Maruti

Childrens Alphabet Song

2011-04-09T13:57:00.001-07:00

Amazing Quilling Art !!!

2010-12-24T14:43:00.000-08:00

Quilling is the art of creating little rolls from delicate strips of paper and shaping them into intricate designs. The art of Quilling dates back some 500 years ago. Basically, the quilling process consists of cutting strips of paper, and rolling them with a special tool.

Santa and the Vegetarian Chicken :)

2010-08-19T07:00:00.000-07:00

Each Friday night after work, Santa would fire up his outdoor grill and cook a tandoori chicken and some meat kebabs. But, all of his neighbours were strict Catholics and since it was Lent, they were forbidden from eating chicken and meat on a Friday.

The delicious aroma from the grilled meats was causing such a problem for the Catholic faithful that they finally talked to their Priest. The Priest came to visit Santa, and suggested that he become a Catholic.

After several classes and much study, Santa attended Mass and as the priest sprinkled holy water over him, he said, “You were born a Sikh, and raised a Sikh, but now, you are a Catholic."

Santa’s neighbors were greatly relieved, until Friday night arrived. The wonderful aroma of tandoori chicken and meat kebabs filled the neighbourhood.

The Priest was called immediately by the neighbors and, as he rushed into Santa's backyard, clutching a rosary and prepared to scold him, he stopped and watched in amazement.

There stood Santa, holding a small bottle of holy water which he carefully sprinkled over the grilling meats and chanted: "Oye, you waz born a chicken, and you waz born a lamb, you waz raised a chicken, and you waz raised a lamb but now yara, you are a potato and tomato"!

source:http://www.funtoosh.com/jokes/santa_banta/214

Happy Friendship Week !! :))

2010-08-05T08:25:00.000-07:00

THIS IS HILARIOUS!!! Read the bottom after the cartoon.

It's world best friends week.

MORAL of the Story : We should have friends everywhere for not only sharing joyful moments but for support in rainy days also .

The Evolution of the Computer by Harold's Planet - Good One !!

2010-07-01T07:55:00.000-07:00

Source: http://vimeo.com/12667030

TIBCO Interview Questions and Answers on the web !!

2010-06-28T18:47:00.001-07:00

What is Tibco ?
Tibco makes integration server software for enterprises. An integration server allows a company to mix packaged applications, custom software, and legacy software for use across internal and external networks. Tibco's patented approach is called Information Bus (TIB)and Tibco says that it has been used in financial services, telecommunications, electronic commerce, transportation, manufacturing, and energy.

http://javaandj2eefaqs.blogspot.com/2008/11/tibco-interview-questions.html

TIBCO INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:

http://www.developersbook.com/tibco/interview-questions/tibco-interview-questions-faqs.php

http://kyapoocha.com/category/tibco-interview-questions/

A Tibco Developer community and a public TIBCO FORUM and top in tibco forums, targetting tibco solutions. You can learn TIBCO, help others to solve their TIBCO issues, or find solution for your TIBCO issues. This site Strickly for the people who has interest in using TIBCO and looking for TIBCO HELP, use this tibco forum for all your tibco problems, very helpful for Tibco begginers.

http://www.architektdomain.com/architekt/index.php

TIBCO Designer Interview Questions

http://javaj2eeplanet.blogspot.com/2010/06/tibco-designer-interview-questions.html

Tibco Interview Questions and answers

http://www.cinterviews.com/2010/06/tibco-interview-questions-and-answers.html

Blogs on TIBCO:

TIBCO Enterprise Message Service Interview Questions

http://thirumalreddi.blogspot.com/2010/02/tibco-enterprise-message-service.html

http://nagfaqs.blogspot.com/2008/10/tibco-interview-questions.html

http://masterbhuten.blogspot.com/2009/11/tibco-interview-questions.html

http://eaihub.blogspot.com/2009/09/tibco-interview-questions.html

Resource Library: The following link provide the resources that are designed to help SOA novices and experts alike learn more about the value of SOA solutions and best practices for achieving success.

http://www.tibco.com/solutions/soa/resource-library/default.jsp

Links to Interview questions and answers on the Web !!

2010-06-23T14:22:00.000-07:00

Job Interview Questions

In this site you can find all to make a successful job interview. Type of questions: sample questions, how to negotiate your salary, interview tips and many more for Jobseekers and for interviewers.

http://www.jobinterviewquestions.org/

http://www.jobinterviewquestions.org/questions/interview-questions.asp

Job Interview Questions and Best Answers

http://jobsearch.about.com/od/interviewquestionsanswers/a/interviewquest.htm

100 Potential Interview Questions By Thad Peterson, Monster Staff Writer

http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-questions/100-potential-interview-questions/article.aspx

How to answer 10 tough interview questions

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/03/04/cb.answering.tough.interview.questions/index.html

Interviews for Most Popular Jobs

http://www.glassdoor.com/Interview/index.htm

Fifty Standard Interview Questions

http://www.collegegrad.com/jobsearch/Mastering-the-Interview/Fifty-Standard-Interview-Questions/

Interview Question Bank

http://www.job-interview.net/Bank/JobInterviewQuestions.htm

15 Google Interview Questions That Will Make You Feel Stupid

http://www.businessinsider.com/15-google-interview-questions-that-will-make-you-feel-stupid-2009-11#how-many-golf-balls-can-fit-in-a-school-bus-1

Seattle Interview Coach

Offers job interview questions, answers, coaching, preparation, and tips

Lewis Lin have been coaching job seekers for five years, offering guidance on interview questions and answers during their job search. Over the last five years, He interviewed over 400 candidates for marketing, product management, and program management positions at Google and Microsoft.

http://blog.seattleinterviewcoach.com/

This site will enlighten the nature and scope of interview questions that will be asked in various interviews, keeping in view the present interviews scenario.

http://www.allinterview.com/

Categories include: Software, Sciences, Engineering, Business Management, Accounting, Advertising Media, Architecture Design, Call Centre, Fashion Modeling, Government, Law, Tourism Hotel, Everything Else, Aptitude Questions, Placement Papers, Certifications, Visa Interview Questions, Code Snippets, Entrance Exams and ERRORS

Prepare for job interviews with the questions and answers asked by high-tech employers

http://www.techinterviews.com/ include following and much more.

C# Interview Questions and Answers

QTP Interview Questions and Answers

C++ Interview Questions and Answers

PHP Interview Questions and Answers

XML Interview Questions and Answers

JavaScript Interview Questions and Answers

Asp.Net Interview Questions and Answers

J2EE Interview Questions and Answers

ABAP Interview Questions and Answers

Perl Interview Questions and Answers

Java Interview Questions and Answers

Job Interview Questions and Answers: Everything you need to know to succeed in Job Interviews

http://www.best-job-interview.com/job-interview-questions.html

http://www.newinterviewquestions.com/ This includes different interview questions in the following fields.

In the interview questions section they consolidated some good quality of questions on java, jsp, servlets, ejb etc.

http://www.allapplabs.com/interview_questions/java_interview_questions.htm

50 common interview questions:

http://bhuvans.wordpress.com/2006/08/19/50-common-interview-qa/

How to answer 23 of the most common interview questions

http://www.wisebread.com/how-to-answer-23-of-the-most-common-interview-questions

10 Killer Job Interview questions and Answers

http://www.bspcn.com/2007/08/24/10-killer-job-interview-questions-and-answers/

Monster Career Advice:

http://career-advice.monster.com/

Interview Preparation

http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-preparation/jobs.aspx

Interview Questions

http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-questions/jobs.aspx

Interview Appearance Articles

http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/interview-appearance/jobs.aspx

Following Up

http://career-advice.monster.com/job-interview/following-up/jobs.aspx

Dice Career news and advice

http://seeker.dice.com/common/seeker/docs/resources.jsp

Indeed Career forum: you can post a question here and discuss your concerns

http://www.indeed.com/forum/gen/Career-Advice.html

Yahoo career tools

http://hotjobs.yahoo.com/careertools

Career Builder Advice & Resources

http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Resources/CareerResources.aspx?cbRecursionCnt=1&cbsid=a587006977dd4b299bcdf44481f127ac-330618738-w8-6&ns_siteid=ns_us_g_career_builder_career_

Career Advice and Job Search Tips From SimplyHired

http://forum.simplyhired.com/

Questions with Excellent Sample Responses

http://www.quintcareers.com/interview_question_database/interview_questions_1.html

Sample Interview Questions And Answers

http://www.job-employment-guide.com/interview-questions-and-answers.html

How to Answer Structured Interview Questions

http://www.life123.com/career-money/find-a-job/interview-questions/how-to-answer-structured-interview-questions.shtml

The Best Answers to Tough Interview Questions PDF

http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/career/cit/jobSearch/InterviewQuestions.pdf

Sample Pharmaceutical Sales Interview Questions and Answers
by Pat Riley

http://www.medzilla.com/sampleqariley.html

Grad School Interview Questions

http://www.gradschooltips.com/interview_questions.htm

SQL Server Interview questions:

http://vyaskn.tripod.com/iq.htm

Technical interview questions and puzzles

http://www.techinterview.org/

GeekInterview.com is an Open Database where you can share interview questions, comment / answer any questions.

http://www.geekinterview.com/

All about interviews:
http://pragyarawal.blogspot.com/

Free Tech Books on the web !!

2010-06-22T07:48:00.000-07:00

Freebookcentre.net contains links to thousands of free online technical books. Which include core computer science, networking, programming languages, Systems Programming books, Linux books and many more.

http://www.freebookcentre.net/

Computer Science: E-Books for free online viewing and/or download

http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=24

FreeTechBooks.com: Free Online Computer Science and Programming Books, Textbooks, and Lecture Notes

http://www.freetechbooks.com/

Tech books for free download

http://www.techbooksforfree.com/

25 Free Computer Science Books

http://www.coderholic.com/25-free-computer-science-books/

Foundations of Computer Science

http://infolab.stanford.edu/~ullman/focs.html

http://www.informit.com/library/index.aspx

Free Programming Ebooks

http://www.appsapps.info/books/

Computers & Internet: E-Books for free online viewing and/or download

http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=9

http://freecomputerbooks.com/

http://www.freeebooks.info/6/Computers-&-Internet

http://www.onlinecomputerbooks.com/

http://www.freebookcentre.net/

http://www.freecodemomma.com/

Top 10 best places to get free books part-1

http://www.friedbeef.com/top-10-best-places-to-get-free-books-part-1/

Top 10 best places to get free books part-2

http://www.friedbeef.com/top-10-best-places-to-get-free-books-part-2/

20 Best Websites to Download Free E-Books, Part II
http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/20-best-websites-to-download-free-e-books-part-ii/

Computer Science Books Online

http://www.sciencebooksonline.info/computer-science.html

These free ebooks are divided into different categories. Categorys range from business, art, computing and education. Select the category appropriate to the e-book you're looking for.

http://www.ebooklobby.com/6/Computers-&-Internet

http://www.ebook-x.com/

5000 Rapidshare Ebooks

http://maddogebooks.awardspace.com/5000-rapidshare-ebooks.html

Computer Education, Training, and Tutorial Resources

Free Computer Books for programming, web development, networking, operating systems, admin, etc.

http://www.intelligentedu.com/free_computer_books.html

Blogs:

Free Technical Books on the Net by Vinod

http://www.freetechbooksonthenet.blogspot.com/

Free e-books

http://books-pdf.blogspot.com/

http://everykindofbookss.blogspot.com/

http://bigdownload.blogspot.com/

FREE FINAL YEAR PROJECTS

http://www.final-yearprojects.co.cc/

The Actual Meanings of A to Z - Good one !!

2010-06-18T09:38:00.000-07:00

A—Accept

Accept others for who they are and for the choices they've made even if you have difficulty understanding their beliefs, motives, or actions.

B--Break Away

Break away from everything that stands in the way of what you hope to accomplish with your life.

C--Create
Create a family of friends whom you can share your hopes, dreams, sorrows, and happiness with.

D--Decide

Decide that you'll be successful and happy come what may, and good things will find you. The roadblocks are only minor obstacles along the way.

E--Explore

Explore and experiment. The world has much to offer, and you have much to give. And every time you try something new, you'll learn more about yourself.

F--Forgive

Forgive and forget. Grudges only weigh you down and inspire unhappiness and grief. Soar above it, and remember that everyone makes mistakes.

G--Grow

Leave the childhood monsters behind. They can no longer hurt you or stand in your way.

H--Hope

Hope for the best and never forget that anything is possible as long as you remain dedicated to the task.

I--Ignore

Ignore the negative voice inside your head. Focus instead on your goals and remember your accomplishments. Your past success is only a small inkling of what the future holds.

J--Journey

Journey to new worlds, new possibilities, by remaining open-minded. Try to learn something new every day, and you'll grow.

K--Know

Know that no matter how bad things seem, they'll always get better. The warmth of spring always follows the harshest winter.

L--Love

Let love fill your heart instead of hate. When hate is in your heart, there's room for nothing else, but when love is in your heart, there's room for endless happiness.

M--Manage

Manage your time and your expenses wisely, and you'll suffer less stress and worry. Then you'll be able to focus on the important things in life.

N--Notice

Never ignore the poor, infirm, helpless, weak, or suffering. Offer your assistance when possible, and always your kindness and understanding.

O--Open

Open your eyes and take in all the beauty around you. Even during the worst of times, there's still much to be thankful for.

P--Play

Never forget to have fun along the way. Success means nothing without happiness.

Q--Question

Ask many questions, because you're here to learn.

R--Relax

Refuse to let worry and stress rule your life, and remember that things always have a way of working out in the end.

S--Share

Share your talent, skills, knowledge, and time with others. Everything that you invest in others will return to you many times over.

T--Try

Even when your dreams seem impossible to reach, try anyway. You'll be amazed by what you can accomplish.

U--Use

Use your gifts to your best ability. Talent that's wasted has no value. Talent that's used will bring unexpected rewards.

V--Value

Value the friends and family members who've supported and encouraged you, and be there for them as well.

W--Work

Work hard every day to be the best person you can be, but never feel guilty if you fall short of your goals. Every sunrise offers a second chance.

X--X-Ray

Look deep inside the hearts of those around you and you'll see the goodness and beauty within.

Y--Yield

Yield to commitment. If you stay on track and remain dedicated, you'll find success at the end of the road.

Z--Zoom

Zoom to a happy place when bad memories or sorrow rears its ugly head. Let nothing interfere with your goals. Instead, focus on your abilities, your dreams, and a brighter tomorrow.

Note: Credit goes to the original author.

Source: http://www.desitwist.com/teen-talks/actual-meanings-abc-6983.html

Free sites for Learning ESL and English pronunciation on the web!!

2010-06-04T09:31:00.000-07:00

Compilation of Web sites: Teaching and Learning ESL

http://mccesltech.wikispaces.com/Web+Sites+for+Teaching+and+Learning+ESL

The ESL Links Site - Learning English: Contains Selected Listening material, ESL Sites and Directories, ESL Podcast (audio file that you download from the Internet and listen to it on your computer or MP3 player), Online Grammar books, Tests, Quizzes, Games, Puzzles, Exercises.

http://www.esldesk.com/esl-links/

This English as a Second Language website is a starting point for ESL learners who want to study English through the Web.

http://www.rong-chang.com/

UsingEnglish.com provides a large collection of English as a Second Language (ESL) tools & resources for students, teachers, learners and academics.

http://www.usingenglish.com/

Activities for ESL Students
Quizzes, tests, exercises and puzzles to help you learn English as a Second Language (ESL).This project of The Internet TESL Journal (iteslj.org) has thousands of contributions by many teachers.

http://a4esl.org/

ESL go - free English as a second language for learning + teaching ESL. ESL go is a free English community of ESL students and ESL teachers. We help ESL students learning English as a second language through free ESL classes and free English practice message boards. ESL go.com also provides free teaching ESL activities for TESOL, TESL, and TEFL.

http://www.eslgo.com/

Best TESOL/ESL/TESL Resources

http://www.uni.edu/becker/TESOL_ESL2.html

General ESL Resources (Links verified 5/4/09)

http://www.internet4classrooms.com/esl.htm

Sites for English Pronunciation

http://www.manythings.org/pp/

http://www.englishclub.com/pronunciation/index.htm

http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/

http://legacy.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/pronunciation.html

Contains over 250 of the best Internet resources for ESL/EFL students!
All Web sites are clearly annotated. Organization is by skill area and language level.

http://legacy.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html

The sounds of spoken language:

http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#

http://www.soundsofenglish.org/pronunciation/index.htm

English Pronunciation - The Virtual Language Centre

http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/pronunciation/

Speaking English - Pronunciation and Conversation Skills

http://esl.about.com/od/speakingenglish/Speaking_English_Pronunciation_and_Conversation_Skills.htm

Online pronunciation guides to 9 varieties of the English language and 9 other languages Instant sound and pronunciation samples by over 40 native speakers.

http://www.fonetiks.org/

American English

http://www.fonetiks.org/engsou2am.html

How to learn English pronunciation?

http://www.antimoon.com/how/pronunc.htm

This website was created to help people improve their American English pronunciation. At the core is a series of videos explaining in detail how each sound is created, as well as a blog.

http://www.rachelsenglish.com/

These English lessons are aimed at the beginner although people with a little experience of English may find some parts useful.

http://www.learn-english-online.org/

Learn English Online: Activities for ESL, EFL & Kids

http://www.syvum.com/online/english.html

To Learn English is a free site for English learners. You will find free English vocabulary sheets, English grammar sheets and English exercises. Thousands of English pen pals are waiting for you. They will help you learn English. There is an English forum too.

http://www.tolearnenglish.com/

Learn English with english-at-home.com. Learn English grammar, vocabulary, verbs and speaking with games, a blog and more.

http://www.english-at-home.com/

Learn English Online With Me. Learn English Online Resources. English as second language (ESL)

http://learnenglishwithme.net/

Learn English Easily

http://www.learnenglish-a-z.com/

Sites for ESL Conversation:

Learn to speak English through Indian Languages

http://www.languageshome.com/LearnEnglish.htm

The purpose of this site is to help you learn language that is used in everyday conversation. Conversation Starters for English Students

http://www.dailyesl.com/

ESL Conversation Questions

http://www.esljunction.com/conversation_questions/

This page provides resources, lessons, and ideas on teaching conversation. There are printable materials for classroom use, a discussion forum and links to other web sites about teaching.

http://www.eslpartyland.com/teachers/nov/conv.htm

Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom

http://iteslj.org/questions/

http://www.esldiscussions.com/

http://www.eslgold.com/speaking.html

Want to talk to someone in English?

http://www.speak-english-today.com/

The story of everybody

2010-05-04T20:20:00.001-07:00

This is a story of four people called Everybody, Somebody, Anybody and Nobody.

There was some important work that had to be done, and Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it.

Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry because of this, since it was Everybody's job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody understood that Everybody wouldn't do it.

It ended with Everybody blaming Somebody as Nobody did what Anybody could have done.

source: Funtoosh.com

NASA | New Eye on the Sun Delivers Stunning First Images

2010-04-22T08:59:00.000-07:00

A huge loop of material shooting up from the sun's surface in March was one of the first events witnessed by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Known as a prominence eruption, the loop was born from a relatively cold cloud of plasma, or charged gas, tenuously tethered to the sun's surface by magnetic forces. Such clouds can erupt dramatically when they break free of the sun's unstable hold.

Sun Gets in the Loop

The Sun, in Living Color

Sun Making Waves

Crashing Solar Surf

Seismic Sunspot Spotted by SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)

source: National geographic and Image courtesy NASA

Volcano Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland

2010-04-21T08:27:00.000-07:00

Nice Reply :-)

2010-04-21T08:16:00.000-07:00

Will a time machine ever be possible?

2010-03-30T11:58:00.001-07:00

Einstein proposed the Relativity Theory which was later calledThe General Theory of Relativity. The relativity theory was later expanded by modern scientists and called The Special Theory of Relativity.

In his theory, Einstein said:

Anything traveling with a speed less than the speed of Light will go forward in time.
Anything traveling with a speed equal to the speed of Light will nottravel in time.
Anything traveling with a speed faster than the speed of light will go backward in time.

Quite a startling discovery. Einstein explains how we can go forward, backward, or not move at all in time. Which means we can go into the future, the past, or stay at the present by just moving at a certain speed. Imagine running so fast that you reach the past !!!

What is the Time Paradox ?
Just see this example. I manage to build the Time Machine. Now, I go into the past and kill my grandparents in the past, before I was born. Then I return to the future. Is that possible ? I mean if my grandparents were killed before I was born, then how did I come to this world in the first place. If I wasn’t born, how did I go into the past and kill my grandparents ?

In simpler words, we cannot change the past. If that is the case, when we have never traveled into the past before, how can we travel into the past now ? The past is over. How can we go into the past when we were never there !!

For full article by siddu click here.

French Roast - Oscar nominated short film

2010-03-22T06:53:00.001-07:00

The Lady and the Reaper - Oscar nominated short film updated

2010-03-21T11:32:00.000-07:00

DIFFICULT QUESTIONS AND INTELLIGENT ANSWERS - Interesting !!

2010-03-19T12:49:00.001-07:00

Question and the Answer given by Candidates, they are IAS (Indian Administrative Services - One of the most difficult examination in India.

Q.How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?
A. Concrete floors are very hard to crack! (UPSC Topper)

Q.If it took eight men ten hours to build a wall, how long would it take four men to build it?
A. No time at all it is already built. (UPSC 23 rd Rank Opted for IFS)

Q.If you had three apples and four oranges in one hand and four apples and three oranges in the other hand, what would you have?
A. Very large hands.(Good one) (UPSC 11 Rank Opted for IPS)

Q. How can you lift an elephant with one hand?
A. It is not a problem, since you will never find an elephant with one hand. (UPSC Rank 14 Opted for IES)

Q. How can a man go eight days without sleep?
A. No Probs, He sleeps at night. (UPSC IAS Rank 98)

Q. If you throw a red stone into the blue sea what it will become?
A. It will Wet or Sink as simple as that. (UPSC IAS Rank 2)

Q. What looks like half apple?
A : The other half. (UPSC - IAS Topper )

Q. What can you never eat for breakfast?
A : Dinner.

Q. What happened when wheel was invented?
A : It caused a revolution.

Q. Bay of Bengal is in which state?
A : Liquid

Sometimes just thinking out of the box is what it takes !!

source: http://www.funtoosh.com/jokes/stupid/689

A00-212 SAS Advanced Programming Exam for SAS 9

2010-03-09T12:16:00.000-08:00

Sample Advanced SAS Exam

Solutions to Advanced SAS Exam

SAS BASE Programming Exam

2010-03-09T12:11:00.001-08:00

SAS BASE Programming Exam

Solution to Base SAS Exam

Genetics :) Good one !!

2010-02-28T15:48:00.000-08:00

source: 9gag.com

David Blaine in Haiti

2010-02-22T10:54:00.000-08:00

How I held my breath for 17 minutes - David Blaine

2010-02-22T10:47:00.000-08:00

David Blaine (born David Blaine White; April 4, 1973) is an American illusionist and endurance artist. He is best known for his high-profile feats of endurance, and has made his name as a performer of street and close-up magic.He has set and broken several world records.

Behind the names of Companies !!

2010-02-08T10:01:00.000-08:00

You may have heard different company names and their brand names but do you know how they came up with those names? Why Google is Google? Why Apple Computers name their company "Apple"? Or say why the best networking company is called CISCO? Well there are reasons behind names of these companies... so lets check it out...

The name came from the river Adobe Creek that ran behind the house of founder John Warnock.

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"The Apache group was formed around a number of people who provided patch files that had been written for NCSA httpd 1.3. The result after combining them was A PAtCHy server."- thus, the name Apache.

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Favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 o'clock.

Steve Woznaik (Sitting) and Steve Jobs of APPLE Computers

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The name is not an acronym but an abbreviation of San Francisco. The company's logo reflects its San Francisco name heritage. It represents a stylized Golden Gate Bridge.

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Larry Page(L) and Sergey Brin(R), founders of Google.

The name started as a jockey boast about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol', a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros. After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to ‘Google’.

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Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing email via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for Hotmail as it included the letters "html" - the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective upper casings.

Sabeer Bhatia

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Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.

Bill Hewlett (H) and Dave Packard (P) of HP.

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Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company 'Moore Noyce' but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain, so they had to settle for an acronym of
INTegrated ELectronics.

Gordon Moore(L) and Bob Noyce(R), founders of Intel.

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Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from the lotus position or 'padmasana.' Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

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It was coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on.

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Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.

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Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). The code name for the project was called Oracle(the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all questions or something such).

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Company founder Marc Ewing was given the Cornell lacrosse team cap (with red and white stripes) while at college by his grandfather. He lost it and had to search for it desperately. The manual of the beta version of Red Hat Linux had an appeal to readers to return his Red Hat if found by anyone!

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"Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing", formed by four ex-IBM employees who used to work in the 'Systems/Applications/Projects' group of IBM.

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From the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.

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Sun Microsystems

Founded by four Stanford University buddies, Sun is the acronym for Stanford University Network.

Andreas Bechtolsheim , Bill Joy, Scott Mc Nealy and Vinod Khosla of SUN (Stanford University Network) Microsystems.

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Bell Labs in the period 1968-1969 was involved in the Multics project which was supposed to provide a convenient interactive computing service to the entire community. This OS failed because Multics could not support many users at an exorbitant cost.

During 1969 an alternative was being worked on, and in 1970 this alternative was given the name of UNIX, a pun on the name Multics since UNIX can support multiple users and multiple processes. The name was coined by Brian Kernighan.

Ken Thompson (L) and Dennis Ritchie (R), creators of UNIX. Dennis Ritchie improved on the B programming language and called it 'New B'. B was created by Ken Thompson as a revision of the Bon programming language (Named after his wife Bonnie). He later called it C.

The Greek root "xer" means dry. The inventor, Chestor Carlson , named his product Xerox as it was dry copying, markedly different from the then prevailing wet copying.

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The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book 'Gulliver'sTravels'. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos.

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Excellent Video - How to Meditate, Yoga, Meditation

2010-02-04T20:00:00.000-08:00

Debugging and GDB Debugger tutorials on Web !!

2010-02-03T12:45:00.000-08:00

What is Debugging?

Debugging is the process of locating and fixing errors (known as bugs), in a computer program, or hardware device. To debug a program or hardware device, you start with a known problem, isolate the source of the problem, and then fix it.

Introduction of debugger:

A debugger is a program which can run the program. The only difference is that it can go inside of a program and it has the ability to run step by step in the program. Debugger sometimes referred to as symbolic debugger also.

GDB Debugger:

GDB is a debugger which is part of the Free Software Foundation's GNU operating system. Its original author is Richard M. Stallman. GDB can be used to debug C, C++, Objective-C, Fortran, Java and Assembly programs. There's partial support for Modula-2 and Pascal. It'll run on any architecture.

Compile source code:
In order to debug a file, first you need to compile the program. In case of gcc compiler you need -g option to compile the source code so that the output file is ready to debug with GDB. For example, if the source file is hello-world.c, the command for compilation will be:

gcc -g -o hello_world hello_world.c

This command will create the output/executable file named as hello_world. You have to debug the source file with this executable file.

Run GDB debugger:

In order to run the GDB debugger, the command is:

gdb hello_world

It will display the license agreement and the you will be able to see the GDB prompt (GDB). It means that you are under GDB debugger and you are all ready to start debugging your source program.

For Full information click here.

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Step-by-step example for using GDB within Emacs to debug a C or C++ program

http://kb.iu.edu/data/aqsy.html

C/C++ Programs and Debugging in Linux

http://bytes.com/topic/c/insights/827839-zen-art-debugging-c-c-linux-gdb

http://sourceware.org/gdb/download/onlinedocs/gdb/index.html

Short tutorial on using debuggers and profiling tools on UPPMAX

http://www.uppmax.uu.se/Members/agback/short-tutorial-on-using-debuggers-and-profiling

Options for Debugging Your Program or GCC

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/DeveloperTools/gcc-4.0.1/gcc/Debugging-Options.html

Debugging with GDB

http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/DeveloperTools/gdb/gdb/gdb_toc.html

Compiling C and C++ Programs

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~beechung/ref/gcc-intro.html

GNU Debugger - GDB

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/gnu_debugger/index.htm

Debugging C or C++ with GDB in Code::Blocks

http://brainspoil.net/?p=94

Java Debugging with gdb

http://gcc.gnu.org/java/gdb.html

Debugging "C" And "C++" Programs Using "gdb"

http://www.users.actcom.co.il/~choo/lupg/tutorials/debugging/debugging-with-gdb.html

Debugging with GDB, The GNU Source-Level Debugger, Ninth Edition, for GDB version 5.1.1 January 2002

http://ftp.gnu.org/old-gnu/Manuals/gdb-5.1.1/html_node/gdb_toc.html

Vi companions

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/references/gnu/vim/Vim-HOWTO-5.html

What Do You Use to Debug Linux / UNIX C/C++ Programs?

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/what-do-you-use-to-debug-linux-unix.html

Debugging remotely on DaVinci using gdb

http://wiki.davincidsp.com/index.php/Debugging_remotely_on_DaVinci_using_gdb

Gdb Features for C++

http://sourceware.org/gdb/current/onlinedocs/gdb/Debugging-C-Plus-Plus.html#Debugging-C-Plus-Plus

Free Books Related to Debugging on web !!

Art of Debugging with GDB, DDD, and Eclipse

http://www.scribd.com/doc/15737979/Art-of-Debugging-with-GDB-DDD-and-Eclipse

Debugging With Gdb

http://www.scribd.com/doc/24533623/Debugging-With-Gdb

Videos:

C Programming, Disassembly, Debugging, Linux, GDB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twxEVeDceGw

GDB Introduction

A short introduction to GDB. GDB is the GNU Debugger and a powerful tool to debug all different kinds of programs.

http://vimeo.com/2831923

The Little Book of C: Integrating Insight Debugger

Showing how to install a debugger for use in Crimson Editor.The debugger using is Cygnus Insight Debugger. Insight is actually a graphical user interface for the command line debugger gdb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYHqDMAM9_Y

Forums :

http://forum.codecall.net/c-c/12998-debugging-c-c-file-gdb-debugger.html

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/debugger/

http://forums.freebsd.org/archive/index.php/t-2220.html

http://www.unix.com/high-level-programming/29015-debugging-pro-c-programs.html

http://www.astahost.com/info.php/cc-gdb-linux-debug-tool_t18753.html

Advanced c++ debugging techniques on Unix

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.development.apps/browse_thread/thread/1fb6fcbef3ea7c14/975b29afcdfa918

Problems in debugging core files

http://www.codeguru.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-384166.html

Free Online Live TV Channels on the Web !!

2010-02-01T11:57:00.000-08:00

Very good blog with collection of free online telugu news channels.

http://nanitvs.blogspot.com/

A very good site and here you can watch maa, etv, tv9, zee and all other channels.

http://www.telugu9x.com/

Saradaga TV - Watch Telugu movie trailers, Telugu movie promotion videos, Telugu cinema function videos and Latest Telugu movie intros etc.It is a very good site.

http://www.saradaga3.com/tv/

Freedocast is an effective cost free source, through which users can live broadcast or schedule the broadcast of their channels, videos and family celebrations.

You can watch live TV channels and you can embed those channels in to your blog.It is a very good site.

http://www.freedocast.com/channels.aspx?pn=1&order=l

Freedocast Blog:

http://blog.freedocast.com/

ABN- Andhra Broadcasting News service.

http://www.abnandhrajyothy.com/

You can watch telugu movies, video songs, comedy scenes, tv programs, TV channels etc

Note: lot of advertisements and pop-ups but streaming is good.

http://www.telugustudio.net/

Works on latest Internet Explorer or Firefox and IE / Firefox browser will automatically prompt you to install/update the PLUGIN or install (one time) TVU software

Note: lots of pop-ups but channel streaming is good.

http://www.freelivetvs.com/tv9-telugu-live-telugu-news-tv-channel-india/

Watch live Indian online TV channels broadcasting on the Internet.

http://www.techsatish.tv/2010/01/03/etv-telugu-india-2/

Free sports tv channels online , watch live cricket on your pc , tamil tv channels online streaming , hindi tv channels online , malayalam tv channels, telugu tv channels , kannada tv ,cartoon channels online free and live on your computer,free radio stations include hindi , tamil , malayalam ,kannada , punjabi, telugu radio stations online and free, watch free broadcast of hindi , tamil and many indian tv channels.

http://www.livetvchannelsfree.com/

Another blog which where you can view telugu channels and listen telugu radio.

Note: pop-ups are there, you may need plug-ins.

http://www.freetelugutv.tk/

This Channel is covering subjects like Education, Health, Culture, Spiritual Enrichment, Social Upliftment and other related subjects; the sole purpose being to enlighten and create awareness among the Telugu speaking people in Andhra Pradesh and all Telugus spread across the globe.

http://www.aradanatv.com/web.htm

Free News Channels

Note: Only few channels are free for other channels you need to subscribe.

http://teluguone.com/tv/

This website features are: Send Photos to India,Live Webcasting,Self Streaming,Free Streaming,Online Video Surveillance,Online Meetings,Web Conference,Webinars,Live telugu TV,ETV,ETV2,NTV,TV5,Bhakthi,Vanitha,BizzNews,Free TV,Paid TV,Streaming

Only 4 to 5 channels are available in Telugu (tv9,bhakti,sakshi e.tc.)

Note : You need to sign up and login in order to watch TV’s.

http://www.16frames.com/

http://www.16frames.com/TV/FreeTVChannels.aspx

Free TV from India: Given all links to the channels from A – Z

http://www.lyngsat.com/freetv/India.html

SUN network - Kushi TV for children

http://www.sunnetwork.org/kushi/

Watch online Indian TV channels. Try out channels like Smash Hits, NDTV, CNBC, ASIAnet News, Star Majha and more other. Some channels may not work in your country / network.

http://www.tvchannelsfree.com/channels/36/India

Watch Indian Television Serials

Here you can enjoy hindi serials online, Hindi/English/Tamil/Telugu movies free, search and listen music. You can find latest episodes of TV serials of Star Plus, Zee TV, Sony, Color TV and many more.

Note: You need to register to watch the channels and Registration is free.

http://www.krazycommunity.com/

Sun TV Network FM radio

Suryan FM stations - Chennai, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Madurai, Tuticorin, Pondicherry & Tiruchy, 93.5 Mhz for RED FM station - Vishakapatinam, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Bhubaneshwar, Tirupati, Lucknow, Bhopal, Kozhikode, Indore, Vijayawada, Varanasi, Rajahmundry, Kanpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Mangalore, Kannur, Allahabad, Jabalpur, Mysore, Guwahati, Jamshedpur, Nasik, Vadodara, Rajkot, Aurangabad, Ahmedabad, Warangal, Nagpur, Kochi, Gulbarga, Asansol, Shillong, Pune& Siliguri.

http://www.sunnetwork.org/fm/default.htm

Indiavision The real Kerala News Channel

http://www.indiavisiontv.com/

List of 500+ FREE Online Television(TV) channels.

http://freeonlinetvchannels.blogspot.com/

Free AJAX Tutorials On the Web !!

2010-01-29T12:59:00.000-08:00

What is Ajax?

AJAX is a term used to describe an approach to designing and implementing web applications. It is an acronym for Asynchronous JavaScript and XML.

The primary purpose of AJAX is to help make web applications function more like desktop applications. Asynchronous JavaScript and XML, is a new way for web pages to send and receive data to and from a web site without forcing the user to wait for a new page to load.

What you should already know?

Before you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:

HTML / XHTML

JavaScript

Image source: http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/Ajax

AJAX Introduction

http://www.w3schools.com/Ajax/ajax_intro.asp

In this tutorial, you'll see how to use DOJO and Java Server Faces technology to include Ajax functionality in a custom component.

http://java.sun.com/javaee/javaserverfaces/ajax/tutorial.jsp

Ajax Beginners Tutorial

http://www.ajaxprojects.com/ajax/tutorialdetails.php?itemid=10#start

Ajax Tools

http://www.ajaxprojects.com/ajax/projects/Ajax_Tools/

Ajax Resources

http://www.ajaxprojects.com/ajax/projects/Ajax_Resources/

Ajax Tutorial for Beginners: Part 1

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/ajax/AjaxTutorial.aspx

Tutorial: Ajax Made Easy

http://www.harrymaugans.com/2007/03/18/tutorial-ajax-made-easy/

"Phir Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" featuring film stars

2010-01-27T06:56:00.000-08:00

'Mile Sur Mera Tumhara' the popular song of the late 80's will be out in all new avatar titled as 'Phir Mile Sur'

The Original Version

After watching the new and original one, I can say "OLD IS GOLD" and they are incomparable.

English bloopers - Common Mistakes in English

2010-01-22T09:23:00.000-08:00

Terrible grammar and error-riddled speech is frequently a problem for young adults.

Poor English makes you sound unprofessional and can lead to laughs at your expense! If you need to touch up on your English, or just want a few giggles, read on!

Continuing our user-driven series on common English bloopers, let's highlight a few mistakes overhead by Rediff.com users.

Shilpa Archaya sent several bloopers she encounters frequently.

~ Please return my book back.

~ Could you repeat that last line again?

In both cases, the final word is redundant. When you return a book, you give it back to the owner. When you repeat a line, you're saying it again. They should read:

~ Please return my book.

~ Could you repeat that last line?

Shilpa also noted the following common mistake.

~ I, my sister and Deepa went to the mall

'I' and 'me' are always placed at the end of a list of names/ pronouns. The correct usage is:

~ My sister, Deepa and I went to the mall.

SM Hussein from Andhra Pradesh notes the prevalence of other redundancies:

~ The fish aquarium is very large.

~ The dance ballet was lovely.

In both cases, the descriptive word is unnecessary. An aquarium houses fish and a ballet is always a dance! The correct usage is simply:

~ The aquarium is very large.

~ The ballet was lovely.

Another mistake Hussein hears frequently:

~ I could not able to do it, sir.

In this case, either able should be removed or could should be replaced with was. Here are the two correct possibilities:

~ I could not do it, sir.

~ I was not able to do it, sir.

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~ "I'm going to give an examination."

You don't give an examination, you take one! So what you really should be saying, is:

~ "I'm going to take an examination."

"The city bus service is highly erotic!"

Well, the word she was looking for was 'erratic', which means lacking in consistency and regularity, and not 'erotic' -- which we all know means sexually arousing! So what she should have said was:

~ "The city bus service is highly erratic!"

"I will revert back to you shortly."

The word 'revert' itself means to return to a previous subject or condition, so the insertion of the word 'back' in the sentence is incorrect. The correct thing to say is:

~ "I will revert to you shortly."

Get Ahead reader Sivashankar says, "A common error I hear people making is when they say the word 'anyways' instead of 'anyway'. There is no such word as 'anyways', and the additional 's' is not at all required." He further adds that many folk also tend to pluralise words that are already in plural, such as: 'datas' instead of data, and 'criterias' instead of criteria.

Dear Sir,

We are glad to tell you that we are manufacture of disappearing ink pen ttached please check our disappearing ink pen catalogue with pricepictures and other details. Any interested itmes please kindly inform us."

A grammatically correct copy of that mail is presented below:

"Dear Sir,

We are glad to inform you that we are now manufacturing disappearing ink pens. Attached please find our catalogue withprices, pictures, and other details furnished. If you are interested in any of the items, kindly inform us."

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1. ~ "It was a blunder mistake."
Correction, people! The word 'blunder' means mistake, so you could say:
~ "It was a blunder," or
~ "It was a big mistake."

2. ~ "It would have been more better."
The word 'better' itself implies that the option in question is superior -- the use of the word 'more' in the sentence is, therefore both inappropriate and unnecessary. Thus the correct sentence would go as follows:
~ "It would have been better."

3. ~ "Why don't he get married?"
The term 'don't' applies when discussing a plural subject. For instance, "Why don't they get married?" The right way to phrase that sentence would be:
~ "Why doesn't he get married?"

4. ~ "I want two Xeroxes of this card."
The term 'Xerox' is used in North American English as a verb. Actually, 'Xerox' is the name of a company that supplies photocopiers! The correct thing to say, therefore, would be:
~ "I want two photocopies of this card."

5. ~ "Your hairs are looking silky today."
This is one of the most common Indian bloopers! The plural of 'hair' is 'hair'! Thus:
~ "Your hair is looking silky today."
Get Ahead reader Nasreen Haque says, "We must realise that English is not the native language of Indians. Having said that, we should tell ourselves, 'Yeah, I could go wrong and I could make innumerable mistakes, but of course there is always room for improvement.'"
Here are a few bloopers Nasreen has across often:

1. ~ Loose vs lose
Many people make this mistake. They inevitably interchange the words 'loose' and 'lose' while writing. 'Lose' means to 'suffer a loss or defeat'. Thus, you would write:
~ 'I don't want to lose you," and not ' don't want to loose you.'
'Loose', on the other hand, means 'not firm' or 'not fitting.' In this context, you would write,
~ "My shirt is loose," not "My shirt is lose."

2. ~ "One of my friend lives in Kolkata."
This is one of the most common Indian English bloopers ever! The correct way of putting that is:
"One of my friends lives in Kolkata."
Why? Because the sentence implies that you have many friends who live in Kolkata, but you are referring to only one of these friends.

3. ~ Tension-inducing tenses.
People often use the wrong tense in their sentences. For instance, someone might say:
~ "I didn't cried when I saw the movie."
Unfortunately, the word 'didn't' is never followed by a past tense verb, in this case 'cried'. The correct way of putting it would be:
~ "I didn't cry when I saw the movie."

Source: http://www.rediff.com/getahead/2007/apr/26english.htm

Avatar Exclusive -Behind The Scenes (The Art of Performance Capture)

2010-01-07T10:04:00.000-08:00

What can we say, Its really amazing...Isn't it?

Wish You Happy New Year - 2010 Greeting cards and Wishes

2009-12-30T10:15:00.000-08:00

We have the opportunity

Once more to right some wrongs,

To pray for peace, to plant a tree,

And sing more joyful songs!

Wishing you a New Year filled with new hope, new joy and new beginnings!!

Happy New Year!! Enjoy!!

Just a bunch of flowers to wish you

A Happy New Year …

Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of 'SixthSense' technology

2009-12-21T11:28:00.000-08:00

At TEDIndia, Pranav Mistry demos several tools that help the physical world interact with the world of data -- including a deep look at his SixthSense device and a new, paradigm-shifting paper "laptop".

In an onstage Q&A, Mistry says he'll open-source the software behind SixthSense, to open its possibilities to all.

Other Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tv/TED-India-Pranav-Mistry/videoshow_ted/5231080.cms

Animator Vs Animation

2009-12-18T08:43:00.000-08:00

Flash Mind Reader

2009-12-09T06:53:00.000-08:00

source: http://www.orkut-scrapping.com/MindReader.aspx

Lisa Wong Speed Painting on the Ellen Show

2009-12-04T17:42:00.000-08:00

Microsoft Surface - The Possibilities

2009-11-02T07:55:00.000-08:00

http://www.microsoft.com/surface/

What is Microsoft Surface?
Microsoft Surface™, the first commercially available surface computer from Microsoft Corp., turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant, interactive surface. The product provides effortless interaction with digital content through natural gestures, touch and physical objects. Surface is a 30-inch display in a table-like form factor that's easy for individuals or small groups to interact with in a way that feels familiar, just like in the real world. In essence, it's a surface that comes to life for exploring, learning, sharing, creating, buying and much more. Soon to be available in restaurants, hotels, retail establishments and public entertainment venues, this experience will transform the way people shop, dine, entertain and live.

How does Surface work?
At a high level, Surface uses cameras to sense objects, hand gestures and touch. This user input is then processed and the result is displayed on the surface using rear projection

Are you frustrated with your boss? :-)

2009-10-15T09:11:00.001-07:00

HOW TO START YOUR DAY WITH A POSITIVE OUTLOOK

1. Open a new file in your PC .

2. Name it "Boss"

3. Send it to the RECYCLE BIN

4. Empty the RECYCLE BIN

5. Your PC will ask you, "Are you sure you want to delete Boss permanently?"

6. Answer calmly, "Yes," and press the mouse button firmly....

7. Feel better?

source:http://www.funtoosh.com/jokes/office_humor/133

To realize the value of .....!!!!

2009-09-16T06:34:00.000-07:00

To realize

The value of a sister

Ask someone

Who doesn't have one.

To realize

The value of ten years:

Ask a newly

Divorced couple.

To realize

The value of four years:

Ask a graduate.

To realize

The value of one year:

Ask a student who

Has failed a final exam.

To realize

The value of nine months:

Ask a mother who gave birth to a still born.

To realize

The value of one month:

Ask a mother

who has given birth to

A premature baby.

To realize

The value of one week:

Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realize

The value of one hour:

Ask the lovers who are waiting to Meet.

To realize

The value of one minute:

Ask a person

Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realize

The value of one-second:

Ask a person

Who has survived an accident...

To realize

The value of one millisecond:

Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics

Time waits for no one.

Treasure every moment you have.

You will treasure it even more when

you can share it with someone special.

To realize the value of a friend:

Lose one.

Sachin's 1st Interview

2009-09-12T09:02:00.003-07:00

Just For Fun !!!

2009-09-10T11:58:00.000-07:00

Which American accent do you have?

http://www.youthink.com/quiz.cfm?action=go_detail⊂_action=take&obj_id=9827

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QUALITY CERTIFICATE - A joke

A Quality Analysis Engineer married an average girl

After 24 months of tough life with her, finally the Engineer got angry and sent a note to his father-in-law stating that:

'YOUR PRODUCT IS NOT MEETING MY REQUIREMENTS'

The smart father-in-law replies,

'WARRANTY EXPIRED,

MANUFACTURER NOT RESPONSIBLE'