Man to wife: "With picture-in-picture split screen, you can watch politicians talk out of both faces at the same time."
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Teacher: Why are you wearing a pair of such strange socks? One is green and the other is blue with red spots!
Pupil: Yes, it's really strange. I've got another pair just like that at home.
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From the world of science…
Now, a computer chip that is based on human brain..
Washington: Scientists are developing a computer chip that mimics the human brain. "By mimicking the brain's billions of interconnections and pattern recognition capabilities, we may ultimately introduce a new paradigm in speed and power and potentially enable systems that include the ability to learn, adapt and respond to their environment.
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A UK-based interaction design company has created a product – PillowTalk - which consists of a wristband and a corresponding app meant to connect long-distance lovers.
The beetle has the largest number of sub-species out of all the insects. There are more than 3,50,000 different species of notes beetle, however; scientists estimate the real number is between 4 million and 8 million beetle species.
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Can physical activity improve my arthritis?
Low-impact exercises like walking, hiking, rowing and swimming are beneficial for those with arthritis. High-impact exercises like running and jumping may further damage the cartilage and worsen arthritis symptoms.
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The piperline content of black pepper can stimulate the skin to produce pigments that can help cure the skin disease vitiligo.
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News of the day…
Teens resorting to 'spoon trick' to escape forced marriage..
London: A Derby-based charity group, that supports victims of forced marriage, advises women and girls who are victim of forced marriage to hide a spoon in their underwear to set off the airport alarms and get one last chance to seek help from the authorities.
(Me: Pity, many Indians carry their baggages wherever they settle down)
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A bar owner locked up his place at 2am and went home. He got into bed and the phone rang. "What time do you open in the morning?" he heard an obviously inebriated man ask.
Furious, he slammed the receiver and went back to bed. The phone rang again. It was the same man asking the same question. "Listen," the owner shouted, "There's no point asking because I wouldn't let a person in your condition get in…"
"I don't want to get in," the caller interjected. "I want to get out".
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The Indian conundrum…
"On the hand, there is a clear sense of hostility to things western and, on the other, a longing for acknowledgement from foreign quarters" – Dipankar Gupta in an article in TOI today.
And another quote by Katrina Lantos Sett, vice-chairwoman of the US Commission of International Religious Freedom: "It's no outside nation's or individual's role to tell them (India) who should be the next leader"
(Me: the comment is rather presumptuous: why should she have commented thus when nobody had posed the question. The inference is, we indeed crave for west's acknowledgement and applause on whatever we do we don't, and are worried like hell if they don't)
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