Interesting Facts

Limited Connectivity Problem Solved

2012-01-08T00:18:00.004+05:30

If you are able to connect to a LAN but not to the Internet and if your network manager freaks you showing that you have Limited connectivity.Here is the solution...1. Use other static DNSa. Click "Start" menu, type "ncpa.cpl" (without quotation marks) in Search Box and press "OK".b. Select your local network.c. Click Properties, then select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).d. Click Properties.e. In

Conquering Klueless 7

2011-12-04T23:46:00.000+05:30

Disclaimer:I have not posted explicit hints. Its just a memoir on how I solved Klueless 7. It may still help you to reach the solution.November 12, 2011.I travelled to Coimbatore from Chennai and reached home at around 8:15 AM in the morning. After the usual routine at around 9:00 AM I logged in into the system and connected to Internet. As most people who use Internet do as soon as I connected

Impact of Job Change

2011-12-04T23:15:00.001+05:30

A taxi passenger tapped the driver on the shoulder to ask him a question.The driver screamed, lost control of the car, nearly hit a bus, went up on the footpath, and stopped centimeters from a shop window.For a second everything went quiet in the cab, and then the driver said:"Look mate, don't ever do that again. You scared the daylights out of me!"The passenger apologized and said, "I didn't

World's Largest Model Airport

2011-12-04T22:56:00.008+05:30

The world's largest model airport has opened at Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany, which is also home to the world’s largest model railway landscape.The model airport is based off of Hamburg's Fuhlsbüttel International airport. It includes a whopping list of accessories, including 40 planes, 40,000 lights, 15,000 figurines, 500 cars, 10,000 trees, 50 trains, 1000 wagons, 100 signals, 200

Interesting Facts-Yet another set of facts

2011-12-04T22:26:00.006+05:30

Ants Problem:Ants hate cucumbers.Keep the skin of cucumbers near the place or ant hole.To get pure and clean ice :Boil water first before freezing.To make the mirror shine:Clean with spiritTo remove chewing gum from clothes:Keep the cloth in the freezer for an hour.To whiten white clothes:Soak white clothes in hot water with a slice of lemon for 10 minutesTo get maximum juice out of lemons

Corporate Lesson - The Pig And The Horse

2011-12-04T21:32:00.002+05:30

There was a farmer who collected horses; he only needed one more breed to complete his collection. One day, he found out that his neighbor had the particular horse breed he needed. So, he constantly bothered his neighbor until he sold it to him. A month later, the horse became ill and he called the veterinarian, who said: - Well, your horse has a virus. He must take this medicine for three days.

The Nizam's Shoes

2011-12-04T21:16:00.004+05:30

Madan Mohan Malaviya was a freedom fighter, author, editor & publisher of newspapers, educationist, staunch Hindu. He is credited with popularising the slogan "Satymeva Jayate". He was the first one to establish a private university in India which is based on the model of historical Nalanda, Takasheela Vidya Peethams.When Malaviya was trying to build a good university, he had to overcome many

Facebook: This day Awaits you all

2011-12-04T21:11:00.003+05:30

The 76-year-old woman Walked Down the hallway of Clearview Addiction Clinic, Searching for the right department. She passed signs for the 'Heroin Addiction Department (HAD)', the 'Smoking Addiction Department (SAD)' and the 'Bingo Addiction Department (BAD)'. Then she spotted the department she was looking for: 'Facebook Addiction Department (FAD)'.It was the busiest department in the clinic,

Happy Anniversary-4

2011-10-19T21:22:00.002+05:30

Hi All,Its been quite some time since my last post. I have not abandoned this blog, it is just that the post frequency has come down. It is a temporary thing, I would revive it sooner rather than later.Almost forgot to tell you, this is the 4th anniversary of this blog. Thanks a lot for your support without which this blog would have been impossible.I promise to bring this blog back on track at

A Pre-School Test For You

2011-08-04T12:06:00.002+05:30

Which way is the bus below traveling?To the left or to the right? Can't make up your mind?Look carefully at the picture again.Still don't know?...... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..Primary school children were shown this picture and asked the same question.90% of them gave this answer:"The bus is travelling to the right.."When asked, "Why do you think the bus is travelling to

Yet another optical illusion

2011-07-24T10:57:00.001+05:30

First look at the photo from left side and then from the right side amazing right?

1GB - 20 Years Ago and Now!

2011-07-24T10:51:00.001+05:30

A boy with 34 Fingers!

2011-07-24T10:40:00.004+05:30

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), July 20 (ANI): Akshat, a baby boy over the age of one, registered his name in the Guinness world records for having a total of 34 fingers and toes.He has set the record for having the highest number of fingers and toes and hails from the Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.Amrita Saxena, the mother of the child, said it was difficult for her to believe that her son broke

4 Criminals Puzzle

2011-07-20T22:36:00.005+05:30

4 criminals are caught and are to be punished. The Judge allows them to be freed if they can solve a puzzle. If they do not, they will be hung. They agreed.The 4 criminals are lined up on some steps (shown in picture). They are all facing in the same direction. A wall separates the fourth man from the other three.So to summarize:Man 1 can see men 2 and 3.Man 2 can see man 3.Man 3 can see none of

The Hidden Tiger

2011-07-17T17:46:00.002+05:30

Find the hidden tiger in the below picture!

A Village in Iran

2011-07-17T16:00:00.006+05:30

Following are the images of a village in Iran!Really surprising!

Posters

2011-07-17T15:53:00.001+05:30

Have you seen such posters anywhere else?

What is the meaning of "back burner"?

2011-07-16T18:54:00.002+05:30

The usual expression is "put something on the back burner". Most gas stoves in our country have two burners. In the U.S., most stoves have four burners — two in the front, and two in the back. I understand dishes are normally put on the back burner when they don't require the cook's immediate attention. So, when you say that you are putting something on the back burner, what you mean is that you

Five Monkeys Theory (Wet Monkey Theory)

2011-07-13T23:41:00.003+05:30

Softly Softly Catchee Monkey

2011-07-13T23:24:00.003+05:30

You must not be led aside by fits of disinclination or annoyance; if you give way to these you will never succeed. Patience and perseverance win the day. "Softly, softly, catchee monkey."Managers, Teachers, Parents, Users, Stakeholders and other Authority Figures seem to want it done right, done immediately, and never done again (DoItRightTheFirstTime). Of course you can't deliver on such

HTTP Status Code

2011-07-13T22:14:00.005+05:30

Following is a list of all the available HTTP 1.1 status codes, along with their associated message and interpretation. You should be cautious in using the status codes that are available only in HTTP 1.1, since many browsers still only support HTTP 1.0. If you do use status codes specific to HTTP 1.1, in most cases you want to either explicitly check the HTTP version of the request (via the

Grocery List

2011-07-12T22:42:00.001+05:30

Wow!

Motivation

2011-07-12T22:18:00.005+05:30

Internal motivation comes from within, such as pride, a sense of achievement, responsibility and belief.There was a young boy who used to come for regular practice but always played in the reserves and never made it to the soccer eleven. While he was practicing, his father used to sit at the far end, waiting for him.The matches had started and for four days, he didn't show up for practice or the

Car Puzzle

2011-07-11T22:36:00.005+05:30

This is an interesting car puzzle. All you have to do is take the car out of this maze!

Desicion Making

2011-07-10T09:46:00.004+05:30

A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other disused. Only one child played on the disused track, the rest on the operational track.The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. You can make the train change its course to the disused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the

Excellence!

2011-06-12T18:00:00.003+05:30

A German once visited a temple under construction where he slaw a sculptor making an idol of God. Suddenly he noticed a similar idol lying nearby. Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?" "No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage." The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage.

The Dreams of 3 Animals

2011-06-12T17:47:00.003+05:30

Funny Definitions of Designations in IT World

2011-06-12T17:04:00.005+05:30

Project Manager is a Person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in One month.Developer is a Person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a Baby.Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks single woman can deliver nine babies in one month.Client is the one who doesn't know why he wants a baby.Marketing Manager is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if no man and woman are

The Height Of Attitude

2011-01-13T13:15:00.003+05:30

One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn't too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the president's secret service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner.Following this

Are you smart enough to solve this Picture Puzzle?

2010-11-03T12:11:00.004+05:30

Try to guess the meaning of each picture, first one is "seven seas".View comments section to find the solution. Do that only after you give a crack at this!

Frog IQ Game

2010-11-02T16:28:00.006+05:30

Try moving the frogs at one end to the other end!

A photo with a great meaning in it ...!

2010-11-02T16:16:00.002+05:30

½ a second before Tsunami

2010-11-02T15:16:00.001+05:30

This picture was taken on the banks of Sumatra Island (the height of waves was of approx. 32 m = 105 ft).It was found saved in a digital camera, 1 ½ years after the disaster.We cannot know for sure, but very likely the one who took the picture is not alive any more (it was just a matter of seconds).Today we can see the last image he/ she saw before ending life on this part of planet Earth!It

The woodcutter and The axe (Remix version-The Software Engineer and The Machine)

2010-11-02T12:16:00.004+05:30

Once upon a time, there was a software engineer who used to develop programs on his Pentium machine, sitting under a tree on the banks of a river. He used to earn his bread by selling those programs in the Sunday market.One day, while he was working, his machine tumbled off the table and fell in the river. Encouraged by the Panchatantra story of his childhood (the woodcutter and the axe), he

True Love Story

2010-11-02T12:01:00.004+05:30

I was sitting on the footpath right outside my hostel building with all my bags packed, waiting for the golf cart which had to drop me till the gate of the Infosys campus in Mysore. I looked at the surroundings. Road was empty and there was no one around. All the trainees were attending classes as it was around eleven in the morning. A lovely breeze was blowing and I could see some birds frisking

Interesting Facts Reloaded!

2010-11-02T00:33:00.010+05:30

'Stewardesses' is the longest word typed with only the left hand and 'lollipop' with your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.'Dreamt' is the only English word that ends in the letters 'mt'. (Are you doubting this?)Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.The

The Singapore Way

2010-11-02T00:13:00.004+05:30

Click on the image to enlarge it!

3rd Anniversary of this blog...

2010-10-19T12:19:00.002+05:30

Of late, I am not posting in my blog as frequent as I used to post. Infact, this is my first post in the nearly 3 months. The reason behind this hibernation is my training period at Infosys. The training is over on Nov 17,2010, from which the blog would be back to normal.Forgot to tell you, its been 3 golden years since this blog has been started. Thanks for your overwhelming support. Without

Lessons learnt from a Puzzle

2010-07-05T16:35:00.014+05:30

Atlast I am posting something in my blog. I am planning to post my travelogue on Malaysia-Singapore trip and Experience in Infosys after my training is over in Infosys (those are two REALLY BIG posts). Even this post is based on something that I learnt in Infosys training. It is no rocket science that we learn overnight. It was self-realization.I was sitting in the Personal Effectiveness class(a

How to delete photos from blogger?

2010-04-29T12:54:00.002+05:30

I've awaited this feature for ages and it's been here for months. I haven't seen it documented anywhere, so what I'm offering is my observations. They're still exciting. Aside from deleting the whole post and choosing to delete the photo, as well, there certainly are options.Situations1. You uploaded a photo, deleted the post, and kept the photo.2. You uploaded a photo, deleted it from the

Letter to the railways

2010-04-29T12:22:00.004+05:30

An interesting letter written in 1909 to the Indian Railways(then British):"I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and my belly is too much swelling with jackfruit. I am therefore went to privy. Just I doing the nuisance that guard making whistle blow for train to go off and I am running with lotah in one hand and dhoti in the next when I am fall over and expose all my shocking to man

The Return Statement

2010-04-28T22:02:00.029+05:30

This is my second short story. Hope you like it!!! I first saw that machine in his lab. It was too big to be called as a lab. It would be appropriate to call it as a laboratory. Coming back to the machine, it was neither stupendous nor stupid. Imagine a car with a rear that was the mirror image of the front. Further the car had only one door with a small window sized less than a square

Find your invisible friends in gmail chat using gtalk!

2010-04-24T10:36:00.008+05:30

If you want to find say xyz@gmail.com is invisible or not. Open your gtalk application and type the email address or username in top search textbox.Click the profile, it opens in new window as usual.Click on the down arrow button in the top right corner of the window, and you can see Go off the record link there.Message appears in red text if your friend is really offlineIf the person is

Understood or Shall I repeat the lesson?

2010-04-22T00:43:00.002+05:30

Solution for windows users when grub loader displays error 17

2010-04-21T16:12:00.006+05:30

Is the grub loader displaying error 17 or error 22 and not loading any of your OS? Here is the solution for you!!!The error that tormented meYou can simply follow my previous post. But what if you don't have the windows xp cd?As an HP customer, I was not provided with windows xp boot cd (I had to copy a windows xp boot from my friend). Instead I was provided only with the recovery cd! So I made a

How to get rid of the grub loader and replace it with boot loader(Windows default loader)?

2010-04-21T16:05:00.005+05:30

No more torture with this screen!!!Insert the XP boot cd.Press R when prompted, it opens the cd in recovery mode.Use the following commands:FIXBOOT C:FIXMBRBOOTCFG /rebuildI noticed that i ended up with a second instance of "Microsoft Windows XP Professional" in the NTLoader when I start up. But that can be corrected by editing the boot.ini file in Windows.

Hibernating Windows XP from the command prompt

2010-04-19T10:29:00.004+05:30

Do you want to hibernate windows from the command prompt?rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendStateThis command will do the job for you.To even further simplify this you can put those commands in a batch file. So instead of typing the whole command each time you can use shorter commands.Make sure the batch is put in the %systemroot%\system32 directory so the command will execute from anywhere.Here

How to hibernate Windows XP at a specified time?

2010-04-19T09:19:00.005+05:30

A slight improvisation in yesterday's post about shutting down windows xp at a specified time. Wouldn't it be cool if you could hibernate at a specified time?Here is the command to do thatat 07:54 rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

How to shutdown Windows XP at a specified time?

2010-04-18T12:09:00.008+05:30

I wanted to shutdown my system at a specified time. Tried to add a job in the command prompt and it actually worked.To shutdown when no other process is running, use:at 07:54 shutdown -sTo shutdown when other processes are running, use:at 07:54 shutdown -fThis command forces the exes to close!

How to be Invisible In Gtalk?

2010-04-10T14:01:00.009+05:30

We all miss one of the great awaited feature of how to set invisible status in gtalk. Just like yahoo messenger invisible status in gtalk will allow you to be online without being bugged by gtalk friends when you are at work or don’t feel like to be annoyed by your gtalk friends.But the regular gtalk version provided by google does not allow you to be in invisible mode when you are logged

Create Desktop Shortcut To Chat With Your Favorite Gtalk Buddies

2010-04-10T13:53:00.004+05:30

A useful trick for google talk users, which allows you to create desktop shortcuts for launching the chat window.For example, I frequently chat with some person xyz@gmail.com in google talk, so every time I want to chat with him I would need to search and type his name or gmail id in search bar or you can also enable to see all online contacts by enabling the scrollbar.So, if you don’t want to

How to change Windows shutdown screen?

2010-04-06T19:33:00.006+05:30

What to do when something has happened such that her shutdown screen in Windows XP has changed from the screen with typical "three choice buttons" (standby, turn-off, restart) to a mini-window with some sort of drop down menu?How to change back to the old windows shutdown screen?Still can't get hold of the question?Look at the following pictures.Screen 1Screen 2How to change shutdown screen from

Windows XP File Sharing

2010-04-06T18:28:00.007+05:30

Windows XP lets you share a computer's disks and folders with other computers on the network, using a method called Simple File Sharing. And it really is simple. If a disk or folder is shared, everyone on the network can access it. There are no user permissions and no passwords. Because sharing in this way is so wide open, Windows XP tries to protect you from some potential security risks.Right

Memoirs of a boy who became a man-4 (Entry)

2010-04-03T21:04:00.004+05:30

I would like to call this post “Entry”After the semester exams were over, I was thinking of possible ways to spend the forty day holiday and decided that attending some computer class might be handy. So I fixed upon C++ in NIIT and Karthi joined it too. Arun didn’t want to join that. Karthi came with his neighbour Dhinesh to the class. The classes were going pretty well. A guy(can’t call him sir,

How to connect WIFI in Nokia 5800 Express Music?

2010-04-03T13:15:00.000+05:30

In your phone go to...Menu---> Settings ---> Connectivity --–> Destinations ---> InternetOn wireless network Name (PRIORITY:1 obviously i don't know what that may be, for me it was WA1003A)options edit advanced settings IPv4 settings options Change all the details, that can be copied from your computer.To find them on your computer go to Start--->Run--->Type "cmd" in the run box when you get the

How to configure Quidway WA1003A modem for Wifi?

2010-04-03T13:02:00.004+05:30

Click on the above image and follow the procedures.Article Source: http://www.calcuttatelephones.com/dataoneinstall/mu05.html

How to improve download speed in vuze?

2010-03-06T23:33:00.002+05:30

There's a couple steps you can take to increase your speeds on Azureus (now known as Vuze). First, open the program and click on "tools" then "options". when the options window opens, click on the "mode" section. Set the mode to "advanced". Click the save tab.Now click the "connections" menu item. Note the port it's using for TCP. Make sure that port is open if you're using any kind of firewall

Import Contacts from CSV format to Cell Phone

2010-01-25T16:28:00.003+05:30

1. Open Outlook Express2. New Address Book3. Import CSV (map the fields)4. Copy contacts and paste it in the mobile!Simple and powerful method :-)

GMail Easter Eggs: Email Aliases & Dot Blindess

2010-01-16T13:35:00.005+05:30

Here are two unexplored features in GMail that will can make your Gmail inbox spam proof.Gmail Easter Egg 1:GMail allows email aliases and unlike Yahoo mail which lets you create just one extra email alias, GMail lets you create infinite number of aliases.An email sent to paris.hilton@gmail.com or paris.hilton+fans @gmail.com or paris.hilton+blog@gmail.com will all be redirected to one common

Virtuoso 2010

2010-01-09T15:42:00.006+05:30

Virtuoso `10 is a national level technical symposium that's held at my college on Feb 11 and 12 by the department of Computer Science and engineering and Information Technology. I had designed a game called cyber cipher. Take a look at it!Virtuoso main site Link: http://www.virtuoso10.comCyber Cipher Direct Link: http://www.cc.virtuoso10.com

How a software is developed?

2010-01-08T18:50:00.003+05:30

A very true pic!

Black Man Poem

2010-01-02T23:07:00.000+05:30

A great poem....When I born, I black,When I grow up, I black,When I go in sun, I black,When I cold, I black,When I scared, I black,When I sick, I black,And when I die, I still black.You white folks....When you born, you pink,When you grow up, you white,When you go in sun, you red,When you cold, you blue,When you scared, you yellow,When you sick, you green,When you bruised, you purple,And when you

A program that helped me understand float!

2009-12-08T18:19:00.006+05:30

I did not understand the storage of float in C/C++ until I have executed this program by accident.#include#includevoid main(){int i;clrscr();float f=0.7;cout.precision(10);cout<

IT Industry in India after 3 years!

2009-12-08T15:14:00.004+05:30

What will happen after 3 yrs from now if cognizant, infosys, tcs keep on recruiting at the current pace in India?

Infosys... The Persistaltic Wave Called Fate!

2009-12-08T10:26:00.016+05:30

I got placed in Infosys yesterday. It was the day when I understood the true power of fate! I understood it on Feb 24 2008. When I fractured my hand after a series of coincidences. Yesterday was one such day too. But the good thing is that I ended up with a job!December 7, 2009Me and Karthi had planned to under-perform in Infosys. To get into Accenture. Karthi woke me up at 7:00 AM. Then I was

Cognizant... It is written!

2009-12-05T00:17:00.017+05:30

I got placed today. Yesterday to be accurate. Only five hours and ten minutes have passed since my placement in Cognizant. But appears like it has been ages!I wanted to share my interview experience with you. December 3 was announced long back as the first round date. My semester exams were over on November 24. And I relaxed for a couple of days. Then downloaded Vidathu Karuppu (Marma Desam)

100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know

2009-11-21T22:32:00.001+05:30

The editors of the American Heritage® dictionaries have compiled a list of 100 words they recommend every high school graduate should know.“The words we suggest,” says senior editor Steven Kleinedler, “are not meant to be exhaustive but are a benchmark against which graduates and their parents can measure themselves. If you are able to use these words correctly, you are likely to have a superior

My Favourite Dialogues from Various Films

2009-11-11T18:04:00.011+05:30

Kung Fu PandaMr. Ping: C'mere, c'mere. The secret ingredient is... (Pause) nothing.Po: (Completely surprised) Huh?Mr. Ping: You heard me. Nothing. There is no secret ingredient.Po: Wait, wait... It's just plain old noodle soup? You don't add some kind of special sauce or something?Mr. Ping: Don't have to. To make something special, you just have to believe it's special.(Po takes the Dragon Scroll

Cracking Klueless 5... 38 Levels and 3.8 Days

2009-11-10T07:14:00.014+05:30

If your name is not there in the list then don't get disappointed. The inner satisfaction that you get after completing any version of Klueless is unparalleled. So, start playing!!!This is what the klueless team says in their hall of fame. Infact, I was very happy too, though I didn't make it to the klueless 4 Hall of fame, last year, finishing it gave me an inner satisfaction. But this year, I

Much ado about nothing

2009-11-05T12:50:00.001+05:30

Meaning A great deal of fuss over nothing of importance. Origin This phrase is sometimes shortened just to 'much ado'. It is of course from Shakespeare's play - Much Ado About Nothing, 1599. He had used the word ado, which means business or activity, in an earlier play - Romeo and Juliet, 1592:"Weele keepe no great adoe, a Friend or two."

THIS YEAR'S "Not My Job" AWARD

2009-11-04T22:42:00.003+05:30

And the winner isINDIAN National Highway Department (Painting Division)

World’s First Photo

2009-11-04T22:38:00.003+05:30

One summer day in France in 1826, Joseph Niepce took the world's first photograph. It's a photo of some farm buildings and the sky. It took an exposure time of 8 hours. Voila! It had to feel pretty incredible, like magic.No one's exactly sure how he did this or what chemicals were used. All that's known for sure is that the photo is on an 8"x 6.5" pewter plate. It's so faint it has to be tilted

Show or hide the "My recent documents" from XP Start menu

2009-11-02T11:35:00.003+05:30

The My Recent Documents folder on the Windows XP Start menu displays a list of files and documents that you most recently used.Removing the Recent Documents link from XP Start MenuTo remove the My Recent Documents folder from XP Start Menu, try this:Right-click Start, and then click PropertiesClick Customize Click the Advanced tab Under Recent documents, uncheck List my most recently opened

Software bug

2009-10-25T17:47:00.003+05:30

A software bug is the common term used to describe an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program or system that produces an incorrect or unexpected result, or causes it to behave in unintended ways. Most bugs arise from mistakes and errors made by people in either a program's source code or its design, and a few are caused by compilers producing incorrect code. A program that

How to add two numbers by using a single variable?

2009-10-22T23:04:00.001+05:30

#includevoid main(){int a;clrscr();a=(scanf("%d",&a)+a-1)+(scanf("%d",&a)+a-1);printf("%d",a);getch();}

How to find sum of two variables without using an operator?

2009-10-21T20:07:00.002+05:30

#includevoid main(){ int a=3,b=2,c; c=printf("%*d%*d",a,1,b,1); clrscr(); printf("%d",c); getch();}To understand more about this printf, Click here

Kakuro... An intresting game!

2009-10-19T18:45:00.008+05:30

Kakuro puzzles resemble crosswords which use numbers instead of words. The aim of the game is to fill all the blank squares in the grid with only the numbers 1-9 so that the numbers you enter add up to the corresponding clues. When the grid is filled, the puzzle is complete. Sometimes called "Cross-sums" or "Kakro", Kakuro is Sudoku's bigger (and harder) brother.Kakuro puzzle grids can be any

2nd Anniversary of this blog...

2009-10-19T12:53:00.001+05:30

Proud moment for me. So soon, it has become two years since this blog has been started. This blog was the first useful thing I did after turning 18 and it is growing old along with me! This is the 279th post in my blog. I planned to touch VVS Lakshman's magical figure of 281 to make this post memorable. But couldn't do it. Because I can't post in my blog just for the sake of posting. One kind

Memoirs of a boy who became a man-3 (The Drop)

2009-10-18T17:34:00.004+05:30

This post is called ‘The Drop’.Internal exam was a cakewalk for me. I had time to study from 8:30 to 10:45. I would study and then write exam from 10:45 to 12:45. Then after noon exam would be 2:00 to 4:00. I didn’t even go to my class during the internal exam. I studied with Raj Kamal in Mechatronics. I performed really well. Only a girl named Gauthami performed better than me. I was quite happy

Interesting Facts about Animals

2009-10-18T14:35:00.003+05:30

Memoirs of a boy who became a man-2 (Fear)

2009-10-18T13:20:00.008+05:30

This post would be called Fear.Yes, fear because I was afraid of the persons who had taken up the same course as me. I picked up when there were 5 seats remaining. Which means that there were nearly 30 people who had far superior cut-off to me and they should be more intelligent than me. So I should work really hard to compete with them.I had never been industrious in my life except for my

Memoirs of a boy who became a man-1 (Peristaltic Wave)

2009-10-18T08:09:00.012+05:30

I wanted to share my life at college. Its no secret. Its a reminiscence of my college life. I have named this post as Peristaltic Wave. I first heard this term when I was studying about the process of digestion in my zoology book, when I was in twelfth standard.An interesting factWhen you consume food, whatever might be the posture in which you are, even if you are hanging upside down, the food

A fictitious Story about an Open Source Program that I attended (Encounter With Pukka Ram!)

2009-10-14T12:11:00.010+05:30

All characters in this story are fictitious, but any resemblance to people living or dead may be considered purely intentional ;-).Last week, there was a program conducted in my department on Open Source technologies. A person named Pukka Ram from LGISL was the one who was to speak on it. Couple of minutes into the meeting, I found that it was not about Open Source but about selling Projects to

Twitter

2009-10-14T10:08:00.005+05:30

Atlast I have joined twitter. I have the habit of reading Singer Chinmayi's blog(though she has many other faces, I would like to refer her so!), once in a while. She had a side widget saying, "Follow me on twitter"!My friend Surya had been saying that Twitter was an innovative concept and was different from the normal websites, couple of months back. I used to wonder about his statement. I have

My last lab

2009-10-13T13:38:00.002+05:30

Today I had my semester practical examination in Internet Programming lab. It happens to be a special exam, in many ways. I prepared for this exam for 30 mins today morning from 6:15 to 6:45. I had to prepare the chat program, which was the only program in that lab that needed some preparation. I was playing International Cricket Captain and watching Champions league T20 games yesterday. It was

Windows and Internet Tips & Tricks

2009-10-11T16:41:00.002+05:30

You can switch users without going through the Welcome screen: From Task Manager, go to the Users tab, right-click a user, and select Connect.---------------------------------------------------------------Hold down the shift key in the shutdown dialog to change "Stand By" to "Hibernate". Or just press H to hibernate instantly. You can even use the Power Control Panel to configure your power

Facts about Nokia

2009-10-10T16:04:00.001+05:30

After two years I had changed my mobile model.From nokia 6300 I had moved to its successor 6303.Some interesting facts about nokia, to mark this occassion!Mine is the one in the left!1) The ringtone "Nokia tune" is actually based on a 19th century guitar work named "Gran Vals" by Spanish musician Francisco Tárrega. The Nokia Tunewas originally named "Grande Valse" on Nokia phones but was changed

A Java Program (ScrollPane Sample)

2009-10-10T15:33:00.002+05:30

An interesting java program that caught my attention is the one that follows!import java.awt.BorderLayout;import javax.swing.Icon;import javax.swing.ImageIcon;import javax.swing.JFrame;import javax.swing.JLabel;import javax.swing.JScrollPane;public class ScrollSample { public static void main(String args[]) { String title = "JScrollPane Sample"; JFrame frame = new JFrame(title);

Input Problem in C

2009-10-10T15:17:00.003+05:30

Following is a program that was given to my juniors in the C-Debugging finals. It was quite surprising that no one solved it, in an efficient manner!Only Vivek and Sathish from third year did some justice to the program!#includevoid main(){int x;char c,h;clrscr();printf("\n Enter a character:");scanf("%c", &c);printf(" The first character entered was:%c",c);printf("\n Enter another

A tour around Java in a Fortnight-Night 1-Why Java?

2009-10-03T19:35:00.003+05:30

Hope you meditated enough.It's been quite some time since my last post.I had been really busy organizing the Intra Virtuoso events for my college juniors. Anyway getting back to the post, we shall continue from where we left...No preprocessor directives in JavaWhich means that, Java uses something else to makeup!It uses a technique which we would be calling as...Importing of ClassesConsider the

A nice Story

2009-09-21T21:20:00.005+05:30

Once upon a time there was a shepherd looking after his sheep on the side of a deserted road. Suddenly a brand new Porsche screeches to a halt.The driver, a man dressed in an Armani suit, Cerutti shoes, Ray-Ban sunglasses, TAG-Heuer wrist-watch, and a Pierre Cardin tie, gets out and asks the Shepherd: If I can tell you how many sheep you have, will you give me one of them?"The shepherd looks at

Time to read some facts...

2009-09-13T14:22:00.002+05:30

1. Coca-Cola was originally green.2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed. 3.The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with. 4. The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.5. There are two credit cards for every person in the United States. 6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.7. Women blink

Send mail to all your friends in gmail

2009-09-08T20:37:00.003+05:30

Recently, I had to send a mail to all my friends.So I was searching for a method to do it.That's when I found this pretty useful video in youtube!

A simpler way to find the sum of n digits

2009-09-07T22:02:00.005+05:30

Today, I was speaking with my Internet Programming lecturer, Mr. Gupta. He was sharing his experience on teaching C to the first year mechanical class. He said, he couldn't explain the logic of adding sum of n digits to a student. He employed the usual strategy of leaving out the nines in the number. (The student didn't know that simple logic it seems!)That's when this idea struck me. If you have

A tour around Java in a Fortnight-Day 1-Why Java?

2009-09-06T11:02:00.015+05:30

What Java does not have?No functions in Java (Only Methods)Function vs. Method1. C++ functions could be present inside and outside the class.2. But java methods could be written inside classes only.No pointers in Java1. Pointers lead to confusion.2. Pointers crash program easily. (Addition of 2 pointers, Runtime memory leakage-dangling pointers)3. Pointers break security.No operator overloading

A tour around Java in a Fortnight-Introduction

2009-09-06T09:44:00.011+05:30

I had been spending my last fortnight with Java. As I was studying, I understood its power and the flexibility it gives to a programmer. Though I have learnt Java in bits and pieces, I have not learnt it from the basic (ie., from the origin, history, architecture,..). In my college, we students have not been attending the classes for the past one week due to the fear of getting infected from

Cool Pictures

2009-09-04T09:29:00.003+05:30

Following are few photoshop works I liked.A baby playing his own trick to the mumYoung at heart(s)-Shadow acts as the mind reader

How our inner Ego sometimes misjudges a person?

2009-09-04T09:23:00.001+05:30

A lady in a faded gray dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun suit walked in timidly without an appointment into the Harvard University President's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Harvard."We want to see the President "the man said softly."He'll be busy all day "the

Top 10 Most Expensive Accidents in History

2009-09-01T16:43:00.005+05:30

Throughout history, humans have always been prone to accidents. Some, such as the exotic car crashes seen on this page, can be very expensive. But that's trivial compared to the truly expensive accidents. An accident is defined as "an undesirable or unfortunate happening that occurs unintentionally and usually results in harm, injury, damage, or loss". Our aim is to list the top 10 most expensive

Feared of Phobias!

2009-09-01T16:35:00.004+05:30

Achluophobia Fear of darkness.Acousticophobia Fear of noise.Acrophobia Fear of heights.Agoraphobia Fear of open spaces or of being in crowded places.Ailurophobia Fear of cats.Alektorophobia Fear of chickens.Alliumphobia Fear of garlic.Allodoxaphobia Fear of opinions.Altophobia Fear of heights.Amaxophobia Fear of riding in a car.Ambulophobia Fear of walking.Ancraophobia or Anemophobia Fear of