SMS Dictionary

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)
(A Government of India Enterprise)
Office of the Chief General Manager Telecom., Karnataka Circle,
No.1, Swamy Vivekananda Road, Halasuru, Bangalore – 560008.

Direct Recruitment for Telecom Technical Assistant (TTA) competitive examination on 15th & 16th December, 2007.

Closing date for receipt of applications : 22/10/2007

Bharat Sanchar Niagam Limited, Karnataka Telecom Circle will recruit about 448 posts of Telecom Technical Assistants (TTAs) in 19 different Secondary Switching Areas (SSAs) (SSA wise details of post is given in detailed advertisement)

Qualification : Applicant must posses as on 22/10/2007, Three Years Engineering Diploma in Telecommunications Engineering / Electronics Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Radio Engineering /
Computer Engineering / Instruments Technology / M.Sc.(Electronics) from a recognized Institution/ University.

Age : 18 to 27 years as on 22/20/07. Relaxation as per rules.

Pay Scale : Rs. 7100-10100/- IDA pattern.

Application Fee : Demand Draft for Rs. 500/- (SC/ST/PH candidates exempted) is also to be drawn against the same Sr.Accounts officer/ Accounts officer of the respective SSA only and to be enclosed along with the application.

Last Date : last date of submission of completely filled application is 22/10/2007 in the concerned SSA (GMTDs/TDMs)

For more information and application form, please see http://www.karnataka.bsnl.co.in/recruitement%20of%20TTA%20.pdf

I was pissed off when I saw this alert message repeatedly after I tried opening orkut in my IE. Yes, there was a WORM attack in my laptop.

Later I came to know that this was caused by a worm that spreads through USB drive devices.

So, here is how I cleaned it up! (definitely not on my own but from yahoo answers and fellow bloggers – Herewith, I am giving a simplified, kinda mixed solution from more sites that worked good for me! )

- I, being provoked by my level-headed 3_years_IT_experience (yup!! yesterday, september 6th 2007, I successfully stepped into 4th year of my computer engineering career ), intelligently(??!!) switched off my javascript alert in browser thinking that it would be a temporary solution so that I can look for a permanent clean up. But it did not work.

- My set up is Win XP with IE7. For users who have browsers without tabs, you will have to copy this solution out into a text editor before trying since the browser gets closed automatically after the alert message pops up. For people with IE7 / Mozilla / Netscape 8, the browser will pop up a message if you have opened up multiple tabs whether to close ‘em all or not. you may give ‘no’ to retain the browser. But the alert will show up once in a while.

- Go to the task manager -> processes -> sort them by ‘Image Name’ -> delete all the ’svchost.exe’ with your user name under the ‘User Name’. DO NOT delete other ’svchost.exe’ tabs that has usernames as ’system, local service or network
service’

- Start -> Run -> C:\heap41a – this is a hidden folder. There will be some 8 visible files. Delete all the files in this folder.

- If you are not able to view/access this folder, then Start -> Run -> regedit ->

In the Registry Editor browse to this entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL and if you have “Checked all” key, then reset it back to 1 from 2. Now you can change the settings in the folders option to view hidden files.

- Now delete the folder C:\heap41a and clear all the key entries from this registry entry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run which says heap41a.

The Worm would have gone by now. Autoplaying the USB driver caused this WORM to get into the reading computer. Make sure to format the USB drive before using it again. The name of this WORM is ‘w32.USBWorm’

This alerts us when we try to work with Mozilla or try to browse through Orkut and youtube sites

You can find a more elaborate explaination with code of the WORM here – http://www.jeba.in/posts/w32usbworm-lets-remove-this-worm-manually/

back to blogging! eventhough I was not writing anything these days, I used to check how people reach my blog (yep, I am little curious about that). About half my visitors come through google. Some searches like ’smooching beaches in chennai’ had also led people to my site and I just thought that it would be a good idea to give people details about some nice places where (ahoy, stop guessing, you dirty mind! that was a bad guess.. read on! it wasn’t really it ) I had basked some real good food in chennai. Apart from my JLT thought there are no big reasons why I’m commemorating this!
The list is in no specific order. In short, a HashSet with no particular hashing algorithm BTW, I am a veggie, but not a vegan.

I will start with the mobile parotta kadai which can be found somewhere near the IN gate of the ‘Le Royal’. One night, I along with my friend was searching for something to eat. It was so late and most restaurants had shut their doors. We had two options – The Le Royal and the Parotta Kadai. As I don’t like Le Royal’s restaurants, I opted the parotta for a change hehehe. ahem! whew, it was really dainty. loved it! 1 parotta costed 3 rupees. I ate just 6 that day I guess there should exist a canonical proportion of kathipara’s dust and carbon from vehicles in preparation which gave it a special taste anyways I liked it a lot!

Review:- purse saving, no need of purse infact. One can manage with coins . Bad spot for going as couple. Dont ever do that thinking off minnale! Boy, It aint that.

Next hot spot is Bombay Lassi behind Devi theatre. Lassis (NOT LASSIE ) are utterly butterly delicious and so are samosas. Never miss this one if you are a food freak. I even have had 3 Lassis(NOT LASSIES again ) in a row amidst of the strange looks from the owner himself

Review:- Must go

Desire Chettinad restaurant next to kasi theatre(before the BSNL office) is one worth mentioning. It is a perfect blend of a road side shop and chettinad hotel. So, money is OK and the taste is great.

Review:- ****

Dosa kadai in pondi bazaar near vivekananda training institute is already famous. We can see people even with cars hanging out there in the evening. It has got a made up car parking, but still it is a road kadai. taste was good once upon a time. Now that, he has started concentrating much on quality which eventually slimmed down the taste.

Review:- This could be a minnale style road side shop. you can go with your gf in bike / car / walk down / cycle wateva. no harms there in particular.

‘Hotel Limras’ on the way to vepery from purasawalkam, under the overbridge, near purasawalkam mosque is one famous shop in that area specializing in beef. My friends said it was good. I ate only egg and found it good too.

Review:- this is for hardcore non-veggies

Mami’s soups in west mambalam market – the next gen snack parlour in west mambalam area. Kondal kadalai and varieties of soups ranging from 5 to 10 rupees are worthy and good for health. this will serve as a better evening snack bar when compared to tea kadais.

Review:- health conscious fellas hit this out

Mylapore moorthy mess opposite to Mylapore flying station is the HSB of the poor. It is neat, it is clean, it is tasty, it is veg and it is cheap. 10 idlies costs about 15 rupees with three chutnies. It is a start-up.

Review:- Simply Veggie

Although the list is incomplete, this should be kinda OK for now. will try to post more in the future…
Please leave your favourite Road kadai shops too will give it a try sometime

I purchased an Airtel Wireless USB Modem last week for a whooping Rs.5700. Practically, I had no other choice as I didn’t have Airtel’s DSL service in the area I live in and BSNL had a wait time of nearly 2 months. (when will the incumbent telecom service providers learn that service not provided on time is service lost). So, I bought the Airtel USB Modem and subscribed for the unlimited data plan (Rs.999 + taxes). My experience with the modem is as follows:

Configuration: The box comes with the required CD and installation of the software and the modem is a breeze. Absolutely no problems at all with the installation. It takes about 24-48 hours to get the SIM card activated, but once that is done there is no problem with the installation or modem connectivity.

One potential problem that I envisage with users having an USB based “Active Key” to connect to their VPN networks is that, they won’t be able to use both the USB ports for the modem and this leads to a significant drop in speed.

Connectivity: I have been using this modem for nearly 10 days and there hasn’t been a single instance when the modem has refused to connect or dropped the connection. So, as far as uptime and connection reliability is concerned, the modem is wonderful. Even on the move the modem operates without any issues.

Speed: Browsing seems to work reasonably well, but still far slower that what my 128Kbps DSL connection could achieve. But, so far browsing has been restricted to text sites and I haven’t even ventured into viewing videos on youtube etc. So, I don’t have much idea about how the browsing experience will be on media content.

The highest download speed I have managed so far is only 2.4KBps (19.2Kbps). I have tried using the modem at different times to check if there is significant difference in speed, but so far I haven’t been able to observe much difference. 2.4KBps is the fastest I have been able to get so far. This is as pathetic as it can get.

The wireless modem works on Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE) protocol for data transmission. By theory EDGE should be able to support upto 236.8Kbps on the 4 Receiver (Rx) timeslots. Airtel provides 4 Rx timeslots and 2 Tx timeslots and theoretically 296Kbps (236.4Kbps Rx and 59.1 Kbps Tx) can be achieved (Airtel only allows for 5 slots to be active at any time). That is nearly 44Kilobytes/sec. This is tremendous speed and if even half of this is achieved then the experience can be really good. But, what I have got so far has not even been 10% of this speed. Actual data rates will be much lesser than the rates mentioned above as these rates include the security data, CRC’s and the FEC’s transmitted. So, even assuming that only 70% of the mentioned speed is what is possible for actual data transmission, the data rates that I have got are bad.

Also, when the software is installed and the connection is established, a box will pop-up near the system tray and say “Connected at 230.4Kbps”. Don’t get happy seeing this box as it is talking about the speed from the UART to USB. The serial port is operating at the max. speed of 115baud and I think they are using 2 bits per symbol for better speeds. (Baud is different from bit rate).

All in all, I would say that it isn’t worth nearly Rs.6000. Buy this modem only if you need connectivity on the move and there is absolutely no other option. Reliance is another provider who is offering wireless data cards/modem, but I haven’t been able to find much info about their service so far. And a couple of friends who use the Reliance connection have been facing connectivity issues. So, if connectivity is the biggest driver then this modem is a worthy investment. If you wanna just browse the web then I would suggest that you look for other options.

BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED
( A Govt. of India Enterprise )
Office of Chief General Manager Telecom, Punjab Circle, Sanchar Sadan, Sector-34A, Chandigarh-160022.

Applications in the prescribed form are invited from the eligible candidates for recruitment of 489 number of Telecom Technical Assistants by Punjab Telecom Circle for its various Secondary Switching Areas (SSAs) as per details given below:-

Name of post and its classification: Telecom Technical Assistant (Group `C` Non-Executive): 489 Posts

Amritsar: 50 Posts
Bathinda: 42
Chandigarh: 37
Ferozepur: 63
Hoshiarpur: 36
Jalandhar: 47
Ludhiana: 54
Pathankot: 44
Patiala: 56
Ropar: 18
Sangrur: 42
Scale of Pay ( IDA) : Rs.7,100-200-10,100 Plus allowances as admissible
Educational Qualifications:-
Three years Engineering Diploma in Telecommunications Engineering/Electronics Engineering/Electrical Engineering/Radio Engineering/Computer Engineering/ Instrument Technology from a recognized institution/university after 10th standard and Only those candidates, who have secured minimum 50% marks in Three Years Engineering Diploma will be eligible to apply. OR
The candidates possessing higher qualification like B.E and B.Tech. in the same streams as mentioned in `A` above are also eligible to appear in the above examination. OR

M.Sc.(Electronics) from a recognized institution/university.
Age : Between 18 and 27 years.
Last Date: 24.10.07
For full details please visit the official website of Punjab BSNL

http://www.punjab.bsnl.co.in/

Hilarious! BSNL service & faith of people on them…

I’m watching my favorite show (Koffee With Karan ) on TV, when the phone rings.

There’s a agitated lady on the phone.

Lady: “Hello? BSNL? My phone has not been working for….”

Me (interrupting) : “I think you have the wrong number” Lady: “Oh! I’m sorry…”

and I hang up the phone. 3 seconds later, it rings again. It’s the same lady.

Lady: “Hello? BSNL? My phone is not working…”

Me: “Ma’am, the number you are dialing is the wrong number!”, and hang up the phone.

I return to the TV show. It’s a juicy episode with Rakhee Savant, and she’s bitching about Kareena. And the phone rings again.

Lady: “Hello? BSNL? Listen, don’t play games with me, OK? I know this is the right number. Don’t try to avoid me. Do you know who I am?”

I realized that this lady was not going to let me watch the show unless someone listened to her complaint.

Me: “Welcome to BSNL’s automated fault booking service. To continue in English, press one.”

beep

The lady had actually pressed the ‘1? on her dial pad. Interesting. I thought I’d have some fun.

Me: “To register a complaint, please press the last 5 digits of your Driving License number after the beep. BEEP”

I can hear the lady furiously rummaging through her bag looking for her Driving License. After a while

beep-beep-beep-beep-beep

She had actually found it pretty fast.

Me: “Because of all the SPAM we have been receiving, we will now perform a check to see if you are human. Please enter the result of 35 multiplied by 4 divided by 12?

I can hear the lady shouting out to someone in the background.

Lady: “Prakash, quick! What is 35 times 4 by 12?”

Prakash: “What? Why do you need that?” Lady: “I’m registering a complaint for our dead phone”

Prakash (sounding somewhat confused): “But why would you need…”

Lady: “JUST ANSWER THE DAMN QUESTION”

Prakash: “err..it’s…aaaa…elevent point….errr…”

beep-beep

The lady actually enters 1-1 on the dial pad.

Me: “Your complaint has been registered. Thank you for calling BSNL”

The lady sounds pleased. I can hear her speaking to “Prakash”

Lady: “I like BSNL. They have such a high tech system. They didn’t even have to ask me for the number of our landline that is dead. Cool!”

BSNL.
Homepage
Session Mode Permanent.
GPRS Access Point (APN)
IP Address 10.100.3.2
Authentication Type Normal.
Username / Password (Leave Blank)

IDEA GPRS.
Homepage http://www.ideafresh.com
Session Mode Permanent.
GPRS Access Point (APN) imis
IP Address 10.4.42.15
Authentication Type Normal.
Username / Password (Leave Blank)

HUTCH GPRS.
Homepage http://www.hutchworld.co.in
Session Mode Permanent.
GPRS Access Point (APN) portalnmms
IP Address 10.10.1.100
Authentication Type Normal.
Username / Password (Leave Blank)

AIRTEL GPRS.
Homepage http://www.google.com
Session Mode Permanent.
GPRS Access Point (APN) airtelgprs.com
IP Address 202.56.231.117
Authentication Type Normal.
Username / Password (Leave Blank)