Ask your Maid before a puff – quiet funny

A friend of mine just forwarded me the link from “The Telegraph“. So our current health minister has released the statement.

Post excerpts:

Rules likely to be ready in about three months will seek to make workplaces across the nation tobacco-free

Smoking is banned in public …..

“People can then smoke on the roads or at home,” Ramadoss said, then added that even a home is a “workplace” for maids, and people wishing to smoke at home may need to seek permission from the maid.

the best part is this one

However, a senior official told The Telegraph that the health ministry was yet to figure out how to draw up rules for smoking at home.

If you are trying to save people, Please ban the products in the market, Just like what happened for Gutka (Pan Parag and it me too products)

The law just seemed to take control, just because the media is watching them, as soon some other topic comes in to the main picture, the rest is forgotten

Now every Gutka products are still available in the market

Does any government has any guts to ban the following

  1. Gutka
  2. Cigarettes
  3. Alcohol
  4. and prostitution

we all know that the revenue comes from the above mentioned first three points

So won’t the statements look funny for the readers.

I completely accept that the above law is good for the people. Hope this works.

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Joost the best way to view TV programs – India

Any one wanted to view reviews of cars, Well I view them right at my comfort. View TV videos in fullscreen and imagine these programs are not actually possible in India “Fifth Gear” TV channel ,atleast to my knowledge.

Well I did blog this, right from the Joost program. It has chat,rating, blog – well why don’t you check it out yourself.

Joost, I love you
Devanand try this.

More Information about the program.

Title : Porsche Cayman S – Super Cars

Description : With 83 corners in 6.3 miles the A537 is known as the most dangerous road in Britain. Tiff sets about it in Porsche’s latest driver focused offering.

Aren’t tools making us dumb

Yeah, It is about WYSIWYG editors or IDE for most application we create.
Yes I accept these tools help Productivity which is the major concern.

I just want to explain how Indian (asians) learning methodology differs from the American way of education and it has go to do with the tools which make us dumb

If we just compare the Indian kid with an American kid, there is lot of difference in the way they learn, few are explained below

Indian Kids
Basics or the fundamentals very strong
Why are we strong in our fundamentals?
The basic reason is that our education system still believes in the clark tables and manual calculation no support of calculator till we reach the pre degree or the Plus 1. Our theory knowledge is good but mostly we lack in the practical knowledge, due to lack of infrastructure
Their strength lies with calculation, programming or just take commands to execute things

American Kids
KISS – “keep it simple stupid” is the main idea. or Don’t make me think
Infrastructure has never been a problem, from calculators to Computers are at their disposal. To the funnier site they could even outsource their home work with the use of internet.
Their strength lies in the designing and managerial capabilities

Do you remember those young old days (kindergarten times)how we use to write impositions to remember things or read things aloud

What if we just use text editors and don’t depend on Dreamweaver in the initial stages to learn CSS and XHTML?
Yes that is the right approach, I learned from the pros who have been doing the table less or the css way of creating a web page. I remember the old days where Dreamweaver/ FrontPage was in early stages where I learned by just typing the syntax on a text editor notepad. Today I have been addicted by using dreamweaver and my learning curve has been at large with respect to time.

The same goes with all the IDE s, my developer friends in Opmanger team at Adventnet still continue to use text editors that is how I learned from them.

I don’t say using IDE is a sin. But initially restraining from the use of IDE helps learning curve short. Once you learn the basics or the fundamentals, most things in Dreamweaver  seems to be too relevant. At least it helps you to optimize the Dreamweaver code when it comes to connection scripts with the database.

What do you feel?

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Live Free or Die Hard 4

Live Free or Die Hard

Are you a die hard fan, then don’t miss this movie. Live Free or Die Hard.

Why Live Free or Die Hard for director Len Wisemen?
The director of this movie Len Wisemen has seen this movie about 19 years before and has been making short films on his own with the die hard theme when he was young. So you can see his passion coming live in this movie Live Free or Die Hard.

My favorite hero John Mclane (Bruce Willis) is alive, cool headed, with life – head on attitude. The best part of John Mclane comes with his unusual situational dialogs with are actually kick ass.

The movie is still not released in India. Don’t watch Live Free ot Die Hard on a DVD, Please visit the theaters for some kick ass dialogs, movie stunts and a never give up Bruce Willis.

Check out the Live Free and Die Hard site for more

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Rare Photos – Chennai

The following photos are no where of technical nor they depicted beauty in nature. It is about pure timing of these photographs.
Last Saturday morning 30th June 2007 at 6:30 AM at Perambur railway station, I had been there to pick up my in laws, the train Aleppey Express was late by 60 mins. All trains inbound and outbound of chennai were going slow and I had plenty of time to wander around the platform of Perambur railway station, What I discovered was this.

One train behind the other waiting for signal to get cleared. Didn’t know what was the reason. I felt it would a good rare timed photo which I wanted to share with all of you.

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Iphone now available

Apple iphone
Apple Iphone now available, Thousand of Gadget fans were at the Apple stores.
Well at India people have been eying the NEWS for the release of Iphone, some are ready to get the Gadgets from the US when their friends return or getting it themselves, but their only anciently/speculations over the Apple Iphone is about Unlocked version working properly in India.

I have looking forward to check this new gadget, just for the usability, coolness and WOW, but not sure when it will hit the Indian market.

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