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Human Body Facts - Amazing :)
Human Body
Approximately 75% of human poop is made of water.
Your eyes are always the same size from birth but your nose and ears never stop growing.
It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
The average human dream lasts 2-3 seconds.
Your brain is more active during the night than the day.
One human hair can support 3kg.
Human thighbones are stronger than concrete.
The tooth is the only part of the human body that can't repair itself.
An average human loses about 200 head hairs per day.
It is impossible to lick your elbow.
Your body requires 1000-1500 calories per day just too simply survive (breathing, sleeping, eating).
Every day an adult body produces 300 billion new cells.
Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest it the male sperm.
You use 200 muscles to take one step.
Muscle cells live as long as you do while skin cells live less than 24 hours.
A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
Your brain operates on the same amount of power that would light a 10-watt light bulb.
There are 5 million hair follicles on an average adult.
The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razorblades.
The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Brittanica.
The white part of your fingernail is called the Lunula.
There is enough iron in a human being to make one small nail.
A shank is the part of the sole between the heel and the ball of the foot.
The talus is the second largest bone in the foot.
The attachment of human muscles to skin is what causes dimples.
A 13 year old child found a tooth growing out of his foot in 1977.
Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
A woman's heart beats faster than a man's.
Dogs and Humans are the only animals with prostates.
It only takes 7lbs of of pressure to rip off your ears.
Understanding software updates
Good piece of difference on Microsoft site...
Microsoft provides several different kinds of software updates for Windows SharePoint Services and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Before you study the details of these updates, it is recommended that you learn the key terminology. The following table provides information about the software update terminology used by Microsoft.
Software update concepts and terminology
Concepts and terms | Description and definition |
Hotfix | A single cumulative package composed of one or more files used to address a problem in a product. Hotfixes address a specific customer situation and may not be distributed outside that customer organization. |
Public update | A public update is usually a security-related hotfix that is released publically and is available for download. The Windows update configuration can identify these updates and install them automatically. You link to public updates from security bulletins. Typically, these hotfixes are released as required. Service packs are another example of a public update. |
Service pack | A tested, cumulative set of all hotfixes, security updates, critical updates and updates, as well as additional fixes for problems found internally since the release of the product. Service packs can also contain a limited number of customer-requested design changes or features. |
Scheduled delivery model | Microsoft Office is moving away from the current priority-driven hotfix release model to a scheduled delivery model. In the scheduled delivery model, hotfixes are released every two months. This schedule creates more predictability for customers. Customers who need an emergency fix can request a shorter turnaround time for a hotfix. The following delivery mechanisms support this new approach. · cumulative update (CU) · critical on-demand (COD) hotfix For more information, see Cumulative updates are available from the Microsoft Office team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems . |
Cumulative update | A collection of hotfixes released every two months. A cumulative update (CU) rolls up previously released hotfixes and cumulative updates. A CU is sometimes called an update rollup. Available hotfixes include the following: · Fixes for issues that meet hotfix acceptance criteria. These criteria include workaround availability, effect on customers, reproducibility, and the complexity of the code that must be changed. · Any critical on-demand hotfixes that are currently released. · Any critical security or non-security updates that are currently released. For more information, see Office hotfixes to be delivered on a defined schedule in the form of Cumulative Updates (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=133358&clcid=0x409) blog post. |
Critical on-demand (COD) hotfix | A critical on-demand (COD) hotfix is available to address critical problems that cannot be handled via the cumulative update delivery cycle. COD fixes are limited to emergency situations, for example, one in which the issue is blocking normal business operations for the customer, and/or for which there is no effective workaround. Critical on-demand (COD) hotfixes are included in the next cumulative update that is released.
COD releases have the versioning pattern 12.0.xxxx.500X. An example is a CU released with the version 12.0.6327.5000, with a COD hotfix subsequently required. In this example, the version of the COD hotfix is 12.0.6327.5001. If additional hotfixes are required before the next CU, the next version number is 12.0.6327.5002, and so on until the next CU is released. |
Package | The downloaded item, an executable (.exe) file that is downloaded for a update rollup or hotfix. A package can contain one or more patches. Depending on the download mechanism that is provided, this executable file might be wrapped inside another password-protected executable file. After you extract the package, you have one or more .exe files that use a Knowledge Base (KB) number as part of its name; for example, Webfldrs-KB907306-ENU.exe. In this example, most customers run the Webfldrs-KB907306-ENU.exe executable file when they update their SharePoint servers. |
Patch | Patches are stored inside packages. The patches run Windows Installer program (msiexec.exe) to update the original installation packages (which have the .msi file name extension) with new information or binaries. Patches that are installed by the Windows Installer program have the .msp file name extension. You can extract patches to a common folder to create a slipstream version of the patch. For more information, see Create an installation source that includes software updates (Windows SharePoint Services 3.0) or Create an installation source that includes software updates (Office SharePoint Server 2007). |
Localized patch | A localized patch, or local patch, contains updates to language-specific strings or related code. |
Global patch | A global patch is language-agnostic and can be applied to any server regardless of the base installation language or whether language packs are installed. Most software updates are delivered by means of global patches. |
Upgrader | An upgrader is a specific piece of the product that evaluates the current state of related objects and possibly alters them to match newer schema, enable new functionality, or correct known issues. |
Microsoft New “Efficiency Launch” Roadshow
Please find given below timing/locations as per your schedule/country.
I will attend session in Bahrain....what about you.
Abu Dhabi
Date: 23rd November, 2009 • Time: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: Intercontinental Hotel Abu Dhabi, Dar El Ishtiqbal ballroom
Bahrain
Date: 11th November, 2009 • Time: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: Sheraton Bahrain Hotel
Kuwait
Date: 17th November, 2009 • Time: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: Marina Salwa Al Subah
Oman
Date: 15th November, 2009 • Time: 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Venue: Shangri la Barr Al Jissah Resort
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 - Good News for SharePointers
Microsoft will begin releasing new versions of Office-related products this year. Exchange 2010 will be the first product.
Office 2010 — including Office Web applications, SharePoint Server 2010, Visio 2010 and Project 2010 — will enter a technical preview in the third quarter of 2009 and will release to manufacturing in the first half of 2010.
Click here for more details on Microsoft Official site..
WOW.....waiting for next version :)
MOSS 2007 SP-2
Office Service Pack team announced Service Pack 2 for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 would be available on April 28th. It provides many fixes and performance improvements, as well as some new features. Also with the new service pack, Internet Explorer 8 will be added into browser support matrix as level one, and Firefox 2.0 and 3.0 as level two. We recommend every customer to start planning their patch window to apply this service pack. Please look out for more details on April 28th.
For ref click here.....
MOSS 2007 - Packages of February Cumulative Updates
February Cumulative Update Uber Package for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Version: 12.0.6341.5000)
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=961755
February Cumulative Update Uber Package for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (Version: 12.0.6341.5002)
http://support.microsoft.com/hotfix/KBHotfix.aspx?kbnum=961756
Detail description
Description of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 cumulative update package: February 24, 2009
Description of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 cumulative update package: February 24, 2009
Meanwhile, if customer need to index Visio files,
there is a Visio iFilter hotfix which is not a part of the uber package.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/960502
Notes:
After applying the preceding updates, run the SharePoint Products and Technologies Configuration Wizard or “psconfig –cmd upgrade –inplace b2b -wait” in command line. This needs to be done on every server in the farm with SharePoint installed.
REF: http://blogs.msdn.com/sharepoint/archive/2009/03/09/uber-packages-of-february-cumulative-update-are-ready.aspx
Error: This form was customized not working with attachment
When we use Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007 to add a Custom List Form Web Part on a Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 site. Then, you try to attach a file by clicking Attach File in the custom form on the Web site. When you do this, you receive the following error message: "This form was customized not working with attachment."
RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
1. Apply hotfix 953749.
For more information about how to do this, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
953749 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953749/) Issues that are fixed in Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 by the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Infrastructure Update
Click here for more details on msdn.
Visual Studio 2008 extensions for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, v1.3 - Feb 2009 CTP
Click here to download.
European SharePoint Best Practices Conference - 2009 (London)
Who should attend?
The conference sessions are divided into 4 tracks in order to accommodate topics for SharePoint professionals at every level:
- IT Pro
- Developers and Designers
- Information Worker
- Information Architect/Taxonomist
- Project Manager
- Chief Information Officer
Event Speakers
Learn practical and productive SharePoint practices from the industry's leading authorities. Event speakers include:
- Microsoft MVPs
- Microsoft Product Team Members
- Industry Experts
Click on image or here to find out more..
[RSUG Monthly Meeting] Advanced Topics in Administration and Development
The purpose of this meeting is to dive into detailed topics of SharePoint that were initiated in the previous events. This time the topics will include web part development using Silverlight and SharePoint Designer, administration and upgrading Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 to Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. We will have Mr. Abdurrahman Al-Qahtani from Microsoft and Mr. Tariq Younas who is SharePoint consultant at SABIC.
First 5 Registered users will win Office Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 T-Shirt during the event. Attend and get chances to win handy gifts from Microsoft.
Meeting Details:
Speaker(s):
Tariq Younas SharePoint Consultant SABIC
Jerry Yasir SharePoint Consultant Ejada RSUG Community Lead
Abdurrahman Al-Qahtani - Technology Specialist – SharePoint Microsoft
Date: Thursday, February, 12, 2009
Time: 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location: Ejada – Al-Umam Commercial Building – Salah UD Din Street (Sitten) Malaz, Riyadh Office 604, 6th Floor
Meeting Agenda:
Agenda Item | Speaker | Start Time | End Time |
Welcome Note and Introduction | Jerry Yasir | 12:00 PM | 12:05 PM |
Upgrading WSS 2.0 to WSS 3.0 | Tariq Younas | 12:05 PM | 12:30 PM |
Break (Tea and Snacks) | 12:30 PM | 12:45 PM | |
Developing Silverlight Web Parts for SharePoint 2007 | Jerry Yasir | 12:50 PM | 2:00 PM |
Using SharePoint Designer 2007 for building SharePoint web sites | Abdurrahman | 2:05 PM | 3:15 PM |
Q & A / Closing / Tea / Giveaways Distribution | 3:15 PM | 3:30 PM |
Registration:
To register for this meeting, click HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your address bar, and kindly fill out the registration form.
Reminders:
For further inquiries or directions to Ejada:
Contact: Jerry Yasir 05 432 562 51
Or email
The final place for event can be changed based on the number of registered users so please enter your correct email in registration.