Solution of “hoe requires RubyGems version >= 1.3.1″ problem

gem uninstall rubygems-update

#Then

gem install rubygems-update -v 1.3.4

update_rubygems

#Then you can install hoe

gem install hoe

Reference: http://soft-dev-pro.blogspot.com/2009/07/update-rubygems.html

Changing MySQL root user password using MySQL sql command

1) Login to mysql server, type following command at shell prompt:

$ mysql -u root -p

2) Use mysql database (type command at mysql> prompt):

mysql> use mysql;

3) Change password for user vivek:

mysql> update user set password=PASSWORD("NEWPASSWORD") where User=’vivek’;

4) Reload privileges:

mysql> flush privileges;

mysql> quit

Prevent Tracking clicks on Google, Yahoo and Bing

A good article about preventing Google, Yahoo and Bing from tracking clicks on websites

http://cybernetnews.com/how-to-stop-google-yahoo-bing-from-tracking-your-clicks/

Hotmail and Live Mail POP Access Settings

• POP: pop3.live.com (port 995)
• SMTP: smtp.live.com (port 25)
  • Note: make sure you check the box that indicates that your outgoing server requires authentication (in most mail clients this is not checked by default).
• Username: your full email address
• Password: your Windows Live ID password

Sublime Text, a good text editor

Sublime Text is a sophisticated text editor for code, html and prose. You’ll love the slick user interface and extraordinary features.
try it here: http://www.sublimetext.com/

Creating shortcut for Outlook User Templates

Here is a good article about how to create a shortcut for user created templates:

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22_11-6129939.html

Recovery after Quick Format

A Friend of mine has faced the situation of formatting a wrong drive which contained many important data. After some search, here is a nice tool to solve the situation. The article, and images are taken from the website:

How to recover files after quick format?

Need to recover lost files after quick format? Now, don’t worry! This article will tell you an easy and safe way to recover your files after quick format. EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard provides a best solution for quick format recovery.

What is quick format?

When you are ready to format your partitions, you have two methods to format a partition; you can work with default formatting and other format methods. The difference between the regular format and the quick format is whether the volume will scan the bad sectors by using thechkdsk command or not. The latter will not scan the disk for bad sectors. It is used when your hard disk has been previously formatted and your hard disk is not damaged. All the data will be removed from the volume if you perform quick format.

If you accidentally perform quick format on your hard drive and lose all important files, there are still chances to recover files after quick format. If you need to perform quick format recovery, a professional data recovery software will help you to recover your lost files after quick format.

If you Google "recover files from quick formatted disk" for some data recovery software to recover files after quick format, you will find EASEUSData Recovery Wizard on the top.

EASEUS Data Recovery Wizard is a professional data recovery software to recover lost files after quick format, software crash, and other unknown reasons.

How to do quick format recovery?

"Complete Recovery" module built-in Data Recovery Wizard is designed for quick and full format recovery if you want to recover files after quick or full format. If you want to perform quick format recovery to recover files from formatted disk, please follow these steps after running Data Recovery Wizard.

1. Click the "Complete Recovery" button on the main window of Data Recovery Wizard:

2. It will display a list of volumes found on the drives in your system. You should choose the volume that was formatted and click "NEXT" to start searching on this volume.

3. After the scanning is finished, Data Recovery Wizard will permit you choosing 6 volumes at best to recover the data. And then, press "NEXT" button. The Data Recovery Wizard will launch the "Building directory" procedure to searching the files. You will see file/folder tree very soon.

4. Select the file or directory that you want to recover and press the "Next" button.

5. Select a directory and press the "NEXT" button to save the data.

After the five steps, quick format recovery is finished and you will recover the lost files after quick format.

NOTE: Actually, you can free download the demo version to see if your can recover files after quick format or not. Just perform quick format recovery to recover your important files now.

Copyright: http://www.easeus.com/resource/quick-format-recovery.htm

SuperCopier 2.2 Supports Vista/Win7. A GREAT COPY TOOL

Take a look on this great copy tool for Windows, now supports Vista/Windows 7

http://supercopier.sfxteam.org/?q=node/63

Distraction Free Writing Tools

Distraction Free Writing Tools are a dead simple text editors, which enable writer to concentrate on writing only.

Here are some of free tools:

WriteMonkey, a simple free .NET-based, portable tool http://writemonkey.com

Google Doc template at: http://docs.google.com/templates?view=public&authorId=12642827589753955211

Global Maritime Distress and Safety System GMDSS – Part 1

The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)

Overview

GMDSS has been introduced in chapter IV of the SOLAS Convention. SOLAS is an acroynom of "Safety Of Life at Sea", which is an international treaty responsible for ensuring the safety of merchent ships.

The basic concept of GMDSS is that search and rescue authorities ashore, as well as shipping in the intermediate vicinity of the ship in distress will be rapidly alerted to a distress incident so that thet can assist in a co-orginated SAR operation with the minimum delay.

The system also provides for agency and safety communication and the promulgation of Maritime Safety Information (MSI). i.e. every ship is able, irrespective of the area in which it operates, to perform those communication functions which are essential for the safety of the ship itself and of other ships operating in the same area.

Under IMO legislation, all passenger vessels had to be fitted with the necessary equipment by 1995, and all vessels over 300grt to be GMDSS equipped by the 1st February deadline.

Components of GMDSS

1- DSC

2- NAVTEX

3- INMARSAT

Benefits of GMDSS

Under the GMDSS, all Distress and Safety communication will be automated and watchkeeping. At the press of a button, a ship can send its identity, position and nature of distress by either satellite or terrestrial communication. Under the SOLAS 1974 system, ships in the area were required to monitor for distress alerts and then respond directly.

Digital Selective Call (DSC)

Overview

DSC is acronym for Digital Selective Call. DSC is, basically, a paging system that is used to automate distress alerts sent over terrestrial (ie: non-satellite) VHF, MF and HF marine radio systems.

DSC Function

DSC provides a means of automating all day-to-day marine terrestrial calling making marine radio as easy to use as a telephone. DSC effectively provides the operator with a digital dialling system capable of ringing an alarm at a distant radio station when a call is addressed to that station. All you need is a means of alerting the other party by calling their number, and then a means of talking to them.

The DSC system allows a great deal more information to be transmitted, including:

· the priority of the call – DISTRESS, URGENCY, SAFETY or ROUTINE;

· the address – ie: all ships or a single ship/station;

· the identification of the ship in distress;

· the position of the ship in distress; and

· the nature of the distress.

DSC Channels

MF/HF DSC

DISTRESS AND SAFETY CHANNELS

2187.5 4207.5 6312.0 8414.5 12577.0 16804.5 (kHz)

VHF DSC

DISTRESS AND SAFETY CHANNEL

VHF marine channel 70

DSC call categories

DISTRESS

URGENCY

SAFETY

ROUTINE

Maritime Mobile Service Identities (MMSI)

All DSC equipment is programmed with a unique nine digit identification number, known as a Maritime Mobile Service Identity (MMSI). The MMSI is sent automatically with each and every DSC transmission made.

The first three digits of the MMSI are known as the Maritime Identification Digits (MID). The MID represents the country of registration of the vessel, or the country in which the DSC shore station is located.

… To be continued