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Small Talk With Mr. Moshe Kam - IEEE President and CEO

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 11:25 AM PDT

Small Talk Link: http://www.crazyengineers.com/moshe-...sident-and-ceo

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GRE Tough/Difficult Words Collection Here!

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:50 AM PDT

Abhor: A person 'abhors' when he/she demonstrates deep hatred for anything.
She abhors arguments!

Condone: Some people have a forgiving nature. They forgive instantly and keep moving ahead. To condone is to overlook, to ignore, to forgive, and to pardon.
Mothers are condoning in nature.

Commiserate: A person 'commiserates', when he/she has sympathy over the misfortunes and losses of others. To commiserate is to sympathize.

Covet: It is a word that shows a person's irrational craving or desire for anything. To covet is to desire wrongfully, inordinately.
Example: To covet someone's property is to desire wrongfully someone's property.

Expiate: A villain eventually repents for what he has done and spends the later part of the life trying to amend for the mistakes he committed.
To expiate is to atone for, amend for one's crimes.

Gormandize: A person is said to 'gormandize' when he/she has an unusual appetite. When he/she displays craving for eating and usually lose control while doing so.

Grovel: People who grovel literally beg and cringe at the feet of others. They have a kind of slavish attitude. To grovel is to beg, to plead.

Importune: These are the people that pester, trouble, annoy others. They have repeated demands. To importune is to pester, to annoy.

Languish: A person 'languishes' i.e., becomes weak when he/she hopelessly yearns/longs for something. To languish is to yearn for, long for and pine for.

Malinger: Malinger is a verb that shows the behavior of a person towards work. To malinger is to shirk, avoid work. Usually kids feign illness to escape from the school.

PS: I will keep adding more such tough words in this thread, if you happen to come across such words please share them here.

A Great Graduation Speech For Engineers And Entrepreneurs - Don't Miss Reading This!

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:37 AM PDT

I cam across a great graduation speech and couldn't resist sharing it here.
Do go through the complete speech and then leave your comments in the replies.

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Twenty-one years ago I sat exactly where you sit today. In 1989, I graduated with degree in Electrical Engineering from the USC. Since then, I am proud to share that I have accomplished some extraordinary things. I have helped develop a highly effective treatment for cancer – designing custom electronics for true 3D radiotherapy. I have helped further our understanding of the physical universe by developing state of art data acquisition systems for high-energy physics experiments.
Most recently, I was the CEO and co-founder of an Internet Startup – called Kerpoof – an unrivalled platform for creative software for kids – a company that was bought after 2.5 years by The Walt Disney Company.

But here is the truth. If you had told me 21 years ago that – that this would be so – that I would have such a career and such and impact – I would not have believed you. At 22, I felt uncertain about what was next – what it would actually mean to work as an engineer.

Today I’m going to share with you three things that I wish someone had shared with me then – three things that I have learned to be true.

The first is to learn from your success.

There is a belief that failure is somehow good – somehow beneficial. You hear people say, failure builds character, or fail early fail often. This is not only wrong – it is dangerous. What you learn from failure is limited at best – you learn what didn’t work. It tells nothing of what will. In contrast, what you learn from success is how to succeed. This is infinitely more valuable.

A perfect example is the success you celebrate today. How many people do you know who started with you, but aren’t sitting next to you today? How often did you have a friend or roommate who would moan and whine at the one or two times during the semester that they actually had to work hard, long hours – knowing that as an Engineer this was your daily reality? This is significant.

In fact, you now know one thing for certain. You know that with talent and determination and hard work, you can accomplish what few others can. You succeeded. In the future, taking on truly hard things – things that seem impossible – you will not be in uncharted waters. On the contrary, you will build more success.

That’s key. Success breeds success. It is not a question of whether you will achieve more success. The question is what it will look like.

The second that I know to be true is build value.

There are many many ways to create value using an Engineering degree.
Let me just tell you a story about my Grandfather and how engineering helped to fix his knees. You would be forgiven if didn’t immediately make the connection, since what actually fixed his knees was an injection.

My Grandfather has always had a hunger to learn, a passion and zest for life. He is spry, vibrant, and alive, and makes others feel the same. At 88, he received what was for him was terrible news. His knees were failing, and he would probably in a short time be limping at best or needing a wheel chair at worse. When he exclaimed that this couldn’t be, his doctor was pretty unmoved. “He was 88, for goodness sake.” “What did he expect?” My Grandfather was frustrated and sad. He went home and started searching on the Internet. Maybe someone else knew something his doctor didn’t. And in probing around, he found a clinical trial that was showing promising results. It involved shooting an experimental drug in his knees, over a period of time. He immediately ran to his doctor and together they figured out how to get him in the trial. Today he is 93 and still walking.

I first thought about this connection when my Mother out of the blue said to me, “don’t you ever wish you made a difference in the world?” At the time, I was leading a team designing 10G interfaces for routers and switches – a technology that is enables what we today view as high-speed Internet. I thought about how only a short time ago, prior to the Internet, my Grandfather simply wouldn’t have had access to this information. That it was my work that at least partly what made his story possible – what made his life better.

That, in fact, more broadly it was entirely because of engineers – that in our life time we have seen the democratization of information – a revolution only rivaled in impact by the printing press.
I suddenly realized that I didn’t only make a difference; I was part of a profession that by its very nature makes a differences. A profession that at its core is about building value – from iPads, to Electric cars, Google, MRI machines – this list just goes on and on.

So my advice here is simple – keep being an engineer – keep building value. In doing so you will not only make a difference, but you will have the kind of satisfaction that can only come from doing truly valuable work. And you will find that this kind of satisfaction will far outweigh any of the other benefits that may come from your career.

The third thing I know to be true is to follow your heart.

Often this means doing what is hard. Choosing a path not because it is easy, but despite that the fact that it is very difficult.

I know this well. Since I was 22, I have dreamed of being an entrepreneur – of creating and leading my own company. This is what my father did, and probably to a degree some of my dream is linked to my admiration for him and what he has accomplished.

Regardless, for years it was no more than a dream. I was simply not brave enough to pursue it. I had good jobs that just kept getting better. I was building great value, being rewarded with promotions, and high pay. Why would I leave? Why would I risk failure, when I already had what most people viewed as success?

Well, when I was 37, three things happened. First, I read Guy Kawasaki’s, “Art of the Start” – an inspiring guide to becoming an entrepreneur. The thing that hit me the hardest was that he said the ideal time – the peak time – to be an entrepreneur was between age 28 and 38. I was about to turn 38. I was about to miss the optimal window.

Second, I met Jerry Fiddler on a ski trip with mutual friends. Jerry is an engineer and an uber entrepreneur – an entrepreneur who, among other things, grew a software start-up in his garage to a multi- billion business. But it wasn’t just meeting Jerry. It was that after getting to know me, he said, not just that I would be a great entrepreneur, but that I would be a great entrepreneur and CEO. And it seemed liked he believed it.

Third – and most significantly – I knew three extraordinary engineers who wanted to create a company too. And together we founded Kerpoof. We wanted to succeed, but we didn’t just want to succeed. We first wanted to build value – we believed if we did that the rest would come. We had a vision to transform the computer for kids – to ensure that it wasn’t just a dumb box and extension of the TV – but a powerful platform for creative expression and design.

I have never worked as hard as I did for Kerpoof. And I’ve never been happier.

Follow your heart. And like all great loves, you’ll know when you find it.

And don’t worry if you don’t find it right away. Because here’s another myth – the myth that life is short. Or maybe it is true for some people, but not for you. I don’t even have to know you, just the fact that you sit before me today, tells me with 100% certainty that you will do many things.

And if you are lucky, your life will sometimes be messy, confusing, and downright terrifying. It might lead you down surprising paths – paths that cause others to think you’re crazy. But I promise you this, if you keep learning from your success – if you always seek to build value – and if follow your heart, your life will not only be long, it will be rich, satisfying, and deeply rewarding.

Thank you.

- Krista Marks, Kerpoof

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Mac OS X 10.6.8 update supports SSD optimization

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:29 AM PDT

The latest version of Apple's Mac OS X operating system supports the TRIM command, which allows built-to-order systems with solid-state drives (SSDs) to perform more optimally.

According to Mac Rumors, the Mac OS X 10.6.8 update announced last week allows TRIM commands to perform a function known as garbage collection, which erases old data marked for deletion.

The command then consolidates existing data on an SSD so that it can be read sequentially and not randomly, which improves read performance.
Users can check for TRIM support using the Apple System Profiler tool.

Microsoft Windows 7 also supports the TRIM command, which prompted SSD manufacturers like Intel to add firmware upgrades to their products to take advantage of the command.

Apple also is one of the only companies to make laptops that support the serial ATA 3.0 specification, which allows twice the throughput of SATA 2.0 drive interfaces.

For example, Apple's MacBook Pro, which was released in February, added support for SSDs manufactured with SATA 3.0 interfaces. Most SSDs manufactured today support the SATA 3.0 spec.

Windows Phone OS 7.1 Mango Developer Firmware Invitations Are Out

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:25 AM PDT

Registered Windows Phone developers now have access to a beta build of Windows Phone Mango, the major upgrade to the smartphone operating system that's due in fall. The beta build doesn't include everything that Mango will eventually include, but does have major features like multitasking, background tasks, programmatic access to the camera, network sockets, and more.
News around tech sites have been pouring in this morning that it was rumored that Mango would be released to developers possibly Thursday (June 30th), but without warning from

Requirements:
  • You must have an active, validated App Hub account.
  • Only one phone update per developer.
  • If you have updated to Mango build 7661 and wish to develop applications for the device, you must update your development environment to Windows Phone SDK 7.1 Beta 2 .
If you are not currently registered as a Windows Phone developer and wish to join you can register by visiting : App Hub Membership Page

New Revised GRE AWA Section

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:14 AM PDT

As we know AWA section measures your ability to construct and evaluate arguments. Revised AWA is not much changed except that the time limit for issue essay will be 30 minutes. Rest is same. Issue and argument are two complimentary tasks.

Issue statement requires you to create your own arguments by taking a position and providing evidence supporting your views on the issue statement.

Argument essay requires you to evaluate someone else's argument by assessing its claims and evaluating the evidence it provides.
Basic facts about GRE scoring
Even revised AWA will have a composite score (collective of both essays) on 0-6 scale. Each essay is evaluated by 2 GRE readers. Scores are awarded on an overall composition of essay as there is no separate marking for specific parts of essay. All important aspects like ideas, organization, sentence structure, or language are taken into account while assigning the final score. A few affective lines or any distinctive feature in particular section will not help you scoring better.
You may discuss AWA section questions, suggestions in this thread. :cean:

IIT-Delhi has 'etiquette lessons' for SC/ST students - Do you support it?

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 07:03 AM PDT

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MUMBAI: Even before this year's freshmen enter the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, some others will be pushed to pick up etiquette lessons required to live on the tech school campus. The objective may be well-intentioned but putting just the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates through a 'self-enrichment programme' has prompted experts to criticize the move as "smacking of apartheid" and causing a "distinction" between two sets of students on the basis of caste.

Delhi is the only IIT to have felt the pressing need to put all the selected SC/ST candidates through classes on manners.

The co-ed programme—which will be run from July 10 to July 17—is made up of modules on communication, personality development and theatre for communication (more like public speaking). Put together, "in all logical integrity, it is meant to boost the confidence of students who come from a different background", say IIT-Delhi heads.

But not everyone thinks of the "correctional programme" as a means to achieve equilibrium among campus residents. An IIT-Delhi faculty member snorts at the idea. "A campus is a symbol of assimilation of many minds and several lives. To carve out a group on the basis of their origins and put them through a training programme—I would term it nothing short of apartheid."

Many parents too aren't kicked about the idea. "On day one, the institute is telling my child that he is different," rues a parent from Andhra Pradesh whose son is joining IIT-D.

TISS director S Parasuraman feels it is not useful to segregate students at all. "Every student who joins IIT knows his/her maths but may not be able to write good English. All students from rural and underprivileged backgrounds need adjustment but putting them through a training programme is not the answer. IIT-Delhi needs to have a long-term support system in place and hire better counsellors for every student, not just SC/STs or OBCs," he says.

The residential programme is conducted by the Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation, Kerala (CREST). It will enable SC/ST students to develop social skills, orientation and have the ability to adapt to the environment at IIT Delhi, states the note sent to all the SC/ST students.

Ashley Paul, a CREST co-ordinator, says, "Most of these students don't have the social capital; they are mostly first-generation learners and they come from rural parts of India. The course leaves them a lot more certain than when they walked in."

From classes in communication to touching on all aspects of personality development, Paul says the course is meant to help students shed their inhibitions and "come out of their shell".

But IIT-D director Surendra Prasad says he would love to leave the door open for any general category student who wants to attend the programme. "The programme came out of our desire to be pro-active, to take care of all our students, especially those who hail from different backgrounds. The entire academic community at the institute felt that a section of the students need to be better prepared and confident for their stint at the institute."
- As in News on Times of India

What do you think about this? Is it a good news, a bad news or will be just a passé?

New GRE (Revised) Sentence Equivalence Sample Questions

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:55 AM PDT

  1. Although it does contain some pioneering ideas, one would hardly characterize the work as __________.
    1. orthodox
    2. eccentric
    3. original
    4. trifling
    5. conventional
    6. innovative
  2. It was her view that the country's problems had been _______ by foreign technocrats, so that to ask for such assistance again would be counterproductive.
    1. ameliorated
    2. ascertained
    3. diagnosed
    4. exacerbated
    5. overlooked
    6. worsened

New GRE (Revised) Text Completion Sample Questions

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:47 AM PDT

1. It is refreshing to read a book about our planet by an author who does not allow facts to be (i)__________ by politics: well aware of the political disputes about the effects of human activities on climate and biodiversity, this author does not permit them to (ii)__________ his comprehensive description of what we know about our biosphere. He emphasizes the enormous gaps in our knowledge, the sparseness of our observations, and the (iii)__________, calling attention to the many aspects of planetary evolution that must be better understood before we can accurately diagnose the condition of our planet.

Blank (i) (A) overshadowed, (B) invalidated, (C) illuminated

Blank (ii) (D) enhance, (E) obscure, (F) underscore

Blank (iii) (G) plausibility of our hypotheses, (H) certainty of our entitlement, (I) superficiality of our theories

2. Vain and prone to violence, Caravaggio could not handle success: the more his (i)__________ as an artist increased, the more (ii)__________ his life became.

Blank (i) (A) temperance, (B) notoriety, (C) eminence
Blank (ii) (D) tumultuous, (E) providential, (F) dispassionate

3. In parts of the Arctic, the land grades into the landfast ice so _______ that you can walk off the coast and not know you are over the hidden sea.

(A) permanently, (B) imperceptibly, (C) irregularly, (D) precariously, (E) slightly

New GRE (Revised) Reading Comprehension Sample Questions

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 06:41 AM PDT

Reviving the practice of using elements of popular music in classical composition, an approach that had been in hibernation in the United States during the 1960s, composer Philip Glass (born 1937) embraced the ethos of popular music without imitating it. Glass based two symphonies on music by rock musicians David Bowie and Brian Eno, but the symphonies' sound is distinctively his. Popular elements do not appear out of place in Glass's classical music, which from its early days has shared certain harmonies and rhythms with rock music. Yet this use of popular elements has not made Glass a composer of popular music. His music is not a version of popular music packaged to attract classical listeners; it is high art for listeners steeped in rock rather than the classics.
Select only one answer choice.
  1. The passage addresses which of the following issues related to Glass's use of popular elements in his classical compositions?
    1. How it is regarded by listeners who prefer rock to the classics
    2. How it has affected the commercial success of Glass's music
    3. Whether it has contributed to a revival of interest among other composers in using popular elements in their compositions
    4. Whether it has had a detrimental effect on Glass's reputation as a composer of classical music
    5. Whether it has caused certain of Glass's works to be derivative in quality
Consider each of the three choices separately and select all that apply.
  1. The passage suggests that Glass's work displays which of the following qualities?
    1. A return to the use of popular music in classical compositions
    2. An attempt to elevate rock music to an artistic status more closely approximating that of classical music
    3. A long-standing tendency to incorporate elements from two apparently disparate musical styles
  2. Select the sentence that distinguishes two ways of integrating rock and classical music.

Any takers for the above question? If not, we can put answers here too.

Allow user to add the new fields in the tables

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 05:09 AM PDT

Hi to all

How can we allow the user to add the new fields on the tables , with out do any application code change ? (meaning after they add the new field i don't want to change the application code to read that new fields)

How to achieve this?

Please help me

Thanks

Dilip

In which area the unigraphics software is used. and for what they are using the UG.

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 04:59 AM PDT

i don whether the UG is more user friendly than Solid works or else more technically deepen than ProE ....... why people preferable the UG

Fantastico Vs. SimpleScripts Vs. Softaculous - Which Is Better?

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 03:56 AM PDT

Lot's of companies (websites) provides Auto-Installer Scripts.
Most popular is Fantastico.
But, I found this one. Now you tell me which is better. And which is more powerful. :)

1. Fantastico - Official Website

2. SimpleScripts - Official Website

3. Softaculous - Official Website

Here's the comparison which Softaculous provides us - Click Here

Still I want to ask you. According to me, SimpleScripts are advanced than Fantastico. Correct me if I am wrong. :)

S I M - See Inside Manufacturing. Should India emulate this British Initiative?

Posted: 30 Jun 2011 02:51 AM PDT

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Over the course of today, thirty companies in the automotive sector will be throwing their doors open to teachers, careers advisors and, in some cases, students, as part of an initiative called See Inside Manufacturing. Launched by Vince Cable's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills earlier this year, SIM is the latest attempt from government and industry to dispel the misconceptions surrounding engineering, technology and manufacturing, and present it as an attractive option for schoolchildren looking for a career.

Read more: Inside view | In-depth | The Engineer
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In my opinion this is worth trying in India, however, covering all engineering fields.