Steve Jobs Speak - Video

This time the video of the inspirational speech of the maverick CEO. (courtesy: My namesake Sayan Sircar)

DADA KO NA BHUL PAYENGE

MOST ODI RUNS:

Name              Mat    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100 50   Ct St Team
SR Tendulkar      359  350  33 14009  186*  44.19  85.93  39 71  107  - IND
Inzamam-ul-Haq    352  327  49 11157  137*   40.13  74.48  10 82  103  - PAK/ASIA-XI
ST Jayasuriya     351  342  15 10481  189   32.05  89.10  19 59  105  - SL/ASIA-XI
SC Ganguly        279  270  21 10123  183   40.65  73.79  22 60   96  - IND/ASIA-XI
M Azharuddin      334  308  54  9378  153*  36.92  73.99   7 58  156  - IND
BC Lara           259  252  26  9359  169   41.41  79.46  19 57  109  - WI/ICC-XI
PA de Silva       308  296  30  9284  145   34.90  81.13  11 64   95  - SL
R Dravid          276  255  34  8861  153   40.09  70.22  11 65  164 14 IND/ASIA-XI/ICC-XI
Saeed Anwar       247  244  19  8823  194   39.21  80.66  20 43   42  - PAK
RT Ponting        244  238  28  8806  145   41.93  78.54  18 51  100  - AUS/ICC-XI
DL Haynes           238  237  28  8648  152*   41.37  63.09  17 57   59  - WI


ODI HIGHEST INDIVIDUAL SCORES:

194	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan v India at Chennai, Independence Cup, 1996/97 [ 1209 ]
189*	IVA Richards	West Indies v England at Manchester, Texaco Trophy, 1984 [ 264 ]
189	ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka v India at Sharjah, Champions Trophy, 2000/01 [ 1652 ]
188*	G Kirsten	South Africa v United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi, World Cup, 1995/96 [ 1049 ]
186*	SR Tendulkar	India v New Zealand at Hyderabad, 2nd ODI, 1999/00 [ 1523 ]
183*	MS Dhoni	India v Sri Lanka at Jaipur, 3rd ODI, 2005/06 [ 2290 ]
183	SC Ganguly	India v Sri Lanka at Taunton, World Cup, 1999 [1463 ]
181	IVA Richards	West Indies v Sri Lanka at Karachi, World Cup, 1987/88 [ 457 ]
175*	N Kapil Dev	India v Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells, World Cup, 1983 [ 216 ]

ODIs - 1000 Runs in a Calendar Year :

                          Year   M    I  NO  Runs   HS    Av   100s
SR Tendulkar         (Ind)  1998  34   33   4  1894   143   65.31   9
SC Ganguly           (Ind)  1999  41   41   3  1767   183   46.50   4
R Dravid             (Ind)  1999  43   43   5  1761   153  46.34   6
SR Tendulkar         (Ind)  1996  32   32   2  1611   137  53.70   6
Saeed Anwar          (Pak)  1996  36   36   5  1595   115   51.45   3
SC Ganguly           (Ind)  2000  32   32   4  1579   144   56.39   7
ME Waugh             (Aus)  1999  36   36   3  1468   106   44.48   2
G Kirsten            (SA)   2000  36   36   3  1467   115   44.45   2
G Kirsten            (SA)   1996  29   29   4  1442  188*   57.68   6
Mohammad Yousuf      (Pak)  2002  32   30   5  1362  141*   54.48   5
BC Lara              WI     1993  30   30   3  1349   153   49.96   4
SC Ganguly           (Ind)  1997  38   35   3  1338   113  41.81   1
SC Ganguly           (Ind)  1998  36   35   3  1328   124   41.50   4


ODIs - Most Sixes in Career :

Name                  Mat   I   NO  Runs   HS   Ave   100   SR     6s  6s/I Team
Shahid Afridi         217  208   9  4782   109   24.03   4 108.38  214  1.02  PAK  
ST Jayasuriya         351  342  15 10481   189  32.05  19  89.10  199  0.58  SL  
SC Ganguly            279  270  21 10123   183   40.65  22  73.79  168  0.62  IND  
CL Cairns             215  193  25  4950   115  29.46   4  84.26  153  0.79  NZ  
SR Tendulkar          359  350  33 14009  186*   44.19  39  85.93  148  0.42  IND  
Inzamam-ul-Haq        352  327  49 11157  137*  40.13  10  74.48  136  0.41  PAK  

ODIs - 100s in Most Consecutive Innings

2  SC Ganguly           India        141* v South Africa  Nairobi (Gym)        2000/01  
                                      117  v New Zealand   Nairobi (Gym)          

ODIs - Most 50s in Career (including 100s)

50+                                          Mts    Inns   100s  50-99
110   SR Tendulkar         India             359     350     39     71
92   Inzamam-ul-Haq       Pakistan          352     327     10     82
82   SC Ganguly           India             279     270     22     60
78   ST Jayasuriya        Sri Lanka         351     342     19     59
76   BC Lara              West Indies       259     252     19     57


ODIs - Fastest to 4000 Career Runs

                   Team            I  NO   Runs    HS    Av
IVA Richards         West Indies    88  15   4000   189*  54.79   1975 to 1984/85
CG Greenidge         West Indies    96  10   4000   133*   46.51   1975 to 1988
BC Lara              West Indies   100   9   4000   169   43.95   1990/91 to 1995/96
DM Jones             Australia     102  21   4000   121   49.38   1983/84 to 1990/91
SC Ganguly           India         105   9   4000   183   41.66   1991/92 to 1999

ODIs - Fastest to 5000 Career Runs
                    Team            I  NO   Runs    HS    Av
IVA Richards         West Indies   114  20   5000   189*  53.19   1975 to 1986/87
BC Lara              West Indies   118  13   5000   169   47.61   1990/91 to 1997/98
CG Greenidge         West Indies   121  13   5000   133*  46.29   1975 to 1990/91
SC Ganguly           India         126  11   5000   183   43.47   1991/92 to 1999/00

ODIs - Fastest to 6000 Career Runs

                    Team            I  NO   Runs    HS    Av
IVA Richards         West Indies   141  22   6000   189*  50.42   1975 to 1988/89
SC Ganguly           India         147  14   6000   183   45.11   1991/92 to 2000/01
BC Lara              West Indies   155  16   6000   169   43.16   1990/91 to 1999/00
DM Jones             Australia     157  26   6000   145   45.80   1983/84 to 1993/94
G Kirsten            South Africa  160  16   6000   188*  41.66   1993/94 to 2001/02

ODIs - Fastest to 7000 Career Runs

                       Team            I  NO   Runs    HS    Av
SC Ganguly           India         174  15   7000   183   44.02   1991/92 to 2001/02
BC Lara              West Indies   183  18   7000   169   42.42   1990/91 to 2000/01
DL Haynes            West Indies   187  24   7000   152*  42.94   1977/78 to 1991/92
JH Kallis            South Africa  188  36   7000   139   46.05   1995/96 to 2004
SR Tendulkar         India         189  18   7000   143   40.93   1989/90 to 1998


ODIs - Fastest to 8000 Career Runs:

                   Team            I  NO   Runs    HS    Av
SC Ganguly           India         200  16   8000   183   43.47   1991/92 to 2002/03
SR Tendulkar         India         210  22   8000   143   42.55   1989/90 to 1999
BC Lara              West Indies   211  22   8000   169   42.32   1990/91 to 2002/03
Saeed Anwar          Pakistan      218  18   8000   194   40.00   1988/89 to 2000/01
DL Haynes            West Indies   219  29   8000   152*  42.10   1977/78 to 1992/93


ODIs - Fastest to 9000 Career Runs

                  Team            I  NO   Runs    HS    Av
SC Ganguly           India         228  20   9000   183   43.26   1991/92 to 2003/04
SR Tendulkar         India         235  23   9000   186*   42.45   1989/90 to 1999/00
BC Lara              West Indies   239  27   9000   169   42.45   1990/91 to 2004/05
Inzamam-ul-Haq       Pakistan      273  39   9000   137*  38.46   1991/92 to 2003

ODIs - Fastest to 10000 Career Runs

                   Team            I  NO   Runs    HS    Av
SR Tendulkar         India         259  23  10000   186*  42.37   1989/90 to 2000/01
SC Ganguly           India         263  21  10000   183   41.32   1991/92 to 2005
Inzamam-ul-Haq       Pakistan      299  43  10000   137*  39.06   1991/92 to 2004
ST Jayasuriya        Sri Lanka     328  16  10000   189   32.05   1989/90 to 2005

Mittal faces Judgement Day

U.K. Faces Of The Week, April 10-13, 2006: "Mittal faces judgment day"

Urban Legend :(

Sadly the last post is an urban legend, though it remains a nice read.

Urban Legend abt Einstein

Interesting story about Einstein

The following is an interesting story about a genius. I would like to know if that is authentic. Google search shows it occurs in many blogs, but cant find something authentic enough like wiki to vouch for it -

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the problem science has with God, The Almighty.He asks one of his new students to stand and.....
Prof: So you believe in God?
Student: Absolutely, sir.
Prof: Is God good?
Student: Sure.
Prof: Is God all-powerful?
Student : Yes.
Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?
(Student is silent.)
Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is God good?
Student :Yes.
Prof: Is Satan good?
Student : No.
Prof: Where does Satan come from?
Student : From...God...
Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student :Yes.
Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Prof: So who created evil?
(Student does not answer.)
Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don't they?
Student :Yes, sir.
Prof: So, who created them?
(Student has no answer.)
Prof: Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?
Student : No, sir.
Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student : No, sir.
Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelled your God? Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.
Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol, science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Prof: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Prof: Yes.
Student : No sir. There isn't.
(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don't have
anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it. (There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as
darkness?

Prof: Yes. What is night if there isn't darkness?
Student : You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing liight.... But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness isn't. If it were, you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn't you?
Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Prof: Flawed? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God. You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor.
Do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir? (The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize
where the argument is going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going
endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class is in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the
Professor's
brain?
(The class breaks out into laughter.)
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's
brain, felt it, touched or smelled it?.....No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable, demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable.)
Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it, sir.. The link between man & god is FAITH. That is all that keeps things moving & alive.

That young man was ALBERT EINSTEIN.....

So long, and thanks for all the fish!

That's it! Today was the last day of me in our good old Y -14 office in Sector - V. From next monday, "another place, another time"!!!!

Good bye Y - 14. So long, and thanks for all the fish!

Is it possible in India?

The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, India now has an online interface for the public to lodge their complaints! Dont know how much it works, but whats the point in trying? e-age might just pierce the heart of corruption and let the voice of the common man reach where it should!
Hey, I am just being positive. Even I know this is India, but whats the harm?

http://darpg-grievance.nic.in/

http://darpg.nic.in/

http://pgportal.gov.in/

you may say I am a dreamer,
but I am not the only one.

maktub!!!

Recently, I found Paulo Coelho's newsletter. "The Alchemist" was a book I could never forget, so went through it and must say, its a must read, at least for noted philosophers like my old friend Bogu and Choru and their disciples like me.
http://www.warriorofthelight.com/engl/index.html
Go on, read it!

A Mail from a frustrated victim of chain mails

Thought of forwarding this mail to each and everyone I know, but the decided against it and grabbed a chance of awakening my good-old blog! ;)

*A Mail from a frustrated victim of chain mails*:

I wanted to thank all my friends and family who have forwarded chain
letters to me in 2003 & 2004.

Because of your kindness:

* I stopped drinking Coca Cola after I found out that it's good for
removing toilet stains.

* I stopped going to the movies for fear of sitting on a needle
infected with AIDS.

* I smell like a wet dog since I stopped using deodorants because they
cause cancer.

* I don't leave my car in the parking lot or any other place and
sometimes I even have to walk about 7 blocks for fear that someone will drug
me with a perfume sample and try to rob me.

* I also stopped answering the phone for fear that they may ask me to
dial a stupid number and then I get a phone bill from hell with calls to
Uganda, Singapore and Tokyo.

* I also stopped drinking anything out of a can for fear that I will
get sick from the rat feces and urine.

* When I go to parties, I don't look at any girl, no matter how hot
she is, for fear that she will take me to a hotel, drug me then take my
kidneys and leave me taking nap in a bathtub full of ice.

* I also donated all my savings to the Amy Bruce account. A sick girl
that was about to die in the hospital about 7,000 times. (Funny that girl,
she's been 7 since 1993...)

* I went bankrupt from bounced checks that I made expecting the
$15,000 that Microsoft and AOL were supposed to send me when I participated
in their special e-mail program would arrive soon.

* My free Nokia phone never arrived and neither did the free passes
for a paid vacation to Disneyland.

* Still open to help some from Bulgaria who wants to use my account to
transfer his uncle property of some hundred millions $.

* Made some Hundred wishes before forwarding t hose Ganesh
Vandana,Tirupathi Balaji pics etc.. now most of those 'Wishes' are already
married (to someone else)

IMPORTANT NOTE:

If you do not send this e-mail to at least 1246 people in the next 10
seconds, a bird will ... on your head today at 6:30pm.

Happy New Year!!

Wish a grand new year to everyone..............
Happy New Year!!!

Orkut and My Relationship Status

There has been much confusion over the last few days about my relationship status in www.orkut.com . Basically what happened is I changed my relationship status to "Single" to "Committed" due to some good things that happened to me this year. That's where this story starts! One fine morning, as I start up my computer and get ready for another day's fight with variables and functions, I get bewildering scraps and mails from friends, all asking when did I got married and demanding why they weren't informed! Little did they know that I myself wasn't informed that I have become"Single, Married"!!!
Yes, you read it right. Orkut has decided me to be a trend setter and allotted to me more than one-values from a drop-down list!! In their opinion, my relationship status is "Single, Married"!
So here's my message to all my bewildered friends, ITS A BUG! And a humorous one at that, no doubts!! Hey Google-ians, if any of you are reading this, please look into the code and rescue me ;)

So, bottomline is I am not "Single, Married" afterall!

Ethan Hunt is back!

ETHAN HUNT IS BACK!

http://www.missionimpossible.com/

When C++ Coders get pissed off!

When C++ coders get pissed off, they create something like this -

Stroustrup's fictional interview

Its hillarious!

Underarm bowling becomes underhand deals : now in Team Selection

Sign the petition We oppose the exclusion of Ganguly from the Indian cricket team .

Well, i got nothing more to say. Words are useless, everyone knows some people have gone trash and started using Indian cricket like their tissue papers. Shame on them, but frankly, I don't even feel like screwing them with choicest words ...... hell thay ain't worth it.

Still, if you want to read something well-written on this in the Indian blogosphere, go to Deepak-da's blog - here

Just sign the petition. But nothing will happen anyway.

Don't forget, this is India.

World Cup groups

The World cup grouping are here, and once again, good teams get the death groups! Argentina and Holland in the same group...both my top favourites. Czech Republic and Italy also have been placed in the same group, while Brazil, Germany are placed in cakewalk-ish groups(not underestimating the teams in their groups though!). Among my favourites, Spain has managed a rather easy group.

Hoping both Argentina and Holland qualifies for the second round(and more).

Groups Schedule

Matches Schedule

Sala Main to Saab Ban gaya!

Tribute to my Hero

From the age of 6, I have been following his batting and been inspired by his sheer genius. He is not just a cricketing hero, but a champion who has inspired a generation - a deserving cult-figure. Hats Off, Boss!


SACHIN TENDULKAR ROCKS!

Another good guy killed for corruption

After Satyandra Dubey, another one - Manjunath. Killed as a reward for being honest.
Mera Bharat Mahaan!

In the long run, we are all dead, I know. But, for heaven's sake, he was just 27. Murdered. Brutally. In cold blood. For something so abstract, so derided, so demeaned as "Values"...

Read the full story at Outlook

Obscure as Hell!!!!

The following is a C code. Can you guess the output?

If not, try a C-compiler. You'll love it!!!


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main(int t,char _,char *a)
{
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2 ?_<13 ?main ( 2, _+1, "%s %d %d\n" ):9:16:t<0?t<-72?main(_,
t,"@n'+,#'/*{}w+/w#cdnr/+,{}r/*de}+,/*{*+,/w{%+,/w#q#n+,/#{l,+,/n{n+,/+#n+,/#;#q#n+,/+k#;*+,/'r :'d*'3,}{w+K w'K:'+}e#';dq#'l q#'+d'K#!/+k#;q#'r}eKK#}w'r}eKK{nl]'/#;#q#n'){)#}w'){){nl]'/+#n';d}rw' i;# ){nl]!/n{n#'; r{#w'r nc{nl]'/#{l,+'K {rw' iK{;[{nl]'/w#q#\ n'wk nw'
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?putchar(a[31]):main(-65,_,a+1):main((*a == '/')+t,_,a+1 ):0

Good bye to the Prince of Football

"George Best will get a standing ovation from the Old Trafford crowd for one last time on Saturday when Manchester United take on Portsmouth, hours after the former United great is laid to rest in his native Belfast. United manager Sir Alex Ferguson and Portsmouth chairman Milan Mandaric, a personal friend of Best's, will both arrive at the early evening match after flying back from the funeral in Northern Ireland, where up to half a million people are expected to turn out in honour of the province's greatest ever player."

-- Good bye, the Vincent Van Gogh of Football! Rest in peace! Your glory will remain forever.