Wishing a very Happy and Prosperous 2008

Isn't it amazing that George Carlin - comedian of the 70's and 80's - could write something so very eloquent...and so very appropriate.

A Message by George Carlin:The paradox of our time in history is that we have taller buildings but shorter tempers, wider Freeways , but narrower viewpoints. We spend more, but have less, we buy more, but enjoy less.

We have bigger houses and smaller families, more conveniences, but less time. We have more degrees but less sense, more knowledge, but less judgment, more experts, yet more problems, more medicine, but less wellness.We drink too much, smoke too much, spend too recklessly, laugh too little, drive too fast, get too angry, stay up too late, get up too tired, read too little, watch TV too much,and pray too seldom.We have multiplied our possessions, but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often.We've learned how to make a living, but not a life.

We've added years to life not life to years. We've been all the way to the moon and back, but have trouble crossing the street to meet a new neighbor. We conquered outer space but not inner space. We've done larger things, but not better things.We've cleaned up the air, but polluted the soul. We've conquered the atom, but not our prejudice. We write more, but learn less. We plan more, but accomplish less.

We've learned to rush, but not to wait. We build more computers to hold more information, to produce more copies than ever, but we communicate less and less.These are the times of fast foods and slow digestion , big men and small character, steep profits and shallow relationships. These are the days of two incomes but more divorce, fancier houses, but broken homes. These are days of quick trips, disposable diapers, throwaway morality, one night stands, overweight bodies, and pills that do everything from cheer, to quiet, to kill. It is a time when there is much in the showroom window and nothing in the stockroom.

A time when technology can bring this letter to you, and at a time when you can choose either to share this insight, or to just hit delete...A kiss and an embrace will mend hurt when it comes from deep inside of you.Remember to hold hands and cherish the moment for someday that person will not be there again.Give time to love, give time to speak! And give time to share the precious thoughts in your mind.AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. -

Wishing a very Happy and Prosperous 2008

I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE,Orkut is banned you fool

Recently my friend was getting the following message when he opens mozilla firefox

I DNT HATE MOZILLA BUT USE IE OR ELSE..."
"USE INTERNET EXPLORER U DOPE"

And when he opens Internet Explorer and types orkut.com a message pops out saying

"Orkut is banned you fool, The administrators didnt write this program guess who did?? MUHAHAHA!!" with title ORKUT IS BANNED

If u r facing the same problem ,follow the below steps to remove it

1. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL and go to the processes tab


2. Look for svchost.exe under the image name. There will be many but look for the ones which have your username under the username



3. Press DEL to kill these files. It will give you a warning, Press Yes



4. Repeat for more svchost.exe files with your username and repeat. Do not kill svchost.exe with system, local service or network service!



5. Now open My Computer



6. In the address bar, type C:\heap41a and press enter. It is a hidden folder, and is not visible by default.



7. Delete all the files here



9. Now go to Start --> Run and type Regedit



10. Go to the menu Edit --> Find



11. Type "heap41a" here and press enter. You will get something like this "[winlogon] C:\heap41a\svchost.exe C:\heap(some number)\std.txt"



12. Select that and Press DEL. It will ask "Are you sure you wanna delete this value", click Yes



13. Now close the registry editor.


And delete file name as autorun.inf from hard disk drive and from pen drive.

Seven Simple Promises That Will Change Your Life

Seven Simple Promises That Will Change Your Life

Monday's Promise:
Responsibility I will take complete responsibility for my health, my happiness, my success, and my life, and will not blame others for my problems.

Tuesday's Promise:
Accountability I will not allow low self-esteem, self-limiting beliefs, or the negativity of others to prevent me from achieving my authentic goals and from becoming the person I am meant to be.

Wednesday's Promise:
Determination I will do the things I'm afraid to do, but which I know should be done. Sometimes this will mean asking for help to do that which I cannot do by myself.

Thursday's Promise:
Contribution I will earn the help I need in advance by helping other people now, and repay the help I receive by serving others later.

Friday's Promise:
Resilience I will face rejection and failure with courage, awareness, and perseverance, making these experiences the platform for future acceptance and success.

Saturday's Promise:
Choice I will have faith that, though I might not understand why adversity happens, by my conscious choice I can find strength, compassion, and grace through my trials.

Sunday's Promise:
My faith and my gratitude for all that I have been blessed with will shine through in my attitudes and in my actions.

Prachi Desai has won the Jhalak Dikhalaja 2

Prachi Desai has won the 'Jhalak Dikhalaja 2', the celebrity dance show. The 18-year-old beat Sandhya Mridul and Jay Bhanushali to win the title.The winner's name was declared by Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar.Prachi plays the protagonist Bani in Ekta's serial Kasamh se on Zee TV. The second season of the reality show ran for 13 weeks and had 26 episodes. Jeetendra, Shiamak Davar and Urmila Matondkar were the celebrity judges on the show.

The woman in your life

This is a beautiful article:
The woman in your life...very well expressed...


Tomorrow you may get a working woman, but you should marry with these facts
as well.


Here is a girl, who is as much educated as you are;


Who is earning almost as much as you do;


One, who has dreams and aspirations just as you have because she is as
human as you are;


One, who has never entered the kitchen in her life just like you or your
Sister haven't, as she was busy in studies and competing in a system that
gives no special concession to girls for their culinary achievements


One, who has lived and loved her parents & brothers & sisters, almost as
much as you do for 20-25 years of her life;


One, who has bravely agreed to leave behind all that, her home, people who
love her, to adopt your home, your family, your ways and even your family
,name


One, who is somehow expected to be a master-chef from day #1, while you
sleep oblivious to her predicament in her new circumstances, environment
and that kitchen


One, who is expected to make the tea, first thing in the morning and cook
food at the end of the day, even if she is as tired as you are, maybe more,
and yet never ever expected to complain; to be a servant, a cook, a mother,
a wife, even if she doesn't want to; and is learning just like you are as
to what you want from her; and is clumsy and sloppy at times and knows that
you won't like it if she is too demanding, or if she learns faster than
you;


One, who has her own set of friends, and that includes boys and even men at
her workplace too, those, who she knows from school days and yet is willing
to put all that on the back-burners to avoid your irrational jealousy,
unnecessary competition and your inherent insecurities;


Yes, she can drink and dance just as well as you can, but won't, simply
because you won't like it, even though you say otherwise


One, who can be late from work once in a while when deadlines, just like
yours, are to be met;


One, who is doing her level best and wants to make this most important
relationship in her entire life a grand success, if you just help her some
and trust her;


One, who just wants one thing from you, as you are the only one she knows
in your entire house - your unstinted support, your sensitivities and most
importantly - your understanding, or love, if you may call it.


But not many guys understand this......


Please appreciate "HER"

Practice Uncommon Appreciation by Jack Canfield

Practice Uncommon Appreciation
by Jack Canfield

If asked, could you name the five wealthiest people in the world, or five people who have won the Nobel Prize, or the last five Academy Award winners for best actor and actress? The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday. When the applause dies, the awards tarnish, and achievements are forgotten; no one cares about who won which award.

But if I asked you to list five teachers or mentors who believed in you and encouraged you, five friends who have helped you through a difficult time, five people who have taught you something worthwhile, or five people who have made you feel appreciated and special - that's much easier to do, isn't it?

That's because the people who make a difference in your life aren't the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards. They're the ones who care. If you want to be remembered for being important to someone else's life, make them feel appreciated.

Appreciation as a Secret of Success

Another important reason for being in a state of appreciation as often as possible is that when you are in such a state, you are in one of the highest emotional states possible.

When you are in a state of appreciation and gratitude, you are in a state of abundance. You are appreciating what you do in stead of focusing on, and complaining about, what you don't have. Your focus is on what you have received... and you always get more of what you focus on. And because the law of attraction states that like attracts like, the more you are in a state of gratitude, the more you will attract to be grateful for. It becomes an upward-spiraling process of ever-increasing abundance that just keeps getting better and better.

Think about it. The more grateful people are for the gifts we give them, the more inclined we are to give them more gifts. Their gratitude and appreciation reinforces our giving. The same principle holds true on a universal and spiritual level as it does on an interpersonal level.

Keeping Score

When I first learned about the power of appreciation, it made total sense to me. However, it was still something that I forgot to do. I hadn't yet turned it into a habit. A valuable technique that I employed to help me lock in this new habit was to carry a 3" x 5" card in my pocket all day, and every time I acknowledged and appreciated someone, I would place a check mark on the card. I would not allow myself to go to bed until I had appreciated 10 people. If it was late in the evening and I didn't have 10 check marks, I would appreciate my wife and children, I would send an e-mail to several staff, or I would write a letter to my mother or stepfather. I did whatever it took until it became an unconscious habit.

And remember... take time to appreciate yourself, too!

Row over 2020 emissions goal sours Bali climate talks

The European Union took a veiled swipe at the United States at climate talks in Bali on Tuesday over Washington's efforts to remove tough 2020 emissions guidelines for rich nations from draft text.

U.N. climate talks in Bali have become dominated by disputes about whether a final text, or Bali roadmap, should omit any reference to scientific evidence that rich nations should axe greenhouse gas emissions by 25 to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2020.

Any watering down or outright removal of this non-binding range would anger developing nations, who are demanding rich nations do more to cut their own greenhouse gas emissions.

The row has overshadowed a separate finance ministers meeting in Bali and 10th anniversary celebrations for the Kyoto Protocol.

Western Digital blocks sharing of Music and Audio files

One of the world's largest hard disk manufacturers has blocked its customers from sharing online their media files that are stored on networked drives.

Western Digital says the decision to block sharing of music and audio files is an anti-piracy effort.

The ban operates regardless of whether the files are copy-protected, or a user's own home-produced content.

Digital activists say it is the latest step in a so-called war on copyright theft that is damaging consumer rights.

The shift to a digital world in which all forms of content, from books, music, and TV programmes to films, can be shared effortlessly around the world between people with an internet connection has produced an unprecedented upheaval in attitudes to media, copyright and consumer rights.

Professional content producers have struggled to adapt to this changing world and deal with rampant copyright infringement that threatens to undermine their businesses.


Digital restrictions management... is a restriction of our rights
Peter Brown, Free Software Foundation

The most popular method of copyright control in the digital age, Digital Rights Management (DRM), is a software - and sometimes hardware - solution designed to prevent copying and to control how different forms of media are used.

Peter Brown of the Free Software Foundation, a leading anti-DRM campaigner, said: "DRM and filtering attempts by firms like Western Digital are an attempt to take control of our computers.

US central bank set to cut rates

The US central bank is expected to cut interest rates by a quarter percentage point to 4.25% when Federal Reserve officials meet on Tuesday.

Analysts predict the Fed will cut rates for the third time in 2007 to boost economic growth and ease the impact of the housing crisis and credit crunch.

But a half point cut is less likely, analysts say, given that more jobs were created in November than expected.

The meeting on Tuesday will be the final one of the year.

The bank is expected to make its announcement on interest rates at 1915 GMT.