Exam Psychology

There are times when you feel to rock and roll and at the same time you have your exams on your head, and the biggest thing is - now you are not bound to anyone, like parents... I mean you live in some hostel where no one bothers what actually you are doing and what will you do further...

 

Imagine yourself to be at this place... that's what is happening with me rite now, I feel literally frustrated and don't know what to do now, there was time when I was feeling like study and there was nothing to do, and now, there is the time when I don't want to and I have loads of things to do...

 

We guys keep on criticizing the system of our institution, but now I feel as if there's nothing wrong in the system, but it may be possible that we are not able to make ourselves compatible with that 'system', and criticizing is something which we are doing from years, I mean... well, it was quite easy to understand !!

 

So, the only thing you can do presently is that screw your 'favourite' things and get back to study, I don't think you'll like urself to be called as 'the one who never studies' 'cause that's what I was about to be called until I changed myself and yeah, if you study well, you needn't break the nite and study all the 48 hours... Just do it as much as it is needed and the rest will creep into your mind as if someone prophesied inside you... and that's what I have experienced, well, I am no big to say the word 'experienced' but even though I feel as if it is a universal truth, the reason - I have seen guys studying whole nite (25 hours in a day, I still don't know where from did they bring that 1 hour !!!!) and still getting average marks, now that's something which no one wants, just no-one, and there are few who never study and still excel in xams... (These are those ones whom I hate like anything... I still ask the reason... why?) so, it doesn't matter how many hours you study or how much classes you attend, but what matters is how much dedication you have regarding that subject, and if you really do and still don't' get marks.......... don't worry boy, 'cause something really big is gonna happen to you :) cheers...

People...Friends, etc.

Well, many say that money is nothing, or sort of things, or some say that money is everything... well, i don't know what the truth is but thers one thing i came to know about money and that is, it can really break any kind of friendship !! I actually don't what to go that deeper, but ya i may say that 'do not bring "money" in all those things, it may be lethal.' I am still not able to understand why am i not able to interpret anyone totally, what i mean is that my impression has always changed about my friends atleast one time. The guy to whom i thought really good came out to be the worst, and vice-versa !! So, this goes on with me always, and i dont even know what to do about that, and guess what, i don't even repent for all those deeds now, it has become that common to me.

I think college is never what it looks like, and i am now able to see the actual picture, and thats not because of the college, but because of the people. It's not like every people are bad or kind of things, (and if it would have been this, there must be a problem with me ...) but there are some people who are really aweful, and it is really hard to adjust with them, specially when you know that he'll be with you atleast for four years. It amplifies the fear inside me, but i think i am now able to overcome all those kind of things, and lets see till what extent am i true.

The Battle Of Internet Browsers - History and Future

With Internet Explorer 8 now available, can Microsoft hope to retain market dominance over fierce open source rivals such as Mozilla's Firefox or the feature packed Opera web browser. Can history give us a clue to what the future of web browsers/browsing might hold? How did Netscape Navigator go from having a dominant 89.36% market share of all web browsers in 1996 and yet only 3.76% by mid 1999? Let us take a journey that will begin long before even the intellectual conception of Internet Explorer, that will glance at its long defeated rivals, examine the current browsers available and will end with a prediction of what the future of browsing will offer us – and which browser(s) will still be around to offer it.
People often think that Internet Explorer has been the dominant web browser since the golden age of the internet began. Well for a very long time now it has indeed been the most popular browser and at times been almost totally unrivalled. This was mainly a result of it being packaged free with Microsoft Windows, in what some would later call a brutal monopolisation attempt by Microsoft. The last few years however have heralded the arrival of new, possibly superior browsers. Mozilla's Firefox has been particularly successful at chipping away at Explorers market dominance. So where did it all begin, and why were Microsoft ever allowed to have a hundred percent market dominance? Origins The truth is they never did have total dominance, but at times they have come very close. Microsoft actually entered the Browser Battle quite late on. Infact a man named Neil Larson is credited to be one of the originators of internet browsers, when in 1977 he created a program – The TRS-80 - that allowed browsing between “sites” via hypertext jumps. This was a DOS program and the basis of much to come. Slowly other browsers powered by DOS and inspired by the TRS 80 were developed. Unfortunately they were often constricted by the limitations of the still fairly young internet itself. In 1988, Peter Scott and Earle Fogel created a simple, fast browser called Hytelnet, which by 1990 offered users instant logon and access to the online catalogues of over five thousand libraries around the world – an exhilarating taste of what the internet, and web browsers, would soon be able to offer. In 1989 the original World Wide Web was born. Using a NeXTcube computer, Tim Berners-Lee created a web browser that would change how people used the internet forever. He called his browser the WorldWideWeb(http://www/., which is still likely to sound familiar to internet users today. It was a windowed browser capable of displaying simple style sheet, capable of editing sites and able to download and open any file type supported by the NeXTcube. In 1993 the first popular graphical browser was released. Its name was Mosaic and it was created by Marc Andreessen and Eric Bina. Mosaic could be run on both Unix, and very importantly, on the highly popular Microsoft Windows operating system (incidentally it could also be used on Amiga and Apple computers). It was the first browser on Windows that could display graphics/pictures on a page where there was also textual content. It is often cited as being responsible for triggering the internet boom due to it making the internet bearable for the masses. (It should be noted that the web browser Cello was the first browser to be used on Windows – but it was non graphical and made very little impact compared to Mosaic). The Browser Wars - Netscape Navigator versus Internet Explorer Mosaic's decline began almost as soon as Netscape Navigator was released (1994). Netscape Navigator was a browser created by Marc Andreessen, one of the men behind Mosaic and co-founder of Netscape Communications Corporation. Netscape was unrivalled in terms of features and usability at the time. For example, one major change from previous browsers was that it allowed surfers to see parts of a website before the whole site was downloaded. This meant that people did not have to wait for minutes simply to see if the site they were loading was the actual one the were after, whilst also allowing them to read information on the site as the rest of it downloaded. By 1996 Netscape had almost 90% market dominance, as shown below. Market Share Comparisons of Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer from 1996 to 1998 ....................Netscape.......IE October 1998..........64%.........32.2% April 1998............70%.........22.7% October 1997..........59.67%......15.13% April 1997............81.13%......12.13% October 1996..........80.45%......12.18% April 1996............89.36%.......3.76% In these two years Netscape clearly dominated the internet browser market, but a new browser named Internet Explorer was quickly gaining ground on it. Microsoft released their own browser (ironically based on the earlier Mosaic browser which was created by one of the men now running Netscape), clearly worried about Netscape's dominance. It was not so much the worry that it would have a 100% market share of internet browsers on their Windows operating system, but more the worry that browsers would soon be capable of running all types programs on them. That would mean foregoing the need for an actual operating system, or at the most only a very basic one would be needed. This in turn would mean Netscape would soon be able to dictate terms to Microsoft, and Microsoft were not going to let that happen easily. Thus in August 1995, Internet Explorer was released. By 1999 Internet explorer had captured an 89.03% market share, whilst Netscape was down to 10.47%. How could Internet Explorer make this much ground in just two years? Well this was down to two things really. The first, and by far the most important was that Microsoft bundled Internet Explorer in with every new copy of Windows, and as Windows was used by about 90% of the computer using population it clearly gave them a huge advantage. Internet Explorer had one other ace it held over Netscape – it was much better. Netscape Navigator was stagnant and had been for some time. The only new features it ever seemed to introduce were often perceived by the public as beneficial for Netscape's parent company rather than Netscape's user base. (i.e., features that would help it monopolise the market). Explorer, on the other hand, was given much attention by Microsoft. Regular updates and excellent usability plus a hundred million dollar investment would prove too much for Netscape Explorer. 2000 – 2005 These years were fairly quiet in the Battle of the Browsers. It seemed as if Internet Explorer had won the war and that nobody could even hope to compete with it. In 2002/2003 it had attained about 95% of the market share – about the time of IE 5/6. With over 1000 people working on it and millions of dollars being poured in, few people had the resources to compete. Then again, who wanted to compete? It was clearly a volatile market, and besides that everybody was content with Internet Explorer. Or were they? Some people saw faults with IE – security issues, incompatibility issues or simply bad programming. Not only that, it was being shoved down peoples throats. There was almost no competition to keep it in line or to turn to as an alternative. Something had to change. The only people with the ability and the power to compete with Microsoft took matters into their own hands. Netscape was now supported by AOL. A few years prior, just after they had lost the Browser Wars to Microsoft, they had released the coding for Netscape into the public domain. This meant anybody could develop their own browser using the Netscape skeleton. And people did. Epiphany, Galeon and Camino, amongst others, were born out of Netscape's ashes. However the two most popular newcomers were called Mozilla and Firefox. Mozilla was originally an open sourced project aimed to improve the Netscape browser. Eventually it was released as Netscape Navigator 7 and then 8. Later it was released as Mozilla 1.0. Mozilla was almost an early version on another open source browser, Firefox. With it being an open source the public were able to contribute to it - adding in what features it needed, the programming it required and the support it deserved. The problems people saw in Internet Explorer were being fixed by members of the open sourced browser community via Firefox. For instance, the many security issues IE 6 had were almost entirely fixed in the very first release of Firefox. Microsoft had another fight on their hands. 2005 – Present Firefox was the browser that grew and grew in these years. Every year capturing an even larger market share percentage than before. More user friendly than most of its rivals along with high security levels and arguably more intelligent programming helped its popularity. With such a large programming community behind it, updates have always been regular and add on programs/features are often released. It prides itself on being the peoples browser. It currently has a 28.38% market share. Apple computers have had their own browser since the mid 1990's – Safari - complete with its own problems, such as (until recently) the inability to run Java scripts. However most Apple users seemed happy with it and a version capable of running on Windows has been released. It has had no major competitor on Apple Macs, and as such has largely been out of the Browser Wars. It currently holds a 2.54% market share and is slowly increasing. Internet Explorer's market share has dropped from over 90% to around 75%, and is falling. It will be interesting to see what Microsoft will attempt to regain such a high market share. Opera currently holds 1.07%. Mozilla itself only has a 0.6% market share these days. The Future of Web Browsing Web browsers come and go. It is the nature of technology (if such a term can be used), to supplant inferior software in very short periods of time. It is almost impossible for a single company to stay ahead of the competition for long. Microsoft have the advantage of being able to release IE with any Windows using PC. That covers over 90% of the market. They also have the advantage of unprecedented resources. They can compete how they wish for as long as they wish. So there is no counting IE out of the future of web browsing. Safari is in a similar position, being easily the most popular Mac web browser. Its long term survival is dependant upon Apple and the sale of their computers. These are the only two browsers that are almost guaranteed another five years of life, at least. Firefox may seem like another candidate, but the public is fickle, and one bad release, or if it seriously lags behind the new Internet Explorer 8 for long, could easily see its popularity quickly descend into virtual oblivion. However, it seems likely community driven browsers, such as Mozilla and Firefox, will be the only types of browser capable of competing with the wealthy internet arm of Microsoft in the near future. As for web browsing itself, will it change any time soon? Well it already has for some online communities. For example, if you want to buy clothes you could try entering an online 'world' creating an online virtual You to go from 'shop to shop' with, looking at products and trying/buying what you see. Some 'worlds' allow you to recreate yourself accurately including weight and height and then try on things apparel such as jeans to give you an idea of how you would look in that particular item. Will 'worlds' like this destroy normal web browsers such as IE ? - It seems unlikely. Traditional web browsers provide such freedom and ease of access that it is hard to see any other alternative taking over. However they are part of the new, 'thinking out of the box' wave of alternatives that some people will find attractive, and really who knows what the future will bring.

Junk Mail, Is It Your Problem Too ?

Reasons to get rid of junk mail: • Save time spent sorting it out • Keep clutter off your counters • Reduce the amount of paper you have to recycle • Saves wear and tear on your shredder • Saves time sorting, making decisions, shredding About 70 hours a year are spent dealing with junk mail • Save money on local taxes. Millions of local taxes are used to dispose of unsolicited mail every year • Save trees. More than 100 million trees are destroyed each year to produce junk mail. 42 of this mail goes into a landfill unopened. A web site called 41 pounds.org offers a service to help reduce the amount of junk mail coming into your home. The cost for this service is $41.00 and lasts for 5 years. More than 1/3 of your fee goes to the environmental or community group you choose. Some other sites to reduce unwanted mail are: • DirectMail.com-a quick, free way to reduce junk mail. • DMA Consumer Assistance--For the past 36 years, the Direct Marketing Association has made it possible to opt-out of mailing lists through its Mail Preference Service. • www.Catalogchoice.org This is a free service that lets you decline paper catalogs you no longer wish to receive. Reduce the amount of unsolicited mail in your mail box, while it helps to preserve the environment. • Optout-never receive a pre-approved credit card offer again. Do it online or call 1-888-5-OPTOUT. • Ecological Mail Coalition--Businesses stop unwanted mail through this free service. • Native Forest Network's Guide--five easy steps to stop junk Here are some facts from their web site: • The average person gets only 1.5 personal letters each week, compared to 10.8 pieces of junk mail. • Each person will receive almost 560 pieces of junk mail this year. • That's 4.5 million tons of junk mail produced each year! • 44 of the solid mass that makes up our landfills is paper and paperboard waste. • By the year 2010, it is predicted to make up about 48%. • 100 million trees are ground up each year to produce junk mail. • Lists of names and addresses used in bulk mailings are in mass data-collection networks, compiled from phone books, warranty cards, and charity donations (to name a few). • Your name is typically worth 3 to 20 cents each time it is sold. Junk mail is not going to go away. They generate a lot of business. Reducing waste, helping the environment and honoring customer choice is important and we can chose what is important to us to be put in our mail boxes Well, there are many sites from which i collected this information.

LPG - Better For The Environment??

On the world environment day, let us discuss about the Liquified Petroleum Gas (Also Known As LPG) and its effects on the environment
The debate about the affect that car pollution is having on the environment is a major taking point in the press and with governments now being pressured into trying to alter our driving habits would a move to LPG be beneficial to the environment? The simple answer is yes!! Carbon Dioxide is the main greenhouse gas and the low carbon content of LPG compared with petrol helps reduce the amount of carbon dioxide being produced by vehicles which could have a huge benefit in the quality of air in built up urban areas throughout the UK. LPG fuel also burns a lot cleaner than petrol thus reducing the amount of pollution entering our environment. The table below from Autogasscotland.com shows the comparisons in the levels of pollution produced by petrol and diesel cars compared with LPG. Showing that converting to LPG can have a beneficial effect on the environment. The Major of London has introduced congestion charge schemes in London and there are plans to introduce these zones across the UK in a bid to reduce pollution. By charging car owners a congestion charge to enter these zones the hope is to reduce the amount of vehicles on the road and thus reduce pollution. The major benefit of converting to LPG is that all LPG vehicles are immune from these charges which can create great savings for those who are entering these zones on a regular basis. LPG is the greener option and those people driving LPG cars will see benefits not only in fuel economy and savings but they will be helping the environment at the same time. In addition, there are a lot of discussions about road charging schemes that would incorporate car emissions.

Today, The World Environment Day

Well, i think many of us are aware of the fact that today is the WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (Thursday, 05th June, 2008), and may be many are not, this post is for them who are not aware of this fact, and even for them who are aware and also then dont bother do do anything in its favour!!
We made a rally today in our locality to make everyone aware about the concequences anyone can face if we dont do anything for the developement of our own environment. This can be a very prominent step if we implement it at maximum places. According to me, the main reason why people dont take any important step for the developement of the environment is that they actually dont bother about it, i mean, they were never aware of what can happen if we dont take care of the environment.
So, lets take an oath today, that we will plant at least 5 trees a month and also create a general awareness program in our locality to make everyone aware of the pollution, and to save this country.

In the left is a small view of the process called the "WATER CYCLE" which is also being affected by pollution.

This Is Something About The Antiboot Of Norton, By Symantec

It seems like every other month a new “program” comes along to make our lives that much easier. For example, first we could bookmark favorites, and then RSS feed them, and then came widgets and now “bots” which are robots that do a lot of our computer work for us in the background. Examples of friendly bots are weather bots, game playing bots, instant messaging and my favorites are those on AOL Instant Messenger which do all kinds of functions for me like shop, find movie times and even give updates on the Wall Street Journal. Unfortunately not all bots were created “equal.” Some are friendly and some are not. The ones that are not friendly can be a form of malware that allows control of your computer to be released, providing hackers with the opportunity to access your information and spread harmful bots to others. This type of computer virus can then be used to spread spam and commit various types of identity theft and other online fraud. So with new threats to our computers and information, new methods of protection are required. One of the oldest and most well known software protection designers has recently released a new protection program, Symantec Norton AntiBot. This is a software product designed to prevent the hijacking of one’s personal computer by bots and uses the bots on design programs against them, to located and destroy them. Many people already employ some form of protection on their personal computer, such as increasing the protection level from internet information to “high.” But these cannot detect some of the most recent bot programs and may not be the most efficient means of information protection, especially with the Internet being used more and more frequently for online shopping, ticket purchases, travel and other “high risk” activities. A more effective method of detecting and eliminating threats caused by bots is to install software designed specifically to detect, destroy and prevent bots from having access to your computer. With Symantec Norton AntiBot software, protection against bots is enhanced several times and the threat of bot attack is greatly diminished. It’s program protects against bots by blocking bots from entering your computer through downloads and e-mail attachments (two of the common ways bots enter a personal computer), checking for any unusual behavior on your personal computer and eliminating it, and detecting malicious bot software at all levels; keeping your personal, financial and credit card information safe and stopping identify theft before it can occur. Because bots operate in the background and are not detectable by antivirus or antispyware programs, many computer users are completely unaware that their personal computer has become infected. Many problems caused by bots go undetected until it is too late. Warning signs that your computer may have been accessed include: slowness of computer speed and unusual or irrelevant error messages. However, many times com these symptoms are sporadic and computer users will take little notice. Many people will continue to use their personal computer, unaware that bots have hijacked their personal computer and are slowly at work; looking for credit card numbers, passwords, and logon information which can be used for identity theft and in committing other types of online crime. This program scans your personal computer on a continuous basis, closing the gaps that could allow bots to infect your personal computer and better ensuring that bots do not invade and gain control. The use of Symantec Norton AntiBot to determine what a harmful or useful bot and allows you to continue using those bots you love and have come to depend on for information and services. It can be used in addition to several other antivirus and antispyware programs. Its compatibility is not limited to only Norton products. The cost of this software is $29.95 for one year of service. It was awarded PC Magazine’s Editor’s Choice Award (2007) and underwent rigorous testing which included using AntiBot on computers with existing threats as well as allowing threats to try to access the computer after installation. With the growing threat of identity theft and credit card fraud Symantec Norton AntiBot offers an additional level of protection needed to combat the threat of bots and prevent them from turning one’s personal computer into a robotic that turns into an instrument of destruction to both your personal and financial well-being.