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Out in the cold...-III

"Am amazed at how cold dat dude Rithesh is. He lookz az if some one has stuck a hot rod up his ass.", said Paul amidst several snickers. "Ya know whatz wrong wid him? I am an exchange student ya know.", Paul asked the guys. They were having a party by the waterfall. Paul was taken in as he spend a lot of money on booze. Most of them were in a state of blissful stupor. "His girlfriend died...", said Aaron. "How?" A lot of laughs greeted Paul's question. And a big fuck you from Aaron. "I think Aaron had a crush on her.", said Amal, which was greeted by fist on his face. The mood changed as a drunken fight ensued... Paul and Prajod carried the drunken guys to their rooms. "Prajod, honestly dude. how did Rithesh's babe die? AIDS?", asked Paul. "No, no. She used to be one of those brainy girls who wanted to show off by her academics. She went to the library to get some references done. She was irate with our Amal after...

Out in the cold...-II

The remains of the sunset was blurred. He realised he was crying. As he wiped his tears he looked at his hand band, 'Live Strong' it said. Her last gift. He smiled a salty smile and left for his room. "Hey Rithesh!", he heard someone calling him. It was his friends. 'Or the so called ones...', he thought ruefully. "Hi dudes. Whats up?", he went near them. "We are going for a trip to the falls. Coming? Some quality time with booze.", asked of them. "No man. Can't. Got some pending stuff to be done.", replied Rithesh. "Awww, come on. You need a break dude. Or are you still in abstinence?", asked Prajod. "Not that.Sorry I...I can't come.", said Rithesh as he walked away. "The bastards are still laughing about me when I am not there. Fuck them!", he said to himself. His friends looked on. They had a puzzled expression on their faces. "The poor guy! He was one good badboy...", remarked Ab...

Out in the cold...-I

'I think I will go to the beach today.', Rithesh told himself. It didn't really matter. It was the same everyday. He goes to the beach around 7 in the evening. Every evening. Couples were leaving as he arrived. "Girls going back to the hostel", he told himself and stared longingly at a couple parting. 'First week in their relationship I guess,' he sighed and recalled those first days with.... "What yo mumblin' dude?", he started when he heard a voice behind him. 'Of all people it had to be this fool, thought Rithesh.' "Nothing," he replied and gave a forced smile at Paul, his classmate. "Ah! The dawn light fadin'. Da time for yo poetz, eh?", a semi question by Paul. Rithesh smiled trying really hard to suppress his irritation. 'The stupid accent of the sucker and its dusk.', thought Rithesh as he bade good bye to Paul with a few mumblings. "Gud Bye matie! Waitin' for the bloody piece of work...

Myself in 20 points...

This is my 99th post. I have read this introspection tag in various blogs. So I thought I would do the same for my 100th post. But then I have got a nice surprise of sorts to celebrate my 100th post. So this would be number 99. ;-) 1. I am a single child. I have got all the good and bad aspects from being one. But I am very close to my two cousins who fill the void as younger brothers. 2. Till I was 10 we lived with my maternal Grandmother and aunts at her house. All around us where our relations and I never felt lonely. Being the first born male in two branches of my mother’s family meant I was regarded as special kid and still it is so. 3. I was raised mainly by my aunts since my mother worked in Kollam at that time. The biggest influence in my life was my Grandma. My life hasn’t been quite the same since she passed away. 4. I used to be an ultra buji in school. I often go on an egoistical spree saying I am very intelligent, but it is quite true. I never needed to sit and study as s...

My 2005...

Hi everybody. A merry Xmas to all of you. My good friend Hafeez asked me to blog about my year and I have done the same in the Fellowship blog. Please read and do comment. ciao
Shall we meet the President? *drumrolls* The pending tour report is coming this fall!!! (too dramatic?) 

The Edge of Reasoning...

Today, err, yesterday (its 12:21 AM now!) I happened to get to Zee TV while channel surfing. I don’t watch these shit but Asianet seems to have jumbled the order and Zee TV resides in the position of VH1, my favourite channel. I was lucky to chance upon there or I would have missed a wonderful spectacle which would last a lifetime! It was a movie climax, the hero is someone I have no idea of and the lead lady seems familiar but can’t exactly point who she is. Anyway to our spectacle. Imagine this situation: Hero is hanging by his fingertips (nails?) at a height of about 250 metres (a 50 storey building). Where exactly? The ledge? Nope! There is a rope, yup a white fibre rope I double checked, hanging from the top floor one huge building to another attached to poles. The buildings are incidentally some 200m apart. What is the use of that rope? Hang Clothes??? And how did they put it? Next: There is cute 3 year old girl hanging on to our hero’s back crying! Talk about the edge of cutenes...

How to crash Linux :-D?

I am posting this from our Linux class. I just happened to be one of the instruments who crashed the system. We were taught some stuff about bash scripting and how to run scripts at the start of a login. Me and Jackie made a couple of scripts. And i made an iterative statement "Kill Gates" display for 20 times. Then some absolute idiot modified a core file bashrc and the whole system crashed. I was the prime suspect and actually I was going to write a script which would have pinged 200 computers and displayed the results at the start of login. Well, for those who don't know, pinging means checking the availability of a system over the network and it takes about 20 seconds to ping one system.Imagine pinging 200 systems, takes about 7 minutes. Not only that several users will be trying that at the same time! So imagine the chaos that would be created... Things are still not rectified. Atleast sir won't ask me to sit in front in the server anymore ;-)

The number of the beast...

666? Well, not quite! My unlucky number is 13. A classical straight forward one, right. It actually harbors more than just the conventional fear of that number. In fact I love 111 another unlucky number.  Though it may seem cranky to some people, I believe in numerology and the power of numbers. But I don’t quite agree with changing names to change luck. Yeah, next they are going to change their father for luck. Back to our point. Why exactly this post now? This is the 94th post in this blog.  9+4=13! Another irony ismy university roll number is 013! When I got the number I had a sinking feeling. And that is what is happening I am a sinking ship in my academics. The major contribution is myself and a lot has to do with luck. I should have been 12 my lucky number if Anil Sony who never intended to complete the course and dropped out after the first year did not come to the college at all. And incidentally Naveen likes 13 and he would have been 13. Everybody would have...

IRMA and more...

Third post of the day? Well, the first had been a lyrics and second a poll. So I think there is space for one more. Today was the IRMA entrance test. For those who don’t know: IRMA is Institute of Rural Management, Anand. It is headed by Varghese Kurien, the man behind White revolution in India and aims at creation of managers suited for the development of rural India. Nitin did not apply for the test and Divakar did not write it. So I was alone in this battle. I went there a little early. I have this compulsive disorder of reaching places early. I absolutely hate being late but I tolerate others being late. Hmmm, I was close to tears the one day I became late at school. No one scolded or anything but I wanted to cry because I was late. Pretty lame, eh? This time though I was a bit too early. Centre was the Pattom Girls Higher Secondary School and on reaching there I saw nobody. I double checked the hall ticket. Then a man asked whether I was here for the test. I affirmed and he told m...

My Martini...

You Are a Classic Martini You area sophisticated drinker, who knows that simple quality is over-rated. You're a knowledgeable drunk, but sometimes you're a know-it-all when you're blasted. You should never: Drink and gossip. You tend to forget who's standing right behind you! Your ideal party: Has a real bartender. But no one mixes a better drink than you. Your drinking soulmates: those with a Chocolate Martini personality Your drinking rivals: those with a Margarita Martini personality What Flavor Martini Are You? I am posting this because I liked the questions in the poll. Very reasonable and thoughtful. A real change from the usual crappy ones.

Imagine

Imagine Imagine there's no heaven, It's easy if you try, No hell below us, Above us only sky, Imagine all the people living for today... Imagine there's no countries, It isn’t hard to do, Nothing to kill or die for, No religion too, Imagine all the people living life in peace... Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man, Imagine all the people Sharing all the world... You may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one, I hope some day you'll join us, And the world will live as one. Written by John Lennon I just heard this song for the first time. It is often said to be the best song by Lennon. Now I see why it is. Wonderful peace of work! (Spelling mistake is intentional). An instant entry into my all time favourites. A solution to heal the world?

My christmas movie...

Christmas Specials keep on coming... Your Christmas is Most Like: Miracle on 34th Street Sweet and caring, Christmas is about helping for you. While Santa may not exist, you try to share his spirit. What Movie Is Your Christmas Most Like?

Eenie Meanie Whiny Me!

Wow! Some response to my previous post! Well, now I think about it I was feeling quite low at that point of time. I had my best friend calling me up and asking whether there was anything terribly wrong! I just read Arti's blog and she qouted from somewhere "When in pain Blog!" May seem a bit lame but how true! I think that blogging has opened an all new avenue to vent out the steam. For me, I have been discovering quite an unknown side of myself through my blog. I am the first to admit that I never really chat upto a person in a face to face conversation unless I am very close or I am mad at that person (usually teachers :-D). The more deplorable is my skill on the telephone. A couple of hours back I chatted with a friend on Sree's mobile and she remarked that it was our first phone conversation even after being friends. Hmmm, how true! Not just with friends whom I know for 4-5 years, but with my close family too I have this problem running out of words on the p...

Let Down...

How many times do you get the feeling that someone has screwed you/let you down? I am a paranoid person, though people who know me would go "What!", deep down inside I am one hell of a paranoid. What prompted me to write this article? Well, I got an exam tomorrow and I have been let down by a good friend of mine. I won't divulge any details because the guy is good friend and I am sure he didn't mean to screw me and may be I am just pissed off right now and is not thinking clearly (though I doubt it). Not just this incident, also some other thoughts of mine and action/words of others have been boiling inside my head for a long time and now the steam has to be let out. That brings about the question. What is screwing then? It need not be planned and/or intentional. Fairly unintentional things that you say or do can screw a person or let him down or make him feel bad. Now I am not say that I am Mother Teresa (or is it Father Dominic?) and I do only good things and don...

Espedair Street...

After a series of gruelling exams, a completely broken me visited the British Library to find some solace to my aching soul in the vicinity of my best friends: Books... I found a Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy compendium. I immediately grabbed it. I had taken it earlier and finished the first two books and then some idiot reserved and I had to relinquish the book. I was in a festive spirit after getting the book. Alas, it was not to last! I was informed that the book was reserved (which SOB did this again???) and I was left broken once again. Many interesting books were there . But I simple didn't have the heart to read them. My attention went to the lowest racks. I took that book, once again. Espedair Street by Iain.M.Banks. Whenever I am feeling a bit down and I am in library invariably I take this book. No, it is not any chicken soup book, but a novel about a rock star (?). You may be asking, "How the hell do you find that calming, dude???" Well, there are many reas...
Christmas Special Blog Tests! You Are Blitzen Always in good spirits, you're the reindeer who loves to party down with Santa. Why You're Naughty: You're always blitzed on Christmas Eve, while flying! Why You're Nice: You mix up a mean eggnog martini. Which of Santa's Reindeer Are You? You Were a Swan You are a spiritual soul who sees into the future. You are also good at interpreting dreams - those of yourself and others. What Animal Were You In a Past Life?

My tech blog...

Finally I have decided to have my own tech blog . I think and I hope it would motivate me in the drudgery of the days of our project work. Sharing technical knowledge has always been my passion. I hope to do the same with the journal. Why am I not using this blog? This is turning out to be a glance in to my world and my life. It would be better if I don’t introduce too much of information in to the blog as such and I am sure I won’t be able to do justice to it that way. Anyway, don’t mix business with pleasure! ;-D

Ubuntu-Linux for Human Beings

I have been working on Ubuntu Linux for a couple of days now. I think it is time to post my thoughts on this wonderful piece of software. Ubuntu literally means: 'For humanity'. This is an African word. It is made by Canonical Ltd. based in the Isle of Man. For more info just look into the Wikipedia. Prologue I really noticed Ubuntu for the first time at Santosh's place when I saw the original CD lying there. Fox told me about their free shipping thing. Ubuntu gives away Cd's of the latest version for free. That includes the shipping cost as well. There are various options available to order. Just go to the site and register to see them. I ordered for 15 CD pack; the smallest available. We can track our requests at the site and they sent it to the shipping company on 7th November and usually 4-6 weeks takes for delivery. I got my package three days back. The package was very safe and CD packs were placed inside a bubble wrapper. Looks The version is 5.10 and called the...

Adieu my friend!

The street dog ,( please forgive me i cudnt find the permalink its the archive page of that month. scroll down for the article ) about whom had written earlier has been missing for a few days now. At first I didn't take much notice but recently I have been dreading the possibility of it being trampled under a some vehicle. This feeling was heightened by a couple of decapitated cats I had seen. I was chatting with my mom about the dog and she told that it was taken away. Some CITU guys had lured it into the backside of a cargo auto by placing some food in it. They closed the door and then drove it of to somewhere. I had grown close to it and really the first dog I have been friends with. It had a human face and eyes, atleast I thought so, and never really barked. It liked me very much and hung around our house most of the time. My mother, who was very apprehensive of the dog had grown to like it. He used to get up and stand beside the gate when it saw my parents. When I came, usual...

Scorpio Durantham!!!!

Scorpio durantham!!!! Originally uploaded by naveen t s . Naveen posted this in the Flickr page. The vehicle in question was hired by the "kidilams" in our college to go and have a jolly time. Some jolly time indeed! They went at some 120 Kph and swerve and hit the dust. Fortunately(?) none of then were hurt. Only Physically! They were set back by some 1.5 lakhs (if I remember correctly). Rich Dad, Wrong people, Bad driving. What an excellent combination!

Atlast!!!

Wheew! Atlast an exam where I hope to pass more than dread to fail. Just finished the microprocessor criti exams. But I had the same if not a more jubilant reaction the last time around. But, this is criti so I hope the university shows some meharbaani. The last 5 exams where disasters and thefirst time I am going to write the exams with 4 hall tickets. I will have a mercy exam of CHD unless the university guy decides that I am going to marry his daughter. The supply Compilers was a big disaster. Though everyone said they sucked and said they would fail, I suspect the suckers of scraping through. Good for them and I hope they get through. As far as DB went. Well it was a really wondeful experience. You have to some experiences like this to spice up your life. When I got the question paper, the question in my head was 'How the hell am I going to score 10 marks in this?' Well,I brought my creative side out and wrote 8 short stories for the short answer questions (total fictio...

More Blog Tests...*sigh*

Your Hair Should Be Blue Wild, brilliant, and out of control. You're a risk taker with an eye to the future. What's Your Funky Inner Hair Color? Your Ideal Relationship is Serious Dating You're not ready to go walking down the aisle. But you may be ready in a couple of years. You prefer to date one on one, with a commitment. And while chemistry is important, so is compatibility. What's Your Ideal Relationship? The Keys to Your Heart You are attracted to those who have a split personality - cold as ice on the outside but hot as fire in the heart. In love, you feel the most alive when things are straight-forward, and you're told that you're loved. You'd like to your lover to think you are stylish and alluring. You would be forced to break up with someone who was insecure and in constant need of reassurance. Your ideal relationship is lasting. You want a relationship that looks to the future... one you can grow with. Your risk of ch...

Cyber Naru!

My Temperament...

You Have a Phlegmatic Temperament Mild mannered and laid back, you take life at a slow pace. You are very consistent - both in emotions and actions. You tend to absorb set backs easily. You are cool and collected. It is difficult to offend you. You can remain composed and unemotional. You are a great friend and lover. You don't demand much of others. While you are quiet, you have a subtle wit that your friends know well. At your worst, you are lazy and unwilling to work at anything. You often get stuck in a rut, without aspirations or dreams. You can get too dependent on others, setting yourself up for abandonment. What Temperment Are You?

New Look!

After some hard work for 2 hours I have finally completed the blog revamp. Had to make some changes to the template provided by Caz ! But if you people have any suggestions or liked the old template better please let me know. I think it is a bit dark. ciao

The Internet Archive

Its been 4 months since I have taken Asianet connection. My downloads have clocked around 10 GB by now. but most of it has been music and a lot of entertainment stuff. Also some ebooks. I have always liked cartoons (may be a return to innocence?) and documentaries. I have been looking for some serious stuff to download (yeah! cartoons are serious for me!) and have found some toon torrents. But they are prohibitively big ranging from 1.5 GB-5 GB. By cartoons I don't mean the new age manga cartoons like Pokemon and others. I like the oldies like Yogi Bear etc and better still, the short cartoons, the forgotten ones. My prayers have been answered. Enter The Internet Archive ! This site contains the out of copyright works and works based on creative commons license. There are a lot of stuff here. Cartoons, newsreels, old movies, documentaries, ebooks, audio etc in a variety of formats. I am downloading some 15 stuffs from here. A must visit for anyone with similar interests as moi.

The Forbidden Places...

Disclaimer: The following article involves a topic which is not appropriate for family reading. I have made it as clean as possible. Ladies and sissy boys, if you stumble upon these places, at least don’t reveal your enlightening source. I don’t think I can handle being roughed up by pissed off brothers. These are the places in a typical guy’s PC. Some conditions apply though. 1. No nosy sisters proficient in the intricacies of a PC. (Also add younger brothers and rarely elder ones) 2. PC is untouched by parents and elder relations. 3. PC in a hostel or friends living together. Many other stipulations may be added… Where to find them? Inside folders and folders and folders of Windows, Turbo C++, Office etc or may be even in the desktop of the bolder ones (I know at least one guy ;-)) The common names? Files may be having extensions dll (the most popular one), cpp, sys etc and they have sizes in excess of 1 MB (usually 50+) The folder names may be bizarre but it really makes sense to th...

Ek Anek aur Ekta

While searching for some, um, ‘stuff’ in Desitorrents , I came across the documentary section. I looked into it curiously and found some great stuff. Out of which one I downloaded instantly. It is a short movie by NFDC (National Film Development Council) titled, “Ek, Anek aur Eketa” (One, Many and Oneness). The film would be familiar those who have seen Doordarshan some 10-15 years back. It is an animation about the strength of togetherness and harmony. It really brought in a wave of nostalgic emotions to me. I loved these kind of stuff and still do. The animation may be simplistic and drab but the emotion adds a lot of colour to it. I really feel that NFDC should dig up these forgotten treasures and put it up for download. At least they could put it as torrent download and there may be a lot of willing seeders if I am not mistaken. Embrace the medium of torrents and use it for some good purpose rather than simply downloading movies, songs, games, porn etc. The university exams start t...

Tagged Ya!

I had thought of tagging last time around, but I forgot after that looong post... So here goes... Me tag... kickassso U wanted a tag? u got it Duttan ( I know he did in this one...but still) all the people in the fellowship blog Haris (this guy hasn't blogged for a long time and it wud be interesting...:-) and anyone else who wants to do it... ciao

10 commandments of being a goody two shoes...and why I am not one...

Disclaimer: I have absolutely nothing against my parents. I love them more than anything in this world and the reciprocal is more than that. These are just my take on the views of most parents and sometimes I think my parents share the same due to the intense pressure from their peers. 10. Thou shall study your lessons daily and go to the best tuition centre in the town. 9. Thou shall listen to melodious Mallu and Hindi music. Your taste may go up to the extent of listening to pop songs like that of Westlife, BSB etc and like the songs liked by your peers. Hardrock and Metal are strict no-nos. 8. Thou shall see good mallu movies and hindi movies. Only the hyped up english movies shall be seen. 7. Sports and games are essential only in theory. Thou shall take part in it at your free time and your vacation. 6. Reading is a good habit. Only if you score a lot of marks in your studies and you have set aside some time for reading. Thou shall read only goody goody books or the hyped books in...
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Disillusioned...

Here I am badly mauled by a kitty giving a lifelong hatred towards the feline kind. CAT was horrible and more horrible was the conflicting keys of our own TIME and Careerlauncher(does anybody go there?) Anyway after being completely put off for a couple of days and 'blowing' away my frustrations I have picked up the pieces and stopped 'subliming' my self. Now the realisation has struck. I have 3 exams to write next week in 3 days, 2 of which I have absolutely no idea of and 1 is a must win situation (criti paper from s5) and another 1 I know some things but I have a history of flunking papers of my favourite subjects and teachers. To compound the issue the weekend is gone as IIFT exam is there. I shouldnt have applied for it. Hell, what to do now? Has to get some studies up and running and so far it is refusing to start. In fact I am not even playing games, reading or listening to music much these days, which are a staple diet during exams. When I put my head straig...

Meoow!

The day of deliverance is here! On Nov 20 almost 2 Lakh are going to write the toughest management entrance examination in the world. I am one of them. Hopes are pinned on me by my parents and I am responsible for nurturing it in order to escape from other failures I had encountered. Well, am i prepared for it? The short answer is NO. I don't know the long answer but it will also border on some shade of no as well. The prep for thequantitative section of the paper has been abysmal to say the least. I just lost my drive mid way through the preparations. I cannot pin why, though. The data analysis and logic part is also pretty ill-prepared and my logic never seems to find rest with the real answers :-(. I always thought I could score on verbal section, but the recent performance is not very promising. Earlier I used to score some 36-38 marks and out of it 30 used to be verbal alone! Needless to say quant would be a perfect anda. Nowadays, the score remains the same but I tend to sc...

Politricks...But Rock your Vote!

On 18th  November, Thiruvananthapuram goes to poll for the Lok Sabaha bye-election. This one is to fill the void created by the death of P.K.V a wonderful man but a rather useless M.P. A person can’t even take his nap peacefully now. The blaring cacophony of the speakers screaming at the people to vote for his candidate. In the end the public says, “Ok! Ok! We will vote, will you shut that bloody thing off?” It is almost comical the announcement jeeps of two candidates coming from the opposite directions and creating one hell of a noise and in the end it almost seems like this. “Vote for the Sickle…vote for Sivakumar” ”Remember the symbol for Sivakumar is…the poor proletariat!”   “React against the atrocities committed by UDF…So vote for UDF” “Remember Indian National Congress is a party that helped India achieve independence…So please vote for the sickle…and don’t vote…on the day of the polls!” Now let’s see the candidates. First of all V.S.Sivakumar of I.N.C. He i...

Skeletons crawl out of my closet...

Today was indeed a horrible day. Sessionals came out and under sessionals for twp subjects.Much on the expected lines but DBMS I scored 25 out of 50. Now I never deserved that. Though I was a royal pain in her ass through out this semester. To think of it I scored the highest marks in university exams for the subject,Operating Systems, this teacher took last year. Very difficult to mount this terrain. I went into an unusual but expected trip of depression in the afternoon. Not good. I should be upping my spirits now. Pretty important stuff to do in the next few months. I was relieved only in the evening after watching 'Crusades' on History channel. Don't know why but war can sometimes soothe your soul. And as you know more sorrow after I connected to net. All this started right in the morning. Usually mom wakes me up in the morning. She calls me leave and I go downstairs at my leisure. Today though she waited for me and seemed hesitant. I thought to myself, "Thats Odd!...

Eddie Guerrero - 9/10/67 to 13/11/2005 Viva la Raza!

I am huge WWE fan and I am can say that without any shame. Though I am not able to follow the programme on TV, I track it through the Internet. I hadn't checked on the fan site rajah.com for 3 days. I was shell shocked when I visited the page. It said Eddie Guerrero was dead. He was 38. One of the best in both wrestling capacity and entertainment factor. One of the few guys that made me laugh out loud with his antics. I am too numb to say more. my condolenses goes out to his wife and two young daughters. Eddie you were the man...Viva La Raza

Childrens Day...Rockus reminisces

Children’s Day. The birthday of our first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru or Chacha Nehru as affectionately as he was called. I realised this was children’s day only in the afternoon while watching Headlines Today. I don’t really recall any celebration we used to have in school. I think our house activities coincided with this event. Being a very conservative school we celebrated these national events in a much disciplined manner. I think later on it became associated with our Science Expo. Really, the school days seemed so long and seems so long ago. These four years in engineering has stormed pass me. Just as our Principal had said in her opening address to us. I have very fond memories of my childhood. The best life any person could get. Loved by many and many to love. Still it’s somewhat like that but reaching adulthood has exposed some things I wish would have stayed buried. The pressure of reaching adulthood removes a lot of charm and illusions from relationships. Well, whatever ...

Facts...Really!

I thought I would make the blog useful by including some info that people care instead of the incessant bitching that I am now familiarised with. Noted British science fiction novelist Arthur.C.Clarke has been awarded with the highest honour in Sri Lanka, ‘Sri Lankashreshta’. He resides in Sri Lanka presently. An apt time for me to take his book from the British Library, ‘Garden of Rama’ co-written by Gentry Lee.. I haven’t read any of his books, even though the first book I had taken from the British Library was his, which I never read. Getting a bit confused. Did I read any of his books? Not sure. Has to check out… Another news. This one most of the people may be unaware of. Intel has purchased 65% share in Grisoft. The makers of AVG antivirus. A move to include more virus protection at the hardware level? I don’t think the PC Hardware King Duttan is aware of this. (As of writing this article) :-). I am very grateful to Kickasso for recommending QCD player. I had my experience with...

The Places I am fit to live!

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I am a Utilitarian!

I think it pretty much sums up my philosophy in life. The bad side is (?) I am a bit too hedonistic. You scored as Utilitarianism . Your life is guided by the principles of Utilitarianism : You seek the greatest good for the greatest number. �The said truth is that it is the greatest happiness of the greatest number that is the measure of right and wrong.� --Jeremy Bentham �Whenever the general disposition of the people is such, that each individual regards those only of his interests which are selfish, and does not dwell on, or concern himself for, his share of the general interest, in such a state of things, good government is impossible.� --John Stuart Mill More info at Arocoun's Wikipedia User Page... Utilitarianism 90% Existentialism 80% Hedonism 75% Justice (Fairness) 65% Strong Egoism 60% Kantianism 55% Divine Command 50% Apathy 25% Nihilism 10% What philosophy do you follow? (v1.03) created with QuizFarm.com

Me & My Music

I have got a fairly cosmopolitan view of life and the same can be applied to music as well. I enjoy any music that my auditory senses like at that moment. I enjoy listening to Malayalam songs, especially the ones in the 80’s, a few Hindi songs ( most of the new ones suck) etc. But most of my airtime is used up Rock music. Rock in the sense can range from rock n roll to speed metal. My friends and family usually lambaste me for my taste in music. Especially my family who actually think I am some post modern geek with no attachment to our culture or family. Believe me it hurts me a lot! I have always felt this strange but beautiful attachment towards my family (not just my parents, my cousins, aunts etc) and I am a strong proponent of preserving the cultural values . People misunderstand me a lot. Music has been my savior. I became really matured and level headed due to music only. I could went out my aggression by listening to music and I believe it has worked wonders on my character. S...

Tour Report- XI (One Wild Night!-II)

Now for the second part! The next day was Pattus Birthday. ( no I didnt forget to use the nick). All of the guys decided to give him a good "kani" (refer the movie Meesha Madhavan) at the daybreak. All of them were sitting really hard not to fall asleep. Ass time came nearer, oops!,as time came nearer Palmer and Arhie passed out. The others went and showed their "Softwares and Hardwares" and gave Pattu a pants as his gift. Suddenly someone came and told that Palmer had thrown up. They went to the room and it was nasty. Rajguru cleaned up with the help of Garfield. Now everyone wanted to go to sleep. The room mate of Palmer and Archie was left. Rajguru asked him," You can handle things here, right?" "right(hic!)" "Ok then Iam going" The mate made a bed out of a chair and sofa. He switched off the lights then tripped on a bag to fall, luckily into his makeshift bed and passed out...

Tour Report X (One Wild Night!-I)

Everyone was in really good spirits by now. A lot of noise and many declarations followed. "iam that. iam this. iam shit u are good" etc Rajguru made an announcement. "This is one of my last hangouts and I thank u all guys.U are really lucky.............So i make the complete expense of tonight on myself" "Wah! Rajguru Wah!" ,came the encore. The room was clear except the close circle. Rajguru said," Who is coming to see Delhi at night with me?" "me! me! me!", the encore. "Ok lets go." It was drizzling outside. They got an umbrella from reception. Neo said," Da I want my umbrella. I'll get sick otherwise." "Oh get it fast a$$****!",said Garfield impatiently and followed Neo. Now garfield had to take the stairs as neo left by the lift. But Garfield was consipicously missing from the room. "He was really paambu. Where did he go?", thought Garfield hoping he did not go into any strang...