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Oracle 10g Installation (no) Woes
I don’t know what has got into my head. For the last two days, I have been fighting with a strange problem with Oracle 10g’s TNS Listener. I could not establish a connection to from the remote clients, the TNS Listener was not responding at all. And at the end I traced to problem to…
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Paes/Bhupathi looses the semi-final
Now that they have lost to the Germans in the semi-final, let us pray that they atleast win the bronze 🙁
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Indian Doubles Pair through to the semi-final
The Indian duo of Leander Paes and Bhupathi are now just one game away from challenging the gold medal. Yesterday the beat Zimbabwe’s W.Black/ K.Ullyett in straight sets. The final score was 6-4, 6-4. Now they will face N.Kiefer/ R.Schuettler of Germany in the semi-final on Thursday. Let us wish them good luck for their…
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Indian national anthem in Athens
Happy news at last 🙂 Rajyavardhan S. Rathore has won the silver medal in Men’s double trap shooting at the athens. Rajyavardhan is currently ranked number 3 in the world and I am very delighted to see him winning a medal at the Olympics. He is only the fourth Indian to win any medal at…
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Could Nanotechnology be the answer?
A recent news article in “The Hindu” reads, New Delhi, July 1. (PTI): Observing that nano technology (microscopic robotic machines) would revolutionise total concepts of future warfare, President APJ Abdul Kalam, today asked the country’s scientists to make a breakthrough in this cutting edge technology. Asserting that nano technology would lead to faster and ultra…
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Tendulkar disappoints once again
I was following India’s Asia cup match against Pakistan on the Cricinfo Radio. Sachin Tendulkar played a on of his classic innings today only to throw it away at the crucial moment. He has once again encouraged his critics who blame that he is not a good finisher of the game. Throughout his innings today,…
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Future of Spyware/Malware
When was the last time you became a victim of a spyware/adware/trojan horse. Was it today, yesterday or last week? Or if you are a IT technician/Systems Administrator you are probably witnessing atleast one such incident everyday. We all know that most of the infections happen because of the ignorance of the users.
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Netsky worm still on the wild
Sven Jaschan was arrested more than 2 months ago for allegedly writing and distributing the Netsky and Sasser worms. This guy may now be in safe custody. But the worms are still on the wild, spreading like anything. This is from a guy whose teacher certifies that he is not a bright guy in the…
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New scam
This one is a real beauty. Found this in a Yahoo Group for which I am a moderator. Whoever thought about this idea is an evil idot.
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Desperate IT Consultant
Had an interesting task yesterday. One of our new customers had a very serious problem. They have a PHP based website, which uses MySQL database for displaying the latest currency exchange rates. They update the exchange rates every day. Their website was designed and maintained by another one-man company, whose owner/technical consultant has complete admin…