Christmas is back. There is nothing more enjoyable than to spend time with your family putting up the Christmas tree. I watched everyone as we put up the balls, the bells, the stars, the angels and the smiles. Suddenly a grim reality dawned on be when I admired the beauty of that tree.
I am putting up an artificial Christmas tree. It may ridiculous comment but as i looked around the house i saw synthetic plants and flowers. The only natural plant was a bonsai on the coffee table. Is this our future? Will we be surrounded by artificial plant and animals. Wont we see the trees change with the seasons or will that too be induced by some artificial process.
There is a lot of hype about an artificial tree which is 10 times more efficient in purifying air than a real tree. Actually it looks more like a metal box than a tree. Anyway thats the future. And there is no denying it.
After Christmas is over, as sit to dismantle the tree and pack it into a box, I feel that I'm performing a symbolic ritual as a reenactment of on the cutting of trees by us, our fathers and forefathers. A ritual to remind us that no matter whether we live in the stone age, iron age and or the the plastic age, we will always destroy far more that what we hope to create.
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Yo Google! Show all others the way
I, on behalf of every nature loving human on this earth congratulate google for their initiative on solar power generation. The company itself has a 1.6-megawatt solar panel system installed at its headquarters in Mountain View, California.
That a good message to all Software Companies especially in India where all the software building are made of tinted glass thus require huge amount of air conditioning to counter the green house effect and lights to illuminate the dark offices.
Here in India, Software Companies guzzle power whereas neighboring villages survive on oil lamps. I appreciate the efforts of Google. The continue to raise the benchmark for all software companies and hope they continue the good work.
That a good message to all Software Companies especially in India where all the software building are made of tinted glass thus require huge amount of air conditioning to counter the green house effect and lights to illuminate the dark offices.
Here in India, Software Companies guzzle power whereas neighboring villages survive on oil lamps. I appreciate the efforts of Google. The continue to raise the benchmark for all software companies and hope they continue the good work.
Paedophilia : Faulty wiring in the Brain
I read an interesting article that connect pedophilia with faulty wiring in the brain. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7116506.stm
Lead researcher Dr James Cantor said the latest study found a significant lack of white matter connecting six different areas of the brain all known to play a role in sexual arousal. His theory is that the lack of adequate wiring between the different centres results in paedophiles not being able to differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate sexual objects.
Some of these studies lead to very controversial consequences. Soon parents and other institutions will force their teachers, coaches, staff and anyone else interacting with kids to take this test. Not misunderstand me, I am all for such test. But till now we don't have a system of privacy in place where not just the result of the test but the test itself is anonymous. I live in a society where taking a test itself is a sigh of guilt for example taking an AIDS test is a sigh that you might have had sex.
So all you wanna be pedophiles, murderers, rapist and other criminal out there, watch out! your are being watch and your brain is being scanned and you don't even know it.
Lead researcher Dr James Cantor said the latest study found a significant lack of white matter connecting six different areas of the brain all known to play a role in sexual arousal. His theory is that the lack of adequate wiring between the different centres results in paedophiles not being able to differentiate between appropriate and inappropriate sexual objects.
Some of these studies lead to very controversial consequences. Soon parents and other institutions will force their teachers, coaches, staff and anyone else interacting with kids to take this test. Not misunderstand me, I am all for such test. But till now we don't have a system of privacy in place where not just the result of the test but the test itself is anonymous. I live in a society where taking a test itself is a sigh of guilt for example taking an AIDS test is a sigh that you might have had sex.
So all you wanna be pedophiles, murderers, rapist and other criminal out there, watch out! your are being watch and your brain is being scanned and you don't even know it.
Dont judge a product by the skills of its salesman. : My Citi Story
When I joined a software company from pune, i had four options of banks to choose from. I had applied for ICICI but I soon realized they were too overloaded with customers. The long queues outside the branch and the ATM, the rude staff and the fact that they did not find it necessary to clarify my doubts forced me to abandon that bank.
My next bank was CitiBank. They had good banking agents. The convinced me right away that the bank was good. Even though they didnt have branches and their customer service people (phone) have know knowledge on banking and read every solution to queries from a manual, i didnt mind. I thought it followed standards. I was wrong. I was very wrong. I realized that CitiBank do not like offering people savings account. They offer salary account so that the money remains in the bank and not flow to other banks. When I left the company and came back to my home town in Goa I realized that the only ATM in the state did not accept deposits anymore. Of course they did not have any branches and the only way to deposite checks into the account and pay credit card bills is to hand it to some third party courier company. So much for security. Adding insult to injury, when I called customer service, they didnt know that there was a CitiBank ATM (housed in a +25 square meter shop with an LCD TV with cable) in Goa.
I wanted to end my banking relationship with them but guess what, no branches around. Now my account lies in some server with Rs 23 balance. Its because of such shoddy policy implementation at the grass root level by MNC banks that these banks are most vulnerable to crashes and loses with the slightest sound of alarm
Moral of my story, don't judge a product by the skills of its salesman.
My next bank was CitiBank. They had good banking agents. The convinced me right away that the bank was good. Even though they didnt have branches and their customer service people (phone) have know knowledge on banking and read every solution to queries from a manual, i didnt mind. I thought it followed standards. I was wrong. I was very wrong. I realized that CitiBank do not like offering people savings account. They offer salary account so that the money remains in the bank and not flow to other banks. When I left the company and came back to my home town in Goa I realized that the only ATM in the state did not accept deposits anymore. Of course they did not have any branches and the only way to deposite checks into the account and pay credit card bills is to hand it to some third party courier company. So much for security. Adding insult to injury, when I called customer service, they didnt know that there was a CitiBank ATM (housed in a +25 square meter shop with an LCD TV with cable) in Goa.
I wanted to end my banking relationship with them but guess what, no branches around. Now my account lies in some server with Rs 23 balance. Its because of such shoddy policy implementation at the grass root level by MNC banks that these banks are most vulnerable to crashes and loses with the slightest sound of alarm
Moral of my story, don't judge a product by the skills of its salesman.
Japanese most wanted criminals : Whales
In each culture, there is at least one animal that looses its life for us human. Goats and sheep in Islam, cobras in Hinduism, tigers in china etc. Non of these killings are justified but one country that crossed all boundaries of molarity and human compassion are the Japanese. The mercilessly kill these magnificent and harmless animals like as though they are a plague on this earth. They disgrace the scientific community in the process by justifying these killings in the name of science. One small insignificant country that owes its existence to the sea is destroying all that the sea took centuries to create. The are terrorist in the league of Al Kaeda who kill the innocent.
I congratulate Green Peace, the Australian government and all the other groups who put pressure on the Japs and forced them to stop this genocide.
I congratulate Green Peace, the Australian government and all the other groups who put pressure on the Japs and forced them to stop this genocide.
Job Interviews
I have recently launched a site for training people on how to successfully answer a job interview. Check it out on www.brustrguide.com/job_interview/.
Im sure there is something in it for everyone to help them in their interview process
Im sure there is something in it for everyone to help them in their interview process
Art and Culture
We always use Art and Culture in the same sentence. But they are world apart. Art is expression of new ideas and thoughts, culture is suppression of new ideas and thoughts.
No one knows that better than any citizen of India where every action has a possibility of offending someones culture. There are just too many cultures around here!
No one knows that better than any citizen of India where every action has a possibility of offending someones culture. There are just too many cultures around here!
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