De-brate....

Some quotes!!

Most sensible comment seen there: End of the day, use what works for you.

Other, nonsensical comments!!

Linux - vim
Windows - Notepad

The answer is obvious for the people out there with half a brain…get OpenOffice.

But what about the average family who doesn’t need X amount of extra features?

First, most people don’t need the advanced features of MSWord, so OpenOffice - for free, will do the job just fine.

so, don't format your documents, resumes, flyers printed for your home business... here, take this toy, oooh, look at the pretty colours...go play with it, you don't need any of them jazzy features...one size fits all... Non-geeks like Office? death to the non-geeks...the geeks shall inherit the earth, until then, death to micro$oft...go through the 3000 page manual and memorize it before you even think of asking me some question...i'm too busy and cool to think about you user people anyway, and to boot you people are insects inside my bottom....just nuisance factor....sigh! what paradise it will be if there were no users in this world...

What is this?

Can anyone identify this jelly fish like thing? It is more or less the size of a thumbnail.



The photo i took somewhere south of Thiruvanmiyur, Madras.

This is the response from a group:
Google on "Irukandji' and see the images. It closely matches the images in the pic....though I know that Irukandgi is mostly colourless very difficut to detect with naked eyes. This jelly fish is the most poisonous organism know to man. Its a recent discovery and very few clinics in the world have managed to successfully persons stung by this fish.


This is the deadly Irukandji fish, but my 'discovery' is different from this in some ways:

1) mine is a cobalt blue in colour, while Irukandji is transparent
2) Irukandji has only 4 tentacles, mine has more than four.
3) this was found in India, whereas Irukandji is supposedly found only in Australian beaches

Grandma and her guns

My grandma's sisters will do the same..

Be careful, Indian grannies are trained by the Indian Army!

Observation Baba

Saw this billboard near Gemini Flyover a long time back, coming back from Marina Beach.

First billboard is about the godman Sai Baba's visit to Chennai; the second is an ad for a radio station - someone imitating thala Rajni's Baba. The caption for the second says "Beware of duplicates". Just wondering, towards which Baba is this comment directed? hmm...

you are suffering for any disease :)............

This is a sight now very common even in Tamil Nadu - a bunch of northies travelling in a home-made caravan, selling very "powerful" medicines that can cure "all diseases". You can see one on road-side, in a black tent with a board explaining the cures - this is one such picture, very funny!!

ARATI AURVEDIK CHIKITSA

You are suffering with any disease. Are not working
one your body. Because you are discourage. Lets come
to me and get and get healthy. Medicines were cured of
your disease we will take mony or gift from you. The
se are the diseases we are cured.
Gas trick, stomach pain, acidity, ulcer, urine unable
to come, stones are stored in the kidneys, heat, shankroid,
senses are weak. sugar, blood pressure, to be come
hypertension, lung diseases. 14 Types of diseases were
cured women diseases, white dots, egjima, skin diseases,
who become marriage and no childrens will be
ger childrens, phyles, liver diseases, elergy. t.b.
disease of lungs, all types of secret diseases
were cured from you, wee see the pulese and
give the exact medicines. First you have to check
the medicines and give the money.

To see the pulse fee 10 Rs.
The medicines will be provided by credit
if you are present govt. service certificate