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GSLV-D5 brochure is up. http://isro.org/gslv-d5/pdf/brochure.pdf Good stuff. The brochure has many comments on modification made to this rocket. What was the diameter of the payload fairing in the D03 test in April 2010? This link suggests it was about 4 metres (konphusing onlee)(http://zeenews.ind...

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With TRS and PRP, congress was openly agnostic but secretively together always. Where are with YSRC, they are openly hostile, while secretively, in my opinion, together. Per this analysis, who/which group is then breaking down the statues, burning tires on Indira/Rajiv statues.....I doubt any of th...

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If enough employees come will willingly, all well and good. But if enough dont come, how will the coasta-seema admin run? If not some amount of stick and carrot will have to be used. If stick has to be used, would it work better for someone who has his base in nellore or one in warangal. Yes, the t...

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The article posted by ramana has a comment about 'jago/bhago', that this was not raised in the past (plus the '....have to go back' comment). This is cryptic.....What is the need for these comments especially after getting the bifurcation? And how does the 'go back' comment fit in with the 10-year t...

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Bhuvan has some updated imagery showing landslide areas overlaid. http://blogs.agu.org/landslideblog/files/2013/07/13_07-Kedarnath-Bhuvan-1.png -The island-like patch of green, north of Kedarnath, has a new, white-colored channel carved through it....result of the recent flood. I am not sure how th...

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There is something known as “Free Expansion” or the “Joule-Thomson” effect, named after James Prescott Joule and J.J. Thompson two of the founders of the field of Physical Chemistry. http://www.etomica.org/app/modules/sites/JouleThomson/Background2.html Free Expansion states that when a pressurized...

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^^^ Seems like the pilot with low time on 777 was the captain on this flight? And it was the junior pilot who had more experience on the type? But somehow that experience did not come into play in the flight deck in the last 30 seconds. A lot of speculation going on (in some fora) about 'heirarchica...

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Following some pilot discussion fora. Seems like PAPI (a color-based light system showing pilots the right glide slope) was shut down at SFO (atleast for that runway). So one basic visual indicator out. There were some passenger accounts that the engines were revved up at the last moment (too late o...

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Interview with a priest who was at Kedarnath when it happened. Heavy rain started Sunday/Sunday night. He mentions Chorbari taal failiing (taal phat gaya) on Monday morning at 6:55 a.m. (at about 1:00 minute into the video). If the taal indeed failed, it should be easy enough to confirm that once th...

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Rock saved Kedarnath Temple[edit] As the floods waters were carrying stones and boulders with it, one large rock that carried upto the temple and settled at the rear side of the Kedarnath Temple. This caused an obstruction to the debris and water which were coming down the mountain side, diverting ...

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3D Visualisation of Kedarnath » Satellite data from RISAT 1 and Cartosat of June 18, 2013
Post-disaster animation. No audio.

http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/updates/videos/tour.html

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Confirmed that the Shiva idol in Rishikesh was washed away: Picture from https://www.facebook.com/IndiaPictures https://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/p480x480/1012340_552786891434682_1537411268_n.jpg It is not clear what the statue is made of, but it is anchored to the base with steel rods, th...

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The landing of the C-130 could be a major new link in relief ops. Here's the Dharasu airstrip from google maps. Town: Chinyali, a few miles south of Dharasu. Zoom out a bit, air strip shows up just north west of Chinyali. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Chinyali+Saur+Bus+Stop,+NH+94,+Tehri+Garhwal,+Ut...

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....and at the same time India faces a dire shortage of civil engineers will to work for middling level pay that construction companies can afford to pay Rs10,000-Rs15,000 pm. Recently my dads company advertised for civil engineering jobs for a project near chinnasalem. Dire shortage...? So what pr...

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45 min of HD stuff: vFwqZ4qAUkE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFwqZ4qAUkE Grate vidiyoe....lotsa good shots, hy-deaf. At 6:28 and at 7:18 (more clearly), you can see the bolts that bolt down the shuttle (SRBs) to the ground. The bolts are exploded off ....just prior to the SRBs igniting but well a...

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heech, I never said anything about China being genetically this or that. I stay away from that kind of nonsense. I think you are unable to separate my posts from other posts that talk about Chinese this, Romulans that, Klingons something else. If I have said anything about innovation being genetic o...

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Things are not black and white, but to explain that to you would be a waste of time (especially after seeing your comment about Ramanujan being a British subject and therefore not an Indian).

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Well, if China's long-term plan is to to confine it's products to local markets and stay out of US and EU.......feel free. But you also missed the larger point.

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Well, Apple first happened in the US, and specifically Sili Valley. Same for Cisco, Boeing, Intel, AMD etc. There is a difference in being the first with a viable technology vs. developing a variation of it post-facto, after release in the market (am sure you understand this). I really don't unders...

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Am assuming this is in the US? Typically Ph.D programs have more funding than MS because one does more indepth research during Ph.d, and research generally has funding. Not sure how the situation is in Math departments but I expecct the applied areas of Math departments to have funding. (Ph.D philos...

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- Apple? - Facebook? Not at all clear a business model that will be sustainable. And China's Tencent, for example, has a larger market cap. Tencent's key product (QQ) was launched 2 decades ago. - Twitter? eBay? Amazon? I'ts not clear how any of this is more innovative than the Chinese alibaba, wei...

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heech, good to see you post (after a long hiatus). Your perspective on ground realities are interesting to read. Internet research only takes one that far (and sometimes it makes one see only what one wants to see). Read part of the NYTimes article. A glut of manufacturing jobs is a good problem to ...

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I don't think you got my point. The state of the military is directly related to the state of the economy which in turn is related to governance. The will to use the military depends on who is in power. All 3 have been lacking with the MMS Govt. A conflict with China may not remain localized. You h...

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Bade wrote:IIT Gandhinagar is on a recruitment drive, with the diro in town next week.....Plan to attend as it will be fun to watch the Senior balding Bataks whine about brand and privilege.

bataks....!?! is that a play on maindhaks?

lol

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No if you would like to take AC which India claims to be its own territory or at least enforce the LAC you need to be very strong militarily viz-a-viz China. I am not talking about a few tents. It will depend on economy, governance and will of the Govt. in power. The attempt to match China militari...

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the bottom line is that the chinese do not accept the LAC Thats correct. This incursion was to preempt IA from decisively enforcing the LAC. We should not do anything till we have sufficiently bolstered the region militarily. What timeframe are we talking about here.....in about 50 years? 30 years?...

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^^^ 3rd para mentions that engine is yet to be assembled ... also give a timeframe of actual Launch. The report has a sentence " The launch of a GSLV-D3 with an indigenous cryogenic engine in April 2010 ended in failure. Although the engine ignited in vacuum in space, the ignition could not be...

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This Shin Maywa flying boat is quite something. Checked out a couple of youtube videos. Here's one that shows it going forwards and afterwards, I mean.... backwards. Check out the takeoff roll at 4:30, full thrust is applied at 4:32 and by 4:42 it is airborne. It could take off from a lake!! http://...

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Recently, Boeing received approval to commence limited test flights to test their battery solutions and assess the electrical (and fire safety) performance. They did one flight recently. Below is a comment on the changes made. (link added later: http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-boeing-...

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Incuding construction in service is not my idea. It is a standard followed by world bank or IMF ( i cannot recall now ) and GOI also classifies it as service since work does not happen in a factory/plant. If a car is made right in the back ward of a prospective buyer then that would be called servi...

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.Once built , the service indutry will then use this to earn mega bucks and create lots of jobs.....but the manufacturing folks will then be sitting idle for the next airport to be put on the block by the service........In fact, buildign is considered in service sector only. So it is all service jo...

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http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/infrastructure/mumbai-airports-t2-set-to-outshine-delhis-t3/slideshow/19090793.cms Cannot believe these images. A service driven economy building these kind of things . A minor point...a service driven economy, per your logic, will be paying for these ...

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The foreign investment into Cyprus was targeted harder, at 10% for accounts over 100,000 Euro. Deposits below that were 'taxed' at 6.75% (must be the local citizens). Here's an article from Economist: http://www.economist.com/blogs/schumpeter/2013/03/cyprus-bail-out "Unfair, short-sighted and s...

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Hahaha.. psudo-Secularist Thieves are going berserk... Watch the timeline of Amaresh misra (twin brother of Zaid Hamid who stayed in India) on twitter.. he is going nuts.. giving all maa-behen gaalis to Namo and others publicly.. This guy was touted as "intellectual" by MSM and given airt...

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... Profit margins are decreasing day by day. Quality of engineers/managers available is another problematic area. To all my relatives who are in colleges, one advice I give these days is to keep away from IT. Am curious about why this advice. It is still a vast field with many companies/projects a...

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FAA gives permission to Boeing to test its fix for the battery fire problems. Article in Chicago Sun-times. http://www.suntimes.com/business/18800964-420/faa-oks-plan-for-boeing-787-dreamliner-fix.html FAA has not found a root cause for the short circuit. Improvements by Boeing include better insula...

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Posting an old news article in this thread as a point of contrast. http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/norway-couple-arrested-indian-government-will-not-intervene-say-sources-299862 Indian couple were charged in Norway, about 1-2 years after the events took place. They returned to India, and were aske...

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^^^ Not fully sure what is meant by the above. If it is not gratis, it is all the more reason that people would be justified in not (or reduced) paying into their SS account if their SS checks from govt. are reduced from current, published values. Why would I want to continue paying the same amount ...

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^^^ Agree. If indeed anything like this is publicly declared (as opposed to just being discussed behind closed doors), the first thing a person would ask is: why should I contribute the same amount to social security anymore when my future payouts will be reduced. Any Senator/representative who vote...

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^^^ Interesting. I flew in one of these recently. There are 3 camera views that a passenger can see: one showing a forward view from th nose, one rear view and one on the tail, looking forward. The tail cam shows almost the full plane. Looks like the pilots were also keeping the tail camera view on ...

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