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run an application automatically on system boot

2009-03-19T05:26:00.000-07:00

How to configure your system to run an application automatically whenever you boot your system?

First create a shortcut of the application you want to run & put this shortcut in the following location-

D:\Documents and Settings\\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

You can put that application directly to this location if you don’t want to put the shortcut.

Following are some typical examples one would like to start automatically whenever he starts system-

à Microsoft Office

à Web Browser

à Your mostly used IDE

à Any exe file

Bottom line Revenue and Top Line Revenue

2009-03-19T05:24:00.000-07:00

Did you know the difference between Bottom line Revenue and Top Line Revenue, the terms that the Management uses during Quarterly Results?

A company's bottom line is its net income, or the "bottom" figure on a company's income statement. More specifically, it's a company's income after all expenses have been deducted from revenues. These expenses include interest charges paid on loans, salary to teams, general and administrative costs and income taxes. A company's bottom line can also be referred to as net earnings or net profits.

The top line refers to a company's gross sales or revenues. Therefore, when people comment on a company's "top line growth" they are making reference to an increase in gross sales or revenues.

Both these figures are useful in determining the financial strength of a company, but they are not interchangeable. Bottom line describes how efficient a company is with its spending and operating costs and how effectively it has been controlling total costs. Top line, on the other hand, only indicates how effective a company is at generating sales and does not take into consideration operating efficiencies which could have a dramatic impact on the bottom line.

Remote Desktop-maximum no of allowed users

2009-03-19T05:17:00.000-07:00

Sometimes we are not able to login to a machine via Remote Desktop because maximum no of allowed users is over.

There is a trick to by pass this problem.

I would like to explain it by a live example.

Sometimes, Me & A friend, both need to work on a machine via Remote Desktop simultaneously.

But only one person is allowed at a time because of this restriction.

What we do is, one person log in there twice & then log off one session. At this moment if another person tries to login, he become able to login.

I am not sure, whether this will work in all conditions, just thought to share with you.

MS Word to PDF converter

2009-03-19T05:16:00.002-07:00

Step are-

1) Upload your word document in gmail.

2) Open this in Google docs from there, it will be online only.

3) Modify online if you want.

4) Save as PDF on your desktop.

What is an Umbrella Term?

2009-03-19T05:16:00.001-07:00

What is an Umbrella Term?

A term used to cover a broad category of functions rather than one specific item. An umbrella term is often a marketing strategy to keep a name visible over a long period. Example: - Web 2.0 is an umbrella term for the second wave of the World Wide Web. Sometimes called the "New Internet," Web 2.0 is not a specific technology but it is a collaborative mane for all the new technologies those are influencing the web experience as blogging, social book marking, and pod casting.

"Logging Off" versus "Disconnecting" from remote desktop sessions

2009-03-19T05:15:00.000-07:00

The most common way to access any Windows-based remote hosted server is through a native technology available in every edition of Windows 2000 and 2003: Remote Desktop. However, when using Remote Desktop to deal with a server that's not on your premises, you need to be careful.

When you use the Remote Desktop client to remote into one a server, there are two distinct ways to end your session: logging off and disconnecting. Under most circumstances, it is generally preferable to choose "Log off..." from the Start menu as opposed to just "disconnecting" by closing the remote desktop window (clicking the X that appears when you hover your mouse at the top of the screen). This is because logging off will close all your applications and free up all the memory that was keeping your session alive. By contrast, disconnecting keeps all the info about your session in memory and is waiting for you the next time you log back in.

This sounds like a good thing, but on a slower machine, it has the effect of taking up resources (clock cycles, memory) that aren't being actively used. This can slow the machine down for others who are trying to log in. Also, Two is the maximum allowed no. of remote sessions for systems that use Remote Desktop for administration. Hence remember you might be unnecessarily hogging the session. . If you need the session to persist - e.g., you are running a really time-consuming query/process and don't want to have the window open while it runs - then "disconnecting" is fine and necessary. But if you're done working on the server for the time being, it's probably better to "log off", so your session ends properly.

Wake On Lan (WOL)

2009-03-19T05:04:00.000-07:00

Wake On Lan (WOL) is an interesting concept which allows a user to power on a system from a remote machine/site.

WOL is based on the following principle:
What is WOL

"When the PC shuts down, the NIC still gets power, and keeps listening on the network for a 'magic' packet to arrive. This packet must contain a certain byte-sequence, but can be encapsulated in any kind of packet (IPX, IP, anything)"

WOL Requirements

For the WOL to work we would require the following :

ATX Motherboard
NIC (Network Interface Card) which supports WOL
We must also enable WOL in System BIOS WOL to work.
How WOL works

With WOL enabled, when you poweroff your system, the entire system goes down but the NIC still gets power and keeps listening for a "Magic" packet. As soon as it receives the packet, it know that it has to switch on the system and hence boots the system.

Magic Packet

The Magic Packet is a broadcast frame, transmitted over port 7 or 9. It can be sent over a variety of connectionless protocols (UDP, IPX) but UDP is most commonly used. In our case too we use UDP. The data that is contained in a Magic Packet is the defined constant as represented in hexadecimal: FF FF FF FF FF FF followed by sixteen repetitions of the target computer's MAC address.

The Magic Packet is actually broadcasted and not unicasted over the network. In other words the Magic Packet is a broadcast frame. The Magic Packet is broadcasted on the broadcast address for that particular subnet or the entire LAN. The listening computer receives this packet, checks it for the correct information, and then boots if the Magic Packet is valid. Since the packet contains the MAC Address of the target machine, only the machine whose MAC address matches with the one in the packet, is booted.

There are lotz of free WOL programs that are available on the net:

http://gsd.di.uminho.pt/jpo/software/wakeonlan/
http://magicpacket.free.fr/
http://www.aquilatech.com/Products/WakeOnLan/

Using these you can "wakeup" any system which is WOL compatible.

Recover permanently deleted mails from Microsoft Outlook

2009-03-19T05:02:00.000-07:00

Procedure to recover shift deleted [permanently deleted] mails from Microsoft Outlook.
1) First go to Run and type regedit
2) Go to: \HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\EXCHANGE\CLIENT\OPTIONS registry key.
3) Right click options and add new DWORD VALUE (data type is REG_DWORD) and then right click and rename to DumpsterAlwaysOn. It is case sensitive.
4) Then rights click and modify and make the value 1 to turn the Recover Deleted Items menu choice on for all folders or enter 0 to turn it off.
5) Then go to Outlook , choose "Recover deleted items" option from the Tools Menu to get back your "permanently deleted" mails!

Note: This procedure can recover mails which were deleted by pressing shift+del in the past 30 days.

Hope this is useful to some of us.

Google codesearch

2009-03-19T04:59:00.000-07:00

Good News for Software Developer........
Google simplifies the code searching, at least to some extend...try it out

Google launches search service for computer code -
http://google.com/codesearch

Google Code Search, a site that simplifies how software developers search for programming code to improve existing software or create new programs.

Google Code Search helps you find function definitions and sample code by giving you one place to search publicly accessible source code hosted
on the Internet. With Google Code Search, you can:

Use regular expressions to search more precisely. Restrict your search by language, license or file name. View the source file with links back to the entire package and the web page where it came from :

FAQ for this new product from Google labs :
http://www.google.com/help/faq_codesearch.html

Zero Defect Software Development (ZDSD)

2008-07-10T04:16:00.000-07:00

by Steve Pavlina,
Dexterity Software

The basic tenet of ZDSD is this:

Maintain your product in what you believe to be a defect-free state throughout the development process. This sounds simple, but it
is a rare practice. The most common approach is to delay major testing until the final QA phase of software development, where
defects are often discovered for the first time. Most bugs are not detected or fixed until long after their introduction. The
longer a defect remains, the harder it is to fix. On large software products, each stage of development that a defect survives
will increase the cost of fixing the defect by ten to fifty times. A defect introduced in the design phase can cost hundreds of
times more to fix in the testing phase than it would if fixed immediately after its introduction.

By focusing on product quality throughout the development lifecycle, you will actually complete products faster than if you didn't
pay attention to quality until the end of the project. The general rule of software quality is counter-intuitive: Improving
quality actually reduces development time. This is because you eliminate all the time spent fixing bugs and reworking code, which
can account for as much as 50% of development costs on a large project. The typical programmer writes between eight and twenty
lines of code a day; the rest of the day is usually spent on debugging. ZDSD shortens schedules by eliminating most debugging
time. Extensive studies done at NASA, IBM, and elsewhere have shown that better QA leads to shorter schedules.

An IBM study concluded that software projects that make quality a top priority typically have the shortest schedules, the highest
productivity, and even the best sales.

Here are the basic rules of ZDSD:

1. Test your product every day as you develop it, and fix defects as soon as you find them.Apply the daily build and smoke test.
At the end of every day you work on your project, build the current version of your software, and test it for basic functionality.
Microsoft enforces this policy religiously, using large teams to build each project on a daily basis. A programmer whose code
breaks the build may be called in the middle of the night and must go back to work to fix the problem immediately. For shareware
authors working on small projects, this is far easier. At the end of each day, test your program for at least ten minutes. Make a
list of anything you would consider a "defect," and resolve to fix all defects before implementing any new features. Once you find
a defect, fixing it becomes your number one priority, and you avoid writing any new code until the defect is 100% eliminated.

2. Review your code regularly. When most people think of QA, they think of testing, but testing is actually one of the least cost-
effective strategies for finding bugs. The most rigorous testing will typically find less than 60% of all bugs in a program, and
there are certain types of bugs that testing will rarely find. Studies conducted at many large software organizations have
concluded that code inspections are far more cost-effective than testing. A NASA study found that code reading detected almost
twice as many defects per hour as testing. Whenever you've added a few hundred lines of new code to your project, set aside an
hour or two to read over your work and look for mistakes. One hour of code review is equivalent to two or more hours of methodical
testing. As you gain experience, keep a list of the types of defects you find, and run down your list whenever reviewing new code.
To find even more defects, have someone else read your code as well.

3. Assume full responsibility for every bug. 95% of all software defects are caused by the programmer. Only 1% of defects are
hardware errors, and the remaining 4% are caused by the compiler, the OS, or other software. Never dismiss a potential bug; find
out the exact cause of any anomaly. When the Mars probe suffered serious software glitches during its mission, it was learned that
the same glitch had occurred only once during testing on earth, but the engineers dismissed it as a temporary hardware hiccup.
Unless your hardware drinks soda, it does not hiccup.

4. Handle change effectively. You will always think of great new features to add after you have started coding. Carefully consider
how each change will impact your pre-existing code. Poor integration of unanticipated features is a major cause of defects.

5. Set QA objectives at the beginning of every project. Studies have shown that developers who set reasonable QA goals will
usually achieve them. Decide in advance if your product must be fast, small, feature-rich, intuitive, scalable, etc. Then
prioritize those objectives. When designing the interface code for an upcoming game, I decided that my top three priorities were
to make it beginner-intuitive, fast, and fun, in that order. Consequently, my game's interface isn't as graphically rich as other
games, but it is easier to use and faster than any other game of its type. Whenever you have to make a design decision, keep your
objectives in mind. If you do not set clear QA goals, then you are doomed to accept the results of random chance.

6. Don't rush debugging work. Fully 50% of all bug fixes are done incorrectly the first time, often introducing new bugs in the
process. Never experiment by simply changing "x-1" to "x+1" to see if that will do the trick. Take the time to understand the
source of the bug. Years ago when I was a boy scout and had to put out a campfire, the Scoutmaster would sometimes test my
thoroughness by asking me to put my hand in the ashes. I learned very quickly how to put out a fire so well that I had complete
confidence it was 100% extinguished. When you find a defect, it means your code is on fire. As long as the defect remains, any new
code you write will add fuel to that fire. Whenever you find a defect, drop everything to fix it, and don't move on until you are
100% confident that your fix is correct. If you don't take the time to do it right the first time, when will you find the time to
do it over?

7. Learn from every bug; each one represents a mistake that you made. Learn why you made each mistake, and see if you can change
something about your development practices to eliminate it. Over the years I have adopted many simple coding practices that allow
me to avoid common bugs that used to plague me. There are many types of bugs that I now never encounter because my coding style
makes it physically impossible for me to introduce them.

Each of these rules represents a simple concept, but their combined benefits are significant. You will achieve higher progress
visibility, avoiding the situation of being "99% done" for the last 80% of your development time. Higher quality will make your
products easier to maintain and less expensive to support. You will spend less time debugging old code and more time writing new
code. And most importantly, it actually takes less time to write high-quality code than it does to write low-quality code, so you
will save a great deal of time on overall development. If you have never developed products with a zero-defect philosophy from day
one, its adoption can reduce your development time for new products by 30% or more while simultaneously improving product quality

SK

Mozilla Firefox 3 review part3

2008-06-19T00:30:00.000-07:00

Overall, Mozilla has developed another fantastic version of the Firefox Web browser that tops all the rest, including thecompetition. They have included some really nice features that put it way on top over other browser, such as Internet Explorer.Mozilla has included many fixes, especially the memory usage bug, that make Firefox extremely robust and user-friendly. It isdefinitely a must-have download if you are a Firefox user or a user of another browser looking to make a switch to Firefox.

Mozilla Firefox 3 review part2

2008-06-19T00:29:00.000-07:00

There's also a new feature called "Smart Bookmarks" which is a menu of a few folders located on the favorites bar. When you clickon the Smart Bookmarks button, you'll see a list of a pop-out menu with Most Visited and Recently Bookmarked. Each one displayseither your most visited sites or recently bookmarked sites for quick and easy access.

Firefox 3 also has a new password manager with a few tweaks from past versions. The most drastic change is the prompt when youused to log into a site. In past versions, when you have typed in user name and password login information and submit it, a littledialog box used to appear asking if you wanted to remember, never for this site, or not now. In Firefox 3, when you visit a sitewith a login field, a new toolbar appears with the same options.

As we mentioned before, previous versions of Firefox have had a very rough reputation with memory management. As the browserstayed open for long periods of time, it would start to consume massive amounts of memory and slow the computer down. However, thenew rendering engine, Gecko 1.9, fixes that issue and improves memory management drastically.

Firefox has always been a very secure browser and with the new version, Mozilla has taken it one-step further. There is a phishingfilter built-into Firefox 3 which helps to detect malicious sites posing as legitimate Web sites by using a blacklist compiled byGoogle and other security firms. In addition to that, there is a SSL verification system also that checks secure site's SSLcertificates for validity and tells you so via a red/green cop logo in the address bar.

Mozilla Firefox 3 review part1

2008-06-19T00:28:00.000-07:00

The Mozilla Foundation, the developers of the ever-popular Firefox Web browser, have just released the brand new version of thebrowser, Firefox 3, after three years of development. The new version is based on a new version of their Gecko code platform andit fixes over 11,000 issues with more than 2 million code changes from Firefox 2. Version 3 offers a whole new level of stabilityand security for Firefox because of the newly written code. Special attention has been paid to a few specific issues, such as thememory usage issues that have plagued all previous versions of Firefox.

When you install Firefox 3 on a computer with Firefox 2 already installed, you don't have to worry about losing any of yourpersonal settings and bookmarks because the installer will automatically import them all over to the new browser. The 7MBinstaller works amazingly well and installs quickly on most of today's modern systems.

When you first open the new browser, you'll immediately see a few changes to the user interface, but one will probably stick outthe most. The new "Location Bar" is where the traditional URL address bar is and it takes it to a whole new level. When you entera Web address or a few words into the location bar, Firefox will automatically suggest Web sites that you are either looking foror would be helpful alternatives to the site you are going to. For example, you can enter in a company name that you might notknow their Web address for and Firefox will automatically (and quickly) display below your query give you a few suggested sites,one of which will probably be for that company's Web site. Firefox looks through your history and bookmarks to find what you arelooking for. This saves time and few mouse clicks by skipping right over doing a search via a search engine because now you can doit all from Firefox 3's new location bar.

FREE SMS Services With No Registration

2008-06-19T00:14:00.000-07:00

I notice that in google "free sms with no registration" is a popular search term. Are you looking for a free SMS text service that doesn'trequire you to register? First, there are NONE. Second, Why?
Why you'll not Find a Free SMS service that doesn't require you to register:
Every SMS text message has a cost. It may be just a fraction of a rupee, but there is a cost to be paid by the company providing a free SMS service. The legitimate providers of freesms text recover that cost in a number of ways. All of which require the user to be registered and validated.
The most common method of covering the cost of allowing you to sending free sms text is having you agree to receive advertisingmessages. They may also limit the number of messages you can send each day and/or require that both you and the intended recipientregister with their service.I'm of the opinion that all of these are acceptable terms.
Now back to my second question. Why? Why would anyone specifically look for a free SMS text service that doesn't require you toregister?
Am I missing something? I can think only one legitimate reason and that is that the individual simply doesn't want to receivemarketing messages often sent as a condition of providing the service.
That aside, I can only think of slightly sinister reasons for wanting a free sms service that doesn't require registration, andthey're all founded on anonymity. The ability to send a text message with no absolutely no record of the sender being kept, otherthan the IP address of the PC used to access the free sms service.
Planning on becoming an SMS text bully on the cheap? Plotting a terrorist attack? I've gone from one extreme to another there, butyou get the idea. No good can come of a free sms service that doesn't require registration.
Unless you can think of something I've missed or you are into alert automation through sms.

Canon Powershot A650 IS

2008-06-10T04:56:00.000-07:00

I bought A CANON Powershot A650 as a gift for my dad last month. I tried out the camera for a full week. Then I thought Let me share the imfo I found out about that piece of art.

The Canon Powershot A650 IS is a 12 megapixel digital camera with a 6x optical zoom lens. It includes a number of more advanced features such as manual exposure controls and manual focusing. Image stabilisation has also been added to the Powershot A650 IS. One feature I really like is an LCD screen that you can pull out and twist round. This is great for awkward shooting positions and you can also move the screen away from the sun. This is also one of the few digital cameras with a viewfinder. To increase the flexibility of the lens you can buy a series of conversion lenses for the Powershot A650 IS.

Outdoor 1 (Medium Zoom): Found it hard to cope with the glare from the sun.Taken on a bright day there is still a degree of strength in the sun and the fact that the sun is a bit lower in the skycreates the problem. The Canon Powershot A650 IS does quite a good job of handling the glare without being perfect. This leads toa loss of detail where the sun strikes the target.
There is plenty of good news though. Sharpness levels are clearly better than I am used to seeing. Colours are more or less spoton. A common problem I am used to seeing is the blue lines taking on a strong purple tinge. The A650 IS is able tocompletely overcome this problem.

Outdoor 2 (No Zoom) :Top quality. With the lens zoomed all the way out many camera struggle to focus and also find itdifficult to correctly expose darker areas . The Powershot A650 IS has no such problems and manages to take one ofthe better wide angle shots I have seen.

Outdoor 3 (Maximum Zoom) :The sharpness and definition the Powershot A650 IS manages to produces when the lens is fully zoomed inare excellent. With other brands it often tends to lose sharpness towards the edges. That is not a problem with thiscamera and I am very impressed with the result. My only disappointment is that I would like to have seen a bit more colour in thesky.

Outdoor Portrait: I used the face recognition setting for all of my portrait photos. For the outdoor one I also set white balance tocloudy. The sharpness and detail in this photo are some way above average. I also like the skin tones and colours in general.

Indoor Portrait : setting works very well for me. The Powershot A650 IS manages to produce a very sharp photo. Despite using theflash, colours are not washed away and the lighting is good as well. The original photo showed a small amount of red eye. Thisgave me the chance to test out the red eye correction tool. It worked a treat and is also easy to use.

Lowlight :Rather than using flash for indoor portrait some people prefer the camera to make the most of the light that isavailable. Without using flash my test result has a pink tinge and is a bit darker than I would like to see. The lighting used isnot perfect, but I think in most indoor situations you are likely to be best off using flash.

Colours :Apart from when the zoom lens is fully extended there are no problems colour wise. The colours are punchy and wellbalanced. These are fairly close to my own personal ideal.

Macro :When it comes to clarity it is difficult to beat this range of Canon cameras for close up shots. The Powershot A650 ISproduces one of the very best.

ISO 400 :At higher ISO settings this camera shows an improvement over previous Canon cameras I have seen. In fact at ISO 400 thephoto is quite good with only low levels of noise showing.

ISO 1600 :At ISO 1600 there is a clear loss of detail as noise becomes a more major issue.

Overall :Overall these are an excellent set of photos. I have few complaints and the Canon Powershot range still manage to bejust about the best around.

Shutter Lag: I was able to take a single photo in 0.38 seconds and five photos in 12.34 seconds. Although not desperately slow it would be good to see faster times. With the flash on a single photo took 1.10 seconds and five photos took 19.66 seconds. Again I would like to have seen these times beaten.
Style: The Powershot A650 IS is built along the lines of a mini SLR camera. It has a grip on the front to hold it steady and in my view is a good choice for someone with larger hands. Dimensions: 112.1 x 67.8 x 56.2 mm
Weight: 300g
Batteries: Four AA batteries are required. Canon estimate that a standard set of alkaline batteries should be good for around 300 photos.
Memory cards: A 32mb SD card is supplied as standard. I was able to take seven photos before the memory card was full. The camera is also compatible with SDHC cards.I got a 1GB card free also.
Ease of use rating: Average. With all the features the camera has it is not as simple as a more basic point and shoot. Time spent getting to know the camera will be worth it in the longer term.
Points I like: Picture quality - viewfinder - flip out and twist LCD screen - red eye correction tool Where it could improve:Skies can lose colour when the lens is zoomed in.
Verdict: The Canon Powershot A650 IS is a very smart digital camera. It has a good selection of features and picture quality is among the best you will find from a consumer, compact digital camera. I have really struggled to come up with any negative points about the camera. You will also find the build quality of the camera a step up from most other Powershot models.

Find the Computer Name in a LAN from the IP Address

2008-05-16T02:45:00.000-07:00

Finding the IP address assigned to a computer is very simple. All you have to do is open the command prompt and use the IPCONFIG command. If you want to find the IP address associated with a specific computer name, you can use the NBTSTAT command. The syntax for doing so is as follows:
NBTSTAT -a
What if you want to find the computer name associated with a specific IP address? The solution is simple. You can once again find the information you are looking for using the NBTSTAT command, only this time with a different switch. Instead of using -a, you will use -A and specify an IP address as shown below:
NBTSTAT -A
The results will tell you the computer name that is currently associated with the IP address you have specified.

World Clock - international meeting co-ordinator

2008-01-10T03:23:00.000-08:00

Need to make a call to someone far away? Need to arrange a videoconference, telephone- or net-based meeting with several people spread around the globe? This utility should help you find a convenient time, so that no one has to be up during the middle of the night.

Good utility for scheduling meetings spanning across multiple time zones

Type city name in the text box to get local time.

http://www.qlock.com/time/

Try this 1 also : http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html

Ever wanted to see the next webpage without clicking?

2008-01-09T22:56:00.000-08:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2008/01/ever-wanted-to-see-next-webpage-without.html

Cooliris Previews is a free browser add-on that lets you preview links and rich media without clicking or leaving your current page, so you can browse the web faster than ever. Simply mouseover a small Cooliris icon next to the link, and a preview window instantly appears with your content. No more clicking back and forth!
Once I started using this in my firefox, only then I realized its potential. Some of the benefits I think are very good-
1) This preview will go away once you remove your mouse from the preview.
2) If you simply go to the next link while watching one preview, it will show the next preview in the same window. This feature is extremely useful when I need to browse many DDTS listed in hotlist.
3) This is really fast enough to say that it saves my browsing time.
4) You can customize this preview window, this is really amazing stuff.
5) This is available for Internet Explorer also.

You can install this small plugin from http://www.cooliris.com/site/firefox/
Welcome to the fast and efficient browsing.

thanks robins...

Enable remote services on the 2003 Server

2008-01-09T22:52:00.000-08:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2008/01/enable-remote-services-on-2003-server.html

To enable remote services on the 2003 Server:

1. Check if mstsc.exe is available on the Server in some system path.
2. Ensure Terminal Services Service is set to Automatic and started
2. My Computer ->properties -> Remote tab -> Check on "Enable remote desktop on this server"

Firefox : Reopen the last closed tab and other short cut keys

2007-11-19T01:22:00.000-08:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/11/firefox-reopen-last-closed-tab-and.html

I discovered the Firefox keyboard shortcut that re-opens the most recently closed tab: Ctrl-Shift-T. (Cmd-Shift-T for Mac users.)

This one ranks up with Ctrl-T (new tab) and Ctrl+L (go to address bar).

CTRL+T = New Tab

CTRL+TAB = Go to the next tab (right)

CTRL+SHIFT+TAB = Go to the previous tab (left)

CTRL+K - goto google search bar

CTRL-1 to go to your first tab
CTRL-(number between 2-8) to go to the (second to eighth) tab
CTRL-9 to go to the last tab

sk

Linux commands to check for Disk Usage and Free Space on disk

2007-11-05T23:57:00.000-08:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/11/linux-commands-to-check-for-disk-usage.html

About du
Tells you how much space a file occupies.

Syntaxdu [-a] [-k] [-s] [-d] [-L] [-o] [-r] [-x] directories

Example :

[root@HACK1 Directory]# du 4 ./certs4 ./keys4 ./trust-certs100128 .
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

About df

Tells you how much free disk space is available for each mount you have.

Syntax - Man on the details for more info

df [ -F FSType ] [-a [-b] [-e] [-g] [-k] [-l] [-n] [-t] [-V ] [ -o FSTypespecific_options ] [block_device directory file resource ... ] [-P]

Examples
df

In the below example when performing just the df command with no additional switches or specification of the file or directory you would get a listing of all file systems and their used and available space. Below is an example of what this command may display.

[root@HACK1 Directory]# df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 12357692 11324400 907748 93% /
/dev/cciss/c0d0p6 43009872 16444384 24380652 41% /common
/dev/cciss/c0d0p3 256665 8413 234999 4% /grub
/dev/cciss/c0d0p2 12357724 32828 11697160 1% /partB
none 512700 16752 495948 4% /dev/shm

Thanks to Kavitha for the details

Linux - count number of files in a sub directory

2007-11-05T23:49:00.000-08:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/11/linux-count-number-of-files-in-sub.html

[a typo corrected..Thanks 2 itmozart 4 pointing it out]

To get the number of files in a directory including sub directories on Linux

Run ls -1R [shift + \] wc –l

e.g:

[root@HACK1 root]# ls -1R [shift + \] wc -l
29
[root@HACK1 root]#

Thanks to my friend shiva for providing this.

Enable remote services on the 2003 Server

2007-11-05T23:47:00.001-08:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/11/enable-remote-services-on-2003-server.html

To enable remote services on the 2003 Server:

1. Check if mstsc.exe is available on the Server in some system path.
2. Ensure Terminal Services Service is set to Automatic and started
2. My Computer ->properties -> Remote tab -> Check on "Enable remote desktop on this server"

Regards,
Arun

Scientific Calculations in JAVA using 'pi' and 'e'

2007-11-05T23:46:00.001-08:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/11/scientific-calculations-in-java-using.html

Many scientific/trigonometric/mathematical applications need the values of ‘pi’ and ‘e’ (the basis of natural logarithms) for calculations. The math class in the java.lang package has two static double constants that represent values that are closer than any other to these. They can be used in calculations.Since they are static, they can be used as Math.PI and math.E .
Regards,
Arun

Google calculator

2007-11-05T23:44:00.000-08:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/11/google-calculator.html

Calculator.

To use Google's built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you'd like done into the search box and hit the Enter key or click on the Google Search button.
The calculator can solve math problems involving basic arithmetic, more complicated math, units of measure and conversions, and physical constants.

5+2*2
2^20
sqrt(-4)

example:

((48 934 * 950) / 463) + 234 = 100 638.536

Unit conversion - very useful to us.

example:

27 919.211 kilobytes = 27.2648545 megabytes

half a cup in teaspoons
160 pounds * 4000 feet in Calories

Currency Conversion.
3.5 USD in GBP
currency of Brazil in Malaysian money
5 British pounds in South Korean money
2.2 USD per gallon in INR per litre
example:

5 U.S. dollars = 196.602705 Indian rupees

Definitions.
To see a definition for a word or phrase, simply type the word "define," then a space, and then the word(s) you want defined. If Google has seen a definition for the word or phrase on the Web, it will retrieve that information and display it at the top of your search results.
example:

You can also get a list of definitions by including the special operator "define:" with no space between it and the term you want defined.

Ever wanted to see the next webpage without clicking?

2007-11-05T23:42:00.000-08:00

Cooliris Previews is a free browser add-on that lets you preview links and rich media without clicking or leaving your current page, so you can browse the web faster than ever. Simply mouseover a small Cooliris icon next to the link, and a preview window instantly appears with your content. No more clicking back and forth!
Once I started using this in my firefox, only then I realized its potential. Some of the benefits I think are very good-
1) This preview will go away once you remove your mouse from the preview.
2) If you simply go to the next link while watching one preview, it will show the next preview in the same window. This feature is extremely useful when I need to browse many DDTS listed in hotlist.
3) This is really fast enough to say that it saves my browsing time.
4) You can customize this preview window, this is really amazing stuff.
5) This is available for Internet Explorer also.

You can install this small plugin from http://www.cooliris.com/site/firefox/
Welcome to the fast and efficient browsing.

Cooliris Previews is a free browser add-on that lets you preview links and rich media without clicking or leaving your current page, so you can browse the web faster than ever. Simply mouseover a small Cooliris icon next to the link, and a preview window instantly appears with your content. No more clicking back and forth!
Once I started using this in my firefox, only then I realized its potential. Some of the benefits I think are very good-
1) This preview will go away once you remove your mouse from the preview.
2) If you simply go to the next link while watching one preview, it will show the next preview in the same window. This feature is extremely useful when I need to browse many DDTS listed in hotlist.
3) This is really fast enough to say that it saves my browsing time.
4) You can customize this preview window, this is really amazing stuff.
5) This is available for Internet Explorer also.

You can install this small plugin from http://www.cooliris.com/site/firefox/
Welcome to the fast and efficient browsing.

thanks to my friend Robins for this cool tool...

Register Dll files in Explorer for Windows

2007-09-26T06:16:00.001-07:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/09/register-dll-files-in-explorer-for.html

Have you ever wanted to register dll files from Explorer? DLL files that export the DllRegisterServer and DllUnregisterServer (as COMdll files do) can easily be controlled from the Explorer while selected. You can register/unregister it as seen in the image above. To enable this feature add subkeys to the registy under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell as in the following:

Registry Editor

RegSvr32

UnregSvr32

What is regsvr32?

Regsvr32 is an executable file that gets a Dll file name as an argument and runs its DllRegisterServer function to allow pages on that server to access its functions.

Arun

Prevent Password Attacks windows 2000/2003

2007-09-19T01:35:00.000-07:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/09/prevent-password-attacks-windows.html

The purpose of this hack is to prevent machines saving the weak NTLM hash in their registry which could then be attacked.
You may ask 'How will logon work if you disable this feature?'
The answer is that XP, .NET and Windows 2000 use a separate kerberos security system, this NTLM hash is only there for backwards compatibility with SAM databases in NT.
Its purpose would be to enable users on Windows 2000 to logon to NT domains.

For Windows 2000, locate and click the following key in the registry: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

From the Edit menu, click Add Key, and then add the following registry key: NoLMHash. Set NoLMHash = 1

In XP Value name: NoLMHash, Data type: REG_DWORD Radix: Decimal Value data: 1

Arun

Preventing Denial of Service (DoS) Attacks -Windows 2000/2003

2007-09-19T01:30:00.000-07:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/09/preventing-denial-of-service-dos.html

Denial of Service attacks are difficult to defend against. One approach is to harden the TCP/IP stack on a Windows 2000 server or workstation to help prevent DoS attacks .
By default, the TCP/IP stack is configured to handle normal traffic and to be robust under normal working conditions. If a Windows 2000 server or workstation is going to be exposed to the Internet, the TCP/IP stack should be reconfigured to handle the various TCP/IP protocol attacks.

All of the TCP/IP parameters are located under the registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services

SynAttackProtect
Key: Tcpip\Parameters
Value Type: REG_DWORD—Boolean
Valid Range: 0, 1, 2
Default: 0

When enabled, this parameter causes TCP to adjust the retransmission of SYN-ACKS to cause connection responses to time out more quickly if it appears that there is a SYN-ATTACK in progress. This determination is based on the TcpMaxPortsExhausted parameter.

Parameters:
0: Default Value – Normal protection against SYN Attacks.

1: Better Protection - This parameter causes TCP to adjust the retransmission of SYN-ACKS to cause connection responses to time out more quickly if it appears that there is a SYN-ATTACK in progress. This determination is based on the TcpMaxPortsExhausted, TCPMaxHalfOpen, and TCPMaxHalfOpenRetried.

2: Best Protection – Adds in additional delays to connection indications to quickly timeout TCP connection requests when a SYN=Attack is in progress. This is the recommended setting. Note: When using this setting, the following socket options will no longer work: Scalable windows (RFC 1323) and per adapter configured TCP parameters (Initial RTT, window size).

Arun

iPods That Didn't Quite Make It to OUR HANDS... unreleased ipods

2007-09-19T01:21:00.000-07:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/09/ipods-that-didnt-quite-make-it-to-our.html

After extensive research based upon classified information from deep within Apple (and at the expense of several human lives, regrettably), Low End Mac published a never before seen list of iPods that never quite made out of the R&D labs and into production.

Some of the less fortunate models:

iPod wristwatch: This iPod comes with a built-in wrist band and has one more menu item: Wristwatch Display.
iPhone iPod: This variant of the iPhone has a docking station in it for the iPod nano.
StereoPods: Two iPods, miniaturized to the size of hearing aids, synchronized via Bluetooth to play one channel (each) for about seventeen seconds.
iPodPlasma: A 110-inch plasma screen TV with a built-in, non-removable iPod.
StevePod: Steve Jobs' iPod with 2 TB storage capacity with a small video projector for a screen; available 3Q 2017.
SegPod: A Segway with a built-in iPod.
Podway: An iPod with a built-in Segway.
PeaPod: An iPod delivered in a cute floral arrangement.
aPlod: An iPod for actors.
Operation Enduring iPod: a sandproof, bulletproof, satellite enabled iPod. Cost: $23 million.
embeddiPod: Subcutaneous iPod. You heard it here first.
Thomas the Tank Pod: Thomas needs to deliver a musical interlude to Sir Topham Hatt! Can he figure out the menus in time?
Walt Disney's Brother Pod: Sold in pairs, one classic and one nano, targeted at bears that happen to be different sizes but brothers.

The digital music landscape might be completely different had these units gotten the thumbs up from CEO Jobs.

Windows Vista hack

2007-09-13T02:24:00.000-07:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/09/windows-vista-hack.html

Windows Vista may be Microsoft's most secure operating system to date, but researchers are still finding some glaring loopholes forhackers to exploit. Here is the latest: all you need is a Vista Install DVD to get admin level access to a hard drive.

The loophole arises because the Command Prompt tool in Vista's System Recovery Options fails to request user name or passwords beforehanding over access to PCs running the operating system. The hack, discovered by security researcher Kimmo Rousku, only works locally.Physical access to a target PC is a must. Even so, the potential for mischief (such as deleting directories or copying files on targetedPCs) is enormous. Hackers don't even necessarily need to run a DVD. "It’s easy to create a bootable USB flash memory that works in asimilar way," Rousku notes.

He discovered the problem during a training workshop on Vista back in February and reported it to Microsoft at the time. Since then, Microsofti has sat on the problem, according to Rousku, so he has gone public. The hack also works on machines running other versions of Vista, providing the PCs are not protected by full disc encryption.

A write-up by Rousku explains the issue in detail and suggests workarounds.
Anti-virus firm F-Secure notes that getting into PCs running Windows XP Home is also straightforward, at least in default set-ups, usinga different trick. "The Administrator account password for XP Home is blank by default and is hidden in Normal Mode. But if you selectF8 during boot for Safe Mode, you can access the Administrator account and have complete access to the computer," F-Secure notes.

Arun

Take Cisco CCNA certification exam before November 6th.

2007-09-10T22:16:00.000-07:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/09/take-cisco-ccna-certification-exam.html

After November, it will be much more difficult to earn your Cisco CCNA because of a major update.

This update will indeed make it more difficult to attain a CCNA and for good reason!. Many people are just getting their CCNAcertification and stopping (not moving on to the CCNP, CCSP, or whatever).So Cisco decided, if that's all your going to do, thenwe'll make it so you really have an idea of what you're doing!

The CCNA certification has been split into two exams: ICND1 and ICND2. Because they have added so much information, Cisco hasreleased a lower-level cert to the CCNA: the Cisco Certified Entry Level Tech CCENT. If you pass the ICND1 exam, you get this newcertification. Passing ICND1 and ICND2 gives you the CCNA certification.

ICND1 really focuses on the smaller network environment. You'll need to know the basics of routing, switching, and wirelesstechnology. Also new to the scene is the Cisco Security Device Manager SDM graphic interface for managing your routers. Most of whatthe CCENT-certified person is able to do is done in the GUI. Command-line is typically used for verification.

ICND2 is where the rubber meets the road. Much of what used to be only in the CCNP track has moved into this exam - it is primarilyfocused around things like Access-lists, VLANs, Rapid STP, and NAT. Not to mention some advanced routing protocol config (OSPF /EIGRP).

Ref:Jeremy Cioara

Arun

cheat with AdSense - fraud

2007-09-08T22:17:00.000-07:00

http://arunonfire.blogspot.com/2007/09/cheat-with-adsense-fraud.html

Apparently a man in California has allegedly been trying to defraud Google first by writing a program which created fraudulent AdSense clicks. Then he tried to sell his program to web publishers. Did he use AdWords to promote it I wonder?:-

Headline: Cheat the AdSense system
Body1: How to cheat AdSense & steal money
Body2: from Google & advertisers.
Info here
URL: http://www.adsensefraud.com/

Not finding many buyers - did his ad go to the wrong landing page? - he eventually hit on the bright idea of blackmailing Google instead to the tune of $150,000.

Oddly enough he didn’t get away with it.
IMHO if you’re going to blackmail Google you at least ought to be talking real money rather than stuff under the $million mark.

He doesn’t sound too smart to me but this must be the nightmare scenario for Google and its AdSense program: as soon as stories get out about people successfully cheating the AdSense system, advertisers will take fright and Google, alongside the hundreds of thousands of publishers who rely to a degree on AdSense income, will find a revenue stream under threat.

Arun

Open the Command Prompt from the Right-Click Menu...

2007-09-05T07:20:00.000-07:00

I began computing long after the days of DOS, and I still can't give up the command prompt. When it comes to doing down-and-dirty tasks like mass deleting or renaming of files, nothing beats it. I find myself frequently switching back and forth between Windows Explorer and the command prompt.

Often, when using Windows Explorer, I want to open the command prompt at the folder that's my current location. That takes too many steps:
opening a command prompt and then navigating to my current folder.

However, there's a quicker way:

you can add an option to the right-click context menu that will open a command prompt at your current folder.
For example, if you were to right-click the C:\My Stuff folder, you could then choose to open a command prompt at C:\My Stuff.

To add the option, run the Registry Editor, then go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Classes/Folder/Shell.

Create a new key called Command Prompt.

For the default value, enter whatever text you want to appear when you right-click a folderfor example, Open Command Prompt. Create a new key beneath the Command Prompt key called Command. Set the default value to Cmd.exe /k pushd %L.

That value will launch Cmd.exe, which is the XP command prompt. The /k switch puts the prompt into interactive mode.

That is, it lets you issue commands from the command prompt; the command prompt isn't being used to issue only a single command and then exit. The pushd command stores the name of the current directory, and %L uses that name to start the command prompt at it.

Exit the Registry. The new menu option will show up immediately. Note that it won't appear when you right-click a file; it shows up only when you right-click a folder.While many of us like fussing around with the Registry rather than doing things the easy way, there's also a way to add this option to your right-click context menu without editing the Registry.

Arun

18 Common Mistakes that Violate Google Adsense TOS...

2007-09-05T07:11:00.000-07:00

Google Adsense program is a popular web advertising program which provides a good income source for many websites. There are well defined terms of service to strictly adhere to when participating in the program.

On my visit through sites and forums, I daily notice several instances of misuse of Adsense ads. So here a few helpful Google Adsense tips, probably many you already know, and few you might gain by knowing now. These adsense faq are all picked from the Program Policies, Terms and Conditions and FAQ itself and presented in a simplified manner.

1. Never click your own adsense ads or get them clicked for whatever reason. You know this one very well. This is a surefire way to close you Adsense account. Never tell your office associates or friends to click on them. Keep a check if your family or children are busy increasing your income by clicking your ads and indirectly trying to stop your income. Dont even think of offering incentives for clicks, using automated clicking tools, or other deceptive software. Adsense is very smart to detect fraudulent clicks. Check the ads which appear on your pages by the Google Preview tool if required.

2. Never change the Adsense code. There are enough means of adsense optimization & customizations available to change the colour, background or border to suit your needs. Do whatever you want to do outside the code, never fiddle within the ad or the search code. They know it when you do. The search code has more limitations to colour and placement, but you should adhere to the rules. The code may stop working and violates the TOS.

3. Do not place more than 3 ad units and 3 ad links or 2 adsense search boxes on any web page. Anyway, ads will not appear in those units even if you place more ad units. But this is the limit they set, so it is better to stick to it.

4. Do not run competitive contextual text ad or search services on the same site which offer Google Adsense competition in their field. Never try to create link structures resembling the adsense ads. Never use other competitive search tools on the same pages which have Adsense powered Google search. They do allow affiliate or limited-text links. Update: Google has allowed you to run contextual advertising like Yahoo ads, Chitika etc provided the ads do not resemble Adsense ads.

5. Do not disclose confidential information about your account like the CTR, CPM and income derived via individual ad units or any other confidential information they may reveal to you. However, you may reveal the total money you make as per recent updates to the TOS.

6. Label headings as “sponsored links” or “advertisements” only. Other labels are not allowed. I have seen many sites label ads with other titles. Dont make your site a target in a few seconds gaze.

7. Never launch a New Page for clicked ads by default. Adsense ads should open on the same page. You may be using a base target tag to open all links in a new window or frame by default. Correct it now as they do not want new pages opening from clicked ads.

8. One Account suffices for Multiple websites. You do not need to create 5 accounts for 5 different websites. One account will do. If you live in the fear that if one account is closed down for violation of TOS, believe me they will close all accounts when they find out. You can keep track of clicks by using channels with real time statistics. They will automatically detect the new site and display relevant ads.

9. Place ads only on Content Pages. Advertisers pay only for content based ads. Content drives relevant ads. Although you might manage some clicks from error, login, registration, “thank you” or welcome pages, parking pages or pop ups, it will get you out of the program.

10. Do not mask ad elements. Alteration of colours and border is a facility to blend or contrast ads as per your site requirements. I have seen many sites where the url part is of the same colour as the background. While blending the ad with your site is a good idea, hiding relevant components of the ads is not allowed. Also do not block the visibility of ads by overlapping images, pop ups, tables etc.

11. Do not send your ads by email. Html formatted emails look good and allow placement of these javascript ads. But it is not allowed as per TOS. You do not want impressions registering on their logs from any email even once. They are watching!

12. Keep track of your content. So Adsense is not allowed on several non content pages. But it is also not allowed on several content pages too. Do not add it on web pages with MP3, Video, News Groups, and Image Results. Also exclude any pornographic, hate-related, violent, or illegal content.

13. Do not alter the results after ad clicks or searches - Ensure you are not in any way altering the site which the user reaches to after clicking the ads. Do not frame, minimize, remove, redirect or otherwise inhibit the full and complete display of any Advertiser Page or Search Results Page after the user clicks on any Ad or Search results.

14. Avoid excessive advertising and keyword stuffing - Although the definition of ‘excessive’ is a gray area and is subject to discretion, yet Google adsense with correct placement, focused content and high traffic will get you much more income than other programs, so excessive advertising is not required. Keyword stuffing does target better focused ads, but overdoing it is not required.

15. Ensure you Language is Supported - Adsense supports “Chinese (simplified), Japanese, Danish, Korean, Dutch, Norwegian, English, Polish, Finnish, Portuguese, French, Russian, German, Spanish, Hungarian, Swedish, Italian and Turkish. In addition, AdSense for search is available in Czech, Slovak, and Traditional Chinese. If your web pages language is not supported, do not use the code on such pages.

16. Maximum 2 referral button per product per page - With the launch of the google adsense referral program, you are allowed to put only 2 referral buttons for adsense referral, adwords referral, Google pack and Firefox with google toolbar referral.

17. Do not specify Google ads as your alternate ads. - Several services like Chitika eminimalls allow you to place alternate urls, when a targeted paying ad cannot be displayed. This involved creating an simple html page and putting the ad to be displayed instead. Even Adsense allows an alternate url feature instead of displaying public service ads. But never use Adsense ads as alternate urls.

18. Do not confuse with adjacent images - It was a common policy to increase CTR by placing same number of images as the number of text ads, which falsely gave the impression that the text ads represented an explanation to these images. Inserting a small space or a line between the images and ads is not allowed. Make sure that the ads and images are not arranged in a way that could easily mislead or confuse your visitors.

Whenever in doubt, it is better to ask for adsense help from the learned staff of Google Adsense. They are very helpful!
Arun

Beware of the Fake "Nokla N95" Phone

2007-09-03T02:15:00.000-07:00

Behold the "Nokla N95" touch-screen smartphone. A clone of the N95 that's manufactured by some scrubby company in China. Sellers claim that the phone has a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, and even a touch-screen display! Unfortunately what they usually don't tell you is that the "Nokla" is dual-band 900/1800 which makes it pretty useless in the USA.

How to spot the fake Nokia N95 phone
The good news is that it's a clone, but not a very good one. There's some telltale signs that you need to watch out for when it comes to the N95.

Here's a side-by-side comparison of the two phones, frontal view.

Note:
The stylus-driven menu buttons (red box). The fake N95 has a "touch-screen" with a stylus, and the easiest way to spot the counterfeit is by checking this area. If you see a row of little icons (compare to the real N95, bottom), then it's a knock-off.

Wrong buttons and no dual-slide. (yellow and green boxes) In place of the real N95's Menu/Multimedia Key buttons, the fakey N95 has a Play button (yellow box) and a Stop button (green box). This is mainly because it doesn't have a dual-slide mechanism, so whoever designed the knock-off dropped the playback buttons anywhere. And since there's no Symbian OS, there's no need for the menu buttons either.

Back view of the real and fake N95s:

The Color.

The real Nokia N95 comes in two colors: Silver/Plum and Silver/Sand (sort of a silvery-yellowish color). The plum and sand colors refer to the back cover of the phone (which includes the sides too). However, the counterfeit has a back cover that's black.
Lens Cover Thumb-Switch (orange box). Doesn't exist on the fake N95, but very prominent on the real thing.
Nokia Logo (teal box).

When the two phones are looked at from this angle, note the difference in the logo placement, size, and direction (it's flipped on the fake).
Some random camera oddity on the fake (purple box). Not sure what this piece is supposed to be, but there's some random design on the Nokla N95 (the knock-off) that's in the shape of a 3. Don't be fooled!
Also note that the buttons on the fake look cheaper and are raised slightly higher than they're supposed to be.
Some more pictures as a reference (the fake N95):

If an auction refers to a "replica", "Nokia N95-inspired", "NOKLA", or sounds way too good to be true, avoid it like the plague.

Arun

Why is Windows Error Reporting nicknamed "Dr. Watson"?

2007-09-03T02:13:00.000-07:00

The nickname for the feature known as Windows Error Reporting is "Dr. Watson". Where did that name come from?

As you have probably guessed, The name Dr. Watson was inspired by the character of Dr. Watson, the assistant to Sherlock Holmes in the stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.

It is my understanding that the doctor was originally developed as part of Windows 3.0 beta testing. His job was to record data about application crashes to a file, so that the file could be uploaded and included with bug reports. The icon was (and continues to be) a friendly doctor using his stethoscope to investigate a problem.

The Doctor has remained true to the "capture information about an error" aspect of his job. In the meantime, the word "Watson" has expanded its meaning to encompass anonymous end-user feedback mechanisms in general, such as "Content Watson". (But if you hear "Watson" by itself, the speaker is almost certainly talking about error reporting.)
Arun

How google track invalid clicks in adsense

2007-09-01T05:24:00.000-07:00

How google track invalid clicks in your adsense.

We always hear that Google has a sophisticated system to detect the invalid clicks, and result in termination of the cheaters' account. But, how can Google do that? In this post, I summarize those ways that Google depends on to detect whether the clicks on your site are invalid or not. Google will not first ban your account immediately. Rather, they will first flag your account and Google will keep a closer eye to your account. In some occasion, they may send you a warning letter to notify your situation; but sometimes not.

1. IP Address
It is the easist and must be recognized by everyone. If those clicks on your ads are originated from the same IP Address as the one used for accessing your AdSense account, your account is flagged.

2. Click Through Rate (CTR)
Normally, Click thru Rate should not excees 10%. Otherwise, Google will flag your account. For your information, normal CTR should ranges from 0.5% - 10%.

3. Physical Location
Google has good tracing software and technology.They can trace traffics origin down to the small town. So, using different computers with different IP address does not secure anything. So, don't try to click your ads in various internet cafes. That will kill you.

4. Cookies
Most home users do not use static IP Address for Internet connection. In most cases just disconnect and reconnect will give you a new IP Address. But don't forget, Google has set cookies on your computer. They can trace these cookies and see whether they originate from the same computer.

5. Click Pattern 1
It is also suspicious when people click on their clicks and then run away immediately (hit-and-run). But normally, people will surf for a while inside your pages and then click on the ads they want.

6. Click Pattern 2
why this computer / IP address / person is so trigger-click-happy on this particular website but never click on the ads on other sites?

7. Click Pattern 3
And why is it that people accessing these sites direct (type-in URL or from bookmark) tend to be very active ad-clickers compared with those referred from search engine or other sites?

8.Other Google Services
Apart from Google Adsense, Google also provide a series of services to us. Don't just think that it is safe if you do not log in your adsense account and click on your ads. What other Google services do they provide to us? Here are some: Gmail (most poeple are using it), Google Earth, Google Calendar, Google Search, Google Toolbar, Google Talk, Google Sitemap, Google Desktop, Blogger, or even Youtube (coz Google has just recently acquired it).

9. Search Engine RankingYour website is not indexed on any search engine, not linked by any prominent website, but get consistently high traffic? How come people can access your website and click your ads? That will make Google to smell a rat.

10. Webpage designHow about the "Please click a link below" or "donate us by clicking the ads"? These kinds of encouragement is not in line with Google's TOS. Google can use their winning search engine, or even human eyes to check your sites from time to time.

11. Advertisers conversion rate
Ad click is one thing. But does it bring value to the advertisers? If none of the clicks on your site translate to conversion to the advertiser, you are in trouble. First the Smart-Pricing hits, then your AdSense account disabled.

Arun

Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown...

2007-08-30T22:56:00.000-07:00

Automatically Kill Programs At Shutdown... avoid "program is still running" ;)

don't you hate it when, while trying to shut down, you get message boxes telling you that a program is still running?

Making it so that Windows automatically kills applications running is a snap.

Simply navigate to the HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelDesktop directory in the Registry, then alter the key AutoEndTasks to the value 1.

Speeding Up tweak for Shared folder Viewing

2007-08-30T22:53:00.000-07:00

This is a great tweak.
Before I found it, I was always smashing my head against the table waiting to view shares on other computers. Basically, when you connect to another computer with Windows XP, it checks for any Scheduled tasks on that computer - a fairly useless task, but one that can add up to 30 seconds of waiting on the other end - not good!
Fortunately, it's fairly easy to disable this process.
First, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Windows/Current Version/Explorer/RemoteComputer/NameSpace in the Registry.
Below that, there should be a key called {D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}.

Just delete this, and after a restart, Windows will no longer check for scheduled tasks - mucho performance improvement!

IF you like this twek give comments ..and click my google ads :)

Arun

Funny Hacks

2007-08-30T22:43:00.000-07:00

Registry Hacking... just for fun... windows only...:)

Display legal notice on startup:
Wanna tell your friends about the do's and dont's in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.
REGEDIT[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]
"legalnoticecaption"="enter your notice caption"
"legalnoticetext"="enter your legal notice text"

Automatic Administrator Login:
Well here's the trick which you can use to prove that Windows XP is not at all secure as multi-user operating system. Hacking the system registry from any account having access to system registry puts you in to the administrator account.
REGEDIT
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon]
"AutoAdminLogon"="1"

No Shutdown:
Wanna play with your friends by removing the shutdown option from start menu in their computer.Just hack it down !!!RegeditHKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
"NoClose"="DWORD:1"

Arun... i like windows but i love linux...

Hack Windows XP Admin Passwords

2007-08-30T22:39:00.000-07:00

How to Hack Windows XP Admin Passwords.

This hack will only work if the person who installed the machine had miss to change the default password (which most peoplr always does).

This is how it works:
When we install Windows XP for the first time your asked to put in your username and up to five others. Now, unknownst to a lot of other people this is the only place in Windows XP that you can password the default Administrator Diagnostic Account.

This means that to by pass most administrators accounts on Windows XP all you have to do is boot to safe mode by pressing F8 during boot up and choosing it. Log into the Administrator Account and create your own or change the password on the current Account.

This only works if the user on setup specified a password for the Administrator Account. This has worked for me on both Windows XP Home and Pro.

Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm implemented in python

2007-08-29T23:38:00.000-07:00

Knuth-Morris-Pratt algorithm implemented in python .

neat stuff that's too small or self-explanatory to deserve its own web page.

This is a direct translation of the KMP algorithm in the book "Introduction to Algorithms" by Cormen, Lieserson, and Rivest.
See that book for an explanation of why this algorithm works.
It's pretty cool. The only things changed were some offsets, to cope with the fact that Python arrays are 0-offset.

http://woozle.org/~neale/src/python/kmp.py

Arun

How to Cheat Google AdSense

2007-08-29T05:37:00.000-07:00

How to Cheat Google AdSense

courtesy -- Fernando Hal

1. Basic clicker cheat

This is a noob. This guy knows almost nothing about web technology or network architecture. He clicks on his ads every time he has chance. It can be a few clicks to hundreds of clicks daily. Most likely he doesn’t even read the AdSense Program Policies and Terms and Conditions.

2.Proxy clicker cheat

She knows a thing or two about cookies and IP address. Or she doesn’t know, but somehow guessed that if she use the things called anonymizer, Google will not be able to trace her, because her identity is hidden. She may use anonymizer / proxy websites or specialized anonymous software like tor (The Onion Router).

3.Multiple computer clicker cheat

He knows that somehow Google will detect if the clicks are originated from his own computer. So he will try to even out origin of the clicks. He will recruit his friends, family members, relatives, neighbors, his cats, and his dogs on single mission: to click on the ads. He will also click on the AdSense ads when he is using the library computers, or his office workstation.

4.Software clicker cheat

Graduate to the next step is buyers of clickbots / click-bots. These are specialized robot software to click on AdSense ads. It will browse around your websites, clicking on the ads every few minutes. The more advanced ones will cloak the IP address too, so the website seems to be very popular worldwide. To cover the track, this clickbots will browse around the advertisers sites too while continuing its “click quest”.

5.Paid-clickers cheat

If you don’t like automated things, there is always other option for you. Just pay $50 dollars a month to the professional AdSense clickers. These are groups of highly specialized Internet surfers with office in the dark rooms in street corners of India, Pakistan, and China, helping AdSense account owner to earn good amounts of money � before the AdSense account is disabled, that is. They will browse around your websites, clicking on the ads every few minutes. Because they use human eyes, they know which ads worth more. And to be more convincing they can click a link or two, or sign up free offers / newsletters on the advertiser sites.

6.Click-rings cheat

Network is power. So says many business gurus. Instead of taking things to their own hand, this people realize that they can join hands with those with similar goals and distribute AdSense clicks among themselves, the so called AdSense click-rings. Joining this click-ring network means that your website address will be made known to members, who will regularly browse the website and click on your AdSense ads. In exchange, you will also browse other members’ sites and click on their AdSense ads. The medium used varies. Some click-ring groups use mail-list for communications. Some are using bulletin boards/forum, Yahoo groups, or Usenet. IRC is another popular way. Slightly more complicated is specialized AdSense exchange software for collecting members website address and displaying others’ websites for clicking.

7.Other medium cheat

I have tens of thousands email address on my newsletter subscriber list. If I include AdSense ads on my newsletters, with 5% CTR, I can get a thousand clicks per one email. Not bad. Or I can pay someone to write some useful/nice/funny/cute toolbars or firefox extensions or screensavers that people can download and use for free, and display my AdSense ads there.

8.Visitor cheat

Simply putting “Visit out sponsors” or “Check out the ads above” on your website is cheating. This might not be very clear-cut cheat to some. But Google AdSense program policies has stated clearly, the only text allowed are “Advertisements” or “Sponsored List”

9.Spam cheat

This is the highest level all click-frauds, the Maestro of Fraudsters. She spams millions of emails regularly, offering to “satisfy your inner needs if you can help me check on the links on my website”. Of course, email is not the only way. What IRC and instant messaging (IM) are for, after all. She will look for unsuspecting victims, offering something too-good-to-be-true “if only they will visit the website and click on the links”.

10.Click-through-rate cheat

Whichever method(s) above used, there is one limiting condition: the CTR(click-though-rate). Any CTR that exceeds certain percentage (probably around 10%) will raise red flag in Google AdSense back room. To lower the CTR, the professional cheaters will create some pages on the same domain that attracts very high traffic. Some interesting freebies will sure do the tricks. AdSense code is pasted there, thus creating a very high page impressions. Whether or not the the ads are clicked does not matter anyway, because they are targeting low paying keyword that does not have much competition. The fake clicks are, of course, on where the big money is, the low traffic pages stuffed with high-paying keywords.

Disclaimer: I don’t say and don’t think that these methods will work. If you even need to read this article, there’s 99.999% chance you will get caught before you can even get your first paycheck. Your AdSense account will be disabled, and you get banned from ever applying for AdSense account again.

Arun

transliterate the English character to closest hindi one.

2007-08-29T03:11:00.000-07:00

Another offering from google. Google never stops astonishing me.

http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic

As an example you try typing following words (ONE-BY-ONE) and see what you get. Make sure you press space bar after writing each WORD. Than only it transliterate the English character to closest hindi one. Raam Sharma Ek Achcha ladka hai

http://www.google.com/transliterate/indic

Arun

Create a folder named CON in windows-solved.

2007-08-28T03:18:00.000-07:00

"Create a folder named CON in windows." - This is really no more a riddle.

I had read about this and always kept thinking that this is one of that windows reserved key works non accessibility bull shit. But some 1 year ago a friend of mine brought forward this topic in some rubbish chat and i hung on to it. I had some idea about how to achieve it, but he never agreed so i just left it there.

But now i again came across the same topic in some dumb email chain and thought about really implementing it...
By the way...This is the mail i got...

"An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as "CON". This is something pretty cool...and unbelievable... At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn't answer why this happened! TRY IT NOW ,IT WILL NOT CREATE " CON " FOLDER "

outright dumb idea....:) not the 'unable to create the folder' part...but the part where it is mentioned that an Indian found it...:)

So any way here is the implementation....

CREATE your own CON...

you need to use the DOS prompt
we can use the basic dos make directory command

mkdir file://.c:/con

You can find the folder named 'con' in the C drive.

if u want to delete the folder

rmdir file://.c:/con

I had once thought about a trick to create this using power point instead of dos. But that was 3 years ago. Now i need to again think about the logic.

Anyway....u guys enjoy....

Arun

The DREAM Project

2007-08-16T08:20:00.001-07:00

I can always feel this... Wanted to share with you all...

Happy Chatting...

2007-08-16T07:49:00.000-07:00

Independence day of a software engineer.

2007-08-16T04:57:00.000-07:00

Yesterday i celebrated 60 years of my country's independence. Don't ask me how i celebrated it. I did that in my own way. Anyway i am proud that i can still feel the rush of blood when i hear my national anthem unlike many others. The celebrations in Bangalore was great as always . But for a software engineer it will be always forwards and sms that make the occasion fall into a jump start.

SMS were bit less this time. may be because working hard made me fall into a communication gap with my friends. I still remember my college days when i used to send sms 2 all my Friend (or even every one in my address book) and i got hundreds of sms also. Now those days are gone. Money is plenty now but spending it pains unlike the days i was spending on my pocket money, which was lavish (thanks dad!). Most of the phone calls these days are to the mobile of my girl friend and my parents (and official calls.).

By the way i did my first on-site call day before yesterday. May be an irony. on the day before the independence day i was feeling proud that i was in a conference call with foreigners. :)
still it is not that bad. They need the help of an Indian (me) to prosper. By serving them for money i am serving my country also to prosper (i like to think it that way ) :)

She was very sick yesterday also. But still didn't forget to give her my treat for getting my first spot award. :) Her fever was still raging when i left her today noon. Poor girl. A half day was all i could do. Anyway she wll be in her flight to home in air Deccan in about 2 hours. Wow...economy airways ki jai!!!!!!!!

Anyway me again going back to work.Has to fill the e-docket as i will be celebrating my 1st anniversary of joining infosys on 21st...

Cheers,
Arun

ORKUT Addiction...

2007-08-13T08:14:00.000-07:00

This is really awesome. We used to do all sorts of hacking and scripting to add at least rich text(leave alone images and videos) in orkut. At last i was the first one to script the rich text embed before orkut fixed that. Then one genius found a loop hole to include images ...Long live "martin"...

Hacks came and went... May be orkut is fed up with people cracking in for more and more features... so Google team has included all those features in orkut now...all those cool ideas we implemented with much sweat is now easily done with few clicks....

Content from orkut help:

Now, you can paste in photos, videos, audio, and flash widgets in scraps to your friends. Here's how:
Add images :Copy and paste URLs ending in .jpg, .gif, .png or .bmp and the image will appear in the scrap.for example, http://example.com/example.jpg

Add videos from YouTube and Google Video :Copy and paste the URL and the video will appear in the scrap.for example, http://youtube.com/watch?v=videoid

Add podcast/audio :Copy and paste the URL of an audio file and an audio player will appear in the scrap.for example, http://example.com/example.mp3

Add html-embeddable objects Create or upload your content at sites such as photobucket.com, imageshack.com, rockyou.com or slide.com.

Copy and paste the html embed code to share it with your friends.

Arun

PS: now what new script should i implement? come on python...give me ideas....

Shuttle Endeavour

2007-08-09T01:30:00.000-07:00

Shuttle Endeavour blasted beyond the Earth's atmosphere Wednesday evening, finally fulfilling a challenge laid out by US President Reagan in 1984 to put a teacher in space.

Endeavour roared from the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center at 6:36 p.m. – exactly on schedule -- in front of a cheering crowd of thousands, including many of the teachers who originally competed with Barbara Morgan and her predecessor, Christa McAuliffe, to be the first teacher in space.

"Morgan racing toward space on the wings of a legacy," NASA mission commentator Rob Navias said as Endeavour rose into a hazy blue sky. It was built in 1991 to replace Challenger, which exploded 73 seconds after liftoff in 1986, killing McAuliffe and six other astronauts. Ten minutes later, the shuttle slid into orbit 140 miles up. Said Navias, "For Barbara Morgan and her crewmates, class is in session."

NEWS DESK

NASA TV

2007-08-09T01:19:00.000-07:00

NASA TV (originally NASA Select) is the television network of the US space agency, NASA.

NASA TV is broadcast by satellite, and also simulcast over the Internet. Many local cable television systems across the US and Canada carry the channel, as do some amateur television repeaters. The station provides a large amount of educational programming, and also covers NASA space launches and missions (such as the space shuttle) live. Analog NASA TV transmissions ceased in late 2005 after the launch of STS-114, ending a period of dual analog/digital transmission, although it may still be available on analog cable TV systems. The satellite link uses the DVB system for data transmission.

NASA TV operates four streams: a media stream, a public stream, an educational stream, and a private "NASA-Only" feed.

Digital NASA Television via Satellite

In the continental United States, NASA Television's Public, Education and Media channels are carried by MPEG-2 digital C-band signal on AMC-6, at 72 degrees west longitude, Transponder 17C, 4040 MHz, vertical polarization. They're available in Alaska and Hawaii on an MPEG-2 digital C-band signal accessed via satellite AMC-7, transponder 18C, 137 degrees west longitude, 4060 MHz, vertical polarization. A Digital Video Broadcast compliant Integrated Receiver Decoder is required for reception. Analog NASA TV is no longer available.

Techie goes on train...

2007-08-08T20:53:00.000-07:00

I really didn't want to miss the chance to share this story with you guys.

A young S/W Engineer and his Project Manager board a train headed through the mountains on its way to Wichita. They can find no place to sit except for two seats right across the aisle from a young woman and her grandmother.

After a while, it is obvious that the young woman and the young programmer are interested in each other, because they are giving each other looks. Soon the train passes into a tunnel and it is pitch black. There is a sound of a kiss followed by the sound of a slap. When the train emerges from the tunnel, the four sit there without saying a word.

The grandmother is thinking to herself, "It was very brash for that young man to kiss my granddaughter, but I'm glad she slapped him."

The Project manager is sitting there thinking, "I didn't know the young tech was brave enough to kiss the girl, but I sure wish she hadn't missed him when she slapped me!"

The young woman was sitting and thinking, "I'm glad the guy kissed me, but I wish my grandmother had not slapped him!"

The young programmer sat there with a satisfied smile on his face. He thought to himself, "Life is good. How often does a guy have the chance to kiss a beautiful girl and slap his Project manager all at the same time!"

BE Smart!!

This story may be funny...but it makes it's point... Be smart ...always...

Arun

Amazing CPU casing.

2007-08-07T04:25:00.000-07:00

Feng shui Look The Sun Model

The Venom Look

Nerdy Style

Do I need to say?

Junk ;)

Racer

Devil's abode

Girly Stuff :)

Aztec Royal

I would really like to thank my friend Deepak who is doing B tech in Mohandas college in Kerala for sharing with me these cool eye candies...Dude You rock...

Arun

The Manager I never met...

2007-08-06T21:03:00.000-07:00

The day started on a sad note. My US manager is resigning (client side). He is going in search of richer pastures. Best wishes to him first of all. But I WON THE BEST BLOG OF THE DAY AWARD...THAT ROCKS... :)

I always wanted to see Scott. But he will be flying much farther now. Good for him. Will miss him as he was a supportive kind...not like the usual managers we hear about...even he visit to India was expected with excitement. Now this resignation comes crashing on us. Any way on a mixed note i am starting my day.

Yesterday my password got locked.So couldn't fill my official activity report ...so let me start working on it before Kavitha catch me for not filling the WAR( weekly activity report).By the way i am still on that java hack. A software engineer will never rest until a solution is provided. ;)

Hey by the way...check this out...online file conversion without the use of any installed software...Isn't it cool???

http://www.zamzar.com/

Arun

Java Hack --- external private variable access

2007-08-05T23:20:00.000-07:00

I always thought that in java private methods can be called only from within the defining class. but a session on python changed my perceptions. I love python ...but that is not the case...I found a secret about java vaguely in that python session...A java hack...REFLECTION.

I did a research on it. Many experts have written widely about it. I am still researching more into it. I will post a detailed full fledged study soon.
Here i will just give a simple example of accessing a prvate variable of a class from outside.

Ref: Java ranch

-----------------sample-------------------

class A {
private static String ProtectData() {
return "Secure Password";
}
}

public class Hack {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Class cl = Class.forName("A");
java.lang.reflect.Method[] m = cl.getDeclaredMethods();
m[0].setAccessible(true);
String pass = (String) m[0].invoke(null, null);
System.out.println("secure data:" + pass);
}
}

-----------------------------------------------------
Output:
secure data: Secure Password
-----------------------------------------------------

thanks Val for the guidance...
Arun

SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP

2007-08-05T21:00:00.000-07:00

This parable about a farmer who owned an old mule impressed me very much. It came with one of Sattaluri's non stop forwards. Most will be usually ridiculously philosophical or incredibly girly type. I mostly delete all after one look. But this one really made the point. Sharing it with you guys...

The mule fell into the farmer’s well. The farmer heard the mule ‘braying’- or- whatever mules do when they fall into wells. After carefully assessing the situation, the farmer sympathized with the mule, but decided that neither the mule nor the well was worth the trouble of saving. Instead, he called his neighbors together and told them what had happened…and enlisted them to help haul dirt to bury the old mule in the well and put him out of his misery.

Initially, the old mule was hysterical! But as the farmer and his neighbors continued shoveling and the dirt hit his back…a thought struck him. It suddenly dawned on him that every time a shovel load of dirt landed on his back…HE SHOULD SHAKE IT OFF AND STEP UP! This he did, blow after blow.

Shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up…shake it off and step up! he repeated to encourage himself. No matter how painful the blows, or distressing the situation seemed the old mule fought panic and just kept right on SHAKING IT OFF AND STEPPING UP!
You’re right! It wasn’t long before the old mule, battered and exhausted, STEPPED TRIUMPHANTLY OVER THE WALL OF THAT WELL! What seemed like would bury him, actually blessed him… all because of the manner in which he handled his adversity.

That’s Life! If we face our problems and respond to them positively, and refuse to give in to panic, bitterness, or self-pity…THE ADVERSITIES THAT COME ALONG TO BURY US USUALLY HAVE WITHIN THEM THE POTENTIAL TO BENEFIT AND BLESS US!

Arun

Bringing in friends..

2007-08-03T02:38:00.000-07:00

I hope that python script for anonymous mails i wrote wont cause any problems. I still doubt if the idea of publishing it was a good one. Anyway ... my creativity ..my property...

So i have made Lakshmi also join the blog bandwagon. Let us see if she can maintain the momentum. Anyway ,that also gave me a new inspiration to write more on my blogs. Even Robins is planning to revive his blog after nearly two months...

The problem with software engineers is that when they get a break during work, they cook up many idea. Does that mean that breaks are the cook pot for creativity? :) That was a cool idea...Even that came up during my lunch break...So it really works...

oh I forgot. i was saying about the problem ..right?? the birth of idea is not the problem... The urge to give a form to the idea is also not the problem. the problem is that they lose interest in the activity very soon or at least they wont get much time for that for a very long time... may be it is one of Murphy's law..what the hell..its my law.. ;)

So now i got some 1 hour after lunch..once the OSI work starts in full swing i will have lot of time..but only for coding....forget blog...when will i enjoy? I really hope some one see this and appreciate my commitment.. ;)

I was thinking of some incidents to show as examples for this...but see...i got some work...But still i think that if you have a strong will, then you can chase any dream...I repeat..chase..not attain...attainment of dream is the culmination of God's grace and commitment...

Arun

PYTHON SCRIPT to send anonymous mails.

2007-08-03T02:07:00.000-07:00

http://www.uploadyourimages.com/view/241318py_format.jpg

import smtplib
from email.MIMEText import MIMEText
def sendTextMail(to,sujet,text,server=""): #servername.company.com fro = "fake id" # you can give anything here.
mail = MIMEText(text)
mail['From'] = fro
mail['Subject'] =sujet
mail['To'] = to
smtp = smtplib.SMTP(server)
smtp.sendmail(fro, [to], mail.as_string())
smtp.close()
sendTextMail("[recepient id]","[subject]","[message content]")

Display legal notice on startup

2007-07-30T08:17:00.001-07:00

Registry Hacking
Display legal notice on startup:Wanna tell your friends about the do’s and dont’s in your computer when they login in your absence. Well you can do it pretty easily by displaying a legal notice at system start up.REGEDIT[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\system]“legalnoticecaption”=”enter your notice caption”“legalnoticetext”=”enter your legal notice text”

Use NotePad as dairy

2007-07-26T05:30:00.000-07:00

Use Notepad as dairy

1. Open a blank Notepad file.

2. Type .LOG as the first line of the file, followed by an Enter. Save the file and close it.

3. Double-click the file to open it and notice that Notepad appends the current date and time to the end of the file and places the cursor on the following line.

4. Type your notes and then save and close the file.

5. Each time you open the file, Notepad repeats the process, appending the time and date to the end of the file and placing the cursor below it.

Return Of The Angel...

2007-07-23T01:22:00.000-07:00

Dam it....i again forgot to post the blog..damn it....that rush to see shivaji really killed me..the film killed me big time..thats a different story...ok..that i will think about later..Now has to convert what ever i typed yesterday into past tense so that i can post it today..

But why?? I know what I did and when i did...So i will put blogs as i like...F*** Off who ever doesn't like it...

So here goes the forgotten blog of the past yesterday----------

"""She is sorry for everything she did ... So i decided to forgive... Again... But that is not the problem... Well, lets see...

So who could have stolen two cables from my lab machines....anyway Tejas was kind enough to give two new ones...Made in china... :) Machine Lakshmi screwed up is also working now...So lab is back in action...But i still doubt that some one did some serious mess up in my lab...

Started hearing that lagaan song...hmmm..not much inspiration coming out of it...I still feel sleepy after lunch... What the hell..who had lunch today? I had one big puffed bread with some shit...OK OK ..infy vocabulary..its called Channa batoora...That filled me ??? No way... Even the aloo paratha i had with shiva didn't fill me...But one thing is for sure...Mango juice in 'plantain leaf' sure rocks.

By the way...took tickets for shivaji..she took it with my credit card...so will be going by 5.15 bus...6:30 show..PVR....I know it is a damn bad masala flick...But shankar ,shreya and songs make it worthy...Man you should see shreya in those pics..she is awesome...

God..Praddy got a spot award...Hmmm...a bag came with it...that is cool...Corporate idea of motivating highly skilled overworked employees. ;-) It is not that i don't want one. But what is the point??? In nortel each and every1 is getting one spot award. So what is so special?? May be i will stop saying this when i get one...

Must hurry up..just 45 mins for the 5:15 bus...must remind kavitha a bit...ok...review for the code change approved....
I hope this check in works out... 'cc_update –m LATEST' did not work... Let me ask kavitha for the old command...
Ok the result is in...use cleartool ci ..that was so simple...just comments , defect id and bhoom ..check in... no merge, break or lengthy logs...old is always gold...
"

OK what ever happened after that is a big surprise..Will detail it after i check out the next 5.0(4) version.

Cheers,
Arun

Screwed...

2007-07-20T07:10:00.000-07:00

Now...that is sad... I am screwed... She screwed me... OK leave it...

By the way i am not the only one... My lab machine is also screwed..But this time it was Lakshmi... Who the hell thought a restore after this much coding will cause such a disaster? Any way disaster is the name of the project...So no worries... ;)

Again screwed..Today was the last date for submitting tax returns...and i slept happily thinking that it was on 30th..Screw you Amrutham... But i had all the documents to submit.But still she didnt submit.Waiting for her... Will have to find some tax consultant...

Anyway all problems with new check out is solved.. Let me jus wait for Jenni to give her machine details and i am good to go.That was a week long screwing...I hope it is over...Thank God...Hope check in will go without any such incidents.

These days eating samosas have increased to astronomical levels... found 1 new theory...size of the tea cup is inversely proportional to the rate of increase in the craving for the next cup of tea... :)

The funny thing is that they are planning to get me married to a girl who is just out of college. Hmmm....I dont want to tell this to her..Not this girl ...My girl.... how come only my parents want to get their son married so soon ?? Hmmmm...Anyway will discuss when they come here next month...

oops...time for last bus..Jenni is stilll not online..whatever ....gotta run....

Cheers,
Arun

Visit of the Titans...

2007-07-19T07:08:00.000-07:00

So this may not be a good way to start my blog. But I just wanted to start writing it, so firing off with things happening around me.May be i can improve it later. Still I cant be that bad...

Anyway still I haven't submitted my tax returns. Even she is waiting for me to file her returns also.Who cares... I got date till this 30th. Anyway i have applied for the leave. So will be going home for onam. A cool 9 day vacation. But 5 earned leaves of my remaining 6 gone...Hmm...cant afford any more stay-homes. I hope i don't be late for booking bus ticket for home. Damn...I cant afford going by plane again. First of all the low price ticket availability for august is gone... So bus will be the only option.

By the way...If ramesh don't approve my leave i am screwed...But he will 4 sure...Anyway kavitha has approved.More over it is to also to attend a team mate's marriage ..right?...so it is going to be fine...Still what the hell is the MICR code for icici Mysore? If i don't get that , i can never fill that tax return data sheet...I should have transferred my account to Bangalore long back...

Oh...I hope that client visit is over...The whole set up and preparation for that was gross... Still cant understand why we need to show this much discipline to them when even they think it's cool to hear songs during hard work and to have a carefully careless work station set up...American colonialism...No way..They are cool...We are just imagining being under some damn control...Whatever...

Wow...My code has downloaded completely from the build server. So now back to work. Will do more thinking later...By the way that mail showing that gal getting her flesh carved instead of tattooing still haunts me..Why does Appu send all these damn gross mails?? But still ...that flesh carving would be cool...Should find out where it is being done in Bangalore.... ;-)

Cheers,
Arun