Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design

Engineering is done with numbers.

Analysis without numbers is only an opinion.

 

-- Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design

Teachings Of Warren Buffet

What Warren Buffet says about basic investing, spending, savings are so true. Most of us know it, however too many of us do not live it.

If it does make a change in your life, thank HIM (I mean God) because this is common sense. WB said it once, I am just reproducing it.

1. On Earning:
Do not depend on a single income. Invest and create a second/ third source of income:
This means when you are young your first task should be saving and investing. By creating a second source of income you are quickly reducing your dependence on your job. This could help you to set out on your own one day. The quicker you can do it, the better.
2. On Spending:
If you buy things that you do not need, you may soon have to sell things you need:
It kind of summarizes Gen X’s reaction towards ‘luxuries’. As a part of Gen X we were perhaps criticised for some of our expenses, so it could be a generational thing even for WB. However, having goals and knowing where you are going, and not spending just to ‘show off’ are important lessons for all generations.
3. On Savings:

Do not spend what is left after spending, instead spend after you save/invest:
Also called ‘Pay Yourself First’. If you realise that investing in a pension plan or for your kid’s education is just helping you to save more later on. It is not a sacrifice, it is just postponing consumption. So understand, invest and then spend.
4. On taking Risk:
Never test the depth of the river with both your feet:
If you are doing something, do small. If you are a first gen investor, do not be carried away by equity lovers like me and put all your money in equity. Do a SIP with a small amount, and test the waters. Do a SIP of Rs. X (which could be 10% of your take home pay) for 5 years and then step up. And for heavens sake understand risk of inflation, and the concept of real returns

5. On Investing:

Do not put all eggs in one basket:
Immaterial of who you are and how much you understand, create a portfolio. A full range lunch plate is always better than just one item. So create a portfolio with bonds, bond funds, PPF, NSC, equity, mutual funds, and on the risk side medical and term insurance.
6. On Expectation:
Honesty is expensive, do not expect it from cheap people:
Not everybody is honest, nor does everybody want to be honest. Honest advisers are difficult to find especially in Health and Wealth, be careful.

Number Of Zeros - Notation

Number Of Zeros - Notation
Thousand	Three Zeros	1 000
Ten Thousand	Four zeroes	1 0 000
Lakh	Five zeroes	1 00 000
Million	Six zeroes	1 000 000
Billion	Nine zeroes	1 000 000 000
Trillion	Twelve zeroes	1 000 000 000 000
Quadrillion	Fifteen zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000
Quintillion	Eighteen zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000
Sextillion	Twenty-one zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Septillion	Twenty-four zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Octillion	Twenty-seven zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Novillion	Thirty zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Decillion	Thirty-three zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Undecillion	Thirty-six zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Duodecillion	Thirty-nine zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Tredecillion	Forty-two zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Quattuordecillion	Forty-five zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Quindecillion	Forty-eight zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Sexdecillion	Fifty-one zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Septendecillion	Fifty-four zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Octodecillion	Fifty-seven zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Novemdecillion	Sixty zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Vigintillion	Sixty-three zeroes	1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

Alone!

Some battles have to be fought alone.
Some paths have to be crossed alone.
So never be too emotionall​y attached to anyone.
Because you never know when you have to walk alone.

--
V

Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow

Today Is Yesterday's Tomorrow

The problem with waiting until tomorrow is that when it finally arrives, it is called today.
Today is yesterday's tomorrow.  The question is, what did we do with its opportunity?  All too often we will waste tomorrow as we wasted yesterday, and as we are wasting today.  All that could have been accomplished can easily elude us, despite our intentions, until we inevitably discover that the things that might have been have slipped from our embrace a single, unused day at a time.

Each of us must pause frequently to remind ourselves that the clock is ticking.  The same clock that began to tick from the moment we drew our first breath will also someday cease.

Time is the great equalizer of all mankind.  It has taken  away the best and the worst of us without regard for either.  Time offers opportunity but demands a sense of urgency.

When the game of life is finally over, there is no second chance to correct our errors.  The clock that is ticking away the moments of our lives does not care about winners and losers.  It does not care about who succeeds or who fails.  It does not care about excuses, fairness or equality.  The only essential issue is how we played the game.

Regardless of a person's current age, there is a sense of urgency that should drive them into action now, this very moment.  We should be constantly aware of the value of each and every moment of our lives, moments that seem so insignificant that their loss often goes unnoticed.

We still have all the time we need.  We still have lots of chances - lots of opportunities - lots of years to show what we can do.  For most of us, there will be a tomorrow, a next week, a next month, and a next year.  But unless we develop a sense of urgency, those brief windows of time will be sadly wasted, as were the weeks and months and years before them.  There isn't an endless supply!

So as you think of your dreams and goals of your future tomorrow, begin today to take those every important first steps to making them all come to life.

-- Jim Rohn
 

AutoShare Disable on Windows

Disable Auto Share For Workstations (Windows7)

 Click Start—>Run type regedit click ok

 Open the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE branch.

 Open the SYSTEM branch.

 Open the CurrentControlSet branch.

 Open the Services branch.

 Open the LanmanServer branch.

 Select the Parameters branch.

Select Edit, New, DWORD (32-bit) Value. Vista & Windows 7 adds a new value to the Parameters key (If you have the key just check for correct value).

Type AutoShareWks and press Enter. (You can leave this setting with its default value of 0.)

Restart Windows to put the new setting into effect.

NOTE
This action does not disable the IPC$ share. Although this share is not used to access files directly, ensure that anonymous access to this share is disabled. Alternatively, you can remove the IPC$ share completely by deleting it at start-up by using the following command:

net share IPC$ /delete

Use this method to remove the C$ and D$ shares also.

Understanding Success (Skills needed for Success)

Domain Expertise:

• Knowledge about your chosen field of specialization

Soft Skills:

• Ability to handle stress,
• Interpersonal Skills,
• Confidence,
• Decision Making,
• Clarity of thought,
• Goal Setting, etc...