I came to realise the full meaning of the adage "Don't go for looks alone" after watching this video. I pity this pretty girl for the ridicule she'll be receiving after this.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
Windows for download
Bored of using XP or tired of using Vista? Go in for a version change then. How about getting the earliest version of Windows(just to see how far the OS has come)? These versions don't require tons of RAM(a mere 16MB stick is enough) or demand too much clock cycles(just 60Mhz suffices).
Take a look at these screenshots, you'll realise that the timelines of Windows OS and general technology are almost parallel.
And oh..these OSes should be installed from floppy disks :)
The first version of Microsoft Windows, version 1.0, released in November 1985, lacked a degree of functionality and achieved little popularity, and was to compete with Apple's own operating system.Windows 1.0 is not a complete operating system; rather, it extends MS-DOS. Microsoft Windows version 2.0 was released in November, 1987 and was slightly more popular than its predecessor. Windows 2.03 (release date January 1988) had changed the OS from tiled windows to overlapping windows. The result of this change led to Apple Computer filing a suit against Microsoft alleging infringement on Apple's copyrights.
Microsoft Windows version 3.0, released in 1990, was the first Microsoft Windows version to achieve broad commercial success, selling 2 million copies in the first six months.It featured improvements to the user interface and to multitasking capabilities. It received a facelift in Windows 3.1, made generally available on March 1, 1992. Windows 3.1 support ended on December 31, 2001.
Download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/68591153/Windows_1.0.rar
Windows 2.03
Download:
http://rapidshare.com/files/68591249/Windows_2.03.rar
Windows 3.11
Download
http://rapidshare.com/files/68591730/Windows_3.11.rar
Take a look at these screenshots, you'll realise that the timelines of Windows OS and general technology are almost parallel.
And oh..these OSes should be installed from floppy disks :)
The first version of Microsoft Windows, version 1.0, released in November 1985, lacked a degree of functionality and achieved little popularity, and was to compete with Apple's own operating system.Windows 1.0 is not a complete operating system; rather, it extends MS-DOS. Microsoft Windows version 2.0 was released in November, 1987 and was slightly more popular than its predecessor. Windows 2.03 (release date January 1988) had changed the OS from tiled windows to overlapping windows. The result of this change led to Apple Computer filing a suit against Microsoft alleging infringement on Apple's copyrights.
Microsoft Windows version 3.0, released in 1990, was the first Microsoft Windows version to achieve broad commercial success, selling 2 million copies in the first six months.It featured improvements to the user interface and to multitasking capabilities. It received a facelift in Windows 3.1, made generally available on March 1, 1992. Windows 3.1 support ended on December 31, 2001.
Download:http://rapidshare.com/files/68591153/Windows_1.0.rar
Windows 2.03
Download:http://rapidshare.com/files/68591249/Windows_2.03.rar
Windows 3.11
Download
http://rapidshare.com/files/68591730/Windows_3.11.rar
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Stella Awards
The “Stella Awards” are named after the 81-year-old woman, Stella Liebeck, who spilled hot coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald’s in New Mexico for 2.9 million dollars. Ever since, the name “Stella Award” has been applied to any wild, outrageous, or ridiculous lawsuits - including bogus cases! Here are this year’s winners…
7th Place - Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle when she tripped over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering that the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson’s son.
6th Place - Nineteen-year- old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn’t notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor’s hubcaps.
5th Place - Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn’t re-enter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, so Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog food. He sued the home owners’ insurance company, claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of $500,000. In my opinion, this is SO outrageous that it should have been 2nd Place.
4th Place - Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next-door neighbor’s beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owners’ fenced yard.
The award was less than originally sought, because the jury felt that the dog might have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who had climbed over the fence into the yard and was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
3rd Place - A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx (tail bone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
2nd Place - Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies’ room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.
1st Place (drum roll, please) - This year’s runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Grazinski purchased a brand-new, 32-foot-long Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home from an OU football game - having driven onto the freeway - she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver’s seat to go into the back to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mrs.Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising her in the owner’s manual that she couldn’t actually do that. The jury awarded her $1,750,000 plus a new motor home. The company actually changed its manuals on the basis of this law suit, just in case there were any other complete morons around.
7th Place - Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle when she tripped over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering that the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson’s son.
6th Place - Nineteen-year- old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn’t notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor’s hubcaps.
5th Place - Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn’t re-enter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, so Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found, and a large bag of dry dog food. He sued the home owners’ insurance company, claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of $500,000. In my opinion, this is SO outrageous that it should have been 2nd Place.
4th Place - Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next-door neighbor’s beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owners’ fenced yard.
The award was less than originally sought, because the jury felt that the dog might have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who had climbed over the fence into the yard and was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.
3rd Place - A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she slipped on a soft drink and broke her coccyx (tail bone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.
2nd Place - Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a night club in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies’ room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.
1st Place (drum roll, please) - This year’s runaway winner was Mrs. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. Grazinski purchased a brand-new, 32-foot-long Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home from an OU football game - having driven onto the freeway - she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver’s seat to go into the back to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the RV left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mrs.Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising her in the owner’s manual that she couldn’t actually do that. The jury awarded her $1,750,000 plus a new motor home. The company actually changed its manuals on the basis of this law suit, just in case there were any other complete morons around.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Timer to shutdown your PC
Do you know that you can make your PC shutdown at a time you wish to?
Here is the trick!!
How To Make A Shutdown Timer!
METHOD-1
01. Right click on your desktop and choose "New->shortcut".
02. In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut",
type in "shutdown -s -t 3600" without the quotation marks but include the spaces, and click next.
Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down.
So, 3600 secs = 60 mins = 1 hour
03. Make up a name for the shortcut and you're done.
You can change the icon by right clicking=>properities=>change icon=>browse.
To abort the shutdown:
To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer, just create another shortcut and make
the "location of the shortcut" to "shutdown -a" without the quotes and save it with another name you wish.
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METHOD 2
Here is another trick to shutdown at a specific time, for example you wish to shutdown at 11:35am. Type this in start->Run
"at 11:35 shutdown -s" without quotes
To Abort, type this in Start->Run
"shutdown -a" without quotes
Note: All time are in 24hr, for eg., if you would like to shutdown at 8:30 PM, you should type
"at 20:30 shutdown -s" without quotes
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METHOD 3
You can use a batch file for that as well. It makes it easier to use.
Just run the file and enter the time at which you want your pc to shutdown.
To create the batch file, open Notepad,
Type this Code:
@echo off
title Scheduled Shutdown Batch Example by chacha1234
color A
echo Enter Time To Shutdown (example 19:30)
set /p stime=
cls
at %stime% ""shutdown -s -t 00"" >nul
echo Your PC Will Auto Shutdown At %stime%
echo Press Any Key To Exit
pause >nul
exit
Save the above file as "shutdown.bat" in your desktop.
Also you can add -c "desired message" at the end of the shutdown command
for example,
shutdown -s -t 60 -c "Shutdown PC"
Using this command you can also schedule your PC to restart.
for example,
shutdown -r -t 60 -c "Restarting PC"
To execute, simply double-click on the "Shutdown.bat" file in your desktop.
Cool, huh?
Here is the trick!!
How To Make A Shutdown Timer!
METHOD-1
01. Right click on your desktop and choose "New->shortcut".
02. In the box that says "Type the location of the shortcut",
type in "shutdown -s -t 3600" without the quotation marks but include the spaces, and click next.
Note: 3600 are the amount of seconds before your computer shuts down.
So, 3600 secs = 60 mins = 1 hour
03. Make up a name for the shortcut and you're done.
You can change the icon by right clicking=>properities=>change icon=>browse.
To abort the shutdown:
To make an abort key to stop the shutdown timer, just create another shortcut and make
the "location of the shortcut" to "shutdown -a" without the quotes and save it with another name you wish.
----------------------------------
METHOD 2
Here is another trick to shutdown at a specific time, for example you wish to shutdown at 11:35am. Type this in start->Run
"at 11:35 shutdown -s" without quotes
To Abort, type this in Start->Run
"shutdown -a" without quotes
Note: All time are in 24hr, for eg., if you would like to shutdown at 8:30 PM, you should type
"at 20:30 shutdown -s" without quotes
------------------------------------------------
METHOD 3
You can use a batch file for that as well. It makes it easier to use.
Just run the file and enter the time at which you want your pc to shutdown.
To create the batch file, open Notepad,
Type this Code:
@echo off
title Scheduled Shutdown Batch Example by chacha1234
color A
echo Enter Time To Shutdown (example 19:30)
set /p stime=
cls
at %stime% ""shutdown -s -t 00"" >nul
echo Your PC Will Auto Shutdown At %stime%
echo Press Any Key To Exit
pause >nul
exit
Save the above file as "shutdown.bat" in your desktop.
Also you can add -c "desired message" at the end of the shutdown command
for example,
shutdown -s -t 60 -c "Shutdown PC"
Using this command you can also schedule your PC to restart.
for example,
shutdown -r -t 60 -c "Restarting PC"
To execute, simply double-click on the "Shutdown.bat" file in your desktop.
Cool, huh?
Monday, January 14, 2008
Test Your Antivirus Software
Have you ever wondered if your anti-virus software is really working? Would you like to see what happens when it detects a virus? Here's a safe way to test your computer's virus protection that doesn't require you to have a real virus.
First, open Notepad. Then copy and paste into it, the text below. (It should all be on one line.)
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
Then select File, Save, select All Files for the file type, then save the file as eicar.com.
Your anti-virus software may prevent you from saving the file as eicar.com, which is a sign that it is working effectively. If it doesn't raise an alert, try scanning the folder where you saved eicar.com. To see what happens if you try to run a file containing a virus, double-click eicar.com to open it.
Explanation:
The file eicar.com you have created is completely safe. It is not a virus. It is a standard test file developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR). All anti-virus products are programmed to detect this file as if it was a real virus. Therefore you can safely use it to test whether your anti-virus software works, without fear of infecting your computer.
Conclusion:
If your anti-virus product should fail to prevent you from running the file, it will simply display the text "EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE" in a DOS box. No harm will have been done, but you should probably consider using a better anti-virus product, because if it had been a real virus, your computer would by now be infected!
PS. My antivirus - Zone Alarm Suite immediately quarantined the file as soon as I saved it.
First, open Notepad. Then copy and paste into it, the text below. (It should all be on one line.)
X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE!$H+H*
Then select File, Save, select All Files for the file type, then save the file as eicar.com.
Your anti-virus software may prevent you from saving the file as eicar.com, which is a sign that it is working effectively. If it doesn't raise an alert, try scanning the folder where you saved eicar.com. To see what happens if you try to run a file containing a virus, double-click eicar.com to open it.
Explanation:
The file eicar.com you have created is completely safe. It is not a virus. It is a standard test file developed by the European Institute for Computer Anti-virus Research (EICAR). All anti-virus products are programmed to detect this file as if it was a real virus. Therefore you can safely use it to test whether your anti-virus software works, without fear of infecting your computer.
Conclusion:
If your anti-virus product should fail to prevent you from running the file, it will simply display the text "EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE" in a DOS box. No harm will have been done, but you should probably consider using a better anti-virus product, because if it had been a real virus, your computer would by now be infected!
PS. My antivirus - Zone Alarm Suite immediately quarantined the file as soon as I saved it.
Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Run multiple Yahoo Messengers
You can log into multiple yahoo accounts on yahoo messenger using this simple Registry edit. Open the Registry editor (Start->Run, type regedit and hit Enter).
Before we proceed any further, its always better to backup the registry before you make any changes to it.
To backup, goto File -> export -> give a file name and make sure the "Export range" is set to "All" and click save.
Now, navigate to the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\Test
On the right pane,right click and select New-> DWORD Value. Name it as "Plural" (without the quotes). Now double click on the newly created DWORD to open up the 'Edit DWORD Value' window. Give it a hexadecimal value of 1 and press OK.
That's it. You're done. Exit the Registry Editor. You can now log into Yahoo! Messenger with multiple accounts simultaneously :)
And should you get the need to disable this, simply double click on the registry backup which you saved earlier.
Before we proceed any further, its always better to backup the registry before you make any changes to it.
To backup, goto File -> export -> give a file name and make sure the "Export range" is set to "All" and click save.
Now, navigate to the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Yahoo\Pager\Test
On the right pane,right click and select New-> DWORD Value. Name it as "Plural" (without the quotes). Now double click on the newly created DWORD to open up the 'Edit DWORD Value' window. Give it a hexadecimal value of 1 and press OK.
That's it. You're done. Exit the Registry Editor. You can now log into Yahoo! Messenger with multiple accounts simultaneously :)
And should you get the need to disable this, simply double click on the registry backup which you saved earlier.
Rahman's dream comes true
The music wizard A.R. Rahman has made his 42nd birthday a memorable one. He has decided to offer a rare scheme to the music world. He has decided to launch a music conservatory that promises to offer a holistic training programme in music and music technology.
Rahman has been dreaming to establish such an institute for quite some time. The genius, who turned 42 on Sunday, was quite excited that this dream was taking shape. “All of us, musicians, have felt the need for such training. Most of us had to take the round-about way. This initiative will help aspirants move ahead faster,” he told in an interview on the occasion.
The KM Music Conservatory and Audio Media Education will start functioning at a place next to Rahman’s studio in Kodambakkam. He has plans to move it to a campus in the outskirts of the city. The programme will start by May, 2008, informs AR Rahman.
The courses include Western Vocal and Instrumental Performance, Indian Classical Vocal, Western and Indian Music Theory, Music Appreciation, Ear Training, Piano, Audio Engineering, an Apple certified course in Logic Pro, and a Digidesign certified course in Pro Tools. These courses will definitely help the younger ones to develop their skills.
“The KM Music Conservatory is an attempt to recreate a world-class orchestra for the enjoyment of India's people. Currently Indian composers must go abroad to find orchestras to record. The vision of KM Music Conservatory is to eliminate this obstacle and provide an exemplary orchestra here in India", said Rahman in a press released issued on his birthday.
The faculty will include professors from India and abroad, and other musicians who will train students in Indian and Western Classical music.
The school will soon audition students who play flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, violin, viola, cello, double bass and percussion. Students also have the opportunity to audition for the professional KM Music Symphony Orchestra on completion of the programme.
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