Kiran Gurumukhi - Technical Blog

I remember, as a teenager, reading my history books about ancient civilizations, their rise to success and their fall. I guess the things that I read were almost always taken for granted, always assuming we have crossed those limitations in the current times, that these are no longer issues and something to only measure success of past civilizations. But it is time to probably open up those text books, read the fine print again, mesaure our current success in light of those parameters we used for the past and reassess where we are and where we are heading. To recall a few, what separated successful civilizations from the weak contemporary ones were the following: Good road system across the kingdom Development of health amenities, trade, secular practices and good judiciary system. Looking at the current civilizations over the world, there is a problem brewing in all these areas that need revolutionary changes. Traffic jams and road blocks are so common in almost every city that it is

Here's a checklist to consider before you format your desktop: Desktop files Favorites added in browser (multiple browsers) Important documents My Documents (and its subfolders) C:\Program Files (for installed applications) Code (not yet checked in) One note files (or TODO lists) Outlook personal folders Software keys (license keys, etc.) Photos, videos, songs and other misc. items Shared folders Downloaded files and download folder Address book and contacts Database backup files (if any specific database is installed) Syntax files (for editors with custom syntax) Checking these things before you go ahead with a format saves you from a bad experience. There are some softwares that do recover deleted files, but there is no guarantee and some may not be even recoverable after a format.