Google Cookies - U care?

The Google cookies' will now be deleted after two years of the visit instead of year 2039 as was set before. Do you care? If Privacy is an issue, you can always go and selectively delete all the cookies of Google from the browser. And what does a cookie do anyway? It can only keep track of your Googlization and nothing else. And what if the cookie expires after two years? Are you not planning to visit the site(s) with in the two years of the first surf? And even if you don't, the cookie (A text entry) is not going to collect your "private" data and send it to the Google. Why to perceive a cookie as an "evil" empire? Are we inherently fearful or what? The evil empire would know what my surfing habits are... Big deal! Doesn't your local grocer know what you buy?

Met Elisabeth Von Trapp today..

Went to a Symphony Orchestra today and saw Elisabeth Von Trapp sing. Met her later and got her autograph. I think everyone remembers Maria Von Trapp and Sound of Music, don't we all? Elisabeth is her grand daughter and sang songs like "My Favorite things", "Kaiulani" and "All I ask of you" a duet with Michael Hope. A powerful voice and a lovely evening.

Godfather in Gorakhpuri

Not for my English friends. WTH, its not for all of my Indian friends either. The story is in a local dialect we call Gorakhpuri or simplified bhojpuri. Here it goes:

एक थो एकदम्मे बड़ा माइकल कहिके गुंडा रहल. एकदम्मे टॉप का गुंडा. बहुते पैसा, पॉवर बंगला गाड़ी रहल उहके पास. खुदा सब दिहले राहिलें पर ऊ एक बिटवा चाहत रहा. बिटिया रहिल पर ओकरे मन में ई खटका हमेशा रहत रहा की ई सब जमीन जैदाद के समल्हिये? बिटिया एक दम्मे बौड़म. कुछ जानत वानत नहीं रही दुनिया दरी के बारे माँ, बस एक लोफ़र टाइप के लर्कवे से मुहब्बत करत रही. पर उकरे दुश्मंवे सार चुप थोड़े ही रहले. ऊ पूरा परिवार निकलत रहा पूजा पाठ करिके, फिर ऊ गोली ऊ बारूद चला की का बतैयें. मैकलवा तो झुक के बच गईल, बिटिया के मालूमे नहीं चला की का होवत रहा, बस गोली लाग गई और ऊ तो वहीँ ढेर. ओकरे बाद माइकल ऐसन रोवा की का कहें. बाकी मंनैवे भाग लीहन, ई उधर ऊ उधर. ऊ लरकावा भी गोली निकार दौड़े लगा पर सब भाग गइलें गाड़ियाँ से एइल रहलें. एकरा पूरे खन्दन्वेइ सार गोली बारूद गुंडा गर्दी में रहलें. ओहका बाप भी बहुते टॉप का बदमाश रहा. बुढ़ा गैएइल रहा फिर भी सार बतावत रहा बिटवा के की का करत चाही का नाही. ऊ तो शुर्वात्ते में कट-पीस बेचत रहा गली गली. और ऐसन भइल एक दिन की एक मोहल्ला में रहत रहा भाई करके, ऊ हफ्ता वाफ्ता वसूलत रहा सबसे. ई बेचत रहा कपड़ा की इहके मिलल ऊ और पुछलस काहें पैसा वैसा नाही भिजवात रहा टाइम पे. पर ई तो एक दम्मे गरम मिजाज. पैसा वैसा बाद माँ ई तो ओकरे ही गोली दाग दिहिस. फिर का? सब बड़े भैयी बड़े भाई हो गैयिलें. एक्कै अंतर रहा ईहमे और उहके बपवा माँ, बपवा सार मानत रहा भाई, दोस्त. लइकवा त सबके मर दर्लस। न भैयी देख्लाल न बंधू, जेके मन से उतर्लस बस ठोंक दिहिस. यी पाप कहाँ जाई भैया? सब उहके बिटिया के मिलल.

Voice in Opera

I liked two features in the Opera browser, first the way selective history can be removed. Not sure, why Mozilla or IE has not done it yet. The second was its' Voice enabled browsing. I am a little disappointed when I try to enable the voice. It keeps asking me to download the binaries. Even after the download and install, the browser keeps asking to redownload when the feature is enabled in the perference. How stupid can a browser be? The other problem is how the Java is handled. I have JDK1.5 and any applet is never shown. I am sure there are resolutions to these issues but because I have so many other options, Mozilla, Safari and IE7 I have no reason to put my time on Opera to fix these issues. So I am almost ready to uninstall it and free up about 20MB of space.

Why Mitt Romney has a chance?

I do not have a voting right here so I can be an independent non-prejudiced eyes. I started as and still a big fan of Obama. But lately I have been analyzing why among this group, Mitt Romney has a much better chance.
For Obama I think he is peaking at the wrong time. I don't think he can secure a good support among the traditional southern votes. When it will matter, Obama - A great thinker, a visionary and an assertive and no-dirty politician will easily be looked as just one strong African American leader. Would be bad, but..
If Hillary wants to get serious she has to get out of Bill's shadows. Bill's mentioning "My Wife" in Iowa for Hillary did not help either. Its true, but for her to be the President, he has to be her Husband.
John Edwards is not even the strongest Dem candidate. I don't think he is going too far.
McCain and Guilliani suffer from the same deficiency. They are looked at from a very narrow perspective. Their position on Economy, international policy and other domestic issues are not clear. Even though their position on security is well known and strong.
If there was any hope of Al Gore running, his son has today killed it.

Now, why does republicans still have a strong case? Simple... Because the Terrorism is not dead. What happened in Glasgow will reverberate in this elections. The incident proves that there are still elements who want to hurt us in anyways possible. The democrats are still far behind in giving a strong solution to this problem. When it comes to the security, speculations and hope does not help. Pulling out of Iraq does not guarantee anything. US presence in that region does. The position of Mitt Romney on various issues are very clear. His recent popularity also reflects the same. So, if me being a judge of America got talent, I will choose Romney and Obama to go to the next round. And let the public decide.

Paris to Libby

[From Bollywood Movie Deewar]
Paris Hilton: I have mansions, luxury cars, Thick bank balance, Papparatzis. What do you have?
Libby: I have George Bush!

-> See who goes to Jail?

Tony Blair had proposed in the Toilet

"Tony Blair proposed to Cherie while she was on her knees cleaning a toilet, she has revealed in a BBC One documentary." ...Read More. Bad boy Tony you should have cleaned yourself. Either way, how romantic!