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 ।

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/

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'.

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 ।
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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)

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

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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.

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..."

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.

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

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.

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..

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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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 ।

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.

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.

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..

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

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)

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

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

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) ;) !!!

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

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.

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

"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."
***************************************************************************

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".
*****************************************************************************
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".
*****************************************************************************
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"
****************************************************************************
" 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."
****************************************************************************

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

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.

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)

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.

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.

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)

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 )