Apocalypzic

Online Passwordssss!!!

2011-03-21T13:35:00.004+05:30

Internet has become one of the most indispensable aspects of modern life...Similarly, the Internet Passwords (pw) too...

In my early days, when I was in school, there were only few passwords, be it the 3 digits password of the briefcase or Godrej Locks...It was very easy to remember. After the era of internet, social/ professional networking, Online transactions...puufff..how many passwords to remember...

Untill few years back, remembering the pw was at least easy as the minimum number of characters used to be five or six...But now a days, It has to be minimum eight characters...on top of that they should have a number, special character, both number & special characters should not be used in the beginning or end of the pw, the pw should not b the same as user id...Grrrr...am going mad...

Just thought how many passwords do I remember...here is the list...My office PC password, Outlook Password (Which needs to be changed once in 15 days), Internal IBM, Accenture portals, Naukri login, (Both as employer & job seeker), Monster Login (Only as job seeker) gmail, yahoo, facebook, linkedin, IRCTC, ICICI bank login pw, Transaction pw, Citi Bank Credit Card pw, ATM PIN Numbers, Redbus, KSRTC, makemytrip, bookmyshow, PVR...& the list goes on...

One good thing which I always like in the login page is "Forgot password" option. I don't remember how many times I would have clicked that option in the login page. It usually happens for the sites which I don't use much or when I come back from a long vacation or leave. Again there is something called Question & Answer to retrieve the password. Funniest part is that we have to select the question & key in the answer, which I usually forget.

Internet security companies should come up with some new technology where in there shouldn't be any passwords for the login but it should also be secure enough to access your own personal data without the fear of hackers.

Till that break through happens, we have to remember the passwords...atleast the important ones...else anyways we can always use 'Forgot Passwords' option :) But remember the security question & answer to retrieve the password...

It's A BOY!!!

2011-02-14T13:41:00.007+05:30

All thro’ nine months…

So many predictions, guesses, calculations …

Lots n lots to say…

But no rock-solid answer on the way…

For the question of life…

What is it going to be?

HE or SHE

BOY or GIRL

MALE or FEMALE

BLUE or PINK

SPORTS TOYS or SOFT TOYS

VIDEO GAMES or BARBIE DOLLS

CARS & BIKES or JEWELS & ACCESORIES

Let’s see what’s there in stores today :) 29^th Jan ‘11

Saturday Night 9.00 PM!

Clock’s ticking…Tick Tock!!! Tick Tock!!!

Sweet-heart feels the pain

Me, looking at her in vain

Thinking is the D-Day???

Saturday Night 10.00 PM!

Clock’s ticking…Tick Tock!!! Tick Tock!!!

Pain is growing more

Me, what should I do now???

Thinking, should we start or wait for more signs!!!

Saturday Night 10.30 PM!

Clock’s ticking…Tick Tock!! Tick Tock!!!

Ooops! The pain is getting severe

Me, finally zipped her to the Doc’s palace

Thinking, what will be the doc’s response…

“Ahem!” Doc replied “It’s just the false pain L”

Drove her back to Aunt’s house

Sunday Morning 1.30 AM!

Clock’s ticking …Tick Tock!! Tick Tock!!

Damn! The pain s killing

Me, atlast signed her in the hospital

Thinking, will she be able to bear the so called pain

Sunday Morning 5.30 AM!

Clock’s Ticking…Tick Tock!! Tick Tock!!!

Her voice, going mad in pain

Me, waiting in the reception in vain

Thinking, when will this era of pain & scream get over!!!

Sunday Morning 6.51 AM!

Clock’s ticking…Tick Tock!! Tick Tock!!!

Heard a shrill, sharp, prickly cry of the little one

Never heard my sweet-heart’s voice then

Thinking, is she safe, is it a boy or a girl!!!

Sunday Morning 7.15 AM!

Clock’s ticking…Tick Tock!! Tick Tock!!!

There came the duty nurse…

With white gloves…smiling…n said,

“It’s A BOY”. Paused & said, “MOM is SAFE”

All thro’ nine months…

So many guesses, calculations, predictions…

Lots n lots to say…

But no rock-solid answer on the way…

For the question of life…

Yeah!!! The greatest suspense of life...

Finally unleashed…

As a proud DAD, I can say,

From now on, it’s gonna be BLUE, Cars, Bikes, Sports toys, Video Games

Yeah!!! It’s a BOY!!! & His Name is VARSHITH KUMAR MANI

Read it somewhere - A Human Body can withstand only upto 45 Del (Unit). But at the time of giving birth, woman feels upto 57 Del of Pain! This is similar to 20 Bones getting fractured at a time...

A Stand-Up Salute to all the mothers in this world who took all the pain with a smile in bringing us safely to this world…Including my MOM & WIFE!!!

So True

2009-07-21T17:12:00.005+05:30

Yesterday I got a forward mail from one of my colleague...I thought it will be some usual forward. So I didn't open for sometime. But then I was really bored of working on the usual requirements...I opened the mail & the attachment. ahem...somewhere someone askd me are you sailing in the same boat??? If yes, please change your track...if not, continue???

But after thinking for a while I said NOOOOO..No Ways...I enjoy each & every moment of my life...huh!

Wat about you?

Will my wish come true???

2009-07-16T16:55:00.002+05:30

Will my wish come true…

Just want a stress free day
With no job and all time to play
All needs fulfilled and wild imaginations come true
Like, A Merc and a house at the bay

Will my wish come true…

No one to report to and no one reporting to
A day full of nothingness & without any deadlines
No targets and nothing to catch up to...
All in all, lots of time; to while away...

But is this what I was wishing sometime back???

Will my wish come true…

A demanding desk with lots of perks
Fine suits and a place to sway
Something that makes me busy always
Never follow anyone…Create my own ways

Will my wish come true…

Lots & lots of people reporting to
Place that offers me work round the clock
Never let down my commitments & loyalty
All in all, never waste time; money too…

As & when the year changes…the wishes change…
So as the person who wishes…
May be coz change s the only permanent thing that exists in everyone’s life…

Who's Next???

2009-04-21T18:27:00.007+05:30

I have been in this consulting industry for more than three years… Time & again I have been thinking about this for quite sometime… ‘The ONE company to watch out for in IT industry…Is it Google??? Yahoo??? Microsoft??? Computer Associates??? Symantec???

Ahem…now its “THE TWO” companies to look out for...Its IBM & Oracle!!!

coz I got a shock when I read Oracle bought Sun Micro for $7.4 Billion while IBM had quoted $6.85 billion

Something tickled me to do some research on these companies’ M&A Strategies…did some research...n was amazed to see the results...Here we go...

IBM (International Business Machine)

IBM's history dates back decades before the development of electronic computers. It originated as the Tabulating Machine Company in 1896.
Computing Tabulating Recording (CTR) Corporation was formed through a merger of four different companies: the Tabulating Machine Company, the International Time Recording Company, the Computing Scale Corporation, and the Bundy Manufacturing Company. This was incorporated on June 16, 1911. CTR was renamed International Business Machines corporation in 1924 (oh my god!!! It’s almost 85 years)

In the past 85 years, they have acquired more than 95 companies across business like Software development, consulting, business intelligence, content management etc…

To my surprise, out of 95, more than 45 companies had been acquired during the period 2004-2009 (still counting)

Some of the notable acquisitions of IBM since 1995:

Lotus Corporation – 1995 – Desktop & Personal computers
Tivoli Systems Inc – 1996 – Service Management, security, Storage Software Products
Informix Corporation – 2001 - Database
PriceWaterhouseCoopers – 2002 – Business Consulting
Rational Software Corporation – 2003 – Software development Products
Daksh e-Services – 2004 – BPO Services
Ascential Software Corporation – 2005 – Datawarehousing & Business Intelligence
Network Solutions – 2005 – IT Services
Filenet Corporation – 2006 – Content Management
Internet Security Systems (ISS) – 2006 – IT Security
Vallent Corporation – 2007 - Telecommunications
DataMirror Corporation – 2007 – Data Integration
Cognos – 2008 – Business Intelligence
Outblaze's E-Mail Service Assets – 2009 – Email Service alert for Lotus Products

Now comes the Head-on competitor - Oracle

Oracle, founded in 1977, specializes in developing & marketing DBMS Products. Through its organic growth & a number of high profile acquisitions, they became one of the head-on competitors for IBM.

They are in an acquisition spree since 2005 & they have acquired around 50 companies

Some of their major acquisitions:

i-Flex Solutions – 2005 – Financial Software Product Development
Retek – 2005 – Retail Management System
Oblix – 2005 – Security Product
Peoplesoft – 2005 – Enterprise Software
Siebel Systems – 2006 – CRM Product development
Metasolv – 2006 – OSS Software
Hyperion Corporation – 2007 – Enterprise Performance Management
Agile Software Corporation – 2007 – PLM
BEA Systems – 2008 – Enterprise Software
Sun Microsystems – 2009 – Hardware, Software, IT Services

Though the list of acquisition is less, the value of the organizations is high…

Competing Products in the market

Websphere - Weblogic
Oracle DBMS - DB2 & Informix
Cognos - Hyperion
IBM MDM - Oracle MDM
IBM Infosphere- Oracle Fusion Middleware
Tivoli - Oracle Oblix, Sun IDM, Sun IAM
IBM SDK - Java JDK (Sun)
AIX - Solaris (Sun)
IBM Servers - Sun Server
IBM HPC - Sun HPC
IBM WMQ - SeeBeyond
IBM Chip Designing- Sun Chip designing (Montalvo Systems)

Next possible Acquisitions either by IBM or Oracle:

Computer Associates ($ 4.5 Billion) – Leading Enterprise IT management product Development Company which is a near competitor for IBM Tivoli products…So there are high possibilities that Oracle can buy CA in near future because Oblix & Sun IDM & IAM alone will not be able to compete with Tivoli range of products.

Vignette Corporation ($ 170 Million) – Leading content management product development company. The only way for Oracle to compete with IBM’s Filenet product is to buy Vignette Corporation. I think they will do in near future

Informatica ($ 450 Million) – Leading Data warehousing Product Development Company…hmm…I donno…survival of the fittest…Lets see is it gonna be IBM or Oracle or someone else

SAP Labs ($ 10 Billion) – Leading ERP software product Development Company which is one of the major competitor of Oracle. So let’s wait n watch what IBM is gonna do…

Apart from these, so many companies might come under their radar like Tibco, Webmethods, Symantec, McAfee, Pega Systems, BMC, NCR corporation...

Lets wait n watch who is gonna be the next big fish in their net...

Nice Stuff...

2009-02-07T15:14:00.003+05:30

Hey new theorem.. stupid bundle bakhwaas theorem..... (SBB Theorem)

Theorem: Generalised method for finding the average time any person takes for walking 1 km using his/her trouser length & shoe size

Logic: At the instant when a person keeps is first leg and lifts the back leg, the front leg is at 90 degrees to the ground. hence using pythagoras theorem H = length of the back leg (TL,trouser length in Cm's)+ SS, Shoe size, O = TL,trouser length in CM's. Find A, the average step length.

Having found A, which is approximately the average length of the step a person takes, one can calulate the time the person takes to complete the step = T.

Average Step length,S in meters = (Sqrt (sqr (TL+SS) – Sqr(TL)) )/100
Time taken for S =T
Time taken for 1 KM in Minutes= ((1000*T/(S* 60)
Time Taken for N Km's = N(1000*T)/(S* 60)

Example:

My Trouser Length = 43 inches = 110.94
My Shoe Size = 9 inches = 22.5

H= TL + SS
H=133.44

O= 110.94

A = SQRT (SQR(133.44)- SQR(110.94))
A = SQRT (17806.23-12307.68)
A= 74.15221

A or S in Metres =0.7415221

TIme taken to complete S = 1.2 Seconds

Time I take for 1 KM = (1000*0.9) /(0.7415221*60)

Time I take for 1 KM =20.22862 minutes

How is that???

***Courtesy: Co Blogger***

"Varanam Aayiram"........Whatever happens, Life has to go on!!!!

2008-12-06T10:22:00.014+05:30

I still remember those days when we went to watch movies just for fun, time pass...

then came the days when we went to watch the heros on the screens...

then came the days when we went to watch the movies because of their directors...

n then came the days when we went to watch the movies because of their Story, Screenplay & Cinematography...

One such film is Varanam Aayiram...After a great struggle for two weeks, I could manage to get a ticket for a night show...[with my mom :-) now a days, she s the only person who accompanies me for movies] With lots n lots of expectations, I was sitting in my allotted seat to watch the most awaited movie...after some couple of commercials...The movie started off with a gramaphone on the screen n a person (Suriya) singing an oooold Hindi song followed by "uravugal thodarkadhai" song...Apart from the film "GURU", this is the only film in which I liked title bgm.

The story in a nutshell - the theme of how a father often came across his son's life as a hero and inspiration, whose death was deeply mourned in the end. It may sound so childish when u read this...but watch the movie you will realize the real feel of it...The screenplay of the film is fantabulous...Its like reading a novel page by page...

Three reasons why I like this movie...(1) Gautam Menon (2) Suriya & (3) BGM & Songs (Harris Jayaraj)

Gautam Menon:

I am an avid fan of Gautham...I donno the reason...Starting from his first film 'Minnale' till his last film 'Pachai Kili Muthu Charam' Amazing works, Hats off to him!!! Name of the movie...Varanam Aayiram means 'the strength of a thousand elephants'...

வாரணம் ஆயிரம் சூழ வலம் செய்து நாரணன் நம்பி நடக்கின்றான் என்றெதிர் பூரண பொற்குடம் வைத்துப் புறம் எங்கும் தோரணம் நாட்டக் கனா கண்டேன் தோழி நான் கனா கண்டேன் .

really donno from where he gets these titles??? One more thing that I liked very much in the movie...the theme - Whatever happens, life has to go on!!! Amazing Theme...

Suriya:

Suriya s someone who likes to do normal things in a different way...Surya has, no doubt, scaled many dimensions in acting especially in this film, he carries the whole film in his shoulders...Starting from the introduction scene till the climax, simply superb acting...Especially when he gets onto the road in search of the Child, Aditya...

BGM & Songs:

Harris has proved that he was an assistant to AR Rahman...Amazing music...All the songs rock and his background score also is very good backed by good poetic lyrics...My favorite is "Nenjukul Peidhidum Maamazhai" & "Anajalai"...Hope to see more movies like this...

Overall...a movie worth watching...Hats off to the team...If you like this movie...then I am sure you are emotionally attached to someone in this world...may be ur dad or mom or bro or sis or wife or friend or anyone in ur life!!!!

Welcome to Chennai!!!

2008-11-29T18:28:00.004+05:30

Nisha!!!

Oh My God!!! Look at the clouds!!! Its gonna rain cats & dogs!!!

Hey!!! Say No to schools!!!

Oops College??? Bunk the classes...freak out!!!

Atlast! The rain has stopped!!! Prevention is better than cure...I have an Umbrella :-)

No Words to say!

Deep in trouble!

Standing tall!!!

Bang!!! Bang!!! Bang!!!

2008-10-30T18:19:00.005+05:30

Bang! What am I doing now???
Bang Bang! Why am I doing this???
Bang Bang Bang! How should I do this otherwise???

Bang! Is this what I am supposed to do???
Bang Bang! Is that worth doing this???
Bang Bang Bang! Is this gonna help me in future???

Bang! Am I goin on the right track???
Bang Bang! If not where am i goin wrong???
Bang Bang Bang! Is there anything else to I can do to make it right???

These are the words that come to mind daily...Is this the thirst to do more or am I goin mad???

I always have some answers for all these questions...some might be true...some might be inspirational or even some might be insane...never mind...glimpse of answers!!!

"Life is filled with probabilities...
That Challenge us each day, to take chance...
Try something new; see things in different ways...
To explore the precious gifts of who we are, & what we know...go on look within...

We spend a lifetime searching for happiness,
Looking for peace...
We chase idle dreams, addictions, religion, even other people,
Hoping to fill the emptiness of that infects us...
I think the irony is that the only place where we need to search
Is within ourselves which we never do!!!!

End of the day...It’s our Life...We have to live...”

Words of Wisdom - If Life is Revesed???

2008-10-30T14:53:00.004+05:30

I came across a nice wordings of George Costanzza - "Words of Wisdom"...Here it s!!!

"The most unfair thing about life is the way it end. I mean life is tough. It takes up a lot of your time. What do you get at the end of it? A Death. What's that, a Bonus?!? I think the lifecycle is all backwards. You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you go live in an old age home. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, then you start work, you get a gold watch on teh first day. You work forty years untill you are young enough to enjoy your retirement. You drink alcohol, you party, and get ready for High School. You go to primary school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities. You become a little boy, you go back, you spend your last 9 months floating with luxuries like central heating, spa, room service on tap, then you finish off as an orgasm!! Amen..."

The Legend Rides ON!!!

2008-06-18T13:47:00.005+05:30

Hurray!!!!!! At last the pride is mine...

There is a new member in my family...But its a beast...A Creature...

The beast is black in colour....weighs around 200 Kgs...can run up to 120 kph on flat surface...can't fly or swim...

Yeah...I bought a brand new Royal Enfield - Bullet 350. My interest in Bullets ...took off when i was a kid.... and it grew with me and finally my thoughts and dreams of owning a Bullet came true when i bought the bike on 17th June...Now I can say "I OWN A BULLET"

Some people said it is not worth for the money that you pay!!!
Some people said it is just to Show Off!!!
Some people said it wont fit your body!!!
Even some people said its not there in the market!!!

Fed-up...huh!!! just thought of telling them "Only Boys ride Toys...&...Men ride Bullets"

There were some confusion on selecting the bike in Royal Enfield...as in to go for either Bullet 350 or Bullet Electra or Bullet Thunderbird or Bullet Machismo...

Finally opted for the BRAND NEW GOOD OLD BULLET 350...coz i still remember the bullet that my dad owned long long ago...so long ago :-)

The ride has just started!!! n till long way to go!!!

Dyslexia

2008-05-08T14:07:00.008+05:30

Last week i was watching the movie 'Taare Zameen Par' (I think fourth time)...Such an awesome film...Directed & produced by Aamir Khan..Starring himself with Darsheel Safary (Ishaan Awasti).

Thought of writing something about Dyslexia coz somethin tickled me when I correlated my last posting - 'Request Pending' with TZP. Especially the request from Chris - 'I would like to @:-) live 900 years like in the guy in bible'. Isn't it??

& here s my research!!!

Dyslexia is a learning disability that manifest primarily as a difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling... & my research goes on & on...i don't think there s enough space here to give all the details. but it was really interesting...

I was zapped when i saw the ppl who were considered dyslectic in their childhood...Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Michel Faraday, Perie Curie, Leonardo Da Vinci, Agatha Christie, John F Kennedy, George Washington, Winston Churchill, Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves & the list again goes on & on...

Jus wondering dyslexia - is it a disability??? i don't think so...

Request Pending...

2008-05-05T18:03:00.005+05:30

Given an option like this...wat would be your request to God???

Pls dont ask the same question to me...coz I ve lots & lots of request pending from his side already!!!

Lessons from Pencil

2008-05-02T16:48:00.001+05:30

It's meeeeee................

2008-05-02T12:03:00.002+05:30

Monday Blues...

2008-04-09T10:58:00.012+05:30

grrrrrrr….#$@%^$#@ ^%&%%$^
Whatz happening??? Where am I going??? Help! Help!!
drrrr…..zzzz….&^%$ &*()…………… (Engine stops)

??? whose car was that…huh…damn tiring…
??? is this a school…
hmm…yup it s…boys r sittin n the assembly hall…

??? where ve I come…
but i ve seen this place earlier…much familiar place too…
n who brought me here???

Ohhh!!! I know what it s….that’s the time machine n this s my school n there’s my English teacher… damn good…’ve never thought, I ll meet him again…

Announcement: “May I request Mr. **** *** to come on to the stage and receive the first prize for English Poem writing competition…”

hey!!! that’s cool…he s the guy who was sittin next to me n the hall…
hmm…I still remember the poem that I wrote there…for this competition…

r u mad??? It was ten yrs before…Do u atleast remember the topic for the competition???
I still remember each & every word that I wrote…The topic for the %$##^^^&&* grrrrrrrr (damn..who asked u to press that lever....)grrrr....drrrr…..zzzz….&^%$ &*()…………… (Engine stops)

me: ??? where am I now??? where s the time machine???
colleague : hello sir...plz get up...get back to work...
me: grrrr.... back to work??? excuse me....its monday morning...12.00 noon...'ve not yet started...yet to start!!!
colleague : s it... neways...long week ahead...happy working!!!

Power of 3

2008-03-28T14:54:00.016+05:30

hmm...one thing that i admire in this Universe....

The power of 3

wondering y??? donno the reason???

May b coz Earth s the 3rd planet n our solar system...
s it coz earth s divided into 3 parts - Core, mantle & crust...
s it coz earth s made 3 states of matter - Solid, Liquid & Gas...
r s it coz their atom s made of 3 parts - photons, electrons, & neutrons...

even i dint really donno the answer...but still i admire...

some reasons that come to my mind...

3 in Hinduism- Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva...
3 in Christianity - Trinity - in the name of father, son & the holy spirit...
3 in Islam - pilgrimage cities - Mecca, Medina & Jerusalam...

3 University degrees - Graduates, Post graduates & Doctrates...
3 Basic colours - Red, Blue & Green...
3 wickets in row in cricket - Hatrik..

I m sure 3 s not my lucky number... but still i admire the power of 3...

SAW !!!

2008-03-26T18:39:00.020+05:30

HOW MUCH BLOOD WOULD YOU SHED TO STAY ALIVE!!!

Ths s theme of the film….

The mooost horrible movie that I saw in my entire life...

The theme of the film - Blood....flesh...bones....scream...haul....

Two men who find themselves locked in a disused bathroom with instructions for one to kill the other, or he and his family will be killed in turn...

Should see the movie n the theatre…with DTS/Dolby surround ambience…
Sure half the ppl n the theatre will die n heart attack…

Shot on a smaller budget of about US$1.2 million, it earned over $55 million at the box office in the U.S. alone and $102,917,772 worldwide… Isn’t that too huge…

Jaimeflake!!!

2008-03-25T16:58:00.022+05:30

Jaimeflake!!! Does this word look odd???
May be…but only a few will know the meaning…

The one thing I miss n my life…
The place where we proposed the ‘Doctrine of Jaimeflake’
It’s nothing but…our college…RIT…Royal Indian Tigers ;)

Regency Institute of Technology

New millennium… new college… new tutors…
New people…new friends…so exciting…coz that was 2000
No seniors…No ragging…No fear…
No classrooms…No hostel…No transport…coz that was RIT…under construction

Still can’t forget those sweet days of Karim Manzil…
Coz that was the first place where we all met…tHe gANG – sole members of Jaimeflake

Some rare definitions!!! (Plz don’t ask me the meaning…)

Pavan Raj Coolhome: My pocket money s his &^%$%
Lakshmi Ganapathy: donno who s that great soul…yummy!!! May his soul rest n peace
Chandrakala Lodge: (sorry hostel): ppl would ve got clean water from the tank if
we were not stayed n roof top...
Saturday Night Party: The incident that made everyone n the hostel to assemble for the last time...
The Lake: The place where Ram started... & the place where Krish ended...
Train concession: still remember our dean's scribblingssss (so called signature)
Old Age Home: Supposed to b a place where old aged ppl stay..instead...
ELECTRES: An association that was formed with lots n lots of hopes...
Pinnacle: Height/Summit/peak/Apex....but our 'pinnacle' was antonym for Pinnacle
Endure to ensure success: Hats off to the person who gave the caption...
Mighty Mech: The power of unity...

Last but not least….

Jaimeflake:

The name given for the fond memories of Karim Manzil , Chandrakala, A section, Boys hostel , RIT venturers, Bus rides, Juniors, Fights, love affairs, pecofes, bathing in the overhead tanks, those suspensions, memos, train journeys, sentiments, dialogues, dust bin, College day, Kakinada...

nice memories to carry with throughout our lives..