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Joke of the Day…” Computer Problem Fixing Report ” !!!

September 3, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Computer Problem Report Form

1. Describe your problem:

__________________________________________

2. Now, describe the problem accurately:

__________________________________________

3. Speculate wildly about the cause of the problem:

__________________________________________

4. Problem Severity:

A. Minor__

B. Minor__

C. Minor__

D. Trivial__

5. Nature of the problem:

A. Locked Up__

B. Frozen__

C. Hung__

D. Shot__

6. Is your computer plugged in?

Yes__ No__

7. Is it turned on?

Yes__ No__

8. Have you tried to fix it yourself?

Yes__ No__

9. Have you made it worse?

Yes__

10. Have you read the manual?

Yes__ No__

11. Are you sure you’ve read the manual?

Yes__ No__

12. Are you absolutely certain you’ve read the manual?

No__

13. Do you think you understood it?

Yes__ No__

14. If `Yes’ then why can’t you fix the problem yourself? __________________________________________

15. How tall are you? Are you above this line?

__________________________________________

16. What were you doing with your computer at the time the problem occurred?

__________________________________________

17. If “nothing” explain why you were logged in.

__________________________________________

18. Are you sure you aren’t imagining the problem?

Yes__ No__

19. How does this problem make you feel?

__________________________________________

20. Tell me about your childhood.

__________________________________________

21. Do you have any independent witnesses of the problem?

Yes__ No__

22. Can’t you do something else, instead of bothering me?

Yes__

Thank you for taking the time to fill out our Computer Problems Form. Please allow 1-week response time so that the problem will resolve its self or you will reboot your computer, most likely resolving the issue.

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Message For the Day…” Have your Heart Purified..and Get Supreme Wisdom “

September 3, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Remember, hands that serve are greater than the lips that pray. Real humanness consists in dedicating oneself to the spirit of service. Quantity does not matter; quality of service counts. Whatever you do, do it wholeheartedly and spontaneously. The primary requisite is purification of the heart (Chittha Shuddhi). When your heart is purified, you get Supreme Wisdom (Jnana siddhi) and you can dedicate all actions in a spirit of detachment. Divine love can be secured only by dedicated service. God responds bounteously to your offer. For a handful of parched rice given to Krishna Kuchela got in return limitless prosperity. Draupadi was REWARDED likewise. How can you receive God’s love if you do not love Him? God’s Grace is like a bank. You can draw money from that bank only to the extent to which you have built up deposits through Tyaga (sacrifice). Earn God’s grace through love and sacrifice.

Sathya Sai Baba

Image of the Day… Sapphire…Birthstone For September Born Babies !!!

September 2, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

The sapphire, birthstone for September, is a relative of July’s birthstone, ruby. Like ruby, it is a form of the mineral corundum, a normally drab grey mineral. Red corundum is called the ruby, while all other gem quality forms of corundum are called sapphires.

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Typically, sapphires appear as blue stones, ranging from very pale blue to deep indigo, due to the presence of small amounts of titanium and iron within the crystal structure. The most valued shade of blue is the medium-deep cornflower blue. Sapphires also occur in other natural colors and tints – colorless, gray, yellow, pale pink, orange, green, violet and brown – called fancy sapphires. These different colors are caused by different kinds of impurities within the crystal. For example, yellow sapphires get their color from ferric iron, and colorless gems have no contaminants.

The biggest source of sapphires world-wide is Australia, especially New South Wales and Queensland. Found in alluvial deposits of weathered basalt, Australian sapphires typically are blue stones with a dark and inky appearance. Kashmir, in India, used to be a well-known source of the cornflower-blue stones. In the United States, a major source is the Yogo Gulch Mine in Montana that mostly yields small stones for industrial use.

The word sapphire has its roots in several ancient languages: the Arabic safir, the Latinsapphirus (meaning blue), and the Greek word sappheiros for the island of Sappherine in the Arabian Sea where sapphires were found in ancient Grecian times. Ancient Persians called sapphire the “Celestial Stone.” It was the gem of Apollo, Greek God of prophesy and was worn by worshipers visiting his shrine in Delphi to seek his help. It was used by ancient Etruscans as far back as the 7th century B.C.

The sapphire was said to represent the purity of the soul. Before and during the Middle Ages, it was worn by priests as protection from impure thoughts and temptations of the flesh. Medieval kings of Europe valued these stones for rings and brooches, believing that it protected them from harm and envy. Warriors presented their young wives with sapphire necklaces so they would remain faithful. It was believed that the stone’s color would darken if worn by an adulterer or adulteress, or by an unworthy person.

Sapphires were once believed to be protection against snakes. It was said that if poisonous reptiles and spiders were placed in a jar containing the stone, the creatures would immediately die. The French of the 13th century believed that sapphire transformed stupidity to wisdom, and irritability to good temper.

One of the most famous sapphires rests on the Imperial State Crown, worn by Queen Victoria in 1838. It resides in the British Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. This gem is called the St. Edward’s Sapphire because it once belonged to Edward the Confessor, who wore the stone on a ring during his coronation in 1042.

Find out about the birthstones for the other months of the year:
January birthstone
February birthstone
March birthstone
April birthstone
May birthstone
July birthstone
August birthstone
September birthstone
October birthstone
November birthstone
December birthstone

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இலை விபூதியின் மகிமை…

September 2, 2014September 2, 2014Natarajan1 Comment

இலை விபூதியின் மகிமை

“அபஸ்மார குஷ்டக்ஷ்யார்ச ப்ரமேஹ
ஜ்வரோந்மாத குல்மாதிரோகா மஹாந் தஹ
பிசாசஸ்ச சர்வே பவத் பத்ரபூதிம்
விலோக்ய க்ஷணாத் தாரகாரே த்ரவந்தே”

பொருள்
“தாரகாசுரனை வதம் செய்தவனே! வலிப்பு, காசம், குஷ்டம், சுரம், மேகவெட்டை, குடல்புண், புற்றுநோய், பிசாசு மற்றும் மனப்பயம் எனும் நோய்களனைத்தும் பன்னீர் இலையில் வைத்துத் தரப்படும் உன் திருநீற்றைப் பார்த்த மாத்திரத்தில் பறந்தோடி மறைந்துவிடும்.”

ஆதி சங்கரர், திருச்செந்தூரில் பாடிய சுப்ரமண்ய புஜங்கத்தில் இவ்வாறு குறிப்பிடுகிறார். பார்த்த மாத்திரத்திலேயே நோய்களைப் பறக்கடிக்கும் என்று அவர் குறிப்பிடும் ‘பத்ர பூதி’ என்பது என்ன?

விபூதியின் வரலாறு
‘பத்ர’ என்பது இலை. பூதி என்பது நீறு. செந்திலாண்டவன் திருக்கோயிலில் இறைவனது பிரசாதமாகிய திருநீறு, பன்னீர் இலையில் வைத்துத் தரப்படுகிறது. இதன் மணமே தனித்தன்மை உடையதாக இருக்கும்.

இலையினால் விபூதியின் மணம் இன்னும் அதிகரிக்கிறதோ என்று கூடத் தோன்றுகிறது. என்னவானாலும் சரி, இலை விபூதியில் செந்திலாண்டவனின் அருள் மணம் வீசுகிறது என்பதுதான் நிஜம்.

இலை விபூதியின் வரலாறு, என்னவென்று பார்ப்போம். செந்தூரில் சூரபத்மாதியர்களை ஒடுக்கிவிட்டு கடற்கரையில் கலங்கரை விளக்கம் போன்று ஒளி வீசி நின்றான் முருகப் பெருமான். அவனது பெருமையைத் துதித்த வேதங்களனைத்தும் ஒன்று சேர்ந்து செந்திலோனின் மகிமையை விளக்கும் பன்னீர் மரங்களாக இவ்விடத்தில் தோன்றின.

எனவே இவற்றின் இலைகளும் வேத மந்திர சக்தியை உடையவை என்கிறது புராணம். பன்னீர் இலையில் பத்திரப்படுத்தப்படும் விபூதியிலும் வேத மந்திர சக்திகள் நிறைந்து விடுகின்றன.தவிர, பன்னீர் இலையில் காணப்படும் 12 நரம்புகள் முருகனது பன்னிரு கரங்களை நினைவூட்டுவனவாக அமைந்துள்ளன.

தாடகை எனும் பெண்ணை ராமபிரான் மூலமாக வதம் செய்த காரணத்தினால் தனக்கு ஏற்பட்ட குன்மம் முதலான நோய்கள் தீர, ராமபிரான் தன் கனவில் கூறியபடி, செந்திலாண்டவன் இலை விபூதியைத் தரித்துக் கொண்டு நோய்கள் நீங்கப் பெற்றார் விசுவாமித்திர மகரிஷி.

ஆதி சங்கரரும் செந்திலாண்டவனின் நீறும்
ஆதி சங்கரரது வாழ்விலும் இலை விபூதி மகிமையை விளக்குவதான ஒரு சம்பவம் ஏற்பட்டது. அவருடன் ஏற்பட்ட வாதங்களில் தோற்ற அபிநவகுப்தர் என்பவர், ஆபிசார வேள்வி செய்து சங்கரருக்கு உடலை வருத்தும் நோய் உண்டாகச் செய்து விட்டார்.

அக்காலத்தில் அவர் வட கர்நாடகாவிலுள்ள கோகர்ணத் திருத்தலத்தில் தங்கி வழிபாடு செய்து வந்தார். ஒரு நாள் இரவு, இறைவன் அவர் கனவில் தோன்றி, “என் குமாரன் ஷண்முகன் குடியிருக்கும் புண்ணியத் தலமான செயந்திபுரம் எனும் திருச்செந்தூர் சென்று அவனைத் தரிசித்தால் உன் நோய் முற்றிலுமாக நீங்கப் பெறுவாய்” என்று கூறினார். உறங்கி எழுந்து பார்த்த சங்கரரின் அருகில் விபூதி இருந்தது.

கோகர்ணேஸ்வரர் ஆணைப்படி, செந்தூர் வந்தடைந்தார், ஆதிசங்கரர். கடலில் நீராடி, பின் இறைவன் சன்னதியில் மனமுருகி நின்றபோது, ஆதிசேஷனாகிய பாம்பு ஊர்ந்து ஊர்ந்து இறைவன் சன்னதியை அடைந்ததைக் கண்டார். அதே நேரம் அவருக்கும் இறை தரிசனம் கிட்டியது.

அவன் அருளாலே, மடை திறந்த வெள்ளம் போல அவர் திருவாயிலிருந்து சுலோகங்கள் வெளிவந்தன. வடமொழியில் பாம்பைப் புஜங்கம் என்பர். வடமொழி இலக்கணப்படி, புஜங்க விருத்தமாக அமைந்தன பாடல்கள். பாடி முடித்து இலை விபூதியைப் பெற்று அணிந்து கொண்ட சங்கரருக்கு வெகு விரைவில் நோய் குணமாயிற்று.

தெய்வ அவதாரமாகக் கருதப்படும் ஆதிசங்கரர் நினைத்திருந்தால், தானே நோயை விரட்டி இருக்க முடியும்.ஆனால் மானுட அவதாரத்தில், அத்துயரை, தானே அனுபவித்து உலகோருக்குப் பத்ர பூதியின் பெருமையை வெளிப்படுத்த அவர் நிகழ்த்திய திருவிளையாடலே இது என்று கூறலாம்.

விபூதியே கூலி
சுமார் 350 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன் திருவாவடுதுறை ஆதீனத்தைச் சேர்ந்த ஸ்ரீலஸ்ரீ தேசிகமூர்த்தி தம்பிரானவர்கள் செந்தூர் மேலக் கோபுரத்தை நிர்மாணித்தார். பொருள் பற்றாக் குறை ஏற்படவே, கூலியாட்களுக்குக் கூலிக்குப் பதிலாக இலை விபூதியைக் கொடுத்து, தூண்டுகை விநாயகர் கோயிலைத் தாண்டிச் சென்றபின் திறந்து பார்க்கும்படிக் கூறினாராம். அதன்படி திறந்து பார்த்தபோது, தத்தம் வேலைக்குரிய கூலி வைக்கப்பட்டிருப்பதைப் பார்த்து மெய் சிலிர்த்தனர் என்கிறது கோயில் வரலாறு.

திருச்செந்தூர் பிள்ளைத்தமிழ் பாடிய பகழிக் கூத்தர் வாழ்விலும் இலை விபூதி பெரும் அற்புதத்தை நிகழ்த்தியது. தீராத வயிற்று வலியால் துடித்த அவரது கனவில் கோயிலில் பூஜை செய்யும் உரிமையுடைய திரிசுதந்திரர் போல ஒருவர் தோன்றினார்.

“என் புகழைப் பிள்ளைத் தமிழால் பாடு, உன் நோய் குணமாகும்” என்று கூறி இலை விபூதியைக் கையில் கொடுத்திட்டு மறைந்தாராம். உரையாசிரியர் குகஸ்ரீ ரசபதி அவர்கள், திருச்செந்தூர் பிள்ளைத்தமிழ் உரையில் இதுபற்றி விரிவாகக் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார்.

கந்தர் கலி வெண்பா பாடிய குமரகுருபரரின் சரித்திரத்தை எழுதியருளிய வித்வான் மீனாட்சி சுந்தரம் பிள்ளை அவர்கள், செந்தூர் ஆலயத்தில் அர்ச்சகர்கள் இலை விபூதிப் பிரசாதத்தை எடுத்து வழங்குவதைக் குமரகுருபரர், தான் கண்டபடி அழகாகப் பாடியுள்ளார்.

“இலையமில் குமரவேள் முன் வணங்குவார்க்கு என்றும் துன்பம்
இலை.அடுபகை சற்றேனும் இலை.படுபிணி நிரப்பும்
இலை,அளற்றுழன்று வீழ்தல் இலை,பல பவத்துச் சார்பும்
இலை என இலை விபூதி எடுத்தெடுத்துதவல் கண்டார்”
என்று பாடுகிறார்.

விபூதியின் மகிமையைப் பாடவந்த அருணகிரிநாதரும்,
“ஆறுமுகம் ஆறுமுகம் ஆறுமுகம்
ஆறுமுகம் ஆறுமுகம் ஆறுமுகம் என்றுபூதி
ஆகமணி மாதவர்கள் பாதமலர் சூடும் அடியார்கள்
பதமே துணையதென்று…”

என்று பாடுகிறார். நாமும் “ஆறுமுகம்” என்று ஆறு முறை ஓதி இலை விபூதியைத் தரித்து செந்திலாண்டவன் திருவருளுக்குப் பாத்திரமாவோமாக.

Source:::: நன்றி: 2013 மார்ச் மாத ஞான ஆலயம் and murugan.org and சித்ரா மூர்த்தி, Chennai

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Rice Bucket Challenger gets UN Award !!!

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My earlier blogpost on this story is linked up below for your ready ref.

https://natarajank.com/2014/08/24/here-is-indias-answer-to-ice-bucket-challenge-it-is-rice-bucket-challenge/

Manjulatha Kalanidhi, a 38-year-old Hyderabad resident who created a buzz online by creating the ‘rice bucket challenge (based on the ALS ice bucket challenge), has been honoured with the Karmaveer Chakra Award and the Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship by iCONGO, an international confederation of NGOs, and the United Nations.

The awards are given for doing something small, yet significant, to make a difference in the world.

“The award shall be given to Ms. Manju on March, 23, 2015 at an august gathering in New Delhi, where she shall be felicitated and recognised as a Karmaveer Hero with some other heroes from around the world,” Jeroninio Almeida, founder of iCONGO told The Hindu in an email.

Ms. Manjulatha’s initiative will be promoted by agencies in a global scale. Apart from this, she will be featured in the second edition of iCONGO’s book Karma Kurry. The organisation is slated to sign a DEAL to sell 12 crore copies.

Speaking about the award, an excited Ms. Manjulatha said: “I’m extremely happy to learn that rice bucket challenge was chosen for Karmaveer Chakra Award and fellowship. I’m planning to associate with some NGOs such as Goonj and GiveIndia to channelize the charity potential and take the idea forward. This award would expand my horizon and give the necessary push to the initiative.”

There has been a tremendous response to the idea across the country and media within a week after The Hindu broke the story on Ms. Manjulatha’s innovative way of feeding the poor. The web page has been viewed by over 5 lakh people and according to Ms. Manjulatha over 10,000 kg of rice has been donated to beneficiaries.

While Tollywood actor-cum-producer Pradeep has already distributed rice in a big way, Bollywood diva Priyanka Chopra too endorsed the challenge in one of her recent interviews. The Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Goa, too has decided to do its bit for the initiative from September 2 to 7.

Keywords: Manjulatha Kalanidhi, Rice Bucket Challenge, United Nations award,

Source::::The Hindu.com

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Anand Shimpi Heading towards Apple ?….

September 2, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

A day after announcing his retirement from writing, it’s come to light that veteran journalist Anand Shimpi will soon be joining Apple. The move, which was first reported by Re/codeearlier today, was confirmed by the company.

Shimpi spent 17 years building the site AnandTech, focusing mostly on reviews of hardware and along the way providing detailed info on products from Apple and other consumer electronics manufacturers. But after so many years covering those products, he’ll now be going inside Apple to work for the company.

We’re not sure what Shimpi will be doing for Apple, but based on his deep knowledge of its products he’ll probably be working in some sort of strategy role. While he moves on, AnandTech will continue to publish, with the site being run by new editor-in-chief Ryan Smith.

Message For the Day…” God is, as Butter in Milk, …”

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There are people who go about declaring that there is no God because they are unable to see Him. They say that they have searched in space, on the way to the moon, and even on the moon there was no sign of the Almighty. But they themselves are the mansions in which He resides, all the time! Like the blind bamboozling the blind into a fall, others too repeat like parrots this ‘fashionable slogan’. No one sees the roots, but the roots are indeed there, deep in the soil, away from all eyes. Can you assert that there are no roots for trees, that nothing feeds them or upholds them from below? God feeds, sustains, holds firm – though unseen, He can be seen by those who make the effort, along the lines laid down for the purpose by those who have succeeded in experiencing Him. God is, as butter in milk, visible when concretized by spiritual striving (Sadhana).

Sathya Sai Baba

Image of the Day….Pioneer 11 Swept Past Sun On This Date in 1979 !!!

September 1, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

September 1, 1979. On this date, NASA’s Pioneer 11 came within 13,000 miles (21,000 kilometers) of Saturn, making it the first spacecraft ever to sweep closely past that place. The spacecraft found a new ring for Saturn – now called the “F” ring – and also a new moon, Epimetheus. There were two Pioneer spacecraft. They were used to investigate Saturn’s rings and determine if a trajectory through the rings was safe for the upcoming Voyager visits. They paved the way for the even-more-sophisticated Voyager spacecraft, which were launched in 1977.

Image credit: NASA/Ames

Scientists said that Pioneer 11 also enabled them to get a sense of Saturn’s internal composition. It had long been realized that Saturn is not very dense; if you could find an ocean large enough hold it, it would float on water. Pioneer 11 showed Saturn likely has a relatively small core for an outer gas giant world – only 10 times Earth’s mass – and that the planet is mostly liquid hydrogen.

Pioneer 11 is still sailing away from Earth, even though its transmissions died several years ago. As far as scientists know, it’s off towards the center of our Milky Way galaxy, that is, generally in the direction of our constellation Sagittarius.

Botton line: On September 1, 1979, Pioneer 11 came closest to Saturn.

Source::::: Earth sky news

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Anand Shimpy … One of the Most Influential Tech. Industry Experts…

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Anand Shimpi is one of the most influential tech industry figures you’ve never heard of.

ANAND SHIMPI

From his start as a teenager building PCs for students and faculty at a college in his hometown of Raleigh, North Carolina, he’s become one of the semiconductor industry’s most closely watched reviewers. His website, AnandTech.com, is all about product performance, plain and simple.

Shimpi measures exactly how fast the latest Intel processor really is, how quickly that graphics chip will render the latest video game, how long that laptop battery will last.

At age 30, Shimpi is courted by technology executives and followed by Wall Street analysts keen to hear his well-informed product views. He briefs Intel executives, dines with Asian PC executives and commands a loyal following of tech enthusiasts, with AnandTech.com drawing 12 million unique visitors per month.

His workbench at his home in Raleigh is cluttered with high-end storage drives, laptops and recently released tablets, one of them playing a Harry Potter movie in an endless loop. A storage room is filled with hundreds of other products shipped to him over the years, and he says UPS drops more gear off almost every day.

“All of this is used in one form or another,” Shimpi says, gesturing toward the stacks of equipment.

Poor marks in one of his so-called benchmark reviews, focusing strictly on performance data, can mean trouble for a new product.

And because Shimpi amasses performance data on a wide range of chips and other products, he sometimes has more insight in certain areas than companies’ own design engineers, said Alex Mei, chief marketing officer for enterprise storage vendor OCZ Technology.

“His criticism carries more weight,” said Mei. “He really has a bead on what his readers are looking for.”

Indeed, OCZ altered the design of a solid-state drive a couple years ago to take into account Shimpi’s suggestions about how customers would likely use the product.

AnandTech is not alone in the benchmark review business; sites including The Tech Report and Tom’s Hardware have a similar obsession with performance data, though smaller followings.

But many chip executives, Wall Street investors and technically minded consumers see Shimpi’s meticulously collected test results as the most authoritative and highly trustable.

Dozens of widely read blogs write more subjective – and often more easily digestible – reviews of laptops, phones and tablets based to a large degree on how much the reviewer likes the product. Increasingly, those reviewers conduct limited tests of their own, using “off the shelf” benchmark tools.

Still others make mention of Shimpi’s data, painstakingly collected using proprietary tests he has developed over the years.

“We have known Anand for a long time,” Jonney Shih, chairman of the big Taiwanese computer-maker Asus, told Reuters by email. “We definitely share a passion for technology and we respect his in-depth knowledge and the thorough testing that he does.”

HOBBYISTS GO PRO

Today, reviewers are turning to benchmark tests to evaluate the chips, touch screens and batteries in the latest tablets and smarpthones, a fast-growing market in which Apple, Samsung, Intel, Qualcomm and others are competing fiercely.

But the niche business made its mark during the personal computer boom of the 1990s, when chipmakers fought for bragging rights about everything from clock speeds to latency.

Developing scientific ways to verify manufacturers’ claims and compare the performance of motherboards, processors and other components became a hobby among a small group of tech enthusiasts.

Data was compiled in reviews and posted on websites where they were read by legions of other technophiles, who in turn have become an important target for tech industry marketers.

“They’re the decision makers, influencers, guys who work in IT jobs during the day and play games at night, that people go to for advice when they have questions about technology,” Chris Angelini, who started reviewing PC parts while at college and is now editor of Tom’s Hardware, said of his readers.

As they gained attention in the industry, the benchmark reviewers grew more sophisticated – and attracted yet more attention from industry watchers.

Stock analysts, for one, have come to rely on the data when projecting product sales.

“We don’t have tools to go out and measure these things ourselves, so we depend on independent third parties to take the devices and tell us things like what does the performance look like and how does it stack up relative to the competition,” said Shawn Webster, a chip analyst at Macquarie.

This year, stock analysts have cited AnandTech measurements in more than 70 reports about Intel, Nvidia and other chipmakers.

With AnandTech attracting a large, specialized audience of cutting edge techies, it has plenty of advertising. The website has more than a dozen reviewers and editors, and has done well enough to make Shimpi a wealthy man.

The rise of smartphones and tablets has presented some new challenges to performance testers, but those devices have also created demand for more reviews. Shimpi believes he can continue to prosper by sticking to a simple mantra.

“What are they not telling me?” he regularly asks, referring to the companies whose devices he tests.

HARRY POTTER

Shimpi recently demonstrated how he works, running scripted videogame sequences on a MacBook Air to test the performance of its graphics chip. That’s just one example of several tests he runs on each device he reviews. The Harry Potter movie playing over and over on a Google Nexus 7 tablet was part of a test to document its battery life.

Shimpi carries out measurements several times for each device, with the results feeding spreadsheets with thousands of data points. It’s a never-ending process as Shimpi adds new products to his database and runs new benchmarks on older ones.

Chip executives have embraced the most professional of the benchmark reviewers and ship them samples of their new products, often ahead of their release. In return, they get objective feedback.

“We literally go into every review site in the world we can find, and our teams read the reviews, and they decide internally whether it was a good review for us or a good review for the competition,” Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive of chipmaker Nvidia, told investors at a conference in May.

To make sure his reviews are ready in time for product launches, Shimpi pulls all-nighters and lays out his testing gear in hotel rooms during his frequent travels.

“If you put in an honest seven days of work – I’m not saying eight hours a day or less, I’m saying if you don’t sleep for a couple of nights, and that’s all you live and breath and do – I think it’s possible to deliver a good review within that seven-day period,” Shimpi said.

“Anything less and you start making sacrifices.”

Evaluating PC processors is a matter of connecting them to one of the motherboards on Shimpi’s table and running standard tests established over a decade ago. Testing the components in a mobile device like an iPad is trickier because it cannot easily be opened up and tinkered with.

To adapt, reviewers are resorting to some decidedly low-tech tools like stopwatches and cameras to measure the quality of tablet displays, how quickly web pages load, and battery life.

EARLY START

Soon after his start in high school building PCs for students and faculty at Saint Augustine’s College in Raleigh, where his father taught computer science, Shimpi created a website and started writing about components. He quickly gained a following with a rapidly growing niche of PC enthusiasts.

“I would build the PC for free and then say I want to review this stuff before I give you your computer,” Shimpi said. “As I got popular, a couple of resellers wanted to put ads on my site. So I gave them ad spots in return for more hardware to review.”

As the website grew, Shimpi started getting invitations to visit with companies and attend trade shows. Self-conscious about his age, he wore suits to meetings.

AnandTech soon made the teenager financially independent. He went on to study computer engineering at North Carolina State University while continuing to build his business.

Today he stills wears a suit to meetings and trade shows – sometimes accompanied by sneakers. He deliberately maintains a distance between his personal life and the tech world, even if that means frequent, long flights to Silicon Valley to visit chip execs.

His sprawling house, which he had built, includes a storage room for the parts companies have sent him over the years. It also includes a professional-quality home theater, carefully designed with the help of a reader and controlled by a computer Shimpi cobbled together for the task.

Plastic guitars and drums – the virtual instruments of the Rock Band videogame – are strewn across a sofa but Shimpi complains that he and his girlfriend, a sculptor who lives with him, are too busy to play much.

He takes phone calls from investors who pay him for his advice and spends more and more time hunkered down with design engineers. But Shimpi says his main focus will remain AnandTech’s readers – the sort of tech fans who spend hours reading up on new products before deciding which to buy.

“I don’t care so much how this affects the companies,” Shimpi said. “They’re going to be okay. It’s the guy putting $200 down that he worked really hard for, and some guy he’s never met is telling him he should do that. They’re the reason I get to do this.”

Anand Lal Shimpy ….Young Achiever too…

Anand Lal Shimpi started AnandTech as a hobby when he was a 14 year old.It was hosted on a Geosites website.The website which was started in 1997 is now counted as the leading web resource on computer hardware.In 2005,AnandTech REGISTERED

50million page views per month.He was featured in Fortune magazine and USA Today.Besides,he has authored a book AnandTech Guide to PC Gaming Hardware.

Source::::Reuters | By Noel Randewich …and alldigitalguide.blogspot.in

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