Success is the result of countless failures you've done in order to attain it.
Mark Aaron A. Corrales
A person is only as big as the dream they dare to live.
Unknown
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
Lou Holtz
All big things in this world are done by people who are naive and have an idea that is obviously impossible.
Charles Hamilton (1876–1961), English writer
Don't bother to just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
William Faulkner
The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.
Archilochus
Good is the enemy of great. Most people will look back and realize they did not have a great life because it's just so easy to settle for a good life.
Jim Collins, author of Good to Great
I couldn't wait for success, so I went ahead without it.
Jonathan Winters
I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.
Bill Cosby (born 1937)
I don't wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone.
Javan
If at first you don't succeed, destroy all evidence that you tried.
Steven Wright
It is a long hard road to overnight success.
Anonymous
It is high time that the ideal of success should be replaced by the ideal of service.
Albert Einstein
Man is happy only as he finds work worth doing — and does it well.
E. Merrill Root (1895–1973), American writer
Money and success don't change people; they merely amplify what is already there.
Will Smith
Success is like a pie, there are diffrent layers
Qun Zhang (Chinese Poet)
Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
Christopher Lasch
Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.
Arthur Rubinstein (1886–1982)
Opportunity is missed by most people because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Thomas Edison
Others have done it before me. I can, too.
William Faulkner
Success didn't spoil me, I've always been insufferable.
Fran Lebowitz
Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.
George Bernard Shaw
Success doesn't come to you… you go to it.
Marva Collins, American educator
Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.
Winston Churchill
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
Bobby Unser, American automobile racer
Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.
Stephen King
The race is interesting. The finish line is boring.
Frank Unibaum
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
Beverly Sills
There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.
Christopher Morley, American author and journalist, 1890–1957
To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.
T. S. Eliot (1888-1965), American poet
To succeed in life, you need two things: ignorance and confidence.
Mark Twain
True happiness is not attained through self-gratification, but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
Helen Keller (1880–1968), American writer
Underpromise; overdeliver.
Tom Peters; quoted in The Chicago Tribune
What's success? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.
Bob Dylan (born 1941)
When we're incomplete, we're always searching for somebody to complete us. When, after a few years or a few months of a relationship, we find that we're still unfulfilled, we blame our partners and take up with somebody more promising. This can go on and on--series polygamy--until we admit that while a partner can add sweet dimensions to our lives, we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter.
Tom Robbins
Why be a man when you can be a success?
Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)
Without strategy, there is no succeeding in life.
Anonymous
Happiness is having dreams, success is making those dreams come true.
Christopher A. Castro
You know you have succeeded when every day feels like a Friday
Raymond G. Rempel
If you don’t have a Ferrari, you are not living successfully .
Brian J. Park
If your name is not the same as mine, you are not successful.
Anonymous
The success of us human beings remains in how far we can see ourselves & work backwards to reach there..
Ashish Kerkar
Success is in the eye of the beholder
Britney Spears
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Thursday, September 27, 2007
On Google's 9th Birthday, I request them to patch these security issues
Google’s security model is not holding up very well to scrutiny from hackers.
In the past few days, there have been multiple disclosures of security vulnerabilities in a wide range of Google products, including a persistent e-mail theft issue affecting the widely used GMail service.
The unpatched GMail bug, which was demonstrated for me by hacker Petko D. Petkov, is particularly nasty because of the way the exploit works without any user action and the fact that it’s difficult for the average GMail user to know that e-mails are being stolen.
The victim visits a page while being logged into GMail. Upon execution, the page performs a multipart/form-data POST to one of the GMail interfaces and injects a filter into the victim’s filter list. In the example above, the attacker writes a filter, which simply looks for emails with attachments and forward them to an email of their choice. This filter will automatically transfer all emails matching the rule. Keep in mind that future emails will be forwarded as well. The attack will remain present for as long as the victim has the filter within their filter list, even if the initial vulnerability, which was the cause of the injection, is fixed by Google.
The attack technique is known as cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and has haunted Google in the past. Earlier this year, the company was forced to correct a similar flaw after details leaked out on an issue that put GMail contact lists at risk.
Google Search Appliance users at risk:
Separately, a Romanian security researcher has published details of a cross-site scripting bug affecting users of the enterprise-facing Google Search Appliance.
Mustlive, the hacker behind the Month of Search Engine Bugs project, published a proof-of-concept and a Google dork to demo the attack — and expose businesses using the search appliance.
Google (Blogspot) Polls vulnerability
A third issue has been disclosed at Beford.org to show how a cross-site scripting bug in Google’s Blogspot Polls could allow the hijacking of sensitive information.
The ‘font’ parameter was not being sanitized before being used inside an STYLE tag, so you could inject IE’s expression() and Mozilla’s -moz-binding.
Several proof-of-concepts — this one hijacks your Google contacts, this one intercepts incoming GMail — are publicly available. (IMPORTANT NOTE: clicking on those links while logged into Google Accounts might not be such a good idea).
An exploit against Picasa
Google’s Picasa photo-sharing software and Web service is also vulnerable to an exploit scenario that uses a combination of cross-site scripting, cross-application request forgery and URI handler weakness to steal photographs from the victim’s hard drive.
Technical details of the Picasa issue have been released by Billy Rios and Nate McFeters.
Finally, there’s a cross-site scripting bug in Google’s Urchin Analytics service that can be exploited to steal user credentials. An explanation of this vulnerability has been published by Adrian Pastor
If not it may not enjoy success as much as they do now!
In the past few days, there have been multiple disclosures of security vulnerabilities in a wide range of Google products, including a persistent e-mail theft issue affecting the widely used GMail service.
The unpatched GMail bug, which was demonstrated for me by hacker Petko D. Petkov, is particularly nasty because of the way the exploit works without any user action and the fact that it’s difficult for the average GMail user to know that e-mails are being stolen.
The victim visits a page while being logged into GMail. Upon execution, the page performs a multipart/form-data POST to one of the GMail interfaces and injects a filter into the victim’s filter list. In the example above, the attacker writes a filter, which simply looks for emails with attachments and forward them to an email of their choice. This filter will automatically transfer all emails matching the rule. Keep in mind that future emails will be forwarded as well. The attack will remain present for as long as the victim has the filter within their filter list, even if the initial vulnerability, which was the cause of the injection, is fixed by Google.
The attack technique is known as cross-site request forgery (CSRF) and has haunted Google in the past. Earlier this year, the company was forced to correct a similar flaw after details leaked out on an issue that put GMail contact lists at risk.
Google Search Appliance users at risk:
Separately, a Romanian security researcher has published details of a cross-site scripting bug affecting users of the enterprise-facing Google Search Appliance.
Mustlive, the hacker behind the Month of Search Engine Bugs project, published a proof-of-concept and a Google dork to demo the attack — and expose businesses using the search appliance.
Google (Blogspot) Polls vulnerability
A third issue has been disclosed at Beford.org to show how a cross-site scripting bug in Google’s Blogspot Polls could allow the hijacking of sensitive information.
The ‘font’ parameter was not being sanitized before being used inside an STYLE tag, so you could inject IE’s expression() and Mozilla’s -moz-binding.
Several proof-of-concepts — this one hijacks your Google contacts, this one intercepts incoming GMail — are publicly available. (IMPORTANT NOTE: clicking on those links while logged into Google Accounts might not be such a good idea).
An exploit against Picasa
Google’s Picasa photo-sharing software and Web service is also vulnerable to an exploit scenario that uses a combination of cross-site scripting, cross-application request forgery and URI handler weakness to steal photographs from the victim’s hard drive.
Technical details of the Picasa issue have been released by Billy Rios and Nate McFeters.
Finally, there’s a cross-site scripting bug in Google’s Urchin Analytics service that can be exploited to steal user credentials. An explanation of this vulnerability has been published by Adrian Pastor
If not it may not enjoy success as much as they do now!
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Why google is the best search engine on earth?
It is true that there are a lot of search egine for web information retrieval.
But we rely on google onl,why? There are so many reasons including these:
1) You get even the most obscure web pages on google,that are not even crawled by Yahoo or MSN.
2) You get the best relevant result as though it has been picked up by some human intelligence
3) You get result in fraction of a second
4) You get the best suggestions
5) You see a simple but beautiful interface
6) You are prejudised for google
7) You have the most versatile operators available to filter-off your searches
8) You get goole available everywhere within seconds,even on the go
9) You know MSN sucks
10) And You know yahoo once depended on google search result!
Here are some helps you might have overlooked in google help.Just as you have shown patience to read till now.
+ Operator:common words and characters such as where, the, how, and other digits and letters which slow down your search without improving the results. We'll indicate if a word has been excluded by displaying details on the results page below the search box.
If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to include a space before the "+" sign.)
For example, here's how to ensure that Google includes the "I" in a search for Star Wars, Episode I:
Synonym search
If you want to search not only for your search term but also for its synonyms, place the tilde sign ("~") immediately in front of your search term.
For example, here's how to search for food facts and nutrition and cooking information:
"OR" search
To find pages that include either of two search terms, add an uppercase OR between the terms.
For example, here's how to search for a vacation in either London or Paris:
Domain search
You can use Google to search only within one specific website by entering the search terms you're looking for, followed by the word "site" and a colon followed by the domain name.
For example, here's how you'd find admission information on the Stanford University site:
Numrange search
The numrange operator searches for results containing numbers in a given range. You can use Numrange to set ranges for everything from dates ( Willie Mays 1950..1960) to weights ( 5000..10000 kg truck). Just add two numbers, separated by two periods, with no spaces, into the search box along with your search terms, and specify a unit of measurement or some other indicator of what the number range represents.
For example, here's how you'd search for a DVD player that costs between $50 and $100:
Fill in the blanks "*" search
Sometimes the best way to ask a question is to get Google to 'fill in the blank' for you. You can do this by adding an asterisk "*" in the part of the sentence or question that you want filled in.
For example, here's how you'd search for who invented the parachute:
Operators like site and related are particularly helpful in searching a domain only and getting related websites.
Happppy Goooooogling!
But we rely on google onl,why? There are so many reasons including these:
1) You get even the most obscure web pages on google,that are not even crawled by Yahoo or MSN.
2) You get the best relevant result as though it has been picked up by some human intelligence
3) You get result in fraction of a second
4) You get the best suggestions
5) You see a simple but beautiful interface
6) You are prejudised for google
7) You have the most versatile operators available to filter-off your searches
8) You get goole available everywhere within seconds,even on the go
9) You know MSN sucks
10) And You know yahoo once depended on google search result!
Here are some helps you might have overlooked in google help.Just as you have shown patience to read till now.
+ Operator:common words and characters such as where, the, how, and other digits and letters which slow down your search without improving the results. We'll indicate if a word has been excluded by displaying details on the results page below the search box.
If a common word is essential to getting the results you want, you can include it by putting a "+" sign in front of it. (Be sure to include a space before the "+" sign.)
For example, here's how to ensure that Google includes the "I" in a search for Star Wars, Episode I:
Synonym search
If you want to search not only for your search term but also for its synonyms, place the tilde sign ("~") immediately in front of your search term.
For example, here's how to search for food facts and nutrition and cooking information:
"OR" search
To find pages that include either of two search terms, add an uppercase OR between the terms.
For example, here's how to search for a vacation in either London or Paris:
Domain search
You can use Google to search only within one specific website by entering the search terms you're looking for, followed by the word "site" and a colon followed by the domain name.
For example, here's how you'd find admission information on the Stanford University site:
Numrange search
The numrange operator searches for results containing numbers in a given range. You can use Numrange to set ranges for everything from dates ( Willie Mays 1950..1960) to weights ( 5000..10000 kg truck). Just add two numbers, separated by two periods, with no spaces, into the search box along with your search terms, and specify a unit of measurement or some other indicator of what the number range represents.
For example, here's how you'd search for a DVD player that costs between $50 and $100:
Fill in the blanks "*" search
Sometimes the best way to ask a question is to get Google to 'fill in the blank' for you. You can do this by adding an asterisk "*" in the part of the sentence or question that you want filled in.
For example, here's how you'd search for who invented the parachute:
Operators like site and related are particularly helpful in searching a domain only and getting related websites.
Happppy Goooooogling!
U.S government mandate for all-digital broadcasts(Digital TV switch)
The US government is going switch all broadcast channels to digital.The government would even provide $80 voucher for buying a digital-to-analogue converter for those relying on over-the-air TV.The D-Day is February 17, 2009.
The U.S. government has actually been attempting to clear off the analog TV spectrum for many years to make the prime airwaves available for public safety responders and for mobile broadband projects. A portion of the vacant spectrum will automatically be set aside for use by emergency broadcasters. The FCC plans in January to start auctioning off the rest to companies, including the likes of Google, eager to take advantage of the spectrum's inherent physical properties, which allow signals to travel farther and penetrate walls.
All told, the auction is expected to generate between $10 billion and $15 billion to offset the government's deficit.
It is not unlikely that this will happen in India as well after some years.So when you purchase a new TV,be sure that it is digital ready as India may not give vouchers to defray the cost!
The U.S. government has actually been attempting to clear off the analog TV spectrum for many years to make the prime airwaves available for public safety responders and for mobile broadband projects. A portion of the vacant spectrum will automatically be set aside for use by emergency broadcasters. The FCC plans in January to start auctioning off the rest to companies, including the likes of Google, eager to take advantage of the spectrum's inherent physical properties, which allow signals to travel farther and penetrate walls.
All told, the auction is expected to generate between $10 billion and $15 billion to offset the government's deficit.
It is not unlikely that this will happen in India as well after some years.So when you purchase a new TV,be sure that it is digital ready as India may not give vouchers to defray the cost!
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Billionaire's homes
Everyone image how the life of the billionaires would be.Most of the billionairs live a lucrative life style except a few of them.Some of them own their own Jet plains,some of them owns huge mansions and yet others donate huge sum of amount to charity.Here are few pics of multi-million dollar homes!
http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/20/billionaires-homes-properties-forbeslife-richlist07-cx_mw_0920realestate_slide_4.html?thisSpeed=15000
http://www.forbes.com/2007/09/20/billionaires-homes-properties-forbeslife-richlist07-cx_mw_0920realestate_slide_4.html?thisSpeed=15000
Monday, September 24, 2007
We are the champions!
We clinched the Twenty20 world cup after a thrilling five-run victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the final in Johannesburg on Monday.In a match that saw fortunes fluctuate till the dying moments, the young Indian team scored 157 for five and then held its nerve to dismiss Pakistan for 152 with just three balls to spare.Irfan Pathan was named man-of-the-match.Indian team will get 2bn indian money.Yuvaraj will get I crore rupees for his six sixes in an over.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Microsoft leaks its own search plans
A Microsoft employee has posted details about planned changes to Microsoft's Live Search, ahead of an event next week where the company was slated to unveil the changes to reporters. The changes to the search product, which were demonstrated at Microsoft's companywide meeting earlier this month, include improvements in several specific types of search queries, notably in video search and in searches for products.
In a blog posting on Thursday, Windows Live program manager Akram Hussein demonstrated how the revamped Live Search handles searches for digital cameras, showing not just product details, but also reviews. The new search scrapes details from other sites that have user reviews and other information and presents it from within the search engine.
Microsoft has since taken down the blog, but the folks at Liveside.net managed to capture the images and the details Hussein provided. Microsoft plans to brief reporters at a "Searchification" event next week at its Mountain View, Calif., campus.
Hussein also showed a new celebrity search page, demonstrating how a query of "Brad Pitt" includes a rating system of how popular he is at the moment, dubbed his "celebrity xRank."
Finally, Hussein outlined an improved video search that allows a motion preview of a video search result.
"You can preview videos online by moving your mouse over any video and it will play a preview of the video right away no delays!" he wrote. "Isn't this amazing, at least now you can preview the video before really going and trying to view it, and make sure this is the one you want."
Some of the changes to Live Search have been gradually appearing on the site in recent days.
Hussein, in an apology note that replaced his original blog posting, said his images came from a test build. "Just to notify everyone I apologize for the information it seems they are still in beta and it was like a test roll out so I am pulling off the blog post," he said.
The changes come as Microsoft is struggling to make headway against market leaders Google and Yahoo.
ComScore released its August search results on Friday, showing that Microsoft lost a percentage point of market share compared with July, attracting 12.3 percent of searches. Google gained more than a point, to hold 56.5 percent of the market, while Yahoo slipped two-tenths of a percentage point, to 23.3 percent.
In a blog posting on Thursday, Windows Live program manager Akram Hussein demonstrated how the revamped Live Search handles searches for digital cameras, showing not just product details, but also reviews. The new search scrapes details from other sites that have user reviews and other information and presents it from within the search engine.
Microsoft has since taken down the blog, but the folks at Liveside.net managed to capture the images and the details Hussein provided. Microsoft plans to brief reporters at a "Searchification" event next week at its Mountain View, Calif., campus.
Hussein also showed a new celebrity search page, demonstrating how a query of "Brad Pitt" includes a rating system of how popular he is at the moment, dubbed his "celebrity xRank."
Finally, Hussein outlined an improved video search that allows a motion preview of a video search result.
"You can preview videos online by moving your mouse over any video and it will play a preview of the video right away no delays!" he wrote. "Isn't this amazing, at least now you can preview the video before really going and trying to view it, and make sure this is the one you want."
Some of the changes to Live Search have been gradually appearing on the site in recent days.
Hussein, in an apology note that replaced his original blog posting, said his images came from a test build. "Just to notify everyone I apologize for the information it seems they are still in beta and it was like a test roll out so I am pulling off the blog post," he said.
The changes come as Microsoft is struggling to make headway against market leaders Google and Yahoo.
ComScore released its August search results on Friday, showing that Microsoft lost a percentage point of market share compared with July, attracting 12.3 percent of searches. Google gained more than a point, to hold 56.5 percent of the market, while Yahoo slipped two-tenths of a percentage point, to 23.3 percent.
Friday, September 21, 2007
First GPL lawsuit filed
GPL will get its day in court.The Software Freedom Law Center says it has filed the first ever U.S. copyright infringement lawsuit based on the GNU General Public License.
The Software Freedom Law Center (SLFC) said Thursday it is filing the lawsuit (see complaint, statement and Techmeme) against Monsoon Multimedia on behalf of the two developers behind BusyBox, described as a “lightweight set of standard Unix utilities commonly used in embedded systems and is open source software licensed under GPL version 2.”
The crux of the case seems to be this:
One of the conditions of the GPL is that re-distributors of BusyBox are required to ensure that each downstream recipient is provided access to the source code of the program. On the company’s own Web site, Monsoon Multimedia has publicly acknowledged that its products and firmware contain BusyBox. However, it has not provided any recipients with access to the underlying source code, as is required by the GPL.
In other words, Monsoon took the goods, but just isn’t sharing.
The complaint seeks and injunction, damages and litigation costs. What’ll be really interesting is watching how potential damages will be calculated given the code is supposed to be open and the software is free.
In the complaint the SLFC tried to contact Monsoon, but the company didn’t reply. Usually these matters are handled with a letter.
From:http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6343
The Software Freedom Law Center (SLFC) said Thursday it is filing the lawsuit (see complaint, statement and Techmeme) against Monsoon Multimedia on behalf of the two developers behind BusyBox, described as a “lightweight set of standard Unix utilities commonly used in embedded systems and is open source software licensed under GPL version 2.”
The crux of the case seems to be this:
One of the conditions of the GPL is that re-distributors of BusyBox are required to ensure that each downstream recipient is provided access to the source code of the program. On the company’s own Web site, Monsoon Multimedia has publicly acknowledged that its products and firmware contain BusyBox. However, it has not provided any recipients with access to the underlying source code, as is required by the GPL.
In other words, Monsoon took the goods, but just isn’t sharing.
The complaint seeks and injunction, damages and litigation costs. What’ll be really interesting is watching how potential damages will be calculated given the code is supposed to be open and the software is free.
In the complaint the SLFC tried to contact Monsoon, but the company didn’t reply. Usually these matters are handled with a letter.
From:http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=6343
Friday, September 14, 2007
Dubai tower
The iconic skyline silhouette of the world-famous CN Tower, long billed as the tallest free-standing structure in the world, has been eclipsed by a new Middle Eastern monolith.Burj Dubai, a soaring Y-shaped needle of glass and stainless steel, is now two metres taller than the 553-metre downtown Toronto tower that guards the Lake Ontario shoreline, the developer, Emaar Properties, said in a release Thursday.The building, slated to have an interior designed by Giorgio Armani, also has scaled 150 livable levels, the largest number of storeys for any building in the world.Burj Dubai had already beaten Taipei 101, which at 508 metres has been holding the tallest-building title since it opened in 2004."Burj Dubai is setting new world records in construction of super tall buildings, and the accomplishment of being the world’s tallest free-standing structure is another defining moment," said Emaar chairman Mohamed Alabbar.While calling the Dubai feat "a commendable engineering achievement," CN Tower’s chief operating officer, Jack Robinson, pointed out that the CN Tower is "much more than just a tall building.""When the time comes and the building is complete, we will congratulate the Burj Dubai project on their unique achievement," Robinson said."For now, we remain proud of the 30-year-plus record Canada’s National Tower has held as the world’s tallest, and will continue to celebrate the architectural marvel and wonder that the CN Tower represents to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and the rest of the world."The Burj Dubai project was launched in 2004 as part of a US$20-billion, 200-hectare downtown development billed as the most prestigious square kilometre on earth.The tower’s planned height is a closely guarded secret.But Emaar says when completed in 2009, Burj Dubai will be the tallest structure in the world in all four of the criteria listed by the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.Designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill of Chicago, the tower is being built by Samsung Corp. of South Korea.In addition to residential, commercial and retail components, Burj Dubai will also feature the world’s first Armani Hotel.Dubai is the commercial capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Easter Eggs (Software)
If you’ve been using computers for a long time, you know that an Easter Egg is a small program that is hidden deep inside of an application and is designed by the application’s developers as a way of displaying their names—very similar to the credits that you see at the end of a movie. However, uncovering the Easter Egg is tricky as it almost always involves performing a series of very intricate and non-intuitive steps .Easter eggs can be messages, graphics, sound effects, or an unusual change in program behavior that mainly occur in a software program in response to some undocumented set of commands, mouse clicks, keystrokes or other stimuli intended as a joke or to display program credits. They are often located in the "About" box of a software. An early use of the term Easter egg was to describe a message hidden in the object code of a program as a joke, intended to be found by persons disassembling or browsing the code.
Easter eggs found in some Unix operating systems caused them to respond to the command "make love" with "not war?" and "why" with "why not" (a reference to "The Prisoner" in Berkeley Unix 1977). The TOPS-10 operating system (for the DEC PDP-10 computer) had the "make love" hack before 1971; it included a short, thoughtful pause before the response. This same behavior occurred on the RSTS/E operating system where the command "make" was used to invoke the TECO editor, and TECO would also provide this response.
The largest Easter egg is purported to be in the Atari 400/800 version of Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, which contains an entire game that was more complex and challenging than the original Pitfall II. Many personal computers have much more elaborate eggs hidden in ROM, including lists of the developers' names, political exhortations, snatches of music, and (in one case) images of the entire development team. The 1997 version of Microsoft Excel contained a hidden flight simulator[1][2]; the 1997 version of Word, a pinball game[3]. The Palm operating system has elaborately hidden animations and other surprises. The Debian GNU/Linux package tool apt-get has an Easter egg involving an ASCII cow when variants on "apt-get moo" are typed into the shell. Another notable Easter egg is from The MathWorks' MATLAB: the why command provides succinct random answers to almost any question.
Easter eggs found in some Unix operating systems caused them to respond to the command "make love" with "not war?" and "why" with "why not" (a reference to "The Prisoner" in Berkeley Unix 1977). The TOPS-10 operating system (for the DEC PDP-10 computer) had the "make love" hack before 1971; it included a short, thoughtful pause before the response. This same behavior occurred on the RSTS/E operating system where the command "make" was used to invoke the TECO editor, and TECO would also provide this response.
The largest Easter egg is purported to be in the Atari 400/800 version of Pitfall II: Lost Caverns, which contains an entire game that was more complex and challenging than the original Pitfall II. Many personal computers have much more elaborate eggs hidden in ROM, including lists of the developers' names, political exhortations, snatches of music, and (in one case) images of the entire development team. The 1997 version of Microsoft Excel contained a hidden flight simulator[1][2]; the 1997 version of Word, a pinball game[3]. The Palm operating system has elaborately hidden animations and other surprises. The Debian GNU/Linux package tool apt-get has an Easter egg involving an ASCII cow when variants on "apt-get moo" are typed into the shell. Another notable Easter egg is from The MathWorks' MATLAB: the why command provides succinct random answers to almost any question.
Top 10 Wikipedia tricks
Without a doubt, Wikipedia is one of the most useful and amazing sources of information on the internet—but chances are you aren't using it to its full potential. Thanks to its freely available content base, lots of Wikipedia-related projects have sprung up that offer easy access to information every which way you need it. Whether you want to do a quick lookup on your mobile phone to settle a debate at the bar, mind map related articles, integrate Wikipedia lookups into your media player and instant messenger or simply need better and quicker search tools, check out the list of top 10 Wikipedia tricks.
Top 10 Wikipedia Tricks
10. Contribute!
9. Get a Random Article
8. Get the Wikipedia Educational CD
7. Get Wikipedia Articles Based on Web Page Content
6. See Who's Editing What Pages
5. Map Wikipedia Articles with WikiMindMap
4. Embed Wikipedia into Your Media Player and Instant Messenger
3. Search Wikipedia with Your Cell Phone
2. Search as You Type with WikiWax
1. Store the Wikipedia on your iPod with Encyclopodia
From: lifehacker
Top 10 Wikipedia Tricks
10. Contribute!
9. Get a Random Article
8. Get the Wikipedia Educational CD
7. Get Wikipedia Articles Based on Web Page Content
6. See Who's Editing What Pages
5. Map Wikipedia Articles with WikiMindMap
4. Embed Wikipedia into Your Media Player and Instant Messenger
3. Search Wikipedia with Your Cell Phone
2. Search as You Type with WikiWax
1. Store the Wikipedia on your iPod with Encyclopodia
From: lifehacker
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Google accidentally leaks Google Reader orientation video
A confidential video of an orientation session for new Google employees was accidentally published to the public Google Video index — and several people were able to watch and download the movie before it was taken down.
The video spilled the beans on some new features that are in the pipeline for Reader, and it also gives some “under the hood” talk about how Google itself works. Philipp Lenssen has the scoop on the entire list of items discussed, but here are a couple that I found the most interesting:
Google will work on a standard for feed publishers to tell aggegrators about changes in the feed (’this post has been deleted’ etc.). Such a standard doesn’t exist yet. They will be working with blog tools like Blogger and MovableType.
The feed backend now contains 10 terabytes of raw data from 8 million feeds. The index size grows with 4% a week.
For search Mustang is currently used, Google’s library for creating search engines. Mustang underlies the web search and most other search engines, except for Gmail’s search feature as that requires instant updates and a specific index for each user. Mustang currently handles 1-2 search queries per second, but is able to handle thousands.
a new feature called Activity Streams will be introduced or at least implemented in Reader this quarter. This will be comparable to Facebook’s News Feed (Minifeed?) feature, and integrate Gmail’s addressbook and contact list.
Currently there is no plan to integrate Reader with Universal Search. This is because Universal Search doesn’t provide its backends with user IDs (so Gmail results can’t be shown either), and because it requires a lookup time of less than 1/4 second, which Reader cannot provide yet.
Very soon, Reader will recommend feeds to the user, based on previous subscriptions and other Google activity.
Next week, Reader will be released in several languages. One month after that, it will be available in 40 languages.
Reader has a loyal user base (based on pageviews per user), higher than any other product except for Gmail and Orkut. 70 % of the users use Firefox, so feed syndication is still mostly a geek thing.
From:http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=733
The video spilled the beans on some new features that are in the pipeline for Reader, and it also gives some “under the hood” talk about how Google itself works. Philipp Lenssen has the scoop on the entire list of items discussed, but here are a couple that I found the most interesting:
Google will work on a standard for feed publishers to tell aggegrators about changes in the feed (’this post has been deleted’ etc.). Such a standard doesn’t exist yet. They will be working with blog tools like Blogger and MovableType.
The feed backend now contains 10 terabytes of raw data from 8 million feeds. The index size grows with 4% a week.
For search Mustang is currently used, Google’s library for creating search engines. Mustang underlies the web search and most other search engines, except for Gmail’s search feature as that requires instant updates and a specific index for each user. Mustang currently handles 1-2 search queries per second, but is able to handle thousands.
a new feature called Activity Streams will be introduced or at least implemented in Reader this quarter. This will be comparable to Facebook’s News Feed (Minifeed?) feature, and integrate Gmail’s addressbook and contact list.
Currently there is no plan to integrate Reader with Universal Search. This is because Universal Search doesn’t provide its backends with user IDs (so Gmail results can’t be shown either), and because it requires a lookup time of less than 1/4 second, which Reader cannot provide yet.
Very soon, Reader will recommend feeds to the user, based on previous subscriptions and other Google activity.
Next week, Reader will be released in several languages. One month after that, it will be available in 40 languages.
Reader has a loyal user base (based on pageviews per user), higher than any other product except for Gmail and Orkut. 70 % of the users use Firefox, so feed syndication is still mostly a geek thing.
From:http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=733
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
FITNESS TOOLBOX: 60+ Health & Fitness Sites
Body Mass Index Calculator - Helps you calculate your BMI and how to aim for a healthier weight.
Calorie-Count.com - Look up calories, even calculate the calorie count of your home cooked meals
ChowTracker.com - Track fat, calories, points, carbs or anything else you need to keep track of for your diet.
Diettv.com - Find a diet that works for you, keep track of your goals, get support in the forums.
DietWatch.com - Gives you tools for tracking your progress, recipes, full diet plans, support and more.
eDiets.com - Tell the site how many pounds you want to lose and they’ll set up the plan for you.
Extrapounds.com - Support groups, blogs, and more to help you keep on track to lose your desired weight.
More at:http://mashable.com/2007/09/11/fitness-toolbox/
So why wait? Turn into a fitness freak overnight!
Calorie-Count.com - Look up calories, even calculate the calorie count of your home cooked meals
ChowTracker.com - Track fat, calories, points, carbs or anything else you need to keep track of for your diet.
Diettv.com - Find a diet that works for you, keep track of your goals, get support in the forums.
DietWatch.com - Gives you tools for tracking your progress, recipes, full diet plans, support and more.
eDiets.com - Tell the site how many pounds you want to lose and they’ll set up the plan for you.
Extrapounds.com - Support groups, blogs, and more to help you keep on track to lose your desired weight.
More at:http://mashable.com/2007/09/11/fitness-toolbox/
So why wait? Turn into a fitness freak overnight!
Monday, September 10, 2007
Reliance Communications introduce Blackberry to the CDMA world
BlackBerry® 8830
As stylish as it is powerful, the BlackBerry® 8830, the first of its kind world phone that operates on both CDMA & GSM networks is designed to let you do your best work from wherever you choose. It gives you phone, email, organizer, web browsing and instant messaging. And then it goes a step further, providing GPS for enhanced access to location-based applications and services, including the pre-loaded BlackBerry ® Maps application. A media player for your video clips and music. Expandable memory to ensure you’ve got the room you need for your media files. And a high-capacity battery to allow you to make the most of it all.
Unique Features:
CDMA World Edition: Goes with you anywhere life takes you
The BlackBerry® from Reliance Mobile 8830 is the first CDMA BlackBerry® smartphone capable of roaming globally on GSM/GPRS networks. Travel around the world with full mobile voice and data coverage, without having to change smartphones, phone numbers or email addresses.
Its not cheap!It comes at Rs 33990/-!!!
But the wiat is over anyway.Can we expect iPhone soom from Reliance Communications?!
http://blackberry.reliancemobile.com/html/cdma_handset.htm#8703
As stylish as it is powerful, the BlackBerry® 8830, the first of its kind world phone that operates on both CDMA & GSM networks is designed to let you do your best work from wherever you choose. It gives you phone, email, organizer, web browsing and instant messaging. And then it goes a step further, providing GPS for enhanced access to location-based applications and services, including the pre-loaded BlackBerry ® Maps application. A media player for your video clips and music. Expandable memory to ensure you’ve got the room you need for your media files. And a high-capacity battery to allow you to make the most of it all.
Unique Features:
CDMA World Edition: Goes with you anywhere life takes you
The BlackBerry® from Reliance Mobile 8830 is the first CDMA BlackBerry® smartphone capable of roaming globally on GSM/GPRS networks. Travel around the world with full mobile voice and data coverage, without having to change smartphones, phone numbers or email addresses.
Its not cheap!It comes at Rs 33990/-!!!
But the wiat is over anyway.Can we expect iPhone soom from Reliance Communications?!
http://blackberry.reliancemobile.com/html/cdma_handset.htm#8703
Sunday, September 9, 2007
3G, 16GB iPhone for Europe in November?
Apple may launch its iPhone campaign in Europe with a 3G-capable iPhone with enhanced storage, according to what appears to be a leaked ad from T-Mobile Germany. The ad promises a version of the handset with support for 3G-level cellular Internet access using both the US-friendly HSDPA format and typically Europe-only UMTS, with theoretical download speeds reaching the format's full 3.6Mbps. It also suggests that the device will carry 16GB of memory.
More at:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/09/08/t.mobile.germany.ad/
So all the iphone lovers who wish to get hold of one please wait.It can get better!
More at:
http://www.electronista.com/articles/07/09/08/t.mobile.germany.ad/
So all the iphone lovers who wish to get hold of one please wait.It can get better!
Beta 2 release of VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 Beta2 is now available
Beta 2 release of VS 2008 and .NET 3.5 Beta2 is now available for download. VS 2008 enables you to build applications that target multiple versions of the .NET Framework..NET 3.5 has ASP.NET AJAX built-in (and adds new features like UpdatePanel support with WebParts, WCF support for JSON, and a number of bug fixes and performance improvements). VS 2008 also has great support for integrating JavaScript and AJAX into your applications.
More at:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/07/26/vs-2008-and-net-3-5-beta-2-released.aspx
More at:
http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2007/07/26/vs-2008-and-net-3-5-beta-2-released.aspx
Saturday, September 8, 2007
Personal aircrafts
Now it has become fashionable with millionairs to own aircrafts ranging from small to large corporate jets.You know hollywood actor John Travolta owns a Boeing 707 and he parks it next to his home!http://www.joe-ks.com/archives_nov2004/Travolta_House.htm
India's Mukesh Ambani who is the chairman of the Reliance Industries owns an Airbus Corporate Jet (A319 platform).It was recently finished at Associated Air Center in Dallas, Texas.The plane is estimated to cost roughly $55m (Rs 242 crore).
The aircraft was designed with a business office and cabin management system for games, music, satellite television and wireless communication. The aircraft also has a dining area, master bedroom, master lavatory with full showers, galleys and a sky bar in the forward lounge with mood lighting.Many other businessmen in india have their own aircraft now!
iTunes movie rentals coming soon?
You know the site Netflix which is the largest online DVD rental service, offering flat rate rental-by-mail to customers in the United States. Established in 1998 and headquartered in Los Gatos, California, it has amassed a collection of 80,000 titles and over 6.8 million subscribers. They have over 55 million discs and ship 1.6 million a day, on average.
There is a similiar site owned by Anil Ambani named bigflicks.com which imitates this site in india.
Now it is heard that apple may soon start this service throuh its iTunes music store.Read the following articles on that.
Apple May Soon Offer Movie Rentals
iTunes Movie Rentals Coming Soon?
That will be great,is n't it?
There is a similiar site owned by Anil Ambani named bigflicks.com which imitates this site in india.
Now it is heard that apple may soon start this service throuh its iTunes music store.Read the following articles on that.
Apple May Soon Offer Movie Rentals
iTunes Movie Rentals Coming Soon?
That will be great,is n't it?
Friday, September 7, 2007
Nokia galore!
N95 8GB
A revision of the N95, called N95 8GB, was announced on August 29.The changes compared to the regular version are:
- 8GB internal Flash.- Larger display (2.8", up from 2.6"), same resolution.- MicroSD slot removed.- 128MB RAM, up from 64MB.- 1200mAh battery, up from 950mAh.- Slider protecting camera lens removed to make room for the larger battery.- Cosmetic changes to media and front-panel buttons
Multimedia abilities
The N95 is a full fledged music player. It supports MP3, WMA, RealAudio, SP-MIDI, AAC+, eAAC+, MIDI, AMR, M4A, True Tones.
The N95 is a full fledged music player. It supports MP3, WMA, RealAudio, SP-MIDI, AAC+, eAAC+, MIDI, AMR, M4A, True Tones.
Integrated GPS system
The N95 contains an integrated-GPS receiver which is located below the 0 key on the keypad. The phone ships with navigation software. Maps are free and can be downloaded either over the air (via a carrier's data packet network) or through the phone's built-in Wifi. Maps can also be downloaded via a PC using the Nokia MapLoader application
The N95 contains an integrated-GPS receiver which is located below the 0 key on the keypad. The phone ships with navigation software. Maps are free and can be downloaded either over the air (via a carrier's data packet network) or through the phone's built-in Wifi. Maps can also be downloaded via a PC using the Nokia MapLoader application
Imaging abilities
The N95 is particularly notable for its built-in 5 Megapixel (2592 x 1944) digital camera with Carl Zeiss Optics, autofocus and digital zoom. The camera can also be used to record video at 480p30 (640 x 480 at 30 FPS), nearly NTSC DVD resolution.
Internet
The N95 has built-in WiFi, with which it can access the Internet (through a 802.11b/g wireless network). The N95 can also connect to the Internet through a carrier packet data network such as UMTS, HSDPA, or EDGE. The web browser displays full web pages as opposed to simplified pages as on most other phones. Web pages may be viewed in portrait or landscape mode and automatic zooming is supported. The N95 also has Bluetooth built in and works with wireless earpieces that use Bluetooth 2.0 technology and for file transfer.
NOKIA N81
The N81 is a Symbian smart phone that also includes e-mail support (Push, SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), Nokia Mobile search, and Nokia Maps.
The N81 is a Symbian smart phone that also includes e-mail support (Push, SMTP, IMAP4, POP3), Nokia Mobile search, and Nokia Maps.
More at:http://www.nokia.co.uk/A4515023
Corbis move paves way for higher-end microstock
SnapVillage, the Corbis "microstock" site that lets buyers such as ad agencies find low-cost imagery, has made a change that could pave the way for sales of photos in a higher-end format than the conventional JPEG.
Microstock sites typically sell images encoded in the JPEG file format, which compresses images so they're easier to upload, download and store. But many photo enthusiasts shoot photographs in "raw" formats, the unprocessed data from camera image sensors.
Raw images aren't degraded by "lossy" compression, and they give more latitude for fiddling with exposure and color balance. Image buyers are interested in that flexibility, and SnapVillage consequently is considering adding raw support.
The move could give SnapVillage an angle in a crowded market. Microstock rivals including Fotolia, iStockphoto and Shutterstock don't support raw images, though Dreamstime does.
(Read on at : http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6206035.html)
Microstock sites typically sell images encoded in the JPEG file format, which compresses images so they're easier to upload, download and store. But many photo enthusiasts shoot photographs in "raw" formats, the unprocessed data from camera image sensors.
Raw images aren't degraded by "lossy" compression, and they give more latitude for fiddling with exposure and color balance. Image buyers are interested in that flexibility, and SnapVillage consequently is considering adding raw support.
The move could give SnapVillage an angle in a crowded market. Microstock rivals including Fotolia, iStockphoto and Shutterstock don't support raw images, though Dreamstime does.
(Read on at : http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6206035.html)
Thursday, September 6, 2007
20 sites you can't avoid
(1) http://www.google.com/
(2) http://www.wikipedia.org/
(3) http://www.gmail.com/
(4) http://www.orkut.com/
(5) http://www.blogger.com/
(6) http://www.ebay.com/
(7) http://del.icio.us/
(8) http://www.digg.com/
(9) http://www.youtube.com/
(10) http://www.flickr.com/
(11) http://www.technorati.com/
(12) http://www.bbcworld.com/
(13) http://www.lifehacker.com/
(14) http://www.imdb.com/
(15) http://www.download.com/
(16) http://www.sxc.hu/
(17) http://www.easy-share.com/
(18) http://www.cricinfo.com/
(19) http://www.forbes.com/
(20) http://www.yatra.com/
(2) http://www.wikipedia.org/
(3) http://www.gmail.com/
(4) http://www.orkut.com/
(5) http://www.blogger.com/
(6) http://www.ebay.com/
(7) http://del.icio.us/
(8) http://www.digg.com/
(9) http://www.youtube.com/
(10) http://www.flickr.com/
(11) http://www.technorati.com/
(12) http://www.bbcworld.com/
(13) http://www.lifehacker.com/
(14) http://www.imdb.com/
(15) http://www.download.com/
(16) http://www.sxc.hu/
(17) http://www.easy-share.com/
(18) http://www.cricinfo.com/
(19) http://www.forbes.com/
(20) http://www.yatra.com/
An open letter to iPhone owners from Steve Jobs
Anyone who purchased iphone when it was launched two months ago must be stunned now because apple lowered the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399.Don't worry.The following open letter from Steve Jobs(Apple CEO duh!) may alleviate your pain.
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/openiphoneletter/
Volkswagen enters India
At a glitzy function in Mumbai's Grand Hyatt on Spet 5,2007, the leading European car maker -- the Volkswagen group includes Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, SEAT and Skoda -- unveiled its first India-assembled model, the Volkswagen Passat. The very well equipped Passat TDI 2.0 litre Highline will be currently available in two versions in India. These are priced at Rs. 22.35 lakhs and Rs. 24.35 lakhs, respectively.
The Passat which made its market début for the first time in 1973, numbers among the world’s most famous automobiles and is globally the most successful Volkswagen car after the Golf and the Beetle. Today, six generations and more than 14 million of this successful vehicle have been sold world-wide. From its dynamic European styling, its unique balance of comfort and functionality to its authentic and invigorating German driving experience, the Passat embodies the best of German engineering. With its enviable combination of shape, functionality, design and ergonomics, the Passat offers one of the most refined driving experiences. It has been designed to meet and even surpass the standards of some of the world’s most prestigious sedans.
The Passat which made its market début for the first time in 1973, numbers among the world’s most famous automobiles and is globally the most successful Volkswagen car after the Golf and the Beetle. Today, six generations and more than 14 million of this successful vehicle have been sold world-wide. From its dynamic European styling, its unique balance of comfort and functionality to its authentic and invigorating German driving experience, the Passat embodies the best of German engineering. With its enviable combination of shape, functionality, design and ergonomics, the Passat offers one of the most refined driving experiences. It has been designed to meet and even surpass the standards of some of the world’s most prestigious sedans.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
The Beat Goes On
Ever wondered whats next after the much hyped iPhone from apple.The answer is out.In an event dubbed "The Beat Goes On",the apple CEO steve Jobs has introduced a new device called ipod touch,which is an ipod with iphone look and feel. The iPod touch uses 8 or 16 GB of flash memory. It also has Wi-Fi and uses Safari Apple's web browser.It cost you $299 which is only 50 bucks more than classic ipod.The cost of iPod touch 16 GB is $399.
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