Sunday, September 30, 2007

The name of the directory is

The title is complete, You need to know how!!

Create a directory named ` '
Can you do this in Windows. When I say create a directory named ` ' , I mean create a directory whose name is .

Looks illogical, right! But after all why it shouldn't be allowed. is not a special character like `*', `/', `\' etc and most of us use spaces within long file names.


I use GNU/Linux with ext3 file system. Simply using the command:

mkdir ' '

will create a directory whose name is ' '.

Doing this in GUI is not allowed. I tried KDE and it simply refused to accept space as an input (as it does in all cases, so no exception here).

Some nice screenshots are here:


Can You see an extra directory here


Why is file manager (konqueror) not showing the name ;-)


Hey what is the path of the file abc !! :-o

Saturday, September 29, 2007

Why Grown Up Kids Hate Milk

"Mummy, I don't like milk.", one of the most common sentences often heard in families when mothers try to force the nutritious white liquid into children's mouth. But why children don't like milk, is it bad taste? I feel something different.

Right from birth, I mean when baby is just a few hours old, the first they get to eat (rather drink) is "milk", through breast feeding. Though the child is unable to decipher the meaning, but the word is encoded into the mind. Child keeps getting milk for next consicutive years and (s)he gets bored of the word "milk" and develops a resistance for it, which results in hatered for a good food.

You may try saying the following lines many times and lets see Yuou still wanna drink...

milk
Milk
mIlk
miLk
milK
MiLk
mIlK
MIlk
mILk
miLK
MilK
MILk
MIlK
MiLK
mILK
MILK....

ha ha...

Friday, July 20, 2007

The developers are considered to be purely robotic people, with only a few lines of code conerning humaness within their souls.
However while I was looking for some function I needed, I tripped over these lines:

/* Standard streams. */
extern struct _IO_FILE *stdin; /* Standard input stream. */
extern struct _IO_FILE *stdout; /* Standard output stream. */
extern struct _IO_FILE *stderr; /* Standard error output stream. */
/* C89/C99 say they're macros. Make them happy. */
#define stdin stdin
#define stdout stdout
#define stderr stderr

I was really surprised. Professionals don't mke people happy, they get the job done. But here I really found hidden emotions in code. and I grep'ed in the code of linux kernel 2.6.20.7 . Here is what I got for a few keywords (I've omitted some not-so-interesting lines):

And one of us have got a girlfriend too ;)
***girlfriend***
./drivers/net/tokenring/skisa.c: * Dedicated to my girlfriend Steffi Bopp

Its okay, no women in coding (at least with a boyfriend). I hope feminists won't sue me here :-o .
***boyfriend***

**fun***
./Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd: * It is no fun to listen to it without prior overlap/underlap correction!
./Documentation/scsi/ibmmca.txt: provide more fun with the F/W adapter.
./Documentation/sysctl/README:be actually used, not just for the fun of programming it :-)
./Documentation/video4linux/bttv/README:Have fun with bttv,
./arch/alpha/lib/csum_partial_copy.c: * This is slightly less fun than the above..
./arch/cris/arch-v10/lib/memset.c: /* Now the fun part. For the threshold value of this, check the equation
./arch/i386/boot/setup.S:# Well, that certainly wasn't fun :-(. Hopefully it works, and we don't
./arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c: * Just for the fun of it !
./arch/ia64/hp/sim/simserial.c: * Let's have a little bit of fun !
./arch/powerpc/platforms/52xx/efika-setup.c: ppc_md.progress(" Have fun with your Efika! ", 0x7777);
./arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm2_pic.c: * Now, the fun starts.....Interrupt Numbers DO NOT MAP
./arch/s390/kernel/ptrace.c: * Now the fun part starts... a 31 bit program running in the
./arch/sh/mm/Kconfig: all of the fun new features and a willingless to submit bug reports,
./arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sunos.c: /* Ok, here comes the fun part: Linux's nfs mount needs a
./arch/sparc/mm/hypersparc.S: /* Here comes the fun part... */
./arch/sparc64/kernel/sys_sunos32.c: /* Ok, here comes the fun part: Linux's nfs mount needs a
./arch/x86_64/boot/setup.S:# Well, that certainly wasn't fun :-(. Hopefully it works, and we don't
./drivers/atm/ambassador.c:/********** make rate (not quite as much fun as Horizon) **********/
./drivers/char/hvc_rtas.c: /* Really the fun isn't over until the worker thread breaks down and
./drivers/fc4/fc.c: case FC_STATUS_OK: /* Ok, let's have a fun on a loop */
./drivers/ieee1394/eth1394.c: /* A datagram fragment has been received, now the fun begins. */
./drivers/net/phy/fixed.c: /* So let the fun begin...
./drivers/net/sunhme.h: * Debugging eeprom burnt code is more fun than programming this chip!
./drivers/net/tg3.c: * fun things. So, temporarily disable the 5701
./drivers/net/via-velocity.c: * less fun than would be ideal.
./drivers/pci/hotplug/pci_hotplug_core.c:/* Weee, fun with macros... */
./drivers/scsi/aic7xxx_old.c: * the SCB to the sequencer and watch the fun begin.
./drivers/scsi/mca_53c9x.c: * and other fun stuff. It takes up 16 addresses, and the chip it is
./drivers/serial/s3c2410.c: /* the fun of calculating the uart divisors on
./drivers/video/aty/aty128fb.c: /* fun with masking */
./include/asm-alpha/core_lca.h: * non-interrupts is another fun race area. Don't do it (because if
./include/asm-alpha/jensen.h: * is another fun race area. Don't do it (because if you do, I'll have to
./include/asm-arm/arch-omap/fpga.h:#define H2P2_DBG_FPGA_LOAD_METER (1 << 0) // A bit of fun on our board ...
./include/asm-m68k/mac_via.h: * Register B has the fun stuff in it
./include/asm-m68k/openprom.h:/* More fun PROM structures for device probing. */
./include/asm-mips/dec/prom.h:#define __DEC_PROM_O32(fun, arg) fun arg __asm__(#fun); \
./include/asm-parisc/pgtable.h: * permission. For the fun of it we'll go ahead and support write only
./include/asm-sparc/openprom.h:/* More fun PROM structures for device probing. */
./include/asm-sparc64/openprom.h:/* More fun PROM structures for device probing. */
./sound/oss/sb_ess.c: * Without RECLEV ES688 won't be much fun I guess.
./sound/oss/trix.c: return 0; /* No boot code -> no fun */
./sound/sound_core.c: * Thirdly to make it more fun and for 2.3.x and above we do all

***happy***
./Documentation/cdrom/gscd:Be sure, I'm very happy to receive your comments!
./Documentation/cdrom/sbpcd:flood and to find time to lead my 12-year old son towards happy computing.
./Documentation/filesystems/ntfs.txt: the old driver isn't happy with.
./Documentation/filesystems/proc.txt:contact Bodo Bauer at bb@ricochet.net. We'll be happy to add them to this
./MAINTAINERS:4. When you are happy with a change make it generally available for
./arch/cris/arch-v10/kernel/time.c: /* only keep watchdog happy as long as we have memory left! */
./arch/i386/math-emu/fpu_trig.c: /* This should be invalid, but a real 80486 is happy with it. */
./arch/m32r/kernel/smp.c: * i'm not happy about this global shared spinlock in the
./arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c: * As if we MIPS hackers wouldn't know how to nop pipelines happy ...
./arch/powerpc/boot/flatdevtree.c: /* make check in ft_next happy */
./arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_32.S: * This routine is just here to keep GCC happy - sigh...
./arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/lpar.c: /* Make pHyp happy */
./arch/ppc/kernel/misc.S: * This routine is just here to keep GCC happy - sigh...
./arch/sparc/kernel/head.S:/* There, happy now Adrian? */
./arch/sparc/kernel/pcic.c:/* Makes compiler happy */
./arch/sparc/kernel/wuf.S: * to be in window 'W' so make it happy or else
./drivers/base/core.c: /* this keeps sysfs from having a symlink to make old udevs happy */
./drivers/char/drm/mga_dma.c: /* Make drm_addbufs happy by not trying to create a mapping for less
./drivers/char/lp.c: * stall until the printer is happy again. Define CONSOLE_LP_STRICT
./drivers/char/moxa.c: default: /* to keep gcc happy */
./drivers/char/ppdev.c: /* Keep the compiler happy */
./drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sis5595.c: /* Everything is happy */
./drivers/ide/ide-io.c: * we invoke the expiry handler, and providing it is happy the
./drivers/ide/legacy/ali14xx.c: * but I'll be happy to (try to) answer questions.
./drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_init_chip.c: struct ipath_portdata *pd = NULL; /* keep gcc4 happy */
./drivers/input/evdev.c: /* temporary symlink to keep userspace happy */
./drivers/input/keyboard/atkbd.c: * atkbd_cleanup() restores the keyboard state so that BIOS is happy after a
./drivers/input/tsdev.c: /* temporary symlink to keep userspace happy */
./drivers/isdn/hisax/l3dss1.c: nlen = (nlen)?nlen:0; /* Make gcc happy */
./drivers/macintosh/therm_pm72.c: /* That is hopefully enough to make the FCU happy */
./drivers/media/video/bt8xx/bttv-cards.c: FlyVideo2000S in .hu happy (gm)*/
./drivers/media/video/cafe_ccic.c: .current_norm = V4L2_STD_NTSC_M, /* make mplayer happy */
./drivers/media/video/stradis.c: case VIDIOCGCHAN: /* this makes xawtv happy */
./drivers/mtd/nand/nand_base.c: /* Return more or less happy */
./drivers/mtd/nand/ppchameleonevb.c: /* Return happy */
./drivers/net/cassini.c:#define RX_COPY_MIN 64 /* copy a little to make upper layers happy */
./drivers/net/irda/irda-usb.h: * perfectly live happy with only one. We certainly don't need to keep the
./drivers/net/irda/vlsi_ir.c: * note: IrDA compliant peer devices should be happy regardless
./drivers/net/myri_sbus.c: /* Just like the happy meal we get checksums from this card. */
./drivers/net/ppp_synctty.c: * applications happy if they call them. Synchronous PPP does not use
./drivers/net/r8169.c: /* Make TBI happy */
./drivers/net/smc9194.c: /* this should pause enough for the chip to be happy */
./drivers/net/smc9194.h: . IM_RCV_INT, for happy received packets
./drivers/net/smc91x.c: /* this should pause enough for the chip to be happy */
./drivers/net/sunbmac.h:/* The BigMAC PHY transceiver. Not nearly as sophisticated as the happy meal
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: * alloc_skb() routine for the happy meal to allocate 64 bytes more than
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: printk(KERN_ERR "%s: Error interrupt for happy meal, status = %08x\n",
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: * to the happy meal.
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: printk(KERN_ERR "%s: EOP not set in happy meal transmit descriptor!\n",
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: /* Bus or parity error when cpu accessed happy meal registers
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: * that one ring buffer to the happy meal. Problem is that usually when that
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: * condition is triggered, the happy meal expects you to do something reasonable
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: * ring when we cannot get a new skb and give them all back to the happy meal,
./drivers/net/sunhme.c:/* Given a happy meal sbus device, find it's quattro parent.
./drivers/net/sunhme.c: /* Assume PCI happy meals can handle all burst sizes. */
./drivers/net/sunhme.h: dma_addr_t hblock_dvma; /* DVMA visible address happy block */
./drivers/net/sunhme.h:/* Here are the happy flags. */
./drivers/net/sunqe.c:/* Per-QE receive interrupt service routine. Just like on the happy meal
./drivers/net/wireless/airo.c: /* make swsusp happy with our thread */
./drivers/net/wireless/wavelan.p.h: * - Set PSA CRC to make PtP diagnostic tool happy (Bob Gray)
./drivers/parisc/dino.c:/* Looks nice and keeps the compiler happy */
./drivers/parisc/lba_pci.c:/* Looks nice and keeps the compiler happy */
./drivers/parisc/sba_iommu.c:/* Looks nice and keeps the compiler happy */
./drivers/parport/ieee1284_ops.c: * a chance to check it's happy with
./drivers/parport/share.c: * attempt. Note that if a preemption callback is happy for
./drivers/pci/hotplug/cpqphp_ctrl.c: * this is for _huge_ delays to make the hardware happy as the
./drivers/pcmcia/ti113x.h: * Some fixup code to make everybody happy (TM).
./drivers/pnp/manager.c: /* run through until pnp_check_port is happy */
./drivers/s390/cio/qdio.c:/* buffers filled forwards again to make Rick happy */
./drivers/scsi/aic7xxx/aic7xxx_pci.c: /* Make the table calculations below happy */
./drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c: this feature implemented, send me patches. I'll be happy to send a copy
./drivers/scsi/fdomain.c: this feature implemented, send me patches. I'll be happy to send a copy
./drivers/scsi/ips.c: /* That keeps everything happy for "text" operations on the proc file. */
./drivers/scsi/oktagon_esp.c: * have all we want we are happy and can ditch the trash.
./drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c: case FC_TGTID_BIND_NONE: /* to keep compiler happy */
./drivers/scsi/scsi_transport_fc.c: case FC_TGTID_BIND_NONE: /* to keep compiler happy */
./drivers/serial/cpm_uart/cpm_uart_core.c: /* If this one is empty, return happy */
./drivers/serial/s3c2410.c: * it copes with BREAKs properly, so I am happy to ignore the RESERVED
./drivers/usb/input/powermate.c: * Griffin were very happy to provide documentation and free hardware for development.
./drivers/video/imacfb.c: /* some dummy values for timing to make fbset happy */
./drivers/video/macfb.c: /* some dummy values for timing to make fbset happy */
./drivers/video/vesafb.c: /* some dummy values for timing to make fbset happy */
./fs/isofs/isofs.h:struct inode; /* To make gcc happy */
./fs/jffs/inode-v23.c: /* NOTE: We would be quite happy if jffs_write_node() wrote a
./fs/jffs/intrep.c: /* Return happy */
./fs/jffs/jffs_proc.c: /* Return happy */
./fs/jffs/jffs_proc.c: /* Return happy */
./fs/jffs2/readinode.c: /* OK. We're happy */
./fs/ocfs2/file.c: /* happy write of zero bytes */
./fs/posix_acl.c: unsigned int id = 0; /* keep gcc happy */
./fs/reiserfs/inode.c: /* keeps fsck and non-quota versions of reiserfs happy */
./fs/smbfs/proc.c: * Both are happy if we return the data they point to. So we do.
./fs/smbfs/request.c: * makes smbfs happy as handling packets larger than the buffer size
./include/asm-arm26/pgtable.h:/* Keep the kernel happy */
./include/asm-powerpc/io.h: * a #ifdef, so we make them happy here.
./include/linux/hugetlb.h:#define HPAGE_MASK PAGE_MASK /* Keep the compiler happy */
./include/linux/mtd/nand.h:/* Keep gcc happy */
./include/linux/pktcdvd.h: /* underlying cdrom device happy */
./include/net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h: BT_CONNECTED = 1, /* Equal to TCP_ESTABLISHED to make net code happy */
./include/sound/asound.h:/* Trick to make alsa-lib/acinclude.m4 happy */
./lib/inflate.c: u[0] = (struct huft *)NULL; /* just to keep compilers happy */
./lib/zlib_deflate/deflate.c: if (hash_head) hash_head = 0; /* to make compiler happy */
./mm/vmscan.c: * brought into a happy state. So that the next thread which scans this
./net/bridge/br_netfilter.c:/* We need these fake structures to make netfilter happy --
./net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_standalone.c: printk("ipt_hook: happy cracking.\n");
./net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c: /* to make gcc happy */
./net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_filter.c: printk("ipt_hook: happy cracking.\n");
./net/ipv4/netfilter/iptable_mangle.c: printk("ipt_hook: happy cracking.\n");
./net/ipv4/netfilter/nf_conntrack_l3proto_ipv4.c: printk("ipt_hook: happy cracking.\n");
./net/ipv4/route.c: struct proc_dir_entry *rtstat_pde = NULL; /* keep gcc happy */
./net/ipv4/tcp.c: * on connected socket. I was just happy when found this 8) --ANK
./net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_filter.c: printk("ip6t_hook: happy cracking.\n");
./net/ipv6/netfilter/ip6table_mangle.c: printk("ip6t_hook: happy cracking.\n");
./net/irda/irlan/irlan_eth.c: so DHCP clients gets happy */
./net/irda/irnet/irnet.h: /* TTY stuff - to keep "pppd" happy */
./net/irda/irnet/irnet_ppp.c: /* TTY IOCTLs : Pretend that we are a tty, to keep pppd happy */
./net/netfilter/xt_connbytes.c: u_int64_t what = 0; /* initialize to make gcc happy */
./net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c: * When user-space is happy that a context is established, it places an entry
./net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c: * We are happy with one success
./sound/oss/i810_audio.c:/* stream at a minimum for this card to be happy */
./sound/oss/soundcard.c: * The OSS drivers aren't remotely happy without this locking,
./sound/pci/au88x0/au88x0_core.c: 18-02-2003 JAAAAAHHHUUUUUU!!!! The mixer works !! I'm just so happy !
./sound/pci/trident/trident_main.c: address = 0; /* keep GCC happy */

***joke***
./drivers/net/ni65.c: * 96.April.1: (no joke ;) .. added EtherBlaster and Module support (MH)
./include/asm-sparc/cache.h: "g2", "g3", "memory" /* no joke */);
./net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c: I have no idea, how it will masquearde or NAT them (it is joke, joke :-)),

***funny***
./Documentation/input/iforce-protocol.txt:The encoding is a bit funny here: For coeffs, these are signed values. The
./arch/arm/mach-sa1100/generic.c:#include /* just for sched_clock() - funny that */
./arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c: * user is trying some funny business.
./arch/cris/arch-v32/kernel/signal.c: * user is trying some funny business.
./arch/cris/kernel/time.c:#include /* just for sched_clock() - funny that */
./arch/i386/kernel/machine_kexec.c: /* The segment registers are funny things, they have both a
./arch/mips/mm/tlbex.c: * to the funny farm where code is beautiful all the time ...
./arch/parisc/math-emu/README:Linux coding style, please leave them in their funny format just in case
./arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/gettimeofday.S: * which may cause funny results if nsec goes negative... is that
./arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/gettimeofday.S: * which may cause funny results if nsec goes negative... is that
./arch/sparc/kernel/head.S:/* Ok, the PROM could have done funny things and apple cider could still
./arch/sparc64/kernel/pci_common.c: * act funny (ie. do not respond to memory space writes)
./arch/x86_64/kernel/machine_kexec.c: /* The segment registers are funny things, they have both a
./block/as-iosched.c: * The funny "absolute difference" math on the elapsed time is to handle
./drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c: * disk. The funny thing is that these are sent to the drive in BCD, but the
./drivers/cdrom/sonycd535.c: * disk. The funny thing is that these are sent to the drive in BCD, but the
./drivers/net/acenic.c: * funny things on NICs with only 512KB SRAM
./drivers/net/eepro100.c: /* disable_irq is not very nice, but with the funny lockless design
./drivers/net/tulip/pnic2.c: printk(KERN_INFO "%s: funny autonegotiate result "
./drivers/net/wan/hostess_sv11.c: * is no funny garbage involved
./drivers/net/wan/sealevel.c: * is no funny garbage involved
./drivers/parport/daisy.c: funny state; let's try to reset them and see if
./drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_glue.c: * the _DCK method can do funny things... and sometimes not
./drivers/scsi/sr_ioctl.c: * a function to read all sorts of funny cdrom sectors using the READ_CD
./drivers/serial/ip22zilog.c: /* This funny hack depends upon BRK_ABRT not interfering
./drivers/serial/sunzilog.c: /* This funny hack depends upon BRK_ABRT not interfering
./drivers/usb/serial/ftdi_sio.h: * - BaudDivisor is a fixed point number encoded in a funny way.
./drivers/video/cg6.c: * Brooktree is the video dac and is funny to program on the cg6.
./drivers/video/maxinefb.c:/* Handle the funny Inmos RamDAC/video controller ... */
./fs/sysv/super.c: * - Coherent FS by its funny fname/fpack field.
./include/asm-parisc/assembly.h: /* cr11 (sar) is a funny one. 5 bits on PA1.1 and 6 bit on PA2.0
./lib/zlib_deflate/deflate.c: /* The funny "do {}" generates better code on most compilers */
./mm/mempolicy.c: * The above limitation is why this routine has the funny name
./net/ax25/af_ax25.c: * We support a funny extension here so you can (as root) give any callsign
./net/ipv4/devinet.c: * funny address, so don't touch it since
./net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c: * in hash table socket with a funny identity. */
./net/ipv6/inet6_hashtables.c: * in hash table socket with a funny identity. */
./sound/oss/sb_ess.c: * the same dma as audio 1: your ess changes into a funny echo machine.

***lovely***
./Documentation/video4linux/cx88/hauppauge-wintv-cx88-ir.txt:This data sheet (google search) seems to have a lovely description of the
./Documentation/video4linux/hauppauge-wintv-cx88-ir.txt:This data sheet (google search) seems to have a lovely description of the
./drivers/block/ps2esdi.c: other lovely fish out there... */
./drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0001.c: /* Tell the user about it in lots of lovely detail */
./drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0002.c: /* Tell the user about it in lots of lovely detail */
./drivers/mtd/chips/cfi_cmdset_0020.c: /* Tell the user about it in lots of lovely detail */
./fs/lockd/clntproc.c: * This is one of the lovely things about standards in the NFS area:
./include/asm-s390/signal.h:#ifndef __s390x__ /* lovely */

***beauty***
./drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig: The beauty of it is that a single set of tool can support all the
./drivers/s390/net/qeth_sys.c: /* for beauty reasons */

***who cares***
./arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cyrix.c: and X doesn't seem to support it either so who cares 8).
./arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/fpsp.S:# shift stack frame "up". who cares about field.
./arch/m68k/ifpsp060/src/pfpsp.S:# shift stack frame "up". who cares about field.
./arch/powerpc/kernel/irq.c: /* That's not SMP safe ... but who cares ? */
./arch/ppc/kernel/time.c: * have overflowed long before that, so who cares. -- paulus
./arch/sparc64/kernel/time.c: /* this doesn't get week-day, who cares */
./drivers/atm/eni.c: /* JK for AAL5 trailer - AAL0 doesn't need it, but who cares ... */
./drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c: probably not the right place, but who cares!
./drivers/char/genrtc.c: /* this doesn't get week-day, who cares */
./drivers/char/vt_ioctl.c: /* we mostly copy too much here (512bytes), but who cares ;) */
./drivers/media/video/vino.c: * but who cares ... */
./drivers/net/wan/dscc4.c: /* Maximal LBI clock divider (who cares ?) and whole GPIO range. */
./drivers/scsi/53c7xx.scr: ; TEMP and DSA are corrupt when we get here, but who cares!
./drivers/scsi/53c7xx_d.h_shipped: ; TEMP and DSA are corrupt when we get here, but who cares!
./fs/ntfs/super.c: /* This may be ugly but it results in pretty output so who cares. (-8 */
./fs/ocfs2/dlm/dlmmaster.c: /* this may or may not crash, but who cares.
./include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_among.h: * Yes, it is a memory overhead, but in 2003 AD, who cares?
./include/linux/sunrpc/svc.h: * Linux limit; someone who cares more about NFS/UDP performance
./scripts/conmakehash.c: /* Massive overkill, but who cares? */

Saturday, June 02, 2007

Konqueror, the kool browser

If you are much into browser wars, then so am I. Firefox, Opera and IE have been in news headlines all over tech news. But I have got one more fighter. Its our very own Konqqueror, the default file management and web browsing tool available with KDE. Moreover, with the release of KDE 4, it will be available for Windows too.

Many people feel that Konqueror is not standards complaint, as Gmail and other Ajax applications do not run well in it. But the actual fact is that it is even more standards complaint than Firefox and IE.


Lets have a glimpse of a few featueres of it:

1. Complete control


You can get the full control of your browser aspects and take care of what you wish to enable and disable with a single click at the toolbar.


2. Confirm before upload



You can be sure that no website access any of your files.


3. It does supprt Ajax



You can see here koolim.com . Gmail doesn't work correctly with default settings but you have got a solution, try changing the browser identifiaction with this:



The Firefox and Safari options work best.


4. Sidebar




Nothing is more addictive than this cool feature which turns out to be highly productive. It allows to play media files, browse directories, bookmarks, history and lots more.


5. Inregration between browse and file manager

Here are a few images which show tight integration between the two















Copy links from one loaction to another as ftp.kernel.org opened as any normal folder
normal files



6. Split tab














Wikipedia, Yahoo and Google in one tab


7. Foreign language support

Konqueror renders foreign languages in a much more beautiful and easy to read view. Here is a demonstration of Devnagari (Hindi):




First image shows Hindi text in Konqueror, while the latter is in Firefox, from the same page(link)

The features present here are just a surface scan of what is actually available. Konqueror is the killer application of KDE and follows the philosophy of full customizability. While Firefox may still consume a lot of memory, but Konqueror makes it cool. Next time give it a try and you won't be dissatisfied.

Saturday, May 19, 2007

Firefox Inside Firefox

Hope you are using Firefox, simply great a
nd ubiquitous browser. Did you ever try typing this into your browser's address field. Try it and see for yourself:

chrome://browser/content/browser.xul

Here is a nice preview:



I use GTK-QT engine. So you may find my browser slightly different.

Enjoy :-)

Wednesday, May 09, 2007


This will make you jump out of your chairs. The subject of states and transitions looks a lot more interesting. While compiling gcc you get this as a part of output to console:

Automaton `pentium'
48 NDFA states, 138 NDFA arcs
48 DFA states, 138 DFA arcs
20 minimal DFA states, 82 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 17 insn equivalence classes
88 transition comb vector els, 340 trans table els: use comb vect
88 state alts comb vector els, 340 state alts table els: use comb vect
340 min delay table els, compression factor 2

Automaton `pentium_fpu'
80 NDFA states, 172 NDFA arcs
80 DFA states, 172 DFA arcs
75 minimal DFA states, 162 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 8 insn equivalence classes
164 transition comb vector els, 600 trans table els: use comb vect
164 state alts comb vector els, 600 state alts table els: use comb vect
600 min delay table els, compression factor 1

Automaton `ppro_decoder'
4 NDFA states, 12 NDFA arcs
4 DFA states, 12 DFA arcs
4 minimal DFA states, 12 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 4 insn equivalence classes
13 transition comb vector els, 16 trans table els: use simple vect
13 state alts comb vector els, 16 state alts table els: use simple vect
16 min delay table els, compression factor 8

Automaton `ppro_core'
105 NDFA states, 376 NDFA arcs
105 DFA states, 376 DFA arcs
105 minimal DFA states, 376 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 13 insn equivalence classes
481 transition comb vector els, 1365 trans table els: use comb vect
481 state alts comb vector els, 1365 state alts table els: use comb vect
1365 min delay table els, compression factor 1

Automaton `ppro_idiv'
38 NDFA states, 79 NDFA arcs
38 DFA states, 79 DFA arcs
38 minimal DFA states, 79 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 5 insn equivalence classes
82 transition comb vector els, 190 trans table els: use simple vect
82 state alts comb vector els, 190 state alts table els: use simple vect
190 min delay table els, compression factor 1

Automaton `ppro_fdiv'
38 NDFA states, 79 NDFA arcs
38 DFA states, 79 DFA arcs
38 minimal DFA states, 79 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 5 insn equivalence classes
82 transition comb vector els, 190 trans table els: use simple vect
82 state alts comb vector els, 190 state alts table els: use simple vect
190 min delay table els, compression factor 1

Automaton `ppro_load'
3 NDFA states, 8 NDFA arcs
3 DFA states, 8 DFA arcs
3 minimal DFA states, 8 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 4 insn equivalence classes
9 transition comb vector els, 12 trans table els: use simple vect
9 state alts comb vector els, 12 state alts table els: use simple vect
12 min delay table els, compression factor 4

Automaton `ppro_store'
16 NDFA states, 56 NDFA arcs
16 DFA states, 56 DFA arcs
11 minimal DFA states, 44 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 7 insn equivalence classes
51 transition comb vector els, 77 trans table els: use simple vect
51 state alts comb vector els, 77 state alts table els: use simple vect
77 min delay table els, compression factor 4

Automaton `k6_decoder'
4 NDFA states, 11 NDFA arcs
4 DFA states, 11 DFA arcs
3 minimal DFA states, 9 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 4 insn equivalence classes
10 transition comb vector els, 12 trans table els: use simple vect
10 state alts comb vector els, 12 state alts table els: use simple vect
12 min delay table els, compression factor 8

Automaton `k6_load_unit'
11 NDFA states, 24 NDFA arcs
11 DFA states, 24 DFA arcs
11 minimal DFA states, 24 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 4 insn equivalence classes
26 transition comb vector els, 44 trans table els: use simple vect
26 state alts comb vector els, 44 state alts table els: use simple vect
44 min delay table els, compression factor 2

Automaton `k6_store_unit'
68 NDFA states, 233 NDFA arcs
68 DFA states, 233 DFA arcs
37 minimal DFA states, 126 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 6 insn equivalence classes
140 transition comb vector els, 222 trans table els: use simple vect
140 state alts comb vector els, 222 state alts table els: use simple vect
222 min delay table els, compression factor 1

Automaton `k6_integer_units'
114 NDFA states, 396 NDFA arcs
114 DFA states, 396 DFA arcs
114 minimal DFA states, 396 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 11 insn equivalence classes
471 transition comb vector els, 1254 trans table els: use comb vect
471 state alts comb vector els, 1254 state alts table els: use comb vect
1254 min delay table els, compression factor 1

Automaton `k6_fpu_unit'
58 NDFA states, 120 NDFA arcs
58 DFA states, 120 DFA arcs
57 minimal DFA states, 118 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 5 insn equivalence classes
120 transition comb vector els, 285 trans table els: use simple vect
120 state alts comb vector els, 285 state alts table els: use simple vect
285 min delay table els, compression factor 1

Automaton `k6_branch_unit'
2 NDFA states, 5 NDFA arcs
2 DFA states, 5 DFA arcs
2 minimal DFA states, 5 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 3 insn equivalence classes
6 transition comb vector els, 6 trans table els: use simple vect
6 state alts comb vector els, 6 state alts table els: use simple vect
6 min delay table els, compression factor 8

Automaton `athlon'
518 NDFA states, 1668 NDFA arcs
518 DFA states, 1668 DFA arcs
76 minimal DFA states, 328 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 10 insn equivalence classes
359 transition comb vector els, 760 trans table els: use simple vect
359 state alts comb vector els, 760 state alts table els: use simple vect
760 min delay table els, compression factor 2

Automaton `athlon_load'
162 NDFA states, 855 NDFA arcs
162 DFA states, 855 DFA arcs
162 minimal DFA states, 855 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 10 insn equivalence classes
1047 transition comb vector els, 1620 trans table els: use simple vect
1047 state alts comb vector els, 1620 state alts table els: use simple vect
1620 min delay table els, compression factor 2

Automaton `athlon_mult'
16 NDFA states, 48 NDFA arcs
16 DFA states, 48 DFA arcs
16 minimal DFA states, 48 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 4 insn equivalence classes
50 transition comb vector els, 64 trans table els: use simple vect
50 state alts comb vector els, 64 state alts table els: use simple vect
64 min delay table els, compression factor 2

Automaton `athlon_fp'
15522 NDFA states, 99908 NDFA arcs
15522 DFA states, 99908 DFA arcs
463 minimal DFA states, 3038 minimal DFA arcs
273 all insns 21 insn equivalence classes
3057 transition comb vector els, 9723 trans table els: use comb vect
3057 state alts comb vector els, 9723 state alts table els: use comb vect
9723 min delay table els, compression factor 1

17533 all allocated states, 102661 all allocated arcs
32710 all allocated alternative states
6256 all transition comb vector els, 16780 all trans table els
6256 all state alts comb vector els, 16780 all state alts table els
16780 all min delay table els
0 locked states num

transformation: 0.024001, building DFA: 10.140634
DFA minimization: 0.652040, making insn equivalence: 0.004001
all automaton generation: 11.156698, output: 0.108006

Processor specs, of the system on which the gcc was compiled, are:
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 15
model : 2
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.40GHz
stepping : 7
cpu MHz : 2400.000
cache size : 512 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe up cid
bogomips : 4852.02