Thought of the day

"It has been said that to one who is good, the whole world becomes good. This is true so far as the individual is concerned. But goodness becomes dynamic only when it is practised in the face of evil. If you return good for good only, it is a bargain and carries no merit, but if you return good for evil, it becomes a redeeming force. The evil ceases before it and it goes on gathering volume and momentum like a snow-ball till it becomes irresistible." -- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

"There is no sense in trying to do anything unless you give it your maximum effort. You may not succeed but at least the dedication and effort and interest should be there." -- John F. Kennedy (JFK)

"Successful people are not gifted; they just work hard, then succeed on purpose." -- G. K. Nielson

"It's simply a matter of doing what you do best and not worrying about what the other fellow is going to do." -- John R. Amos

"Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I don't have it in the beginning." -- Mahatma Gandhi

A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him -- Swami Chinmayananda.

Know your Future

Aries in 2005 - Flexibility
If you want a motto for 2005, the best one to adopt would be "go with the
flow." 2005 will be a year of ups and downs, and only the flexible will be
able to keep from going crazy! All Aries natives may have to tighten
their belts and curb their desire for constant expansion. You may need to
play it cool and curb your spending. You'll be among the first to seize
upon new societal trends to create new opportunities for yourself, as
your creativity will be at an all-time high. You will be more eloquent
and persuasive than usual, and others will identify enthusiastically with
your vision. If you want to start a new creative project or business
venture, your imagination will be working overtime. 2005 could find you
doing well career-wise - and aspiring to climb even higher.


Taurus in 2005 - Tenacity

"Diligence" is the key word for you, Taurus. With hard work and focus, you
will attain at least one important aspiration that has been on your
agenda for a long time. This is the year you'll want to take stock of
your career and ask yourself if you're doing the work you want to do for
the rest of your life. As the year progresses, the more impressive your
ideas and works become. As a result, your finances improve - and your
newfound confidence could attract new love into your life. By the end of
the year, you will have a whole new network of friends and group
activity,
stimulating new ideas and taking up your social life a notch or two.



Gemini in 2005 - Success

Your cycle of learning through the school of hard knocks has come to an
end, Gemini, and now you're going to start reaping the rewards these
"lessons" have left in their wake. As 2005 progresses, the road ahead will
become clearer. You now have it in you to create the kind of life for
yourself that you want. These leaps and bounds forward include love and
creativity. Your learning of concepts of all kinds combines with extensive
group activity, bringing your mind into a whole new space this year. By
the end of 2005 you'll have a whole new start with regard to your career
and your earning potential - and a possible new partnership to top it off!

Cancer in 2005 - Balance

Finding a balance between your personal and professional lives may be one
of the year's strongest challenges. For the most part, your outward life
this year will go in fits and starts - alternating periods of intense
activity with times of welcome rest. Enjoy the restful periods when you
can. The active ones will be hectic! You'll be making radical changes in
your work habits, but you'll be a lot happier for it, and in the end
you'll know it was worth it. Your love life is full, and any
dissatisfaction with career and money matters fades into the background.
By the end of 2005, you'll feel more confident, more determined, and far
more capable of making the mountains come to you!

Leo in 2005 - Abundance

Pursuing a successful career, along with the usual social and financial
advantages, will be easier this year than it has in a long time for you,
Leo! The most difficult thing might be deciding which path means the most
to you, and where to put your focus. You'll be able to create
opportunities for advancement almost out of thin air. Romance in 2005 will
make it a year to remember - and you'll be the envy of all your friends.
Love comes willingly and easily. Money may suddenly become tight at a very
inconvenient time. Yet, this is no comparison to the advancements you'll
make overall, and by the end of 2005, you'll look back in sheer wonder and
happiness.


Virgo in 2005 - Perseverance

Your working life might not go so smoothly this year, Virgo. For much of
2005, you'll be putting your nose to the grindstone. On the bright side,
your finances will be pretty stable. Just don't take it for granted - you
still need to be cautious this year. Your love life will thrive for most
of the year, and any relationship begun or reaffirmed in 2005 is very
likely to be a lasting one. And, you're going to develop a hopeless
romantic streak. In spite of a lot of worry over your career, by the
year's end, you'll see that 2005 has filled your life with prosperity and
accomplishments.

Libra in 2005 - Expansion

Flex your muscles, friend Libra, and prepare for a relatively easy ride.
With beneficent Jupiter in your sign, this is definitely your year,
especially where your social life is concerned. Happiness and enjoyment
lie ahead. If you're not presently married, and want to be, you just might
wed by the end of the year. This is the year you're going to be doing a
lot of travel and learning about your world, as expansion is the theme.
The one department of life that may not quite be as hopeful as you'd like
could be your career, where advancement may be slow and satisfaction rare.
By year's end, you may find yourself seriously considering a major change
- all for the best.

Scorpio in 2005 - Transmutation

Scorpio, you can still expect changes - perhaps major ones - in your life
this year, almost to the point of total transformation. While this is most
apparent in the area of your career, you'll see it showing up in other
important aspects of your life. Your life might take on an entirely new
direction you've never dreamed of. You may also change your residence
during the year. Whether you start the year as a single person looking for
a partner, or you've been married for many years, happiness in love does
lie ahead. Be prepared for new horizons. They may not be familiar, but
they will be fascinating. Don't cling to the banks; instead, flow with the
tide in 2005.

Sagittarius in 2005 - Empowerment

Are you prepared to handle absolute power? If not, you will be soon! Your
ruling planet, Jupiter, will be in a special relationship with Pluto -
called "mutual reception" - in 2005. There's so much punch packed into
this combination that it's almost scary. You'll find the ultimate power is
the ability to choose your own destiny. You'll find practical ways of
increasing your effectiveness in the world by gaining new skills that
allow you to live more abundantly. By the second half of the year, you
will finally feel welcome relief from the tight financial binds that have
hindered you over the past two years. And, a relationship you begin now
will last a very long time - like, for the rest of your life. Overall,
2005 is sure to be a year you won't forget.


Capricorn in 2005 - Resolution

You've got plenty of lucky breaks headed your way in 2005, friend
Capricorn. The long awaited relief you've needed in your love life is
around the corner, and by the end of the year you will feel much clearer
about your partnerships in general. Financially, it could be a lean year,
although some advance planning can help you weather the storm. Your career
opportunities will expand exponentially, and you're likely to change jobs
or positions this year. At times, the pressure on your job and home life
may seem unbearable, but rest assured you will come through this stronger
- and wiser - than ever, as more is revealed and resolved in 2005.

Aquarius in 2005 - Magic

2005 sees you expanding your intuitive and psychic skills even more,
Aquarius. The mysteries of the universe continue to attract and intrigue
you, as you apply your mystical awareness to the important decisions
upcoming in your life, especially concerning partnerships of all kinds.
2005 is bound to bring at least one major success in the love department,
and your career will be brimming with new enthusiasm and innovation. Not
only that, but travel, adventure, and personal expansion infuse fresh
energy into all areas of your life. By year's end, your creative
decision-making will have carried you to whole new peaks - and a whole new
view from above.


Pisces in 2005 - Self-confidence

It's a big year for you, friend Pisces. No doubt, in 2005 you'll find
yourself pushed more and more out into the world. You'll experience a new
sense of purpose and make plenty of new friends. Expect lots of surprises
and lucky breaks this year, with Uranus bringing the unexpected in your
career, your love life, and the world in general. At some point during the
year, you could pick up a financial windfall, hear of a great career
opportunity, or unexpectedly meet the love of your life. It's important
that you take retreats and plenty of time for yourself to regenerate, as
the rate of change in your personal and professional life will be fast and
unpredictable. Remain calm and confident, and love is very likely to
flourish in 2005. "Expect the unexpected," and enjoy the ride!

How companies got their names:::::

Apple Computers

It was the favourite fruit of founder Steve Jobs. He was three months late in filing a name for the business, and he threatened to call his company Apple Computers if the other colleagues didn't suggest a better name by 5 O'clock.

CISCO

It is not an acronym as popularly believed. It is short for San Francisco.

Compaq

This name was formed by using COMp, for computer, and PAQ to denote a small integral object.

Corel

The name was derived from the founder's name Dr.Michael Cowpland. It stands for COwpland REsearch Laboratory.

Google

The name started as a joke boasting about the amount of information the search-engine would be able to search. It was originally named 'Googol', a word for the number represented by 1 followed by 100 zeros.After founders - Stanford graduate students Sergey Brin and Larry Page presented their project to an angel investor, they received a cheque made out to 'Google'

Hotmail

Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world.When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending
in 'mail' and finally settled for hotmail as it included the letters "html" - the programming language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective uppercasing.

Hewlett Packard

Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard tossed a coin to decide whether the company they founded would be called Hewlett-Packard or Packard-Hewlett.

Intel

Bob Noyce and Gordon Moore wanted to name their new company 'Moore Noyce' but that was already trademarked by a hotel chain so they had to settle for an acronym of INTegrated ELectronics.

Lotus (Notes)

Mitch Kapor got the name for his company from 'The Lotus Position' or 'Padmasana'. Kapor used to be a teacher of Transcendental Meditation of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi.

Microsoft

Coined by Bill Gates to represent the company that was devoted to MICROcomputer SOFTware. Originally christened Micro-Soft, the '-' was removed later on.

Motorola

Founder Paul Galvin came up with this name when his company started manufacturing radios for cars. The popular radio company at the time was called Victrola.

ORACLE

Larry Ellison and Bob Oats were working on a consulting project for the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). The code name for the project was called Oracle (the CIA saw this as the system to give answers to all questions or something such). The project was designed to help use the newly written SQL code by IBM. The project eventually was terminated but Larry and Bob decided to finish what they started and bring it to the world. They kept the name Oracle and created the RDBMS engine. Later they kept the same name for the company.

Sony

It originated from the Latin word 'sonus' meaning sound, and 'sonny' a slang used by Americans to refer to a bright youngster.

SUN

Founded by 4 Stanford University buddies, SUN is the acronym for Stanford University Network. Andreas Bechtolsheim built a microcomputer; Vinod Khosla recruited him and Scott McNealy to manufacture computers based on it, and Bill Joy to develop a UNIX-based OS for the computer.

Yahoo!

The word was invented by Jonathan Swift and used in his book 'Gulliver's Travels'. It represents a person who is repulsive in appearance and action and is barely human. Yahoo! Founders Jerry Yang and David Filo selected the name because they considered themselves yahoos.

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How to do flirt mathematically::::::

My Dear Love,
Yesterday, I was passing by your rectangular house in trigonometric lane.There I saw you with your cute circular face, conical nose and spherical eyes, standing in your triangular garden. Before seeing you my heart was anull set, but when a vector of magnitude (likeness) from your eyes at a deviation of theta radians made a tangent to my heart, it differentiated.My love for you is a quadratic equation with real roots, which only you can solve by making good binary relation with me. The cosine of my love for you extends to infinity. I promise that I should not resolve you into partial functions but if I do so, you can integrate me by applying the limits from zero to infinity.You are as essential to me as an element of a set. The geometry of my life revolves around your acute personality. My love, if you do not meet me at parabola restaurant on date 10 at sunset, when the sun is making an angle of 160 degrees, my heart would be like a solved polynomial of degree 10. With love from your higher order derivatives of maxima and minima, of an unknown function.