Thursday, September 20, 2007

A Hidden Feature in Google Earth :Flight Simulator


It is a hidden feature which is going to be a standard feature in new version.
Open Google Earth press Ctrl+Alt+A (Make sure you have Google Earth 4.2) and start flying .You will find a screen appears named Flight Simulator.Choose your aircraft options either a F16 Viper or SR22 4 seater.Joysticks are supported.

For a quick overview, check out this Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7z6Yxs69rQ


For more detail(keyboard shortcuts)click on below link:
http://earth.google.com/intl/en/userguide/v4/flightsim/index.html

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Friday, September 14, 2007

Bugs in microsoft windows xp

1) Nobody can create a FOLDER anywhere on the Computer which can be named as “CON”.
Explanation : The “CON” word is an old MS-DOS reserved word , thats why you can’t create folders with such name. “CON” mean consol.
The list of reserved words: CON, PRN, AUX, CLOCK$, NUL, COM1, COM2, COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6, COM7, COM8, COM9, LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, LPT4, LPT5, LPT6, LPT7, LPT8, and LPT9.

2) Open an empty notepad file
Type “Bush hid the facts” (without the quotes)
Save it as whatever you want.
Close it, and re-open it.
Explanation :It appears that a lot of other character strings in the pattern 4 letters, 3 letters, 3 letters and 5 letters will give the same result. For example, the phrase "Bill fed the goats" also displays the garbled text.
Even a line of text such as "hhhh hhh hhh hhhhh" will elicit the same results.
Some character strings that fit the "4,3,3,5" pattern do not generate the error. For example, the phrase "Bush hid the truth" is displayed normally."Fred led the brats", "brad ate the trees" and other strings also escape the error.
The API function that determine if the text is in UNICODE or NOT is weak . If the file is originally saved as "Unicode" rather than "ANSI" the text displays correctly. Older versions of Notepad such as those that came with Windows 95, 98 or ME do not include Unicode support so the error does not occur.
To read more :http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2004/03/24/95235.aspx

3) Open Microsoft Word
type=rand (200, 99) then press ENTER
Explanation : still an unexplainable bug.


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