Compression Test

COMPRESSION TECHNIQUE TEST

Recently did a compressing test, had a folder with lot of text file.

The size of the folder was 10.0 MB

I made a TAR of it, it was 8.8MB and then i compressed it using GZip and it was compressed to 4.5MB, pretty impressive.

Then next i used bz2 and results were better 4.3 MB cool.

But then i tried compressing into 7z Format and can't resist myself writing this post here.

It was merely 2.3 MB wow! i mean too good. But directly converting the folder to 7z was making it around 4.6 MB but after TAR, 7Z won the race.

Short summary:

Real Folder Size 10.0MB

TAR 8.80MB

TAR.GZ 4.50MB

TAR.BZ2 4.30MB

7Z 2.30MB

(though it was done after TAR, extension was still 7z but it extracts to TAR).

Test done using 7Z open source software, on windows 7 ultimate 32BIT.

Setting of compression were ULTRA

( PS: zip stands no where)

Remove Facebook rotating image spam

Firstly i thought removing the cookies and cache will clear the stuff but it doesn't help. The attackers who made the JavaScript had actually utilized the email address given by Facebook which most of us don't have a idea exist even.

So we have to refresh that also after removing cookies and cache of browser. This came from the fact that when you see the status update it says via email, and thats the email they targeted.
Follow these simple steps to follow to remove the spam completely:-

1. Remove all the cookies and cache of browser + go to control panel -> network and internet ->delete browsing history and cookies. In the general tab click setting under browsing history as shown.

Click view files after the clicking settings tab. Delete all the files in there.

Now clear the cookies and cache that your browser stores from its settings.

2. After deleting all the files. Go to this link while you are logged in Facebook http://www.facebook.com/mobile/

Here you must see upload via Facebook. Click the picture above it. This is the email you can use to update status of your Facebook, post pics and much more.

Now, you have this.

Click on refresh your email, and it will ask for your permission that if you are sure to do it. Say reset and a final success message with a new email address will be given to you.

And you are done... no more rotating image spam to your Facebook wall.

Summarizing: 1. Delete all the cookies and clear browser cache.

2. Refresh the email of the Facebook.

Please comment if any problem in the steps or the spam persist.

Remove Windows Activation

Well i don't support this, as this is illegal but its useful.

Follow these simple steps and activate your windows without any key.

1. Open regedit RUN-> REGEDIT
2. Go to hkey_local_machine\software\microsoft\windowsNT\current version\wpa events

3. double click the string OOBETimer

4. Change its contents to FF D5 71 D6 8B 6A 8D 6F D5 33 93 FD

5. Right click on WPAEvents and chose permissions.

6. A new window will come, click System and check all Deny boxes.

7. Restart the PC

and you are done..don't have to use any key + no windows updates after this.

Dropbox- The magic box

What is drop box? Well this video will clear this..


What else you can do with drop box?
1. Making a project with in many people working together? then dropbox is very useful for you. Install dropbox in all the project partner laptops using same id and keep sharing the latest updates about your project. You will have all the files sync on internet also.

2. No need to carry usb to anyplace..just keep the important files in your dropbox and you can access it anywhere using internet.

3. It saves version of files you have deleted or updated recently.Say if you written a code and you feel like reverting it back to the previous version, you cannot do it normally but using dropbox you can download the old file you sync with the dropbox.

Installation process:
1. Download and install it from here
2. You need to make a account.
3. Give name to the PC's you are using, its used for reverting back to previous versions of file.
4. You need to install on all the pc's you are using, from same account you created once.
5. Make the dropbox folder on your pc at desired location when prompted by installation.
Bingo!, there you have a automated sync,sharing and backup thing which works. You just need to put the files for sync in the folder made above.


Give it a try, and surely you'll find a new way its useful to you.

Image Search by TINEYE

Finally, after long wait is the Reverse Image Search. Yup, you are reading it right. Searching a image on internet and its pretty good till now.
They do comparison on based on image database they have.

As, on 19th August, 2010 they have indexed 1.7 billion images for comparions.
The TINEYE comes as a extesnions for almost all browser and its simple to use. You need a find a image just install the extension (required once) and then right click the image you need to search and click search image on tin-eye, and bingo! you will have a new tab with links of pages where the same image is there on web. Wasn't that easy.
Right now TINEYE is capable of searching image of format JPEG,GIF and PNG formats.



A powerful image search by same company is PixID which is not available for free, still for normal users TINEYE is a blessing.

Height of Validations

Recently while writing a mail, I accidently encountered a cool validation by gmail.
Lets have a demo. I'm writing a mail with text "The file is attached"
Now, without attaching a file I clicked on send and ...........
it gives a alert box that you haven't attached a file as it scanned words "is attached" !

A new Facebook BUG!

Facebook these days after millions of user are facing lot of server problems and bugs. Still the number of users are increasing per day. No one is worried about their privacy or security? There chat is worst ever and was rated very bad by many websites and blogs.

Today, I was chatting with my friend and he was just trying to annoy me with lot of messages per second, woof there opened a hundred chat box on my browser. Now was it the browser problem or the Facebook's.
The bug can be used by lot of spammer's to hang the browser or irritate the users.