Sunday, October 16, 2005
Not every animal in the Jungle are dangerous.
About 4-5 yrs back, this incident happened. But i remember it very clear even today.
One day, I was going for my tution by a cab. The previous day as the cabby took me to a wrong place(i felt it was on purpose just over-charge me) & as i was late i was really irritated. So this day i was repeatedly told the cabby the location(i was again late).
The cabby was an old Pakistani (Pattan). The third or fourth time i was telling him the location, i could not help but notice his disarming smile via the interior rear mirror. I did not finish telling him the location, but i stopped. And just stared outside the window.
Then after a moment of dead silence, i broke the silence by telling him what happened the previous day (the thing about the cabby taking me to wrong place).
When i finished tell him the incident, i reached my place. I just gave him the money & when he turned around to giving me the change, he smiled at me and told "Not every animals in the jungle are dangerous. Of course, there are dangerous ones and you should be careful about them. But you should not consider everyone as dangerous. You should learn to know who is dangerous & not".
He told it to me in Hindi. And even now as i am writing this. I can feel his voice echoing in me........
Friday, October 14, 2005
Some Geek jokes...........
1) There are 10 types of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
2) If at first you don’t succeed; call it version 1.0
3) My software never has bugs. It just develops random features.
4) Roses are #FF0000
Violets are #0000FF
All my base
Are belong to you.
5) Microsoft: “You’ve got questions. We’ve got dancing paperclips.â€
6) I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
7) The box said, “Requires Windows 95 or better.†So I installed Linux.
8) In a world without fences and walls, who needs Gates and Windows?
9) Hand over the calculator, friends don’t let friends derive drunk.
10) You know it’s love when you memorize her IP number to skip DNS overhead.
11) Ethernet (n): something used to catch the etherbunny.
12) Linux, DOS and Windows…the good, the bad and the ugly.
13) Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the Universe trying to produce bigger and better idiots. So far, the Universe is winning.
14) How do I set a laser printer to stun?
15) Failure is not an option — it comes bundled with Windows.
16) People say that if you play Microsoft CD’s backwards, you hear satanic things, but that’s nothing, because if you play them forwards, they install Windows.
17) Windows had detected you do not have a keyboard. Press “F9″ to continue.
18) Beware of computer programmers that carry screwdrivers.
19) SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0
- returned 0 results
20) There is no place like 127.0.0.1
Thursday, October 13, 2005
More on Blogging............
And for those who really don't know what to blog about. Try 10 Ways To Create Content For Your Weblog.
But for those who don't have a blog but are seriously planning to have one, Top Free Blog Software / Hosting for Bloggers will be of your interest. But before that i would suggest reading Before You Choose Your Weblog Software.
But as a personal word. For those who really love to update your site but is not interested/don't have time in messing with your site & prefer a way to simply updating your site. Blogging is the solution as far as i know.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Hey Neighbour......
After that, when i came home. I saw that my blog was loaded on my browser. That's when "Next Blog >>", on the top right-end of my blog caught my attention. I was curious to see who is my neighbour online as i know my neighbour offline :-)
Here i go, "http://transcendente.blogspot.com/". That's the address of my neighbour & his name is André Marques de Carvalho Mendes(wow!, thats long). A 24 yr old Portuguese student of Computer Engineering (nice to have a neighbour of your same interest).
Well, the best part is yet to come.
I once again went backed to my blog & tried clicking "Next Blog >>".
This time its not my Portuguese neighbour. Now its "http://painterlady.blogspot.com/". Now its a 42 yr old American lady who is an artist as well as a writer. On checking more about her, it seems that she has published a couple of books & has lot of personal interest varying from poetry to painting to belly dancing to Tarot studies. Well, there goes a list of a stranger's interest & i am no less to that.
Actually now i am more-than-ever tempted to explore around and see all my "Next Blog >>" neighbours. But unfortunately, the damn time is the problem. I got to go. Guess i shall visit my neighbours some other time. And i am sure that this is gonna be a journey that wouldn't end this lifetime.
Well, bye. Got to go.................
Trust a robber???????
Glaser is the Founder of Real Network. And the above statement was given by him while announcing his company teaming up with Microsoft to give Apple's iPod customers more CHOICE & OPENNESS.
Those two are the terms that cannot be found in the products of either Real Network or Microsoft. Really wondering who the hell on earth are two hardcore Proprietary companies gonna do that.
We will just have to wait & hope for the best.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Can you read this?
Enjoy;-)
>>>>>
Can you raed tihs? Olny srmat poelpe can. I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Saturday, October 08, 2005
The Conscience of a Hacker
( The Hacker Manifesto)
by
+++The Mentor+++
Written on January 8, 1986
Another one got caught today, it's all over the papers."Teenager Arrested in Computer Crime Scandal", "Hacker Arrested after Bank Tampering"...
Damn kids. They're all alike.
But did you, in your three-piece psychology and 1950's technobrain, ever take a look behind the eyes of the hacker? Did you ever wonder what made him tick, what forces shaped him, what may have molded him?
I am a hacker, enter my world...
Mine is a world that begins with school... I'm smarter than most of the other kids, this crap they teach us bores me...
Damn underachiever. They're all alike.
I'm in junior high or high school. I've listened to teachers explain for the fifteenth time how to reduce a fraction. I understand it. "No, Ms.Smith, I didn't show my work. I did it in my head..."
Damn kid. Probably copied it. They're all alike.
I made a discovery today. I found a computer. Wait a second, this is cool. It does what I want it to. If it makes a mistake, it's because I screwed it up. Not because it doesn't like me...
Or feels threatened by me...
Or thinks I'm a smart ass...
Or doesn't like teaching and shouldn't be here...
Damn kid. All he does is play games. They're all alike.
And then it happened... a door opened to a world... rushing through the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought... a board is found.
"This is it... this is where I belong..."
I know everyone here... even if I've never met them, never talked to them, may never hear from them again... I know you all...
Damn kid. Tying up the phone line again. They're all alike...
You bet your ass we're all alike... we've been spoon-fed baby food at school when we hungered for steak... the bits of meat that you did let slip through were pre-chewed and tasteless. We've been dominated by sadists, or ignored by the apathetic. The few that had something to teach found us willing pupils, but those few are like drops of water in the desert.
This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make use of a service already existing without paying for what could be dirt-cheap if it wasn't run by profiteering gluttons, and you call us criminals. We explore... and you call us criminals. We seek after knowledge... and you call us criminals. We exist without skin color, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals. You build atomic bombs, you wage wars, you murder, cheat, and lie to us and try to make us believe it's for our own good, yet we're the criminals.
Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity. My crime is that of judging people by what they say and think, not what they look like. My crime is that of outsmarting you, something that you will never forgive me for.
I am a hacker, and this is my manifesto. You may stop this individual,
but you can't stop us all... after all, we're all alike.
That was The Conscience of a Hacker (a.k.a. The Hacker Manifesto) is a small article written on January 8, 1986 by a hacker who went by the handle, or pseudonym, of The Mentor (a.k.a. Loyd Blankenship). It was written after the author's arrest, and first published in the underground hacker ezine Phrack in Volume One, Issue 7, Phile 3 of 10.
It is considered an important item of hacker culture, and it gives an insight into the psychology of early hackers. The Manifesto states that hackers choose to hack because it is a way for them to learn. It also expresses the satori of a hacker realizing his potential in the realm of computers.
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Lazy or .......
You might think i dont know HTML. But i know html, javascript, flash, css & php.
Then you might think i lost interest or i am lazy. But i spend atleast 4 hrs a day working on my site.
Then wondering were is my site??????
Well, here is the story. Once i start on the site i am so interested in testing stuff( i setup 3-4 blogs, 2 forums, 4-5 form-mailers), that i totally forget the fact that i am suppose to develop a site.
I am blogging this hoping that atleast now i will seriously develop a homepage.
Monday, October 03, 2005
Worth a thought................
Love is never boastful nor conceded.
It is never rude or selfish.
It does not take offence and is not resentful.
Love takes no pleasure in other people's sins but delight in the truth.
It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope and to endure whatever comes.
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Short of time or lack of Priority...............
Frankly i feel that my written english is improving b'cos of my blogging(thanks to my friends who take the time to read all my blogpost and point-out all my spelling & grammatic errors). Anyway, i guess atleast from now i must start blogging atleast once a week.
So, till my next post. Goodbye.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
www.sreenadh.net
I would like to take this opportunity to apologise to all my friend who were very co-operative when i was on a vicious circle of changing my email address.
And not to forget those of you who got lost in updating my email address and are yet stuck with one of my old email addresses.
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Return of the Old Bad Days.........
And i am totally worn-out trying to restore some kinda order at my home, which i messed up royally during the time my parents were in India.
Looking back at the days, it was a worth while experience. I am clear of one thing now, i have a loooong way to get matured. I was really having a tough time as my mom was not around to look after me.
All the way i had a feeling that i can be independent. But, now i know that i have some more to learn before i get stand on my own feet.
I must say, i really need to learn to be organised in life.........(not to forget the mornings when i discover the bitter truth that i don't have any washed cloths for the day).
Well, let me get to organising the house.............................
wish me all the best.......
Friday, June 10, 2005
The Black-out at Abu Dhabi
Actually that day me & my friends planned to go for an all-u-can eat at Pizza Hut. So, that day i went along with Sohail and we were waiting for the whole group to reach. We were all together 9.
We entered Pizza Hut at about 12.15 when a waiter told us that the Joint was closing was there is a black-out and it shall only resume only when the electricity was back. We thought that it will be back in about few minutes. So we were just waiting around.
The first half-hour went smooth, then there was a slight discomfort. It was burning hot. So we went to Grand Al-Mariah Theatre which was just 5 bldg away and they were running on generators. So we waited there for about another half hr staring at the Dead-Signal post, so that we can know when the power get back. Then Kevin, Vinu & Sohail started feeling hungry as they skipped there breakfast thinking that they can enjoy there All-u-can eat lunch.
So, we all went to a near-by cafeteria and had a sandwich. After which we resumed out watch-out at the Theatre, looking dead signal post praying that the electricity comes soon.
At about 14:30, we all were kinda fed-up & tried and thought we called it a day and returned home with a heavy heart.
I was staying in the 6th floor and i had to climb all the way up with an empty tummy. As soon as i reached home i just drank a bottle-full water and went to sleep.
I woke up at about 17:30 when the electricity was back......
Well, that was my day.
Luckily, i was not at Dubai during the Black-out to share another horrible xperience......
9 June, 2005: A day to remember & prepare.....
The Black-Out was from 9:30 - 5:30 (appro.). The cause was some kind of mal-function in the turbines at the Power station.
So far all the reports have just re-affirmed the fact that the black-out was really a strong one. But the officials as usual claimed that everything was in control. The black-out had an estimated loss of OVER 300 Million Dirham. This was indeed a major blow to the growth of Dubai after the Accident at the Dubai Airport (on 27 Sept,2004) that was Suspected as an Al-Qaeda Activity, which left over 70 dead & 100+ trapped within(which again the Dubai Govt denied, saying that only 5 dead & 12 injured).
The causalities caused by the Black-out
- The newspaper & other reports say that many flights at the Dubai Airport was cancelled (including the flagship Airlines of Dubai - Emirates). But the Officials claimed that there was no cancellation of Flights. And not to mention the Chaos that the airport under went.
- There was a major collapse in the Cellphone services following the power cut which exposed the vulnerability of Etisalat (the country's lone telecom operator). Usually in other countries, the Cellphone services is NEVER affect irrespective of how massive the Black-out is.Over a million cell phone users remained out-of-service for hours. Only the land-line was working.The worse was when Etisalat gave out an Official statement saying: "Cell phone, fixed line and internet network continued to function with normal efficiency during the power supply outage in the city of Dubai. This is the result of the highest precautions taken by the corporation with regard to electric power across its buildings and locations. The available back-ups in Etisalat ensured excellent delivery of services, without interruption during the unscheduled power outage."
- The banks and all kinds of organisations in Dubai came to a stand-still.
Well, here is my piece of advice to Dubai Govt officials.
Saturday, June 04, 2005
Worst day of ma life............
When to brush ma teeth, cannot find my brush and almost spend the half-hr lookin for it.... Success finally.
After brushing, i switched on ma PC & found that my DSL connection was cut due to the bill.
As i did not have enough cash, i went lookin for my dad's cheque book he gave me to use incase of emergency. Then i find that it is in my dad's briefcase and i forgot t unlock- code. So, i called all t way to India to ask my dad for t code. After preparin ma cheque & went for ma bath and there in t bath-tub i was almost about to slip for a great fall....
As i had to participate in a quiz competition on behalf of my institute, i had to follow a formal dress code. Then i found that all my formal shirts were put for wash and i only had my casuals. So i went digging through my wardrobe to find a forgotten bi-color formal shirt of mine and it was a suitable material for summer. But, i had no choice & had to wear that. Not to mention t tough time i had ironing that shirt.
Then as i was packing my bag, i found that it was torn and i had to go for a new one. Morning was not a good time for to go shopping for a bag and not forget that my parents are in India & i'm short of cash. So, i went lookin for my bro's bag. I found it, but it was filled with trash. So i had to clean up his bag!!!
Well, all finally step right. Then, was that it was time for me to leave so i went down speeding. Luckily, i was JUST on time.
The silver lining to black cloud was that, t Sharjah-Dubai road traffic was really smooth.
At Dubai, i first went to my dad's bank(Dubai Islamic Bank) to get t cash. And there, the cashier gave had to give me Dhs. 1000 & he gave it to me as one Dhs.100 note and the remaining Dhs.900 in Dhs.50 notes!!! (i.e., 18 Dhs.50 notes). And his sweet excuse being that he only had 3 Dhs.100 note and all the remaining was Dhs.50 note. The other notes are yet to come.
Then, i went to my bank (National Bank of Dubai) to collect my credit card. There my banker said that the receipt for the initial deposit i made was missing, so i will be able to get t card only after 3-4 days.
Luckily, i was on time to my collage. There only three of us for the day(me, sam & dan). My teacher said that she was going to give us the test(perilously planned). But b'cos i had the quiz thing, i was busy preparing for that and i was not able to prepare for the test. Same with dan(forgot it) & sam( was in t quiz). So, we told her that we shall do it in the next class. But, she was stern. I only had 15 mins and i couldn't do anything. Then when she gave the test and i had to attempt it. Then at the end of the test, i told her that i couldnot answer as i wasn't prepared. Then as none in my class was prepare, she agreed to give t test in the next class.
During the break, i told dan that i shall to Etisalat( at Khaleej Center) in the afternoon after 1 to settle my bills. That's when he told me that Etisalat closes in the afternoon and only opens at 4 pm. So, then we all went to Khaleej Center to settle my bills, thinking that we can be back before the next class starts. As soon as i reached Etisalat office, the first thing i saw was "Working hours : 9am - 7pm". The second thing was the looooooooong queue, as i was not interested to come back in the afternoon i had to stand in t long queue.
Unfortunately, we reached class 20 minutes late. Ibrahim was there with his as usual "miss-the -bus excuse". Got a goood lecture from Mr.Faizal on discipline & punctuality and he continued with the class.
In between the class, a senior girl(she told me, but i forgot her name) came to sir and told him that she wants to write her project on to a cd and Sir asked her to go to Mrs. Treasa. And after class when i was going for my lunch, i saw that Girl standing at the reception with a very depressed and dull face. On speaking to her, she told me that Mrs. Treasa said that she wasn't sure on how to do the CD writing stuff. And that girl did not even know how to write a CD. And to make things worse, in Mrs. Treasa's machine the USB port was not working( the girl's project was in her thumb drive). So then, i went to another machine and copied the files there & put it on the network and then i took the files into Mrs. Treasa's machine via the network and wrote the CD. I was really hungry was trying to finish it get out of the place. As i finished writing the first CD, i just put it in to check if it was working. And there starts the mess, the CD drive was not opening!!! So then finally i had to restart the whole system. Then took that CD out and copied the next CD and got out of the palace. Headed for lunch along with dan & ibro. Luckily, the lunch was fine and got back back to collage. Only problem being that the heat was killing me.....................
Then headed for the quiz at Crown Plaza. After the written elimination round,we had a small tea break. Then we all were preparing to leave. Sam & dan went early. Then it was me, raj, izz & ibro and left by 7:50 pm. We waited at the bus stop for sometime, but all the bus coming there was all packed up and the drivers were not allowing the passenger to enter the bus.
Then at about 8:10 pm, raj came up with the idea that we can walk all the way to Burjuman and it was only a 20 mins walk. He was supported by izz & ibro. First i tried to put some sense into there head but all in vain...... So, majority wins. We decided to walk. After about 15 mins, ibro told me that the walking was not as easy as he thought it to be.
At about 9:10, we reached Sana fashion's Junction. From there, Burjuman was about 15- 20 mins of walk. And izz also told that it was really tough. So then i finally called up my car-lift guy and asked him to pick me from Union Co-op(near Sana Fashions). Well, then we struggled through the regular Dubai-Sharjah traffic and reached home by about 10:50.
That's when i saw that Ahkam had called me, but i did not hear as my cell was in silent mode. When i called him up, he asked my as to why i was feeling so tried. Then i told the whole story. Then there this guy tells that he was left office and was heading sharjah at about 8 pm........ And could have picked up.
Cursing myself, i logged on to net to check my Gmail. And this what i see.....
Server Error
The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request.Please try again in 30 seconds.
That's what i really wanted for the time. Tried accessing Gmail after about 5 mins or so, the same old problem.That's when i noticed that my blog was on the next tab. So, here i am blogging about the worst day of my life................
Just wishing that this day is over..............
good night.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
First Impression is usually the most deceiving one
On & again in my life it has been proved that first impression is usually the most deceiving one.
The otherday, i had a pretty long conversation with a personwhom i hated in the beginning but then felt that i made a BIG mistake. Only during during the conversation did i discover that i had greatly mis-understood that.
As a first impression, i though the person to be someone whom i would define as a true JERK. But actually, it turned out that the person is someone who is matured, understanding, witty, humorous and almost everything that needs to make a person comfortable in a long chat. But, underneath all these things there is a very high feeling of Insecurity which make this person act in all these weird ways.
This is not the first time i was in a situation like this. So the only thing i have understood is that, never judge a person by his/her looks. If you really want to judge a person, then get close to that person.
Monday, May 09, 2005
Responsiblity: A side-effect of Freedom
Well, a long list of devilish plans, all planed & re-planed, highly fool-proof and ready for action was i for my HomeAlone adventure.
I always felt that my parents (mainly mom) was pampering me a lot & curbing the potential that was in me. And felt this was my only chance in life to prove to them that i am fit to survive on my own. So, it was a now or never kinda situation.
Well, time for departure and my Uncle came to drop my parents at the Airport. And there they go, giving me a once in a lifetime opportunity to prove myself. And there starts my journey without my over-protective parents.
Mom made food for the next few days. So, the responsibility of food for the next few days were off my shoulders.
Little did i expect that i had other RESPONSIBILITIES other than food.
Happily i was browsing the net. Well over 2.30 am, settled down for my sleep. Next thing i know is my cell ringing and it was my car-lift guys!!!. Well, little needs to be mentioned of the panic i went through to get myself all dressed & have my breakfast in just 5 mins and fled out of the house. As soon as got into the car, i started feeling that the door is not locked, ac & lights are not switched off, the tap is left running,................. Well, an endless list. A fine way to start a journey.
At collage, the day went fine and reached home all starving. As soon as i entered my home, i peeped into the kitchen to see what was for lunch(i forgot that my mom is not around). Not seeing anything there, i went up to the dining table expecting my lunch to be waiting there. And only on seeing my breakfast plate on the table did i realize that i was enjoying my freedom & the bitter price i had to pay for that was RESPONSIBILITIES.............
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Sound of Silence
Actually, there is nothing much to xplain b'coz its all a very simple concept.
If u really want to know what is the Soundof Silence, all you have to do is quietly sit in a quite place and if to tell the way my KG teacher puts it - "pin-drop silence". And try to listen to all the sound that u can hear in that silent room. Well, then what ever happens is all personalized.
For me, it was like a chat session with the Divine Power. Mainly when i have some kind of trouble, this is what i do - listen to the "Sound of Silence" and i am able to face the troubles in a positive way.
As i mentioned earlier, the effect is all personalized. This actually helped SOME of the people. While, other didn't actually feel anything at all. And this actually help one my friend to get a sound sleep !!!!
Friday, April 29, 2005
sreenadhx
For some reason, i find that the whole world is all-of-a-sudden interested in knowing what is the "x" at the end of my username all about.
Some asked if "x" was the first alphabet it was my family name / Last name or if it was my lucky alphabet or if 24(x is the 24th alphabet) was my lucky number or.......... And one of my friend asked me if "X" was the initial alphabet of my Girlfriend's name ( O God, give me a break.....).
Well, here is the reason/ story about the "x".
Actually when i was making my id, "sreenadh" was already taken up by someone else. So, i had to opt for another name and i did not know what. So, i put a "x" at the end of my name b'coz "x" is usually used to represent something unknown........