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Bury the pain and start loving the new

Oh, how painful, the first gone - the colour of your life! You wish that heartbreaking moment had never happened to you. Alas, it had happened! I can understand your turmoil. In fact, most of us do understand this uneasy feeling that kills you every moment. Remember, there are millions of young people like you who go through this phase of life. I guess (only guess) girls are so much cautious about it and they don't go through this hell, at least, majority of them. You won't know when this thought of gone thing would resurface and hurt you. You might be talking and laughing with your friends while sipping a cup of coffee. You accidentally see something that reminds you of your own. You are disturbed and feel like throwing your coffee - though it need not be the reason for your current state. In fact, you do trash it! Your friends can see what you are going through. If you have got married friends in your group, they may try to help by quoting "this too shall pass". A...

iPhone: Emergency Call

What can you do if the iPhone Home button doesn't function? The old iPhone I use lost its Home button. Home button is used to bring the unlock screen. Fine, I managed it with either the Power button or the Volume buttons. Open an application and there comes the second problem. How do I quit the application? I need the Home button to quit and go back to the home screen. No way... just no way, power off the device and restart seems to be the only option. Can you imagine it, such a horrible situation? iOS 5 has AssistiveTouch feature but that cannot be installed in the older device. After reading few of the articles, I tried Emergency call option. It is somewhat OK solution now. Here is how it works. Open an application Once done, lock the screen with passcode Bring the unlock the screen Tap on Emergency call and tap on the return button Now unlock the screen and the previously opened application is closed Any software solution?    Kovil Pillai P.

Top 20 Programming Lessons I've Learned

==== Jonathan Danylko: is a freelance web architect and avid programmer who has been programming for over 20 years. He has developed various systems in numerous industries including e-commerce, biotechnology, real estate, health, insurance, and utility companies. When asked what he likes doing in his spare time, he answers..."programming." ==== I've been programming since I was 11 and I've loved technology and programming every since. There are some hard and easy lessons I've learned over time. As a fellow programmer, you may not have experienced these, but I'm offering them to individuals who are interested in learning more from my experiences. I'll be updating this as time goes on. I may have more, but in my 20 year period, I don't think there are any additional rules that this list doesn't include. :-) Here are my most memorable lessons so far. Set a duration of how long you think it should take to solve a problem - C'mon, admit it! I'm...

Hard disk Crashed!

My hard disk crashed today. Apart from losing the stuff related to my work, I have lost lots of photos and videos. I know I need to take backup regularly. I know I can store data online. Yet I lost it. There is one simple answer "I had no time to do". Well, what are the best ways to be discipline enough to avoid this stupid answer? Kovil Pillai P.

Windows: Disable beep on error

Have you heard the beep sound from the Windows command window? If the command you execute has an error and if it throws bell characters, you get this sound. Muting your external sound devices doesn't really help as it is raised from the internal PC speaker. These are the common situations I have seen: prompt>jar -c filename prompt>mysql (without -b option) and then invalid command in the mysql prompt prompt>vim filename and then press invalid characters like q The beep sound is so annoying and loud enough to disturb the people in and around your cubicle. That would really embarrass the person. I am sure you prefer to disable it if you had already faced this awkward situation. Even otherwise you should consider disabling it (or do you think it is useful?) Just try this: prompt>net stop beep prompt>sc config beep start= disabled I hope you would try the alternatives with SysAdmin's guidance.