, MO www.dstsystems.com
32 Symantec Corporation $1,870.10 32.9% $1,870.10 32.9% NA NA 5,300 Security Tools/Systems
Cupertino, CA www.symantec.com
33 Amdocs $1,773.70 19.6% $1,773.70 19.6% 96.0% 7% 10,600 Telecommunication Services
Chesterfield, MO www.amdocs.com
34 Perot Systems $1,773.50 21.4% $1,773.50 21.4% NA NA 15,900 IT Sourcing
Plano, TX www.perotsystems.com
35 Intuit, Inc. $1,734.60 13.4% $1,802.20 12.8% 32.0% 15% 7,500 Financial Applications
Mountain View, CA www.intuit.com
36 Level 3 Communications $1,685.00 -13.5% $3,712.00 -7.8% NA NA 4,500 Telecommunication Services
Broomfield, CO www.level3.com
37 Adobe Systems, Inc. $1,666.60 28.7% $1,666.60 28.7% NA NA 3,142 Publishing/Graphics Tools
San Jose, CA www.adobe.com
38 Misys plc $1,590.50 -0.5% $1,651.10 -0.5% 9.8% 10% 6,443 Application Service Provider/Managed SP
Raleigh, NC www.misys.com
39 SAS Pvt $1,530.00 14.2% $1,530.00 14.2% 8.0% 26% 9,258 Business Intelligence/Analytics
Cary, NC www.sas.com
40 Idea Integration,a subsidiary of MPS $1,426.80 30.2% $1,426.80 30.2% NA NA 18,900 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
Jacksonville, FL www.idea.com
41 BMC Software $1,418.70 6.9% $1,418.70 6.9% 6.0% 15% 6,000 Storage Management
Houston, TX www.bmc.com
42 Siebel Systems $1,339.80 -1.1% $1,339.80 -1.1% NA NA 5,032 Customer Relationship Management
San Mateo, CA www.siebel.com
43 Juniper Networks, Inc. $1,336.00 90.5% $1,336.00 90.5% NA NA 2,948 Infrastructure/Network Management
Sunnyvale, CA www.juniper.net
44 Anteon International Corporation $1,268.10 21.6% $1,268.10 21.6% NA NA 8,800 System Integration Services/IT Consulting
Fairfax, VA www.anteon.com
45 Compuware Corporation $1,264.60 -8.1% $1,250.80 -1.1% 75.0% NA 8,660 Lifecycle Management
Detroit, MI www.compuware.com
46 The Sage Group plc $1,236.80 32.5% $1,236.80 32.5% NA NA 5,805 Financial Applications
Irvine, CA www.sage.com
47 Autodesk, Inc. $1,233.80 29.7% $1,233.80 29.7% 14.0% 19% 3,477 Engineering
San Rafael, CA www.autodesk.com
48 Acxiom Corporation $1,223.00 21.0% $1,223.00 21.0% NA NA 6,600 Customer Relationship Management
Little Rock, AR www.acxiom.com
49 Gemplus International SA $1,171.80 24.4% $1,171.80 24.4% NA NA 5,476 Retail
Addison, TX www.gemplus.com
50 Novell, Inc. $1,165.90 5.5% $1,165.90 5.5% NA NA 6,186 Operating Systems
Waltham, MA www.novell.com

..Life sucks !!

2005-11-11T14:43:00.000-08:00

Well, it's 4.13 AM and I'm still stuck at my office , for once , I hope Ignorance is Bliss !! I'm ignoring the fact that professional-life is turning out to be a big stand-off. Well, need some creative Out !

My favourite Google !!

2005-11-09T05:04:00.000-08:00

Do you have a better logo In mind ??
This one appeared on - Earth Day - April 22, 2003.

Hey fella' Geeks !!

2005-11-09T04:16:00.000-08:00

This is something I came across pretty recently.
On google:: Try searching for "2.2 USD per gallon in INR per litre" without the Quotation marks , Of course... and you'll love the result.
I love you Google Inc.

--->>Dawg's Life<--- A tat play

2005-10-27T08:28:00.000-07:00

Diclaimer:
1. Not suitable for children under three years old, and students of Non-Recognized yemm bee yay ponytailed yinstitutes.
2. All incidents, persons and places mentioned in this Web site ("Site") are fictional and any resemblance to any person living or dead is purely coincidental.
Too bad losers , Try and Sue me now ... oh , so ya' gonna tell papa' dear about !!
3. The author of this short play suffers from mild form of selective amnesia, and will refuse ever having written this thing down.
4. Any person suing me for amounts of over 125 Crores (that's 1.25 Billion Rs. for the Uninitiated) will be tackled as a total jerk looser and will be bashed with flummery of a thousand bloggers (sic)
5. ----------->>End of legal disclaimer<<--------- Do not read ahead

Prologue:
And Garrav(the protagonist) pulled the ponyman's tail, the effort that took him more than a single blog, it required the first mass uprising of the Learned Indian Media. By learned media, I mean blogs , because I do not trust the print media, cause all that matters to them is the Xfactor , no news , just views, besides the 5-Crore-A-Month-Advertisements
.... well , not deviating from the point , a single blog by Garrav, was enough to shake the foundations of a yinstitute of over 6,000 yemm bee yays.
Man, so , to cut the crap Short, the motive of the story is , when you have a big mouth , make sure that you do not bite every little institute (read yai yai yemmz) on ur way to glory !

Scene 1
It was a warm afternoon, It all started when some guy from some smalltime publication went out to the market. Earlier that morning , when the smalltime guy read a bigtime newspaper, in which guru ABC ran a full page advertisement for n days in a row. A bug called journalism bit this smalltime man and he decided to look for the truth ... What the !!! Man! Cant’ you see, that ABC was telling the truth, or why else would he run the same advt. for 20 days in a row in all the magazines and the newspapers. Oh yes, and the ad had the photograph of the Ponyman's tail, or the ponytail man's , I don't clearly remember. Well, the ad was more like brilliance, a hundred in one; Prasoon couldn’t have made a better advertisement. The ad' read - Dare to think beyond the yai yai yemm's , and now , this smalltime' journalist's not' so smalltime boss was from this yai yai yemm, so set to impress her, our man decides to look for the catch in this 'TRUE ADVERTISEMENT' .

.. scene continues, Man at Ponytail yinstitute:-

yinstitutes-receptionist: what do you want ?
smalltime Journalist : is this yai yai pee yemm, surely sounded better in the fullpage advertisement .

yinstitutes-receptionist: well, what's it that you're missing bro ?
smalltime Journalist : the swimming pool ?

yinstitutes-receptionist: ya' never herd of outsourcing , we outsourced the swimming pool .
smalltime Journalist : i mean, is it not cheating ?
yinstitutes-receptionist: not really, but we've got ABC man, the master with a ponytail. he's the best management guru in the whole world .
smalltime Journalist : Says who ?

yinstitutes-receptionist: The AD, didn't you see it , we ran it for 20 long days in all the newspapers for loosers like you to see.
smalltime Journalist : But, i mean , who gave the advertisements in the newspapers ??
yinstitutes-receptionist: We did, why ??
smalltime Journalist : nah !! never mind.

yinstitutes-receptionist: so , whaddya say bro ?
smalltime Journalist : do you have wi-fi here

yinstitutes-receptionist: who's that. Dosen't work here.
smalltime Journalist : but that's what the ad says.

yinstitutes-receptionist: Perception, my dear , is beyond reality !
smalltime Journalist : whaddya mean ??

yinstitutes-receptionist: not really, but we've got ABC man, the master with a ponytail. he's the best management guru in the whole world .
smalltime Journalist : Says who ?

...... and the discussion continues.

Scene 2:

and just outside the main gate of yai yai pee yemm.

Smalltime Journalist : Hi Bud, u from this college
yinstitutes-Student : I'm smart, and carry a laptop, of course I’m from this college
Smalltime Journalist : you mean, a free laptop
yinstitutes-Student : yea' free for 50000
Smalltime Journalist : you mean , you had to pay for this laptop.
yinstitutes-Student : no, the laptops free' . but i had to 50000 extra.

Smalltime Journalist : extra for what
yinstitutes-Student : i don't know , but the laptop's free.
Smalltime Journalist :whateva' you say buddy. by the way , you in final year.
yinstitutes-Student : yup.
Smalltime Journalist : so where are you placed.
yinstitutes-Student : what do you mean, which Call center ?
Smalltime Journalist : i mean where is your job set ?
yinstitutes-Student : that's the thing i love abt this college , if you don't get anywhere, you get a job in Ponymann consultancy.
Smalltime Journalist : you men everybody does get a job ,

yinstitutes-Student : Yup , every single person, everyone , but the last 70 percent of the students

Smalltime Journalist : you mean , only 30 percent get placed.
yinstitutes-Student :Of course, what an idiot, ponymann consultancy cannot place every looser on the face of the planet.
Smalltime Journalist : you callin your batch mates loosers,
yinstitutes-Student : watch your tongue young man, this will get you in big legal trouble some day.

SCene-3.

the smalltime journalist repotes this to Rusmee bansah, his boss, the smart-thing from yai yai yemm (not yai yai pee yemm). Now beyond the fact that this college badmouths hers, she's angry for the fact that her magazine never gets a share of the five-crore-a-month-advertisement bounty. so, off goes the truth in the Magazine.

Now , enter's our protagonist, Garrav, the smartypants from yai bee yemm, now called lennovoh.
writes a blog, points to Rusmee's article.
forgets all abt it.

Suddenly, Ponyman's-legal-advisor comes into the picture.

Ponyman's-legal-advisor : you #_P@#$@ , i'm gonna rip yer' blog apart.
Garrav'(protagonist) : Sure thing , what did I do.

Ponyman's-legal-advisor : I'm gonna SUE you for 25 Crores
Garrav'(protagonist) : for what !!

Ponyman's-legal-advisor : YOu !!! make that 125 Crores.
Garrav'(protagonist) : -what ?

Ponyman's-legal-advisor : --->really furious .... One hundred and Twentyfive Crore ( 1.25 Billion for the Uninitiated), Not a penny less
Garrav'(protagonist) : you really think you're worth that ??

Ponyman's-legal-advisor : Well, and i take off the blog.
Garrav'(protagonist) : Sue me Looser

Ponyman's-legal-advisor : I'll sue you., and i'll make you pay 125 Crores plus my fee, plus the cost of internet time i'm using up for mailing you..
Garrav'(protagonist) : waiting for you looser.

now, the Ponyman's-legal-advisor calls up garrav's boss.

Ponyman's-legal-advisor : I'm gonna sue you all.
Boss : But that's his personal Blog.
Ponyman's-legal-advisor : kick him off his Job.
Boss : for what ? never in a hundred years
Ponyman's-legal-advisor : i'll burn 200 laptops and then issue a full page article about it.
Boss : but that's your own loss
Ponyman's-legal-advisor : never mind that, they are insured. But i'll mock you.
Boss : never mind. A penny for your thoughts.

At this point , the protagonist acts like Munnabhai MBBS and quits his job for no good reason.

SCENE 4:

in the meantime, ABC , the ponyman' tail calls up GARRAV',

ABC : This is the president of Microhsaft speaking.
GARRAV : Who're you trying to fool.

ABC : take off your blog,.
GARRAV : Why

ABC : (pretending to be from Microhsaft )because ABC is the best guru, and i'm his student.
GARRAV : Wha'' !! (Disconnects)

GARRAV : Looser !

ABC : (Calls Again immediately ) This is Sri Sri Ravisankar speaking (a respected preacher)
GARRAV : Who're you trying to fool.

ABC : take off your blog,.
GARRAV : Why

ABC : (pretending to be from Microhsaft )because ABC is the best guru, and i'm his student.
GARRAV : Wha'' !! (Disconnects) Looser !!

-------->>> Scene 5
Garrav posts the details on his blog. All Indian bloggers unite (Cheers : hic)
ABC : cia all in court , I'm gonna sue you all, each and every one of you . And I won't even let ya' enter my yinstitute, which is better than five yai yai yemm's.

Bloggers: Uugh , get off you slimy thing you , You stink.
ABC: Sue you all for 125 Crores.

Bloggers: sure thing , now off you go.
ABC : i'm the best guru in the world.

Bloggers : somebody , get me ODOMOS.
ABC : Sue you all, 125 Crores a head, That will get me enough cash for 500 more advertisements for 10days.

____________
the Final scene :

Garrav , a smalltime somebody, finally gets to meet the ABC , THE abc , whateva, you call that ponyman tail.

And Garrav(the protagonist) pulled the ponyman's tail, the effort that took him more than a single blog, it required the first mass uprising of the Learned Indian Media. By learned media, I mean blogs , because I do not trust the print media, cause all that matters to them is the Xfactor , no news , just views, besides the 5-Crore-A-Month-Advertisements
.... well , not deviating from the point , a single blog by Garrav, was enough to shake the foundations of a yinstitute of over 6,000 yemm bee yays.
Man, so , to cut the crap Short, the motive of the story is , when you have a big mouth , make sure that you do not bite every little institute (read yai yai yemmz) on ur way to glory !

yea' and abt the fate of the yinstiute, nothing was lost, .. i mean , what did it have to loose , it had no respect, Wasn't accredited... and anyway , If yai yai yaemms are only for the best in the world , and the second bests goto the other b-schools , where do the loosers go ,
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of course yai yai Pee yemm !!!!! cheers (hic)

PS: mr abc , do not sue me , as
a...i won't quit my job , cause i'vent got one.
b...125 crores, well, yai yemm broke.
c.. you see, do you really have the energy to wage another war ???? !!! LOOSERS !

...and (drumroll) the first step again.

2005-10-24T07:53:00.000-07:00

After lying dormant for over a year now , I decide to errupt. Well, this had to happen. Well, past's past ! over to a new beginning Now !!
'Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially.' And substantially, but sure enough, I've decided to blog again.
Cheers (hic)