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'Start pushing', passengers asked
2007-11-29 15:14:00
An Indian train driver came up with an original idea when the train he was driving broke down unexpectedly. Rather than face the prospect of scores of frustrated passengers launching a chorus of complaints, the driver instead asked them to get out and push. Many chose to get out of their seats and do just that, officials say. It took them more than half an hour to move the electric train 12ft (4m) so that it touched live overhead wires and was able to resume its journey. Momentum “In so many years of service in the railways, I have never come across such a bizarre incident,” Deepak Kumar Jha, a spokesman for Indian Railways, told the Reuters news agency. Officials say the extraordinary display of passenger power occurred on Tuesday in the eastern state of Bihar after a passenger pulled the train’s emergency chain, bringing it to a halt in a “neutral zone”. This is a short length of track where there is no power in the overhead wires. Corresponde...
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Microsoft fined $142 million for piracy
2007-11-29 14:41:00
Federal court rejected Microsoft appeal of a jury decision to slap the software maker with a $142 million judgment for patent infringement. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said it saw no reason to overturn the jury’s finding that Microsoft’s Windows XP and Office products breached patents held by z4 Technologies, a Michigan based company. The Z4 Technologies holds the patent that governs the use of product activation codes for preventing software piracy. The court observed “substantial evidence supports the jury’s verdict.” The court rejected Microsoft’s claim that one of its older products, Brazilian Publisher ‘98, contained so-called prior art that should have invalidated z4 Technology’s patents. Microsoft failed to meet “the burden of demonstrating by clear and convincing evidence” that BP ‘98 constituted prior art, the court said. The court also nixed Microsoft’s argument that the produ...
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What a shame...sick of Indian politics, super cop,Kiran Bedi retires premat
2007-11-28 16:45:00
India’s pride, world renowned,the first lady IPS of our country Kiran Bedi has opted for VRS(Voluntary Retirement Scheme).She still has 18 months left in her service.She has given her application already and is under consideration.She said she will work from outside to reform the system. What a pity on India’s sick politics. Earlier this year,Mr Y.S. Dadwal was made Delhi’s commissioner of police ahead of her.The reason that made this decision even more disgusting was that Mr. Dadwal is her junior and had 4 years of service left.So he would have anyways got Commissioner’s rank after Bedi’s retirement as tenure of commissioner is 2 years and he had 4 years but Mrs Bedi had only 2.What an insult of her commitment and excellent work that was.How much she gave to our country,our society but this is the way we treat our true heroes,really. That was dis-heartening even for me,we cant even imagine what she would have felt.Obviously shocked and diss appointed...
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Super mod...a 66 fan cabby
2007-11-26 10:30:00
Man!!.Its a cabinet made of 66! fans. what you have to say now.got any more wierd mod than this?
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