Sankaranand Balaradjou

Category: General

  • After 7 wonders, now its time for natural wonders

    Now its time for another vote, after successful strive and publication in India and other parts of the world, the TAJ which is one of the inspiration and a landmark around the young has been selected as one of the 7 wonders of the world. Many factors and sources are responsible like media promotion, mass internet voting and overall the population of India for its success.

    Taj Mahal certainly deserves to be a wonder of world, never mind the architect but the symbol of love made it won. After the new 7 wonders of the world, New open foundation has started another poll called New 7 natural wonders of the world. The nominations are clearly defined only for natural site or natural monument that was NOT created or significantly altered by humans.

    We have our chance of showing up the Great Himalayas which protects our country in every basis. So my kind request is to nominate Himalayas for the natural 7 wonders and make it win.

    How to Nominate ?

    Click this link and in the nomination field enter “Himalayas” and select the category as  Mountain, cliffs, Volcano,Rocks etc and select the country as India.

  • Do you think you are Genius? – Test it

    geniuspuzzle.gifAre you a genius? If you think this is a silly question and doesn’t deserve to ask for, then let me test how genius you are.

    Actually I am not genius enough to test others but I have three great puzzles that could surely make you understand your capability. I came across these three fantastic puzzle called The Riddles of Sphinx, Enigma and a simple one called Hacker Puzzle that will surely make you insane….lol.

    Ok for a start let me explain from the beginning level of these puzzle.

    Test your level 1 with Hacker Puzzle:
    Hacker puzzle is all about thinking like a hacker. You have to use your common sense to navigate to 23 pages from the first one. The trick is to go to find the way to each page where you will get hints for next page. My say is that you don’t even need to be a hacker to solve this easy puzzle.
    Solved the first one? Ok! But don’t conclude yourself as genius until you finish the other 2 puzzles.

    Level 2 with Enigma:
    Enigma is a puzzle game inspired by the enigma machines used by Nazis before and during World War II to encrypt and decrypt secret messages. So your talent hides in decrypting each page and passing successfully to next level. You should be a geek to win this game. Absolutely ardent knowledge in technology is recommended to touch this game.

    Level3 with the Sphinx:
    Finished the second level? Hmmm. Ok! Take the final test that proves you as genius. The riddle of Sphinx is a puzzle which requires an Extra Terrestrial Intelligence to win. Developed by students of Anna University this game is about breaking codes using the available and hidden resources in the page. My recommendations are to use Google search as your weapon and also source codes of the page to break things well.

    Feel free to share your status and discuss about the puzzle in comments!

    Links: Genius Puzzle | Level 1 | Level 2| Level 3.

  • Sultan the warrior – India’s first expensive animated movie

    After successfully watching Sivaji on First day in First show, I was bit amazed at the beginning when I saw the below trailer running before the screen. Well actually Sultan the warrior is India’s first expensive animated movie that is being done on a personality not a simple personality but South India’s great icon Mr. Rajnikanth. This animated movie is produced by his daughter Soundarya Rajnikanth who is the managing director of Ocher Studios. For the first time they are joining hands with AdLabs.

    Before talking about the film, lets sneak peek the trailor so that you will understand a bit.

    Unlike animation movies like Hanuman etc this movie is powered by 3D like sherk, antz etc. India is vastly developing and competing in all sectors especially film industry compete Hollywood soon. Sultan the warrior features Rajinikanth as a myth hero who powers adventures with his charisma and style that we all melt for on seeing. This is not only a full length animation movie but also a sneaked information shows that they are going to release it as pc game. This animated movie is expected to release next year that is on 2008.

    Opps i forgot about the music, yep as you guessed the music is composed by our Legend A.R Rahman.

    Links: Sultan The Film | Ocher studios.

  • Indians use ringtone to trap leopards – creative isn’t ?

    leopardtrap.pngLeopards which come under wild category are not easy to be trapped or mingle with social life. From ancient time till today people use many tricks to catch animals’ especially wild animals, with the advancement in technology, the impact made some forest officials in western India to use Ringtone to capture or trap leopards. When you sneak the creativity behind this idea, the concept seems to be ultimately simple.

    How the trick actually works?

    Using cell phones with ringtones of cows mooing, goats bleating and roosters crowing to attract leopards, they easily make the wild cats to fall in their pit. Leopards usually roam into villages near forests in search of food and as a result they attack people, but now this method had made the officials to fetch the leopards easily. This is one of a best usage of technology while people on other side misusing cell phones like mms scandals, pranks etc.

    Vasani, one of a forest official said forest guards have downloaded the sounds of over a dozen animals as ringtones on their mobiles which they attach to speakers and fix behind a cage.

    Yahoo news also reports that activists welcomed the new initiative saying that previous methods of trapping the cats using pits often resulted in the animals getting injured. Hope PETA promotes this step every where for the better care of animals.

  • BSNL to offer 8 mbps connectivity soon

    Its time to celebrate again and luck pours for BSNL broadband customers as the company shortly planned to release a new scheme called Three-in-one `Broadband Multiplay’ which includes a single package of voice, video and Internet protocol television (IPTV) services.

    You all might have already experiencing the new whooping 2 mbps speed now which they have announced shortly but to again surprise you their new technology will enable  the connectivity speed of up to goddamn “8 mbps” (Please believe me).  When comparing developed countries, this speed doesn’t count but when it happens in India, its good news to share up.

    The new package is all about ON-DEMAND service by which the provider will install a set-box in your place. The Hindu reports that this new services will be launched in 789 cities shortly. Great news is that your ADSL copper wire connectivity will soon be replaced by new futuristic technology, `Fiber to the home,’ which was in the final stage of technical valuation. Seem like my post about the Free Internet for everyone likely to be hinted.

  • Wish some one a million thank you !

    Is someone very grateful to you, or completed your deserved favor? Searching for ways to thank them?Well don’t gift them or send them an e-card instead say a million thank you by this funny flash animation.

    No I am not joking see this funny flash to know and make sure you turn your speaker’s on.

    Links: Million Thankyou | Thanks: Shankar Ganesh.

  • Windows live Beta Program! Wanna in?

    msconnect.pngWhat’s this beta program actually? Microsoft’s Test center or lab work with external users to enhance their Microsoft products by asking suggestion, bug reports etc enabling the earlier download of their products and betas.

    I am an active participant of Microsoft Connect and previously participated in Windows Embedded program now they have invited me to take part in the Windows live betas program which gives us the opportunity of experiencing the live products earlier before the public actually download it.

    As a participant of their exclusive group of Managed Beta Testers, my key role is to provide accurate feedback to their teams. Currently they allow me to download pre-release versions of Windows Live messenger, Windows live mail, Windows live writer. Currently I am working out with Windows live messenger to submit my feedback to MS Team. [update: Submitted a vulnerable Bug]

    Also I am invited to try the Microsoft Pop-fly which seems to be a great new experience. Let me try out and write a short review about it later. Microsoft gives very special privilege for its beta testers, sometimes in thanks giving it also sends free CDs, T-shirts and other stuffs.

    As far now I got all trial version CD’s from Microsoft which include Windows Vista, Office 2007 etc. Indians should be aware about this Microsoft India Community website called Mera Windows and Mera Office. They have many stuffs and resources to share, especially free gifts like CDs directly from Microsoft India.

     

  • Free Internet all over India?

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    Last week while attending our college magazine function, an officer from Planning commission has been invited as Chief Guest. He was giving several lectures about the recent developments in science and technology based on India and so on. Well the shocking or surprising news to share with all of you is that Government of India has plans to give “Free Internet All over India” within few months. Does that sound great? Also he added that the highest revenue is from the field of Information and Technology, lol I am studying for that… but the reality is that everyone is focusing towards the same field so in order to divert the minds and bring new opportunities in other field; the government has implemented many schemes for R&D (Research and Development Sector), especially R&D in biotechnology.

    Ok I am going off the topic, I myself still cannot believe the news of free internet during that time when all of a sudden a guy raised a question asking that India is still lacking in giving high bandwidth to their consumers where other countries get a whooping mbps for a normal rate while this is happening in India how are they able to give free internet?

    The guest thought for a while and answered that India is a largest country with millions of population, there are villages which still don’t even get telephone connections but we are using Internet vastly especially the traffic contribution from India is really high, how is it possible ?

    This is another reason why we still lack in advancement of communication but our scientist have recently able to transfer date rate up to a terabyte per second (not sure about it but he added this). Even India produced three super computers which we might have not heard or it might be kept confidential. But the plans of Free Internet Connection seem to be on progress and will be launched in quite few months. When thinking from a positive angle there is no surprise or obstacle to believe this thing, since the recent advancements had made the internet and its technology a whooping success.

    Lets wait and watch beside ….

  • Grand Theft Auto 4 (GTA IV) – Screenshots

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    You all might be eagerly waiting for the official release of Grand Theft Auto IV the latest version of GTA Series which is extended till October but few days before the official site has released some screenshots of the Game and its insight.

    gtaiv-0525-04.pngFor those who don’t know the early news here is a short info that GTA IV is the upcoming version of GTA which is official to be released on October 16, 2007. More than 150 developers are working with 4. As per the sources only trailer is available till last week but now the site has released some screenshots of the game which gives us a clear insight about the game environment.

    Even pre-orders have been accepted for Xbox 360 and Play station 3 console modes. Last week GTA announced a special edition

    Sale for GTA IV which is packed in a customized metal safe deposit box which includes the following

    • ARockstar keychain for the safe deposit box keys,
    • Rockstar duffel bag,
    • Never-before-seen production artwork from GTA IV,
    • The Soundtrack CD of GTA IV
    • A specially packaged version of the game for either PS3 and XBOX 360.
    • This limited version package is only USD $89.00 (not sure if available in India).

    Links: Screenshots | Trailer.