Our life is so short that we can not take inference out of life time observation. When we die, may be we are the most confused ones. We have no idea on "why???" even moments before we die. And eventually we die. Birth and death are two fixed points of our life.
(This is going philosophical... lets see.)
There are always some big questions to ask.
What propagates is the knowledge (and bias) and cultural memories
Darwin Online:
http://www.darwin-online.org.uk/Introduction.html
Brief Note by wired:
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/darwins-papers.html
Evolution: 24 myths and misconceptions
on New Scientists.
http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/dn13620-evolution-24-myths-and-misconceptions.html?DCMP=ILC-hmts&nsref=top1_head_Evolution:%2024%20myths%20and%20misconceptions
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Friday, April 25, 2008
How to become a good Programmer: A Great Summary
A Really Useful stuff from:
http://samizdat.mines.edu/howto/HowToBeAProgrammer.html
I will be just putting links as writing anything else would be insufficient in regard to the huge work of Robert L. Read .
Links will take you away from my site, but it is for good!
More articles of interest may include:
http://samizdat.mines.edu/howto/HowToBeAProgrammer.html
I will be just putting links as writing anything else would be insufficient in regard to the huge work of Robert L. Read .
Links will take you away from my site, but it is for good!
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Beginner
- Personal Skills
- Learn to Debug
- How to Debug by Splitting the Problem Space
- How to Remove an Error
- How to Debug Using a Log
- How to Understand Performance Problems
- How to Fix Performance Problems
- How to Optimize Loops
- How to Deal with I/O Expense
- How to Manage Memory
- How to Deal with Intermittent Bugs
- How to Learn Design Skills
- How to Conduct Experiments
- Team Skills
- Why Estimation is Important
- How to Estimate Programming Time
- How to Find Out Information
- How to Utilize People as Information Sources
- How to Document Wisely
- How to Work with Poor Code
- How to Use Source Code Control
- How to Unit Test
- Take Breaks when Stumped
- How to Recognize When to Go Home
- How to Deal with Difficult People
- 3. Intermediate
More articles of interest may include:
Monday, April 21, 2008
What was Google doing with My Firefox?
With trust upon the google pack, Firefox came and replaced previous version. I installed it and continued to use it.
Then started the problems of freezing from time to time. (2GHz and 2 GB Machine, Even when no scanning/heavy process was on the background.)
Frustrating, Right?
I found that I was kinda moving towards the Opera and or Flock Browsers, but since I have 20 add-ons (which I love); I was sad that FF was getting slow or having problems.
Then, one day I started to see whats going on!
When I installed Firefox from Google pack, it was 23 MB. I was amazed to see the size.
I was really surprised to learn the size more than anything else.
Because I knew that it used to be small like about 5 MB or so.
My initial motivation, to download and install firefox, when I was using dial-up in Nepal, was the fact that IE used to take century to update while FF got its way preety quickly. Moreover, it was safer.
Enough is enough!
I determined that I must get rid of the FF from google pack and get pure one.
Now, when I installed it from getfirefox.com {which is re-directed to (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/)} ; It is only 7.4 MB as shown. Moreover, there is no freezing problems or anything else with all extensions and ad-ons intact.
So the question is: What the rest of 15.6 MB was doing in my computer???
I am scared with an extra exe file that can be associated into FF by them.
Moreover, I am running Norton Security Scanner and Spyware Doctor etc from the google pack.
Shall I continue using that???
:(
(I am not expert on other kind of memory test or else, just a normal user. My point is under the similar situation, simple one works.)
**********
Side note:
You can get the FF3 Beta3 here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html
Windows US English Download:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0b5&os=win&lang=en-US
The release note is worthy of reading:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b3/releasenotes/
Not perfect yet for normal users.
The known issues are listed here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b5/releasenotes/#issues
Then started the problems of freezing from time to time. (2GHz and 2 GB Machine, Even when no scanning/heavy process was on the background.)
Frustrating, Right?
I found that I was kinda moving towards the Opera and or Flock Browsers, but since I have 20 add-ons (which I love); I was sad that FF was getting slow or having problems.
Then, one day I started to see whats going on!
When I installed Firefox from Google pack, it was 23 MB. I was amazed to see the size.
I was really surprised to learn the size more than anything else.
Because I knew that it used to be small like about 5 MB or so.
My initial motivation, to download and install firefox, when I was using dial-up in Nepal, was the fact that IE used to take century to update while FF got its way preety quickly. Moreover, it was safer.
Enough is enough!
I determined that I must get rid of the FF from google pack and get pure one.
Now, when I installed it from getfirefox.com {which is re-directed to (http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/)} ; It is only 7.4 MB as shown. Moreover, there is no freezing problems or anything else with all extensions and ad-ons intact.
So the question is: What the rest of 15.6 MB was doing in my computer???
I am scared with an extra exe file that can be associated into FF by them.
Moreover, I am running Norton Security Scanner and Spyware Doctor etc from the google pack.
Shall I continue using that???
:(
(I am not expert on other kind of memory test or else, just a normal user. My point is under the similar situation, simple one works.)
**********
Side note:
You can get the FF3 Beta3 here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-beta.html
Windows US English Download:
http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0b5&os=win&lang=en-US
The release note is worthy of reading:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b3/releasenotes/
Not perfect yet for normal users.
The known issues are listed here:
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b5/releasenotes/#issues
Sunday, April 20, 2008
NEPAL TELECOM : : WEB-SMS down on load shedding ?
If you are registered user of Nepal Telecom, you can use the web-sms service for free!
However there is limitation of 10/20(?) message per day. Fair enough.
But...
Many of the times, I attempt and I can not access the web sms service of Nepal Telecom.
Some of my friends suggested that the towers and hence the service of Nepal Telecom is down whenever there is Load Shedding. Because the towers do not have generators.
Simple!
No service.
There is no customer service awareness, just live in dark and wait for the lights to come.
As written on http://websmsnew.ntc.net.np/websmss/:
The Short Message Service (SMS) is the ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile telephones. The text can comprise of words or numbers or an alphanumeric combination. SMS was created as part of the GSM Phase 1 standard. Each short message is up to 160 characters in length when Latin alphabets are used, and 70 characters in length when non-Latin alphabets such as Arabic and Chinese are used. When a mobile user sends SMS to other mobile user, the message is at first sent to SMSC server which then stores and forwards the message to respective destination.
Web-SMS is a new web based service launched by Nepal Telecom in order to facilitate its valued customers. Valid Nepal Telecom mobile or internet subscribers can register to this service and send SMS to Nepal Telecom mobile users. You do not need to own mobile for using this service.
There is nothing stated about load shedding, in ideal world there would be no such thing as load shedding. (Sounds Funny?)
Updated on Apr. 20, 2008.
However there is limitation of 10/20(?) message per day. Fair enough.
But...
Many of the times, I attempt and I can not access the web sms service of Nepal Telecom.
Some of my friends suggested that the towers and hence the service of Nepal Telecom is down whenever there is Load Shedding. Because the towers do not have generators.
Simple!
No service.
There is no customer service awareness, just live in dark and wait for the lights to come.
As written on http://websmsnew.ntc.net.np/websmss/:
The Short Message Service (SMS) is the ability to send and receive text messages to and from mobile telephones. The text can comprise of words or numbers or an alphanumeric combination. SMS was created as part of the GSM Phase 1 standard. Each short message is up to 160 characters in length when Latin alphabets are used, and 70 characters in length when non-Latin alphabets such as Arabic and Chinese are used. When a mobile user sends SMS to other mobile user, the message is at first sent to SMSC server which then stores and forwards the message to respective destination.
Web-SMS is a new web based service launched by Nepal Telecom in order to facilitate its valued customers. Valid Nepal Telecom mobile or internet subscribers can register to this service and send SMS to Nepal Telecom mobile users. You do not need to own mobile for using this service.
There is nothing stated about load shedding, in ideal world there would be no such thing as load shedding. (Sounds Funny?)
Updated on Apr. 20, 2008.
Stephen Hawking on some Big Questions about our universe
Professor Stephen Hawking asks some Big Questions about our universe -- How did the universe begin? How did life begin? Are we alone? -- and discusses how we might go about answering them.
Stephen Hawking is perhaps the world's most famous living physicist. A specialist in cosmology and quantum gravity and a devotee of black holes, his work has probed the origins of the cosmos, the nature of time and the universe's ultimate fate -- earning him accolades including induction into the Order of the British Empire. To the public, he's best known as an author of bestsellers such as The Universe in a Nutshell and A Brief History of Time, which have brought an appreciation of theoretical physics to millions.
Though the motor neuron disorder ALS has confined Hawking to a wheelchair, it hasn't stopped him from lecturing widely, making appearances on television shows such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and The Simpsons -- and planning a trip into orbit with Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic. (He recently experienced weightlessness aboard Zero Gravity Corporation's "Vomit Comet.") A true academic celebrity, he uses his public appearances to raise awareness about potential global disasters -- such as global warming -- and to speak out for the future of humanity: "Getting a portion of the human race permanently off the planet is imperative for our future as a species," he says.
Hawking serves as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge, where he continues to contribute to both high-level physics and the popular understanding of our universe.
"We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special."Stephen Hawking
Sunday, April 13, 2008
From You tube: Hilarious
Engineer's Guides to Cats.
In the following video, I could not understand the language. I used to think that the language is the most important component in Joke and Comedy. Sometimes the activities are also very funny. Do you need to understand what they are talking?
Do you have links to funny you tube videos?
In the following video, I could not understand the language. I used to think that the language is the most important component in Joke and Comedy. Sometimes the activities are also very funny. Do you need to understand what they are talking?
Do you have links to funny you tube videos?
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Blogger: Schedule Your Post http://draft.blogger.com/
Heard of recent time machine hype of google on April First?
Now you can do it!
At least in the case of Blog// and it is in the direction of future; not in reverse.
I came across the article on Blogger Buzz saying that we can schedule the post(Blogger Buzz: Blog List, Scheduled Post Publishing on Blogger in draft). Not bad. But there are already too many things to be worked with Blogspot.
Make useful NavBar:
The most stupid thing is the "Next Blog" link in there. It takes to some random blog, not impressive.
GOOGLE are you listening?
No one wants to use the nav-bar of blogspot because it is just a useless tool floating up there.
I removed it because it is there just to occupy the space.
It should be used to make some useful use of nav bar in blogspot.
Here are some ideas to get inspirations:
1: Delicious
2: Stumble upon
3: Digg
4: sitehoppin
The navigation should be based upon the category shuffled randomly or on user's choice.
Now you can do it!
At least in the case of Blog// and it is in the direction of future; not in reverse.
I came across the article on Blogger Buzz saying that we can schedule the post(Blogger Buzz: Blog List, Scheduled Post Publishing on Blogger in draft). Not bad. But there are already too many things to be worked with Blogspot.
Make useful NavBar:
The most stupid thing is the "Next Blog" link in there. It takes to some random blog, not impressive.
GOOGLE are you listening?
No one wants to use the nav-bar of blogspot because it is just a useless tool floating up there.
I removed it because it is there just to occupy the space.
It should be used to make some useful use of nav bar in blogspot.
Here are some ideas to get inspirations:
1: Delicious
2: Stumble upon
3: Digg
4: sitehoppin
The navigation should be based upon the category shuffled randomly or on user's choice.
CA Election in Nepal
Constituent Assembly Election for the first time in the history of Nepal.
People outside Kathmandu can not still believe that it is going to happen. The "trust" and mutual beliefs are way down.
Sometimes I think our generation is lucky (or doomed) that we have seen the most steepest part of transformation of the country.
Other parts of the world have passed this phase (may be) some hundred years ago.
I have seen Three kings, every kind of mass movements and up and down in Nepal. This window of time has engulfed everything which can be possibly put into formula. However, there are still many things yet to happen. We can not rule out any future possibilities and power play.
Will Nepali people be able to cast their future through this Election?
For some insights into Nepali politics, the following blog is also useful
http://nepalinetbook.blogspot.com/
(The writer may have some prejudice, towards some power center; eventually gives a big picture.)
There are news everywhere. Kantipur is also providing some :
http://www.kantipuronline.com/election/2064/
About Nepal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal
Some pictures taken by me in Kathmandu.
People outside Kathmandu can not still believe that it is going to happen. The "trust" and mutual beliefs are way down.
Sometimes I think our generation is lucky (or doomed) that we have seen the most steepest part of transformation of the country.
Other parts of the world have passed this phase (may be) some hundred years ago.
I have seen Three kings, every kind of mass movements and up and down in Nepal. This window of time has engulfed everything which can be possibly put into formula. However, there are still many things yet to happen. We can not rule out any future possibilities and power play.
Will Nepali people be able to cast their future through this Election?
For some insights into Nepali politics, the following blog is also useful
http://nepalinetbook.blogspot.com/
(The writer may have some prejudice, towards some power center; eventually gives a big picture.)
There are news everywhere. Kantipur is also providing some :
http://www.kantipuronline.com/election/2064/
About Nepal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepal
Some pictures taken by me in Kathmandu.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Nepali People: The life of the Nepalese in Qatar
Welcome to the real world.
With 266,000 people, and 100,000 more to come in 2008, the Nepalese in Qatar are about to become the first foreign community in this tiny Gulf country. They are also the first concentration of Nepalese outside Nepal and India. As soon as one steps off the plane from Kathmandu at Doha airport, one is struck by a certain kind of familiarity with the airport staff. The visitor to Qatar wonders at the number of young men speaking khas kura or wearing “Nepal” branded caps. In the streets of Doha, in shops, in shopping malls, in offices, in restaurants, on building sites, the Nepalese toil to earn their living and help their family at home...
Unskilled workers are usually put up in labour camps that is buildings rented by their company. The biggest concentration of labour camps is the Industrial Area, near Doha. Hundreds of thousands of men live there in camps where living conditions largely depend on the care the company takes of its workers. Some camps are well maintained, and even provide table tennis and snooker facilities. But the majority of them are overcrowded (up to 16 men to a room with three tiered bunk-beds), sometimes dirty and not suitable for men spending years abroad...
More on...
(With pictures)
http://www.phalano.com/?p=704
There is a strong need of very efficient contact office of Nepal Government in Gulf region.
With 266,000 people, and 100,000 more to come in 2008, the Nepalese in Qatar are about to become the first foreign community in this tiny Gulf country. They are also the first concentration of Nepalese outside Nepal and India. As soon as one steps off the plane from Kathmandu at Doha airport, one is struck by a certain kind of familiarity with the airport staff. The visitor to Qatar wonders at the number of young men speaking khas kura or wearing “Nepal” branded caps. In the streets of Doha, in shops, in shopping malls, in offices, in restaurants, on building sites, the Nepalese toil to earn their living and help their family at home...
Unskilled workers are usually put up in labour camps that is buildings rented by their company. The biggest concentration of labour camps is the Industrial Area, near Doha. Hundreds of thousands of men live there in camps where living conditions largely depend on the care the company takes of its workers. Some camps are well maintained, and even provide table tennis and snooker facilities. But the majority of them are overcrowded (up to 16 men to a room with three tiered bunk-beds), sometimes dirty and not suitable for men spending years abroad...
More on...
(With pictures)
http://www.phalano.com/?p=704
There is a strong need of very efficient contact office of Nepal Government in Gulf region.
BBC Changed the News title: May be Self Realization ?
Before six hours:
The title was:
Now Featuring on the same page:
See what the changes of title can have impact on the reader.
The first title "kill" creates a sensation the second title is a News report.
News media has to be aware of what they are writing about.
Thanks BBC!
Note: I could not get the cache of page. Cache would shout loud.
The title was:
Nepal police kill 'seven' Maoists
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7337918.stmNow Featuring on the same page:
Seven dead in Nepal poll violence
The title has been changed.See what the changes of title can have impact on the reader.
The first title "kill" creates a sensation the second title is a News report.
News media has to be aware of what they are writing about.
Thanks BBC!
Note: I could not get the cache of page. Cache would shout loud.
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Job Offer (Representative Needed Urgently)
This is a kind of Spam I have received.
Lately, I have been receiving too many spams which make me think of changing my email address.
The spammer is from Gmail. Is n't that a serious problem?
I had blogged about gmail captcha being broken by spammers.
The spam reads:
*********************************
from ®Mercadolibre S.A
reply-to b.benson01@yahoo.com,
Pleasant day,
If you have access to a computer, you can get paid.
Would you like to work online from home, temporarily and get paid weekly?If yes,Mercadolibre is glad to offer you a job position in our company,Mercadolibre Limited in conjuction with Ebay As part of our ongoing Multi Level Marketing Network, we seek capable individuals to work for us as our representative.
You can easily make $700-$2000 a week or more in a week by working for us as a Sub-contractor in your geographical location,you will be incharge of collecting on behalf of our affliates and small business organisations that are registered under us.
Does it Sounds like your dream job? Well, it certainly is for 10,000+ current members who are making $700- $2,000s weekly online with this system.Note that no form of investment is needed from you,and this job take only 3-7 hours of your time per week.
MercadoLibre Limited is a link between small scale business organisations and their customers.For now,we have upto 200 Small business Organisation and 400 individuals registered and placing their adverts with us.
Your tasks are:
===================
1. Receive payment from Customers.
2. Deduct 10% which will be your Commission/pay on Payment processed and remit our balance to us either via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram
Note: This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for capable honest, and Open hearted Individual who satisfies our requirements and capable of handling this job position as a sub-contractor in his or her Geographical location.
To get Started, please provide the details below
Full Names:
Full Contact Address:
Age:
City:
Zip Code:
State:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Gender:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Thanks for your Co-operation
Lately, I have been receiving too many spams which make me think of changing my email address.
The spammer is from Gmail. Is n't that a serious problem?
I had blogged about gmail captcha being broken by spammers.
The spam reads:
*********************************
from ®Mercadolibre S.A
reply-to b.benson01@yahoo.com,
Pleasant day,
If you have access to a computer, you can get paid.
Would you like to work online from home, temporarily and get paid weekly?If yes,Mercadolibre is glad to offer you a job position in our company,Mercadolibre Limited in conjuction with Ebay As part of our ongoing Multi Level Marketing Network, we seek capable individuals to work for us as our representative.
You can easily make $700-$2000 a week or more in a week by working for us as a Sub-contractor in your geographical location,you will be incharge of collecting on behalf of our affliates and small business organisations that are registered under us.
Does it Sounds like your dream job? Well, it certainly is for 10,000+ current members who are making $700- $2,000s weekly online with this system.Note that no form of investment is needed from you,and this job take only 3-7 hours of your time per week.
MercadoLibre Limited is a link between small scale business organisations and their customers.For now,we have upto 200 Small business Organisation and 400 individuals registered and placing their adverts with us.
Your tasks are:
===================
1. Receive payment from Customers.
2. Deduct 10% which will be your Commission/pay on Payment processed and remit our balance to us either via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram
Note: This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. This job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for capable honest, and Open hearted Individual who satisfies our requirements and capable of handling this job position as a sub-contractor in his or her Geographical location.
To get Started, please provide the details below
Full Names:
Full Contact Address:
Age:
City:
Zip Code:
State:
Home Phone:
Cell Phone:
Gender:
Marital Status:
Occupation:
Thanks for your Co-operation
Friday, April 4, 2008
The mathematical theory of surprise!
The mathematical theory of surprise!
The surprise function is directly proportional to the log of the Probability.
Lower the probability is higher is the surprise.
There are some prior probability of things being happened. Or, chances of occurring certain things in certain ways. At least we have developed some kind of mental picture of forth coming events.
But there are always certain(non zero) probabilities of happening un-expected events. We are surprised when we encounter such events.
(contd...)
Links of interests:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/wp-trackback.php?p=91
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-11/uosc-scs112805.php
The surprise function is directly proportional to the log of the Probability.
Lower the probability is higher is the surprise.
There are some prior probability of things being happened. Or, chances of occurring certain things in certain ways. At least we have developed some kind of mental picture of forth coming events.
But there are always certain(non zero) probabilities of happening un-expected events. We are surprised when we encounter such events.
(contd...)
Links of interests:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/emergingtech/wp-trackback.php?p=91
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-11/uosc-scs112805.php
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Madonna - 4 Minutes (To Save The World) With Justin Timberlake
Madonna - 4 Minutes (To Save The World) With Justin Timberlake
The video clip was volatile but can be searched on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=four+minute&search_type=
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Minutes_to_Save_The_World
Also on the news ...
Mariah Carey:
A nice interview of Madonna on yahoo music.
The video clip was volatile but can be searched on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=four+minute&search_type=
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Minutes_to_Save_The_World
Also on the news ...
Mariah Carey:
A nice interview of Madonna on yahoo music.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
'tsunami' on Sun
Scientists have observed 'tsunami' on Sun.
Astronomers have captured the "first" movie of a solar “tsunami” in the Sun’s atmosphere .
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7326097.stm
http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/08040235.htm
Astronomers have captured the "first" movie of a solar “tsunami” in the Sun’s atmosphere .
It was glimpsed by Nasa’s STEREO spacecraft . STEREO mission consist of two spacecrafts revolving around the Sun to reveal it's 3D image.
Tsunami on the Sun is a wave of pressure that sweeps across the Sun. It is induced by a huge explosion near or on the surface of the Sun, such as a coronal mass ejection or flare, which causes a pressure to propagate outwards in a circular pattern.
BBC
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7326097.stm
http://www.sciencecentric.com/news/08040235.htm
This picture is From the picture of the day: 2006 December 13 http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061213.html
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Site Hoppin! Hop sites and mark them favourite with beers :)
Wanna Start Hoppin?
Go to sitehoppin and start clicking the SITE HOPPIN Button!!!
Once SITE HOPPIN button is clicked, a randomly selected page will appear from their indexed list.
It took me time to understand that "beer" is not so bad. It's all about beer and "getting drunk ".
I am located at: http://sitehoppin.com/Nkm
Go to sitehoppin and start clicking the SITE HOPPIN Button!!!
Once SITE HOPPIN button is clicked, a randomly selected page will appear from their indexed list.
It took me time to understand that "beer" is not so bad. It's all about beer and "getting drunk ".
I am located at: http://sitehoppin.com/Nkm
HAPPY SURFING!
Digg's April Fool's Day Joke?
Digg's April Fool's Day Joke?
How many diggs?
sigma diggs!
where sigma equals 5340 or some arbitrary number. People noticed that only mathematical symbols appear on digg instead of number.
Later I realized that there are alot of stuffs going around.
To see (in)complete listing:
http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2008.html
Activists are trying to name it Fossil Fool's Day:
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/activists-try-t.html
HAPPY APRIL FOOL DAY 2008
(A DAY TO FOOL AROUND)
How many diggs?
sigma diggs!
where sigma equals 5340 or some arbitrary number. People noticed that only mathematical symbols appear on digg instead of number.
Later I realized that there are alot of stuffs going around.
To see (in)complete listing:
http://aprilfoolsdayontheweb.com/2008.html
Activists are trying to name it Fossil Fool's Day:
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/04/activists-try-t.html
HAPPY APRIL FOOL DAY 2008
(A DAY TO FOOL AROUND)
Gmail: April Fool! Introducing Gmail Custom Time
I noticed around 11:30PM in the 31st march that there was some kinda new-link on the upper right corner. Assuming that it launched new service, I clicked on that. It was famous 404 error!Then, after a while I realized that there may be some help feature available, I went on to the "help" the indication was in there was that it was a joke.
I was asking to myself how can they possibly lunch the joke before it is April 1st???
However, now I can access the page (pictured above), the contents are pretty creepy. Now, I believe it is a joke. Last year's joke was hilarious.
Not impressed, this time!
Links:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/03/31/gmail-april-fools-not-very-funny-on-the-upside-they-started-a-wikipedia-war/trackback/
http://adsense.blogspot.com/2008/04/introducing-adsense-for-conversations.html
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