Viewing Unmanaged Code in VS.NET

Well I found this wonderful blog [Check this link out], (thanks to my friend Durga), which helps us understand the actual scenario BEHIND loops in the DOTNET world.

Japanese Robots ... dance ...

Awesome Sony robots in Japan! They move really smoothly and quickly for machines :-)

About my company ...

sculpture worth $57 million dollars...

The above sculpture is worth $57 million dollars. Check out
this link for more info.


Courtesy : Yahoo News

No Smoking

The following picture is taken from a no-smoking room in an IT firm in India (Click on image for a bigger view)!!!

MINWIN - A new Mini-Me of Windows???

Check out this video...

Choice...

This simple word changes our everyday life whenever we make use of it.

Many of us struggle to get pass through in life while making choices. The "successful" finds the right one even in the midst of greatest complexity.

There is even a saying :
"Choices You Make, But Not The Chances You Take, Determines Your Destiny".

Life is like a car ... you need to drive it ... you can't let some one else drive it. That person to the maximum can be your navigator...

Will add more... Start Making Right Choices ... :-)

The REAL Transformer ...

Video of a real transforming robot!

Hi folks...

Well ... Itz beeen an exhausting work month ... couldnt blog out much... My life is out of control. I was really not happy so decided to take a break! Went to West VA and had a wonderful time doin white water rafting...Thank you GOD for getting me back ALIVE...

Any of you folks did something exciting this memorial day weekend??? Leave a comment.

nBa iN tHe wRoNg ???

When Phoenix's Boris Diaw leaped off the bench after teammate Steve Nash was hip-checked to the floor in the waning seconds of Game 4 on Monday night, he was more likely to be delivering croissants than seeking retribution against San Antonio's Robert Horry, the player who committed the foul on Nash.
NBA rule's intention is to prevent an already bad situation from escalating.
The rules state that in the event of an on-court incident, "all players not participating in the game must remain in the immediate vicinity of their bench. Violators will be suspended, without pay, for a minimum of one game and fined $35,000." The rule was instituted after a bench-clearing brawl between the New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls in the 1994 playoffs and cemented during the NBA's darkest hour, the 2004 brawl in the Palace of Auburn Hills in which Indiana Pacers players went into the stands.

This situation in San Antonio, however, wasn't even close to that one. Nor was it close to what happened even in the Denver Nuggets-New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden last December, when a few players came off the bench after a small fracas started under the basket. Every rule must be enforced with common sense, and this is one that called for a dose of that from the league office.

Here's the sequence of events: Horry hip-checks Nash almost directly in front of the Phoenix bench. Nash could've been seriously hurt. Stoudemire and Diaw rise in protest. They don't come near Horry. They don't cock a fist. Diaw, a confirmed pacifist, takes a few steps and then seems to think, "Ah, hell with it," and retreats. There was no threat of escalation, no exchange of physicality at all, except for the Suns' Raja Bell shoving Horry, an act that drew a technical foul. A careful review of the tape -- and I have no doubt that the NBA reviewed it countless times -- reveals that there was no threat of this thing turning into a donnybrook.

The NBA deserves much credit for going to great lengths to reduce the violence in its game. But rules with no wriggle room, rules with no gray area at all, do not serve the game.

The net result of this incident is that Horry commits a dirty play and the Suns are the team most severely penalized, having to play Game 5 without their leading scorer in Stoudemire and a top reserve in Diaw.

Is it fair??? or is it just a matter of correctness??? says Stu Jackson.

Courtesy : si.com

Microsoft Live Maps gets close up

It looks like Microsoft has gone and added 3.8 terabytes worth of image data to its Google Maps-like Live Maps system. It's a bit creepy exactly how close up you can get with some locations.



Above are screenshots of Independence Hall in Philadelphia. In both cases, we zoomed in as far as we could using Microsoft Live Maps or Google Maps. Not only is the aerial imagery zoomed in a bit tighter with Microsoft Live Maps, but the picture is a lot sharper. Google Maps still seems to load a bit smoother as you scroll throughout the map. But the upgrade makes Live Maps a bit more fun to play around with.

And of course, since the picture is at an angle, it's much easier to identify landmarks, which is one of the only real practical uses of an aerial view when you're looking for directions.

Men's Restroom [Funny - Rated(G)]

I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the
other stall saying: "Hi, how are you?"

I'm not the type to start a conversation in the men's
restroom but I don't know what got into me, so I answered,
somewhat embarrassed, "Doin' just fine!"

And the other guy says: "So what are you up to?"

What kind of question is that? At that point, I'm thinking
this is too bizarre so I say: "Uhhh, I'm like you, just
traveling!"

At this point I am just trying to get out as fast as I can
when I hear another question. "Can I come over?"

Ok, this question is just too weird for me but I figured I
could just be polite and end the conversation. I tell him,
"No........I' m a little busy right now!!!"

Then I hear the guy say nervously...

"Listen, I'll have to call you back. There's an idiot in
the other stall who keeps answering all my questions!!! "

Same Job, Different Pay

A mechanic was removing a cylinder-head from the motor of
a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known
cardiologist in his shop. The cardiologist was there waiting for
the service manager to come take a look at his bike when
the mechanic shouted across the garage " Hey Doc, want to
take a look at this?"

The cardiologist, a bit surprised, walked over to where
the mechanic was working on the motorcycle. The mechanic
straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, "So
Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take the
valves out, repair any damage, and then put them back in,
and when I finish, it works just like new. So how come I
make $39,675 a year (a pretty small salary) and you get the
really big bucks ($1,695,759) when you and I are doing
basically the same work?"

The cardiologist paused, smiled and leaned over, then
whispered to the mechanic.... ......... ......... ......... .

"Try doing it with the engine running."

IIT Bombay - Good One

One night 4 students were playing till late night and didn't study for the test which was scheduled for the next day. In the morning they thought of a plan. They made themselves look as dirty and weird as they could with grease and dirt. They then went up to the dean and said that they had gone out to a wedding last night and on their return the tire of their car burst and they had to push the car all the way back and that they were in no condition to appear for the test. So the dean said they can have the retest after 3 days. They said they will be ready by that time. On the third day they appeared before the dean. The dean said that this was a special condition test. All four were required to sit in separate classrooms for the test. They all agreed as they had prepared well in the last three days.
The test consisted of 2 questions with total of 100 marks.
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Q.2. Which tyre burst ............ .... ( 98 marks )


a) front left
b) front right
c) back left
d) back right

True story of IIT Bombay ...Batch 1992-96

Hospital Friends

Very Very Touching story...Could cause Tears...

Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room’s only window. The other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on end.They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation.

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up,he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see outside the window.

The man in the other bed began to live for those one-hour periods where his world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the world outside.

The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats.
Young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance. As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque scene. One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by.
Although the other man couldn’t hear the band - he could see it. In his mind’s eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive words. Days and weeks passed. One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in his sleep. She was saddened and called the
hospital attendants to take the body away. As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved next to the window.

The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look at the real world outside. He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this window.

The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”

world's densest memory circuit !!!

Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (CalTech) and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) said that they have created the world's densest memory circuit, one that's about 100 times denser than today's (28Jan2007) standard memory circuits, while remaining as small as a human white blood cell.

The circuit has 160,000 bits of capacity, compared with previous generations of molecular circuits that were demonstrated at 64 bits. But researchers point to the circuit's density as the real breakthrough: 100 billion bits per square centimeter, which the researchers said is about 100 times more tightly packed than current memory circuits.

I was amazed when I came to know that technology is advancing more quickly than Moore's Law, the 1965 observation by Intel Corp. co-founder Gordon Moore that the number of transistors on a chip doubles about every two years. I remember, during my undergrad years, when my prof (A.Madhiazhagan [A.M. for short]) said that Moore's Law will be broken someday...& YES...Today is the day!

The researchers described the 160,000 memory bits as being arranged like a large tic-tac-toe board, with 400 silicon wires crossed by 400 titanium wires and a layer of molecular switches in between. Each bit is just 15 nanometers wide, compared with the most dense memory devices currently available that measure 140 nanometers in width. FYI - A nanometer is a billionth of a meter.

The latest development shows development progressing from research into something manufacturable. It's the sort of device that a semiconductor company like Intel Corp. would contemplate making in 2020.

"This shows it is possible to manufacture really high-fidelity circuits at a density that is more molecular in scale than the way things have been done traditionally," Caltech chemistry professor James Heath said. "That's what we were really after. The memory is just a demonstration of that."

I love u technology...



Courtesy: CNN

Eight technologies to save the world...

Well as the name of the topic indicates...
check this link out

Smart Homes

Bill Gates's 'smart home' cost $113M. Now you can have the same kind of remote control over your dwelling for as little as $10 a month.

Bill and Melinda Gates's "smart home" in Medina, Wash., cost an estimated $113 million to build - but that's pennies compared with what consumers are starting to spend every year on making their homes smarter.

Thanks to a host of new, lower-cost home automation technologies, cable operators and telecoms are targeting the average homeowner with cheap bundled subscription services, often controlled from their cell phones.

Some of the "Genius" home's spectacular features:

Analysts have high hopes for the burgeoning smart home market: Now an estimated $1.3 billion, it's expected to balloon to nearly $10 billion worldwide by 2010, according to research firm Frost & Sullivan.

Of course, some of this stuff has been around since the 1970s in the form of X10, the industry standard for TV remote controls. But new wireless standards (like Insteon, ZigBee, and Z-Wave) and cheaper chipsets have enabled two-way, low-cost communication between devices.

Some firms like Control4, Cortexa Technology, and Exceptional Innovation are targeting real estate developers. The aim is to make an automation system - set-top box, central touchscreen, wireless cameras, and sensors - standard in new homes.

Partnering with communications companies
New York City-based Xanboo, whose technology powers AT&T's new service, also got $20 million in funding from strategic investors including Motorola (Charts). In 2005, Motorola partnered with Xanboo on a product called Homesite, which cost $220 and let users monitor their homes on cell phones.

Now, with AT&T's service, users buy Xanboo's starter kit - including IP camera and wireless door or window sensor - for $200. Xanboo president Bill Diamond says the company is in talks with about 20 other mobile operators in Europe and North America.

Conclusion
Before the average homeowner opts for such a service, however, he'll need a little convincing. "It all still seems kind of Star Trek to most people," says an SmartHome Analyst. "But is home automation going to grow and become more mainstream? Yes on both counts."

What do think folks???

Columnist Art Buchwald dead at 81

Art Buchwald, who took humorous jabs at Washington politicians in syndicated columns for decades, died on Jan-18-2007.















About Mr.Buchwald
Buchwald launched his career as a columnist in 1949 in Paris, where he wrote about the light side of Paris nightlife in the European edition of the New York Herald Tribune. He returned to the United States around 1962 and moved to Washington, where he began writing columns filled with political satire for The Washington Post.

Some of Buchwald's Achievements/observations:
0)Buchwald won a Pulitzer Prize for outstanding commentary in 1982, and in 1986 was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

1)During the Watergate scandal, Buchwald explained that the sound in the 18 1/2-minute gap in the White House tapes actually was Nixon humming.

2)"Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, 'I am not a crook.' Jimmy Carter says, 'I have lusted after women in my heart.' President Reagan says, 'I have just taken a urinalysis test, and I am not on dope.'"

3)"Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?"

4)"Every time you think television has hit its lowest ebb, a new program comes along to make you wonder where you thought the ebb was."

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Mr.Buchwald has always been humble and accessible. He's listed in the phone directory and always has been. People see his name and can't believe it's the real Art Buchwald

Dumbest Moment for Kazakhstan

Amid efforts by Kazakhstan to prove it's not the backward land portrayed in the movie Borat, the nation's central bank misspells the Kazakh word for "bank" on its 2,000- and 5,000-tenge notes.

Courtesy: CNN

Domino Effect...

You folks might have been aware of Coke & Mentos videos...
BUT NOT THIS ONE!!! Check it out: