Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Sunday, March 19, 2006
NaDa
NaDa™ is a totally a new concept. Its nothing, really. It is very light : 1 byte. It doesn't take long to fetch. It doesn't take long to understand. It doesn't disturb your habits nor does it makes you feel insecure. It is a reassuring piece of software that does nothing, and does it very well. That's a lot !
Most products we see on the market want to increase our productivity, organize our screen joyfully or make wonders with our sound card, but NaDa™ does nothing. This is a revolutionary whole new approach, a concept far beyond what you usually expect from the software industry. Download it and forget it.
here: http://www.bernardbelanger.com/computing/NaDa/
Avin Dev
Most products we see on the market want to increase our productivity, organize our screen joyfully or make wonders with our sound card, but NaDa™ does nothing. This is a revolutionary whole new approach, a concept far beyond what you usually expect from the software industry. Download it and forget it.
here: http://www.bernardbelanger.com/computing/NaDa/
Avin Dev
Thursday, March 16, 2006
Google Sets
Google sets
Automatically create sets of items from a few examples.
Enter a few items from a set of things.
Next, press Large Set or Small Set and we'll try to predict other items in the set.
http://labs.google.com/sets
Avin Dev
Automatically create sets of items from a few examples.
Enter a few items from a set of things.
Next, press Large Set or Small Set and we'll try to predict other items in the set.
http://labs.google.com/sets
Avin Dev
Saturday, March 11, 2006
Melanj '06
Melanj is the annual inter collegiate techno cultural festival of the AMC Engineering College, Bangalore.
The very word Melanj evokes celebration of science and technology; a confluence of minds and a melting pot of diverse disciplines. It affords the chance to unleash the engineer within us, providing glimpses of the elegance and scope of technology.
Melanj urges you to open up your horizons and think different.
Join Melanj Here
The very word Melanj evokes celebration of science and technology; a confluence of minds and a melting pot of diverse disciplines. It affords the chance to unleash the engineer within us, providing glimpses of the elegance and scope of technology.
Melanj urges you to open up your horizons and think different.
Join Melanj Here
Friday, March 03, 2006
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Clumsy Crooks
| Police Find Pot In 200-Pound Stolen Safe A man who reported a safe stolen from his home a month ago may now face charges after police found the safe - with almost a pound of marijuana inside. |
Hide Your Music... The MP3 Police Are Here!
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| Inmate Says He Killed Man To Get New Cell Inmate told investigators he committed the crime because noise levels in his general-population cell block were annoying him. |
| Man Tries To Rob FBI Coffee Shop An attempt to grab money from a coffee shop's cash register turned very bad for a man in Toledo, Ohio, who didn't realize he was in the FBI building. |
| Parents Arrested For Hiding Pot In Diaper The parents of a five-month old child face charges after the mother allegedly tried to get marijuana to the father by smuggling it into the Northern Regional Jail in the baby's diaper. |
| Man Stole Car To Get To Court To Face Car Theft Charges Police arrested a man for stealing a car to drive to court where he was due to face charges of stealing three other cars. |
FUNNY NEW STORIES
Car Phone
A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned
that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking
the report called the phone and told the guy that answered
that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy
the car. They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested.
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Put Your Foot In Your Mouth
Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the
midwest, my friend trains employees in proper dress codes and etiquette.
One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in
jeans and a golf shirt got on with her.
Thinking of her responsibilities, she scolded, "Dressed a little
casually today, aren't we?"
The man replied, "That's one benefit of owning the company..."
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Oil Change
45 year-old Amy Brasher was arrested in San Antonio, Texas,
after a mechanic reported to police that 18 packages of
marijuana were packed in the engine compartment of the car
which she had brought to the mechanic for an oil change.
According to police, Brasher later said that she didn't
realize that the mechanic would have to raise the hood to
change the oil.
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This Smells Odd
When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home
parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he
bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find an
ill man curled up next to a motor home trying to steal
gasoline and plugged his hose into the motor home's
sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle
declined to press charges, saying that it was the best
laugh he'd ever had.
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A Penny Saved...
David Posman, 33, was arrested recently in Providence, R.I,
after allegedly knocking out an armored car driver and
stealing the closest four bags of money. It turned out
they contained $800 in PENNIES, weighed 30 pounds each,
and slowed him to a stagger during his getaway so that
police officers easily jumped him from behind.
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Not Me!
The Belgium news agency Belga reported in November that
a man suspected of robbing a jewelry store in Liege said
he couldn't have done it because he was busy breaking into
a school at the same time. Police then arrested him for
breaking into the school.
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A Little Gas
A Dutch veterinarian was fined 600 guilders (about $240)
for causing a fire that destroyed a farm in Lichten Vourde,
the Netherlands. The vet had been trying to convince a farmer
that his cow was passing flatulent gas; to demonstrate, the
vet ignited the gas, but the cow became a "four-legged
flame-thrower" and ran wild, setting fire to bales of hay.
Damage to the farm was assessed at $80,000. The cow was
unharmed. AP
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The Lottery
Californian Bill Helko was thrilled when he had the winning numbers
in the local lottery, the first prize being $412,000.
He straight away went and ordered a Porsche, booked a family holiday
in Hawaii and had a champagne dinner with his wife and friends at an
expensive Hollywood restaurant.
When he went to pick up the winnings he found that 9,097 others had
also won first prize and his share of the jackpot was $45.
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Thanks For Nothing
An ambulance was called to the aid of James Ritchie, thirty,
who was lying injured on a road outside Odell, Illinois. As it
arrived on the scene, the ambulance skidded on the snow-covered
roadway, then struck and killed Ritchie. UPI
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Check It Out
Drug-possession defendant Christopher Johns, on trial in
March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched
without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer
didn't need a warrant because a "bulge" in Christopher's
jacket could have been a gun. Nonsense, said Christopher,
who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in
court. He handed it over so the judge could see it.
The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket
and laughed so hard he required a five-minute recess to
compose himself.
A woman was reporting her car as stolen, and mentioned
that there was a car phone in it. The policeman taking
the report called the phone and told the guy that answered
that he had read the ad in the newspaper and wanted to buy
the car. They arranged to meet, and the thief was arrested.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Put Your Foot In Your Mouth
Employed by the human-development center of a corporation in the
midwest, my friend trains employees in proper dress codes and etiquette.
One day as she was stepping onto the elevator, a man casually dressed in
jeans and a golf shirt got on with her.
Thinking of her responsibilities, she scolded, "Dressed a little
casually today, aren't we?"
The man replied, "That's one benefit of owning the company..."
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oil Change
45 year-old Amy Brasher was arrested in San Antonio, Texas,
after a mechanic reported to police that 18 packages of
marijuana were packed in the engine compartment of the car
which she had brought to the mechanic for an oil change.
According to police, Brasher later said that she didn't
realize that the mechanic would have to raise the hood to
change the oil.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This Smells Odd
When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home
parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he
bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find an
ill man curled up next to a motor home trying to steal
gasoline and plugged his hose into the motor home's
sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle
declined to press charges, saying that it was the best
laugh he'd ever had.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Penny Saved...
David Posman, 33, was arrested recently in Providence, R.I,
after allegedly knocking out an armored car driver and
stealing the closest four bags of money. It turned out
they contained $800 in PENNIES, weighed 30 pounds each,
and slowed him to a stagger during his getaway so that
police officers easily jumped him from behind.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Not Me!
The Belgium news agency Belga reported in November that
a man suspected of robbing a jewelry store in Liege said
he couldn't have done it because he was busy breaking into
a school at the same time. Police then arrested him for
breaking into the school.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A Little Gas
A Dutch veterinarian was fined 600 guilders (about $240)
for causing a fire that destroyed a farm in Lichten Vourde,
the Netherlands. The vet had been trying to convince a farmer
that his cow was passing flatulent gas; to demonstrate, the
vet ignited the gas, but the cow became a "four-legged
flame-thrower" and ran wild, setting fire to bales of hay.
Damage to the farm was assessed at $80,000. The cow was
unharmed. AP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The Lottery
Californian Bill Helko was thrilled when he had the winning numbers
in the local lottery, the first prize being $412,000.
He straight away went and ordered a Porsche, booked a family holiday
in Hawaii and had a champagne dinner with his wife and friends at an
expensive Hollywood restaurant.
When he went to pick up the winnings he found that 9,097 others had
also won first prize and his share of the jackpot was $45.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Thanks For Nothing
An ambulance was called to the aid of James Ritchie, thirty,
who was lying injured on a road outside Odell, Illinois. As it
arrived on the scene, the ambulance skidded on the snow-covered
roadway, then struck and killed Ritchie. UPI
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check It Out
Drug-possession defendant Christopher Johns, on trial in
March in Pontiac, Michigan, said he had been searched
without a warrant. The prosecutor said the officer
didn't need a warrant because a "bulge" in Christopher's
jacket could have been a gun. Nonsense, said Christopher,
who happened to be wearing the same jacket that day in
court. He handed it over so the judge could see it.
The judge discovered a packet of cocaine in the pocket
and laughed so hard he required a five-minute recess to
compose himself.
Thursday, October 27, 2005
The People on the Playing Cards
It is a simple question, but one with two different answers. If we're speaking of English playing cards and their descendants (which would include American playing cards), the answer is "no one." This answer is the one most scholars would agree on, based on historical research. It is also the answer most people would be dissatisfied with, because most of us seem to have heard (or to think that we've heard) of a list of the people represented on the face cards, and just can't remember who's who. Isn't one of the kings Richard the Lion-Hearted? Isn't one of the Queens Cleopatra?
So then - now that we've tipped our hat to the scholars, let's get on with it. The traditional associations of persons with playing cards - the meanings of playing cards, if you will - are as follows:
Playing Card | Historical Personage |
| King of Hearts | Charlemagne |
| Queen of Hearts | Judith (of the Book of Judith, an Apocryphal Book of the Bible) |
| Jack of Hearts | "La Hire," a famous French warrior a.k.a. Etienne de Vignoles |
| King of Spades | King David |
| Queen of Spades | Pallas, a.k.a. Minerva |
| Jack of Spades | Hogier the Dane, one of Charlemagne's paladins |
| King of Diamonds | Julius Caesar |
| Queen of Diamonds | Rachel (of the Bible) |
| Jack of Diamonds | Hector of Troy alternately, Roland of France |
| King of Clubs | Alexander the Great |
| Queen of Clubs | Argine An anagram of Regina |
| Jack of Clubs | Lancelot |
Hacking Las Vegas
The Back-Spotter
The Back-Spotter can count cards without even being seated at the blackjack table. When the count gets hot — meaning the house is at a statistical disadvantage — this player will signal for the team’s bettors to swoop in.
The Spotter
The Spotter counts cards while playing at the table. Casinos screen for counters by watching for dramatic rises or drops in bets — a sure sign that a deck has gone hot or cold. A Spotter avoids detection by resolutely sticking to the minimum bet on each hand. When it’s time to start betting big to take advantage of a favorable deck, he tips off his teammates.
The Gorilla
The Gorilla doesn’t count at all: He just bets big, all the time. Typically, he adopts the pose of a drunken millionaire who has green to burn. The Spotters ensure the Gorilla’s “luck” by steering him to tables where he’s got greater than even odds of winning against the house.
The Big Player
The Big Player appears to be a type well known to the casinos: the high-rolling recreational gambler who’s content to slowly bleed his money away through hours of competent play. In reality, he’s a Spotter with a Gorilla’s bankroll. He’s not only counting cards, he’s tracking the shuffle for the high cards that rob the house of its advantage. A BP always plays a good deck, so he never has to lower his bets by much.
The Back-Spotter can count cards without even being seated at the blackjack table. When the count gets hot — meaning the house is at a statistical disadvantage — this player will signal for the team’s bettors to swoop in.
The Spotter
The Spotter counts cards while playing at the table. Casinos screen for counters by watching for dramatic rises or drops in bets — a sure sign that a deck has gone hot or cold. A Spotter avoids detection by resolutely sticking to the minimum bet on each hand. When it’s time to start betting big to take advantage of a favorable deck, he tips off his teammates.
The Gorilla
The Gorilla doesn’t count at all: He just bets big, all the time. Typically, he adopts the pose of a drunken millionaire who has green to burn. The Spotters ensure the Gorilla’s “luck” by steering him to tables where he’s got greater than even odds of winning against the house.
The Big Player
The Big Player appears to be a type well known to the casinos: the high-rolling recreational gambler who’s content to slowly bleed his money away through hours of competent play. In reality, he’s a Spotter with a Gorilla’s bankroll. He’s not only counting cards, he’s tracking the shuffle for the high cards that rob the house of its advantage. A BP always plays a good deck, so he never has to lower his bets by much.
History Of Internet
Many young people around the world use the internet every day, and yet they have no memory of the history that led to the creation of the global network. Many have no understanding of how or why the internet has developed. As part of out continuing efforts to combat ignorance around the world.
http://www.bordergatewayprotocol.net/jon/humor/internet_history/
http://www.bordergatewayprotocol.net/jon/humor/internet_history/
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