I was suffering with severe cough and have mucus in my throat. I have my exams going on now and this is troubling me so much. I went to a doctor nearby and he gave me the following prescription:
1) SPARZID (Sparfloxacin Tablets) 200mg - 6
take 1 in the morning after breakfast
2) RABIND-D
take 1 in the morning 1/2 hr before food
3) COFAVIN - ayurvedic medicine (Arya Vaidya Nilayam)
2 tablespoons, 3 times a day
There is no expiry date for this ayurvedic tonic,
i asked doctor about it, she said its k
ayurvedic medicines have generally 3-5 yrs expiry period
- no ice-creams
- no cold water, cool drinks
- drink warm water
- no oily or spicy foods
- no aloo and dal
ohhh without all these everything will go off!!!
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Saturday, April 18, 2009
new worm in campus "Hey Please help me to test my new cam application http://h1.ripway.com/poojasharma/privateCam.exe"
Source: Students Hang Out
da worm spreading through these links ,once sumone unknowingly install this , It sends a message to all Yahoo Messenger,google talk contacts of an infected user. The message contains a link enticing users to download the worm. The worm also disable certain Windows functionalities (task manager,regedit),it will also attempt to propagate via the means of creating copies of itself onto removable devices such as USB flash and hard drives.it creating a new .exe file in each folder with folder name i.e in movies folder it creating movies.exe file
link which is propagating
Don't download it
da worm spreading through these links ,once sumone unknowingly install this , It sends a message to all Yahoo Messenger,google talk contacts of an infected user. The message contains a link enticing users to download the worm. The worm also disable certain Windows functionalities (task manager,regedit),it will also attempt to propagate via the means of creating copies of itself onto removable devices such as USB flash and hard drives.it creating a new .exe file in each folder with folder name i.e in movies folder it creating movies.exe file
link which is propagating
Don't download it
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Vanilla Ice Cream that puzzled General motors(worth reading)
This is a real story that happened between the customer of
General Motors and its Customer-Care Executive. Pls read on.....
A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors:
'This is the second time I have written to you, and I don't blame you
for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that
we have a tradition in our family of Ice-Cream for dessert after
dinner each night, but the kind of ice cream varies so, every night,
after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we
should have
and I drive down to the store to get it. It's also a fact that I
recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then
my trips to the store have created a problem.....
You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice-cream, when I start back from
the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream,
the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this
question, no matter how silly it sounds "What is there about a Pontiac
that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to
start whenever I get any other kind?" The Pontiac President was
understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an Engineer to check
it out anyway.
The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well
educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man
just after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to
the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure
enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start.
The Engineer returned for three more nights.
The first night, they got chocolate. The car started.
The second night, he got strawberry. The car started.
The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start.
Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that
this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged,
therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the
problem. And toward this end he began to take notes: He jotted down
all sorts of data:
time of day,
type of gas uses,
time to drive back and forth etc.
In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy
vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of
the store.
Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the
front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept
in the back of the store at a different counter where
it took considerably longer to check out the flavor.
Now, the question for the Engineer was why the car wouldn't start
when it took less time. Eureka - Time was now the problem - not the
vanilla ice cream!!!! The engineer quickly
came up with the answer: "vapor lock".
It was happening every night; but the extra time taken to get the
other flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start.
When the man got vanilla, the engine was still
too hot for the vapor lock to dissipate.
Even crazy looking problems are sometimes real and all problems
seem to be simple only when we find the solution, with cool thinking.
Don't just say it is " IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a
sincere effort.... Observe the word "IMPOSSIBLE" carefully... Looking
closer you
will see, "I'M POSSIBLE"...
What really matters is your attitude and your perception
and here is an inspirational quote:
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
- Lou Holtz
General Motors and its Customer-Care Executive. Pls read on.....
A complaint was received by the Pontiac Division of General Motors:
'This is the second time I have written to you, and I don't blame you
for not answering me, because I sounded crazy, but it is a fact that
we have a tradition in our family of Ice-Cream for dessert after
dinner each night, but the kind of ice cream varies so, every night,
after we've eaten, the whole family votes on which kind of ice cream we
should have
and I drive down to the store to get it. It's also a fact that I
recently purchased a new Pontiac and since then
my trips to the store have created a problem.....
You see, every time I buy a vanilla ice-cream, when I start back from
the store my car won't start. If I get any other kind of ice cream,
the car starts just fine. I want you to know I'm serious about this
question, no matter how silly it sounds "What is there about a Pontiac
that makes it not start when I get vanilla ice cream, and easy to
start whenever I get any other kind?" The Pontiac President was
understandably skeptical about the letter, but sent an Engineer to check
it out anyway.
The latter was surprised to be greeted by a successful, obviously well
educated man in a fine neighborhood. He had arranged to meet the man
just after dinner time, so the two hopped into the car and drove to
the ice cream store. It was vanilla ice cream that night and, sure
enough, after they came back to the car, it wouldn't start.
The Engineer returned for three more nights.
The first night, they got chocolate. The car started.
The second night, he got strawberry. The car started.
The third night he ordered vanilla. The car failed to start.
Now the engineer, being a logical man, refused to believe that
this man's car was allergic to vanilla ice cream. He arranged,
therefore, to continue his visits for as long as it took to solve the
problem. And toward this end he began to take notes: He jotted down
all sorts of data:
time of day,
type of gas uses,
time to drive back and forth etc.
In a short time, he had a clue: the man took less time to buy
vanilla than any other flavor. Why? The answer was in the layout of
the store.
Vanilla, being the most popular flavor, was in a separate case at the
front of the store for quick pickup. All the other flavors were kept
in the back of the store at a different counter where
it took considerably longer to check out the flavor.
Now, the question for the Engineer was why the car wouldn't start
when it took less time. Eureka - Time was now the problem - not the
vanilla ice cream!!!! The engineer quickly
came up with the answer: "vapor lock".
It was happening every night; but the extra time taken to get the
other flavors allowed the engine to cool down sufficiently to start.
When the man got vanilla, the engine was still
too hot for the vapor lock to dissipate.
Even crazy looking problems are sometimes real and all problems
seem to be simple only when we find the solution, with cool thinking.
Don't just say it is " IMPOSSIBLE" without putting a
sincere effort.... Observe the word "IMPOSSIBLE" carefully... Looking
closer you
will see, "I'M POSSIBLE"...
What really matters is your attitude and your perception
and here is an inspirational quote:
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
- Lou Holtz
Saturday, February 21, 2009
How to install .deb packages?
To install package called package.deb type the following command:
1) Go to directory where package.deb is kept. For example if it is in /tmp directory:
$ cd /tmp
2) Type the following command:
$ sudo dpkg -i package.deb
1) Go to directory where package.deb is kept. For example if it is in /tmp directory:
$ cd /tmp
2) Type the following command:
$ sudo dpkg -i package.deb
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Sabarimala-Veegaland trip (feb 14,15)
Everything started with the decision of a class trip(NIT CSE batch). Everyone is busy finding where exactly to go for class trip. Our class oraganisers shortlisted some places and had polls and its finally decided as Hogenakkal and kodaikanal.
Its my bad luck, I have been there very recently just 3 months back. I backed off but im very much interested in going out with all other classmates so im still in dilemma.
Meantime as my state-mates yash and srikanth agreed for a trip to Goa. So, I decided to go to Goa during the same days for which class trip is planned, as the number of holidays we get will be less and so I want to finish off places near my clg asap.
Its very sad that non-malayalis dint show any interest in going for the trip(with their own reasons) and so organizers planned to cancel the trip but as the travels in which they booked a 49 seater bus dint give back the advance so they booked a mini bus 30-seater for a mini class trip.
As usual, Yash dropped in the eleventh hour(the day before-feb 12) citing attendance problem. So, now we are left with only 3 (me,srikanth&paresh) but as srikanth is not willing to go with 3 so we have to drop the goa plan. I was very sad as I even dropped class trip and now as its a small bus and there is less chance for a place.
The day of start of the class trip(feb 12th)(supposedly the day of start of our goa trip too) afternoon I again got an offer for the trip as one seat is left. But as even shompy is interested in going, I dropped(but even shompy dropped as sonia is interested). Its sonia who finally got the chance to go on class trip.
They left for Hogenakkal by bus around 10pm on feb 13th and I am left back in college. As exams are just over and not much work is there these 3 days would have been terrible. The same day night as yash' saturday class is cancelled he is again back with a plan to ooty by train but I have been there already recently so Im not interested so suggested alternate as Sabarimala. As he said he is interested so we checked for details in net and decided. But this time I dint keep any hopes as noone knows when yash changes. Srikanth is also interested and so we planned for sabarimala on 14th and veegaland(water park), kochi on 15th. With all this planning I slept late in the night around 2am.
Keshav woke me up at 6.15am itself to play tennis and as I told him I will accompany him, so I dint have good sleep. The next day, feb 13th even in the afternoon yash again said he is dropping and I thought so. I started watching all new movies pending and then at 7:15pm in the night when I just again asked his opinion he said ok and then we started packing immediately.
As we know very less about the way to go to Sabarimala, I called Mahesh(M.tech friend) for more details. Luckily as even three other M.techs are going to sabarimala on the same day he helped us in getting the details of them and talked to them and fixed everything for us. He even told us train timings (11pm from calicut station) and so we started by bus from clg at 9:15pm. Reached station at 10:15pm and met the three m.techs(Subba rao, Lakshman rao, ravi) and even as we came to know that 2 of them have been to sabarimala already we are happy that we wont be lost somewhere and lose time.
Boarded train at 11pm(General). Horrifying fact is that we dint get enough place to stand in the train. We somehow adjusted and after 1hr managed to sit on the floor itself. We met an 88yr old man in the train, who is still healthy enough(he is an ex-army man). As he knows english we managed to have some conversation with him. We wondered how about imagining us at 88yrs (with such a irregular routine everyday).
1hr to get down we got berths to sleep(upper berths in general) but I dint get one so I dint sleep again. We got down in kottayam at 5.15am, refreshed ourselves in the waiting rooms and looked for a taxi to sabrimala. But as none is there and even so as we are 6 they are not willing us to adjust in one taxi and a sumo will cost more(but even thats not available). We tried in some other taxi stand even but no use, so we went to ksrtc bus-stand at 615am. But to add to all the bus to pampa is at 7.30am. So thats it as the journey takes around 4hrs+ and the uphill walk will not get us to temple b4re 1pm(temple closing timings 1pm-5pm).
We are very much disgusted at the kind of facilities in kottayam. It being a most visited place by many devotees often, they dint have any basic facilities and none is able to help us properly. The enquiry guy doesnt even know the details of the last return bus back to kottayam. All the boards are in malayalam, noone is able to help us find the bus. They dont know what we speak and whoever we speak to again finally asks us go to enwuiry. So we are late in catching the bus and again we have to stand in bus. I managed to get a seat after 1hr.
We reached Pampa at 11.15am.
Devotees have to take bath in Pampa river before visiting lord ayappa. The river is completely dead, without any flow and not much water even(onyl 2 ft high waterlevel). The water is very dirty as the water is completely stagnant and everyone take bath in the same water. So, we have to search for some better place along the river with less dirt to take bath.
Slowly we got ready, put luggage in cloak room and then had food.
The hotel staff there use some good management techniques.. as the number of devotees from AP are very high, every hotel shows the signs of being a hotel set up by an andhrite. They are all malayalis and then just cheat people, the food is also malli food with coconut oil. Its was very difficult for us. But adjusted and then started our walk uphill at 1.30pm(6kms walk uphill).
I heard from many that the way uphill to sabarimala temple is very difficult, but dint care. Only when I saw that and experienced I really came to know how difficult it is to climb the hill. We started in mid-noon and its very sunny, the way is completely rocky and very steep, i really mean it its very steep and then the rocks are just like a burning pyre. We had a tough time climbing up. There arent many trees also on the way. We had to run between tree shades otherwise our legs would have been burnt, its very hot.
We are really amazed that there are many small kids(5-10yrs) who are coming for the temple and are climbing the hill without any effort.
Sabarimala temple has some restrictions for women. All men are allowed to get into temple. But women in the age group(10-50yrs) are not allowed. Even there is no restriction on the religion also. Anyone from other religions can worhsip god.
Finally we reached temple at 3.30pm, took some photos and stood in line for darshan at 4pm but that day they opened it late at 5.00pm.
As Dec-Jan is peak time for Sabarimala with all those who follow the rituals of the lord and visit temple for the makara jyothi darhsan. I expected the temple would be free in Feb and we can have better darshan, but even in Feb, the number of devotees is very very high. So we couldnt have darshan twice.
We started back downhill at 6:15pm and as its not sunny and climate is good, me and yash ran down and came down in 45mts itself. But we have to very careful downhill, a small mistake will get us rolling down till the bottom of the hill as its that steep.
We started back to kottayam at 7.30pm but there are no buses so we have to take a jeep for Rs1000/- to kottayam for 6 of us.
Srikanth got his leg injured while climbing uphill and so dropped from coming to Veegaland, so he and lakshman went back to clg by train from kottayam.
Me, yash and the two other mtechs took a room for Rs350/- in a hotel infront of Railway station and stayed in Kottayam that night.
We dint plan anything for the next day, as we dint have proper sleep we immediately slept off and leisurely got up next day at 7.30am. We made a mistake we should have travelled to Kochin night itself. Morning we started at 8.30am and went to bus stand but as it tak
(to be continued..)
Its my bad luck, I have been there very recently just 3 months back. I backed off but im very much interested in going out with all other classmates so im still in dilemma.
Meantime as my state-mates yash and srikanth agreed for a trip to Goa. So, I decided to go to Goa during the same days for which class trip is planned, as the number of holidays we get will be less and so I want to finish off places near my clg asap.
Its very sad that non-malayalis dint show any interest in going for the trip(with their own reasons) and so organizers planned to cancel the trip but as the travels in which they booked a 49 seater bus dint give back the advance so they booked a mini bus 30-seater for a mini class trip.
As usual, Yash dropped in the eleventh hour(the day before-feb 12) citing attendance problem. So, now we are left with only 3 (me,srikanth&paresh) but as srikanth is not willing to go with 3 so we have to drop the goa plan. I was very sad as I even dropped class trip and now as its a small bus and there is less chance for a place.
The day of start of the class trip(feb 12th)(supposedly the day of start of our goa trip too) afternoon I again got an offer for the trip as one seat is left. But as even shompy is interested in going, I dropped(but even shompy dropped as sonia is interested). Its sonia who finally got the chance to go on class trip.
They left for Hogenakkal by bus around 10pm on feb 13th and I am left back in college. As exams are just over and not much work is there these 3 days would have been terrible. The same day night as yash' saturday class is cancelled he is again back with a plan to ooty by train but I have been there already recently so Im not interested so suggested alternate as Sabarimala. As he said he is interested so we checked for details in net and decided. But this time I dint keep any hopes as noone knows when yash changes. Srikanth is also interested and so we planned for sabarimala on 14th and veegaland(water park), kochi on 15th. With all this planning I slept late in the night around 2am.
Keshav woke me up at 6.15am itself to play tennis and as I told him I will accompany him, so I dint have good sleep. The next day, feb 13th even in the afternoon yash again said he is dropping and I thought so. I started watching all new movies pending and then at 7:15pm in the night when I just again asked his opinion he said ok and then we started packing immediately.
As we know very less about the way to go to Sabarimala, I called Mahesh(M.tech friend) for more details. Luckily as even three other M.techs are going to sabarimala on the same day he helped us in getting the details of them and talked to them and fixed everything for us. He even told us train timings (11pm from calicut station) and so we started by bus from clg at 9:15pm. Reached station at 10:15pm and met the three m.techs(Subba rao, Lakshman rao, ravi) and even as we came to know that 2 of them have been to sabarimala already we are happy that we wont be lost somewhere and lose time.
Boarded train at 11pm(General). Horrifying fact is that we dint get enough place to stand in the train. We somehow adjusted and after 1hr managed to sit on the floor itself. We met an 88yr old man in the train, who is still healthy enough(he is an ex-army man). As he knows english we managed to have some conversation with him. We wondered how about imagining us at 88yrs (with such a irregular routine everyday).
1hr to get down we got berths to sleep(upper berths in general) but I dint get one so I dint sleep again. We got down in kottayam at 5.15am, refreshed ourselves in the waiting rooms and looked for a taxi to sabrimala. But as none is there and even so as we are 6 they are not willing us to adjust in one taxi and a sumo will cost more(but even thats not available). We tried in some other taxi stand even but no use, so we went to ksrtc bus-stand at 615am. But to add to all the bus to pampa is at 7.30am. So thats it as the journey takes around 4hrs+ and the uphill walk will not get us to temple b4re 1pm(temple closing timings 1pm-5pm).
We are very much disgusted at the kind of facilities in kottayam. It being a most visited place by many devotees often, they dint have any basic facilities and none is able to help us properly. The enquiry guy doesnt even know the details of the last return bus back to kottayam. All the boards are in malayalam, noone is able to help us find the bus. They dont know what we speak and whoever we speak to again finally asks us go to enwuiry. So we are late in catching the bus and again we have to stand in bus. I managed to get a seat after 1hr.
We reached Pampa at 11.15am.
Devotees have to take bath in Pampa river before visiting lord ayappa. The river is completely dead, without any flow and not much water even(onyl 2 ft high waterlevel). The water is very dirty as the water is completely stagnant and everyone take bath in the same water. So, we have to search for some better place along the river with less dirt to take bath.
Slowly we got ready, put luggage in cloak room and then had food.
The hotel staff there use some good management techniques.. as the number of devotees from AP are very high, every hotel shows the signs of being a hotel set up by an andhrite. They are all malayalis and then just cheat people, the food is also malli food with coconut oil. Its was very difficult for us. But adjusted and then started our walk uphill at 1.30pm(6kms walk uphill).
I heard from many that the way uphill to sabarimala temple is very difficult, but dint care. Only when I saw that and experienced I really came to know how difficult it is to climb the hill. We started in mid-noon and its very sunny, the way is completely rocky and very steep, i really mean it its very steep and then the rocks are just like a burning pyre. We had a tough time climbing up. There arent many trees also on the way. We had to run between tree shades otherwise our legs would have been burnt, its very hot.
We are really amazed that there are many small kids(5-10yrs) who are coming for the temple and are climbing the hill without any effort.
Sabarimala temple has some restrictions for women. All men are allowed to get into temple. But women in the age group(10-50yrs) are not allowed. Even there is no restriction on the religion also. Anyone from other religions can worhsip god.
Finally we reached temple at 3.30pm, took some photos and stood in line for darshan at 4pm but that day they opened it late at 5.00pm.
As Dec-Jan is peak time for Sabarimala with all those who follow the rituals of the lord and visit temple for the makara jyothi darhsan. I expected the temple would be free in Feb and we can have better darshan, but even in Feb, the number of devotees is very very high. So we couldnt have darshan twice.
We started back downhill at 6:15pm and as its not sunny and climate is good, me and yash ran down and came down in 45mts itself. But we have to very careful downhill, a small mistake will get us rolling down till the bottom of the hill as its that steep.
We started back to kottayam at 7.30pm but there are no buses so we have to take a jeep for Rs1000/- to kottayam for 6 of us.
Srikanth got his leg injured while climbing uphill and so dropped from coming to Veegaland, so he and lakshman went back to clg by train from kottayam.
Me, yash and the two other mtechs took a room for Rs350/- in a hotel infront of Railway station and stayed in Kottayam that night.
We dint plan anything for the next day, as we dint have proper sleep we immediately slept off and leisurely got up next day at 7.30am. We made a mistake we should have travelled to Kochin night itself. Morning we started at 8.30am and went to bus stand but as it tak
(to be continued..)
Friday, March 24, 2006
Fact of the Day
The game crambo, in which one person or team must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another, originated around 1600. The word "crambo" is from the Latin for “cabbage.”
Quote of the Day
"Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way."
- Unknown
Word of the Day
sate
Pronunciation: /SAYTE/
v : to satisfy fully : to satiate
"The large buffet was intended to sate the appetite."
The game crambo, in which one person or team must find a rhyme to a word or a line of verse given by another, originated around 1600. The word "crambo" is from the Latin for “cabbage.”
Quote of the Day
"Life is not a race, but a journey to be savored each step of the way."
- Unknown
Word of the Day
sate
Pronunciation: /SAYTE/
v : to satisfy fully : to satiate
"The large buffet was intended to sate the appetite."
puzzles
Did You Know?
The word SILENT contains exactly the same letters as the word LISTEN.
Riddles
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How was this possible?
Who Could it Be?
With other Protestants he left England for Holland in 1609, searching for religious freedom. Eleven year later he sailed to New England where he became governor of the colony they established. He also wrote a detailed history of the colony, which wasn’t published in its entirety until 200 years after his death. He is credited with starting the Thanksgiving holiday in 1621
The word SILENT contains exactly the same letters as the word LISTEN.
Riddles
The 22nd and 24th presidents of the United States had the same mother and the same father, but were not brothers. How was this possible?
Who Could it Be?
With other Protestants he left England for Holland in 1609, searching for religious freedom. Eleven year later he sailed to New England where he became governor of the colony they established. He also wrote a detailed history of the colony, which wasn’t published in its entirety until 200 years after his death. He is credited with starting the Thanksgiving holiday in 1621
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