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9/23/2005

Hare and Tortoise - Great learning

The famous race of the Rabbit and the Tortoise -  

Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was
faster.

They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route
and started off the race.

The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time.
Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under
a tree for some time and relax before continuing the race. He sat under
the tree and soon fell asleep.

The tortoise plodding on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ.

The hare woke up
and realized that he'd lost the race.


The moral- "Slow and steady wins the race. This is the version of the
story that we've all grown up with."



THE STORY DOESN'T END HERE

 

there are few more interesting
things.....it continues as follows......

The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some
soul-searching.

He realized that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident,
careless and lax.

If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race.

The tortoise agreed. This time, the hare went all out and ran without
stopping from start to finish. He won by several miles.

The moral - " Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady.
It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable."



THE STORY DOESN'T END HERE

 

The tortoise did some thinking this time, and realized that there's no
way it can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted.

It thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but
on a slightly different route. The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping
with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast, the hare took off and
ran at top speed until he came to a broad river. The finishing line was a
couple of kilometres on the other side of the river.

The hare sat there
wondering what to do.

In the meantime the tortoise trundled along, got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.

The moral - "First identify your core competency and then change the
playing field to suit your core competency."



THE STORY STILL HASN'T ENDED

 

The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends
and they did some thinking together.

Both realized that the last race could
have been run much better. So they decided to do the last race again, but to
run as a team this time.

They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank. There, the tortoise took over and swam
across with the hare on his back. On the opposite bank, the hare again carried
the tortoise and they reached the finishing line together. They both felt a
greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.

The moral - "It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong
core competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each
other's core competencies, you'll always perform below par because
there will always be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else
does well.

Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person
with the relevant core competency for a situation take leadership.

Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures. The
hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure. The
tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as
he could."

In life, when faced with failure,

sometimes it is appropriate to work
harder and put in more effort.

Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different.

And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.

The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop competing against a rival and instead start competing against the
situation, we perform far better.


To sum up-
the story of the hare and tortoise has much to say:
Chief among them are that fast and consistent will always beat slow and
steady;work to your competencies; pooling resources and working as a team will always beat individual performers; never give up when faced with
failure; & finally, compete against the situation - not against a rival.

9/12/2005

Shayari

Baat karni mujhe mushkil kabhi aisi to na thi 
jaisi ab hai teri mehfil kabhi aisi to na thi 
le gaya cheen ke kaun aaj tera sabr-o-qarar 
be-qaraari tujhe ae dil kabhi aisi to na thi 

 

 

 

Sookh Jaate Hain Lub, Lufz Milte Nahi

Hota Nahi Humse Ishq Bayaan

Unhe Kaise Bataoon Dil Ki Lagi

Kaise Sikhaoon Aankhon Ki Zubaan

 

 

Dil Ko Manana Gar Hota Aaasaaan

Na Karta Kisi Ko Yoon Ye Pareshaan

Tanha Na Rahta Bhari Mehfil Main

Na Hoti Woh Halat Jo Ho Na Bayaan

 

 

Mast Nazron se dekh lenaa tha
Agar tamanna thi aazmane ki
Hum to behust youn hi ho jaate
Kya zaroorat thi muskurane ki

 

 

 

Toot Jaate Hain Sabhi Rishte Magar
Dil Se Dil Ka Raabta Apni Jagah
Dil Ko Hai Tujh Se Na Milne Ka Yaqeen
Tujh Se Milne Ki Dua Apni Jagah

 

 

 

Dosti achi ho to ranglati hai,

Dosti gehari ho to sabko bhati hai,

Dosti nadan ho to tut jati hai,

Dosti hum se ho to itihaas banati hai

 

 

Tapish Suraj Ki Hoti Hai,

Jalna Zameen Ko Parta Hai

Qusur Aankhon Ka Hota Hai,

Tarapna Dil Ko Parta Hai

 

 

Chand ki aan ho tum,
sitaro ki shaan ho tum,
phoolo ka arman ho tum,
kudrat ki pehchan ho tum,
par in sab be pehle mere friend meri jaan ho tum...!

 

 

 

Na jee bhar ke dekhaa na kuch baat ki,
badi aarzoo thi mulaqaat ki,
Kaye saal se kuch Khabar hi nahin,
kahaan din guzaaraa kahaan raat thi, 
Main chup tha tou chalti hawa ruk gayi,
zubaan sab samajhte hain jazbaat ki, 
Sitaaron ko shaayad khabar hi nahin, 
musaafir ne jaane kahaan raat ki
 
 
 
 
Kaun kehta hai mohabbat ki zuban hoti hain...
Yeh haqeeqat to nigahon say bayan hoti hain
Woh na aaye tou satati hai khalish see dil ko...
Woh jo aaye to khalish aur jawan hoti hain
Rooh ko shaad karey dil ko jo purnoor karey...
Har nazaaray mein yeh tanveer kahan hoti hain
Sabt-e-sehlaabay mohabbat ko kahan tak rokay...
Dil mein jo baat ho aankho say ayaan hoti hain
Zindagi ek sulgati see chita hai `Sahir'...
Shola banti hain na yeh bhuj kay dhuaan hoti hain
Kaun kehta hai mohabbat ki zuban hoti hain
Yeh haqeeqat to nikhaon say bayan hoti hain
 
 
Khoob aati hai jab bhi aati hai,
Yaad teri bahot sataati hai,
Dhoop main,chaanw main, ghataaon main,
Teri soorat ubhar ke aati hai
 
 
 
Raat bhar neend hi naa aaye to ,
Ashq aankhon main chhal chhalaaye to,
Kyaa hua hai bataaiye kaise,
Yaad koi bahot hi aaye to
 
 
 
Raat bhar neend hi naa aaye to ,
Ashq aankhon main chhal chhalaaye to,
Kyaa hua hai bataaiye kaise,
Yaad koi bahot hi aaye to
 
 
 
Aankhon mein aansu aa jaate hain
Phir bhi labo pe hansi rakhni padti hai
Yeh mohabbat bhi kya cheez hai yaaron
Jisse karte hai useese chupani padti hai
 
 
 
Apne haathon se yun chehre ko chhupaate kyon ho,
mujh se sharmaate ho tou saamne aate kyon ho, 
Tum kabhi meri tarah kar bhi lo ikraar-e-vafa, 
pyaar karte ho tou phir pyaar chupaate kyon ho, 
Ashk aankhon mein meri dekh ke rote kyon ho, 
dil bhar aataa hai tou phir dil ko dukhaate kyon ho, 
In se vaabastaa hai jab mera muqaddar phir tum, 
mere shaanon se ye zulf hatate kyon ho, 
Roz mar mar ke mujhe jeene ko kahte kyon ho, 
milne aate ho to phir laut ke jaate kyon ho
 
 
 
Badanaam mere pyaar kaa afsana hua hai 
deewane bhi kahte hain ki deewana hua hai ........
Rishta tha tabhi tou kisi be-dard ne todaa
apnaa tha tabhi tou koi be-gaanaa hua hai ........
Baadal ki tarah aake baras jaaiye ik din
dil aap ke hote huye viraana hua hai ....
Bajte hain Khayaalon mein teri yaad ke ghunghroo 
kuch din se mera ghar bhi pari-Khaanaa hua hai .....
Mausam ne banaya hai nigaahon ko sharaabi 
jis phool ko dekhun wahi paimana hua hai
 
 
 
Tu kahin bhi rahe sar pe tere ilzaam to hai 
tere haathon ki lakiiron mein mera naam to hai .......
Mujhko tu apnaa bana ya na bana teri Khushi 
tu zamaane mein mere naam se badnaam to hai .....
Mere hisse mein koi jaam na aayaa na sahi 
teri mehfil mein mere naam koi shaam to hai ....
Dekh kar log mujhe naam tera lete hain 
is pe main Khush hoon muhabbat ka ye anjaam to hai .....
Woh sitamagar hi sahi dekh ke usko "Vipul" 
shukr is dil-e-bimaar ko aaraam to hai
 

 

 

Yeh Unki Bhi Aankhon Ka Qusur Hai
Main Tanha Gunahgar To Nahi
Woh Is Tarah Se Mere Dil Main Shamil Hai
Jahan Bhi Jaoon Lagta Hai Unki Mahfil Ha

 

 

 

aise barsaat main.......teri yaad aati hai bahut,

hawaon ke jhonke mein...tu tarpati hai bahut,

har bund pe jaise...teri hi khushboo basi hai,

barish ke.. is mausam mein tu satati hai bahut.

 

 

Paimaana tootne ka bahana na kar

hum to teri aankhon se pee lenge

tu na aa lekin aane ka waada to kar

hum tere intezaar main jee lenge

 

 

Yadein teri rakh di hai sambhalkar,

dur kahi is dil se nikalkar.

sab kùch to vapas le liya hai apne dur jakar,

in yadon ko bhi le jana kisi roz aakar..

 

 

chale gaye the dur ek pal ke liye,

magar apke dil ke karib the har pal ke liye.

kaise bhulenge aapko ek pal ke liye,

jab kho chuke hai khud ko har pal ke liye.

 

 

Lamhe ye sunhare kal sath ho na ho.

kal me aaj jaise baat ho na ho

par teri yadon k hasin pal dil me rahnge tamam umar..

Chahe phir se mulaqat ho na ho.

 

 

 Tumhain Dil Main Basaye Rakhta Hoon,
        Aur Duniya Ko Bhulaye Rakhta Hoon
        Tumhe Meri Nazar Na Lag Jaye
        Apni Nazar Jhukaye Rakhta Hoon

 

Kab Se Tere Intezaar Main
        Dil Lagaye Tere Dedaar Baithe Hai
        Teri Ek Nazar Hum Par Paray
        Tamanna Lagaye Hum Bhi Bhete Hai

 

       Jis shaam mere lab per tera naam na aaye,
        Khuda kare aisi shaam na aaye....
        Aye jaane wafa, ye kabhi mumkin hi nahin,
        Afsaana likhoon aur tera naam na aaye


 

Apne haathon se yun chehre ko chhupaate kyon ho,
mujh se sharmaate ho tou saamne aate kyon ho,
Tum kabhi meri tarah kar bhi lo ikraar-e-vafa,
pyaar karte ho tou phir pyaar chupaate kyon ho,
Ashk aankhon mein meri dekh ke rote kyon ho,
dil bhar aataa hai tou phir dil ko dukhaate kyon ho,
In se vaabastaa hai jab mera muqaddar phir tum,
mere shaanon se ye zulf hatate kyon ho,
Roz mar mar ke mujhe jeene ko kahte kyon ho,
milne aate ho to phir laut ke jaate kyon ho

 

Apni Aakhon Ke Samunder Main Utar Jaane De
Tera Mujrim Hoon, Mujhe Doub Ke Mar Jaane De
Zakham Kitne Teri Chaahat Se Mile Hain Mujhko
Sonchta Hoon Kahoon Tujhse, Magar Jaane De

 

Bikhari hui zulfon ko girahgeer bana lo
Rakhna hai mujhe qaid to zanjeer bana lo
Kagaz pay lakeerain to bohot kheech li tumne
Ab sab ko mila kar meri tasveer bana lo

 

Ishq ke lamhe sharaab lagte hain
Kuch chehre mehtaab lagte hain
Dukh itne sahe mohabbat main guzre hue
Ke har lamhe hi azaab lagte hain

 

        Baat chali teri aankhon say
        Ja pahunchi paimanay tak
        Keech rahi hai teri ulfat
        Aaj mujhe maikhaanay tak

 

   Chehrey Per Banawat Ka Gussa,
        Aankhon Say Chalakta Pyar Bhi Hai,
        Is Shauq-E-Ada Ko Kya Kahiye
        Inkar Bhi Hai Iqraar Bhi Hai

7/28/2005

It really rained in Mumbai

This Tuesday, Mumbaikars learnt about Raining cats and dogs the hard way.
 
 
5/27/2005

Blog moving to msmvps.com

Henceforth, alll blog entries have been moved to http://msmvps.com/vipul

Hoep to catch all of you there.

5/23/2005

Beginning VS2005 - ClickOnce

What is “ClickOnce”?

 

ClickOnce is the technology in .NET Framework 2.0 which allows WinForm client applications to be downloaded and run over the network. This technology makes running a client application as easy as viewing a web page.

 

Prerequisites for using “ClickOnce”

 

You need .NET 2.0 installed.

You also need a location where you will publish your application and other users can access the same, like web server, file share, CD/DVD

 

“Operating Systems supported”

 

Except Win NT 4.0, all other operating systems which have NET Framework installed.

 

Any Special requirements

 

None

 

Admin right required?

 

No. The best part of ClickOnce is that you don’t need to be administrator or have admin rights to install the application.

 

What about .NET 1.0 and 1.1 applications? Can I install them thru ClickOnce?

 

Unfortunately, no.

 

Other Requirements

 

ClickOnce applications need to be digitally signed to be eligible for ClickOnce invoke. This is essentially to safeguard users from malicious code.

 

 

If you have any questions, please post them here.

 

5/6/2005

Hack IIS6! Win an XBox

 
 
 
Want to win an XBox? Simple. Hack the IIS6 site at www.hackiis6.com
 
A brief description is as under:

Starting May 2nd and going until June 8th, the server located at http://www.hackiis6.com will welcome hackers to attack it. If you can deface the web site or capture the "hidden" document, you win an X-box!

Read contest rules for what does and doesn't constitute a successful hack. We've tried to be as realistic as possible in what constitutes a successful hack, and in mimicking a basic HTML and ASP.NET web site.

For the most part, almost anything reasonable constitutes a successful attack except for a massive network denial of service attack against the IIS 6 or its host provider. Not that doing a successful DoS attack wouldn't be a problem in the real world...it would be...but we aren't testing that. We want to test the security of Windows Server 2003, IIS, and other Microsoft applications. So, please, respect this one rule of the contest so everyone can have a chance at claiming the prize.

Questions and Prizes

If you have questions, send an email to admin@hackiis6.com. If you want to claim a prize, send your email, with the details listed in the official rules to prizes@hackiis6.com.

Contest Summary

We are going to start the contest for the first two weeks with the very basic, static HTML web site that you are now reading. Two weeks later, we'll add an ASP.NET web site and a back-end SQL server to add more flavor and give more area to attack. We started with the basic site to prove that Microsoft's Internet Information Service (IIS) and Windows Server 2003 is secure by itself. This is to satisfy the purists who thinking hacking ASP.NET is hacking an application and not the server.

So, if you've got skillz in one area versus the other, you'll have a chance to try both attack types.

Once the contest stops on June 8th, we will announce the winner(s) at the upcoming June Microsoft Tech.Ed conference.

The Setup

This server is running Windows Server 2003, Service Pack1, with all current publicly-released patches and hotfixes installed (we ran Windows Update and MBSA just like a real admin would do). We installed IIS 6.0.

and then we followed the basic recommendations

(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx) suggested by Microsoft. There is no non-Microsoft software involved with the exception of the host's router/firewall, which would be normal in most environments. We want to make this a test of Microsoft software.

Why a hacking contest?

To have fun! Sure there will be critics who say sponsoring a hacking contest proves nothing. If the IIS server remains unbroken, it still doesn't mean that IIS is really "secure." True, and if I wasn't the contest's team leader, I'd probably be the first one to yell that out.

Hacking contests rarely prove something is secure, although it only takes a single successful hack to prove something is unsecure.

So why do it? There are very few places on the Internet where hackers, good and bad, can hack legally. Windows IT Pro thought the contest would be a fun way to interact with the hacker community (they realize most hackers have good intentions) and bring some attention to Windows IT Pro (of course, they'll disavow all responsibility and blame me solely if the server gets hacked) <grin>.

So, welcome to the contest! Hack away. If the IIS server goes unhacked during the extended time period, it might not mean that IIS is "unhackable", but if it does survive the contest it might convince a few people that it is a relatively secure web server platform. After all, over 20% of the Internet relies on it, including some of the largest web sites in the world.

- Vipul
 
 
Edit -  The site was brought down due to unknown reasons.
 
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