Google protects your computer

Google is not going to release any Anti-virus software.

As usual i started my day searching for some stuff using Google in order to fix a bug. There i encountered this page while clicking on a search link - Malware Warning , Protecting you from visiting a particular site. I did not know there was this interstitial page from Google , thou it has been around for the past two years (courtesy : Google). I have been ignorant(or have i forgotten it) to the fact that Google has also been working to protect me from entering malware sites. I felt pleasant on seeing this page and my attachment to google strengthened further. It gives a pleasant feeling when we are being safe guarded by someone.

For a moment i thought why not ignore these pages in the search result , for which the answer lied in this statement "If you are the owner of this web site, you can request a review of your site using Google's Webmaster Tools. More information about the review process is available in Google's Webmaster Help Center." . With this the Webmaster also gets a chance to rectify his fault , if any.

But think , not all important features gets the due notice from customers or stay in their mind , but their impact always increases the customer's faith. So, whenever you are working harder on a highly irreproducible bug or on a feature that may not be visible to customers or on trying to perfect a feature , remember this , you are saving the time/energy of millions of people and is sharing their pain and bringing them relief.

With google being the Gateway for all other sites in the world , Google Era is the name we have to provide for the world we live in now. Even with their increasing popularity and control over the web , i believe they will not go against their tag line "Do No Evil" to curb the competition.

Cheers,
jkyaar

Its story time...

It was the biggest conference of all times. Culcidae , the head of the Natural Calamities Research Department(NCRD) is about to submit the thesis about Fenthion. Fenthion , as it was recently named , has been the world's biggest natural calamity killing thousands on every occurrence. Culcidae , with a team of 150 , has been doing this research all along his life time. Everyone in there knew the historic importance of the event and felt blessed to have lived in the same generation , which is going to save the future.

The moment came , Culcidae spoke : " Hi everyone , we the team have completed the research. It has been one of the longest in history and am happy with the outcome. However this is just the beginning and we can use this for our future. Fenthion is an area of high pressure characterized by spiraling poisonous gas that moves faster than normal air. High pressure poisonous gas pumps up from the sea of lower trough region , formed due to the dense thrust on the nearer part of the sea."

As in every conference , there were these four senior researchers Aedes , Cules , Culiseta and Anopheles to put up questions and object the result.

Aedes : Lower trough region can create high pressure area and pump up gas , accepted , but why is it poisonous ?
Culcidae : It is poisonous because of the waste materials we deposit in the sea , the H2S we emit into water is one of the main culprit for Poisonous Gas.

Cules : Dense thrust occurring on the sea , how come ?
Culcidae : Due to a small shake of the earth.

Culiseta : Due to high pressure it is faster than normal air , but why does it spiral around ?
Culcidae : The high pressure air collides with normal air , which in turn creates air friction leading the gas to spiral around.

Anopheles : So , what are the constituents of the poisonous gas ?
Culcidae : It contains Pyrethroids , Piperonyl Butoxide , resmethrin & moisture.

Culcidae continued : Fenthion mainly occurs when we live in large groups aiding us to pollute the atmosphere and sea . Am in the process of recommending the government to distribute us into a lot more smaller groups. Don't ask me about the number for a group , we are still figuring it out. Also we are in the process of trying to figure out the exact timing of a Fenthion and am sure we will succeed in it too.

Every mosquito in the conference were happy about the accomplishment and felt satisfied.

The story ends with the previous line , if you feel weird read the last line (i.e the second word) again. OK , let me put the plot straight - Spraying of pesticide gas by humans (for mosquito control measures) is being researched by Mosquitoes. I think , you might(/will) like the story if you read it again after knowing the following details.

Fenthion - A pesticide used to kill mosquito.
Culcidae - Biological family name of mosquito.
Aedes , Cules , Culiseta , Anopheles - Different types of mosquitoes
Pyrethroids , Piperonyl Butoxide , resmethrin - Mosquito Pesticides.

Cheers,
jkyaar

Dora - The Explorer

Heard about the program "Doravin Payanangal" (Chutti TV - A Tamil Channel for Kids) from one of my colleague who has a daughter doing her kindergarten. She is a fan of Dora and tries hard to watch all the episodes. While switching channels i came across this program , saw the whole one (it requires a lot of patience) out of curiosity to know its nature.

The nature of the program is like this - Dora will have to reach a destination to complete a task . She with the help of a monkey , a map (to show the path) , a bag (to carry the required items) and her brother will reach the destination overcoming a lot of hurdles and complete the task successfully. The most important aspect of the program is , you and i (the audience) will also be helping them in their mission. This aspect of the program is the main reason for its success.

The program tries to remain interactive in all possible ways , putting up enough pauses between a question and its answer , repeating each task to be done a lot more times so that kids will remember and repeat it the next time and asking all the kids in the house to cheer for Dora. If Dora wants , say a pen from her bag , a lot of items will be displayed on the screen , selecting each one of them a question will be asked "Is this a pen?" , and finally when the right one is chosen you will hear this "you (audience - the kids) have chosen the right one for Dora and has helped her in her mission". Like wise the program makes sure that the kids remain engaged in helping Dora complete her mission.

I really liked the program ( by visualizing how a kindergarten child would have enjoyed it) . The creators of the program have taken up the idea of interaction from a computer game and has made a television show from it. The idea is simple and already existing (in some other format) , but the way it has been converted and delivered to the audience has made it a hit. So , whenever you are looking for an idea , don't panic , it is already present some where , only thing is you will have to realize it ( I did not know how to end this post , so added some philosophical talk).

Multiplex Cinema

With rising economy , the number of multiplex theaters have been in the increase in recent years in India ( as i know , mainly in Chennai). They have been a lot successful in putting small theaters out of business , thou they make people spend a lot more than the smaller theaters. They have done a lot to enthrall the movie goers and has set high standards. Here goes my wish list on what they could still do to increase(or will it decrease) the standard.

• Decorate the hall : For each movie , decorate the hall with respect to the movies genre and plot. For an Animation film like "The Chronicles of Narnia" , decorate the hall like a jungle. Have statues of lion , white witch and those four kids at the top of the hall along with the cupboard. So , for a romantic movie , shall all corners of the hall have big posters of the lead pair lip locked (or what else).
• Bring in new conditions : Add interesting and acceptable conditions for each movie. For a movie like "Home Alone" , allow only parents who are along with their kids. Have two groups , parents and kids i.e all kids should stay together away from their parents. Allow only hard core fans of the super hero to watch the super hero movie like "Terminator" /"Sivaji" . You still want me to say the conditions for a romantic movie , ok here it goes , allow only couples.
  
• Make the entry special : For a horror movie like "Psycho" , even a pin drop in the hall should be audible and the hall should be emerged in complete darkness. Allow only one person at a time to enter the hall with a small thin light in their hand to find their seat. What about other type of movies , i have chosen the easy one and will let you think about the hard ones .
• Engage the audience : Search for scenes in a movie where the audience can be engaged and their energy levels can be increased. For a movie like "Batman Begins" , fly a batman machine inside the hall for the first scene when batman appears. How will it feel when something in the hall breaks into parts when your favorite super hero thrashes the villain. Nothing ends well without romance , imagine and let others know how do you want yourselves to be engaged for romantic movies.

cheers,
jkyaar

Keep it simple

Keep which all simple , everything , even if it is

• A product idea that is going to revolutionize the way customers look at you.
• A celebration after fixing the monstrous bug lying in the code for several years.
• A deal which will change your status overnight.
• An excited dayout with your (preferably first) lady love .
• A dinner party with your favourite cine star who you have yearned to meet.
• You have to revert back your own words for acceptable acceptance or opportunistic acceptance.
• A moment when your idea gets thrashed , broken and insulted from all parts of the globe.
• After you realise that a sorry from you would have made a lot of difference.
• Your first blog post.

cheers,
jkyaar