Saturday, March 31, 2007

नेपाल टेलिकमको चर्तिकला

नेपाल दुरसञ्चार, नेपाल टेलिकममा परिणत हुँदासम्म यसले खासै केही सकारा्त्मक कार्यक्रमहरु ल्याउन सकेन। वास्तवमा हामीलाइ क लागेको थियो भने सरकारी स्वामित्वबाट छुटेर निजी कार्य प्रणालीमा जाँदा यसले सर्वसाधारणको हितको लागि कार्य गर्नेछ भन्ने लागेको थियो तर त्यस्तो भएन । यिनीहरुको ठगीको,अदुर्दर्शिताको प्रत्यक्षदर्शी मात्र भएर बस्यौ । हुन त "जस्तै विउ, उस्तै रुख " भने झै त्यो बेलाको सरकारसँग आशा गर्ने ठाँउ पनि थिएन । तर आज समय फेरिएको छ । सुचना तथा सञ्चार मन्त्रालयको बागडोर माओवादीको पोल्टामा परेको छ । उनीहरुलाइ सँसारमा दुर्त गतिमा बिकास भइरहेको सञ्चार माध्यमको पुर्ण ज्ञान छ । यस हिसाबमा नेपाललाइ छिट्टैनै उनीहरुले सुचना तथा प्रविधिको क्षेत्रमा बिकास गर्नेछ भन्नेमा दुईमत छैन।

खासै भन्नु पर्दा अहिलेसम्मका अवस्था निकै नै डामाडोल थियो र छ । नेपाल टेलिकमले विभिन्न बहानामा हामी जस्ता उपभोक्ताबाट बिभिन्न शिर्षकमा करहरु लिदै आएका छन् । कर वापत हामीले कुनै सविधा पाएका छैनौ । टेलिकमसँग मेरो एउटै गुनासो के रह्यो भने उनीहरु विश्वका अरु राष्ट्रहरुसँग प्रविधिको मामिलामा प्रतिस्पर्धा गर्न सकेनन। अरु राष्ट्रका टेलिकमहरु आफ्ना ग्राहकलाई कसरी सहुलियत प्रदान गरुँ भन्ने ठान्छन् तर यहाँ चाँहि कसरी "यी सोझा-साझा" ग्राहकसँग बढी भन्दा बढी फाइदा लिन सकियोस् भन्ने सोच छ। त्यसैले त अहिलेसम्म सरकारले VOIP लाई मान्यता दिएको छैन। पुरानो प्रविधिमा अपनाएको आफ्नो सँरचना र आफ्नो पुँजी डब्ने डरले होस् वा अरु विविध कमिसनको खेलले होस् टेलिकमले नेपाली गरिब जनताहरुलाई लुटिनै रहेको छ।

उदाहरणको निम्ति नेपालीले ३ रूपैयामा अमेरिका कल गर्न सक्छ भने त्यस्तो किसिमको प्रविधिलाई किन मान्यता नदिने ? के टलिकमको PSTN मै आधारित पुरानो सँरचनामा आधारित सेवाहरु मात्रै प्रयोग गरी रहनु पर्ने ? टेलिकमले झुटको खेती गरेको धेरै समय भइसक्यो । कहिल्ये भन्छ fibre optics को सञ्जालले देश भरिका सगम,दुर्गम ठाँउमा broadband internet ल्याँउछु, कहिले भन्छ देशभरिकै जिल्लामा मोवाइल सेवालाई विस्तारित गर्छु, कहिले भन्छ यसो गर्छु, त्यसो गर्छु । सब गफ जस्तो लाग्न थालिसक्यो ।

आफ्नो क्षमता भन्दा बढी सिमकार्ड बाँडने, जनतालाई झुक्काएर सस्तो लोकप्रियता कमाउने,Fibre optics लाई तुरुन्त देशभर नफैलाएर त्यसको फाइवरलाइ यत्तिकै सडाउने, नचाँहिदो गरिवमारा थोत्रा प्रविधिलाई काखी च्यापी रहने, अनावश्यक कर लिएर चाँहिदो काममा अग्रसर नहुनु, विश्वस्तरिय प्रविधिलाई विभिन्न नाम दिएर थिचोमिचो गर्नु, हुँदा हुँदा 'अपराधी'सम्म भन्न बेर नलाउने टलिकमबाट अरु के आशा गर्नु, जव यो नाफा कमाउन मात्र बसेको व्यापारी जस्तो भइसक्यो। कम्तीमा व्यापारीले दिएको समान त राम्रो पर्ला तर टेलिकमले दिएको सेवामा कुनै पनि ठाँउमा सन्तोष मान्नु पर्ने अवस्था हाललाई छैन।

हुन त यो सब भनिएका कार्य गर्नलाई समय त अवश्य नै लाग्ला तर जति अग्रसरता देखाउनु पर्ने हो , त्यो देखाएको छैन। दुर्गम भाग केही जनताले ताररहित CDMA फोनको उपभोग नगरेका होइनन् तर टेलिकमले जे गर्छु भनेको छ, त्यो चाँहि गरेर देखाउनु पर्ने हो। किनभने ऊ आइते‍-जाइते कम्पनी होइन, जनता माथि जवाफदेही हुन सिक्नु पर्छ।

अब जे होस्, माओवादीले सञ्चार र प्रविधिमा अवश्य नै केही विकास गर्ला भन्ने आशा पलाएको छ । वँहाहरुलाई थाहा छ, देशको कुन चाँहि क्षेत्रमा विकास् गरिएमा देशलाइ फाइदा हुनेछ भनेर । अहिले सारा विश्व, सुचना तथा सञ्चार प्रविधिमा लगानि गरेर लाभान्वित भइरहेका छन् । नेपाल त्यसमा चक्ने कुरै भएन। माओवादीको सरकारले अवश्यनै हामी जस्ता पिडित उपभोक्ताको पक्षमा केही काम गर्नुहुनेछ भन्ने म जस्ता थुप्रैलाई आशा पलाएको छ ।

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CONDOM - A browser??????????



I was surfing net but stumbled upon some strange name "Browser-Condom". At first, i thought it's a prank but it wasn't. Those developers have named their new internet browser as "Browser Condom". 'Browser Condom' is currently in Alpha phase that means it's in early development phase.

So, 'vappware' a software developing company who is maker of upcoming full fledged 'browser condom' is currently seeking testers around the world.

The logic behind this CONDOM resembles a lot to real life action. If any bad scripts get executed, it wouldn't go behind the layer of CONDOM(Browser), that means, other files of computer are safe. So, i really don't know how are they going to do this, i mean make their browser wear that layer just like a condom but i'm sure, this is gonna be a buzzword in a coming days soon or may be not.

The name CONDOM.. ha ha ha ha.. i'm not sure female surfers would use it because, look at their promotional graphics.. it's male condom's picture out there.. Moreover, it's just packed like a real world condom. IE/Outlook/windows all 'c o n d o m e d'. :)

After all, it's just a software with it's own uniqueness.

For more details, http://www.vappware.com/vapp/

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Latest 'Google Pack' NEW

Google Pack.. it's a collection of utility softwares which google made for it's users. Users mean everyone who knows a word about google. I happen to use couple of them in google pack like google earth,picasa,google desktop search, google sketch, google talk etc.

More of a fascination, another third-parties have joined the clan. Symantec's Norton Security Scan,a free antivirus has been added. Similarly, PC Tool's Spyware Doctor is another addition to the pack which claims to offer a faster scan, better protection from all malwares/spywares . Guess what? they are free and Vista compatible.

If someone wants to live Google way, Google Pack is a must as it's a bunch of very very very free useful utilities. Now Google Pack has applications like Google Earth,Google Desktop,Google Picasa,Google Toolbar, Google Photos ScreenSaverr,Google Talk,Google VideoPlayer,Mozilla Firefox,Adobe Reader,Norton Security Scan, RealPlayer, GalleryPlayer HD images,Skype and Spyware Doctor.

Interestingly, Google Pack is intelligent to update all it's pack members from time to time.

I think there is support for multilanguages too. Checking http://pack.google.com would help someone acquire knowledge on it and of course to download 'Google Pack'.

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हामी नेपाली,नेपालीमा रमाउन्

च्याट त सबैले गर्नु नै भाको छ होला। त्यसमा पनि अङ्ग्रेजीमा होला । तर मैले जब २००३ तिर युनिकोडको बारेमा थाहा पाको थिए, त्यसबेला नेपालीमा च्याट गर्न पाए कस्तो होला जस्तो लाग्थ्यो। छन त 'नेपाल' रुम लिएर अनेकौ 'जाभा','आइ.आर.सी 'मा
आधारित च्याटरुमहरु छन् । तर कमैले नेपालीमा च्याट गर्ने रुचि देखाएका छन। त्यो बेला मैले 'एम.एस.एन'को मेसेन्जर च्याटमा नेपाली टाइप गर्दा साथीहरु अचम्म मान्दथे। अहिले त्यस्तो छैन। 'विन्डोज एक्स.पी ' छ भने नेपाली युनिकोड मज्जाले पढन सकिन्छ तर लेख्नलाइ भने केहि सफ्टवेइरको मद्दत लिनु पर्ने हुन्छ । जस्तै यहाँ हेर्नुस् ।

मैले दुइटा नेपाली च्याट रुमहरु भेट्टाए । हेर्नुस् त ।

http://bignepalchat.com.np


http://www.unicodenepali.com/chat

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Sony Ericsson hires Hritik Roshan as an Ambassador

Hritik Roshan, this name is very popular name in bollywood and abroad. I'm seeing his Karizma bike Ad even these days. Now, the days are not so far, when we are seeing him for another exciting AD which Includes Sony Ericsson products. Yeap, he'll be endorcing Sony Ericsson's products including those coolest of coolests handsets.
As we know, whoever becomes the brand ambassador of the company, he/she gets all the new products launched for free in addition to the remuneration. Whao. Now, Roshan will be updated with latest SE handsets and gadgets.


As quoted from a news source:
"Speaking on the occasion, Sudhin Mathur, General Manager, Sony Ericsson India, said that India is a very exciting market for the company and Bollywood is one of the most effective routes to reach the Indian audience as it offers instant entertainment, instant identification, instant star power and it strongly influences popular culture. So, Hrithik was an obvious choice for them, as he is the perfect synonym for the Sony Ericsson brand values of performance, lifestyle and entertainment. "
(src:google)

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Friday, March 30, 2007

The Geek Hierarchy

Ha ha ha . This one is really funny . Check this picture out .

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Thursday, March 29, 2007

EYE TEST (POWER CHECK-UP)

Count every "F" in the following text:


FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE
SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTI
FIC STUDY COMBINED WITH
THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS..
(SEE BELOW)





HOW MANY 'F's You Found?


................... 3?


WRONG, THERE ARE 6 -- no joke.




READ IT AGAIN




The reasoning behind is further down.

























The brain cannot process "OF".

Incredible, or what? Go back and look again!!

Anyone who counts all 6 "F's" on the first go is a genius.
Three is normal, four is quite rare.

Refer this to your friends by clicking link below "Email This".
It will drive them crazy! And keep them occupied
for several minutes.

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Top 21 things a Nepali does after returning from abroad

21. Tries to use credit card in road side hotel.

20. Drinks and carries mineral water and always speaks of health conscious.

19. Sprays duo such so that he doesn't need to take bath.

18. Sneezes and says 'Excuse me'.

17. Says "Hey" instead of "Hi".

says "Yogurt" instead says "Curds".

Says "Cab" instead of "Taxi".

Says "Candy" instead of "Chocolate".

Says "Cookie" instead of "Biscuit".

Says "Free Way" instead of "Highway".

Says "got to go" instead of "Have to go".

Says "Oh" instead of "Zero", (for 704, says Seven Oh Four Instead of Seven Zero Four)

16. Doesn't forget to crib about air pollution. Keeps cribbing every time he steps out.

15. Says all the distances in Miles (Not in Kilo Meters), and counts in Millions. (Not in Lakhs)

14. Tries to figure all the prices in Dollars as far as possible (but deep down the heart multiplies by 70).

13. Tries to see the % of fat on the cover of a milk pocket.

12. When need to say Z (zed), never says Z (Zed), repeats "Zee" several times, if the other person unable to get, then says X, Y Zee(but never says Zed)

11. Writes date as MM/DD/YYYY, on watching traditional DD/MM/YYYY, says "Oh! British Style!!!!"

10. Makes fun of Nepali Standard Time and Nepali Road Conditions.

9. Even after 2 months, complaints about "Jet Lag".

8. Avoids eating more chili (hot) stuff.

7. Tries to drink "Diet Coke", instead of Normal Coke.

6. Tries to complain about any thing in Nepal as if he is experiencing it for the first time.

5. Pronounces "schedule" as "skejule", and "module" as "mojule".

4. Looks speciously towards Hotel/Dhaba food.

Few more important


3. From the luggage bag, does not remove the stickers of Airways by which he traveled back to Nepal, even after 4 months of arrival.

2. Takes the cabin luggage bag to short visits in India, tries to roll the bag on Nepali Roads.

Ultimate one


1. Tries to begin conversation with "In US ...." or "When I was in US..."

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Driving License Document of BIHAR

Bihar Istate Gorment
Driving Licen Sekson
Tiraaphic Dipartment

DRIVING LICEN APPLIKASON PHAAROM
-----------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: Pleej do not shoot the person at the applikason kounter. He will give you the licen.

For phurthar instructions, see bottom applikason.

1. Last name:
(_) Yadav (_) Sinha (_) Pandey (_) Misra (_) Dont no (Check karet box)

2. First name:
(_) Lakhan (_) Sivprasad (_) Jamnaprasad (_) Laloo (_) Dont no (Check karet box)

3. Age:
(_) Less than phipty (_) Greater than phipty (_) Dont no (Check karet box)

4. Sex:
____ Male _____ Phimale_____ not sure _____not applicable

5. Chappal Size:
____ Lepht ____ Right

6.Occupason:
(_) Politison (_) Doodhwala (_) Pehelwaan (_) House wife (_)Un-employed (Check karet box)

7. Number of children libing in the household: ___

8. Number of children that are yours: ___

9. Mather name: _______________________

10. Phather Name: ____________________ (If not noun,leave blank)

11. Ejjucason: Class- 1 2 3 4 (Circle highest grade completed)

12. Dental rekard/color: (_) Ellow (_) Berownish-ellow (_) Berown (_) Belack (_) Other color _______ pleej Give egjhakt color(Check karet box)

13.Your thumb imparesson :
____________________________

IMPORTANT INISTRUCTIONS:

1. If you are copying from another applikason pharom, pleej do not copy thumb impression also. Pleej provide your own thumb imparesson.

2. PLEEJ DO NOT USE PHINGERS OF YOUR LEGS

3. Use thumb on your lepht hand only. If you dont have lepht hand, use your thumb on right hand. If you do not have right hand, use thumb on lepht hand.

4. IF YOU DONT HAVE BOTH HANDS, YOU CANNOT DRIVE. WE ARE VARY ISTRICT ABOUT THIS.

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Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Cell phones getting smarter

Mobile phones are the innovative devices which gets released every month, or say every week if we cover world's scenario. Some are so addictive to new shape and size, that it's their ritual to change mobile phones with the every new release they like. May be, this is the reason, phone companies are driving their research team to develop new design and features. Besides, the competition among mobile phone manufacturing companies is another reason for newest release of cell phones. That's why it's said, mobile phones are the only gadget which get obsolete very soon with times. I think who carries a phone older than a year is considered uncool. But, in KTM,Nepal?? (as my previous blog titled "Nepal where technology lands last") , people use even 5 years old set. he he..:) Well.. i'm using 2 years old set and i don't mind being uncool. Anyway, There have few releases recently.

1. Samsung SGH-p310
2. LG VX-8700 clamshell
3. LX-570 CDMA clamshell

1. Samsung SGH-p310 - some of it's features are Great Wide Screen, 2MP Camera with Flash, Dual Battery Concept, Card Size.



2. LG VX-8700 clamshell - some of it's features are EV-DO connectivity for data,2 megapixel camera,stereo Bluetooth,microSD slot for storing media. The exterior casing is metal and has a brushed aluminum appearance.



3. LX-570 CDMA clamshell - some of it's features are the music-centric, glossy black exterior, touch-sensitive, tune-controlling D-pad, 1.3-megapixel camera, an FM tuner, EV-DO, stereo Bluetooth and a microSD slot as well.

In addition to these new releases(whose price has not been fixed yet), there are services or technologies specially being developed for mobile devices or phones. In a series of recent news, YouTube will be launching mobile website very soon. YouTube will be then viewable live on mobile devices. This will be a breakthrough step if this becomes success. So,currently it's planned for high-bandwidth region like US. Since, video streaming needs lots of internet bandwidth.

Now, what happens if you drop your phone from high? definitely the internal circuits of phones get damaged and it malfunctions. Imagine, if your phone falls from 100 storey building and still it works as great as before. The scientists have found the culprit is the breakable semi-conductors inside electronic device. Dutch researcher Paulette Prins has found a way to develop break-proof technology in mobile phones. Instead of semi-conductors, she used plastic polymer, not a normal plastic polymer but somewhat scientifically engineered plastic polymer as a circuits. It is known that plastic is 1000 times poorer conductor than a normal semi-conductor but with her discovery, plastic could be as conductible as good semi-conductor. For more info

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E-mail Warriors !!! Yahoo going unlimited Storage

During a few past days, while Gmail users are struggling to access and sending their mails, Yahoo was preparing to offer something new to it's users.

Now, it's open air news that reputed IT company like Google is really having a hard time to figure out the real problems,their servers were facing. The problem which caused many users not being able to send/receive mails at all. There have been similar outage cases like this in previous months too which was solved. If someone is experiencing problems like that, then one can check this link for support. http://www.google.com/support/a/

Ahh..Yahoo. Yahoo is a big name in email service providers list. Suprisingly, i don't have a yahoo id. But, whoever is a Yahoo users, there is good news for them. Yahoo is going unlimited starting this May to mark their 10th anniversary. Now, this means, a yahoo users can store whatever he/she likes in her yahoo mail for ever, for lives. It's possible because of the plummeting price of the storage devices.

Right now, i own Gmail and hotmail account. And, the usage for people like me, it's just around 2 or 3 percents of the entire storage. For me, it's still unlimited storage of 2 GB. May be it's Yahoo's game to flock people on their service but i'm not attracted to them yet. It's still too much for me. May be someday, amidst the highway of excellent bandwidth, i may start sharing music/videos on mail, then i may have to sort out things for storage but for the time being, the offer is simpleton and 'no thanks' to their service.

I bet, yahoo users must be happy. Congratulation to them. And,this trend will get followed by others too. I'm hundred percent sure enough to tell this because, world followed GMAIL's 2 GB trend.

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Microsoft Office 2007 localized in Hindi

There is a recent announcement of Microsoft on the release of their Microsoft office 2007 hindi version. In the context of Nepal, Microsoft has released a patch to give Windows XP above SP2,a Nepalese language enabled environment. This was on the project based on localization of Microsoft product in past.

Now, in India too, Microsoft said, it is the commitment they made under 'Project Bhasha' in 2003 to promote local indian language. Now, the fully localized Hindi version of Microsoft office 2007 will be equally valueable for Nepalese users too. This is my own judgement because, the lipi that we use and indian use, they fall under same one category, i.e devnagari. So, i think it won't make much difference on usage since we can use that for our own use too.

Besides, Microsoft is preparing to release thirteen indian Language interface packs(LIPS) later this year,they are Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Punjabi, Bengali, Malayam, Kannada,Konkani,Telugu,Urdu,Assamese and Oriya. They are releasing pack for nepali speaker and reader at the same time, since so many Nepalese people reside in the country too.

Indians are hopeful as everyone when a certain localized project is completed. It's like reaching native language speakers, cutting digital divide, increasing user base, blah blah blah..

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Monday, March 26, 2007

it was CAN InfoTech, Now it is 'CAN Softech 2007'

We know and have heard of exhibition like "CAN InfoTech SHOW". The same people have come up with the new idea and program named "CAN SoftTech 2007". CAN Infotech is related to all about the computer hardwares, albeit, some were showing their own softwares too. CAN Infotech has been kind a both Computer Hardware and Software related. Now, i don't see any clue why they come up with this idea "SoftTech". If the software industry in Nepal has started growing and they felt that they need separate platform or idea to uplift this sector, then it's a good idea but if it is purely for getting AD Money, cheap publicity, getting visitors or for getting donations in any way so, then it's a bad idea.
I'm not yet sure if there is any piracy act in Nepal. Without implementing these piracy act, they won't get flourished. It's impossible to dream about software growth in here. Anyways,it's their fresh start conducting something new like this.

In their very words: CAN Soft-Tech is one of the major activities of CAN which brings national and international software developers / products under a single umbrella for business promotion and exhibition. This will be an opportunity for national and international software developers / products and consumers to meet together, share ideas and demonstrate their products. The event provides separate space and time for demonstration of software products. The event focuses on the following objectives... More

Date: 2nd – 5th May 2007
Time: 09:00 am – 6:00 pm
Venue: World Trade Centre,
4th Floor,
Tripureshwor, Kathmandu



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मेरो नेपाल अनि निकम्मा सरकार

जहिले पनि english मा आफ्ना मनका कुरा लेख्दा दिक्क लाग्दो रहेछ । त्यसैले आज युनिकोडको सहारा लिदै छु । दिन भरि आज मलाइ निकै गर्मी बढेको महसुस भो , लगाको कपडा समेत फुकालेर एकछिन त्यसै बसे । निकै उकुस-मुकुस भै राथ्यो । यसो कान्तिपुर टिभीमा प्रचन्डको अन्तर्बाता हेरे , त्यो हिजैको पुन प्रसारण थियो । त्यही हेरे र प्रचन्डको कुरा सँगै देश कहिले स्विजरल्याण्ड हुने हो, आशा र कल्पनाको सँसारमा डुब्न थाले । देशको स्थिति दिनानुदिन बिग्रया छ, यँहा कसैलाइ 'बाल' छैन । प्रचन्डको अन्तर्बाता सकिन साथ आएको कान्तिपुर समाचार हेर्दा झन दिक्क लाएर आयो । नेताहरुको भागभन्डा मिलेन रे, त्यसैले आजको वार्ता पनि विना निष्कर्ष टुँन्गियो रे । कहिले अन्तरिम सरकार बन्ला, कहिले सँविधानसभाको मिति घोषणा होला, अनि कहिले आफुले भोट हालेर चुनेको मान्छेलाइ जिताएर देशमा प्रगतिका रेखा कोरिएला भनेर बसिराँ बेला जहिले नि त्यही कुर्सीको लागि मारामार देख्दा त 'थुक्क नेता हो ' जस्तो लाग्यो । माओवादीलाई उनीहरुले भनेको जस्तो कुर्सि दिए त भइ हाल्यो नि । यो अवसर उनीहरुले बारम्बार पनि त पाको होइन । यसो देश बिकास गर्छु भन्नेलाइ उनीहरुले भन्या जस्तो सीट त दिनु पर्यो नि । डाँकाहरु,दिदैनन् के गर्ने । यी सात दलका चाला त देखेकै हो क्यारे, बेकारमा ठिस-ठिस । यस्तै यावत कुराहरु सोच्दै 'कल कान्तिपुर' बाट आनन्द लिइ राँ थि, साला प्राधिकरणले बत्ती काटी हाल्यो । क्या रमाइलो भइ राथ्यो, गीत र गफ सुन्दै,सब चट भो । अनि बोर लागेर के गरुम-गरुम भो, अचानक मेरो कुकुरहरुको याद आयो र गए तिनीहरुसँग खेले आधा घन्टा जति । हब्सी 'शेरु' खै किन हो, मलाइ त्यसको एकदम माया लाग्छ । टाइगरको पनि माया नलाग्ने होइन,तर पनि, जे होस् मलाइ मेरा दुबै कुकुरहरु प्यारो छ। अनि बत्ती झ्वाम्म्,बाइकमा पेट्रोल पनि झ्वाम्म । तर बाइकमा चाँहि अलिकति पेट्रोल बाँकी रहेछ । यसो 'इवनिङ वाक' गर्नु पर्यो भनेर बाइकमा बसेर विस्तारै लागे बौद्धको मेनरोडतिर । बाबा !! कस्तो जाम । किन होला भनेर एकजना ट्राफिकलाइ सोधेको, मुख बिगार्दे'पेट्रोल बाँडने हल्लाले 'त्यस्तो भाको रे । उसलाइ पनि पेट्रोलको धुवाँले अटस-पटस भाको रैछ । "थैकँ गड, मसँग फेस् मास्क थियो र बचे । पछि जाममा फस्दा सरापे 'गिरिजा' र त्यसको सरकारलाइ । कस्तो निकम्म सरकार, कस्तो निकम्म व्यवस्था, जे चिजको पनि हाहाकार । मलाइ त खै किन हो किन , यो गिरिजाको सरकार एकदम अलछिन लाग्छ । देशमा जे पनि नराम्रो हुन्छ, यै गिरिजाको पालामा हुन्छ बा । बुढो त निकै अलछिन नै छ क्यारे । राजा विरेन्द्रको वँश नाश, ठुल्ठुला प्लेन दुर्घटना, बस दुर्घटना, ठुल्ठुला नरसँहार, मँहगी, पानीको हाहाकार, हुँदा हुँदा मेरो वाइकलाइ शुद्ध पेट्रोलको प्याक-प्याकी,यो सब यही गिरिजाकै पालामा भाको, भइराछ । जे भए पनि मन नै हो, जे सोचे नि भो ।



त्यसपछि 'साइबर'मा पसुँला सोच्या थिए तर वत्ती त त्यँहा पनि रैनछ । के गर्ने त, अनि Gemini Grocer मा गए, अलिकति सपिङ गर्नलाइ । त्यहाँ छिरेछी ५० रुपैया मात्रको समान लिएर आउन लाजै लाग्ने, त्यसैले जे पाए, टिप्दै हजार रुपैया जति सिध्याएर घर फर्के अनि मैनवत्तीमा बसेर यै गफहरु लेखीराछु ।

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Sunday, March 25, 2007

Alternative Resources in Nepal

These days,anyone living in Nepal knows the real pain of breathing air here. I think we're the most unfortunate human beings living under system like this. Statistically, we read that we are rich in hydro-led sources and ironically, we are under severe trauma of overly burdened load-shedding onto our heads. It's same thing, there is always an opposite proximity between theory and practical subject.
We're geographically surrounded by a huge lands,precisely we're landlocked. Now, the only source of fuel is to get these fuels using those neighbouring lands. I don't know what game was running within our own oil corporation in past, now, it's on the verge of collapse. It's so much into the debts of indian oil corporation. The policy itself proved very wrong during the course of time. They hiked the fuel prices when international price went high but they intentionally didn't lower the price when international price went down. This is the main reason of vandalisms, destructions, burning tyres on road everytime Nepal's oil corporation decided to hike fuel price. We know that corruption is everywhere. There were many news in papers in past regarding corruption within corporation. It's their case and their business but when it starts to pinch our livelihood, then it becomes our business too. I really don't want to criticize more, because, my criticism isn't going to make any difference. The only thing i want to realize myself "it's the lack of far sightedness,inability to run the system properly and corruption".. these things led us here.

Now, what's the solution? even though we find solutions affordable by normal people, there would be large hidden obstructions from Multinationals,politicians.. after all, it's politics. Everywhere politics. Normally, politics is to improve countrys economic,diplomatic (blah blah) conditions but here politicians play politics which affects peoples life badly. I really don't want to care about those jerks.

These days,there is a fuel scarcity,load-shedding.. There is 'no petrol' or 'no diesel' signs in every pumps. It's really very bad for them whose daily earnings are based on these petroleum products. Taxi drivers,bus drivers and any other public vehicles running on petrol/diesel are on great business crisis. It's hard for them to survive since no earning could be possible. And, government, they are just parroting " because of the seal in indian border". ( तिनीहरुको टाउकोमा परेको छैन, जब पर्छ तब केहि गर्लान कि तिनीहरुले)They have to find a way around anyhow to ease peoples living. But this government is acting blind-folded and remaining numb. Well,they could promote some natural resources of our Own country like "BIO-GAS" and "BIO-FUEL". These are the generic names for the resources being utilized in far remote areas or the resources which are being tested successfully just waiting to get commercialized but as we know, without government's approval, nothing can be run in market. Government must release budget to utilize our own resources so that we can rely on our resources and be independent. But, as i mentioned earlier, there are some hidden forces who don't want this to happen no matter if general people suffers or not. I think it's time to pressurize government for this kind of development too when all Nepalese are dreaming for New Nepal. But, i've no hope on this government.
BioFuel(BioDiesel) also chemically known as Ethanol could be very effective if blended in recent petrol distribution or could be used independently after implementing new formulation as alternative to petrol fuel. BioFuel could be the natures gift to country like ours whose dependency on petrol-exporting countries be minimized. We could uplift our economic condition utilizing the immense natural resources we've. Above all, this is very environment friendly resource to use unlike Petroleum products. Let's hope this BioFuel be introduced as soon as possible. I think most of people don't know about this BioFuel. It is becoming buzzwords only among the environmentalists,students, professors and every other person who stands themselve socially aware and educated.

A news regarding Ethanol was published once in media. One can check this also

BioGas is another alternative resource to firewood,kerosene. This is good to know that almost in many remote sectors of our country, this BioGas is being used. Biogas Sector Partnership so far, has installed more than 150,000 biogas units in the country. BioGas is produced from cow dung and other waste materials. Such BioGas producing units are being expected to raise in coming years. To get details news, one can refer here

Now, lets hope BioFuel and BioGas be seen as soon as possible in our Country to remove the stress when petrol/kerosene crisis happens.

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Friday, March 23, 2007

Nokia N95 in Nepal

Nokia... 'bhani ranu pardaina hola', As Microsoft is to Operating System, Nokia is to Mobile phone. I've met people who don't know either what apple OS is or what the heck Macintosh really meant?? But, i've met them who've heard atleast 'windows'. They know 'windows', i know 'windows', everyone knows 'windows'.
Windows is ubiquitous. I'm not bragging against macintosh. i'm just rambling about what truth really is. phewww.. i was about to make a post-up on Nokia N95. i'm sure eveyone must have heard of Nokia N95 hype surely for it's GPS capability. Now,GPS is Geographical Positioning System, a satellite based system to allocate at what longitude and latitude of the geography one really is breathing. ummm.. Now, when happen when this technology is implemented on a mobile phone, well, then it'll be a Nokia N95. I've watched documentary on Discovery regarding this GPS which is strictly used by US army for investigation purpose. Now, what would be the results when this technology reaches to public's hand. Some of the major European country are already utilising these technology on their car,mobiles. For the time being, i know nothing about this GPS enabled services available for public at least in Asia. Lets hope what lies ahead in future for us. Now, Nokia N95's hype has no use for us. Since, we've 3G enabled phone but no service. Same thing goes with Nokia's N95 too.



Nokia made an announcement to release Nokia N95 in Asian,Middle east and other continents simultaneously. According to them, N95 is the ultimate portable multimedia computer. I don't know if this is marketing bluff or what but they seem there is really something about this tiny computer. N95 features a 5 mP camera(carl zeiss optics - the same lens we see in many professional cameras-usually printed proudly outboard- in fact i don't know what really that lens is capable of but sounds very capable..geez :-), needless to mention.. GPS support,high modes of supported networks(WLAN,EDGE,WCDMA blah blah blah) and rest is same. Same 'boleto', it uses S60 OS just same as my N70's.

Today, Nokia announced it has started shipping the Nokia N95 in key European, Asian, and Middle Eastern markets.

An all-in-one multimedia computer with a unique 2-way slide design, the N95 features a 5 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, integrated GPS functionality, and support for high speed mobile networks. As such, it's a breeze to watch/record videos, listen to songs, take high quality photos, browse the Internet, or catch up on email while on-the-fly.

When this unique release of Nokia comes to our country,->Kathmandu,->Newroad , umm.. it's expected cost to shake peoples pocket is around 76,800 NRs (IC 48000). Approximately, it's 80,000 NRs inclusive all other custom taxes and so. Oh sorry, these people never pay tax for mobile phones though they claim they've paid the custom. They bring it as computer parts, sucka.. they know, there are some priviledges for computer parts while importing. Anyways, that's none of my business, till someone gets the mobile phone marginal to international pricing.

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Kingston DataTraveler Reader

Much of the pendrives and mp3 players circulated in Kathmandu, they are flashed based. More or less, they are chinese and third class quality. There are few branded names like Kingston.


Kingston's new flash memory based portable(pen) USB drive is different than others because it not only has 4GB alone of flash storage but also an onboard SD/MMC expansion slot which can read almost all memory card formats like SD,SDHC,miniSD,microSD,MMC,MMCplus,RS-MMC(my N70 eats this),MMCmobile and MMCmicro card. Now, i assume, with this option of upgradeability, i don't need to switch for other option for more storage. i think it's future proof. Moreover, it's both Mac and PC complaint. Well, it'd be of course PC complaint. :) After all, there are 90% PC user around the world.

I came to know that when this drive is plugged in, two drives are shown in computer as I: and J:(let's say). One for accessing it's own Flash memory and another for expansion slot. Very friendly, umm

This Kingston DataTraveler Reader will be available in Kathmandu within 2 months. Very few dealers might have this but it'll be available readily by then. I would consider it as a tiny portable harddisk rather than pen drive if i own one..

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Playable online NES games

Mario is super hit game character. Mario was first seen on Nintendo Entertainment System(NES)Nintendo Entertainment System(NES) was a big hit around 10 years ago. It was the only gaming console by then. These modified chinese NES are still available for around Rs 500 in the market. When i first got NES, i'm told it costed around $4500. The catridges were the most expensive. I had one Catridge called 'Super 1500 in 1' and that thailand woman charged me Rs 1500. Other single game catridge costed me no less than Rs 900 or Rs 1000(Now it's Rs 50 to Rs 100).
It was time of NES, then SEGA saturn entered the market of ktm but it wasn't popular. Slowly playstation 1 came, dreamcast also was seen, playstation 2 came which is now a big hit. Now, names like XBOX , XBOX 360, PS3 are the buzz in peoples mind.

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Those sidescrolling pixel-image based 8 bit NES games are playable online. I'm talking about a site called www.virtualnes.com
I tried and tested, it's working. One needs to have Java RunTime Environment. If they have JRE installed, they can bring the nostalgic moments playing more than 600 favorite titles. I was fond of mario,super island etc. I still like super island. I played few minutes there. It worked fabulously. And games are not downloadable. It's playable online only. That's why it's Virtual NES.

So, it takes time(2 or 3 minutes) loading a game. I was having trouble with the keys, just double clicking the game screen made the keyboard keys work. Oh,... the keyboard keys are "Z", "X" and the typical old arrow keys for direction.


By the way, i play those games via NES emulator offline. Geeez

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Vista Upgrade Prank v1.00

The Vista Upgrade Prank starts by emulating the Windows Update service screen. Clicking the install or cancel button closes the update service window and appears to initiate the Vista Upgrade Advisor. This Upgrade Advisor scan the system (actually does nothing) to ensure the computer is ready to upgrade to Vista. If you click the Cancel button, it disables itself. You are unable to close the screen or stop the progress (don't worry, its harmless). The Upgrade Advisor completes within 15 seconds or so and then informs the user their computer is able to run Windows Vista. Yippee!

Here is where the fun begins. After the Upgrade Advisor our Vista Upgrade Prank will initiate a 'fake' Upgrade to Vista. This part includes many flashy icons and flavor text about the joys of upgrading to Vista. The user can click next or wait a few seconds and the upgrade to Vista simulation begins. Again, clicking cancel will do nothing, the process runs until the progress bar is complete (this process does nothing either). After 30 seconds or so the fake upgrader shows that the upgrade was successful and allows the user to close the upgrade program.

Upon closing the upgrade a full screen Vista logo appears with the Vista startup sound making it appear as though the system is running Vista. After some load time the user is presented with a Mac OS X desktop with a little bit of Windows flavor. After all, the visual features in Vista already exists in Mac OS X - right? Double-clicking the desktop or clicking 5 times will close the fake Vista desktop and the gag program will exit. An awesome prank for the workplace. Click here to download Vista Upgrade Prank v1.00 .

How to close Vista Upgrade Prank:

Once the fake Vista upgrade is completed you can double-click on the fake Vista desktop or click on the fake Vista desktop 5 seperate times. Once you click correctly the program will close and display an About Box Screen. Once you close this screen, the program will exit. Exiting the software will allow Windows to delete the file.

It will work on any version of Windows except windows 3.1(lol)

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

AreYouMadeForEachOther v1.0

AreYouMadeForEachOther v1.0 is a program which will check if the partners(husband/wife,couple,gf/bf) would go for long run relation or not? The compatibility check of this program will depend upon the user's answers. It'll just take few minutes for this program to predict the output.
You can download this nifty program here. (standalone 62 KB zip file)

A bug was found in the previous file. The updated version is here.

This program needs VB6 runtimes in Windows98/ME.Windows XP compatible machines can run it easily.

Feedbacks are most welcomed.

Distribute it to your college/schools/universities.

Regards

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INTERNET 'BANDH' in NEPAL

I really had to do something important on net and my Connection refuses me to log in the gateway of internet. I called upon the support section of my ISP and they replied me that there will be no more Internet connection for 2 hours daily starting from today, i.e. , March 20,2007. Someone told me that these kind of program is being conducted by the association of ISP's called ISPAN. This is the first time, i ever heard that Internet Service provider are being politicized in a sense they're are conducting their own agitation programs. Now, being user, i've paid them the subscription fees,why are they indulging us in their programs. Why can't they just go and make sit in themselves? Are they trying to penetrate us so as to create pressure on government? Everyone is doing ever since, now, ISP is doing this. It's such a shame to relate ourselves to this system.
Hello Mr. Businessman, you are beaten up, we've sympathy for you. But to get your vengeance, why are you making us suffer?? Follow other way , i mean legal ways. You've money, go and buy people like Girija?? why are you creating scenes like this..
Anyways, everyone is doing this afterall. If there is a fight between husband and wife, "Nepal bandh", if there is quarellings on street among taxi drivers and motorcycle riders, hours of traffic jam, and again "Nepal bandh", if someone beats someone, again"Nepal bandh", we are just fed up of this "Nepal bandh" thing. Now, what i see, the only resolution to this problem is totally the disobeying their pre-organised program.

I've a personal request to ISPAN, the right to see/read news around the world. don't take it away please. You can conduct bandh program to demobilize the physical movement of vehicles and to hinder the normal day life, but this kind of banning internet connectivity?? do you think, it's good idea?? do you think these damn government figures ever read news in internet?? They most importantly forget to update their site. I think you're giving more impact to people rather than those government. And, people can support your view but your act, they can't support you and are not going to vow for you.

After few search on net,i found ISPAN official site is as http://www.ispan.net.np/memlist.php

and their press release, is as follows:

ISPAN PRESS RELEASE

The private sector in Nepal has long been suffering from the political instability in our country. The private sector has repeatedly been the victim of the worst criminal atrocities, such as extortion, arson, abduction and brutal physical assault by members of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists) despite its very public renunciation of such violence.
While repeatedly showering words of support, the Government has done little to curb such vicious activities. It is the right of every citizen to lead a free and safe life in the country and it is the responsibility of the government to provide a secure environment. In protesting the governments failure to provide security to the
private sector, and in solidarity with the rest of the private sector, the Internet Service Providers Association of Nepal (ISPAN) has decided to suspend all Internet services from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM and 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM starting from March 20, 2007. The protest program will be further intensified depending on the government’s
response.
We hope that our activities in consort with the activities of the rest of the private sector will put pressure on the government to take up its responsibility to ensure security to all citizens. We will be compelled to intensify our protest with similar service outages in the coming days if the government does not act responsibly.
As a concerned citizen, we urge you to contact the Prime Ministers office and voice your support for our legitimate demands. We deserve a secure environment, just like anyone else.
We apologize for the inconvenience this may cause you.
Sincerely,
Pavan S. Shakya
President
Internet Service Providers Association of Nepal (ISPAN)
Email: info@ispan.net.np

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Monday, March 19, 2007

Hail USB !! Hail USB monitor !!!

USB is the dynamic technology. That's my personal experience. Before USB, one has to tinker around with the parallel or serial ports which required innumerous reboots of system to make something work. That was a real headache.

Now, USB is getting more powerful and advanced. So far to my knowledge, i've used USB NIC card,USB modem,USB TV card, USB hard disk and list goes on. Now, USB display monitor!!! That's too much of an advancement. USB is a technology which is plug-and-play and someone noticed it as hot-plug technology. That means, one can install any
device without rebooting his machine. I can insert USB pendrive and start working immediately. These days, bios recognises USB devices at POST and one can easily boot system off the USB drive.

Oh i was talking about USB monitor. No VGA port, no DVI plug but just USB. Till now, it's just prototype of what it is going to be like, how it'll work. It's Samsung's 19-inch SyncMaster 940UX LCD monitor. Samsung claimed one can connect 4-5 monitors like this in single CPU using those USB ports. Time will tell us how it performs, what is it's drawbacks etc. But, it's still mystery where would those graphics processing takes place. In VGA card or DVI connection, there we see immense graphics processing being used through GPU. But, since it's working off the USB port, i wonder where would those processing would take place?? will it use CPU's power?? will it have it's own GPU somewhere inbuilt within it?? answers are still unknown.

This monitor will make it's debut within 2-3 months. Lets see, how it creates vibe in the world of technofreaks(or end users) ;) !!!

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Optimus Keyboard

I have never seen or read about a computer keyboard before whose individual key can display individual graphics/letters/image as per user's requirement?? It's like every key acts as a display unit rather than conventional letters printed on plastic keyboard. This keyboard is unique in a sense, it can display letters on keyboard in different language as per user's need.


Lets assume, someone is playing QUAKE and he can't remember all the keys assigned in games, well, this keyboard can display all ammos,weapons in graphical forms on the display LED of keys. With that said, it has multipurpose and it can change it's colour according to the working environment or as per the application being used. This keyboard is named as "Optimus Keyboard" and it's priced at $1500 which is to release this coming November,2007. Now, comparing Rs 500 keyboard to this $1500 keyboard, it's way too much for normal user like us. But looking at the features it support, it's very futuristic.

In Quake mode


In Photoshop mode

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Sunday, March 18, 2007

Something about Operating Systems.

1. When Windows 3.1 was launched, 3 million copies were sold in the first two months.

2. Windows 95 can officially run on a 386DX at 20 MHz with just 4MB of RAM.

3. The Win95/98 logos were created with free hand on a Macintosh.

4. At the turn of the millennium, Bill Gates went head to head with the United States Department of Justice over the company's bundling of software. At the trial, Gates claimed that Internet Explorer could not be unbundled from the rest of WIndows. But an expert witness for the prosecution went to work in the courtroom and unbundled Explorer in just 10 minutes!.

5. Did you know that the 'Save' icon-the floppy-in Microsoft Office applications is wrongly depicted? The small rectangle is on the right instead of on the left.

6. Though the highest possible encryption in Windows 2000 was 128-bit, Microsoft only sent the 40-bit version to india, because India was under US sanctions after Pokhran.

7. At Microsoft,'Gone Gold' is when a gold computer disk is created,indicating that a particular software product coding is frozen and production would now begin.

8. At one time, MS- DOS was reffered to as 'Domestos', after a brand of local tiolet cleaner, by people against this operating system.

9. David Bradley wrote the code for the Ctrl+Alt+Delete key squence.

10. In 1994, MIcrosoft said that Adam Baratz-a 9 year old- was the youngest beta tester for Windwos 95.

11. In the movie True Lies, the businessman who finances the terrorists runs the Arabic edition of the Windows3.1.

12. The book 'The Rules of the Net' calls UNIX' the Swiss army knife of the Net'.

13. In 1964, OS/2 was developed jointly by Microsoft and IBM. It is considered by many to be superior to Windows, and it runs on PC-compatible machines.

14. IBM Research labs is working on building a high - performance operating system targetted at the next generation of servers under the code name K42.

15. Gene Amdahl programmed the first operating system for the IBM 704.

16. The Japanese version of MS Office has a character you can't find in any other version. The ' Office Lady' is a virtual assistant that bows, serves tea.

17. Alan Kay, Adele Goldberg, and David Robson, all of PARC, developed SmallTalk-72 the first truly object-oriented language and OS.

18."Wyvern" was the code name for the version of Windows CE that supports colour screens for the Pal-sized PC format. A wyvern is a two-legged flying dragon with a poisonous spiked tail.

19. 'Winpad' was Microsoft's failed handheld PC operating system, which it developed and killed before coming up with Windows CE. Microsoft scrapped the Winpad project reportedly because they couldn't figure out how to squeeze variant of Windows into an affordable handheld size.

20. MS-DOS was a rough imitation of CP/M one of the first portable operating system. "Portable" means that the OS could run on different hardware.

And the Timeline of Operating systems follows:

In 1957,Bell labs found they needed an operating systems for their computer center which at the time was running various batch jobs. The BESYS operating system was created to deal with thee needs.

In 1965,Bell Labs was adopting third generation computer equipment and decided to join forces with General Electric and MIT to create Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service).

In 1969,AT&T made a decision to withdraw Multics and go with GECOS. When Multics was withdrwan, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie needed to rewrite an operating system in order to play space travel on another, smaller machine. The result was system which a punning colleague called UNICS(UNiplexed Information and Computing Service)- an 'enasculated Multics'.

In 1971,The first edition of UNIX was released on the 3rd of December. The second edition was released on the 6th of December, 1972.

In 1973,UNIX had been installed on 16 sites, all within AT&T/ Western Electric. It was publicly unveilled at a conferrence in October thrid, fourth and fifth editions followed.

In 1977,1BSD was released; 2BSD was released mid 1978, 3BSD was released late 1979.

In 1979,SCO was founded by Doug and Larry Michels as a UNIX porting and consulting company.

In 1983,SCO delivers its first packaged UNIX system, called SCO XENIX System V for Intel 8086 and 8088 processor-based PCs.

In 1984,Ultrix 1.0 was released.

In 1985,The GNU manifesto is published in the March 1985 issue of Dr. Dobb's Journal. The GNU project started a year and a half later.

In 1987,Sun and AT&T laid the groundwork for business computing in the next decade with an alliance to develop UNIX System V Release 4.

In 1988,HP-UX 2.0 was released Version 3.0 followed.

In 1989,SCO ships SCO UNIX systemV/386, the first volume commercial product licensed by AT&T to use the UNIX system trademark.

In 1990,AIX, short for Advanced Interactive executive, was first entered into the market by IBM in February.

In 1993,FreeBSD 1.0 was released in December.

In 1994,Red Hat Linux is introduced.

In 1994,Caldera Inc. was founded by Ransom Love and Bryan Sparks.

In 1995,SCO acquired UNIX Systems source technology buisness from Novell corporation, which had acquired it from AT&T's UNIX system laboratories. SCO also acquired the UNIXWare 2 OS from Novell.

In 1997,Caldera shipped OpenLinux standard 1.1 on May 5, the second offering in caldera's OpenLinux product line.

In 1998, IRIX 6.5 the fifth generation of SGI UNIX was released on the 6th of July.

In 1998,SCO delivered the UnixWare 7 operating system.

In 1998,The Sun Solaris 7 operating system was released.

In 1998,FreeBSD 3.0 was released on the 16th of october.

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Oh My God !!!

Oh My God!!! That's a PILES cream, GOD save someone when he does't know how to read in ENGLISH


It's not easy being Elephant and shit like a human

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Some of best jokes so far i collected !!!


"You need not be afraid of my dog", said a housewife to salesman hesitating
at the gate."Don't you remember barking dogs seldom bite".
"I do remember the saying," said the salesman, "but how do I know if the
dog remembers it or not".
***************************************************************************

"Why are you not going to school today, my son", enquired
the mother.
"No, I won't go".
"But why?" the mother again asked with curiosity.
"Because our teachers always keep in shifting their ground".
"How's that?"
"Day before yesterday my teacher told me that 5 and 2 are seven and
yesterday said 3 and 4 are seven. Well, what's the use of going to
such a school"?
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Student: " How much for a hair cut?"
Barber: " Two bucks"
Student: " How much for a shave?"
Barber: " One buck."
Student: " Okay, shave off my hair."
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A woman used to quarrel with her husband every day for new clothes and
ornaments. One day she said, " Bring saris and diamond ring for me or I
shall depart to my parents".
"And when you come back",replied the husband smiling,"bring a suit length
for me also"
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"I live in the flat on 3rd floor. When you come to see me you press the
button of the door bell with your elbow".
"But why with elbow? I'll do it with my right index finger".
"Oh, you are simpleton. You don't understand even this simple thing.Then
your hands will be full with nice presents."
***************************************************************************
A reader was very fond of sensational and detective novels, but he
always started reading from the middle.
A friend of his asked why he did so?"It's doubly interesting", said the
reader. "To start from the middle keeps one curious not only about its
conclusion, but also about its beginning"
****************************************************************************
A fellow went to a physician and requested to give him some such medicine or
tonic which might help to live for 100 years.
The physician asked the fellow-
"Do you drink?"
"No, Sir".
"Do you smoke?"
"Not at all".
"Do you love some lady?"
"Not at all".
"Or intend to love?"
"Naah"
"Then why do you want to live for 100 years"
asked the physician annoyed.
****************************************************************************
A man was going to attend a Hollowen party dressed in a costume of the
devil. On his way, it began to rain, so he darted into a church where a
revival meeting was in progress. At the devil's attire, people began to
scatter through the doors and windows.
****************************************************************************
Customer: I cannot eat this soup. There's a fly in it. Call the manager !
Waiter: No use, sir. The manager won't eat it either.
****************************************************************************
Don't believe a lawyer. He can do what he cannot and even speak the truth
sometimes to win a case.
***************************************************************************
A judge was interviewing a woman regarding her pending divorce, and
asked, " What are the grounds for your divorce?" She replied, " About
four acres and a nice little home in the middle of the property with
a stream running by.
" No, " he said, " i mean what is the foundation of this case?"
"It is made of concrete, brick and mortar,"she responded.
"I mean, " he continued, " What are your relations like? "
" I have an aunt and uncle living here in town, and so do
my husband's parents."
He said, " Do you have a real grudge?"
" No," she replied, "We have a two-car carport and have never
really needed one."
" Please," he tried again, " is there any infidelity in your marriage?"
" Yes, both of my son and daughter have stereo sets. We don't necessarily
like the music, but the answer to your question is yes."
"Ma'am, does your husband ever beat you up?"
" Yes," she responded, " about twice a week he gets up earlier than i do."
Finally, in frustration, the judge asked, " Lady, why do you want a divorce?"
" Oh, i don't want a divorce, " she replied. " I've never wanted a divorce.
My husband does. He said he can't communicate with me."
****************************************************************************
Son-I'll not invite you daddy in my marriage.
Father- But why, my son?
Son- Did you invite me in your marriage?
***************************************************************************
When the loafing of a young and beautiful schoolmistress became a talk of
the town,the head of the school managing committe appointed two persons to
enquire into the affair. These two persons went to her house. It was winter,
so one of them remaimed outside basking in the sun on the lawn and asked the
other to go in to enquire. After half an hour that gentleman came out of the
house and told his friend that all the chharges levelled against the lady
were false and baseless. She was quite gentle and a woman of high character.
Thereupon the first man said, " O.K. Let us move now, but before doing so
you please button up your trousers".
****************************************************************************
A man from the Golden island, across the seven seas sent to his
wife a parrot for marriage anniversary. The parrot spoke several
languages.
"How was the parrot?" he asked his wife a few months later when
he returned home.
"Delicious" said she."The flesh just fell away".
****************************************************************************
"Why are you so downcast GangaRam?"
"Don't you know, my wife died last month?"
"But surely I attended your wife's funeral last year".
"That was of my first wife. This time my second wife expired".
"I didn't know you got married second time. Congratulations!"
****************************************************************************
Teacher ( beating up a student)- Son, I'm doing so because I love you.
Student-Would that I was in a position to return your love with love!
****************************************************************************
Husband-Honey, I have brought a necklace for your birthday present.
Wife- But dear I wanted a motor car.
Husband-Right, but an imitation motor car is not available anywhere in the
world.
****************************************************************************
"A pious man was bitten by a mad dog in a village".
" Really ".
"Yes, it was terrible to watch the dog die slowly in convulsions."
****************************************************************************
A lunatic stood near a pool of mud and shouted,"Five...five...five!" A
passerby out of curiosity asked him, " Well, what's the matter?"
"Come near, I'll let you know". As the passerby approached him the mad man
pushed the passerby in the mud by catching him by the waist and shouted
laughing- "Six Six....six"
****************************************************************************
On the notice board of a famous medical college in London was written,
"The students will be glad to know that Her Majesty the Queen has
appointed me her personal physician-Principal"
Next day someone inscribed underneath-
"God save the Queen!"
*****************************************************************************
First: I think you have forgotten about the money I loaned you.
Second: How could i forget, it's hardly been two months. Give
me a few more months and i think i will be able to forget all about it.
****************************************************************************
A man was complaining about his wife to a friend.
" I don't know what to do about her. She has the worst memory in the world."
" You mean she forgets everything?" asked his friend.
" No, she remembers everything."
****************************************************************************
A teacher on the subject of sin: " Is there a virgin in this classromm?
If there is , let her stand up!" He then paused; nobody stood up.
He was about to resume when he noticed a young married student standing
at the rear with a baby.
" Excuse me, young lady, did you understand the question? I asked if
there was a virgin in the room.
" Yes, sir," said the mom, " but, did you expect this 3-week-old baby
to stand up by herself?"
****************************************************************************
Beggar- Please Sir a coin in alms.
Man- I don't have change now... take next time.
Beggar(angrily)- It's this credit that has made me a bankrupt.
***************************************************************************
The application form had a colume-"Sex?"
And a girl applying for the job wrote- " Once a week".
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Servant (to the employer)-i'm going away leaving the job.
Employer-Why?
Servant-You've no more faith in me .
Employer-Who says? Even the keys of the safe remain lying on the table.
Servant- But none of them can unlock the safe.
***************************************************************************
A commuter saw a man picking his pocket and said "Aren't you ashamed to
pick my pocket?"
"Rather it is you who should be ashamed. There is not a paisa in your
pocket".
***************************************************************************
A woman told another -"My neighbour has always been speaking ill of her
husband. Now, see me, my husband is fool, lazy and coward but did i ever say
anything about him?"
****************************************************************************
A pickpocket was fined 100 rupees but he had only 25. Therefore, he
requested the judge to allow him some time to bring the rest of the money.
"No, you can't go", the judge said, "You send somebody home to fetch it".
The pickpocket then said, "Sir, there is no money in the house. You please
allow me to take a round of the court premises, and i'll produce the money.
****************************************************************************
A fun loving peon shouted in the office-
"Has anybody lost a bundle of bank notes tied in a rubber band?"
"Yes, I've" cried 3-4 persons together.
"But I found this rubber band only", said the peon laughing.
****************************************************************************
In the Ramlila the man playing the part of Ravana fought so bravely and well
that people praising it shouted, "Well done, once more".
No sooner did the dead Ravana listen it than he got up and started fighting
with Rama afresh.
****************************************************************************
Philosopher- Today someone stole the purse from my pocker.
Wife-How, did you not know when he put his hand into your pocket?
Philosopher- I knew, but then I thought it was my own hand.
****************************************************************************
Poet- Did you like my new poem?
Man- I liked the end the most.
Poet- which portion?
Man-When you said, " This is the last line, now I say good bye".
****************************************************************************
Child- Where were you born papa?
Papa- In a foreign country son.
Child- And you mummy?
Mummy- In Delhi, darling.
Child- And I ?
Mummy - In a nursing home at Jaipur.
Child- Then, mummy I don't understand how did we three get together?
****************************************************************************
Jivan- Please return the umbrella you borrowed yesterday.
Raman- Do you want it just now? My friend has borrowed it.
Jivan- What? But the man whom I had borrowed from wants it immediately
because he says the owner of the umbrella is standing at the door insisting
on its urgent return".
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Lalu- Does your father remember God before taking his meals?
Lalita- Why, yes he does
Lalu- How do you know?
Lalita- Yesterday when he was taking lunch he exclaimed " Oh God! again
pumpking today".
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Man (to a young lady)- I've already met you somewhere and we have talked
together for quite a long time. But can't remember when and where?
Nurse- Sure, you have met and talked with me. You need not tax your memory,
I give you the place - it's mental hospital. I'm a nurse there.
*****************************************************************************
A butcher was leading a goat to a slaughter house. The goat was crying.
The child asked - "Why's it crying so much?"
"Because it's being led to the slaughter house".
"Is that all? I thought it was being led to school", said the child.
*****************************************************************************
A rich, naive young lady invited a pianist to give a private concert at
her home. Commenting on one of his selections, she said, " what a
beautiful piece! Who composed it?"
" Beethoven, madam," was the reply.
" Ah yes!" she said, knowingly.
" And is he composing now?"
" No! the pianist replied gravely.
" He is decomposing."
****************************************************************************
Once a bearded man was travelling on a train. He felt sleepy so he gave
the guy sitting opposite him on the train 20 bucks to wake him up when
the station arrived. This guy was a barber, and he felt that for 20 bucks,
the man deserved more service. So, when he fell asleep, the barber quietly
shaved off his beard. When the station arrived, the man was woken up, and
he went home. Reaching home, he went to wash his face, and suddenly screamed
when he saw the mirror. His wife asked him what was the matter to which
he replied that the cheat on the train took his 20 bucks and woke up
someone else.
****************************************************************************
On a deserted road in the dark of night a man was walking. Suddenly
two men approached him. One of them said, "Sir, do you have a ten paise coin?"
"Sure, but what would you do with it now at night?".
"You see, we are two and want to decide by toss of the coin who will own your
purse and who your wrist watch".
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There was a bling beggar. He has a small plate hanging round his neck.
On it was written-"Blind from birth".
A lady, out of pity for the blind man took a ten paisa coin from her purse
and dropped in his begging bowl. Then, the beggar said,
"Oh beauty! May God bless you ".
The woman went home and narrated this to his husband asking him as how the
beggar knew that she was beautiful?
"Then he should certainly have been blind," quipped the husband.
****************************************************************************
"Any complaints?" asked the teacher during school launch.
" Yes Sir", said one bold boy. " These peas are awfully hard sir."
Taking a spoon the teacher tasted some from the boys plate.
" They seem soft enough to me, " he declared.
"Yes, they are now since i have been chewing them for the last half hour."
****************************************************************************
Shanti: How old are you, Bhupendra?
Bhupendra: I'm 20 but i don't look like it, do i?
Shanti: No, but used to.
****************************************************************************
" I am so sorry to hear that your factory was burnt down.What do
you manufacture?"
"Fire extinguishers"
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" If we get married will you give up smoking?"
" Yes"
" And drinking, too?"
" Yes"
" And will you stop going to your club in the evening?"
"Yes"
" And what else are you thinking of giving up, darlin'?
" The idea of getting married"
****************************************************************************
Man: " Have your been to bed with anyone?"
Girl:( Angrily) "That's my business."
Man: " Oh, I didn't know you were a professional."
****************************************************************************
One day a mathematician, a physician and a chemist went to a beach.
The mathematician decided to measure the depth of the sea but was
swept away. Then the physician decided to measure the velocity of the
sea and jumped in the water but was swept away. At last, the chemist
said " Both of them are soluble in sea-water."
****************************************************************************
Mother: " Now Ramu, what animal gives you shoes and meat?"
Ramu: "Father."
****************************************************************************
" Madhav, you're a pig!" yelled his father." You do know what a
pig is, don't you?"
"Yes dad, " replied the lad. " It's a pig's son."
****************************************************************************
What's the difference between a Good girl and a Society Girl?
A Good girl goes out, goes home, goes to bed. A Society girl
goes out, goes to bed and goes home.
****************************************************************************
Three partially deaf women were driving together in an open car.
First women: " It's windy, isn't it?"
Second women: "Wednesday? No it's Thursday."
Third women: "Yeah, i'm thirsty too."
****************************************************************************

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Friday, March 16, 2007

The Ultimate Rejection Letter

Herbert A. Millington
Chair - Search Committee
412A Clarkson Hall, Whitson University
College Hill, MA 34109

Dear Professor Millington,

Thank you for your letter of March 16. After careful consideration, I
regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me
an assistant professor position in your department.

This year I have been particularly fortunate in receiving an unusually
large number of rejection letters. With such a varied and promising field
of candidates, it is impossible for me to accept all refusals.

Despite Whitson's outstanding qualifications and previous experience in
rejecting applicants, I find that your rejection does not meet my needs at
this time. Therefore, I will assume the position of assistant professor
in your department this August. I look forward to seeing you then.

Best of luck in rejecting future applicants.

Sincerely,
Chris L. Jensen

source :- http://www.chaosmatrix.org/library/humor/reject.html

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Thursday, March 15, 2007

Evolution of Storage Devices(primary/secondary)

Now, this part is for magnetic storage evolution or any other computer memory that is evolved with times. Facts and figures are so intriguing that noone hardly manages to keep out of it. The fascination is just overwhelming to experience. There was a time when per MB costed around $100. Imagine harddisk of 10 MB for a personal computer of that time. Now, how much would it cost for 40 GB at that time?? (i.e 1024 x 1024 x 40 x 71= NRs 2977955840). By the way GigaBytes of harddisks were a mere dream at that time. Now we are dreaming of Harddisks starting with the capacity in Terabytes. We wow at 750 GB Sata drives at the moment. I think after 5 years, we won't wow anymore for 750 GB of drives. Because, by then, harddrives would be more volatile,portable and with humongous capacity.

Did you know,Seagate introduced the first hard disk for PCs in 1979. It held 5 MB of data. he he.. and that Sony introduced the 3.5 inch floppy in 1981. Now, these days, nobody uses floppy disk and drives. They are almost extinct. Floppy drives are being replaced by DVD-ROM drives or simply USB port for portable pen drives which can be booted off just exactly as old floppy drives.

These days, graphics cards are shipped with GDDR3 memory. It's more efficient in managing consumption of power and faster graphics processing. So, there are more things which we are unknown of or unaware of. The following points would tell us how these wonderful magnetic storage devices and RAMs are evolved and still going ahead. We are in the verge of nano-technology. If this becomes every households necessity, then one day, we'll be carrying 400 terabytes of information on a size of matchbox. We'll be living our lives with the minute processor inside our blood and vein for health monitoring. Lets hope. Future lies ahead. We can dream and it's usage is immense.

1. Prior to newer forms of DRAM, FPM DRAM ( Fast Page Mode DRAM) was the most common kind of dynamic RAM in personal computer.

2. The production of a 32 MB DRAM chip that weighs two grams requires 32 kg of water, 1.6 kg of fossil fuel, 700gm of elemental gases and 72gm of hazardous chemicals.

3. Robert Heath Dennard, of the IBM T J watson research center, was the inventor of RAM.

4. In 1970, the newly formed Intel publicly released the 1103, the first DRAM chip. By 1972 it was the best selling semiconductor memory chip in the world.

5. In 1970, Fairchild Corporation invented the first 256-k Static Random Access Memory (SRAM) chip.

6. Static Random Access Memory(SRAM) is faster and better than Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM).

7. In the 1950s, Jacob Rabinow invented the first magnetic computer memor to use a disk instead of a tape for data storage.

8. Reynold Johnson, who headed the IBM team that was to develop the first RAM, was a B.S. in Education Administration.

9. In late 1955, Reynold Johnson presented the first ever working hard drive to IBM management, termed the RAMAC.

10. Super Audio CD players, created by Sony and Philips Electronics, can accomodate more than four times the information of the current CD format.

11. On April 22nd 2004, scientist at stanford announced the descovery of the upper speed limit at which data can be written to a hardrive. This limit is much higher than what is achieved by current devices.

12. Contrary to what most people believe, a hard disk head does not touch the platter surface. It floats a few micrometres above platter.

13. The first hard drives commercially available were about 5 to 10 MB, and sold for $100 per megabyte. At those prices, a 40GB hard disk would cost $4000000 or Rs 18 crore in today's price.

14. Magnetoresistive (MR0 head technology is used in disk drives to allow higher storage densities than the older inductive-head technology.

15. Just a Bunch of Disks (JBOD) is a term for one or more disk drives that form a single volume. However, the information on these disks is not striped in any way or protected,

16. The first hard drive available for the Apple II had a capactiy of 5 B.

17. Seagate introduced the first hard disk for PCs in 1979. It held 5 MB of data.

18. Sony introduced the 3.5 inch floppy in 1981.

19. CD-ROM XA was developed jointly by Sony, Philips and Microsoft, and its specifications were published in an extensive to the Yellow Book.

20. A hard disk is very vulnerable to vibrations; a minor bump can make the head crash into the disk's surface. The damage usually cannot be repaired, causing data loss and hard disk damage.

21. GDDR3 is a new standard for RAM in graphics, aimed at increasing speed and reducing power consumption.

22. NRAM is a new kind of RAM being developed by Nantero Corp. in Massachusetts. It will use nanotubes to store 1S and 0s. It will be faster and denser than DRAM, and will be non-volatile.

23. MRAM- magnetic RAM- will probably be out this decade, and will replace DDR and flash. It promisies faster data access, lower power consumption and greater data storage density.

24. Reqular RAM is electricity-based and that's why it's volatile. In contrast, memory like flash is magnetism-based, which is why no power supply is required to keep data intact.

25. The difference in CD and DVD technology lies mostly in the laser. DVDs pack the data elements closer together on the disk, so a much more precise laser is required to read and write data off DVDs.

26. It is possible to run a P-III processor without a heatsink, becuase Intel bundles along protection devices that clocks down the CPU to get it back to a stable temperature.

27. An AMD 1400 chip running without a heatsink gets as hot as 370 degress Celsius.

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What happened to Michael Jackson?

Let's analyse a visual physical change in Michael Jackson's appearance which is very shocking.

1971 - World at his feet
An adorable 13 year old cherub-faced Michael gazes at the camera. He is about to embark on an incredible career and an incredible life.


1975 - Jacko's spotty teens
Now 17, Michael is in the grip of adolescence. He told Martin Bashir he suffered terribly with pimples and that his father bullied him about his nose.


1981 - Changing faces
On the set of his video for Billie Jean, Michael's nose begins to look thinner than in previous photographs. His skin also starts to lighten.


1984 - Surgery jibes
The first rumours begin to surface that Michael has had surgery; on his face. The skin is paler, his nose thinner and the lips are more pink in colour.


1993- Black and white
Now aged 35, Michael's nose looks more pinched and upturned than ever before. The skin now looks almost completely caucasian.


2003 - A changed Man
Now 44, every aspect of Michael's face is remarkably different in shape and colour from the cute youngster with whom the world fell in love.


(src:gladrags,2003)

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Mighty adolescence

During the adolescence period of teenagers, they tend to have lots of questions about their physical needs and changes they see in their overall body structure. One of the most basic instinct, is being caught while masturbating and feel guilty for all the time as he/she has committed sin of life. Masturbation is a process of relaxation which helps us get rid of depression mentally. Technically, masturbation has got different definitions.
Whatever it is, it's one natural human activity. Now, many of the teens who have so many questions regarding masturbation, they can find this compiled ebook very enticing. This compiled ebook will definitely help them find a way or two. (You need Internet Explorer to read this '.mht' format ebook) Download ebook here(270KB). (rightclick and click 'save target as')

Basic questions asked or inquired about are as follows, which is already answered in this ebook.

1Q. What is masturbation?
2Q. How does a man masturbate?
3Q. How does a woman masturbate?
4Q. How many men/women masturbate?
5Q. Can I masturbate too much?
6Q. My penis goes off at an angle! My vaginal lips look strange. Is this from masturbating?
7Q. Will my penis get larger/smaller by masturbating it?
8Q. Will I catch a disease from masturbation?
8aQ. Will I make myself sick if I eat my own cum?
9Q. Will I go blind/bald/insane/grow hair on my palms/penis turn black and fall off from masturbating?
10Q. Can a doctor tell if I've been masturbating?
11Q. Can my parents/guardian/spouse/other tell if I've been masturbating?
13Q. Will I lose my ability to perform with a partner if I masturbate?
14Q. Will I become obsessed with masturbation?
15Q. Masturbation is only for people who can't get laid, right?
16Q. Will I burn in hell for masturbating?
17Q. Should I use a lubricant? What kind of lubricant should I use?
18Q. All my friends can masturbate to orgasm but I am unable to. What's wrong?
19Q. What is the normal size of a penis? Is my penis big enough?
20Q. If I jack off with (get jacked off by) my friend of the same sex, will I become gay (or lesbian)?
21Q. What is (are?) "blue balls"?
22Q. What are poppers?
23Q. I want to start working out to build muscle mass. Some of my friends say masturbation will increase testosterone, but others say it will decrease testosterone. What effect will masturbation have?
and more.



src: compiled from sexuality.org. i don't remember if this site still exists or not.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

TechFun

Never knew, doggie could blog..


Sometimes, it's devil inside too..


Firefox Vs IE


Microsoft today published the full bug list for it's Windows 2000 operating
system. For the first time ever, all known and reported bugs are to be made
available to the public. Mr Hyan-Lee Japan(photographed) made the mistake of
printing the whole list ....


Somebody really didn't have another copy of Classic Popeya VCD. Will it
work?? of course not!!!


When Windows crashes, entire network crashes. It's Windows Network.

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Antique Nepalese Currency Note

Reminiscences of old Nepalese paper notes. These notes did belong to our dad and grandpa's time. Have a look !!!

Five Rupees Note(back)


Five Rupees Note(front)


1 Mohru Note(back)


1 Mohru Note(front)


5 Mohru Note(back)


5 Mohru Note(front)


10 Mohru Note(back)


10 Mohru Note(front)


5 Mohru Note(front)


10 Mohru Note(front)


One Rupee Note(back)


Five Rupees Note(back)


Ten Rupees Note(Back)


One Hundred Rupees Note


One Rupee Note(back)


One Rupee Note(front)

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जेनेरेटरबाट गाउमै कम्प्युटर कक्षा

त्रिवेणी र्-पर्वत, फागुन २८ - "जहा इच्छा, त्यहा उपाय " । प्रविधि मोहमा होम्मिएका पर्वतको दर्ुगम गाउ“ त्रिवेणीका युवाले यही उखानलाई चरितार्थ गरेका छन् ।
बिजुलीे पुग्न नसकेको दर्ुगम गाउ“का यी युवाले जेनेरेटर चलाएर कम्प्युटर सिक्न सुरु गरेका छन् । बेहुलीबास गाविसका दीपक काफ्लेले त्रिवेणीमा खोलेको ओम इन्स्िटच्युटमा यहा“का विद्यार्थी र अभिभावक कम्प्युटरमा झुम्मिन्छन् । इन्स्िटच्युटमा दैनिक २० जनाभन्दा बढी कम्प्युटर सिक्न थालेका छन् । एक जनाबाट महिनाको एक हजार पा“च सयदेखि २ हजारसम्म लिने गरेको काफ्ले बताए ।
सरकारले वितरण गरेको विद्युत् लाइन पुग्न नसके पनि लाखांै खर्चेर उनले जेनेरेटर र कम्प्युटर खरिद गरे । गाउ“लेलाई सेवा दिने र व्यवसायसमेत गर्ने उद्देश्यले आफूले यस्तो काम थालेको काफ्लेले बताए । 'सहरमा गएर यस्तै काम सिकियो गाउ“लेलाई पनि सिकाउने रहर लाग्यो,' उनले भने ।

सदरमुकामदेखि यातायात र सूचनाका लागि समेत निकै पछाडि परेको गाउ“मा स्थानीय व्यक्तिले नया“ प्रविधि सिकाउने कक्षा खोलेपछि जान्ने र सिक्ने रहर भएकास“गै रमाइलोका लागि पनि धेरै जना आउने गरेका छन् ।

काफ्लेका अनुसार तीनवटा कम्प्युटरबाट १५ जनासम्मको समूहलाई सिकाउने गरिएको छ । सिकाउने बेलामा सबैलाई एकै स्थानमा राख्ने र पछि पालैपालो प्रयोग गर्न लगाउने गरेको उनले बताए । 'दैनिक ४ देखि ५ समूह सिक्न आउने गरेका छन्,' उनले भने ।

गाउ“मै कम्प्युटर सिक्न पाएकाले आफूले पोखरा जाने योजना त्यागेको सीता रानाले बताइन् । 'विद्यार्थी मात्र होइन, गृहिणी र वृद्धहरूसमेत कम्प्युटर सिक्न आउ“छन्,' काफ्लेले भने ।

(साभार: प्रकाश बराल,कान्तिपुर )

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"Internet in MeroMobile" a Keyword

This is one of my very casual posting today. I've not planned for it to post though i'm doing it. Okie, it's something about my old blog. I'm getting lots of page hits for that particular topic. It's because of the google keyword "internet in MeroMobile". The keyword is so far i could guess as a total newbie noob,faking myself as one.

I think people are unknowingly trying to get help on internet regarding this GPRS thing on their sets. Now, i've nothing to say but one sentence " help yourself, please at least go to their Headoffice for once"

oh yeas, Spicenepal really needs to make their site look more official and user friendly. Peoples are lost when they visit MeroMobile Official site.

One thing really annoys me, why can't spicenepal buy a domain (meromobile.com) from some cybersquatter? MeroMobile Users tend to surf www.meromobile.com at first go and what do they see? Some cybersquatter's' message. It'll leave a very bad impression on users. They must act fast.

Anyway, it's upto spicenepal. A good Company must retain all it's logos,trademark as far as possible within the legal account. MeroMobile is definitely a brandname of Spicenepal.


Thanks

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INTEL's TimeLine

I love to share fact figures. Intel's processor got evolved year after years. Now, the Intel's latest Quad-core Xeons is released.


1971,
The 4004 microprocessor. This was Intel's first ever microprocessor.

1972,
The 8008 microprocesso. In 1974, Radio Electronics referred to a device called the Mark-8 that used this processor, Interestingly, the Mark-8 was hailed as one of the first computers for the home.

1974,
The 8080 microprocessor became the brains of the first PC-the Altair, named after a destination of the Starship Enterprise from the popular Star Trek series. Users could afford a kit for the Altair for just $395.

1978,
The 8086 and 8088 microprocessors became the brains of IBM's new superhit product the IBM PC. Its success skyrocketed Intel into fortune 500.

1982,
The 80286 microprocessor. Within just six years of its release, a whopping 15 million 286-based personal computers were installed globally.

1985,
The 90386 microprocessor. This processor featured a stagering 275,000 transistors.

1989,
The 486 DX microprocessor. With this, the user graduated from command-line to point-and-click computing.

1993,
The Pentium Processor. This processor allowed computers to process real-world-data, such as sound, hand-written and photo images.

1995,
The Pentium Pro processor. It was desined specifically to fuel 32-bit server and workstation applications. The processor eventually propelled sppedy computer-aided design.

1997,
The Pentium II Processor. This chip enabled PC users to capture, edit and share digital photos via the Internet.

1998,
The Pentium II Xeon Processor. This processor features innovations specially designed for workstations thriving on business applications.

1999,
The PentiumIII Xeon processor. The processor enabled the speeding up of e-commerce applications.

2000,
The Pentium 4 processor. while the 4004 chipran at 108 KHz, this processor clocked a phenomenal 1.5 gigahertz. Users could now create professional-quality movies and render 3D graphics in realtime.

2001,
The Xeon processor. This processor offers users a choice of operaing systems, along with high performance, all at affordable prices.

2001,
The Itanium processor. It delivered world class performance apart from enabling e-commerce security transactions.

2002,
The Itanium 2 processor. It promised outstanding performance, supporting business applications.

2003,
The Intel Cetrino Mobile technology launche. The technology offers new capabilities specifically for the mobile world. such as increased battery life.

2003,
Intel releases the Pentium 4 processor Extreme Edition that supports Hyper Threading technology. The Processor has 2 MB of L3 cache, and is designed for gamers and the like.

2004,
The Centrino M(Mobile) Processor debuts. It is built on Intel's 90nm fabrication technology. It features a 2MB L2 cache, and 400 MHz power-optimized system bus.

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Monday, March 12, 2007

Open Source And Cola

Have you ever heard about OpenCola????? Well it is open source version of cola . The recipe for making 
this cola is avilable to the public and anyone can use it 
and modify it unless he publishes the modified recipy 
under GNU's GPL (general public license).

more at : http://mychemistryblog.blogspot.com/2007/03/open-cola.html

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My Blab Outs

Paying PSTN telephone bill was a hectic moment for me always. Without queueing up in the line, paying bill was just a dream. Now, i am sharing some of my words.

First of all, i check Telephone bill on internet visiting this site here. Then straight, go and pay. if someone is new to check telephone bill on internet, one can register
here and check their billing statement. It's really disgusting to queue up, wait for bill statements for hours and then finally pay off the bill at counter.

We are facing, loadshedding, pretty much. There was no electricity one unfortunate day, i've to pay the bill anyhow and i couldn't access my net, coz no power. Out of hope, somebody told me, that dialing '1606' will help. I don't know if it's a toll free number or not but it came to be as saviour to me. I dialed that number 1606, it detected my home number gently(because it told me my numbers digital way like four... four.. eight.. five....... and so ,....i can figure that short pause between the numbers)and with the 'Intercom' style, it gave me options and it's way easy and i got my telephone bill. For this to work, i've to be on PSTN number, my own number. If i go to cyber and start dialing 1606, it'll show me the bill of that cyber owner.. geezzzz.. I'm quite confident that lots of people know about this 1606. By the way, nobody loves to wait in queue.

Now, this paragraph i'm writing, it's after the 3 hours loadshedding slap. Anyways, without loosing anymore hope, whenever i've to make a purchase decision of Cell phones, i usually check this website
Now, we know, most of the commodities enter our market through indian transit. We also know 100 indian Rupees is 160 NRs. So, what's the fuss?? i can bargain a local dealer here after having that site checked out. It has the most recent cell phone price list in indian market.
Its better off to check this site than window-shopping the dealers in Newroad, asking each of them about this and that. A wise guy ( like me.. he he)
usually check the specifications on internet,compare the prices and then finally hunt for his/her cellphone in the market without much asking.

OH yeah, my cellphone is possessed by a Symbian-based mobile OS. It can handle Java application thankfully. Now, being Nepalese, i really needed some calendar in Nepalese which shows Nepalese dates. I found somewhere on Net called 'MERO PATRO'. It's a Java Application and in JAR and JAD compressed format. JAD is not needed in my case. It just contains the file save information regarding where to save,version etc. JAR is the main file. I think all Nepalese may need this 10 KB java application in case he/she forgets nepalese date. It comes handy at times. I've uploaded it here and someone can download from there at the same time.

Life is good after all. :)

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Godaddy SideEffect

"Customer is always right!" This is the slogan of business management students and we are taught that way. Sometimes, big companies tend to forget small wishes of individual customer. They think it's Okay to ignore their chattering. This is nothing but their first sign of loosing their reputation in the market. If they start not thinking about one customer, they may loose another 100 prospective customers because that one customer can make or leave that impression to others. Though , it doesn't affect much to them, albeit,it's doing business in risk on long run. I'm talking about GoDaddy.com

Whereever i go, everyone was talking about their so called great reputation in Webhost and domain selling business. I really had a very very bad impression on them no matter how good they were. I even don't recommend others to buy their service. No matter how affordable their service is, at last it's nothing or useless if they treat their customer like a ragamuffin dog. In other words, they don't care much about them.

Around a year ago, i tried to register a domain with them using my foreigner friend's CC(credit card) who was in Nepal at that moment. All went good. Domain was registered. After a week, their over-intelligent system found that the Credid card used was from other than the country it's issued. What else, my order was cancelled. I was even tagged as fraud and moreover they didn't care about my friends request for the workaround of that particular dealing. But no, nothing. no reply, it was just some automated replies. That really really sucked. My domain name got locked/parked .. and i was feeling stupid, uptight dealing with those so-called great godaddy.com

Now, this GoDaddy.com got another customer victimized. His words might have been lost somewhere if local News Agencies wouldn't have raised his words. Thanks to media always. People listen only when media speaks. That is the truth!!!

Would you care reading this story too. I could have posted a link but sooner or later, it'll get wiped out off the hosted site. So, i copied and pasted this news segment here.
Read ahead.
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A GoDaddy.com customer is seriously concerned that this domain registrar and hosting company may not be ready for the switch to DST (Daylight Saving Time) on Sunday.

In a series of e-mail exchanges and phone calls, George Baltzell was told by GoDaddy.com's tech support team that the company is exempt from patching its servers because it is based in Arizona, which doesn't observe DST. "That's a silly response," Baltzell said.

Baltzell, who lives in St. Louis, contacted GoDaddy.com's tech support after he crafted a short script using the PHP language to verify that the company's servers had been tuned for the DST switch, which comes earlier this year. His test showed that the GoDaddy.com servers are still acting according to the old DST rules, he said.

"Thank you for contacting Online Support. As Daylight Savings [sic] does not apply to our servers, since we are on Arizona Time and our time zone does not change, our servers wouldn't update," reads one of the replies he received, and which he provided to IDG News Service.

He wrote back to GoDaddy, saying that despite being in Arizona, their servers needed to be patched, otherwise timestamps would be wrong when communicating with computers in other areas. He even provided them with the code he used for his test, but didn't hear back.

When informed of this situation by IDG News Service, GoDaddy sent a statement from Chief Information Security Officer Neil Warner. It said GoDaddy has conducted risk analysis on all its systems in preparation for the DST switch as well as contacted its vendors and received recommended patches.

"Further, over the weekend, Go Daddy developers and quality assurance teams will be monitoring the transition process closely. As for our corporate headquarters being located in Scottsdale, Arizona, while the fact that we do not participate in DST minimizes potential impact, we are taking all precautionary steps to ensure our customers, located all over the world, are not impacted," the statement read.

Told of GoDaddy's response, Baltzell was puzzled about the different message he got from the technical support team. At press time, his test continues to indicate the GoDaddy.com servers haven't been patched, he said.

The main site he hosts with GoDaddy.com is St. Louis Places to See. He is particularly concerned for a page in which he tracks power outages in the St. Louis metro area because timestamps are an important part of it.

Whatever ends up happening, Baltzell's opinion of GoDaddy.com has been soured by the experience. "Their tech support response is such a non sequitur, it has me wondering whether I should switch to another company," he said.

In 2005, President Bush signed into law the Energy Policy Act of 2005. Among other things, it orders that, beginning in 2007, the start of DST be moved from the first Sunday in April to the second Sunday in March. It also shifts the return of standard time from the last Sunday in October to the first Sunday in November.

On Sunday, people in zones impacted by DST must advance their clocks one hour. They must set clocks back one hour when DST ends this year on Nov. 4.

The new DST dates have had a significant impact on the IT industry as vendors have had to issue patches for their systems and users, both consumers and enterprise IT professionals, have had to adjust their computers

src:infoworld.com

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Thursday, March 08, 2007

YouTube banned

Turkish government has banned the YouTube viewing within it's boundary. The reason for ban?? well, the prosecutors told the court that clips insulting Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk had appeared on the site. To them, Ataturk is the founding father of modern Turkey and his insulting is an offence to their country's pride which can result in a prison cell.

Now, clips were removed after complaints received but still,(के भन्ने अब?)Turkish banned the YouTube in the eyes of Turkish people. If someone visits the YouTube from that country, a message is shown with english and turkish reading, something like this,
"Access to www.youtube.com site has been suspended in accordance with decision no: 2007/384 dated 06.03.2007 of Istanbul First Criminal Peace Court".

Yet another reason of such insulting video posting is because there has been a "virtual war" between Greek and Turkish users of the site.
I remember when all major ISPs of our country were forced to ban the viewing of Maoist sites during the autocratic regime of king. Now, that's passe.

But still sometimes i feel it's not too good for government's involvement in manipulating cyber worlds content. Millions of people visit sites like YouTube. Censoring contents will make the scandals even more popular and make it more 'searched items' on net.

No matter, what ISP's had blocked in past, i somehow learnt how to bypass that censor and viewed it anyhow. I think it's governments immaturity doing things like that. Now, if we see things in China, scenario is even more fearsome there than here. Chinese government are banning every sites that are somehow offensive, unhealthy to it's population. Now, it's too much of restriction or caring. dunno..

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Comparing different Vistas..

There are four flavours of Windows Vista. This is the Microsofts way of doing business. They separate customers by their pockets and ..options to be precise. No offence please.
1. Windows Vista Basic
2. Windows Vista Home Premium
3. Windows Vista Business
4. Windows Vista Ultimate.

As we know, there is a big difference between Windows XP home edition and Windows XP Professional Edition. Home edition can't be used under networked environment whereas Professional can. So, these features are somewhere added or reduced and, there is change in naming convention too.

Now, coming to the point, what big differences are there in these different flavours of Windows Vista, i've found a comparison chart.

Click this link to find out

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Windows Vista Keygen Hoax

Well, what to say now, Windows Vista is uncrackable till now. Though there are rumors of working Vista keygen, it proved as hoax. Now, Unlike Windows XP, crackers are still trying their nuts to find workaround of Vista Key. Whoever says they've got a key is probably faking.

Till now, i've not found the Vista other than beta to try out. Even if some told, it's either Vista transformation pack or beta. So, there is no pirated market for this Vista.

May be future has something to tell us but Microsoft has really made this tough one. I bet on it. Vista is very high on system requirement and after going through so many reviews and comparisons, i changed my mind not to upgrade for the time being.
Stronger system configurations 'WALA' are likely to upgrade. There have been already lakhs of lakhs people using Vista. Their experience shows, it takes a while to learn this new operating system.

Well, for people like us, who belong to third world country as they say to us, we tend to use thirdclass replica of genuine product. Crackers supply their pseudo-software products in this reason for very nominal charge, which prevails in Nepal too. I don't know if we support them or not, but everyone is silent and accepting the cult. So, do we,.. we belong to very poor country where we can't pay more sum for a software which is expensive than 3 computers if bought. I'm not promoting piracy and going against those big companies which can sue my blog anytime if found writing like this.. but that's the concern why people are using pirated software. Why are there always prying eyes for a keygen or cracked EXE? why can't they take initiative to buy genuine product? Why the big software companies can't make the price suitable according to the region? They've to check the size of peoples pocket. Nepal, where average salary is 5000-6000 Rupees per month, where 10,000 Rupees per month is still dream in average, .. can they afford for a software costing 10th times larger than their per month salary, definitely not. Except few exception. I'm not talking about richies. I'm talking about average users.

I really don't know, unless and untill, Nepalese Government does something for IT sector, uplift the software development area and promote it's software in own market, later internationally. Then there might be hope. But, as we read some survey, asia is the no 1 for the pirated software junction. For every Ying, there is yang. May be it won't stop for ever.

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Wednesday, March 07, 2007

How Exotic your name is??

According to studies, the first letter of your first name
reveals your sexual identity ... What do you think?

-A-
You are not particularly romantic, but you areinterested in
action. You mean business. With you, what you see is what
you get. You have no patience for flirting and can't be
bothered with someone who is trying to be coy, cute, demure,
and subtly enticing. You are an up front person. When it
comes to sex, it's action that counts not obscure hints.
Your mate's physical attractiveness is important to you. You
find the chase and challenge of the "hunt" invigorating. You
are passionate and sexual as well as being much more
adventurous than you appear; however, you do not go around
advertising these qualities. Your physical needs are your
primary concern.

-B-
You give off vibes of lazy sensuality. You enjoy being
romanced, wined, and dined. You are very happy to receive
gifts as an _expression of the affection of your lover. You
want to be pampered and know how to pamper your mate. You
are private in your _expression of endearments and
particularly when it comes to lovemaking. You will hold off
until everything meets with your approval. You can control
your appetite and abstain from sex if need be. You require
new sensations and experiences. You are willing to
experiment.


-C-
You are a very social individual, and it is important to you
to have a relationship. You require closeness and
togetherness. You must be able to talk to your sex partner
before, during, and after. You want the object of your
affection to be socially acceptable and good looking. You
see your lover as a friend and companion. You are very
sexual and sensual,needing someone to appreciate and almost
worship you. When this cannot be achieved, you have the
ability to go for long periods without sexual activity. You
are an expert at controlling your desires and doing without.

-D-
Once you get it into your head that you want someone, you
move full steam ahead in pursuit. You do not give up your
quest easily. You are nurturing and caring. If someone has a
problem, this turns you on. You are highly sexual,
passionate, loyal, and intense in your involvement,
sometimes possessive and jealous. Sex to you is a pleasure
to be enjoyed. You are stimulated by the eccentric and
unusual, having a free and open.

-E-
Your greatest need is to talk. If your date is not a good
listener, you have trouble relating. A person must be
intellectually stimulating or you are not interested
sexually. You need a friend for a lover and a companion for
a bedmate. You hate disharmony and disruption, but you do
enjoy a good argument once in a while it seems to stir
things up. You flirt a lot, for the challenge is more
important than the sexual act for you, but once you give
your heart away, you are uncompromisingly loyal. When you
don't have a good lover to fall asleep with, you will fall
asleep with a good book. (Sometimes, in fact, you prefer a
good look.)

-F-
You are idealistic and romantic, putting your lover on a
pedestal. You look for the very best mate you can find. You
are a flirt,yet once committed, you are very loyal. You are
sensuous,sexual,and privately passionate. Publicly, you can
be showy, extravagant, and gallant. You are born romantic.
Dramatic lve scenes are your favorite fantasy pastime. You
can be a very generous lover.

-G-
You are crap in bed!
( Remember....I didn't write this!!!! LOLOL)

-H-
You seek a mate who can enhance your reputation and earning
ability. You will be very generous to your lover once you
have attained a commitment. Your gifts are actually an
investment in your partner. Before the commitment, though,
you tend to be frugal in your spending and dating habits and
equally cautious in your sexual involvement. You are a
sensual and patient lover.

-I-
You have a great need to be loved,appreciated...Even
worshipped.You enjoy luxury, sensuality, and pleasures of
the flesh.You look for lovers who know what they are doing.
You are not interested in an amateur, unless that amateur
wants a tutor. You are fussy and exacting about having your
desires satisfied. You are willing to experiment and try new
modes of sexual _expression.You bore easily and thus require
sexual adventure and change. You are more sensual than
sexual,but you are sometimes downright lustful.

-J-
You are totally F**king marvelous!

-K-
You can be very romantic, attached to the glamour of love.
Having a partner is of paramount importance to you. You are
free in your _expression of love and are willing to take
chances, try new sexual experiences and partners, provided
it's all in good taste.Brains turn you on. You must feel
that your partner is intellectually stimulating, otherwise
you will find it difficult to sustain the relationship. You
require loving,cuddling, wining,and dining to know that
you're being appreciated.

-L-
You are very romantic, idealistic, andsomehow you believe
that to love means to suffer. You wind up serving your mate
or attracting people who have unusual troubles. You see
yourself as your lover's savior. You are sincere,
passionate, lustful, and dreamy. You can't help falling in
love. You really enjoy stimulating yourself, though you are
fairly new to it. You fantasize and get turned on by movies
and magazines. You do not tell others of this secret life,
nor of your sexual fantasies.

-M-
You are emotional and intense. When involved in a
relationship, you throw your entire being into it. Nothing
stops you; there are no holds barred. You are all consuming
and crave someone who is equally passionate and intense. You
are willing to try anything and everything. Your supply of
sexual energy is inexhaustible. You are very social and
sensual; you enjoy flirting and also enjoy mothering your
mate.

-N-
You need constant stimulation because you
bore quickly. You can handle more than one relationship at a
time with ease. You believe in total sexual freedom. You are
willing to try anything and everything. Your supply of
sexual energy is inexhaustible.You are a flirt,yet once
committed, you are very loyal. You are sensuous, sexual,and
privately passionate. Publicly, you can be showy,
extravagant, and gallant. You are born romantic. Dramatic
love scenes are your favorite fantasy pastime. You can be a
very generous lover.

-O-
You are very interested in sexual activities yet secretive
and shy about your desires. You can re-channel much of your
sexual energy into making money and/or seeking power. You
can easily have extended periods of celibacy. You are a
passionate, compassionate, sexual lover, requiring the same
qualities from your mate. Sex is serious business; thus you
demand intensity and diversity, and are willing to try
anything or anyone. Sometimes your passions turn to
possessiveness, which must be kept in check.

-P-
You are very conscious of social proprieties. You wouldn't
think of doing anything that might harm your image or
reputation. Appearances count, therefore, you require a
good-looking partner.You also require an intelligent
partner. Oddly enough, you may view your partner as your
enemy; A good fight stimulates those sex vibes. You are
relatively free of sexual hang-ups. You are willing to
experiment and try new ways of doing things. You are very
social and sensual; you enjoy flirting and need a good deal
of physical gratification.

-Q-
You require constant activity and stimulation. You have
tremendous physical energy. It is not easy for a partner to
keep up with you, sexually or otherwise. You are an
enthusiastic lover and tend to be attracted to people of
other ethnic groups. You need romance, hearts and flowers,
and lots of conversation to turn you on and keep you going.

-R-
You are a no-nonsense, action-oriented individual. You need
someone who can keep pace with you and who is your
intellectual equal the smarter the better. You are turned on
more quickly by a great mind than by a great body. However,
physical attractiveness is very important to you. You have
to be proud of your partner. You are privately very sexy,
but you do not brag, you are willing to serve as teacher.
Sex is important; you can be a very demanding playmate.

-S-
You are secretive, self-contained, and shy. You are very
sexy, sensual, and passionate, but you do not let on to
this.Only in intimate privacy will this part of your nature
reveal itself. When it gets down to the nitty-gritty, you
are an expert. You know all the little tricks of the trade,
can play any role or any game, and take your love life very
seriously. You don't fool around. You have the patience to
wait for the right person to come along.

-T-
You are very sensitive, private, and sexually passive; you
like a partner who takes the lead. Music, soft lights and
romantic thoughts turn you on. You fantasize, but do not
tend to fall in and out of love easily. When in love, you
are romantic, idealistic, mushy, and extremely intense. You
enjoy having your senses and your feelings stimulated,
titillated, and teased. You are a great flirt. You can make
your relationships fit your dreams, oftentimes all in your
own head.

-U-
You are enthusiastic and idealistic when in love. When not
in love, you are in love with love, always looking for
someone to adore. You see romance as a challenge. You are a
roamer and need adventure, excitement, and freedom. You deal
in potential relationships. You enjoy giving gifts and enjoy
seeing your mate looking good. Your sex drive is strong and
you desire instant ratification. You are willing to put your
partner's pleasures above your own.

-V-
You are individualistic, and you need freedom, space, and
excitement. You wait until you know someone well before
committing yourself. Knowing someone means psyching him out.
You feel a need to get into his head to see what makes him
tick. You are attracted to encentric types. Often there is
an age difference between you and your lover. You respond to
danger, thrills, and suspense. The gay scene turns you on,
even though you yourself may not be a participant.

-W-
You are very proud, determined, and you refuse to take no
for an answer when pursuing love. Your ego is at stake. You
are romantic, idealistic, and often in love with love
itself, not seeing your partner as he or she really is. You
feel deeply and throw all of yourself into your
relationships. Nothing is too good for your lover. You enjoy
playing love games.

-X-
You need constant stimulation because you bore quickly. You
can handle more than one relationship at a time with ease.
You can't shut off your mind. You talk while you make love.
You can have the greatest love affairs,all by yourself, in
your own head.

-Y-
You are sexual, sensual, and very independent. If you can't
have it your way, you will forgot the whole thing. You want
to control your relationships, which doesn't always work out
too well. You respond to physical stimulation, enjoy necking
and spending hours just touching, feeling and exploring.
However, if you can spend your time making money, you will
give up the pleasures of the flesh for the moment. You need
to prove to yourself and your partner what a great lover you
are. You want feedback on your performance.

-Z-
I couldn't find detail on it.

(source:copy/paste from net)

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Time and Money



Disclaimer: I take no responsibility caused by this equation done by someone else which is found somewhere on the sea of internet.

It's purely for entertainment and please no offence. I got it in email. I thought i'd put it here.

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Tuesday, March 06, 2007

Asian of the Year 2007

Dr. Sanduk Ruit,the same person who was chosen for the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding last year,was conferred with the first Reader's Digest Asian of the year 2007 award.

Dr. Ruit, a 54 year old Nepalese eye surgeon has conducted over 70,000 successful eye surgeries for cataract,considered to be the main reason of blindness.

The eye surgeon did his graduate studies at Lucknow's King George Medical College and postgraduate studies at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here.

Said Jim Plouffe, the Asia Editor of the 85-year-old magazine Reader's Digest: 'Ruit is such an amazing personality about whom the whole subcontinent can feel proud of.'

Dr. Ruit has been working in his homeland Nepal(Tilganga Eye Hospital), Thailand, China and many other countries of Asia.

Being Nepalese, we are really proud of him but seeing our Nepalese Government doing nothing to honor this great human being is really discouraging and disheartening. He has invented cost effective technology for the treatment of blindness which he has done for not bagging some awards or honour. Nepalese government never saw it's countrymens' real ability or hidden talent to some extent.

In Nepal, he serves at Tilganga Eye Hospital,Airport area and later, one can find him at Nemkul Eye Clinic in Newroad too. He is the best Eye doctor in Asia.

More on him at : http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=25429

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Gurbani Judge


I've been a great fan of a reality based Television show called MTV roadies which is aired from indian Version of MTV India every year. If i'm not wrong there have been 4 episodes of MTV roadies. Each year, they carry out 1 episode. Last episode got ended at the end of 2006. Now, the next roadies show must be on it's way. I'm eagerly waiting for it.

At first, people has to go through rigorous tests conducted by 3 judges in interviewing style. They don't look for looks/beauty. They look for cunningness in peoples mind. They judge the winning spirit of people and that's how they select candidates for the show. One more thing, they kick overcondident asses either. Because, that's gonna ruin the spirit of the show.

Now, after they select 13 luckiest roadies, the real fun begins. Friends and foes start to form. It's really exciting to see what gonna be next. The host brings up with more exciting games which each participant has to go through. Lastly, each roadies will get voted out one by one. This voting out is done by their own participating friends. Sometimes, it's ridiculous to see some participant getting voted out with not enough rambling performed.

The last Roadies show. It's won by one Chinese looking indian guy called Anthony but i really wished an indian girl Bani would win. She has that attitude of Roadies but again, Anthony won. When he cried at the last moment, is it some guy or over-emotional girl like dude. It's something i never wished to see during the winning spree. I must admit, he just cried like a little baby or may be weeped like a little
lady. Bani stood out brave.. her speech " bring it on " accepting any challenge.. that's the most exciting part to fall for her.

Some of the unforgetting challenges were like back-riding ricksaw, soaking wet in honey - stick cash on it as much as one can, never seen volleyball like game but have to play with kicks, putting fire on whole body, penalty kickouts, hanging out by throat and still keep balancing with tedious weight on other side, blah blah... one can't keep his/her eye from it.

If anyone happen to be Bani's(Gurbani Judge) fan, here is her profile:
http://www.orkut.com/Profile.aspx?uid=8083955654075494716

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CPU's and Peripherals Shortlisted

1. Intel is short for Integrated Electronics.

2. Ulsl stands for Ultra Large Scale Integration, used in microchips with over one million transistors.

3.A fat Mac application is an application program for the Macintosh computer that works on a Mac running on an Motorola 68000 series chip.

4.FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) is a microchip design developed by Intel for its faster micorprocessor.

5. Intel co-founder Gordon Moore said in 1965," The amount of information storable in one square inch of silicon will double every 18 months.". This came to be known an Moore's Law.

6. In 1963, Douglas Engelbart invented the mouse as a pointing device for computers. It was patented as the X-Y indicator indicator in 1968.

7. VisiCalc, invented in 1979, was the first spreadsheet program available for computers.

8. IBM was incorporated in 1911 under the name Computing- Tabulating-Recording Company.

9. 1984 was the year of the GUI. Apple introducced the Macintosh, the first PC with a graphical user interface.

10. Intel's Flying Pentium Ads and the 'Intel Inside' logo were made on an Apple Macintosh.

11. In 1938, Claude Shannon first showed that electronic switching circuits could perform logical operations.

12. The computing for the pioneer 10 spacecraft was done by the Intel 4004 microprocessor.

13. The CVAX chip used a DEC Micro VAX II microprocessor. A message was inscribed on the chip, in Russian, which said,"VAX, when you care enough to seal the very best"!

14. A modern quarter-inch square silicon chip has the power of the 1949 ENIAC computer, which occupied a full city block.

15. Andrew Grove, former Chariman, Intel Corporation, was flooded with over 120 names to choose from for its latest processor. He finally settled on 'Pentium' after spending $40000.

16. Ted Hoff, Stan Mazor and Federico Faggin designed the Pentium Chip that was launched on March 22, 1993.

17. In July 1968, Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore, started N M Electronic. Soon after, they started calling it Intel.

18. Intel's code name for its effort to make the one GHz micro processor was project Foster.

19. Intel's project on the first processor to use the new 64-bit architecture was under the code name Merced.

20. If you happened to open up the case of the original Macintosh, you would find 17 signatures, one for each memeber of Apple's Macitosh division as og 1982.

21. Intel created the Timna processor in 2001, a low-end product, but it was given a hastly burial after problems cropped up with the memory translator hub (MTH)

22. The component was invented by Dorr Felt. It was the first entirely key-operated calculating machine- a practical adding and listing machine.

23. The first microprocessor to make it in a home computer was the Intel 8088, a complete 8-bit computer on one chip introduced in 1974.

24. The first microprocessor to make it a real splash in the market was the Intel 8088, introduced in 1979 and incorporated into the IBM PC.

25. The Pentium 4 runs the code about 5000 times faster than the 8088.

26. Wintel computers, PCs eith an Intel processor and running a windows operating system, account for 80 percent of PCs in use today.

27. Windows Me started a new technology called System File Protection that prevented applications from over writing key system files.

28. Hewlett Packard's first order, for eight oscillators, came from Walt Disney, while he was making the film Fantasia in 1940.

29. Hewlett Packard introduced the mopier in 1996, aprinter that offers a low-cost, high-quality alternative to photocopying.

30. The Biztalk Server is a Microsoft product. It unites enterprise application integration (EAI) and business-to-business (B2B) Integration in a single product.

31. In 1984, Apple Computer introduced the Apple IIc model laptop, which had an internal 5.25-inch floppy drive.

32. 'Stinger' was the codename Microsoft used for its smart phone platform that was unveiled in 2001.

33. A peer-to-peer Network is type of network in which each workstation has equivalent capabilities and responsibilities without there being, for example, a central server.

34.PROM (Programmable Reading Only Memory) programmed at the time of manufacturing.

35. The first ever ISP was compuserve, established in 1969. It still exists under AOL Time warner.

36. James Gosling created Java at sun Microsystems. He came up with the name 'Java' while debating over it at a coffee shop.

37. The TWAIN Working Group is a not-for-profit organisation. It represents the imaging industry. TWAIN is short for "technology without an interesting name', and you'll see TWAIN drivers with scanners.

38. In a computer monitor, the vlotage gets boosted to 30000 volts in parts of the circuitry.

39. When it opened way back in 1993. The Trojan Room became the world's first Internet site to use a Webcam. It took little time for it to develop a cult following

40. 'Biometrics' is the term for the technology that performs identification by fingerprint, retinal, and voice scans.

41. The high-speed data highways of the Internet are called backbones.

42. Did you know that the first computer to perform a trillion operations per second was called gravity pipeline?

43. The Commodore 64 was the best selling PC of its time. It had a large memory capacity for the time-64KB; the low-cost floppy disks; and color graphics.

44. The ENIAC was developed way back in 1946 at the University of Penn sylvania. It calculated at the then-phenomenal rate of 5000 additions persecond.

45. The CD-ROM made its debut in 1984 through the combined efforts of Philips and Sony.

46. In 1982, Andrew Fluegelman created the first ever shareware, known as PC-talk. It was a communications software.

47. The Popular Cd recording software Nero Burning ROM is named after the Roman Emperor Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who is said to have been playing music while Rome was burning.

48. Did you know that the University of Waterloo 'stole' version 7 of Unix before it was released?

49. Alan Kay of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center envisioned the first notebook -sized, portable computer called the Dyna book in the 1970s. The first laptop computer was designed in 1979 by William Moggridge of Grid Systems Corp. It had 340 Kilobytes of bubble memory.

50. In early 2002, Microsoft announced that the BMw 7- series luxury sedans were now running the Windows CE embedded operating system. Passengers could access and control in-car navigation telephone and entertainment systems.

51. In CD-ROM drivers, 1X is equal to 150KBps. In DVDs, 1X equals 1.38MBps- a little over nine times faster than CDs.

52. In 1994, Intel shipped about 2 million flawed pentium chips. Intel soon adopted a no-questions-asked return policy for computers with the flawed chips.

53. In old Fortran Compliers, if you said a=2, and then said 3=a then 3 would become 2 and 3+3 would add up to 4!.

54. Did you know that Windows XP was code-named Whistler?

55. With in just six years of the release of the 80286 processor, a whopping 15 million 286-based personal computers were installed globally.

56. The first digital computer weighed 30 tons.

57. A 'dongle' is a security or copy protection device consisting of hardware, software or both working in combination, and/or any hardware device that attaches to a PC's I/O port to add hardware capabilties.

60. In 1980, Microsoft introduced the Z-80 softcard, a circuit board marking Microsoft's first foray into the hardware world. The card was designed for the AppleII computer.

62. Handheld Device Markup Language (HDML) is a simple language used to define hyper text-like content and application for hand held devices.

63. Many medical schools in the US provide financial aid to students to purchase handhelds as they offer services like patient trackers, drug databases etc.

64. One of the first PDA's to be commercially available was Apple's Newton Message pad. But the Newton was too big, expensive, and complicated, and its handwriting recognition program was poor. It flopped, even though it was ahead of its time.

65. The Celeron processor was launched in 1999, as part of Intel's strategy to develop processors for specific market segments.

66. The Palm OS fits in less than 100K, which is less than one percent the size of windows 98 or the Mac OS.

67. The pentium III processor was launched in 1999. It enhanced performance of advanced applications.

68. A PDA doesn't have a hard drive. It stores basic programs on a ROM chip- they remain intact even when the machine shuts down. Data and programs added later are stored in RAM.

69. Two popular handwriting recognition software for PDA's are Fraffiti and Jot. Graffiti requires that each letter be recorded in one uninterrupted motion, and has a specialised alphabet.

70. 'MIDI' stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface'. It's a standard for sending digitally encoded music information between electronic devices, such as between synthesizers and computers.

71. CPUs typically operate at 40 to 50 degrees Celcius. The 'danger zone' is typically when the temperature goes above 60 degrees.

72. The difference betweeen CDRs and music CDs (or other commercially produced CDs) are that the former are burnt, while the latter are presse. ' Pressing' is a manufacturing technique very differnet from burning.

73. In 1953, Remington-Rand developed the first high-speed Printer for use on the Univac computer.

74. The nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra has 222 million transistors, which is the record for the maximum number of transistors on a chip.

75. The original laser printer called EARS was developed at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center begining in 1969 and completed in November 1971. According to Xerox,"The xerox 9700 Electronic Printing System, the first Xerographic laser printer product, was released in 1977."

76. 'Colossus' was the first totally elctronic computing device. It used only vaccum tubes and had no relays.

77. According to IBM," the very first IBM 3800 was installed in the central accounting office at F.w. woolworth's North American data center in Milkwaukee, Wisconsin in 1976" The IBM 3800 Printing System was the industry's first hig-speed, laser printer that operated at speeds of more than 100 impressions per minute.

78. The inkjet printer was invented in 1976 but it took two decades for it to become a common household item. The first Hewlett-Packard DeskJet printer for household use cost $1000.

79. Did you know that the IBM PC once sold as 'Model 5150'?

80. In France, most keyboards are 'AZERTY' instead of the regular QWERTY.

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Friday, March 02, 2007

Do's and Don't



Say No to Smoke, Say No to Drink, But Say Yes to Cyber Porn.
Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzz


ho ho ho ho ho ho ho ho

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Lola and Laila (like this)



Lola(water balloon) and Laila( fair lady) on Holy(not sacred one but colorful festival of hindu) but does that 'Laila' deserve a balloon?? why people can't hit balloon on other "chammakachallo"s

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Jai Nepal Bandh !!! (Hail Nepal Strike)



Nepal, bhaneko bandai banda ko desh.. bichara kaam ma niskeko haru ko yesto haalaat cha ki tini haru ley ki haat bhetcha, ki ta laat.. batai ma!!!

(Strike on 'Nepal Strike day' by strikers strikes on striked's face and body)

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TechToon 'TechDai' (टेक-दाई)

TechToon

As i've spent my schoolhood along with my drawing skill, i think it's time to bring some meaningful sketches right over here. I was mostly notified for my humorous art skill. All of them were satirical. My school books and copies were filled with those cartoons. Many of my nearest colleagues laughed at it.
Ever since , i got computer , i totally stopped sketching and drawing. I don't know why. Now, i want to revamp my skill and will certainly try to update this blog's database with my most contemporary cartoons. That will definitely harness my forgotten skill. I think i'm doing good. :)))))

Well, the main character i've created for my Toon section of blogging is 'TechDai' (टेक-दाइ).

He does look like this:-



















To tell about him. He is techy,eccentric and unsocial human being who loves to do things with computer and technology. Since, he lives in this very society, he somewhat relates to his surroundings too.

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

' I,VideoGame ' on Discovery Channel

"I, Videogame," which will air worldwide in Spring 2007 on the Discovery Channel is all about videogames, the biggest industry today even larger than hollywood business as it's speculated.

I've been seeing all this TV promo and thought to jot down something about it quickly on here.

For Asia continent, if i'm not wrong, then "I,VideoGame" will be aired in March 1st,2007 starting precisely at 9:15 pm NST on Discovery Channel. It's Nepalese time.

I bet, every gamers or gamefreak would love that show. There is one on Ten Sport called Gamers TV, now this one would sure enough to create buzz on Gamers circle here in Kathmandu.

In the words of Discovery Channel(Asia):

ABOUT THE SHOW

The videogame revolution has been underway for decades, progressing from simple amusements created in the 1950s to an all-pervasive force in today’s popular culture that rivals – and will perhaps soon surpass – film and television. What began as a sub-culture pastime has evolved and transcended genres to become a unique form of expression impacting everything from modern warfare to interpersonal relationships.

I, VIDEOGAME is a comprehensive and progressive exploration of the past, present and future of videogames and video gamers. From the early days of Pong to today’s ever-popular Halo 2 and from Atari 2600 to Nintendo to PlayStation, I, VIDEOGAME tells the story of the people, the ideologies and the technology behind video games and how they have exploded into a cultural phenomenon. The evolution of gaming has seen the pendulum move from the days of games replicating society, to society replicating games. Featuring interviews with giants in the gaming industry of yesterday and today, this five-part series examines the evolution of the videogame and its cultural impact on the world of entertainment today.

"I, VIDEOGAME is a provocative ‘rockumentary’ on the birth of a new form of entertainment, as influenced by the social, political and cultural movements of the times,” said Rebecca Batties, Executive Vice President, Creative Development and Brand Management, Discovery Networks International. “By offering a fresh perspective on the history and art of gaming, this series demonstrates Discovery Channel’s commitment to exploring the events, trends and developments that shape our modern world."

I, VIDEOGAME is executive produced by Robert Curran for Discovery Networks International and Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato for World of Wonder.

PROGRAMME SYNOPSIS

Episode 1

In the 1950s, the Cold War quickly evolved between the world superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union. Mutually assured destruction enforced an uneasy stalemate, yet also drove computer technology to create missile simulations in order to predict the results of a nuclear war. This same computer technology was used to develop the first computer game in 1958 – Tennis for Two. The Space Race and the Vietnam war coincided with Steve Russell’s game Space War! and the emergence of the first true giants in the videogame business – Nolan Bushnell and Atari. In post-World War II Japan, electronics and computer technology emerged to rebuild a land and economy devastated by the atomic bomb. Space Invaders and Pac-Man soon followed, and the Golden Age of videogames was born. Among others, individuals featured in this episode include Steve Russell, Nolan Bushnell, Ralph Baer (considered by many to be the inventor of the videogame) and Toru Iwatani (Pac-Man designer). Videogames emerged as a form of entertainment where the player was in control, as opposed to the more passive diversion of watching television.


Episode 2

In the late 1970s and 1980s, instead of controlling “things” like spaceships and tennis rackets, videogame technology let players command recognizable characters with real faces and back stories. Game developers were liberated to create more complex videogames with heroic journeys – and Japanese creators like Shigeru Miyamoto rose to prominence with star characters Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda. But in the 1990s, Generation X emerged and the games of their childhood couldn’t satisfy the new teen angst that now permeated pop culture. With Sega’s Genesis and Sony’s PlayStation, gamers dismissed cutesy cartoon characters in favour of grittier heroes like Sonic the Hedgehog and anti-heroes in games like Grand Theft Auto III. As players grew up, their youthful idealism was replaced with a warier view of the world and a yearning for photorealistic, angry anti-heroes. This episode features interviews with Trip Hawkins (Silicon Valley entrepreneur and co-founder of Electronic Arts), Al Lowe (creator of Leisure Suit Larry), Tim Schafer (creator of Full Throttle) and other notable figures in the gaming industry.


Episode 3

It was a foreign concept to the early game designers, but with games like Castle Wolfenstein 3-D and Doom, videogames grew from their primitive 2-D roots into richly detailed 3-D worlds. These groundbreaking 3-D games led the industry down new paths – both thrilling and troubling. Designers now had the technology to create games that accurately simulated the real world. For the first time, game designers had to grapple with a difficult question – how long before a game was nearly indistinguishable from reality? For all the controversy surrounding the first-person shooter genre in videogames, its popularity was undeniable. And in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, the same government that fought to regulate videogames quickly designed their own as a recruiting tool for the army. America’s Army was born and an even more sensitive debate arose as to the morality of recruiting young men for real war through the fun of a videogame. Were games desensitizing us to the very real pain of violence and war? And more importantly, were videogames leading us on a march towards virtual war? Some people interviewed in this episode include Colonel Casey Wardynski (Director and project originator of America’s Army) and Asi Burak (producer of Peacemaker – a computer game simulation of the Israeli-Arab conflict).


Episode 4

Ever since the invention of the computer, man has feared “the machine” and its ability to think. But a computer’s unique computational power has also led to the development of games that are unpredictable, intelligent and malleable. “God games” like SimCity and Civilization simulate entire worlds and let players experiment with cause and effect. As the 1990s dawned, global turmoil forced gamers to find solace in the world of videogames – a virtual world that offered control at a time when the real world seemed dangerously out of control. Now, videogames have become tools for learning and creative expression. Players use games like Halo and Unreal Tournament 3 to tell their own stories via Machinima or through custom content that is shared with others over the internet. The line between producer and customer has forever blurred – further proof that videogames are destined to become the dominant form of entertainment. This episode features Will Wright (creator of SimCity, The Sims and Spore), Sid Meier (developed the game series Civilization) and John Brennan (voice actor from the Jerky Boys and Family Guy).


Episode 5

The advent of the internet has changed everything – including videogames. When ARPNET, a military precursor to the internet, went live in 1969, gamers almost immediately began using this new technology for gaming. But what began as text-based adventure games called MUDs (multi-user dungeons) quickly evolved into graphic-based online adventure games called MMOs (massively multi-player online games). Millions worldwide have battled together and against one another in the latest genre of videogame. From Ultima Online to the most successful MMO of all time, World of Warcraft, gamers now are attracted to virtual second lives as they battle friends and foes across the globe from the safety of their home computers. In the virtual world, gamers have found they can be anyone or anything. The ability to reinvent oneself virtually has become an irresistible experience for many, and has some critics wondering whether the line between the real world and the virtual world has become dangerously blurred. Many gamers spend more time in the virtual world than the real world, but they argue that the virtual experiences of MMOs are still human experiences simply delivered via the latest wave of technology – the videogame. This episode includes interviews with Cory Ondrejka (Chief Technology Officer at Linden Lab) and Richard Bartle (British writer and game researcher best known for being the co-author of MUD)

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AMD's New Chipset

It's very rare to see AMD processors in business herein Nepal despite of it's performance. Ignorant customers are flocking towards the branded Intel or Celeron brand only. To my own survey, some even don't know what AMD really is. I think AMD must open it's franchisee in Kathmandu to promote it's low cost competitor to big fish Intel. I agree there are some selected users using AMD based configuration or may be some dealers but that's not just enough. Intel is good and efficient but then if we see the benchmark reports by reputed companies or testers, AMD has pretty much earned it's due acclaim around the world.


AMD, announced today(wednesday feb 28th 2007) that ATI Radeon X1250 graphics processor is integrated with it's new processor chip 690. Now, every motherboard based on this AMD's 690 chipset won't require any graphics card at all.

Ever since AMD acquired ATI technologies last year, there have been lots of efforts to surpass the company's graphics expertise. Now, lets see what this new chipset is upto.
As informed, 690 chipset is compatible with AMD's desktop processor lineup. Also, it supports high-end features as Integrate DVI(digital visual interface) and HDMI(high-definition multimedia interface) for high-definition video,hardware decoding for MPEG2,video compression technology used with DVDs etc.

AMD said that motherboard companies(including Asustek computer and ECS) are using this new chip on their board.

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Firefox 3.0

When Firefox 3.0 is released later this year, the open-source browser is likely to contain a host of new features, including offline support for Web applications and new bookmark and search features. Mozilla released the second alpha version of Firefox 3.0 earlier this month.

While the final feature set hasn't been determined, Firefox 3.0 will also contain elements for its 4.0 release and beyond, said Mike Schroepfer, vice president for engineering for Mozilla, during a stop in London on Tuesday. The browser is due out in the second half of the year.

"What we're trying to do with all of these things is lay the foundation," Schroepfer said.

Perhaps most exciting could be Firefox's ability to support writing an e-mail in, for example, Gmail while offline, with the data sent later when a user is connected to the Internet again. Ultimately, Mozilla engineers are aiming for an integration between the browser and Web-based services that is as smooth-running as a desktop application, Schroepfer said.

So far, engineers have made Firefox work with Zimbra, an open-source e-mail, messaging, and VoIP application. With a bit of code from Google and Microsoft, it would be possible to integrate with Gmail and Hotmail and other e-mail services.

To do offline support, engineers have overcome the hurdle of how to store data locally on the computer, Schroepfer said. The feature will make it into Firefox 3.0, although the user interface is still under development, he said.

Other changes could come to the bookmarks and history features, which have seen relatively little innovation, he said. Mozilla would like to create a function where bookmarks could be automatically sorted based on popularity and frequency rather than the static presentation now.

Firefox 3.0 will also have a small, embedded database -- SQL Lite -- that will eventually be used for full-text indexing of the browser's "history." Users could search for images and text and see the cached page. The feature, however, may not make it into the 3.0 release, he said.

"The advantage of the database is that we can search your cache," Schroepfer said.

Most importantly, Firefox has to be fast and standards-compliant, he said. Some users have complained about Firefox sucking up processing power because of add-ons or extensions, a popular aspect of Firefox where small programs can be downloaded into the browser to add new functions.

But extensions sometimes tax system resources, in part because it's often part-time hobbyists doing the coding, Schroepfer said.

Mozilla will soon set up a shared library of tested code that extension writers can download and use, Schroepfer said. Mozilla also relaunched its extension site, cutting back on the number of extensions listed so first-time users don't overload their browsers and dampen their experience.

In a few weeks, discussion forums will also be set up for developers to exchange feedback as code writers sometimes don't know of the problems, he said.

Firefox 4.0 will support the JavaScript 2 language, now under development in part by Mozilla's CTO Brendan Eich and the ECMA International standards body, Schroepfer said. The idea behind the JavaScript revamp is to make high-performance Web applications easier to write and assemble for people with less coding expertise, he said.

"It's less about making it possible and more about making it easy," Schroepfer said.

Author:Jeremy Kirk

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Assorted Vista workarounds

Vista: Don't let users write to removable media
USB flash memory drives can be a great convenience - but they can also pose a security threat. It's awfully easy for someone to download data to one and make off with it. And if there's a CD or DVD burner installed, that's another way someone can take away data. Yet another option is to download data to an MP3 player or cell phone. Vista gives you a way to block the use of these devices through Group Policy. You can allow people to read data on their devices but not write to them, or you can block the use of the devices altogether. To find out how, see my blog post of February 11 titled "Block Removable Storage Access with Vista Group Policy" here.


Preview files in Explorer without opening them
One of my favorite features in Vista is the ability to view files so much more easily in Explorer. How many times have you been searching for a document and not been able to tell whether you've found the right one by the name alone? XP gave us the ability to view thumbnails of picture files right there in Explorer, and Vista takes it a step further, allowing you to see thumbnails of all sorts of files and view the contents of documents in the preview pane (similar to the way you can preview email messages in Outlook) without opening the files.

Changing file names in Vista
Here's one of those very little things that help to make an OS more usable: in XP, if you want to rename a file, you have to type the entire new name, including the file extension - even though in 99% of cases you want the extension to remain the same. If you forget and just type the name, you get a message warning: "If you change a filename extension, the file may become unusable. Are you sure you want to change it?" When you click No, you have to start all over again, renaming the file and remembering this time to type the extension, too. Vista is a little smarter, and by default when you select "Rename" from the right context menu, only the name itself (preceding the dot) is selected for renaming. I like that.

How to restore XP backups to Vista computer.
If you’re looking for a way to restore backups of your data that you made with the XP built in backup utility to a Vista computer, there is help. Just a little over a week ago, Microsoft released a new tool called the Windows NT Backup-Restore Utility. Although the name may confuse some folks into thinking it has something to do with Windows NT computers, it's actually designed for the purpose of letting you restore backups made with the Windows XP and Server 2003 backup tool (the file name of which is NTBACKUP.EXE) to computers running Windows Vista or Longhorn Server.

Back up Your Entire Computer without Third Party Programs
The new Backup and Restore Center in Windows Vista is one of its nicest little known features. Along with the ability to create backups of your important files and folders, you can create an image of your entire computer, which can be restored in case of a hardware failure. You can back up to another hard disk, so it's super simple to install an additional internal disk in your computer or connect a USB removable drive and do a backup to it. The backup process is quick - I backed up both my C: and V: drives, which contain Windows XP and Windows Vista and all of the programs installed on each, in under ten minutes. And you can continue working while the backup proceeds. For more info about Vista Backup and Recovery, click here.

Run virtual machines on Vista
The latest version of Microsoft's desktop virtualization software, Virtual PC 2007, supports Windows Vista as either the host or the guest operating system. It's currently in beta testing, and you can apply to participate in the beta program here.

Note that only Vista Business, Enterprise and Ultimate versions are supported. I installed the 32-bit version on Vista Ultimate. The download is a little over 28 MB and installation went smoothly.

Vista Family Pack Discount
If you have several computers in your home, you might wish there were a way to upgrade them all to Vista without having to pay the full price for the operating system several times over. Well, Microsoft has announced a "family pack" discount for those who buy a copy of Vista Ultimate, which will allow them to purchase two copies of Vista Home Premium at a discounted rate (expected to be somewhere between $50 and $99 each). The regular price for Home Premium is $239.

It's also going to be easy to upgrade from one version of Vista to another (for example, from Home to Ultimate) because several versions will be included on the DVD, and by paying the additional licensing fee you'll be able to install the upgraded version and use it immediately. Click here for more information.

By
Deb Shinder, Microsoft MVP


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