So today when I went to the Same Place i bought it from the chaps there directed me to the apple Service Center at another location ( 9 kms from Nehru place) and on reaching there i was informed that the Apple Support Guys were telling Lies. There is no such concept of instant hand to hand replacement and I was asked to leave my ipod and wait for upto 15 Days. Now i m waiting to have my brand new Ipod back …

Some things i think u should know –

• Not one Apple representative Apologized for the Faulty product i was sold
• Even for a brand new product ( Not even a day old ) one is required to go through service
• Apple India is not Apple ( its ‘desi’ Indian Version which works like ‘desi’ companies )
• Not the experience i expected,I wasted a lot of time and effort just to buy one Ipod which i still do not have

I had high hopes and was kind of excited about owning my first Apple product . But I was utterly disappointed, frustrated and saddened by state of things. Also as i mentioned , it was an urgent requirement for some software that i am delivering and my work has suffered coz of bad product , apparently new?? and pathetic service.

Their competitor on the other hand atleast Microsoft gives me Free Onsite Wonder full support and service.

UPDATE : I had got a replacement after 5 days.

Here is my little solution , Basically pack the script and make it as a one line of code which can be added to the html editor –

Go to the following link paste your JavaScript code and embed the Wordpress embed in your wordpress …

But more than the Initial Cost the Electricity Bill(running cost) associated with the AC is what actually hurts. So recently I had to make the same decision in buying a second AC. I already own a Hitachi Window AC. Here are some points that I found out and a little JavaScript calculator which I wrote which helped make up my mind -

Try to go for Split AC , they are much quieter and more efficient though come at a higher Initial Cost. The Hitachi window I have makes me feel like sleeping next to a running vehicle !!!

The Total ownership cost difference over 5 Star rated and 3 Star Rated AC over a course of 5 years is almost same usually. But 5 star rated AC’s are about 20 % more expensive than 3 Star ones when buying the AC ( but this 20 % is paid back over 5 years in most cases). You can check using the calculator below.

More expensive does not mean itll recover its cost in Electricity Bill as some companies state. Do the calculations yourself and you will see.

Avoid the Cheapest ones out there, there is a reason they are cheap !

Most big terms like AntiBacterial filters, Night mode,Ion Purifiers etc are nothing but terms to attract you. You should just look at appropriate cooling capacity and running costs. As most of us just Switch them on and forget about them.

Here is a small calculator I wrote based on a Thread from TechEnclave which will help you check running cost of an AC and the total ownerships cost over a period, use the calculator below to decide if the AC is worth the extra money or which one is better -

• Your Server streams the files to users – This method uses 2x bandwidth and can make most shared hosting servers crawl. Though is more transparent. But as soon as your site becomes popular , high probability your server IP address facing a ban.
• Use supplies supplies source code of vieweing page – Simple and effective , User has to paste source code of page he is viewing. Approach being followed by other grabbers. But unlike other sites i have also attached a bookmarklet which streamlines the whole process to one click.

Update [2010-4-19]

Fixed again 3gp , mp4 , HD support added.

Update [2010-3-31]

Both methods are supported now , use config.php to choose whatever you want.

Download New version here –

FreeDown

PS: This is not a public forum to sell your scripts , you can offer fixes but sale is not allowed.

Download New version here –

FreeDown

But i have to come to learn that the hackers taking advantage of the holidays hacked the main server and have stolen the domain also. So basically now they are running a site which is a less featured clone on videoswiper.com . They reset all the accounts by redirecting the email which was admin[AT]videoswiper.com. Also they have the balls to say that the original owner is doing phishing . They also have stolen downloadMod.php code from my site Videoswiperplus and saying that they have written it.

I hope jason gets his sites back soon.

You can read more about it here – http://www.jasontaylor.me.uk/2010/01/04/videoswiper-hacked-dont-be-fooled/

Hackers should be dealt swiftly , i did have a soft side for these guys when i was a kid. But now i think they should be treated like common criminals , and maybe some should be made an example out of to stop the damage they cause.
Lesson learned – Avoid having emails for hosting and other important accounts like email@yoursite.com , if yoursite.com DNS record gets hacked all emails are redirected by hackers to reset everything and you will never come to know what happened. I believe sites like gmail , yahoo are much safer in this case. Also keep diffrent password for every single account , atleast the important ones.

It will be called BaseApp Digisell and will be dual licensed ( Like MySql ).

If you guys have any ideas which you wuold like to see in a simple flexible shopping cart please let me know.

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It is bascically the k2 modified to look this way.There might be more features , but the above one would i think allow me to get back to people better.

So I called up Microsoft and after a few verifications i was assigned a replacement. The replacement arrived within 3 days and to my surprise it supported 1080p unlike my old one which just did 720p. So am pretty happy about my free upgrade and great after sales service provided my Microsoft.

So if you are planning to buy a XBOX 360 in India do go ahead and do get yourself a XBOX live connection , thats what makes 360 shine above the other consoles which collect dust in my house.

The first thing i noticed was that Administrator account passwords were changed, So i instantly knew something was wrong.

Since i usually store main settings in a file for faster access , i just opened FTP to look at the time stamp associated with the file. This showed me the last modifed date of the file and an approximate idea when the hacker changed the details.

Next step was to dig up the raw access logs from CPanel , After downloading the access logs for that specific file i opened them in PSPad ( My fav editor ) . Logs are not small of busy sites so you will be looking at a very large amount of data.

But i knew specific url which can be used to change the settings so i just did a Ctrl-F and put in the url with a POST prefix , as a form has to be submitted to change settings . This gave me a few instances of that URL with POST request.

Now looking at the time stamp i was able to find out when the hacker did the settings change. Means I had the IP.Doing another another CTRL-F on the IP and pressing list put all the hacker logs in another window , which makes its easy for us to go step by step at his efforts to crack the system.

After going from the start i noticed after certain URL he suddenly had got access to the admin section , And once i put in the url myself, i knew what the problem was.

And so it was fixed.