Robert Langdon: [reading off papyrus scroll] The holy observatory 'neath RIDGE waits. The blade and chalice guarding o'er her gates. Adorned in masters' loving art, she lies. She rests at last beneath the SHARPER & CALMER & COLDER starry skys.

source - IM'dB

well its a package deal..good+bad.

but hey..what kind of system is that which relies only on an ID without a proper check to give out loans..crap.

if thats so in sweden..i like the red-tapism in india...i cant even get close to a bank..for 2 months from start of the process to get the loan...whew!!

and yes..we will be having national cards by next year.. :)

over-speeding isnt a criminal offense dude!..but i got ur point...u shd cite drunk-n-drive offense.

but i dont fully agree to what u say - people are highly biased and u wouldn't want to have a guy as ur next day neighbor who has got some record on the card..and people change..this way you will be typecasting people and such people wont be able to return the normal social life considering the history...law will punish for the offense but society will keep punishing'em for life.

everyone shd have a second chance...i feel.

Yes...much better UI.

and ofcourse..my favs would be.

1. Faster startup time - i hate when IE takes that time to even show me the white color of the page..I used to love IE6.0...but good to hear abt this startup time thing..
2. Saving on Vertical Space - its often nice to have a big working space and at the sametime dont have to have small buttons...good combination.
3. tabs-on-top (dont know what so good abt it though)

allthough the mockups dont talk abt statusbar thing..will it be like chrome? because..it feels as if we are floating without statusbar..statusbar is a must.

[opera 10 is good too..with that small thumbnails of the tabs on left hand side..but i guess not in the race yet?]

rest..firefox rules!! :)...die IE die.

National id card is the need of time and must be implemented...in my land..here in india govt has intiated the project for issuing national id card. more info[http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=44711]

it has number of advantages for any economy such as, identifying the illegal immigrants, one dont have to carry 10 different identity proofs any more, and e-governance will be easy which in turn will curb the corruption to some level.

allthough linking it to the criminal records might not be a good idea as system-abusers will/might take advantage of it and again privacy of an individual is at stake..so i guess..govt should take a step down here.

[if we go mayan way..its just 2 more years[2012] to enjoy the life...so wont bother abt national card :P]

I feel so sorry for him and his family.

At the same time i feel its a terrible waste of Brilliant person, he could have been great help to economy.

-apart from that, the issue that being discussed here, i would like to say that...sucide is the wrong choice to end the life.

pain and suffering is like settling the scores of this of past lifes, one has to settle the score in this life or in next, there is no escape, better finish it off in this, and dont create more scores which will need another lives to settle down. live a simple and happy life.

GOO is shit in indian language!!!!

so, when i call up my mom back home over skype and she yells at me..its being recorded!!!!

god bless the poor person who has to go thru those recordings.

Lighter company should now manufacture lighter that has a breathalyzer on the otherside(assuming that in future we will have mini-size breathalyzers).

Have a breathalyzer in the pocket along with lighter next to it...so u might want to check how much have u lost after that puff...this might double the sell...can I patent this idea?

to be frank..u have lost it on that first puff!!!

The Su-30MKI was jointly designed by Russia's Sukhoi and India's (HAL). The MKI's airframe is a development of the Russian Su-27 while most of the avionics were developed by India

source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-30MKI#cite_note-13

I do support FSF here..windows is killing the total charm of operating system..with forceful updates+comupter inspection without warning..microsoft is loosing it everyday.

I was fan of windows once...but off late i m loosing it..they have lost it.

so...lets hope google has something good to offer us.

brain and aging would be the last things that a fat person will give a damn abt.

tell'em that they will loose harmones...n see what happens.. :)

naaah..not in US..the parts of blimp were imported from china.

might have got do-it-yourself manual with it...to assemble..and float it.

why not first create and distribute the weapons that it can track..it should have some work...1.4 bln..floating in the air..without any job to do...naaaaah...not good.

it does sound cool though..for a flick...but why the wire hanging out?

Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Sensor System (JLENS)!!!!!!!!!!!!

i dont know abt the lil ol' lady..but do check this out my friend. http://bobsnewheart.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/cellular-memory-organ-recipients-with-characteristics-of-donor/ it doesnt suck btw.