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The Internet has given credit to University of Cape Town student Marco Gallotta, a computer science major, with discovering that by pressing the right keys while checking out Google Sky (they’re totally different keys for OS X) users are given a choice of flying an F-16 Viper, for those that like to boogie, or a Cirrus SR22 prop plane, for those that prefer the scenic route.

So get the ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL Google Pack with Google Earth right now !!!

Be careful not to fly too high though !!!

You just might end up lost in Google Space.

To start Open Google Earth 4.4 and press Ctrl+Alt+A (if you’re running OS X it’s Command+Option+A; some people have reported that Ctrl+A or Ctrl+Windows+A work when the standard Ctrl+Alt+A does not)

If you are struggling to get into flight simulator mode then follow the instructions below to manually enable flight simulator. After enabling, go Tools -> Enter Flight Simulator.

Windows:

Download FlightSim.reg, double click on it and restart Google Earth.

Linux:

echo 1 > .googleearth/Registry/google/googleearthplus/User/flightsim/isena

Here’s what Marco says :

Some time last week, Google expanded Google Earth with Google Sky. As fascinating as Google Sky is, that’s not the focus of this post. Along with the latest update comes a hidden feature of which I cannot seem to find any other information about. It’s not in the release notes and a search on Google produces no results. Seems Google have done one of their unpublicised updates they’re becoming well-known for.

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1. The closest airport is in Chennai, which is around 135 kms from Puducherry (approx. 2 ½ hrs. journey). Chennai has excellent connections with almost all cities in India and direction connection to Europe, USA, Middle East and South East Asia. Trichy airport is 220 kms away. Bangalore (320 kms) and Madurai are the other nearby airports.

 

 

       2. Though Puducherry is on the rail map journey by train to and from Puducherry is not very popular. Villupuram is the nearest junction, it is fairly well connected to places like Chennai, Madurai and Trichy.

       3. Puducherry is well connected to all districts and major towns of various states like Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Andra Pradesh. Puducherry is best accessible by road, either by bus or by taxi. There are frequent buses, almost every 15 minutes in the day from Chennai’s new bus stand in Koyembedu.

       4.The express buses takes 3 ½ hours to reach Puducherry. Preferably take the buses coming by the East Coast Road via Mahabalipuram, instead of the National Highway, as the ECR is far more scenic with shimmering sea to give you company most of the way.

       There are frequent buses to Puducherry from places like Chidambaram, Thanjavur Trichy and Coimbatore. Especially private luxury buses are connecting Puducherry with other major cities in Tamil Nadu and Bangalore.

1) Teams arriving at the Chennai Central Railway Station can take local buses no. 15B, 15F or auto rickshaws (charges ranging from Rs.70 to 90) to reach the central bus stand (CMBT), Koyambedu. From there one can take the Chennai- Pondicherry / Chennai-Chidambaram/ Chennai- Cuddalore Bye pass bus to get to JIPMER directly. Please remember to get down at the JIPMER(Gorimedu ) bus-stop .You can also take the ECR route from Chennai to reach the Pondicherry bus stand from where auto rickshaws are available for Rs.25 to 40.

2) Colleges coming from south via Cuddalore or Villupuram should disembark at the Pondicherry bus stand and take an auto to get to JIPMER.

3) For colleges from Bangalore and its surroundings, direct bus services are available, run by PRTC, KSRTC and private bus services.(8 hours) 

Spandan Literary Events Schedule

 

29^th August, Wednesday

            9 am – Dumb Charades

            2 pm – Jest A Minute

30^th August, Thursday

            9 am – 90 seconds

            2 pm – Pictionary

31^st August, Friday

            9 am – Debate

            2 pm – What’s the Good Word ?

1^st September, Saturday

            9 am – Quiz prelims

                        Extempore

            2 pm – Quiz finals

Creative Writing

Wall Magazine

• Dumb Charades
• JAM
• Pictionary
• What’s the good word?
• Debate
• 90 seconds
• Quiz
• Extempore

Trivium

• Dumb Charades
• Quiz
• 90 Seconds
• Pictionary
• What’s the good word?

Loquacity

• Extempore
• Just A Minute

Grafitti

• Creative Writing
• Wall Mag

General Rules

1. Registrations for the event are to be made at the venue of the event.

2. Participants are requested to be at the venue at least fifteen minutes in advance.

3. Explicit vulgarity in any form is strictly prohibited and may warrant disqualification.

4. The decision of the Literary Committee Secretary, wherever applicable, is final.

5. Participants are requested to adhere to the specified time limits for all the events.

6. Teams are requested to keep track of their own scores to avoid confusion.

7. No new registrations entertained 15 minutes after the beginning of the event.

Trivium – Quiz , Dumb Charades, Pictionary, 90 seconds, What’s The Good Word

“If knowledge is your treasure,
Here’s what may give you pleasure
Contests of memory are these
What? Why? Who? Next please?”

Quiz – Quizimera

‘No points for guessing’

1) Team event with three members per team.

2) Written prelims.

3) Six finalist teams.

Dumb Charades – Mind Your Language

‘Let your hand do the talking’

1) Team event with three members per team.

2) Six finalist teams.

3) Number of rounds variable. Rules for different rounds will be specified.

90 Seconds – Yes, no, maybe

‘And your time starts now’

1) Team event with two members per team.

2) Six finalist teams.

3) The clueing teammates may only use the words: ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘pass’, ‘also’ and ‘maybe’.

4) No codes allowed. However, standard formats like SPLASH, MERIT etc. are acceptable.

Pictionary

‘Picasso would have a tough time, not you’

1) Team event with two members per team.

2) In the prelims, each partner pictorially represents the clues (personalities, places, books, movies, proverbs, …) and the other has to guess them.

3) Six teams are selected for the finals which includes a reverse pictionary round.

What’s the good word? – Lexicon

‘Read your partner’s mind ‘

1) Team event with two members per team.

2) Written prelims and six finalist teams.

3) Three clues allowed per word, the first has to be an acceptable synonym.

4) Each synonym / clue has to be a single word. Hyphenated words will be considered as two clues.

5) No clue or synonym can begin with the same letter as the word and no three consecutive letters may be common between ANY clue / synonym and the actual word.

6) Three guesses allowed per word.

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