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Answers for examine data used by a Real Estate investment advisor

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:11:26 PST

Research Methodology

The questions give a careful statement of what is required and information about the presentation of your answers. Follow this carefully! Marks may be deducted for poor presentation.In particular, you are specifically required to state answers in bullet point.

In this assignment you will examine data used by a Real Estate investment advisor. She wants you to answer some specific questions put by clients about houses prices in the neighbourhood encompassed by 4 suburbs around Colombo City. The data is contained in the file ‘Real_Estate.xls’ and contains the following columns (variables):

Variable Name Description

ID House Identity number

Price Selling Price of the house (in 000’s)

Bedrooms Number of bedrooms

Size House Size (m2)

Pool 0=House without a Pool

1=House with a Pool

Distance Distance from city centre (km)

Suburb Suburb number

Garage 0=House without a Garage

1=House with a Garage

1. Random Sample:Before you begin your analysis you are required to take a random sample of size 100 from the 170 cases in the file. Use the file Random Sample Generator.xls to do this.Answers to the questions below are to be based on your sample of 100 cases.Make sure to keep a safe copy of the sample you use since you cannot use RandomSample Generator to reproduce it. Provide a printout of the data in your sample. The data is to be ordered by ID.

2. Introduction: Provide a one paragraph introduction to your small report. You simply need to state what the main purpose of the report is and which variables will be analysed.

3. Summary table:

i) Prepare a summary table that shows the mean, standard deviation and 95% confidence interval for the mean of the following variables:

Selling Price, Number of bedrooms, Size of house, Distance from city centre

ii) Use some of the information in (i) to describe a typical house in these suburbs.

iii) Prepare a summary table that shows the mean and standard deviation ofPrice for houses in the 4Suburbsaccording (subject) to the variableBedrooms. Think carefully about the layout of the rows and columns of your table. As well as means and standard deviations you should also include the number of houses in each group. So each cell in your final table should contain the mean, thestandard deviation and n, the number of houses in that group.

iv) Comment, in bullet point form, on the Price of any combinations for Suburb and Bedroomsvariables (i.e. cells in the table).

4. A local real estate firm has told a client that the average Price of a house in Suburb 2 is valued at Rs 42 million. You have been asked to evaluate this claim. Use a One Sample forthe Mean to evaluate the claim that the average price is Rs 42mln. In doing so clearly state the following:

• any necessary assumptions required to do the test;

• both null and alternative hypotheses;

• an appropriate conclusion.

5. Price and Size of the house by Suburbs:A client wants information on size of the house as it relates to price.

I. Produce a scatter plot of Price vsSize (Sizeshould be on the horizontal axis).

II. In bullet point form state what this tells you about the relationship between Size and Prices.

III. Fit a linear trend line on the scatterplot, showing the equation and the value of R2 and explain what it tells you about the way Prices change withincreasingSize.

IV. Produce a stratified scatter plot of Price against Size, split on Suburbs, and examine the relationship for the five Suburbs. Respond to the following question, giving evidence for your conclusions:

V. In what ways does the relationship between Prices and Size vary as we move from one Suburb to another?

6) Using information from your analyses write a short concluding paragraph about houses prices and sizes for different suburbs.

Answers coming soon... After January 7, 2012.......

Swarnamali Stupa Wandanawa on June 4, 5 2011

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:27:15 PDT

I was so delightful to attend the 'Swarnamali Stupa Wandanawa' held at the Ruwanwelisaya on June 4th & 5th 2011, to commemorate 2600 Sambuddha Jayanthi and 60th Annivesary of Sri Kalyani Yogashrama . This was organized by the Sri Kalyani Yogashrama Sanstha with the guidance of Most Venerable Nauyane Ariyadhamma Maha Thero. Huge crowd gathered.

To commemorate the 2500th Buddha Jayanthi Ven. Kadawedduwe Sri Jinawansa Thera founded the Kalyana Yogashrama Sanstha on 18th June 1951. Nimalawa Aranya Senasanaya in Kirinda was selected as the first aranya of a number of aranya senasana that was to be named Kalyana Yogashrama Sansthawa. With the passage of time the fame of Kalyana Yogashrama grew. People in many walks of life flowed in to the Aranya in search of the authentic way of meditation. But setting up the Kalyana Yogashrama Sanstha was no easy task. Although most ley persons were attracted to Ven. Kadawedduwe Sri Jinawansa Theras extremely eloquent sermons, there were people, the ley and monks alike who resented and envied his success. But thanks to his conviction the Kalyana Yogashrama Sanstha now has over 150 Aranya with over 1500 monks.(2007 figures) All the monks in all the Aranya belonging to the Yogashrama Sanstha, work according to the same time table. They all worship three times a day. They start the day at four a.m. and meditate for an hour. Unlike in temples of today the main focus of an Aranya is meditation.

source: http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2007/08/26/imp02.asp

Sri Kalyani Yogashrama is an independent part of the Sri Lankan Ramañña Nikāya Buddhist ordination line, with their headquarters in Galduva. They are keeping a strict standard of Vinaya (commentarial interpretation), recognised as the strictest standard of any major organisation in Sri Lanka. It is the largest forest sect of the Sri Lankan Sangha. Their monks are easily recognised by the palm-leaf umbrella they are using and by the habit of wearing the Sanghati (double robe) whenever they walk outside the monastery boundaries. Remarkably for Sri Lanka, all castes are accepted for ordination. Foreign monks, who wish to become resident at one of their monasteries, are usually expected to undergo the so called "Dalhi-Kamma" at Galduva, a short ceremony meant to reconfirm the validity of their original Upasampada according to Galduva standard. After that they are accepted according to their normal seniority. Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Kalyani_Yogasrama_Samstha

websites:

http://ariyainfo.org

http://ariyadhamma.wordpress.com

http://ariyamagga.wordpress.com

http://sinhalasangha.wordpress.com

Migrate user accounts from old Linux server Fedora to a new CentOS Linux server including mails and passwords.

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 00:49:28 PDT

Migrate user accounts from old Linux server(Fedora 13) to a new Cent OS Linux server including mails and passwords.

Why do I write this blogpost?

I'm using Sendmail + Squirrelmail + Dovecot since 2002 under Fedora Linux. But now i must switch my System to CentOS (orRHEL) 'cos my squirrel mail change password plugin was not work. Got a lot of trouble installing SuSE, Fedora 14 & Ubuntu. After testing those OS's I found that CentOS is the best solution for this.

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES INCURRED DUE TO ACTIONS TAKEN BASED ON THIS DOCUMENT..........

What do i need to migrate?
1. Time
2. A lot of Coffee
3. Some Cigaretts (optional)
4. Take your wife/family out for a night or weekend

First login to our Mailserver(Fedora 13)

Create a directory
# mkdir /root/newusers.bak
# cp /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/gshadow /root/newusers.bak
# cd /root/newusers.bak
# mv passwd passwd.mig
# mv group group.mig
# mv shadow shadow.mig

(rarely used)
# cp /etc/gshadow /root/newusers.bak/
# mv gshadow gshadow.mig

Then delete entries from top (root) to userID 500 in every above 3 files. This bring our Useraccounts, passwords & their groups.

Use rsync, scp or usb pen or tape to copy /root/newusers.bak to a new Linux system.(CentOS)

# scp -r /root/newusers.bak/* user@172.16.1.254:/root/sandun/newusers/

Now login to our New mail server (CentOS)

First, make a backup of current users and passwords:
# mkdir /root/users.bak
# cp /etc/passwd /etc/shadow /etc/group /etc/gshadow /root/users.bak

Now restore passwd and other files in /etc/
# cd /root/sandun/newusers/
# cat passwd.mig >> /etc/passwd
# cat group.mig >> /etc/group
# cat shadow.mig >> /etc/shadow

Now copy and extract /home/ and /var/mail/ to new Server's /home/ & /var/mail/

<<<< Change the user ID to 500 if you migrate Suze Linux

vi /etc/login.pref

UID_MIN 500 >>>>

# rsync -ave ssh /home/ root@172.16.1.254:/home/
# rsync -ave ssh /var/mail/ root@172.16.1.254:/var/mail/

Single user(ex:- sandun)
# rsync -ave ssh /home/sandun root@172.16.1.254:/home/
# rsync -ave ssh /var/mail/sandun root@172.16.1.254:/var/mail/

Voila, now login to the new system using old server username and password.....

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
(we can filter out system account using 'awk')
# awk -v LIMIT=$UGIDLIMIT -F: '($3>=LIMIT) && ($3!=65534)' /etc/passwd > /root/move/passwd.mig

source: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-move-migrate-user-accounts-old-to-new-server/

Ada Wage Dawasaka ‘ANTIGONE’ by Priyankara Rathnayaka

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:56:27 PDT

Award winning actor and playwright Priyankara Rathnayaka's latest play Ada Wage Dawasaka ‘ANTIGONE' based on veteran Greek playwright Sophocles will go on the boards at the Lionel Wendt Theatre on July 16, 17 at 7.00 p.m. A DAY LIKE TODAY 'ANTIGONE' is presented by Academic Players of Drama and Theatre & Image Arts Unit, University of Kalaniya and directed by Priyankara Rathnayaka. source: http://srilankan-stars.blogspot.com

This play was translated into Sinhala by well known writer & poet Ariyawansa Ranaweera. Music is composed by Pramith Dahanayaka, Choreography created by Harshani Rathnayaka & Priyankara Rathnayaka.

The cast includes Wishvajith Gunasekara, Prasadini Athapathu, Priyantha Sirikumara, Thumindu Dodantenna, Kaushalya Mendis, Saman Malalasekara ,Vijitha Bandara, Thusitha laknath Gayan Randeera, Harshika Rathnayaka, Samadhi Laksiri and University Undergraduates. "ANTIGONE" is sponsored by Facilitating Local Initiatives for Conflict Transformation (FLICT) Organization.

'Antigone' Rehearsals....

This copyrighted materials own by Priyankara Rathnayaka. Distribution, editing, blogging, print and display without owners permission is prohibited.

Facebook on Your Mobile Phone Free of charge

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Sat, 22 May 2010 20:57:36 PDT

0.facebook.com is a new mobile site that includes all of the key features of Facebook but is optimized for speed. It initially is available through more than 50 mobile operators in 45 countries and territories with zero data charges. Mobitel is now offering you free mobile browsing on the new 0.facebook.com site in Sri Lanka.

Using 0.facebook.com is completely free. People will only pay for data charges when they view photos or when they leave 0.facebook.com to browse other mobile sites. When they click to view a photo or browse another mobile site a notification page will appear to confirm that they will be charged if they want to leave 0.facebook.com (more...)

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Install Ubuntu Linux on Windows Vista using Sun Virtual Box ..:: වින්ඩෝස් විස්ටා මත උබුන්ටු ::..

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:06:57 PDT

How to use both Windows and Ubuntu at the same time (not with dual boot)? ඉස්සර ගොඩක් කස්ටිය පාවිච්චි කලේ වින්ඩෝස් - ලිනක්ස් ද්විත්ව ස්ථාපන (dual boot) යනෙ. දැන් ඉතින් එහෙම ඕනා නෑ, Virtualization වලට පිංසිද්ද වෙන්න. screen-shot එක උඩ ඔබලා බලන්න.

With virtual environment you can create and run several operating systems("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, Novell etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same Machine.(not with dual boot)

ඒත් ඉතින් මේවා කරන්න ඔයාගේ මැෂිම හොද වෙන්න ඕනා. අඩුම තරමේ RAM එක 1GB වත් තියෙන්න ඕනා. 512KB වලිනුත් පුලුවන්. ඒත් ඉතින් පට්ට slow. Core 2 Duo තියෙනවනම් හොදයි, ඒත් PIVතිබ්බත් කමක් නෑ.

VMware , VirtualBox , and QEMU are the most popular virtualization environments today. My choice is VirtualBox, is the lack of direct access to the hardware. VMware is not open source software. But VMware Server2 interface is web based and can be accessed by loclly or remotely going to https://:8333 or http://:8222. QEMU is fully free, but noticeably slower than VMware & VirtualBox.

ඒත් ඉතින් vmware කචල් ගොඩායි. මල චාටර්... මගේ හොද fit එකක් තමයි මේක(sun virtual box) මට කියලා දුන්නේ. මම අද කියන්න යන්නේ Sun VirtualBox පාවිච්චි කරලා windows vista මත ubuntu ස්ථාපනය කරන ආකාරයයි.

A. ඉස්සෙල්ලම http://www.ubuntu.com/GetUbuntu/download එකට ගිහිල්ලා Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop එක ඩවුන්ලෝඩ් කරගන්න. ( ubuntu 9.10 ලගදීම එනවා...)

B. ඊට පස්සේ http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads එකට ගිහිල්ලා VirtualBox 3.0.8 for Windows hosts එක ඩවුන්ලෝඩ් කරගන්න. (මේක vmware වගේමයි, ඒත් opensource)

දැන් ඉතින් දෙයියනේ කියලා වින්ඩෝස් වලට ගිහිල්ලා VirtualBox154Winx86.exe එක ස්ථාපනය කරගන්න.(ඩවුන්ලෝඩ් වෙච්ච ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso එක CD එකකට write කර ගන්න ඕනා නෑ. ඒක windows වලම තියා ගන්න.) ඊට පස්සේ ස්ථාපනය වූ virtualbox එක open කරගන්න.

1. දැන් ඉතින් මෙනුවෙ Machine --> New ක්ලික් කරන්න.

2. Next කරලා Name එකට කැමති නමක් දෙන්න, OS එක Linux, version එක උබුන්ටු කරලා Next කරන්න.
3. Base Memory size එක වෙනස් කරන්න.(තියෙන ගාන උනත් කමක් නෑ)
4. ඊට පස්සේ Create new hard disk එක සිලෙක්ට් කරලා Next කරන්න.
5. දැන් Dynamically expanding storage එක සිලෙක්ට් කරලා Next කරන්න.( ඔයාගේ hard disk එකේ ඉඩ නැත්නම් Fixed-size storage එක සිලෙක්ට් කරන්න)
6. ඊට පස්සේ Location එකට ඔයා කැමති තැනක් හා Size එකක් දෙන්න. Next කරන්න.
7. දැන් Finish කරන්න.

දැන් ඉතින් උබුන්ටු මෙහෙයුම් පද්ධතිය ස්ථාපනය කරමු.

1. දැන් Settings ක්ලික් කරන්න.
2. ඊට පස්සේ CD/DVD-ROM එකට ගිහිල්ලා Mount CD/DVD Drive එක සිලෙක්ට් කරන්න.
දැන් ISO Image File එක සිලෙක්ට් කරලා, Aහි ඩවුන්ලෝඩ් වෙච්ච ubuntu-9.04-desktop-i386.iso
එකේ Location එක දෙන්න.( උබුන්ටු CD එකක් තියෙනවානම් Host CD/DVD Drive එක සිලෙක්ට්
කරන්න)
3. දැන් OK කරන්න.
4. දැන් Start කරන්න.

හොදට මතක තියා ගන්න, virtual box එකෙන් එලියට එන්න Ctrl Key එක ක්ල්ක් කරන්න. Ubuntu ස්ථාපනය කරගෙන යන්න. දැන් ඉතින් දෙයියනේ කියලා Sun Virtual Box මැෂිම රීස්ටාට් කරන්න.(close & open)

Settings --> CD/DVD-ROM එකට ගිහිල්ලා Mount CD/DVD Drive එක un සිලෙක්ට් කරන්න. දැන්Start කරන්න.

දැන් ඉතින් ගොඩම තමා. ඒත් තවම ගොඩ නෑ.තව drivers ස්ථාපනය කරන්න ඕනා. full screen එන්නේ නෑ. ඒකට කරන්න ඕනා පොඩි දෙයක්. යන්න Devices -> Install Guest Additions එකට. මුකුත් වෙන්නේ නෑ නේද? බය වෙන්න දෙයක් නෑ. බලන්න CD එකක් mount වුනාද කියලා. (more info pl go to Help --> Contents, in Sun Virtual Box)

ඔක්කොටම කලින් කරන්න ඕන root වලට මුර පදයක් දෙන එක. ටර්මිනල්(Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal) එකක් අරගෙන මේ විධානය දෙන්න. root ලෙස වැඩ කරද්දී පරිස්සමින් වැඩ කරන්න.

$sudo passwd root

කැමති මුර පදයක් දීලා ඉන්පසු /media/ ගොනුවට යන්න.ඊට පස්සේ මේ විධාන දෙන්න.

#cd /media
#ls
#cd cdrom
#sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions-x86.run

දැන් Sun Virtual Box මැෂිම රීස්ටාට් කරන්න.

Full Screen ආවේ නැත්නම් මෙන්න මෙහෙම කරන්න. ටර්මිනල් එකක් අරගෙන මේ විධාන දෙන්න. xorg.conf එක මෙන්න මේ විදියට වෙනස් කරන්න. මගේ නම් තියෙන්නේ Display resolution 1366x768.

#cd /etc/X11/
#vim xorg.conf

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Default Screen"
Device "VirtualBox graphics card"
Monitor "Generic Monitor"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1366x768" "1280x768" "800x600"
EndSubSection
EndSection

දැන් Sun Virtual Box මැෂිම රීස්ටාට් කරන්න.ඔන්න දැන් නම් ආවේ නැත්නම් දමලා ගහලා පොඩි fun එකක් දාන්න යන්න. ඊට පස්සේ ඇවිත් ආයෙම කරලා බලන්න. මොනවා හරි ඕනානම් කියන්න.

New Pictures of Hikka Fest 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:13:22 PDT

I had already mentioned in a blog article මොකක්ද මේ Hikka Fest? I've never been to Hikka but I wish to go there in next year. I got this URL from my friend, http://www.hikkaduwanet.com. Fortunately they enable IndexIgnore in Apache. I thought this would be a great pictures to share with you.

Day 1 - Drum Festival 30th July, 2009

more photos of Day 1 --> http://www.hikkaduwanet.com/music_party/hikka_fest09/gallery/first_night/portfolio/foto1/

Day 2 - Beach Rave 31st July , 2009

more photos of Day 2 --> http://www.hikkaduwanet.com/music_party/hikka_fest09/gallery/second_night/portfolio/foto1/

Themed Parties 1st to 2nd August 2009

more photos of Themed Parties --> http://www.hikkaduwanet.com/music_party/hikka_fest09/gallery/themed_parties/portfolio/foto1/

Sports and Events 30th July to 2nd August 2009

more photos of Sports N Events --> http://www.hikkaduwanet.com/music_party/hikka_fest09/gallery/sports_events/portfolio/foto1/

source http://www.hikkaduwanet.com

Pick your Facebook Username and Log In

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:48:14 PDT

A couple of weeks ago Facebook finally announced that they would allow users to pick out usernames. This helps to find and connect with each other very easily. Over 50 million users have them.

Today they introduced to log in to their Facebook accounts using their username rather than their email to log on to Facebook.com . Usernames are just easier to remember. It’s a common practice for many websites to allow users to log in with their username. It allows you to skip typing the extra characters.

If you don't have a Facebook username yet, you can choose one here

or

Go to "Settings" at the top-right of the Facebook page and then click on "Account Settings." The second option from the top is "Username." Press "Change" to enter in your new username and then click "Confirm" when you're ready to set it.

"Choose your new username carefully. You can only change your username once."

Mobitel M3 Apps වැදගත් ප්‍රෝඩාව...

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:52:40 PDT

"Now 7GB වැදගත් email for every Mobitel Customer " මට නම් මේකේ වැදගත් කමක් පේන්න නෑ.

මේ Google Apps ඔක්කොම FREE හම්බවෙද්දී ඇයි අපි (100/= joining free) + (50/=+ VAT monthly) ගෙවන්නේ??? තියෙන එකම වාසිය email account එකේ gmail.com කියන domain name එක වෙනස් වන එක විතරයි. Google Mail, Google Calender, Google Docs, Google Sites සහ Google Talks නිකං හම්බ වෙද්දී, ඇයි අපි සල්ලි දීලා මේවා ගන්න ඕන??? Dialog, TIGO කස්ටිය මේකට මොනවා කරයිද දන්නේ නෑ !!!

I had already mentioned in a blog article http://sandunfernando.blogspot.com/2009/07/sms-alerts-from-google-calender.html, in July 2009, that we can set SMS alerts from Google Calender. Month later, Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel announced Mobitel M3 Apps with Google on August 19, 2009.

Google website says,

Google Help › Google Calendar Help › Notifications › SMS › Cost of SMS notifications

Google Calendar is a free product and Google doesn't charge you to receive notifications. Please keep in mind that if you're in the US or Canada, your mobile service provider's standard rate for receiving text messages may apply.

අපි ඉන්නේ ලංකාවේ.......

Twitter Clone Yahoo Meme Microblogging service from Yahoo!

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:40:01 PDT

Yahoo! announced thier Microblogging service, Twitter clone as Yahoo Meme. Like Twitter and Tumblr you can post, repost, share contents and search other people’s public accounts and follow them with Yahoo Meme. On the other hand Yahoo Meme, allows you to post different type of content like text, pictures, video and even music.

Login to http://meme.yahoo.com and create an acoount or leave your email in the text box and click "i want in!". After receiving confirmation you have an empty micro blog.

To know more about Yahoo Meme, visit ReadWriteWeb - Hands On With Yahoo's Twitter 'Clone' .

මොකක්ද මේ Hikka Fest

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:50:26 PDT

Hikka Fest එක නම් ඉවරයි, ඒත් කස්ට්ය තාම මේ ගැන කතා කරනවා, emails හෝ ගාල එනවා. Hikkaduwa Beach Festival කියන්නේ ලංකාවේ පවත්වන එකම එක බීච් සැණකෙලිය. මේ පාර නම් ගිය පාරට වඩා කස්ටිය අඩුයි කියලා ආරංචිය. Numbers of participants in this year approximately 8000 which began on Thursday July 30, 2009 and lasted through the weekend. Hikka included many thrilling and entertaining games and events for everyone. Tickets are priced at Rs. 2500 for a seasonal pass and Rs. 3500 for a VIP pass!!!

Hikka Videos Clip 1 Clip2 Clip3

Hikka Fest 2008

photo courtesy by hikkafest.com

Sri Lanka Telecom Mobitel launch M3 Apps with Google

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 22:26:28 PDT

Mobitel launched M3 Apps with Google yesterday. M3 Apps is a web-based suite of communication and collaboration tools comprising of M3 mail, M3 Calendar, Google Docs, Google Sites and Google Talk. M3 Apps combines the versatility of Google and trustworthiness of Mobitel. This suite of services will be exclusively available to all Mobitel customers with a convenient single sign on from anywhere with access to the Internet.

photo source Daily News

Register your name quickly before it is taken up by anyone else. Go to http://www.mobitelnet.lk orVia SMS( Type "act emailID" & send it to 466453)

You will be charged an activation fee of Rs.100/- plus taxes. All Mobitel customers will be entitled to one M3 Apps primary account which will be charged a monthly subscription of Rs 50/-* plus taxes. More FAQ...

ඔන්න ඉතින් අපිට කෙළ වෙයිද දන්නේ නෑ... Google Calender events ටික SMS වලින් ගත්තා http://sandunfernando.blogspot.com/2009/07/sms-alerts-from-google-calender.html. දැන් ඉතින් ඒකටත් ගානක් ගනීද දන්නෑ............

Blog Thiefs බ්ලොග් හොරු නිර්මාණය

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 21:45:42 PDT

ඔන්න ඉතිං හුග කාලෙකින් පරිගණක සගරාවක්(අගෝස්තු කලාපය ) ගත්තා. "අන්තර්ජාලය හරහා මුදල්, එක් දින සහ තුන් දින පාඨමාලා " කියලා දැන්වීමක් දාලා තිබුනා. දවස් 3 පාඨමාලාවේ කන්න බොන්නත් දෙනවලු, තමන්ගේ නමින් වෙබ් අඩවියක් අවුරුද්දකට නොමිලේ දෙනවලු, 2GB pendrive එකක් දෙනවලු, නීතය්යානුකූල Data Entry Works රැසක් දෙනවලු. එක් දින නම් මෙච්චර දෙවල් දෙන්නේ නැහැ, නීතය්යානුකූල මුදල් උපයන ක්‍රම, වෙබ් අඩවි නිර්මානය,Ads Click කිරීමෙන් මුදල් උපයන ක්‍රම, Data Entry Jobs ගන්න විදිය අනෙකුත් මුදල් උපයන ක්‍රම ඇතුළු අන්තර්ජාලයේ රහස් දෙනවලු. මාරයිනෙ.......

මේකේ තියෙන විදියට මාසෙකට රුපියල් 100,000/= වඩා වැඩි ආදායමක් ලබන්න පුලුවන්ලු. පිස්සු හැදෙනවා නේද? හැබැයි මෙහෙම උනොත් එහෙම Google යන එන මන් නැති වෙනවා. පව් නේ Google .... ආයේ දෙකක් නෑ බන්කොලොත් වෙන එක ෂුවර් and ෂොට්...

අනේ යාලුවනේ මෙවලට රැවටෙන්න එපා. මම blogs ලියන්න පටන් ගත්තේ 2005 දි. එතකොට blogs ලියන අය හිටියේ පොඩ්ඩයි. එත් දැන් ගොඩාක් අයට blogs තියෙනවා. Google Adsense සහ eBay affiliate programවගේ ඒවා හොදයි. ඒවලින්නම් මුදල් හොයන්න පුලුවන්.එත් අපේ අයියලා (ඔය Ads දාලා තියෙන අය) කරන්නේ මේවා පාවිච්චි කරලා එයලගේ මල්ල තර කර ගන්න එක. එයාලගේ Clicks වැඩි කර ගන්න එක. ඔන්න දැන් FaceBook එකෙනුත් එයාලගේ Clicks වැඩි කර ගන්න දෙවල් කරනවා.

ගිය සුමානේ මගේ යාලුවෙක් Ad Clicks වැඩි කර ගන්න ගිහින් අමරුවේ වැටුනා. තව යාලුවෙක් ලංකාවේ survey site එකක register වෙලා 10$ නැතිකර ගත්තා.

මේකෙන් වෙන්නේ බ්ලොග් හොරුන්ව හදන එක. පොඩ්ඩක් හිතලා බලන්න.Web2.0 කියන්නේ බ්ලොග් හොරුන්ව හදන එක නෙමේ....

Web 2.0 is linking people , sharing, trading and collaborating. We’ll need to rethink a few things. Copyright, authorship, identity, ethics, aesthetics, rhetorics, privacy, commerce, love, family and ourselves. Watch this web 2.0 video --> web 2.0 video

Trace email message

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:58:37 PDT

How can we trace where this email came from? I get this question after receiving a SPAM mail this morning. So I easily determine the IP address of the sender of this email using IP tracer. Now I know who send that mail. I checked with my recipients and verify that.

If you need to trace down the IP address of the sender Copy and Paste your email header of the message into the box in http://www.ip-adress.com/trace_email to trace an email. There were plenty of software's to trace emails.

If you need to trace down the IP address of the sender Copy and Paste your IP address or domain name into the box in http://www.ip-adress.com/ip_tracer or http://www.ip-adress.com/whois to trace an IP or domain name lookup.

Skype Shut Down

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 23:37:04 PDT

Skype, the market leading VoIP service might have to be shut down because of a licensing dispute between eBay and the company's founders.

"ස්‌කයිප්" සේවාව වත්මන් ප්‍රබල දුරකථන සමාගම්වලට බලවත් තර්ජනයක්‌ව පවතින දුරකථන සේවාවක්‌ බවට පත්ව තිබේ. ඉතින් ස්කයිප් නැතිවුනොත් මොනවා වෙයිද?

eBay, online auction powerhouse purchased Skype from Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis for $US2.6 billion in 2005.Since then, however, Skype has grown as a profitable and independent with over 40 million active daily users around the world who use Skype for business or to keep in touch with friends. The loss of the Skype service, which carries about 8 per cent of all international voice traffic, would have a major impact on global communications.

eBay has since been licensing the technology from the founders’ new company, Joltid, but the pair recently decided to revoke the licensing agreement. The 2.6 billion dollar price tag did not include the "Global Index P2P software" that Skype is based on. Joltid is trying to cancel the license that Skype uses for this technology. If this happens, the Skype service will be shut down permanently.

The matter is now the subject of a legal battle in the English High Court of Justice, with eBay trying to force Joltid to let it continue using the technology.

Joltid was founded in 2001 by the team who created Kazaa. One of that team is Niklas Zennstrom, who co-founded Skype, Kazaa and Joost.

මයික්‍රොසොෆ්ට් ගමට අයි.ටී. Gamata IT

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 02:35:53 PDT

Now you can Download Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 interfaces in Sinhala, FREE ! http://www.microsoft.com/srilanka

මයික්‍රොසොෆ්ට්‌ ආයතනය ශ්‍රී ලංකා තොරතුරු හා සන්නිවේදන තාක්‌ෂණ නියෝජිතායතනයන් එක්‌ක එකතු වෙලා අපේ මව්බසින් Windows Vista සහ Office 2007 අතුරු මුහුණත් http://www.microsoft.com/srilanka කර ගත හැක.

මෙම මෘදුකාංග දෙක‌ සිංහලෙන් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීම, අප රට තුළ තොරතුරු තාක්‌ෂණය ප්‍රචලිත කිරීමේ කාර්යයේදී ඉතා වැදගත් ඉදිරි පියවරක්‌ යෑයි විද්‍යා හා තාක්‌ෂණ ඇමැති මහාචාර්ය තිස්‌ස විතාරණ මහතා පැවැසීය.

SMS alerts from Google Calender

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:44:55 PDT

SMS notification allows you to check your Google calendar when you're on the go.You can get a SMS notification from the events by enabling mobile alerts.

Configuring your Mobile Phone

Log in to Google Calendar
Click on Settings at the top and select Mobile Setup tab
Select your country from the 'Country' drop-down menu.
Enter your phone number in the 'Phone number' field.
Select your carrier from the drop-down menu, if applicable.
Click on Send Verification Code button Wait till you get a message from Google with verification code.
Once you receive the verification code, enter the code and click on Finish setup

Now you are all set to receive SMS alerts for the event reminders you create in Google Calendar.

List of supported providers in Sri Lanka:
Dialog Telekom Ltd
Mobitel Pvt Ltd
Tigo (Private) Limited

Cost of SMS notifications:
Google Calendar is a free product and Google doesn't charge you to receive notifications. Please keep in mind that if you're in the US or Canada, your mobile service provider's standard rate for receiving text messages may apply.

source: http://www.google.com/support/calendar

Safety in Facebook and Myspace

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:39:30 PDT

It is important to note that for most Social Networking sites (including Facebook and Myspace), when you sign up, the default privacy setting is not to hide your information. If you don’t want your profile and other information to be seen by people who you have not authorised to be your “friend”, after you sign up, you will have to check these settings and adjust them accordingly – look around the page for a link to “Privacy”.

On the whole, nearly all the interactions that go on via Social Networking sites are safe and fulfilling, just like in real life. However, you need to be conscious of your safety and what you want people to see of yourself and your friends. Furthermore, everyone should remember these safety tips:

Don’t accept a friend request from someone you don’t know and don’t be afraid to refuse a friend request from someone you don’t know very well
Be respectful of others if and when posting photos or videos of them or mentioning them where others might read about it
If you feel that you are being bullied or harassed, be aware that you can remove someone as a “friend” and / or block them from interacting with you

Cure for Dengue

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:10:51 PDT

This morning I received this email from one of my friend. The originator of this mail is renowned medical professional Dr. (Mrs) Sriyani Basnayake, therefore we can trust the contents.
I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengue fever. Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the ICU when his blood platelet count drops to 15 after ! 15 liters of blood transfusion.
His father was so worried that he seeks another friend's recommendation and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he gave his son raw juice of the papaya leaves. From a platelet count of 45 after 20 liters of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his platelet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses were surprised. After the second day he was discharged. So he asked me to pass this good news around.
Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2pcs just cleaned and pound and squeeze with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two! Tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap. It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like "Won Low Kat". But it works.

*Papaya Juice - Cure for Dengue*

You may have heard this elsewhere but if not, I am glad to inform you that papaya juice is a natural cure for dengue fever. As dengue fever is rampant now, I think it's good to share this with all.
A friend of mine had dengue last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water has started to fill up her lung. She had difficulty in breathing. She was only 32-year old. Doctor says there's no cure for dengue. We just have to wait for her body immune system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its own battle. She ! already had 2 blood transfusion and all of us were praying very hard as her platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted.
Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that papaya juice would help to reduce the fever and got some papaya leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out for it. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever subsided. We continued to feed her with papaya juice and she recovered after 3 days!!!
Amazing but it's true. It's believed one's body would be overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused the patient to have fever. Papaya juice has cooling effect. Thus, it helps to reduce the level of heat in one's body, thus the fever will go away. I found that it's also good when one is having sore throat or suffering from heat.
Please spread the news about this as lately there are many dengue cases. It's great if such natural cure could help to ease the sufferings of dengue patients.
Furthermore it's so easily available.
Blend them,squeeze the juice, drink immediately! It's simple and miraculously effective!!

Tamil Tiger leader Vellupillai Prabhakaran's body Identified

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Tue, 19 May 2009 02:08:27 PDT

Commander of Sri Lanka Army General Sarath Fonseka has confirmed that the body of Tamil Tiger rebel V.Prabhakaran, psychopathic leader of world's most barbaric terrorist outfit Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) has been found short while ago (May 19).

According to the defence sources, the LTTE leader who has ordered thousands of Tamil youth to give up their lives for him has tried to save his life until the last moment. The terror chief's body was found by the 53 Division troops led by Major General Kamal Goonarathne, the sources further said.

LTTE's intelligence wing and suicide squad leader Pottu Amman alias Shankugalingam Shivshankar, Sea Tiger leader Susai, Charles Anthony, B. Nadesan, S. Pulithevan, Ramesh, Kapil Amman, Ilango, Rathnam Master and Sutharman are verified killed and their bodies have been identified.

But today(May 19) a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) official told a pro-Tamil website that the Tiger chief was still alive.

President Mahinda Rajapaksha declared an end to its 26-year civil war.

source http://www.defence.lk

We Salute You

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:50:47 PDT

THEY ARE OUR HEROES. WE SHOULD WORSHIP YOU ALL OUR BRAVE HEARTED HEROES OF NAVY,ARMY, AIR FORCE, POLICE, DEFENCE MINISTER GOTABHAYA RAJAPAKSHA and PRESIDENT MAHINDA RAJAPAKSHA . WE SALUTE YOU...

Kuveni is back

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:47:09 PDT

It is a well-known story Kuveni, the queen of Yakkhas of ancient Sri Lanka became the consort of Prince Vijaya, had two children - a son named Jivahata and the daughter named Disala.

Veteran dramatist Henry Jayasena's award winning play "Kuveni" was staged on May6,2009 at Elphinstone Theatre, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The new production directed by Samudra Jeewani Karunananda and this is a joint effort by the University of Aesthetic Studies.

In the new production cast includes Dulanjali Sankalya, Rajitha Hewathanthrige,Prasannajith Abeysuriya, Nimal Jayasinghe, Warnatunga Senanayake, Dilini Nadeeka, Thilina Prabath, Vishaka Jayaweera,Rasika Pushpasiri, Nishantha Karunasena, gayantha Sanjeewa, Suneth Shanthapriya, Niluka Rajamanthri, Nilakshi Dharani, Nivoni Dayangi, Kumari Dahanayake and students of the University of Aesthetic Studies.

Men really do see half naked women as 'objects'

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:22:00 PDT

Researchers scanned the brains of certain men as they looked at a photograph of a woman in a bikini and discovered that sections of the brain that usually reacted to objects lit up.

With men, who were known to have sexist tendencies, they also discovered that a part of the brain that usually turned on during social interaction actually de-activated when they saw the photograph.

Professor Susan Fiske, of Princeton University, told the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting that she believes that the results show that some men did not see sexualised women as a "human".

"I am not saying that they literally see them as an object, of course they know she is human," she said.

"But what the brain scans show is that they are reacting to this photograph as people react to objects. It is as if they are not fully human.

"They are not treating them as fully three dimensional humans."

She said that the constant bombardment of society with sexualised images of young women could be to blame and that it "decreased the extinct that they were seen as human".

She said the effect was rather like violence on television that studies had shown to desensitise people to the affects of violence.

"I think that there is a parallel in seeing lots of sexualised women," she added. "You get used to it."

She said the effect was particularly powerful in the workplace and that studies had shown that men interviewing sexually attractive women behaved very differently towards them than other women and men.

Read more at telegraph.co.uk...

Independence Day of Sri Lanka

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 23:47:45 PST

“Sri Lanka Matha- Apa Sri Lanka”
Independence from the Kingdom of Great Britainin 1948. For more than a century Sri Lanka was a British crown colony and achieved its independence to officially become the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka.

The National Flag of Sri Lanka symbolizes the country's culture and heritage and embodies the spirit of nationality of its people. It also represents the four virtues of kindness, friendliness, happiness and equanimity. Each element on the National Flag has a distinctive symbolic significance.

Please hoist the national flag to pay tribute to the armed forces that played a major role in the country's freedom struggle.

How to Minimize Electricity Consumption of Computers

noreply@blogger.com (Ruki) — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:57:00 PST

People always use varieties of electronic products in their life that use electricity for energy, as computer, air conditioning, washing machine,heaters...etc. So, we suggest few strategies how to minimize energy for Personal Computer users,

1.Use dark colour wall paper & black view screen. Do not use screen server for long period.

2Use portable computer (lap top) more efficient than work station computer or desktop computer.

3.Shut down your computer when you do not use it, especially at night.

4.Use in jet printer than laser printer.

5.Decrease to use monitor, if you can access from remote administrator.

6.Use computer with LCD monitor than CRT, because LCD monitor more efficient energy.

7. Be wise to use monitor computer, 17 inc. monitor use 30 % energy than 15 inc. monitor.

8. Use power saving setting available in the control panel of your computer
Monitor off - 3 to 5 minutes
Hard disk off - 5 to 10 minutes
Stand by/sleeps mode - 15 to 25 minutes