Sonya's Picks: Sea of Poppies (1)
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Imagine being whacked on the head, and force fed opium. Made to cultivate it (instead of food) and made to take it . And by what an all-powerful drug dealer - a giant cartel, like in the movies, of trading and shipping companies, supported by the government of Great Britian. Yes - all this really happened. It's true. It's the story of 1839 and the Opium Wars. "What I tried to do was to let ...
In what was probably the weirdest soccer match finish ever, Barbados (9)
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In what was probably the weirdest soccer match finish ever, Barbados tied their match against Grenada with an own goal to send the match into overtime where they won by the 2 goals needed to qualify for the finals in the 1994 Shell Caribbean Cup. Needing to beat Grenada by two clear goals to qualify for the finals in Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados had established a 2-0 lead midway through the second half and were ...
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Ken Hunt said:
I can't think of a situation even approaching this in weirdness, with both teams trying to score on their own goals.
Ahmedabad Blasts, who do YOU blame ? (1)
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Heard the term 'Nero fiddles while Rome burns' ? Well, replace Nero with the Indian Politicians and Rome with an India that is descending into chaos. While the Indian politicians play games with the lives of the people and horse trade between themselves to somehow, anyhow, at any cost, keep themselves in power. This year Jaipur, then Bangalore and now Ahmedabad.. I heard the Home minister Shivraj Patil say something strange on TV like " ...
Applied Math (8)
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Each term in the Fibonacci sequence is derived by adding the two preceding terms: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 … Remarkably, you can use successive terms to convert miles to kilometers: 8 miles ≈ 13 kilometers 13 miles ≈ 21 kilometers This works because the two units stand in the golden ratio (to within 0.5 percent).
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cnu said:
Wow. Interesting.
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4r1f said:
so is..21 mi ~ 34 km34 mi ~ 55 km55 mi ~ 89 km89 mi ~ 144 km
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Joshua said:
neat!
Indian Railways to Provide Internet Services in Kerala, Free Educational Material from IITs and IISC (5)
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When it comes to innovation, Indian Railways does have an interesting lead over the other government departments. The Railways is planning to provide broadband Internet connection in Kerala through the Railtel Corporation of India Ltd. Railtel would provide the service through cable operators who have connectivity across the state and is expected to get operational in another 2-3 months. Our network is such that every railway station in the country can be turned into a ...
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Gopal said:
lallu rockss!!!
Of The People, By The People, For The People (1)
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I feel an important virtue of a developed nation is how much it values its people. It’s not that difficult to imagine, as after all if a country values its people, the people naturally develop a mutual commitment towards their nation, perhaps because of a feeling of safety and dependability like one develops towards their family. And we all know what happens if united we stand.However I find my country doing quite the opposite. An ...
Programmers in India prefer Google's Orkut (1)
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Google's Orkut social network isn't just big in Brazil. It's also popular in India, especially among software developers, according to a new survey. Despite Facebook's efforts to promote that social network as the platform of choice for third-party application developers, Orkut is used by twice as many software programmers in India than either Facebook or MySpace, according to an Evans Data survey of more than 300 developers in India. Software programmers in that country are ...
China markets in everything fact of the day (1)
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A Chinese man who set up an online business selling dead mosquitoes says he's received 10,000 orders in just two days. Nin Nan, of Shanghai, came up with the idea of selling mosquitoes he killed to attract visitors to his online jewellery shop. "I locked myself in the room, thinking hard of a promotion plan. With a 'pa' sound and a dead mosquito, I came up with this weird idea," he told Qianlong News. Nin ...
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You never know in China, his ad may actually mean Free dinner with jewelery.
Top 10 WTF? US Sex Laws (2)
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Written by Jessie Whitfield 1. Oral sex is illegal in 18 states, including Arizona. 2. In Virginia, it is illegal to have sex with the lights on. 3. It is illegal for husbands in Willowdale, Oregon, to talk dirty during intercourse. 4. Sexual intercourse between unmarried couples is illegal in Georgia. 5. Engaging in any sexual position other than missionary is illegal in Washington, DC. 6. In Connorsville, Wisconsin, it is illegal for a man ...
Best Light Bulb Commercial Ever (2)
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Hailing all the way from Thailand, this commercial was made for Sylvania by ad agency JEH United and has it all -- a picnicking family, ghosts, a guy who may or may not be a member of the Blue Man Group, and a transvestite. Advertising people, take note: this is how you sell freakin' products. Youtube Thanks Mikal, now I have to install floodlights in the bedroom.
Is India's economic miracle' over ? Why your voice is so important. (1)
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First how much of the Indian economic miracle was a hype ? Can there be an economic miracle when 60 % of the population does not partake on it ? Does making a few billionaires and a multitude of millionaires on the stock market make for an economic miracle for over a billion people ? How much of the peak of the sensex index of 21,000 points was a media generated buying frenzy coupled with ...
Google learns to crawl Flash (16)
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Posted by Ron Adler and Janis Stipins, Software EngineersGoogle has been developing a new algorithm for indexing textual content in Flash files of all kinds, from Flash menus, buttons and banners, to self-contained Flash websites. Recently, we've improved the performance of this Flash indexing algorithm by integrating Adobe's Flash Player technology.In the past, web designers faced challenges if they chose to develop a site in Flash because the content they included was not indexable by ...
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Holy crap! This is going to cause a huge shift in the effectiveness of Flash content on the web.
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No, this is not some kind of religious or cultural proclamation BUT what the Government of India has decided to do for all Indians wishing to get married outside India. They need to get a “No Objection Letter“ from both sets of parents. If your parents are deceased, you need to produce a death certificate. A young Indian couple was shocked when their consulate asked for a no-objection letter from their parents to get married. ...
Offending Dalits (1)
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Regular readers of India Uncut will know that I keep ranting about how giving offense has effectively become a crime in India because of some of our silly laws. Well, Rediff informs us: Amid high drama, the editor and two journalists of a leading Telugu daily Andhra Jyothi were arrested on Tuesday night for publishing an allegedly offensive story on Dalit organisations and its leaders. [...] The police said the arrests were made by invoking ...
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