Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Kathalu

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FEW DEFINITIONS

School: A place where Papa pays and Son plays.



Life Insurance: A contract that keeps you poor all your life so that you can die Rich.





Nurse: A person who wakes u up to give you sleeping pills.



Marriage: It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her masters.



Divorce: Future tense of Marriage.



Tears: The hydraulic force by which masculine willpower is defeated by feminine waterpower.





Lecture: An art of transferring information from the notes of the Lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through "the minds of either"



Conference: The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.



Compromise: The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.



Dictionary: A place where success comes before work.



Conference Room: A place where everybody talks, nobody listens and everybody disagrees later on.



Father: A banker provided by nature.



Criminal: A guy no different from the rest....except that he got caught.



Boss: Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.



Politician: One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after?



Doctor: A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you by bills.



Classic: Books, which people praise, but do not read.



Smile: A curve that can set a lot of things straight.



Office: A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.



Yawn: The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.



Etc.: A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.



Committee: Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.



Experience: The name men/women give to their mistakes.



Atom Bomb: An invention to end all inventions.



Philosopher: A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Pelli Eppudu Brother?



The world's top 10 super cars!

1. Bugatti Veyron 16.4

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 from Germany is the world's fastest, most expensive, and most powerful car in the world. It can touch speeds of over 407.5 kmph and can go from 0 to 62 mph in 2.5 seconds.

The supercar costs about $1.4 million (Rs 6.3 crore).

Bugatti Veyron car is made by Volkswagen's 100% arm Bugatti Automobiles. The car has been named after Formula 1 racing driver Pierre Veyron, who won the Le Mans race in 1939 while driving for Bugatti.

The car has a W16 engine, which is the equivalent of two narrow-angle V8 engines fused in a 'V' formation. Each of the car's cylinders has 4 valves making it a total of 64 valves. The engine is fed by four turbochargers.

The car also has a fantastic array of electronic equipment. The Veyron can be driven by full automatic transmission. The car's wheelbase is 2710 mm and its overall length is 4462 mm. It is 1998 mm wide and 1206 mm in height. The car's weight is about 1,890 kg.









2. Koenigsegg CCX

The Koenigsegg CCX is a highly expensive and extremely fast car from Sweden. It can go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.2 seconds.

The supercar costs about $722,534 (Rs 3.25 crore).

The Koenigsegg CCX -- CCX is short for Competition Coupe X -- is powered by a Koenigsegg designed and assembled, all aluminium, 4700 cm3 DOHC 32-valve V8 engine. The engine produces 900 hp on biofuel.

This beauty is a two-door, two seater dream that comes with a removable hardtop that can be stowed under the front hood lid. The car's body is made of carbon fibre or kevlar.

The car's interior too is mindboggling and the machine is packed with some great gadgets.

The Koenigsegg CCX.

Photograph: Courtesy, Koenigsegg

















3. Ascari A10

The Ascari A10 is a super automobile developed by the British company Ascari Cars. The car can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.8 seconds.

This super car costs about $665,000 (Rs 3 crore).

The A10 features a 5.0 L V8 engine producing 600 hp. The engine delivers power via a six-speed manual transmission. The car has a carbon fibre bodywork, which makes it quite light and terrifyingly fast. The estimated weight of the car is 1,280 kg.

The company says that the A10 can achieve a top speed of a mindboggling 350 kmph.

The Ascari A10.




























4. Zonda Roadster F

The Pagani Zonda Roadster F is a supercar produced by Italian car manufacturer Pagani.

This Italian beauty costs about $610,000 (Rs 2.75 crore) and can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 3.5 seconds.

The Zonda Roadster F comes with a removable carbon fibre roof and canvas side curtains weighing just 5 kg. The number of Zonda Roadster F produced by Pagani will be limited at 25.

The Roadster F uses racecar philosophy, materials and construction techniques. It has a strengthened firewall structure of the chassis. The windscreen is also strengthened for safety reasons. These features make it quite light at 1,230 kg.

A Pagani Zonda Roadster (front) and a Noble M12 GTO 3R on display during the Australian International Motorshow at the Darling Harbour Convention Centre.

Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images



















5. Saleen S7

The Saleen S7 is America's reigning supercar, jointly designed by RML and Saleen Inc.

This spectacular machine costs about $580,000 (Rs 2.61 crire)and can go from 0 to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds.

It is built at Saleen's headquarters in Irvine, California, USA. The super car has center-locking wheel nuts with automatic safety locks; it has integrated roll protection aluminum honeycomb impact absorbing panels; its engine is equipped with two turbochargers and it comes with 3-point seat belts with automatic seat belt pre-tensioners.

It has a carbon fibre body, integrated rear crumple zones and a center-position fuel tank.

The American Saleen S7 sports car makes its European debut at the MPH '05 car show at Earls Court in London in 2005.

Photograph: Carl De Souza/AFP/Getty Images

















6. The Lamborghini Murcielago LP640

The Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 is a supercar made by Italy's Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. It is perhaps the world's most recognised and desired car.

This extraordinary supercar can set your bank balance back by about $319,000 (Rs 1.43 crore). It can go from 0 to 62 mph in 3.4 seconds flat.

The Murcielago LP640 features an engine that is mounted 'backwards,' with the transmission at the very back of the car. The 'LP' in its name stands for Longitudinale Posteriore which refers to the longitudally-mounted, 6.5 L V12 engine, capable of producing up to 640 bhp at 8000 rpm.

This super car is made up of steel and carbon fibre. It also has an all-wheel drive system and scissor-opening doors.

The car comes with ceramic brakes for swifter braking and a glass engine cover (transparent) which shows off the LP640's 6.5 L V12 engine. The electronic gadgets that go with the car only make it all the more alluring.

The Lamborghini Murcielago LP640.

Photograph: Courtesy, Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A.







7. Spyker D12

This Dutch supercar costs about $287,500 (Rs 1.3 crore) and can go from 0 to 62 miles per hour in 5 seconds.

The D12 is described as a Super Sports Utility Vehicle. It is a four-seater, four-wheel-drive car that comes with a Volkswagen W12 engine and a six-speed transmission.

At 5 metres long, 2 meters wide and 1.68 meters tall, the car is huge, but its aluminum body keep its weight down to a relatively low 1,895 kg.

Despite its weight, the car's super engines can gun it to great speeds. True to its supercar status, the Spyker D12 sports some pretty extraordinary gadgets under its hood.

The Spyker D12 Peking-to-Paris sits on display at the 76th Geneva International Motor Show.

Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images







8. Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano

The Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano is a magnificent 2-seat machine styled by Pininfarina along with Ferrari's in-house design guru Frank Stephenson.

This Italian supercar is Ferrari's most powerful V-12 production that costs about $255,000 (Rs 1.15 crore) and can go from 0 to 62 mph in 3.7 seconds.

The car's weight is about 2300 kg. It's body is made of aluminium. The car's F133F 6.0 L, V12 engine produces 611 hp making it the most-powerful Ferrari road car.

This head-turner's insides too are a lot to rave about and it too comes packed with some fantastic electronic wizardry.

Ferrari vice president Piero Ferrari, Ferrari chief executive Amideo Felisa and Fiat Chairman Sergio Marchionne pose in front of a Ferrari GTB Fiorano 599 is presented during the press days at the Paris Motor Show.

Photograph: Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty Images







9. 2007 Mosler MT900S

The Mosler MT900S is made of a carbon-fibre-reinforced steel frame.

This American supercar costs $189,000 (Rs 85 lakh) and can go from 0 to 60 mph in 3.5 seconds.

It is a 2-seater coupe and has a 5.7-litre V-8, 435 bhp engine. It is 4,800 mm in length and weighs about 1,580 kg. This mean machine too comes packed to the brims with some state-of-the-art electronic equipment.

The 2007 Mosler MT900S.

Photograph: Courtesy, Mosler







10. Audi R8

The Audi R8 is a sports car from the German automaker Audi.

The R8 supercar from Audi costs about $130,000 (Rs 60 lakh) and can go 0 to 62 mph in 4.6 seconds.

The Audi R8 will come with a 4.2 L V8 that can churn out 420 hp. The R8 weighs 1,560 kg.

The Audi R8 is very compact. The cabin of the Audi R8 is pushed far forward, behind which is the V8 FSI engine. The chassis has aluminum double wishbones at the front and rear. The Audi R8 is fitted with 6-arm 18-inch wheels.

The car, like all supercars, comes packed with many more mouth-watering and high-tech features.

The Audi R8 unveiled at the Australian International Motorshow in 2006 in Sydney, Australia.

BRILLIANT WAYS GIRLS TURN GUYS DOWN!!

HE: I'm a photographer I've been looking for a face like yours!
SHE: I'm a plastic surgeon. I've been looking for a face like
yours!!



HE: May I have the pleasure of this dance?
SHE: No, I'd like to have some pleasure too!!!



HE: How did you get to be so beautiful?
SHE: I must have been given your share!!!



HE: Will you come out with me this Saturday?
SHE: Sorry! I'm having a headache this weekend!!!

HE: Go on, don't be shy. Ask me out!
SHE: Okay, get out!!!



HE: I think I could make you very happy
SHE: Why? Are you leaving?

HE: What would you say if I asked u to marry me?
SHE: Nothing. I can't talk and laugh at the same time!!!



HE: Can I have your name?
SHE: Why, don't you already have one?

HE: Shall we go and see a film?
SHE: I've already seen it!!!



HE: Do you think it was fate that brought us together?
SHE: Nah, it was plain bad luck!!!

HE: Where have you been all my life?
SHE: Hiding from you.



HE: Haven't I seen you someplace before?
SHE: Yes, thats why I don't go there anymore.

HE: Is this seat empty?
SHE: Yes, and this one will be if you sit down .



HE: So, what do you do for a living?
SHE: I'm a female impersonator.

HE: Hey baby, what's your sign?
SHE: Do not enter.

(Working Late??) --- Narayan Murthy's views

Dear All,


It's half past 8 in the office

but the lights are still on...
PCs still running,
coffee machines still buzzing...
and who's at work?
Most of them??? Take a closer look...
All or most specimens are ??-something male species of the human race...
Look closer... again all or most of them are bachelors...
and why are they sitting late? Working hard? No way!!!
Any guesses???
Let's ask one of them...
Here's what he says... "What's there 2 do after going home... here we get to surf, AC, phone, food, coffee.. that is why I am working late... importantly no bossssssss!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the scene in most research centers and software companies and other off-shore offices.
Bachelors "time-passing" during late hours in the office just bcoz they say they've nothing else to do...
Now what r the consequences... read on...
"Working"(for the record only) late hours soon becomes part of the institute or company culture.
With bosses more than eager to provide support to those "working" late in the form of taxi vouchers, food vouchers and of course good feedback,(oh, he's a hard worker... goes home only to change..!!).They aren't helping things too... To hell with bosses who don't understand the difference between "sitting" late and "working" late!!!
Very soon, the boss start expecting all employees to put in extra working hours.
So, My dear Bachelors let me tell you, life changes when u get married and start having a family... office is no longer a priority, family is... and that's when the problem starts... becoz u start having commitments at home too.
For your boss, the earlier "hardworking" guy suddenly seems to become a "early leaver" even if u leave an hour after regulartime... after doing the same amount of work.
People leaving on time after doing their tasks for the day are labeled as work-shirkers...
Girls who thankfully always (its changing nowadays... though) leave on time are labeled as "not up to it". All the while, the bachelors pat their own backs and carry on working" not realizing that they r spoiling the work culture at their own place and never realize that they wuld have to regret at one point of time.
*So what's the moral of the story?? *
* Very clear, LEAVE ON TIME!!!
* Never put in extra time " *unless really needed *"
* Don't stay back un-necessarily and spoil your company work culture which will in turn cause inconvenience to you and your colleagues. There are hundred other things to do in the evening..
Learn music...
Learn a foreign language...
try a sport... TT, cricket.........
importantly Get a girl friend or gal friend, take him/her around town...
* And for heaven's sake net cafe rates have dropped to an all-time low (plus, no fire-walls) and try cooking for a change.
Take a tip from the Smirnoff ad: *"Life's calling, where are you??"*

Who is clever......?

Teacher or student??????????

One Night 4 Students Were Playing Till Late Night And Didn’t Study For The Test Which Was Scheduled For The Next Day.

In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as dirty and wierd with grease and dirt. They then went up to the Dean and said that they had gone out to a wedding last night and on their return the tyre of their car burst and they had to push the car all the way back and that they were in no condition to appear for the test.

So the Dean said they can have the re-test after 3 days. They thanked him and said they will be ready by that time.
On the third day they appeared before the Dean. The Dean said that as this was a Special Condition Test, All four were required to sit in separate classrooms for the test.
They all agreed as they had prepared well in the last 3 days.

The Test consisted of 2 questions with the total of 100 Marks.

Q.1. Your Name.........................( 2 MARKS )
Q.2. Which tyre burst?...............( 98 MARKS )

a) Front Left
b) Front Right
c) Back Left
d) Back Right.....!!!

True story from IIT Bombay...Batch 1992-96