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The Fastest Auto-Focus in this world

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:27:01 +0530

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Rangoli Competition at Office

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:53:14 +0530

Today we had Rangoli Competition at Office.
Sorry for the poor quality snaps. I took them after dusk, using the mobile’s flashlight.

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Microsoft's sudo patent. As complicated as it's softwares are

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:34:40 +0530

Microsoft sudo patent claimThe invention claimed is:

1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to present a user interface in response to a task being prohibited based on a user’s current account not having a right to permit the task, the user interface comprising: information indicating the task and an entity that attempted the task; a selectable help graphic wherein responsive to receiving selection of the selectable help graphic, the computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to present the information; identifiers, each of the identifiers identifying other accounts having a right to permit the task, wherein the identifiers presented are based on criteria comprising: frequency of use; association with the user; and indication of sufficient but not unlimited rights; one of the identifiers identifies a higher-rights account having a right to permit the task, wherein the one of the identifiers comprises: a graphic identifying the higher-rights accounts associated with the user; and a name of the higher-rights account; an authenticator region capable of receiving, from the user, an authenticator usable to authenticate the higher-rights account having the right to permit the task, wherein: the authenticator comprises a password, and the authenticator region comprises a data-entry field configured to receive the password.

2. One or more computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform acts comprising: determining multiple accounts capable of permitting a task not permitted by an account of a current user wherein the determining is based on criteria comprising: frequency of use; association with the current user; and indication of sufficient but not unlimited rights; receiving indicators for the multiple accounts capable of permitting the task; presenting a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface having: multiple account regions, each account region identifying one of the multiple accounts capable of permitting the task; an authenticator region capable of receiving an authenticator for one of the multiple accounts capable of permitting the task; receiving, through the graphical user interface, the authenticator for one of the multiple accounts capable of permitting the task; and responsive to receiving the authenticator for one of the accounts capable of permitting the task, packaging, into a computer-readable package, the received authenticator and the account capable of permitting the task associated with the authenticator, the package effective to enable authentication of the account capable of permitting the task.

Whoa! This is such a complex description. Looks like typical Microsoft software. They have explained GUI sudo in such a complicated way and OTOH say that Linux is tough to use and figure out.

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Balmuri Falls

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:02:09 +0530

Place: Srirangapattana, Karnataka

This is actually a small checkdam where water is overflowing.

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My Heaven

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 03:16:42 +0530

Thee snap sayeth ‘et all

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An Ant's view of the world

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:58:45 +0530

via Bobby ( http://twitter.com/bigbrovar )

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Droid Does

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 12:15:20 +0530

I just came across this commercial by Verizon advertising their phone - Motorola Droid. The specs are impressive, but the video commercial is one more page in the chapter of product bashings. “I am Mac” and “I am PC” weren’t enough?

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The Addon bloat

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:38:06 +0530

Suddenly I noticed the status bar of Firefox. It was a shock to see so many icons just littered on the right side. I never paid attention to this section, using the one as and when required.

I opened Addon Manager to find the list of Addons which I kept on installing as I needed.

Adblock Plus
Echofon
Firebug
Googlegears
Greasemonkey
IdentiFox
is.gd Creator
Prism
Scribefire
Sxipper
User-agent switcher
Weave

12 Addons!!! This list is more of a FAIL. The problem is that I use all of them, so can’t remove any.

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Savings on Blonde creams

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:14:25 +0530

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Who is not into Yoga these days?

Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:15:50 +0530

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How Technology Changed Us

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:01:46 +0530

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Home Sweet Home

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:37:34 +0530

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The Bday card from my Team

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:43:16 +0530

The Birthday card shown above was gifted by my colleges (read team members).
I think they still feel I am a kid. Obviously, I am one of the youngest employee in my office including the other freshers.

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Indyarocks password stored in plain text?

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:28:54 +0530

I just got an SMS from Indyarocks which was mere a reminder that my password would be archived in 7 days. I need to login to keep it active and then they even sent the username and password in the SMS itself. The SMS is as follows:

Your Free SMS account on Indyarocks.com will be archived in 7 days. Login now to keep it active. Ur Login Id: ManishSinha pwd: **********

Looks like Indyarocks stores the password in plain text and not the hash value. Should I feel insecure?

I created this account last year to get updates related to placement from The Placement Department and never logged in.

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Last night BDay celebration cake

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:25:12 +0530

One of our flatmate has his bday today. I took this pic last night.
Notice something important on the right. It is necessary for his
survival.

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Heinz Hot Ketchup Ad

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:25:18 +0530

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Prison v/s Work

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:41:24 +0530

	IN PRISON		AT WORK
	you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell.		you spend most of your time in a 6X8 cubicle.

	IN PRISON		AT WORK
	you get three meals a day (free).		.you only get a break for one meal and you have to pay for it yourself.

	IN PRISON		AT WORK
	you get time off for good behavior.		you get rewarded for good behavior with more WORK.

	IN PRISON		AT WORK
	a guard locks and unlocks the doors for you.		.you must carry around a security card and unlock open all the doors yourself.

	IN PRISON		AT WORK
	you can watch TV and play games.		you get fired for watching TV and playing games.

	IN PRISON		AT WORK
	you get your own toilet.		you have to share.

	IN PRISON		AT WORK
	they allow your family and friends to visit.		you can not even speak to your family and friends.

	IN PRISON		AT WORK
	all expenses are paid by taxpayers with no work at all.		You get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for the prisoners.

Humm?

Which Sounds Better?

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Latest dialogues from the movie "Ghayal Coder" under production

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:24:00 +0530

*Sunny Deol*: Bench pe bench, bench pe bench, Log paglon ki tarah training mein raat raat bhar padhte rahe aur unhe mili toh sirf bench! Analysis of algorithm karte karte unki khudki life ban gayi ek unsolvable algorithm aur unhe bhi mili to sirf bench!

Training ke baad proj milega, phir appraisal hoga, phir onsite jaoonga isi soch mein logon ne training clear kar di aur
unhe bhi mili toh sirf bench! Bench par baithe baithe log khud ban gaye hai ek bench, aur phir bhi unhe mili toh bench!

*Sunny Deol*: Chaddha samjao ise….
Coding karne ke liye jo jigar chahiye hota hai wo kisi bazaar mein nahi milta…
Coder use lekar paida hota hai…. *Sunny Deol*: Aur jab yeh Java ka code kisi Dotnet wale ko karna pad jata hai na,
Toh coder uth ta nahi, balki is duniya se uth jaata hai…………

*Sunny Deol*: Bazaar main aise code bahut milte lekin unko chalane ke liye jo seena chaiye hta hai who ek coder lekar paida hta hai *Developer Nana Patekar’s dialogue*:
Bang Bang Bang…(on the keyboard)…

Ye dekho …
Ye ‘C’ ka code.. ye ‘C++’ ka code… Ye dono mila diya… Ab bata saale tester - ‘C’ ka kaunsa, ‘C++’ ka kaunsa???

Jab banane waale ne ismein koi farak nahi kiya to tum kaun ho farak karne waale…. Bata bata

Manish's Daily Dose of Thoughts

The Fastest Auto-Focus in this world

Rangoli Competition at Office

Microsoft's sudo patent. As complicated as it's softwares are

Balmuri Falls

My Heaven

An Ant's view of the world

Droid Does

The Addon bloat

Savings on Blonde creams

Who is not into Yoga these days?

How Technology Changed Us

Home Sweet Home

The Bday card from my Team

Indyarocks password stored in plain text?

Last night BDay celebration cake

Heinz Hot Ketchup Ad

Prison v/s Work

Latest dialogues from the movie "Ghayal Coder" under production

Tried my best to get a pic in that dark end of the pool

Firefox embarrassed itself