Love, Tech, CS and stuff...

2012-01-05T01:10:00.001+05:30

Team Fortress 2 eclipsing Counter Strike Source

2011-08-01T15:49:00.001+05:30

For us, as of now, Counter Strike source has turned into old news... currently its team fortress 2 all over. The game with various roles pre-defined according to one of the 9 type of players selected at the start and during the game as well.

"BONK" :D

CSS or Quake

2010-03-29T17:51:00.003+05:30

With the advent of Quake III Arena in our gaming, our players have inclined a bit to Quake rather than playing Counter Strike. Quake III Arena is a faster game that includes various game-play options like free for all, flag game, team death-match and a tournament mode. Is quake III arena gaining popularity over the Counter Strike source game just because of the speed? or is it something else?

In my view, speed is one of the factors that is aiding quake III arena to gain popularity among the former counter strike source loving players. There are, however, other factors as well that has governed us to incline towards quake III arena rather than counter strike source.

Some factors could be:

It is faster than counter strike source.
There are more modes of gaming in quake III arena, than counter strike source.
The player that has been fragged need not wait for the round to end as there are no rounds present in quake III arena and the players are able to return to the game at once.
The players do not have to worry about cash/money that they have and all the weapons are there for the pick up.
There are more amount of weapons a player can carry rather than just to two allowed in counter strike source.
Also, quake III arena can run in a low end machine, which cannot be said of counter strike source.

These, according to me, are just a few factors that are helping quake III arena gain popularity among our players, and this is just my view :D. Anyhow, quake III arena is the latest, old, game that has gained the thoughts of our players.

Keep fraggin..........

God Mode

2010-01-09T22:06:00.004+05:30

You wanna be GoD

I say you wanna be GoD punk...

or at least do you want god mode enabled in your windows 7 ??

If yes then create a new folder and rename it GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C} it will grant you access to all of windows 7 goodies in one place. this works in 32-bit version but has issues in 64 bit versions.

Enjoy tinkering.

Creating a batch file to remove iph.exe

2009-07-03T23:45:00.002+05:30

Create a batch file with following commands and run it .. the iph.exe wont bother you no more =]

@echo off
cd\
taskkill /f /im iph.exe

attrib -s -h -r %systemroot%\iph.exe
attrib -s -h -r %systemroot%\system.bat
del %systemroot%\iph.exe
del %systemroot%\system.bat

shutdown -a

Exam ResultsPrelude to New Yera's Resolution

2008-12-07T18:12:00.002+05:30

The Results of 5th sem exams were published today.. Me along with many of my friends were shocked with the results.. We didn't do that badly did we was on everyone's mind.. apparently we did so.. From this day i swear will do better or die trying.. ahem

remove shutdown countdown virus

2008-07-11T20:56:00.002+05:30

i found up this remedy after long time n here it goes!!!
use regedit
type >regedit in run
then in HKEY_CURRENT_ USER>SOFTWARE>MICROSOFT>COMMAND PROCESSOR >autorun
delete the value of autorun

thats it
hope u understand my language

No more CS "I quit"

2008-03-15T20:32:00.002+05:30

I decided to quit playing counter strike coz itys really addictive. I quit really ..............

Cs resumed earlier then expected

2008-02-02T17:42:00.000+05:30

Exam ko thik 1 din agadi dekhi nai it was resumed hehe
n we played n played jahiley ni n guess what?? our exam went superb 80 ma 70 sure cha
so conclusion is always play CS , say no to study n say damn yes to CS
CS rocks

CS suspended for a Month.....

2008-01-13T21:32:00.000+05:30

Counter Strike the most enjoyed n played game by our guys has come to its dark times , the reason for this is our EXAM , we just decided to suspend this game for about a month !!, can u believe it a month???? We last played on friday n we r now studying relly badly.
It's for our good says our frens but i feel bored aaahhhhh got to go nedd to study .....
But i promise we will be back after a month haha
KILL KILL n DIE DIE
BYE BYE

The 5 Stages Of Drunkedness

2007-12-14T00:55:00.000+05:30

THE FIVE STAGES OF DRUNKENNESS

Stage #1 -- Smart
This is when you suddenly become an expert on every subject. You know all and greatly wish to express this knowledge to anyone who will listen. At this stage you are also always right. And of course the person you are talking with is very wrong. You will talk for hours trying to convince someone that you are right. This makes for an interesting argument when both parties are "smart". Two people talking, in fact, arguing about a subject neither one really knows anything about, but are convinced that they are they complete authority on the subject makes for great entertainment for those get the opportunity to listen in.

Stage #2 -- Handsome/Pretty
This is when you are convinced that you are the best looking person in the entire room and everyone is looking at you. You begin to wink at perfect strangers and ask them to dance because of course they had been admiring you the whole evening. You are the center of attention, and all eyes are directed at you because you are the most beautiful thing on the face of the earth. Now keep in mind that you are still smart, so you can talk to this person who has been admiring you about any and all subjects under the sun.

Stage #3 -- Rich
This is when you suddenly become the richest person in the world. You can buy drinks for the entire bar and put it on your ill because you surely have an armored truck full of your money parked behind the bar. You can also make bets in this stage. Now of course you still know all, so you will always win all your bets. And you have no concern for how much money you bet because you have all the money in the world. You will also begin to buy drinks for all the people in the bar who are admiring you because you are now the smartest, prettiest, and richest person on the face of the earth.

Stage #4 -- Bulletproof
You can now pick fights with the people you have been betting money with because you cannot be hurt by anything. At this point you would go up to the boyfriend of the woman who had been admiring your beautiful self all evening and challenge him to a battle of wits for money. You have no worry about loosing this battle of wits because you know all, have all the money to cover this bet, and you obviously win a fight that might erupt if he looses.

Stage #5 -- Invisible
This is the final stage of drunkenness. At this point you can do absolutely anything because no one can see you. You can get up and dance on a table; you can strip down to your underwear, to impress the people who have been admiring you all evening, because the rest of the people in the room cannot see you. You are also invisible to the person whom you have picked a fight with earlier in the evening. You can walk through the streets singing at the top of your lungs (because of course you are still smart and know the tune perfectly) and no one will think anything of it because they can't see you. All your social inhibitions are gone. You can do anything, because no one will know.

And you certainly won't remember !

Eggs and moods

2007-12-13T19:15:00.000+05:30

As it seems, frying eggs and your moods is directly related. I used to make perfect fried eggs, sunny side up, both sides fried, and the yolk still was liquid, ummm i love those..

It just started a couple of weeks back, Starting december i guess, i was in a bad mood and when trying to crack open the egg, things went horribly wrong. The crack was big and very much smashed up. Small pieces of the shell also went inside, which i had to painfully remove.

Ever since, i've been having a rough time cracking eggs for frying. Just today i cracked an egg all good but the yolk was broken as well, it doesn't taste the same with solid yolk, liquid yolk my favorite!!!

Happying egg frying!!

CounterStrike Source

2007-12-11T09:34:00.000+05:30

Based in HalfLife 2, the graphics are a great improvement from previous version no doubt.

To install CounterStrikeSource in linux, I've written a step by step tutorial, accessible here

Cheers everyone!!

Love and Relationships

2007-12-11T09:14:00.000+05:30

Its one thing to love someone, and its totally another thing to be in a relationship. Although one complements another, like when u love some one, u try to get in a relationship and while being in a relationship, love is absolutely must unless ur only looking for sex.

Love just happens. You start liking someone, want to be together, become dreamy all the time. Think about her likes and dislikes, think about getting on dates, ... stuffs. I dont believe on love on first sight. Its at most infatuation and mostly just liking. Love is a by product of liking, once two people get close and intimate. Aaah being loved, .... nothing better than knowing someone things so much about you, comeone dont tell me you haven't experienced that.

Relationships are established to keep your love intact. You need to give time and thought on different things. Relationships are like responsibilities, good and nice responsibilities that you love to do. In relationship we make commitments, and yes very tiny, miniscule details matter. Whether ur taking ur partner to a treat or wishing a birthday on telephone or sending an ecard or having intimate afairs, need to work out in details.

A lot of people i've known shy away from love being scared of the relationship they have to keep. But its the relationship thats the amazing factor in loving someone. Responsibilities can be shared and worked out, no need to get scared.

Been loving someone for such a long time, but i've only recently been in a relationship, and i know its wonderful. Love will last for ever, relationship depends..

Love someone and in return be loved.
Cheers

How to Survive And Kill in Counter Strike Source Final

2007-12-09T19:30:00.000+05:30

General Tips:
1. If you are SNIPER:
- Stay at distance always and use scope fastly to lock the target.
- Always take a help from your team member to watch your back (At least 1 team member needed to watch your back).
- Let your team member be always a head of you n give aniper cover.
- In de_dust2 map there are lots of sniper positon in A and B bomb site use them wisely.
- Use the expensive sniper guns not SCOUT.
- Use CTRL key to sit while u snipe.
- Always take head shot.

How to Save from Snipers:
-Don't walk in a straight line, move in zig zag n fast move, try to get close to sniper position.
- Becareful at open space .

How does LOVE occur and How it Works

2007-12-08T00:52:00.000+05:30

Introduction to How Love Works

Source:
posted by Lee Ann Obringer in
www.howstuffworks.com

Photo courtesy Morgue File
Only three percent of mammals (aside from the human species) form "family" relationships like we do. See more l ove pictures.

If you've ever been in love, you've probably at least considered classifying the feeling as an addiction. And guess what: You were right. As it turns out, scientists are discovering that the same chemical process that takes place with addiction takes place when we fall in love.

Love is a chemical state of mind that's part of our genes and influenced by our upbringing. We are wired for romance in part because we are supposed to be loving parents who care diligently for our helpless babies.

In this article, we'll find out what love really is and what happens in our bodies that makes us fall in love -- and ensures we stay there. We'll also look at what attracts us to someone in the first place. Is it their pheromones, or do they just fit the right "love template?"

What is Love?

Photo courtesy Morgue File

Romantic love both exhilarates and motivates us. It is also critical to the continuation of our species. Without the attachment of romantic love, we would live in an entirely different society that more closely resembled some (but not all) of those social circles in the animal world. The chemicals that race around in our brain when we're in love serve several purposes, and the primary goal is the continuation of our species. Those chemicals are what make us want to form families and have children. Once we have children, those chemicals change to encourage us to stay together to raise those children. So in a sense, love really is a chemical addiction that occurs to keep us reproducing.

Regardless of the country or culture, romantic love plays an important part. While cultural differences in how that love is displayed vary greatly, the fact that romantic love exists is undisputed.

But let's get down to the nitty gritty. What is it that makes us fall in love with someone in the first place?

What Makes us Fall in Love?

We all have a template for the ideal partner buried somewhere in our subconscious. It is this love map that decides which person in that crowded room catches our eye. But how is this template formed?

Appearance
Many researchers have speculated that we tend to go for members of the opposite sex who remind us of our parents. Some have even found that we tend to be attracted to those who remind us of ourselves. In fact, cognitive psychologist David Perrett, at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, did an experiment in which he morphed a digitized photo of the subject's own face into a face of the opposite sex. Then, he had the subject select from a series of photos which one he or she found most attractive. According to Dr. Perrett, his subjects always preferred the morphed version of their own face (and they didn't recognize it as their own).

Personality
Like appearance, we tend to form preferences for those who remind us of our parents (or others close to us through childhood) because of their personality, sense of humor, likes and dislikes, etc.

Pheromones
The debated topic of human pheromones still carries some weight in the field of love research. The word "pheromone" comes from the Greek words pherein and hormone, meaning "excitement carrier".

In the animal world, pheromones are individual scent "prints" found in urine or sweat that dictate sexual behavior and attract the opposite sex. They help animals identify each other and choose a mate with an immune system different enough from their own to ensure healthy offspring. They have a special organ in their noses called the vomeronasal organ (VNO) that detects this odorless chemical.

The existence of human pheromones was discovered in 1986 by scientists at the Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia and its counterpart in France. They found these chemicals in human sweat. A human VNO has also been found in some, but not all, people. Even if the VNO isn't present in all of us -- and may not be working in those who do have it -- there is still evidence that smell is an important aspect of love (note the booming perfume industry). An experiment was conducted where a group of females smelled the unwashed tee shirts of a group of sweaty males, and each had to select the one to whom she was most "attracted." Just like in the animal world, the majority of the females chose a shirt from the male whose immune system was the most different from their own.

Staring Into Each Other's Eyes Professor Arthur Aron, of the State University of New York at Stonybrook, has studied what happens when people fall in love and has found that simply staring into each other's eyes has tremendous impact.

In an experiment he conducted, Professor Aron put strangers of the opposite sex together for 90 minutes and had them discuss intimate details about themselves. He then had them stare into each other's eyes for four minutes without talking. The results? Many of the subjects felt a deep attraction for their partner after the experiment, and two even ended up getting married six months later.

Aphrodisiacs

According to the Food and Drug Administration, aphrodisiacs are based in "folklore, not fact." Still, people continue to believe in the love-inducing effects of certain foods, herbs and extracts. There are several common aphrodisiacs that may or may not have actual effects on your love life. Discovery Health listed some of these:

Asparagus: The vitamin E in this vegetable is said to stimulate sex hormones.
Chili peppers: Some researchers say that eating hot peppers makes us release endorphins, which might lead to "other things."
Chocolate: This favorite for Valentine's Day contains phenylethylamine, one of the chemicals your body produces naturally when you're in love (see The Chemistry of Love).
Oysters: Oysters contain high levels of zinc, which reportedly increased the production of testosterone. Testosterone increases libido for both sexes.

Others include Ginkgo, Spanish fly (dead beetle parts) and Damiana.

Most of these are supposed to create the desire for sex or improve male sexual ability rather than attract a mate. But, if you're stimulating hormones that make you more interested, then you're more likely to meet someone and fall in love. And, even if they don't actually work, some say that if you think it's going to work, you're halfway there.

Types/Stages of Love: Lust and Attraction

There are three distinct types or stages of "love":

Lust, or erotic passion
Attraction, or romantic passion
Attachment, or commitment

When all three of these happen with the same person, you have a very strong bond. Sometimes, however, the one we lust after isn't the one we're actually in love with.

Lust
When we're teenagers, just after puberty, estrogen and testosterone become active in our bodies for the first time and create the desire to experience "love." These desires, a.k.a. lust, play a big role both during puberty and throughout our lives. According to an article by Lisa Diamond, entitled "Love and Sexual Desire" (Current Directions in Psychological Science, vol 13 no. 3), lust and romantic love are two different things caused by different underlying substrates. Lust evolved for the purpose of sexual mating, while romantic love evolved because of the need for infant/child bonding. So even though we often experience lust for our romantic partner, sometimes we don't -- and that's okay. Or, maybe we do, but we also lust after someone else. According to Dr. Diamond, that's normal.

Sexologist John Money draws the line between love and lust in this way: "Love exists above the belt, lust below. Love is lyrical. Lust is lewd."

Pheromones, looks and our own learned predispositions for what we look for in a mate play an important role in whom we lust after, as well. Without lust, we might never find that special someone. But, while lust keeps us "looking around," it is our desire for romance that leads us to attraction.

Attraction
While the initial feelings may (or may not) come from lust, what happens next -- if the relationship is to progress -- is attraction. When attraction, or romantic passion, comes into play, we often lose our ability to think rationally -- at least when it comes to the object of our attraction. The old saying "love is blind" is really accurate in this stage. We are often oblivious to any flaws our partner might have. We idealize them and can't get them off our minds. This overwhelming preoccupation and drive is part of our biology. We'll go deeper into the chemicals involved in attraction in The Chemistry of Love.

In this stage, couples spend many hours getting to know each other. If this attraction remains strong and is felt by both of them, then they usually enter the third stage: attachment.

Types/Stages of Love: Attachment

Photo courtesy Morgue File

The attachment, or commitment, stage is love for the duration. You've passed fantasy love and are entering into real love. This stage of love has to be strong enough to withstand many problems and distractions. Studies by University of Minnesota researcher Ellen Berscheid and others have shown that the more we idealize the one we love, the stronger the relationship during the attachment stage.

Psychologists at the University of Texas in Austin have come to the same conclusion. They found that idealization appears to keep people together and keep them happier in marriage. "Usually, this is a matter of one person putting a good spin on the partner, seeing the partner as more responsive than he or she really is," says Ted Huston, the study's lead investigator. "People who do that tend to stay in relationships longer than those who can't or don't."

Playing a key role in this stage are oxytocin, vasopressin and endorphins, which are released when having sex (more on this later).

Let's find out more about the chemistry of love.

The Chemistry of Love

There are a lot of chemicals racing around your brain and body when you're in love. Researchers are gradually learning more and more about the roles they play both when we are falling in love and when we're in long-term relationships. Of course, estrogen and testosterone play a role in the sex drive area (see How Sex Works). Without them, we might never venture into the "real love" arena.

That initial giddiness that comes when we're first falling in love includes a racing heart, flushed skin and sweaty palms. Researchers say this is due to the dopamine, norepinephrine and phenylethylamine we're releasing. Dopamine is thought to be the "pleasure chemical," producing a feeling of bliss. Norepinephrine is similar to adrenaline and produces the racing heart and excitement. According to Helen Fisher, anthropologist and well-known love researcher from Rutgers University, together these two chemicals produce elation, intense energy, sleeplessness, craving, loss of appetite and focused attention. She also says, "The human body releases the cocktail of love rapture only when certain conditions are met and ... men more readily produce it than women, because of their more visual nature."

Researchers are using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to watch people's brains when they look at a photograph of their object of affection. According to Helen Fisher, a well-known love researcher and an anthropologist at Rutgers University, what they see in those scans during that "crazed, can't-think-of-anything-but stage of romance" -- the attraction stage -- is the biological drive to focus on one person. The scans showed increased blood flow in areas of the brain with high concentrations of receptors for dopamine -- associated with states of euphoria, craving and addiction. High levels of dopamine are also associated with norepinephrine, which heightens attention, short-term memory, hyperactivity, sleeplessness and goal-oriented behavior. In other words, couples in this stage of love focus intently on the relationship and often on little else.

Another possible explanation for the intense focus and idealizing view that occurs in the attraction stage comes from researchers at University College London. They discovered that people in love have lower levels of serotonin and also that neural circuits associated with the way we assess others are suppressed. These lower serotonin levels are the same as those found in people with obsessive-compulsive disorders, possibly explaining why those in love "obsess" about their partner.

Chemical Bonding

Love Junkies There are those who may be addicted to that love "high." They need that amphetamine-like rush of dopamine, norepinephrine and phenylethylamine. Because the body builds up a tolerance to these chemicals, it begins to take more and more to give love junkies that high. They go through relationship after relationship to get their fix.

In romantic love, when two people have sex, oxytocin is released, which helps bond the relationship. According to researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, the hormone oxytocin has been shown to be "associated with the ability to maintain healthy interpersonal relationships and healthy psychological boundaries with other people." When it is released during orgasm, it begins creating an emotional bond -- the more sex, the greater the bond. Oxytocin is also associated with mother/infant bonding, uterine contractions during labor in childbirth and the "let down" reflex necessary for breastfeeding.

Vasopressin, an antidiuretic hormone, is another chemical that has been associated with the formation of long-term, monogamous relationships (see "Are We Alone in Love?"). Dr. Fisher believes that oxytocin and vasopressin interfere with the dopamine and norepinephrine pathways, which might explain why passionate love fades as attachment grows.

Endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, also play a key role in long-term relationships. They produce a general sense of well-being, including feeling soothed, peaceful and secure. Like dopamine and norepinephrine, endorphins are released during sex; they are also released during physical contact, exercise and other activities. According to Michel Odent of London's Primal Health Research Center, endorphins induce a "drug-like dependency."

The Long Haul?

What about when that euphoric feeling is gone? According to Ted Huston at the University of Texas, the speed at which courtship progresses often determines the ultimate success of the relationship. What they found was that the longer the courtship, the stronger the long-term relationship.

The feelings of passionate love, however, do lose their strength over time. Studies have shown that passionate love fades quickly and is nearly gone after two or three years. The chemicals responsible for "that lovin' feeling" (adrenaline, dopamine, norepinephrine, phenylethylamine, etc.) dwindle. Suddenly your lover has faults. Why has he or she changed, you may wonder. Actually, your partner probably hasn't changed at all; it's just that you're now able to see him or her rationally, rather than through the blinding hormones of infatuation and passionate love. At this stage, the relationship is either strong enough to endure, or the relationship ends.

If the relationship can advance, then other chemicals kick in. Endorphins, for example, are still providing a sense of well-being and security. Additionally, oxytocin is still released when you're having sex, producing feelings of satisfaction and attachment. Vasopressin also continues to play a role in attachment.

Are We Alone in Love?

Photo courtesy USGS
Prairie vole

Only three percent of mammals (aside from the human species) form "family" relationships like we do. The prairie vole is one such animal. This vole mates for life and prefers spending time with its mate over spending time with any other voles. Voles even go to the extreme of avoiding voles of the opposite sex.

When they have offspring, the couple works together to care for them. They spend hours grooming each other and just hanging out together. Studies have been done to try to determine the chemical makeup that might explain why the prairie vole forms this lifelong, monogamous relationship when its very close relative, the montane vole, does not.

According to studies by Larry Young, a social attachment researcher at Emory University, what happens is that when the prairie vole mates, like humans, the hormones oxytocin and vasopressin are released. Because the prairie vole has the needed receptors in its brain for these hormones in the regions responsible for reward and reinforcement, it forms a bond with its mate. That bond is for that particular vole based on its smell -- sort of like an imprint. As further reinforcement, dopamine is also released in the brain's reward center when they have sex, making the experience enjoyable and ensuring that they want to do it again. And because of the oxytocin and vasopressin, they want to have sex with the same vole.

Because the montane vole does not have receptors for oxytocin or vasopressin in its brain, those chemicals have no effect, and they continue with their one-night stands. Other than those receptors, the two vole species are almost entirely the same in their physical makeup

HP wants to lure its customer(linux user) into VISTA???

2007-12-06T21:09:00.001+05:30

My query to HP:

I customized my laptop to this configuration:

HP dv6500t, Intel(R) Core(TM) 2 Duo T5250, 1.5 GHz, 15.4" WXGA, 2GB RAM, 250GB, SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW w/Double Layer Support, 802.11b/g, HP Imprint (Radiance) + Fingerprint Reader + Webcam + Microphone, 802.11b/g/n, Bluetooth, Windows Vista Home Premium,

i liked all features, except that i cannot choose anyother OS, preferably LINUX OS, instead of windows VISTA, I am a linux user and I barely use windows, so i would be grateful if i can get this laptop without windows vista installed. I think it will save me some money as well... even if doesn't, either way i will be removing windows vista and install Ubuntu linux in it.. please let me know if i can buy this laptop without windows installed and if it will cheaper without windows vista installed!

------ Please do not remove your unique tracking number! ------
<<#150752-195056#>>

Dear Sushil,

Thank you for contacting the HP Home & Home Office Sales Center.

I understand you are looking to purchase the HP dv6500t notebook with Linux Operating system. I am really very sorry to inform you that we don't have a notebook with Linux. I would like to inform you that all our desktop and notebooks are pre-installed with Windows Vista. There are many changes in the new Windows Vista operating system compared to the previously released Windows XP. The new changes help to make Vista more easy to use, more visually appealing, and offer several security feature that protects the user.

Security is probably one of the most concentrated on subjects during the research and development of Vista. Now, security on Vista is backed by Windows Firewall, which has drawn good comparisons with the popular Zone Alarm. However, for personal/private use, Windows Firewall does the job well, whereas Zone Alarm is more practical for large servers. Additionally, Vista includes with it Windows Defender - a virus/spy ware tool that is a step above what was previously released with XP. With these tools, there is better protection for the user against what is becoming a more and more dangerous Internet.

Please reply to this message or for online Chat assistance please visit - http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/help.do if there is anything further we can do Sushil. For your convenience, you may also call the HP Home & Home Office Sales Center directly at 1-888-999-4747 between 7:00 AM - 2:00 AM EST, 7 days a week. Our HP Home & Home Office representatives are trained professionals who can help you decide on the right HP product for you.

Lastly Sushil, if you are interested in hearing about new product offerings, promotions and special discounts, simply reply to this email and I will be pleased to sign you up for our award winning e-newsletter. Providing us with your full mailing address will also allow you to receive our catalog, which is issued several times annually.

Thank you for your interest in the HP Home and Home Office Store, we value your business and support. Our goal is to continue bringing you quality products and solutions.

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what is HP trying to do... that i quit linux and start using VISTA ???

however... say if i buy that notebook ... means i'll be paying/wasting money for windows vista, the OS that i am NEVER going to use??

AMD plots 16-core super-CPU for 2009

2007-12-04T20:52:00.000+05:30

AMD is preparing an all-new PC processor with up to 16 execution cores. Due out in the first half of 2009, the new architecture is codenamed Bulldozer. In an official announcement, AMD said Bulldozer will be its first substantially new CPU core since the original Athlon 64 processor of 2003. And it'll be the first ground up architectural redesign since the K7 Athlon of 1999.
In that context, it's likely the Bulldozer architecture will provide the foundations of AMD CPUs for many years to come. In other words, the architecture is rather important. The news is the latest in a flurry of announcements from AMD's PR machine in the past week. AMD has already revealed plans for a second-gen quad-core processor known as Shanghai and demoed its upcoming Phenom quad-core desktop chip running at 3GHz.
Meanwhile, the world is still waiting for Barcelona, AMD's first generation quad-core CPU , to appear. AMD has promised that Barcelona will launch later this August.
Bulldozer is the name, crushing Intel is the game

But what about Bulldozer? The big news is that it will form the basis of AMD's first massively multi-core PC processor with up to 16 execution cores. Bulldozer will also be fully compatible with AMD's so-called M-SPACE modular CPU design.
Along with traditional PC processors, therefore, expect to see AMD Fusion CPUs powered by Bulldozer cores but also offering a range of specialised processing units. Think graphics processing cores and high-definition video decoding engines and you'll get an idea of the sort of additional functionality Bulldozer-based Fusion processors will deliver.
As for the main execution cores themselves, they retain the same basic out-of-order superscalar design as AMD's existing PC processors. However, Bulldozer will utilise a deeper instruction pipeline. That's a measure traditionally introduced to allow higher clockspeeds. However, deeper pipelines typically also reduce clock-for-clock performance.
Bulldozer also receives a range of new instructions designed to accelerate media processing and performance in high performance computer clusters. With as many as 16 cores humming away, keeping Barcelona fed with data will obviously be a tough task. In response, AMD says the chip will benefit from "highly scalable memory and I/O performance".
Specifically, that means a new version of AMD's Direct Connect technology along with four HyperTransport 3.0 links per processor. Support for ultra fast DDR3 memory as well as AMD's G3MX memory extender technology will further boost the data and bandwidth available to Bulldozer. AMD's G3MX technology is designed to allow increased system memory without resorting to Intel 's power-hungry FBDIMM approach.
How fast is she, mister?
It all sounds pretty impressive on paper. But how fast will this 16-core chip be in practice? Well, according to AMD, Bulldozer is designed to be nothing less than "the highest performing single and multi-threaded compute core in history".
If AMD is to be believed, Bulldozer will improve upon every metric of CPU performance. From performance per watt to outright multi-threaded performance and old school single-threaded oomph, it's promised Bulldozer will be the new king.
Of course, by 2009 Intel will be shipping some fairly exotic kit of its own. A major revision of Intel's Core architecture, complete with an integrated memory controller and HyperTransport-bashing Common Serial Interface, is pencilled in for 2008 with a further revised variant in 2009.
What's more, with that longer instruction pipeline in mind, it will be interesting to see how Bulldozer pulls off improved single-threaded performance. Rumours are currently circulating that Bulldozer may be capable of thread-fusing or using multiple cores to compute a single thread. Thread fusing is one of the holy grails of PC processing. If Bulldozer is indeed capable of such a feat, the future could be very bright indeed for AMD.
Source:
tech.co.uk

Counter Strike Addiction Warning

2007-12-04T08:51:00.000+05:30

I have been playing counter strike source final for 2 months n i feel fun while playing .But more u play more u get addicted to this game. I stay late night almost daily upto 1 am (Nepali Time). It this good for me? i ask sometime but i cannot stop it man. Really counter striking is fun.There more than 15 players at a time we enjoy it see the upper post to join us. The server ID is provided.

Caution: Playing counter strike is addictive this is post is not meant to encourage playin CS SF

Wanna play CS with our group?

2007-12-02T17:18:00.000+05:30

You like some serious KILLIN'... come on join us in CS hosted usually on every Friday nite 21:30 Nepal Standard Time.... that wud be approx 15:45 GMT

server usually is one of these:

reddevil.homelinux.com
bluez.homelinux.com
dracula.homelinux.com

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Sushil ;)

Play CS everyday? in FaceBook !!!

2007-12-02T17:13:00.000+05:30

oye k ta haru ... join the CS group and play CS online even when ur friends are offline and kill them !! its a lot of fun man.. try it..

BTW sanjay tried to kill me but he had 2 consecutive "miss"es.. hehehe and when i counter striked he died... hahaha

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Sushil ;)