Thursday, December 6, 2007

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This is one of the coolest mails on IT..!

The local bar was so sure that its bartender was the

strongest man around that they offered a Rs 10,000

bet. The bartender would squeeze a

lemon until all the juice ran into a glass, and hand

the lemon to a patron. Anyone who could squeeze one

more drop of juice out would win the money. Many

people like weight-lifters, wrestlers, body

builders, etc had tried over time, but nobody could

do it.


One day this scrawny little man came in, wearing

thick glasses and a safari suit, and said in a tiny,

squeaky voice, "I'd like to try the bet." After the

laughter had died down, the bartender said OK,

grabbed a lemon, and squeezed away. Then he handed the

wrinkled remains of the rind to the little man.


But the crowd's laughter turned to total silence

as the man clenched his fist around the lemon and

5-6 drops fell into the glass. As the

crowd cheered, the bartender paid the Rs 10,000, and

asked the little man, "What do you do for a living?


Are you a weight-lifter, or what?"


"No," replied the man.


"I work as a project manager in a software company !! "

Skype calls try

Recording Skype Calls in Windows
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Recording Skype Calls in Windows

While Skype is a useful tool for communicating with friends and family and colleagues around the globe, one feature that it's lacking is the ability to record calls. This became apparent when a friend of mine recently approached me for help. A few months ago, he started a podcast. For a while, he was content to record solo commentaries. Then, he decided that he needed to do the occasional interview to spice things up a bit.




The problem was how to record those interviews, especially since many of his subjects lived hundreds if not thousands of miles away.

PowerGramoTo contact his interviewees, my friend decided to use Skype -- he's used it for quite a while, is familiar with it, and frequently uses Skype Unlimited (which enables him to call mobile phones and landlines from his PC). After doing some research, I recommended that he use a Windows application called PowerGramo. It's easy to use and the free version has all of the features that my friend needed -- including the ability to record PC-to-PC and PC-to-phone calls. This TechTip looks at how to use PowerGramo to record a Skype call.

Getting Started
The first step, obviously, is to download and install PowerGramo. Once that's out of the way -- and it's out of the way pretty quickly -- you can start recording calls. To do that, first start PowerGramo and then start your Skype client.

One of the first things that you'll notice is that PowerGramo integrates with your Skype client. You'll notice that there's a new menu in the menu bar, and there are two new buttons in the bottom portion of the client. The button on the left shows and hides the PowerGramo window. The one on the right pauses and re-starts a recording.

Recording a Call
Cancel RecordingBeyond having PowerGramo running, there's nothing special that you have to do to record a Skype call. Recording starts automatically when the other party answers picks up. A dialog box will appear, asking if you want to cancel recording. Click No.

MemoOptionally, you can attach a memo to your recording in the memo window that appears. The memo enables you to add details to a recording, like the date and time at which the recording was made, who you talked to, and what the conversation was about. Adding a memo is useful if you have a number of recordings. You can pop open a memo about a recording that's listed in the PowerGramo window.

When a call ends, a dialog box pops up asking if you want to add a password to your recording. It's not necessary, but if you feel the need to add a password, then go right ahead. Otherwise, click the Don't use password button.

Believe it or not, the entire process is that easy. PowerGramo literally works in the background and requires little interaction with you.

Saving Your Call
PowerGramo automatically saves recordings. However, the recordings are in PowerGramo's proprietary format. If, like my friend, you're making recordings for a podcast, you can export recordings in the Ogg Vorbis format. Ogg Vorbis (Ogg for short) is a patent-free alternative to MP3. For more information on Ogg, see this TechTip.

export While the sound quality of a recording is usually good, that quality will depend on a number of factors related to Skype. You can learn more about optimizing Skype audio in this TechTip. If you need to clean up the audio, you can pull the Ogg file into a sound editor like Audacity. Ogg is a good format, but it's not as widely supported as MP3. So, if you need to distribute an MP3 you can convert the Ogg file using Audacity or an online service like Media Convert or Zamzar.

Other Ways to Record a Skype Call
As you've seen, recording Skype calls in Windows is easy as long as you have the right software. PowerGramo is a quick, easy, and painless way to record your calls, but it's not the only game in town. You can use Audacity to do the job. This article discusses how, and this blog entry offers another take on the subject.

Other software that can do the job includes i-Sound MP3 WMA Recorder. A popular tool is Pamela for Skype. In addition to being able to record Skype calls, Pamela can do straight voice recording, record Skype video chats, and even act as an answering machine. Keep in mind, though, that both i-Sound and Pamela require you to pay a registration fee if you continue to use them.

If you're on a budget, there's another way to record your Skype calls for free: use the Sound Mixer tool built into Windows to do the job. It's a simple solution, and this blog entry explains how to use it.

No matter what method you use, you'll find that it can be quite easy to record your Skype calls in Windows. Just remember that you should let the other party know that you're recording the call. If not, you could wind up with some legal headaches.


Features

1.Saves you a fortune on long-distance calls
2.Better sound quality than any regular phone
3.Sharp video conferencing mode
4.Keeps records of all your calls
5.Ability to talk to multiple persons
6.Highly secured connectivity

Problems Like Animals (Joke)

Once a man went to a Veterinary Doctor and said
Doctor I have come on vacation for a month so that I can get myself treated fully within this period.
Doctor: I think you should go to the Doctor opposite to my clinic, see that board.
Man: No, Doctor, I have come to you only
Doctor: But, gentleman I am a Veterinary Doctor. I am an animal specialist. I do not treat human beings.
Man: I know, Doctor very well and that is why I have come to you only...
Doctor: I can not, because you speak like me, think like me, talk like me which means you are a human being and not an animal.
Man: I know I am a human but listen to my complaints first:
Doctor: OK. Tell me.
Man: I sleep like a dog thinking about my work load whole night.
I get up in the morning like a horse
I go to work running like a deer
I work all the day like a donkey
I run around for 11 months like a bull without any holiday.
I wag my tail in front of all my bosses
I play with my children like a monkey if I get time.
I am like a rabbit before my wife
Doctor: are you an engineer?
Man: Yes
Doctor: Instead of telling this long history you should have told me in the beginning itself that you are are an engineer. Come man, no one can treat you better than me.

Google phone is coming, believe it or not

GOOGLE HAS STEPPED INTO TELECOM …………… NOW THEY HAVE COMPETITON

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Image courtesy of T3

Google phone is coming, believe it or not
People who have seen Google's prototype devices say they aren't as revolutionary as the iPhone. One was likened to a slim Nokia Corp. phone with a keyboard that slides out. Another phone format presented by Google looked more like a Treo or a BlackBerry. It's not clear which manufacturers might build Google wireless devices, though people familiar with the project say LG Electronics Co. of South Korea is one company that has held talks with Google. Google has already lined up a series of hardware component and software partners and signaled to carriers that it's open to various degrees of cooperation on their part, the people say.

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Cool meanings

Cigarette:

A pinch of tobacco rolled in paper with fire at one end & a fool at the other.
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Love affairs:

Something like cricket where one-day internationals are more popular than a five-day test.
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Marriage:

It's an agreement in which a man loses his bachelor degree and a woman gains her master
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Divorce :

Future tense of marriage
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Lecture:

An art of transferring information from the notes of the lecturer to the notes of the students without passing through the minds of either.
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Conference:

The confusion of one man multiplied by the number present.
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Compromise :

The art of dividing a cake in such a way that everybody believes he got the biggest piece.
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Tears:

The hydraulic force by which masculine will power is defeated by feminine waterpower.. .
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Dictionary:

A place where divorce comes before marriage.
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Conference Room:

A place where everybody talks, nobody listens & everybody disagrees later on.
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Ecstasy:

A feeling when you feel you are going to feel a feeling you have never felt before.
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Classic:

A book which people praise, but do not read.
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Smile:

A curve that can set a lot of things straight.
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Office:

A place where you can relax after your strenuous home life.
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Yawn:

The only time some married men ever get to open their mouth.
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Etc:

A sign to make others believe that you know more than you actually do.
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Committee:

Individuals who can do nothing individually and sit to decide that nothing can be done together.
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Experience :

The name men give to their mistakes.
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Atom Bomb:

An invention to end all inventions.
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Philosopher :

A fool who torments himself during life, to be spoken of when dead.
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Diplomat:

A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
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Opportunist:

A person who starts taking bath if he accidentally falls into a river.
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Optimist :

A person who while falling from Eiffel Tower says in midway See I am not injured yet.
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Pessimist:

A person who says that O is the last letter in ZERO, Instead of the first letter in word OPPORTUNITY
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Miser:

A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.
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Father:

A banker provided by nature.
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Criminal:

A guy no different from the rest... Except that he got caught.
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Boss:

Someone who is early when you are late and late when you are early.
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Politician:

One who shakes your hand before elections and your Confidence after.
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Doctor:

A person who kills your ills by pills, and kills you with his bills .

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