Thursday, January 29, 2009

1474 megapixel image..

Here is a photo taken using a panorama image capturing device called gigapan created by the carnegie mellon university and a canon g10 camera.

The photographer had to click 220 snaps from that camera to get this complete view of the Obama's inaugural address. It took a macbook pro around 7hrs to process the complete image. The final size of the image is over 2GB. 
zoom in and see, you can easily kill several hours checking out all the faces there.

Saturday, January 24, 2009

The Best of the Worst ...

The Best of the worst: Bank Robbery:
In August 1975 three men were on their way in to rob the Royal Bank of Scotland at Rothesay, when they got stuck in the revolving doors. They had to be helped free by the staff and, after thanking everyone, sheepishly left the building. A few minutes later they returned and announced their intention of robbing the bank, but none of the staff believed them. When they demanded 5,000 pounds in cash, the head cashier laughed at them, convinced that it was a practical joke. Then one of the men jumped over the counter, but fell to the floor clutching his ankle. The other two tried to make their getaway, but got trapped in the revolving doors again.
 
Lawyers Vs Insurances
This is the best lawyer story of the year, decade, and probably the century. A Charlotte , NC , lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month of having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment on the policy, the lawyer filed a claim against the insurance company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a series of small fires." The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason: that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The lawyer sued .. and won! In delivering the ruling, the judge agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous. The Judge stated, nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire, and was obligated to pay the claim. Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000 to the lawyer for his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
NOW FOR THE BEST PART...
After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!! With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.
 
Worst ever act of Hijacking
We shall never know the identity of the man who in 1976 made the most unsuccessful hijack attempt ever. On a flight across America , he rose from his seat, drew gun and took the stewardess hostage. "Take me to Detroit ," he demanded. "We're already going to Detroit ," she replied. "Oh .. good," he said, and sat down again.
 
Worst Animal Rescue ever!!
During the firemen's strike of 1978, the British Army had taken over emergency fire fighting and on 14th January they were called out by an elderly lady in South London to retrieve her cat which had got trapped up a tree. They arrived with impressive haste and soon discharged their duty. So grateful was the lady that she invited them all in for tea. Driving off later, with fond farewells completed, they ran over the cat and killed it!!  :D

Friday, January 23, 2009

TV9 :-)

NOTE: THE BELOW SPOOF IS ENGLISH VERSION OF TELUGU CONVERSATION, OTHERS DO IGNORE IT.

Funny Spoof !!

Veedi channel lo news ki chinna example (fiction)

manam road meeda velthu untaam. Oka kukka pilla kaalu virigi kuntunthundi. manaki time unte aagi daaniki emi kaavalo chsutham, ledu ante ayyo paapam ani jaali padi vellipothaam.

TV9 reporter velthunandu, ventaen Tv9 office ki oka phone velthundi, vaadu cameramn ni pamputhadu.

Ika modalu........

krishna aa kukka paristhithi ela undi? eppati nunchi akkada undi?

ee kukka morning nunchi ikkade undi, ippudu kuntunthundi......swapna

Akkadi vallu emanna chebuthunnara?...Krishna

Swapna...ikkadai vaallu idi oka kukka ani, daani kaaluku debba thagalatam valla kuntuthundi ani chepthunnaru. ee vidham ga gatham lo aa kukka ee area lo ila kuntaledani, ide thaamu modati saari choodatam ani chepthunnaru

Kuntuthunna Kukka Spandana ela undi? .....krishna

Kukka prasthutham kuntudthundi swapna. Ee vidham ga kaalu ku debba thagalatam kotha anukunta, anduke kuntatam raaka ibbandi paduthundi. Maatlaadinchataniki prayathnichina adi samaadhanam cheppakunda, mooluguthundi.....swapna

Thank you Krishna, eppatikappudu thaaja paristhithi sameekshisthu undtaaniki meeku call chesthu untam.

Idi gaayapadi kuntthunna kukka sthithi meeda maa crime prathinidhi Krishna andinchina vivaraalu. Ippudu oka chinna break..break tarvatha Kukkalu-Kuntudu amsam pai charchintaniki pramukha doctor Kukkuteswara Rao gaaru mana studio ki vasthunanru.

Break Tarvatha..........

RajniKanth : Cheppandi Kukkuteswara Rao gaaru gatham lo meeru eppudaina ila Kukkalu kunttam chusara? oka vela chusthe aa jaathi kukkalu kuntam chusi untaaru.

Kukkuteswar : Ee vidham ga kukkalu kuntatam idi modati saari kaadu. Prapanchavyaaptham ga enno jaathula kukkalu, enno sandarbhallo ila kuntinattu manaku aadhaaraalu unnai. Kuntataniki jaathi tho sambandam ledu.

RajniKanth : Ante Kukkalu kunteppudu vaatiki emanna badha untunda? Unte etuvanti badha?

Kukkuteswar : Badha lo rakaalu undavandi. Kunteppudu general ga debba thagina kaalu ki noppi untundi ani Dog's Medical Science lo gatti aadharaalu unnai.

RajniKanth : Thaaja paristhi cheppenduku maa crime prathinidhi Krishna telephone lo sidham ga unanru...Krishan Cheppandi..aa Kukka Paristhithi ela undi

Krishna : (chevilo ear piece pettukuni bithara chupulu chusthu untaadu)

Krishna Cheppandi..aa Kukka Paristhithi ela undi?

Rajni kukka mooluguthundi, ippude blue cross vallu daanini teesuku vellaru.

Kukka kaalu ki debba thagilindi, daani ithara sareera bhaagalu ela unnai?...krishna

Rajni, Kukka kaalu ki maathrma debba thagilindi. Kaani ee Kukka thoka vankara ga undi.

Vankara ante ela undi...krishna (ippudu Rajni moham lo expression inkekkada chudalemu, stahruvu tanker ni dwamsam cheyyataniki wait chetshunna soldier face lo thappa)

Rajni Vankara ga antecuttukuni undi, nenu appatiki daanini straight cheyyataniki try chetshunnau kaani adi chuttukupothundi. bahusa kaalu ki debba thagalatam valla ani naa uddesam.

Thank you krishna....Kukkuteswar gaaru, kaalu ki debba thagalatam valla thoka vankara ayyi untundi ani maa prathinidhi Kirshna chepthunanru, deeni pai mee spandana enti?

Spandana ante emi untundi ra poondakor vedhava...kukka thoka kaalu ki debba thagalatam valla vankara ayyedi enti ra dhed dimgaa ga. emi manishivi ra nuvvu, ippati varaku nuvvu raasi ichina answers chadivanu, inka naa valla kaadu, naa tea marigipothu untaayi. bangaram laanti Mallayya ane peru maarchi kukkuteswar rao ani maarchi, shirt pant rent ki techi naaku ichi doctor laaga act cheyyala? ala act chetshe naa tea kottu nunchi eduru ga unna mee TV9 office ki roju 100 tea order isthara. manassakshi undantra edava

(ila thiduthu undgaane, TV9 logo vachi, merugaina samaajama kosam chusthune undandi TV9 ani vocie vinipinchi ads raavatam modalu ayyindi)

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Kid's Dance

Relationships Matter

Priya married Hitesh this day. At the end of the wedding party,

Priya's mother gave her a newly opened bank saving passbook.

With Rs.1000 deposit amount.

Mother: 'Priya, take this passbook. Keep it as a record of your marriage life.
When there's something happy and memorable happened in your new life, put some money in.
 
Write down what it's about next to the line.
 
The more memorable the event is, the more money you can put in.
 
I've done the first one for you today.
 
Do the others with Hitesh.
 
When you look back after years, you can know how much happiness you've had.'

Priya shared this with Hitesh when getting home.
 
They both thought it was a great idea and were anxious to know when the second deposit can be made.

This was what they did after certain time:

- 7 Feb: Rs.100, first birthday celebration for Hitesh after marriage

- 1 Mar: Rs.300, salary raise for Priya

- 20 Mar: Rs.200, vacation trip to Bali

- 15 Apr: Rs.2000, Priya got pregnant

- 1 Jun: Rs.1000, Hitesh got promoted

.... and so on...

However, after years, they started fighting and arguing for trivial things.
 
They didn't talk much.
 
They regretted that they had married the most nasty people in the world.... no more love...
 
Kind of typical nowadays, huh?

One day Priya talked to her Mother:

'Mom, we can't stand it anymore. We agree to divorce.
 
I can't imagine how I decided to marry this guy!!!'

Mother: 'Sure, girl, that's no big deal.
 
Just do whatever you want if you really can't stand it.
 
But before that, do one thing first.
 
Remember the saving passbook I gave you on your wedding day?
 
Take out all money and spend it first.
 
You shouldn't keep any record of such a poor marriage.'

Priya thought it was true.
 
So she went to the bank, waiting at the queue and planning to cancel the account.

While she was waiting, she took a look at the passbook record.
 
She looked, and looked, and looked.
 
Then the memory of all the previous joy and happiness just came up her mind.
 
Her eyes were then filled with tears.
 
She left and went home.

When she was home, she handed the passbook to Hitesh, asked him to spend the money before getting divorce.

The next day, Hitesh gave the passbook back to Priya.
 
She found a new deposit of Rs.5000. And a line next to the record:
 
'This is the day I notice how much I've loved you thru out all these years.
 
How much happiness you've brought me.'
 
They hugged and cried, putting the passbook back to the safe.

Do you know how much money they had saved when they retired?
 
I did not ask.
 
I believe the money did not matter any more after they had gone thru all the good years in their life.


"When you fall, in any way, Don't see the place where you fell, Instead see the place from where you slipped.

Life is about correcting mistakes."

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Are You Married???

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Imagine ur self in a Sprite Ad

Imagine ur self in a Sprite Ad

Your Colleague: Hey!! Kya yahan baitha mail forward karta rahta hai yaar !!
                             Naye packages dekh.... Naye language seekh. Night out 
                             Maar....Fundoo programming  kar like me....! Do something
                             cool man !!  

You: Achha! To usse Kya hoga ..  

Your Colleague: Impression!!! Appraisal !!! Har appraisal main tu No 1!
                             Hike in salary !! Extra Stocks  

You: Phir kya hoga...  

Your Colleague: Project Leader ban jaayega..Phir Project Manager !!!
                           Phir Business Manager ! One day U will be a Director of the 
                           Company man !!  

You: Acchha to phir kya hoga...  

Your Colleague: Abe phir tu aish karega! Koi kaam nahin karna padega !
                            Araam se office aayega aur MAIL check karega.  

You: To ab main kya kar raha hoon????

Dikhawe pe na jao, apni akal lagao.
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