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Letters to the Editor (December 20, 1999)
Scott Plamondon responds to a reader's concerns about the portrayal of the TowerJ JVM, Bill Day answers a question about porting the KVM to multiple platforms, and Todd Sundsted replies to a reader's criticisms of his code.

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Ghatti (Alias Milka) urf Milind Karekar disclaims charges of a scandalous affair which was exposed by his close friend to Dinni Lingraj. Ling says he still thinks ghatti has an affair (In a big revelation Ling says " tere Dil ki bat mai janta hun" (hindi)  ).

Murtuza Dhabiya urf Dhabu missing. "Apan yanhah pahilat ka!!! (marathi) meaning, Did you this this flunky somewhere around!  In another bold revelation Ling and his friends suggests that Dhabu is not on this planet. In the meanwhile a committee has been set up to identify the team members of a bold fearless and  foolhardy bunch of  search and rescue team. 

Breaking News!!   Rajiv Vellodi urf (Vello) is getting engaged to Prajakta . After a two year steady affair with praj, Rajiv finally decided to let his parents know!! In a climax his parents agreed to his wishes (it is reported that Rajiv is a top PR man and can handle such situations very efficiently) 

Ratish falls sick after the Times square ordeal! Our reporter tried to contact him at his place but couldnt find him. 

Shital Shirolkar (talshi) buys a Mazda Protege for christmas. Our reporter has warned her not to drive on freeways because of her international fame in turning heads around! Two people are reportedly hospitalized when she was driving out of the car dealer's .

                                                   Sovika Related(India team)

Sam (Parag Sampat) GM operations arrives in USA. Very busy with the work.  Buys all sorts of thermal ware to keep him warm. Our top sleuths have reported that his wife Rupal has warned that, if he puts on (more) weight in the US, he wont be taken back into the house.Nagesh guarantees, that Sam won't put on weight if he eats whatever Nagi cooks!! Sam gets first taste of tasteless food (He is happy for his wife and happy that he is getting sure he wont be out of the house in India)- our routers correspondent Sanki Bindra reported from SNN (sovika news network)

Ravi Narayan (Senior programmer and analyst )  falls ill because of the tormenting pressure of the much talked about "Rating System". Our correspondent Andrew blackhead interviewed him and has set up a RRF (Ravi relief fund) to get the life back into Ravi. (all Visa, American Express, MasterCard and Discovery cards accepted.) mail at [email protected]

Rajesh Bait (Byte) in a bid to become Sando the Destroyer has reportedly told Parag Sampat to get Centrum tablets and steroids for him. Nagi has reportedly adulterated the medicines to stop Rajesh from becoming Arnold Shivajinagar.(Nagi's psychiatrist reported that he was having a jea-syndrome which means jealousy and amnesia caused by psychosomatic disorders.  

Ex employee  (she left the dwindling testing team!!) Kripa Kambli  couldn't make it to Times square !!!  In an interview she said she was expecting trouble at NY because bad guys like Nagi and other flunkies were present there!!! (hehheh). She couldn't complete her assignment in time and she is at present trying to cope up with the complications one gets into with roommates!!! (fights as usual!! just kidding said the reporter who asked for anonymity after he learnt that Kripa was an amateur kick boxer!!! 

Parvinder, the top sleuth of SNN has reportedly wished everybody a Happy new year. The editor (Nagi) was very happy to receive this news.

Sangam (Bongom) Basu was given a hard warning by hardliner Parag Sampat of the " sam mai yahan hun fame", not to use HIS chair in his absence. In a detialed report, official sources told us that he had fixed sensors on his chair which would alert him in the US, when somebody used his chair.  

Ashwin Patel on honeymoon. Our reporter from the honeymoon hotel was speechless!!!!

Barry D'cunha, our dear friend, is going to UK  on 6th Jan 2000. He has pledged to tour the whole world in the coming years. In an interview, he told our correspondent that after a year only the Hawaii islands and Alaska would be left out!!!

Shocking News.  All  cyclists and pedestrians staying in and around King Circle, BEWARE!!!!! Ravi is learning how to drive. He has already helped 2 milkman (dudhwala bhaiya)  reach the Sion hospital (Peace be on them!!) In an interview Ravi said that the milkman were fine, just that they wont be able to walk for some years !!!!!!!

Parag Shah reportedly is very keen on building his soft muscles. Our reporter said that he was regularly doing many many "surya namaskars". When asked about how many, our reporter refused to reply. (Our top sleuths Vinod & Sam confirmed this)

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Vinod naik (Dada) in an attempt to reduce his tummy decides to join the Gym in the new year. He takes expert tips from Nagi on diet control. The excerpts of the report suggest that one must eat only sometimes a week!!!

Mahesh Nair (GarbageCollector) has controlled his diet and is nowadays living on fresh fruits, salads, chuda only!! In an interview he said he was trying out the "amrecan" (hindi)  way!

Rekha Shetty in an attempt to pronounce Navratan Korma called it Navratna Korma. Later she said this was just gossip. Vinod confirmed that she had used the words Navratna Korma. Mahesh sided Rekha by saying that it was tongue of slip.

Suvarna Joshi (GUIsas) urf Mangu, last week reported a Y2K bug.  After thorough examination, it was found that her machine had batch files named java.bat and javac.bat. God only knows who put them there!!!!! A whole Y2k squad was sent to rescue!!!!!!! Our reporters refused to comment on whether she had written the batch files or they were put in by somebody else, because she is a very good cook. (FYI our correspondents are poor people OR bachelors who cant cook!!) 

Breaking News: Nagesh urf Nagi has decided to postpone his visit to the Himalayas for Nirvana. This official visit has been postponed until Nagi has enjoyed the remaining desires on this planet!! Asked about a deadline, Nagesh refused to speak to our correspondent. It is suggested by experts that this is called the Times square effect. ( Dr. Indiana Jones said " He has just seen the world which has caused this problem. Let him enjoy. Dont worry  he wont do toooo much harm to the world.)

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