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Jul. 8th, 2009

manzarnama
Two suspects are arrested by the police. The police have insufficient evidence for a conviction, and, having separated both prisoners, visit each of them to offer the same deal. If one testifies (defects from the other) for the prosecution against the other and the other remains silent (cooperates with the other), the betrayer goes free and the silent accomplice receives the full 10-year sentence. If both remain silent, both prisoners are sentenced to only six months in jail for a minor charge. If each betrays the other, each receives a five-year sentence. Each prisoner must choose to betray the other or to remain silent. Each one is assured that the other would not know about the betrayal before the end of the investigation. How should the prisoners act?
The classical prisoner's dilemma can be summarized thus:

 Prisoner B Stays SilentPrisoner B Betrays
Prisoner A Stays SilentEach serves 6 monthsPrisoner A: 10 years
Prisoner B: goes free
Prisoner A Betrays Prisoner A: goes free
Prisoner B: 10 years
Each serves 5 years

In this game, regardless of what the opponent chooses, each player always receives a higher payoff (lesser sentence) by betraying; that is to say that betraying is the strictly dominant strategy. For instance, Prisoner A can accurately say, "No matter what Prisoner B does, I personally am better off betraying than staying silent. Therefore, for my own sake, I should betray." However, if the other player acts similarly, then they both betray and both get a lower payoff than they would get by staying silent.
Rational self-interested decisions result in each prisoner being worse off than if each chose to lessen the sentence of the accomplice at the cost of staying a little longer in jail himself (hence the seeming dilemma).

IQ...

manzarnama
When Albert Einstein died, he met three Indians in the queue outside the Pearly Gates. To pass the time, he asked what were the IQs

The first replied 190. "Wonderful," exclaimed Einstein. "We can discuss the contribution made by Ernest Rutherford to atomic physics and my theory of general relativity".

The second answered 150. "Good," said Einstein. "I look forward to discussing the role of India's nuclear-free legislation in the quest for world peace".

The third Indian mumbled 50. Einstein paused, and then asked, "So what is your forecast for the budget deficit next year?"

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Exit polls

manzarnama

 

Exit Poll Source

BJP

CONGRESS

THIRD FRONT

OTHERS

 

CNN-IBN

135-150

145-160

110-130

70-100

Times Now

183

198

-

162

Headlines Today

180

191

38

134

India TV

194

195

108

46

News X

191

199

104

48

UTVi

189

195

-

14

Star News

196

199

100

36

Mumbai Satta-Bazar

190-200

160-180

-

-

Gujarat Satta-Bazar

200

270

-

-

Rajasthan Satta-Bazar

125

145

-

-

Congress (in house)

168

205

-

164

BJP(in house)

220

170

-

153

 

Courtesy : rediff.com
http://election.rediff.com/report/2009/may/13/loksabhapoll-exit-polls-predict-cong-advantage-in-polls.htm

Cash is King

manzarnama

Apple and Microsoft have a problem other companies wish they had. Each is sitting on cash and short-term investments worth $25 billion.

Apple has been rumored to be looking at micro-blogging service Twitter and game publisher Electronic Arts

Microsoft has been rumored to be interested in Twitter, SAP and Research In Motion among others.

Google has $17.8 billion .

IBM has $12.2 billion in cash.

Hewlett-Packard has $11.2 billion.

Dell  has $9.1 billion in cash and short-term investments.

Oracle, which last month signed a $7.4 billion deal to buy Sun Microsystems, has $11.3 billion in cash and marketable securities.

Cisco Systems, which bought Pure Digital Technologies in March for $590 million, has $7.4 billion in cash and cash equivalents.

If this cash looks huge, look at the news of the same companies laying off employees, siting recession as a reason.

Define Unlimited.

manzarnama
We always thought unlimited usage of net means your ISP is not counting your usage and you are not charged for any usage other than usual fee. But not in the case of Reliance Netconnect.
Here Unlimited means limited to 10GB.
Here is there definition of unlimited usage
*** Unlimited usage plans will have a fair usage policy of 10 GB/month. Beyond which the customer will be charged at Rs. 2/- per MB.
Check it out at
http://www.rcom.co.in/Communications/rcom/RNetconnect/netconnect_broadband_tariff.html

Politicians of india

manzarnama
This post started as a reply to my friend Amit kumar's post http://www.noisyindia.com/wp/?p=53
But it started becoming longer and here it is
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Politician treating people as bad as they treat each other.
At one time they become untouchable(public after election, and politicians from other parties before election), then they run to meet them, (public before and other parties after election) then the question arises, Is there any hope? This coming election lots of non-politicians are entering the foray (capt. Gopinath, Mallika sarabhai and many more) There was a program on TV about these professionals entering in the coming election foray, and there were this gentleman R. K. Misra, winner of The Times of India’s Lead India, And one young guy asked him, "why did you join BJP" when we voted for you we voted for your ideology not BJP's.
Lets wait till election results and see, whether any of these professional new entrant win, and if they does they voice and work towards there ideology OR they just become part of the clan.

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O ri Duniya

manzarnama

Amazing song.... Worth a litsen, actually all the songs of the album are amazing.
dedicated to the all farovirte songs of the the movie Pyaasa,  "Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to"
O ri Duniya
O ri Duniya
Ae O ri Duniya
Ae Surmayi aankhon ke pyaalon ki duniya ..o duniya
Satrangi rangon gulaalon ki duniya ..o duniya
Alsaayi sezon ke phoolon ki duniya ..o duniya re
Angdaai tode kabootar ki duniya ..o duniya re
Karwat le soyi haqueeqat ki duniya ..o duniyaaa
Deewaani hoti tabeeyat ki duniya ..o duniyaaa
Khwahish mein lipti zaroorat ki duniya ..o duniyaaa re
Insaan ke sapno ki neeyat ki duniya ..o Duniyaa

O ri Duniya
O ri Duniya
O ri Duniya
O ri Duniya
O ri Duniya

ye duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai…
ye duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai…
ye duniya agar mil bhi jaaye to kya hai…

Mamta ki bikhri kahaani ki duniya.. o duniaa
Behno ki siski jawaani ki duniya.. o duniaa
Aadam ke Hawwaa se rishte ki duniya.. o duniaa
Shaayar ke pheeke lafzon ki duniya.. o duniaa
oooooo oooo ooooo oooo

Ghalib ke Momin ke khwaabon ki duniya
Majaazon ke un inqualaabon ki duniya
Ghalib ke Momin ke khwaabon ki duniya
Majaazon ke un inqualaabon ki duniya
Faiz Firaaq aur Saahir o Makhdoom
Mir ki Zauk ki Daagh ki duniya

Ye duniya agar…

Pal chhin mein baatein chali jaati hain hain
Pal chhin mein raatein chali jaati hain hain
Reh jaata hai jo savera wo dhoondhey
Jalte makaan mein basera wo dhoondhey
Jaisi bachi hai waisi ki waisi bachaa lo ye duniya
Apna samajhke apno ke jaisi uthaalo ye duniya

Chhut put si baaton mein jalne lagegi sambhaalo ye duniya…
Kat pit ke raaton mein palne lagegi sambhaalo ye duniya..

O ri Duniya…

Wo kahein hain ki duniya ye itni nahi hai
Sitaaron se aage jahaan aur bhi hain
Ye hum hi nahi hain wahaan aur bhi hain
Hamaari har ek baat hoti wahin hai

Hamein aitraaz nahi hai kahin bhi
Wo aalim hain faazil hain honge sahi hi
Magar falsafaa ye bigad jaata hai
Jo wo kehte hain

Aalim ye kehta wahaan Eeshwar hai
Faazil ye kehta wahaan Allah hai

Kabur yeh kehta wahan issa hai,
Manzil yeh kehti tab insaan se ki,
Tumhari hai tum hi sambhalo yeh duniya,
Yeh bujhte hue chand baasi charago,
Tumhare yeh kaale iraado ki duniya,
Ohh ri duniya, oh ri duniya…
Hoo ri duniya…
Tumhari hai tum hi sambhalon ye duniya
Ye bujhte huye chand baasi charaaghon ki

Tumhaare ye kaale iraadon ki duniya… 

 

New amazing song.

manzarnama
you get that revolutionary feeling just by listening to this song.
listen to it at http://www.in.com/music/track-aarambh-374033.html
 

Aarambh hai prachand
bole mastakon ke jhuund
aaj jang ki ghadi ki tum guhaar do -2
aan baan shaan yaa ki jaan kaa ho daan
aaj ik dhanuSh ke baan pe utaar do -2
aarambh hai prachand

man kare so praan de
jo man kare so praan le
wahi to ek sarvashaktimaan hai) 2
krishna ki pukaar hai
ye bhaagawat ka saar hai
ki yuddh hi to veer kaa pramaan hai
kauravon ki bhiiD ho ya
paandavoon ka nid ho
jo lad sakaa hai wo hii to mahaan hai
jeet kii hawas nahin
kisi pe koii vash nahin
kyaa zindagii hai thokaron pe maar do
maut anth hai nahin
to maut se bhii kyun dare
ye jaake aasamaan mein dahaad do

aarambh hai prachand ...

ho dayaa kaa bhaav
yaa ki shaurya kaa chunav
yaa ki haar ka vo bhaav
tum ye soch lo) 2
ya ki pure bhaal par
jalaa rahe vijay kaa
laal laal ye gulaal
tum ye soch lo
rang kesarii ho ya
mridang kesari ho yaa
ki kesarii ho taal
tum ye soch lo
jis kavi kii kalpanaa mein
zindagi ho prem geet
us kavi ko aaj tum nakaar do
bhigati nasonn mein aaj
phulati ragon mein aaj
aag ki lapat kaa tum baghaar do

aarambh hai prachand
 

Thought on layoff

manzarnama
 We had a round of layoffs in our company yesterday. And we had a communication session with our business unit head today.
"Its bad that we had to do it yesterday, but its good that its over now." he said.

Immediately I recalled that HGTG (Hithhikers Guide to galaxy) an entry on "What to do if you face certain, unavoidable death at the claws of a Bugblatter Beast" the same method for "What to do if you find yourself trapped beneath a large boulder with no means of escape" 
 
The entry goes something like this: "Consider how lucky you are that life has been good to you so far. Alternatively, if life hasn't been good to you so far, which given your current circumstances seems more likely, consider how lucky you are that it won't be troubling you much longer."