July 23, 2009

Do 'Readers Digest' ?































We hear about many frauds, through email and other forms. Many fall prey to the cheats (with their thirst for free money or fortunes !). Nigerian prince's offer is ( running over a decade !) still a bait for the new generation (to Internet).
But, here is another kind of fraud. This is from the famous "Readers Digest". They offer it through the snail mail. Look at their tempting offers (snaps attached).
You may say, it's all in the marketing techniques (games !). But I disagree. This is certainly not an honest marketing technique. It's quite close to cheating (or as good as that ) and so, is this not a fraud ?

July 13, 2009

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles : Whose patent is it anyway?

The first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle was the "Pushpakavimaana".
You know, Pushpakavimaana was the "mind controlled" aerial vehicle, owned by "Kubera". Later, "Ravana" grabbed it. And you know the rest of the story. But who holds the patent on "the first Unmanned Aerial Vehicle" ? Kubera or !! ??

A recent report says that Boeing laboratory is buzz with the research on UAVs. The recent experiments will make flying machines buzz about without any incident, and without direct control by any human. The current objective is to allow unmanned systems to operate at least as well as human piloted systems.

The patent goes to Boeing or Kubera ?