Archive for August, 2008

Microsoft can’t explain!!

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3 years ago
by Sai Prasad in

Here are some of the bugs in the Microsoft software, which are commonly used. As far as I know, Microsoft did not give any explanation for the origin of these bugs.

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BUG #1
An Indian discovered that nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the computer which can be named as “CON”. This is something pretty cool…and unbelievable. .. At Microsoft the whole Team, couldn’t answer why this happened!

TRY IT NOW ,IT WILL NOT CREATE “CON” FOLDER

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BUG #2
For those of you using Windows, do the following:

  • Open an empty notepad file
  • Type “Bush hid the facts” (without the quotes)
  • Save it as whatever you want.
  • Close it, and re-open it.

is it just a really weird bug? Confused?

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BUG #3

This is something pretty cool and neat…and unbelievable. .. At Microsoft the whole Team, including Bill Gates, couldn’t answer why this happened!

It was discovered by a Brazilian. Try it out yourself…

Open Microsoft Word and type

=rand (200, 99)

And then press ENTER

Parallel Programming Minor Test – I

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3 years ago
by Sai Prasad in
Date : 29.08.2008
Duration : 40 Minutes
Max. Marks : 10

1. Give a CREW PRAM algorithm to merge two sorted lists.

2. Define shuffle and exchange connections in a shuffle-exchange network. Prove that if a shuffle link connects nodes i and j, then j is single-bit left cyclic rotation of i.

3. What is the average number of communication links in the use during Johnsson and Ho’s one-to-all broadcast algorithm on the hypercube?

Google visit to NIT Warangal

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3 years ago
by Sai Prasad in

Sub : For the selections of 1) Campus Ambassador, 2) Women in Engineering Award

Campus Ambassador :

Date : 4th September, 2008 2:00 PM IST
Venue : Conference Hall, NIT Warangal
Duration of Selection Process : 4 hours
Process :

  1. Presentation on campus
  2. Application + Resume Screening
  3. Group Discussion.
  4. Personal Interview

Ambassador Requirements :

  1. 3rd and 4th year students from Computer Science Stream only
  2. CGPA of 7.5 and above
  3. Involvement in various co-curricular activities on and off campus

Ambassador Responsibilities :

  1. Serve as strategic link between the campus and Google India
  2. Identify mutually beneficial sponsorship opportunities
  3. Maintain open and regular communication with the student council and career placement cell; help enhance Google’s visibility on campus

Women in Engineering Award :

The Google India Women in Engineering Award is aimed at recognizing and rewarding deserving women students in Computer Science, inspiring them to become active participants and leaders in the field of technology.

The award will be given to deserving students based on demonstrated leadership, academic excellence and thought. A group of female bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D student finalists will be chosen from the applicant pool. The award recipients will each receive a sum of INR 75,000.

Eligibility criteria for the award :
Candidates must -

  1. be enrolled as full time students in a recognized university.
  2. maintain a CGPA of at least 8.00
  3. be enrolled in 2nd, 3rd or final year if applying during their bachelor’s degree, 1st or 2nd year if applying when pursuing a master’s degree, or be PhD students in a related field.

Duration : 1 hour for the presentation

NOTE : Eligible and interested students are requested to submit the hard copies of the resumes to the T & P office on or before 2nd September, 2008.

Got the ‘App’titude Challenge from Google, India

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3 years ago
by Sai Prasad in

Google India and Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi has come forward with “Got the ‘App’titude Challenge”. This unique, first time effort is looking for student, faculty and alumni leaders to implement Google Apps within their respective campuses, with the objective of providing access to powerful communication methods, and improving collaboration capabilities through tools like Gmail, shareable calendars, online spreadsheets and online documents.

In addition to the challenge being unique learning opportunity for students, it will also show them to exercise and hone their research, communication and negotiation skills in a real time situation, since they will be required to develop and execute a product positioning and marketing plan for a targeted audience in order to implement Google Apps at your campus.

In order to participate in the challenge, students, faculty and alumni are encouraged to form teams and follow the guidelines mentioned below:

  1. Sign up for the challenge by September 15, 2008.
  2. Get approval from the college’s administration to implement Google Apps by October 15, 2008.
  3. Work with the college IT department to implement Google Apps by December 15, 2008.
  4. Achieve the highest level of Google Apps usage among all participating colleges by January 31, 2009 to be declared the challenge winner!

In case of any queries please visit the Got the “App”titude website or feel free to write into the team at admin@GotTheAptitude.com.

Regards,
Sai Prasad Ch
saiprasad.ch@gmail.com
http://csprasad.blogspot.com

Quotes I like :: Vol. I

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3 years ago
by Sai Prasad in
  • Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes. – Z Ziglar
  • In great attempts it is glorius even to fail. – Cassius Longinus
  • The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be. – Paul Valery
  • Trying to forget someone you love is trying to remember someone you never met. – Angelina Jolie
  • Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him. – Aldous Huxley
  • I don’t pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. – Brookes
  • Time ripens all things; no man is born wise. – Miguel de Cervante
  • A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within. – W.Durant
  • The best way out of a difficulty is through it. – Robert Frost
  • Every accomplishment begins with a decision to try. – Edward Kelly
  • Happiness is nothing more than good health & a bad memory. – Albert Schweitzer
  • Most people fail in life because they major in minor things. – Anthony Robbins
  • Pick battles big enough to matter, small enough to win. – J.Kozol
  • If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to reach at the second or even the third place. – Cicero
  • People generally quarrel because they cannot argue. – G.K.Chesterton
  • Millions said the apple fell but Newton was the one to ask why. – Bernard M.Baruch
  • Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king. – Mark Van Doren
  • The powers of mind are like rays of the sun dissipated. When they are concentrated, they illumine. – Swami Vivekananda
  • Always behave like a duck – Keep calm and unruffled on the surface but paddle with great vigor underneath. – Jacob Braude
  • The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. – Joseph Joubert
  • At times, it is better to keep your mouth shut and let people wonder if you’re fool than to open it and remove all their doubts. – James Sinclair
  • A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. – John F.Kennedy
  • Always forgive your enemies – Nothing annoys them so much. – Oscar Wilde
  • Success is that old ABC – ability, breaks and courage. – Charles Luckman
  • If you would not like to be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin
  • A Ship is always safe at the shore – but that is NOT what it is built for. – Albert Einstein
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