Laugh for the day!!!

Readers,

Enjoy...

Kids Are Quick
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TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North America .
MARIA: Here it is.
TEACHER: Correct. Now class, who discovered America ?
CLASS: Maria.
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TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables.
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TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D- I-A-L'
TEACHER: No, that's wrong
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.
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TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
DONALD: H I J K L M N O.
TEACHER: What are you talking about?
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O.
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TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.
WINNIE: Me!
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TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty?
GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.
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TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with 'I.'
MILLIE: I is..
TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.'
MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.'
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TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?
LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand.
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TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?
SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.
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TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy his?
CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog.
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TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
HAROLD: A teacher

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Jakarta Race 2008 - Photos

Dear Readers,

I participate in Jakarta Race organised by Four seasons hotel, HSBC once i know all the proceeds from the race goes to "Yayasan Kankar Indonesia" (Indonesian Cancer Foundataion / Institution)
I took the 5km fun run race with my 6 year old son. Fun Run Race was a Fun, please jog, walk, sit...just cross the sudirman and go the finish line. Yes, it was fun to see them.

The race started at 7 from an empty land between the land mark building and four seasons hotel. The race course is Jalan (Road) sudirman heading towards south direction and take "U" turn on the Plaza Semanggi junction and back the same place.

We follow the 10 KM (after a 10 min pause) racers. It was not a surprise to see 70 percent of the participants are non asians (mostly westeners) for the long race.

Here are some of the photos from the race, thanks to my friend Victor.


People at the starting point, waiting for the flag.

Pool of people from Fun Race..

Just started...

Yes..The Hard Part is the Fun Part

First time, i see the sudirman without (of course with lot of people too)..

I Run because i can..

Me with my son...he is did complete the race with me with out taking a break or rest. Great!

here we go again..

Widgets for TV Channel

Dear Readers,

Continuation to my article on the widgets, i found this report on the "Widget TV" from yahoo.

Hoping to plant their flags on the screens of Internet-connected television sets, Intel Corp. and Yahoo Inc. unveiled a new project Wednesday to populate those screens with tiny programs called widgets.

Depending on your point of view, the goal is to create a multitasker's dream or an information-overload nightmare: It would let people to do things like check their stock prices or peruse their photos all while watching TV.

The notion that the Internet will be the delivery mechanism for TV has been gaining momentum, and the Intel-Yahoo partnership, called "The Widget Channel," reflects the potential.

In a screen shot provided by the companies, a baseball game airs on the main part of the screen while various programs, like a personalized Flickr photo gallery and a menu of on-demand movie rentals, run in a strip along the bottom of the screen.

Intel and Yahoo are working with more than a dozen other companies to build and eventually deliver such widgets, including Blockbuster Inc., Comcast Corp., the Disney-ABC Television Group and MTV.

Readers, what you think? Is the widgets are way for future developments? Every one sees to be so interested on this.. Let us wait and watch.

JS

Apple Updates on 3G

Dear Readers,

Looks like Apple read my blog (just kidding...) i wrote a article on iPhone 3G and here is the solution from Apple.

Apple Inc. has released an iPhone software update it says improves communication between the smart phone and wireless networks. The iPhone 3G, which went on sale July 11, connects to cellular providers' speedier third-generation networks and was meant to deliver snappier Web surfing and online video viewing than the year-old original model.

But some customers who shelled out $199 for Apple's newest gizmo flocked to message boards in recent weeks, posting complaints about dropped calls and spotty wireless broadband connectivity.

Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple did not acknowledge a problem until Tuesday, and then provided few specifics about what, exactly, Monday evening's software update was designed to fix.
The iPhone 2.0.2 software update "improved communication with 3G networks," said Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock.

Bowcock would not say which of the many possible parts — from the iPhone's antenna and amplifier and the radio frequency transceiver, to the baseband that processes the digital signal and sends it to the speaker or screen — were targeted with the software update.
She also declined to describe the sort of improvements users might expect after installing the update.

No definitive information has been released about the source of the problem, which seemed to affect some iPhone users and not others. Last week, Sweden's foremost engineering weekly published a report indicating a problem between the iPhone's antenna and an amplifier meant to improve performance in areas with a weak signal.
Apple declined to comment on the report
report by By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Technology.

Some Special Temples / Places

1.Tiger's Nest Monastery, perched on the edge of a 3,000-feet-high cliff in Paro Valley in Bhutan


2.Wat Rong Khun (a Buddhist temple) in Chiang Mai, Thailand

3.Prambanan is a Hindu temple in Central Java, Indonesia.
The temple was built in 850 CE, and is composed of 8 main shrines and 250 surrounding smaller ones.

4.No one knows exactly when the Shwedagon Paya (or Pagoda) in Myanmar was built.
Legend has it that it is 2,500 years old though archaeologists estimate that it was built between the 6th and 10th century.

5.Temple of Heaven is a Taoist temple in Beijing, China.
The temple was constructed in 14th century by Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty.

6.Chion-in Temple was built in 1234 CE to honor the founder of Jodo (Pure Land) Buddhism.

7.In the 19th century, Dutch occupiers of Indonesia found a massive ancient ruin deep in the jungles of Java. What they discovered was the complex of Borobudur, a gigantic structure built with nearly 2 million cubic feet (55,000 m³) of stones.
The temple has nearly 2,700 relief panels and 504 Buddha statues.

8.The Harmandir Sahib (meaning The Abode of God) or simply the Golden Temple in Punjab
is the most sacred shrine of Sikhism.

9.The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Tiruchirapalli (or Trichy), is the largest functioning Hindu temple in the world. Ankor Wat is the largest of all temple, but it is currently non-functioning as a temple - see below.

10.Last but definitely not least is the largest temple in history
and the inspiration to countless novels and action movies of Hollywood: Ankor Wat.

iPhone 3G

Dear Readers,

I have been hearing about the the 3G signal problem a lot from my friends. The article from yahoo proves that iPhone have serious issues with their hardware on the 3G signalling.

The report said the most likely cause of the 3G problems is defective adjustments between the antenna and an amplifier that captures very weak signals from the antenna. This could lead to poor 3G connectivity and slower data speeds.

The iPhone 3G, which on sale July 11 in the United States and 21 other countries, was meant to offer faster Web browsing than the year-old original model.

Since the launch of the next-generation iPhone, Apple's message boards have been flooded with complaints of dropped calls and poor 3G connectivity indicated by few or no "bars" on the phone's display.

Some users said they performed side-by-side tests and found that the iPhone had connectivity problems in locations where 3G phones from other manufacturers did not. The reports were made by users who said they lived the United States, Canada, Japan, Britain and other countries.

Apple spokeswoman Natalie Kerris declined to comment on whether the problem lies in the iPhone's hardware or software, or with the various carriers' 3G networks.

Thank you Readers,
JS

New Notebook from Lenovo

Lenovo has launched its 17-inch ThinkPad W700, which it described as "the PC industry's highest-performance mobile workstation." The laptop has a built-in graphics tablet and will support the upcoming Intel mobile quad-core processor.

The W700 offers what Lenovo called the industry's first built-in digitizer and color calibrator in a mobile workstation, as well as NVIDIA Quadro FX mobile graphics, dual hard drives in a RAID configuration, up to 8GB of memory, a variety of wireless connectivity choices, and an optional Blu-ray DVD player. There are also five USB ports, a 7-in-1 multicard reader, and a fingerprint reader.

Up to 2GB of its memory can be configured to support Intel Turbo Memory, and the dual hard drives can be configured so that one is a solid-state drive. Some W700 models will offer Intel vPro technology for IT management. Connectivity options include WLAN 802.11n, WWAN 2, or WiMax, as well as Bluetooth and ultra-wideband.
The W700 is targeted at professionals in the areas of digital content, computer-assisted design and manufacturing, photography, and scientific fields such as oil and gas exploration.

Peter Hortensius, senior vice president of the notebook business unit, said "no other PC manufacturer delivers the sheer quality, power and performance, and cutting-edge innovation packed into this mobile workstation." With the ThinkPad W700, he added, Lenovo "has engineered a new breed of mobile workstations."
According to industry reports, mobile workstations have become nearly a quarter of the worldwide workstation market in the last five years, and are expected to grow another five percent next year.

The color calibrator on the W700 automatically adjusts, up to four times monthly, the color of the optional WUXGA display. The calibrator is built in as part of a palm rest, as is the digitizer, which helps digital-content users configure and image by mapping to the full screen or to a user-defined area. A digitizer pen allows using the Wacom digitizer pad like a graphics tablet.

Lenovo said the 1920x1200, 17-inch screen offers more than twice the brightness of most displays, and its 72 percent color gamut has 50 percent more color intensity for 2-D and 3-D work. The laptop supports DVI, Display Port, and VGA, and is expected to be available in September with prices starting at $2,978.

Richard Shim, an analyst with industry research firm IDC, called the new product "an innovation statement" because it is one of the first laptops with the mobile quad-core processor. Its targeting of the high-end content creator, he noted, means it could find a place in a niche market.

Computer security professionals vulnerable to scams

Computer security professionals tend to be a highly paranoid bunch, seeing potential threats everywhere. It turns out that some aren't cautious enough, though.

Two researchers demonstrated Thursday at the Black Hat hacking conference how they had gotten computer security experts to let their guard down online the same way they advise the average Internet user not to, especially on social networking Web sites.

A relatively simple ruse persuaded dozens of prominent security analysts to connect on their social networking Web pages with people who weren't friends at all. They were fake profiles, purportedly of other well-known security pros. The scam was designed to expose the trust that even some of the most skeptical Internet users display on some of the most insecure sites on the Web.

Some social networking sites can be dangerous because they allow people to post programming code — used for good or evil — on other people's pages. Even networking sites that don't allow that step carry their own security risks, because it's relatively easy for someone to masquerade as a "friend" who isn't actually friendly — and recommend malicious Web sites to click on.

The ruse concocted by Shawn Moyer, chief information security officer for Agura Digital Security, and Nathan Hamiel, senior consultant for Idea Information Security, worked like this:

They found prominent security figures who didn't have profiles on particular social networking Web sites.

They built up fake profiles by using information from press releases and news articles. Then they built up the profiles' authenticity by sending them around to people who indiscriminately add friends on those sites.

Finally, once the profiles looked legitimate, they identified groups of security professionals on those sites and sent their friend requests to them.

Moyer and Hamiel said they did it three times, each time impersonating a different person. Each time they lured in more than 50 new friends within 24 hours. Some of those people were chief security officers for major corporations and defense industry workers, they said. They declined to identify any of those people.

"We really were surprised at the level of trust we found — we didn't think we'd be as successful as we were," Moyer said. "Any one of these people would have happily clicked on a malware site or viewed our profile with a (data-stealing) Trojan application."

Moyer and Hamiel said they even landed an interview with a journalist who responded to one of their friend requests. But they got busted: the reporter sent an e-mail to the target's real profile page on another social-networking site and discovered the fraud.

Moyer and Hamiel emphasized that the talk wasn't intended to single out any particular social networking site. Many of them have the same security problems, and users need be cautious about verifying the people they add as friends.

Readers, i receive this email article from my friend. Yes, it is true no one could escape from the on line vulnerable scams. So, please take necessary steps to not to became victim of the same.
Analyse any request from any social networking before you accept it.

Hindu Gods - Part 2

Dear Readers,

In the previous part you learn about main GODs in Hindu religion. Here is the next 3 main deities of Hindu religion.

Saraswati is the wife of Brahma, and is the Goddess of education and knowledge. She has four hands representing four aspects of learning: mind, intellect, alertness and ego. To symbolize her connection to knowledge, she holds the sacred scriptures in one of her four hands. She plays the music of love and life on an instrument called a veena. She is dressed in white to signify her purity. She is often shown atop a white goose.



Lakshmi is the wife of Vishnu and is Goddess of prosperity, purity, chastity and generosity. She has four hands, representative of four spiritual virtues. She sits on a fully blossomed lotus, a seat of divine truth. Her palm is always extended to bless people. She is adored by Ganesha.





Parvati is wife of Shiva, the universal goddess. She is known as one of the benevolent forms (while Durga and Kali are the wrathful forms). She is appears as Shiva's consort, considered in this form to be a mountain goddess. According to legend, Shiva had become despondent over the death of his wife, so he turned to the life of a hermit. He sat concentrating his energies until he turned into a pillar of fire. The gods became worried over this, and begged the mother goddess Shakti for help. In response, the goddess took the form of Parvati, princess of the mountains, and sought to win Shiva's heart with the help of Kama, god of love. But when Kama shot his love-dart at Shiva, Shiva opened his third eye, let loose a fiery missile and reduced him to ashes. Parvati then took on the life of a hermit as well, and mortified her body through austerities that won Shiva's admiration, and he accepted her as his consort. Inspired by Parvati's beauty, Shiva made music and began to dance. Parvati also cajoled Shiva to reveal the secrets of the cosmos locked in his mind. It is believed many seers were enlightened when they overheard their conversation between the two lovers. Parvati is highly revered for her ability to transform the austere ascetic Shiva into an amorous householder.

Thank you, Readers
JS