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  2. The Book Thread

    in General Chatter

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    ^^ :O my man !! o/

    i am going to order that first thing once those flipkart dudes get me my superman reboot (been over a month, stuck in customs they say), did not know there was another cracked fan.

    Good. Put in my shipping address when you order it :P:scarerun:

     

    And don't make it CoD :threatenlumber:

  4. The "Good" and The "Bad" News Thread :) :(

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    Good news: After a whole day attending my 2nd ever placement session (1st company rejected me saying I'm overqualified <_< ) , i have secured employment (Research analyst) with Beroe Inc. in Chennai, headquartered at North Carolina and with offices in 7 other countries. :happydance:

    So we'll see you with a errr..lipstick ? :mellow:

    I think it's mandatory in your company :mellow:

     

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  8. ~The TV Shows Thread~

    in General Chatter

    Posted

    watch these shows guys:

     

    inbetweeners

     

    misfits

     

    IT Crowd

     

     

     

    n pm McNinja (f@tman) if u want advice on what to watch :tongue:

    O_o ..

    Pure coincidence bro that you didn't watch some of the good shows I suggested. Otherwise we have hardcore sitcom lovers here :P .. I'm just a noob :samui: ..

    P

  10. The Book Thread

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    Posted

    I would call dan browns work entertaining but definitely not exceptional :|

     

    His books are indeed page turners but there are many other authors who write similar fast paced stuff like baldacci, reily etc

    +1. He isn't crap but isn't great either. Though I did find Angels & Demons to be fairly above his current standards. Deception point too.

  13. What you bought this week

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    Posted · Edited by F@tm@n

    Wow awesome purchases Fatman

    How do you get the time to read all the GNs ? :panic:

     

    Also which PG exam are you preparing for?

     

    Thanks ! :cheers:

    Well, I don't read all in one go. My normal reading time is before sleeping, 1-3 hours. Otherwise on lazy days & holidays :P

     

    And lets get the medical discussion on PM or gtalk else we're gonna derail the thread ! :P

     

    Add me on:

     

    alekhkhanna at gmail dot com

     

  15. Random stuff from the internet (not news)

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    Another good read - What UCLA teaches about India !

     

    An excerpt:

     

    The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has consistently earned high rankings in the world as the 12th best public university and inside the US, as the 2nd best, and boasts of being affiliated with several Nobel lauretes. Its noble motto, “let there be light” has echoes from the Vedic Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya. A University that boasts of such credentials usually means that it adheres to the highest academic standards in both teaching, course material, textbook prescriptions, recommended and additional reading, faculty-selection…well, at the least, it implies that when you enroll for a course there, you can reasonably guarantee that you will be taught accurate stuff. Especially history and subjects dealing with other cultures and religions.

     

    I was initially amused when the desi blogworld’s excellent historian, JK pointed me to this. Under the course entitled Introduction to Asian Civilizations: History of India, the official textbook recommendations include works of such luminaries as Romila Thapar, Jawaharlal Nehru (Discovery of India), AK Ramanujan, and a host of Western scholars who’ve written on and about the Ramayana and Mahabharata. But what really prompted this post was this lecture (downloadable MP3, about 22 MB) by one, Professor Vinay Lal.

     

    It’s best to clear some ground regarding the prescribed books for the course material.

    -Discovery of India is not a work of history. At best, it is one man’s flowery ruminations on an India that existed only in his imagination. And neither was that man a historian–by qualification, education, or erudition.

    -Romila Thapar’s credentials as a “historian” are too well known to be repeated again.

    -AK Ramanujan’s work–its scholarship notwithstanding–is at odds with the primary sources on which he has written.

    -As for the works of other Western scholars of Indology, I haven’t read them all but given my general mistrust in this area, your guess is as good as mine.

  16. What you bought this week

    in General Chatter

    Posted · Edited by F@tm@n

    Great buy snake and alekh :) Alekh's buys are always interesting. Btw, no the one you talking about is the WDTV Live player Hub with the inbuilt HDD. THis one does not have an HDD. I have the same model. its so smaill and portable

     

    @MT

     

    MKV and subtitle support. Plus PS3 sometimes randomly fails to play files which the WDTVlive plays easily.

    Thanku sir. That was very kind of you to say ! :hi:

    And yeah ! Just remembered reading that the Hub comes with a 1TB HDD. My bad.

    Plus yup again on the fact that PS3 does fail to play a few files, and it's totally random ! Also can't get PC-to-PS3 stream work properly inspite of using a cable. Hi-def (even 720p) has a lot of hiccups & jitter :(

     

    @Freak: Congo bro..!

  17. The Laptop/Notebook thread.

    in Techzone

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    Ok so this is Macguyver 1101 lol. If you get one and then take the tip and heat it and use a nose plier, you might actually be able to make it thin enough to push air into a tighter space. The only problem I see with this is getting it thin enough to get the job done. I'd suggest slow heat application and a firm press with a plier to flatten the end out and then use a heavy set of scissors to trim the edges off and leave just enough to blow air through

    And you expect Nunni to do it !?! Of all people Nunni :blink: .. Who was caught watching porn in his room !!!!!!1 .. :giggle:

  20. [PC] Ask The Experts Thread

    in Techzone

    Posted · Edited by F@tm@n

    IE9 beta - give IE8 a fair chance at least.

    How do I do that ? IE9 beta overwrites IE8 AFAIK. So my system has no IE8 to speak of ! :|

    And don't wanna uninstall IE9. It's just so much better than IE8.

     

    Edit: There's no uninstaller for IE9 :| .. No entry under "Programs & Features" or CCleaner :|

  24. [PC] Ask The Experts Thread

    in Techzone

    Posted

    Anybody using MetroTwit ?

    UI seems awesome ! :O ..

    Not installing on my desktop though :wallbash: .. The installer opens up an IE window which closes within 1 sec. And a connection opens up to some link (can see it just for a sec DU meter traffic) just for 1 sec, after which nothing happens. Zilch. :(

     

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    Any help ? :unsure:

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