Free Land line numbers for UK & US

Just wanted to share some links. I am sure many of you already know about this, but I was trying to setup a free SIP based land line no's. (Skype and many other services give it for money)

http://sipgate.co.uk - for UK or Germany's land line no's

and

a combo of http://www.freeworlddialup.com/ - for SIP forwarding
& http://www.ipkall.com/ - for US land line no

for sipgate there is already a pre-configured X-lite(software for voip calls) available, for IPkall you need to download "X-Lite" and do the setting as mentioned on their website.

both of these work nicely, and people can call from Ufone-Pakistan for Rs.1 or something. Its quiet useful.

"The Black Swan" an interesting book by Naseem Taib

Usually I am not too fond of reading mathematics & probability books for fun, but someone strongly recommended this book, so I borrowed it from library and started reading with a condition that If I get bored during the first 5 pages its going out of the window.

But my O my how wrong was I. This book is simply amazing. It shattered some of my everyday concepts on many levels. Its written with a reason to predict unpredictable events in stock markets around the world, and about highly improbable events e.g not having very un-common events like 9/11 or war in Lebanon is actually more uncommon than having ones (means that unprobable events are bound to happen, world can not be happy place for too long, the probability of things going right for too long is very low); and the influences these highly improbable and unpredictable events create are massive. But since we often bring our intuition from Mediocristan for the events of Extremistan, leading us to error. The result is a tendency to be blind-sided by the unexpected.

kool… :) rite?

LinuxBIOS (Faster boot time for linux)

If someone wants to get freaky with their Linux boxes try this open Bios thing (LinuxBIOS, http://linuxbios.org/ ). It replaces the native Mobo bios with a trimmed down Linux version (with no support for DOS). Grub gets loaded into BIOSäs rom, reduces boot time and support parallel hardware initializations i.e. faster boot time for Linux.

When booted you just see two panes for Linux hardware initializations, (no Intel inside screen or press F2 or F12 etc..) I have tried it on dell optiplex gx620 (Intel 915 mobo) without any problems.

Though, there is no apparent reason to do this, and probably it has potential to fry the motherboard, but its cool :)

{Open Source} Heroes happen here... :D

what?? I don't get this. Is Microsoft trying to steal the name "OpenSource" or what?

http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/heroes/default.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/opensource/heroes/player.htm?f=John-3.flv


Well general perception is either you can be "kool" or use "Microsoft Visual Studio 2008". But probably some super cool genius at MS is going to change all that. The idea is one should write Open Source Code with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 on a trial copy of Windows Server 2008. And most importantly the download package is called "Hack Pack". :)

Also, Microsoft's opensource project hosting Web site is called CodePlex. (http://www.codeplex.com). I dont know, but it sounds like GooglePlex & looks similar to http://code.google.com/

G n'R's Chinese Democracy

If you guys didn't get a chance to hear about Gn'R's new album, Chinese Democracy. Do give it a listen, its seriously good; all the leaked songs are excellent, especially "The Blues" & "Chinese Democracy".


just google for download links, "Chinese Democracy" + "rapidshare.com". old mirrors are keep on getting blocked. But new are coming up with more speed.

btw download at your own risk, apparently FBI is seeking the leaker. Well it took 14 years in the making, poor Gn'R guys. ;) & God bless the internet. :)

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2008/06/24/guns-n-roses-chinese-democracy-leaker-gets-fbi-visit/

How I met yout Mother, Experiment

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marshallandlillyselltheirstuff.com
marshall and lilly sell their stuff.com

http://lilyandmarshallselltheirstuff.com/

Guy Forces His Wife To Dress In A Garbage Bag For The Next Three Years.com

http://www.guyforceshiswifetodressinagarbagebagforthenextthreeyears.com/
(hollyshit this is actually a site)

Just doing an experiment to see how many ppl actually search this. :), and also log their IP locations to see where are the most die hard fans of "How I met yout Mother"

scroll down to see the counter. I have turned it zero.

Spooky Wireless Sensor Lab, TCD, CCG

TCD's Wireless Sensors lab is located in Dunlop Oriel House in Dublin, which used to be old prison/torture center for IRA, few ppl were even hanged here.

A friend of mine was working late at office, he had to deploy few wireless sensors nodes all over the building in corridors and stairs, to verify some of the results. He got late at work and our lab is kind of spooky. Keeping all this in mind read below.

Rxxxxx is online.

W: you still in office? go home man! :)

R: yes man
W: O crap! dont kill yourself
R: i have to do the experiments for tomorrow no killing
W: are you sure, is it complete
R: i think so
W: kool! okay
I will be there tomorrow, if you need any help
R: ok I might, I will do some now
W: seiously man! go home, working at 12 at the night, I feel like shit :)
you know the building gets haunted at this time
lolz
Sent at 11:38 PM on Tuesday
R: jajaj fucker
i'll be here until latre
man i'm scared now
fucker
W: ha ha ha! yess
R: i'm going to the toilet
if i dont come back do something
W: dont look down on your way back
lolz, okay, ping me when you are back
Sent at 11:39 PM on Tuesday
R: man I'm back again
I shited my pants
W: ha ha! okay
ha h ah aha!
maan you are one scared pussy
nothing happens man, I was just joking
R: man i think i am not tying the sensors now in the whole building
fucker why did u say sth
come here now prickeeeeeeeeeee
W: or it can be like that movie, in which death follows ppl and they die one by one
what was its name,
yeah that final destination :)
Sent at 11:53 PM on Tuesday
R: final fucker
I am going to kill u 2mw
now i have to live
W: ha ha! it makes sense, taking away only the postgrads
R: true man
come here
please
W: ha ha ha ha!
R: i'm a pusy
W: maan this is funny