tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-98396392024-03-06T22:56:21.461-05:00என் சுவடுகள்<b>அடுத்த அலைக் முன் என் கால் தடங்கள்!</b><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-88343309914699183072011-10-08T22:20:00.002-04:002011-10-30T00:35:38.591-04:00Steve Jobs<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4Rw7RXE3YZ6DY8VdRLkaoHFjgMoDMLP5TxIcscEfLBXv70qGZUlgrh9auKN1nKnCEEqEaQRRyD3TQGxY0GqfT6J25mm3eNIM6c-kFcMCzxEkeTDAIYn0-e1QNoIk3JEE6tdX/s1600/pod0042-apple-logo-steve-jobs-silhouette.jpg"><img style="margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 358px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4Rw7RXE3YZ6DY8VdRLkaoHFjgMoDMLP5TxIcscEfLBXv70qGZUlgrh9auKN1nKnCEEqEaQRRyD3TQGxY0GqfT6J25mm3eNIM6c-kFcMCzxEkeTDAIYn0-e1QNoIk3JEE6tdX/s400/pod0042-apple-logo-steve-jobs-silhouette.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5669126631070943410" border="0" /></a><br /></div>I've never been part of fanboy crowd, but Jobs impressed me exactly twice, when i got hold of iPod classic and next time when i saw his <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7945084053124129040">keynote</a> of introducing first iPhone. I did learn one thing on UI dev from Apple, user should never need an manual.<br /><br />During my early days of development, i named a small utility app <span style="font-style: italic;">as iClick.net. </span>I never heard of Apple or iPod or Jobs by then, luxury of coming from a non computer science background<span style="font-style: italic;">.</span> Happenstance???<br /><br />Revolutionary - hmm? may be...<br />Genius marketer- ohh yeah!!!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“You can’t just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they’ll want something new.” – Steve Jobs, Inc. Magazine</span></span><br /></div><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-70963475823487648452011-01-08T18:14:00.007-05:002011-01-09T07:28:15.685-05:00Shoot-out in TucsonI watched all those tireless tv ads from Giffords and Kelly in last year election, and Giffords win which could have been so close to trigger re-counting. By look of it, i liked her more centrist approach unlike Grijalva from down-below, who i saw more of left-wing.<br /><br />Interestingly, first thing i wanted to see what Sarah Palin tweeted, i don't think she had any influence in this, but it was fun to hear that her "cross-hair" map disappeared moments after shooting. For past one year, it was too much from right-wing and tea-party extreme nuts, with all those hatred on-air, i almost immediately scan away from 104.1 truth fm or else i'll end up hearing some right-wing nut screaming that Obama had to do something with rising onion prices in India.<br /><br />On the same topic, Tucson was in every channel for last few hours, and i got calls from many, just checking if everyone is safe. I missed getting a single call from my company, checking if all employees are safe. I don't know, may be i'm being too left and socialistic, expecting that middle mgmt to give a call and check if their employees are safe, given our office/apts located just one intersection from Giffords office and almost someone drives on oracle rd (close to shooting spot) to get indian groceries on weekends. May be they expect to get the news on Monday morning if someone didn't turn up in office; how are we going to make-up one less in billing sheet, that might be big project concern :(<br /><br />.<b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-43546295585759538042011-01-07T16:53:00.003-05:002011-01-09T07:29:13.163-05:00ASP.NET "Base Pages" vs. PageAdapter<span id="title">Interesting option to avoid deriving from base page, which many times i forget<br /><br /><a href="http://aspalliance.com/1993_Replacing_ASPNET_Base_Pages_with_a_PageAdapter">Replacing ASP.NET "Base Pages" with a PageAdapter</a><br /><br /></span><a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8x7cabzb.aspx">System.Web.UI.Adapters.PageAdapter</a><br /><br />Learned a lot on ASP.net best practices from Robert by virtue of working in <a href="http://ensuvadukal.blogspot.com/search/label/RSG">RSG </a>and with his asp.net coding standards/guidelines. Good to see him as MVP and spreading his knowledge.<b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-22083069652080827682011-01-06T06:59:00.003-05:002011-01-09T07:55:07.368-05:00God and Science<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2011/01/06/world/europe/news-us-pope-bigbang.html?partner=rss&emc=rss">Pope Says God Behind Theories Like Big Bang</a><br /><br />So where do we go from here, now Christianity is not anti-science anymore, vatican almost agrees with evolution. Pope is real clever to take it a level above todays science, which can not counter this for another couple of centuries (atleast he hopes so).<br /><br />I do pray, but i'm still stuck with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatheism">apatheism</a>, thanks to god by keeping me fortunate enuf to be that way, i do not despise religion, only when it becomes nuisance to progress. Many times i question god, all times i try to refute ridiculous religious conventions & beliefs. <span style="font-style: italic;">Believe in god or not, but never the man in middle!</span><br /><br />I kind of agree that Religion is a cult, it kills people from known history, science created computers, internet, and everything else that progresses human civilization, I don't ask people to question god, do whatever you want to make yourself happy, but god sake, don't kill people in his name or make money out of his name.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br /><br />Click for <a href="http://www.filecrop.com/search.php?w=religulous&size_i=0&size_f=1048576&engine_r=1&engine_m=1">Religulous</a> and a interesting read <a href="http://avaxhome.ws/ebooks/science_books/13_Thing_Sense.html">“13 Things That Don't Make Sense: The Most Baffling Scientific Mysteries of Our Time” </a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right; font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">About God, I cannot accept any concept based on the authority of the Church. As long as I can remember, I have resented mass indoctrination. I do not believe in the fear of life, in the fear of death, in blind faith. I cannot prove to you that there is no personal God, but if I were to speak of him, I would be a liar. <b>I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. My God created laws that take care of that. His universe is not ruled by wishful thinking, but by immutable laws.</b></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />- Albert Einstein from an interview with William Hermanns in the summer of 1954</span><br /></div><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-17837008574544452312011-01-01T09:33:00.002-05:002011-01-09T05:41:40.947-05:00Happy New Year 2011!2011 is going to be big year with r2i and all the challenges ahead us.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right; font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">“We choose to go...not because [it is] easy, but because [it is] hard, because that goal will serve to measure and organize the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win.” - JFK </span></span></div><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-37533125804899772862010-12-23T23:23:00.007-05:002011-01-09T05:45:16.789-05:00wallstreet is ready to bet if you will die next year!I happen to read article in WSJ about the concept of business of betting on a stranger's life. Mere concept makes me sick to my stomach.<br /><br /><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704694004576019344291967866.html#articleTabs%3Darticle">Bets on Strangers' Lives</a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVWetCQMKarZBwuIRRKxpeG7f76NwIqutywhXdA-wL_EgXZ61TueOTsjrxUBEHbE4KAcMfxnp7-UFJF7cIohZV0xUG3CBEZEt_6qc5PIRBnzPD3OutW-NjLDlD7DGpHP45fdU/s1600/P1-AY712_LIFEPA_G_20101220182435.jpg"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 112px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfVWetCQMKarZBwuIRRKxpeG7f76NwIqutywhXdA-wL_EgXZ61TueOTsjrxUBEHbE4KAcMfxnp7-UFJF7cIohZV0xUG3CBEZEt_6qc5PIRBnzPD3OutW-NjLDlD7DGpHP45fdU/s400/P1-AY712_LIFEPA_G_20101220182435.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554101750929123778" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right; font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />We all agree that your theory is crazy, but is it crazy enough? -Niels Bohr</div><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-28095865780890836862010-11-26T17:45:00.004-05:002011-01-09T06:00:33.379-05:00Back from (almost) deadLoooooong time no post.<br /><br />Finally decided to get myself a android phone, hopefully i should be able to post with the always connected device in hand :)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: right; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Advice is what others can give.... Answers only come from within! - Unknown<br /></span></div><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-8739575893752348062009-06-13T21:15:00.009-04:002009-06-13T21:42:15.181-04:00Free Market Economy 101<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAcghgBZr3cu9Q-J2PUHKLyWZYVedMTgUjCC6D0yXnHL1sI_ewaE2iTCID9qT_jU4v0J6weA8stg0o3N3peTnMW9Mre8idSwRSEIUQvTUKdowoO7QD_AHNpyi1AEoSnUlwrXa/s1600-h/USAirways1549.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 115px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFAcghgBZr3cu9Q-J2PUHKLyWZYVedMTgUjCC6D0yXnHL1sI_ewaE2iTCID9qT_jU4v0J6weA8stg0o3N3peTnMW9Mre8idSwRSEIUQvTUKdowoO7QD_AHNpyi1AEoSnUlwrXa/s400/USAirways1549.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346987107671989378" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/12/business/12aig.html?_r=1">A.I.G. Balks at Claims From Jet Ditching in Hudson</a><br /><br />... “Insurance companies try to protect their assets, obviously,” ...<br /><br /><br /><br />Welcome to world of free market economy, call me stupid socialist or evil communist, if i come out from a near death experience, i don't want to start making calls on my hospital bills, that start flooding my mailbox, with all due respect the bird hitting the engine is no fault of mine.<br /><br />PS: <a href="http://www.filecrop.com/search.php?w=sicko&size_i=0&size_f=1048576&engine_r=1&engine_m=1">Click here for Sicko.</a> Though i don't agree with heavy socialist propaganda; Moore nails the issues in <strike>health</strike> sick care in america. <a href="http://www.filecrop.com/search.php?w=sicko&size_i=0&size_f=1048576&engine_r=1&engine_m=1"><br /><br /><br /></a><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-2396709051747481392009-04-29T02:54:00.002-04:002009-04-29T03:04:52.774-04:00படித்ததில் ரசித்தது<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TpmeYLYpUsI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TpmeYLYpUsI&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lix3zLJ1Y10&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/lix3zLJ1Y10&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><a href="http://www.vettipayal.com/2008/06/blog-post_25.html">1 சாப்ட்வேர் மாப்பிள்ளை தேடும் பெண்களுக்கு</a></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.vettipayal.com/2008/06/linked-list.html">2 மணல் கயிறு ரீமேக் </a></span><br /><br />.<b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-71372237972726077052009-03-29T18:12:00.003-04:002020-07-03T22:05:32.631-04:00Common powerpoint mistakes :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-55976447850211700192009-03-16T13:51:00.004-04:002009-03-16T13:55:46.429-04:00Chennai MTC RoutesHappen to stumble upon the below site for Chennai MTC connections<br /><br /><a href="http://rab.in/bus/chennai/" target="_new">http://rab.in/bus/chennai/</a><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-76473623737467903092009-02-08T17:35:00.003-05:002009-02-13T19:21:25.294-05:00Yes Its Tucson!May be not exactly Tucson, its 25 miles from Tucson.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqS6u117zS3EkO66jv-fz3ZbvzP9YWuJg12PmXUIQvUVeXymgGLFLBHfNl9sv6I2WTjtBoTjQo93fe3B9r11kCEpK5DOGgnp53IT-ZxU-1aLNATFXnVwSod0SSEAWI1aeRgMoJ/s1600-h/Mt-Lemmon-Ski-Slope.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqS6u117zS3EkO66jv-fz3ZbvzP9YWuJg12PmXUIQvUVeXymgGLFLBHfNl9sv6I2WTjtBoTjQo93fe3B9r11kCEpK5DOGgnp53IT-ZxU-1aLNATFXnVwSod0SSEAWI1aeRgMoJ/s320/Mt-Lemmon-Ski-Slope.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302415322031195250" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />And yes the real Tucson is one in the backdrop of pic below<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07xqPDV6qJkH4tjOHGskYuNMg-NUbteexJPzIgpC2urRnd6FOobVrQSG_pc83TwKh_f-teqjkL5QdW4D6xGRfyOryBBcJJQ8BB2VcTrpO2w-tRk1cfUUhtV9LO7XyqT1O6bOt/s1600-h/TucsonFromCatalinaHwy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07xqPDV6qJkH4tjOHGskYuNMg-NUbteexJPzIgpC2urRnd6FOobVrQSG_pc83TwKh_f-teqjkL5QdW4D6xGRfyOryBBcJJQ8BB2VcTrpO2w-tRk1cfUUhtV9LO7XyqT1O6bOt/s320/TucsonFromCatalinaHwy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302415501714384930" border="0" /></a><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-87199615165427372962008-12-08T06:51:00.015-05:002010-12-13T20:16:01.224-05:00Moving on ...Bye bye Ny/Nj.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 172px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsAW57LIMLz6Iuc6414BJpNkC9LUZr-EonBJJCuV58diQ2DtbzIXyuPy2fffzZR7JLnn25Jh2D4jFnVxmTrNjYNSBEQIQJkRgRPPifbIKxo8PbrUhurioH7Tvv1Zt0HIWgjhjq/s400/LowerManhattan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302405166069580514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Hello Az!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saguaro"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnolp208TyFT5RVs21H7xva71Hs12WnrYO5u-dxmQ7c7ffBQsRIIpEWhWT7OWQPy17C9qxYGZCXKcYx2QiHqRIbbVUpnyn6gKUA2dRqwST8vdcCsR83-66IJrywMcdPA9qqbL/s200/SAGUARO.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302404043319534162" border="0" /></a><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-66798762968768116182008-11-10T21:52:00.030-05:002008-11-15T14:07:18.118-05:00175 random ilayaraja hitz (mostly melodies)Years of collecting songs, song db has bloated big enuf, that i play mostly the playlists in shuffle mode. Here is the dump of one of the IR playlist (mostly melodies), not by any means complete IR collection.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1041/538696225_e4b7238959.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 142px; height: 189px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1041/538696225_e4b7238959.jpg" alt="" target="_new" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://isas.kumar.googlepages.com/IR_Hitz.htm" target="_new">Track list >>></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KW0HBI7I" target="_new">IR_Hitz_1.rar</a><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LOLDXCC8" target="_new">IR_Hitz_2.rar</a><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AFVF451J" target="_new">IR_Hitz_3.rar</a><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MG853WBA" target="_new">IR_Hitz_4.rar</a><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XGZO96KU" target="_new">IR_Hitz_5.rar</a><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=O64N1GVY" target="_new">IR_Hitz_6.rar</a><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=631HGXTC" target="_new">IR_Hitz_7.rar</a><br /><a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3JDDUAER" target="_new">IR_Hitz_8.rar</a><br /><br />---------------------------------------------------------------<br />PS: Here is link to album <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=DT1Z7RNI" target="_new">Vatsalyam</a> by Bombay S. Jayashri. A Collection of Traditional Indian Lullaby.<br/><br/><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-23490515634197339172008-10-14T20:43:00.007-04:002008-11-10T21:01:52.280-05:00Strange circle around moon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRa9cJuepgIAs-OwnWwzmUvt2H84qaXUA4bxYlutEypFing0b9xgEYqC_jiu0F-nqh8mRCDKKhsvpyBgrDG4ETY3-1LZWqft5Ztu4fReMXn1ojt5L0CXH8aaRre4KH_zvvyuVY/s1600-h/DSC04402.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRa9cJuepgIAs-OwnWwzmUvt2H84qaXUA4bxYlutEypFing0b9xgEYqC_jiu0F-nqh8mRCDKKhsvpyBgrDG4ETY3-1LZWqft5Ztu4fReMXn1ojt5L0CXH8aaRre4KH_zvvyuVY/s200/DSC04402.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267212606517395346" border="0" /></a>Never seen anything like this before, yesterday (10/13) night around 10 pm, we saw this huge, perfect circle around the moon. Sky was void of any stars, just the moon and this spooky circle around the moon. Photo taken doesn't do any justice of the real effect, Wiki tells me its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22%C2%B0_halo">22° halo</a>.<br /><br />.<b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-40484134394039552712008-10-07T22:11:00.003-04:002008-11-13T09:41:03.566-05:00George W Bush: Go Fish!US Gross Federal Debt, unadjusted for inflation.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqHAnbsj7JzikEGO4E7QRq7yl6l0z9BJfsq5PTe-9Ava5JJ6sCtVNKKL_ckshkWcReGnd9Ryzk903Xg20f-Xq-uWhHbu55mpGagupPW3ga695jkJnSI0iO5O0OLTfFFzhsybP/s1600-h/USDebt.png" target="_new"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxqHAnbsj7JzikEGO4E7QRq7yl6l0z9BJfsq5PTe-9Ava5JJ6sCtVNKKL_ckshkWcReGnd9Ryzk903Xg20f-Xq-uWhHbu55mpGagupPW3ga695jkJnSI0iO5O0OLTfFFzhsybP/s320/USDebt.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254599952079212466" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_public_debt">National debt</a> when president George W Bush Jr. took office at the beginning of 2001 was about $5.6 trillion and it is close to 10.2 trillion as of today.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/F9SOVzMV2bc&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/F9SOVzMV2bc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />"Humble foreign policy" anyone?<br /><br />Reminds me a line from Jurassic Park, "<span style="font-style: italic;">I don't blame people for their mistakes. But I do ask that they pay for them.</span>"<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">யார் யாருகோ டாக்டர் பட்டம் குடுகிறிங்கோ, இவருக்கு குடுங்கப்பா டபுல் டாக்டர் பட்டம்.</span><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-88018294459823107632008-08-20T21:30:00.005-04:002008-10-07T22:48:09.982-04:00Authentication & Authorization<span style="font-weight: bold;">Use AD for authentication and DB for authorization<br /><br /></span>I'm trying to reason out the above statement with best of my knowledge, this may be specific to windows environment. Do leave your thoughts if you know of better reasons.<br /><br />A company intranet website application can be open to entire domain users and hence don't need any authentication at all. But we may need to restrict access to a phone list application to certain groups, this application may include additional authorization restrictions like certain group of users should not be able to view some section of data say for example "personal mobile numbers". Best approach is to authenticate all users with a AD group and use different authorization data store like a database.<br /><br />Can we not use db for authentication, like use "authorization data store" and check if user is not authorized to do any steps in the application and redirect to access denied page? Though its a technically possible option, in this case, control on who gets access to phone list application is thro' db. Everyone will agree, access to that is weaker compared to a secure AD group membership which are restricted to AD administrators hands. Inherently. access to application db has wider spread, compared to AD. Also AD authentication blocks unauthorized users at the gate i.e stopped even before entering into application.<br /><br />In other end of spectrum, why we should not use AD for authorization. For simplicity sake, if we have 3 authorization groups for each application and we have 10 applications and toss in 2 environments (dev/prod), we end up with 60 AD groups. Its work on AD admins that in course of time will become un-manageable, worst-case scenario, someone getting access which they shouldn't.<br /><br />That said, there is room for all shades of grey, for example any enterprise has to maintain AD groups for something or other, like share folder access. Using the same phone list application, if there is a requirement to restrict users from viewing sr. mgmt contacts. I'd rather make that authorization against AD than have it inside my application db.<b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-972158613546392072008-08-02T21:06:00.003-04:002008-12-08T22:48:07.579-05:00BBC - The Story of India<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://xhgc18.blogspot.com/2008/07/bbc-story-of-india.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDg1unkwlO2fFBIWKHeou6VgrAkGXd7QJiaYHhE7w0TgyFAF_-rX6XRGDTCFPqc1cZwQwGKfdS5lz1h6b_iuY2lMLucqB2XgAko0HwTEWA5bwmA3ULfhe1xhtKQsfJ5vF94c3q/s200/51xooes1hqlss500dc4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230094440977681330" border="0" /></a><a href="http://xhgc18.blogspot.com/2008/07/bbc-story-of-india.html">Six part BBC series</a> which attempts to cover the story of India from past to current. I felt they mostly covered Aryan part, shadowing Dravidian side of history.<b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-74920618134638560532008-08-01T22:21:00.000-04:002008-08-20T18:44:57.107-04:00leanerFoxOff late i was frustrated with Firefox eating so much memory. Its far better from what used to be back.<br /><ul><li>Upgraded to latest and greatest version which has many memory leak fixes<br /></li><li>Installed <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/433">flashblock </a>extension<br /></li><li>Modded following config entries</li></ul>browser.cache.disk.capacity <span style="font-weight: bold;">15000<br /></span>browser.cache.memory.capacity <span style="font-weight: bold;">-1</span><br />browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers <span style="font-weight: bold;">2</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span>{seldom use back button}<br />config.trim_on_minimize <span style="font-weight: bold;">true </span>{would love if there is a similar thing for lost focus event}<br />nglayout.initialpaint.delay <span style="font-weight: bold;">0</span><br />network.http.pipelining <span style="font-weight: bold;">true</span><br />network.http.pipelining.maxrequests <span style="font-weight: bold;">8</span> {for DSL speed}<br /><br />I have the same problem with Yahoo messenger, felt it became more and more resource hog. I don't want a browser window to open all times for the web version (why can't they provide the msg archive on web to standalone version also}. After googling a bit, did the following, but i still see sometimes it gobbles 30k,<br /><ul><li>switched to classic skin</li><li>removed all plug-ins</li><li>remove annoying ad-banner {<a href="http://isas.kumar.googlepages.com/noYMads2.bat">this patch</a> worked for version 8.1.0.421}</li></ul><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-41239123443971189432008-07-27T00:31:00.007-04:002010-03-27T09:01:30.527-04:00SanjanaUpdated <a id="link_isas" name="link_isas" href="javascript:chkpwd()">Sanjana's photoset</a> in flickr.<br /><br /><iframe id="frame_isas" name="frame_isas" style="display: none;" src="" border="0" height="450" scrolling="no" width="450"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><script src="http://sites.google.com/site/isaskumar/fileshare/blog_sanj.js"></script><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-75303841642530948762008-07-23T13:52:00.000-04:002008-07-25T18:26:12.942-04:00Microsoft surfaceMuti-touch, muti-user, device recognizing surface computing from Microsoft. Don't expect this coffee table to hit your home for next few years, hopefully demand should drive down the price to something affordable after 2010. This is just beginning of how things are going to change in computing world, from the not-so-fancy box in the desk or that oversize thing in lap. One of the future features is going to be connected devices with intelligent human interface, bye-bye keyboard/mouse.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rP5y7yp06n0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rP5y7yp06n0&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x5d1719&color2=0xcd311b" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-11570153330527372082008-07-08T22:14:00.001-04:002008-07-25T18:30:21.188-04:00For while i'm not involved with significant development activities, hence replacing <span style="font-weight: bold;">Building tomorrow's legacy system, </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Today</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">! </span>with something that aptly reflects the real significance of my babbles, err i mean the posts.<b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-62163664781347905812008-07-07T18:22:00.000-04:002008-11-15T14:09:02.948-05:00Armageddon82 mins to kindle the armageddon fantasy, ABC documentary "Last Days On Earth"<br /><br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width:400px;height:326px" allowFullScreen="true" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-5674809699745897682&hl=en&fs=true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> </embed><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-83468481262067965872008-07-02T22:29:00.004-04:002008-08-02T21:19:33.615-04:00$150 by July 4th ?Last month Morgan Stanley projected oil will hit $150 by July 4th. Are we nudging close to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak_oil">peak</a> or already on the summit of the peak.<br /><br />Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (Trailer)<br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=6244874192994218810&hl=en&fs=true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br /><br />full documentary<br /><embed id="VideoPlayback" style="width: 400px; height: 326px;" allowfullscreen="true" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-2458048652564346806&hl=en&fs=true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed><br /><br />DVDRip <a href="http://megadownload.net/search/A%20Crude%20Awakening%20The%20Oil%20Crash/all.html">here</a>.<br /><br />It may be end of oil, but one shouldn't under estimate man-kind's ultimate weapon, "innovation". What if we crack the cold fusion, there may not be high hopes now, but practically feasible solution like combination of alternate energy and energy efficiency, may give us the breather for next break-through.<b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9839639.post-73059458901385498482008-07-01T16:16:00.005-04:002008-07-27T08:39:56.027-04:00Scraps for this week- <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?FamilyID=7b645f3a-6d22-4548-a0d8-c2a27e1917f8&displaylang=en">The .NET Framework 3.5 Common Namespaces and Types Poster</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/itextsharp/">iTextSharp.</a> Good/Free/Open-source pdf library. Collection of samples <a href="http://www.ujihara.jp/iTextdotNET/en/examples.html">here</a>. Original Java library's <a href="http://www.dbebooks.in/ebooks/computers__internet/5380-itext-in-action-creating-and.html">ebook</a>.<br /><br />- Today development site was pointing to prod db and client support team told me this even happens in reverse and they told me biz component uses db config from dll's app.config and hence they recompile the dll with different environment config. First reaction to what is happening stumped me, I was under assumption when web app used this component, component should be erroring out as these config entries are not available in web.config or in worst case retrieved empty string as values. Looks like .net embeds, compile time config entries as default values in the assembly. Some more light to what is happening under the hood <a href="http://blogs.interknowlogy.com/robinsanner/archive/2006/05/10/2335.aspx">here</a>.<br /><br />- <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/popup?id=5185641">Strange skies</a><br /><br/><br/><b>iSAS</b>http://www.blogger.com/profile/18233560663489284814noreply@blogger.com0