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by pgbhat
01 Jun 2009 00:18
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 619296

Re: Indian IT Industry

^^^
:rotfl:
calm down SRoy babu.
by pgbhat
31 May 2009 22:25
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 619296

Re: Indian IT Industry

^^^
Singha-saar good news :D . I am aiming for big blue :mrgreen:
by pgbhat
31 May 2009 08:37
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indo-UK: News & Discussion
Replies: 3938
Views: 824223

Re: Indo-UK: News & Discussion

“fresh evidence” and “more details”
:rotfl: :rotfl:
Scared $hitless or incompetant MI6.
Either way UKStan is screwed.
by pgbhat
31 May 2009 08:08
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Australia News and Discussion
Replies: 2270
Views: 494032

Re: India-Australia News and Discussion

Yogi_G wrote:Has there ever been an anti-white racist incident in our history?
That idiot Robert Mugabe.
by pgbhat
31 May 2009 02:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 397
Views: 45110

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

Prem wrote: Soil must be receptive , you cannot grow mangoes in Antartica even though digging is possible.
8) :rotfl: :rotfl:
by pgbhat
30 May 2009 08:12
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: India-Australia News and Discussion
Replies: 2270
Views: 494032

Re: India-Australia News and Discussion

^^^
That's just pure white trash
by pgbhat
29 May 2009 01:54
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Strategic leadership for the future of India
Replies: 1978
Views: 322010

Re: Strategic leadership for the future of India

^
IOW no RS only LS. :-?
I guess whole point of RS I guess is to have a few statesmen above partisan politics. Whether it has turned out that way is very much debatable.

That would also mean gerrymandering of electoral districts on a larger scale.
by pgbhat
29 May 2009 00:21
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 619296

Re: Indian IT Industry

Singha wrote: a insulting answer would be <snip> or "I had started to read it one day but then my hot gf called me for a coffee to barista"
:((
come on Singha saar that could be a valid excuse. You should ask for her photo and then judge :mrgreen:
by pgbhat
28 May 2009 00:50
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 619296

Re: Indian IT Industry

sum ji, I don't have any fixed set of such questions and construct them on-the-go (usually with the candidates help :mrgreen: ) on the whiteboard. The underlying tech is something which the candidate claims to have done. Say for example, I get a UCB chappie/chappette who has done wireless sensor ne...
by pgbhat
27 May 2009 20:40
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 619296

Re: Indian IT Industry

True Story: This company I worked for many moons ago used to write software used by several large corporations in a particular industry and also support it. One major customer asked that on the support side, we should have a special help desk dedicated just for them and also we should have at least...
by pgbhat
27 May 2009 06:35
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 516
Views: 192424

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

The Americans do not understand, unless it is drilled into them repetitively. I think Pakistan has learned that. They keep on repeating about their anxieties with Indians, their begging, their demands for stopping drone attacks, their demands for getting drone technology, yada, yada, yada. All the ...
by pgbhat
27 May 2009 00:09
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 619296

Re: Indian IT Industry

^^^ :rotfl: .... the tcp/ip and unix books by richard stevens . all deserve well worn place on the bookshelf. there's also pretty good linux guides and tutorials on the web these days. true knowledge never goes out of fashion but languages and pkgs will change. I was absolutely terrified of that ser...
by pgbhat
26 May 2009 11:47
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 516
Views: 192424

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

Found this story quintessentially Pakistani given that it reflects in the domestic sphere the aggressive style of begging adopted internationally by the Pakistani State: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 Beggar kills salesman in Faisalabad LAHORE: A beggar on Monday shot dead a salesman working at a bakery in ...
by pgbhat
26 May 2009 06:44
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 516
Views: 192424

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

Pakistan's Struggle for Modernity The country's voters have never endorsed religious extremism. By FOUAD AJAMI WSJ article but this reads like a press release from ISPR 8) The army is a huge institution, and its mandate is like that of the Turkish army, which sees itself as a defender of secular po...
by pgbhat
24 May 2009 09:21
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 516
Views: 192424

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

From the above article .... Nothing will be solved by searching for the "true Islam" or by quoting the Koran. :rotfl: I guess Hamid Gul and his ilk will disagree. Pakistan's selfhood must be expanded ad maximum and made so capacious that it accommodates its Punjabis, Sindhis, Pathans, and ...
by pgbhat
24 May 2009 08:11
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Future strategic scenario for the Indian Subcontinent
Replies: 2861
Views: 442791

Re: Future strategic scenario for the Indian Subcontinent

I dont know if this was posted here goes ... http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8065253.stm The outgoing Foreign Minister, Pranab Mukherjee, becomes finance minister, charged with steering India through the economic downturn. SM Krishna, the former chief minister of Karnataka state, becomes forei...
by pgbhat
22 May 2009 06:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 516
Views: 192424

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

A society misunderstood by Farzana Shah Things can get terrible and fear can take over us but people forget that there is a resilient side to us too. Let me tell you an interesting story. There is a woman I know who works in my colony as a maid. She has about five kids and her son and daughter are ...
by pgbhat
22 May 2009 04:57
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: West Asia News and Discussions
Replies: 12577
Views: 1347345

Re: Middle East News and Discussion

Egyptian President Mubarak cancels US trip Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has cancelled a trip to Washington due to the death of his 12-year-old grandson , the White House says. Muhammad Mubarak, 12, died on Monday in a hospital in Paris and was buried on Tuesday in Cairo. The cause of death was ...
by pgbhat
20 May 2009 02:07
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 516
Views: 192424

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

After looking at the pic i feel :( . Not only for Sikhs but every body displaced by TSPA :roll: From AP photos A young boy walks in a Sikh Temple at Hasanabdal, near Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, May 19, 2009. More than 300 Sikhs from Buner and Swat in Pakistan's northwest, have sought shelter at th...
by pgbhat
19 May 2009 07:30
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 516
Views: 192424

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

^^^
:rotfl: You missed out "krachi"

Panetta: Location of all Pakistan nukes not known :roll:
hopefully desh knows but i would'nt count on it :( .
by pgbhat
18 May 2009 05:39
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 516
Views: 192424

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

Taliban heading to Karachi for safety Batches: “We come in different batches to Karachi to rest and if needed, get medical treatment, and stay with many of our brothers who are living here in large numbers,” 32-year-old Taliban Omar Gul Mehsud told AP. Shah Jahan, a 35-year-old who said he commands...
by pgbhat
17 May 2009 20:06
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009
Replies: 516
Views: 192424

Re: Terrorist Islamic Republic of Pakistan - May 16 2009

^^^^
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Sum saar, I was actually imagining parle-g biscuits being unwrapped by Indian babus.
by pgbhat
17 May 2009 08:57
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)
Replies: 2768
Views: 591489

Re: Indian Economy: News and Discussion (June 8 2008)

^^^^
Well we can expect hakim Jean Drèze getting atleast padmashri next year for sure. :mrgreen:
by pgbhat
09 May 2009 04:10
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: Indian Army Discussion
Replies: 398
Views: 183418

Re: Indian Army Discussion

I see all of you have dismissed this RSS Claim of Ms Roy without a further thought. Yet nobody ponders the ramifications of such a thing if it were true. RSS/Hindutva has been on the rise through out the country in various forms. Gurjat , Malgoan , Orrisa , Banglore Incident , MNS , Shiv Sena ,etc....
by pgbhat
07 May 2009 10:40
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Military Multimedia - Indian Armed Forces
Replies: 2239
Views: 603954

Re: Military Multimedia Content

Sriman wrote:US Navy Pilots are catapulted off the flight deck, accelerating from 0 to 180mph in 200 feet
The documentary is itself great time pass 8) . Last time I checked it was on HULU.
by pgbhat
04 May 2009 17:10
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Nepal and Bhutan News and discussion
Replies: 1747
Views: 416483

Re: Nepal News and discussion

The Military Coup That Wasnt

Tells you what happened in Military Commanders' meet. :eek:
by pgbhat
01 May 2009 06:56
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: Indian IT Industry
Replies: 3916
Views: 619296

Re: Indian IT Industry

bhailog, I am graduating soon with yum yes .... no job :(( :(( any suggestions??
by pgbhat
01 May 2009 00:57
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: J & K news and discussion
Replies: 3983
Views: 723326

Re: J & K news and discussion

Dilbu wrote: The CDMA service providers are lower in numbers when compared to GSM and finally I believe CDMA will also be intercepted as easily as GSM. Gurus please correct me if I am wrong.
CDMA can be intercepted nowadays.... although frequency hopping was first devised to avoid interception.
by pgbhat
29 Apr 2009 18:11
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: PRC Economy and Industry: News and Discussions
Replies: 3933
Views: 794371

Re: PRC Economy News and Discussions-II

^^^^ ok whatever :roll: ...... We still would like to believe terrorists are IDIOTS with cheap cell phones and we will take all precautions to contain them even if it means banning chinese cell phones. I would still like to believe that spoofing (for a terrorist) is far more difficult on a nokia/sam...
by pgbhat
29 Apr 2009 13:54
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: PRC Economy and Industry: News and Discussions
Replies: 3933
Views: 794371

Re: PRC Economy News and Discussions-II

cellphones are used to get connection with others, so they must have relative fixed phone number, if one changed SIM randomly, how can others call him? terrorists can change IMEI randomly, only IMEI of Nokia is unchangable. SAMSUNG or Sony-Ericsson are changable by software such as SETOOL2. It's ve...
by pgbhat
29 Apr 2009 12:57
Forum: Science, Economics & Technology Forum
Topic: PRC Economy and Industry: News and Discussions
Replies: 3933
Views: 794371

Re: PRC Economy News and Discussions-II

It's stupid to trace terrorists by IMEI, right way is tracing by SIM. Another foolish rumor is the Chinese cellphone have 10 or 14 digit IMEI, in fact they have 15 digit same as Nokia. It's unavailing to ban duplicated IMEI, those shanzhais' IMEI would be changed by software and datalink, most of t...
by pgbhat
28 Apr 2009 12:25
Forum: Strategic & Security Issues Archive
Topic: Strategic leadership for the future of India
Replies: 1978
Views: 322010

Re: Strategic leadership for the future of India

What would an Indian strike achieve? by George Friedman Interesting reading.... some excerpts .... The argument against attacking Pakistan therefore rests on a very thin layer of analysis. It requires the belief that Pakistan is not responsible for the attacks, that it is nonetheless restraining ra...
by pgbhat
20 Apr 2009 19:48
Forum: Trash Can Archive
Topic: MRCA News and Discussion
Replies: 395
Views: 262823

Re: MRCA News and Discussion

Indian Air Force says Rafale still in fighter competition :rotfl: “We have not ruled anyone out yet in the MMRCA competition,” says an IAF spokesman, who confirmed that the service is responsible for evaluating the contenders. “All of the tests have not been completed. The technical evaluations are...
by pgbhat
20 Apr 2009 19:35
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy and International Anti-Piracy Ops
Replies: 1192
Views: 295786

Re: Indian Navy and International Anti-Piracy Ops

^^^
besides that china is having a fleet review, this week i believe, so may be they didn't have enough boats at their disposal. :mrgreen:
by pgbhat
20 Apr 2009 09:58
Forum: Military Issues & History Forum
Topic: Indian Navy and International Anti-Piracy Ops
Replies: 1192
Views: 295786

Re: Indian Navy and International Anti-Piracy Ops

Navy responds to SOS from Seychelles The Seychelles Armed Forces today said it had requested the Indian Navy to patrol the exclusive economic zone of the country. The Navy confirmed that INS Nirdeshak has already been sent to the region. While details of the area to be patrolled and the deployment ...
by pgbhat
19 Apr 2009 13:23
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion
Replies: 4621
Views: 1436241

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion

So the conversation recorded on 26/11 was not done by RAW? A lot of claims were made in the media about the intercepting capabilities of Indian agencies including the Thuraya sat conversation. I remember there was some kind of rumor that undercover see-eye-yeah agents were killed/present when the a...
by pgbhat
18 Apr 2009 13:07
Forum: History & Current Affairs Archive
Topic: Intelligence & National Security Discussion
Replies: 4621
Views: 1436241

Re: Intelligence & National Security Discussion

Came across a few names of Indian spooks who sacrificed their life in the line of duty: This is from Praveen Swami's book on Jihad in J&K and these four IB men were eliminated in 1987-89 period... Nilkanth Ganjoo,the judge who had sentenced Maqbool Butt to death and survived an earlier assassin...
by pgbhat
18 Apr 2009 00:15
Forum: Strategy, Politics & International Relations Forum
Topic: Mumbai Terrorist Attack-News stories and timeline
Replies: 2954
Views: 492696

Re: Mumbai Terrorist Attack-News stories and timeline

Inside Kasab's Mumbai Courtroom excerpt about security for the butcher On Wednesday, it was an orderly, impressive show of force by a sea of khaki-wearing state police and assault-rifle carrying border patrol officers. They filled the streets, corridors and windows in and around Mumbai's Arthur Roa...