Friday, July 10, 2009
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Keep watching the companies you get services from
Here's my story and others too,about 200,000 experienced the same. Shutdown of 'SunRocket' VOIP services. I was Sunrocket customer for about an year, as i thought they were doing good and the service looks reasonable, i had one year plan early in july 2006. After an year service, in june last week, the service is renewed automatically for one more year which totals to $220, as i forgot to call them up or speak for future service.
on july 20, i got a mail from sunrocket that "they are closing their operations and given options to switch to other preferred voip carriers". I was initially thinking this mail could be hoax and thought i could speak to them regarding the mail , next day which is saturday. Well, after seeing their website, the information is clear, home page of sunrocket says all about it, calling customer service leave the message about their shutdown and say goodbye.
I have learnt a lesson now. Here's the caveat, Keep Track of How & what the company is doing from which you are getting the service.
Since i have not known about this issue until i get a mail and there are lot of news about this company going on for a month or so. It should have been better for me had i kept an eye on the company i get service from. There are news about sunrocket C level executives being fired and many of employees getting fired etc in June last week or so. Had i known this , i would not have renewed ,rather i would not have allowed to renew it automatically.
I have a small TIP for getting all information regarding the company or product you are interested in on a daily to daily basis. Just use 'YAHOO ALERTS' service, key in your word and alerts service will mail/IM etc all the news to your ID.
on july 20, i got a mail from sunrocket that "they are closing their operations and given options to switch to other preferred voip carriers". I was initially thinking this mail could be hoax and thought i could speak to them regarding the mail , next day which is saturday. Well, after seeing their website, the information is clear, home page of sunrocket says all about it, calling customer service leave the message about their shutdown and say goodbye.
I have learnt a lesson now. Here's the caveat, Keep Track of How & what the company is doing from which you are getting the service.
Since i have not known about this issue until i get a mail and there are lot of news about this company going on for a month or so. It should have been better for me had i kept an eye on the company i get service from. There are news about sunrocket C level executives being fired and many of employees getting fired etc in June last week or so. Had i known this , i would not have renewed ,rather i would not have allowed to renew it automatically.
I have a small TIP for getting all information regarding the company or product you are interested in on a daily to daily basis. Just use 'YAHOO ALERTS' service, key in your word and alerts service will mail/IM etc all the news to your ID.
Thursday, May 31, 2007
Help Stop GlobalWarming
An alarming situation has come now to act and stop Global Warming. Everyone of us is responsible for this situation and now each of us has to take part in stopping it.
What exactly is global warming, can be answered simply by stating that we have excess carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere which holds heat in it, making the atmosphere warmer.
What as an individual can we do to help reduce this carbons. First thing is to use the energy efficiently. "Energy saving is Energy produced". We know most of human-made carbondioxide is from burning Fossil fuels (Coal). so the more efficiently we use our available energy, the less we burn fossil fuels.
Due to warmer temperatures,we are now observing the extinction of many species and catastrophic diseases to come along and rising sea levels due to glaciers melting down in the arctic.
Few things to follow:
1)Drive at lower speeds , this reduces the emissions from your vehicle, at the same time, your mileage increases. After i started driving at 55 Mph ,my mileage increased on average 1 Mile/gallon.
2)Use CFL bulbs, instead of Incandescent bulbs, and switch off when not necessary.
3)Air Conditioners are one of the more energy consuming appliances, when not necessary/not compulsory use a ceiling fan instead.
4)Try to use as much cold water as you can. Have your shower with cold/warm water. Use cold water when dishwashers or laundry/washing machine is required.
5)Turning OFF the applicances in stead of putting them in standby. Mostly we observe we put our television sets in standby, we can save lot of energy by turning it OFF.
As a human , show solidarity to stop global warming campaign.
What exactly is global warming, can be answered simply by stating that we have excess carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere which holds heat in it, making the atmosphere warmer.
What as an individual can we do to help reduce this carbons. First thing is to use the energy efficiently. "Energy saving is Energy produced". We know most of human-made carbondioxide is from burning Fossil fuels (Coal). so the more efficiently we use our available energy, the less we burn fossil fuels.
Due to warmer temperatures,we are now observing the extinction of many species and catastrophic diseases to come along and rising sea levels due to glaciers melting down in the arctic.
Few things to follow:
1)Drive at lower speeds , this reduces the emissions from your vehicle, at the same time, your mileage increases. After i started driving at 55 Mph ,my mileage increased on average 1 Mile/gallon.
2)Use CFL bulbs, instead of Incandescent bulbs, and switch off when not necessary.
3)Air Conditioners are one of the more energy consuming appliances, when not necessary/not compulsory use a ceiling fan instead.
4)Try to use as much cold water as you can. Have your shower with cold/warm water. Use cold water when dishwashers or laundry/washing machine is required.
5)Turning OFF the applicances in stead of putting them in standby. Mostly we observe we put our television sets in standby, we can save lot of energy by turning it OFF.
As a human , show solidarity to stop global warming campaign.
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
sandru search
Today,30 may 2007 at 10.00 PM in the night i was just trying to search my last name on the google web. I was not sure about what the search results will be, but was curious at the same time. I knew that there are several people , ancestors with this surname. Sometimes i doubt whether my surname is correctly spelt and what would it be for exact spelling of my surname in Telugu. To my surprise, i was seeing a search result with my Gmail Email-ID. The search link was showing up some post /question i had about expect scripting when i was working on some project and it was somewhere back in Apr 2006.
I always knew that my Gmail ID is populated around each corner of the internet. I receive more than 25 Spam mails daily. And may be this is one of the reasons i could think of, search link directly showed up your email ID, which means its a direct contact for the spammers and product marketing & promoting companies. guys be alert with your Id's, your Ids are prey to those companies.
I always knew that my Gmail ID is populated around each corner of the internet. I receive more than 25 Spam mails daily. And may be this is one of the reasons i could think of, search link directly showed up your email ID, which means its a direct contact for the spammers and product marketing & promoting companies. guys be alert with your Id's, your Ids are prey to those companies.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Similarities between religions
Last week i was watching a video on YouTube, which one of my colleague at work referred me. It was about the "Similarities between Hinduism and Islam". The speaker was Dr.Zakir Naik , the founder and president of Islamic Research Foundation(irf.net).
I was not surprised to hear from the video talks about GOD being one and only one. The speaker is a good orator and his speeches are more clear. From the video i watched , it looks like he has gone through all the Holy scriptures in Hinduism, Bible from christianity, and Quran in Islam. There were few answers i got for the questions which were lurking in my mind for past many years. Though i did not really attempt to get these answers by research myself into Scriptures or any other books, accidentally, i watched this video and was feeling good about it.
Mr. Naik was quoting most of the verses / slokas/ hymn whatever you call from Quran and Vedas and upanishads. If the preaches he gave are only to bring peace among humans and to lead a serene life , i second it. I believe its Almighties wish , whom to create in which community or religion. But is it true that one has to propagate his religion or bound to his own religion in this modern times. Dr.Naik says "Today islam is the fastest growing religion", i was not sure whether he is saying, many people are converting to Islam today.
I still have many questions unanswered which will bug me all along life, Who is the first human arrived on to EARTH. If bible and quran says , its Adam, what about Vedas or upanishads say about it. How are the epics of hinduism like Ramayana, mahabharatha related to this.
For if you want to watch yourself the video talk. here is the link.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FdBC6J9C_fU
I was not surprised to hear from the video talks about GOD being one and only one. The speaker is a good orator and his speeches are more clear. From the video i watched , it looks like he has gone through all the Holy scriptures in Hinduism, Bible from christianity, and Quran in Islam. There were few answers i got for the questions which were lurking in my mind for past many years. Though i did not really attempt to get these answers by research myself into Scriptures or any other books, accidentally, i watched this video and was feeling good about it.
Mr. Naik was quoting most of the verses / slokas/ hymn whatever you call from Quran and Vedas and upanishads. If the preaches he gave are only to bring peace among humans and to lead a serene life , i second it. I believe its Almighties wish , whom to create in which community or religion. But is it true that one has to propagate his religion or bound to his own religion in this modern times. Dr.Naik says "Today islam is the fastest growing religion", i was not sure whether he is saying, many people are converting to Islam today.
I still have many questions unanswered which will bug me all along life, Who is the first human arrived on to EARTH. If bible and quran says , its Adam, what about Vedas or upanishads say about it. How are the epics of hinduism like Ramayana, mahabharatha related to this.
For if you want to watch yourself the video talk. here is the link.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FdBC6J9C_fU
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Automotive safety and maintenance
My attention goes to the safety concerns of your automotive. There could be so many people i believe will not really take preventive measures of keeping track of the automotive vehicle status like Brake Oil & Engine oil levels, Tire pressure etc unless they see any problem with the vehicle and have to go to garage or the vehicle is brokedown on a freeway.
Maintenance of the Tires is one of the important thing to do at frequent intervals of time, you could check the tire pressure once in a month and also at times when you are planning on a trip within a month. Inflated tires or Low pressure in tire will cause the Mileage to go down and may lead to catastrophic damages some times. Try to always maintain the recommended PSI (pounds per sqare inch) for the tires, this will be around 30PSI for most of the cars and you could check with your vehicle manufacturer manual. This is also available from the vehicle's tire information placard or certification label.
The other thing to concern most is the Engine Oil level. For every 3500 miles driven,Oil and the filter has to be changed to prevent breakdown and mechanical failures.Follow the manufacturers servic This will help the smooth operation of the vehicle at the same time.
I would recommend one has to visit this website for all the important things to remember for the safety and good running of the vehicles.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/cars/natsafe/natsafe.htm
Here is the link for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and this website is maintained by the United states department of transportation (DOT), it has all the information about the safety , vehicle and or its parts recalls or defects etc.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Maintenance of the Tires is one of the important thing to do at frequent intervals of time, you could check the tire pressure once in a month and also at times when you are planning on a trip within a month. Inflated tires or Low pressure in tire will cause the Mileage to go down and may lead to catastrophic damages some times. Try to always maintain the recommended PSI (pounds per sqare inch) for the tires, this will be around 30PSI for most of the cars and you could check with your vehicle manufacturer manual. This is also available from the vehicle's tire information placard or certification label.
The other thing to concern most is the Engine Oil level. For every 3500 miles driven,Oil and the filter has to be changed to prevent breakdown and mechanical failures.Follow the manufacturers servic This will help the smooth operation of the vehicle at the same time.
I would recommend one has to visit this website for all the important things to remember for the safety and good running of the vehicles.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/cars/natsafe/natsafe.htm
Here is the link for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and this website is maintained by the United states department of transportation (DOT), it has all the information about the safety , vehicle and or its parts recalls or defects etc.
http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Listen to the lectures
Here are couple of links which will take you to MIT and UCberkeley.
MIT as you know 'Massachussetts' the toughest to spell state in US is one of the eminent universities in the world has online lectures and courses under OpenCourseWare(OCW) programme.
MIT OCW is a large-scale, Web-based electronic publishing initiative funded jointly by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , MIT, and generous support of the Ab Initio software company.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
I was referring to University of California,Berkeley as UCberkeley. They have started live and on-demand webcasts of select courses and also include some campus events.
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
MIT as you know 'Massachussetts' the toughest to spell state in US is one of the eminent universities in the world has online lectures and courses under OpenCourseWare(OCW) programme.
MIT OCW is a large-scale, Web-based electronic publishing initiative funded jointly by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation , MIT, and generous support of the Ab Initio software company.
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html
I was referring to University of California,Berkeley as UCberkeley. They have started live and on-demand webcasts of select courses and also include some campus events.
http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
