Pedal powered Roller Coaster
Thursday, March 15, 2007
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Digg showed this link today. It is a pedal-powered roller coaster. Naah! I'm not coming..What if my feet start aching while I'm sitting upside down. I don't want to come flying down!
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Fuel prices increasing
Thursday, November 16, 2006
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The fuel prices have been increasing with every passing day. Though there has been a slump over the past few days, if you look at a long-period perspective, petrol is getting unaffordable for the common man.
One way forward is to go electric. But that just doesn't seem to be happening. I shall not go into the controversy that is surrounding this issue. However the other way is quite easy. It is through improving the performance of the vehicle for the same quantity of fuel.
Tornado Fuel Saver are devices that help increasing the turbulence inside the engine, which, if you have studied automobiles, increases the air speed, improves mileage and horsepower, thereby making the vehicle run longer for the same quantity of fuel. This is, in fact, growing at a huge demand, and the prices of these devices are also very affordable, which makes it a good alternative to going electric.
One way forward is to go electric. But that just doesn't seem to be happening. I shall not go into the controversy that is surrounding this issue. However the other way is quite easy. It is through improving the performance of the vehicle for the same quantity of fuel.
Tornado Fuel Saver are devices that help increasing the turbulence inside the engine, which, if you have studied automobiles, increases the air speed, improves mileage and horsepower, thereby making the vehicle run longer for the same quantity of fuel. This is, in fact, growing at a huge demand, and the prices of these devices are also very affordable, which makes it a good alternative to going electric.
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Bank of America in a soup
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Bank of America is under a controversy for treating a fraud victim like a criminal. Mr. Shinnick was given a fraud cheque, and when though he was suspicious, when he tried depositing the cheque, he was caught and put behind bars and shabbily treated like a criminal.
Not that Mr. Shinnick was right throughout. A Digg member points out from his own experience that mentioning your suspicion right upfront becomes very important. But anyway, the damage has been done, and BoA has of late list over $50 million in deposits from customers who seem to be protesting the way Mr. Shinnick was treated.
Boing Boing readers alone have withdrawn over $75000. You can read the full story here
Not that Mr. Shinnick was right throughout. A Digg member points out from his own experience that mentioning your suspicion right upfront becomes very important. But anyway, the damage has been done, and BoA has of late list over $50 million in deposits from customers who seem to be protesting the way Mr. Shinnick was treated.
Boing Boing readers alone have withdrawn over $75000. You can read the full story here
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Google in talks to buy Web video site YouTube
Friday, October 06, 2006
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Did you hear this? Google is in talks with YouTube, the popular video sharing service to buy the firm for over 1.2 billion dollars. This means that it is going to be a mega deal in sorts for Google which can then make a monopoly,or atleast a oligopoly out of the video market with their Google Videos. Not many other services are as popular as these two under question.
It will be interesting to see if Google does succeed in this or if Yahoo would step up and make a higher bid. In my view, this is a critical move for Yahoo as well, as it can let go one huge pie if they don't make a bid as well..
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It will be interesting to see if Google does succeed in this or if Yahoo would step up and make a higher bid. In my view, this is a critical move for Yahoo as well, as it can let go one huge pie if they don't make a bid as well..
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The Observer | World | Red rain could prove that aliens have landed
Monday, October 02, 2006
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Sometime back, the monsoon rains in Kerala, India was in news. It rained red. This aroused the curiosity of scientists the world over. While those who are sceptical to anything interesting happening dismissed it as due to the winds from Arabia carrying the red sand, others believe that it is because of it raining alien.
This does not sound far fetched though. Dr. Louis Godfrey from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam says that there was a sound sonic boom(which is usually caused by passing meteorite) in Kerala just sometime before the rains and this might have caused alien particles to land down with the clouds. He also tested the rain particles and proved no dust particles, which disproves the first theory.
However the second theory still does not have too many takers.
Maybe people are waiting for another rain of the same sort, which they will use to make a first-mover-advantageous theory.
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This does not sound far fetched though. Dr. Louis Godfrey from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam says that there was a sound sonic boom(which is usually caused by passing meteorite) in Kerala just sometime before the rains and this might have caused alien particles to land down with the clouds. He also tested the rain particles and proved no dust particles, which disproves the first theory.
However the second theory still does not have too many takers.
Maybe people are waiting for another rain of the same sort, which they will use to make a first-mover-advantageous theory.
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Sania defeats Hingis in a historic revenge
Thursday, September 28, 2006
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Sania Mirza from India lost to Martina Hingis just last week in front of the home crowd at the Sunfeast Open..Today in a historic revenge, she has come back and defeated Martina Hingis 4-6 6-0 6-4 at the Korea open..
Now what impresses me about Sania was the temperament to come back and hit back. Everyone knows the kind of swing she gets into if she starts to get going, especially against the big stars.
The difference this time however has been the time of winning it. Usually in the past, she won against opponents who weren't aware of her big strokes and so were caught by surprise.But this time, it was against someone who has actually studied her and infact defeated her twice in the recent past.
Time to rejoice and get back into the top 30, rather top 10 this time around. Go Sania.
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Now what impresses me about Sania was the temperament to come back and hit back. Everyone knows the kind of swing she gets into if she starts to get going, especially against the big stars.
The difference this time however has been the time of winning it. Usually in the past, she won against opponents who weren't aware of her big strokes and so were caught by surprise.But this time, it was against someone who has actually studied her and infact defeated her twice in the recent past.
Time to rejoice and get back into the top 30, rather top 10 this time around. Go Sania.
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