One rotten egg is all it takes

I know how emotional one can get when one's team loses badly. I can understand it will be difficult to bear taunts from rivals ( especially since they like to rub it in ). But can this be tolerated?

Calls to rape or f*** some guy's girl friend?!! Holy cow!This is not just stooping to inhuman levels, this is something more than that and I don't have words for it! We can't blame the uncivilized anymore for this kind of behavior..even the 'civilized' do it. Give em a chance and they'll lose all the morality they have. Just goes to show how degenerate people can get. And how easily that is. Cyber laws are being taken for granted:so what do we make of it? What if these were legit threats? Who would deal with it? I know these are open ended questions that need to be answered real quick. Maybe publicity for such incidents will help gain traction for better laws, laws that cannot be taken for granted.

Appendix to this post -
http://in.yearinreview.yahoo.com/2009/blog/19
What I find surprising is that, cyber threats are considered more as a threat to 'consumers' not the people. When I say 'people', I mean their personal safety,their lives. I am inclined to believe that people do not understand how real threats to a person's life/integrity can be. Firms like McAfee/Adobe/Symantec ( and the like ) do not comprehend the possible gravity of the situation. This one line sums it all - Cyber criminals increasingly leverage the news of the day to attack unsuspecting consumers. One's personal integrity ain't ones bank account numbers, not their e-mail ids and not their personal details as seen on any social networking site. Wouldn't you think?

In defence of Kevin Carter

This Pulitzer prize winning picture shook the conscience of the world in 1993. And as with anything that radical, criticism did follow.

A member of the Bang-Bang club, Kevin Carter was already famous with his fellow mates for uncovering unimaginable atrocities happening in Africa before 1993. I don't know if he was motivated by fame or was just rash. That is a moot point. That is no point actually. When this photo was released to the press, people were appalled all over the world to see the conditions in Africa ( its still no different. Please note I am not trying to discredit the United Nations.They are doing more than they could ever do to save the forsaken place ). The picture did generate the right kind of press. But along with it came the critics. The questions that started popping around were - why did Kevin leave the little girl in the parched land without helping?He was accused of 'waiting for the right moment' to get the photograph to be as 'dramatic' as it is. He was also accused of tampering the picture. Soon,his personal life was uncovered:he did drugs,had unstable relationships...yada yada yada.

Who are these people?What right do they have to question his conscience? Have they ever been to Africa? Can't believe the nerve of these people to rake up his personal life. So what if he did drugs? This man witnessed unimaginable things. Things like 'necklacing'. Had the courage to stick to a profession that was a constant threat to his life. And for whatever reason it might be, he did uncover them. So how do these armchair critics get the right to comment about the rightness or wrongness of the picture or Kevin himself? Have they ever been in such a position themselves? Are they peers in the same profession who have witnessed the same as Kevin?Have they even tried to put themselves in Kevin's place,or his frame of mind? I know what would happen to me if I'd put myself in his frame of mind. Explode and self destruct...that is what would happen. No self righteous person would be even able to comprehend the meaning of the photo beyond what it was meant to. Anything beyond is just plain academic ( plain stupid that is ) for the sake of doing it or for a living ( if it for a living,maybe it is partially justified ). People need to shut up if they can't do anything but complain about it. So what I am saying is that this picture and Kevin are beyond such bourgeois questioning. The man's dead. He killed himself unable to bear the trauma of what he saw in his life ( and also because of personal issues ). No amount of LSD/opium/pot/heroin would ever give relief to this kind of pain. Maybe death did. How 'convenient' for the critics right? So lay off him.

Who of my pals know what.

Here's a one line description of some of my friends.Recognize yourself?!

RRK - Long time accomplice. Tries to pretend to know something thinking he knows almost nothing when he actually knows something.

RK - Works for a leading electrical organization. Pretends he knows nothing when actually he knows everything. Also a jackass and a good blogger.

Chikman - Knows too much. Does not and cannot pretend otherwise. Also a complex number. Thinks ASP has too many gal friends.

SMC - Jack of all trades. Master of a few. His jokes are silent killers. Pretends like they are not.

Grease - Second in command to SMC when it comes to killer jokes.

ASP - He is the source for Reuters and BBC. Pretends he is not. Blogs well but does not boast about it. Secretly an 'uncle'. Vehemently denies it as evident in his blog.

Dumbu - Knew everything. Forgot everything. Oldest accomplice. Roamed the whole of Europe just for fun and pretends he did not. Also an unknown form of heavy metal.

DAK - Too 'rich' to be pretentious. Knows too much about Nigeria. Tried to hide the fact that he is an 'uncle'. Failed miserably.

AJ - His mommy would 'whip his arse' if he'd tried to pretend about something. Poor pretender. His name sounds cool although he pretends it is not. Too modest.

SRK - Factionist....lol. Secretly a reporter and travels frequently to Mahbubnagar to spy on underworld dons.

RD - Gooner accomplice. Both of us pretend together.

SCP - Pretends he has a booming voice and pretends he does not know it. That's true. He could put a foghorn to shame.

ST - Bwaa hahaha hahahahahaha...Hello?

BP - Gets confused with his nationality. Thermo king.

My Bro - Knows nothing. Does not pretend. Likes to stay dumb.

and finally

Me - ???

Troubleshooting your coffee maker

A few really funny pointers to why your coffee maker is troubling you -

Problem
The coffee is not brewing.
Solution
Plug it in.

Problem
The coffee maker brews only water.
Solution
Add desired amount of coffee.

Problem
The coffee is not hot.
Solution
Wait for power to be restored.

Problem
The filter basket overflows.
Solution
Place lid on the decanter.

Problem
The on light does not light up.
Solution
Plug it in or wait for power to be restored.

Problem
The coffee tastes bad.
Solution
Add correct coffee to water ratio.

Wheels up & Wheels down.

My first flight(or rather my first three succesive flights) sucked.I felt like I was being transported with 200 other people in a cage with the zoo keepers occasionaly dropping a line with something half edible.Nevertheless,we did gobble up what was served(thrown) to stop our tummies from rumbling louder than the turbofans.Oh..and the restrooms...a 5x4 square feet cell...Goddamit..even jail is better.You might think travelling first class is better...but it all boils down to the rest room queue which can make or break your day especially if you are travelling for 15-16 hours straight.The aisle is so narrow,even an anorexic person would find it difficult to navigate without bumping into other people oops animals.It reminded me of all the Nazi horrors of WWII.They think the in flight entertainment systems will be the pain killer.It aint no pain killer.Its like watching a TV through white polyethene cover after some time.The glare is so bad that its like looking at the Sun directly.Why would anyone want to hurt their eyes or ears willfully?And our hoofs hurt so bad sitting idle in an obtuse angle or trying to sleep in an acute angle.They wouldn't even let us open the windows and smell the rarefied air.
All in the guise of economy.