Friday, December 28, 2007

Pulsar 200cc starting problem - "Pigtail clutch switch" malfunction

I have a Pulsar 200cc, bought 10 months back. I love the bike. Since last 2 weeks I started getting problems while starting. Sometimes electric start was not working. After 2-3 trials it used to work so I ignored it initially. Yesterday problem became serious and it didn't start after repeated trials for 20 mins. "Dhakka start" was the only option as no kick start (The serious problem with the bike).

I showed it to my dealer(Khivraj Motors, Bangalore) and they told me that its a known issue with pulsar 200cc. The "Pigtail clutch switch" was not working.
While replacing the clutch and fixing starting problem they didn't connected the battery properly and I had to go back to the dealer with a "Dhakka start".

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain -- Allama Iqbal

"Sitaron se aage jahan aur bhi hain
Abhi Ishq ke imtehan aur bhi hain
Tahi zindagi se nahin yeh fazayen
Yahan sankaron karwaan aur bhi hain
Qana'at na kar aalim e rang o boo par
Chaman aur bhi, aashian aur bhi hain
Agar kho gaya ek nasheman tau kya gham
Mukamat e aah o faghan aur bhi hain
Tu shaheen hai, parwaz hai kaam tera
Tere saamne aasman aur bhi hain
Isi roz o shab mein ulajh kar na reh jaa
Ke tere zaman o makan aur bhi hain
Gaye din ke tanha tha main anjuman mein
Yahan ab mere raazdan aaur bhi hain"

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Literal Translation
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There is world beyond the stars
Now there are more exams of love
This world is not without bereft of life
There are hundreds of caravans here
Don't be satisfied by knowledge of colour and smell
there are more flower gardens and more homes
If you have lost one nest than whats problem
There are more places for lamenting
You are a falcon, flying is your job
There are more skies ahead for you
Don't get lots in this days and nights
That you have more land and house.
Gone are those days when I was lonely in gatherings,
Now here I have more other friends.
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Meaning
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There is more to life.
Do not get budged by failures,
Look ahead for more opportunities.

Thursday, December 20, 2007

Signals in Social Supernets

"Social network sites (SNSs) provide a new way to organize and navigate an egocentric social network. Are they a fad, briefly popular but ultimately useless? Or are they the harbingers of a new and more powerful social world, where the ability to maintain an immense network—a social "supernet"—fundamentally changes the scale of human society? This article presents signaling theory as a conceptual framework with which to assess the transformative potential of SNSs and to guide their design to make them into more effective social tools. It shows how the costs associated with adding friends and evaluating profiles affect the reliability of users' self-presentation; examines strategies such as information fashion and risk-taking; and shows how these costs and strategies affect how the publicly-displayed social network aids the establishment of trust, identity, and cooperation—the essential foundations for an expanded social world."

http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/donath.html