Thanks to Dave TV and ITV for their non stop episodes of Top Gear, I have fallen in love for my new found passion "Cars".Top gear is an amazing motoring show, with their cool presenters Jeremy Clarkson for his cool sense of humour,James May the "Captain Slow" for his funny laid back comments, James Hammond the "Hamster" and the anonymous "The Stig"
I jus love the show for the way they present it the detailed car reviews,the races,the funny and enduring challenges and the final one "Star in a reasonably priced car".The presenters travel to the most exotic and remote places of the earth to test the cars in enduring conditions
Top Gear @ North Pole
Now the topic of the fastest cars in the planet, the SSC Ultimate Aero and Buggatti Veron.These cars clock more than 400 kmph,thats freakin fast and I just cant fathom the thought of driving one of these cars.The fastest I have driven is 120 Kmph on a Maruti Esteem on the Chennai-Pondy highway.Four times faster than that...tht shud be a ultimate adrenal rush.
SSC Ultimate Aero
The SSC Ultimate Aero is amid-engine supercar by Shelby SuperCars.It is the fastest production car in the world, with a recorded speed of 256 mph (411.99 km/h) which was verified by Guiness Book of records to beat the previous record set by Buggatti Veyron.
Specifications
weight 1,293 kilograms
$650,000
0–96 km/h in 2.46
Top speed:256 mph (411.99 km/h)
Bugatti Veyron
The Bugatti Veyron EB is developed by the German car-manufacturer Volkswagen.The top speed was verified by James May on Top Gear.Two hundred and twenty Veyrons are known to have been built and delivered since production began in 2005 .For me Bugatti looks are royal and outscores SSC Aero in style.
Specifications
0-100km in 2.5 sec
Top speed 408.5 km/h (253.8 mph)
Price $1,700,000
1,888 kg
The best of Top Gear amazing challenge as Richard Hammond drag races a Royal Air Force (RAF) Euro Fighter Typhoon in the Bugatti Veyron.
James May is on the Top Gear test track to review the £825,000 Pagani Zonda F Roadster, and the fastest ever Zonda is then put against the storming speed of the Bugatti Veyron in a drag race
This is the world famous Mclaren F1 vs Veyron Drag Race clip from Top Gear.Two Giants in the Motoring World come face to face in Dubai.
Monday, March 29, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010
Escape from Hamas-Story of Green Prince
This is the story and testimony of Mosab Hassan Yousef, son of senior Hamas (a terrorist organisation) leader Hassan Yousef. He speaks in this following videos about his transformation from being a hardcore Hamas leader and to his conversion from Islam to Christianity.
He also talks about his work with the Shin Bet, the Israeli domestic spy agency,which saved dozens of Israeli lives from thwarted Hamas attacks.He now lives in California where his church people help him with his daily living and stay.
His autobiography, Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices was released recently.With death threats from Al Qaida,Hamas and other Islamic fronts he marches courageously with his new found fatih
He also talks about his work with the Shin Bet, the Israeli domestic spy agency,which saved dozens of Israeli lives from thwarted Hamas attacks.He now lives in California where his church people help him with his daily living and stay.
His autobiography, Son of Hamas: A Gripping Account of Terror, Betrayal, Political Intrigue, and Unthinkable Choices was released recently.With death threats from Al Qaida,Hamas and other Islamic fronts he marches courageously with his new found fatih
Escape from Hamas 1 of 6
Escape from Hamas 2 of 6
Escape from Hamas 3 of 6
Escape from Hamas 4 of 6
Escape from Hamas 5 of 6
Escape from Hamas 6 of 6
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Mossad @ its best in Dubai
Yet another clinical hit from Mossad, this time a fugitive who has been eluding them for years.Mahmoud al-Mabhouh a top Hamas military operation leader who lead the capture and execution of 2 Israeli soldiers back in 1989, from that day his fate was sealed and his life was at the mercy of Mossad Israel's and worlds most feared spy agency.
Mahmoud had already escaped two assasination attempts, the second one he was poisoned which left him unconscious for 30 hrs but not the third time mossad was more clinical this time.
Mahmoud was tracked, followed by 11 assasins carrying fake fradulent passports of from various European countries.Mahmoud was in Dubai for arms purchase for Hamas from Iran Revolutionary Guards.The assasins were very methodical they used encrypted communication devices to communicate among themselves, they entered his room 23o in Al Bustan Rotana hotel.
They reprogrammed the electronic lock to Mahmoud's room and waited for him to arrive. They killed him and left the country before the authorities could locate them.So far the Dubai police doesnt have a clue on the mode of his murder or reason for his death.They believe he was shocked,poisoned or suffocated to death.
As I write Dubai police have identified 15 more people as suspects to this operation and there is no evidence to point fingers at Mossad so far.As usual mossad government neither accepted or denied their involvement to Mahmouds death.The whole world has gone crazy about their action and calls for Mossads chief and Netanyuhu's arrest are increasing......has people gone crazy ...Mossad should be appreciated for wiping out another dangerous terrorist....if at all RAW could have its operatives trained through Mossad there wont be any Lakhvis,Dawoods and Hafiz Sayeed's roaming around freely.....
As Danny Yatom former head of Mossad said
Mahmoud had already escaped two assasination attempts, the second one he was poisoned which left him unconscious for 30 hrs but not the third time mossad was more clinical this time.
Mahmoud was tracked, followed by 11 assasins carrying fake fradulent passports of from various European countries.Mahmoud was in Dubai for arms purchase for Hamas from Iran Revolutionary Guards.The assasins were very methodical they used encrypted communication devices to communicate among themselves, they entered his room 23o in Al Bustan Rotana hotel.
They reprogrammed the electronic lock to Mahmoud's room and waited for him to arrive. They killed him and left the country before the authorities could locate them.So far the Dubai police doesnt have a clue on the mode of his murder or reason for his death.They believe he was shocked,poisoned or suffocated to death.
As I write Dubai police have identified 15 more people as suspects to this operation and there is no evidence to point fingers at Mossad so far.As usual mossad government neither accepted or denied their involvement to Mahmouds death.The whole world has gone crazy about their action and calls for Mossads chief and Netanyuhu's arrest are increasing......has people gone crazy ...Mossad should be appreciated for wiping out another dangerous terrorist....if at all RAW could have its operatives trained through Mossad there wont be any Lakhvis,Dawoods and Hafiz Sayeed's roaming around freely.....
As Danny Yatom former head of Mossad said
"I think that no terrorist can enjoy any immunity and they should know that the free world will chase them if they continue to execute terror attacks"
Fear will continue to ring the ears of terrorists as long as Mossad is there.The Diary of a young girl-Anne Frank
This was one book I was itching to read for a while...every time the name holocaust comes up Anne Frank and Schindler are the common characters that comes into the mind.I ordered the book over amazon, thanks to their quick delivery I got the book on the second day of placing the order...
I didn't start reading the book till I started my journey to Mumbai from London and yeah it helped me kill the long waiting time in both Heathrow and Mumbai airports....
The book starts with Anne's school days in Amsterdam, where she introduces us to her family and her friends.Ann got the diary for her thirteenth birthday and Kitty was the name of the diary.Kitty was her best friend throughout her rest of the journey until she was killed.Oh yeah the important thing Anne is a Jewish girl who had to go into hiding with her family so they are not killed by the Nazis.All of a sudden she had to move from her happy school life to hiding in a house which she called "Annexe".Anne's family and another fmly totalling to 8 individuals had to share this place to risk capture by the Nazi's
Anne pens down in her diary of her day to day life in Annexe her views on the world, her relationship with her mother and other inmates of Annexe.Any reader will feel and suffer with Anne in her moments of heart-thumping terror when noises are heard downstairs, her moments of frustration at the constant murmuring over food, and her moments of hope for the future where she sees a free world.Anne writes about how they survived, terrified they would be discovered, frustrated and fearful at their life in hiding.
Out of the eight in hiding in The Annex only her father survived the concentration camps, all the others died in captivity.Anne's dream was to become a published author, a feat she has now achieved.A must read for all and I cant wait to visit the Annexe where Anne lived during here hiding....GOD willing I can make a visit to Amsterdam
I didn't start reading the book till I started my journey to Mumbai from London and yeah it helped me kill the long waiting time in both Heathrow and Mumbai airports....
The book starts with Anne's school days in Amsterdam, where she introduces us to her family and her friends.Ann got the diary for her thirteenth birthday and Kitty was the name of the diary.Kitty was her best friend throughout her rest of the journey until she was killed.Oh yeah the important thing Anne is a Jewish girl who had to go into hiding with her family so they are not killed by the Nazis.All of a sudden she had to move from her happy school life to hiding in a house which she called "Annexe".Anne's family and another fmly totalling to 8 individuals had to share this place to risk capture by the Nazi's
Anne pens down in her diary of her day to day life in Annexe her views on the world, her relationship with her mother and other inmates of Annexe.Any reader will feel and suffer with Anne in her moments of heart-thumping terror when noises are heard downstairs, her moments of frustration at the constant murmuring over food, and her moments of hope for the future where she sees a free world.Anne writes about how they survived, terrified they would be discovered, frustrated and fearful at their life in hiding.
Out of the eight in hiding in The Annex only her father survived the concentration camps, all the others died in captivity.Anne's dream was to become a published author, a feat she has now achieved.A must read for all and I cant wait to visit the Annexe where Anne lived during here hiding....GOD willing I can make a visit to Amsterdam
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Impossible is Nothing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Admirably my favorite players of today , KAKA and Lionel Messi.Not only the most popular and talented players of today, what made me admire them most is their character, perseverance and commitment.
The two battled successfully career threatening injuries to become FIFA World Player of the Year.
KAKA at the age of 18 and at the peak of his Sao paulo stint had career-threatening injury, when the young Kaka slipped at a swimming pool fracturing his back. Not only did doctors believe he would never again play soccer, but they feared the worse, as the injury could easily lead to a paralysis.
Kaka managed to miraculously recover and even came back on the pitch the next season! Since then, grateful to God that He saved his life, Kaka donates one tenth of his yearly salary to the Brazilian Church. But the miracle didn't stop here. Just one year after recovering from his injuries Kaka drew the eyes of Brazil's national team staff. Making his debut for Brazil, Kaka was ready for a European career.
He won the FIFA World Cup with Brazil and he went on to join AC Milan and take them to Champions League glory and earned the FIFA player of the year award.
He tortured Liverpool in Athens. With heart on sleeve and slogan on chest, Kaká’s postmatch celebration in Athens on Wednesday night thrust his faith into the spotlight. “I belong to Jesus,” the statement said.
This is what KAKA has to say about his recovery from his career threatening injury
The doctors said that I was lucky to be able to walk normally,” he said. “They were talking about luck and my family was talking about God. We knew that it was His hand that had saved me.”
Lionel Messi started kicking the ball at an early age and when he was just 5 years old.Messi was already showing promise and he was considered a huge future talent, but unfortunately he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency that could be treated, but its cost would be around $700 per month and the Messi family simply did not have that kind of money..
Barcelona, who was already scouting him, learned of his problem and decided to help out and put the life of Leonel Messi back on its rightful track. Messi soon signed with Barcelona's youth team and moved to Spain for his treatment.Recovering from his growth deficiency problem, the Argentinean started playing regularly for Barcelona .
Despite his small frame,he was impressive and scored heavily, he went on become the youngest player to play for Barcelona.is most memorable match and the one that truly made him the big star that he is today was the El Clasico(Real madrid) .Lionel Messi goal will live long in the memory of the Barca fans as everyone talked for weeks about the 19 year old kid that brought Real Madrid to its knees.
He went on to take Barcelona to Champions League glory and in final bringing Man U to their knees and eventually win the FIFA player of the year.
The two battled successfully career threatening injuries to become FIFA World Player of the Year.
KAKA at the age of 18 and at the peak of his Sao paulo stint had career-threatening injury, when the young Kaka slipped at a swimming pool fracturing his back. Not only did doctors believe he would never again play soccer, but they feared the worse, as the injury could easily lead to a paralysis.
Kaka managed to miraculously recover and even came back on the pitch the next season! Since then, grateful to God that He saved his life, Kaka donates one tenth of his yearly salary to the Brazilian Church. But the miracle didn't stop here. Just one year after recovering from his injuries Kaka drew the eyes of Brazil's national team staff. Making his debut for Brazil, Kaka was ready for a European career.
He won the FIFA World Cup with Brazil and he went on to join AC Milan and take them to Champions League glory and earned the FIFA player of the year award.
He tortured Liverpool in Athens. With heart on sleeve and slogan on chest, Kaká’s postmatch celebration in Athens on Wednesday night thrust his faith into the spotlight. “I belong to Jesus,” the statement said.
This is what KAKA has to say about his recovery from his career threatening injury
The doctors said that I was lucky to be able to walk normally,” he said. “They were talking about luck and my family was talking about God. We knew that it was His hand that had saved me.”
Lionel Messi started kicking the ball at an early age and when he was just 5 years old.Messi was already showing promise and he was considered a huge future talent, but unfortunately he was diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency that could be treated, but its cost would be around $700 per month and the Messi family simply did not have that kind of money..
Barcelona, who was already scouting him, learned of his problem and decided to help out and put the life of Leonel Messi back on its rightful track. Messi soon signed with Barcelona's youth team and moved to Spain for his treatment.Recovering from his growth deficiency problem, the Argentinean started playing regularly for Barcelona .
Despite his small frame,he was impressive and scored heavily, he went on become the youngest player to play for Barcelona.is most memorable match and the one that truly made him the big star that he is today was the El Clasico(Real madrid) .Lionel Messi goal will live long in the memory of the Barca fans as everyone talked for weeks about the 19 year old kid that brought Real Madrid to its knees.
He went on to take Barcelona to Champions League glory and in final bringing Man U to their knees and eventually win the FIFA player of the year.
Monday, December 7, 2009
We gotta make a change........
“Without change there is no innovation, creativity, or incentive for improvement. Those who initiate change will have a better opportunity to manage the change that is inevitable.”
I love this song of Tupac Shakur where he sings of changes.
We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.
Let's be individuals who initiate change. I am not trying to be a critic here, the other day I happened to read a recent article by Ankit Fadia "India faces serious threats from cyber terrorists".http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/India-faces-serious-threats-from-cyber-terrorists--Fadia/545176
What is Fadia trying to achieve here first he shud be correct with his statistics,I think he is lately not in the Hacking scene or he is busy promoting his books and trainings.Our Indian Hacking groups led by ICW and HMG have had lot of mass defacements especially post 9/11.Pakistani hackers entered into a truce with ICW http://www.chowrangi.com/joint-statement-of-pca-and-zombie_ksa.html.
Now am not a supporter of Tit for Tat, what I feel and this is my thought as an individual ... why should we people hack each other, this will lead to huge losses on our side,considering we have huge number of websites & systems online.Why don't we as security professionals focus our talents and skills to secure our Cyber frontiers.Its easy to blame Government,but they need people who can guide them.
Yes Ankit you are right terrorists use advanced technologies,but I feel its not India specific worry its a pain globally.We need Govt to invest on Infrastructure to monitor such medium of communication.A gud example is the Blackberry episode...where GOvt asked RIM to lower its encryption from 256 bits to a 40-bit encryption so that they could intercept all messages.Yes I accept we dont have something like a NSA or a project like Echelon,but if we want to combat the menace of terrorism in the cyber world we have to think and act at setting up such agencies.
China has been a pioneer in Cyber warfare,it is state sponsored and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has a great vision on this.They are desperate to achieve Cyber dominance.Their recent incursions into US State Departments,Pentagon,Boeing and US Naval college network is evidence of their growing dominance in this area.Not to forget their exploits into Indian Govt networks.Most people believe Cyber warfare is all about Website Defacements...well thats total bullshit...the impact of a web defacement is very minimal...jus remove the shell and files dropped by the hacker..you are back in track....Cyber espionage & Counter intelligence is the key...building capability to bring down the critical networks of enemies.
yes you are correct we need to have international co-operation,but before co-operationg lets clean up the mess and loop holes in the Indian IT ACT...do you seriously think you can try an offender with the current IT ACT....forget IT ACT not even the normal Judicial system....its been morethan a year and still we are trying Ajmal for the Mumbai blast..
It's easy to comment and write about others....but practising what we preach is difficult...Ankit should first secure his own website....his site http://hackingmobilephones.com/ was recently vandalized by some hackers posting Viagra links.
There are lot of people who does selfess work...not defacing Paki websites but helping Govt and private organizations fix their security issue by providing free advice,alerts and awareness.I know of a Group called Indian Cyber Amry (ICA) http://indiancyberarmy.in , the admins are good friend of mine they have a gr8 vision to help and improve the security posture of Indian websites.Its not by giving press releases and writing articles blaming Govt about the poor security we intiate changes...we have to first be the change and initiate the change....why should we wait for the government...in a country which has rich IT talent and skills this is not a impossible task.
I love this song of Tupac Shakur where he sings of changes.
We gotta make a change...
It's time for us as a people to start makin' some changes.
Let's change the way we eat, let's change the way we live
and let's change the way we treat each other.
You see the old way wasn't working so it's on us to do
what we gotta do, to survive.
Let's be individuals who initiate change. I am not trying to be a critic here, the other day I happened to read a recent article by Ankit Fadia "India faces serious threats from cyber terrorists".http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/India-faces-serious-threats-from-cyber-terrorists--Fadia/545176
He starts of saying "“Pakistani cyber criminals deface 50 to 60 Indian websites in a day but in retaliation India can only deface 10 to 15 websites and this has been going on since 2001,” Fadia claimed. "
What is Fadia trying to achieve here first he shud be correct with his statistics,I think he is lately not in the Hacking scene or he is busy promoting his books and trainings.Our Indian Hacking groups led by ICW and HMG have had lot of mass defacements especially post 9/11.Pakistani hackers entered into a truce with ICW http://www.chowrangi.com/joint-statement-of-pca-and-zombie_ksa.html.
Now am not a supporter of Tit for Tat, what I feel and this is my thought as an individual ... why should we people hack each other, this will lead to huge losses on our side,considering we have huge number of websites & systems online.Why don't we as security professionals focus our talents and skills to secure our Cyber frontiers.Its easy to blame Government,but they need people who can guide them.
“Terrorists are using most advanced technologies for communication which include mainly VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) chats. Hiding messages inside photographs, draft, encrypted pen drive are some of the techniques to communicate with each other,” Fadia said.
Yes Ankit you are right terrorists use advanced technologies,but I feel its not India specific worry its a pain globally.We need Govt to invest on Infrastructure to monitor such medium of communication.A gud example is the Blackberry episode...where GOvt asked RIM to lower its encryption from 256 bits to a 40-bit encryption so that they could intercept all messages.Yes I accept we dont have something like a NSA or a project like Echelon,but if we want to combat the menace of terrorism in the cyber world we have to think and act at setting up such agencies.
“China, which was never considered to be a key player in this field, has come up strongly in recent years,” Fadia said.
China has been a pioneer in Cyber warfare,it is state sponsored and People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has a great vision on this.They are desperate to achieve Cyber dominance.Their recent incursions into US State Departments,Pentagon,Boeing and US Naval college network is evidence of their growing dominance in this area.Not to forget their exploits into Indian Govt networks.Most people believe Cyber warfare is all about Website Defacements...well thats total bullshit...the impact of a web defacement is very minimal...jus remove the shell and files dropped by the hacker..you are back in track....Cyber espionage & Counter intelligence is the key...building capability to bring down the critical networks of enemies.
Thirdly, there should be international co-operation and an organisation like the Interpol could be formed to sort out cross-border cyber terrorism, the computer wizard said.
yes you are correct we need to have international co-operation,but before co-operationg lets clean up the mess and loop holes in the Indian IT ACT...do you seriously think you can try an offender with the current IT ACT....forget IT ACT not even the normal Judicial system....its been morethan a year and still we are trying Ajmal for the Mumbai blast..
It's easy to comment and write about others....but practising what we preach is difficult...Ankit should first secure his own website....his site http://hackingmobilephones.com/ was recently vandalized by some hackers posting Viagra links.
There are lot of people who does selfess work...not defacing Paki websites but helping Govt and private organizations fix their security issue by providing free advice,alerts and awareness.I know of a Group called Indian Cyber Amry (ICA) http://indiancyberarmy.in , the admins are good friend of mine they have a gr8 vision to help and improve the security posture of Indian websites.Its not by giving press releases and writing articles blaming Govt about the poor security we intiate changes...we have to first be the change and initiate the change....why should we wait for the government...in a country which has rich IT talent and skills this is not a impossible task.
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Watching Federer & Tevez at O2
And another long time dream of me got fulfilled.A live tennis match...and I can't ask for more...I got to see my hero Federer play Argentine Del Potro the rising star who outplayed him the US Open.
I was there along with 18000 other spectators at the O2 arena to watch the epic battle.ATP Masters series where the Top 8 play the year end showdown.I just happened to book the tickets very early without worrying whose match am gonna watch.I was jus contended to watch any of the top 8 players playing.And I made a guess that if I take a night ticket am gonna watch a top seed either Federer/Nadal/Murray playing.And when the draws were announced I was thrilled to see Federer playing,I couldnt have asked for anything more and the ticket cost me 30 pounds...definitely not a bad price for watching the master playin.
The game never disappointed it was see-saw battle Del Porto started off well and won the first set and federer came back strong to win the 2nd and the 3rd was heading in federer's way until he threw it up....boy Del Porto serves big and has amazing forehand...in the coming years he is definitely goin to be a big challenge for federer...Del porto went on to seal the match winning the last set.....
Federer exited the court early..del porto stayed to know whether he has qualified for the semis...and the announcement was delayed coz all 3 men had equal number of sets won...federer qualified courtesy to his superior games won/lost ration and it was fight between the scot murray the local favorite and the argentine del porto.
Del porto had his nervous moments and was waiting anxiously...in came Carloz Tevez of Man City to meet his fellow argentine and the crowd went crazy shouting Carlito and they both treated the crowd with some rallies with Tevez showing his football skills.
Overall I njoyed my first tennis match...what more can I ask for watching Federer play and Carloz Tevez showing his football skills....
Next on my list is a Premier League match....preferably to watch my Team Arsenal playing @ Emirates.....
I was there along with 18000 other spectators at the O2 arena to watch the epic battle.ATP Masters series where the Top 8 play the year end showdown.I just happened to book the tickets very early without worrying whose match am gonna watch.I was jus contended to watch any of the top 8 players playing.And I made a guess that if I take a night ticket am gonna watch a top seed either Federer/Nadal/Murray playing.And when the draws were announced I was thrilled to see Federer playing,I couldnt have asked for anything more and the ticket cost me 30 pounds...definitely not a bad price for watching the master playin.
This is the closest my camera cud get of Fedex
The game never disappointed it was see-saw battle Del Porto started off well and won the first set and federer came back strong to win the 2nd and the 3rd was heading in federer's way until he threw it up....boy Del Porto serves big and has amazing forehand...in the coming years he is definitely goin to be a big challenge for federer...Del porto went on to seal the match winning the last set.....
Federer exited the court early..del porto stayed to know whether he has qualified for the semis...and the announcement was delayed coz all 3 men had equal number of sets won...federer qualified courtesy to his superior games won/lost ration and it was fight between the scot murray the local favorite and the argentine del porto.
Del porto had his nervous moments and was waiting anxiously...in came Carloz Tevez of Man City to meet his fellow argentine and the crowd went crazy shouting Carlito and they both treated the crowd with some rallies with Tevez showing his football skills.
Overall I njoyed my first tennis match...what more can I ask for watching Federer play and Carloz Tevez showing his football skills....
Next on my list is a Premier League match....preferably to watch my Team Arsenal playing @ Emirates.....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)