Good News: Only 42000 Satyam employees are worried about their jobs and not 55000, as reported earlier. Bad News: The 13000 phantom employees were giving their salaries to ex-CEO Ramalinga Raju. Gives a new meaning to the term, a CEO’s salary is several times the salary of an entry level employee.
Month: January 2009
Windows 7 Beta first impressions
Microsoft has done a good job. However, the fact remains that it released a product (Vista) and waited for a couple of years for Moore’s law to catch up and make it look good.
Obama inauguration: Did we need to listen to Yo Yo Ma at 12 noon?
The constitution says that the President-elect becomes President — oath or no oath — at 12 noon. And what was happening at 12 noon? Yo Yo Ma was playing Cello along with other musicians.
Ditching switch on Airbus A320
The pilots didn’t have time to activate the “ditching switch”.
Why can’t the plane’s software automatically activate the “ditching switch” when it senses that a belly landing is imminent? This can be done using inputs from the radio altimeter, landing gear position, speed, attitude (pitch) etc. This will remove one item from the checklist.