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Karnataka Elections 2023: The Handslide

  The Congress party won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election by a landslide, winning 126 seats and forming the government. The BJP, which was in power for the last five years, was reduced to 39 seats. The Janata Dal (Secular) won 37 seats. There were several reasons for the Congress's victory. One reason was the anti-incumbency factor. The BJP had been in power for five years, and there was a lot of dissatisfaction with the government's performance. The Congress was able to capitalize on this dissatisfaction and win over many voters. Another reason for the Congress's victory was its strong local leadership. The party had a strong organization in Karnataka, and it was able to mobilize its supporters effectively. The BJP, on the other hand, was seen as being out of touch with the people of Karnataka. The Congress also benefited from the fact that it was able to project a more secular image than the BJP. The BJP has been accused of being too close to the Hindutva ...

Future of AI

  The Future of Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the most important technologies of our time. It is already having a major impact on our lives, and its influence is only going to grow in the years to come. AI is already being used in a wide variety of applications, including: Natural language processing: AI is used to understand human language, which is essential for applications like speech recognition and machine translation. Image recognition: AI is used to identify objects and patterns in images, which is used in applications like facial recognition and self-driving cars. Machine learning: AI is used to train machines to learn from data, which is used in applications like fraud detection and spam filtering. These are just a few examples of the many ways that AI is being used today. As AI continues to develop, it will be used in even more applications, and its impact on our lives will only grow. So what does the future hold for AI? He...

Are CRED Rewards a Sham?

  CRED is a fintech startup that offers a credit card bill payment app. The app is designed to make it easier for users to pay their credit card bills on time and earn rewards. However, there are some concerns that CRED may not be good for consumers. One concern is that CRED encourages users to spend more money than they can afford. The app uses gamification and social media to create a sense of competition among users. This can lead to users spending more money in order to climb the leaderboard and earn rewards. Another concern is that CRED's rewards program is not as generous as it may seem. In order to earn the most rewards, users need to pay their credit card bills on time and in full. However, many users may not be able to do this, especially if they are struggling to make ends meet. Finally, CRED's privacy policy has been criticized for being too vague. The policy states that CRED may share user data with third-party partners, but it does not specify which partners or wha...

Welcome Back TG!

  It's been a while since I've written a blog post, but I'm back! I'm so excited to be sharing my thoughts and ideas with you again. A lot has happened in the past few months. I've been working on some new projects, traveling, and spending time with my family and friends. I've also been doing a lot of thinking about what I want to write about on this blog. I've decided that I want to focus on writing about things that are important to me, such as my faith, my family, my hobbies, and my thoughts on current events. I also want to share my experiences and insights with you in the hopes that it will help you in some way. I'm so grateful for your continued support. I hope you'll join me on this journey as I explore new topics and share my thoughts with you. Thank you for reading!

What is SAP ERP?

$AP stands for System,Analysis and Products in Processing. It is a set of applications developed for enterprises and is also termed as SAP ERP. There are other ERP vendors in the market but SAP is the leader right now. Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP ) systems are software packages used to manage an organizations business processes. SAP Product Suite consist of below system: R/3 – Core ERP system APO – Supply Chain Planning System CRM – Customer Relationship System BW – Reporting System SRM – Supplier Relationship System Others – PLM, XI, Netweaver... R/3 is the heart of SAP and can further be divided into different modules: Logistics Sales and Distribution(SD) Materials Management(MM) Production Planning(PP) Human Resource (HR) Financial FICO Finance FI (includes AR, AP, GL…) Controlling CO Profitability Analysis … APO which is the Supply Chain Planning component of SAP contains: Demand Planning (DP) Supply Network Planning (SNP) Globa...

Return of TG!!

Its been two years that I was out of the blogger arena but now I am back and will bring back the much needed life to this blog. In past two years I have learned a lot and will try to share all that on this blog. From now on most of my post will be dedicated to SAP and ABAP and will try to bring back some halka fulka post here and there to add spice to this list. Wish me luck!! So here is the formal comeback declaration-- !!TG is back and now with a new flavor.!!

HTTP AND HTTPS-A Comparison

Uniform Resource Locator(URL) URL strings consist of three parts Network protocol Host name or address File or resource location These substrings are separated by special characters as follows: protocol :// host / location URL Protocol The 'protocol' substring defines a network protocol to be used to access a resource. These strings are short names followed by the three characters '://' (a simple naming convention to denote a protocol definition). Typical URL protocols include http://, ftp://, and mailto://. Now check out the URL of this page (the one that is displayed in the address(navigation) bar).What does that say ?What we are going to discuss is HTTP and HTTPS which have a role to play in our follow up post... HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol Used by browsers for fetching Web data from servers. Because of its universal availability (e.g., firewalls don't interfere) has become widely used as a general-purpose protocol for network communication. Simple ...

T Shirt Quotes related to Computers

Last week while searching for some computer related quotes for T Shirt I came across certain quotes that I thought were very good.So I thought why not share these quotes with you.So here are these quotes,pick the one you like or if you have any of your favorites then do share it with us.Here is the list.. "Programmers don't byte, they nibble a bit" "To iterate is human, to recurse divine" " first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time" "99% of all girls are beautiful, the rest 1% are in my college "ASC!! a stupid question,get a stupid ANS!" "In cartooned form Atom1 - I have lost an electron. Atom2 - Are you sure? Atom1 - I am positive." "There's no place like 127.0.0.1 (“Home” for the non-geeks)" "YouTube(logo) myspace(logo) and I'll Google(logo) your Yahoo(logo)." " I'm a progr...

If programming languages were cars...

There have been many comparisons between programming languages and different aspects of human life by many individuals .This is one of them , a comparison between programming languages and cars.This post is inspired from the article originally written by Mike Vanier.This is an update to an old series of jokes about computer languages being like cars. Just go through this list and see if you can come out with your own list of comparisons.Here goes the list... The list Ada is a tank. A butt-ugly tank that never breaks down. People laugh uncontrollably if you tell them you drive Ada, but really, do you want to be driving a sports car in a war zone? Assembly Language is a bare engine; you have to build the car yourself and manually supply it with gas while it's running, but if you're careful it can go like a bat out of hell. Assembly Language : YOU are the car. Basic is a simple car useful for short drives to the local shops. Once popular with learner drivers, it has recen...

Computer Tips Bollywood Style

After a long gap I am writing a post...back in the blogger arena after such a long interval feels good.Here are some tips... As they say "A picture is worth a thousand words". TecH GaraGe (TG) is back with a new flavour in a new attire.Keep checking out this blog.

Digg Source Code has a "Secret Message"

Recently I came to know about this, the homepage of Digg contains a "Secret Message" . This secret message is in the source code of the Home Page of the website in the form of a comment at the very bottom .After analyzing the code it seems that some physics-lover has worked on the code of the website.The message is ::: This line is a comment and thus not visible on the website but can easily be seen in the source code of the homepage.These are not just random numbers but are a result of very smart physics work done at the Digg labs. What is the significance of these numbers ? Take a guess (Hint :: Relate these numbers to physics)... OK,here is the answer..... 2.01355321270u :: This is the atomic mass of the hydrogen isotope known as D euterium. 137.03599911 :: This is a complicated one and really a geek in physics can figure this out.This is I nverse of the Sommerfield fine-structure constant. 6.6742x10-11m3kg-1s-2 ::The last two numbers are the same.This one is v...

Android's Locking Pattern

Recently there was so much talk about the locking feature that is present in Android phone.So I thought to check it out.Unlike other phones which require a four digit number for unlocking "Android" uses an innovative approach to lock your phone and prevent accidental dialing.It puts nine dots arranged in a square pattern (as in case of a grid)on the touch screen along with the caption "Draw pattern to unlock". A pattern can be anything with the following constraints:: It needs to contain 4 dots. Once a dot is lit,it can't be used again. You can use one or several "knight moves" such as [0 5 4 2] You cannot go over an unlit dot without lighting it.For example, the pattern [0 2 1 4] is illegal, because moving your finger between 0 and 2 will light 1. Once a dot is lit, you can use it to reach another unlit dot. For example,both [0 4 3 5] and [0 4 5 3] are legal. Kind of tricky .Isn't it? Also some people using the phone have noticed that the repeated...

Custmizing Firefox : Tips and Tricks

Here are some tips and tricks for Firefox users to customize their favorite browser.Check them out:: 1.Keyboard shortcuts:: These shortcuts will give you a better browsing experience Spacebar ->page down Shift + Spacebar ->page up Ctrl + F ->find Alt + N ->find next Ctrl + D ->bookmark page Ctrl + T ->new tab Ctrl + K ->go to search box..... Ctrl + L ->go to address bar Ctrl + = / Ctrl + + ->increase text size Ctrl + - decrease text size Ctrl + 0 ->default text size Ctrl + W ->close tab F5 ->reload Alt + Home ->go to home page 2.Auto Complete:: This is yet another feature of Firefox that is widely used. Go to address bar and write only the name of the site you want to open say for example Google and then press Control-Enter ->(for "www.google.com") Shift-Enter ->(for "www.google.net") Control-Shift-Enter ->(for "www.google.org") 3. Tab navigation:: Ctrl+Tab (rotate forward among tabs) Ct...

Download Novel and Fiction e books

Recently while going through some sites I came across e books of some great writers like Sidney Sheldon ,Dan Brown,Paulo Coelho etc.So i thought to collect all these links together and publish them to my blog for easy access for my readers.I will update this section as I will get some other e books.So check out these links:: Sidney Sheldon The plot of the book spans six generations, and it is based upon the fictional lives of the Blackwell family. The book follows the life of an entrepreneur, Kate Blackwell, and explores her family, ancestry and life. It focuses on the building of her father's company, from a small business into a multinational corporation Download Link:: Master of the game This is a story of intrigue and revenge. Tracy Whitney is young, beautiful and intelligent - and about to marry into wealth and glamour. Until, suddenly, she is betrayed, framed by a ...

Clickjacking "Browser Exploit"

Clickjacking is a term used by two security experts Robert “RSnake” Hansen and Jeremiah Grossman to define a new major web attack that could potentially affect millions of web users.This threat exploits the bug that is present in "One of the Adobe products" but Jeremiah and Robert believe that the clickjacking flaw ultimately lies in the way that Internet browsers are designed.According to Grossman "If I control what you click on, how much bad can I do? It turns out you can do a number of really, really bad things." What makes the attack noteworthy is that this attack is compatible with all browsers and their all versions be it Firefox,IE,Opera,Safari or any other browser.Jeremiah and Robert were going to demonstrate this attack on Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) in New York City this week but on Adobe's request they postponed their demonstration so that the Adobe can contact all web browser vendors and can release a patch for this exploit....

The Great Zero Challenge

In order to permanently delete data the only way is to destroy the hard drive ?Can we save the Hard Drive for future use destroying permanently the data?Can we recover data from a hard drive that has been overwritten with zeros once? This is what The Great Zero Challenge is all about.It starts with the line:: It is noble and just to dispel myths, falsehoods and untruths The challenge is organized by a firm in US named 16 systems and any established, professional data recovery company within USA can participate.Data recovery companies were contacted and the response of one of them was According to our Unix team, there is less than a zero percent chance of data recovery after that dd command. The drive itself has been overwritten in a very fundamental manner. However, if for legal reasons you need to demonstrate that an effort is being made to recover some or all of the data, go ahead and send it in and we'll certainly make an effort, but again, from what you've told us, our eng...

Crazy Typewriters

Imagination have no boundaries and people ready to experiment can take their creativity to another level.Recently while surfing the net I came across this post on some site,what drew my attention was the work of Mr.Jeremy Mayer who collects antique typewriters, not to display them but to break them into small components and then combine them into some amazing sci-fi-inspired bugs, skeletons and human figures. Mayer, who describes his work as a cross between Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical drawings and the gritty futures imagined by sci-fi maestros William Gibson and Philip K. Dick , assembles his artwork without welding, soldering or gluing. Amazing Isn't it!! Photos courtesy Jeremy Mayer

Google Android Challenge Winners

Google has announced the winners of the first phase of the Android Developer Challenge a contest to create apps for Google's Android mobile operating system.Here are some of the ideas whose creators received $275,000 :: Cab4me : Helps you to find a taxi. CompareEverywhere : A price comparison engine and review reader. Ecorio : Aims to track your carbon footprint. GoCart : Lets you scan a product barcode to then find out where to buy this near-by. Life360 : This seems to be a social network for your neighborhood to post important alerts (like “dog ran away” or “house on fire”). Locale : This tool automatically changes your phone’s setting based on where you are. (Not novel, but perhaps useful.) PicSay : A picture editor which comes with color correction, distortion tools and more, as well as sharing features. Softrace : Compare with others around the world in physical activities like racing. TuneWiki : A self-proclaimed social media player, with synchronized ...

Google Chrome

For all those Google fans and critics here is a new project from Google , GOOGLE CHROME , an Open Source web browser.There have been rumors that Google was going to release its own browser. Now, thanks to Google Blogoscoped , we have some additional evidence: a 38-page comic book sent out by Google and drawn by no less than Scott McCloud, creator of the classic Understanding Comics , to announce the Google Chrome project. The features depicted in the comic book are:: Its an Open Source project based on Webkit rendering engine and includes Google Gears project. The browser will contain a JavaScript Virtual Machine called V8 . Like Mozilla it will include tabbed browsing but the position of the tabs will be on the upper side of the window, not below the address bar. The browser has an address bar with auto-completion features.and is called ’omnibox’ that resembles Firefox’s “Awesome bar” . The browser will include Speed Dial feature as in Opera. Chrome has a privacy ...

CSI Stick

Cellular Seizure Investigation (CSI) Stick, a product from the Paraben Forensic Training developed primarily for law enforcement, surveillance, and intelligence operations but available to the public, acquires data from cellphones.This portable solution is easy to use with a simple one button command to gather data from the device. Whether it is logical or physical information, the CSI Stick can gather the data. The most striking feature of this device is its size(that of a thumb or a small Pen Drive) and its single button interface which let intruders copy the data in a fraction of seconds.Moreover it does not require a "special" port for connecting to the cellphone.It connects to the data/charging port and will seamlessly grab e-mails, instant messages, dialed numbers, phone books and anything else that is stored in memory. It will even retrieve deleted files that have not been overwritten. And there is no trace whatsoever that the information has been compromised, nor an...