I also tried to find a simple implementation of the RSA algorithm across the net but with no success. I finally figured a way out to implement it.

It may not be the most accurate implementation; but good enough if you want to learn how RSA works.

The code follows for those who are interested.

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Today, when I checked the footer of the template! The google urchin code was missing! I do not know how that happened.. anyways, I have it back and running.. hope it does not disappear again!

Its been a busy day.. got to get some sleep!

My bluetooth device was working fine but it would still want to install the driver for it.

After a lot of searching and reading I finally got the solution for it. It is due to a corrupt ‘windows\inf\infcache.1′ file. The easiest fix to this problem is to delete the file. Before you can delete the file, you need to set appropriate user permissions for the file.

I started off by taking my backup on a couple of DVDs because according to the HP Support Site, the HP Upgrade utility would merge all my partitions for a clean install of the new OS. After taking the backup I started the upgrade which looked easy with the HP Upgrade Utility.

The setup was almost complete into its final step – ‘Completing Installation.’ I was all set to use my new OS but that was not to happen. During this last step, the notebook just turned off without any error or notice and when I Turned On the machine and tried continuing it said it would have to restart the installation process. I tried again and again but with no success. In the end, I had no choice but to turn back to HP Chat Support.

The chat support staff gave me a shock when she told me that the problem could be because the necessary BIOS updates were not applied which are required to run Vista. The HP Upgrade Utility was supposed to upgrade the BIOS and I did see it flashing 44 memory blocks of my BIOS… but it turns out that the BIOS was not updated. So, how do you now update the BIOS? The only way you could update the BIOS is through Windows XP. After 5 hours of troubleshooting I went back to my HP XP Recovery Discs to install XP… and again the DVDs would fail. In the end, I took up an old not-so-licensed copy of Windows XP on my notebook, flashed the BIOS and then started the Vista Installation all over again.

Finally, its done. After 8 hrs - 4 installs of Vista, 2 installs of XP and some troubleshooting I finally got my notebook back to life. I must say, using Vista is so much better. The search facility, the sidebar and the whole UI is just so pleasing and user friendly. Will write more about Vista in another post.

This site is supposed to estimate the value of a site based on the following

1. Links
2. Traffic (Alexa)
3. Age of the domain
4. Site category
5. Domain keyword popularity
6. Overall occurrences of the domain name on the web.

Until recently, I thought it was a great site. Now, with the varied estimates that it has been throwing for mYktm.com I am very much convinced that the reports are CONSISTENTLY INCONSISTENT!

These are the values I had receieved in the past few weeks.

1. Last Month : $6,844
2. A couple of weeks back : A whopping $12,000!!
3. An hour back : “Cannot estimate the value for mYktm.com”
4. Now : $5,260

I was very happy when I saw the estimate baloon upto $12k thinking the previous estimate was not with the latest search engine updates. Now, seeing it fluctuate and falling back to a disappointing $5k makes me believe that this site is total crap!