The ending of Avengers Infinity war explained

All of you must have loved the action sequences in the movie Avengers Infinity war. However not many would have been able to understand what exactly happened in the end.

Here's a youtube video explaining the end of the movie Avengers Infinity War.

https://youtu.be/0hdnQ8EXdEs

Do have a look and comment in the blog - What do you think about the ending of the movie.

Blogs/Websites to Follow - ASP.NET

This is part of the new series I have started on my blog where I will list out some useful blogs or websites to follow for all ASP.NET people...Not in any order just randomly...
The names have been linked to their Twitter profile so anybody can follow them if they like.

1. Scott Gutherie - Corporate Vice President, .NET Developer Platform, Microsoft - http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/
2. Scott Hanselman - Principal Program Manager, Microsoft - http://www.hanselman.com/blog/
3. Scott Mitchell - Founder, 4GuysFromRolla.com - http://scottonwriting.net/sowBlog/
4. Steve C. Orr - Microsoft MVP in ASP.NET - http://steveorr.net/Default.aspx
5. Nikhil Kothari - Software Architect, .NET Developer Platform, Microsoft - http://www.nikhilk.net/
6. Joe Stagner - Senior Program Manage,  Microsoft Corporation’s Developer Tools and Platform Group - http://misfitgeek.com
7. Rick Strahl - Founder, WestWind.com - http://www.west-wind.com/weblog/
8. Scott Allen - Founder and Principal Consultant with OdeToCode LLC - http://odetocode.com/blogs/scott/
9. Phil Haack - Principal Program Manager, Microsoft - http://haacked.com/
10. Jeff Atwood - StackOverflow - http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/
11. S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President, Microsoft Developer Division - http://blogs.msdn.com/b/somasegar/
12. Harish Ranganathan - Developer Evangelist, Microsoft India - http://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh/Default.aspx 
13. Mike Brind - Microsoft MVP - http://www.mikesdotnetting.com/
14. Imar Spaanjaars - Microsoft MVP, Founder - http://imar.spaanjaars.com/
15. Maarten Balliauw - .NET Technical Consultant at RealDolmen - http://blog.maartenballiauw.be/
16. Kazi Manzur Rashid - ASP.NET MVP & Co-Founder, dotnetshoutout.com - http://weblogs.asp.net/rashid/
17. Elijah Manor - ASP.NET MVP, ASPInsiders - http://elijahmanor.com/webdevdotnet/

I will keep on adding new sites to this list.

If anyone of you like to share a ste then feel free to post it as comment will add to the list.
  

New Thing A Day Series - Day 2

From today, I have started this new series of posting about a new thing that I have learnt everyday.
So guys keep watching for new things everyday....

(1.) OUTER APPLY & EXCEPT in SQL 2005 + - 1st June 2010

Today I have learned about the OUTER APPLY & EXCEPT keywords that have been added in SQL SERVER 2005 & later editions, whic is useful to return data from one table which is not in another table.

Lets see an example.

CREATE TABLE testnulls (ID INT)

INSERT INTO testnulls VALUES (1)

INSERT INTO testnulls VALUES (2)

INSERT INTO testnulls VALUES (null)

CREATE TABLE testjoin (ID INT)

INSERT INTO testjoin VALUES (1)

INSERT INTO testjoin VALUES (3)

OUTER APPLY:  is something that got added to SQL 2005

SELECT j.*

   FROM testjoin j

   OUTER APPLY (

      SELECT id

      FROM testnulls n

      WHERE n.ID = j.ID

   ) a

WHERE a.ID IS NULL

EXCEPT: was added in SQL 2005. It returns everything from the top table which is not in the bottom table. 

SELECT * FROM testjoin

EXCEPT

SELECT * FROM testnulls

Feel free to post ur comments..

(2.) How to make ur ASP.NET/HTML Websites Indic Aware - 2nd June 2010

I knew ASP.NET provides Localization support which means we can change the language of the website, but I didnt know that we can even now accept input in Indic languages like Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, etc, until I came to know about it through one of the Microsoft guys - http://geekswithblogs.net/ranganh/archive/2010/03/15/making-your-asp.nethtml-websites-indic-aware-ndash-accepting-tamil-telugu.aspx 

Microsoft have released the scripts so that the Indic input feature can be encapsulated into your own websites.  For example, if you are having a web page where you collect user information, you can pretty much make your site indic aware i.e. accept inputs in Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi etc.,  All you would need to include would be a bunch of scripts onto your web pages and you are ready to make it, like I said, “indic aware”.

NOTE: This is not translation but transliteration where as the users type in English and use one of the delimiters (space etc.,) the word converts into the Indic language word.  So, if you type Gujarati, it converts to ગુજરાતી 

You can get the scripts released by Microsoft for adding the Indic Language feature from this link : http://specials.msn.co.in/ilit/Gujarati.aspx

I myself tried it by making a small webpage that accepts FirstName, LastName, Address & an additional field. I have set to accept Gujarati as input, you can select the language of ur choice.

Except the additional field which I have set to accept English, rest will accept Gujarati. 

The code for it as follows: 

I have taken a screenshot as well so all can see how it works.

So now you can now add the Web Version of Microsoft Indic Language Input Tool (ILIT) to your website so that your visitors can easily enter Indic language text on the site. This facilitates easy search, form-filling and discussions in any Indic language on your site by anyone who visits it.

Currently the languages supported are : Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi, Tamil & Telugu.

This service is provided free for non-commercial use only.

So go ahead & use it in your websites & tell me the feedback..

Useful (Difficult) SQL Scripts

Here you will find a library of some very useful & difficult SQL scripts.

1. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/197369/library-of-useful-difficult-sql-scripts
This a StackOverFlow article which has some of the best links.  A must visit for all SQL guys...

http://wiki.lessthandot.com/index.php/Category:Microsoft_SQL_Server - This is by far the best site I have found for SQL Server scripts.
2. http://wiki.lessthandot.com/index.php/SQL_Server_Programming_Hacks_-_100%2B_List
3. http://wiki.lessthandot.com/index.php/SQL_Server_Admin_Hacks
4. http://vyaskn.tripod.com/code.htm
5. http://www.nigelrivett.net/
6. http://www.paragoncorporation.com/ArticleDetail.aspx?ArticleID=27
7. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/197111/fastest-get-duplicates-sql-script 
8. http://bit.ly/aHoHxD - Joe Celko's SQL puzzles & answers ebook


I will keep on adding links to this list & if anyone of you have some useful links then feel free to share it here by adding comments, you can even ask any Q's regarding SQL here.

So keep scripting....

Free Gujarati Songs Download

Download free gujarati songs....

some of the best gujarati songs...download for free....download free gujarati garba.....

http://www.box.net/gujaratisongs

Michael Hussey - Amazingly Freaky....ICC World Twenty20 2010 2nd Semi Final - Australia Vs Pakistan

 ICC World Twenty20 2010 2nd Semi Final - Australia Vs Pakistan Match Review & Analysis

Wow...wat a match it was...Oz..Oz..Oz...

The dependable Michael Hussey ala Mr. Cricket once again does it for Australia which makes them to the Final of the T20 World Cup 2010 for the first time in 3 years...

Australia were down & out after their bowling which was really below mark & even their fielding apart from some good catches by David Warner....But full marks for Pakistan to come out all guns blazing against the best bowling attack of the tournament..Kamran Akmal was brilliant & so was his brother Umar Akmal...his sizes in the last few overs were superb that too against the likes of Dirk Nannes & Mitchell Johnson...

191 in 20 overs, Pakistan would have thought they can win it from here definitely even with a formidabble Australian batting lineup...The commentators specially Ian Chappel reminded that Pakistan who had nothing to show in the last Australian Summer where they didn't won a single match, have peaked at the right time & can definitely win the match...

Australian chase started badly with losing Warner for 0 in the first over & Watson followed soon...& they were 62/4 in the 9th over...but Cameroon White started to hit the big shots which opened up a slight window for Austarlia...but with wickets falling at the other end & the mammoth total it looked difficult but White was brilliant with 31-ball 43 with 5 massive sixes....& with Micheal Hussey on the crease....& hitting nicely...

With White gone in the 16th over & Smith in the 17th, Australia needed 48 runs off the last 3 overs...& Michael Hussey was the man....He took 14 runs of that over with Aus needing 34 from the last 2. Hussey faced the enitire 19th over & got 16 runs with 2 boundaries....& it was all left to Ajmal to stop Aus & Hussey from getting 18 runs off the last over....With Johnson on strike, Pakistan thought they can get in a few deliveries but Johnson gave the strike to Hussey off the first ball....& after that Hussey needed just 4 balls to get the required 17 runs coz wat he did was ...6..6..4..6..game set & match...Australia win a thriller....

Waqar Younis the Pakistan coach couldn't believe it...he looked really shattered....& so was Afridi & the whole Pakistan side...

Michael Clarke was all praise for Michael Hussey saying that it was an amazingly freaking performance...Like Hussey, he too cannot believe that they have won the match...

Hats off to Michael Hussey....What a player....And as an Australian would say...Cheers Mate...

Watch the highlights of this match at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58blvd90w8w

 ICC World Twenty20 2010 2nd Semi Final - Australia Vs Pakistan Highlights Video

Michael Hussey is ecstatic after completing a miracle chase, Australiav Pakistan, 2nd semi-final, ICC World Twenty20, St Lucia, May 14, 2010 

 

Image courtesy - @GettyImages & Cricinfo

 

Vishwanathan Anand "Vishy" - World Chess Champion 2010

Vishwanathan Anand "Vishy" is the World Chess Champion once again, he became the first player in chess history to have won the World Championship in three different formats: Knockout, Tournament, and Match..

Prior to the World Chess Championship 2010, Anand, who had booked on the flight Frankfurt-Sofia on April 16, was stranded due to the cancellation of all flights following the volcano ash cloud from Eyjafjallajökull. Anand asked for a three day postponement, which the Bulgarian organisers refused on April 19.

Anand eventually reached Sofia on April 20, after an exhausting 40-hour road journey. Consequently, the first game was delayed by one day.The match consisted of 12 games. After 11 games the score was tied at 5½-5½. Anand won game 12 on the Black side of a Queen's Gambit Declined to win the match and retain the World Championship.

Salute to this gr8 man...Similar to Sachin Tendulkar, Vishy too is a very humble person...& thats why he has achieved this gr8 heights in his career...

He too deserves a Bharat Ratna...

Reference : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viswanathan_Anand

Agneepath: अग्नि पथ! अग्नि पथ! अग्नि पथ!

Here is a famous poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan. It is dedicated to those whose life is a tough struggle all the way, but whose resolve is superhuman…



















वृक्ष हों भले
खड़े,

हो घने, हो
बड़े,

एक पत्र-छॉंह
भी मॉंग मत,
मॉंग मत, मॉंग
मत!

अग्नि पथ! अग्नि
पथ! अग्नि पथ!



तू न थकेगा
कभी!

तू न थमेगा
कभी!

तू न मुड़ेगा
कभी!

कर शपथ! कर
शपथ! कर शपथ!



ये महान दृश्य
है, चल रहा
मनुष्य है,

अश्रु श्वेत् रक्त
से,

लथ पथ, लथ
पथ, लथ पथ !

अग्नि पथ! अग्नि
पथ! अग्नि पथ!

















Vriksh ho bhale khade, ho ghane ho bade, Ek patra chhav bhi mang
mat, mang mat, mang mat Agneepath Agneepath Agneepath.



Tu na thakega kabhi, tu na thamega kabhi, tu na mudega kabhi, Kar
shapath, kar shapath, kar shapath, Agneepath, Agneepath, Agneepath.



Ye mahaan drishya hai, chal raha manushya hai, Ashru shwet raqt se
lathpath, lathpath, lathpath, Agneepath, Agneepath, Agneepath.













Reference: Wikipedia & http://www.geeta-kavita.com/hindi_sahitya.asp?id=93



You can see all his gr8 poems at http://www.geeta-kavita.com/indian_poetry_list.asp?author=Harivansh_Rai_Bachchan

कोशिश करनेवालों की हार नहीं होती ......Koshish karne valo ki kabhi haar nahi hoti.....

The famous poem by Harivansh Rai Bachchan....

Perfect Boss

Got this as an email...so thought of sharing it....

This is the story of "The Perfect Boss"

There were about 70 scientists working on a very hectic
project. All of them were really frustrated due to the pressure of work and the
demands of their boss but everyone were loyal to him and did not think of quitting
the job.

One day, one scientist came to his boss and told him - Sir,
I have promised to my children that I will take them to the exhibition going on
in our township. So I want to leave the office at 5:30 pm. His boss replied
"OK, You're permitted to leave the office early today".

The Scientist started working. He continued his work after
lunch. As usual he got involved to such an extent that he looked at his watch
when he felt he was close to completion. The time was 8.30 PM.

Suddenly he remembered of the promise he had given to his
children.

He looked for his boss, he was not there. Having told him in
the morning itself, he closed everything and left for home. Deep within
himself, he was feeling guilty for having disappointed his children. He reached
home. Children were not there.

His wife alone was sitting in the hall and reading
magazines. The situation was explosive; any talk would boomerang on him. His
wife asked him, "Would you like to have coffee or shall I straight away
serve dinner if you are hungry.

The man replied "If you would like to have coffee, I
too will have but what about Children?"

Wife replied "You don't know? Your manager came here at
5.15 PM and has taken the children to the exhibition"

What had really happened was ... The boss who granted him
permission was observing him working seriously at 5.00 PM. He thought to
himself, this person will not leave the work, but if he has promised his
children they should enjoy the visit to exhibition.

So he took the lead in taking them to exhibition. The boss
does not have to do it everytime. But once it is done, loyalty is established.

That is why all the scientists at Thumba continued to work
under their boss even though the stress was tremendous.

By the way, can you hazard a guess as to who the boss was..?

.....

......

....

.....

He was none other than the mastermind behind India 's
successful nuclear weapons and missiles program.

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, Former President of India.

EDI - Electronic Data Interchange

EDI
– Useful Links

E-procurement
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Electronic Data Interchange - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia

Help
Documentation and EDI Basics Training

Download Basics of EDI, Framework EDI Help Documentation,
and other EDI Training Materials

http://www.eccnet.com/xmledi/guidelines-styled.xml

XML vs. EDI

XML vs. EDI questions

Re: XML vs. EDI questions

Back to basics for b-to-b

It is back to basics for business-to-business automation as
companies take a hard look at the real benefits -- and drawbacks -- of online
exchanges

XML
versus EDI | Content wire.com

Mike Hogan explains inter-enterprise communications 4 July 2001,
2 pm GMT

EDI to XML Mapping

A tutorial on how to transform EDI files into XML using
Stylus Studio's Convert to XML tool. Subsequent post-processing of the
converted EDI data is done through XQuery or XSLT, modeling a real world XML
data integration application.

XML/EDI Advantages

Introduction
to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Introduction to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Roger Clarke's Introduction to EDI

Electronic
data interchange

Roger
Clarke's Home-Page

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - Advantages Of Edi, How
Edi Works, Security Issues, The Future Of Edi

Final Basic Semantic Repository/Universal Data Element
Framework Report, 2.0 ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE REPOSITORIES

This document serves as a quick repository analysis,

XML/EDI FAQ

XML
& EDI - Peaceful Co-Existence

The Data Administration Newsletter delivers business
intelligence, data warehousing and analytics resources provided by Claudia
Imhoff, Bill Inmon and other experts. Additional topics include data quality,
data integration, CRM, data marts, data mining, business performance
management, BPM, data modeling, enterprise application management, ERP, RFID,
storage, supply chain and others.

XML
& EDI - Peaceful Co-Existence

The Data Administration Newsletter delivers business
intelligence, data warehousing and analytics resources provided by Claudia
Imhoff, Bill Inmon and other experts. Additional topics include data quality,
data integration, CRM, data marts, data mining, business performance
management, BPM, data modeling, enterprise application management, ERP, RFID,
storage, supply chain and others.

Gentran Integration Suite - Sterling Commerce

EDI News and Routing Guides

EDI News and Routing Guides

EDI to XML Mapping

A tutorial on how to transform EDI files into XML using
Stylus Studio's Convert to XML tool. Subsequent post-processing of the
converted EDI data is done through XQuery or XSLT, modeling a real world XML
data integration application.

Electronic
data interchange

Electronic Data Interchange - Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) - Advantages Of Edi, How
Edi Works, Security Issues, The Future Of Edi

E-procurement
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

E-procurement
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

E-procurement
- Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gentran Integration Suite - Sterling Commerce

Help
Documentation and EDI Basics Training

Download Basics of EDI, Framework EDI Help Documentation,
and other EDI Training Materials

http://www.eccnet.com/xmledi/guidelines-styled.xml

Introduction
to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Introduction to Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Re: XML vs. EDI questions

Roger
Clarke's Home-Page

Roger Clarke's Introduction to EDI

XML
& EDI - Peaceful Co-Existence

The Data Administration Newsletter delivers business intelligence,
data warehousing and analytics resources provided by Claudia Imhoff, Bill Inmon
and other experts. Additional topics include data quality, data integration,
CRM, data marts, data mining, business performance management, BPM, data
modeling, enterprise application management, ERP, RFID, storage, supply chain
and others.

XML
& EDI - Peaceful Co-Existence

The Data Administration Newsletter delivers business
intelligence, data warehousing and analytics resources provided by Claudia
Imhoff, Bill Inmon and other experts. Additional topics include data quality,
data integration, CRM, data marts, data mining, business performance
management, BPM, data modeling, enterprise application management, ERP, RFID,
storage, supply chain and others.

XML
versus EDI | Content wire.com

Mike Hogan explains inter-enterprise communications 4 July
2001, 2 pm GMT

XML vs. EDI

XML vs. EDI questions

XML
Web Services

XML/EDI Advantages

XML/EDI FAQ

EDI Excellent Notes

Daily Deal Sites

Here’s a list
of sites that provide with some of the best daily deals.

(1.)  24hoursloot

24hoursLoot is an online
store for selling a single item (mostly t-shirts and sometime toys, electronics
products, furniture and more..) everyday at deep discounted price in limited
quantity. An item is released every midnight at 12AM Indian standard time,
seven days a week. If that item sells out during its run (in 24 hours), a new
item will not appear until the next release time. Read more in FAQs

Why should
you buy at 24hoursLoot.com:

·        
Premium
quality products in the lowest price.

·        
15
days "No-question asked" money back guarantee.

·        
Various
secure payment options (offline & online).

·        
Fast
shipping anywhere in India.

·        
No
signup/registration required to buy an item online.

·        
A
prompt customer care service.

(2.)  BindaasBargain

Time
determines the best deals. With over a billion searches made by millions of
Indians every month now, it is time for a new shopping experience – the Bindaas
experience. An online store that operates within a brisk time frame, Bindaas
Bargain offers a new deal every day! Great stuff ranging from cool gadgets, home
theatres, luxury watches, smash games – you name it (literally) – we have it
all, at incredibly cheap prices; delivered to your doorstep swiftly.

So
for those of us who dreamt of a friendly Indian holistic webshop that would
talk when talked to and answer when asked, it’s time to realise your dream.
Welcome to the Bindaas world of bargains!

(3.)  MyDala

mydala is YOUR platform
which gets you great deals in your city leveraging the "power of group
buying". Group buying happens when like minded people come together to get
deals that we can never get on our own as individuals. We all are the power of
mydala.

• Each day we
  feature something cool to do at an unbeatable price.


• You only get it
  if enough people join that day so invite your friends!


• Check back the
  next day for another awesome mydala!

Still have questions? Check
out the FAQ

(4.)  BuyThePrice

India is a world of first
class entrepreneurs. Just like many others, we too are a very passionate bunch
of young professionals who dream to change the way online shopping happens in
India.  

Our first flagship offering,
buytheprice.com is an effort to move towards achieving our dream. Inspired from
observing the buying behavior of our friends / family, we focus to bridge
certain gaps like customer aggregation, balancing the estimated and actual
demand using the ability of internet which can make it happen on a large scale.
In simpler words, a case where common sense meets enablers.

Web 2.0 has been around for
sometime, where the community contributes to the content. In simple words, an
internet user benefits from the contribution of some other user whom he may or
may not know. Until now, web 2.0 was used in ecommerce to the extent of product
reviews and ratings. It has not been used truly in the sense of one user
benefiting from the transaction of another user. Buytheprice.com does this
through what we term as ecommerce 2.0   Our tagline "you make it
happen" reflects our philosophy where YOU (read customer) is a major
dimension like products and prices on the website.

(5.)  Group2Deal

Every day our experts try to
negotiate best deal with the businesses in your city promising them a minimum
number of customers. This creates a Win- Win situation for customers & the
Businesses.The Deal is featured in our Website with details about the Vendor,
Pictures & reviews about the Deal.Each Day log on to Group2Deal.com &
check out the deals.If you like the Deal, click on the BUY button to buy the
deal.We take the billing information from you & do not charge you until a
minimum number of people buy that deal.You can also share this deal with your
friends to ensure that the deal is struck.The deal is on only if minimum number
of people buy the deal.

It’s a Risk free Win-Win
Situation. This is the “POWER OF BUYING TOGETHER”.

(6.)  Wanamo

WanaMo's sole mission is to help you find the coolest things to do in your city at amazing
discounts. So that leaves you to
just enjoy & indulge in those exciting things that your city has to offer.
Explore More, Do More, Want More! This is what you’ve to do which we call it as “6 Steps to Want More!

1. THE DEAL: Each day, we “feature an
exclusive deal” at an amazingly discounted price which reaches your inbox.

2. BUY: Click the “BUY!" button to
book your deal by paying a small “Advance”. This amount is part of your final
bill & is not a fee of any kind; so you don't have to worry about paying
anything extra!

3. TIPPING POINT: As soon as we reach the
minimum number of WanaMo bookings, everyone gets the discount and the “Deal
goes Live”. In case the minimum number of buyers for the deal is not reached –
we don’t charge you a single rupee!

4. SHARE: To make sure the Deal reaches
the minimum, help share it with you friends on Facebook/Orkut/Twitter etc and
also win exciting referral bonuses.

5. REDEEM: Once the deal is live, WanaMo
will immediately e-mail you a “printable WanaMo coupon” which you can use like
Cash and take it to the vendor to avail your discount.

6. WANT MORE!: Go out, have fun, and
check back the next day for another incredible WanaMo deal!

(7.)  DailyDeal

Daily Deal is a deal news
site and community that focuses on providing information one super cool deal
every day.

 Feel free to add sites that provide daily deals by adding it in the comments.....

Happy Shopping......