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bollywood record covers gallery.

In the world of high-performance computing, the 25th edition of the TOP500 list of the world’s fastest supercomputers was released today at the 20th International Supercomputing Conference in Heidelberg Germany. The No. 1 position was again claimed by the BlueGene/L System, a joint development of IBM and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) and installed at DOE’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

from the onion archives, dated june 22nd, 2056. i love the fact that quebec is a separate nation. hah!

Democratic Middle Eastern Union Votes to Invade the U.S.

MECCA—The 14 democratic member nations of the Middle Eastern Union unanimously voted to declare war on the U.S. Monday, calling the North American country a “dangerous rogue state that must be contained.”

“The United States of America has repeatedly violated international law and committed human-rights abuses at home and abroad,” MEU President Mohamed Rajib said at a Monday security-council meeting. “MEU weapons inspectors have confirmed that the U.S. continues to pursue their illegal ununhexium-weapons program. Our attempts to bring about change through diplomatic means have repeatedly failed. Now, we are forced to take military action.”

The MEU, formed in the wake of the 2042 Saudi Arabian revolution, is modeled on the Enlightenment ideal of the democratic republic and makes every attempt to avoid war even as it pursues an agenda of encouraging self-rule throughout the world. The decision to invade America marks the first military action of the MEU.

Rajib said that, unless the U.S. ends its “unlawful and tyrannical” occupation of northern Africa in seven days, the governments of Iraq, Iran, Jordan, and Muhammad Arabia will begin deploying aero-troops to international tropospace over America’s Brand-New England region.

The U.S.’s occupation of 31 nations around the world and last month’s vicious, unprompted military attack on Buenos Aires were two of the 41 examples of “unabated aggression” listed in the MEU’s declaration of war.

“Today we send a strong and clear message to America,” Syrian representative Rashid Qu’rama said. “Your arrogant, imperial, unilateral attitude will not prevail.”

The MEU first imposed sanctions against the U.S. in February 2054, demanding that the country pull troops from Antarctica and put an end to its credit trading in the troubled Wilkes Land region.

Iraqi President Hamal Hamoodi said that MEU member nations held extensive public forums before its congress voted to declare war.

“When making such serious choices, we must remain true to the democratic ideals we wish to protect,” Hamoodi said. “We have received a mandate from our people to address the U.S.’s threat to democratic society everywhere. The voice of the Arab people will ring out as a beacon of freedom and hope to the world.”

Along with the declaration of war, the MEU sent a message to the American people.

“To the oppressed, silenced U.S. citizens—help is on the way,” Rajib said. “Liberty is on the march. Be assured: At the end of a long tunnel shines the light of freedom.”

According to Rajib, the MEU will provide extensive humanitarian and robotitarian aid to the citizens of the U.S., and has already begun moving stockpiles of breakfast, lunch, and dinner pills to the marijuana-producing regions of Mexico, Canada, and Quebec.

Mexico, Canada, and Quebec have stated they are sympathetic to the MEU’s goals but must remain neutral for the protection of their own people. It is likely, however, that they will host many refugees, should the U.S. turn against its people.

again, michael geist has broken down Bill C-60 (pdf file) and explains how it affects individual users, internet search engines, p2p, and ISP’s. this should answer hiba’s questions anyway, and any other questions people had about filesharing, downloading, and distributing music, movies and all sorts of other illegal AND legal content they got lying around on their hard drives.

So where does this leave peer-to-peer file sharing in Canada? After Bill C-60, uploading content would likely be captured by at least one of the above provisions. Downloading, however, may still be lawful in Canada under certain circumstances. The answer to which circumstances will not come from the proposed legislation, but rather from the Supreme Court of Canada.

read the rest here.

so last weekend i went to this desi mela in town with my wife and another buddy of mine. junoon was playing there and my friends were the opening band before them. it was an all day thing and i ended up there close to 730 in the evening so the car parking situation was pretty rough and close to 800 cars were easily parked in any ol’ nook and cranny. as i’m driving up along to the front entrance of the venue, contemplating how the heck i’m gonna find a parking spot in this mess, i am stopped by security at the gate asking if i have tickets.

i proceed to show my tickets and the man checking them leans into the passenger side window and tells me (translated to english),

“abbas, keep going straight through till the vendor parking and tell them arsalan has said to let me through and drive all the way up to the park.” so i carry on straight through till the vendor parking and lo and behold, vip private parking spots galore. only problem is, I HAVE NO CLUE WHO ARSALAN IS!?!?! i try and convey this to my wife and matt that i had no clue who that fellow was and both matt and my wife are making fun of me saying that i know too many people anyway and that they don’t believe me.

so the next day i get this scrap lying in my inbox. (personal details editted)

abbas… hi salam alaikum… u might not remember me and this may sound really funny but look at my face and try to remember me where did u see me? ohhh well cut the suspense out! U saw me at the main gate yesterday at junoon concert at bella garden.. and i was the one who let u in through the parking.. i was the organizer.. i came to your car and said hi abbas seedhi vendor parking mein lay jana… i was thinkin to say that i know u through orkut hehehehehe! but it seemed a lil bit awkward hahaha! well now u can say that making such a big circle on orkut really paid off! hahaha! hope u and bhabi enjoyed! and thanx for visiting! salam alaikum

so to my newly found friend, thank you!