Warp 2005 is an Inter School Computer/IT symposium which took place at DPS, Mathura Road. The results of the events where Exunites participated and dominated are as follows:-
Programming In C++ :-
First Position – Bagged by Raman and Swati
The Next Question (Senior Quiz) :-
First Position – Bagged by Dhruv and Manas
Criss Cross (Crossword) :-
First Position – Bagged by Dhruv and Manas
Congratulations and Hip Hip Hurray!
–Manas Gautam
Here are a few latest articles which will catch your eye and keep you updated-
-‘Podcast’ has been rated Word of the Year for 2005 by the editors of the New Oxford American Dictionary. Defined as “a digital recording of a radio broadcast or similar programme made available on the internet for downloading to a personal audio player”, the word will be added to the next online update of the dictionary next year.
-Yahoo launched a service called Answers on Thursday that invites people to ask questions, and then lets other visitors answer them. Kind of like Google Answers except you don’t have to pay anything. You could say it is similar to AskJeeves.com(ask.com)
-‘Podjacking’ is the creation of an alternate RSS feed without the consent of the podcast’s owner.
-Yahoo acquires the New York-based social-networking service called ‘Del.icio.us’ that enabled users to easily compile and share online articles, music and reviews.
-Google has introduced ‘Google Transit’ which is a new Lab product where users can map trips around their city using public transit system.
Happy Reading
Manas Gautam
Punch in ’42’ and this thing could well answer Life’s Ultimate Question. This Power Mac stroked by two 2.5 GHz dualcore processors is forest fire smoking fast. You’ll see apps running as much as 50 % faster than on a dual core Mac, let alone “wheezing” windows?Intel PCs. The rest of the box is no less heavy duty, with a vast 250 GB disk,,though u cna even put two 500 gb disks. and its memory ois expandable to 16 GB
though fyi OS X 10.4 theoritacally supports 4 TB of RAM (even if only the likes of NASA can afford it) and 256 Mb of video memory with dual display support , 6 usb ports three FW , Bluetooth support. The manual says nothing abt infinite Improbability drives though..hmm hmmm
Still in beta
I believe I speak on behalf of everyone who helped organise Exun this time when I say that writing about all the people who pitched in and about all the work they did, without even a mention of these two , is simply criminal.
This post is not to thank you guys for all the excellent work you did – because we expect nothing less from our Presidents – but to congratulate you for a job very well done , to tell you how much we appreciate your love and dedication for Exun and to recognise all the time and effort that you guys put in.
Putting it simply , this is to say…..well…. Kudos
Ishita Kapur
Abhisheyk Gaur
Great job guys
Those planning to comment , just say ‘Kudos’
Recently me and my friend were having a chat and I was surprised that he didn’t know about Voodoo PC.
So if you don’t know about it, I suggest you better have a look.
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In the midst of little things that have kept me busy in the past few weeks, this post comes a bit late; nonetheless, there’s a lot to say…
On Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005 we concluded Exun 2005. At this point I resist the urge to use some phrases that most of you are familiar with…a decade of excellence, 10 years of expertise and so on. Its has been all that and more…
In the weeks preceding Exun, we saw a lot of hard work and a lot of heart being put into the making of Exun.
Sakshi, Aditya, Shashwat: They were like the little fairies running up and down, appearing and disappearing at the slightest buzz of the walkie talkie, guiding the way, quite literally. Their success story lies in the fact that there were no students lost and stranded looking for the venues.
Saumya, Digvijay: There was no complaining, no whining no matter what they were asked to do; whether it was to count 498 food coupons, fetch oregano or look after the gamers in lab 6…all jobs well done.
Aviral: Displayed much needed caution with the food coupons, as dominoes mania swept the campus, and rightly so. Not only that, Aviral’s multitasking abilities made him indispensable in the events of the 2 days.
Sahil: Officially, our most efficient webmaster. He refused to leave his seat from in front of the computer all throughout. Result? Lightning fast updates on exunclan.com.
Gaurav: You will probably find Gaurav missing from most of the photographs from Exun. That’s because, if there’s a camera, he has to behind the lens. From digital imaging to gaming there was not a single event that wasn’t covered.
Vansh: He’s our guy from the control room; from the intro video to quizzing scoresheets to audience entertainment, he’s done it all…also, as Access and Code Wars have shown, a talented quizzer. Keep up the brilliance!
Raman, Swati, Nikhil, Dhruv: I know that all of you were busy with endless test series and what not, but the time that you guys spent in the lab, it was fabulously utilized…with over 500 clues to proofread and envelope you guys had your hands full. Incredible!
Vibhas: For thinking big and executing your ideas (even when there were some who thought they were unrealistic), for your quest for perfection and for everything else, hats off to you!(the big red and white hat at that)!
Aditya, Sanchit: You guys worked hard, thanks for finding the glue which kept you stuck at the reg desk and thanks for keeping things together.
Mohit, Siddharth: A few days before the event, Mohit remarked – “I haven’t talked more on the phone in my whole life than I have in the past few weeks”. Well, it’s harder to be more precise than that. They were born for the PR stuff.
Rasagy: We have in Rasagy, another very devoted member willing to help out with any work no matter how big or small. Thank you for being around to make sure that everything went off nice and smooth.
Akul, Anant, Abhijit, Manas, Bharat: From invigilation duties, to controlling the hungry crowds, to climbing the school walls to put up banners, these guys have been there, done that…and more…The class of 2008, amazing work! Every one of you had a big part to play and will have bigger parts to play next year.
Udit, Rijul: Nice work with the judge care…its hard to match up to the expectations of the Exun alumni but they were a happy lot as they didn’t go hungry (well, mostly).
Varun: One of the riskiest things about being incharge of disaster management is the possibiliity of being blamed for everything that goes wrong and the best sort of disaster management is when everyone thinks you did nothing, when effectively you’ve looked into everything that needed looking into. So thanks for nothing and thanks for everything!
Gudi, Dhruv: Need I elaborate?
A BIIIIG thank you to all the teachers who helped make Exun a success!
Suji ma’am, Anita ma’am, Sangeeta ma’am: Thank you for helping us out with the speeches, putting up with our last minute rehearsals, and looking into the little things that escaped our notice. Basically, thank you for making Exun whole.
Romi ma’am, Thomas sir: For such an amazing job with the certificates and a level of efficiency that is truly rare, thank you so much.
Anup Sir: For making FindeX possible. 2 days before Exun, our FindeX software was full of bugs…. and then there were none. Thank you sir.
Joseph sir: For spending countless hours in guiding our brilliant team in the making of the video. The video has definitely been one of the highlights this year.
Shankar sir: Efficiency unlimited. What can I say? Shankar sir is by far one of the most resourceful and reliable people that I or anybody has met. Whether it’s a network problem that needs to be fixed or you run short of pens or photocopies or blank CDs, its just amazing how he has a solution to everything. Sir, you’re our superhero!
Rajesh Sir: For such a grand introduction to the Exun video..that was mind blowing!
We also thank Mohit sir, Priya ma’am, Aurbindo sir, Ajit sir, Vijay sir and Tiwari sir for helping us coordinate Exun 2005, for correcting us where we were wrong and for supervising the work of an enthusiastic team.
And at the very heart of the ExunClan there is one individual who is the driving force in all our endeavors and in the spirit that makes us Exun. Among many other firsts, this year saw Mukesh sir conduct the final round of the crossword for the first time…and with astounding success, I say! One of the very Exunnish things about your presence is that it always seems to make the ceiling disappear, it gives us this boundless freedom to explore our talents and makes any daunting task look possible. Thank you for supporting us in the choices and decisions that we’ve made, for guiding and believing in each and every one of us.
Cheers everyone!
-Ishita & Abhisheyk
I was waiting for someone to post them. But, as no one has till now, I’m happy to do the honours.
Software Display – Winners
His remote desktop software was far better than the rest. A commendable effort.
Junior Quiz – Winners
A thumping victory, we had double the points of our nearest competitor!
Crossword – Runners Up
Had a very restrictive format and got over very quickly. We may well have won it had there been more rounds.
Web Page Designing (Sub Junior) – Runners Up
Did well.
Cadet Quiz – Winners (DPS, East of Kailash)
Best Performer (Junior) – Manas Gautam
Some email providers support something called “plus” addressing. Gmail is one of them. It’s not a well-known feature;
Essentially, “plus” addressing lets you create aliases by appending additional characters to the account name part of your email address. To do this, precede it by a plus sign (+). For example, if your gmail address is johnsmith@gmail.com you can create the following alias:
No matter what valid characters you place after the plus sign (up to eight characters max), the mail will be delivered to you Gmail inbox.
So, why would you want to do this? There are a couple reasons . One is to (try) to control future spam. When you sign up for something at a web site, instead of giving your regular Gmail address, make one up for the site. For example, if you were to sign up for a free newsletter at extrahotsizzlingstocktips.com you might use the email address of johnsmith+extratips@gmail.com. Since you can see the “To:” address in your gmail messages, you can see if any future spam from other sites are using this address. If so, you know where it came from. At that point, you can treat emails to that address as spam. (Of course, I’m sure some sites will have this naming scheme figured out and sell your real gmail email, but many probably won’t)
You can also search and sort your email based upon the “plus” address. If each service you are signed up to is given a different email alias, you can search on that alias, or set up labels to automatically file these emails into unique labels.
If you aren’t using this to control spam, you can set up broad email aliases and associated label categories like “stocks”, “banks”, “technicl” (8 characters max) and so on. Then, you would use johnsmith+stocks@gmail.com for all your stock investment services, johnsmith+banks@gmail.com for all your bank accounts and johnsmith+technicl@gmail.com for all your technical site sign ups. Everything will be neatly organized under the associated labels.
Source : googletutor
