The definition of language

A few years back in the year 2002 I was completing hand written applications for my first job . There always was a field called languages known. My standard entry was English,Hindi,Marathi followed by a joke to whoever was around "can i enter C as one of the options?". Usually this resulted in a light hearted banter.

Fast forward to 2007. Am on a website filling up job applications. Theres a drop down titled languages known. What do i do? I start looking for Java(by pressing J repeatedly.. its a drop down you know) and then i see that the options started with Afrikaans.. "J" got me to Javanese..

I thought of that incident 5 years hence. It brought a smile to my face. The world has come a full circle or is it me who has?

Strange things technology makes you do or should i say strange things technology does to you?

scrubit unavailable...

i was using scrubit proxys as my dns.. today around 430pm est all my webpages started showing 404s.. after some debugging found that scrubit was down.. had to change my dns to local to make my internet work... was a dreadful hour being without internet

Battle Star Gallactica....

Let me begin by saying that BSG is simply the best series out on the tube right now. I watched the series so far in rerun and liked it immensely. Not only does it cater to a thirst for sci fi but also has a strong drama.. a story which could as well be unfolding at capitol hill…

Humanity and tenants of its behavior may not change just because of advancement in civilization is a significant point this series puts forth, looking back at our history so far makes it seem plausible...

Past sci fi series like Star Trek portrayed an advanced civilization (including humanity) as an enlightened race... free from sins and with higher sense of morality. However how much have we changed in the past 500 years or so of our advancement? We still wage wars for trivial reasons; look upon life as expendable and with a patchy view of morality.

BSG builds on this fact in a very realistic manner. Looking forward to the final season this Friday….

paris hilton you let me down....

paris hilton... i was a fan.. not because of the way she looked nor the films she appeared in and definitely not because of her singing.. then why??

well thats why.. she was famous without any reason.. it intrigued me how one can just be famous without any world topping talent.. and ya no great family fortunes were officially coming her way either..

so there i was quibbling at her earnest quotes( i had a Google news alert set for her name ) and pitying the media.. man thats like picking garbage for them.. but i did enjoy reading about the diva with no light of her own.. she was just projecting the light they shone at her...

and then i read a disturbing quote from her "Pakistanis are hot!"

wow she has lost it completely.. am not a paki basher but i got my pride.. maybe i am overdoing it.. maybe i already did..

bye girl am deleting the news alert on your name..

The "online" dog ate my homework

With home works moving from paper to word pad the reason of "my dog ate my home" can no longer be applied.. Well thats what you think...

Check out http://www.xnet.se/fd/ the file destructor... It gives you a file of a format and size you want.. Its up to your professor to try and open it :D

If nothing else its a nice tool to get that extra day or two.. akin to saying "the dog ate my homework and i need to do it again.."

really loved this....

Google rocks

You know an internet company is really making it big when you have a multi tabbed browser and every tabs opening a site owned by the same company...

i have search,orkut,gmail,maps,and this blogger.... yup they seem to be doing it right...

back to school first glance

being back to school has been such a weird experience.. its so much like doing a new project in a new technology in which your pm has advertised your proficiency and you really just know a knot; yet its also so different..

it has all the thrills of a project for sure.. there are the weekly deliverables(hence forth called home works) the status checkpoints(hence forth the bi weekly tests) and yes the weekly meetings(those are the lectures)

and yet its so different.. there are all those honey eyed guys n girls with dreams to land up a perfect job.. there are the professors who make you stand in their cabins while they sit talking on the phone in front of you and finally there are the smart ass fresh graduates who think they know everything.. lol

am really enjoyin the experience...