Googlle, Haarvard, Oxfard, What next?
Posted by Sandeep
Ok! So you are thinking of taking up some certifications programs in Google like Cisco's CCNA and Sun Certified SCJP? Then welcome to the world of Googlle Institute of Software and Software Studies. Yes! You read it right! GoogLLe with a double L. I'm not kidding! A bunch of ugly a** guys out there, attempting to leverage not only the name of Google but also their favicon to deceit people. If you take a look at the website, they offer you two courses
The return of Sony Ericsson?
Posted by Srinath
For quite a long time, Sony Ericsson has daunted the mobile giants Nokia, Samsung, et all, yet somehow always falling at the last hurdle. It was a story of the underdog putting up a brave fight, but always failing to upset the champion. Faced with rapidly falling sales, and a lineup that didn't offer anything different or exciting, SE had to comeup with something radical to stay afloat. Their recent refresh in Q4 2009 offers something for everyone, with a variety of devices aimed at different segments and price points. But will it be enough to save the company and turn it around? This article tries to explore.
Info on Cricinfo
Posted by Sandeep
I don’t know how many of you out there are avid cricket fans and follow the progress of your favorite team ball-by-ball no matter how much pressure your delivery manager imposes on you or even during the toughest times of your work. Yes! Cricket fans like me by now would have guessed what I am talking all about. Cricinfo.com, one of the biggest sports websites in the world, logs in almost 10 million unique visitors on a monthly basis.
It all started when Simon King, an English graduate working at an American University was fed up with not knowing how his team was doing. What began as a network of fans over Chat instantaneously grew about to become the world’s largest cricket website.
MAC/IP address using Linux shell script
Posted by Srinath
Ever wanted to get the MAC/IP address of your computer in a Linux shell script? The following two commands should work on most flavours of Linux/Unix
Note: It retrieves the address of eth0 interface by default. Make necessary changes as required.
IP:
/sbin/ifconfig | grep '\<inet\>' | sed -n '1p' | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f3 | cut -d ":" -f2
MAC (H/W address)
/sbin/ifconfig | grep 'eth0' | tr -s " " | cut -d " " -f5
Usage of LOL
Posted by Sandeep
The abbreviation LOL. Laughing out loud. Oh!! I'm so worked up with it. Every now and then, I see people using it in the internet while instant messaging, when commenting on social-networking platforms and sometimes even while communicating face to face. Still worse, people use it in inappropriate and ill-suited contexts.
"Its raining here! Lol"
"I'm bored.. lol"
"My sister ate my burger.. lol"
"LOL!! It sounds really great to hear that.." Honestly, its not. In fact, its totally freaking me out!
It all started when Usenet, a worldwide distributed internet discussion system, was using the abbreviation LOL to express a textual, emphatic expression of laughter. The abbreviation then spread pandemic and became a regular, universal word in the english language.
An analysis of Laccetti and Molsk in their essay entitled "The Lost Art of Writing" states that "Unfortunately for these students, their bosses will not be 'lol' when they read a report that lacks proper punctuation and grammar, has numerous misspellings, various made-up words, and silly acronyms". David Crystal, a linguist, rhetorically questions "How many people are actually 'laughing out loud' when they send LOL?". It is indubitably true!
You can call it as a brand new variety of language emerging or cool language stuff or even expressiveness and richness of the language but the usage of it in business correspondence or corporate world won't be so LOL.