Let’s Travel Back In Time!

Let me take you on a brief tour through the past of the Internet. The websites that makes you nostalgic and show you how websites have evolved from then till now. Here are 7 antique pieces on the Web.
Kli.org
Klingon Snip

The website was created in 1996 and was available for the users by the end of the year. Here you can find information about the natives of Klingon, and even learn a few useful phrases in the Warrior’s Tongue. Klingon was invented by Marc Okrand, for use in some of the Star Trek movies. He invented not just a few words to make the Klingons sound alien, but a complete language, with its own vocabulary, grammar, and usage.
Symbolics.com

Symbolics.com was registered on March 15, 1985 by Symbolics Computer Corporation in Massachusetts. In 2009, the domain was sold to XF.com. Symbolics, Inc was a computer manufacturer headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later in Concord, Massachusetts. It is claimed to be the oldest ever ‘.com domain’ registered but unlike others, the website now sits in all new coat just ready to compete with the modern age.

OldVersion.com

Sometimes your computer may not be compatible with the new version, the new version is bloated, or all the options you liked are no longer available. OldVersion.com has been supplying the online community with old versions of various programs since 2001. OldVersion.com assists computer users who are unable to continually upgrade their computer.Users with computers that cannot run the latest version of a certain application have no choice but to use an old version of the program. This website will really help you in finding those old versions.

Xerox.com

Xerox was founded in 1906 in Rochester as The Haloid Photographic Company, which originally manufactured photographic paper and equipment. Their official website was released on 09 January 1986. After 26 years the web site still exists to provide users with all kinds of helps with their services.
World Wide Web

Tim Berners-Lee wrote WorldWideWeb on a NeXT Computer, during the second half of 1990, while working for CERN. The first successful build was completed on December 25, 1990.WorldWideWeb, later renamed to Nexus to avoid confusion between the software and the World Wide Web, was the first web browser and editor. When it was written, WorldWideWeb was the only way to view the Web. The source code was released into the public domain in 1993.

W3Catalog.com

W3 Catalog was an early web search engine, first released on September 2, 1993 by developer Oscar Nierstrasz at the University of Geneva. its aim was to provide users with a free online directory, complete with quality websites and internet resources neatly categorized for easy navigation.

AOL Instant Messenger

AOL Instant Messenger is an instant messaging program which uses the proprietary OSCAR instant messaging protocol and the TOC protocol to allow registered users to communicate in real time. It was released by AOL in May 1997. Stand-alone official AIM client software includes advertisements and is available for Microsoft Windows, Windows Mobile, Mac OS, Mac OS X, Android, iOS, BlackBerry OS. The software is maintained by AOL, Inc. But nobody uses it now, just like in 1997.

Now onto you
What do you think of this week’s 7even roundup? Nostalgic about the old Internet? Or are you a product of the 21st century? Let’s discuss in the comments below!

Sunday 24 June 2012

KEAM results to be out today

June 25, 2012: The Kerala Engineering Rank List 2012, prepared by equal weighatge for the marks in the Engineering Entrance Examination and the Standardized marks of the three science subjects will be released on 25th June, 2012. This is the second time in Kerala, that the marks in the three science subjects of the Qualifying Examination (Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry /Computer Science/Biotechnology/Biology) are also considered for preparing the Engineering Rank list.

In 2011, the marks in the three subjects of students of streams other than Kerala Higher Secondary were normalized with the marks of the corresponding subjects of the Kerala Higher Secondary. In this process, the values used for Normalization were the ‘Arithmetic Mean’ and ‘Standard Deviation’ of marks of the Kerala Higher Secondary.

The Normalization process in 2011 had restricted the maximum Normalized marks to 100 even in cases where the Normalized mark crossed the 100 mark. Moreover, in 2011, the Marks secured in the Entrance examination out of 960 were converted to a base of 500 while the qualifying marks out of 300 were also brought to a base of 500, to ensure equal weightage for the two marks, in the preparation of the Engineering rank list.

This year, ‘Global’ values are being used in place of ‘State’ values for Standardization (in place of Normalization) of marks of the different subjects of different streams in the process of ranking.

So,all candidates who have qualified in the Engineering Entrance Examination, will have their marks in the three subjects mapped on to a common base considering the ‘Global mean’ and ‘Global Standard Deviation’, in place of ‘State Mean’ and ‘State Standard Deviation’. This will result in changes in the actual marks of all qualified candidates.

The ‘Global Mean’ would be the mean of marks secured by all students who have passed the examination in a subject in the Kerala Higher Secondary, Kerala VHSE, CBSE and CISCE streams in the four years from 2009 to 2012.

The ‘Global Standard Deviation’ would be the standard deviation of marks secured by all students who have passed the examination in a subject in the Kerala Higher Secondary, Kerala VHSE, CBSE and CISCE streams in the four years from 2009 to 2012. Thus the Global Mean and Global Standard Deviation is being computed based on 4 streams and based on the data for 4 years.

As the first step, the mark of each student would be standardized using the mean and standard deviation for the concerned stream for the year considered. This would then be mapped to a group considering the Global mean and Global standard deviation.

The second major change in ranking process relates to the removal of the limit of the Standardized values to 100. Thus if a Standardized mark exceeds, 100, it will not be limited to 100 but the actual value itself will be considered. However, the overall limit of 300 for the three subjects together will continue.

The third major change relates to the manner in which the marks in Entrance and Qualifying examinations are to be considered for the preparation of the rank list. The standardized marks in the qualifying will be taken out of 300 (100 per subject) and the marks in the Entrance Examination, out of 960 would be brought to a base of 300. So the Entrance Rank list will be prepared out of q maximum of 600 marks. In 2011, the rank list of Engineering was published on July, 10, 2011.

In 2012, of the 106071 candidates who appeared for the Engineering Entrance held at 309 venues, 77510 have qualified to figure in the rank list. The marks in the Engineering Entrance Examination were released on 25th May, 2012. With the publication of the rank list, the option registration is expected to gain momentum.

Results are expected at www.cee-kerala.org and www.cee.kerala.gov.in