Friday, December 28, 2007

Scheduling Torrents

For people who find it downloading torrents, at night times when usage is free, here is an easy way to trigger your scheduler to do the task of downloading torrents(opening d respective torrent softwares, i mean..)
Its basically for xp users only, but will update others in a while :



For Pro: Go to Start/Administrative Tools/'Local Security Policy/Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options
Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords to console logon only. This is enabled by default, disable it.



For Home: (Keith Miller) Go to Start/Run/Regedit and navigate to this key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa

Value name: limitblankpassworduse, Type: REG_DWORD, Data: 0 (disabled) 1 (enabled)



Any doubts, leave a comment


Subra :)

Thursday, December 27, 2007

GRE words Set 'A'

amphitheater ( BRITISH = amphitheatre) = oval-shaped
anathema = curse, ban
annul = cancel, nullify
anodyne = pain soothing
anoint = consecrate, to apply oil, especially as
anonymity = state of being anonymous, having
antediluvian = ancient, obsolete, pre historic
antithesis = direct opposite
apathetic = unconcerned, indifferent
aphasia = inability to speak or use words
aphorism = maxim, old saying
aplomb = poise, confidence
apocryphal = a doubtful authenticity, not genuine,
apostate = one who abandons one's faith
apotheosis = Deification, glorification
approbation = praise, official approval
archaic = Antiquated, from an earlier time
archipelago = group of islands
ardor ( BRITISH = ardour) = great emotion or passion
arraign = indict, to call to court to answer a charge
arrogate = seize without right, to demand or claim

Wednesday, December 26, 2007

What makes it impossible to escape from black holes?

General relativity describes mass as changing the shape of spacetime, and the shape of spacetime as describing how matter moves through space.

For objects much less dense than black holes, this results in something similar to Newton's laws of gravity: objects with mass attract each other, but it's possible to define an escape velocity which allows a test object to leave the gravitational field of any large object. For objects as dense as black holes, this stops being the case. The effort required to leave the hole becomes infinite, with no escape velocity defined.

There are several ways of describing the situation that causes escape to be impossible. The difference between these descriptions is how space and time coordinates are drawn on spacetime (the choice of coordinates depends on the choice of observation point and on additional definitions used).

One common description, based on the Schwarzschild description of black holes, is to consider the time axis in spacetime to point inwards towards the center of the black hole once the horizon is crossed. Under these conditions, falling further into the hole is as inevitable as moving forward in time..

A related description is to consider the future light cone of a test object near the hole (all possible paths the object or anything emitted by it could take, limited by the speed of light). As the object approaches the event horizon at the boundary of the black hole, the future light cone tilts inwards towards the horizon. When the test object passes the horizon, the cone tilts completely inward, and all possible paths lead into the hole.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Marital Woes

Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends.

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You order what you want, and then when you see

What the other person has, you wish you had ordered that.

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Man: Is there any way for long life?

Dr: Get married.

Man: Will it help?

Dr: No, but the thought of long life will never come.

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Why do couples hold hands during their wedding?

It's a formality just like two boxers shaking hands before the fight

Begins!

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Wife: Darling today is our anniversary, what should we do?

Husband: Let us stand in silence for 2 minutes.

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It's funny when people discuss Love Marriage vs Arranged.

It's like asking someone, if suicide is better or being murdered

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It is difficult to understand GOD. He makes such beautiful things as women and then he turns them into Wives

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If you are married please ignore this message,

If not married : Happy Independence Day

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Before marriage, a man will lie awake all night thinking about something You say.

After marriage, he'll fall asleep before you finish.

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There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic

Banking. It's called marriage

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Galfriends R like chocolates, taste gud anytime.

Lovers R like PIZZAS, Hot n spicy, eaten frequently.

Husbands R like Dal RICE, eaten when there`S no choice

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Man receives telegram: Wife dead-should be buried or cremated?

Man: Don't take any chances. Burn the body and bury the ash.

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Prospective husband: Do you have a book called 'Man, The Master of Women'?

Salesgirl: The fiction department is on the other side, SIR

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Q: Why dogs don't marry?

A: Because they are already leading a dog's life!

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There was this guy who told his woman that he loved her so much that he

Would go through hell for her. They got married and now he is going thru Hell.

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Fact of life: One woman brings you into this world crying & the other

Ensures you continue to do so for the rest of your life!

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Q: Why doesn't law permit a man to marry a second woman?

A: Because as per law you cannot be punished twice for the same offence!

Well well well..
I am so happy! being unmarried :P

Monday, December 17, 2007

Best Leave letters! The Last One is self-owned! :)

1. Infosys, Bangalore:

An employee applied for leave as follows:
"Since I have to go to my village to sell my land along with my wife, please sanction me one weeks leave.”

2. This is from Oracle Bangalore:
From an employee who was performing the "mundan" ceremony of his 10 year old son:
"as I want to shave my son's head, please leave me for two days.."

3. Another gem from CDAC.
Leave-letter from an employee who was performing his daughter's wedding:
"as I am marrying my daughter, please grant a week's leave.."

4. From H.A.L. Administration dept:
"As my mother-in-law has expired and I am only one responsible for it, please grant me 10 days leave."

5. Another employee applied for half day leave as follows:
“Since I've to go to the cremation ground at 10 o- clock and I may not return, please grant me half day casual leave"

6. An incident of a leave letter
"I am suffering from fever, please declare one day holiday.”

7. A leave letter to the headmaster:
"As I am studying in this school I am suffering from headache. I request you to leave me today"

8. Another leave letter written to the headmaster:
"As my headache is paining, please grant me leave for the day."

9. Covering note:
"I am enclosed herewith..."

10. Another one:
"Dear Sir: with reference to the above, please refer to my below..."

11. Actual letter written for application of leave:
"My wife is suffering from sickness and as I am her only husband at home I may be granted leave".

12. Letter writing: -
"I am in well here and hope you are also in the same well."

13. A candidate's job application:
"This has reference to your advertisement calling for a ' Typist and an Accountant - Male or Female'...


14. My own!
" As I had a fracture in my right hand, I'm writing this letter to inform you that it's impossible to write notes in class, so please grant me leave."



Saturday, December 15, 2007

Tom Hanks, the Actor, the only Actor

Marching my way towards watching good movies, i was stuck at a point after the heavenly 'Saving Private Ryan'. As an Actor, Tom Hanks can be called as one who sits patiently waiting and wanting for good movies. His undisputed acting skills in 'Cast Away' - as a single show cud prove to any-a-fellow that his intentions were clear, it was acting-risking, both at the cost of the other, still the first attempt managed to pore thro d oscar filters. Moving onto 'Terminal', a very simple concept cud very well be blown onto a mega hit by Hanks. Forrest Gump, Green Mile and CatchMeIfYouCan had varities, inherently as well. The DaVinciCode, as Robert Langdon, Hanks looked old, still, yet solid. Who could ask for more? Localities-actors consider him as a role model of modern-sensible cinema.. and thus goes the tribute for My Favorite Actor of AllTime
Subra

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Rajini Strikes back at ShahRukh - makes it as the entertainer of the year 07

Well well well...
The title must have said it all..
Rajinikanth makes it, beating SRK in his venture to become the entertainer of the year with OSO
For the full video..go onto..
http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx?id=22347
TNadu Rocks!!
Subra!

Monday, December 10, 2007

One Liners With Hidden Meanings! Part I

1."We will do it" means "You will do it"

2."You have done a great job" means "More work to be given to you"

3."We are working on it" means "We have not yet started working on
The same"

4."Tomorrow first thing in the morning" means "Its not getting
Done "At least not tomorrow!"

5."After discussion we will decide-I am very open to views" means "I
Have already decided , I will tell you what to do"

6."There was a slight miscommunication" means "We had actually lied"

7."Lets call a meeting and discuss" means "I have no time now, will
Talk later"

8."We can always do it" means "We actually cannot do the same on time"

9."We are on the right track but there needs to be a slight extension
Of the deadline" means "The project is screwed up, we cannot deliver
On time."

10."We had slight differences of opinion "means "We had actually
Fought"

11."Make a list of the work that you do and let's see how I can help
You" means "Anyway you have to find a way out no help from me"

12."You should have told me earlier" means "Well even if you told me
Earlier that would have made hardly any difference!"

13."We need to find out the real reason" means " Well I will tell you
Where your fault is"

14."Well Family is important; your leave is always granted. Just
Ensure that the work is not affected," means, "Well you know..."

15."We are a team," means, "I am not the only one to be blamed"

16."That's actually a good question" means "I do not know anything
About it"

17."All the Best" means "You are in trouble "
One liners -- Hidden meanings


Guess these are pretty much the best!!


Cheers!

Subra

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Letter from Udurawana to Bill Gates

Dear Mr. Bill Gates,...

This letter is from Udurawana from Kandy, Sri Lanka. We have bought a computer for our home and we found problems, which I want to bring to your notice.

1. After connecting to Internet we planned to open e-mail account and whenever we fill the form in Hotmail in the password column, only ****** appears, but in the rest of the fields whatever we typed appears, but we face this problem only in password field. We checked with hardware vendor
(Kandy Hardware) and he said that there is no problem in keyboard.

Because of this we open the e-mail account with password *****. I request you to check this as we ourselves do not know what the password is.

2. We are unable to enter anything after we click the "Shut Down" button.

3. There is a button "Start" but there is no "Stop" button. We request you to check this.

4. We find there is "Run" in the menu. One of my friend clicked "Run" has run upto Colombo, Sri Lanka! So, we request you to change that to "Sit", so that we can click that by sitting.

5. One doubt is that any "Re-Scooter" available in system? As I find only "Re-Cycle", but I own a scooter at my home.

6. There is "Find" button but it is not working properly. My wife lost the door key and we tried a lot for tracing the key with this 'Find', but unable to trace. Is it a bug??

7. Every night I am not sleeping as I have to protect my "Mouse" from CAT,

So I suggest you to provide one DOG to kill that cat.

9. My child learnt "Microsoft Word" now he wants to learn "Microsoft Sentence", so when U will provide that?

Best regards,

Udurawana

Saturday, December 1, 2007

My stand on the best english movies I have watched so far..

Watching a movie is a simple task, anyone wud agree, but..
Certainly, the movie must be worth it..


Best among the english movies that I have seen so far(not arranged or prioritised!) :


1.Shawshank redemption
2.The Usual Suspects
3.Pursuit of happYness
4.Sixth Sense
5.The Lord of the Rings(2 & 3)
6.Terminator 1,2
7.Jurassic Park 1
8.The Prestige
9.The Terminal
10.Austin Powers
11.Independence day
12.The Matrix


The above list contains all sorts of movie-genres, and anyone who have missed the first four, i'd better ask them to.. coz.. u have sure missed something !


Cheers!!


Subra

Monday, November 26, 2007

Introducing Launchy version 2.0

Well, here's subra wishing you a pretty fast way to search out for all d files and folders in your system.

Its called Launchy and is pretty useful, as one wud know after using it..

This software 'Launchy' is basically a search tool for all program-files in your system, being just away from alt+space..

This software can be d'loaded from the following link

http://www.launchy.net/

Hope it does help :)
Subra..

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Friday, November 16, 2007

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Saturday, November 3, 2007

Leopard vs Poodle, use of brains, unlike Me!!

A wealthy old lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her poodle along for company.

One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long, discovers that he's lost. Wandering about, he notices a hungry-looking leopard heading rapidly in his direction.

The poodle thinks, "Oh, oh!" Noticing some bones on the ground close by, he immediately settles down to chew on the bones with his back to the approaching cat. Just as the leopard is about to leap, the poodle exclaims loudly, "Boy, that was one delicious leopard! I wonder if there are any more around here?"

Hearing this, the leopard halts his attack in mid-strike, a look of terror comes over him and he slinks away into the trees. "Whew!", says the leopard, "That was close! That poodle nearly had me!"

Meanwhile, a monkey who had been watching the whole scene from a nearby tree, figures he can put this knowledge to good use and trade it for protection from the leopard. So off he goes, but the poodle sees him heading after the leopard with great speed, and figures that something must be up. The monkey soon catches up with the leopard, spills the beans and strikes a deal for himself with the leopard.

The leopard is furious at being made a fool of and says, "Here, monkey, hop on my back so you can watch me chew that poodle to bits!"

Now, the poodle sees the leopard coming with the monkey on his back and thinks, "What am I going to do now?", but instead of running, the dog sits down with his back to his attackers, pretending he hasn't seen them yet, and waits until they get just close enough to hear.

"Where's that damn monkey?" the poodle says, "I sent him off an hour ago to bring me another leopard!"

This is by far the best of the short jokes that I had enjoyed the most..!
Cheers!

Sunday, October 28, 2007

The Great Indian Joke.. pretty funny :)

A Chinese walks into a bar in America late one
night and he saw Steven Spielberg.
As he was a great fan of his movies, he rushes
over to him, and asks for his autograph.
Instead, Spielberg gives him a slap and says,
"You Chinese people bombed our Pearl Habour, get
outta here."
The astonished Chinese man replied, "It was not the
Chinese who bombed your Pearl Harbour, it was the
Japanese".
"Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, you're all the same,"
replied Spielberg.
In return, the Chinese gives Spielberg a slap and
says, "You sank the Titanic, my forefathers were on
that ship."
Shocked, Spielberg replies, "It was the iceberg
that sank the ship, not me."
The Chinese replies, "Iceberg, Spielberg, Carlsberg,
you're all the same."
This particular joke won an award for the best joke in
a competition organized in Britain and this joke was
sent by an INDIAN ... !!!
Cheers!

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Redneck medical terms..

Artery...... ......... .......The study of paintings.
Benign...... ......... .......What you be after you be eight.
Bacteria.... ......... .......Back door to cafeteria.
Barium...... ......... .......What doctors do when patients die.
Cesarean Section..... .......A neighborhood in Rome.
Cat Scan........ ......... ....Searching for Kitty.


Cauterize... ......... .......Made eye contact with her.
Coma........ ......... .......A punctuation mark.
Dilate...... ......... .......To live long.
Enema....... ......... .......Not a friend.
Fester...... ......... .......Quicker than someone else.
Fibula...... ......... .......A small lie.


Hangnail.... ......... .......What you hang your coat on.
Impotent.... ......... .......Distingui shed, well known.
Labor Pain........ ......... .Getting hurt at work.
Medical Staff....... ........A Doctor's cane.
Morbid...... ......... .......A higher offer than I bid.
Nitrates.... ......... .......Cheaper than day rates.
Node........ ......... .......I knew it.
Pelvis...... ......... .......Second cousin to Elvis.
Post Operative... ......... ..A letter carrier.


Rectum...... ......... .......Darn near killed him.
Seizure..... ......... .......Roman emperor.
Tablet...... ......... .......A small table.
Tumor....... ......... .......More than one.
Urine....... ......... .......Opposite of you're out
Varicose.... ......... .......Near by

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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Me, myself and Subra :)

Here i am,
Subramanyan of to what others refer me as..
Bizarre intro, i pretty much know but, typing about your-self anytime is yet, a cumbersome task!

Why, such a title? for my blog..
Well, i havent got the answers to that, just that one of my 'hits' had such a name, i rather preferred to use it..

Moreover, what wud be d use of vistin my blog? hmm.. yea..
Not much
Unless you very well want to 'Get addicted'

Cheers,
first post..dont comment :)
Subra...