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The Top 20 Reasons Dogs Don't Use Computers

20. Can't stick their heads out of Windows '95.                        19. Fetch command not available on all platforms.

18. Hard to read the monitor with your head cocked to one side.
17. Too difficult to "mark" every website they visit.
16. Can't help attacking the screen when they hear "You've Got Mail."
15. Fire hydrant icon simply frustrating.
14. Involuntary tail wagging is dead giveaway they're browsing www.pethouse.com instead of working.
13. Keep bruising noses trying to catch that MPEG frisbee.
12. Not at all fooled by Chuckwagon Screen Saver.
11. Still trying to come up with an "emoticon" that signifies tail-wagging.
10. Oh, but they WILL... with the introduction of the Microsoft Opposable Thumb.
9. Three words: Carpal Paw Syndrome.
8. 'Cause dogs ain't GEEKS! Now, cats, on the other hand...
7. Barking in next cube keeps activating YOUR voice recognition software.
6. SmellU-SmellMe still in beta test.
5. SIT and STAY were hard enough, GREP and AWK are out of the question!
4. Saliva-coated mouse gets mighty difficult to maneuver.
3. Annoyed by lack of newsgroup, alt.pictures.master's.leg.
2. Butt-sniffing more direct and less deceiving than online chat rooms.
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"Walking past the Story Lane"

"Story of a Sleepy Guy"

Social Media...Explained...

MYSPACE

Myspace is your best friend from high school who started smoking a lot of weed and listening to dark music your junior year. (I mean #dark.) You guys were total BFFs— 4EAE, if you recall— when she wore normal clothes and just wanted to go to Jamba Juice together. Then she became all about poorly lit scene parties in rank basements and tattoos she can’t remember the next day.

You’re in college now and don’t know what happened to her. One day over summer break you decide you miss her and look her up—then you see the vast wasteland her life has become. She makes the pucker face in photos and it doesn’t even look slutty, it looks sad. She’s covered in bad ink and has a septum piercing that might be leaking pus. She’s wearing an expression that’s more akin to a 1000-yard stare than the bright, excited face you remember. All her friends are terrible. She’s terrible. You put her on the “con” list when deciding whether to go to your 10-year reunion or not. (You ultimately do, and she’s still terrible.)

LINKED-IN

That nerdy kid from Debate with the stutter is doing real well for himself. You hear he got kind of ripped, joined a frat (well, a business frat) and is really, really into networking now. As in, he’ll hand you his business card after shaking your hand, and you went to eighth-grade prom together.

Do you want to be in his professional network? Do you want to see all the amazing internships he has, all the important connections he’s made, those glowing recommendations from employers that scream “perfect employee” in all-caps? Do you want to check out his Twitter feed, and network there, too? Do you want to reconnect? No, you don’t. That sounds like just about the worst thing in the world.

But two days later you get an “invitation” from him and you accept.

FACEBOOK

Facebook is the Good Guy Greg of online interactions. Facebook just wants to have a good time! Check out these pictures from Olivia’s trip to Spain! Dude! Jeff just won $50 in the lottery! Isn’t that sweet? Let’s poke, bro! Let’s chat!

Did you know that at this very moment, and most likely for the rest of your life, Facebook is mining and storing information on every click you make? This is why it’s so popular- Facebook is the constant observer, a master of watching people at work. They know who’s who and what’s what. You’re still obsessed with that crush from camp and Facebook can see it in your eyes. You hate everything about Natalie, and Facebook knows this, too. You don’t have to say a word. Facebook just looks into your eyes and knows your life story. And they’ll never mention Natalie around you, and they’ll casually drop a bit of news about that camp crush sometimes, and it’s uplifting and perfect and weirdly manipulative. But it works, because you need Facebook like a drug. You need its energy in your life, even when you know how bad it can be.

Is Facebook just about popularity and “likes,” or is Facebook trying to be a genuinely positive force in your life? Is Facebook really that innocent? How can anyone that good be?

GOOGLE +

New kid’s on the block and he’s rocking his guitar at volume 12. Did you get invited to his move-in party? I heard Jack White’s gonna be there, I heard all your friends are there already, I just saw the pictures on Picasa. They’ve having a video hangout as we speak.

The cute thing about Google+ is that they think they’re all hip because not just anyone can get in. That’s such a blatant lie! It may have worked for Gmail, but fool me once, I hate you forever. We see through that kind of stuff now. And who has the energy for this new friend, especially when they know nobody in town and might be kind of… off? Who knows, maybe Google+ will be the life of the party. Maybe they’ll usurp Facebook at the head of the cool kids’ table. At this point, you’ve already resigned yourself to all this, and it’ll just happen or not and you’ll see. Or you could quit it all and be free. But where’s the fun in that? 

By:

TYLER TRYKOWSKI 

"The Blues sToRy"

"Thru-d-glass"

"Its a Tree Story"

New Dawn-New Story

Letter-Matter

Soon after we shifted to this new house, we got one thing figured that we have no access to our post mails.
We were puzzled as well as annoyed over the fact that our important letters were not reaching us.
After some research in the neighborhood, we discovered that some people in the society were getting all their mails and that too on time!
So, we went on asking them about this secret.
As per them, one has to quote name of the adjacent village's Post Office on the letter, as our society has no post office of its own.
We were overjoyed that we finally cracked the letters' code.
But, even then our letters did not reach us.
Reason, the postman needs a 500 rupee note in the beginning of every month to deliver your letters. Moreover, if you don't get any mail in the month you paid for, there's no refund!
Icing on the cake: Some people tried to complain about his routine to the administration. One, the delivery of their letters stopped permanently. TWO, THEY FOUND ALL THEIR IMPORTANT LETTERS DURING THE MONSOON IN THE MUDDY WATERS...
Maybe, we all can summarize it for ourselves...

"Your focus writes your story..."

"Some Gates have stories too..."

"Retail Madness"

what is that ?

 Its a bird ? its a plane ? No

 Its Super Retail cries out India flying across states, metropolitans and other parts of the country.

Considering the sector is growing at around 30 % to 40 % every year and there are 100's of taker's any given point what is the Govt. Of India Doing to promote the sector.

The Big fish Like Bharti Walmart, Debenhams, Reliance, Landmark Group etc are all in good stead as they have financial back up to partner succesfully, promote and sustain but what about the young entreprenuers who want to start in the retail sector.

Do you think there should be some benefits given specifically for this sector ? If there already is, then is it benefiting the young brigade ? Or Will it all perish some day the thought of making your brand a success considering you had all the talent in the world but No finance to back you up and sustain...........

Should this be a question or a wake up call for the aspiring.

"Purple Skies"

"Ramdev Ruffles the wrong feathers… Congress comes back with communism"

While a religious leader does what he does best in India, so is our current govt. call it a double edged sword or catch 22 ….. The citizen of this country is ashamed, confused, scared and often misguided by whats going around. Baba raises his voice for a good cause but politically driven and agenda based ( losses the positive intent ) Congress ducks for cover, write’s a few letter, has some press conferences and eventually dictates by Lathicharge over innocent women & children…..In this case men too. The main opposition party sits back criticizes the current govt and holds more press conferences….( For What ?????) Lalu Ji who was asked to leave the congress months ago , now interestingly is giving hints of supporting the UPA and provoking the issue further…..Digvijay Singh seems to have more info then RAW (acharya balakrishna Issue) ( should he not be our defense ministerJ ) All in all it’s a big F*ing Joke and the tax Payers money is being raped, snatched and abused………………………Scam after scam, 1G-2G-3G-4G………………………………………………………………So many G’s its almost like a virus spreading like flu India wide……And what are we doing about it.

and what are we waiting for……to  Chale……Jantar mantar 

A picture's worth a thousand words..

We Have left it on the picture this time to tell you its tale...

"Vodafone Zoo-Zooed"

Somehow the consumers are always considered dumb by the marketing personnel of the organizations.

But, the truth is, today's consumer is far more aware of what he used to be five or ten years back..

I would like to cite an incident which occurred this morning to exemplify the above...

One of the Vodafone's sales guy calls up and tells me that he's calling from Vodafone and would like to know my full name. Instead of telling him my name, I enquired that if he is calling from Vodafone, he should better know my name. The guy had no reply.

Going further, I was told that according to what he can see on his system, my local call usage is more than my out-station calls. What he said was true, but I lied and said it was out-station calls I make more. To my surprise, the guy changed his pitch altogether and started giving me deals for cheaper out-station calls.

Moreover, he started telling me plans for lesser rentals. This may sound normal to you, but let me specify here that I use a pre-paid connection & I do not have monthly rentals! And not to forget, this call is coming from Vodafone Executive, who apparently, is looking at all my information in front of him.

I would not embarrass the company more by telling what happened further, but we all know that these are just sales calls they make with pre-written scripts. Therefore, they should not think of the consumers as fools.

Also, I know half of the people disconnect the calls once they hear such people calling, but it's important, that these companies should understand and take a lesson!

~Hint of Mint~

Hit By Hitachi

Was reading the newspapers the other day and came across an article reviewing HITACHI"S FIGURES. Not surprising at all It has dipped quiet a bit from previous years.

I bought a 2 Ton Split from Hitachi, Costed me about a years Salary ( Pun Intended Totally ) and guess what the damn thing dint work a day. On repeated complaints the Customer service managers refused to speak to me and every time I called I got the same answer, No Supervisors available......The Twilight saga went on for about 20 days before the first team arrived, and i am saying 1st team.....had 5 teams come to my place to take a look with 5 different issues, trying to convince me that the split is fine......well Guess what Its been 2 Months and Mr Hitachi Refuses to budge. It blows HOT and Cold, Has Mood Swings and sometimes goes to sleep.....Not That Hitachi is Bothered.................Indeed a hard Hit By Hitachi.............Do you think the Consumer Forum will Cushion some of the Punches !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!