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I came across an interesting email sent by my friend. It was something like this :
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THE MAKING OF ORKUT
A guy lost his girlfriend in a train accident….
but the gal’s name nowhere appeared in the dead list.
This guy grew up n became IT technical architect in his late 20?s, achievement in itself!!
He hired developers from the whole globe and plan to make a software where he could search for his gf through the web..
Things went as planned…
n he found her, after losing millions of dollars and 3 long years!!
It was time to shut down the search operation, when the CEO of Google had a
word with this guy n took over this application,
This Software made a whopping 1 billion dollars profit in its first year,
which we today know as ORKUT.
The guy’s name is ORKUT BUYUKKOTEN Yes its named after him only. Today he is paid a hefty sum by Google for the things we do like scrapping. He is expected to b the richest person by 2009..
ORKUT BUYUKKOTEN today has 13 assistants to monitor his scrapbook & 8 to
monitor his friends-list. He gets around 20,000 friend-requests a day & about 85,000 scraps!!!
Some other Cool Facts about this guy:
0rkut.com Founder, Richest Man by 2009
* He gets $12 from Google when every person registers to this website.
* He also gets $10 when you add somebody as a friend.
* He gets $8 when your friend’s friend adds you as a friend & gets $6 if
anybody adds you as friend in the resulting chain.
* He gets $5 when you scrap somebody & $4 when somebody scraps you.
* He also gets $200 for each photograph you upload on Orkut.
* He gets $2.5 when you add your friend in the crush-list or in the hot-list.
* He gets $2 when you become somebody’s fan.
* He gets $1.5 when somebody else becomes your fan.
* He even gets $1 every time you logout of Orkut.
* He gets $0.5 every time you just change your profile-photograph.
* He also gets $0.5 every time you read your friend’s scrap-book & $0.5 every time
you view your friend’s friend-list.
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Interesting isn’t it???
Windows Live Messenger 9 beta has become quite popular messenger among users, with the release of leaked screenshot of Windows live Messenger 9 to actually Windows Live Messenger 9 beta release WLM was constantly in news. Thought Windows Live Messenger 9 got many new features and great look and feel but now skinning with WLM 9 is not possible.
However developers at Design Evolved have broken the restrictions imposed in the new version and have now publicly released a first working skin Sopair for Windows Live Messenger 9 beta. Although Sopair is perfectly working skin for WLM 9 beta but its not like traditional skin which completely change look and feel of WLM 9.
But Sopair does gives some cool options this is just a start of WLM skinning in coming months we will have some really cool Windows Live Messenger 9 skins till the time we get Windows Live messenger 9 final release.
Features of Sopair Skin for Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta (WLM 9)
1. Ability to switch from modern and classic Messenger layouts
2. Add a 3rd display picture to the chat window
3. Ability to move chat window display pictures to the right side
4. Enhance alerts to make them suit the new design better
5. Sign in window matches the design better
6. Ability to restore the send button in chat windows
7. Ability to hide button text
8. Ability to hide buttons
9. Hide “what’s new” and tabs
10. Use the new Messenger icons in the Messenger Plus! tabbed chat bar
Screenshot Sopair Skin for Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta
In order to use this skin for windows live messenger 9 beta you need to have Messenger Plus! Live v4.79 installedon your computer.You can Download Messenger Plus! Live 4.79
Download Sopair skin for Windows Live Messenger 9 Beta (WLM 9).
When it comes to Open source Linux, Ubuntu might over take any other Linux flavor in turns of releasing latest version and builds. We have seen how strict development life cycle Ubuntu Dev team follows. Ubuntu Dev team has committed to release latest Ubuntu version every six month.
Last month only Ubuntu Ibex Intrepid 8.10 got released before users get settled with Ubuntu Ibex here is Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 1 build. Jaunty Jackalope is the codename of next Ubuntu release. Thought there is very little changes in Ubuntu 9.04 alpha 1 compared to Ubuntu 8.10 Ibex.
Still there is long way for Final release of Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 but this alpha build might be helpful for developers. Ubuntu 9.04 Alpha 1 has been released as per schedule. Final Release of Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 is scheduled on April 23rd, 2009.
How to Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 to Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04
1. To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.10 “Intrepid Ibex”, press Alt+F2 and
2. Type in “update-manager -d” (without the quotes) into the command box.
3. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’9.04′ is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.
Download Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 Alpha 1
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/jaunty/alpha-1/ (Ubuntu)
For other Ubuntu Distribution download Link
Please keep in mind that this is a Alpha build which is not suppose to installed and run on any Production machine
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Below are the Interview Questions.
No one will GET second chance to impress….
Very Impressive Questions and Answers….. …Think of your answers before checking the actual one…….
Question 1: You are driving along in your car on a wild, stormy night, it’s raining heavily, when suddenly you pass by a bus stop, and you see three people waiting for a bus:
An old lady who looks as if she is about to die.
An old friend who saved your life once.
The perfect partner you have been dreaming about.
Which one would you choose to offer a ride to, knowing very well that there could only be one passenger in your car?
This is a moral/ethical dilemma that was once actually used as part of a job application.
* You could pick up the old lady, because she is going to die, and thus you should save her first;
* or you could take the old friend because he once saved your life, and this would be the perfect chance to! pay him back.
* However, you may never be able to find your perfect mate again.
The candidate who was hired (out of 200 applicants) had no trouble coming up with his answer. Guess what was his answer?
He simply answered:
"I would give the car keys to my Old friend and let him take the lady to the hospital. I would stay behind and wait for the bus with the partner of my dreams."
Sometimes, we gain more if we are able to give up our stubborn thought limitations. Never forget to "Think Outside of the Box."
Question 2: What will you do if I run away with your sister?"
The candidate who was selected answered " I will not get a better match for my sister than you sir"
Question 3: Interviewer (to a student girl candidate) – What is one morning you woke up & found that you were pregnant.
Girl – I will be very excited and take an off, to celebrate with my husband.
Normally an unmarried girl will be shocked to hear this, but she managed it well. Why I should think it in the wrong way, she said later when asked
Question 4: Interviewer: He ordered a cup of coffee for the candidate. Coffee arrived kept before the candidate, and then he asked what is before you?
Candidate: Instantly replied "Tea"
He got selected.
You know how and why did he say "TEA" when he knows very well that coffee was kept before.
(Answer: The question was "What is before you (U – alphabet)
Reply was "TEA" ( T – alphabet)
Alphabet "T" was before Alphabet "U"
Question 5: Where Lord Rama would have celebrated his "First Diwali"? People will start thinking of Ayodya, Mitila [Janaki's place], and Lanka etc…
But the logic is, Diwali was a celebrated as a mark of Lord Krishna Killing Narakasura. In Dusavataar, Krishnavathaar comes after Raamavathaar.
So, Lord Rama would not have celebrated the Diwali At all!
Question 6: The interviewer asked to the candidate "This is your last question of the interview. Please tell me the exact position of the center of this table where u has kept your files."
Candidate confidently put one of his finger at some point at the table and told that this was the central point at the table. Interviewer asked how did u get to know that this being the central point of this table, then he answers quickly that sir u r not likely to ask any more question, as it was the last question that u promised to ask…..
And hence, he was selected as because of his quick-wittedness. ……..
This is what Interviewer expects from the Interviewee. ….
"THINK OUTSIDE OF THE BOX"
Hi Guys & Girls
1. What is the expansion of YAHOO?
Yet another Hierarchy of Officious Oracle
2. What is the expansion of ADIDAS?
ADIDAS- All Day I Dream About Sports
3 .Expansion of Star as in Star TV Network?
Satellite Television Asian Region
4.What is expansion of "ICICI ?"
Industrial credit and Investments Corporation of India
5.What does "baker’s dozen" signify?
A baker’s dozen consists of 13 items – 1 more than the items
in a normal dozen
6. The 1984-85 season. 2nd ODI between India and Pakistan at Sialkot- India 210/3 with Vengsarkar 94*. Match abandoned. Why?
That match was abandoned after ppl heard the news of indira
gandhi being killed.
7. Who is the only man to have written the National Anthems for two different countries?
Rabindranath Tagore who wrote national anthem for two different countries one is our ‘s National anthem and another one is for Bangladesh- (Amar Sonar Bangla)
8.From what four word ex-pression does the word ‘goodbye’ derive?
Goodbye comes from the ex-pression: ‘god be with you’.
9.How was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu better known?
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu is none other Mother Teresa.
10.Name the only other country to have got independence on Aug 15th?
South Korea .
11.Why was James Bond Associated with the Number 007?
Because 007 is the ISD code for Russia (or the USSR , as it was known during the cold war)
12.Who faced the first ball in the first ever One day match?
Geoffrey Boycott
13. Which cricketer played for South Africa before it was banned from international cricket and later represented Zimbabwe ?
John Traicos
14. The faces of which four Presidents are carved at Mt.Rushmore?
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln
15. Which is the only country that is surrounded from all sides by only one country(other than Vatican ) ?
Lesotho surrounded from all sides by South Africa
