Well in India, now a days there are count down timers for Red. People switch off their motor-bikes, scooters, cars on Red and can start just in time before it is green again. Saves fuel (probably) ;P , reduces pollution. So I like it.

The guy is formar Captain of Pakistani Circket team. The girl is Sania Mirza, the girl who put India on Woman tennis map. Let us hope that all this is over quickly and both of them live a happy married life.

Well, I am planning to go to Europe this summer ( April / May ). I was almost sure that everything I will experience (Railways) will be better than what I see in India. But few posts about British Railways here are making me puzzled.

Happy Dipawali to all the code project members. It feels nice to be back in India after spending 10 years in US.

I also observed the same with my Canon. It did't work with standard AA batteries, but worked with rechargable NiMH ones. I think as camera attempts to draw higher current (for running motor for zooming) the output voltage from pack of batteries drops (due to internal resistance), camera senses that and if found below its acceptable limit, declares that the batteries are low and quits. The problem with your camera which worked for many days with standard batteires but now works only with lithim batteires can probably be explained like this : Because of component aging the reference voltage of volt compare circuit changed. You can build a constant voltage supplying circuit, supply power to the camera with that circuit (using standard batteries), show that the camera works fine with standard batteries AND regain the "air of superiority".

I am surely suggesting something very different. But I have gaon through this, found that Yoga and meditation works well for me.