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A rickshaw driver talks on his mobile phone as he rides past a billboard outside... Bharti Airtel launched yet another new billing plan on Friday, slashing mobile roaming rates by nearly 60 percent and signalling a tariff war in the world's fastest-growing wireless market was far from over.
The announcement accelerated losses in the shares of Bharti, the country's top mobile operator. The stock fell as much as 3.3 percent but trimmed losses to 2.7 percent at 284.90 rupees by 0825 GMT in a Mumbai market that was up 0.3 percent.
The price war, aimed at grabbing new users ahead of fresh entrants waiting in the wings, has raised concerns about telecom firms' profitability. Four new firms, including ventures funded by Telenor and Etisalat, are set to start services this year adding to the existing 11 operators.
Bharti's market value has slumped more than a fifth this year to about $24 billion and its stock is the second worst performer in the main index that has risen about 72 percent. Rival Reliance Communications has fallen about a quarter in 2009.
Bharti, whose about 115 million users account for more than 23 percent of India's total mobile subscribers, in September cut call charges within its own network to 50 paise (U.S. 1 cent) a minute and in October launched a low-profit per-second billing plan, reacting to competition.
Tata Teleservices, the No. 6 operator, was the first to launch per-second billing, deviating from the industry norm of per-minute billing. The offer was a roaring success and the firm has topped the new signings for three months in a row.
Bharti's latest offer will allow users to recieve calls at 60 paise a minute while roaming, and they can make calls at 60 paise a minute within the Airtel network and at 80 paise a minute for calls to rival networks.
Analysts say Bharti still charges about 8-10 percent higher than Reliance's call prices.
Bharti has said it would be competitive in pricing but had no intention to match the lowest price in the market.
The Toxic singer's Twitter and MySpace accounts were hacked and the messages posted on her page claimed she worshipped the devil.
However, several of the messages were deleted after Spears' management regained control of the account, reports China Daily.
The 27-year-old singer's Twitter feed has more than 3.7 million followers and is updated by herself and her "team" of handlers.
A message apologized for "any offense the hacker's messages caused."Leonardo da Vinci once said “The power of water has changed more in this world than emperors or kings”. It was very rightly stated by him as in present time Hydropower, the power generated from water, has a major contribution to the world’s total power production. This all was made possible by the development of Hydraulic Turbines which can transfer the energy from flowing water to the shafts of dynamos producing electrical power.
Hydraulic Turbines have a row of blades fitted to the rotating shaft or a rotating plate. Flowing liquid, mostly water, when pass through the Hydraulic Turbine it strikes the blades of the turbine and makes the shaft rotate. While flowing through the Hydraulic Turbine the velocity and pressure of the liquid reduce, these result in the development of torque and rotation of the turbine shaft. There are different forms of Hydraulic Turbines in use depending on the operational requirements. For every specific use a particular type of Hydraulic Turbine provides the optimum output.
Water can pass through the Hydraulic Turbines in different flow paths. Based on the flow path of the liquid Hydraulic Turbines can be categorized into three types.
None of the Hydraulic Turbines are purely axial flow or purely radial flow. There is always a component of radial flow in axial flow turbines and of axial flow in radial flow turbines.
One more important criterion for classification of Hydraulic Turbines is whether the pressure of liquid changes or not while it flows through the rotor of the Hydraulic Turbines. Based on the pressure change Hydraulic Turbines can be classified as of two types.
I figured it out.
Before I reveal how I figured it out, and why it works, let's
review the instructions:
"Choose any two digit number, add together both digits
and then subtract the total from your original number.
When you have the final number look it up on the chart
and find the relevant symbol. Concentrate on the symbol
and when you have it clearly in your mind click on the
crystal ball and it will show you the symbol you are
thinking of"
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STEP 1: Choose any two digit number
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There are lots of those! Numbers 10 to 99. And to emphasize
all those choices we get a graphic filled with wingdings:
Dizzying! All those possibilities. All these numbers the computer
has to figure out when reading your mind! How can it do it?
Can it do it? Is it possible that a computer can read my mind?
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STEP 2: add together both digits and then subtract the total
from your original number.
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Oh. Actually it's not going to read the number I thought of. It
wants me to do math first. It's still impressive if it can do it
though, because there are so many possibilities. If I think of
a really hard number that nobody will have thought of, I can
beat this stupid thing and prove it wrong!
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STEP 3: When you have the final number look it up on the chart
and find the relevant symbol. Concentrate on the symbol
and when you have it clearly in your mind click on the
crystal ball and it will show you the symbol you are
thinking of
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So you do the math, and the thing works! Aigh! and I chose my
number so carefully!
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SO HOW DOES IT WORK?
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It turns out that for all the possible numbers you can choose,
there are not all that many possible results to the calculation
you are asked to do on the number you choose.
Here's all of the possible numbers, alongside the calculations:
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| ALL TWO | THE DIGITS | THE DIGIT TOTAL |
| DIGIT | ADDED | SUBTRACTED |
| NUMBERS | TOGETHER | FROM THE NUMBER |
+---------------+-------------------+--------------------+
| 10 | 1 + 0 = 1 | 10 - 1 = 9 |
| 11 | 1 + 1 = 2 | 11 - 2 = 9 |
| 12 | 1 + 2 = 3 | 12 - 3 = 9 |
| 13 | 1 + 3 = 4 | 13 - 4 = 9 |
| 14 | 1 + 4 = 5 | 14 - 5 = 9 |
| 15 | 1 + 5 = 6 | 15 - 6 = 9 |
| 16 | 1 + 6 = 7 | 16 - 7 = 9 |
| 17 | 1 + 7 = 8 | 17 - 8 = 9 |
| 18 | 1 + 8 = 9 | 18 - 9 = 9 |
| 19 | 1 + 9 = 10 | 19 - 10 = 9 |
| 20 | 2 + 0 = 2 | 20 - 2 = 18 |
| 21 | 2 + 1 = 3 | 21 - 3 = 18 |
| 22 | 2 + 2 = 4 | 22 - 4 = 18 |
| 23 | 2 + 3 = 5 | 23 - 5 = 18 |
| 24 | 2 + 4 = 6 | 24 - 6 = 18 |
| 25 | 2 + 5 = 7 | 25 - 7 = 18 |
| 26 | 2 + 6 = 8 | 26 - 8 = 18 |
| 27 | 2 + 7 = 9 | 27 - 9 = 18 |
| 28 | 2 + 8 = 10 | 28 - 10 = 18 |
| 29 | 2 + 9 = 11 | 29 - 11 = 18 |
| 30 | 3 + 0 = 3 | 30 - 3 = 27 |
| 31 | 3 + 1 = 4 | 31 - 4 = 27 |
| 32 | 3 + 2 = 5 | 32 - 5 = 27 |
| 33 | 3 + 3 = 6 | 33 - 6 = 27 |
| 34 | 3 + 4 = 7 | 34 - 7 = 27 |
| 35 | 3 + 5 = 8 | 35 - 8 = 27 |
| 36 | 3 + 6 = 9 | 36 - 9 = 27 |
| 37 | 3 + 7 = 10 | 37 - 10 = 27 |
| 38 | 3 + 8 = 11 | 38 - 11 = 27 |
| 39 | 3 + 9 = 12 | 39 - 12 = 27 |
| 40 | 4 + 0 = 4 | 40 - 4 = 36 |
| 41 | 4 + 1 = 5 | 41 - 5 = 36 |
| 42 | 4 + 2 = 6 | 42 - 6 = 36 |
| 43 | 4 + 3 = 7 | 43 - 7 = 36 |
| 44 | 4 + 4 = 8 | 44 - 8 = 36 |
| 45 | 4 + 5 = 9 | 45 - 9 = 36 |
| 46 | 4 + 6 = 10 | 46 - 10 = 36 |
| 47 | 4 + 7 = 11 | 47 - 11 = 36 |
| 48 | 4 + 8 = 12 | 48 - 12 = 36 |
| 49 | 4 + 9 = 13 | 49 - 13 = 36 |
| 50 | 5 + 0 = 5 | 50 - 5 = 45 |
| 51 | 5 + 1 = 6 | 51 - 6 = 45 |
| 52 | 5 + 2 = 7 | 52 - 7 = 45 |
| 53 | 5 + 3 = 8 | 53 - 8 = 45 |
| 54 | 5 + 4 = 9 | 54 - 9 = 45 |
| 55 | 5 + 5 = 10 | 55 - 10 = 45 |
| 56 | 5 + 6 = 11 | 56 - 11 = 45 |
| 57 | 5 + 7 = 12 | 57 - 12 = 45 |
| 58 | 5 + 8 = 13 | 58 - 13 = 45 |
| 59 | 5 + 9 = 14 | 59 - 14 = 45 |
| 60 | 6 + 0 = 6 | 60 - 6 = 54 |
| 61 | 6 + 1 = 7 | 61 - 7 = 54 |
| 62 | 6 + 2 = 8 | 62 - 8 = 54 |
| 63 | 6 + 3 = 9 | 63 - 9 = 54 |
| 64 | 6 + 4 = 10 | 64 - 10 = 54 |
| 65 | 6 + 5 = 11 | 65 - 11 = 54 |
| 66 | 6 + 6 = 12 | 66 - 12 = 54 |
| 67 | 6 + 7 = 13 | 67 - 13 = 54 |
| 68 | 6 + 8 = 14 | 68 - 14 = 54 |
| 69 | 6 + 9 = 15 | 69 - 15 = 54 |
| 70 | 7 + 0 = 7 | 70 - 7 = 63 |
| 71 | 7 + 1 = 8 | 71 - 8 = 63 |
| 72 | 7 + 2 = 9 | 72 - 9 = 63 |
| 73 | 7 + 3 = 10 | 73 - 10 = 63 |
| 74 | 7 + 4 = 11 | 74 - 11 = 63 |
| 75 | 7 + 5 = 12 | 75 - 12 = 63 |
| 76 | 7 + 6 = 13 | 76 - 13 = 63 |
| 77 | 7 + 7 = 14 | 77 - 14 = 63 |
| 78 | 7 + 8 = 15 | 78 - 15 = 63 |
| 79 | 7 + 9 = 16 | 79 - 16 = 63 |
| 80 | 8 + 0 = 8 | 80 - 8 = 72 |
| 81 | 8 + 1 = 9 | 81 - 9 = 72 |
| 82 | 8 + 2 = 10 | 82 - 10 = 72 |
| 83 | 8 + 3 = 11 | 83 - 11 = 72 |
| 84 | 8 + 4 = 12 | 84 - 12 = 72 |
| 85 | 8 + 5 = 13 | 85 - 13 = 72 |
| 86 | 8 + 6 = 14 | 86 - 14 = 72 |
| 87 | 8 + 7 = 15 | 87 - 15 = 72 |
| 88 | 8 + 8 = 16 | 88 - 16 = 72 |
| 89 | 8 + 9 = 17 | 89 - 17 = 72 |
| 90 | 9 + 0 = 9 | 90 - 9 = 81 |
| 91 | 9 + 1 = 10 | 91 - 10 = 81 |
| 92 | 9 + 2 = 11 | 92 - 11 = 81 |
| 93 | 9 + 3 = 12 | 93 - 12 = 81 |
| 94 | 9 + 4 = 13 | 94 - 13 = 81 |
| 95 | 9 + 5 = 14 | 95 - 14 = 81 |
| 96 | 9 + 6 = 15 | 96 - 15 = 81 |
| 97 | 9 + 7 = 16 | 97 - 16 = 81 |
| 98 | 9 + 8 = 17 | 98 - 17 = 81 |
| 99 | 9 + 9 = 18 | 99 - 18 = 81 |
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We can now see that despite the fact that we get to choose from
numbers 10 to 99, really, there are only 9 possible numbers to
be put on our mind. So while there are lots of symbols provided,
we only have to worry about 9 of them: 9 18 27 36 45 54 63 72 81
And if we look close, we'll find that despite the fact that the
symbols are randomized, there is a peculiar consistency in the
Mind Reader: multiples of 9 always share the same symbol.
Refresh the page and you'll see a new symbol, but 9 and 45 and
81 (and the rest of them) will always share that new symbol.
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COMMENT: PSYCHIC THOUGHTS
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It irritates me that people believe in psychic phenomena. We so
often attribute strange things to psychic powers. The truth is
that The Flash Mind Reader is a magic trick like all other magic
tricks. It uses misdirection (the many numbers, the randomized
symbols) and hocus pocus (the creepy fade-up of the symbol, the
accompanying sound, vaguely occult wingdings) to get us thinking
about psychic things. The magician only wants you to suspend
your disbelief to fool you. And that's how "The Flash Mind
Reader" works. Magic.
Magic in the sense of hacking with our perceptions and
assumptions. The truth is usually more mundane than we hope.
A logic gate performs a logical operation on one or more logic inputs and produces a single logic output. The logic normally performed is Boolean logic and is most commonly found in digital circuits. Logic gates are primarily implemented electronically using diodes or transistors, but can also be constructed using electromagnetic relays, fluidics, optics, molecules, or even mechanical elements.
In electronic logic, a logic level is represented by a voltage or current, (which depends on the type of electronic logic in use). Each logic gate requires power so that it can source and sink currents to achieve the correct output voltage. In logic circuit diagrams the power is not shown, but in a full electronic schematic, power connections are required.
SYMBOLS AND TRUTH TABLE
| Type | Distinctive shape | Rectangular shape | Boolean algebra between A & B | Truth table | ||||||||||||||||||
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| AND |  |  |  |
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| OR |  |  | A + B |
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| NOT |  |  |  |
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| In electronics a NOT gate is more commonly called an inverter. The circle on the symbol is called a bubble, and is generally used in circuit diagrams to indicate an inverted (active-low) input or output.[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| NAND |  |  |  |
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| NOR |  |  |  |
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| XOR |  |  |  |
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| XNOR |  |  |  |
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The CAT is out of the bag and has stunned business schools. For the first time in 10 years, the number of applicants for the Common Admission Test (CAT) has taken a plunge. In spite of an extension of 10 days for online registration, a little over 2.41 lakh applicants registered for the exam this year, against 2.7 lakh last year. The CAT exam is the gateway to MBA in Indian Institutes of Management and other top-rung business schools.
The lower number of applicants also caught the CAT Committee unawares. The committee that's holding this year's examination had made a provision for 3 lakh applicants and had kept a buffer ready in case more applied. Now it's searching for answers. "This year, candidates probably noticed the effect on salaries and employment due to economic slowdown," says Satish Deodhar, CAT 2009 Convener and faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). CAT numbers have consistently registered impressive year-on-year growth of 15-20 per cent in recent years.
Devi Singh, Director, IIM Lucknow, blames unexpected numbers on poor placements. "Since last year's placement scenario wasn't so good, it seems only serious students are going in for MBAs. Earlier, everyone whether a serious candidate or not would write the CAT exam.
While CAT organisers are slightly startled, some industry watchers expected this decline. Says Gautam Puri, Vice Chairman and Co-founder, Career Launcher: "I am surprised the number of applicants managed to touch 2.41 lakh. We were expecting the numbers to be between 2 lakh and 2.25 lakh. Career Launcher, an education services company, offers test preparation to potential MBAs."
Puri attributes his pessimism to poor placement record at B-schools last year. "The feeling among students was that there was no point taking the CAT if it did not guarantee impressive placements, he says.
Another major factor for numbers taking a free fall seems to be CAT turning computer-based. "The moment it became computer-based, students from hinterland backed out, claims Puri. Career Launcher registered higher enrolments for its MBA preparation modules in metros while fewer enrolments were recorded in smaller cities such as Lucknow, Kanpur and Jaipur.
In view of fewer applicants for the CAT, lower-rung institutes that had a harrowing admission and placement season last year have started gathering their act together. One of the steps being considered is reduction in admission fee, according to Puri.
What's in store for the CAT next year? "The numbers will in all probability come back. Or even when they stay at these levels, that's good enough for IIMs. We have only a little more than 2,000 seats on offer," says Devi Singh.
IT recruitment, hit by a recession in the key US market, is picking up. "Hiring is still not at the peak level of mid-last year but it is building up," Shantanu Banerjee, director, HR, at European IT firm Steria's Indian unit.
Cyclone Phyan might not hit Mumbai directly, though the metropolis will feel its impact due to extremely heavy rainfall, Mumbai meteorological department officials said on Wednesday.
'The cyclone may not directly hit Mumbai, but the impact of the severe weather has already started in the city. In the afternoon perhaps, it will be more severe. Disturbed weather is expected with heavy rains, storms and the sea will become very rough," said a met department official.
Cyclone Phyan was currently 350 kms away from Mumbai, said IMD officials.
Ahmedabad/Panaji, Nov 11 (IANS) About 80 fishing trawlers, with an average of 10 men in each, are missing in cyclone-hit Arabian Sea, organisations of fishermen along India's west coast said Wednesday.
As Cyclone Phyan intensified and tore northwards, slated to make landfall along the north Maharashtra-south Gujarat coast late Wednesday night, there were reports of boats missing at sea, despite repeated warnings from the authorities over the last few days that no fisherman should venture out.
Gopal Tandel, president of the Daman Machimar Sangh (fishermen's association), told IANS: 'Fifty fishing boats with a total estimated complement of about 500 fishermen are still out at sea and are on the path of the cyclone headed this way.' Daman is a small coastal enclave on the Gujarat coast.
'There were about 80 boats out fishing but about 30 of them have either returned or are on their way back,' Tandel added.
Administrator of the union territory of Daman, Satya Gopal, said the Coast Guard authorities had sent out a Dornier aircraft to warn fishing boats to return. He said that over the last three days, special warnings were being put out by the administration advising fishermen against venturing out to sea.
While there was no information from Maharashtra till Wednesday afternoon on any fishing boats missing at sea, fishermen's organisations in Goa told IANS that an estimated 30 trawlers were missing.
The Coast Guard started a search for them. 'Our patrol vessels are already on the lookout for the trawlers. We have also pressed a lookout aircraft into the operation, which will scan the sea off Goa in search of the missing trawlers,' Goa Coast Guard Commandant N. Saxena said.
The start of the seventh One-day International (ODI) cricket match between India and Australia at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday has been delayed due to inclement weather.
The possibility of the match being played at all looks remote with heavy rain pouring down during the past 24 hours. A cyclone alert has also been issued by the India Meteorological Department.
Play was scheduled to begin at 02:30 pm. Umpires will now inspect the ground at 5:00 pm and take a decision.
The seventh and final ODI is inconsequential as Australia have already won the series 4-2.
Meanwhile, the first day's play between Board President XI and the touring Sri Lankan side at the Bandra Kurla complex has already been called off.
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