Archive for October 2008
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NTFS: Alternate Data Streams
Not many people working on Windows using the NTFS file system are aware of a feature called Alternate Data Streams (ADS). First things first: A file system is that part of an operating system which deals with storage and management of files on the disk. Its responsible for the ability to retrieve data from a [...]
Moving multiple files
One common requirement on *nix systems is to rename (or move-and-rename) more than one file, matching a wildcard. However, if you try to do this: mv ACK*.xml /code/xml/ACK*.xml.done it wont work for more than one file. By the way, this is one of those odd places where Windows command line works better! How to work [...]
Ravan burning
Yet again India witnessed the effigy-burning of Ravana during the festival of Dussehra. This is how the stage was set initially with Ravana in the middle and Kumbhkaran (Ravana’s brother) and Meghnath (Ravana’s son) on the sides: Some pictures of the fireworks that happened to initiate the ceremony: In short the story goes as below: [...]
Chicken or Egg: The Ig Nobel awards
The Ig Nobel awards for 2008 have been announced. These awards are given by an organisation called Improbable Research and are designed to “make people laugh, and then make them think“. They do it in the real Nobel style, with the ceremonies and lectures. From the website, some of the winners for 2008: NUTRITION PRIZE: [...]
