Pathik Shah

Using Game Theory to Attract the Hottest Girls on Online Dating Sites

As anything I add to this will probably decrease the awesomeness quotient of it, here it is. Unedited.

“A few months ago two friends and I decided to do something interesting. We live in a relatively small town. Not tiny, but small. On OkCupid we saw about 30 women from here, but they would not respond often. So we decided to create 50 fake accounts, all of them beautiful women that would divert attention. We meticulously constructed the profiles to look authentic. Then came the day to set everything in motion. My two friends operated the 50 accounts while I found the prettiest (real) woman I could and after a while decided to hit on her.

It worked. With everyone, particularly the hunks, occupied with fake women I secured a date with a woman who was most certainly out of my league. Two dates. Sex. Still seeing her, but wouldn’t want her or anyone else to know about how I got her.

I’m planning on automating this with some coding in the future so it will scale for when I’m in a small city or something.”

Genius, I say, if real. John Nash would be proud.

via Reddit

How to Apply for Patents in India ?

Patent: A Patent is a statutory right for an invention granted for a limited period of time to the patentee by the Government, in exchange of full disclosure of his invention for excluding others, from making, using, selling, importing the patented product or process for producing that product for those purposes without his consent.

Criteria:

i)  It should be novel.

ii) It should have an inventive step or it must be non-obvious

iii) It should be capable of Industrial application.

Here’s a PDF with basic details about patents – http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/patent/pat_proc.htm

The best way to file a patent is through a patent agent or a lawyer specializing in IP and patents.

List of Authorized Patent Agents in India – http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/patent/patent_agent/List_PatentAgent_31December2009.pdf

How to File a Patent Application Online ?

File a Patent Application Online -> https://www.ipindiaonline.gov.in/on_line

Guide to File a Patent Application Online – https://www.ipindiaonline.gov.in/on_line/ipo_user_manual.pdf

Before filing a patent, you may want to check out if your invention already exists (prior art) or has already been patented.

Search for existing patents here – http://ipindia.nic.in/PatentSearch/ipirs_index.htm

Indian Patents FAQ – http://ipindia.nic.in/ipr/patent/FAQ_Patent.htm

This tutorial will explain how to password protect your directories using .HTACCESS and .HTPASSWD
You may want to protect your web directories from listing content publicly if they contain your private content. This is the easiest way to protect your directory using password authentication.

First of all, create a new text file and rename it to .HTPASSWD and enter this text

user:password

Next, create another text file and rename it to .HTACCESS and enter this text

AuthUserFile /home/user/domain/path/folder/.htpasswd
AuthType Basic
AuthName “Login Details”
Require valid-user

Upload both the .HTACCESS and .HTPASSWD files to the directory you want to password protect. Now if you try to access that directory, it will prompt you for a username and password.

You can add more users to the .HTPASSWD file if you want to. If you want to use the same .HTPASSWD file for protecting another directory, you can just reference it again in your .HTACCESS.

CAT 08 Results out – results.catiim.in

Official CAT 2008 Answer Key

The wait is over. The results of CAT 2008 will soon be out. To check your results online, the best ways would be:

CAT Results Online:

The results of CAT-2008 will be available from 9th January 2009 at http://results.catiim.in. The scores can be accessed by keying in the Test Registration Number and either the Date of Birth (preferred) or the Cat Application Number.

CAT Results by SMS:

CAT-takers can also access their CAT-2008 scores by using SMS facility of mobile phones. For SMS, candidate can type CAT Test Registration Number Date of Birth (DDMMYY) or CAT Test Registration Number Application Number For example: CAT 5370082 030482 or CAT 5370082 123456 and SMS to 57333.

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Suppose that you have downloaded a file but you suspect that it may be infected with a virus, but you don’t want to install an antivirus that could possibly bog down your system, as in most cases. What do you do? You use a Online Virus Scanner. There are many free services that allow you to scan your files online for viruses. The most popular of them are:

1. Virus Total

http://www.virustotal.com

It is the best online virus scanner. You just need to upload your file and it will do the rest. It scans the file using 37 popular antivirus engines to minimize detection errors.

2. Jotti’s Virus Scanner

http://virusscan.jotti.org

This is another nice service which allows you to scan your files for viruses online. It scans your uploaded files with 20 antivirus engines. Fast and sweet.

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