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State of Play Review – Folks, Go for It

 Hollywood  11 Responses »
Apr 172009
 
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What’s not to like about State of Play.

All ye naysaying cretins, speak out now or forever hold your tongue.

A fine thriller set at the intersection of Washington politics, investigative journalism, murder, extra-marital romance and an evil defense contractor, State of Play is the must watch movie of this season.

Featuring a solid screenplay and an impressive cast (foremost among them, Russell Crowe), State of Play in desi lingo would be hailed as a total paisa vasool movie.

Based on the six-year-old BBC TV series of the same name, State of Play is a richly rewarding experience for fans of the thriller genre.

A gripping thriller is a concept alien to Indian movie makers (actually, truth be said making movies is itself a foreign notion to our Bollywood and Kollywood film-makers).

Mysterious Death
Minutes into State of Play, Congressman Stephen Collins’ (Ben Affleck) lead researcher Sonia Baker who’s helping Collins dig into the shady affairs of a shadowy military contractor PointCorp is killed under mysterious circumstances. Continue reading »

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McKinsey Throws Cold Water on Cloud Computing

 IT Industry  No Responses »
Apr 172009
 
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Like client-server computing in the early 1990s, Java in the mid-1990s and e-business in the late 1990s, cloud computing is the buzz IT phrase of this era.

Hailed as the panacea for all IT ailments starting from ballooning IT infrastructure costs to the shortage of talented IT workers, cloud computing is supposed to take us to the promised land of lower costs, faster time to market and infinite storage and processing power when we want it.

The folks at McKinsey recently looked at cloud computing and among other things made the following two key points:

* Clouds already make sense for many small and medium-size businesses, but technical, operational Continue reading »

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Word of the Day – Myrmidon

 English  6 Responses »
Apr 172009
 
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Myrmidon, a synonym for hireling or loyal follower, comes to English from Greek.

The original myrmidons were followers of King Achilles (he of the Achilles heel) in the Trojan war.

Myrmidon is often used in a pejorative way to refer to a follower who obeys orders without asking any questions.

Example: The BJP’s myrmidons would think nothing of exterminating Muslims in India.

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