With the rise of Android smartphones and tablets, Samsung and Apple have been fighting over patents all around the world. Apple tried to block the sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab in Europe and Australia but failed to do so in most of the countries. Samsung too is suing Apple in reaction whenever they find any of their patented technology being used by Apple.
One interesting fact was unveiled last year with the release of iPad 2 which has now got much prominence after the recent release of iPad 3 few days back. Last year, techinsights team disassembled the iPad 2 and found out that the heart of Apple’s iPad, the A5 processor was actually fabricated by a Samsung fabrication plant in Texas, USA. Read more here.
A5 is a 1GHz dual-core CPU with a processor die size of 12.1 x 10.1 mm. More interestingly, the A4 processor used in first iPad was also fabricated by Samsung. Confirmed by techinsights as well!
Apple seems quite helpless in this case it seems, because no one else can produce better chips than Samsung at this time
This didn’t stop with iPad 2. With the recent launch of iPad 3, iFixit soon found out that Samsung again had fabricated a few major parts of Apple’s new tablet. (BBC)
One of them is the A5x CPU (pictured below):
Another is the 9.7 inch HD screen, which too is manufactured by Samsung!
Isn’t it ironic? On one hand Apple picks up fights with Samsung and try to bring it down, while at the same time Apple is DEPENDENT on Samsung for manufacturing of their chips. I guess it’s about time that Apple accepts Samsung as an equal or perhaps even better and bigger competitor when it comes to tablets and smartphones. Lawsuits and suing each other is doing no good to anyone. They could put that money into more R&D to produce cheaper chips which could ultimately help the masses!
Well, made this video (first vid ever) in a hurry for welcome party that we (batch 12) had organized for batch 13, computer systems engineering department, UET Peshawar. Party was on 29th Feb and I was working till 4AM that night =\
Choosing the right sound track for right sequence took most of the time. I think still the choice of soundtracks wasn’t the best.
Background music for starting intro I took from a video on YouTube. The acoustic guitar music which starts afterwards, when we’re coming in towards the camera I took from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Olj3bCK308
Guy’s really talented.. There was another cool beat I chose produced by Alam Khan of Pukhtunez but at the final moment went with the current one..
Second track starts with DCSE events & achievers, and is from the movie Top Gun. Chose this one, cuz I’m in LOVE with Top Gun, its tracks and jets
Third track is of Pirates of The Caribbean… Pretty obvious..
Software that I used for video editing is Sony Vegas Pro.
Just finished moving from old wordpress.com subdomain to this this new domain and hosting. Will post stuff whenever I get time. Working on few other sites, articles and their SEO these days so don’t get much time :/
It was Saturday, 26th November 2011. At roughly midnight, U.S-led NATO forces including Apache gunship helicopters and an AC-130 gunship airplane intruded Pakistani airspace and started attacking Pakistan army check posts, codenamed Volcano and Boulder. These posts are more than 300 meters inside Pakistan, located on top of Salala ridge in Mohmand Agency.
This attack resulted in the loss of at least 24 Pakistani soldiers and officers with 13 more injured. The question is, what actually led to NATO forces attacking two Pakistani check posts located on top of a mountain peak? Not only that, NATO/ISAF choppers targeted each and every soldier with the help of infra-red and night vision equipment the American helicopters are equipped with. The raid continued for two long hours before they finally returned back.
Now to answer this question, we will have to look at what both sides have to say, and then conclude logically what most probably could have happened that cold, bloody night. USA offered joint investigation but Pakistan Army denied it. Director General Military Operations (DGMO), General Nadeem said: “We had little faith that any investigation will get to the bottom of the incident“. “Other joint inquiries into at least two other similar — if less deadly — incidents over the last three years had come to nothing.” Americans and the Afghans strictly deny any indication that the attack was deliberate. On the other hand Pakistan has come strong and categorically said that all indicators point it to be an unprovoked, deliberate attack. Let’s have a look at all those indicators and analyze them along with the political and military after effects of this attack.
According to the American version of this incident, NATO and Afghan forces’ patrol came under fire which they believed it to be from Taliban. They called in an air strike and first confirmed with Pakistani side if there was any presence of Pakistani troops in the area and upon getting confirmation they launched the air strike.
While the Americans claim it was a case of mistaken identity, the Afghans even went on to say that they believed the fire came from Pakistani posts and they called in an air strike against Pakistani post in their own self defense. They did not deny that the raid continued for two hours. U.S. Apache helicopters are equipped with night vision goggles and infrared targeting systems, through which they can take out even human-size individual targets at night. An AC-130 gunship also participated in the attack. As a result, 24 to 26 Pakistani soldiers lost their lives including two officers. 13 of them were critically injured and much have been extracted from them about what actually happened that night.
Now let’s come to the Pakistani version. According to DG ISPR and DGMO, NATO forces could not have confused military check posts with militant hideouts. All information about the number and location of border posts were already shared with NATO in order to make sure no such incidents occur.
DGMO Major General Nadeem said the men at the posts were uniformed and the posts were well-defined. The Pakistan Army believed that NATO was monitoring the radio transmissions that night and knew they had hit Volcano check post. Volcano post came under fire at around 12:15AM. They immediately informed higher ups who tried to make contact with the other side. The other nearby post Boulder opened fire on gunships in order to defend the Volcano post. By 1:00 AM, NATO border officials acknowledged that they indeed were firing at Pakistani posts by mistake and the gunships returned. Troops from Boulder post rushed to Volcano in order to rescue the injured but at that instant helicopters returned and pinned down the soldiers of second post as well.
Now, let’s analyze the claims. Even if we consider that the U.S. version is correct and they indeed confirmed from Pakistani border officials before launching the strike, it still is out of imagination why would the helicopters come back to fire on Pakistani troops after being told to cease fire?
Pakistanis continuously kept informing them to stop because of friendly fire and they too confirmed it, but still they came back and fired on the same posts which were clearly not militant sanctuaries by now. On Pak-Afghan border, it is Standard Operating Procedure to inform the other side in advance of any operation in advance, specially if it is within two kilometers of the border. If the other side comes under attack and informs to stop the attack, it is responsibility of the attacking force to ceasefire immediately. NATO violated the standard operating procedures that night. Also, in such operations, radio communications are monitored for enemy’s activity. They must be monitoring all communications in the area, and must have heard Pakistanis calling for help from GHQ. Still they ignored all this and continued attacking the soldiers who were clearly uniformed and on top of the ridge.
In response to all this and because of increasing pressure from troops on the border, army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani changed the military posture on Western border and modified the Rules of Engagement. DGMO was quoted as saying, “we can expect more attacks from our supposed allies.”. All NATO supplies are blocked and Shamsi air base has already been vacated by now which was used to conduct and coordinate drone operations. Now, the soldiers will not have to wait for permission to retaliate if they come under attack from U.S forces. Western air defense systems are also being upgraded to monitor airspace, and troops on the ground are being provided with shoulder-launched Surface to Air Missiles (SAMs), called Anza.
The harsh military strategy change, the blockade of NATO supply lines and boycott of Bonn conference does seem to indicate that this time Pakistan is serious in sending a message of enough is enough. Or perhaps this could be the pressure from military itself or decreasing morale of the troops. According to DG ISPR, so far 72 Pakistani soldiers have been killed and 250 wounded by fire from across the Afghan border over the last three years.
NATO has not even formally apologized and they will not until their investigation report come out by Dec. 23rd. But Pakistan’s stance is clear, they think it was totally unprovoked and looks deliberate, which is true if the chain of events is analyzed. Also, army does not expect any positive outcome from the report.
EDITED LATER : The NATO/ISAF investigation report came out, and they have accepted their own faults and mistakes to some extent. From the analysis above it can be concluded that NATO/ISAF made a series of blunders (not mistakes) which resulted in this bloodshed, which almost looks as if it was deliberate. The report states:
Officials “did not respond correctly, quickly enough or with the sense of urgency or initiative required given the gravity of the situation and the well known sensitivity surrounding the Afghan-Pakistan border region,”
NOTE: This is a cross-posting from my notes on Facebook.
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In response to my status update: “Pakistan Air Force Day – Reminder of PAF’s glorious past & how it thrashed IAF in air and ground during the 1965 war. The cover from sky helped overcome the blunders made on ground; political and the rest!!”, few of my friends made posts like “I condemn this status”, “is me army ko bura kaha gaya hai.” I’m posting this article which I hope will help them learn some facts and understand the bitter (for them) realities. You’ll only get them if you read the following with open mind.Few friends said “so what if we proceeded with operation gibraltar, grandslam” , “we can’t be sure what really happened” etc.. Here’s my response:
It’s not that easy to say “SO WHAT”.. it was not Nigerian army, rather Pakistan army, which was supposed to be professional. You need to be held accountable for DELIBERATE wrong actions, and had it not been for the bravery and courage of jawans and mid-level officers of army + support of Navy/PAF, the country would’ve been torn apart. Sadly culprits were not caught, lessons not learned, mistakes not accepted, and we had to witness 1971 plus Kargil.
What actually happened is already told to us by the war heroes and officers of that time. I’m going to tell you few of the blunders that were made – narrated by those same heroes, who had the GUTS TO SPEAK THE TRUTH… Though the people still continue to live in delusional world & are being fed propaganda. Won’t accept the reality!
Now please read with an open mind: What led to India reacting to our aggression in Kashmir was Operation Gibraltar – when Pakistan sent 8,000 infiltrators into Kashmir. Problem starts from here. I quote Air Marshal (R) Nur Khan, who was AIR CHIEF of PAF at that time: “They had planned the ‘Operation Gibraltar’ for self-glory rather than in the national interest.“, “They misled the nation with a big lie that India rather than Pakistan had provoked the war and that we were the victims of Indian aggression”.
Another grave mistake, neither Navy nor Air Force were taken into confidence with-respect-to the war and its planning!! Quoting Nur Khan again: “Rumours about an impending operation were rife but the army had not shared the plans with other forces”. So, in order to double check, ‘Nur Khan called on the then Commander-in-Chief, General Musa Khan. Under his searching questions Gen Musa wilted and with a sheepish smile admitted that something was afoot’….. Lahore garrison commander too wasn’t aware of it.
Read the full interview of Nur khan @ http://archives.dawn.com/2005/09/06/nat2.htm – It will help in opening everyone’s eyes.
Now, it was a huge mistake on part of Ayub khan and general Musa that their aggression in Kashmir won’t force India to react. They were attacking India but had NO PREPARATION for any Indian reaction. This operation and aggression in Kashmir was a brainchild of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto (the then Foreigh Minister). Without proper planning, he persuaded them to launch the operation AND NOT EXPECT ANY RETALIATION. 25% army was on leave when the war started. GHQ allowed Indians to achieve surprise.
When the operation’s plan was presented to Col. S.G Mehdi, the SSG commander at that time, he was STUNNED…I quote him: “The GOC’s briefing of the outline plan of Gibraltar operation left me stunned. The plan was so CHILDISH, so bizarre as to be unacceptable to logical, competent, professionally sound military persons anywhere in the world. “
The SSG commander warned GOC that this operation was bound to fail – they were playing with the destiny of Pakistan!!!! He didn’t give a damn to the person who had to lead the operation and commandos! He then wrote to GHQ in advance that operation will fail and mentioned the reasons. All the SSG and rest of the officers who were involved in the operation were not in favor of the plan! Col Mehdi wrote to GHQ:
1. No ground had been prepared before launching of the operation, in concert with people of the valley.
2. The raids were to be launched in total logistical vacuum relying exclusively of what the troops would carry in their packs or living off the countryside. Without any covert support across the Ceasefire Line, this living off the land proved fatal to the security of the guerrillas. Most of them were betrayed.
3. GHQ had mixed up classic guerrilla operations with Commandos raids.
4. All SSG and other officers, responsible for training and later leading groups across the ceasefire line were critical of the soundness of the plan, unsure of the means and uncertain of the end.
I Quote SSG’s commander again.. “The misplaced ego, the high ambition and the naive approach of a selected few plunged the country into an armed conflict.”
Conclusion by him: ” Had our Government initiated a probe into concept, conduct and consequences of 1965 War’, and raised the curtain from the acts of gross omission or that of the criminal commission, the ignominy of 1971 could have been avoided. ”
During the middle of operation, GHQ changed the divisional commanders – Akhnur was about to be captured, and by capturing it the Indian lines of communication could have been disrupted. We could have gotten Kashmir. BUT just as it was about to be conquered, they changed the command. Indians reinforced and we weren’t able to capture it. Operation gibraltar had already failed, then grandslam also failed!!
Air Commodore (retd) Sajjad Haider, who led the Pathankot airstrike and was again a war hero, says, “”It was the army’s war, since the other services had been kept in the dark. The army was clearly not prepared for an all-out war since a quarter of the soldiers were on leave”" , “”There could have been no doubt even in the mind of a hawaldar that an Indian attack would come. But the ostriches at the pulpit had their heads dug in sand up to their necks.’”"
Conclusion by SSG’s commander: “Had our Government initiated a probe into concept, conduct and consequences of 1965 War’, and raised the curtain from the acts of gross omission or that of the criminal commission, the ignominy of 1971 could have been avoided. “
Read more of Col. SG Mehdi article & Air cdr Sajjad Haider’s interview at: http://www.pakdef.info/forum/showthread.php?6679-Operation-Gibraltor
The fact is, it was Pakistan’s grand strategy to launch all those operations, not only one. Gibraltar failed, Grandslam failed. All the warnings were ignored, when it was about to be conquered, they changed the command. Pakistan’s strategic objectives FAILED. However, we did manage to save our rears when India reacted in the South sector. There all the forces fought jointly and were able to thwart their reaction. It was not something we won or really lost.
All of you reading this must go through the above links. I’m posting them again. Read this article and the rest of interviews, articles of war heroes and officers of that time, before commenting. Thanks.
Air Marshal (R) Nur Khan, PAF chief in 65′ war: http://archives.dawn.com/2005/09/06/nat2.htm
Col S.G Mehdi, SSG Commander op. Gibraltar & Sajjad Haider, the air warrior who led the pathankot raid: http://www.pakdef.info/forum/showthread.php?6679-Operation-Gibraltor
Nur Khan: http://archives.dawn.com/2005/08/02/nat4.htm
Well, its late but not too late! Still have a few hours left in Circuits & Systems-I Lab exam! Time to practice what we didn’t do the whole semester, that is, to implement the circuits on a breadboard, LoL! Its funny how the exams force us to complete the whole course content of a semester in one day; in many cases, just a few hours
So in pursuit of finding a virtual breadboard, I found this extremely useful breadboard simulator, which you can use to implement circuits of your choice, and it lets you see how the actual circuit will look like.
That is, you make the connections on a breadboard, and it will show you its circuit diagram and how all the components are connected – very handy because you can get confused at times while connecting components on the board and can’t figure out what part is in series, in parallel or is it even connected or not!
The software is called Fritzing. Download it from HERE
The PSpice circuit simulation software can be downloaded from: HERE
Projection Of Planes – Inclined to one plane, inclined to both the planes
Projection of Lines – inclined to one plane, inclined to both the planes
These topics can be confusing for many engineering students who are taking the engineering drawing course. Key to understanding these concepts is to VISUALIZE them. I know visualization of such things is not very easy, as I too have gone through this. It was very confusing for me, and it still is! But once you manage to visualize them, it becomes somewhat easy to solve any problem given to you.
These presentations / power point slides will help immensely in visualizing and grasping the concepts involved.
OK, let me confess. I too was quite confused about IP classes and how exactly the classification is done. But after watching this video, it feels like the thing was piece of cake.
Check it out:
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Now that you know how will you investigate a given IP address, why not try to analyze your OWN IP address that is currently assigned to you by PTCL or Linkdotnet , or whatever ISP you are using?
Find your own IP address at http://whatismyip.com
If you are using PTCL DSL, it will start from either 119 or 116. Do the rest on your own
I’ve been thinking to start writing since 2006. Oh its been four years now. I did start a couple of blogs but then couldn’t give time to them. Damn I’m lazy!
I had some other plans for this new blog. Wanted to register a Top-Level-Domain (TLD) which was available when I whois’d it, but in few days time someone else registered it. Again, my own fault.. Why did I have to procrastinate?
Anyway I’ll try posting stuff here until I get my desired domain. Hopefully.
EDIT: Finally got my domain Ehtisham.com on 31st Jan, 2012!! This will be my new virtual home and will post everything here.
A5 is a 1GHz dual-core CPU with a processor die size of 12.1 x 10.1 mm. More interestingly, the A4 processor used in first iPad was also fabricated by Samsung. Confirmed by techinsights as well!
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