Yesterday there was a blast in the Generator room at chinnaswamy stadium Bangalore. And today IPL Commissioner announced both the semifinals will be shifted from Bangalore to Mumbai.
What is the rational behind the shift? Safety of the players? Hey players are safe on 17th April just after the blast. The matches were not shifted from Jaipur in first IPL after a much intense blast. Look at the history, there were more number of blasts/terrorist attack in Mumbai including the last year Pak sponsered attack. How does Bangalore become unsafe?
I have not heard concern from any player about IPL or venue. Mr Thackrey has threatened Australian players, still all the matches are happening in Mumbai. What is wrong in Bangalore?
In case it is Bangalore who is loosing out matches why will it be hosted in Mumbai, why not in Chennai, Hyderabad or Kolkata or any other venue?
Mr Modi, these are the questions for you.
1) Who all decided to move the match from Bangalore. Contradictory to you Bangalore city top cop wants match in Bangalore.
2) Why matches to be held in Mumbai?
3) I am clear about home and away matches in the league. How does semi final ad final match venues r decided?
4) Had it been in mid of the league, would you have shifted other league matches from Bangalore?
5) Who are the players or player unions showed concern over security of Bangalore?
6) Are you not helping the people who planted explosives by shifting the matches? (they wanted to create panic and Bangalore be spotted as a place with weak security)
Sunday, 18 April 2010
Sunday, 11 April 2010
Secure your bank account
Today I got a mail from acct.admin@icicibank.com to secure my account. I know ICICI bank does not send such mail. As I am working in internet technologies, so I know it is fraud mail, so wanted to check how are they doing the fraud. Oh it took me to a site which looks like icici and asked me for all the details such as my user id, password, ATM pin, transaction pin etc. I entered all the details (of course none are correct). Then it to took me to a grid where it takes value of each grid from A-P as does by ICICI I did entered all the values (again random and none are correct), then it gave me a thank you message and redirected to ICICI bank.
So checking for domain name of mail id is not enough, and one can send mail from another domain with a domain name that does not belong to her. And ICICI bank does provide different layers of security beyond single password, and the hacker tries to get all the details. While going through details i tried clicking on the links provided by the hacker, it does go to ICICI's corresponding link (though no way to comeback to hacker's site from the ICICI site).
So be aware of such mails and do not eneter any details and do not compermise your account details.
Mail content
ICICI Bank
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date Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:50 PM
subject Measures Against Identity Theft.
hide details 8:50 PM (1 hour ago)
Images are not displayed.
Display images below
In view of the recent cyber attacks towards our customers,
We at ICICI have introduced a new protection System against
Malicious Online Identity Theft
Kindly follow the link below to activate your secure service
CLICK HERE TO SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT
ICICI Bank apologizes for any inconvenience arising from this action.
Thank you for using ICICI Bank.
© ICICI Bank. All rights reserved.
Information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review the Security Tips in our Security Center.
When you click on a link it takes to http://andylambgolf.com/files/_update/onlineverification.do/indexx.html
So checking for domain name of mail id is not enough, and one can send mail from another domain with a domain name that does not belong to her. And ICICI bank does provide different layers of security beyond single password, and the hacker tries to get all the details. While going through details i tried clicking on the links provided by the hacker, it does go to ICICI's corresponding link (though no way to comeback to hacker's site from the ICICI site).
So be aware of such mails and do not eneter any details and do not compermise your account details.
Mail content
ICICI Bank
to
date Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 8:50 PM
subject Measures Against Identity Theft.
hide details 8:50 PM (1 hour ago)
Images are not displayed.
Display images below
In view of the recent cyber attacks towards our customers,
We at ICICI have introduced a new protection System against
Malicious Online Identity Theft
Kindly follow the link below to activate your secure service
CLICK HERE TO SECURE YOUR ACCOUNT
ICICI Bank apologizes for any inconvenience arising from this action.
Thank you for using ICICI Bank.
© ICICI Bank. All rights reserved.
Information on protecting yourself from fraud, please review the Security Tips in our Security Center.
When you click on a link it takes to http://andylambgolf.com/files/_update/onlineverification.do/indexx.html
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Bollinger not Muralee Vijay is my man of the match.
Today IPL witnessed the highest score match with CSK defeating RR by 23 runs. It has a couple of Brilliances. The match was played in Chennai where there is little assistance for bowler. Muralee Vijay utilized the opportunity and scored a brilliant 127. Morkel provided an excellent partnership and scored 62 in 34 balls. Ojha and Watson matched the former and are about to chase the record run. It was Bollinger who made the difference. His 4 overs made the difference and helped Chennai to register the win.
I do agree Muralee Vijay played a prolific innings and scored 127 runs. He is behind the highest possible target. But RR was also giving an equal reply and Watson and Ojha were about to seal the win. It is Bollinger whose bowling was the difference between the two sides, and on top of it, Bollinger had the catch of the match (the catch of Pathan). So the win goes to Bollinger not Vijay. But cricket has its own history of being biased towards batsman and Muralee Vijay was named as the man of the match.
I do agree Muralee Vijay played a prolific innings and scored 127 runs. He is behind the highest possible target. But RR was also giving an equal reply and Watson and Ojha were about to seal the win. It is Bollinger whose bowling was the difference between the two sides, and on top of it, Bollinger had the catch of the match (the catch of Pathan). So the win goes to Bollinger not Vijay. But cricket has its own history of being biased towards batsman and Muralee Vijay was named as the man of the match.
Friday, 2 April 2010
Who will be the 5th foreign player from RCB
IPL have a rule saying a team can have 4 foreign players. Till 7th match Kallis, Morgan, Boucher and Steyn were playing. In 8th match Pietersen joined the team and Morgan has to sit out. Ross Taylor would be joining RCB as he is free from his national duty (NZ and Aus test series is over). Looking at his form and power hitting he seems to be a definite player for the team. But the problem is who will be out?
Pietersen is the most expensive player and has done well on his first match and won the MOM award. So he is not the one who is going to sit out.
Boucher is not in his best and do not match the other players as a batsman. But he is a keeper and Bangalore team does not have any other keeper. Bangalore team may try Dravid with his gloves and ask Boucher to sit out. Bangalore has not utilized Dravid's batting expertise and may think it does not need in future with the current batting line up.
Batting is the strength of Bangalore and bowling is no where near to Mumbai (who I tipped for the top position). So Bangalore won't risk keeping Steyn away from its team of 11.
Kallis has the purple cap and MVP cap with him. But his strike rate is 123.25, which is low when you look at T20 standard. But his stay in the field allows others like Utappa or Virat to fire and team is doing well. So team can not go without him.
Ross Taylor was a key person why Bangalore success story in last IPL and made into dream team of IPL. He is in prolific form and a big hitter. It is tough to ignore him.
As Bangalore is doing fine and Utappa doing Ross Taylor's role Taylor may be 5th foreigner to sit out and not play the match.Or either dravid or Utappa will take the gloves (hey Mumbai does not have a regular keeper and still at the top of the chart) and ask Boucher to sit out. If none of them are injured, Kallis, Steyn and Pietersen are the 3 foreigners who are definitely going to play.
Pietersen is the most expensive player and has done well on his first match and won the MOM award. So he is not the one who is going to sit out.
Boucher is not in his best and do not match the other players as a batsman. But he is a keeper and Bangalore team does not have any other keeper. Bangalore team may try Dravid with his gloves and ask Boucher to sit out. Bangalore has not utilized Dravid's batting expertise and may think it does not need in future with the current batting line up.
Batting is the strength of Bangalore and bowling is no where near to Mumbai (who I tipped for the top position). So Bangalore won't risk keeping Steyn away from its team of 11.
Kallis has the purple cap and MVP cap with him. But his strike rate is 123.25, which is low when you look at T20 standard. But his stay in the field allows others like Utappa or Virat to fire and team is doing well. So team can not go without him.
Ross Taylor was a key person why Bangalore success story in last IPL and made into dream team of IPL. He is in prolific form and a big hitter. It is tough to ignore him.
As Bangalore is doing fine and Utappa doing Ross Taylor's role Taylor may be 5th foreigner to sit out and not play the match.Or either dravid or Utappa will take the gloves (hey Mumbai does not have a regular keeper and still at the top of the chart) and ask Boucher to sit out. If none of them are injured, Kallis, Steyn and Pietersen are the 3 foreigners who are definitely going to play.
Sunday, 28 March 2010
Astrology and Probability
Astrology is about probability and correlation. The believers and nonbelievers treat it alike. Believers claim how some prediction has come true and how some astrologer is about to predict her details etc. Where as non believers say how some astrologer is not able to predict it. And how astrology is all wrong.
But astrology is about probability and correlation. It is about getting most of the predictions right. It is never about predicting everything right. Famous astrologer Dr. B V Raman made some mistake in his prediction. I do not have access to the all the predictions of the great astrologer Parasar. I am sure he also would have made some mistakes. It is like weather prediction, which can not be hundred percent accurate.
The great sage Vasistha has made wrong prediction for the muhurta when Ram will be the king resulting Rama going to forest for 14 years in stead of being made king of Ayodhya. Lord Brahma has made wrong prediction for the Muhurta when the Khandav Forest has to be implanted resulting an end to the Khandav. So astrology is prone to error and nobody can tell with certainty that this is going to happen. It is not like when you add alkali to acid, it gives salt water, or when a fruit falls from the tree, it is going to hit the ground. Rather it is most likely it is going to happen. Some of the facts can be told with a higher probability.
But astrology is about probability and correlation. It is about getting most of the predictions right. It is never about predicting everything right. Famous astrologer Dr. B V Raman made some mistake in his prediction. I do not have access to the all the predictions of the great astrologer Parasar. I am sure he also would have made some mistakes. It is like weather prediction, which can not be hundred percent accurate.
The great sage Vasistha has made wrong prediction for the muhurta when Ram will be the king resulting Rama going to forest for 14 years in stead of being made king of Ayodhya. Lord Brahma has made wrong prediction for the Muhurta when the Khandav Forest has to be implanted resulting an end to the Khandav. So astrology is prone to error and nobody can tell with certainty that this is going to happen. It is not like when you add alkali to acid, it gives salt water, or when a fruit falls from the tree, it is going to hit the ground. Rather it is most likely it is going to happen. Some of the facts can be told with a higher probability.
IPL Prediction
20-20 matches are like a lottery. It is impossible to predict who will win from a specific game with hundred percent accuracy. This is what my prediction based on current form.
Champion: Being a Bangalorean my heart says Bangalore, and head says Mumbai. I do not want Rajsthan Royals/Deccan charger to take the cup again. As it is a prediction, I go by my head and give Mumbai the first place.
Runners up: I definitely want final between Bangalore and Mumbai, and want Bangalore to win it. But in case Mumbai wins it, I would go with Bangalore as Runners up.
3rd place: RR is my preferred team for 3rd place
4th place: DD will be at 4th place. I hope they will fire after Gambhir returns to the squad and will be able to make to the semis.
1st quarter final: Mumbai Vs Delhi and Mumbai wins
2nd Quarter final: Bangalore Vs Rajsthan Royals and Bangalore wins
Champion: Being a Bangalorean my heart says Bangalore, and head says Mumbai. I do not want Rajsthan Royals/Deccan charger to take the cup again. As it is a prediction, I go by my head and give Mumbai the first place.
Runners up: I definitely want final between Bangalore and Mumbai, and want Bangalore to win it. But in case Mumbai wins it, I would go with Bangalore as Runners up.
3rd place: RR is my preferred team for 3rd place
4th place: DD will be at 4th place. I hope they will fire after Gambhir returns to the squad and will be able to make to the semis.
1st quarter final: Mumbai Vs Delhi and Mumbai wins
2nd Quarter final: Bangalore Vs Rajsthan Royals and Bangalore wins
Pain of a recruiter
I was reading an article in Silicon India on Human_Resource_or_Harassing_Resource. I was laughing out after reading the article. It is so funny, and the comments are sometimes close to truth. But are the recruiter responsible for harassing?
In boom days recruiter has to recruit people, there are enough open positions and not enough suitable candidates for the position. Recruiters (at least the ones I am closely working with) work more than 12 hours a day and 6 days a week. And they may not be able to find candidates who actually fits the position. In case they are able to find one, it is not sure whether the person is definitely going to join. In case the selected person says NO just 1 day before joining, recruiter has to start the work from the scratch and already would have missed her deadline.
In bad time, recruiter does not gain anything by saying the position is on hold or we will get back to you. She just conveys the message from the hiring manager. Hiring manager makes the decision as the face of the organization, she needs to tell the fact. Job applicant has the phone number/email of the recruiter but not the hiring manager. So applicants call the recruiter. Hey it is not her decision to hire or not. It is her decision to shortlist a candidate or not. So no candidate would probable hear your interview is on hold and we will conduct your interview after indefinite period. Recruiter has the rights to call candidates based on certain inputs. And they do a fairly good job in getting the candidates.
So when one blames recruiters for the bad news or delaying tactics, it is not her wish as well. She might be just doing this as her organization needs it.
In boom days recruiter has to recruit people, there are enough open positions and not enough suitable candidates for the position. Recruiters (at least the ones I am closely working with) work more than 12 hours a day and 6 days a week. And they may not be able to find candidates who actually fits the position. In case they are able to find one, it is not sure whether the person is definitely going to join. In case the selected person says NO just 1 day before joining, recruiter has to start the work from the scratch and already would have missed her deadline.
In bad time, recruiter does not gain anything by saying the position is on hold or we will get back to you. She just conveys the message from the hiring manager. Hiring manager makes the decision as the face of the organization, she needs to tell the fact. Job applicant has the phone number/email of the recruiter but not the hiring manager. So applicants call the recruiter. Hey it is not her decision to hire or not. It is her decision to shortlist a candidate or not. So no candidate would probable hear your interview is on hold and we will conduct your interview after indefinite period. Recruiter has the rights to call candidates based on certain inputs. And they do a fairly good job in getting the candidates.
So when one blames recruiters for the bad news or delaying tactics, it is not her wish as well. She might be just doing this as her organization needs it.
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