Online Grievance System. - Govt of India..

Can you imagine this happening in INDIA?

Government of India has a online Grievance forum at
http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/


The government wants people to use this tool to highlight the problems
they faced while dealing with Government officials or departments like
Passport Office, Electricity board, BSNL/MTNL, Railways etc etc.


I know many people will say that these things dont work in India, but
this actually works as one of our colleague in CSC found. The guy i'm talking
about lives in Faridabad. Couple of months back, the Faridabad Municipal
corporation laid new roads in his area and the residents were very happy
about it. But 2 weeks later, BSNL dugged up the newly laid roads
to install new cables which annoyed all the residents including this guy.
But it was only this guy who used the above listed grievance forum to
highlight his concern. And to his surprise, BSNL and Municipal corporation of
faridabad was served a showcause notice and the guy recieved a copy of
the notice in one week. Government has asked the MC and BSNL about the goof
up as its clear that both the governent departments were not in sync at
all.


So use this grievance forum and educate others who dont know about this
facility. This way we can atleast raise our concerns instead of just
talking about the 'System' in India.

LEMON JUICE - quite interesting

The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the strongest man
around that they offered a Rs 10,000 bet. The bartender would squeeze a
lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand the lemon to a
patron. Anyone who could squeeze one more drop of juice out would win
the money. Many people like weight-lifters, wrestlers, body builders,
etc had tried over time, but nobody could do it.
One day this scrawny little man came in, wearing thick glasses and a
safari suit, and said in a tiny, squeaky voice, "I'd like to try the
bet."
After
the laughter had died down, the bartender said OK, grabbed a lemon, and
squeezed away. Then he handed the wrinkled remains of the rind to the
little man.
But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence as the man clenched his
fist around the lemon and 5-6 drops fell into the glass. As the crowd
cheered, the bartender paid the Rs 10,000, and asked the little man,
"What do you do for a living? Are you a lumberjack, a weight-lifter, or
what?"
"No," replied the man.

"I work as a manager in a BPO. "

Good tips: How to e-mail a professor

Sometimes, it takes small extra effort to have good communication with professors. Some tips are mentioned on this link below.

How to e-mail a professor

Valuable read for every student who wish to gain every mileage on relationships with his/her professor.

Different kind of a CV on the Net

This guy posted his resume as a musical on the net and
he really got recognized by the Microsoft Graphics Team.
This is amazing stuff.....The man who prepared this CV
received job offers from 180 companies; More than
1,000,000 ppl have viewed this CV...

http://www.paradoxware.com/alstudio/cv/en.htm

SLOW DANCE

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?
You better slow down don't dance so fast.
Time is short. The music won't last.

Do you run through each day on the fly?
When you ask how are you? do you hear the reply?
When the day is done do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores running through your head?
You'd better slow down don't dance so fast.
Time is short. The music won't last.

Ever told your child, we'll do it tomorrow?
And in your haste, not see his sorrow?
Ever lost touch, let a good friendship die
Cause you never had time to call and say,"Hi"
You'd better slow down don't dance so fast.
Time is short. The music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting there.
When you worry and hurry through your day,
It is like an unopened gift....thrown away.
Life is not a race. Do take it slower
Hear the music before the song is over.

----written by a little girl, who does not have much time to live.

Tie two ropes together...properly.

Found this on one blog site..

Different ways to make knots (with animation)

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Tie two ropes together...properly. In Follow Up John Stalker, loyal reader and rock climber, writes in about our recent Sheetbend/Matt Damon gets Hitched post. Apparently, the sheet bend is not the knot of choice when joining two ropes. Stalker recommends instead using the "double fisherman". Follow the jump for a full explanation, a cool animated graphic and a humorous punchline to the story. John writes: The "double fisherman's" it a much better choice for joining two ropes. A straight rope has a breaking strength: adding tension along the axis will eventually break the rope. When a knot is added to the equation, the strength of the rope decreases. The double fisherman's decreases the strength of the rope(s) involved to 60-75% of the original strength. Sounds pretty bad; however, the sheet bend decreases the strength of the rope(s) to 48-58%!! Even worse is the reef knot, aka. the square knot (which looks much like the sheet bend) comes in at 43-47% of the original strength! In addition, John sent along a link to this double-fisherman graphic. As a final punchline, loyal reader Rick Lobrecht points out that the whole "rabbit out of the hole, around the tree and back into the hole" isn't how you tie a sheet bend. It's how you tie a bowline. Animated Knots

Call-by-Web

In VOIP Have you ever wanted a strange mechanical voice to call your friends? In addition to many developer tools, CDyne provides automated voice messaging services. In particular, it has a free-to-try web page where you can enter a phone number and a message to send. Quick update: Yes, you can "call" Canada as well as the US. Point your browser to the NotifyPhoneBasic page. To test the system, enter the number you wish to dial and the text you wish to say. Add your own phone number and name into the CallerID and CallerIDname fields. Choose a Voice ID between 1 and 10. (I like the masculine tones of number 4. Avoid the French lady who's number 7.) Finally, type 0 into the LicenceKey field and click Invoke. The screen will clear and a "Queued" notice will appear. CDyne will place the phone call for you. You may want to call your self a few times to get the hang of things before you try calling out. Notify Phone Basic [CDyne]