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What Type of Writer Should You Be?

You Should Be a Science Fiction Writer

Your ideas are very strange, and people often wonder what planet you're from. And while you may have some problems being "normal," you'll have no problems writing sci-fi. Whether it's epic films, important novels, or vivid comics... Your own little universe could leave an important mark on the world!

What Type of Writer Should You Be?

Ramadoss quarantined

I am sitting in my office and writing this; although I have lot of work to do. Why? The honorable Supreme Court of India just reinstated the ousted AIIMS director, Dr. Venugopal. Frankly, I feel Ramadoss is Sreesanth of the union cabinet; always in the news for wrong reasons.

Check this out:

http://www.ibnlive.com/news/bitter-pill-for-ramadoss-
venugopal-reinstated/64826-3.html

Some Poetry on a dull Wednesday evening

Just in case you haven't come across this yet.

Another microsoft gem..

This is what MS has been up to. I somehow suspected it has always been the case, but here is ample proof.

"We understand that the main problem is online web sites that find security holes so as to be able to run code locally. Code that runs locally used to be able to damage your system because it ran with the highest privileges. So - rather than block up the security holes - Microsoft have decided to clamp down on all local web page active content so that the user has to agree to various dire warnings before letting it run."

More on http://www.phdcc.com/xpsp2.htm

A classic case of solving the wrong problem.

The unseeded Frenchman from Le Mans

When was the last grand slam final so engrossing? Federer-Nadal contests are almost folklore, but this one beats them all on just going by quality of tennis on display. The last contest that comes close can only be the US Open final few years back when Federer beat Agassi. As Vijay Amritraj and Alan Wilkins in the commentary box concede, they haven't seen the tennis ball being harder than it has been today,

Thanks JWF for such a wonderful Sunday. You may not win today, but you definitely belong here. Keep those volleys going, you remind me of pistol Pete when you play them. And don't let that smile vanish from your face! As for Novak, may you win many more.

The last time when neither Federer nor Nadal played in a Grand slam final was Aussie Open in 2005. And since then the tennis world has bowed to the greatness of one man, who has been pronounced the greatest ever by the pundits. And now, we see a new world order emerging.
There are two more reasons to watch tennis; and another one in Ana Ivanovic who went down to Sharapova yesterday. They have done almost all they could do to put Serbia on the world tennis map.

P.S. Novak wins it 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, 7-6. The presenter rightly calls the contest 'Gladiatorial'.