The rape capital Delhi.!

Ranga Panga..! Two normal characters created by a friend of mine..!

just two mere characters.; but they are so true..!:|
God save OUR INDIA.!

Who all remember the very famous GTA, VICE CITY>>?????

THE EARTH SUMMIT, COPENHAGEN, 2009

What was the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit??

The UN meeting was the deadline for thrashing out a successor to the Kyoto Protocol, with the aim of preventing dangerous Global Warming. It went on for two weeks from 7 December 2009 and was the latest in  a series that traced their origins to the 1992 Earth Summit, Rio De Jainero.

What's the bottom line??

Climate scientists are convinced the world must stop the growth in greenhouse gas emissions and start making them fall very soon. To have a chance of keeping warming under the dangerous 2C mark, cuts of 25%-40% relative to 1990 levels are needed,rising to 80-95% by 2050. So far, the offers on the table  are way below these targets.

                                                                                                                            

Who should make the cuts?

That is a crunch issue. The industrialized nations such as US, UK , Japan and others have emitted by far the most carbon and still emit vast amounts per person, so have the responsibility to make the deep cuts scientists demand. But emissions from emerging economies such as China and India are surging, and any global limit on carbon emissions needs curbs on these nations, too. Yet, per person, those nations have small carbon footprints and millions of people in deep poverty-400 million Indians live without electricity, for example. So China, India and others can argue they need to be allowed to continue to pollute for a while as they improve their citizens' lives. Balancing the responsibilities for cuts is a key part of the negotiations.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?? WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE WORLD IF SUCH ISSUES PREVAIL AND NO SOLUTION IS FOUND??? 

People, please comment and let the world know it needs a change!

tRueE FrIenDSsssssss!!!! :)



Friends are far, friends are near,
Friends will be there to lend an ear,
They listen, laugh, and care,
But most of all, they're always there,
Through thick and thin, up and down,
Your true friends are always around,
For treats, hugs and real big smiles,
They'll travel to you from several miles,
They'll always be there to hold you tight,
Anytime, no matter if it's day or night,
You really know when your friends are sincere, 
When they always show up to lend their ear.

THINK & ACT POSITIVE!!!

Not going along with the crowd can help you stand out in the crowd!

Sometimes, being yourself is the hardest thing to do.

Going along with the crowd may be easy, but being an individual will be more rewarding. 

Don't make your choices based on the crowd. 

Make your choices on

YOUR FEELINGS....... YOUR VALUES.... AND YOUR NEEDS......!!!!!!!!

DREAMWORLD!!!!! :)

 

APPLE'S JOURNEY TO THE TOP !!!!

Apple appears to have knocked Microsoft off its throne to become the world's biggest technology company. The news has been met with delight by many of Apple's loyal customers, who see the news as proof that the era of Windows is finally over, and the computing baton has passed from Redmond to Cupertino. Sadly for Mac fanboys, the truth is probably quite the reverse. OS Roundup: Was it exclusion or exclusivity that fuelled Apple's journey to being the world's biggest technology company? Or perhaps it's Apple's understanding and ability that when the producer names the tune, the consumer must dance.

Here's why: When Apple Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) was a computer company that concentrated on selling Macs it went to the very brink of bankruptcy before being bailed out by Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in 1997. Apple's recent success stems not from computers, but from its iPhone, iPad and iPod consumer gadgets. It would therefore be no surprise if Apple threw in the towel on the computer front in the near future and abandoned the Mac platform and its OS X desktop and server operating systems altogether.

Unlikely? Think again. After all, Apple does have a track record of abandoning its technology and the customers unfortunate enough to have invested in it. It did just that with the Motorola-based Macs, and it did so again with the PowerPC-based ones. It also has a history of telling its customers what they want and what they can have -- think of the absence of Flash on the iPhone, for example.

As recently as this month at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC), Apple supremo Steve Jobs spent two hours talking about the iPhone and new mobile apps without so much as mentioning that the Mac platform even existed. As Jeff Bertolucci points out over at PC World, Apple dropped the Mac software category from its annual Apple Design awards, told shareholder and analyst meetings that the company is focusing on mobile gadgets, and announced that personal computers -- including the Mac -- are on the wane.

So is it really so far-fetched to imagine that at some point in the coming months Apple will tell its followers they can't have Macs anymore, and they will have to learn to want iPads or some other iDevice instead? Most Mac customers dutifully bought PowerPC-based Macs when the Motorola-based ones were discontinued, and then bought Intel-based ones when Apple told them to. There is little reason for Apple to doubt that its long suffering fan base would abandon their Macs for gadgets if Jobs gave the word that they should. Apple has become so successful because it understands that when the producer names the tune, the consumer must dance.

So how did all this come about? Apple used to be a computer company, and it was founded, in part, on lofty ideals. In the documentary movie "Hackers Wanted," Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak talks about the legendary Homebrew Computer Club and his ideals before starting Apple. "The whole mentality of the Homebrew Computer Club was extremely open. Information should be handed out because basically we were creating stuff that was going to move the world forward, and we should do our best to be good contributors to society in that way."

But as the company grew, this openness gave way to a closed, jealous, selfish approach to technology. Apple built up a tiny but loyal following of fans who enjoyed using its desktop and laptop computers, and it managed to convince them life was better without most mainstream software and popular games, and without the ability to use these computers with most of the peripherals and gadgets on the market. Apple customers simply got used to the fact that if they bought a laser printer, a heart rate monitor, a GPS or some other gizmo that could be connected to a computer, they would probably be excluded from doing so because they had a Mac, and after all, style was more important than substance.

In fact, Apple's entire computer strategy was based on exclusion or -- as Apple customers were encouraged to believe -- exclusivity. And Apple loved to remind Mac owners that its OS software also excluded harmful viruses and other malware from their machines.

The problem was that less than 5 percent of the world's computer buyers were prepared to live like some bubble boy in a digital plastic oxygen tent, never catching a cold in Apple's sterile environment, yet isolated from those outside enjoying all the excitement of the big bustling digital world -- albeit catching the occasional sniffle along the way.

It was this unsuccessful Mac strategy that almost caused the company's downfall, and it was then that Apple clearly made a decision to move in to gadget-making. More recently, it has elected to devote itself to that market, all but abandoning its computer-related activities -- which are now restricted to regularly grinding out uninspired iterations of its laptop and desktop machines to its fans. (Of course some people claim that iPads or iPhones are computers in their own right, and technically that's true -- in the same way that fridges or microwave ovens with processors and firmware are computers.)

So congratulations to Apple for becoming the biggest tech company in the world thanks to all those addictive gadgets. Let's see how long it is before the company dumps the Mac platform, the OS X desktop and server operating system, and the rest of the baggage from its old life as a computer company

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Major Earthquake in West Asia today!

Tehran: Hundreds of people are feared dead as a massive earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale rocked Iran on Tuesday.
As per the US Geological Survey, the quake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale had its epicentre on the Iran-Pakistan border at a depth of 15.2 kilometres. It was located 86 kilometres east-southeast of the Iranian city of Khash.
A government officials told a news agency that "it was the biggest earthquake in 40 years and we are expecting hundreds of dead".
There are no further details of the extent of the damage. The rescue teams are being sent to the quake stricken areas.


The quake was felt in Iran, Pakistan and a major part of West Asia.

At least 37 people were killed and 850 wounded when a 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit south-west Iran on April 10.

GOOGLE LAPTOP IMPRESSIVE BUT NOT FOR ALL

Google's first high-end laptop, the Chromebook Pixel, is an impressive machine. It feels light and comfortable in my hands and on my lap. Its high-resolution display makes photos look sharp and video come to life. From a hardware standpoint, it's everything I'd want a laptop to be.But the Pixel isn't very practical - at least not yet - for most people. It works well when you have a steady Internet connection, but can't do much once you lose that connection.

And because it uses Google's own operating system, it doesn't run enough software yet to replace your other machines.I brought the Pixel along for a nearly three-week trip to Thailand and Cambodia, where I knew I wouldn't have the type of round-the-clock access I'm used to in the U.S. I was surprised by how much I could do, but quickly got frustrated when I couldn't do more.

Such frustration doesn't come cheap. Prices for the Pixel start at $1,299, just $200 less than a MacBook with a comparable screen and the ability to do much more offline. A higher-end Pixel with cellular access costs $150 more than the basic model and is scheduled to start shipping Monday.

For those unfamiliar with Google's entry into the laptop market - I guess that's many of you - the Pixel and other Chromebooks run a Google operating system called Chrome OS. Based on the Chrome Web browser available for Windows and Mac computers, Chrome OS underscores Google's vision of letting the Internet do all the heavy lifting instead of your computer.

As a result, you can power up and start working on the Chromebook right away. Boot time is minimal because there's not a lot of software to load. Those functions are pulled from the Internet as needed. That also means updates come regularly and don't need any installation on your part.

There's not a lot of storage on the machine either. The idea is to keep as much as you can online, through a storage service such as Google Drive or Dropbox.

Think of the Chromebook as a gateway to the Internet. You can download apps from Google and others to run on the Chromebook, but many of those apps do little more than access a website on your Chrome browser when you're online.

Previous Chromebooks haven't been too powerful. They have tended to be low-cost machines ideal for casual users who mostly need computers for Internet tasks such as email and Facebook.

Google is changing the dynamics with the Pixel. It's targeting power users who are willing to pay more money for the best features.

For $1,299, you get a well-built machine sporting a touch-sensitive display that measures nearly 13 inches diagonally. The screen's resolution is among the best out there. At 239 pixels per inch, it tops the 227 pixels per inch on the 13-inch MacBook Pro, though your eyes might not be able to discern that small difference.

The basic Pixel model comes with 32 gigabytes of storage and has a slot for external storage, such as a camera's SD card. Each machine also comes with a three-year subscription for 1 terabyte of online storage through Google Drive. It's normally $50 a month.

Google also offers a $1,449 model that has double the internal storage, at 64 GB, and 100 megabytes a month of LTE cellular data access through Verizon Wireless for two years. That's suitable for occasional use, but if you'll be away from Wi-Fi a lot, you'll need a data plan. Prices start at $10 a day.

The LTE model isn't set to ship until Monday, but Google lent me one to try out. I was impressed with the LTE offering, as the cellular access would help cover some of the gaps I'd have outside my home and office. But it's of no use abroad.

Nor is LTE of use on airplanes. Both models offer 12 free sessions with Gogo's Wi-Fi service on airplanes, but those are good only for flights that offer that capability. Those tend to be domestic flights in the U.S.

So I found myself trying to use Chromebook without a steady Internet connection.

Before I left, I configured the Chromebook browser to enable offline access to Google Docs, the company's set of online tools such as word processing and spreadsheets.

With offline access, you're able to access and edit documents. Changes get synced with the online versions the next time you connect to the Internet.

I was able to do a fair amount of writing offline, but every now and then, my document would disappear, replaced by Google's "Aw, Snap" error message sporting a sad face icon. That would be cute if hours of work weren't at stake.

Although I was usually able to recover the file and never lost more than a paragraph of writing, I got nervous with every crash. Google Docs lets you save copies on your computer as text files or in Microsoft's Word format. But that function works only when you are online, even for changes you are making offline.

Even without the crashes, I wasn't getting tools such as spell-checking while offline. That's not an issue when using Word or Apple's Pages on other machines.

Beyond text documents, the Chromebook is able to view photos, PDFs and other files, just like any other computer. It can also read files in Microsoft's Word and Excel formats, though you must convert them to Google Docs to make changes.

And obviously, it can browse the Web. I successfully paid credit card bills, bought magazines and watched Hulu video on the Pixel. I was able to read an e-book on Amazon's Web-based Kindle app, too.

But there are limits, particular when sites require plug-ins that aren't available for the Chromebook.

And while I was able to write this story on a Chromebook, our publishing system isn't compatible with it.

Chromebooks are ideal for those who have steady Internet access and do most of their computing on Web browsers. But those people may be fine with one of the other, much cheaper Chromebooks. One is the $249 Samsung Chromebook, which I have tried and like for simple tasks when Internet access isn't an issue.

If you need a machine as powerful as the Pixel, you might also need an operating system that can do more, especially when offline.

Google executive Caesar Sengupta admits that Chromebook owners might still have to turn to a Windows or Mac computer now and then. In many ways, it reminds me of the early days of the Mac, when most software was written only for Windows.

That makes the Pixel expensive for a machine that can't serve as your sole computer. At $1,299, I'd rather spend another $200 for a MacBook with a high-resolution display and four times the storage, at 128 gigabytes. You don't get a touch screen with the MacBook, but frankly, I didn't use the Pixel's touch controls even once during my Asia trip.

On the other hand, Sengupta told me that selling Pixels isn't Google's main goal with the machine. Rather, the company made it to showcase Google's vision for the future of computing. In that case, Google has succeeded in producing a machine that is a pleasure to use - as long as you're online.

 

About the Chromebook Pixel:

The device represents Google's entry into the high-end laptop market. It runs Google's Chrome OS operating system, which largely assumes you'll have round-the-clock Internet access. You can still work with the device offline, but functionality is limited.

The basic model costs $1,299 and comes with 32 gigabytes of storage. For $1,449, you get 64 gigabytes and LTE connectivity through Verizon Wireless. Both models come with a terabyte of online storage through Google Drive for three years, a $1,800 value at $50 per month. Not everyone will need as much storage, and Google Drive offers free and cheaper plans.

The pricier Pixel model also offers 100 megabytes a month of LTE cellular data access through Verizon Wireless for two years.

If you need more, you can buy a day pass with unlimited data for $10. Or you can buy 1 gigabyte of data for $20, 3 GB for $35 or 5 GB for $50. Those are good for a month. If you're a Verizon customer with a plan for sharing data allotments over multiple devices, you can add the Pixel for just $10 a month.

The Pixel is sold through Google's online Play store and Best Buy's website

15 NOTABLE PEOPLE WHO DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL!!!

Everyone knows how important it is to stay in school, get a good education, and graduate with a diploma. But it may be hard to stay focused after reading about the success of these famous dropouts. Hard work, drive, natural talent, and sheer luck helped them overcome their lack of education, but many still returned to school later in life.

 In this article, you will learn about notable people including inventors,  politicians, and entertainers who dropped out of school before their rise to fame.

Princess Diana dropped out of school at 16.

1. THOMAS EDISON

Thomas Edison is probably the most famous and productive inventor of all time, with more than 1,000 patents in his name, including the electric light bulb, phonograph, and motion picture camera. He became a self-made multimillionaire and won a Congressional Gold Medal. Edison got a late start in his schooling following an illness, and, as a result, his mind often wandered, prompting one of his teachers to call him "addled." He dropped out after only three months of formal education. Luckily, his mother had been a schoolteacher in Canada and home-schooled young Edison.

 2. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Benjamin Franklin wore many hats: politician, diplomat, author, printer, publisher, scientist, inventor, founding father, and coauthor and cosigner of the Declaration of Independence. One thing he was not was a high school graduate. Franklin was the fifteenth child and youngest son in a family of 20. He spent two years at the Boston Latin School before dropping out at age ten and going to work for his father, and then his brother, as a printer.

3. BILL GATES
Bill Gates is a co-founder of the software giant Microsoft and has been ranked the richest person in the world for a number of years. Gates dropped out of Harvard in his junior year after reading an article about the Altair microcomputer in Popular Electronics magazine. He and his friend Paul Allen formed Micro Soft (later changed to Microsoft) to write software for the Altair .

 4. ALBERT EINSTEIN
Although he was named Time magazine's "Man of the Century," Albert Einstein was not an "Einstein" in school. The Nobel Prize-winning physicist, famous for his theory of relativity and contributions to quantum theory and statistical mechanics, dropped out of high school at age 15. Deciding to continue his education a year later, Einstein took the entrance exam to the prestigious Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, but failed. He returned to high school, got his diploma, and then passed the university's entrance exam on his second attempt.

 5. JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
Two months before his high school graduation, history's first recorded billionaire, John D. Rockefeller, Sr., dropped out to take business courses at Folsom Mercantile College. He founded the Standard Oil Company in 1870, made his billions before the company was broken up by the government for being a monopoly, and spent his last 40 years giving away his riches, primarily to causes related to health and education. Ironically, this high school dropout helped millions get a good education.

 6. WALT DISNEY
 In 1918, while still in high school, future Oscar-winning film producer and theme park pioneer Walt Disney began taking night courses at the Academy of Fine Arts in Chicago. Disney dropped out of high school at age 16 to join the army, but because he was too young to enlist, he joined the Red Cross with a forged birth certificate instead. Disney was sent to France where he drove an ambulance that was covered from top to bottom with cartoons that eventually became his film characters. After becoming the multimillionaire founder of the Walt Disney Company and winning the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Disney received an honorary high school diploma at age 58.

7. RICHARD BRANSON
Britain's Sir Richard Branson is a self-made billionaire businessman. He founded Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Records, Virgin Mobile, and most recently, a space tourism company to provide suborbital trips into space for anyone who can afford them. Suffering from dyslexia, Branson was a poor student, so he quit school at age 16 and moved to London, where he began his first successful entrepreneurial activity, publishing Student magazine.

8. GEORGE BURNS
George Burns, born Nathan Birnbaum, was a successful vaudeville, TV, and movie comedian for nearly nine decades. After his father's death, Burns left school in the fourth grade to go to work shining shoes, running errands, and selling newspapers. While employed at a local candy shop, Burns and his young coworkers decided to go into show business as the Peewee Quartet. After the group broke up, Burns continued to work with a partner, usually a girl, and was the funny one in the group until he met Gracie Allen in 1923. Burns and Allen got married, but didn't become stars until George flipped the act and made Gracie the funny one. They continued to work together in vaudeville, radio, television, and movies until Gracie retired in 1958. Burns continued performing almost until the day he died in March 1996.
Go to the next page for more notable people who dropped out of school yet still managed to make a name for themselves.

9. COLONEL SANDERS
Colonel Harland Sanders overcame his lack of education to become the biggest drumstick in the fried chicken business. His father died when he was six years old, and since his mother worked, he was forced to cook for his family. After dropping out of elementary school, Sanders worked many jobs, including firefighter, steamboat driver, and insurance salesman. He later earned a law degree from a correspondence school. Sanders' cooking and business experience helped him make millions as the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken (now KFC).

10. CHARLES DICKENS
Charles Dickens, author of numerous classics including Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and A Christmas Carol, attended elementary school until his life took a twist of its own when his father was imprisoned for debt. At age 12, he left school and began working ten-hour days in a boot-blacking factory. Dickens later worked as a law clerk and a court stenographer. At age 22, he became a journalist, reporting parliamentary debate and covering election campaigns for a newspaper. His first collection of stories, Sketches by Boz (Boz was his nickname), was published in 1836 and led to his first novel, The Pickwick Papers, in March 1836.

11. ELTON JOHN
Born Reginald Kenneth Dwight, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame member Sir Elton John has sold more than 250 million records and has more than 50 Top 40 hits, making him one of the most successful musicians of all time. At age 11, Elton entered London's Royal Academy of Music on a piano scholarship. Bored with classical compositions, Elton preferred rock 'n' roll and after five years he quit school to become a weekend pianist at a local pub. At 17, he formed a band called Bluesology, and, by the mid-1960s, they were touring with soul and R&B musicians such as the Isley Brothers and Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. The album Elton John was released in the spring of 1970 and, after the first single "Your Song" made the U.S. Top Ten, Elton was on his way to superstardom.

12. RAY KROC
Ray Kroc didn't found McDonald's, but he turned it into the world's largest fast-food chain after purchasing the original location from Dick and Mac McDonald. Kroc amassed a $500 million fortune during his lifetime, and in 2000 was included in Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential builders and titans of industry in the 20th century. During World War I, Kroc dropped out of high school at age 15 and lied about his age to become a Red Cross ambulance driver, but the war ended before he was sent overseas.

13. HARRY HOUDINI
The name Houdini is synonymous with magic. Before becoming a world-renowned magician and escape artist named Harry Houdini, Ehrich Weiss dropped out of school at age 12, working several jobs, including locksmith's apprentice. At 17, he teamed up with fellow magic enthusiast Jack Hayman to form the Houdini Brothers, named after Jean Eugène Robert Houdin, the most famous magician of the era. By age 24, Houdini had come up with the Challenge Act, offering to escape from any pair of handcuffs produced by the audience. The Challenge Act was the turning point for Houdini. With its success came the development of the spectacular escapes that would make him a legend.
Our list of notable people who dropped out of school continues with history's most famous magician.

14. RINGO STARR
Richard Starkey is better known as Ringo Starr, the drummer of the Beatles. Born in Liverpool in 1940, Ringo suffered two serious illnesses at age six. First, his appendix ruptured, leaving him in a coma for ten weeks. After six months in recovery, he fell out of the hospital bed, necessitating an additional six-month hospital stay. After spending a total of three years in a hospital, he was considerably behind in school. He dropped out after his last visit to the hospital at age 15, barely able to read or write. While working at an engineering firm, 17-year-old Starkey joined a band and taught himself to play the drums. His stepfather bought him his first real drum set, and Ringo sat in with a variety of bands, eventually joining Rory Storm and the Hurricanes. He changed his name to Ringo Starr, joined the Beatles in 1962, and is now one of the best-known drummers in history.

15. PRINCESS DIANA

The late Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, attended West Heath Girls' School where she was regarded as an academically below-average student, having failed all of her O-level examinations (exams given to 16-year-old students in the UK to determine their education level). At age 16, she left West Heath and briefly attended a finishing school in Switzerland before dropping out from there as well. Diana was a talented amateur singer and reportedly longed to be a ballerina. Diana went to work as a part-time assistant at the Young England Kindergarten, a day care center and nursery school. Contrary to claims, she was not a kindergarten teacher since she had no educational qualifications to teach, and Young England was not a kindergarten, despite its name. In 1981, at age 19, Diana became engaged to Prince Charles and her working days were over.