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by Jayram
30 May 2012 05:32
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 617499

Re: Indian IT Industry

thanks guys.. Looks legit then and standard practice... There is a question about Job responsibilites as a Mgmt trainee.. so will find out after joining which is next week or so..
by Jayram
29 May 2012 00:20
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 617499

Re: Indian IT Industry

ok need some input on my neice's recent job offer. Recent graduate from one of many colleges in desh with Btech in IT. The company shall remain nameless except to say it is one of the IT major's in India. Two questions 1. Postion "Management Trainee"- 6 month probation period with transiti...
by Jayram
26 May 2012 04:26
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: ABM/Missile Defense Discussion
Replies: 1942
Views: 578634

Re: ABM/Missile Defense Discussion

Acharya wrote:
BUILD A LITTLE
TEST A LITTLE
LEARN A LOT
That also is essentially the philosophy behind Agile Programming methodology..
by Jayram
26 May 2012 04:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-US Strategic News and Discussion
Replies: 14521
Views: 1529983

Re: India-US Strategic News and Discussion

Oh btw the way top 3 in the National Geographic jeopardy round were also Indians. looke here Geography Jeopardy I do agree with hnair on Spelling bee but Jeopardy takes more than rote memorization it also takes quick recall and ability to associate events rapidly. It is also viewed as a more mainstr...
by Jayram
25 May 2012 04:56
Forum: Military Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Naval Discussion
Replies: 5409
Views: 699991

Re: Indian Naval Discussion

Boss even in Russia it is spring and not dead of winter.. That is an old pic
by Jayram
24 May 2012 03:38
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown- (Nov 28 2010)
Replies: 4994
Views: 585893

Re: Perspectives on the global economic meltdown- (Nov 28 20

what hurd began, whitman aims to complete I suppose. TOI was reporting hurd cut funds to HP R&D labs so bad some scientists were secretly using pirated sw for their work. There could be a political angle to this. Whitman was Repub candidate for CA governor and lost. She might be also cutting th...
by Jayram
21 May 2012 20:22
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 3324
Views: 759363

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

Those are pitot tubes, IIRC, not refueling probes.. No I don't think so.. That probe is fairly large and you can clearly see pitot tubes at the bottom and side of the fuselage on expanding that picture. Google does not yield a def answer however I believe the IN might have received these aircraft (...
by Jayram
21 May 2012 11:56
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 3324
Views: 759363

Re: Miscellaneous Pictures - Indian Military

Since you all like the painting, then here is the "real thing" 8) http://vayu-sena-aux.tripod.com/other-gallery-misc1.html 1989 - US Navy F-14A Tomcat [202] aircraft of Fighter Squadron 111 (VF-111) investigates an Indian Navy Tu-142 Bear F [IN318] maritime reconnaissance aircraft somewhe...
by Jayram
30 Apr 2012 20:13
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 29 March 2012
Replies: 2868
Views: 286869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 29 March 2

What a place... Raymond Davis saga continues..
I was under the impression that these folks received flights out of Pakistan?
http://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-women-r ... 36251.html
by Jayram
26 Apr 2012 21:54
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
Replies: 4358
Views: 547927

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

The Chinese have an extremely strong, vital, interest in preventing the not-so-rational TSP from using nukes against India. India would likely associate a Pak strike against India with a China strike, and hence retaliate against both. This I dont buy. Has India ever declared explicitly they would d...
by Jayram
24 Apr 2012 22:38
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Siachen News & Discussion
Replies: 3050
Views: 500209

Re: Siachen News & Discussion

A Paki graduate perhaps either NRP or 2 gen student who is still carrying on for papa. It is a student newspaper too so more toilet paper...
by Jayram
20 Apr 2012 09:06
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
Replies: 4358
Views: 547927

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

Singha yes and that link your provided reinforces the point that we need to have reliable miniaturized warheads (for the same bang ) to fit into a 1100 Kg payload or our total payload (for equivalent amount of bang) will have to go up thereby effecting range (which may or may not be a big deal since...
by Jayram
20 Apr 2012 08:25
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
Replies: 4358
Views: 547927

Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

Folks, 1.1 tonne RV means 1100kg. The book "Lightning Bolts" says maal to vehicle weight ratio is 1/3. Assuming that the technology has remained constant, a conservative weight estimate for Indian maal is ~350kg. Ramana a question then.. Does this mean that the MIRV payload is now 350 Kg ...
by Jayram
18 Apr 2012 01:42
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 29 March 2012
Replies: 2868
Views: 286869

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): 29 March 2

Little birdie tells me that gyari was no "outpost". It was an ammo dump and logistics base. And oh, many many more than 150 met their 72. So is there a likelihood that Chemical Weapons were clandestinely stored there given the report of the presence of “Toxic Gases” at the site?: X Posted...
by Jayram
12 Apr 2012 00:19
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA News and Discussions
Replies: 3947
Views: 1008633

Re: LCA News and Discussions

Laymans interpretation.. Higher the AOA the better it is for Aircraft to do STOL's ie short takeoff's and landings. Good for those carrier based landings that the NLCA is supposed to do.. Also though not so evident higher AOA is better during recovery from steep dives causing the aircraft to handle ...
by Jayram
02 Apr 2012 23:44
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion
Replies: 6031
Views: 1307922

Re: Civil Aviation Development & Discussion

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/1065/20120328182746459.jpg Surprising appearance last week at an out of the way airport in Sacramento CA - not the main airport but an executive one.. Not sure if it connected to all the turmoil in KF these days.. Surprising enough for me to pause and take this pi...
by Jayram
20 Mar 2012 04:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 964052

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

^^^ Nice to hear about the RISAT-1 launch coming up.It's eagery awaited! Not to be nitpicking, but wasn't this supposed to be launced around March 15th? A good side note is that RISAT-2 is confirmed to be an Indian satellite with an Israeli made SAR. A couple of reports tended to suggest that the e...
by Jayram
18 Mar 2012 11:36
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: LCA News and Discussions
Replies: 3947
Views: 1008633

Re: LCA News and Discussions

Ok admittedly a very late question to the party but why does the LCA fuselage ride so high ? In other words why is the height from the main fuselage to the ground so high? Is it for weapons attachments clearance and mid line external drop tanks attachment only or something else? Once the wheels are ...
by Jayram
17 Feb 2012 00:03
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Mumbai Terrorist Attack-News stories and timeline
Replies: 2954
Views: 490472

Re: Mumbai Terrorist Attack-News stories and timeline

My parents ran into an IPS officer while travelling on a train and he said GOI is actually keeping him alive as he is more valuable alive than dead as a constant reminder to our neighbor of their perfidy. Strategic value..
by Jayram
05 Dec 2011 21:42
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Kaveri & Aero-Engine: News & Discussion
Replies: 6378
Views: 2064785

Re: Kaveri & aero-engine discussion

Another set of videos from BBC. How to build a jumbo jet engine. - a peek into Rolls Royce . Quite clear that such a large enterprise needs decades of support as should be treated the same way as the Indian nuclear submarine project. Good one.. Part 2 of 4 at around 9 minutes has the part about sin...
by Jayram
09 Aug 2011 22:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Aug 05, 2011
Replies: 2851
Views: 418920

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Aug 05, 20

India blocks Pakistan-born Usman Khawaja’s visa Pakistan-born Australian batsman Usman Khawaja on Tuesday said he was being refused a visa into India for next month’s Champions League Twenty20 tournament because of his country of birth. ... link Really -- this is BS news.. Kwaja was here in the Wor...
by Jayram
13 Jul 2011 22:07
Forum: Terrorism Archive
Topic: Serial Blasts in Mumbai
Replies: 1252
Views: 453533

Re: Serial Blasts in Mumbai

Call me what you want but I doubt these kids of blasts can stopped by the Govt now or in the future. There are simply too many disgruntled elements of all pursuians in India with easy access to get what they want to get from accross the border or whereever. Unlike the US we can not monitor all mosqu...
by Jayram
27 May 2011 22:58
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: A Nation on the March
Replies: 897
Views: 376886

Re: A Nation on the March

Here is a great interview that reflects psyops of the highest order - an very interllgent interview with an Indian Ceo running Mastercard in the US..
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/CEO-Inter ... 5.html?x=0
by Jayram
23 May 2011 20:13
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 2011
Replies: 2866
Views: 453447

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): May 8, 201

Comment from Yahoo boards

1. Pakistan has a Navy?!?

2. It only took 6 Taliban to occupy it?!?

Looks like us sending SEALS into Pakistan was a little overkill. We could have taken out Osama with the Salvation Army :rotfl:
by Jayram
05 May 2011 21:27
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: News - Osama Bin Laden - killed In Pakistan
Replies: 2848
Views: 424424

Re: Breaking News - Osama Bin Laden - killed In Pakistan

Pakistanis say U.S. shot bin Laden in "cold blood" Pakis have access to the crime scene (firefight). They have tons of DNA evidence (blood ) and living progeny that they can use to link the dna to the person and credibly recreate who went done where and when. They can recreate if Bin Lade...
by Jayram
04 May 2011 00:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: News - Osama Bin Laden - killed In Pakistan
Replies: 2848
Views: 424424

Re: Breaking News - Osama Bin Laden - killed In Pakistan

discussion on the mystery helo over at milphotus. http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?197635-The-mysterious-helicopter-involved-in-the-Osama-Bin-Laden-raid The US chopper that crashed was an AH-6 Little Bird. Small and nimble, just the right size to land inside high walled compounds...
by Jayram
03 May 2011 22:26
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: News - Osama Bin Laden - killed In Pakistan
Replies: 2848
Views: 424424

Re: Breaking News - Osama Bin Laden - killed In Pakistan

I was watching MSNBC news and they showed a fleeting glimpse of the bedroom wall from outside in the street. I stopped and rewound a couple of times.. From what I could tell there were TWO rough circles around the outside of the wall of the bedroom wall on either side of a window. These were placed ...
by Jayram
04 Apr 2011 20:38
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: The Cricket World Cup Thread
Replies: 8255
Views: 915800

Re: The Cricket World Cup Celebration Thread

telegraph uk article on India's win But if Sangakkara had felt he had called correctly first time, his ready agreement to do it again was curious. Most captains calling correctly in a World Cup final would plainly refuse to toss again. A very good point indeed. From the comments on that article Wel...
by Jayram
04 Apr 2011 01:49
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: The Cricket World Cup Thread
Replies: 8255
Views: 915800

Re: The Cricket World Cup Celebration Thread

anupmisra wrote:
Hariprasad wrote:WTF :rotfl: What in the gods name is this ?
It can not beat this one: Started wid da daysurt

Enjoy!! Save for posterity.
Lolololl... That one was wins the cakes.. (as I imagine the song writers would say)..
by Jayram
19 Mar 2011 01:59
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami - News and Analysis
Replies: 2262
Views: 255073

Re: 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami - News and Analysis

Hope Admins are ok with me posting this here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wYiNnHEGyY&feature=player_embedded Check out this video for a closup view taken when the water comes pouring over due to the tsunami.. The situation goes from bystandar like to scary. The house and the people seen at @3...
by Jayram
16 Mar 2011 22:18
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 617499

Re: Indian IT Industry

Looks like employers in India prefering CS/EEE grads over IT? The IT demand has not gone away here in massa.. The industry has matured and is maturing but there is still a need in IT in the US and I assume in India for IT development. This demand is supplied mostly by contractors on H1 etc.. Perhaps...
by Jayram
16 Mar 2011 22:05
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Feb. 12, 2011
Replies: 2857
Views: 458688

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Feb. 12, 2

Valid point. The US has paid ransom money to get the release of a diplomat assuming that man actually had diplomatic status. So the oft quoted US line We will not negotiate with Terrorists and Will not pay Ransom money is all for public consumption only.. When the chips are down even the mighty Mas...
by Jayram
05 Mar 2011 06:01
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Feb. 12, 2011
Replies: 2857
Views: 458688

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan (TSP): Feb. 12, 2

Not sure if that was posted before.. Caught a BBC World Program in the car today interviewing a BBC journalist settled and married to a pakistani who decided to call it quits and move permanently to Dubai.. On the car radio he came out as very very pessimistic about Paki society future and his own f...
by Jayram
02 Mar 2011 22:01
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: The Cricket World Cup Thread
Replies: 8255
Views: 915800

Re: The Cricket Thread

People crying in the audience.. Ireland goign mad.. Incredible scenes .. Congratulations Ireland..
BTw India plays Ireland this weekend...
Going to be quite a game!!!
by Jayram
09 Feb 2011 04:50
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2
Replies: 4158
Views: 1191189

Re: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2

And he has more INS Arihant is presently berthed under a shed at the Ship Building Centre (SBC) near the Naval Dockyard in Vishakhapatnam and will undergo all the standard harbour and sea trials common to all nuclear submarines. The crew has been trained at the Kalpakkam training nuclear reactor and...
by Jayram
18 Jan 2011 11:30
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Two-G (2G) Spectrum Scam Tapes and follow-up
Replies: 4139
Views: 597451

Re: Two-G (2G) Spectrum Scam Tapes and follow-up

Then the German government provided these names under some taxation treaty. Also, on the USD 2.2 Billion bribe to Rajiv Gandhi, it was published in a report that appeared in a Swiss magazine immediately after his death and got submerged in the events. $2,2 Billion ? That sounds awfully high as a br...
by Jayram
06 Jan 2011 02:04
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 617499

Re: Indian IT Industry

Texas Instruments: Work centers around low cost innovation. Twenty five years ago, when Dallas headquartered chip maker Texas Instruments (TI) bet on Bangalore as a back office destination it had to transfer equipment — from satellite dish to servers — on bullock carts. A quarter century later thos...
by Jayram
27 Dec 2010 09:52
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Space Program Discussion
Replies: 3966
Views: 964052

Re: Indian Space Program Discussion

recall some gora was complaining about the lack of vibration testing done during chandrayan's launch to meet the tight deadlines after integration with some foriegn module or the other.. It was mentioned then that ISRO cutting corners like this was not good but we are like this only view prevaled..I...
by Jayram
03 Dec 2010 21:52
Forum: Mil-Tech Archive
Topic: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2
Replies: 4158
Views: 1191189

Re: INS Arihant (ATV) News and Discussion -2

Arihant to sail on deterrent patrol after commissioning Sandeep Unnithan http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/121885/India/arihant-to-sail-on-deterrent-patrol-after-commissioning.html India's first ballistic missile submarine the INS Arihant will go on "deterrent patrol" or sail with a...
by Jayram
02 Dec 2010 23:10
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian Autos Thread
Replies: 3776
Views: 701914

Re: Indian Autos Thread

^^^ then you can perhaps explain why the repair shops refuses to undent a dent on body panels citing too thin and the front and rear bumper cover is made of cardboard mixed with some scrape metal and plastique so very conveniently named as exotic synthetic fiber. onlee change is performed no undent...