e-Nagar

December 24, 2006

Nuclear Security In India

Filed under: News — Ankur Aggarwal @ 3:14 pm


Coal Mines Planning and Designing India Limited (CMPDIL)
was using a Uranium based analyzer which is a potential hazard for 1.5km vicinity. For the last 5 years this hazardous unit was stored at an abandoned building at Hazaribagh which had no security and is now missing.

What I am scared about is that some unsuspecting individual might try to rip open the instrument or even worse get rid of it by burning it or burying it. I am scared about the potential contamination threat it poses for the villagers and groundwater around.

Although everyone (including Green-Peace) is more interested in finding out how Wipro recycles its keyboards. Nobody has booked a case against this public sector company for criminal negligent storage and improper disposal of hazardous material

2) Everyday I see a Traffic Police guy standing in the middle of street battling smoke from all 4 directions. He wears at max a cotton handkerchief and rarely any protection for the noise due to constant honking of automobiles.
If his employer was a private company, this same government would have slapped a hefty fine for Hazardous working conditions and sought to get compensation for the Traffic Police. But a government cannot fine another department… so nobody cares.

Due to the communist legacy, most Indians have a blind trust in governments and think that businesses are run by crooks and conman. But this is not entirely true.

A private company is regularly visited by greedy inspectors of all possible departments just to find a flaw in the establishment. I am against bribes, but this extortion enforces compliance. Inspectors and government officials can earn big bucks, and businessman works day and night to ensure that he is not in violation of the law and hence not blackmailed.

Government and public sector companies unfortunately cannot pay bribe. So nobody is interested in checking for compliance. Hence they can get away with almost anything.

Funny Quotes

Filed under: Humor, Quotes — Ankur Aggarwal @ 2:37 pm

“I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted!”
- George Best -

“All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.”
- Spike Milligan. -

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have; the older she gets the more interested he is in her.
- Agatha Christie -

Let me tell you something that we Israelis have against Moses. He took us 40 years through the desert in order to bring us to the one spot in the Middle East that has no oil!
- Golda Meir -

I met this guy who said he loved children, then I found out he was on parole for it.
- Monica Piper -

I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt.
- Eric Sykes -

I’ve often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can’t get my wife to go swimming.
- Jimmy Carter -

A woman tells her doctor, ‘I’ve got a bad back.’
The doctor says, ‘It’s because of old age’
The woman says, ‘Doctor, I want a second opinion.’
The doctor says: ‘Sure – you’re ugly too’
- Tommy Cooper -

It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I
have been searching for evidence which could support this.
- Bertrand Russell -

Bachelors should be heavily taxed. It is not fair that some
men should be happier than others.
- Oscar Wilde -

A man explained inflation to his wife thus:
‘When we married, you measured 36-24-36. Now you’re 42-42-42.
There’s more of you, but you are not worth as much.’ :P
- Lord Barnett -

When I was born I was so surprised I didn’t talk for a year and a half.
- Gracie Allen -

December 23, 2006

idiots

Filed under: Humor — Ankur Aggarwal @ 7:03 am

A pair of Michigan robbers entered a record shop nervously waving
revolvers.
The first one shouted, “Nobody move!” When his partner moved, the startled
first bandit shot him.
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The young man from WV came running into the store and said to his buddy, “Bubba, somebody just stole your pickup truck from the parking lot!”

Bubba replied, “Did you see who it was?

“The young man answered, “I couldn’t tell, but I got the license number.”

December 22, 2006

HEALTH QUESTION & ANSWER SESSION (stupid)

Filed under: Humor — Ankur Aggarwal @ 8:48 am

Q: I’ve heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true?

A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that’s it… don’t waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding up your heart will not make you live longer; that’s like saying you can extend the life of your car by driving it faster. Want to live longer? Take a nap.
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Q: Should I cut down on meat and eat more fruits and vegetables?

A: You must grasp logistical efficiencies. What does a cow eat? Hay and corn. And what are these? Vegetables. So a steak is nothing more than an efficient mechanism of delivering vegetables to your system. Need grain? Eat chicken. Beef is also a good source of field grass (green leafy vegetable). And a pork chop can give you 100% of your recommended daily allowance of vegetable products.
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Q: Should I reduce my alcohol intake?

A: No, not at all. Wine is made from fruit. Brandy is distilled wine, that means they take the water out of the fruity bit so you get even more of the goodness that way. Beer is also made out of grain. Bottoms up!
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Q: How can I calculate my body/fat ratio?

A: Well, if you have a body and you have fat, your ratio is one to one. If you have two bodies, your ratio is two to one, etc.
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Q: What are some of the advantages of participating in a regular exercise program?

A: Can’t think of a single one, sorry. My philosophy is: No Pain…Good!
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Q: Aren’t fried foods bad for you?

A: YOU’RE NOT LISTENING!!! … Foods are fried these days in vegetable oil. In fact, they’re permeated in it. How could getting more vegetables be bad for you?
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Q: Will sit-ups help prevent me from getting a little soft around the middle?

A: Definitely not! When you exercise a muscle, it gets bigger. You should only be doing sit-ups if you want a bigger stomach.

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Q: Is chocolate bad for me?

A: Are you crazy? HELLO Cocoa beans! Another vegetable!!! It’s the best feel-good food around!

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Q: Is swimming good for your figure?

A: If swimming is good for your figure, explain whales to me.
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Q: Is getting in-shape important for my lifestyle?

A: Hey! ‘Round’ is a shape!
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Well, I hope this has cleared up any misconceptions you may have had about food and diets.

And remember:
“Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways – Chardonnay in one hand – chocolate in the other – body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “WOO HOO, What a Ride!”

December 21, 2006

KGB Police at my office.

Filed under: Humor, Thoughts — Ankur Aggarwal @ 6:01 am

Recently there was a RAT problem in the office caught my office colleague’s fancy. There was a very long amusing mail chain with lots of creative ideas and humorous anecdotes. Even though there was no mention of the word Facilities/ Management (let alone some derogatory remarks), our in-house KGB police was alarmed.

They felt that the only way to maintain tranquility would be by barring individual employees to post such information. They feel that censuring such information is the best way to control the situation. (Such internal emails is a threat to the entire company)

I could have dismissed as a stray incident. But our Censor Police started building up a case against us. They traced out an Orkut group of the employees (which sees hardly one post a month). Going through its archives they found the words:
“Food at the Company Cafeteria is not good. The previous caterer was better”

These words were enough to start disciplinary actions against the perpetrators of this blasphemy. The whole group was deleted and all the members were called in a dark room (dungeon) for interrogation.

Although shaken, I thank god that none of my comrades disappeared due to this incident. However, I won’t be surprised if some of them would be looking forward to leap over the iron curtain.

Goldman Sachs is setting aside an unprecedented $16.5 billion to reward its talent, equal to $620,000 per employee across the firm. While my company rewards us with stale Breakfast and tasteless Tea.

December 20, 2006

8 stupidest things

Filed under: Humor — Ankur Aggarwal @ 7:31 pm

True accounts of really stupid people and what they did:

1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP?
AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it’s not Walter who’s lacking intelligence.

2. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS:
Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside them in the police line, shouting “Please come out and give yourself up.”

3. WHAT WAS PLAN B?
An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines, wherein the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank accounts.

4. THE GETAWAY!
A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Stop, and asked for all the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police showed up and grabbed him.

5. DID I SAY THAT?
Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just couldn’t control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the words, “Give me all your money or I’ll shoot, the man shouted, ‘That’s not what I said!”

6. ARE WE COMMUNICATING?
A man spoke frantically into the phone, “My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!” “Is this her first child?” the doctor asked “No!”, the man shouted, “This is her husband!”

7. NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED!
In Modesto, California, Steven Richard King was arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun, but unfortunately, he failed to keep his hand in his pocket. (hellllllooooooo!)

8. THE GRAND FINALE
Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, California, some folks, new to boating, were having a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn’t get their brand new 22 ft going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how much power was applied. After about an hour of trying to make it go they putted to a nearby marina, thinking someone there could tell them what was wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working condition. The engine ran fine, the outdrive went up and down, the prop was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water to check underneath, he came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard.

NOW REMEMBER …THIS IS TRUE… Under the boat, still strapped securely in place, was the trailer.

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