Bharat Ganrajya

>> US economy is not geared towards savers. When in Rome be like a Roman :) I think this Tax Plan which includes massive reduction in Corporate Taxes will benefit in creation of jobs in US . I concur. I would rather that CA residents refi their homes and/or take loans and buy rental properties (in ...

Speaking of movies that I did not understand as a kid but enjoyed greatly later - Dr. Zhivago was one. Yet to watch Dr. Zhivago. Both - The longest day and Dr. Z - were my dad's favorites. I saw TLD only after my dad passed away. B&W but as you say, did not understand why it was such a big deal for...

Even in low or no income tax states, property taxes can be $3/sq. ft. You end up hitting the SALT limit of $10K quickly. We pay almost $10K as I have about 3640 sft and 1000 sft of finished basement for which I pay ~9800/PA property taxes. CA guys have it much better because they have much better l...

Oh man. No worries, if you're able to get it, I'll take it off you. Also, if someone else is returning anytime soon, do let me know, would be grateful. Cheers. Non-sale price is ~$300 per 8 TB. So I am not sure whether it is worth it at that price. Wouldn't you be able to get 2x4 TB in India for th...

Cupertino rulez

RB and vina, narayana narayana.

If vina is not here then requesting Mort to pick up the gauntlet.

Mort, we are all put on a treadmill by our progeny. My princess says "yeah it is only five dollah" for anything and my prince says "you guys are too cheap".

Links shared with me:- https://www.akshayapatra.org/history https://www.akshayapatra.org/tmdonation Are these genuine? One of the main movers is Mohandas Pai (ex-CFO of Infosys). His tweets are pretty much Indic. They (I mean some akshayapatra sale/mktg. people) are somewhat left leaning but probab...

Great movie - kalapathar. Highly recommend it to Big B fans.

- I have a 4TB external drive connected, and all my BD rips are piped through it to the receiver. Received two 8 TB external USB drives today. Best buy had them on sale for $139 a piece only for Thursday. Not for my peonal use though. I don't know how to use all that much of HDD space. I can get al...

There is no explicit download limit but I am sure they will throttle if one exceeds a certain amount or they detect torrent traffic. We have never faced issue with download speeds and I have the basic 25MBps connection - never felt the need to upgrade. I have 100 Mbps download. Not bad considering ...

thought of note8 or pixel 2xl ...but those things are so expensive and all i do is read stuff, tweet now and then and youtube / podcast for timepass. all these features and stuff take time to learn and i am no longer excited to do those things. maybe just settle for op5t. ironically their logo is "...

Fruit’s FaceID uses structured light which is a old known technology used in the first generation Kinect (by the same guys who did Fruit’s camera) and their rear camera is still inferior to what GB’s top end camera phones used to have back in 2010 - 7 years ago. The camera hardware improvements now...

We don’t have cable or dish. All our TV watching is via the internets onlee. Among the mesh routers I found the ones from Eero to work the best and they have been working wonderfully for us with no complaints though their price is on the steeper side. Bought Google Mesh three points. One point on e...

Wild Wild West is a comedic steam punk western SF.

My brain is as great as the movies I select. I wanted to watch D-Day but typed Normandy. Normandy is turning out to be a B-Grade movie.. Have you watched The Longest Day? That is a classic - B&W. ---- Opinions on "A Thin Red Line"? It came out at about the same time as Platoon and supposed to be be...

OK - that's a good list - should keep me going for a few weeks. Try Pleasant Ville. Not easy to categorize it. It is part in B&W then B&W and color mixed, and finally becomes fully color. The B&W to color transition is linked to the plot itself. Nicely done and quirky movie. It has one of my favori...

Supposedly Jumanji reboot is hilarious, light weight good-time movie. Not a great movie but good...suitable for almost the entire family (except for kids less than around 8 years old). No surprises that SW: TLJ is expecting a $200 Mil opening weekend BO. I watched the original. I liked it though it...

While we are on a roll here :) May I request people come up with a top-ten all time fun, action-packed, adventure style, popcorn-fest, 'paisa vasool' pure entertainment movie list? Startrek movies - all of them including the reboot four so far The Hobbit trilogy - I liked it better than LoTR trilog...

What do you people of think of Sharat Komarraju? Does anybody recommend his books?

Here is a link to one of the books recommended by Kabir ji.

Yajnaseni

Gents, is Akshayapatra scheme 100% indic? Got a call from one of their staff but his name/e-mail ID did not sound like one of the ISKON followers. AFAIK. Do you want to contact somebody who works in the marketing of the org? I can put you in touch with that person. Or if you a facebook page, let me...

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Mon Dec 04, 2017 8:26 pm

Mort ji, OCI is a privilege. You are free to not invest in Indian bonds until services improve. They should, but not at the cost of Indian citizens who subsidize these services.

So, some new Indian bonds are being offered? What is the coupon rate? Are they zero coupons? Thanks in advance.

"When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else." - David Brin A David Brin fan. I love his Uplift bi-trilogy. On another note, this here https://yro.slashdot.org/story/17/11/10/2243240/sex-toy-company-admits-to-recording...

rsingh(a) ji, two of my fav threads, what a lovely idea. Mort Saab already got fizziks into the mix. Why not math, I ask you.

In Hyderabad/TelangANa,

paaraku == fork (of a bicycle).

pancharu == puncture (as already discussed)