Thursday, April 30, 2009

Bangalore to Ooty road distance via Mysore


Bangalore to Mysore is 120 KM
Mysore to Ooty is 153 KM

See the geographical breakup here from mapsofindia

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Adjust subtitle delay in VLC media player tip

In VLC media player, the subtitle delay can be adjusted by using the HOTKEYS (as configured in Settings->Preferences->Interface->Hotkeys settings, Advanced options).

Default keys are:

Subtitle delay up: Ctrl h (increase the delay of subtitle)
Subtitle delay down: Ctrl j (decreases the delay of subtitle)

The above key combination's has to be applied while the video is in progress. For every keystroke a delay of 50 millisecond is added/subtracted.

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Never go to HR for help - funny moral story

Just got this email forward, quite funny. ** No intend to offend anyone

After 5 years of selfless service, a man realized that he has not been promoted, no transfer, no salary increase no commendation and that the Company is not doing any thing about it. So he decided to walk up to his HR Manager one morning and after exchanging greetings, he told his HR Manager his observation.The boss looked at him, laughed and asked him to sit down saying;

Myfriend, you have not worked here for even one day.
The man was surprised to hear this, but the manager went on to explain.

Manager:- How many days are there in a year?
Man:- 365 days and some times 366

Manager:- how many hours make up a day?
Man:- 24 hours

Manager:- How long do you work in a day?
Man:- 8am to 4pm. i.e. 8 hours a day.
Manager:- So, what fraction of the day do you work in hours?
Man:- (He did some arithmetic and said 8/24 hours i.e . 1/3(one third)

Manager:- That is nice of you! What is one-third of 366 days?
Ma! n:- 122 (1/3x366 = 122 in days)

Manager:- Do you come to work on weekends?
Man:- No sir

Manager:- How many days are there in a year that are weekends?
Man:- 52 Saturdays and 52 Sundays equals to 104 days

Manager:- Thanks for that. If you remove 104 days from 122 days, how many days do you now have?
Man:- 18 days.

Manager:- OK! I do give you 2 weeks sick leave every year. Now remove that14 days from the 18 days left. How many days do you have remaining?
Man:- 4 days

Manager:- Do you work on New Year day?
Man:- No sir!

Manager:- Do you come to work on workers day?
Man:- No sir!

Manager:- So how many days are left?
Man:- 2 days sir!

Manager:- Do you come to work on the (National holiday )?
Man:- No sir!

Manager:- So how many days are left?
Man:- 1 day sir!

Manager:- Do you work on Christmas day?
Man:- No sir!

Manager:- So how many days are left?
Man:- None sir!

Manager:- So, what are you claiming?
Man:- I have understood, Sir. I did not realise that
I was stealing Company money all these days.

Moral - NEVER GO TO HR FOR HELP!!!
HR=HIGH RISK

Monday, April 13, 2009

Customer care numbers of banks in India

Some bookmarks:

HDFC bank customer care numbers click
ICICI bank customer care numbers click
CITI bank customer care numbers click
HSBC bank customer care numbers click
AXIS bank customer care numbers click
Bank Of India customer care numbers click

Friday, April 10, 2009

Pranav Mistry wearable tech device - ted video

Could not help myself sharing this video from ted.

Its a presentation from Pattie Maes' lab at MIT on Pranav Mistry's new innovation sixthsense.

Check the video for details ...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Find your land line number - funny math

** Applicable for 7 or 8 digit land line numbers

Steps to follow:

1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head)
2. Key in the first three digits of your land line telephone number (NOT the area code)
(For 8 digit Tel. Nos. - key in the first four digits of your phone number)!
3. Multiply by 80
4. Add 1
5. Multiply by 250
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again.
8. Subtract 250
9. Divide number by 2

Got the answer ??