Tech Resonance

So…Wikiपीडिया has a problem?

Mridul — Tue, 05 Jun 2007 05:38:36 +0000

Was just searching for some vishnu prabhakar stories for my sister’s holiday homework when this came up!

CBSE Class X Result

Mridul — Tue, 29 May 2007 03:05:58 +0000

Here’s It

Here’s the text version:
English 82(expected much more)
Hindi 85(YES!)
Maths 91
Science 91 {:(}
Social Science 93 (whoa!)
Introductory IT 100

Istanbul to Athens::Revenge Taken.

Mridul — Thu, 24 May 2007 08:14:13 +0000

So, in case you were asleep(as most of you were) and did not catch up with the Champions Trophy Final, here’s a short REPORT
The match Kick started with a kick-off.
and then … and then
Liverpool LOST….lost because of Pennant and Gerrard’s low power kicks…because they didn’t bring on Crouch early in the second half…and also because of Inzaghi’s two goals..one of which was NOT a goal,(the ball touched his arm on the way to the goal); the other one, though was a great one put up by Kaka.
That’s all…AC Milan have taken the revenge of the 2005 final and for a Liverpool-Manchester United-Chelsea fan like me, it was a disastrous day.

The Power of Open Source

Mridul — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:04:00 +0000

CHANGING TIMES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE

|||The Power Of Open Source Software, Moore’ Law and More|||

Open Source Software refers to those software which can be freely run, studied, examined, modified, and redistributed by everyone who has a copy. This software, dubbed “free software” in 1983, has also come to be known as “open-source software”, “software libre”, “FOSS”, and “FLOSS”. “Free”, here, is about being unfettered, not about cost.
Basically what advantage you have with Open Source is that you would be using something that is customized and can be further done so. You need not worry about the costs that could gobble up a substantial amount of money from your pocket.
The availability of the source code and the right to modify it is very important. It enables the unlimited tuning and improvement of a software product. It also makes it possible to adapt it to changing conditions, and to reach a detailed understanding of how the system works. This is why many experts are reaching the conclusion that to really extend the lifetime of an application, it must be available in source form.
In Computers there is one very famous Moore’s Law. It is the empirical observation made in 1965 that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit for minimum component cost doubles every 24 months.

“The first microprocessor only had 22 hundred transistors. We are looking at something a million times that complex in the next generations—a billion transistors. What that gives us in the way of flexibility to design products is phenomenal.”
—Gordon E. Moore

Original Graph by Gordon Moore

The most popular formulation is of the doubling of the number of transistors on integrated circuits every 18 months.

So, we can clearly see that this law holds truth to this very day. Coming back to Open Source… As per the law, hardware changes are expected in computer science very rapidly. It is at this very point that the power of open source comes into play. Software released without its source code or as we would call it—a closed source software—would not be able to survive in the scenario for much time. The right to use the software in any way. This, combined with redistribution rights, ensures a large population of users(only if the software is useful enough), which helps in turn to build up a market for support and customization of the software. This would attract more and more developers to work in the project. Ultimately it helps to improve the quality of the product, and to improve its functionality. This, once more, will cause more and more users to give the product a try, and probably to use it regularly. In contrast with proprietary software, the user gets guarantee of ample support. This support is available free of cost to everyone over and through the online community. Most often, this support is superior to proprietary solutions. As for the limitations, all Open Source is a “Work-in-Progress”—When we say this, it is true for some but not for all. The key components like Linux (Operating System), Apache (Web Server), MySQl etc are dominating “prime time” internet with stable, secure and quality solutions. Some are still under development but workable and for those individuals or companies that might be using them, they are good enough.
So, Hail Open Source because it gives you the power, freedom, choice and control.

I gave the same article for the school magazine

Mtnl hai to sahi hai?

Mridul — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:07:32 +0000

*Many* a time the speed’s down
*Many* a time you call Mr. Mtnl a clown
*Many* a time Arjun says—
They use Pentium II MMX on their server
*Many* a time when your download fails, you fervour
*Many* a time you wish Mtnl gave you more speed
*Many* a time you want to give them cattle feed
*Many* a time …………….(Enough !!!)

—-A Poem BY Mridul Kapoor
Heres what happens NOT ” *Many* a time “

Yea! the speed is “”204.29K”"

Photoshop Tricky Sketchy

Mridul — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:23:04 +0000

Heres another tutorial. This time, its an interesting one using Photoshop. It lets you create sketches from ordinary photos.
So Lets Begin
Open the Photograph in Photoshop. I chose a photo of The Pitampura TV Tower which I had shot myself.

Unlock the Layer(by choosing ‘Layer from Background’ or ‘Duplicate Layer Option’)
Desaturate the layer(Ctrl+Shift+U).

Make a copy of the Layer. Now working on the Duplicate Layer, Invert the Layer(Ctrl+I) to give it a negative like look. Then choose Color Dodge.

Your photo would go blank. But dont worry and Choose Filters—->Blur—->Gaussian Blur. Choose the appropriate Radius(~9.8) and Press OK. You are done

Note:: You may also try Radial Blur.

Fixmbr Tutorial to start with…

Mridul — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:10:37 +0000

An Illustrated Tutorial on fixing the master boot record.
Let me come up with my first post. Its a tutorial based upon Fixing the Master Boot Record of your fat32 Hard Drive.
The Need::::::::You may need to do so if your windows xp does not boot or maybe you have installed another os and want to remove it. But basically it leaves its bootloader in the first boot device i.e. hd0.
So here’s how it goes.

Insert the Windows Xp Setup Disc into your Pc’s Cd Drive and Boot from it. Select the Recovery Console option by pressing the key ‘R’.
Then follow the steps as shown below.

Newfangled ideas

Mridul — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 15:47:35 +0000

Well i thought of giving up my old blog…it just died of some illness.
But here I present before you Tech Resonance. So let the ideas flow infinitely