Overvalued Property of Mumbai

posted by   joshi (117)   24 months ago (www.indianrealtynews.com)

Real effect of booming real estate can easily be seen in Mumbai where property prices are going up and up thereby crippling our already suffering consumers. It seems that our dear aamchi Mumbai, which is also often touted as ‘Manhattan of India’, is in a hurry to leave each of its counterparts behind in the property

MIT Shares all there courses with public

posted by   sndeep (13)   24 months ago (ocw.mit.edu)

Many people may not know that MIT has initiated OpenCourseWare, an initiative to share all of their educational resources with the public. This generous act is intended (in classical MIT style) to make knowledge free, open, and available. It's a great resource for people looking to improve their knowledge of our world. OpenCourseWare should prove

Beware! Fake notes through ATMs

posted by   sndeep (13)   24 months ago (www.rediff.com)

In a public notice issued on Monday, RBI said it had received a few complaints from people that counterfeit notes had been received by them through ATMs. RBI also advised the public to check banknotes received by them for their genuineness.

20 Different Ways to Manage Your To Do List

posted by   sndeep (13)   24 months ago (webworkerdaily.com)

Here are 20 different ways of tracking your to dos, with examples of each.

You probably use more than one of these options, depending on what you’re trying to manage and what suits your temperament. Or maybe you have some other ideas. If so, share them here

How to trap an ATM robber

posted by   kjohn (224)   25 months ago (humsurfer.com)

Got this as a fwd. Not sure if it is true. Can anybody confirm?

"If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM machine, you can notify the police by entering your Pin # in reverse.

For example if your pin number is 1234 then you would put in 4321. The ATM recognizes that your pin number is backwards from the ATM card

Four Indians among Singapore's Richie Rich

posted by   sndeep (13)   28 months ago (timesofindia.indiatimes.com)

Here's another example of the growing wealth among the non-resident Indians. And no, these are not the already well known names like Lakshmi Mittal, Swraj Paul and Indra Nooyi, but relatively lesser known Indians who have struck gold in the eatern part of the world. Four NRIs — Murli Kewalram Chanrai, Mustaq Ahmad, Sudhir Gupta and Kartar Singh

Two-Stroke Motion

posted by   sunil (135)   31 months ago (www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk)

This new illusion won second place at the international "Illusion of the Year" competition at the annual European Conference on Visual Perception, A Coruna, Spain... more »

USB teddy bear holds data, scares children

posted by   sunil (135)   31 months ago (www.engadget.com)

See the image.. hilarious.. more »

Video:Quantum Mechanics for Dummies

posted by   goofer (192)   31 months ago (www.youtube.com)

R A Wilson is explains the quantum theory. This video sums up the best of what he has to say... more »

Australia's socceroos' technical edge

posted by   goofer (192)   31 months ago (news.bbc.co.uk)

The technical adviser to Australia's World Cup team explains how a computer is helping his squad win games... more »

Basic Negotiating for Fun and Profit

posted by   sunil (135)   31 months ago (www.dexterity.com)

Though this article is aimed at "individual developers", you can very well use it to negotiate pay hike at your company.
"Many independent developers eventually find themselves in a situation where they must negotiate a contract for the first time, such as for a publishing deal. And many developers are taken advantage of on their first deal ..... more »

Video: Mrs. World 2006 Finale GoofUp ( Crowned the wrong Contestant !)

posted by   spcwlkr (130)   31 months ago (www.youtube.com)

Here's a video of the grand finale of the 2006 Mrs World Competition. It has everything: glamour, excitement, hugs, smiles, an angel coming down from the ceiling -- and even a major mix-up. They crowned the wrong contestant! .Watch Mrs. Russia -- the real winner. She's not looking too happy as she watches Mrs. Costa Rica get the crown, the sash, ..... more »

India Reservation: Are Brahmins the Dalits of today ?

posted by   sndeep (13)   31 months ago (in.rediff.com)

"There are 50 Sulabh Shauchalayas (public toilets) in Delhi; all of them are cleaned and looked after by Brahmins (this very welcome public institution was started by a Brahmin). A far cry from the elitist image that Brahmins have!".. more »

Indian Prime Minister's Official Site

posted by   sndeep (13)   31 months ago (pmindia.nic.in)

Indian PM official site. We can write to him at http://pmindia.nic.in/write.htm. But don't spam... more »

Nigerian Scam : Indian loses Rs 73 lakh

posted by   buster (356)   31 months ago (www.ibnlive.com)

We have all heard about the Nigerian scam stories.This is a new one. "52-year-old Ramachandra Prabhu, an executive in a Nigerian oil company, lost his life's savings when someone closed his fixed Account at HDFC and transffered the amount abroad". Shocking !.. more »

Why use systems thinking techniques to find the best solution?

posted by   ashok (143)   31 months ago (en.wikipedia.org)

Traditional decision making tends to involve linear cause and effect relationships. By taking a systems approach, we can see the whole complex of bidirectional interrelationships. Instead of analysing a problem in terms of an input and an output, for example, we look at the whole system of inputs, processes, outputs, feedback, and controls. This ..... more »

Experiential education - A Learning Cycle (Kolb Method)

posted by   ashok (143)   31 months ago (en.wikipedia.org)

Learning styles are different ways that a person can learn.

"At the university level, including universities like Stanford and the University of California Berkeley, students are often the initiators of courses and demand more role in changing the curriculum and making it truly responsive to their needs. In some cases, universities have offered ..... more »

Cricket Videos

posted by   mblaster (217)   31 months ago (www.stanford.edu)

Piyush Shanker Agram's collection of cricket videos on Google. The bowling videos contains collectors item for me. Hat-trick by Harbhajan and Irfan... more »

Driver development kit released for Linux

posted by   sunil (135)   32 months ago (trends.newsforge.com)

Kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman announced the release of a Linux device driver development kit (DDK) on Wednesday, consisting of a CD image containing everything a device driver author needs in order to create Linux drivers. The CD image be downloaded at http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/gregkh/ddk/.. more »

Steve Wozniak audio - a must hear for techies

posted by   mblaster (217)   32 months ago (www.itconversations.com)

Woz talks about his life story, Apple and pranks..

"Rare and brilliant presentation by Steve Wozniak, a true geek's geek. His playing started with games and pranks, crystal-set radios, reading Popular Electronics."

"Woz wanted to be an HP engineer forever and never thought he'd start a company, but his friend, Steve Jobs, said, "Let's sell ..... more »

How NOT to lead geeks

posted by   mblaster (217)   32 months ago (positivesharing.com)

This interesting blog post lists the top mistakes managers make in leading geeky people. The one that makes a big problem for me is: Don’t give them tools. Here in my company, the IT guys have to 'approve' before we install some useful tool. What about you?.. more »

Prime Numbers: How mathematician + physcist can crack this puzzle

posted by   goofer (192)   32 months ago (www.seedmagazine.com)

Why 42 is the answer to life/universe and everything? For this you have to understand the prime numbers and zeta function. Reinemann discovery of zeta function was as important as the e=mc2 by Einstein. But though, we know a lot about relativity, Reinemann hypothesis is still not proven... more »

The Mathematical Structure of Terrorism

posted by   goofer (192)   32 months ago (www.physorg.com)

When classified according to their frequency and intensity, however, the events of any insurgent war appear to follow a power law. It should come as no surprise that weaker attacks are more common than stronger attacks, but a power law distribution makes a much more specific prediction. It turns out that if individual conflicts (for example, a ..... more »

Mystery Robot Said to Solve Crimes, Find Mines in Chile

posted by   goofer (192)   32 months ago (news.nationalgeographic.com)

Manuel Salinas, a 39-year-old inventor, claims he has built a machine that has extraordinary capabilities for finding buried objects.In less than a year, Salinas says, he has helped solve two of the highest profile criminal cases in this South American country... more »

Ajax, Java, and a huge misunderstanding

posted by   goofer (192)   32 months ago (webreakstuff.com)

Tim O’Reilly mentions how Java developers at the JavaOne conference showed signs of (and I quote) “envy and angst” against Ajax, and follows that with “Java had the vision of rich web apps long ago, and is still a great platform for building network-enabled apps with great front-ends”... more »

Judge Says Man Too Small for Prison

posted by   goofer (192)   32 months ago (www.washingtonpost.com)

A judge said a 5-foot-1 man was too small to survive in prison, and gave him 10 years of probation instead... more »

MrIndia (Invisibility cloak) 'five years away'

posted by   goofer (192)   32 months ago (www.telegraph.co.uk)

A similar device used by MrIndia (of Mr India Movie !) for making himself invisible is five years away from construction, says scientists... more »

How To: Migrating to Linux kernel 2.6

posted by   sndeep (13)   32 months ago (linuxdevices.com)

A how to on migrating linux kernel to 2.6 series for the uninitiated... more »

Motorola phones exploding because of dodgy batteries ?

posted by   goofer (192)   32 months ago (www.theregister.co.uk)

The explosion of five mobile phones in Brazil over the last two months is causing concern. The incidents, all involving Motorola phones, are being linked to dodgy batteries... more »

Slashdot India scare :Network Management Outsourced to India

posted by   goofer (192)   32 months ago (it.slashdot.org)

Usual outsourcing/india bash visible on slashdot."The megacorp where I work recently outsourced netadmin to a location in Asia. The results are _horrible_! Incredibly bureaucractic and slow. " Why is outsourcing booming, if 'this; is indeed the average opinion. It shows the negative india prejudice at slashdot ;(.. more »