Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Vista Service Optimizer

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Tweak Windows Vista services in an automatic and safe way.

Vista Services Optimizer is a free and perfect tweaking utility that can improve your Windows Vista Performance and security with a simple mouse click, by tweaking Windows services in an automatic and a very safe way according to the way you use your computer and which software are installed on your system.

Vista Services Optimizer enables you to safely optimize Windows Vista services
based on how you use your computer. A standard Vista installation has many services turned on and running that you may not have any use for, consuming CPU and memory that can potentially slow down your system. Vista Services Optimizer analyzes your system and suggests services that can be safely turned off.

You can choose to perform an automatic tune-up based on what is suitable for your
system, or use a manual tune-up that lets you select from a more detailed list of features thatyou want to disable.

Vista Services Optimizer does not require any technical knowledge and provides easy
tounderstand check box options to tune your system for your personal needs. It also
includes asystem restore feature that allows you to restore Windows service settings to their defaults at any time.

Here are some key features of "Vista Services Optimizer":

Easy-To-Use:
· Vista Services Optimizer is an easy-to-use free optimization utility that enables you
· to improve your
· Windows Vista performance and security with simple mouse clicks and does not require
   any technical knowledge.
Services Diagnostics:
· Services Diagnostics” feature enables you to inspect your Windows Vista performance
· and security
· status according to your current system services configurations and how you are using
· your
· computer. It also provides solutions for certain performance and security problems.
Automatic TuneUp:
· Vista Services Optimizer can tweak your Windows Vista in an automatic way with a
· single click, by
· stopping and disabling useless and unwanted Windows services according to the way you
· use your
· computer, attached hardware and installed software.
Manual TuneUp:
· Vista Services Optimizer includes “Manual TuneUp” feature that enables you to
· optimize your
· Windows Vista services in an advanced way. You can specify the Windows Service you
· want to
· Optimize, Restore or Query information using easy to understand check box options.
· Services Profiles: (New)
· Vista Services Optimizer includes a new feature called
· Services Profiles” that
· enables you to save
· your services optimization options into a file called “Windows Services Profile” that
· helps you apply
· your different optimization options in seconds.
Smart Rescue Center:
· Vista Services Optimizer is a safe tweaking utility that can optimize Windows Vista
· performance and
· security in a safe way without causing any harm to your system. Smart Rescue Center
· helps you undo
· any changes that Vista Services Optimizer has made to your system.

Requirements:

· Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 (SP1 recommended)
· 128 MB of RAM
· 1024 x 768 screen resolution (1440 x 900 recommended)

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Minor GUI improvements.
· Minor infrastructure improvements.
· Improved Services Diagnostics.
· Improved Gaming Mode
· Fixed critical bug when creating automatic services snapshots.
· Improved the mechanism of restoring services settings using snapshots.
· Improved the managing of installed services snapshots.

· Added the ability to check for new updates from multiple websites.


source : softpedia

Monday, May 24, 2010

Kisah Umar 'Asi

Palestina Enggan Tunduk

Kedengaran suara anak kecil Umar 'Asi melaung-laungkan suaranya: Siapa ada besi buruk, aluminium dan kerusi plastik rosak? Dia berjalan dengan menarik seekor himar yang membawa kereta sorongnya memasuki kampung-kampung dan bandar di Selatan Gaza.

Di salah satu jalan di Utara Bandar Khanyunus, Umar berhenti dengan kereta sorongnya melihat dengan kedua matanya kanak-kanak sebayanya bermain bola sepak. Umar menghentikan laungannya dan dia terus melihat kanak-kanak tersebut dan meminta salah seoarang dari mereka memberinya air untuk minum. Seterusnya Umar yang berumur 15 tahun meneruskan perjalanannya ke kampung Bani Suhaila salah satu perkampungan di kawasaan Timur Khanyunus.

Itulah satu-satunya jalan yang boleh di lakukan oleh Umar untuk membantu keluarganya setelah ayahnya kehilangan pekerjaan disebabkan sekatan ekonomi dan pendapatannya tidak mencukupi untuk menyara keluarga. Umar berhenti sekolah ketika berumur 10 tahun dan bersama salah seorang kawannya mencari dan mengutip besi-besi buruk dan barang-barang terbuang yang lain.

Umar merupakan anak sulung daripada empat orang adik beradik. Adik-adiknya semua perempuan dan sedang belajar di sekolah rendah. Dia cuba menyara keluarga disamping pendapatan ayahnya yang tidak mencukupi hasil bekerja sebagai buruh binaan.

Dia bekerja sepanjang hari bermula pagi sehingga ketiadaan waktu baginya untuk bermain. Khususnya setelah dia memiliki kereta sorong semenjak setahun yang lepas. Dia juga tidak dapat menemui kawan-kawan sebayanya yang berulang-alik ke sekolah. Walaupun dia membantu keluarganya tetapi dia juga mahu bermain seperti kanak-kanak lain namun dia tidak mampu kerana tidak mahu kehilangan pendapatan pada hari tersebut.

Barang terbuang yang dikumpul oleh Umar akan dihantar terus ke kilang plastik atau dia akan mengasingkan logam-logam yang dikumpulnya dan diserahkan kepada individu yang akan menjualnya. Pendapatan hasil jualan tersebut tidaklah banyak. Jadi Umar perlu bekerja keras dan berterusan untuk memastikan pendapatannya sentiasa tetap.

Apa yang dilakukan oleh Umar tidaklah dikisahkan sangat oleh ayahnya tetapi ibunya amat sedih. Kalau boleh dia mahu Umar kembali ke sekolah supaya masa depannya lebih terjamin. Walaupun pekerjaannya sekarang dapat membantu keluarga tetapi masa depannya tidak akan terjamin.

Harapan Umar akan tiba masanya dia akan bebas dari kehidupannya sekarang. Dia dapat kembali ke sekolah, ayahnya dapat kembali kepada pekerjaan asalnya, dia dapat hidup seperti kanak-kanak sebayanya yang lain dan dia dapat membina kembali masa depannya. Dalam menunggu saat-saat itu, Umar terus bangun, terus melaung-laungkan suara: Siapa ada besi buruk, siapa ada kerusi plastik rosak dan suaranya telah menenggelamkan suara- kanak-kanak sebayanya yang sedang bermain.


sumber : insanonline

p/s: untuk mengetahui tentang bagaimana cara anda boleh turut serta dalam memberi bantuan kepada rakyat Palestin, sila lawati Aman Palestin

7 Year Old Surgeon

A year ago a footage emerged from a remote village in India. The video showed a young girl receiving surgery to separate her fingers, which were badly burned and fused together. Why did this operation make headlines around the world? The surgery was performed by a 7-year-old boy named Akrit Jaswal.


Now 17 years old, Akrit has an IQ of 146 and is considered the smartest person his age in India a country of more than a billion people. Before Akrit could even speak, his parents say they knew he was special.

'He learned very fast,' says Raksha, Akrit's mother. 'After learning the alphabet, we started to teach him joining of words, and he started writing as well. He was two.'

At an age when most children are learning their ABCs, Akrit was reading Shakespeare and assembling a library of medical textbooks. When he was 5 years old, he enrolled in school. One year later, Akrit was teaching English and math classes.

Akrit developed a passion for science and anatomy at an early age. Doctors at local hospitals took notice and started allowing him to observe surgeries when he was 6 years old. Inspired by what he saw, Akrit read everything he could on the topic. When an impoverished family heard about his amazing abilities, they asked if he would operate on their daughter for free. Her surgery was a success.

After the surgery, Akrit was hailed as a medical genius in India . Neighbors and strangers flocked to him for advice and treatment. At age 11, Akrit was admitted to Punjab University . He's the youngest student ever to attend an Indian university. That same year, he was also invited to London's famed Imperial College to exchange ideas with scientists on the cutting edge of medical research.


Akrit says he has millions of medical ideas, but he's currently focused on developing a cure for cancer. 'I've developed a concept called oral gene therapy on the basis of my research and my theories,' he says. 'I'm quite dedicated towards working on this mechanism.'

Growing up, Akrit says he used to see cancer patients lying on the side of the road because they couldn't afford treatment or hospitals had no space for them. Now, he wants to use his intellect to ease their suffering. '[I've been] going to hospitals since the age of 6, so I have seen firsthand people suffering from pain,' he says. 'I get very sad, and so that's the main motive of my passion about medicine, my passion about cancer.'

Currently, Akrit is working toward a bachelor's degrees in zoology, botany and chemistry. Someday, he hopes to continue his studies at Harvard University . This lad indeed has a gifted brain..... His parents used to sell portion of their investments to purchase his Medicine related books that he wanted to study and today he gets everything from people who really want him to ful fill his dreams....


source : Mitesh Asher

Friday, May 21, 2010

Amazing Office Designs Around The World











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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Time Traveler Caught in Museum Photo?

Rockport, Texas - This supposedly 40s-era photo has been floating around the internets for some time now. There have been claims that the guy with the funky sunglasses, t-shirt and the doofy, disinterested expression is a time traveler.

It’s the short description for the photograph shown at the virtual Bralorne Pioneer Museum, from British Columbia, Canada. The image can be seen specifically on this page (scroll down to the middle), among other items of the online exhibit. Did you notice anything out of place? Or perhaps, out of time?

The man with what appears to be very modern sunglasses seems to be wearing a stamped T-shirt with a nice sweater, all the while holding a portable compact camera!

Internet people reached to the obvious conclusion: it’s a time traveller caught on camera on 1940! Finally, we have proof!

If the story seems straight out of a movie and the photo is in itself a great funny find, the most amusing thing i came up with while looking into this – as an Internet person, on the Internet – was the reply for a skeptical, or perhaps somewhat cynical comment on how spurious it would seem the idea that a time traveler would want to visit the reopening of a bridge in some small town in Canada.

Read this on Doc Brown’s voice: “Of course, because we know nothing happened there right? But if we are considering time travel, how can we know if in some other timeline something historical happened right there?”

Indeed! Once you consider time travel, everything changes. But before writing Hollywood scripts, let’s get back to reality and ask again: is the photo evidence of a time traveller?
The source

As noted, the image is indeed available through the official website for Canada’s museums. It was part of the exhibit “Their Past Lives Here” from Bralorne-Pioneer, available to the public since 2004. It was put online since February this year, perhaps before that. And the peculiar “time traveller” image was only noted as such in the end of March, when it was linked on main websites such as Above Top Secret and FARK.

Given the source, we would assume the photo is authentic, and correctly dated to c.1940. Indeed, an Error Level Analysis suggests the image was not digitally tampered with, or at least that if it was, the author was smart enough to normalize the error across the whole thing. It’s a good job, if it was a job. And again, given the source, we would assume it was not a job.

So, how do we explain the man out of time?

Not quite out of time

As members of the ATS, like “Outkast Searcher”, diligently noted, despite looking very modern the man’s outfit and even glasses and camera could be found in the 1940s. Below, similar sunglasses used by actress Barbara Stanwyck on the movie “Double Indemnity” (1944):

The outfit could also be found 70 years ago. Being used as we are to our contemporary fashion, we look at the man and assume he’s wearing a stamped T-shirt, something that would be indeed out of place (or time). But if you look carefully, you can see that he’s actually wearing (or could as well be wearing) a sweatshirt. And sweatshirts with bordered emblems were not uncommon in the 1940s – in fact you can find those in other photos from the same exhibit.

The sweater he also uses seems to be hand knitted, with buttons on the front. Something that was definitely available at the time, if he had some kind grandma perhaps.

Finally, despite some comments about the camera lens being too big for the time, too compact, it looks like a Kodak Folding Pocket model, available since the beginning of the 20th century.


That is: even taking this photo for granted, as depicting an authentic scene, a real man with his curious glasses and outfit in Canada 70 years ago, there’s nothing that can be seen that is actually out of place or time. He looks different from other people, but it has already been suggested that he’s using welding goggles and a glove.

This is not much of a proof of time travel, and more like evidence of the cyclic nature of fashion. These days, even a beggar can be mistaken for a trendy fashion model. Keep reading for more into this and other time travel stories.

Is it possible that an elaborate hoax could have included a manipulated photograph among the items of a museum exhibit, only to have it put online and finally exposed as “time travel proof” later? Well, it would be quite an elaborate hoax, but it is possible.

Let’s look again at the photo. Pay attention to the right arm of the “time traveller”: you may realize that the arm actually belongs to the man right behind him. Why would another man’s arm be in that position? Is there even space for such a large, tall “time traveller” to stand in there?


These could be indications that the man was inserted into the image without much care for perspective.

Or perhaps it’s just an unusual perspective, and the arm from the man behind just looks like it’s over the “time traveller”, even touching the camera? Or could the arm actually belong to the hipster traveller?

I don’t know.

If this is a digital hoax, why would the hoaxer insert a man that seems out of place, but not actually using anything that couldn’t be found in the 1940s? The camera is definitely old. What looks like a stamped T-shirt is a sweatshirt with emblem. Why not have him use something definitely out of time, like the logo for a company that wouldn’t be created until decades later, such as NIKE or even Microsoft? It would even make an amazing viral marketing for any company that managed to get buzz from this. Why not?

I don’t know.

Once again, it must be clear that even if this photograph is authentic, even if it depicts a real scene from 1940, it would not be the proof of time travel. Alas. Also, I tend to assume that given the source, the photo is indeed authentic, not tampered with. But that arm, it does look strange. I’m not sure. I don’t know.

I tried to send an email to the Bralorne Pioneer museum, but the address was not valid. I’m still trying to find (an easy) way to contact it. If you manage to get an official response from them, do share it. If you discover anything else, do share it. This is an adorable little “mystery”.


source : Aurélio Moraes

Thursday, May 6, 2010

The Book of Eli

Kritik Dari Atas Bukit Cendawan

Tidak sedikit  produk dari kilang Hollywood yang memaparkan detik-detik kemusnahan bumi serta kehancuran tamadun manusia berpunca dari bencana alam, wabak penyakit dan kebejatan teknologi persenjataan nuklear. Pelbagai sumber dan fakta dikutip atau dimanipulasi bagi menguatkan lagi hujah. Dibantu dengan perkembangan pesat teknik CGI mutakhir  setiap efek  itu dapat direalisaikan mengikut imiginasi dan  selera sutradara walaupun terkadang dirasakan terlalu berlebihan. Khalayak hanya disogok dengan visual hasil dari kesan khas yang mengumamkan bagi menutupi kelemahan naratif penceritaan yang kabur dan tanpa solusi.

Senario berbeza dapat dilihat menerusi The Book of Eli. Dengan persekitaran yang kusam dan suram, penonton terpanggil untuk merungkai persoalan demi persoalan dalam kembara panjang setelah terjadi  bencana besar yang mengorbankan hampir keseluruhan isi bumi bersama susuk yang bernama Eli. Berbekalkan amanat yang digalas, dia perlu segera menuju ke barat dengan menempuh segala rintangan bagi melaksanakan amanat tersebut. Dengan kesan khas dan naratif penceritaan yang sederhana mengalir sutradara Albert Hughes berjaya membawa khalayak meninjau ke suatu perspektif yang jarang disentuh oleh kebanyakan sutradara Hollywood iaitu kesan dan akibat dari kehancuran serta apa yang diperlukan manusia bagi memulihkan tamadun yang nyaris musnah dalam usaha meneruskan kelangsungan hidup?

Khalayak akan dibawa melihat dengan lebih dekat keadaan dunia berlangsung dengan undang-undang rimba, dimana nyawa telah hilang nilai. Hanya yang kuat berhak untuk hidup. Kejahatan menyelusup kesetiap gerak dan perbuatan. Tiada ruang untuk simpati dan perikemanusiaan telah lama mati. Di sini sang sutradara telah mencadangkan sebuah solusi dengan mengangkat kekuatan spiritual sebagai jalan keluar terbaik dari seluruh kebejatan ini. Manusia disyorkan kembali kepada agama dalam usaha membentuk tamadun baru yang lebih murni.

Bagi sebuah filem bergenre aksi post-apocalyptic, The Book of Eli ternyata segar dan menghiburkan. Danzel Washington seperti kebiasaannya telah berjaya menghantar energi lakonan yang terkesan melalui watak Eli. Ini ditambah dengan aksi pertarungan yang sederhana tapi cukup mengumamkan. Gary Oldman juga tidak menghampakan. Dengan memeran watak jahat, beliau berjaya menyemai rasa benci dan marah khalayak terhadap kerakusan dan ketamakan Carnegie. Namun begitu watak Solara yang diperan Mila Kunis ternyata gagal menyerlah dan tidak mampu mengimbangi kekuatan lakonan Danzel. Dan ada ketikanya kehadiran watak Solara dalam beberapa adegan seakan dibentuk secara paksa tanpa asas yang kukuh. 

Mungkin ada yang melihat filem ini sebagai propaganda agama. Ini kerana doktrin kristianisasi jelas terpamer dari dialog yang dilontarkan oleh Eli yang kebanyakannya dipetik dari kitab injil. Dan nama Eli itu sendiri dipinjam dari Pemuka agama yahudi seperti yang tertera di dalam kitab Samuel. Namun apa yang lebih penting untuk dibicarakan di sini adalah tentang keberanian mengutarakan penyelesaian dengan memilih agama sebagai penyelamat umat. Idea seperti ini jarang terlihat di dalam mazhab Hollywood yang atheistme dan eksistensialisme. Mereka percaya bahawa moral tidak perlu wujud daripada rasa takut terhadap neraka ataupun ganjaran daripada syurga. Mereka menganggap bahawa kebolehan manusia untuk berlaku baik atau sebaliknya tidak memerlukan kewujudan tuhan dan syaitan. Kemunculan The Book of Eli menjadi antara bukti Hollywood telah kembali mencari tuhan. 

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Kurang Ajar!!


Sebuah perkataan yang paling ditakuti
Untuk bangsa kita yang pemalu.

Sekarang kata ini kuajarkan pada anakku;
Kau harus menjadi manusia kurang ajar
Untuk tidak mewarisi malu ayahmu.

Lihat petani-petani yang kurang ajar
Memiliki tanah dengan caranya
Sebelumnya mereka tak punya apa
Kerana ajaran malu dari bangsanya.

Suatu bangsa tidak menjadi besar
Tanpa memiliki sifat kurang ajar

~ Usman Awang


p/s : gambar sekadar hiasan

Monday, May 3, 2010

Chinese Cyber Backdoors

Is it possible, that having so many, if not all of our computer hardware components being made in other countries, that backdoor access are built directly into our computers? If there is such a hidden portal that allows direct access to all of our computers, would we even know? What if one of the countries, and I’m just going to throw this out there; like the Chinese government, told China’s computer component makers that they wanted a special feature that is secretly incorporated into every computer , and communication device that leaves the country; would we ever know? What protocols have been put in place by our government to insure our security from U.S. companies that chase cheaper overseas manufacturing? I’m not suggesting that China has any type of remote control of all of the computers they export, I’m just saying; what if they do? 

I once read that China told Microsoft; “Before we can allow the distribution of Windows in the Chinese market, we need to make sure that the U.S. government hasn’t inserted code that allows your government to spy on Chinese computers.” They demanded to view all of Window’s code for security reasons or they would refuse Windows in China; Microsoft conceded. The U.S. banking association made the same request and was declined. Microsoft has never said the Windows is a security operating system that will protect your information; Windows is a cheap down and dirty operation system that will get you what you need without any claims of protecting your personal information. The defense department, banks and security companies, and everyone else chose price over security and purchased Windows, and of course I do too for my company.

I only used China as an example because they have the resources in terms of making the programs, hardware, and enough people to monitor every computer in America. In fact, there are 1.3 billion people in China, and only 300 million in the United States; this means that if the Chinese government were so inclined, they could assign 1 worker to monitor the computer in the United States, or every computer in the world. I’m sure they are not, but WOW!

They are not, right?


source : Douglas Chick