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by gakakkad
26 Jul 2011 20:44
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: A Nation on the March
Replies: 897
Views: 378616

Re: A Nation on the March

All 4 Indians win silver in the international Biology olympiad.
by gakakkad
26 Jul 2011 19:29
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 481340

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

Their was a broadcast on Times Now about tapping of terrorist conversations in which the piglets talk of slaying Kashmiri's to teach them a lesson for not cooperating. Also that rabbani wimmin is meeting hurri-rat before having chai biskoot with Indian officials. Love that channel . Right time to sh...
by gakakkad
26 Jul 2011 10:06
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-EU News & Analysis
Replies: 1784
Views: 404698

Re: India-EU News & Analysis

^^^^ the norwegian episode is getting very very creepy. As I read more about it I say it in my head "this is not happening , this can't be happening." I have a feeling that the Hindu news stories are not real. They are planted by congress stooges attempting get Indian nationalists name mal...
by gakakkad
26 Jul 2011 09:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 481340

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

when's the next hajaam sethi coming up? would love to see comments of fai episode. :)
by gakakkad
25 Jul 2011 19:54
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 481340

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

RajeshA wrote:Pakistan is not a Rabid Dog - Hai na Khara

Agree with this one. TSP is actually a cross between suar and khuspoo that is infected with rabies.
by gakakkad
25 Jul 2011 15:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

^^ yeah sure Hitachi owns 60% of American GE's nuclear power business. American Interests well served. And Japanese economy grew to be the 2nd largest in the world by 1990. What could serve American interest better.
by gakakkad
25 Jul 2011 15:32
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 481340

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

Any person with a modicum of analytical abilities will reach the same conclusion as Brevik. The difference will be how he deals with it. Act like him and hurt your own cause in the long run. Or build coalitions and pressure groups to force the assimilition of the musilim migration and make them mor...
by gakakkad
25 Jul 2011 15:18
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

@ Amber There are a few things I don't quite get wrt the chinese design . What is the "vented low pressure chamber" ? It is supposed to be some sort of safeguard mechanism. PBR'S are not supposed to have a dome unlike the PWR'S . And chernobyl showed that the dome was useless in any case. ...
by gakakkad
25 Jul 2011 15:09
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

^^^ You don't need to declassify documents to know that US promoted nuclear energy. They did so quite openly . They also promoted computers , televisions , angioplasty , anti HIV therapy , by pass surgery , anti cancer therapy and equality for women. Maybe they had something evil in mind. In 1980s J...
by gakakkad
25 Jul 2011 09:18
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 481340

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

noobie question - This chap vir sanghvi is pro Indian or just another WKK/Dhoti roy type ?
by gakakkad
25 Jul 2011 08:48
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

@ Amber , The Nat Geo article underlines all problems of the Country. Anti Indian 'intellectual's" misleading people into believing that some evil work is going on . In reality life of an average Indian will transform to a much better one. But that's is not in some people's interest. The reason...
by gakakkad
24 Jul 2011 15:55
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous
Replies: 4126
Views: 857191

Re: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous

Its not the official song of the Indain navy, AFAIK. And the song is Divano by ERA.. Thanks you introduced me to a band I was unfamiliar with , the song is actually "the mass" by ERA . It is a rendition of Carmina burana which is an old latin folk song. The band is a pseudolatin/pseudo gr...
by gakakkad
24 Jul 2011 08:59
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous
Replies: 4126
Views: 857191

Re: Newbie Corner & Military Miscellaneous



Is this truly the official song of the Indian navy ? Why did they use Carmina burana o fortuna as their official song ?
by gakakkad
24 Jul 2011 08:49
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: PRC Economy and Industry: News and Discussions
Replies: 3933
Views: 794386

Re: PRC Economy and Industry: News and Discussions

^^^ what did they spend their 95 billion on then?
by gakakkad
23 Jul 2011 20:29
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: PRC Economy and Industry: News and Discussions
Replies: 3933
Views: 794386

Re: PRC Economy and Industry: News and Discussions

Deleted. An accident is an accident.
by gakakkad
23 Jul 2011 20:24
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

I should say that they were fortunate that it happened in a Big city. Delhi has state of the art radio therapy centres. They are manned by radiation oncologists who could have identified the sickness. Though I did not get the exact clinical status of the patients from media report. I ll call a frien...
by gakakkad
23 Jul 2011 20:11
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (Apr 1 2011)
Replies: 3372
Views: 442646

Re: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (Apr 1 2011)

social factors have a good deal more to do with our under nutrtion than per capita. I mean we eat polished rise like basmati. That removes all the essential vitamins. And we have poor cooking techniques. Even Ambani can be mal nourished.
by gakakkad
23 Jul 2011 20:06
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2239
Views: 458845

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

^^ wow thats elegant and simple.
by gakakkad
23 Jul 2011 19:54
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

There was some Co-60 found in Delhi sometime back.I was quite busy in the US then and was cut off from Desh. Does anyone know if cases of exposure were found in the nearby hospitals? The thing with radiation injury is that unless a Doctor knows about it he will not be able to identify it. It is espe...
by gakakkad
23 Jul 2011 19:50
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

This is a very decent article on clinical effects of radiation exposure and basic principles of its Management. It explains how a fukushima like disaster can be managed. It is from the New England Journal of Medicine which is a top medical journal. It should be accessible to non subscribers. Let me ...
by gakakkad
23 Jul 2011 17:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-EU News & Analysis
Replies: 1784
Views: 404698

Re: India-EU News & Analysis

I feel it is highly unlikely for this to be a right winged attack, Sure you may cite Timothy Mcveigh. But Norway is no US. There are plently of things to be disappointed for in US. US has a fair amount of poverty.I have seen some very poor patients die because they could not afford treatment. The in...
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 20:29
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 481340

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

Eureka ! I found a Pak link. The chief suspect Mullah Krekar studied law in Pakistan. And even taught.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline ... rekar.html
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 20:02
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

^^^ Thanks . wonder you guys interested in Nuclear medicine developments. Any way there was an interesting article in one of the medical Journals about dealing with nuclear disasters. Let me know I you interested.
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 19:54
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 481340

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

Yup copenhagen is close by. Just 1 hr flight between the to. I believe 500-600 km by road. Thats accurate enough for the Paki. If this is the accuracy of their human propelled bums wonder how accurate their missiles are. :).
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 19:40
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 481340

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

^^^ I was unaware that Paki's were in scandinavia. May be they got very jealous as Scandinavian countries have the tallest population in the world.;) I am almost 6 foot tall and I felt like a kid there.So bakis though Joo norway kaafirs are even more TFTA than us . So bummmmmm.
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 19:29
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2239
Views: 458845

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

^^^ In physics our rank must be second or third. AFAIK they do not maintain country tally. We always do best at physics. Because of Indian love for Irodov's problem book .If IMO had calculus in syllabus we would have always won . Wish number theory would be included in the Indian syllabus. This soun...
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 19:16
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): June 30, 2011
Replies: 2855
Views: 481340

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

What did Norway ever do to the Pakis? Perhaps these yoyo's forgot their geography. :) Or maybe out of sheer jealousy. I have visited norway. It is breathtakingly beautiful. You will even forget Switzerland. Request to all BRFites. If you visit any international news sites on this topic ensure that y...
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 16:13
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: AMCA News and Discussions
Replies: 3310
Views: 891012

Re: AMCA News and Discussions

Could the non stealth in maritime missions be due to external fuel tanks? And arguably (my personal assumption, not a fact) we need more stealth for attacking land based targets than maritime as air defence network of land is any day much denser than of sea. (AGREED does sound a bit like lahori logi...
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 16:01
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1212730

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

SagarAg wrote:I don't know if its a valid question on this thread but how is Haft-9 different from Prahaar except the range.
Prahaar exists in real life. Haft only as a jpeg file.
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 11:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

Amber saar , please post the presentation of lizard reactor designs. anything to do with Panda is of interest to us.
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 11:39
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2239
Views: 458845

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

AMBER SIR, heres solution for first one. h&d blows to us apduls when high school kids do these more efficiently than us :roll: :(( But its true . I was far better when I was in school than now. Maybe because I took up medicine. But i try to keep my maths alive. there are only 4 good pairs possib...
by gakakkad
22 Jul 2011 07:53
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (Apr 1 2011)
Replies: 3372
Views: 442646

Re: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (Apr 1 2011)

Hey people. whats the status of the food security bill ? who is supporting it ? Hopefully bjp et al wont let it pass.
by gakakkad
21 Jul 2011 20:05
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: BR Maths Corner-1
Replies: 2239
Views: 458845

Re: BR Maths Corner-1

I ll try to post the solution by today evening. Please do not post the solution's . :)
by gakakkad
21 Jul 2011 20:02
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: A Nation on the March
Replies: 897
Views: 378616

Re: A Nation on the March

^^^ India is the only country in which no career incentive is given to the participants of these contests. In most other countries students are given admission to college and branch of their choice. They are treated as Olympic heroes. When I was in class 12th several years ago the second round of se...
by gakakkad
21 Jul 2011 10:36
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

classic pan walla info on CHTR design research of desh. Fuel config of pebbles as indicated in the last page. CFD of core and thermodynamic studies of various designs are underway. Informative presentation on concepts.

http://www.iaea.org/INPRO/CPs/COOL/2nd_ ... -INDIA.pdf
by gakakkad
21 Jul 2011 10:31
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

^^ one of the reactors in Kakrapar plant breeds thorium. We do have a few research reactors and some more in design stage. Kalpakkam does not breed thorium AFAIK. The FBTR in Kalpakkam is Pu based.
by gakakkad
21 Jul 2011 10:24
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1212730

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

^^^ Why does everyone want to take out airbases with Ballistic missiles only? Dont airstrikes have a role?
by gakakkad
21 Jul 2011 10:08
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
Replies: 3952
Views: 1212730

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

^^^ @ sagarag Prahaar is a battlefield /tactical missile. It can be transported by truck launcher so it can cross IB/LOC/LAC when IA advances. PAK does have some airbases close by.
by gakakkad
21 Jul 2011 09:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011
Replies: 4532
Views: 706994

Re: India Nuclear News and Discussion 4 July 2011

@ Amber et al India is working on a compact High temperature design. Most probable fuel config will be pebble bed . BARC is carrying out design of a 600 MWth reactor for commercial hydrogen production [3]. For this reactor, various design options as regards fuel configurations, such as prismatic bed...