Mobile Gifts..

People across the world commonly exchange gifts, but tech-savvy South Koreans are now turning to mobile phones to do that thanks to the new converged m- commercial service launched by SK telecom.

The service, dubbed Gifticon, combines barcode technology with the mobile payment, and converges the online worked with the offline world.

With the Gifticon services users can send gift vouchers for over 130 items from 40 exchanges and brands, such as Starbucks, 70 Eleven, Haggen_Dazs and Mc'D, through instant messenger, WAP or web. Once an item is selected, the Gifticon Server, which is connected to partner companies, will send and authorize an SMS in real time.

Those who received the messages can download coupons with embedded barcode and exchanged them for real products.

Hindu Gods – Who & What is GOD?

Dear Readers,

In my understanding, GOD as Generation, Operation, Destruction thus forms the GOD. In Hinduism has, by many estimates, almost 330,000,000 deities. Of these, three,

Brahma the Creator (Generation)
Vishnu the Protector (Operation)
Shiva the Destroyer (Destruction)

So the Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva form the GOD, and they are more important.There are also many other lesser gods.

Brahma the Creator – Generation

Brahma is the prime deity. He is omniscient and represents perfection. In Sanskrit Brh means to expand, manifest, or grow. He creates individual souls and other gods.

Brahma appears seated on a lotus with four heads and four hands. Three of the hands contain a different tool. One hand holds the Vedas, sacred scriptures. The second holds a water pot, the third a rosary. The fourth hand is raised to give a blessing. His vehicle is a swan that represents the difference between good and bad judgment.

Vishnu the Protector - Operation

Vishnu is known as the remover. He separated heaven and earth, creating the universe. He also takes the forms of animals, such as the boar, tortoise, or the fish. A lotus sprang from his navel, giving birth to Brahma.

Vishnu appears on a powerful serpent that represents the sleeping universe. He has a dark color that symbolizes the passive and formless ether. He also has four hands. The first holds a conch shell, the second a discus. The third contains a lotus and the fourth a mace. The mace represents the capacity of the god to punish is discipline is ignored. His vehicle is a swift-flying bird known as the Garuda.


Shiva the Destroyer – Destruction

Shiva is the god of devotion. He represents victory over demonic activity and calmness and power of human nature. He is said to have taken the forms of different humans, animals, and vegetables on earth. His vehicle is a bull which is a symbol of happiness and strength.

Shiva appears meditating. His hair is matted and represents the flowing of the Ganges river. There is a serpent coiled around his neck and ashes cover his body.

A bronze sculpture of Shiva, one of the three main gods of the Hindu religion. He is dancing with one hand holding a flame, one hand beating a drum, and one foot resting of the demon of ignorance within a circle of fire.

Thank you, Readers

JS

Installing XP on notebooks / laptops with SATA HDD

Dear Readers,

Very recently i had to install windows XP professional for one of the ASUS note book
(F9s Series). The Asus note book comes with Windows Vista Home Premium edition bundled. Sow how, user wants to use windows XP.

Well, on the first try , i put the booting cd and started, but somehow i can not see the HDD (eventually failed to install the XP) and can not see any drives at all. Realised that it is using SATA .

I googled to find that the ways to install by using nlite program, create another bootable CD..blah..blah..

But i somehow felt that there should be easy way to do. I went back to BIOS again and i noticed the Serial ATA was set to "Enchanced Mode", i change the settingst to "Compatible Mode". Thats all, i could install the XP Pro easily.

Hope this helps for others too.

JS