April 30, 2011

The Difference of Vector and Bitmap

Vector
An image format which is based on the vector with the aim of minimize the use of data storage. Information use of which is the position of starting point, end point and its direction which is calculated based on mathematical methods (Bezier, Spline, NURBS, etc.) that can be enlarged and reduced without damaging the quality.

Bitmap 
Mapping of bits. Computer graphic image composed of dots that make up the rows and columns. The image is formed consisting of dots and pixels. In the raster image, image consists of rows of pixels and not the vector having coordinates. One point is represented by one or more bits of data. The more bits used to represent a single point, more and more colors and shades of gray that can be drawn.

Abbreviated as BMP. A file format or extension to bit mapped graphics file format that stores images as windows grid dots or pixels. In a DOS window or a bitmap file will be named as: image01.bmp, where behind the dot (.) there bmp extension. Files with names like this show kind of bitmap file.

April 29, 2011

The Benefits of Banana

Bananas are mainly composed of sugar (glucose, fructose and sucrose) and fiber, which makes them ideal for immediate and prolonged source of energy slightly

Reduce Depression
Bananas contain tryptophan, an amino acid that can be converted into serotonin, which causes an increase in mood.
Anemia
Bananas are relatively high in iron, which helps the body function of hemoglobin Constipation and Diarrhea Because of their content in fiber, they help restore normal bowel function. In addition, the diarrhea usually spend your body is important electrolytes (the most important is potassium, contained in high quantities in bananas). They also contain pectin, soluble fiber (hydrocolloid) that can help normalize movement through the digestive tract.
Vision Protection
A study published in the Archives of Ophthalmology has shown that adults consume at least 3 servings of fruit per day had decreased risk (36%) of developed-related macular degeneration age (ARMD), the leading cause of vision loss in older adults, compared with people who consumed less than 1.5 servings of fruit every day.
Healthy Bones
Bananas are a very rich source of Fructooligosaccharides, a compound which maintains probiotics (friendly) bacteria in the colon. These bacteria produce enzymes that are useful to increase the ability of our digestive tract and protect us from unhealthy bacterial infection. Thanks Fructooligosaccharides, probiotic bacteria can increase in both number and function, enhance our body's ability to absorb calcium. In addition, green bananas digestible short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), which are nutrients to the cells that form the gastric mucosa. These cells, when healthy, to absorb calcium more efficiently.
Healthy Kidney
About 190,000 cases of kidney cancer are diagnosed each year. Research published in the International Journal of Cancer has shown that daily consumption of fruits and vegetables whole, especially bananas, are very protective of kidney health. The results showed that, during the long period of time (13.4 years), women eat more than 2.5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day reduces the risk of kidney cancer by 40%. Among the fruits, especially bananas are the protectors.Women eating bananas four to six times a week halved their risk of developing the disease than those who do not eat this fruit. The conclusion of this study is that frequent consumption of fruit and vegetables, especially bananas, cabbage and root vegetables, can reduce the risk of kidney cancer. This is because the roots of bananas and many vegetables contain particularly high amounts of antioxidant phenolic compounds, while the sulfur-rich cabbage, which is necessary for effective detoxification of potential carcinogens.
Blood pressure
Bananas are extremely high in potassium (about 4673mg), but very low in sodium (1mg), so having a perfect ratio to prevent high blood pressure. And more, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to lower blood pressure and stroke risk.


Heartburn
Pete has the effect of antacid on the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.

Morning Sickness
Snacking on bananas between meals helps keep blood sugar levels and avoid morning sickness.

Smoke
Bananas can also help people trying to quit smoking. They contain vitamins B6 and B12 they contain, as well as potassium and magnesium: These substances help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.

Ulcer
This is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in some cases are chronic.It also helps reduce the acidity and reduces irritation. Bananas stimulate the cells in the lining of the internal stomach to produce mucus that is thicker (which protects against acid). Also, bananas contain protease inhibitors that help eliminate bacteria in the stomach that has been appointed as the main cause of ulcers.

Strand
Bananas are high in B vitamins that have been shown to improve nerve function
Mosquito Bites
Many people report that rubbing the inside of a banana skin on a mosquito bite are very effective in reducing the itching and swelling

Stress Relief
Bananas are high in potassium, which helps normalize hearthbeat and regulate body water balance. During periods of high stress, our body's potassium levels tend to be more quickly exhausted: eating a banana is a healthy way to balance them without using drugs

Stroke Risk
According to a study in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can reduce the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%.

April 28, 2011

IP Address (Internet Protocol Address)

This number is an exclusive number all information technology devices (printers, routers, modems, et al) use which identifies and allows them the ability to communicate with each other on a computer network. There is a standard of communication which is called an Internet Protocol standard (IP). In laymans terms it is the same as your home address. In order for you to receive snail mail at home the sending party must have your correct mailing address (IP address) in your town (network) or you do not receive bills, pizza coupons or your tax refund. The same is true for all equipment on the internet. Without this specific address, information cannot be received. IP addresses may either be assigned permanently for an Email server/Business server or a permanent home resident or temporarily, from a pool of available addresses (first come first serve) from your Internet Service Provider. A permanent number may not be available in all areas and may cost extra so be sure to ask your ISP.
Domain Name System (DNS): This allows the IP address to be translated to words. It is much easier for us to remember a word than a series of numbers. The same is true for email addresses.

For example, it is much easier for you to remember a web address name such as whatismyip.com than it is to remember 192.168.1.1 or in the case of email it is much easier to remember email@somedomain.com than email@192.168.1.1
Dynamic IP Address: An IP address that is not static and could change at any time. This IP address is issued to you from a pool of IP addresses allocated by your ISP or DHCP Server. This is for a large number of customers that do not require the same IP Address all the time for a variety of reasons. Your computer will automatically get this number as it logs on to the network and saves you the trouble of having to know details regarding the specific network configurations. This number can be assigned to anyone using a dial-up connection, Wireless and High Speed Internet connections. If you need to run your own email server or web server, it would be best to have a static IP.
Static IP Address: An IP address that is fixed and never changes. This is in contrast to a dynamic IP address which may change at any time. Most ISP's a single static IP or a block of static IP's for a few extra bucks a month.
IP version 4: Currently used by most network devices. However, with more and more computers accessing the internet, IPv4 addresses are running out quickly. Just like in a city, addresses have to be created for new neighborhoods but, if your neighborhood gets too large, you will have to come up with an entire new pool of addresses. IPv4 is limited to 4,294,967,296 addresses.
IP version 5: This is an experimental protocol for UNIX based systems. In keeping with standard UNIX (a computer Operating System) release conventions, all odd-numbered versions are considered experimental. It was never intended to be used by the general public.
IP version 6: The replacement for the aging IPv4. The estimated number of unique addresses for IPv6 is 340,282,366,920,938,463,463,374,607,431,768,211,456 or 2^128.
The old and current standard of addresses was this: 192.168.100.100 the new way can be written different ways but means the same and are all valid:
* 1080:0000:0000:0000:0000:0034:0000:417A
* 1080:0:0:0:0:34:0:417A

April 27, 2011

Java (Language Programming)

Java is a high-level programming language and object-oriented Java program is composed of parts called classes. Class consists of methods that do the work and restore the information after doing its job. Java programmers take advantage of a collection of many classes in the Java class libraries, called the Java Application Programming Interface (API). These classes are organized into a group called the package (package). Java API has provided sufficient functionality to create sophisticated applications and applets. So there are two things that must be studied in Java, namely learning the Java language and how to use classes in the Java API.Class is the only way of stating the execution of the program, there is no other way. In the Java program to compile javac Java source code files into bytecode classes.Source code files have extension *. java. Javac bytecode compiler produces class files with the extension *. class. Interpreter is the main module used by the Java system and Java applications to run Java bytecode programs.

Some of the advantages of java java is a simple language. Java is designed to be easily learned and used effectively. Java does not provide complex features high-level programming language, and many programming jobs are beginning to be done manually, now replaced Java is done automatically like memory deallocation. For programmers who are familiar with the language C + + will quickly learn the composition of the Java language but must be vigilant because probably the Java take direction (semantiks) are different than C + +.

Java is an object-oriented language (OOP) is a powerful way of organizing and software development. In OOP, computer programs as a group of interacting objects.OOP concise description is organizing the program as a collection of components, called objects. These objects exist independently, have rules to communicate with other objects and to instruct other objects in order to request specific information or to request other objects to strings. The class acts as well as the type of module. As a type it at the time of the road, the program creates objects that are instant-instant class. Classes can inherit another class. Java does not allow multiple inheritance multiple inheritance, but complete with the facility needs a more elegant interface.

All objects must be declared first be programmed before use. This is an advantage of Java Statically typed. This coercion enables the Java compiler to determine and report the occurrence of conflict (incompatible) type which is the initial barricades to prevent unnecessary errors (such as subtracting an integer variable with a variable of type string). Prevention as early as might be expected to produce a clean program.Another goodness of this feature is more program code can be optimized to produce high-performance program.

Java uses three-tier security model (three-layer security model) to protect the system from untrusted Java code. First, the bytecode verifier reads bytecodes before bytecode is run and guarantees to meet the basic rules of the Java language.Second, the class loader handles the loading of Java classes into the runtime interpreter. Third, the security manager to handle application-level security to control whether the program has access to resources such as file systems, network ports, external processes and the window system.

Platform independence is the ability of the program to work on different operating systems. Java language is a language with a perfect platform independent. Types of Java variables have the same size on all platforms so that a variable of type integer of the same size no matter where the Java program is compiled. Once the file has been created. Class using the Java compiler on any platform, then the file. Class can be run on any platform. So "wherever made, can be run anywhere." The slogan is usually summarized as Write Once, Run Anywhere (Wora).Java Multithreading including language. Thread is to declare computer programs to do more than one task at a time the same. Java provides a class for writing multithreaded programs, the program has more than one thread of execution at the same time allowing the program to handle multiple tasks concurrently.

Java programs perform garbage collection which means the program does not need to remove themselves the objects that are not used anymore. These facilities reduce the burden of memory management by the programmer and reduce or eliminate the largest source of error contained in the language that allows dynamic allocation.Java has exception-handling mechanisms are powerful. Exception-handling provides a way to separate the error handling with the normal code so that leads to structure the program code that is cleaner and makes the application more rigid. When serious errors are found, the Java program to create an exception. Exception can be captured and managed the program without the risk of making the system to be down.

Java programs support native methods are functions written in another language, usually C / C + +. Support native method allows programmers to write functions that can be executed faster than the equivalent functionality in java. Native methods are dynamically will be a link to a java program, which is associated with the current program running.

Besides the advantages of using the Java programming language include memory on the Java garbage collector automatically equipped with a working memory mendealokasi unnecessary. No more attempts are made programmers to do the dispose (). We are no longer burdened with the memory corruption affairs.Java implement the actual array, eliminating the need pointer arithmetic of dangerous and easily be wrong. Eliminating multiple inheritance (multiple inheritance) is replaced interface facilities. And easy to run in different platforms.Grafical User Interface (GUI) is one of the Java capabilities in support of management and graphical interface. Graphical display will be shown to connect with the program and data storage. The basic elements of Java for a graphical display penciptan are two packages namely AWT and Swing. Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT), also called "Another Windowing Toolkit", is a general purpose library and multiplatform windowing as well as providing a number of classes to create a GUI in Java. With AWT, can make a window, drawing, image manipulation, and components like Button, Scrollbar, checkbox, textfield, and pull-down menu.

Use of AWT components are marked with the instruction: import java.awt .*; Swing is an improvement in AWT weakness. Many Swing classes provide an alternative to the AWT components. Examples Swing JButton class provides more functionality than the Button class. In addition, Swing components are generally begins with the letter "J", such as JButton, JTextField, JFrame, JLabel, JTextArea, JPanel, and so forth.Swing Technology use and expand the ideas of AWT. Meanwhile, the use of Swing components are marked with the instruction: import javax.swing .*;

Some differences in AWT and Swing, AWT is a component Heavyweight (weight class), while the lightweight Swing (lightweight). Swing has more components.Facilities Swing Look and Feel: Metal, Windows, Motif. Swing components based on model-view, which is a way of development components with the separation of storage and handling of data from a visual representation of data.

The Java programming language is one of the common programming languages used to develop database applications created using MySQL.

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April 26, 2011

Futsal

Futsal is a ball game played by two teams, each consisting of five persons. The goal is to put the ball into the opponent's goal, by manipulating the ball with his feet. Besidesthe five major players, each team was also allowed to have a backup player. Unlike afootball game other indoor, futsal field lines is limited, not the net or the board. Futsal helped also recognized by various other names. The term "Futsal" is theinternational term, derived from the Spanish or Portuguese, football and sala. Futsal was invented in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930, by Juan Carlos Ceriani. The uniqueness of futsal received attention throughout South America, principally in Brazil. Skills developed in this game can be seen in the style shown world-famous Brazilianplayers outside the room, the regular-sized field. Pele, Brazil's famous star, for example, to develop his talents in futsal. While Brazil continues to be the center offutsal world, the game is now played under the aegis of Federation Internationale deFootball Association around the world, from Europe to Central America and NorthAmerica and Africa, Asia, and Oceania.


The first international match held in 1965, Paraguay won the first South American Cup.Six subsequent seizure of the South American Cup held until 1979, and wiped out all the carpet champion Brazil. Brazil continued its dominance by winning the first Pan American Cup in 1980 and won again at the next scramble pd year 1984.

The first Futsal World Championship was held for the help FIFUSA (before its members joined FIFA in 1989) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1982, ended with Brazil in the first position. Brazil to repeat his victory in the second World Championships in Spainin 1985, but suffered defeat of Paraguay in the third World Championships 1988 in Australia.

Source : wikipedia.com

April 25, 2011

History of AC Milan


Associazione Calcio Milan is an Italian football club based in Milan. They play in red and black stripes, giving them the nickname Rossoneri ("red-blacks"). The team is known colloquially as Milan, and are sometimes referred to as Il Diavoli (the devils). One of the most successful clubs in the world, A.C. Milan has won the prestigious UEFA Champions League (or equivalent) seven times, the World Club crown (Intercontinental Cup) 3 times, the European Super Cup four times and the Cup Winners Cup twice. In total they have won 13 European trophies (a record) and 16 international titles overall, tied for most titles with Boca Juniors. Milan also boasts domestic successes winning the Serie A title 17 times (only rivals Juventus F.C. have more Scudetti), the Coppa Italia (Italian Cup) five times and the Italian Super Cup a record five times. It is one of the most supported football clubs in the world, and along with Juventus and Inter are one of the most popular teams in Italy.


The club was founded as a cricket club in 1899 by Alfred Edwards, a British expatriate. In honour of its origins, the club has retained the English spelling of its city's name, instead of changing it to the Italian Milano (though it was forced to do it during the fascist regime, like Genoa and Inter); it should be noted that the Italian pronunciation is actually MEE-lahn, even though the English one is the same as in the local dialect and many other dialects of Northern Italy.


Historically, AC Milan was supported by the city's working class and trade unionists many of whom were migrants from the South of Italy. Inter, the other big club from the city was mainly supported by the more prosperous and typically Milanese middle-class. However, in recent years, the clubs have seen a notable reversal in their political positions, since Milan is now owned by media magnate and past conservative Prime Minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi, while Inter is now owned by a centre-left oil businessperson, Massimo Moratti. However, AC Milan's fans still tend to be mainly left-wing as opposed to Inter Milan fans who always have been traditionally right-wing. In 1980 Milan were involved in the Totonero scandal and were relegated to Serie B as punishment. The scandal was centred on a betting syndicate paying players and officials to fix the outcome of matches. Milan were involved in the 2006 Serie A scandal where five teams were accused of fixing matches by selecting favourable referees. Milan were punished with a 15 point deduction, which was later reduced to 8 points on appeal, they were also removed from the champions league, but let back in after appeal.


Colours and badge
AC Milan's official colours have been red and black since its foundation. These colours were chosen to represent the fiery ardour that is part of the team members and the opponents' fear to challenge the team. The badge represents the club colours and the flag of the Comune di Milano (Municipality of Milan), with the acronym ACM at the top and the foundation year (1899) at the bottom.


The home jersey is red and black vertical striped, with white shorts and black socks. The away strip has always been completely white. The latter is considered by both the fans and the club as their "lucky" strip in Champions League finals, due to the fact that Milan won seven finals out of nine in an all white strip (losing only to Ajax in 1995 and Liverpool in 2005), while lost both the finals played in their home strip. The third kit changes yearly and is black with red trim for the current season, but it is rarely used. The Goalkeeper kit is either green or yellow shirt, black shorts and black socks.


The Austrian on-line betting company bwin are currently Milan's main jersey sponsors after signing a 4 year deal at the start of the 2006/2007 season. Previous to this deal, the German car manufacturer, Opel had sponsored Milan for 12 seasons. For most of them, Opel was displayed on the front of the jersey, but in the 2003-04 and the 2005-06 seasons respectively, Meriva and Zafira (two cars from their range) were displayed.


The current jerseys are supplied by German sportswear manufacturer Adidas, whose deal runs to the end of the 2007/2008 season. The deal makes Adidas the official manufacturer of all kits, training equipment and replica outfits. Prior to Adidas, the Italian sports company, Lotto produced Milan's sportswear.


Stadium
The team's current stadium is the 85,700 seat San Siro, officially known as Stadio Giuseppe Meazza after the former player who represented both Milan and Internazionale. The name San Siro is taken from the district where it's located. The stadium is shared with Inter, the other major football club in Milan. The stadium is well known for its fantastic atmosphere due to the closeness of the stands to the pitch. There is the frequent use of flares by the fans which often sometimes cause trouble.


On 19 December 2005, AC Milan vice-president and executive director Adriano Galliani announced that the team is seriously working to move out from San Siro. He said that Milan's new stadium will be largely based on the Veltins-Arena and following the standards of football stadiums in the United States, Germany and Spain. It will likely be a stadium for football purposes only (with no athletics track). The new stadium is supposed to be named after a sponsor. It remains to see if this plan will proceed or if this is just a ploy to force the owners (Comune di Milano) to sell the stadium to Milan for a nominal fee so as to proceed with extensive renovations. Rumours have also surfaced of Inter's intention to also build a new stadium which may also affect this decision.


Milanello
MilanĂ¢€™s training ground, Milanello, is located just outside the city of Milan, in the village of Varese (approx. 50 kilometres). It was built over two years from 1961 to 1963, and has been serving as a top-modern training lab ever since.


Silvio Berlusconi took over AC Milan in 1986, and that saw him reorganise and renew Milanello to meet the standards of professional football in the 80's. However, Milanello never stopped evolving, and to this day it is considered amongst the most hi-tech and efficient training grounds throughout the soccer world. Speculations are, that the wonders of the Milan Lab, make it possible for Milan's players to go on and on for ages, with the likes of ageing players like Maldini, Cafu and until recently Alessandro Costacurta still going strong within the squad.
The facility holds 46 rooms with space for 56 beds; President Silvio Berlusconi even has his own quarters. 14 permanent staff members are employed.