This post has something to do with the most powerful man on planet Earth. George W. Bush is the 43rd chief executive of the United States. He is a hero to a few, a villain to some and a piteous creature to most, including me. I mean, I can't even imagine why anyone would get mad at Bush for administration policies - he's had practically nothing to do with them!
Anyway, I think he would do better as a professional comedian. When the dude says 'Nucular' he actually means 'Nuclear'. His malaprops make him sound like someone who learned the language over a bad cell phone connection. Some of the things he has to say provoke laughter like nothing else.
A couple of my favorites:
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we".
"This notion that the United States is getting ready to attack Iran is simply ridiculous. And having said that, all options are on the table".
Applause! That was the most important dude on the planet, folks. Looks like God has not paid much attention to this part of the Milky Way galaxy.
Need I say any more? I don't know, but I don't feel like anyway.
Peace.
AMD
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Monday, January 16, 2006
Occupational Hazards
Job, the principal activity in our lives that we do to acquire or deserve a certain paper or metallic medium of exchange called money.
On planet Earth, like most other planets, if you possess a certain pre-determined quantity of money, you are said to be above the poverty line! India, being the second most populous country on planet Earth, and a quarter of all Indians still living below the poverty line, is currently witnessing an economic phenomenon of job creation, which I happen to be part of.
Being a software programmer in addition to being an Indian, it is quite natural for me to be very familiar with the word "Outsourcing". Outsourcing is defined by most earthlings as the day-to-day execution of an entire business function of an organization, by a third party service provider. A consummate definition, one would imagine.
Some facts about outsourcing:
On planet Earth, like most other planets, if you possess a certain pre-determined quantity of money, you are said to be above the poverty line! India, being the second most populous country on planet Earth, and a quarter of all Indians still living below the poverty line, is currently witnessing an economic phenomenon of job creation, which I happen to be part of.
Being a software programmer in addition to being an Indian, it is quite natural for me to be very familiar with the word "Outsourcing". Outsourcing is defined by most earthlings as the day-to-day execution of an entire business function of an organization, by a third party service provider. A consummate definition, one would imagine.
Some facts about outsourcing:
- Outsourcing makes a lot of Indians very happy. It gives them jobs. It gave me my job.
- Outsourcing makes a lot of American techies very unhappy. They have lost thier jobs. Levelheaded Americans are taking strong, but desperate measures [like this website http://www.yourjobisgoingtoindia.com/].
- Outsourcing is known to have flummoxed many observers, even groups of pandimensional hyper-intelligent scientists armed with Arcturan Megacomputers. These pandimensional hyper-intelligent scientists call it the phenomenon of homosapio-lavoro transmigration. What is perplexing about it is the migration of jobs from America to India, and the migration of intelligent lifeforms from India to America, seeking jobs!
- Outsourcing is increasingly being replaced by another term - "Bangalored", derived from the name of a large south Indian city, Bangalore.
Some facts about Bangalore:
- Bangalore is a city of roughly 6.5 million earthlings.
- Bangalore is cited in particular because of its ill-famed reputation in America as a high-tech city, gobbling up jobs of all the people who have been laid off from American corporations.
- Bangalore is going to be renamed Bengaluru. This presents the pandimensional hyper-intelligent scientists with a tricky question. Do we now replace Bangalored by Bengalured?
As for the American techies, whether they are Bangalored or Bengalured, it will hurt just as much, although Benga-lured may sound more appropriate for jobs that are being coaxed out of America.
Peace.
AMD
Friday, January 13, 2006
Don't Panic
This is my first post in 'Blogger' and unfortunately this calls for an introduction.
The start of a new year. I decided to start web logging in 'Blogger' instead of the earlier crap. Blogging is not my passion. Just something I do when I feel like thinking.
At this point in time, the acronym A.M.D (thats how i sign my blogs) must be causing a lot of activity and impalpable pain in the left half of your brain because of its close resemblance to a certain microprocessor manufacturer. So I must kill the suspense right away.
Arcturan Mega Donkey makes his appearance many times in the science fiction novel - HHGG [referred to as 'The Guide' in many of my posts] by Douglas Adams.
I think (guess) the word Arcturan has a direct link with the giant star Arcturus, currently situated roughly 36 light-years away from Earth. Earth by the way, is where I currently live. About the Earth, The Guide says "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea". Let us not digress from the main subject of attention. The word Mega usually means something large, or excellent. Donkey is of course the beast of burden and has no political connection what so ever with the Democratic party.
Phew! That should give the left half of your brain some well deserved rest.
You are also forced to know that I watch lot of TV and I'm passionate about basketball and music. I read good books when I'm tired of reading 'The Guide'. I work for a software firm whose name is a fact that has been verified.
Peace.
AMD
The start of a new year. I decided to start web logging in 'Blogger' instead of the earlier crap. Blogging is not my passion. Just something I do when I feel like thinking.
At this point in time, the acronym A.M.D (thats how i sign my blogs) must be causing a lot of activity and impalpable pain in the left half of your brain because of its close resemblance to a certain microprocessor manufacturer. So I must kill the suspense right away.
Arcturan Mega Donkey makes his appearance many times in the science fiction novel - HHGG [referred to as 'The Guide' in many of my posts] by Douglas Adams.
I think (guess) the word Arcturan has a direct link with the giant star Arcturus, currently situated roughly 36 light-years away from Earth. Earth by the way, is where I currently live. About the Earth, The Guide says "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea". Let us not digress from the main subject of attention. The word Mega usually means something large, or excellent. Donkey is of course the beast of burden and has no political connection what so ever with the Democratic party.
Phew! That should give the left half of your brain some well deserved rest.
You are also forced to know that I watch lot of TV and I'm passionate about basketball and music. I read good books when I'm tired of reading 'The Guide'. I work for a software firm whose name is a fact that has been verified.
Peace.
AMD
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