GetFireFox.com vs GetInternetExplorer.com!

Don't I love this .... the wars that seem to be going on for ages, and getting fierce by the day, between the self proclaimed saviours of the web & the computing fraternity ( You know i'm referring to the *nix community) and the guys who started it all ( Dear old MS that is), doesn't seem to be in any mood for a break. Although its been for a long time that these two snap at each other at every possible opportunity and try to demean each other's achievements, its not often that we, the users have something to really laugh about. Its been around for quite sometime now, but for ignorant souls, here it goes - Firefox was launched by all the anti MS guys and widely campaigned to be the annihilator of IE. So much so, that the official FF site is http://www.getfirefox.com . All affairs being open source and in the public interest, these guys also put up a customary Donate link at the bottom of the page. Now MS waiting for its turn fought back with its own version, http://www.getinternetexplorer.com, a replica of the former, though publicising IE instead of FF. The humour comes now with MS imitating 100% of FF's site with all the layout and even the links. Just hover your mouse over that donate link and watch the link that it points to in the status bar below! Enjoy for yourself. A screenshot is below.




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A walk around the seven lakes

No, these lakes are not the ones associated with Mumbai, nor any pilgrimage as you may ponder. Located in the southern suburbs of Calcutta, whithin the serene campus of Indian Institue of Management, Calcutta in Joka, they cover a better part of the sprawling 135 odd acres of the eminent B school of India. Courtesy Siddharth, my childhood buddy, currently on the rolls of PGDCM 2005-07 there, and more to my habit of last minute desperations for anything important, yesterday i had the good fortunes to get up n close with the one of the most coveted institutions of higher education in India. Had he not taken the CAT bulletin for me the previous day (the last day too!) , i'd have had to be content with the memories of the excursion only, quashing any hopes whatsoever of gracing any of the IIMs with my presence as their guest for 2 years! It was not to be. The goody-goody guy sid is (at least seems so), not only did he bunk his already-down-in-the-dumps Financial Accounting class for it, but also gave me a guided tour of the college premises with an obvious sense of pride, coated with humility. We started off with the hostel itself, his room being adjacent to the Computer Lab, the Common Room ...... and ........... the GIRLS' HOSTEL............!!!!!!! yes, the Girls' Hostel. Moving on to what looked like a small club, having a tennis court, a basketball court outside, inside was the empty gymnasium, as if its ultramodern equipments begging to be used! Alongside was the indoor badminton court, slick enough to give the ones maintained by national authorities a run for their money! With such facilities in-campus, i wonder how the college keeps churning out brains as it does. Next stop was the ultramodern auditorium at the heart of the campus which we didn't go inside and moved on to the academic blocks. The thing which would strike anyone was the roll of honour hanging on the walls inspiring each of the 250 odd students each year. After having a good look at the lecture halls, we made a move and on the way saw the bird sanctaury, the Kendriya vidyalaya, the library, the administrative blocks. HELLO.... we are still in the campus! A good one and a half hours of the PILGRIMAGE was enough to give to me something to think about.

The Competition's hotting up V 1.1

W.R.T this postI wonder how quick i'll run into double digit version numbers if MS keeps on emulating Google! The latest on the block is MS's own Virtual Earth -- needless to say, a take on Google Earth. God knows what on earth is making MS lift ideas one after another from Google and shamelessly incorporate in their system, but its for sure that Bill and Co. makes hell of a copier, putting even XEROX to shame! What's left only i guess is the rechristening of Google Labs into something like .... MSN Labs !

Originals --- >> Google IG Google Earth
Copies --- >> MSN Start MSN Virtual Earth

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Chain Reaction

Email IDs of indian Cricketers - Very Confidential!

Sachin@man-of-the-match.com
RahulDravid@Jam-Jam.com
AnilKumble@Hurt-Keeper.com
AjitAgarkar@Give-Runs-To-Opponents.com
VirendarShewag@Will-score-200-in-200onedays.com
IrfanPathan@Shatapdi-Express.com
RoshanGavaskar@Never-ComeBack.com
Kaif@Indian-Jonty-Rhodes.com
YuvarajSingh@Only-fit-to-do-modeling.com
Azharuddin@match-fixer.com
AjayJadeja@another-match-fixer.com
HarbhajanSingh@Turbanator.com
ZaheerKhan@Always-Yorker.com
Balaji@Where-Is-He.com
KapilDev@Cry-On-BBC.com
ManojPrabakar@Video-Cassette.com
Sponsors@They-Earn.com
CricketFans@Are-They-Fools.com
Coach@No-Use.com
IndianTeam@When-Will-It-Win.com
ganguly@2minutesnoodles.com

JAI HIND

Coated with pride

Moments of freedom in shades of joy

Carried with care

Fly in glory

Dipped in love

Happy Independence Day to Fellow Indians..VANDE MAATARAM!

The competition's hotting up.... MS v Google

Wow......It can't get better than this! Now we have two IT titans pitted directly against each other...One which till a few years ago was arguably the undisputed powerhouse of the Software world, and the other, which according to most has dethroned the former and is on course to become the best ever. The two Cos. in question are Microsoft Inc. and Google. Google with its never-even-dreamt-of kinda stuffs like Google Maps and Personalised Homepage (visit Google Labs for more) has become synonymous with cutting-edge technology, and now MS has developed its very own version of Google IG -- Start (Preview), quite impressive i must say. Slashdot says, as is evident from a first hand preview -- "It looks like Microsoft has quietly put up their version of Google's start page. It's interesting in several ways. First, the layout and use of javascript is strikingly similar to Google's. Second, one of the few major differences is that there is no MS equivalent banner or other flashing indication that it is an MS site."

Go Here to preview MS START

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