Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Greatest Songs Of All Time
Run A Scam
You don't have to be a big-time money manager like Bernie Madoff to execute a successful scam. Greg Hays, whose firm Hays Financial Consulting specializes in detecting and unraveling frauds, says they all start the same way: with one really good line of BS.
Pick a Scam
The Ponzi scheme uses cash from new investors to pay dividends to old investors, so it looks like profits are soaring. In a pyramid scheme, every "investor" lures a new batch of suckers for a cut of all future entry fees. A multilevel-marketing scam has "reps" sell some product but entices them with commissions on sales of those they, in turn, recruit.
Work an Angle
Whenever Madoff was asked how he turned such high profits (about 10 percent annually), he cited "split-strike conversions," a proprietary system that he couldn't discuss. "There's usually some cryptic angle," Hays notes. Marketing scams often push products with secret compounds that, say, triple muscle mass, hair thickness, and brain cells.
Spread the Word
Any huckster worth his salt (or someone else's) relies on word of mouth. "They have to get people singing their praises early," Hays says. Pyramid promoters cut checks regularly, and multilevel marketers shell out big "bonuses" for recruitment.
Run for the Border
By its 11th round, a pyramid that began with six takers needs 362,797,056 more. "There aren't enough people to sustain these schemes," Hays says. Skip to a country without extradition laws. We hear Vanuatu is lovely this time of year.
Make it Legal
Why not just make the whole thing legal? Open a bank and get it backed by the FDIC. Don't think a bank is a scam? How would you like to create money out of thin air, loan it out, and charge interest? If so, open a bank.
Think of it this way: A bank needs to hold a certain amount of its deposits in reserve at the Federal Reserve. This is called the reserve requirement. It is pretty low these days and good luck trying to find out what it really is. Somewhere below 10%.
So if I walk into a bank and put $10,000 into a checking account, I can still access the money. But the bank can take $9,000 and lend it out. So what happens if I go and try to get my $10,000 back? Well, they have enough from other depositors to cover me. But take any bank in the US and if over 10% of the people try to take their money out, the FDIC closes the bank pays off the depositors. As the bank owner, you have made all your money and you get away rich without any legal problems.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Delete a Windows file in Use
Hi Again,
Whenever you download a corrupt movie or a image file, the same cannot be deleted by the normal delete command. Do find a solution for the same.
Go to Start > Programs > Accessories and open a Command Prompt window and leave it open.
Close all other open programs.
Now, go to Start > Run and enter TASKMGR.EXE.
Click on the Processes tab and End Process on Explorer.exe.
Leave Task Manager open.
Go back to the Command Prompt window. You should see this:
C:\Documents and Settings\YourName>
Now change the directory. After the > type: cd\
then enter.
The above step is meant to take you to the respective folder where the file is located.
You will now see C:\>
After the > type:
del c:\pwd001.jpg
then enter. Repeat for each file.
When you have finished deleting the files, go back to Task Manager and click on File > New Task and enter EXPLORER.EXE to restart the GUI shell. Close Task Manager.
Post back if you have any problems or are not sure what to do.
Monday, April 6, 2009
Memory Stick Duo
The previous evening I faced a problem with the Memory stick duo card for a SONY digital camera stuck in my laptop - The SD slot.
Here enlisted is a small solution to remove the same without damaging the slot in laptop or the memory card.
A) Split a average sized business card into two.
B) Fold the first half and insert it into the SD slot of the laptop.
C) Keep pusing the business card into the slot, till it gives a snap sound. This sound happens either when the memory card gets fixed into the slot, here you can download the details just for backup sake.
D) If the card doesnt pop out keep pusing it down you will hear another snap and the card has pushed itself out till the level of laptop, now carefully tighten the grip on the business card and carefully pull the card out.
Patience and good light is the key to the aforementioned procedure. Also make sure that your laptop is switched off during the entire process, turning around the laptop and banging it from the other side wont work.
Regards,
AJ
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