There goes my 10 year old dream patent, for synthesizing and playing sounds in silent cars.

Such an approach might at best be adopted in companies like Google or perhaps during competitions,
The rest of the corporate companies are filled with managements who would never admit
to the individual superiority of one of their employee over others.

True wealth always has and always will be the preserve of the elite, For the same reason it does not matter who makes the
most money from these resources. It can be The 'elected' Afghan Government, The Western Contractors, or The Taliban.
The Afghani common man will hardly have a reason to rejoice over the news. In the today's globalized world, possessing
such mineral resources is hardly related to the country's overall development or prosperity.

The country's cause would be served much better, if they can find a source of good Governance. The form of government
that suits the country is subject to debate, and for me Democracy has not been the answer for every society's and
culture's need for government.

Looking from a regional perspective, in countries like China, Iran, Uzbekistan and Pakistan. Oligarchy is the preferred style
of government. And i really would not mind the principles or the religion of the country's rulers as long as the common man is
benefited.

Billions of dollars of extra cash in the economy can in no way benefit people in a civil war situation. Rather Afghanistan could
really use a great leader from among its people, someone who can guide them on a path of growth and stability.

The Communist Party of China says it wont vouch for Democracy

We all are discussing the pro and cons of Vista's DRAM policy
The high system requirements are generally lamented and MS is
faulted for wanting a mountain when a mole-hill would have done.

These hardware requirements may be bad for us the end consumers,
but it is i think a cleverly thought out paradigm change that
the brains at MS have tried to accomplish.

You see the talk of the town is no more about an impending Google OS,
or the latest online app, rather the talks tend to be focused more on subject like
is your PC capable of handling vista?, did you see the HD video in the media center?,
the interface of aero is really good looking, my Vista Ultimate has video wallpapers etc.

Hence the general user is discussing these frills if you can call them so,
and in the process they are re-focusing their idea of computing back to a desktop
windows based model and suddenly Google with its colored boxes for design
and the slow AJAX for technology is not as shiny anymore

If google wants you to login to see your contacts, Ms wants you to see them in your
sidebar. If youtube wants you to see compressed flash videos, Ms wants you to get
addicted to HD-Video by showing off color/tint reference images in HD. If you miss
serials or movies on TV why watch them online bent over in your chair,rather watch
them after recording them with a remote in your hand.

And suddenly the internet is not where computing begins and ends.