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Saturday, July 19, 2008

Some Firefox Tips and Tricks

There are a few special URLs, which begin with about:, that you can type into the
Location Bar.
· about: — The same page as "Help -> About".
· about:about — Lists all these about: URLs (Mozilla Suite only).
· about:blank — A blank page. Useful for setting as your homepage.
· about:bloat — Displays BloatView output (disabled in release builds).
· about:bloat?new
· about:bloat?clear
· about:buildconfig — Reveals details about your Mozilla build options.
· about:cache — Displays cache statistics.
· about:cache?device=memory — Lists memory cache entries.
· about:cache?device=disk — Lists disk cache entries.
· about:cache-entry — Shows information about a cache entry. Used in about:cache links. Requires paramaters.
· about:config — GUI for modifying user preferences (prefs.js).
· about:credits — The list of contributors to the Mozilla projects.
· about:logo — Displays the Mozilla logo (Mozilla Suite only).
· about:kitchensink — Was never included in Mozilla for the reasons listed in Bug 122411 ("Mozilla does not have a kitchen sink"). You can install an extension that adds it though :)
· about:license — shows the Mozilla Public License and the Netscape Public License for the piece of software. ( Only in products based on Gecko 1.8 )
· about:mozilla — The famous Book of Mozilla.
· about:plugins — Lists all your plugins as well as other useful information
Then try and have fun

Magic(Rope Magic)

Tightrope Balancing Ball
Effect: A two or three-foot rope is held tightly between the performer’s hands. The performer proceeds to balance a ball on the rope and mystically the ball rolls from one end of the rope to the other. Secret: A thin piece of black thread almost as long as the rope is used to build a track for the ball to roll on. Tie both ends of the thread near the ends of the rope leaving just a little slack. Facing the audience, hold the rope tight with both hands at opposite ends, the thread should be behind the rope. Insert your thumbs between the rope and the thread to spread them apart from each other, this is what creates the secret track. Now your ping-pong ball or hollow billiard ball can be rolled back and forth on a single piece of rope. This can be effectively used in a billiards routine or a rope routine.

The Runaway Knot
Effect: The performer takes a piece of rope and allows the spectator to cut it in two. The two ends of the rope are then tied together, and then held up. The magician slides the knot down the length of the rope, and makes it vanish. Secret: Take a three or four foot piece of rope and tie the ends together to form a loop. Start by holding the rope in your right hand, laying the knot of the loop across your face up palm. Take your left hand, palm face down, and place your hand into the backside of the loop and grab the other half of the rope with your left hand. Bring your hands together and lay the other piece of rope in your right hand, twisting your hands back to their natural position. This should cross the strings twice forming a small lock, immediately cover this lock with your right hand as you are bringing your hands together. Hold the rope with your left hand a few inches away from your right, and ask a spectator to cut the rope in between your hands. Covering the lock with your right hand still, it looks like two pieces of rope of the same size, hanging side by side. Now tie the two loose ends hanging from the top of your hand together without revealing the hidden lock, this knot can now be slid up and down the rope. Slide the knot off the rope to finish.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Smoke Bomb

One type of pyrotechnic device that might be employed by a terrorist in many way would be a smoke bomb. Such a device could conceal the getaway
route, or cause a diversion, or simply provide cover. Such a device, were it to produce enough smoke that smelled bad enough, could force the evacuation of
a building, for example. Smoke bombs are not difficult to make. Although the military smoke bombs employ powdered white phosphorus or titanium compounds, such materials are usually unavailable to even the most well-equipped terrorist. Instead, he/she would have to make the smoke bomb for themselves.

Most homemade smoke bombs usually employ some type of base powder, such as black powder or pyrodex, to support combustion. The base material will burn well, and provide heat to cause the other materials in the device to burn, but not completely or cleanly. Table sugar, mixed with sulfur and a base material, produces large amounts of smoke. Sawdust, especially if it has a small amount of oil in it, and a base powder works well also. Other excellent smoke ingredients are small pieces of rubber, finely ground plastics, and many chemical mixtures. The material in road flares can be mixed with sugar and sulfur and a base powder produces much smoke. Most of the fuel-oxodizer mixtures, if the ratio is not correct, produce much smoke when added to a base powder. The list of possibilities goes on and on. The trick to a successful smoke bomb also lies in the container used. A plastic cylinder works well, and contributes to the smoke produced. The hole in the smoke bomb where the fuse enters must be large enough to allow the material to burn without causing an explosion. This is another plus for plastic containers, since they will melt and burn when the smoke material ignites, producing an opening large enough to prevent an explosion.


--SIMPLE SMOKE--
The following reaction should produce a fair amount of smoke. Since this reaction is not all that dangerous you can use larger amounts if necessary

6 pt. ZINC POWDER
1 pt. SULFUR POWDER
Insert a red hot wire into the pile, step back.

--COLORED FLAMES--



Colored flames can often be used as a signaling device for terrorists. by putting a ball of colored flame material in a rocket; the rocket, when the
ejection charge fires, will send out a burning colored ball. The materials that
produce the different colors of flames appear below.




































COLOR MATERIAL USED IN
red strontium salts (strontium nitrate) red sparklers
green barium salts (barium nitrate) green sparklers
yellow sodium salts (sodium nitrate) gold sparklers
blue powdered copper old pennies blue sparklers
white powdered magnesium or aluminum fire starters, aluminum foil
purple potassium permanganate purple fountains, treating sewage

Saturday, July 5, 2008

Subject Adding Nepali To Linux


Steps

1) Locale installation:

Basic process:

a) Remove the previous old one if exist

command: rm -rf /usr/lib/locale/ne_NP

b) cp /usr/share/i18n/charmaps/UTF-8.gz /tmp

c) /bin/gunzip -d /tmp/UTF-8.gz

d) Download ne_NP from http://www.nepalinux.org/ldf/ne_NP

e) /usr/bin/localedef -i ne_NP -f /tmp/UTF-8 /usr/lib/locale/ne_NP

f) check by using locale -a

2) Fonts installation:

a) Download samanata.ttf from http://www.nepalinux.org/fonts/samanata.ttf

b) mkdir -p /usr/share/fonts/default/npfonts

c) cp -f samanatha.ttf /usr/share/fonts/default/npfonts/

d) fc-cache -f

e) fc-list to view installed fonts

3) Running Nepali Gnome:

If you are on runlevel 3

a) export LC_ALL=ne_NP at root will change default locale for Nepali env.

b) startx to see nepali Gnome

OR

If you are on runlevel 5

1) Edit locale.aliases of gdm folder

2) Add ' Nepali' ne_NP 

3) Select Nepali on Languages select option of gdm login screen

4) Login to see Nepali Gnome

4) Input system:

A) xkb

Note: only for romanizied input

a) Download ne file from http://www.nepalinux.org/input/ne

b) cp -f files/ne /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols/pc

c) cp -f files/ne /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/symbols

d) Add the following lins on /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xorg.xml

or /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/rules/xfree86.xml

<layout>

<configItem>

<name>ne</name>

<description>Nepali_Romanized</description>

</configItem>

<variantList/>

</layout>

e) Adding Nepali Roman keyboard utility in Gnome desktop bottom panelOn the bottom panel right

1) Right click the mouse

2) Click "Add to Panel"

3) Click "Keyboard indicator"

4) Click the "ADD" button

5) Right click the added icon

6) Click "Open keyboard preferences"

7) Click the "Layout" tab

8) Select "Nepali_Romanized" from available layouts

9) Click "ADD and Close"

10) Open Gedit and try to type, you will get Nepali characters

B) iiimf:

Note: Both traditional and romanzied can be done

Download npkeybt.data and npkeybr.data from 

http://www.nepalinux.org/input/npkeybt.data and 

http://www.nepalinux.org/input/npkeybr.data

IIIMF in Debian:

For debian download following deb files from http://www.debian.org

iiimf-htt-csconv , iiimf-htt-le-indic, iiimf-htt-server, iiimf-htt-xbe, iiimgcf, libiiimcf2, libiiimp0 

or simply you can try 'apt-get install iiimf*' if you have good Internet connection.

1) install using dpkg -i package name if you have download from debian site

2) mkdir -p /usr/lib/im/locale/UNIT/NEPALI/data

3) cp npkeybt.data /usr/lib/im/locale/UNIT/NEPALI/data

4) cp npkeybr.data /usr/lib/im/locale/UNIT/NEPALI/data

5) Add the following to /usr/lib/im/locale/UNIT/sysime.cfg

[ ne_NP ]

npkeybt common/ctim.so NEPALI

npkeybr common/ctim.so NEPALI

6) Start iiimf using, /etc/init.d/iiimf-htt-server start

7)Using iiimf:

Open xterm

export GTK_IM_MODULE=iiim gedit

Press ctrl +o 

Press f5 and f6 to get Nepali traditional and romanized input.

IIIMF in FC3:

a)For fc3 download required packages from (http://fedora.redhat.com) or from fc3 DISC 3 

CD.

iiimf-libs-12.1-4, iiimf-le-unit-12.1-4, iiimf-server-12.1-4, iiimf-gtk-12.1-4, iiimf-csconv-12.1-4, 

iiimf-libs-devel-12.1-4, iiimf-gnome-im-switcher-12.1-4

b) rpm -ivh iiim*

c) mkdir -p /usr/lib/im/locale/UNIT/NEPALI/data

d) cp npkeybt.data /usr/lib/im/locale/UNIT/NEPALI/data

e) cp npkeybr.data /usr/lib/im/locale/UNIT/NEPALI/data

f) Add the following to /usr/lib/im/locale/UNIT/sysime.cfg[ ne_NP ]

npkeybt common/ctim.so NEPALI 

npkeybr common/ctim.so NEPALI

g)Start iiimf using, /etc/init.d/iiimf-htt-server start

g)Using iiimf:

# Adding keyboard utility in Gnome desktop bottom panel

On the buttom panel right

1) Right click the mouse

2) Click "Add to Panel"

3) Click "input method switcher"

4) Click the "ADD" button

5) Right click the added icon

6) Select unitle

7)Press f5 and f6 to get nepali traditional and romanized input.

OR

1) ln -s /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/iiimf /etc/alternatives/xinput-ne_NP

2) ln-s /etc/alternatives/xinput-ne_NP /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/ne_NP

3) Open gedit and press ctrl +o 

4) Press f5 and f6 to get Nepali traditional and romanized input.

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Magic(Trick of finding a person using post or any other card)


Effect: The Magician has five volunteers write their names
on five separate postcards. The magician gives the
volunteers each an envelope. All the volunteers are
instructed to put their postcards on it into their envelopes.
Then, they all mix up the envelopes, and give them to the
magician. Claiming to have no power at all, the magician
hands everyone an envelope. When the volunteers open
their new envelope, it contains their name.
Setup: You need 5 postcards, 5 pencils, and 5 envelopes.
On the envelopes, you are going to make a small mark,
with which you can identify the owner of the card. Before
you give the volunteers their card, prepare each envelope
as such. With the first envelope, you make a small mark
on the back, in the top left. That is number one. When you
give someone that envelope, in your mind, associate
them with number one. Do the same with the next
envelope, except make the small mark between the
middle of the envelope, and the left side. Remember who
is number two when you give this out. With number 3,
make the mark in the middle of the envelope. With the
4th, make the mark between the middle, and the right
side. Obviously, with the fifth, you put the mark on the far
right. All you have to make sure you do is remember who
is what number.

Performance:

1. Begin by handing out the postcards. Have the audience
members focus more on them than the envelopes.

2. Instruct everyone to write their name, and even make a
little drawing, or distinguishing mark, etc.

3. Hand out the envelopes and number the people in your
mind.

4. Have the audience seal the postcards in the envelopes
and mix them thoroughly. Once the envelopes are out,
you shouldn't touch them except for handing them back.

5. Hand the envelopes back to their owners.

Tips/Comments: The only thing difficult about this trick is
actually remembering whose envelope is whose. Once
you get that down easily, you're all set for this trick

Life in Universe(Aliens)


You might know what the alien may be. Every people has some imagination about the alien. Like an aircraft which is round shaped and bulging upward then we call it as an alien ship and moreover if we see it like big round headed, green coloured, thin body then we consider it as Alien. Then we start more imagination like now he had some magics and might do something to us.Bla...Bla...bla..



Such story is very cool to listen and interesting. But I gonna say some words about the aliens. Think who are the aliens from your EYES.



Far from our earth there might be some planet where life has been posible. And we know for life air, water, food, etc. are certainly required. Then imagine the planet like earth having water sources, trees, many animals. Ok then good imagination. Now lets Proceed.



We know the meaning of evolution. As that of earth there might be small organisms in the begining time. And due to more evolution more complex organisms might have developed whom we say as the aliens. We know that magic doesn't appear then there also evolution might have had took placed. Those complex organisms might look like us or might look like other organisms that are living in our earth. In earth evoluton took placed and also in that planet only evolution might have had took place not any magic. They might be far behind us or might be equally developed or might be far forwardly developed then earth.



More over we knows Physics laws. In earth and in any others planet it is the same. There might have developed a aeroplane because it works as same in earth and any other planets. The place might be the full of surprise because they might be so far forward then us. But if so then why they havenot reached to earth.



In the way that I wrote in this article there might be someone who might have same words that i have had about us in the another world. Or might be they have developed various machines and they have started living in earth and we didn't had any knowledge. It might be I, You, or your neighbour.