Wednesday, January 26, 2005

VIDEO: Incredible India!

1 mt 01 sec

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India IS incredible. Happy republic day, countrymen.

Sunday, January 23, 2005

Wives Over the Ages





Saturday, January 22, 2005

VIDEO: 405 (Plane Landing)

2 mts 24 secs

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Ever found a normally busy highway empty? Beware, if you ever do. And beware of the little old ladies. This video tells the story of what happens when a plane lands on a highway instead of the runway.

Friday, January 21, 2005

The New 7 Wonders of the World

Boley toh:

1. Apun


2. Apunki smile


3. Apunka style


4. Apunki personality


5. Apunka nature


6. Apunke messages


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7. Apunka friend...boley to TUM

Wednesday, January 19, 2005

26 Reasons Why Men Are Proud of Themselves

1. Men know stuff about tanks.

2. A 5-day trip requires only one suitcase.

3. Men can open all their own jars.

4. Men can make decisions without a support group.

5. Men can leave a hotel bed unmade.

6. Men can kill our own food.

7. Men get extra credit for the slightest act of thoughtfulness.

8. Wedding plans take care of themselves.

9. If someone forgets to invite men to something they can still be our friend.

10. Underwear is less than £10 a three-pack.

11. Three pairs of shoes are more than adequate.

12. Men don't have to clean the house if the meter reader is coming.

13. Car mechanics tell us the truth.

14. Men can sit quietly and watch TV with a friend for hours without thinking, "He must be mad at me."

15. Grey hair and wrinkles only add character.

16. Men can drop by and see a friend without having to bring a little gift.

17. If another guy shows up at a party in the same outfit you just might become lifelong friends.

18. Mens pals will never trap you with: "So, notice anything different?"

19. Men are not expected to know the names of more than 5 colours.

20. Men are totally unable to see wrinkles in our clothes.

21. The same hairstyle lasts for years-maybe decades.

22. We don't have to shave below the neck.

23. A few belches are expected and tolerated.

24. One wallet, one pair of shoes, one colour, all seasons.

25. Men can do their nails with a penknife.

26. Christmas shopping can be accomplished for 25 people on the day before Christmas and be done in 45 minutes.

Tuesday, January 18, 2005

VIDEO: Martin Luther King, Jr. has a dream

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For your viewing pleasure, here's a video clip from the historic "I have a dream" speech.

Dr. King uttered these immortal words at the steps of Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. Here's a transcript:

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.

One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.

So we have come here today to dramatize an appalling condition. In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.

This note was a promise that all men would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked "insufficient funds." But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation.

So we have come to cash this check -- a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood.

It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning. Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights.

The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges. But there is something that I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.

We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. we must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence. Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force.

The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?" we can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities. We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one. We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of great trials and tribulations. Some of you have come fresh from narrow cells. Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality. You have been the veterans of creative suffering. Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to Georgia, go back to Louisiana, go back to the slums and ghettos of our northern cities, knowing that somehow this situation can and will be changed. Let us not wallow in the valley of despair. I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slaveowners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring." And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania! Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado! Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California! But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia! Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee! Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"

Monday, January 17, 2005

Fun Optical Illusions

Are the red lines straight?

Yes!

Are the grey lines straight?

Yes!

Are the horizontal grey lines parallel or sloping?

Parallel

Which line is C part of? A or B or neither?

B

Spiral or Concentric circles?

Concentric circles

Spiral or Concentric circles?

Concentric circles

Which one of the two center dots is bigger?

Neither - both are of exactly the same size

Count the black dots

That's right - There are none!

Focus on the black dot. After a while the grey haze will seem to shrink.


Take this color test


Mirror Image?


Is the book facing you or away from you?


Horse head or Seal


Duck or Rabbit

(The duck is facing left, the rabbit is facing right)

Duck or Rabbit version 2.0

(The duck is facing left, the rabbit is facing right)

Eskimo or Red Indian

(Face of native looking left, Eskimo full body looking right-back)

Horse or Frog

(Turn the picture sideways and then answer)

Face or "Liar"


Dolphins or Couple


Man playing horn or Face of a woman

(The speck hanging in front of the horn handle is the woman's eye)

Evil face or Several women at a party


One face or Two

(One face front shot, Two faces profiles)

Woman in vanity or Skull


Old couple or Singers

(The eyes of the old couple are the faces of the singers)

Young woman or Old hag

(Necklace of young woman is the mouth of the old woman)

Magic carpet


Playing to an audience?


Can you see the baby in this picture?


Can you spot the horses in this picture?


Do you see the deers in the forest?


Impossible shelves


Impossible block


Impossible fork


Impossible elephant


Impossible balcony


Focus on the center circle. After a while it will seem to move like a magnifying glass.


Focus on this design. Does it seem to boom like a large speaker?


Ship

If you think the ship is sailing, look again!

Rollers

If you think anything is moving, look again!

Wave

If you think anything is moving, look again!

Wheels

If you think anything is moving, look again!