Do not leak your million dollar idea unknowingly

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Tom was discussing his wonderful proposal with his friend Sameer. Everything looked great; details were being worked out. They have done all number crunching over investment and profitability; What a perfect plan and opportunity! You guessed it right that, they were talking over some internet based idea (may be another youtube, orkut or facebook).
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Emporis Buildings

Monday, February 25th, 2008

Emporis.com is one of the world’s largest available platforms concerning building-related information. Here you find buildings, companies and photos in more than 50,000 cities worldwide.

My workplaces so far in USA 575 Washington Blvd, Newport, PaineWebber Building, Western Electric Building, One World Financial Center, 50 Main Street, White Plains, 379 Thornall Street, Edison, Nine West Office Center

Cheers,
Sudhaker

Funny Quotes About Commuter

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Commuter — one who spends his life in riding to and from his wife; And man who shaves and takes a train, and then rides back to shave again. - Elwyn Brooks White

Funny, isn’t it?

Cheers,

Naked DSL - Broadband without Phone Service

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

I was always wondering that why local phone companies are not offering DSL without phone service. Technically they are two different service sharing same media (copper wire) and it should be possible to unbundle them. But phone companies were not doing it until recently when they started losing this business because of VOIP.
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Stupid Coupon-Eligible Converter Box

Monday, April 14th, 2008

CECB or Coupon-Eligible Converter Box is a specification for converter boxes eligible to receive subsidy coupons through the U.S. federally-sponsored DTV Converter Box Coupon Program. (Ref - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CECB)

I still have my old Panasonic TAU (27 inch flat screen tube SDTV) and occasionally turn it on. Thus buying a converter box for less than $10 was pretty exciting and I started browsing https://www.dtv2009.gov/ and other related sites to gather more information :-)
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The Tax System - Explained With Beer

Thursday, October 2nd, 2008

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
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