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Tomorrow, it is scheduled for BLUGers meet, in Ashraya Hotel, so im taking off tomm'& leaving for bangalore tonight. I missed the last meet & hopefully, we will have more things to discuss about the coming FOSS.in/2005 event (which was called Linux Bangalore before).

From third week of July, I spent all of my weekends outside madras. But this weekend, I was here doing loads of work. I had about 5 new stuffs to blog about, but I didn't. So, today while shavng, around 9:30, I thought of blogging, but I knew I have to race with time if I blog. So, I added a small entry about OkCupid's Political Test (my previous post). When I came out of my bathroom, tying my shorts(half pant) knot, I heard the sound from my pendulum-clock.

"Shit, its 10...", I said to myself.
Im late by 10 minutes. I have to dress, drink-milk, pray & have to drive a mile to office. My blue Indigo Nation shirt was lying in bed. So I wore that & left to drink my yummy Chocolate-milk, chanting few mantras. In a minute, I came out with my purse & mobile in my hand nearing my bike to start. I was trying to keep my purse in my Pant's back pocket. It was not there!!!! I bent my head a little down & in a second, I started laughing...... Yes, I was not in my pant. Instead, the shorts. From my childhood, I used to wear my socks before wearing my pant. Even my brother used to do that. Since it was a half pant & was thinking something, I missed.

OkCupid, a dating site tells our nature of political ability, after a few dozen questions. From Micheal Earls

I am a Social Liberal (60% permissive) and an... Economic Moderate (50% permissive) Iam best described as a: Centrist I exhibit a very well-developed sense of Right and Wrong and believe in economic fairness. loc: (37, 0) modscore: (30, 36) raw: (3033) Link: The Politics Test on Ok Cupid

After giving free registration codes for its 10th Annivesary on last August, now Opera v8.5 is Ad free. That means no more ads, its totally free like IE or Firefox. I hope its time to modify my .CSS files, so that it can fully support Opera

Email is a good mean of communication that everyone enjoys. In most cases it reaches you before a telegram!!!
You may say, "Kiruthik stop, everyone knows these things. What exactly you want to say".
Rite, coming to the point : Not only Advertisements / Unwanted / Junk / Bulk mails are SPAM.
Any email reaches the  inbox, which don't have anything to say or which is likely to be deleted while the user  looks the first line, is also a SPAM.

For example, you may Forward emails to your contacts for one or more reasons :

1. When you get a nice joke & like to share. Cool, you want everyone to be enjoy it.

2. When you get a informative stuff, a good example is here. Great, you are Generous!!!!!

3. When you get a nice Stills of a Porsche, or a BMW or something like, Love is... or Friendship means ....etc., this kind of similar stuffs. Then also, its Ok.

But...

4. When you forward a mail, which has something like : "Yahoo is going to shut down its messenger service", so please forward this mail to all the contacts you have in your list........::: Do you think Yahoo will close any of their service, if you break this chain of mail ????

5. When you get a mail like : "For every person that you forward this e-mail to, Bill Gates will pay you $245.00, for every person that you
sent it to that forwards it on, Microsoft will pay you $243.00 and for every third person that receives it, you will be paid $241.00.
Within two weeks, Microsoft will contact you for your address and then send you a cheque...." ::: Do you think, the richest man is a dumb like you ??

6. Or like : "A message with a Holy Place-Photo in the background, Forward this mail to 24 people you know within 24 hours, you will
get everything you like, or else your fate will chase. :::  Do you believe your Almighty is checking Email ????, if so let me know his email ID.

Do you think the last 3 are really going to happen???? I used to get nearly 10 mails a week like this. These type of mails are sometimes forwarded by a high profiled people in some MNCs. It really makes me to think of them & their mentality.

See, you are not a kid, who does whatever his friends do.

Please don't feel bad, if you are of this type. I'm telling this for your good. If someone is sending mails to you like this, then Forward them this Blog. May be my blog will get better visibility

My cousin Durga, who is doing her Ph.D., in Strathclyde University left to Glascow this morning after a months' holiday. I accompanied her with Kanchi (another cousin of mine who is studying 11th standard in Lady Andal School) till Chennai(Madras) International Airport. Inside the Airport, in a public telephone booth, I saw a sticker, saying BSNL Wi-Fi SPOT. As usual I got wired up, since I have blogged about BSNL Wi-Fi a month back. Anyway Wi-Fi is becoming cheaper in India. Interestingly Kanchi was having a  Nokia 6230i which had a 1.3Mega Pixel camera, so I clicked and send it to me thru Bluetooth.  The original picture is here : [link]

I can't access any FTP site from my office. So Im using Geocities, to upload images

It was announced & displayed that Vijayakanth, is starting a new political party today. So I was eargly waiting for the name he is going to let out. And today from the morning I was busy with some work. So suddenly 10 minutes back I was thinking the same. So my  curiosity gave me an idea of calling my home (to my mother). So that she can look for these things in the TV. Immediately I called her to check the TV. For about 10 minutes, she couldn't find anything.

Later she ringed me up and said "I couldn't fine anything like that". I said "Ok leave it, tomorrow I will it the dailes". She then questioned : " But, you have told me before that all kind of news can be seen in the internet before they are cast in the TV". Then only I came to a normal mood & searched it!!!!!  Anyway the name was : National Progressive Dravida Party in tamil it is Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK).

As most of us are hearing that Bangalore roads are flooded with vehicles all the day. Police couldn't control it by any means.
I have most of my friends there, and when I call them, most of the time they complaint about the traffic.

If you are not aware of this traffic hazards in bangalore, then read the below.

I have a friend, Rangarajan who is in Bangalore, working for a MNC. His wife Malar is also a good friend of mine,
and she is doing her MBA. Last Month 17th-Wednesday was his birthday, so I called him on his mobile at 10:30 in the morning.

Malar : "Hi Kiruthik, he is eating, and you have to talk to me till he finish "

I said :  "Sure.... "  and I was asking about her parents

And I added  "Malar, whats special today, where are you planning to go now ??? "
                           (Thinking that  he has taken leave on his birthday, and the young couple will go somewhere .....)

She replied : "Nothing special, Im on my way to the class."

I didn't understand what she meant so, I asked her  " Then why RANGA,  didn't go to office"

She replied    " No no, he is on his way to office. we are inside the car....."  And she continued  "Kiruthik, its mess here. Full of vehicles on the road. We went to temple and he dropped me in our apartments, and he left. And after half an hour,  he called me said  that he was struck in the traffic, near the departmental store, which is just a hundred meter from our home. So, I took few slices of bread & egg for him to eat. And so we are inside the car. At anytime we may move."????????

What was that....There will be many stories with people in Bangalore which is very common......

Its seems that the police have got Simputer, to ticket the traffic violators. Anyway im happy that Simputer has got the day in
Bangalore at least in this form.

And coming to the traffic jokes, im receiving many forwarded-jokes narrating the daily traffic jams in Bangalore.

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Ques: What is the most common disease in Bangalore?

Ans: RSI - Repetitive Stress Injury. No, not because of computers, but because of honking horns!

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Ques: Is the problem really that bad?

Ans: Just wait near a road hump. Most drivers honk the horn - hoping that the hump will go away.

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Ques: Why do Bangaloreans overtake from the left?

Ans: Because, the traffic sign board where overtaking is prohibited, shows an arrow that is overtaking from right. So it must be OK to overtake from the light.

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Ques: How does the traffic in Bangalore prove that there is a 'God up there' and he is pro-Bangalorean.

Ans: Traffic continues to move after the light has turned red on the one side and the traffic from the road perpendicular to it starts moving even before the light there has turned green. Still there are no crashes!

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Ques: What is the second such indication?

Ans: Boards have started appearing which say something like “Go only when green”.

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Ques: Which city in India has the greatest acrobats?

Ans: Bangalore of course. Look at all the drivers talking on the mobile, honking the horn, beating the traffic lights, cursing the other motorists, avoiding pot holes, ........... all at the same time.

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Ques: Why do Bangaloreans drive in the middle of the road or on the right?

Ans: They have taken the description “Silicon Valley of India” too seriously.

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Ques: How does a Bangalorean park a car in a no parking zone?

Ans: Turn the hazard lights on, leave a hapless passenger inside and walk out.

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Ques: If a strange, exception-to-the-rule Bangalorean stops at at traffic light, others behind him stop too. Why?

Ans: The others conclude that he has spotted a policeman that they themselves have not spotted.

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Ques: What is the easiest way of causing traffic accidents in Bangalore?

Ans: Follow the traffic rules.

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Ques: How far is a place from here (If it is 100 meters) ?

Ans: Five minutes by walk, half an hour by car.
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10 Commandments of Traffic...

1. If you see  Red Light, then you can look LEFT, then RIGHT, then proceed undeterred unless there is a danger of getting pulverized by oncoming traffic.
2. An Orange Light here doesn't  mean that  “Slow Down...lights changing”,   but   “Speed up buster, or the world'll know thou sucketh” !!
3. A Green Light means,   "Do whatever you want"!!!!!
4. You can be the first to honk when the light turns green.
5. You can start moving when the timer says 7 seconds left for light to turn green.
6. If you see the auto in front giving it's right indicator, but the driver waving his left hand, then you can not mind the indicator.
7. You can seek whichever lane is free, because it is your birth right to change lanes at the last moment. That is why the indicators and horns are there.
8. You can not use dipper at night.
9. If  you are at foot, then you are the "King of the Road"...nothing can touch you!
10. You can disregard one-way signs only if you have Rs. 50 in your pocket.

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