Trust Vote more interesting than an Ind-Pak T20 final
July 20, 2008
The trust vote to be held on July 22nd in the Indian parliament is in all probability going to see a nail biting finish. If the follow up to the vote is anything to go by, lots of surprises are in store for us. Indian politics has all come down to the numbers now. Ideologies are non existent or have taken a back seat. The marginal parties have suddenly come into the limelight. Its their moment to milk the cow (Indian taxpayers money). Every single MP has become invaluable and the going price for each MP who is on sale is several crores (Rs 25 crore to Rs 100 crore as per newspaper reports). Neither the UPA, nor the NDA and UNPA wants to leave anything to chance. Remember how the AB Vajpayee lost the vote of confidence in 1999 by just 1 vote (269 to 270) and the country was pushed to fresh elections.
But we will not know anything till the verdict is out. It is total chaos out there. BSP clamis to have support of 5 to 7 SP MPs. Some of them have openly switched sides. On the other hands SP’s Amar Singh says that 10 BSP MPs are having chai-pani in his house. Shibu Soren (JMM spuremo) has already pledged their support for UPA afte brokering a great deal (Union cabinet minister berth for himself, jharkhand’s deputy CM’s post for son and a Mos for one of his MPs). All this on the basis of 5 MPs that he has. Dewe Gowds of JD (S) with 3 MPs and RLD of Ajit Singh with 3 MPs have decided to vote against the UPA. Omar Abdulla of NC says that he has made up his mind on whom to vote for but will not make it public until the debate of the floor of the parliament. On the other hand, congress clamis to have poached several BJP MPs and so does the BJP. We will not know anything for sure until the final ball is bowled (oops….until the final vote is cast) on July 22nd.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Load Testing using Load Runner
July 17, 2008
Load Runner is a tool (by Mercury Interactive, now HP) to test the performance of an application and also determine how it would behave under stress. Load Runner consists of four main components. The Virtual User Generator, the Controller, an Agent and the Analyzer. Click me to know more »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------India’s Papa CJ out of Last Comic Standing
July 17, 2008
New Delhi’s “Papa CJ” got eliminated from the Last Comic Standing (American version of The Great Indian Laughter Challenge) last night. The show is telecast prime time on NBC and enjoys a viewership of around 10 million. To Papa CJ’s credit, getting into top 10 is no mean achievement. Click me to know more »
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Test Server Performance using Load Testing
July 16, 2008
Load Testing
Load Testing is testing the performance of an application server when it is under heavy user load. Lets take www.amazon.com for example. Assume it gets 500,000 hits on an average per day. The systems architects have designed the system to support 40,000 concurrent users without any performance hit. They also vouch that the system will not crash for 100,000 concurrent users, but, will have a 30% performance hit once the number of concurrent users exceed 40,000. They also claim that the system will be able to absorb 1 million hits without needing a server/db cleanup/restart. Moreover, amazon expects an insane amount of load during the holiday season. So they would like to know how the system would behave under immense load like 500,000 concurrent users and if the system is scalable so that they could make informed decision. Performance degradation or even worse failure of the webapp during the holiday season even for half an hour can lead to millions of dollars of losses in revenue. Just ask turbotax who had to refund millions of dollars because their online tax filing system crashed due to heavy load a day before the tax filing deadline in 2007. Click me to know more »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Everything in USA is falling and so is Miss USA Universe
July 14, 2008
Looks like everything else in the US is falling these days (well apart from the oil prices). Economy is falling, jobs are falling, salary increment is falling, tv standards are falling and what not. Keeping up with the trend Miss USA 2008 Crystle Stewart fell on stage during the final round of Miss Universe competition 2008 (won by Miss Venezuela Dayana Mendoza) in vietnam. To her credit, she was graceful enough to recover and complete her walk with a smile on her face. But falling on stage did mess her chances up. If you recollect, Miss USA 2007 Rachel Smith also fell on stage in the final round of Miss Universe 2007 that was held in Mexico City, Mexico. I wonder what is it with these American beauties and falling on stage!!! Click me to know more »
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Mumbai bhai log lingo revamped
July 14, 2008
You know you are the most innovative people in India. I would say the bhai logs of mumbai. They come up will all kinda innovative and unique ideas to keep their “business” blooming. And their lingo is no common either. We are all aware of slangs like khoka, peti, ghoda, tapka daal, etc. But, our bhai log felt like being innovative again and they have come with with a whole new slang…here are some of the slans that the police has been able to crack so far 
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Shane Warne’s journey in World Series of Poker ends
July 11, 2008
As soon as i finished posting my previous blog, i visited shane’s blog to get the latest. I was not too pleased with what i saw. Shane warne is OUT. Here is what he writes on his blog about his departure:
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Shane Warne in World Series of Poker (WSOP) 2008 - Las Vegas
July 11, 2008
First a bit about the World Series of Poker (WSOP)
The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is the largest set of poker tournaments in the world. It is held annually in Las Vegas, and since 2007 has consisted of 55 events, of which all but the “Main Event” are finished in just over a month. It has poker players participating from all over the globe. The “Main Event” is generally played over a period of 11 days.
WSOP 2008 is currently underway at the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. It began on 3rd July with 6844 participants and will culminate on 13th July 2008 with 1 winner who will pocket a handsome total of $9,119,517. Click me to know more »
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Simran Kaur Mundi Miss India Universe 2008
July 8, 2008
Miss Universe 2008, the 57th Miss Universe beauty pageant, will be held at the Crown Convention Center (Diamond Bay Resort) in Nha Trang, Vietnam on July 14, 2008 where outgoing titleholder Riyo Mori will crown her successor. 80 contestants are expected to compete in the event. Miss India Universe 2008 Simran Kaur Mundi from Mumbai will be representing India in this coveted contest.
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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------iphone3g voice and data plan charges by AT & T
July 8, 2008
So finally its time for iphone3g to hit the markets. The new generation iphone will be available at apple stores and over 1800 AT & T outlets from 11th July. Now we all know that the 8 GB model is priced at $199 and the 16 GB model at $299. But what about the service charges by AT & T? Click me to know more »
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