Gmail is getting better day by day. So is Google talk. Google talk has introduced a facility which was previously available with yahoo and some othere instant messengers. Its called offline messages.
Offline messages are like emails. Messages sent to the reciever when the receiver is offline. He can access them once he is online. But when done with a instant messenger program they are called offline messages and not the regular e-mail.
Google talk, still in beta now offers offline message functionality which means that you can chat with your ofline contacts. But the end receiver must enable chat history in their settings ( Settings > chat ). Many users have not done that. Do enable your chat history and let your friends talk to you even when you are ofline. These ofline messages can be either seen as email in your inbox or as a pop up when you next login to your Google talk.Either of this will happen only if your chat history is enabled.
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Enable chat history so as to receive offline messages in Gmail
Image Searches might give you the results you expected and can prove to be more useful than the normal search at times
Most of the famous search engines like Google or Yahoo! offers an image search option. This is a useful feature that can bring the pictures in the world wide web to your fingertips.
Image searches can prove useful not only while searching for images but also while mining data on the net. Here is the ' How ?' answered.
Websites post images of the most relevant topic of the content. If somone is writing an article on a 'benz' automobile the author will post a picture of the featured car and not the picture of some beach. So the pictures most often come with the most relevant matter. But the search based on the page rank system of Google or Yahoo! might prove to be useless at times. At those times doing an image search and navigating to the website with the help of the image might give you the required result.
Why dont you give it a try..?
Good luck!
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Archive Your mails in Gmail and make your Inbox look clean
Have you been ever troubled with a whole lot of mails in your inbox..? If you do not wish to delete those lovely mails but still wish to have a clean inbox Gmail has got solutions. Gmail offers archiving facility for its users.
Archives are collections of previous records into a less frequently used media. Like we create backups in CD's and DVD's of those data which we do not use often in our computer.
All you have to do is select all those mails that you wish to archive and click 'archive' button which is above all the mails in the inbox. Those mails will me moved to the archive and removed from your inbox.
You can later access these mails in the 'all mails' folder of Gmail. This way you can have a neat inbox without having to delete a single mail. Thanks to Gmail.
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Hold down shift key while clicking on links and get them opened in a new window
The internet is a collection of links placed in a logical order. Every webpage links to some other page. There is no standalone existance for a webpage and it has to either link to another page or has to have a link poiniting to that page.
We navigate through the internet using these links. But while moving forward you must be wishing to have the first page intact. If you wish to open the resulting page in a new window here are some methods of doing that.
1. Right click the link and choose 'open in new window'
2. Right click the link and choose 'copy link address'. Paste it in a new window and press enter.
3. Holdon shift key while clicking the link and you can get the link opened in a new window.
If you are a website owner or a blogger, you wouldnt want to distract away readers from your blog or website. If you wish to open you links in a new window do this.
Here is how the code for a link will look like.
<a href="http://millionclues.blogspot.com/" >milliOn cluEs</a>
This will open the page in the same window.
Add - target="_blank" along with this so that the code looks like
<a href="http://millionclues.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" >milliOn cluEs</a>
This will make this link open in a new window.
The same can be applied to the form buttons that appear on your page.
For eg :
Adding target="_blank" along with
<FORM action=http://www.blogger.com/login-comment.do method=post >
can make the form action to happen in a new page so that it would look like
<FORM action=http://www.blogger.com/login-comment.do method=post target="_blank">
Doing similar modifications to the code will help your readers from the trouble of going back to the previous page to continue reading your blog.
Good luck!
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How to picture Youself great on Photographs
Photographs are frames extracted from the millions of frames of our day to day life so that we can see those frames often. But eveyone is not blessed with a photo face or everyone is not photogenic by "default".
Here is how you can play that fine.
- If you are using a foundation cream, use those with a matt finish.
- Make sure that your hair is clean and that you hairstyle is perfect.
- Dont wear dresses with large and bold prints or bold patterns.
- Do not wear all white as wearing all white can make your body look big and your face becomes small.
- Do wear earrings and a necklace. Ornaments can make you look better in the picture
- Make sure that you have got a normal hairstyle. Making your hair look bigger that you head can make the apperence of you in your picture horrible.
- Have the normal style of smile on your face. Dont make up one.
- Stand errect and still. This can make yourself look smart in your picture.
Why do the World Consider Google as the Best..?
Google is the worlds best company that provides quality services to Internet users. Started in 1996 as the part of a college paper for their Ph.D , google was basically aimed to aid people searching data on the net.
But before google came too we had search engines like AltaVista, yahoo and a lot, but these are used very rearely these days. For them search was not in the forefront. For them search was a part of the many services they gave . So the people searching for data couldnt find what they needed as the searches were not focussed and specific as their creaters gave serch engine lower pirority.
But google came up with a search engine. Thats the main job of google.com even to this day. Because Page and Brin knew that data mining was a very important part and was unavoidable in the internet.
But what makes google the best? Its googles policy to "DO NO EVIL", that always kept them on top. They were not two kids who wanted to become billionares all of a sudden. They aimed at solving the problems of the people. To this day, they are doing the same. Making money to help more people without disturbing the uses and there by giving quality service.
For instance visit google.com. You will find a neat and clean page, whcih must be the neatest and the cleanest page online. A page that loads fast with just the google logo coming up in bright colors and a search box. Google could have placed some adds there as they are having more than a billion visitors daily. This could have brought them millions of dollars a month. But they are sacrificing these dollars to give its users more comfort. If it had lots of adds its visitors would be surely disturbed and distracted.
This mentality of google to solve problems of the people by providing fast and quality service keeps them on top. This policy applies to gmail, orkut, blogger and lots of services that they give us, all for free. Can you find a better e-mail service better than gmail on the net?
Long live Google. Lets wish them all the best.
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Google Search Can be your Calculator too..
Google, the word relates to the fastest search engine online. Go to google.com and you can see a textfield patiently waiting for your query. The neatest and the cleanest and may be the smallest webpage on the internet, google.com can serve as an arithmetic calulator too!
Try typing in 100+2 and within a click you will get the result ( and that is 102! ).
Instead you can try typing "hundred plus two" and see the same results coming up. You can also try a combination of words and symbols like "hundred + two". At google everything is admitted.
To see the Google calculator help vist this link:
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What does Google Really Mean..?
Ask any internet user 'what is google' and he will say that it is a search engine. Ask him' what do you know more about google', and he might say it is the fastest search engine and google offers a lot of services like gmail, orkut and so on...
That is the popularity google has got today. With over a billion visitors daily, google.com is one of the websites visited by almost all the internet users.
But the word google means something else. Actually it is not supposed to be spelled g-o-o-g-l-e. Instead the right spelling is g-o-o-g-o-l. But when Brin and Page, the makers of Google, were renaming BackRub ( the initial name of google ) they misspelled googol as google.
Googol means a very large number. To be precise it is 1 followed by a 100 zeros.
They chose this name as google was basically to deal with a large amount of information online.
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Add your Photo In Gmail - Let the world see you.
Gmail lets you to add your photo to your profile in Gmail. Doing this will send your picture to your friends and they can see you often.
But for your friend to see your picture he has to choose to display the picture of your chioce in the contacts. This is on by default. But he can choose to display a picture of his pick, and if he is doing that he will not see you.
Gmail will show your picture when he hovers over your mail giving your friend a quick glance of you smiling. But on account of 'internet borne diseases' like fake pictures through morphing and related issues, its not always very safe to give your picture to everyone. But you can always have some picture in that place of your picture. Why dont you try giving a picture of a small scenery as your photo..? But you cannot post a very big picture. Only a thumpnail size of 96x96 is allowed. Still it is really good to ahve some picture instead of a blank ghost picture which gmail automatically adds.
To add your picture go to the settings. On the very first page there is a picture link. Clicking that opens a window with an optional browser. Open the browser and open a picture. Gmail will then give you an option to crop your image. Do that if needed and save then save your picture. You are done.
Remember not to use pictures that is copyrighted, or that contain adult content or even those of celebrities ( unless you are on of them ! ).
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Inviting all your Gmail Contacts To Orkut
Eventhough Orkut and Gmail are from the same 'server' of Google, they didnot provide any provision to invite the gmail contacts to orkut as the provision in the Google talk to invite gmail contacts. But orkut do provide an option to invite multiple friends. Here is a simple way by which you can add your gmail contacts.
Method 1:
If you wish to invite all your gmail contacts, open gmail and go to your contacts. There you have an option to export the contacts. Export the contacts and you will get a file with all your contact information. Save that file to local disc and open it with notepad. In the friends section or orkut there is an area where you can invite friends ( on the left hand side of orkut window ). Below the box to enter the friend's email address, there is a link to 'invite multiple friends'. Click that and you will get a text area to enter all the e-mail addresses. Copy and paste the contents from the previously exported contacts file there. You will also have to do the random word verification so as to make sure that you are a human being. That's it.
Method 2:
If you do not wish to invite all your friends but only a selected few, open gmail and go to your contacts. Select those contacts whom you wish to invite and click compose button ( on top row ). This will open the mail composer with the selected contacts in the 'to' section. Copy those address from the 'to' section and paste it in the same text area as mentioned in method one.
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Windows Shorthands
General keyboard shortcuts
CTRL+C Copy.
CTRL+X Cut.
CTRL+V Paste.
CTRL+Z Undo.
DELETE Delete.
SHIFT+DELETE Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin.
CTRL while dragging an item Copy selected item.
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item Create shortcut to selected item.
F2 Rename selected item.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph.
CTRL+UP ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Highlight a block of text.
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document.
CTRL+A Select all.
F3 Search for a file or folder.
ALT+ENTER View properties for the selected item.
ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program.
ALT+Enter Displays the properties of the selected object.
ALT+SPACEBAR Opens the shortcut menu for the active window.
CTRL+F4 Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously.
ALT+TAB Switch between open items.
ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order they were opened.
F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop.
F4 Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
SHIFT+F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.
ALT+SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window.
CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu.
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name Display the corresponding menu.
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Carry out the corresponding command.
F10 Activate the menu bar in the active program.
RIGHT ARROW Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu.
LEFT ARROW Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.
F5 Refresh the active window.
BACKSPACE View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
ESC Cancel the current task.
SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive Prevent the CD from automatically playing.
Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
CTRL+TAB Move forward through tabs.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move backward through tabs.
TAB Move forward through options.
SHIFT+TAB Move backward through options.
ALT+Underlined letter Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option.
ENTER Carry out the command for the active option or button.
SPACEBAR Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box.
Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons.
F1 Display Help.
F4 Display the items in the active list.
BACKSPACE Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box.
Natural keyboard shortcuts
Windows logo Display or hide the Start menu.
Windows logo +BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box.
Windows logo +D Show the desktop.
Windows logo +M Minimize all windows.
Windows logo +Shift+M Restores minimized windows.
Windows logo +E Open My Computer.
Windows logo +F Search for a file or folder.
CTRL+ Windows logo +F Search for computers.
Windows logo +F1 Display Windows Help.
Windows logo+ L Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch users if you are not connected to a network domain.
Windows logo +R Open the Run dialog box.
Windows logo +U Open Utility Manager
Accessibility keyboard shortcuts
Right SHIFT for eight seconds Switch FilterKeys on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN Switch High Contrast on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK Switch MouseKeys on and off.
SHIFT five times Switch StickyKeys on and off.
NUM LOCK for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off.
Windows logo +U Open Utility Manager.
Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts
END Display the bottom of the active window.
HOME Display the top of the active window.
NUM LOCK+ASTERISK on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under the selected folder.
NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of the selected folder.
NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected folder.
LEFT ARROW Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder.
RIGHT ARROW Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder.
These keyboard shortcuts are taken from the Windows XP help. These are included here as these shortcuts often go unnoticed. Use of these can save valuable time and will help to get the jobs done faster
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Understanding Bluetooth
Bluetooth technology is a low power consuming , short range communication technique which was initially built to remove the cables that are used to connect periferals to a central system and provide users with a very cost effective, secure and convinient method of data transfer. The application of bluetooth is in the Personal Area Networks ( PANs ). Bluetooth technology removes the mess in connecting a whole lot of components and provides a wireless, omni-directional connectivity with the host system.
The name ' bluetooth ' has got a history. There was a king in Denmark named Harald Blatand. Upon eating a lot of blue berries his teeth turned blue. So people called him king bluetooth. He was known for his ability to get people to talk to each other. It was in his time Denmark and Norway united. Hence the developers of bluetooth gave this technology this name as it is a medium to communicate with neighbouring devices.
Know Bluetooth in detal.
It is a wirefree short-range communication medium which gives the devices mobility and convinience of use.
It has become a worldwide standard.
It has got a wide range of adaptability. These days every gadget that is available is bluetooth enabled.
It does not require any kind of software installation.
It is secure and user friendly.
It operates in the unlicenced ISM ( Industrial, Scientific, Medical ) radio band of 2.4 GHz.
There is no operational cost .
It is so secure with 128 bit encryption, hoping and PIN code authentication
It does not require line of sight contact and is hence omni directional.
It is used for communication with in 100 metres of distance in the industry level and 10 metres of distance for personal use.
It can cross obstacles on its path like a wall...
A bluetooth enabled device can make simultaneous connections with upto 7 devices.
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F1 Records Of Michael Schumacher
The legendary Michael Schumacher often called ' Shumi ' has got the following records on the circuits in F1 racing.
Highest number of F1 championships : 7 ( 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 )
Highest number of consecutive championships : 5 (2000-2004)
He stayed as a champion for 4 years 11 months and 17 days, the longest in history.
The gap between his first and last victory is 14 years 1 month and 2 days, the lengthiest in F1 history.
Highest number of victories : 91
Highest number of second places : 43
Highest number if poll positions : 68
Fastest laps : 76
Lap leads : 5096
Highest number of points : 1369
Highest number of consecutive victories : 7
Highest number of races completed with a point : 190
He has stood at the first place of the grid for 108 races.
Highest number of races in which the racer did not discontinue the race due to technical errors : 24
Highest number of victories in a season : 13
Highest number of points in a season : 148
Highest number of lap records in a single season : 10
Highest number of victories in the same grand pri : 8
Number of seasons where he stood as the winner : 15
Highest lead in a championship : 67 points
Highest number of races with a single team : 73 with ferrari
Fastest victory of a championship : 2002
Highest number of consecutive apppearence at the victory stand : 19
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Fast Check the Proper working of Casio Scientific Calculators
Here is a simple way to make sure that a Casio Scientific calculator works porperly before you take it home from the shop. Scientific calulators have got a whole lot of functions built on to it and all those functions cannot be checked in one go. The manufacturer has added a built in check for the calculator. Here is how to do it.
Turn on the calulator
Press the key combination : 'shift' + '7' + 'on'. The display will be fully dark showing every pixel of the calculator.
Press 'shift' again and the display goes blank. keep pressing 'shift' and you will see numbers displayed. This will end after displaying ' 1 '. Then press the key right to shift and you will get 2. Likewise pressing the adjacent switches displays numbers in ascending order. Do not forget to include the wheel in this procedure. The wheel is a group of 4 buttons.
Atlast when you press ' = ' button the display will show 'ok'. This means that your calculator is tested and is working fine.
If the series of numbers gets stuck somewhere then the calculator has got a problem. Remember to do this check while you purchase the calculator so that you will have all the functions available in it.
This procedure has been tested by myself on various calculators in the casio - 'fx' series and in the casio '991es' calculator. But this must work on other models. Try them for yourself.
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Nokia Shortcut : Switching to Telephone mode faster
Here is a simple shortcut with which you can switch to the telephone mode really fast while you are in between something. This thing apples to those Nokia phones which are in the medium ranges like Nokia 6600, Nokia 7610 Nokia N series etc.
Suppose that you are seeing a picture in the gallery. You wish to make a phone call. What do you do..? You close the gallery and return to standby and make the call, or you minimise the gallery by pressing and holding menu button and selecting 'telephone' from the shortcut menu that appears.
Here is the tip. " Double click the menu button. " You will see that all the applications are minimised and you are in the standby mode. This thing minimises all the applications and takes you directly to standby mode.
Remember that a double click can happen only after a single click. So all those things which should happen with a single click will happen.
Try it for yourself.
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Samsung's new Music-Player Cell Phone with 8 GB Inbuilt flash Memory
8 GB Flash memory..! That huge ..right..? 16 movies.. or 1600 Mp3 songs. That's twice the capacity of the i-nano.. Unbelievable..right..?
Samsung Electronics is coming up with a revolutionary smart phone. A phone that is going to rule the markets of the land.
The phone ( SCH-B570 ) is a real smart phone. Built on the Windows Mobile 5.0 for SmartPhone platform, the phone features a fully featured MP3 player that can play from AAC, AAC+ , WMA , WAV and Ogg file formats. It has got a powerful 2- Megapixel digital camera , Bluetooth, Bluetooth printing, is compatible with GSM , GPRS and EDGE. Power packed yet light, It weighs just 120 grams.
The phone will be first availabe in South Korea and is sure to be a market hit. With this in your hand you cannot complain that 'the flight was boring' , again !
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cyborgname.com - Get your technical name...
Have you ever tried to speak as Arnold in terminator...? If you have tried , then you must have ended up in lots of 'eh' and 'aaa'.Terminator always speaks as a machine would do in technical names like 'Artificial Synthesised Digital Transmission System' or even more complicated way. Such technical names are collectively called cyborg names.
Here is a really cool website that gives the cyborgname for any word which is not more that 10 letters. Visit www.cyborgname.com.
The homepage of the website has the core of the site. A text field will ask your name. The as step two you can select your character. And just submit it to get your cyborg name.
For eg. If you give ARUN, thats my name, you will get Artificial Robotic Utility NeoHuman. Cool.. right..?
The website will give you a picture ( .gif ) with your name and the character you selected. If you cannot copy that picture from the page , you can find it in the cache of your browser ( Look in Temporary Internet Files for Internet Explorer. This folder is in your windows main directory. For opera users look in the 'cache' inside your 'profile' which is in the installed directory of Opera like C:\Program Files\opera8\. )
If you wish to place a similar applet on your website, you will find the code for that too on the homepage.
The website also offers to send you a t-shirt with your cyborgname and the character you selected. But this is not free, you have to pay for it. Visit www.cyborgname.com for more.
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Disabling the update pop-up for McAfee
McAfee provides a good anti-virus protection for your computer. They do provide frequent updates. But on systems without an internet connection the auto-update popup window that pops up every time you turn on your PC may make you feel uncomfortable.
Here is a very simple way to tackle the problem.
This is intended to be done on systems without an internet connection. If you have an internet connection and if you do this, you will be updated in the background. i.e it will not ask your opinion before updating, but updates without your notice.
Open the security center of your McAfee Antivirus.
Click on configure security center. Its on the right side on the 10th edition. It must be somewhere on the very first page. Or you have the updates button on the top row.
Clicking that opens the Security center updates dialog box.
Click on configure. You will get the Automatic Update Options dialog box.
Choose the option to download the updates automatically or install the updates automatically radio button.
That's it. This must solve the problem. As you do not have a connection the popup does not comeup untill you connect to the internet.
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Is your inbox infected.. ? Have it verified.
Spammers and hackers create lots of viruses the spreads through e-mails. Some viruses do not affect the computer but sends mails with un-expected content to our contacts. Contents can be of any nature, from harmless adds to those with sexual content. Such mails are send from our inbox in the normal way as we send other mails. So when recieved such mails look as if sent by us. This can bring unexpected results and may hamper the senders reputation. So its very important to put a check on such mails.
In the normal way as we scan our harddisc, we cannot scan our inbox. Here are some ways in whch you can know whether you are sending such mails.
In to your contacts add a new contact with name as ' aaaaa ' or so and e-mail address as ' aaa@aaa.com ' so that it comes first in your contact list. When a virus sends a mail to this e-mail id the postmaster of your mail service will send you a delivery failure message. If you get one then its time to check your inbox.
There are many ways in which you can remove such viruses.
One easy way is to empty your inbox. But doing that is not as easy as it is said because we will be having some mails whcih we do not like to delete.
If you do not wish to empty your inbox check your inbox for mails from unidentified senders. If your mail service has got an anti-spam policy report the sender. Deleting all such mails must solve the problem.
If you are using a paid email account, you can request your service provider to scan your inbox. This will surely fix the problem.
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3 Snake Facts
The Longest, the Fastest and the Shortest...
The Longest Snake : Anaconda
The average length of the south american anaconda is 5.5 meters.
The Shortest snake : Thread Snake
The thread snake of the West Indies is the smallest at just 11cm
The Fastest Snake : Black Mamba
This in an African Snake and can attain a maximum speed of 19 kmph.
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/More Nokia ShortCuts
Imaging ShortCuts :
Here are some shortcuts that can come handy when we work with images in a Nokia phone. I have tested these only on Nokia 7610 and Nokia 6600. It must also work with other models including those from the N-series. Here are they...
With an image open...
Press * to switch to fullscreen view. Also to switch back from full screen view.
Press 5 to zoom the picture. This can be done in both the full screen and normal screen mode.
Press 0 to zoom out.
Press 1 to flip image in the anti-clock wise direction.
Press 3 to flip image in the clock wise direction.
Pressing 7 zooms 25% and pressing it again switches to the full screen mode.
Switches 4, 6, 2, 8 are navigation switches. Once in the zoom view press...
4 to move to the left of the picture
6 to move to the right of the picture
2 to move to the top of the picture
8 to move to the bottom of the picture.
That's it. If you got more with you, post them here as comments. If you prefer to get them posted as a new posting it will be done on request and full credit will be yours.
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Saddam Hussain Sentenced To Death
Breaking News :
Saddam Hussain's fate is wrtten at last. He has been sentenced to death at last. After 3 and a half year long trials the only Saddam Hussain, the legendary hero of the Iraq has been sentenced to death by the Iraqi court charging against him for his work against humanity.He is to be hanged with in 30 dyas. Lets see how this matter will turn out.
Have your say :What do u say about this court order..? Have your say. Post your view as comment.
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Fundemental Rights & Duties Of an Indian
Fundemental Rights :
1. Right to Equality
2. Right to Freedom
3. Right against Exploitation
4. Right to freedom of Religion
5. Cultural and Educational Rights
6. Right to constitutional remedies
7. Right to Education
Fundemental Duties :
1. Respect the Constitution, National Flag and the National Anthem
2. Cherish the noble ideas of the freedom struggle.
3. Uphold and protect the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.
4. Defend the country and render national service when called for.
5. Promote common brotherhood of all the people of India and renounce any practice derogatory to the dignity of women.
6. Preserve the rich heritage of the nations's composite culture.
Protect the natural enviornment and have compassion for living creatures.
8. Develop scientific temper, humanism and spirit of enquiry and reform.
9. Safeguard public property and abjure violence.
10. Strive for excellence in all individual and collective activity.
As you can see above, the rights and duties of an Indian citizen urges each Inidan to look for excellence and to have noble values in life. All Inidan traditions and cultural values are given top prirority here. Every requried value in a human being, like Love for his own country, common brotherhood , love for fellow beings , and regular and constant effort to excel is given utmost prirority here.
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Keeping Your Emotions Under Control
Having control over his emotions and the ability to think deeper makes man-kind distinct from other beings on this beautiful earth. Having control over ones emotions reflect the personality of the person in general and to the strength of his mind to be specific. People with strong control over their emotions are always liked by all.
Emotions are those ways in which the body expresses what is in the mind of the person. When we are not satisfied the way something is, the mind says the brain to get angry. Then we get angry. Rather than conrol over emotions one needs huge amount of emotional maturity to go on in this highly competitive world, where everyone is trying to get better and better to be the best one day.
To control anger when it comes to you, you just have to distract your mind from the thing. Stop doing what you were doing and relax. If you got an i-pod play your favorite track. Entertainment can really help to come out. But what we usually do is, we explode. Dont let yourslf do that. A liitle care and practice can help you to get over your anger.
Fear is another common emotion exibited. When you run out of time, or when you are about to face something hard, you feel afraid. The easiest way to get over it is to find a secure shelter. For eveyone of us the most secure place is the company of our friends of the same age-group. Call your friend or meet him and talk with him. You will find a lot relaxed. If you think that you are running out of time, stop working and relax for a moment. If you got lots of things to do, create a to-do list with more prirority to more urgent tasks.
Depression and hoplessness can make you a loser in life. When you feel miserable or feel like crying, move to a more remote place where you can be alone. If you have a bible or your holy book, try reading the very pleasing part of it which you have read before. Talk with your best friend. Or go online and chat with someone. You will definitely find your problems running away.
Having control over emotions is having control over oneself and your life. Life is a game and we are the mighty players. Always remember that our life is to enjoy and not to just live. Enjoy the gaming of life.
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Caring For Ur Floppy Drives
As is the case with optical drives, floppy drives are delicate too. They can be made to work for long durations of over 10 years ( My friend has one ! ). But owing to its low cost of under 10$ most of us do not take proper care of it. These days floppies are used rearely but no system can exclude this small drive. Windows and other third party programs like virus scanners and backup tools still use floppies to recover the system, if in any case the booting fails. So we cannot avoid it from the configuration of our PC.
Here are some ways to preserve your Floppy drive.
The most important thing is to use good quality media. IBM's DOS formatted floppies are really good.
Use the drive regularly. If the drive is kept unused for long periods, it becomes dirty inside and hence it turns useless. To keep using it regularly there is a easy method. Keep a floppy disc inside it always. When you start your computer it searches for floppy in the drive and checks for boot data in it. That way the floppy drive is regularly used, automatically! But before you do that, remember to change the primary boot device to your harddisc or so , else you will be asked to remove the floppy from the drive, for the system to start.
Also remeber to have a floppy drive cleaner of good quality and clean the drive atleast once in two weeks.
Do not insert a floppy in to its drive if you know that the disc is not good or has got fungus inside. Always prevention is better than cure. When you try reading a floppy if the drive do not respond, do not try inserting the floppy again if it can be avoided.
Also take care not to remove a floppy disc when the light of the drive is lit. When the light is lit, the floppy is being read and hence musn't be interrupted. Floppy discs are read not with laser but by a reading head. So removing it while it is being read can damage the head.
Keep your floppies away from dust and moisture.
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Protecting Optical Drives
Optical drives are very delicate organs or your computer. Just like eyes to your body you have to take extra care to preserve them for a long time. But our body has got a in-bulit system to recover from minor faults and hence a little carelessness can be reconstructed out. But that's not the case with Optical drives they are machines with nothing human, but loaded with in-human powers and potentials.
To protect them you have to take care of them. Here is how you can do that.
Optical drives include your CD drives and DVD drives. The best you can do to make them work longer is to use good media in them. Do not use poor quality cheap discs. If you are looking for back-up always buy good quality CD's like that of Moser Baer or so, that is guaranteed to last long. Also avoid using scratched CD's in your drives. Use the scratch covering solutions which are comercially available if the discs have to be used in any case.
Do not think that a little ketchup on your disc is ok for your drive. The optical head is a real delicate organ. Even a little dust can make its perfomance go down. If the lens gets covered with dust or dirt the speed of the drive will be affected. For example read speeds can go down from 40X to even 2X or 1X. In due course of time the drive will turn useless.
Use a blower to remove dirt from the discs before inserting it in to a drive. If you have got a drive which does not work, do not throw it away. Provided that the drive do not affect the disc physically, you can use the drive to clean your discs. All you have to do is to keep the drive connected to the PC, and insert the disc in to that drive first. Let the disc undergo some spins. Then take it out and insert it in to the working drive.
Optical drives must be cleaned regularly. Use the drive cleaner discs comercially available to clean your drives. Here too, remember to choose from quality brands. A sticth in time can really save nine. So clean your drives regularly.
Once you start experiencing problems with your drives, try cleaning it. If that doesnt works take it immediately to your local service station. If you do that in time , you might be saving a major service with a minor detailed clean.
Above all handle the drives affectionately. Do not use it in a weired manner. Be patient while working with your drives.
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