Saturday, December 26, 2009

Port conflicts by Skype



Hi,
It seems a very trivial problem that when 2 programs try running on the same port numbers, they conflict with each other. I came across this problem when my Apache Server stopped working. The culprit was Skype. I installed Skype recently and as far as I knew, it used its own unique port number. But, as I delved further, I found that Skype also uses port 80 (which is default port for almost all HTTP servers) and port 443 as alternate ports :O.

To solve this, Open Skype --> Tools --> Options --> Advanced --> Connection --> Uncheck the use of port 80 and 443 as alternate ports.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

Key is ?


"This just can't be done". "What your are suggesting is Impossible"."Why don't you do it". "[Laughs]" ... These are few of many responses that I encounter, when something that seems very challenging is being suggested. Not so long ago, my mind used to give me back similar responses when we used to debate about numerous things.. (won't go into details.. that would be featured in my autobiography, soon).. I came across this phrase : "Everything is possible. The impossible just takes a bit longer".. and I was totally astonished by the simplicity and +veness of these set of words.. 

When some task, no matter how fantastic it may seem, comes to us, we have a proclivity of judging it by the ways in which it could not be achieved.. the points of failure..( even, I tend to have that panic strike like other Homo sapiens... I must've evolved by now ;-) ) and amidst all of this, the basic idea fails to enlighten us.. that "if it has come to us, it could be done"

I have not come across a single thing task,yet, which just could not be done.. (excluding the weird fantasies some of us crave for)... the basic key is to just define a path in your mind,, and give your life some time to take that course...