Did you get this?

I have got this many times and still get it. I am considering it as fake, as there is no free money in this world. But, because of the brand "India Today", it is confusing me. I don't know how can India Today get into this kind of stuff.

Have anyone tried it? Share your experience with me?

My Paintings

At last I found the way to display off paintings that I draw!!

Poem

This is one of the poem's that I like. It is from the famous kannada T.V. serial named "Muktha" by T.N. Seetharam. Hope you all will enjoy :) (Those who do not know kannada language, please excuse!)

ಕಾರುಮೋಡ ಮಳೆಯಾಗಿ ಸುರಿದಾಗ ಕಣ್ಣ ಹನಿಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿ
ಮರದ ಹಕ್ಕಿ ಮರಿ ರೆಕ್ಕೆ ಬೀಸಿದರೆ ಅದರ ಗರಿಗೆ ಮುಕ್ತಿ |
ಎದೆಯ ನೋವು ಹಾಡಾಗಿ ಹೊಮ್ಮಿದರೆ ಭಾವಕ್ಕೆ ಬಂಧ ಮುಕ್ತಿ
ಎಂದು ಆದೇವು ನಾವು ಮುಕ್ತ ಮುಕ್ತ ಮುಕ್ತ ||

ಮೊಗ್ಗಿನಿಂದ ಸೆರೆ ಒಡೆದ ಗಂಧ ಹೂವಿಂದ ದೂರ ದೂರ
ಎಲ್ಲುಂಟು ಆಚೆ ತೀರ |
ಮೊಗ್ಗಿನಿಂದ ಸೆರೆ ಒಡೆದ ಗಂಧ ಹೂವಿಂದ ದೂರ ದೂರ
ಎಲ್ಲುಂಟು ಆಚೆ ತೀರ ||

ಏರು ನದಿಗೆ ಇದಿರಾಗಿ ಈಜಿ ದಡ ಸೇರಬಹುದೆ ಜೀವಾ
ದಾಟಿ ಈ ಪ್ರವಾಹ |
ತಾನು ನೊಂದು ತಿಳಿ ಬೆಳಕ ಬೀರುತಿದೆ ಒಂದು ಇರುಳ ದೀಪ
ನಿಶ್ಚಲದ ಮೂರ್ತ ರೂಪ ||

ದೂರದಿಂದಲೆ ಜೀವ ಹಿಂಡುತಿದೆ ಕಾಣದೊಂದು ಹಸ್ತ
ಆದೇವೆ ಬಂಧ ಮುಕ್ತ |
ದೂರದಿಂದಲೆ ಜೀವ ಹಿಂಡುತಿದೆ ಕಾಣದೊಂದು ಹಸ್ತ
ಆದೇನೆ ಬಂಧ ಮುಕ್ತ ||

Bankruptcy Concept

I got an forward email from my friend which explains the concept of Bankruptcy with the story of a small island. The story is too interesting and thought provoking. I am sharing it with you all, so that you can also enjoy understanding it...

The email starts with a powerful line "If you could read patiently and understand, its a great knowledge!"

The story goes like this:-

Once there was a little island country. The land of this country was the tiny island itself. The total money in circulation was 2 rupees as there were only two pieces of 1 rupee coins circulating around.

1) There were 3 citizens living on this island country. A owned the land. B and C each owned 1 rupee.

2) B decided to purchase the land from A for 1 rupee. So, now A and C own 1 rupee each while B owned a piece of land that is worth 1 rupee.

* The net asset of the country now = 3 rupees.

3) Now C thought that since there is only one piece of land in the country, and land is non producible asset, its value must definitely go up. So, he borrowed 1 rupee from A, and together with his own 1 rupee, he bought the land from B for 2 rupees.

*A has a loan to C of 1 rupee, so his net asset is 1 rupee.
* B sold his land and got 2 rupees, so his net asset is 2 rupees.
* C owned the piece of land worth 2 rupees but with his 1 rupee debt to A, his net residual asset is 1 rupee.
* Thus, the net asset of the country = 4 rupees.

4) A saw that the land he once owned has risen in value. He regretted having sold it. Luckily, he has a 1 rupee loan to C. He then borrowed 2 rupees from B and acquired the land back from C for 3 rupees. The payment is by 2 rupees cash (which he borrowed) and cancellation of the 1 rupee loan to C. As a result, A now owned a piece of land that is worth 3 rupees. But since he owed B 2 rupees, his net asset is 1 rupee.

* B loaned 2 rupees to A. So his net asset is 2 rupees.
* C now has the 2 coins. His net asset is also 2 rupees.
* The net asset of the country = 5 rupees. A bubble is building up.

(5) B saw that the value of land kept rising. He also wanted to own the land. So he bought the land from A for 4 rupees. The payment is by borrowing 2 rupees from C, and cancellation of his 2 rupees loan to A.

* As a result, A has got his debt cleared and he got the 2 coins. His net asset is 2 rupees.
* B owned a piece of land that is worth 4 rupees, but since he has a debt of 2 rupees with C, his net Asset is 2 rupees.
* C loaned 2 rupees to B, so his net asset is 2 rupees.

* The net asset of the country = 6 rupees; even though, the country has only one piece of land and 2 Rupees in circulation.

(6) Everybody has made money and everybody felt happy and prosperous.

(7) One day an evil wind blew, and an evil thought came to C's mind. "Hey, what if the land price stop going up, how could B repay my loan. There is only 2 rupees in circulation, and, I think after all the land that B owns is worth at most only 1 rupee, and no more."

(8) A also thought the same way.

(9) Nobody wanted to buy land anymore.

* So, in the end, A owns the 2 rupee coins, his net asset is 2 rupees.
* B owed C 2 rupees and the land he owned which he thought worth 4 rupees is now 1 rupee. So his net asset is only 1 rupee.
* C has a loan of 2 rupees to B. But it is a bad debt. Although his net asset is still 2 rupees, his Heart is palpitating.
* The net asset of the country = 3 rupees again.

(10) So, who has stolen the 3 rupees from the country? Of course, before the bubble burst B thought his land was worth 4 rupees. Actually, right before the collapse, the net asset of the country was 6 rupees on paper. B's net asset is still 2 rupees, his heart is palpitating.

(11) B had no choice but to declare bankruptcy. C as to relinquish his 2 rupees bad debt to B, but in return he acquired the land which is worth 1 rupee now.

* A owns the 2 coins, his net asset is 2 rupees.
* B is bankrupt, his net asset is 0 rupee. (he lost everything )
* C got no choice but end up with a land worth only 1 rupee

* The net asset of the country = 3 rupees.

************ **End of the story; BUT ************ ********* ******

There is however a redistribution of wealth.
A is the winner, B is the loser, C is lucky that he is spared.

A few points worth noting -

(1) when a bubble is building up, the debt of individuals to one another in a country is also building up.
(2) This story of the island is a closed system whereby there is no other country and hence no foreign debt. The worth of the asset can only be calculated using the island's own currency. Hence, there is no net loss.
(3) An over-damped system is assumed when the bubble burst, meaning the land's value did not go down to below 1 rupee.
(4) When the bubble burst, the fellow with cash is the winner. The fellows having the land or extending loan to others are the losers. The asset could shrink or in worst case, they go bankrupt.
(5) If there is another citizen D either holding a rupee or another piece of land but refrains from taking part in the game, he will neither win nor lose. But he will see the value of his money or land go up and down like a see saw.
(6) When the bubble was in the growing phase, everybody made money.
(7) If you are smart and know that you are living in a growing bubble, it is worthwhile to borrow money (like A ) and take part in the game. But you must know when you should change everything back to cash.
(8) As in the case of land, the above phenomenon applies to stocks as well.
(9) The actual worth of land or stocks depend largely on psychology.

Wanna get a gas connection in Bangalore?

I am basically from Bangalore but did not had gas connection till now due to non-availability of proper place to keep one. Now, I have moved to new house in Jayanagar and want to get a gas connection. Since, ration card is mandatory and had old address in ration card, government gas agency did not gave me gas connection. So, I got the address changed in ration card and got a new one after 2 months of process from chamrajpet food department. Now, when I approached Indane gas agency (Thilaknagar), they told a new process which they initially did not tell me:-
1. Person on whose name the Ration card has been issued should come to their office
2. After paying the fee, they will give some number (connection no.)
3. We should then go to Food department with that number and get it printed on to ration card -> which inturn means canceling the just got ration card and get a new one again
4. Then, provide the zerox of that new ration card to Indane gas agency
5. and next day the gas will be in the house

The service and response of that gas agency and Food Department is good. I was astonished to find such a service in a government office (food dept.). Usually our perception over a government office will be non-cooperative, rude, tortoise's progress, lazy and finally not people(citizen's) friendly.

The Way to Happiness

While surfing over the net, I stepped over the 21 most valuable, thought-provoking videos which has learn-able messages for anyone and everyone in this world with a quite simple but highly effective script. I loved these messages and I would definitely like to imbibe them into my life and my hierarchy.

I believe that this will motivate/help at least one person on this world.

Here are those 21 videos for all my fellow-blogger(s) and reader(s):

1. Take Care Of Yourself:


2. Be Temperate:


3. Don't Be Promiscuous:


4. Love and help children:


5. Honor And Help Your Parents:


6. Set A Good Example:


7. Seek To Live With The Truth:


8. Do Not Murder:


9. Don't Do Anything Illegal:


10. Support a Government Designed and Run For All The People:


11. Do Not Harm A Person of Goodwill:


12. Safeguard and Improve Your Environment:


13. Do Not Steal:


14. Be Worthy of Trust:


15. Fulfill Your Obligations:


16. Be Industrious:


17. Be Competent:


18. Respect the Religious Beliefs of Others:


19. Try Not to Do Things to Others That You Would Not Like Them to Do to You:


20. Try To Treat Others as You Would Want Them to Treat You:


21. Flourish and Prosper:

Science vs God

I got this mail from a friend, which speaks about Science vs God. Its very impressive, thought-provoking, simple but fabulous. I bet everyone will love this one. The subject of this mail was "Don't miss even a single word...Every second is worth reading this mail... Too good" is true.

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An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.
He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student: Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him.
Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?
(Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student: No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student: From...God.. .
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student: Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student: Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
(Student does not answer.)
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student: Yes, sir.
Prof: So, who created them?
(Student has no answer.)
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you.
Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?
Student: No, sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student: Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student: Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student: And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student: No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat.
But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that.
There is no such thing as cold . Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy . Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it .
(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student: What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student: You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were you would be able to make
darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student: Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student: Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it.
Now tell me, Professor.Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument is going.)
Student: Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)
Student: Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor's brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student: Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain,sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face unfathomable. )
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student: That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

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The mail also claims that "This is a true story, and the student was none other than........ APJ Abdul Kalam, the former president of India".

Log file with date and timestamp of cron job

Currently, I am redirecting the output of cron job to a log file. But, I want the log file to have date and timestamp, so that cron creates a new file each time it runs.

So, I tried following logics. But, they did not worked.

This is what I had done:

LOGIC 1:
15 * * * * /home/glg/bin/clc.sh >> /home/glg/logs/cronlogs/clc_`date+%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S`.log 2>&1

The CRON itself did not ran.

LOGIC 2:
CLCLOG = /home/glg/logs/cronlogs/clc_`date+%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S`.log

15 * * * * /home/glg/bin/clc.sh >> $CLCLOG

The cron ran but created a log file by name - "clc_`date+%Y.%m.%d.%H.%M.%S`.log", instead of clc_2008.03.24.23.15.00.log.

Do anyone know what can be the solution for this?

Thanks in advance for your help!!

Nice Short n' Cute Game

While surfing for games online, I found a web-site by name www.miniclip.com. It provides a huge number of free games which you can play online or download and save them or publish on your web-site.

Today I played a game called "CAVEMAN". I liked it very much that I played it for 5 times. Good news is that I have not yet finished the game. This means that I can still continue to PLAY, ha ha :)

Caveman Save your girlfriend from the evil prehistoric monsters!

Play this free game now!!

Fake E-Mail alert - Beware!!

I received this e-mail alert mentioning about new security update from HDFC Bank, India, as it speaks out. But, when I observed the mail deeply, I figured out that it is a fake mail and then, forwarded to HDFC Bank (genuine one :).

I am posting a copy of it over here, so that you can be aware of such fradulent mails. If you receive this type of mails, DONT EVER CLICK ON THE LINKS PROVIDED IN THE MAIL, and also DONT DO THE ACTIONS THAT WERE ASKED in it.



To be safe from these type of mails, HDFC Bank has specified a list of measures that its customers can take. It is @ http://www.hdfcbank.com/common/onlineservices/security/phishing_info.htm

Please do forward these kind of fradulent mails to hdfc @ fake.email@hdfcbank.com (as specified in above URL).

SAFE BANKING TO ONE AND ALL!!!

Amazing Videos

I found these amazing videos on YouTube.com, watch it and enjoy!!

Human Super Soaker:



Walking on Water:



Splitting A Woman into Half (MAGIC!!):



Lead India TOI:

Lead India - Critics

Lead India – an initiative by TOI.

A quite good initiative by Times of India (TOI), called Lead India to create a true leader and politician. I was very much inspired by it. It is a very unique, quite inspiring and thought provoking initiative. This was my opinion before and at the beginning of the program.

But, as the program started few things made me really upset. Some of those that I am going to mention here have been stressed by TOI itself in its newspaper once upon a time. But, now they are doing the same mistake which they identified in the existing system.

1. To select the candidates, they asked the people to vote through sms. They came up with code for each candidate so that sms votes can be grouped among the respective candidates. But, SADLY they did not provided the option to vote NO BODY. Yes, I meant "NO BODY". It represents that a person who wants to vote did not like any of the candidates.
   
   This will show us the weightage of the candidatures among the public, selected to contend in the program.
   
   If vote for "NO BODY" is more than the votes voted for individuals candidates, then all the candidates have to be dropped of the program and a new set of candidates have to be picked up again.

My Intro

Hello my dear fellow bloggers and readers!!

Finally I have been inspired by this new exciting world of blogging to enter its kingdom and explore the options to create new possibilities. I am glad on my decision of entering the blogging world.

I would like to use the blog to express or voice my feelings, opinions, reviews, critics and finally, whatever I want to share with you all. :)

I appreciate your co-operation and support to this toddler in this new world.