Nokia Secret Codes

1. Imagine ur cell battery is very low, u r expecting an

important call and u don't have a charger.

Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To

activate,

key is "*3370#"

Ur cell will restart with this reserve and ur instrument

will show a 50% incerase in battery.

This reserve will get charged when u charge ur cell

next

time.

*3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR)-Your phone

uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced by approx.

5%

#3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec( EFR)

*#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a

lower

quality sound

but you should gain approx 30% more Talk Time

*#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec

2. *#0000# Displays your phones software version,

1st Line : Software Version,

2nd Line : Software Release Date,

3rd Line : Compression Type

3. *#9999# Phones software v ersion if *#0000# does not work

4. *#06# For checking the International Mobile Equipment

Identity

(IMEI Number)

5. #pw+1234567890+1# Provider Lock Status. (use the "*"

button

to obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)

6. #pw+1234567890+2# Network Lock Status. (use the "*" button

to

obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)

7. #pw+1234567890+3# Country Lock Status. (use the "*" button

to

obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)

8. #pw+1234567890+4# SIM Card Lock Status.(use the "*" button

to

obtain the "p,w" and "+" symbols)

9. *#147# (vodafone) this lets you know who called you last

*#1471# Last call (Only vodofone)

10. *#21# Allows you to check the number that "All Calls" are

diverted To

11. *#2640# Displays security code in use

12. *#30# Lets you see the private number

13. *#43# Allows you to check the "Call Waiting" status of your

phone.

14. *#61# Allows you to check the number that "On No Reply"

calls

are diverted to.

15. *#62# Allows you to check the number that "Divert If Unrea

chable(no service)" calls are diverted to

16 *#67# Allows you to check the number that "On Busy Calls"

are

diverted to.

17. *#67705646#R emoves operator logo on 3310 & 3330

18. *#73# Reset phone timers and game scores

19. *#746025625# Displays the SIM Clock status, if your phone

supports this power saving feature "SIM Clock Stop Allowed", it

means you will get the best standby

time

possible

20. *#7760# Manufactures code

21. *#7780# Restorefa ctory settings

22. *#8110# Software version for the nokia 8110

23. *#92702689# (to rember *#WAR0ANTY#)

Displays -

1.Serial Number,

2.Date Made

3.Purchase Date,

4.Date of last repair (0000 for no

repairs),

5.Transfer User Data.

To exit this mode -you need to

switch

your phone off then on again

24. *#94870345123456789# Deactivate the PWM-Mem

25. **21*number# Turn on "All Calls" diverting to the phone

number

entered

26. **61*number# Turn on "No Reply" diverting to the phone

number

entered

27. **67*number# Turn on "On Busy" diverting to the phone number

entered

28. 12345 This is the default security code press and hold #

29. *#62209526# to show MAC address on wifi enabled phones

30. *#2820# to show MAC address on bluetooth enabled phones

Circuits Collection

I found this cool site with a lot of cool circuits http://www.epanorama.net/

Monitor PC Usage - ManicTime (Windows)

You spend hours and hours on PC everyday, but do you ever wonder what are you doing with the PC? What application you are running? and how many time spend on each application. Now you can do that using ManicTime. A software (Free) to monitor you PC usage. You can monitor and check where you spend you time onto (I bet you won't want your boss to know it).


ManicTime can be downloaded Here, and it require .Net Framework to run.

Bad artists vs Great artists (Joke)

Online Magazine of Free (issuu.com)

Recently, I come across this cool website. Where you could find a lot of magazine for reading, and it all free.

And if you one of those people that looking for way to publish you PDF / E-Book to the public. This site is defiantly your choice.
After you sign up, you can upload a PDF which later it will be transform into a Flash version of the document, you will be given a like to distribute that.
When user over the internet click on the link they will be presented with the Flash version of the PDF (which is nice looking).

URL: http://issuu.com

准妈咪便秘千万别疏忽(便秘)

便秘，俗称大便干燥。一般来说，大便间隔超过48小时，粪便干燥,引起排便困难就称为便秘。孕期由于胃酸减少，体力活动减少，胃肠蠕动减慢，加上胎儿逐渐增大，膨胀的子宫压迫小肠，使其难以蠕动，准妈妈就更容易发生肠胀气或便秘。
  
  　　小病不“小”
  
  　　便秘是是孕期最常见最易被疏忽的疾病之一。然而，千万别小看它，一不留神它就会让你悔恨终身。妊娠晚期，便秘会愈来愈严重，常常几天没有大便，甚至1-2周都未能排便，从而导致孕妇腹痛、腹胀。严重者可导致肠梗阻，并发早产，危及母婴安危。曾有患者在妊娠38周时因便秘、肠梗阻导致小肠坏死而切除大部分小肠。有些罹患便秘的孕妇在分娩时，堆积在肠管中的粪便妨碍胎儿下降，导致产程延长甚至难产。
  
  　　一般治疗法：药粥治疗法。
  
  　　胡桃粥：取胡核仁4个，粳米100克。将胡桃仁捣烂同粳米一起煮成粥。适用于体虚肠燥的孕期便秘患者食用。
  
  　　芝麻粥：先取黑芝麻适量，淘洗干净晒干后炒热研碎，每次取30克，同粳米100克煮粥，适用于身体虚弱、头晕耳鸣的孕妇便秘患者食用。
  
  　　酥蜜粥：酥油30克、蜂蜜50克、粳米100克。先将粳米加水煮沸，然后兑入酥油和蜂蜜，煮成稠粥。适用于阴虚劳损等便秘患者食用。
  
  　　柏子仁粥：将柏子仁30克洗净去杂捣烂，加粳米100克煮粥，服时兑入蜂蜜适量。适用于患有心悸、失眠的孕期便秘患者食用。
  
  　　无花果粥：无花果30克、粳米100克。先将米加水煮沸，然后放入无花果煮成粥。服时加适量蜂蜜和砂糖。有痔疮的妇女及便秘患者可食用无花果粥。
  
  　　特殊治疗法：药物治疗法。
  
  　　48小时后，一般治疗（药粥）无效的情况下，如果孕妇仍腹胀难受，甚至引起痔疮加重，则必须在医生的诊断下服食药物治疗。
  
  　　医师叮咛：
  
  　　妊娠期妇女应用泻药必须注意如下几点：
  
  　　(1)由于大多数容积泻剂及肠道刺激剂旨在刺激肠壁，使肠蠕动增加的同时可引起子宫收缩，故妊娠期特别是妊娠末期的妇女应用此类泻药有导致早产或流产的可能，故应在医师指导下选择引起子宫收缩作用小的润滑剂或栓剂。
  
  　　(2)有些导泻药，如石蜡油长期服用可妨碍钙、磷及脂溶性维生素的吸收，又因胎儿的营养物质是通过脐带从母体的血液中吸取的，因此，母体的钙、磷、维生素吸收减少也导致胎儿对这些物质的摄取减少，从而影响胎儿发育。
  
  　　(3)大多数泻药对消化道都有刺激作用而引起恶心、呕吐，从而加重了妊娠初期的妊娠反应， 故这方面的副作用亦应引起注意。
  
  　　安全用药指南：
  
  　　一、妊娠期治疗便秘，建议选用中药为宜。建议请有经验的中医师辨证用药。
  
  　　二、原则上可以选用润下通便药：
  
  　　1 中成药：如麻仁丸等。
  
  　　2 中药：如火麻仁、瓜姜仁等。
  
  　　三、可通过饮食调理，食用香蕉、番薯，多吃蔬菜等。
  
  　　一 养成定时排便的习惯。
  
  　　每天定时排便1次（最好是在早餐过后），建议使用坐式马桶来减轻下腹部血液的淤滞和痔疮的形成。不要排便时阅读报纸或做别的事情，应养成“专心”排便的好习惯。同时切忌忍着不排便。
  
  　　二 适量运动好睡眠。
  
  　　最佳的运动方式就是每天坚持散步。（关于散步详见于2003年9月期《快乐走过孕期》）。睡觉时应尽量取左侧卧位，以减轻子宫对直肠的压迫

孕妇便秘怎么办？

孕妇便秘怎么办？ 

便秘可分为功能性便秘和器质性便秘两种。功能性便秘多由排便动力缺乏（如腹肌或肛提肌衰弱）、结肠痉挛、进食太少、水分缺乏、食物缺少纤维素、直肠排便反射迟钝或消失、无定时解大便的习惯等原因造成的。器质性便秘多由部分性肠梗阻（如肠粘连）、巨结肠、肠道外疾病压迫肠道、直肠肛门疾病（如痔疮）等引起。 
怀孕以后胃酸分泌减少，胃肠道平滑肌张力降低，蠕动减弱，同时由于腹壁肌肉张力减弱，大肠对水分的吸收增加，所以孕妇更容易发生便秘。孕妇便秘以功能性便秘为主。 
孕妇患便秘以后，可采取以下措施： 

1、喝蜜水。 
2、吃些无花果、梅脯等。 
3、多吃水果蔬菜等富含维生素的食物。 
4、在医生指导下，适当服用有温和通便作用的药物如果导、麻仁磁脾丸等。 
5、如果比较严重，可选用开塞露或甘油栓，必须由医生指导进行，严禁使用泻药，特别是怀孕后期，以防止流产。 
为了预防便秘，孕妇在日常生活中要注意以下几个方面的问题： 
1、进食不可过精，多吃富含纤维的食物。 
2、养成定时大便的习惯。 
3、每天起床后空腹饮一杯温开水，有刺激肠蠕动的作用。 


便秘是孕妇的常见病和多发病之一。因为怀孕期间黄体素分泌增加，使胃肠道平滑肌松弛，蠕动减缓，导致大肠对水分的吸收增加，粪便变硬而出现排便不畅。在怀孕后期，胎儿和子宫日益增大，对直肠产生一种机械性压迫，也会引起便秘。 

为预防便秘的发生，孕妇应参加适度劳动，并注意调剂饮食。平时饮食要含有充足的水分，要多吃含纤维素较多的新鲜蔬菜和水果。早晨起床后，先喝一杯凉开水，平时要养成良好的大便习惯。 

如果已发生便秘，切不可乱用泻药，否则会引起流产、早产。现介绍几则粥疗方法： 

△胡桃粥： 

取胡核仁4个，粳米100克。将胡桃仁捣烂同粳米一起煮成粥。适用于体虚肠燥的孕期便秘患者食用。 

△芝麻粥： 

先取黑芝麻适量，淘洗干净晒干后炒热研碎，每次取30克，同粳米100克煮粥，适用于身体虚弱、头晕耳鸣的孕妇便秘患者食用。 

△酥蜜粥： 

酥油30克、蜂蜜50克、粳米100克。先将粳米加水煮沸，然后兑入酥油和蜂蜜，煮成稠粥。适用于阴虚劳损等便秘患者食用。 

△柏子仁粥： 

将柏子仁30克洗净去杂捣烂，加粳米100克煮粥，服时兑入蜂蜜适量。适用于患有心悸、失眠的孕期便秘患者食用。 

△无花果粥： 

无花果30克、粳米100克。先将米加水煮沸，然后放入无花果煮成粥。服时加适量蜂蜜和砂糖。有痔疮的妇女及便秘患者可食用无花果粥。

source: http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/15839645

Apache Configuration File (Linux)

Apache configuration files: (refered to generically in this tutorial as httpd.conf or reside as the file .htpasswd, in the directory being protected.)

• Red Hat / Fedora Core / CentOS: /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf or /etc/httpd/conf.d/application.conf
• Novell SuSE: /etc/apache2/httpd.conf or /etc/apache2/conf.d/application.conf
• Ubuntu (dapper 6.06) / Debian: /etc/apache2/apache2.conf or /etc/apache2/conf.d/application.conf

source: http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialApacheAddingLoginSiteProtection.html

Top Scams in Malaysia

1. The Cafe Scams - Island Red Cafe & Stevens Corner
 (strange, both in Pandan Indah) - Island Red Cafe collects members RM6,000 each and promised 5% return every month and even give you a name in the ROC as a shareholder but what's the point when they run away? Stevens Corner, the famous indian coffee shop follows due to drop of business since their renovation. They collect RM3,000 per member and promise return of RM150 monthly and plans to open nice fanchisee cafe called StevensTeaGarden. Someone mentioned they will make you sign an agreement that give them the rights NOT to pay you anything in future. If you really wish to join, ask for a copy of their agreement and consult your lawyer BEFORE paying them. Bet you will NOT get a copy. Both collect monies from new members with MLM recruitment schemes and pay the old members like Sunshine Empire. You never know when they will run away.
2. Sunshine Empire
This licensed and legal Company has an impressive office at the ground level of KUB building along Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, near Menara Public Bank and AmBank Building . They also have a showroom office at the ground level in the next building. 3 or 4 months ago, Singapore's Straits Times and The Paper published big news reminding their people to be careful and NOT to believe in them. Hope someone can put up the link or
> google for it.(As expected, they STOPPED paying back members now and all investors LOST their money).
 
Someone below has put a link to the Singapore news. In fact there are more to it. Although Singapore is investigating them, they did not stop their business as the business is legal and so far, no Singaporean have failed to receive their commissions as promised. Thus, the government cannot stop them yet. The news published that the founder, director and group president is someone named James Phang but he is NOT the owner. Isn't this quite strange ? At the end of the game, James Phang can just disappear from the Company easily and claimed that he was just "employed". Such trick always happened in scam businesses. Now, the Company has STOPPED paying commissions and interests to members with the excuse that the Singapore government has freezed their bank account while under investigation. Do you think their boss will be so stupid to keep much monies in the bank to be freezed? They are all transfered away. It's just an excuses not to
> pay back to members and members are only paid "e-bonus-points" which is cashless. If they wish to
> convert to cash, they have to recruit new members to pay them cash and the recruiter less out trom the amount. So victims act like Vampires and "forced" to victimise other victims if they wish to get their monies back. And their victims will later transform to vampires and the scam carries on…..
  3. MobilWallet
This Company owned by 2 young men, Stanley & Rey Gan, office in Queens Avenue Park has collect multi-millions the last 2 years. Claimed that they tied up with Telekoms, Utility Board payment like Water & Electricity bills, even Maybank got fooled by them. Advertisement Billboards everywhere. They STOPPED paying back their members few months ago and the members cannot do anything because they are made to sign an agreement unaware that they have to claims if the company stopped paying them by CHANGING terms and policies.
  4. Water Business - Oxygenated and Alkaline Water Products
Some of these are bottled water and some are filters or equipment that claimed the trick..
One of the better known Company that sold "oxygen" water is SITO (supposed to stand for Selangor International Trading Organiszation and claimed Selangor State Government owned some share in it). The key person and founder is a Dato Robert Ong from Rawang but his name is no longer in the business now. Their products are sold for RM2 to RM3 for a 350ml bottle and now concentrating mostly in the Indian market. Their Chinese and Malays market are long gone since a year or 2 ago. Their customers are made to believe that their water has more oxygen and able to give miraculous effects for the body. Water is H2O, how to put more O into it ? Anyone knows how much oxygen do we breathe into our body everyday at FOC ? Latest news is that this SITO Company is going to create new label to market under a new Company since the SITO name has already gone bad. Someone informed that this Company is owing alot of money(due to refunds) to ex-stockists but just refuse to pay them. (Latest news, SITO shifted to another place and their MLM business has closed but planning to start again with a different name, beware!!)
 
Alkaline Products - Can anyone explain how it can work for the body ? The stomach's gastric liquid is so acidic that water of any pH that goes through it will not make any difference.
  5. Car Fuel Booster - K-Link
K-Link, the famous scam MLM Company that sold the footpatch TAKARA, later the "cock-ring" and energy-card launched the patrol-saving pills last year. Got so hot that even grocery shops are selling for them. Recently many of these cars that used the pills are rushing to the workshops to clean the residual. Few months ago, another MLM Company launched a fuel booster gadget, claimed that saves up to 20% fuel, that is attached to the cigarette lighter. Started off well using binary plan but businese begin to fade now and most users find it NOT effective.
    6. Perfumery Products
(eg. Lampe Berger & Bel Air)(more details later). Lampe Berger is not so hot now in the neighbouring countries but there are still new victims every month in Malaysia . Must thanks to those who have contributed and kept the thread alive here in Kopitiam. Bel-Air have closed in Malaysia . LB is almost zero in Singapore . This perfumery product from France with over 100 years history is just bottles and fragrance (check the factory's website) but the Company marketing them in Asia claimed "aromatheraphy" products. Hong Kong TVB aired a program that exposed their scam but their members claimed that HK's TVB already apologised to them. Note that the biggest strenght in a MLM Scam is their members will go all way out to lie in order to defend for their Company. The reason is simple; these members fear that they will not be able to make their money back if the Company collapsed. Knowing that the Lampe Berger products are moving slow, they add a line of skincare products named Estebel, also claime to have over 100 years history in France. (Hardly anymore Chinese newcomers, they are now tapping the Malays in Malaysia.)
  7. Energy Products
(eg. stone pendants, bracelets, mattress and pillows). They use all sorts of gimmicks and demonstration to make you into believing them. They will do some tricks and demo to prove that these products really produce energy BUT is there any tricks in their demo? So what if there really produce energy; is it good or strong enough to help the body? The effect is actually PLACEBO which I will elaborate in a new thread soon. (More details later.)
  8. Hi-Tech Products
Names like bio-tech, nano-tech that claimed millions of dollars of research involved, eg Bio-Young and XKL few years ago. Most of these will claimed a professor behind them (even with name and picture of a person) or used words like "U.S.A. formula", "German Technology" or "Nanotechnology" and no further details (more details later). If you ask for more details like the professor or factory's address, the answer will be "trade secrets".
  9. Investment Schemes
SWISSCASH is the King of all. Swisscash is nearly over now but there are many similar and smaller ones that are still on. (Now, it's closed or stopped paying back members.)
  10. GoldQuest
This Company that claimed to be HK-based started with some non-value gold-plated coins that are sold for over RM2,000 have several names and changed products several times. QuestVacation, QuestNet, etc. They have several offices in Amcorp Mall, PJ and their key person (in fact, the owner), a Malaysian Indian was arrested last year in Indonesia for having involved in a very big Phillipines scam. Most of their overseas offices are closed or inactive but their Malaysia business is still hot, with some "energy" products. (Can someone please provide a link which showed the news that their boss was involved in a big scam in Philippines and was arrested in last year?)
  11. Numerogy & Fortune Telling
A Company named Visiber is using MLM to sell fortune telling classes using your birthday based on numerology fortune telling. Prpspects will be told that they need to buy a certain "number" between 1 to 9 in the form of pendants or bracelets made of stainless steel and sold from RM600 to RM20,000. Customers, or rather victims are mostly females from rural areas. Very hot in Penang now and a number of spin-off Companies have started.
  12. MJ - Life
MJ-Life - This Company boost of a very big background with many many years of history which is NOT true. Their people or associates may be long in business but nothing to do with their MLM launched recently. Why do I consider it a scam or bad? New members are told to pay a sum of money (up to RM1000) and you get NOTHING for it. You only get a membership can entitle you to enjoy all sorts of special price and discounts when you have medical check-ups in their centres.. They will claim all those check-ups cost more if done elsewhere. It's not true. Only the naive and those new to medical check-ups will fall victims to them. Most members who paid the money ended up with nothing.
  13. Seaweed Venture Scams
1 such Company is located in Taman Maluri, Cheras. They will ask you to invest a few thousands ringgits for their venture of growing seaweeds in East Malaysia and you are guaranteed returns. To gain your confidence further, they will tell you your investment money is secured by "insurance" or "unit trusts" & "trustees". When you ask for further documents to prove, they will give all sorts of excuses or just ignore you because they know they cannot get you. These Seaweed scam is one of the hottest now, warn all your friends about it before they are victimised.
  14. MXM (Previously MGM)
This is a master scam among the younger group, very successful 2 or 3 years ago but since there moved to their big 10-storey office at Phileo Damansara and changed name to MXM, their business dropped. They collect members RM3,000 to RM4,000 with credit card monthly easy payment and in return you get a hospital benefits insurance from Pacific Insurance worth only a few hundred RMs together with some you-don't-need medical check-ups from their associate Company Pathlab. Also talk about fitness, lifestyles bullshit that is all worthless.
  15. Gano Excel
This company from the north, a copycat of DXN selling Lingzhi capsules created a new Company called Gano iTouch to cash-in on the internet like e-Cosway after their Company went down the drain since the last 2 years, selling Linzhi and some no-value energy pendants and alkaline water gadgets. They provide free transport every weekend from KL to visit their Alor Star office.
  16. NuLife (HK)
This Company started by some HK people has been in Malaysia for more than 10 years but they have flopped in HK and Malaysia due to bad management and a product scam making use of a prosecuted American named Dr Jeffrey Bland, found guilty of false products claim. Since this case in the US leaked out and many Malaysians found out that the real boss in HK is a Steven Tang (he cheated many Malaysians in another scheme about 20 years ago) their business went down all the way. Now they claim Malaysian partners cheated them and start a new Company in Malaysia . Watch out, this new Company will come out with some investment scheme idea that will get many to lose their money.
    17. Arowana Fish Breeding
Oora from Germany , Biofuel (Kompleks Maluri) etc - These are some newer scams. Arowana fish venture ask you to invest some money and give you fixed return. Biofuel will tell you their Indonesia connections (just like Sunshine Empire before using Taiwan) & Oora from Germany(I never trust those cruel Germans) that market some bio-chips and a gadget that claims to give energy and therapeutic effects of accupunture, tai-chi, yoga, etc depending how you set the toy-like gadget, wear it on your body and you get the effect later.
They could not explain or provide any demonstration to prove their effectiveness. Only doctors and papers claim that I will never trust. The health effect is actually PLACEBO, which I will elaborate in a different thread.

Convert String to DateTime or DateTime to String (C#)

String to DateTime

String MyString  = "1999-09-01 21:34 PM";
DateTime MyDateTime = new DateTime();
MyDateTime =
DateTime.ParseExact(MyString, "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm tt",null);
or
DateTime.ParseExact("12-Dec-2006", "dd-MMM-yyyy", DateTimeFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);

DateTime to String

MyDateTime = new DateTime(1999, 09, 01, 21, 34, 00);
String MyString;
MyString = MyDateTime.ToString("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm tt");

Sample EULA

Sample EULA file for software developer

http://www.developer-resource.com/sample-eula.htm

Watermark on PrintDocument (C#)

How to add watermark to PrintDocument

 

PrintDocument printDoc = new PrintDocument();

printDoc.PrintPage += new PrintPageEventHandler(printDoc_PrintPage);

textControl1.PrintPreview(printDoc);

 

Graphics g = e.Graphics;

g.TranslateTransform(200, 200);

g.RotateTransform(e.PageSettings.Landscape ? 30 : 60);

g.DrawString("DRAFT VERSION", new Font("Arial", 20, FontStyle.Bold),

 new SolidBrush(Color.FromArgb(64, Color.Black)), 0, 0);

 

source: http://www.textcontrol.com/downloads/library/printing/watermarks/

Multithreading in Windows Form

Source: http://www.mikedub.net/mikeDubSamples/SafeReallySimpleMultithreadingInWindowsForms20/SafeReallySimpleMultithreadingInWindowsForms20.htm