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by GuruPrabhu
03 Aug 2011 10:04
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 477596

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

2 billion$/yr for a 14.5 trillion $ economy is not a heavy price to pay,especially when you are spending close to 700billion$ on defence/yr. Is 20 billion $ real money? It sure is, but the cost-benefit justifies such a "investment", as did the bailout of Chrysler in 2008. Yes, it is not a...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Aug 2011 09:15
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 477596

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

GuruPrabhu-ji, 20+ billion $ in 10 yrs to Pakistan is less than what GOTUS spent on bailing out a worthless Chrysler motor company. To paraphrase someone, "A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon you are talking real money". There is no relevance to comparison between TSP and G...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Aug 2011 08:58
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 477596

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

I wouldn't call it war cost if 70% of it goes back to US thru salaries, military purchases etc., It has been shown in numerous studies that in terms of its effect on the economy, military spending is something like factor of 3 less efficient than traditional methods for induction of funds/investmen...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Aug 2011 08:56
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 477596

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

Ambar, The point is that $7.5B in aid is more than 7.5B times larger than A. Roy's gibberish. A. Roy crap plus 50 cents is still far short of a dollar. That is the point you can try and see. Amritraj's threats are just threats -- the moolah is real. When you see Joe Biden, John Kerry and other lumin...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Aug 2011 07:49
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion
Replies: 1418
Views: 255741

Re: International Nuclear Watch & Discussion

gakakkad wrote:An interesting perspective into the cold fusion design.

http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.c ... 7#more-497
It is most likely bogus. They do not reveal some magic catalyst.
by GuruPrabhu
03 Aug 2011 07:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 477596

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

^^^ +400%

About time someone called it like it is.
by GuruPrabhu
04 Jul 2011 10:21
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 696967

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

Afresh with what?

Finding fresh gaalis for scientists?

Finding fresh brains?

I suspect this dhagaa will be anything but fresh. But we can make like Ms Nirupama Rao and declare that Packees are looking at terror "afresh".
by GuruPrabhu
04 Jul 2011 09:09
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

^^^ good post gakkakad, This is getting quite pointless on this dhagaa. I will just say that I know Anil K., Srikumar, etc personally and it was bad enough seeing them disparaged in a forum which is Bharat Rakshak. I would have thought that better sense would prevail in respecting these giants who h...
by GuruPrabhu
04 Jul 2011 08:48
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: New Trash Thread (5555) (DO NOT DELETE)
Replies: 103
Views: 46182

Re: Love and Marriage Nukkad-3

btw, to do an == I have reported all your chavanni-chaap posts.
by GuruPrabhu
04 Jul 2011 08:45
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: New Trash Thread (5555) (DO NOT DELETE)
Replies: 103
Views: 46182

Re: Love and Marriage Nukkad-3

Thank you, Saar. You will get Hila-le-BRF for getting me banned.

All this angst about ogling women on the internet. Sheesh!
by GuruPrabhu
04 Jul 2011 07:51
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: New Trash Thread (5555) (DO NOT DELETE)
Replies: 103
Views: 46182

Re: Love and Marriage Nukkad-3

hmmnnn........ this has me thinking, are you from the other side, see boys knows all the said and unsaid boys club rules, which you seems to be ignorant. those silly rules comparing lullis? Some of us are men, and hope that the boys will grow up :lol: Anyway, I promised to stay out of this dhagaa. ...
by GuruPrabhu
04 Jul 2011 07:32
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: New Trash Thread (5555) (DO NOT DELETE)
Replies: 103
Views: 46182

Re: Love and Marriage Nukkad-3

negi wrote:GP boss this is a typical boys' corner; everything under the sun is kosher here .
except, of course, the stuff I posted which met with Singha-ji's disapproval.

now there are rules of engagement in the little boys' room :shock:
by GuruPrabhu
04 Jul 2011 06:43
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: New Trash Thread (5555) (DO NOT DELETE)
Replies: 103
Views: 46182

Re: Love and Marriage Nukkad-3

Singha wrote:I was hoping you would understand self-sarcasm and parody
:rotfl:

checking out babes on internet is self-sarcasm :rotfl:

ok, your wish is my command. I will not post here. This parody of web chokri ogling is beyond me. Peace.
by GuruPrabhu
04 Jul 2011 06:34
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Yup, if Bhabha hadn't "croaked" he was a shoo-in for a Puruskar-e-Nobel. He brought India fame and progress. This is how we thank him? The trolling has gotten out of hand. Is nuke dhagaa intended for discussing nuke stuff or dissing nuke stuff? It seems like this thread spends all its time...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 23:59
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 477596

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

^^^ With increasing use of containers for goods transportation, the gauge mismatches are not that big a deal. At gauge conversion points, a goods train with 100 wagons of containers can be transferred in a couple of hours with proper design of crane systems. Chinese will just build such transfer poi...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 23:53
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

ok, it is once again time to ask "Who was Sita?" BARC people surely know better. That is a bad assumption on this dhagaa. I dont know if this has been discussed. You can safely assume that any and every nuke topic has been discussed on nuke dhagaa in something like 4-5 cycles. Just go back...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 23:05
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Meanwhile one little note on Kudankulam, March 2012 now. Having already spent about Rs 16,000 Crore (their estimate). Send more Money Please... This is what you get when you combine Russian Maal and Indian Public Sector. See stats below, for a total of 565 projects surveyed: Of the 285 delayed proj...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 22:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Think about it, other than a few minor differences in the daughter products and moderator use, breeding Thorium is the same as Breeding U-238. Just thinking about it won't help. You also have to read. There is something called the eta factor. And we have tonnes and tonnes of that stuff lying around...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 22:30
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

gakakkad,

Perhaps your world view is based on recent times. The U-233 weapons consideration I was talking about is what I read in the 70s. India did not have much Pu then.
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 20:36
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 477596

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

Its probably because we can sum up in two or three lines what we want the govt to do. Thanks for responding. think I remember writing somewhere what i would want the government to do. Strengthen the counter terrorism and intelligence apparatus, double fence the border, stop others from helping them...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 20:25
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

Thing is that U 232 IS ALSO produced when neutrons are bombarded to thorium . Now 232 is highly radioactive but not fissile . And there is no known chemical way of separating it from the fissile u 233 . I have read of attempts to remove Pa 233, thus separating U 233 before it is even produced. Bott...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 15:11
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: New Trash Thread (5555) (DO NOT DELETE)
Replies: 103
Views: 46182

Re: Love and Marriage Nukkad-3

deviant psychologies are not welcome. Thank you Saar. I expected no less :rotfl: [btw, is it not deviant for a bunch of married guys to be checking out babes on the internet? What would your SHQ make of this deviant behavior?] "phamily oriented phorum" ogling gori chikitas on you tube ......
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 14:38
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

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by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 13:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: New Trash Thread (5555) (DO NOT DELETE)
Replies: 103
Views: 46182

Re: Love and Marriage Nukkad-3

^^^^ ok, I understand. But what defines PWM as the centrality of "Love and Marriage"?

Are we not diverse enough on this dhaagaa? I just checked it out for the frist time today.
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 11:06
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

A modern day answer could also involve latest Backee Jinn Advances. We could get a nanha jinn-eologist to tie the barometer around his waist with a fake switch attached to it. He could then make the following demands: 1. Gimme Cashmere 2. Deliver a Squadron of Eff-Solahs 3. Tell me height of building
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 09:25
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

what is Geek for one, is Greek for the other. Still no fizzik gurus here answered my questions . Sir-ji, With due respect I re-post your "questions" here: Any gurus can get into general theory of relativity, that I always get into tussle keeping it in mind, in comparison with special theo...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 09:13
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 477596

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2

Surely MKB is merely one of us. He too thinks India has lost. :rotfl: Describes collective hand-wringing on BRF to a T. The narrative is very high in negative content about what is wrong with everything GoI does. However, I rarely see a serious post (ignoring the "nuke them" category), ev...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 08:52
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

Very soon the Fizziks bradmin will come and start lathi charge in this safest corner. :-) Maybe the humor thread should have a physics special to educate us less humorous folks. But, hey, one of the Bradmins was suggesting that refractive index can be explained by absorption and re-emission. As gee...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 08:36
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

AmberG's super-JEE edition reminds of a qualifier prep question: How can you get up from a fallen position in a skating rink with no help of hands as one would normally. Assume a fallen flat shavasana position as the beginning point. Being able to SMS using one's toes would help. This reminds me of...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 08:24
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

negi wrote:It depends on who is blowing the straw. :wink:
I nominate RaakitMard. He can have that bottle knocked off in a nanosecond. 8)
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 08:15
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

I think you are getting annoyed by my questions thinking I am "belaboring the point"...what is there to my views...I am just on class 101. :-) Not annoyed at all. I encouraged belaboring the point. However, what is the point? Asking questions is fine, but not if it is a one-way street. Oc...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 08:14
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

Amber G. wrote:
GuruPrabhu wrote:It may take you a 100 year tapasyaa but you will get there.
The original problem which I posted about 2 years ago, the pendulum weighed only 5kg.. how many years of tapasyaa one has to do for that?
million years?
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 07:47
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

LWRs are haraam. Thorium is haraam. ENR is haraam but desired. Imported Oil is haraam but what to do onlee. Imported Gas is halaal but goes through Af-Pak. Solar/wind are halaal but not enough. Gobar Gas is the most halaal answer. Jai Ho! I recommend that we shut down DAE and convert BARC into a Gob...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 06:55
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

Ji, Is math a matter of convenience or necessity? Agreed that these principles don't need math and can be verbally formulated. What is the use of the axioms without any rules of derivation? In other words, what is the difference between these principles and my principle which states that "All ...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 03:53
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

LASERS are described as examples of coherent phenomena, but explained using the usual scheme of quantized energy levels and de-excitation, except that each such going down the levels is done 'coherently' as in stimulated emission after the initial pumping up done 'incoherently'. Bade Saar, Yes, tha...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 03:43
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

Well, the reasoning is quite simple really. Physics believes that the universe arose as described by big-bang cosmlogy. This event happened about 14 billion years ago, and the universe then evolved according to the laws of physics. No one will claim that *all* laws are known - the claim is that the...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 02:18
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

Explain how to to knock the bottle over with the sandbag if you are given a paper drinking straw but are not allowed to touch anything (sandbag, rope, bottle, swing) with your body or with the straw. You calculate the resonant frequency of the sandbag pendulum and blow puffs of air at exactly that ...
by GuruPrabhu
03 Jul 2011 02:09
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Physics Discussion Thread
Replies: 2917
Views: 4882437

Re: Physics Thread.

RahulM, GP ... From news.harvard.edu (later update on the slow light story..) Prof Hau' description in her words... ...Hau explains that light entering the atomic entanglement transfers its energy to the atoms . Light energy raises the atoms to higher energy levels in ways that depend on the freque...
by GuruPrabhu
02 Jul 2011 10:11
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

amit wrote:... if PVNR was such a strong PM then how is it that MMS is solely responsible for "destroying the domestic mining industry"? I mean one should at least blame PVNR as well, na? Even though he's a folkhero here! :-)
DAE is run by PMO. FM is not at all involved.
by GuruPrabhu
02 Jul 2011 09:11
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: India Nuclear News And Discussion
Replies: 4936
Views: 785861

Re: India Nuclear News And Discussion

I know a good deal about nuclear science , engineering and commerce. Please do not over react to an obvious typo . If you read about pokhran you ll realise that the 2 stage devise was a 200 kt warhead design restricted to 48 kt for testing purpose . And indeed there was a village within 5 km . It m...