weekend update
Watched 'Matrix Reloaded' and 'My Fair Lady' (quite contrasting!) . The Last twenty minutes in reloaded was tooooooooo fundoooooooooooo!
Finished reading 'The Dilbert Principle', a gr8 book ,must read for ppl who are about to enter the corporate world.
Monday, May 26, 2003
Friday, May 23, 2003
Thursday, May 22, 2003
Sunday, May 18, 2003
Weekend update
Watched Guns of Navarone and Scary movie-1 this weekend. I feel that Guns of navarone is a major achievement ,special effects wise, considering the tecnology availabe at that time ! I think i am watching too much of Nazi stuff, after some 3 months, i might speak german ,So Auf Wiedersehen !
Watched Guns of Navarone and Scary movie-1 this weekend. I feel that Guns of navarone is a major achievement ,special effects wise, considering the tecnology availabe at that time ! I think i am watching too much of Nazi stuff, after some 3 months, i might speak german ,So Auf Wiedersehen !
Saturday, May 17, 2003
Thursday, May 15, 2003
Wednesday, May 14, 2003
Learning To Fly
I would definetely say that the last four years in college have been the best of my life, though i was away from home,ate rubbish, faced extreme temperatures. I definetely experienced various turning points in my life. It has helped me a lot in shaping my personality and in building my views about Life,Universe and everything else. I have met various types of people ranging from a stingy miser to a generous great soul, some great thinkers of contemporary era, some programming geniuses,some quizzing wizards,and of course some normal human beings who take life as it goes. I owe my success in my life(so far) to all these people whm i encountered in the last four years.I must also give some credit to my school friends. This is a rare instance when i look back into my Life...All these people have helped me to fly in the vast sky of life !
I would definetely say that the last four years in college have been the best of my life, though i was away from home,ate rubbish, faced extreme temperatures. I definetely experienced various turning points in my life. It has helped me a lot in shaping my personality and in building my views about Life,Universe and everything else. I have met various types of people ranging from a stingy miser to a generous great soul, some great thinkers of contemporary era, some programming geniuses,some quizzing wizards,and of course some normal human beings who take life as it goes. I owe my success in my life(so far) to all these people whm i encountered in the last four years.I must also give some credit to my school friends. This is a rare instance when i look back into my Life...All these people have helped me to fly in the vast sky of life !
I'm feeling Lucky !
well,the story is like this. It has been a very long time without Floyd ,Here in the company, people have a really bad Floyd collection. And bcos of virus scare, they even removed it from network share. So i asked my Friend in pune to upload a mp3 for me. Suddenly,today morning after a meeting, my friend here gives me a Floyd CD(containing some 10 albums !!). This was in response to a query regd Floyd long time back ,when i casually mentioned that ppl in this company dont listen to good music,especially Floyd. Wow ! I am really Coming back to Life !
well,the story is like this. It has been a very long time without Floyd ,Here in the company, people have a really bad Floyd collection. And bcos of virus scare, they even removed it from network share. So i asked my Friend in pune to upload a mp3 for me. Suddenly,today morning after a meeting, my friend here gives me a Floyd CD(containing some 10 albums !!). This was in response to a query regd Floyd long time back ,when i casually mentioned that ppl in this company dont listen to good music,especially Floyd. Wow ! I am really Coming back to Life !
Tuesday, May 13, 2003
An evening with CEO
The CEO of the company has come down to Bangalore, he gave a talk about Company values,growth, recent trends etc. His entry was really dramatic, he reached the venue in Harley Davidson bike ! His speech was quite humorous too. After his speech, there was a Q and A session were people asked questions just because they wanted to ask something. Will try to post some pics tomorrow !!
The CEO of the company has come down to Bangalore, he gave a talk about Company values,growth, recent trends etc. His entry was really dramatic, he reached the venue in Harley Davidson bike ! His speech was quite humorous too. After his speech, there was a Q and A session were people asked questions just because they wanted to ask something. Will try to post some pics tomorrow !!
RMS Speech in MIT,chennai
Check out the complete transcript of RMS speech,it'll take 45 minutes to read the entire speech!
Check out the complete transcript of RMS speech,it'll take 45 minutes to read the entire speech!
Monday, May 12, 2003
My views on Software industry
The Following are my opinions about Software Industry in India:
1. It pays well, and if u know how to invest, u can save a lot.
2. Yes, Software Company does extract work from u , u have to work hard.But tell me which work pays that much without working hard ? even a MBA has to work a lot(its happening in my company). Remember, he is not only paid for the hard work which he is doing now, but also for the hard work which he did during his Study(and IIM-A demands some 20 hours work per day).
3. When u r choosing a career(maybe after college or schooling)u shud not only know about the pay.U have to see why IT pays.Four years ago,when i finished my schooling, i was enlightened about the magnitude of work in Software Industry,since i love this work, i am not complaining.
4. My choice of career is like this---
a.I want to work in I.T stream
b. I look for work which interests me and pays well(right now i am happy)
personally ,i don't like Government Concerns,somehow their names are synonymous with sluggishness.Whereas thats not the case with private software companies,where my requirements are met immediately.
well,coming to pay and other benefits, Govt. does give pension,pf etc But wll that be sufficient ? Instead ,private companies pay u well ,remember,this is not for spending lavishly-This money is for u to invest in an intelligent manner.
And for ppl who are complaining about the large amount of work which they are forced to do: Whenever a company starts work on a new project, they are asked to frame a project plan, where they are supposed to mention the time taken for each module.And it is the nature of every Project manager to give a large buffer to each module,so that the deadline is met and every one is happy.Atleast in my company it is happening like this.I guess any sane company will have such a procedure!
I dunno whether people are gonna agree over this point, If all the companies in the world were to be converted to government ones, the growth rate(technologically) will be halved !!
The Following are my opinions about Software Industry in India:
1. It pays well, and if u know how to invest, u can save a lot.
2. Yes, Software Company does extract work from u , u have to work hard.But tell me which work pays that much without working hard ? even a MBA has to work a lot(its happening in my company). Remember, he is not only paid for the hard work which he is doing now, but also for the hard work which he did during his Study(and IIM-A demands some 20 hours work per day).
3. When u r choosing a career(maybe after college or schooling)u shud not only know about the pay.U have to see why IT pays.Four years ago,when i finished my schooling, i was enlightened about the magnitude of work in Software Industry,since i love this work, i am not complaining.
4. My choice of career is like this---
a.I want to work in I.T stream
b. I look for work which interests me and pays well(right now i am happy)
personally ,i don't like Government Concerns,somehow their names are synonymous with sluggishness.Whereas thats not the case with private software companies,where my requirements are met immediately.
well,coming to pay and other benefits, Govt. does give pension,pf etc But wll that be sufficient ? Instead ,private companies pay u well ,remember,this is not for spending lavishly-This money is for u to invest in an intelligent manner.
And for ppl who are complaining about the large amount of work which they are forced to do: Whenever a company starts work on a new project, they are asked to frame a project plan, where they are supposed to mention the time taken for each module.And it is the nature of every Project manager to give a large buffer to each module,so that the deadline is met and every one is happy.Atleast in my company it is happening like this.I guess any sane company will have such a procedure!
I dunno whether people are gonna agree over this point, If all the companies in the world were to be converted to government ones, the growth rate(technologically) will be halved !!
Sunday, May 11, 2003
Great weekend
yet another weekend in chennai. This time we had our school interaction in 'Cakes Monarch', wow, it was a gr8 evening. The event was sponsored by ICICI(swami,oops saamy). We even got to rag a school junior,who was flirting with two girls! Overall, we had a nice time.
Today morning ,when i landed in Bangalore, the weather was great. The travel today morning was really pleasant,it is really a heaven,when compared to the hot and humid chennai !!
Talk of the day: Sundi had a military haircut this weekend, now he closely resembles the famous tamil cinema actor 'Thayirvadai' Desikan.
yet another weekend in chennai. This time we had our school interaction in 'Cakes Monarch', wow, it was a gr8 evening. The event was sponsored by ICICI(swami,oops saamy). We even got to rag a school junior,who was flirting with two girls! Overall, we had a nice time.
Today morning ,when i landed in Bangalore, the weather was great. The travel today morning was really pleasant,it is really a heaven,when compared to the hot and humid chennai !!
Talk of the day: Sundi had a military haircut this weekend, now he closely resembles the famous tamil cinema actor 'Thayirvadai' Desikan.
Friday, May 09, 2003
Saamy
watched "Saamy" (*ing Vikram,Trisha) yesterday, yet another pathetic movie in Tamil Film industry ! I dunno whether my expectations are quite high or my friend's taste is poor. He told me that the film was one of the greatest movies made in tamil film industry. After the movie, i wanted to kill him, but sleep took over me :-) It was no different from the movie 'Arasu' which i saw day before(expect that Trisha was good in Saamy !) Its high time ppl start making some sensible movies in Tamil, otherwise producers have to face a complete 'Theatre boycott' by the fans.
Going home tonight by 10.45 bus.
watched "Saamy" (*ing Vikram,Trisha) yesterday, yet another pathetic movie in Tamil Film industry ! I dunno whether my expectations are quite high or my friend's taste is poor. He told me that the film was one of the greatest movies made in tamil film industry. After the movie, i wanted to kill him, but sleep took over me :-) It was no different from the movie 'Arasu' which i saw day before(expect that Trisha was good in Saamy !) Its high time ppl start making some sensible movies in Tamil, otherwise producers have to face a complete 'Theatre boycott' by the fans.
Going home tonight by 10.45 bus.
Thursday, May 08, 2003
My First Teleconference !!
I Attended my first Telecon today morning,with people in Phoenix and Beijing. Other than the regular project stuff, we also discussed about SARS. That Chinese guy is wearing a mask even inside the office ! And even if someone coughs or sneezes in a Beijing pavement, the entire Road gets emptied within seconds. Initially,when we connected to beijing office,the receptionist started speaking in chinese and we had a lot of difficulty to get the line connected to conf. room !!Overall, it was a nice experience.
I Attended my first Telecon today morning,with people in Phoenix and Beijing. Other than the regular project stuff, we also discussed about SARS. That Chinese guy is wearing a mask even inside the office ! And even if someone coughs or sneezes in a Beijing pavement, the entire Road gets emptied within seconds. Initially,when we connected to beijing office,the receptionist started speaking in chinese and we had a lot of difficulty to get the line connected to conf. room !!Overall, it was a nice experience.
Wednesday, May 07, 2003
A Memorable Day !
Today i got some 85 mails in my inbox,in a span of 11 hours, and the important thing is that none of them were spam or ads or forwards, all were personal messages. pretty happy about this trend(as long as there is no spam).surprisingly some 8 of my school friends have mailed me today !!
Today i got some 85 mails in my inbox,in a span of 11 hours, and the important thing is that none of them were spam or ads or forwards, all were personal messages. pretty happy about this trend(as long as there is no spam).surprisingly some 8 of my school friends have mailed me today !!
Which is the Best browser available on Planet Earth
I have been doing this research for quite some time. And the result of my study is not very surprising. I am not convinced with any browser. Or in Carnot style,there is no 100% perfect browser.These are the problems which i faced in Graphical Interface enabled browsers:
I.E : Not very customizable, a dull MicroSloth look, performance wise not so good. Bookmark management was easy.page loading speed is in the medium range.
Netscape: the main disadvantage is the Loading time and it occupies a lot of memory. I liked the tagged browsing facility,but page loading takes a lot of time.Bookmark management is no so good.It claims that quick launch will enable faster startup, but i didn't find any difference. Like opera ,this is also highly customizable.
Opera :performance wise, it is the fastest browser on earth (page loading speeds comparable to links or lynx). The browser is highly customizable and u can almost change everything,right from skins to button looks. u also have a lot of facilities like tabbed browsing, mouse gestures etc.The bookmarks which are provided already,contain some good links. But the disadvantages are
1. Difficulty in enabling Java,many applets crash.
2. In recent times, the browser crashes a lot, suddenly the window gives a debug application message box ,which means u got to close !
3. Poor Support for the user, the help pages are next to rubbish !
I have been doing this research for quite some time. And the result of my study is not very surprising. I am not convinced with any browser. Or in Carnot style,there is no 100% perfect browser.These are the problems which i faced in Graphical Interface enabled browsers:
I.E : Not very customizable, a dull MicroSloth look, performance wise not so good. Bookmark management was easy.page loading speed is in the medium range.
Netscape: the main disadvantage is the Loading time and it occupies a lot of memory. I liked the tagged browsing facility,but page loading takes a lot of time.Bookmark management is no so good.It claims that quick launch will enable faster startup, but i didn't find any difference. Like opera ,this is also highly customizable.
Opera :performance wise, it is the fastest browser on earth (page loading speeds comparable to links or lynx). The browser is highly customizable and u can almost change everything,right from skins to button looks. u also have a lot of facilities like tabbed browsing, mouse gestures etc.The bookmarks which are provided already,contain some good links. But the disadvantages are
1. Difficulty in enabling Java,many applets crash.
2. In recent times, the browser crashes a lot, suddenly the window gives a debug application message box ,which means u got to close !
3. Poor Support for the user, the help pages are next to rubbish !
Tuesday, May 06, 2003
To CAT or not to CAT ?
Honestly i feel,i still have some techno stuff and i wanna experiment a lot during my lifetime.One thing is for sure: I am gonna app two years from now ! So,no point in writing CAT. Somehow, i am not interested in Management stuff,even though i know that after 5-7 years of work ,i have to fall into that pit. I feel that i can appreciate the subjects better,if i had some experience with the real corporate world. 18 years of education has taught me that without interest,one cannot learn anything(honestly, i dunno anything about my specialization(?) subjects). Therefore, i conclude that, i won't write CAT this year, and i will wait for sometime ,till my brain tells me that i can proceed become a management guru.Only then i'll write CAT !! Your comments are welcome.
Honestly i feel,i still have some techno stuff and i wanna experiment a lot during my lifetime.One thing is for sure: I am gonna app two years from now ! So,no point in writing CAT. Somehow, i am not interested in Management stuff,even though i know that after 5-7 years of work ,i have to fall into that pit. I feel that i can appreciate the subjects better,if i had some experience with the real corporate world. 18 years of education has taught me that without interest,one cannot learn anything(honestly, i dunno anything about my specialization(?) subjects). Therefore, i conclude that, i won't write CAT this year, and i will wait for sometime ,till my brain tells me that i can proceed become a management guru.Only then i'll write CAT !! Your comments are welcome.
Monday, May 05, 2003
La Vita e Bella
For those who dunno Italian, the above mentioned title means "Life Is Beautiful " . I watched it yesterday night. This is perhaps the first holocaust movie with a touch of comedy ! The movie is about a Jewish guy (guido) who uses his comical ways to hide his son from Nazis. He says that they are just players in a big game, for which the first prize is a Tank. The innocent child supports the father,in his endeavour ,so that he can get the real 'Tank' . a Must-see movie ! please watch it sometime.
Coming to Kannada film industry, i haven't heard of any good movie so far(from the papers of course). The stars here include the evergreen Rajkumar(planning to act as hero once he recovers from the arthritis operation,he is 78 years old !),Vishnuvardhan(his posters are seen all over bangalore) and Upendra(like our own Vijayakanth).Some taglines seen in Film posters...
1. This is not his story,this is history (??)
2. A Violent Family Love story (?!!)
no wonder people are switching to pirated CDs,who'll pay 75 bucks per ticket to watch shit !
For those who dunno Italian, the above mentioned title means "Life Is Beautiful " . I watched it yesterday night. This is perhaps the first holocaust movie with a touch of comedy ! The movie is about a Jewish guy (guido) who uses his comical ways to hide his son from Nazis. He says that they are just players in a big game, for which the first prize is a Tank. The innocent child supports the father,in his endeavour ,so that he can get the real 'Tank' . a Must-see movie ! please watch it sometime.
Coming to Kannada film industry, i haven't heard of any good movie so far(from the papers of course). The stars here include the evergreen Rajkumar(planning to act as hero once he recovers from the arthritis operation,he is 78 years old !),Vishnuvardhan(his posters are seen all over bangalore) and Upendra(like our own Vijayakanth).Some taglines seen in Film posters...
1. This is not his story,this is history (??)
2. A Violent Family Love story (?!!)
no wonder people are switching to pirated CDs,who'll pay 75 bucks per ticket to watch shit !
SARS
Man, i still can't believe that
1. Scientists haven't found a medicine for SARS
2. Vietnam is declared SARS free nation
3. Indians are immune to SARS
my friend in Singapore says that he roams around without wearing any mask and life is going on as usual,except for a tempertaure check everyday !! He also tells me that Singapore doesn't have any open gutters,so SARS will be contained successfully in a few days.Imagine the situation in India,where Open gutter is a common sight !
Coming to some geek-news, intel has developed a Open Source(?) Audio-Visual recognition System,i somehow feel that this will play an important role in the future.
Man, i still can't believe that
1. Scientists haven't found a medicine for SARS
2. Vietnam is declared SARS free nation
3. Indians are immune to SARS
my friend in Singapore says that he roams around without wearing any mask and life is going on as usual,except for a tempertaure check everyday !! He also tells me that Singapore doesn't have any open gutters,so SARS will be contained successfully in a few days.Imagine the situation in India,where Open gutter is a common sight !
Coming to some geek-news, intel has developed a Open Source(?) Audio-Visual recognition System,i somehow feel that this will play an important role in the future.
Sunday, May 04, 2003
What will happen if animals take revenge ?
Just check out this sample.
Planning to watch 'Life is Beautiful' tonight.
Just check out this sample.
Planning to watch 'Life is Beautiful' tonight.
Trip to Bannerghatta National park
Yesterday we went to bannerghatta national park, some 21 kms from bangalore.It was a wonderful experience, with tigers and panthers left free and the humans taken around in a cage(van Safari). We also went to the zoo,most notable animals were the Zebra,King Cobra,Crocodile and A strange looking bird|(forgot the name) with a big (huge) yellow beak. We also explored the unconquered territories of the forest and ended up meeting few 'busy' couples doing something behind Huge Rocks ! Ofcourse we did not disturb them and left them alone !!
I was woken at around 2AM in the night by some loud noise and drums, it was some temple procession thru our street.Man they should also consider the poor souls,who are sleeping !
Atlast we found a good video library which has a huge collection of golden classics.Hope by the end of PS ,i watch all the backlogs!
Yesterday we went to bannerghatta national park, some 21 kms from bangalore.It was a wonderful experience, with tigers and panthers left free and the humans taken around in a cage(van Safari). We also went to the zoo,most notable animals were the Zebra,King Cobra,Crocodile and A strange looking bird|(forgot the name) with a big (huge) yellow beak. We also explored the unconquered territories of the forest and ended up meeting few 'busy' couples doing something behind Huge Rocks ! Ofcourse we did not disturb them and left them alone !!
I was woken at around 2AM in the night by some loud noise and drums, it was some temple procession thru our street.Man they should also consider the poor souls,who are sleeping !
Atlast we found a good video library which has a huge collection of golden classics.Hope by the end of PS ,i watch all the backlogs!
Friday, May 02, 2003
Link of the day
A Tribute to BITS PILANI ,from my friend kaysov.
Hope u noticed the comments section added below every post !
A Tribute to BITS PILANI ,from my friend kaysov.
Hope u noticed the comments section added below every post !
May day
I strongly feel that,on may day,people should go to their respective workplaces and celebrate,it shouldn't be another holiday where the person just spends the day in house doing nothing. A few suggestions for celebrations in office:
1.Play multiplayer games across the network and ask ur boss to be the referee.
2. Watch movies during the day
3. get some info from the boss about the means which he uses to spy his employees.
4. May be the Network Admin should remove the firewall for the day!
5. There is Free Lunch :-)
6. And any other ideas ,which is not normally possible during the regular working days!
Most probably Tipu Sultan won't see us this weekend,postponed(again) by a week .we might go to bannerghatta National Park.
Yesterday i watched Hot Shots,people say part 2 is better.
I read Sun Tzu's Art of war, u can read it online here
I strongly feel that,on may day,people should go to their respective workplaces and celebrate,it shouldn't be another holiday where the person just spends the day in house doing nothing. A few suggestions for celebrations in office:
1.Play multiplayer games across the network and ask ur boss to be the referee.
2. Watch movies during the day
3. get some info from the boss about the means which he uses to spy his employees.
4. May be the Network Admin should remove the firewall for the day!
5. There is Free Lunch :-)
6. And any other ideas ,which is not normally possible during the regular working days!
Most probably Tipu Sultan won't see us this weekend,postponed(again) by a week .we might go to bannerghatta National Park.
Yesterday i watched Hot Shots,people say part 2 is better.
I read Sun Tzu's Art of war, u can read it online here
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