Miss Teen USA 2007 - South Carolina answers a question
August 31, 2007
This honestly hands down beats every answer ever given at a beauty pageant in terms of how bad it was. Watch this video of Miss South Carolina at the Miss Teen USA 2007 answer a question on
“Recent polls have shown that 1/5th of Americans can’t spot America on a World Map. Why do you think this is?”
and Miss South Carolina Caitlin Upton answers
” I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, um, some people out there in our nation don’t have maps and, uh, I believe that our, uh, education like such as, uh, South Africa and, uh, the Iraq and everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa and should help Iraq and the Asian countries, so we will be able to build up our future”
Miss South Carolina, I wish you just kept quite. However, surprisingly she came in 4th place overall. Looks like so long as you have the beauty, never mind the brains, you can still win beauty contests. Fourth place or not, she has definitely become a YouTube sensation. Watch the video of Miss South Carolina at the Miss Teen USA 2007 why me and 3 million other people seem to think so
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Get great deals using Coupons this Holiday Season
August 30, 2007
Labor day weekend is almost upon us and before we know it, we will soon be stuffing stockings. There is no better time to shop for that item you have been lusting for a while because merchants usually give good deals during the holiday season. I also look around for online coupons to make the good deals I get turn into awesome deals.
This holiday season, I want to get my sister some stuff as part of her back to school shopping. I was thinking of a nice bag for her and I could not think of a better place to shop for bags online other than eBags. In case anyone is thinking on the same lines, you can score some good eBags coupons here which include 10% of $35 purchases plus free shipping. If you are thinking of Old Navy for your shopping this holiday season, then Coupon Chief is once again the perfect place.
The other thing I wanted to get was a nice Digital Camera for my dad. Surprisingly, while one usually associates Dell giving out good deals on Laptops, I found good deals for Digital Cameras through Dell including 19% of a Kodak 7.2 MP camera.
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August 30, 2007
How to Encrypt a File and apply Image Steganography
August 30, 2007
Steganography is the art and science of writing hidden messages in such a way that no one apart from the intended recipient knows of the existence of the message. Generally, a steganographic message will appear to be something else: a picture, an article, a shopping list, or some other message. A Steganographic message (plaintext) is often first encrypted by some traditional means, and then a covertext is modified in some way to contain the encrypted message (ciphertext) , resulting in stegotext.
In this article, we will teach you how to do this. First to encrypt a message and then apply image steganography techniques to hide this encrypted message in an image.
PHASE # 1: How to encrypt a text/message
When Concealing data within encrypted data, the data to be concealed is first encrypted before being used to overwrite part of a much larger block of encrypted data. This technique works most effectively when the decrypted version of data being overwritten has no special meaning or use. Some cryptosystems, especially those designed for filesystems, add random looking padding bytes at the end of a ciphertext so that its size can’t be used to know what was the plaintext size. We will be applying this encryption technique using TrueCrypt.
TrueCrypt is a free open source disk encryption software that works on both Windows and Linux platforms. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the correct password/keyfile(s) or correct encryption keys. TrueCrypt does this by creating a virtual hard drive that will read and write encrypted files on the fly. The advantage of using TrueCrypt is that you need not download it everywhere. All you need are the files truecrypt.exe, truecrypt.sys and the volume file you create which you can carry on your flash drive.
Step by Step Tutorial on how to encrypt your Hard disk or data or message using TrueCrypt
Step # 1: Download and install TrueCrypt
Step # 2: Once you Launch TrueCrypt, Click on “Create Volume” button. This launches the Volume Creation wizard that prepares the encryped drive location. Next, choose ” Create a Standard TrueCrypt Volume” and hit Next. Next, click on “Select File” button. Browse to a place where you want to store your encryped files. In this case, I am selecting askstudent.secret Note: This is not the file you want to encrypt. Think of this as a Folder Name which in turn would contain the files you want to encrypt later on. Hit Next
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August 30, 2007
The need to reach to your potential customer and convey your message across to them in this highly competitive economy is more important than ever before. A marketing person might employ email for delivering their message. But an email simply cannot convey the energy and emotion irrespective of how much text or information it has. Nothing can beat a human voice to deliver your message and pitch across. Moreover, it is more likely that your potential customer has access to phone over access to a computer, internet and email.
Another option could be to send your marketing material over the post or snail mail. However, for companies especially smaller companies, the cost of printing, postage and handling can become prohibitive budget wise.
Enter Vontoo, a permission based, on demand voice messaging system which allows you to send audio messages to any cell phone or land line in the United States at a fraction of the cost unlike methods discussed above.
Vontoo enables organizations to create, send, and track voice messages to people who want to hear from them. Unlike many traditional blast calling systems, Vontoo does NOT require the additional purchase of software or hardware to use their technology. Cheaper than snail mail and more efficient than email, voice marketing is truly the most innovative way to market today.
If you are wondering Why Vontoo voice messaging, it is because by using Voice over Internet Protocol, Vontoo enables customers to create and send 1 to 1 million audio messages directly to any type of phone.
An example of a success story using this Vontoo Voice Messaging system are the Boston Celtics who used Vontoo to increase their ticket sales and helped increase their season ticket renewals. With Vontoo’s help, the Celtics are reaching out to season ticket holders via personal phone messages from player Delonte West. At the end of the phone call from West, fans are encouraged to renew their season tickets by transferring to the club’s office.
The Celtics’ experience with Vontoo follows a similar effort carried out by the Memphis Grizzlies. Looking to boost home game attendance, the Grizzlies enlisted Vontoo to distribute voice messages featuring favorite players. That effort resulted in more than $30,000 in sales with one round of calls.
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August 28, 2007
Ever wondered about the Stonehenge mystery, how those ancient humans built the amazing Stonehenge monuments in England. Maybe aliens helped them, or maybe it was just crazy smarts and gravity.
Watch this video on how the Stonehenge was built. It is all very simple. Use small rocks to move the bigger ones and let gravity do the rest. Stonehenge mystery solved
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August 28, 2007
We all heard our shares of HelpDesk jokes. Well, looks like this Helpdesk agent decided to take the next step and warn his “customers” of a stupid question. Check out this funny helpdesk warning sign
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