What an idea Madamji ;)

Sometimes an idea is so ridiculously simple, yet its taken an eternity to implement it. Two such things that always had me perplexed saw the light of the day in the past few weeks :)

1) Security code for a credit card:
When i started using a credt card, the first thing that came to my mind was - Why isnt there a security code that I choose and no one else knows about? I mean a credit card is used at so many places, especially for online transactions. Everything they ask you to furnish is readily available on the card. So anyone who has your card can do a transaction with/out your consent. So the obvious thought is why not have a code that you select and is nowhere on the card. If you share it with anyone you know what you are getting into! Very simple idea but I think quite effective.

Yeah, if you have seen the latest directive from RBI every credit card now should have a security code associated with it. No transactions without it.Period.

2) Changing the mobile pulse to seconds:How many times have you fretted over finishing the last call at 2:01 minutes? You are left wondering that for a second more why do i pay for the whole pulse of 1 minute? Today with cheaper rates its no big deal but still I know we all crib at a few extra seconds on the pulse. I had always thought why not bill per second or atleast change the pulse frame to a lower window say 5 seconds per pulse?

And now, Tata Docomo is advertising that it plans to do just that.


Maybe there were valid reasons for these two ideas to not take shape earlir. If anyone knows about it drop a comment. As of now let me feel happy that I had some practically viable ideas boiling inside my head ;)

Joke

The vector was walking down cartesian drive when he bumped into a confused Scalar.
The vector asked him what was wrong and he replied, "Help I have no direction."

Techie one....but cute ;)

Puneri - To the Tee

I was near this shop waiting for a friend when there came a man and asked me the route to reach Mumbai. I didnt know it and I told him so. He looked around to see if anyone else could help him. There came 3 young men who gave him many different routes. They seemed to be very helpful as each one of them drew maps explaining why one route was better than another one. However, the man who had asked the route seemed to be worried about something or the other and kept saying things like "he tar khoop laamb aahe, ugach petrol kharcha honar" (This one is a long route, I will waste the fuel), "Ithe khoop traffic jaam asnaar"(This route genrally has traffic snarls), etc.

Hearing this the shopkeeper resorted to an irritated expression and blurted out loudly - "ek kaam kara, chalat suta......petrol hi vachnaar aani traffic jaam hi nahin lagnaar" (Why dont you just start walking, you wont face any snarls and no petrol needed either). Everyone burst out laughing as the poor chap got his dose of Puneripana ;)