bliss

Hybrid electric

2010-02-21T21:55:00.000-08:00

here is the example

An emerging alternative to conventional diesel engines is the electric hybrid system. Hybrid buses typically
utilize an electric drive coupled in series or operating in parallel with a combustion engine and traction
battery.
Hybrid technology allows the use of a smaller internal combustion engine which is designed to operate near
its optimum efficiency, thereby minimizing engine emissions and maximizing fuel economy. Typically, a
hybrid system also employs regenerative braking which transforms kinetic energy into electric energy,
again improving fuel economy. To a fleet operator, hybrid technology is attractive because it does not
require the development of new refueling infrastructure or modifications to existing maintenance areas.

Dead man’s mail

2009-07-15T00:17:00.000-07:00

Password protection tools are the need of the hour

You see it happening every day in the newspaper. Brawls over succession rights; each one alluding to the old man’s will, prepared and kept in an iron safe. But what if instead of the safe, the will was concealed in the geezer’s inbox, and one doesn’t even have the password!

The thought hasn’t raised alarm yet, but as the world becomes heavily dependent on password protected files, spreadsheets, and tonnes of data like address book contacts, financial correspondence et al is stored on the email, the issue gains ground. Most of us rely on memory, but what if you pop off? Phoof goes all that information, lost to them email providers. So, what does your kin do next?

Many e-mail providers such as Yahoo, Rediff, Google and MSN are becoming the subject of ire of relatives, as they refuse to violate end-user privacy contracts with the user and disclose individual passwords of the deceased. A significant episode was of a father of a US Marine, who was killed in Iraq. The court forced Yahoo! to provide the father with his son’s email password.

Instead of the tormenting court trials, there are technological solutions that one can resort to. Explains Todd Cochrane, CEO, RawVoice (original content providers for podcasting), “I personally use a program called KeePass; my wife has the master password for that application and it is replicated on my backup drives which are in a safety deposit box. As we rotate that drive each month, the new passwords are archived there for safe keeping. I feel pretty well protected.” KeePass is essentially a free open-source password safe, where passwords are stored in highly-encrypted databases, which can be unlocked with one master key or key-disk. There are other free password managers like EZ Password Secure, Password Fortress, DiskLogon; the last one even helps remember passwords that have been configured for USB drives, flash cards et al. Surely, one must invest in such tools. The future is much safer for the paranoid!

life is beautiful

2009-07-14T23:46:00.000-07:00

here is the example

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, "Were u the one who changed my sign this morning? What did u write?"

The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what u said but in a different way." What he had written was: "Today is a beautiful day & I cannot see it."

Do you think the first sign & the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the Story:

Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. Be innovative. Think
differently and positively. Invite the people towards good with
wisdom.

life

2009-07-14T23:38:00.000-07:00

here is the example

On the very first day, God created the cow. He said to the cow, "Today I have created you! As a cow, you must go to the field with the farmer all day long. You will work all day under the sun! I will give you a life span of 50 years."

The cow objected, "What? This kind of a tough life you want me to live for 50 years? Let me have 20 years, and the 30 years I'll give back to you." So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the dog. God said to the dog, "You are supposed to do is to sit all day by the door of your house. Any people that come in, you will have to bark at them! I'll give a life span of 20 years."

The dog objected, "What? All day long to sit by the door? No way! I give you back my other 10 years of life!" So God agreed.

On the third day, God created the monkey. He said to the monkey, "Monkeys have to entertain people. You've got to make them laugh and do monkey tricks. I'll give you 20 years life span."

The monkey objected. "What? Make them laugh? Do monkey faces and tricks? Ten years will do, and the other 10 years I'll give you back." So God agreed.

On the fourth day, God created man and said to him, "Your job is to sleep, eat, and play. You will enjoy very much in your life. All you need to do is to enjoy and do nothing. This kind of life, I'll give you a 20 year life span."

The man objected. "What? Such a good life! Eat, play, sleep, do nothing? Enjoy the best and you expect me to live only for 20 years? No way, man!....Why don't we make a deal? Since the cow gave you back 30 years, and the dog gave you back 10 years and the monkey gave you back 10 years, I will take them from you! That makes my life span 70 years, right?" So God agreed.

AND THAT'S WHY.... In our first 20 years, we eat, sleep, play, enjoy the best and do nothing much. For the next 30 years, we work all day long, suffer and get to support the family. For the next 10 years, we entertain our grandchildren by making monkey faces and monkey tricks. And for the last 10 years, we stay at home, sit by the front door and bark at people!