CAT servers crash on first due to over load

The Common Admission Test (CAT) to the Indian Institutes of Managements (IIM)and other premier Business schools turned out to be a major blunder as servers crashed across India on Saturday, when the test was a online for the first time.

For the past 33 years, the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) have been conducting the Common Admission Test (CAT) in a paper-pencil format. It was this year that the most important entrance examination for MBA aspirants in India was taken online and made a Computer-based Test.

The first-ever online CAT was greeted by a technical glitch that led to the cancellation of the examination in Chennai, Kolkata, Bhopal, Bangalore, Mumbai and Pune, as per reports.

CAT 2009 was taken by nearly 2,50, 000 students across the country.The test is being held in 32 cities between November 28 and December 7.

Entry to IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Indore, Lucknow, Kozhikode and Shillong is determined by CAT score.

why concrete is watered every day?

Although the terms cement and concrete often are used interchangeably, cement is actually an ingredient of concrete.
Concrete is a construction material composed of cement as well as other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, a coarse aggregate such as gravel, limestone, or granite, plus a fine aggregate such as sand, water, and chemical admixtures.The paste is water and cement. Concrete gets stronger as it gets older. Curing is one of the most important steps in concrete construction, because proper curing greatly increases concrete strength and durability. Concrete hardens as a result of hydration: the chemical reaction between cement and water. However, hydration occurs only if water is available and if the concrete's temperature stays within a suitable range. During the curing period-from five to seven days after placement for conventional concrete-the concrete surface needs to be kept moist to permit the hydration process. new concrete can be wet with soaking hoses, sprinklers or covered with wet burlap, or can be coated with commercially available curing compounds, which seal in moisture.

Jobs at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre

Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), is the largest establishment under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Department of Space. VSSC is engaged in the development of Sounding Rockets, Launch Vehicles, Space Craft Subsystems and other Space related fundamental research activities. VSSC is the lead Centre for carrying out all the major Launch Vehicle Projects of ISRO such as PSLV, GSLV, GSLV MkIII, Re-usable Launch Vehicle (RLV), Space Capsule Recovery Experiment (SRE) and advanced missions such as Inter Planetary Missions, Manned Mission and First Indian Moon Mission (Chandrayan-1) etc. The multi-disciplinary responsibilities entrusted with VSSC offer challenging career opportunities to bright and result-oriented Graduates/diploma holders in Engineering/Science, who are capable of executing time-bound, state-of-the-art tasks of national importance in various positions. The selected candidates will be posted to work under the guidance of experienced senior Scientists/Engineers at VSSC/ISRO.

Invites application for the following posts:

GRADUATE APPRENTICE (Rs.5000/- stipend) : Vacancy: 102 Posts in various disciplines
TECHNICIAN APPRENTICE (Rs.3000/- stipend):Vacancy: 120 Posts in various disciplines
Age limit: Upper Age limit is 35 years as on 01.12.2009. (Candidates born on or after 01.12.1974 (For unreserved)), 01.12.1971 (OBC), 01.12.1969 (SC/ST), 01.12.1964 (PH) can apply).
Last Date: 27.11.09 ONLINE

please check following link for more details.

http://www.vssc.gov.in:8080/RMT250/rmt250.htm

Indian Version of Google Maps!!!!

Bhuvan is an ambitious and dream project of ISRO .
Bhuvan showcases Indian images by the superimposition of these IRS satellite imageries on 3D globe.
It displays satellite images of varying resolution of India’s surface, looking perpendicularly down or at an oblique angle, with different perspectives and can navigate through 3D viewing environment.
Most of the Indian terrain is covered upto at least 5.8 meters of resolution with the least spatial resolution being 55 meters from AWifs Sensor.





Basic features of Bhuvan:

Access, explore and visualise 2D and 3D image data along with rich thematic information on Soil, wasteland, water resources etc.

Visualise multi-resolution, multi-sensor, multi-temporal image data

Superpose administrative boundaries of choice on images as required

Visualisation of AWS ( Automatic Weather Stations) data/information in a graphic view and use tabular weather data of user choice

Fly to locations ( Flies from the current location directly to the selected location)

Heads-Up Display ( HUD) navigation controls ( Tilt slider, north indicator, opacity, compass ring, zoom slider)

Navigation using the 3D view Pop-up menu (Fly-in, Fly out, jump in, jump around, view point)

3D Fly through (3D view to fly to locations, objects in the terrain, and navigate freely using the mouse or keyboard)

Snapshot creation (copies the 3D view to a floating window and allows to save to a external file)

Measurement tools (Horizontal distance, aerial distance, vertical distance, measure area)

You can call this as Indian version of Google Maps!!!

Breathing Therapy

The nose has a left and a right side; we use both to inhale and exhale. Actually they are different, you would be able to feel the difference.

During a headache, try to close your right nose and use your left nose to breathe.

In about 5 minutes, your headache will be gone. If you feel tired, just reverse, close your left nose and breathe through your right nose.

After a while, you will feel your mind is refreshed.

Do you notice the moment we wake up, which side breathes faster? Left or right? If left is faster, you will feel tired.

So, close your left nose and use your right nose for breathing, you will get refreshed quickly.

This alternative natural therapy without medication is something that we can try.

Ctrl C...Is it risky?

Ctrl+C is the life line of software industry.We do copy various data by Ctrl + C for pasting elsewhere. But it's not a very safe thing to do. What happens when you press Ctrl+C while you are Online...

This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by
a combination of Javascripts and ASP.

Just try this:
1) Copy any text by Ctrl + C
2) Click the Link: http://www.sourcecodesworld.com/special/clipboard.asp
3) You will see the text you copied was accessed by this web page.

Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information.

To avoid Clipboard Hack Problem , do the following:
1.Go to internet options->security
2.Press custom level
3.In the security settings, select disable under Allow paste operations via script.

Now the contents of your clipboard are safe!!

Forward this information to as many friends as you can, to save them from online frauds.

Bathtub Test

During a visit to the mental hospital, I asked the Director 'How do you determine whether or not a patient should be admitted to the hospital.'

'Well,' said the Director, 'We fill up a bathtub, and then we give a teaspoon, a teacup and a bucket to the patient and ask him to empty the bathtub.'

'Oh, I understand,' I said. 'A normal person would use the bucket because it's bigger than the spoon or the teacup.'
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'No.' Said the Director, 'A normal person would pull the drain plug.

Well... Would you prefer a bed near the window?'

OpenOffice Replacement of Microsoft office.

Are you searching for a replacement for Microsoft Office here is a open source software which is similar to MS office ....

A completely open development process means that anyone can report bugs, request new features, or enhance the software.

OpenOffice is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more.

It is available in many languages and works on all common computers.

It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages.

It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.

you may use it for any purpose - domestic, commercial, educational, public administration

You may install it on as many computers as you like.

http://www.openoffice.org/

Online tool for your RESUME !!!!

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you talk about Placements or Jobs ?

Thats right its CV ...

So you must be knowing how important is the role of CV in an interview.

This gives complete details about you in a page or two !!!

Most of the employers would short list candidates based on CV.

And here is an online tool which would help you in preparing your resume .

www.ceevee.com

Here's why you should try

* It's free
* It's very easy & intuitive to use
* You can choose a theme
* It makes it so easy to share it
*you have the following sections which you reorder or add according to your needs.

Bathroom Singer ????

SURE, YOU SING IN THE SHOWER. MAYBE EVEN AT KARAOKE. NOW, IT'S YOUR CHANCE TO PERFORM IN FRONT OF MILLIONS ON THE YAHOO! HOME PAGE.

Yahoo! yodel is where you could show case your talent !!!




Record your own yodel. Make it loud, serious, or seriously silly. Make it anyway YOU want. Simply score 1,000 views to earn GOLD.

• Get $10 for the classroom project of YOUR choice at DonorsChoose.org
• Score 1,000 views to win GOLD
• Win PLATINUM status and potential INTERNET CELEBRITY!

Share your yodel with friends, family and the world and you could be the PLATINUM yodel that’s featured on the Yahoo! Home Page, in an advertising campaign and even gain INTERNET CELEBRITY!

Do you forget most of things???

Here is a site that would remember and organise the things you want to do in a day!!!

http://todoist.com



FEATURES:

You can keep track of the all the things you need to do in a organised manner.

You append labels to items and query after them.

You can get reminded about a task through any one of these
Instant messengers: MSN
Mobile phone: Idea (India)
Twitter: You can use Twitter
Email

You do have plugins for Firefox and Gmail integration.

The home page also has the screencast that would guide you on howto use this service.

Important thing is the service is FREE of cost.Make use of it.