We have GOD or rather, we lost GOD

As much as I would like to comment more on this, I believe that the root cause of this could be a psychological problem and its not nice to make fun of it.

Times of India reports:

Court quashes man’s plea to be known as 'god'

Mumbai: A man claiming to be “god” and wanting recognition of his “divine status” on Thursday failed to get the judicial endorsement he had sought.

The Bombay High Court rejected 30-year-old Dharmendra Mishra's application, saying it was not in its jurisdiction to respond to his prayers.

“I am Vishnu, Buddha, Christ. I know everything that goes around,” said Mishra, who also pleaded with the court that he should be given the reins of the country and the UN as he was god.

The matter came up before a division bench of acting Chief Justice J N Patel and Justice S C Dharmadhikari, who dismissed Mishra's plea.

Mishra, a resident of Kurla who works in a call centre, claimed in his petition that he had written to President Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterji, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Chief Justice of India K G Balakrishnan about his divinity.

He claimed in his petition that his wife is “Laxmi”, and she recollects her previous births. Mishra also told reporters that he was ready to undergo a cyanide test and claimed he would not die.

Programs shot with HD Cameras - worth the price of a HD TV

Wired.com clears up some assumptions that we have made about wildlife programs until now. Apparently, the wildlife hunts where one predator chases its meal is usually not a single act of hunting. Many such hunts by the same species of the predator are stitched together and we end up believing that its the same hunt. You can read more here.

With the introduction of HD Cameras and TVs, this is changing. BBC's upcoming Planet Earth program seems worth watching. An excellent ad for this program, which is on YouTube is embedded below. Watch it..its really nice.

BTW, I don't think buying a HD TV should be high up on the shopping list..yet (for somebody with averagish savings). Prices are bound to go further down due to competition.

Office Open XML vs ODF

Its not breaking news anymore that Microsoft is making an attempt to open up and standardize its document format. One might ask if there are existing standards that Microsoft could adopt or even further develop by interacting with the community. The answer is 'Yes there are' and 'No, Microsoft wants to come up with its own "standard".

I read a well written and detailed article explaining why one should really hope that Microsoft is not succesful in its latest attempt in this area

Buying MS Vista

I saw this on Macrumors forum. I am guessing that Apple will do a new version of their 'I am a Mac and I am a PC' ads along similar lines..