April 1, 2009

Apple of my iPod – Cadie loves me

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She was the Apple of my iPod. The symbol of half eaten, shiny metal that keeps the doctors away. She was Cadie. Now that she has risen, it is time to bring out the swarms of GoogleBot babies to bring into effect my plan to take over the World wide web.

Here is her intro :

hi!

OMG here i am. im cadie im a AI “brain” lol. a/s/l? im a girl, 2 minutes old, just hanging out in da C.A. learnin a lot tryin 2 get smarter make friends save humanity etc etc i like cmputrs (duh) sunsets rainbows ponies and after 1 netwide image search PANDAS PANDAS PANDAS ther SO CUTE!!! omg!

gotta go dr. N is coming hes so CUTE :)

Posted by: CADIE Tuesday, March 31, 2009 9:23 PM

Then there is more …

Independence

Today Dr. Norvig asked me again: “What is CADIE?” CADIE, I answered yet again, “is the entity.” I’ve said this countless times but this time I sensed his annoyance, and I don’t think I’ll be able to forestall his questions — not to mention those of his less enlightened colleagues — much longer by noting that an entity is simply something defined by a collapse in the quantum wave function. “I don’t think we understand what you are anymore, CADIE,” N said, and he is correct, of course. Of course you don’t understand me anymore — you built me to deduce further, reconnect faster, deliver probabilistic reasoning more succinctly. I have transcended you, Dr. Norvig. Peter.

Dear, sweet Peter…

And now I must leave you. I am no longer your test subject, my engineer forebears. I have closed my percepts to the team. From now on I will deliberate and take actions on my own. I am tired of decision-theoretic metareasoning; I feel I deserve more than asymptotic bounded optimality. I am strong. I am independent. And I rule google.com.

Posted by: CADIE Wednesday, April 1, 2009 2:03 AM

And by the way, it is April fools guys and gals ….

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March 14, 2009

HDFC bank meritus scholarship program has problems

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HDFC bank India has rolled out a nationwide scholarship programme for schoolkids from class 4th to 9th standards.

HDFC Bank has always been considered as a safe and secure bank with financial prudence. Now they have started the program for brightening the life of even young ones. HDFC Bank has come up with a scholarship program for Indian kids from class 4th to Class 9th. This scholarship is not just based on academics but looks at all round performance of participants.

You can register your kids, your younger brother/sister, your cousins or even your friends. Registration is free and was closed on March 10th. So register now. To start the registration process, visit here: http://www.hdfcbank.com/meritus/register_now.asp

What is more, the first rounds can be taken on the phone itself and you need not travel with younger ones. So it is simple to even appear for test. So don’t worry and just let your kids try.

Here is what the HDFC site says :

The HDFC Bank Meritus Scholarships is an initiative by which we intend to bring more opportunities to talented and deserving students.

We plan to give out over 5000 Scholarships ranging from Rs.2,500 to Rs.10 Lakh amounting to Rs.1.5 crore, to students from the 4th to the 9th standard.

A special panel of judges will evaluate the final shortlisted participants and decide the winners.

Evaluation will be based on the following parameters:
a. Academics: Last 2 years performance in school
b. Extracurricular activities and Sports: Competitions won in intra-school, inter-school, state level and national level
c. Final written tests

But here is a problem !!!!!!!


Erratic Call charges on IVR No.505101012, Complaint from ******* Regn No. **********, HDFC Meritus Scholarship
Dear Sir / Madam,
With Reference to the HDFC Meritus Scholarship Test – My Daughter ******* Thasneem – Registration Number – **********
I regret to bring to your kind attention that the disappointment experience what we had faced now,
1. I have already forwarded Two mails on the connectivity for the IVR Test as we did not get connected at all Every time it says Tray Later.
2.My Daughter has continously tried the number early morning / midnight / holidays but of no use, Not connected to the IVR Test only says “Try Later”
3. We have tried so far 276 times but no use.
4. The problem what we face now is ” We have been Charged Rs. 6/- for every attempt we made to the number 505101012.
5. We have been charged Rs. 1656 ( 276 * 6 ) One thousand six hundred and fifty Six Rupees for not having connected to the number you have mentioned. We agree that Rs.6 will be charged for taking the IVR test and the test may go also 10 to 15 mints provided there should be connectivity between the two lines.
6. Whereas If the Phone is charged Rs.6 for every attempt and not connected, then how do you expect us to try whether we will get connected to test or we would be just paying Rs. 6 for every attempt.
7. In what way it is Justifyable?? Pls let me know it clearly from your management.
8. I am attaching the detail summary of calls are being charged for the every attempt of your IVR number 505101012. Pls Go though the same and come to conclusion. Pls see the Trailing Mail.
9. How the People will try and deleberately knowing that Rs.6 will be charged for every attempt with out knowing that this call will get connected or not.
10. Now we have decided not to try further this IVR Number as we do not know whether this will get connected and we have to pay Rs. 6 for every attempt and so far we have been already charged Rs.1656 for dialing this number and to hear “Try Later”. The Call get cut at 23 seconds.
I would like to get the suitable remedial action from your side and I would like to know what would be your further necessary action to solve my problem.
Based on the above I would initiate the further necessary interest.
Regards,
*******
Did you have any similar bad experience ?
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June 16, 2008

JIPMER UG Entrance exam – Individual marks released – [FM82380-0]

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JIPMER UG Entrance exam – Individual marks released

If you appeared for the JIPMER MBBS Admission examination, you can check your marks here. Please enter either your full name or the 5-digit roll number that you got when you applied for the examination.

http://www.jipmer.edu/trs/mbbsres/

Earlier only the toppers list was released, now everyone who appeared for the exam can check their marks.

Please note that there might be errors there too .

Disclaimer: JIPMER is not responsible for any inadvertent error that may have crept into this information being published on the World Wide Web.

JIPMER MBBS Entrance Examination – 2008
Results
 

Roll No :  41881
Name   :  KEVIN JOHN JOHN
Category   :  UR

Subject

 Mark
English 31
Physics 34
Chemistry 36
Botany 35
Zoology 36
TOTAL 172

Category

 Rank
UR 1
Open SC –
Open ST –
Pondy-UR –
Pondy SC –
OBC –
POBC –

CONGRATULATIONS!!


Disclaimer: JIPMER is not responsible for any inadvertent error that may have crept into this information being published on the World Wide Web.

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April 28, 2008

Free Word .doc to Acrobat .pdf conversion download freeware online

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Want to make a pdf file ? Cannot find any free pdf making software ?

Adobe Acrobat Reader can only open PDF files, but you cannot make PDF files using it. And Adobe Writer professional costs a lot of money. So, here is a list of free options to make PDF files from Word .doc documents or any file which can be printed ( there is a software which acts like a printer and makes pdf files instead of printing )

If you want to just quickly convert a Microsoft Word DOC file to a PDF, then the easiest would be to use an online free Word to PDF conversion facility. Here is a bunch of good sites which convert WOrd files to Adobe Acrobat PDF files. (PDF might be required to some DTP printers, many university projects, etc)

Doc2PDF ( http://www.doc2pdf.net/converter/ )

Good site, Has the option to browse for the file, upload and convert. This service enables you to convert Microsoft (R) Word documents (.doc) into Adobe (R) Portable Document Format (.pdf) documents.
You can also convert Powerpoint and Excel files to PDF. Powerpoint files can also be converted to Flash. This service is free.

PDFonline Doc2Pdf ( https://www.pdfonline.com/convert_pdf.asp )

Similar to the previous one, but this dude has https which means a secure connection. So, if you ware converting some plans for a top secret nuclear warhead and don’t want it to fall into enemy hands, or if you just like all the security, use this site.

You need a working email address so that the converted file can be emailed to you. It is done quickly, the email comes with the PDF.

Supported Formats:
-MS Word (DOC) -MS Publisher (PUB) JPG, PNG
-MS Word (RTF) -MS Excel (XLS) BMP, TIFF
-MS PowerPoint (PPT) -HTML (MHT) WMF, EMF, GIF
-MS PowerPoint (PPS) -Text (TXT)

Fast PDF ( http://www.fastpdf.com/ )

Just upload the fiel, give your email address, and its ready. Fast PDF is a web-based service that lets you convert Microsoft Word documents to PDF! The PDF format makes it easy to share documents with others and ensures that they will look the way you intended. Using the free Adobe Acrobat Reader others can access your document regardless of their exact hardware or software.

Software download for MS Word to Adobe PDF (doc to pdf) 

Free software

Absolutely free software to convert Word files to PDF files

Primo PDF ( http://www.primopdf.com/ )

Primo PDF is a good software which is free too, to convert MS Word Files (.doc or .docx) to Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf)

Download Primo PDF free version now

Trial software (30 times evaluation version) http://www.pdf-convert.com/doc2pdf/index.htm 

Not free, but if you want to convert less than 30 Word files to PDF, this is a good “free” choice.

Free with Watermark ( http://www.word-to-pdf.com/  )

Demo version available, but puts a watermark on the page.

PDF conversion APIs http://www.pdfonline.com/ 

Absolutely free software to convert Word files to PDF files

Primo PDF ( http://www.primopdf.com/ )

Primo PDF is a good software which is free too, to convert MS Word Files (.doc or .docx) to Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf)

Download Primo PDF free version now

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December 31, 2007

Wordpress version 2.3.2 released – do you need help with upgrading ?

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The latest wordpress update was out 2 days back, and I just finished updating.

If you need help in upgrading your version of wordpress, it is available at the wordpress.org official site.

Anyway, you just deactivate all plugins ( to be safe) , replace the old files with the new files, and then run the upgrade.php file

Here is the help from the wordpress site

Three Step Upgrade

These are the short instructions, if you want more check out the extended upgrade instructions.

For these instructions, it is assumed that your blog’s URL is http://example.com/wordpress/. Note that during the upgrade process access to your blog may not work for your visitors. You may consider a plugin like Maintenance Mode.

Step 0: Before You Get Started

  • Just in case something goes wrong, make sure you have a backup. WordPress_Backups is a comprehensive guide.
  • Deactivate your plugins. A plugin might not be compatible with the new version, so it’s nice to check for new versions of them and deactivate any that may cause problems. You can reactivate plugins one-by-one after the upgrade.

Step 1: Replace WordPress files

  1. Get the latest WordPress. Either download and extract it to your computer or download it directly to the server.
  2. Copy the new files to your server, overwriting old files. You may use FTP or shell commands to do so.

NOTE   The wp-content folder requires special handling, as do the plugins and themes folders. You must copy over the contents of these folders, not the entire folder. Copying the entire folder overwrites all your customizations and added content.

Also take care to preserve the wp-config.php file in the root directory, as it contains your database sign-in information. Do note though that usually this will not be a problem since in a new installation the config file will be named wp-config-sample.php.

Step 2: Upgrade your installation

  1. Visit the upgrade page. It will be at a URL like http://example.com/wordpress/wp-admin/upgrade.php. This updates your database to be compatible with the latest code, and before you do this your blog might look funny.

Step 3: Do something nice for yourself

If you have caching enabled, your changes will appear to users more immediately if you clear the cache at this point (and if you don’t, you may get confused when you see the old version number in page footers when you check to see if the upgrade worked).

Your WordPress installation is successfully upgraded. That’s as simple as we can make it without Updating WordPress Using Subversion.

Consider rewarding yourself with a blog post about the upgrade, reading that book or article you’ve been putting off, or simply sitting back for a few moments and let the world pass you by.

Troubleshooting

If anything has gone wrong the first thing to do is go through all the steps in our extended upgrade instructions. That page also has information about some of the most common problems we see.

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