tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80326150858604021962024-03-13T00:50:43.346-07:00Pacific Passions!Surfers Halt- Synopsis of varied topics like the upcoming trends, Book Reviews, Places to visit, some desultory thoughts & some verses by a feisty soulPacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-20630409102044611302015-01-13T01:03:00.003-08:002015-01-13T03:20:16.466-08:00Pacific Passion's is back!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My long absence from blogging had left people wondering if I
have got very busy, No! The fact is you can always take out time for something
you like. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As always the lazy procrastinator starts with the list
of excuses, this time the smell of the soil and the beauty of the greens have
caught my eyes and we started a little garden of our own, which grew up, the
winds carried the fragrance and the beauty spread miles, inviting competitors
from the neighborhood and home, my mother and my mother in law the great
influencers have taken up the task and both of them have beautiful gardens at
home, expressing their joy to the passer by’s and visitors. The procrastinator
who initiated slowly stepped back and the poor mothers are left with watering and
nurturing the plants. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Last year had been a wonderful blessing in our life, "lup-dup, lup-dup" the first sign of life, followed by countless days of waiting which ended with a
little cry breaking our sunny noon with tears of joy, the most precious gift in
the world. Both families were filled with joy announcing the new arrival to
their near and dear ones. We entered parenthood and life has taken a new turn. Throughout
the journey of bringing a little one to see this world I experienced kindness
from people I knew and from people I did not know, this shows there are enough
good people left in this world, the same world also had very few people who had
been indifferent and used up the situation as an opportunity, anyways life is
not worth talking about them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I did like kids and enjoyed playing with them when they
belonged to others, my little innocent one has proved having one at home could
be even more joyful. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first cry, the first look, the first smile, the cooing and
the joyful playing all stay recorded ever green in my mind and thanks to the world
of media they have filled up the space in the storage device as well. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The long peaceful nights are awakened with little noises,
the Christmas carols have changed to lullabies. Toothless smiles are demanding
more time and attention. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here’s another excuse for staying away from blogging:)</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pacific Passions has hooked up enough for the long absence.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The New Year has begun with new hopes and new resolutions. I
will be back soon with some interesting posts.</span></div>
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Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-87617359316598567342013-03-11T01:58:00.000-07:002013-03-11T07:52:32.679-07:00SQL Developer Error – Unable to create an instance of the Java Virtual Machine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I recently installed SQL Developer on my machine and when I click on the exe file I received the below error. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cause: As from the message the error is related to virtual memory allocation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Resolution Steps:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Go to the path where SQL Developer is installed, <SQLDEVELOPER>/jdev/bin/ide.conf<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Search for ‘AddVMOption –Xmx’ <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The memory allocated could be higher, in my case it was AddVMOption –Xmx640M, Changing it to ‘AddVMOption -Xmx256M’ worked fine. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-42607508028463386582013-01-17T07:39:00.002-08:002013-01-17T08:07:36.090-08:00What man Santa!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Have you heard the latest Christmas Song?<br />
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Then why wait... watch this one........ really hilarious!<br />
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And if you wish to sing the song. Here are the lyrics<br />
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Aee Peter what happen man?<br />
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40 years I have removed<br />
Waiting for the fat man in red hood<br />
England to Poland he will roam’<br />
But Santa he don’t come my home? (REPEAT STANZA)<br />
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What man santa why you do this?<br />
Why don’t you come peter home?<br />
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Ask the Padre, Ask the postman<br />
I invite him every season<br />
But Santa won’t come no rhyme no reason<br />
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Give one kanfaad man<br />
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What man Santa what you up to?<br />
Why don’t you come Peter home?<br />
What man Santa why you do this?<br />
Why don’t you come Peter home?<br />
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All my hair has become grey<br />
Waiting for the sound of the sleigh<br />
Every Xmas I miss mass<br />
But Santa he never come paas<br />
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What man Santa why you do this?<br />
Why don’t you come Peter home?<br />
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Ask the Padre, Ask the postman<br />
I invite him every season<br />
But Santa won’t come no rhyme no reason<br />
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Give one kanfaad man<br />
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What man Santa why you do this?<br />
Why don’t you come Peter home?<br />
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Are What man Santa.. What man Santa?<br />
Why don’t you come Peter home?<br />
What man Santa.. What man Santa?<br />
Why don’t you come to Jimmy’s home?<br />
What man Santa.. What man Santa?<br />
Why don’t you come to Johnny’s home?<br />
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Now I will stop.. I have no hope<br />
Next Christmas I am going to invite the Pope!<br />
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Merry Christmas!<br />
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Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-6413231605297347202012-12-31T09:21:00.002-08:002013-01-17T07:14:30.449-08:00Seasons of Passing Clouds!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To the
readers who have been checking for new posts, sincere apologies for a long
absence. I know its been really very long and the chronic procrastinator begins list of excuses. This time it was totally laziness laziness laziness.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As the last
dusk of the year fades the skies, I try and pen down my memories the last year
has bought and new hopes for the coming year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYbD0xjizOn3jb9mrKcjudFuM5bZiSd7IFbDUzO9eSgwSUOk-1fJmogN4uSLeuUPmtd6h9AkCJ0teMUMgaD_f6IH8EK66G5H-FYAz7OIz_8-DxUU2zZ2sVO6buQePwmYAvaLOo_kO4Mj_/s1600/resol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYbD0xjizOn3jb9mrKcjudFuM5bZiSd7IFbDUzO9eSgwSUOk-1fJmogN4uSLeuUPmtd6h9AkCJ0teMUMgaD_f6IH8EK66G5H-FYAz7OIz_8-DxUU2zZ2sVO6buQePwmYAvaLOo_kO4Mj_/s1600/resol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"> </a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">A friend called up and asked what your resolution is for the New Year. I smiled and said it’s the </span>same as the last year; it hasn't changed since a long time. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s 1366x768. Anyways that was an old joke.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The last
year has added many more chapters to the so called life. A few people who were just acquaintances have
turned out to be good buddies. Having changed to a new job recently has brought
in many new people, leaving behind the sorrows of biding good bye to good old
friends at work place and making a move. Everything adds to a page in Pacific
Passion’s diary. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This year
has bought in many excitements in my life. The outings with families and friends,
the long discussions and planning done with friends, the deep sorrow and tears at the breakdown of
my mother’s health. The days spent at
the hospital. All thanks to the almighty for her speedy recovery. Met some of
the good old friends, my batch mates, we never know how times passes by. Glad
that many of them are doing well though problems seem to be a part of life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Life seems
to like an ocean with constant tides, sometimes the waves are high and
sometimes low and calm. Pacific Passion continues to live in own sweet world
and is happy as ever before. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I remember these lines from the beautiful song</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> "In his time"</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span>
<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;">IN HIS TIME, IN HIS TIME</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;">HE MAKES ALL THINGS BEAUTIFUL IN HIS TIME</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;">LORD, PLEASE SHOW ME EVERYDAY</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;">AS YOU'RE TEACHING ME YOUR WAY</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;">AND I'LL DO JUST WHAT YOU SAY</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;">IN YOUR TIME</span></b><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;"><b>THERE'S A TIME, THERE'S A TIME</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;"><b>BOTH FOR SOWING AND FOR REAPING THERE'S A TIME</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;"><b>TIME FOR JOY AND TIME FOR PAIN</b></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #4c4c4c; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18.16666603088379px; text-align: justify;"><b>EVERY PURPOSE UNDER HEAVEN HAS A TIME</b></span><br />
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Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-38871989551545334442012-09-26T04:05:00.002-07:002013-03-01T00:08:15.058-08:00While a boredom ATTACK<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Stuck while a boredom attack<br />
Time stands still all the while<br />
Thoughts piled up the memory racks<br />
Imagination has taken me miles<br />
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From the present to future and past<br />
The days of sunshine and storms<br />
The episodes flashed by pretty fast<br />
I never envisioned this form<br />
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The roads I travelled<br />
The people I met<br />
The occasions I marvelled<br />
Moments never to forget<br />
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The times I was insane<br />
The Overwhelming joys and inner despairs<br />
Come to the mind again and again<br />
And the heart fills with humble prayers<br />
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All That time made the difference<br />
When I see the transformation<br />
Priceless time it is for me<br />
that brings new hope and resolution</div>
Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-81665501861852371592012-09-20T00:37:00.003-07:002012-09-20T22:06:42.424-07:00All that goes UP comes UP… Time to Shut UP!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Today being an off, I get sometime to spend on blogging. Recently I have read an article regarding the usage of Up, interesting enough to put down in my blog. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">The actual source is anonymous. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">two-letter word, and that is "</span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">It's easy to understand </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">? At a meeting,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">We seem to be pretty mixed </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> about </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">! To be knowledgeable about the</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">proper uses of ‘</span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">’, look for the word ‘</span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">’ in the dictionary. In a</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">desk-sized dictionary, it takes </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> almost 1/4th of the page and can add </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">to about thirty definitions. If you are </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> to it, you might try building </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">a list of the many ways </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> is used. It will take </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> a lot of your time, but</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">if you don't give </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, you may wind </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> with a hundred or more. When it</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">When it doesn't rain for a while, things dry </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">, for now my time is </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">UP</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">,</span></span></div>
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Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-32095592037737743632012-09-17T08:10:00.001-07:002012-09-20T22:08:08.501-07:00The seven wonders of the world!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I know I haven’t been taking out time regularly for blogging since long and here begins my list of excuses. The monsoons have just started, drenching in the rains and the frequent travels put me on bed with cold and a mild cough. It ruins your plans when you have to put on a blanket and rest whole day even more when it's a weekend. You should have got used to the list by now. Thanks to the people who have been regularly refreshing this site for new posts.<br />
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To keep up with my interest all I could remember worth putting in my blog is a sermon I heard last week.<br />
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Once a teacher asked a group of children to list what they thought were the present "Seven Wonders of the World”.<br />
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Though they were slight differences, most of them answered<br />
1. Egypt's Great Pyramids<br />
2. Taj Mahal<br />
3. Grand Canyon<br />
4. Panama Canal<br />
5. Empire State Building<br />
6. St. Peter's Basilica<br />
7. China's Great Wall<br />
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The teacher noted that one child had not finished her paper.<br />
So she asked the girl if she was having trouble with her list. The girl replied, "Yes, a little. I couldn't quite make up my mind because there were so many.“ The teacher said, "Well, tell us what you have, and maybe I can help".<br />
"The girl hesitated, then read: "I think the 'Seven Wonders of the World' are:<br />
1. To See...<br />
2. To Hear...<br />
3. To Touch...<br />
4. To Taste...<br />
5. To Feel...<br />
6. To Laugh...<br />
7. And to Love.“<br />
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The room turned quiet. The things we overlook as simple and ordinary and that we take for granted are truly wondrous!<br />
Many a times we forget to admire the wonders around us. <span style="background-color: #cccccc;">The most precious things in life cannot be built by hand or bought by man.</span><br />
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The difference in the answers was just a difference in the thinking.<span style="background-color: #cccccc;"> Two people can see the same thing, disagree, and yet both be right. It's not logical; it's psychological.</span><br />
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change<br />
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Isn't this ture?<span style="background-color: #cccccc;"> “We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.”</span><br />
― Stephen R. Covey, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change<br />
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Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-60205177101092757882012-06-14T04:24:00.000-07:002012-08-10T01:14:01.899-07:00A Day Out With Family And Friends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It stuck in my mind quite a few times a day that I need to get back to blogging however to sit with my fingers on to keep from typing what I was thinking took some time for the lazy me.<br />
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As every year this year to we planned for a family outing to <span class="st"><i>Alleppey</i></span> (Allappuzha), this time I had a few friends also joining who wanted to visit Kerala. Gosh! The thought itself was fascinating, the planning went for over a month and still the last minute hitches were unavoidable. My friends had initiated the plan with a white lie to their parents that they were to attend a friend’s wedding. Updates of the illusory descriptions of the wedding to the anxious parents were all the more entertaining and covered the entire journey like ads in a television at regular intervals.<br />
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It was a 3 days plan, of which first day was spent at home, we had a view of the woods, an introduction to my family members, had a look at the strange pets my aunt had, a visit to our parish church and of course a photo session.</div>
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The next day we were all prepared for alleppey, The plan was to start at 9:00 AM in the morning to alleppey and on the way to halt at kumarakom, As planned a group of young, old and children all singing and dancing and in their high spirits set of for the exciting journey. Realized a day out and the sight of the peaceful seas, the singing birds overwhelm everyone alike. At 10 AM we reached Kumarakom, We enjoyed an hour boating in the Vembanad Lake, sight of a few species of birds and were off to shores to continue with the adventures planed for the day. On the way we were flabbergasted at the sight of the beautiful paddy fields, the coconuts trees lined up, the ducks sailing, the scenic beauties of the backwaters and lagoons of Vembanad, Kuttanad, Alleppey and Kottayam districts. At noon we had our lunch (biryani's) at a restaurant near alleppey. The lunch wasn't that great as the Hyderabad Biryani's from paradise... kind off managed...<br />
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We reached alleppey beach in the late afternoon, the sight of the sand dunes traveling with the winds was fascinating to speculate. We played in the waters in the hot sun till our skins tanned in the heat. <i>Kadal palam </i>a pier which extends to the seas distinctly identifies alleppey beach from the rest. It now stands as a mere skeleton as most of it is damaged in the tsunami. There's a beautiful garden on the sea shore, where we spent the evening under the shades of trees, peddling boats and eating. We were all exhausted at dusk and were on our foot’s back home. On returning we found we didn’t return empty handed we carried a lot of sand with us from the shores. And finally it was time for us to wrap up our baggage and head of to our destination. Train journeys are also wonderful when you go as a group. It was indeed a memorable trip.</div>
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It’s been long since I have posted something. Not the fact that I forgot I’m into blogging, was just trying to get accustomed to the new work environment, the new place, new people around. Look I have already started giving excuses, let me give a full stop to it here and tell about some interesting moments meeting some of the old buddies who have got graduated with me years back. </div>
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You never realize how old you’ve grown with time until you meet your old companions. Last weekend met some of my old friends whom I have known since 7-8 years. Something brought us together over a cup of creamed coffee over the weekend. It’s a pleasure talking to an old friend because they know the craziest things you have ever done, your wired ambitions, and you can be just yourself. Our get-together took us back to lanes where we talked and fought. At one point of time the biggest problem in life was getting a good score or escaping from being caught bunking a class, the greatest achievement was getting placed in one of the top firms, being thrown out of the class for a silly reason as talking was considered the biggest crime, Sharing the lunch box was an utmost satisfaction; A Lecturer being absent was a reason to merry, Participating in the cultural events was an easiest option to gain attendance. Project work and record submissions were the toughest met deadlines. Mass bunking was the greatest planned activity.. Jumping out of the window from class and Proxies were the norms. The Chat Bandar in the 6<sup>th</sup> lane was our favorite hangout.</div>
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I still remember them as they were years back, for the naughty things done in class and today glad to see the transformation, the clarity in thoughts. They are now turned to be the buddies to whom I can discuss anything, reach out for an advice. Each of us choose a different path and are back with our experiences. The nostalgic movements had made us travel back in time. As time passes we gradually evolved as human beings, we develop our own opinions and thoughts, we face and overcome the bigger problems in life, we understand what the other person thinks is not as foolish as it sounds, seen the maturity in the discussions. As each day passed by yesterday becomes history, a few moments gets registered to our memory. Relishing the funny instances forced us to bring out the forgotten selves buried within and the fact that we haven’t changed we just grew with time. <br />
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Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-81213593648537518782011-11-11T23:50:00.000-08:002011-11-13T02:25:49.892-08:00A Journey<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I travel through my thoughts, As I walk down the streets,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Suddenly I halt, When a flash of memory beeps</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I realize I’am in a distant land, far away from near and dear</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Amidst the blowing wind and sand, creating a rear</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">I travel alone in the void, without any direction</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Endless I toil, with all objections</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Don’t know yet where the path takes me, never ending is my journey</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;">Deep within lies a plea, to par the set boundary</span></div></div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-84076611805572390422011-11-01T21:21:00.000-07:002012-08-10T01:17:33.743-07:00Cruising from Stockholm to Finland<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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If you happen to visit Stockholm the overnight cruise journey connecting two beautiful Scandinavian countries Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland is something you must not miss. Both these countries have the typical European look. It was the first time I had traveled by ship and I always thought the journeys would be quite boring as you get to see only the waters on all sides, contradictory to my perception I never thought I was traveling. As we entered, the crew welcomed and guided us to our cabins. We placed our baggage in the cabins and walked out to have a view of the cruise. The cruise ferries are well designed. A quick glance made me wonder how the massive buildings with 10+ floors with all facilities float on water with such high speed just as a paper boat. You get almost everything inside. There were shopping malls, restaurants and bars, casino games and several other activities organized for each age group that kills your time till you reach your destination. We sat spectating as the old couples and children danced, tried our luck with the casino games until all the Euros we got exchanged were swallowed slowly by the machine. We attended the music orchestras done some shopping in the malls, sat chit-chatting pulling each others leg by then it was already dawn, got ready took our baggage and landed beside the heaps of snow forming a fence separating the Baltic seas from the land at the Helsinki harbor. Despite of the unconditional weather we threw snow balls at each other. We visited the museums nearby, done some window shopping, for shopping Stockholm is a better place. Oops when you travel to a foreign country how can you return home without gifts & sweets. The ferry had all varieties of chocolates from Europe especially the famous ones from Switzerland. Nokia Company is of a Finnish origin; we visited the Nokia manufactures at Helsinki and were back with mobiles in gift packs. By then the clock stuck 3 and it was time to get back to the cruise which was all set to leave at 4:00 PM. The view of the Scandinavian cities from the cruise was just mesmerizing. On my way back I spent time watching the beautiful small landscapes that passed through my eyes walking up the photographer in me. I tried clicking a few pictures. The time we traveled was January and the temperature was -18° Celsius, the unbearable cool breeze from the Baltic seas froze my hands as I clicked a few pictures, added to that my choosy nature when it comes to food made me survive with just water and a desert for the whole trip. A few pictures are added to the gallery, they are displayed at the end of this page. </div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-44619431763701347692011-10-22T04:06:00.000-07:002011-10-22T04:06:21.008-07:00Wonders of God’s Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">In the morning dew drops<br />
Engrossing waking eyes to stop<br />
In the silence of the breeze<br />
The rhythm of the humming bees<br />
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In the calmness of the night<br />
The reflection of the moon light<br />
In the countless stars that shine<br />
Amidst the darkness in haphazard line<br />
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In every tiny drop of rain<br />
That seasons a harvest grain<br />
In singing of flock of birds<br />
A sequence of unknown words<br />
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In the pastures of the country side<br />
The rise and fall of every tide<br />
In a ray of light that glare<br />
You paint a rainbow in the air<br />
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In every beam of the rising sun<br />
You shower your blessings on loved ones<br />
In every sprouting tender leaf<br />
You send your message as relief<br />
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In the fragrance of the flowers<br />
You spread the magic of your powers<br />
God I thank you for everything<br />
For this life & joy your creation brings</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-27382934092745966242011-10-22T04:03:00.000-07:002011-10-22T04:03:13.298-07:00Deception Point by Dan Brown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The mysteries in Deception Point are around NASA. As in all other Dan’s<br />
books the characters in this book are also copies of encyclopedias. I<br />
wonder from where he gets all smart people who solve big mysteries with<br />
small clues. Rachel Sexton the daughter of a Presidential nominee an<br />
intelligence agent is called to verify the authenticity of a meteoroid that<br />
NASA discovers in the depths of the icy Arctic Ocean. The discovery proved<br />
that there exists life on planets other than on earth as there was a fossil<br />
of an insect buried on the rock. Everybody was proud of NASA’s victory.<br />
Experts proved that the rock is extraterrestrial. Just before they are<br />
about to share the results Michael Tolland a famous oceanographer and<br />
Rachel discover a deadly deception in the discovery. In this novel Rachel<br />
plays the role of Robert Langdon. Rachel and Michael go hunting for the<br />
truth. Some of their friends who were involved in testing the authenticity<br />
of the rock lose their lives in the trial. There are lots of twists as to<br />
who is behind the plot at every turning point. The motive behind the plot<br />
is fame and political gain. Towards the end all the missing piece of<br />
information is intelligently arranged at the correct places. Rachel and<br />
Michael cross all the big hurdles and finally put forth the truth before<br />
the public. The genius brains with all the information they have about<br />
outer space, earthly object, oceanology, blah blah blah decipher each code.<br />
The book was quite thought provoking.</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-75327086881046543662011-10-20T21:19:00.000-07:002011-12-04T22:22:20.828-08:00The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This book is woven around the Masons and Noetic Science. Dan tries to<br />
explain that religious implications of miracles are possible through<br />
Science. Science and religion are the same however religion teaches<br />
mankind, Science does not teach one to be a good human being. Dan describes<br />
Masons as not a secret society but a society with secrets. At certain<br />
places I found the description quite scary with lots of skulls and bones.<br />
Malakh the villain in this story also looked dangerous. The book mainly<br />
talks of ancient wisdom as the hidden treasure and through science we are<br />
rediscovering the lost knowledge that our ancestors already possessed. The<br />
story is about one family “The Solomon’s” who are considered as one of the<br />
wealthiest family. Solomon is a freemason with a 33rd degree. Katherine his<br />
sister is a scientist and her area of study is Noetic science. She conducts<br />
and documents a number of experiments in her highly sophisticated lab<br />
presented by her brother. Through an experiment of a dying man she proves<br />
that there exist soul and is different from the body and the soul has mass.<br />
The illuminati in the story is a prodigal son of Solomon who accepts wealth<br />
for wisdom and choices his own way of living, later realizes he has made a<br />
wrong choice and kidnaps his father to gain access to the ancient wisdom.<br />
In this trail he cuts the hand of his father and displays it in a museum.<br />
Robert Langdon is called to decipher the symbols and Katherine joins him in<br />
tracing her missing brother. There are a lot of references to religion,<br />
numerology, ancient history, Noetic science and physics. Freemasonry is<br />
highly explained. The whole story is around Washington DC. Dan describes<br />
Washington as not just a capital city but a place with hidden secrets.<br />
This book held more suspense, than the other books I read. I didn’t like<br />
the way it ended. When the secrets were revealed there were quite ordinary<br />
things, there was nothing much surprising when compared to the plot to<br />
acquire and safeguard it from going into the wrong hands. First half was<br />
quite interesting. The religious term sacrifice is well explained. This<br />
book is the third in Robert Langdon Series a continuation of Da Vinci Code.<br />
This book was initially named “The Solomon’s Key” and was later renamed to<br />
“The Lost Symbol”.</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-87486447296955930592011-10-19T21:03:00.001-07:002011-10-19T21:03:45.139-07:00Angels and Demons by Dan Brown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Angels and Demons was the first book written by Dan Brown that has invoked<br />
conspiracies within the Catholic Church. The story is featured around Rome<br />
and the Vatican City and focuses more on explaining the relation between<br />
science and religion. This book also begins with a murder investigation of<br />
Leonardo Vetra who was a catholic priest with an interest in science.<br />
Leonardo Vetra along with his adopted daughter works on a life changing<br />
experiment Big Bang in which they create a substance called Anti Matter<br />
(opposite of Matter) which could become a powerful weapon. I found the<br />
existence of Anti Matter quite ridiculous; however it went well with the<br />
story. Verta was killed by illuminati and the canister containing<br />
antimatter was stolen to destroy the Vatican City followed by a treat to<br />
kill the four cardinals of the church one by one who were the most eligible<br />
persons to become the Pope. Robert Langdon is called up to solve the puzzle<br />
and to stop the disaster. In this book also we have an intelligent women<br />
Victoria who wants to avenge her fathers death. It’s a suspenseful thriller<br />
with lots of mysteries. Solving the mysteries require expertise in Art,<br />
Science, Religion, Symbology etc. They are a few characters who creep in on<br />
time, share critical information that help deciphering the codes and moving<br />
the story forward. The regular Dan’s style of writing novels only the<br />
puzzles and situations differ each time. Forgot to mention we have the<br />
police also following right from the beginning creating hindrances to<br />
Landgon’s move. This is also a part of Dan’s style of writing.</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-23300608432202533142011-10-18T21:22:00.001-07:002011-10-19T04:04:37.001-07:00Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Da Vinci Code was the first book of Dan Brown that I read. It’s a<br />
continuation of Angels and Demons though I read it in the reverse order.<br />
The book begins with a brutal murder investigation and ends revealing the<br />
secret behind the Holy Grail. There is good suspense hidden in the series<br />
of puzzles, deciphering one opens a door for the next one. As you reach the<br />
end the book Dan explains how Leonardo Da Vinci has hidden a secret of the<br />
ancient times in his art “The Last Supper” to pass the information to<br />
future generation. Sophia the main female character in the story learns<br />
about her family line. The book was well written however it didn’t just<br />
reveal the murder mystery instead was based around divine mystery that had<br />
questioned faith of the multitudes. Hence it was not received well by the<br />
critics and there are an enormous controversies raised as the story is<br />
against the Roman Catholic faith. I diplomatically overlooked the<br />
conspiracies it carried and considered it just as another story book. As a<br />
friction thriller I would definitely rate it high. There is a lot of<br />
research and intelligence that has gone into writing this book, there are<br />
enough suspense’s to hold the attention of the readers till the end. Right<br />
from the Fibonacci series to the truth the Holy Grail carried, the<br />
deciphering of the code was quite interesting. The description of the<br />
places was awesome. Some simple things were well portrayed, in one<br />
incidence Vernet the President at Swiss Bank while trying to help Langdon<br />
and Sophie disguising himself as a truck driver get caught because of an<br />
expensive watch on his hand. “Do all drivers wear Rolexes?” This was the<br />
question asked by the agent; there had been many such interesting<br />
conversations throughout the book. It has good references to numerology,<br />
ancient history, art and literature. I enjoyed reading it. According to me<br />
it’s definitely an interesting friction however far from facts and the<br />
mistake done is presenting a friction as fact that to on a topic concerning<br />
divinity a faith prophesied by several millions of people, over thousands<br />
of generations reasoning the book being extensively denounced.</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-78569938761287388872011-10-11T01:50:00.000-07:002011-10-13T21:11:23.116-07:00Digital Fortress by Dan Brown<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Recently I have read the book Digital Fortress written by Dan Brown. When<br />
its novels I always have a Go for thrillers and Dan Brown is been my all<br />
time favorites. I have read 5 of his books Angels & Demons, Da Vinci Code,<br />
Lost Symbol, Deception Point and Digital Fortress. Here’s a quick review<br />
about Digital Fortress. I will come up with the reviews of the other books<br />
as well.<br />
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Digital Fortress was written during the outbreak of encryption/decryption in digital technology. To summarize the story goes<br />
this way; the US National Security Agency NSA develops a code-breaking<br />
machine called TRANSLTR that could break any code. NSA does not reveal<br />
TRANSLTR's existence to the public. "Who will guard the guards", Ensei<br />
Tankado a former NSA employee who was displeased with NSA for its intrusion<br />
in people’s private lives develops an unbreakable algorithm called Digital<br />
Fortress. The code somehow bypasses the NSA security firewall and TRANSLTR<br />
runs for hours trying to break the unbreakable code. Though this was kept<br />
as a top secret, the code running in TRANSLTR for more than 12 hours did<br />
create chaoses among a few staff and each one start spying to find out<br />
what’s happening. There are enough suspense’s and new twist as to who is<br />
behind the plot as you turn your pages.<br />
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Important characters in the story are Susan Fletcher, David Becker, and<br />
Strathmore. Employing a language professional as a detective agent to find<br />
the pass key has been quite different and interesting. To know the exact<br />
struggles involved in searching the pass key, breaking the unbreakable<br />
code, what the code for Digital Fortress was actually meant for, the threat<br />
it carried to NSA etc you must read the book.<br />
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It’s an excellent techno-thriller and the mysteries would keep holding till<br />
you reach the last page. Like all other books of Dan this one also has deciphering<br />
of code. There are references to technologies especially the network<br />
security, firewalls, encryption/decryption and a slight reference to<br />
history Hiroshima and Nagasaki. A techy who loves thrillers would enjoy<br />
reading this book.</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-73275455570503329602011-10-10T08:14:00.000-07:002011-10-10T08:17:30.779-07:00Interesting facts about Steve Jobs & Apple Inc<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
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Inc.<br />
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-Steve Jobs was born to Abdulfattah John Jandali and Joanne Schieble (later<br />
Simpson). He was a Syrian origin by birth who was adopted by Paul Jobs and<br />
Clara Jobs.<br />
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-Steve’s biological sister, Mona Simpson, is the famous author who penned,<br />
“Anywhere But Here” — a novel about Simpson’s relationship with her folks.<br />
He had learnt a lot about his biological parents through his sister. He had<br />
never got a chance to meet his biological sister until the age of 27.<br />
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-Steve never wanted to meet his biological father, though his father yearned<br />
to meet his genius son.<br />
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-Steve was a Zen Buddhist and once thought about joining a monastery.<br />
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-Steve was a college dropout.<br />
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-He was a millionaire at the age of 25.<br />
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-He was offered an internship with Hewlett-Packard in his eight grade, As an<br />
eight grader he called William Hewlett co-founder of HP to inquire about a<br />
missing part from a frequency counter he was assembling. Hewlett reportedly<br />
offered him a bag of parts and a summer internship.<br />
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-Steve Jobs first worked in an Apple Farm. When he decided to start his<br />
business, he joked with his friends that if they did not suggest a name for<br />
his company he will name it as ‘Apple Computers’. Obviously his friends<br />
could not come out with a name and hence Steve named it as ‘Apple<br />
Computers’.<br />
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-The apple logo bite/byte has a fitting reference for a tech company<br />
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-After Jobs and Wozniak founded the company with Ronald Wayne, the initial<br />
Board of Directors decreed that every employee need to be issued a name<br />
badge and an employee number based on their date of hire. Wozniak got<br />
number one and Jobs was left with two. This made Steve unhappy. He made so<br />
much of stink that the number two badge retired and was issued a new badge<br />
with number zero.<br />
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-Steve was known for his aggressive personality and erratic management<br />
style.<br />
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-Fortune magazine once wrote that Jobs was “considered one of Silicon<br />
Valley’s leading egomaniacs.”<br />
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-Jobs was fired from his own company in an internal power struggle.<br />
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-He eventually stepped back as the interim CEO and served as the CEO till<br />
August 2011.<br />
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-When Jobs resumed control as Apple’s CEO in 1997, he stopped all of its<br />
philanthropic programs, saying, “Wait until we are profitable.”<br />
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-Even after rising to the top to become a $40-billion company, Apple still<br />
doesn’t donate to charity.<br />
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-As the CEO of Apple, Steve earned $1 a year, 50 cents for attending the<br />
meetings and 50 cents for his performance.<br />
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-On August 24th, 2011 Steve Jobs resigned his position as Chief Executive<br />
Officer of Apple before his long battle with pancreatic cancer took his<br />
life on October 5th 2011<br />
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-Jobs stake in Disney was twice as big as his stake in Apple<br />
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-He was the 110th richest person in the world when he died<br />
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-Today, Apple is the largest technology firm in the world, with annual<br />
revenues of more than $60 billion</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-13808922672207770452011-10-08T03:16:00.000-07:002011-10-08T03:18:54.696-07:00"Only Time Will Tell" by Jeffrey Archer<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The novel “Only Time Will Tell” had killed two days of my time and here’s a<br />
quick review of the book. The story revolves round two families, "The<br />
Barringtons" and "The Cliftons" through some generations. It begins with<br />
Harry Clifton’s, childhood around whom the entire story is bound who in the<br />
beginning chapters says “I was told my father died in a war”. Time reveals<br />
Harry, his own identity, How his father died? And the fact whether he was<br />
his father or not? I am not going to put the entire summary as I wouldn't like<br />
to reveal the suspense of the readers the author had hidden in his book. The<br />
narrating art Jeffrey has used was quite impressive where each part of the<br />
story was told by a different character without much of repetitiveness.<br />
Each coming up with their point of view and also driving the story forward.<br />
I loved the character of Old Jack throughout; all the other characters were<br />
also equally good. Towards the end I felt the story ended abruptly, some of<br />
the characters have gone missing, leaving the readers ambiguous on the<br />
conclusion. I felt there should have been something more. This book is the<br />
first part of “The Clifton Chronicles”. Hmm… need to wait for the next book<br />
in this series.</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-63564520232603484762011-10-01T03:58:00.001-07:002012-03-09T21:15:52.741-08:00All Things Digital in my revolutionary world!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Change is inevitable in this world especially when the talk is about technology; the world has experienced a rapid transformation. There is nothing astonishing if I put forth the transition I have witnessed in the digital world in a timeframe less than two decades. Black & White TV’s have got replaced with color ones, and now we have LCD’s. Radios and Tape recorders to walkman and walkmans to new iPods, Postal service & Telegram offices have become relatively free as most of the letters and information is been passed through emails, Telephones & Fax. Decades back having a computer of 256 MB RAM had been a talk in the town and now personal laptops with 8 or 16 GB RAM and Tablets are quite ordinary things. In schools and colleges blackboards have got replaced by projectors, lesson plan goes as presentations, I am not sure if there’s a trend of emailing the progress report cards to parents. Thank God this was not there when I was in school. The schools bags which carried huge text books got replaced with laptops. Rough notes are taken in Notepads, exams are written online and results are declared on spot. Joggings are done on Treadmills, Gossips are converted to online chats and emotions are sent as smileys. What’s on your mind goes as status on Facebook? Diaries are archived online in blogs. Group discussions happen on forums, shopping & shipping can be done sitting at home, money can be drawn anytime, anywhere. Meeting schedules and To Do’s go as reminders. A 3 year old is busy with computer games. Group conversations happen over Skype, project work is shared across location and firms. Acquiring the latest gadgets is become a fashion. Bills are paid online. No more queues and waiting. Two people sitting side by side talk on gtalk or instant messenger. Images are taken, uploaded and shared instantly. Beware your boss can spot you from his mobile on Google Earth if you try to escape from office (Google Earth features are advancing). Mobile is become a substitute for most of the electronic devices. The progress in technology had bought in several comforts to our lives at the same times they have made us lazier than never before. The joy of acquiring the latest gadget does not last long as by the time you show your friend and rejoice exploring the new features, the competitor is out with a better piece and the whole crowd around you has it. If the revolutionary speed of earth is 18.5 miles/sec wondering what would be the speed of technology revolution?</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-10102913505466244892011-10-01T03:51:00.000-07:002011-10-01T04:26:20.976-07:00CRONTAB ? Utility on unix/linux<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Thought could post a few details about cron for the benefit of some of my<br />
friends. A cron is a utility used for scheduling jobs on unix environment.<br />
It’s used to automate a system administrator’s work. If you are good at<br />
writing a shell script you can automate most of the administration tasks<br />
like archiving logs, checking for stuck threads, Exceptions and errors in<br />
log files, Listener port status etc. Crontab is the configuration file that<br />
specifies the shell commands to run periodically. Cron is set up as a<br />
daemon in unix which constantly checks the /etc/crontab file and<br />
/var/cron/tans directory for new crontab files. Crontab file stores<br />
information about the task the cron is supposed to perform.<br />
Each line in a crontab represents a job, the cron expression and the<br />
command to execute. You can also instruct the cron to run a shell script at<br />
specified time.<br />
<br />
<strong>Crontab Syntax:</strong>* * * * * command to be executed<br />
┬ ┬ ┬ ┬ ┬<br />
│ │ │ │ │<br />
│ │ │ │ │<br />
│ │ │ │ └───── day of week (0 - 7) (Sunday=0 or 7)<br />
│ │ │ └────────── month (1 - 12)<br />
│ │ └─────────────── day of month (1 - 31)<br />
│ └──────────────────── hour (0 - 23)<br />
└───────────────────────── minutes (0 - 59)<br />
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 371px;"><colgroup><col style="mso-width-alt: 4205; mso-width-source: userset; width: 86pt;" width="115"><col style="mso-width-alt: 2816; mso-width-source: userset; width: 58pt;" width="77"><col style="mso-width-alt: 3876; mso-width-source: userset; width: 80pt;" width="106"><col style="mso-width-alt: 2669; mso-width-source: userset; width: 55pt;" width="73"></colgroup><tbody>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl65" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; height: 15pt; width: 86pt;" width="115"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Name </span></strong></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 58pt;" width="77"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mandatory<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 80pt;" width="106"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Values <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></strong></td><td class="xl65" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext 0.5pt solid; width: 55pt;" width="73"><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Special</span></strong></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Minutes</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0-59</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* / , -</span></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><><wbr></></>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hours</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0-23</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* / , -</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Day of the Month</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">01/31/11</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* / , - ? L W</span></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><><wbr></></>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Month</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1-12 or JAN - DEC</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* / , -</span></td></tr>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Day of the week</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yes</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">0-6 or SUN - SAT</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* / , - ? L #</span></td></tr>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><><wbr></></>
<tr height="20" style="height: 15pt;"><td class="xl66" height="20" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext; height: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Year</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">No</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">1970-2099</span></td><td class="xl66" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-left: windowtext; border-right: windowtext 0.5pt solid; border-top: windowtext;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">* / , -</span></td></tr>
</span></></span></></span></></tbody></table><br />
<br />
Special characters and their meaning<br />
* All values<br />
/ Repeat pattern like /2 for every 2 minutes or /10 for every 10<br />
minutes<br />
, Separate items eg “MON,WED,FRI"<br />
- Used to specify range, Range specified is inclusive, Lists are also<br />
allowed. A list is a set of numbers (or ranges) separated by commas,<br />
Eg: “1, 5,9” or “1-3, 8-11”<br />
? Used to omit the value<br />
L Stand for Last<br />
W Stands for Weekday (Mon ? Fri)<br />
# is allowed for day of week. Allows specification like 2nd Friday<br />
of the month<br />
<br />
<strong>Other Key Points:</strong> - Blank Lines, Leading spaces and tabs are ignored<br />
- Lines beginning with pound sign (#) are considered as comments, Comments<br />
are not allowed on the same line of the command or environment<br />
variable. If it’s found on the same line they would be treated as<br />
part of command.<br />
- The specification of days can be made in two fields: month day and<br />
weekday. If both are specified in an entry, then cumulative meaning<br />
of both the entries will get executed<br />
- Names can also be used for the ``month'' and ``day of week'' fields.<br />
The first three letter of the day or month are used case doesn't<br />
matter.<br />
- The last field i.e 6th specifies the command to be run. The rest of the<br />
line after the 5th field is considered as part of the command until a<br />
newline or % character is found. Percent-signs (%) in the command,<br />
unless escaped with backslash (\), will be changed into newline<br />
characters, and all data after the first % will be sent to the<br />
command as standard input.<br />
<br />
Eg: ``30 4 1,30 * 4'' would cause a command to be run at 4:30 am<br />
on the 1st and 30th of each month, plus every Thursday.<br />
<br />
<strong>Crontab Commands:</strong>export EDITOR=vi To specify a editor to open crontab file.<br />
crontab -e Edit your crontab file, or create one if it doesn’t already<br />
exist.<br />
crontab -l Display your crontab file.<br />
crontab -r Remove your crontab file.<br />
crontab -u To change other users crontab, Only privilleged users can use this<br />
crontab -v Display the last time you edited your crontab file.<br />
<br />
<strong>Other Config Files</strong>The following two files play an important role:<br />
<br />
1. /etc/cron.allow - If this file exists, your user id must me listed in order<br />
to have the privileges to run the cron jobs.<br />
<br />
2. /etc/cron.deny - If the cron.allow file does not exist but the<br />
/etc/cron.deny file does exist, then your id must not be listed in the<br />
/etc/cron.deny file for you to run the cron jobs.<br />
<br />
<strong>Environment Variables:</strong> SHELL is set to /bin/sh, and LOGNAME and HOME are<br />
set from the /etc/passwd<br />
<br />
By Defaults if MAILTO is defined (and non-empty), mail is sent to the<br />
user/DL so named. If MAILTO is defined but empty (MAILTO=""), no mail<br />
would be sent. Otherwise mail is sent to the owner of the crontab<br />
<br />
If no email is required then end of the cron job line with the below<br />
command<br />
>/dev/null 2>&1</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-87742099311955707732011-09-27T21:36:00.000-07:002011-09-28T21:23:09.228-07:00Google turns 13<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8p15q2vTNjKK5PN6atXEmGM3hpJLRPJk0IxZ8UEvWo3KmG_niF0PdQocG3gZmAOpglQvF721iaqrQyB6CL1ydWOai3pczfx0Gl2CZiEZoXWyRuKfoc6q0OBoXgrGR625sm-P020wPgmuZ/s1600/Googles-13th-Birthday-2011-hp-1317052470.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182px" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8p15q2vTNjKK5PN6atXEmGM3hpJLRPJk0IxZ8UEvWo3KmG_niF0PdQocG3gZmAOpglQvF721iaqrQyB6CL1ydWOai3pczfx0Gl2CZiEZoXWyRuKfoc6q0OBoXgrGR625sm-P020wPgmuZ/s320/Googles-13th-Birthday-2011-hp-1317052470.jpg" width="320px" /></a></div>Google one of the fastest growing companies with an outstanding<br />
contribution to the internet world has celebrated its 13th Birthday on<br />
September 27th 2011.<br />
It all started in 1995, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin Stanford computer<br />
science grad students began collaborating on a search engine called<br />
BackRub. In 1997 they thought BackRub needs a new name. After a<br />
brainstorming discussion they decide to go for Google a Mathematical term<br />
“Googol” which means a numeral, 1 followed by 100 zeros or 10 to the power<br />
of hundred. The name reflects Google’s mission: “To organise the world’s<br />
information and make it universally accessible and useful". In 1998,<br />
August, Andy Bechtolsheim co-founder of Sun writes a check for $100,000 for<br />
Google Inc. In September the same year Google sets up a workspace in Susan<br />
Wojcicki‘s garage at 232 Santa Margarita, Menlo Park. On September 4th<br />
Google files an incorporation in Califonia, shortly after which Larry Page<br />
and Sergey Brin open a bank account in their newly established companies<br />
name and deposit Andy Bechtolsheim‘s check. They hire Craig Silverstein as<br />
their first employee; who was a fellow computer science graduate student at<br />
Stanford.<br />
Since it's start Google has been coming up with continuous innovations, making a conspicuous approach in the internet world that has<br />
been advancing with rocket speed. The birthday date has been a topic of<br />
debate as Google had filed incorporation on 4th September 1998, was<br />
established on 7th September 1998 and Google.com domain was registered on<br />
15th September. The dates did change a couple of times. As for Doodles, the<br />
special logos have been around since Aug. 30, 1998. The first Doodle was<br />
created when Page and Sergey Brin attended the Burning Man festival. The<br />
first Google Doodle celebrating their birthday appeared on Sept. 27, 2002,<br />
for their fourth birthday. Every year since then Google has been coming<br />
with birthday-themed Google Doodles on 27th September as a remark of their<br />
celebrations.<br />
<br />
</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-23512500697348693612011-09-24T03:39:00.000-07:002011-09-29T21:20:03.122-07:00A thought blossoms in ones heart<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Whether to conquer<br />
Or to redeem a suffering Younker<br />
May be to condemn<br />
Or could be to commence<br />
A thought blossoms in ones heart<br />
Sown deep within is the root for all start<br />
<br />
Whether to construct or to destruct<br />
Or to design a code of conduct<br />
May be for progress<br />
Or could be to regress<br />
A thought blossoms in ones heart<br />
Sown deep within is the root for all start<br />
<br />
Whether to live a humble dream<br />
Or to be among the Supreme’s<br />
May be for peace<br />
Or could be to cease<br />
A thought blossoms in ones heart<br />
Sown deep within is the root for all start<br />
<br />
Whether to live in harmony<br />
Or to put life in misery<br />
May be to support<br />
Or could be to oppose<br />
A thought blossoms in ones heart<br />
Sown deep within is the root for all start<br />
<br />
Whether it is for hatred or love<br />
Or a devotee of God above<br />
May be a fanatic fight for cause<br />
Or could be an atrocious attack over loss<br />
A thought blossoms in ones heart<br />
Sown deep within is the root for all start<br />
<br />
Whether an apostle of revolution<br />
Or a war by theoretical fusion<br />
May be a scientific invention<br />
Or could be a political convention<br />
A thought blossoms in ones heart<br />
Sown deep within is the root for all start</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-41163612679366618912011-09-21T21:08:00.000-07:002011-10-03T04:50:25.540-07:00Load Balancing Architecture<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Most applications today go for Load Balancing Methodology to distribute<br />
work across different servers, and to enhance continuity of business. Going<br />
for a load balancing methodology increases system reliability by providing<br />
redundancy. A load balancer is a software program that is listening on the<br />
port and forwards the request to the server which responds to the load<br />
balancer. Mechanisms are available to forward request to backup servers in<br />
cases of failure of the main server. There are a variety of scheduling<br />
algorithms in place for distributing the work among different servers.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_jWOapYJaZwcYhF4kTmKe2JHdRpQ7hggSO3YysjJmoBtlbQiP0NcOn3vw0jMlvMzphXP1iS3AOLMarAZ5lS1rMqrVzyCm9Q1uAqihXaGT8JpTRs42WjgXRWN3Q9drxVAdw_70PMMMkjL/s1600/lb1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" hca="true" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf_jWOapYJaZwcYhF4kTmKe2JHdRpQ7hggSO3YysjJmoBtlbQiP0NcOn3vw0jMlvMzphXP1iS3AOLMarAZ5lS1rMqrVzyCm9Q1uAqihXaGT8JpTRs42WjgXRWN3Q9drxVAdw_70PMMMkjL/s400/lb1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
The diagram explains how a simple load balancing architecture looks like<br />
and works.<br />
The request from the client is forwarded to either of Server 1 or Server 2<br />
whichever is relatively free. The decision is made by the load balancer<br />
based on the algorithm. The algorithm could be as simple as random choice,<br />
round robin or sophisticated based on the resource utilization and<br />
performance. Suppose Server 1<br />
fails, then there is a process set up to handle such situations “ON FAILURE<br />
SWITCHOVER TO BACKUP SERVER”. The switchover happens automatically in most<br />
times; In case it fails then the administrators do a manual switchover. The<br />
Backup server acts as the main server and responds to the requests till the<br />
main server is completely restored. This ensures continuity of business.<br />
The failure of one of the servers is not a hindrance to progress or<br />
production. A load balancing architecture could include more than 2 servers<br />
as well based on business need.</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032615085860402196.post-92008898968049343052011-09-14T21:18:00.000-07:002011-10-03T06:19:48.424-07:00ERP – Enterprise Resource Planning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">An ERP is a combination of Business Management and Technology. The<br />
functionality of different systems is integrated to form an ERP where the<br />
individual applications share information and assist with the core<br />
functionality of an enterprise as a whole. They put across the information<br />
depicting the key performance index (KPI) of an organization. They help in<br />
planning, design and decision making. The individual system could be<br />
in-house built or third party supplier systems enabling sharing of required<br />
data between the organization, vendors, customers and the suppliers.<br />
Each organization has its own challenges to meet the growing customer<br />
demands, market competitors and to deliver on time. On time delivery can be<br />
achieved only if there is a proper plan in place. For example let us<br />
consider a food industry; nobody buys the ingredients for the product years<br />
in advance. They would definitely get wasted. At the same time they need to<br />
anticipate the demand for the product for the coming cycle and should have<br />
a margin to expand their sales. So for a food industry the average time<br />
required to dispose an order could be one week, one month etc based on the<br />
product. Now let’s consider a software product. I wonder where we would<br />
have landed if we could develop new products over a week. Definitely the<br />
turnaround time here is more and the plan is for a longer period. Likewise<br />
they are several other factors that have to be taken into consideration; a<br />
product may experience high sales during summer and low during winter,<br />
there could be an internal dependency (Sales of one product, could have an<br />
impact on the other) etc. An ERP model is a blending of Business logic's<br />
with technology by integrating systems that share data for analysis to<br />
arrive at appropriate conclusions. There may not be an exact match in the<br />
predictions however a well implemented ERP gives the best fit to growing<br />
business needs and reduce wastage.<br />
<br />
ERP technology is divided into the below modules based on the business<br />
purpose they serve<br />
FRM – Financial Resource Management<br />
MRP – Manufacturing Resource Planning<br />
CRM – Customer Relationship Management<br />
HRM – Human Resource Management<br />
SCM – Supply Chain Management<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Np_QW829QCor6jDHs9xG8c2Q7xlTqt-vo_Rtbvy5KE-gzqEr1BnQ1qnwOGGMLs02y-J7_BNsWD2RpA9qPQ__5T9Hveq17nVa6-WsQfihO5xwHH2-ZkM6yMogAnkQETTC_ka-904NnysV/s1600/ERP+modules.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="cssfloat: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="336" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Np_QW829QCor6jDHs9xG8c2Q7xlTqt-vo_Rtbvy5KE-gzqEr1BnQ1qnwOGGMLs02y-J7_BNsWD2RpA9qPQ__5T9Hveq17nVa6-WsQfihO5xwHH2-ZkM6yMogAnkQETTC_ka-904NnysV/s400/ERP+modules.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>The diagram shows a rough sketch of MRP module as I have been considering<br />
product manufacturing as an example in my Blog.<br />
The referential system here holds the basic information (Product Names,<br />
Suppliers, and their Contact Information etc) All other systems use this as<br />
a base for fetching the basic information. The planner holds the bill of<br />
material or the recipe to build a product. The information provided by the<br />
planner is substituted by the actual values when a customer places an<br />
order, the forecast systems help to predict the upcoming sales/market<br />
conditions; there are systems through which the third party suppliers and<br />
vendors access information, place orders, assist with sales, distribution<br />
and marketing. The model also includes systems which generate invoices,<br />
send bills to customers and for making payments. The other modules (FRM,<br />
SCM, CRM, HRM) also hold an integrated group of systems which assist with<br />
the proper functioning of an enterprise.</div>Pacific Passionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18411096483942428772noreply@blogger.com4