“Bomb” Scare

There was a small explosion at Georgia Tech today. Two other explosive devices were also found. My guess is it was some sort of prank.

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Earthquake in Pakistan

There was a devastating earthquake in the northern parts of Pakistan and India about 24 hours ago. The epicenter of the 7.6 intensity earthquake was about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Islamabad. Latest numbers are more than “18,000 killed and 40,000 wounded.

Environmental Footprint

Results of a quiz about my ecological footprint. Turns out if everyone consumed as much as I do, we would need more than 3 planets.

Pro-Torture Senators or the Nazgul?

Nine senators voted against stopping torture. All are Reublicans, of course.

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رمضان مبارک اور نیا سال مبارک

تمام قارئین کو رمضان مبارک ہو۔ آج رات سن ۵۷۶۶ کا بھی آغاز ہے۔ لہذا آپ سب کو نیا سال مبارک ہو۔

The Alignment Test

I turn out to be “True Neutral” in this Alignment test.

Bride and Prejudice

A very Bollywood movie despite being in English. It deserved a rating of 5/10 but we bumped it to 6/10 because of Ashwarya’s good looks.

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A View of Islamabad

A panoramic view of Islamabad from the Margalla hills by my friend, Khawar.

Asimov Robot Stories

Since I had read the Foundation series a long time ago, I had been thinking of reading Asimov’s robot books. I found most of them interesting, but there were a number of weak spots as well. Robots fare a lot better in Asimov’s characterizations than humans and Susan Calvin fares quite badly.

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Rape Musharraf

Pakistan’s General Musharraf loses his mind (again!) in an interview. He claims women think rape is a good way to make money and move to the western world.

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