31May2006 Wednesday - GM! 400plusdifferences

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you!

Watch out this : http://www.400plusdifferences.com/

Especially check out Microsoft Videos. Simply Brilliant!!! [Courtesy: Thanks to my friend Sandesh Balasubramanyam for letting me know].

Today in History: [Courtesy: www.answers.com ]

Walt Whitman, the author of Leaves of Grass, was born on this date in 1819. Experimenting in many different styles of poetry, Whitman published his first volume of Leaves of Grass in 1855, a collection of 12 poems. By its ninth and final edition, published in 1891, the book held nearly 400 poems, including "Song of Myself," "I Sing the Body Electric," and "O Captain! My Captain!" One of America's most influential poets, Whitman was often criticized by contemporaries for his bold and earthy writings.

One Sardar joke for you : Bet on Cricket Score [Courtesy: Thanks to my friend Vinod Byreddy]



Have a nice Wednesday!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[31May2006 Wednesday 8:35 AM IST]

"Your Friends Are ur worst enemies, If Something Goes Wrong!!" - Anonymous

30May2006 Tuesday - GM! Some Brain Teasers for you!

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you.

Today in History: [Courtesy: www.answers.com]

The man who gave voice to hundreds of cartoon characters, Mel Blanc, was born on this date in 1908. From Porky Pig to Daffy Duck to Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, Speedy Gonzales and both Tweety and Sylvester, Blanc created voices that became instantly recognizable to generations of cartoon fans. He had his own radio shows and was a regular on the Jack Benny Program. Blanc has said that Yosemite Sam was hardest on his throat, since his voice was so loud. In later years, he also voiced Barney Rubble and The Jetsons' Mr. Spacely.

Here are some cute Brain Teasers: [Courtesy: Thanks to my friend SOBANA Seshadri for sharing this through an e-mail].

Assess

Banana

Dresser

Grammar

Potato

Revive

Uneven

Voodoo

Now see if you can figure out what these words have in common?

...............

Are you peeking or have you already given up?


....
....
....

OK, here is the answer:

In all of the words listed above, if you take the first letter and place it at the end of the word, and then spell the word backwards, it will be the same word. Amazing! ;-)


Have a cute Tuesday!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[30May2006 Tuesday 8:30 AM IST]

"Half of the work is done when started" - Anonymous

26May2006 Friday - GM! Have a great Friday and excellent Weekend!

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you.

You can travel great distances when you have faith in yourself

Today in History: [courtesy: www.answers.com]

The Wall Street Journal began publishing the Dow Jones Industrial Average on this date in 1896. Charles Dow, Edward Jones and Charles Bergstresser founded Dow Jones & Company in 1882. They transformed the small Customers' Afternoon Letter into The Wall Street Journal, first published in 1889. The DJIA was created as one of the first — and still the most influential — indices of stock and bond prices on the New York Stock Exchange.

A small joke for you: [Courtesy: Thanks to my friend Archana for sharing this through an sms]

Guy 1 : Whats the difference between a doctor and a veterinary doctor?
Guy 2 : If he checks me he is a doctor. If he checks you he is veterinary doctor.. ha ha ha ;-)


Have a great Friday and excellent Weekend!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[26May2006 Friday 9:19 AM IST]

"There are two theories to arguing with women. Neither one works." - Anonymous

25May2006 Thursday - GM! Have a great Thursday!

Hi Friend,

Kindly accept my warm wishes to start your day's work .....

Today in history: [Courtesy: www.answers.com]

Philosopher and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson was born on this date in 1803. A founder of transcendentalism, Emerson believed in the power of intuition over scientific reason and in the strength of nature and the human spirit. In one of his best-known essays, "Self Reliance," Emerson emphasizes the importance of the individual. Henry David Thoreau was one of Emerson's most celebrated disciples; he spent a great deal of time with Emerson and his wife at their home in Concord, MA.

A small joke for you:

Boss: We are very keen on cleanliness. Did you wipe your feet on the mat as you came in?

New employee: Yes, sir.

Boss: We are also keen on truthfulness. There is no mat.

Courtesy: Thanks to my friend Vish for sharing this through an e-mail...

Have a great Thursday!

Cheers,

Raghavan alias Saravanan M.

[25May2006 Thursday 8:59 AM IST]

"Dont ask for less problems, pray for more skills" - Anonymous

24May2006 Wednesday - GM! Info regdg yfechennai's blogspot

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you to start your day's work.

A small piece of info i would like to share with you today is :

Hi,The blogspot for YFE chennai has been started.http://yfechennai.blogspot.com/. You can be a part of building a better society..plspass this on as much as you can.. I think its for agood cause..and today Infosys joined them..

Thanks to my friend Kalyan for letting me know this.

And a sardar jeeee joke for you:

Aaj Tak" gets news that 100 sardars are killed in a train accident at Amritsar station. Only one Sardar left alive. The correspondent goes to the Sardarji and the conversation between them goes as follows:

Correspondent: How did this happen?

Sardarji: Well, all the 200 people were waiting for the train. They were standing on the platform. Then there was this announcement that the train is arriving on platform number 2. They got scared to know that the train is arriving on the platform and hence they jumped onto the tracks to save themselves. The announcement was misleading. The train arrived on the track and you can see the result.

Correspondent: Well, I guess, you must be the intelligent Sardarji. Why did you not jump onto the tracks?

Sardarji: I was actually trying to commit suicide. I was waiting for the train on the tracks. When I heard that the train is arriving on the platform, I climbed up....

Have a nice day ahead!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[24May2006 Wednesday 9:04 AM IST]

"Only those who dare to go far, Can only tell how far one could go." - Anonymous

23May2006 Tuesday - GM! A Smart Salesman

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you.

Have you heard of this smart salesman ;-)

Here you go............

A new vacuum cleaner salesman knocked on the door on the first house of the street.A tall lady answered the door.

Before she could speak, the enthusiastic salesman barged into the living room and opened a big black plastic bag and poured all the cow droppings onto the carpet.

"Madam, if I could not clean this up with the use of this new powerful vacuum cleaner, I will EAT all this s...!", exclaimed the eager salesman.

Do you need chilli sauce or ketchup with that" asked the lady.

The bewildered salesman asked, "Why, madam?"

"We just moved in, & there's no electricity in the house!"

Hope you enjoyed reading..

Have a beautiful Tuesday!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[23May2006 Tuesday 903 AM IST]

"The road to a friend's house is never long." - Anonymous

22May2006 Monday - GM! Unusual Day!

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you.

Today in History: [courtesy: http://www.answers.com]

On this date in 1972, a new constitution was adopted making the island nation of Ceylon the republic of Sri Lanka. A British crown colony for more than 100 years, the country gained its independence in 1948. Sri Lanka is an island country in the Indian Ocean, and exports tea, rubber, coconut, a variety of spices, and textiles. Ethnic tensions between the Sinhalese majority and the Tamil separatists have never been fully resolved.

Have a good Monday + great week ahead!

Cheers,

Raghavan alias Saravanan M.

[22 May 2006 Monday 826 AM IST]

"A Smile is special...it costs nothing...But it has the power to enrich all who receive it." - Anonymous

19May2006 Friday - GM! How Americans Think!

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you!

Here's a funny stuff regdg 'How Americans think..'

While visiting India, George Bush is invited to tea with Abdul Kalam.

He asks Kalam what his leadership philosophy is.

He says that, it is to surround himself with intelligent people.

Bush asks how he knows if they're intelligent."I do so by asking them the right questions," says Kalam. "Allow me to demonstrate."

Bush watches as Kalam phones Manmohan Singh and says, "Mr. Prime Minister, please answer this question: your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or sister. Who is it?"

Manmohan immediately responds, "It's me, Sir !"

"Correct. Thank you and good-bye" says Kalam.

He hangs up and says,"Did you get that, Mr. Bush?"

Bush nods: "Yes Mr. President.Thanks a lot. I'll definitely be using that!"

Bush, upon returning to Washington,decides he'd better put Condoleeza Rice to the test.
Bush summons her to the White House and says, "Condoleeza, I wonder if you can answer a question for me."

"Why, of course, sir. What's on your mind?"

Bush poses the question: "Uhh, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister.Who is it?"

Rice was puzzled and finally asks, "Can I think about it and get back to you?"

Bush agrees, and Rice leaves.

Rice immediately calls a meeting of senior senators, and they puzzle over the question for several hours, but nobody can come up with an answer.

Finally, in desperation, Rice calls Colin Powell and explains the problem.

"Mr. Powell, your mother has a child, and your father has a child, and this child is not your brother or your sister. Who is it?"

Powell answers immediately, "It's me, of course."

Much relieved, Rice rushes back to the White House, finds George Bush, and exclaims, "I know the answer, sir! I know who it is! It's our Colin Powell!"

And Bush replies in disgust, "Wrong, it's Manmohan Singh!"

Hope you enjoyed reading this....

Have a nice Friday & excellent weekend!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[19May2006 Friday 9:26 AM IST]

"You can never tell which way the train went by looking at the tracks" - Anonymous

18May2006 Thursday - GM! Which Gender is a Computer?

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you.

I found this wonderful joke, thought might give you a laugh.

An English teacher was explaining to his students the concept of gender association in the English language.

He stated how hurricanes at one time were given feminine names and how ships and planes were usually referred to as "she".

One of the students raised their hand and asked - "What gender is a computer"?

The teacher wasn't certain which it was, so he divided the class into two groups, males in one, females in the other, and asked them to decide if a computer should be masculine or feminine.

Both groups were asked to give four reasons for their recommendation.

The group of women concluded that computers should be referred to in the masculine gender because:

1. In order to get their attention, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but are still clueless.
3. They are supposed to help you solve your problems, but half the time they ARE the problem.
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that, if you had waited a little longer, you could have had a better model.

The men, on the other hand, decided that computers should definitely be referred to in the feminine gender because:

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic.
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else.
3. Even your smallest mistakes are stored in long-term memory for later retrieval.
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.

Who is right the men or woman?

Have a beautiful Thursday!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[18May2006 Thursday 9:04 AM IST]

"There are no secrets to success.It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failures" - Anonymous

17May2006 Wednesday - GM! Some of the F1 Facts

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you.

Here are some of the 'F1' facts for you.. [Courtesy: my friend Visweswaran Vidyaraju].

01. An F1 car is made up of 80,000 components, if it were assembled 99.9% correctly, it would still start the race with 80 things wrong!

02. Formula 1 cars have over a kilometre of cable, linked to about 100 sensors and actuators which monitor and control many parts of the car.

03. An F1 car can go from 0 to 160 kph AND back to 0 in FOUR seconds!!!!!!!

04. F1 car engines last only for about 2 hours of racing mostly before blowing up on the other hand we expect our engines to last us for a decent 20yrs on an average and they quite faithfully DO....thats the extent to which the engines r pushed to perform...

05. When an F1 driver hits the brakes on his car he experiences retardation or deceleration comparable to a regular car driving through a BRICK wall at 300kmph !!!

06. An average F1 driver looses about 4kgs of weight after just one race due to the prolonged exposure to high G forces and temperatures for little over an hour (Yeah thats right!!!)

07. At 550kg a F1 car is less than half the weight of a Mini.

08. In an F1 car the engine typically revs upto 18000 rpm,(the piston travelling up and down 300 times a second!!) wheres cars like the palio, maruti 800,indica rev only upto 6000 rpm at max. Thats 3 times slower.

09. The brake discs in an F1 car have an operating temperature of approx 1000 degees Centigrade and they attain that temp while braking before almost every turn...that is why they r not made of steel but of carbon fibre which is much more harder and resistant to wear and tear and most of all has a higher melting point.

10. If a water hose were to blow off, the complete cooling system would empty in just over a second.

11. Gear cogs or ratios are used only for one race, and are replaced regularly to prevent failure, as they are subjected to very high degrees of stress.

12. The fit in the cockpit is so tight that the steering wheel must be removed for the driver to get in or out of the car. A small latch behind the wheel releases it from the column. Levers or paddles for changing gear are located on the back of the wheel. So no gearstick! The clutch levers are also on the steering wheel, located below the gear paddles.

13. To give you an idea of just how important aerodynamic design and added downforce can be, small planes can take off at slower speeds than F1 cars travel on the track.

14. Without aerodynamic downforce, high-performance racing cars have sufficient power to produce wheel spin and loss of control at 160 kph. They usually race at over 300 kph.

15. The amount of aerodynamic downforce produced by the front and rear wings and the car underbody is amazing. Once the car is travelling over 160 kph, an F1 car can generate enough downforce to equal it's own weight. That means it could actually hold itself to the CEILING of a tunnel and drive UPSIDE down!

16. In a street course race like the monaco grand prix, the downforce provides enough suction to lift manhole covers. Before the race all of the manhole covers on the streets have to be welded down to prevent this from happening!

17. The refuelers used in F1 can supply 12 litres of fuel per second. This means it would take just 4 seconds to fill the tank of an average 50 litre family car.They use the same refueling rigs used on US military helicopters today.

18. TOP F1 pit crews can refuel and change tyres in around 3 seconds. & 8 sec to read above point.

19. Race car tyres don't have air in them like normal car tyres. Most racing tyres have nitrogen in the tyres because nitrogen has a more consistent pressure compared to normal air. Air typically contains varying amounts of water vapour in it, which affects its expansion andcontraction as a function of temperature, making the tyre pressure unpredictable.

20. During the race the tyres lose weight! Each tyre loses about 0.5 kg in weight due to wear.

21. Normal tyres last 60 000 - 100 000 km. Racing tyres are designed to last 90 - 120 km (That's Khandala and back).

22. A dry-weather F1 tyre reaches peak operating performance (best grip) when tread temperature is between 900C and 1200C.(Water boils boils at 100C remember) At top speed, F1 tyres rotate 50 times a second.

So Formula Driving is not piece of cake, DEAR!!!

Hope you enjoyed going through!!

Have a nice wednesday!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[17May2006 Wednesday 8:43 AM IST]

"You cannot help someone get up on a hill without getting to the top yourself."- Anonymous

16May2006 Tuesday - GM! Live Every Moment!

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you.



Have a nice Tuesday!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[16May2006 Tuesday 8:08 AM IST]

"Faith is not belief without proof, But trust without reservations"- Anonymous

15May2006 Monday - GM! Things you wish/miss in life!

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you! Hope you all had a good weekend and now back to respective pavilions (what else other than office huh! ;-)).

Here is a short and sweet info.. shared by my friend Archana Muralidharan.

Things that you miss/wish in life ....

1. **5 minutes ago you were traveling to office at 80 mph. in your brand new car. Now you are traveling to hospital at double the speed in an ambulance, You wish there was 'undo (ctrl + Z)' in life!

2. **You are already late, and your key is missing, You wish there was 'find tool (ctrl+F)' in life!

3. **You are a bankrupt, after investing in some weird business, You wish there was 'rebuild all' in life!

4. **The train is so crowded that you cannot get anywhere near that nice girl at the other end, You wish there was 'zoom & view full screen' in life!

5. **After marriage you realize that there is bound to be a mismatch, You wish there was an evaluation period' or atleast a 'sample download' or a 'demo version'!

6. **The best part of the keyboard is U & I are together which is not always there in life......

Hope you did enjoy reading this...

Have a nice Monday + week ahead!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[15May2006 Monday 8:01 AM IST]

"Character is what you are in the dark" - Anonymous

12May2006 Friday - GM! Some Rules Cannot be followed!

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you. Hope you are getting ready for the weeeekend....

Here is a cute example for some rules which cant be followed as such [Courtesy: my friend Balaji Sundaram through an electronic mail]

Here you go....

A lady manager of a big reputed office noticed a new man one day and told him to come into his office.

"What is your name?" was the first thing she asked the new guy.
"John," the new guy replied.

She scowled, "Look... I don't know what kind of a namby-pamby place you worked before, but I don't call anyone by their first name. It breeds familiarity and that leads to a breakdown in authority.

I refer to my employees by their last name only ... Smith, Jones, Baker ...that's all.

I am to be referred to only as Mrs. Robertson. Now that we got that straight, what is your last name?"

The new guy sighed, "Darling............ My name is John Darling."

"Okay John, the next thing I want to tell you is . . . "

Wise men talk because they have something to say.
Fools talk because they have to say something.

Have a nice friday and happy weekend!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[12May2006 Friday 9:18 AM IST]

"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes" - Oscar Wilde

11May2006 Thursday - GM! Electronic Components and Life!

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning to you and my warm wishes to have a nice day ahead.

See the Electronic components's impact in our lives.. (Courtesy: my friend Suganya JSA)

• Be a Diode to remove "-ve thinking",
• Be a Transistor to amplify "character",
• Be a Resistor to drop "Bad habits",
• Be a Capacitor to store "good thoughts",
• Be an IC [Integrated Circuit] to make "Unity",
• Be a CRO [Cathode Ray Oscillator] to display "Good Things",
• Be an Antenna to transmit “Good Ideas",
• Be a PCB [Printed Circuit Board] to implement all theses components in "your mind"

Have a great Thursday!

Cheers,

Raghavan alias Saravanan M.

[11May2006 Thursday 8:40 AM IST]

"Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it." – Irving Berlin [The composer of "White Christmas"]

10May2006 - Wednesday- GM! Letter from Banta Singh to Bill Gates

Hi Friends,

Avery Good Morning to you. As i had been to my native place for a small vacation, could not send the GM mails for few days. Hope you enjoyed the weekend.

Here is a nice funny email (Courtesy: my friend Venkata Saranya) about our Banta Singh's letter to Bill Gates. You might have received it prior to this but still i would say its worth reading again ;-).

Here you go.................


Dear Mr. Bill Gates,

This letter is from Banta Singh from Punjab. We have bought a computer for our home and we found problems, which I want to bring to your notice.

1. After connecting to internet we planned to open e-mail account and whenever we fill the form in Hotmail in the password column, only ****** appears, but in the rest of the fields whatever we typed appears, but we face this problem only in password field. We checked with hardware vendor Santa Singh and he said that there is no problem in keyboard.

Because of this we open the e-mail account with password *****. I request you to check this as we ourselves do not know what the password is.

2. We are unable to enter anything after we click the 'shut down ' button.

3. There is a button 'start' but there is no "stop" button. We request you to check this.

4. We find there is 'Run' in the menu. One of my friend clicked 'run ' has ran upto Amritsar! So, we request you to change that to "sit", so that we can click that by sitting.

5. One doubt is that any 're-scooter' available in system? As I find only 're-cycle', but I own a scooter at my home.

6. There is 'Find' button but it is not working properly. My wife lost the door key and we tried a lot for tracing the key with this ' find', but unable to trace. Is it a bug??

7. Every night I am not sleeping as I have to protect my 'mouse' from CAT, So I suggest u to provide one DOG to kill that cat.

8. Please confirm when u are going to give me money for winning 'HEARTS' (playing cards in games) and when are u coming to my home to collect urmoney.

9. My child learnt 'Microsoft word' now he wants to learn 'Microsoft sentence', so when u will provide that?

Best regards,
Banta Singh.

Hope you did enjoy reading this.

Have a beautiful Wednesday!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[10May2006 Wednesday 8:48 AM IST]

"If u cannot be the POET, be the POEM" - Anonymous

04May2006 Thursday - GM! 100 Keyboard Shortcut Navigation

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Monring to you.

Here are the 100 keyboard shortcuts. Courtesy: My friend Prabhu S[rikantan] through an electronic-mail. Though we are aware of some / most of the shortcuts, its better to have a glance.. wassay?

Here you go................................

CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
DELETE (Delete)
SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph) CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph) CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)
CTRL+A (Select all)
F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)
ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)
ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)
F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)
F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)
CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)
F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
F5 key (Update the active window)
BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)
ESC (Cancel the current task)
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)
TAB (Move forward through the options)
+TAB (Move backward through the options)
ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display the items in the active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

m*cro$oft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)
Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)
Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)
Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)
CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)
Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)
Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)
Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)

Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts

Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)

Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

END (Display the bottom of the active window)
HOME (Display the top of the active window)
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder) NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)
LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder) RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

Shortcut Keys for Character Map After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:

RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)
LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)
UP ARROW (Move up one row)
DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)
PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)
HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)
END (Move to the end of the line)
CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)
CTRL+END (Move to the last character)
SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)

m*cro$oft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
CTRL+N (Open a new console)
CTRL+S (Save the open console)
CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)
CTRL+W (Open a new window)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)
ALT+F4 (Close the console)
ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
ALT+V (Display the View menu)
ALT+F (Display the File menu)
ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)

MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)
ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)
F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)
CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)
CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)
ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the selected item)
CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)

Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

CTRL+ALT+END (Open the m*cro$oft Windows NT Security dialog box)
ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)
ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)
ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)
ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)
CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen) ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

m*cro$oft Internet Explorer Navigation

CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)
CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)
CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
CTRL+W (Close the current window)


Hope you would have found it useful.

Have a good Thursday!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[04May2006 Thursday 8:02 AM IST]

"GOOD is not good where BETTER is expected and BEST is possible." - Anonymous

03May2006 Wednesday - GM! Rule No. 49(O) in the Conduct of Election Rules 1961

Hi Friend,

Avery Good Morning and my kind wishes for having a nice day!

This is regarding the Rule No. 49(0) in the elections.. Courtesy : [ an electronic mail forwarded by my friend Varadharajan R and PonRadhika (they both sent yesterday). There were already similar mails with the pdf as an attachment regdg the same. So thanks to all other friends too.

I feel its an important news which every1 of us should be aware and its the basic right of every citizen. Please do read it at your free time.

The mail content goes here: Rule No. 49(O) in the Conduct of Election Rules 1961

Among the reasons for poor voter turnout in the cities, particularly ofthe middle and upper classes, is the complaint that they have no realchoice considering the poor quality of candidates and the poor publicimage of the parties these candidates represent. Secondly, many citizensbelieve that their votes are not really going to make a difference.

Since in the ensuing elections there is no provision for indicating rejection of candidates on the ballot, except by invalidating the vote by ambiguous voting - that is, putting the stamp on the line separating one candidate's name from another -- the Indian Liberal Group recommends a solution that already exists in the Conduct of Election Rules 1961. This not only gives reluctant voters a reasonable choice, but also ensures that their vote does make a difference.

Rule No. 49(O) in the Conduct of Election Rules 1961 says:

"Elector deciding not to vote - If an elector, after his electoral rollnumber has been duly entered in the register of voters in Form 17 A andhas put his signature or thumb impression thereon as required undersub-rule(1) of rule 49L, decided not to record his vote, a remark to this effectshall be made against the said entry in Form 17A by the presidingofficer, and the signature or thumb impression of the elector shall beobtained against such remark."

Explanation: In other words, a voter can go to the polling station and tell the presiding officer that he/she does not wish to cast her/his vote. The presiding officer will make a remark that the voter does not wish to vote and take the voter's signature against his/her name in the register of voters (Form 17A). At the end of the day, the presiding officer will, in totalling the number of votes cast, also include the number of electors who refused to cast their vote. By doing so, voters make it clear to all political parties that they are not satisfied with the kind of candidates put up by them. Though they have done their duty as citizens by going to the polling station, they have not found anyone on the ballot paper who deserves their vote. This is the Protest Vote.

If large numbers of citizens exercise their franchise in this manner, political parties will be forced to be far more careful in ensuring they do not nominate crooks and criminals or incompetents as their candidates next time round. {Lets hope so!!!} This in turn will see the emergence of honest and committed candidates getting into Parliament and state legislatures in the long run, thus leading the way to good governance. After the present elections have concluded, the Indian Liberal Group will press for the Protest Vote facility on electronic voting machines the next time round,so that voters have the option to say "None of the Above" after scrutinizing the candidates on the ballot.

The other factor thats involved with this 49(0) section is a scarysection for the political parties.

Here's an example. Say there's a candidate standing in City A.

And say out of 100 people only 40 people turn to vote and out of thatthe Candidate recieves 30 votes. Then by rule, he's been declared aselected.But say, if out of the 100 people 70 turn to vote. and 30 people votefor the candidate and the other 40 people use section 49(0), to say i amnot interested in anyof the candidate. Then if, the candidatesvote(which the vote he got ie., 30) is less than the vote against him(under section 49(0) - which is 40), then by rule he would not beelected as winner and in turn he would not be able to participate inanymore further elections.And the election for CITY A will be re-held with fresh candidates. Nowthat sounds great handle for people!!

And i hope that's why many people dont know about section 49(0) and thepoliticians and the goverment still tries to keep it a hidden secret.But how long? That depends on you'r hands now. .

FORWARD IT. And dont forget to VOTE.

Have a nice Wednesday + decide a good fortune for yourself in Politics!!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[03May2006 Wednesday 8:38 AM IST]

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"Every charitable act is a stepping-stone towards heaven." - Anonymous

02May2006 Tuesday - GM! Basic SQL Commands Of Life!

Hi Friends,

My warm wishes to start your day's work.

Here are some of the Basic SQL Commands of Life. [courtesy: an electronic-mail]

Basic SQL commands Of Life:

SELECT happiness, prosperity FROM life WHERE year >= 2006 ;

UPDATE life SET failure_flag = "NO" , success_flag = "YES";

INSERT INTO life VALUES ("friends","dreams") ;

DELETE sorrows FROM life;

GRANT smile TO all ;

REVOKE enemity FROM all;

ALTER TABLE life ADD dreams CHAR(INFINITY);

Have a beautiful Tuesday!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[02May2005 Tuesday 8:00 AM IST]

"Everybody tells jokes, but we still need comedians" - Jimmy Wales (founder of Wikipedia)

01May2006 Monday- GM! Happy May Day!

Hi Friends,

Avery Good Morning to you. I believe you would have had a good refreshment after the weekend.

Wishing you all a very Happy May Day!

Sharing some of the information about the May Day in today's blog.

[courtesy: http://en.wikepedia.org/May_Day]

May Day is a name for various holidays celebrated on May 1 (or in the beginning of May), ranging from pagan festivals to International Workers' Day, its most famous action

International Workers' Day

International Workers' Day (a name used interchangably with May Day) is the commemoration of the Haymarket Riot of 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, and a celebration of the social and economic achievements of the international labor movement. The 1 May date is used because in 1884 the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions, inspired by labor's 1872 success in Canada, demanded an eight-hour workday in the United States to come in effect as of May 1, 1886. This resulted in a general strike and the riot in Chicago of 1886, but eventually also in the official sanction of the eight-hour workday. The May Day Riots of 1894 and May Day Riots of 1919 occurred subsequently.

In most countries other than the U.S. and UK, May Day is often referred to simply as "Labor Day".

Canada, Australia, and New Zealand celebrate their Labor Day on different dates, which has to do with how the holiday originated in those countries; see also Loyalty Day and Law Day, U.S.A.

First May Day Flag

Hope you all [atleast most of you] would have already had your Pay Day! ;-)

Have a nice day + week ahead!

Cheers,
Raghavan alias Saravanan M.
[01May2006 Monday 6:29 AM IST]

"If you don't control your mind, Someone else will."