That’s what the trophy said!

After two years of painfully close second positions, that trophy has finally come to its rightful owner. Ah the sweet taste of victory!

Quiz

First

• Manas Gautam
• Raghav Khullar
• Bharat Agarwal

Second

• Kartikeya Asthana
• Vansh Muttreja
  
• Ananth Govind Rajan

Crossword

First

• Manas Gautam
• Bharat Agarwal

Techathlon

Second

• Entire Team

N-Crypton

Second

• Anant Jain
• Raghav Khullar

Digital Imaging

Second

• Gaurav Misra

Animathlon

Third

• Rijul Jain
• Gaurav Misra

Ladies and Gentlemen, today is Raghav Khullar’s birthday. If you haven’t done so already, please wish him. He is now 16 years old.

Once again, Happy Birthday Raghav.

Dhruv

Code Wars is DPS Vasant Kunj’s computer symposium which will take place on the 18th and 19th of December. The rules and various events are as follows:-

RULES

1. Quiz
Eligibility Open
2 teams per school :: 3 participants per team
If the first four letter word that comes to your mind is GIMP, then this event is for you! Trivia, tech and all that blah…a written preliminary round followed by a fight to the death between 6 teams that qualify.
The questions will involve trivia, history, current events, hardware and software concepts, networking concepts, who’s who, a graphical round, and anything we see fit to on a quiz.

2. Programming
Eligibility Open
1 team per school :: 2 participants per team
If your idol is ‘The Architect’, welcome to the cosmos of programming.
This contest involves logic, logic and more logic, and a little bit of coding also. There will be 4-5 questions to be completed within two hours. Participants have to code into Turbo C++. The evaluation will be attempt-based and time-based.

3. Crossword
Eligibility Open
2 teams per school :: 2 participants per team
What is black and white all over? Come only if you answered ‘Tux!’ Here we test the participants’ brain cells, wit and their creativity in this event. There will be a written elimination round followed by a final round on stage. The clues will be cryptic!!!

4. Group Discussion
Eligibility Open
1 participant per school
A regular (?!) group discussion. The topics:
• Online (in)security
• Violence in computer games: perverting teenagers
• Casting a net of sponsorship on the Net
… WILL NOT BE SELECTED. The topic will be given on the spot.

5. Gaming
Eligibility Open
1 participant per school
Our sources have revealed that there will be three rounds with ‘Hortar Hayhem’ in elimination round. Statistics reveal that our sources are 97.73% accurate. Note that gaming is not always about probability. Finalists will be selected from a grueling preliminary.

6. N-Crypton
Eligibility Open
1 team per school :: 2 participants per team
The N-Crypton. Go figure…

7. Web Design
Eligibility Open
1 team per school :: 2 participants per team
Are you Dr Octavius’ arch nemesis? Get ready to spin a web!
The topic will be given on the spot along with further details. Participants will be given Dreamweaver, Photoshop and Macromedia Studio. The website will be judged on style, presentation, loading time, creativity and imagination.

8. Digital Imaging
Eligibility Open
1 participant per school
Let the imagination go wild to design an image par excellence. The topic will be given on the spot. This event traditionally sees some of the best use of image editing software in designing and retouching images, and creating special effects on them. The software given will be Photoshop CS.

9. Media Magnate
Eligibility Open
1 team per school :: 2 participants per team
Do you see the world through a spyglass? The mystery shall unfold on the web…

10. Animathlon
Eligibility Open
1 team per school :: 2 participants per team
Do you like square pants? Then be there to be the squared! And remember, we want something FLASHy in this. Topic will be given on the spot.

11. Techathlon
Eligibility Open
Team Event
Yeah, we’re into Olympic mode. It’s a fact that technology in the real world is about teamwork more than individual skill. So entire teams are given tasks to perform, which may involve any or all of the skills needed for the events listed above.

• To win the Overall Trophy a school must participate in ATLEAST 8 events.

Schedule is available in this file-
CW06%20Rules.doc

The Bits ‘N’ Bytes, Computer Club of Modern School, Barakhamba Road is organizing its annual computer symposium ‘Access 2006’ on the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of December 2006.

The following are the events in the symposium:

Key:

* : Number of participant to be announced on the spot.

Open : Any Number of teams can participate.

General Rules:

1. It should be made sure that participants DO NOT register for events that may possibly clash.

2. The schools must send one of their representatives during the registration time each day to register for the events of that day.

3. Judges’ decisions are final in all events. Rules are subject to change. Please visit our site for any such changes.

Please Note:

Software/Installation/Presentation CD’s (no floppy please) for events Software Display and Multimedia Presentation, must be submitted on the First Day i.e. on Thursday, 21^st December 2006, at the time of Registration along with well-formatted documentation and/or source-code.

You can download the event details, schedule, other important details, etc. from their school website http://www.modernschool.net/access/access2006.zip

The computer club Code Warriors at Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj will host their annual computer symposium Code Wars 2006 on 18th and 19th of December.

More information will be put up on their website http://www.code-warriors.org
though the site is currently not available.

Zune is Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s iPod and for those of you who have been hiding under a rock for the past few years the ipod is a portable media players and was so much of a success that this generation is deemed to be referred as the iPod generation. Microsoft Zune was introduces in the US market as a 30 GB model on November 14, 2006, with a price tag of $249.99.

Zune comes equipped with a 30 GB hard drive, built-in FM tuner with Radio Data System, 3.0-inch screen, and Wi-Fi networking. For audio, Zune supports MP3, WMA and AAC. Zune supports Microsoft’s WMV movie format, and the Zune software will transcode MPEG4 and H.264 video to synchronize onto the device.

The key difference between Zune and other competing players is its Zune-to-Zune Wi-Fi feature which enables the limited sharing of songs, recordings, playlists and pictures with others. Tracks received from another person can be played for up to three days or three plays, whichever comes first, after which it expires unless purchased or downloaded via the Zune Marketplace online.

For those of you who have been awfully good in the past and whose parents have made the awful mistake of buying you an Xbox 360, I have good news and that is that Zune syncs up with the 360 and hence gives you an all round entertainment experience if your TV is connected with Bose speakers or the like. Imagine….Bliss.

Another key feature in the Zune is the fact that its wall paper can be changed to any user-specified image which is something that’s isn’t possible in an ipod. Weighing only 160 grams the Zune can turn out to be the iPod killer in the distant future if Microsoft spends heavily on advertising and coming up with “cool” advertisements, which is highly unlikely.

Anyhoo, Cnet gives the gadget an 8 which is quite good. So, if don’t own a portable media player as of yet, you do have one more option rather than one less to jump onto the bandwagon.

Stay Tuned

–Manas

For the people who made Exun a success

Adideva Sekhri
Hes the youngest Exun member and probably the cutest so far. I would like to thank him for the humour he put into the whole event. Go Adi!

Shubham Goel, Rishabh Marya and Tanay Padhi
These three new-comers did a phenomenal job. Every task assigned to them was completed on time and with great care. Their enthusiasm was inspiring. These three truly are among the rising stars of Exun. I am happy to say that the future of Exun is in safe hands.

Aditya Jain, R. Dwarkesh, Sobhagya Jose and Sakshi Gupta
Escort duty: One of the hardest and most demanding duties that can be given to an Exun member. It is the true test of an Exun member’s dedication and willingness to work. All of them passed this test with “flying colours”.

Varun Khetarpal, Sahil Bajaj and Bharat Agarwal were responsible for updating the www.exunclan.com in real-time as the results for each event came out. With the able guidance of Varun, the persistence of Sahil and Bharat’s willingness to work, the website was always updated on time. Bharat who is traditionally not a “web” person, I’m sure, has discovered a new niche for himself in handling such tasks.

Ishaan Chugh, Akul Dayal, Anant Jain, Aayush Kumar, and Abhijit Das
They helped around everywhere, wherever they were needed. They even filled in at the registration desk, the help desk and even helped out with the famous food duty.

Vansh Muttreja for managing the Help Desk with Rasagy and helping to coordinate the Group Discussion. Way to go Boy.

Rijul Jain and Ankit Srivastava handled Judge Care and judging by the judge’s happy faces, they must have done a brilliant job.

Aviral Goyal and Gaurav Misra
Credit for all photographs and videos of Exun goes to Gaurav and Aviral, the two guys who could always be seen carrying a camera in their hands, clicking away relentlessly.

Utkarsh Ohm
Also on escort duty, Utkarsh managed the participants with aplomb. Guiding them from the registration desk to the AVH, he worked tirelessly to ensure that everyone knew where to go. His dedication also served as inspiration to everyone else.

Kartikeya Asthana, Ananth Govind Rajan, Sajal Jain and Arjun Kumar
These are four new exun members who got in during Tech Quotient 2006. What’s really impressive about them is their team spirit and their ability to work hard, together.

Arshiya Sibia, Akriti Gaur, Kanika Singh and Mini Saxena
What impressed me most about them was their willingness to do any kind of job, and that coupled with their immense amount of enthusiasm to learn more and more. Great Job, Girls!!

Akshay Talwar and Srajan Mani
This inseparable duo of hardware fanatics conceived the HardOC event, in keeping with the Exun tradition of pioneering and setting trends rather than following them. They woke early, stayed up late and did everything within their capacity to make this new event a major success. Hats off to them.

Shrey Verma and Radhika Malik
I actually have no words for them. They did their duty of the announcements and the speeches flawlessly.

Raghav Khullar
If you know Raghav Khullar, you’ll also know that it’s impossible to dampen his spirits. Come rain or storm, he was always there with a broad smile on his face. He assisted RG at the registration desk and ensured the whole process of registration was a breeze.

Manas Gautam
Personally, I like to call him the Gentle Giant. Although physically tall, large and imperious, this guy was always accessible to everyone, including his juniors. His experience of organizing numerous events in the past, no doubt, helped him make the Gaming Event a successful one.

Abhishek Suri – The Big One
He made a guest appearance on Sunday and stole the show. His ‘massive’ presence added to the event. Also, his massive presence ensured decorum at the Domino’s stall.

Rohit Garg – RG
I knew that he is beyond doubt the most resourceful person I have ever met. I also discovered that this thumb-drive wielding shy-guy is also dedicated and hard-working. He was at the Registration Desk, working away quietly at his terminal, without making a fuss about anything. Unfortunately, we didn’t hear him talk too much, though. As the famous saying goes, “RG is da man!”

Mohit Taneja
He’s obsessed with hardware. That’s why he was supervising the HardOC event. He was also on roaming duty, trying to iron out kinks that might have emerged in our otherwise well-oiled machine.

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Our very own Head of Programming. He’s also like the Jack of all Trades. He can probably do anything that you want him to do and this year he was asked to “man” the Help Desk. Sure enough, great job at that.

Now moving on to our teachers

Sangeeta Rana Ma’am and Shalini Harisukh Ma’am – thank you for managing the certificates. We didn’t have to worry about that part at all.

Suji Ma’am – Thank you for the great job with the opening ceremony(The credit for that actually goes to all teachers) and overall management of the event.

Anita Ma’am and Romi Ma’am– Thank you for helping out with the invigilation and the checking of papers. It really helps to have veterans around.

Mohit sir, Arbinda Sir and Sarika Ma’am – Thank you for helping out with the food duty(as always!)

Vijay Sir and Tiwari Sir– Yes, it is because of them that our event was successful. They stayed back in school to ensure we could get everything done. Thank you!

Joseph Sir, Diny Sir, Anup Sir and Thomas Sir– We are extremely grateful for their support with everything.

Shankar Sir– Probably the most indispensable person during Exun. You ask him for something, and you’ll get it without even worrying about it for a bit. Any words for him are too less. Hats Off!

And finally,

Mr. Mukesh Kumar – The Head of Exun. Period.

I am hoping nobody has been left out. Once Again, Thank you for making Exun such a big success. I truly feel it has been the “Golden Year of Exun”

Cheerio
Dhruv & Gursartaj
Presidents
Exunclan

Here.

The TCS IT Wiz Quiz Competition was held for the first time in Delhi this year. More than 400 teams from schools in and around Delhi participated in the event. Three teams from school had participated, which are equally good but sadly only one team could qualify per school. And as a matter of fact, I have a feeling that only one team from all Delhi Public Schools qualified for the finals.

Let me introduce that team for you
1. Gursartaj Singh Nijjar
2. Dhruv Kumar

And now let me also introduce the winner of the award for the most stupid person on Earth
1. Dhruv Kumar

Dhruv Kumar conveniently decided to go home since the results were taking too much time. And when our team qualified I was left with no other choice but to go on stage alone.

The Quizmaster was Mr. Giri “PickBrain” Subramaniam. He was a fine chap except when it came to cracking jokes.

The preliminary round consisted of 20 questions which were quite simple according to many of the regular quizzers, and we later found out that all the finalists were separated by just 1 point.

Then, it was time for the finals. 6 teams qualified to battle it out on stage-
1. Amity International, Gurgaon
2. Mother’s International School
3. Sardar Patel Vidyalaya
4. Amity International, Saket
5. Apeejay, Noida
6. DPS, RKP!!!!!

I will again remind that Dhruv had decided to ditch me. Dhruv is in trouble. Period.

The quiz had 6 rounds, three of them being buzzer rounds.
The first two rounds were a bit of a letdown with our team scoring just 20 points and MIS and Sardar Patel getting way ahead of us. The “Lone Warrior”(thats what the quizmaster decided to call me) was in third position practically throughout the quiz. And well, that was the case almost till the end of the quiz. But a quiz is never over till the last question and thats exactly what happened.

It was the last round, 2 questions left. Tension was thick. Blood Pressure High.
Sardar Patel 70
MIS 50
RKP 35

It was a buzzer round, with each question worth 15 points but it was -10 if you got it wrong
The question is on the screen, the tension is too much. The lone warrior presses the buzzer and answers only to be greeted by a very surprised look on Pickbrain’s face almost killing the lone warrior. However, the surprised look was overpowered by the applause of the audience as the lone warrior was right.
MIS 50
RKP 50
So close.

The competition between MIS and RKP now.
The question is again on the screen. The lone warrior doesnt wait for the Pickbrain, presses the buzzer, pauses for a second and answers. The pickbrain tries the trick with the surprised look again. But alas, the lone warrior knows he is right and the audience just goes into fits of overwhelmed applause. The lone warrior has done it. He does it for DPS RKP.
DPS RKP manage second position and the final score was 65, just 5 points behind Sardar Patel and thus missing the national finals at Mumbai.

But wait, it wasnt over yet. The Pickbrain and everyone from TCS are just flabbergasted and they have no words for the Lone Warrior.
The Lone Warrior is declared as the “Gladiator of IT Quizzing of Delhi”.. *takes a bow*

Plus, I will be flying to Mumbai to witness the Finals and probably have dinner with the CEO of TCS, Mr. Ramodorai(I dont know the spelling)

And I forgot about the prizes.
We received
1. iPod Nano 2 GB
2. Tata Indicom Mobile Connection
3. A Titan Fastrack Watch
4. And lots of other Goodiess..

I hope next year, our team qualifies and both the participants are present on stage and they win the regional finals and then win the National Finals as well.

Till then
G

First of all, congrats to all the exun members for making exun2006 a success. Although I didn’t attend it on the second day but I know u guys would have worked as hard as u did on the first day.
So coming back to the topic, this topic which I am going to talk about will allow u to send anonymous e-mails. Well for years we have been receiving spam e-mails on our e-mail inbox but have never wondered how is it possible to create e-mails in which the source is not given and the subject has names such as “agaggasdahsdhfd”. Well I’m going to answer them today.
The p.c. has 2 types of ports- internal and external. Internal ports are the one’s which are used by the system to carry out transactions on the internet and one such port on the system is port 25 or smtp port. It is the port which is used to send mails from u’r system to another system whereas on a server it is used to carry out the process of sending and receiving mails. So here is u’r simple answer, ”just get into the server and write forged e-mails.” But I guess that would be illegal.
So we have found a totally legal way by which this can be done. Here is where the term “open mail relay servers” comes into play, these servers allow free public access and are not password protected. NOW if karan is reading this post then he should definitely concentrate on this part and the next one too…
I had got this idea of writing this post bec’z I have come across a whole new list of open mail relay servers, which is over here “ http://www.theorem.com/spam/openservers.htm ”
So how can u write an anonymous mail, well I’m going to explain that by using my favorite smtp server (and probably shocking to karan) “smtp-roam.stanford.edu”
1) open the run box and type the following “telnet smtp-roam.stanford.edu 25”
2) now something known as a banner saying “smtp Stanford” would appear(if u don’t get this then probably u’r using sify or some very bad internet connection)
3) Just to check whether everything is working type ”help”, to get a list of commands.
4) Now write “helo microsoft.com”(to pose yourself to be an employee of Microsoft, u can write anything u like)
5) Write “mail from:” this address can be a forged one too. Try anything u like and it will work
6) Write “rcpt to:”(write karanmisra to send it to karan or name of anyother person u know in Stanford).
7) Write “data” to write the message and when finished just put a full stop in the next line in order to stop and send the message.
So now u can send an anonymous message to karan. U can also use the list (http://www.theorem.com/spam/openservers.htm ) which has open relay servers to send the users of those servers a forged mail. My personal favorite in that list is “smtp.prioritycomputer.com” , it’s a company in noida.

Ankit