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@ajit_ranade: {5% decline in rupee} X {12% decline in oil prices} = 7% net gain for india’s imports. and big smile on face of infosys.
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@slashdot: NVIDIA GeForce GRID Cloud Gaming Acceleration http://bit.ly/K4eIwj
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Hello from Android 4.0

I am typing this from a shiney new Android 4.0 laptop..of course its hacked quite a bit to run on x86 platform.

Apps dont run that smoothly over this machine, but nevertheless it offers quite good Android 4.0 experience.

After experimenting with Android, i realized how much web 2.0 makes up for Android apps. Almost 80% apps are meant to run online and interact with social networks, streaming videos, sharing data etc.

Android is not as everyday os for standalone machines, but on internet, its the best so far.

Ok, iPhone and Windows phones are fighting, but Android will make it good.

This much is enough for timebeing. WordPress has created this fine app, and i am loving it.

Hello from Android 4.0

I am typing this from shiney new Android 4.0 installed on my Dell Vostro. Feels good to try latest version since most are stuck on 2.3 and 3.2 on their phones..currently are some hiccups, but i am sure these rough edges will be ironed out once Android is available officially for x86 platform..I can run almost all apps available on Google Play..except for location awareness and some camera apps.

Overall, Android can truely replace your windows os if you have netbook. Perfect cloud OS it is.

Awesome.

Proven path to effectiveness

Original link -

since so long

when was the last time you didnt had any label or string attached with you. a life like a free bird perching on any tree he likes..

no email id, no cell phone, no job profile, no gimmicks, no one to bother for, no information overload, no social networks, no youtube, nothing..my first computer didnt even had network card. only thing we used to do was to play shareware games provided with PC Quest and Chip. and some bit of C programming.

my journey in this www digital world started in 2003 when i registered for my first yahoo id. and its expanding and growing since then..

2003 seems like some 6 months ago..in reality, its almost 10 years ago. time flew so fast. freaking 10 years. imagine counting 10 years. how much is that?

dont know what i will type 15 years after today. i will leave this post for that time.

Just for some laughs and gags

Wisdom from Yoda, the Jedi Master

Hello again!

This is a post from cli. How cool.

5 things you need to stop tweeting about:.

Petrol Can or a new diamond ring

Petrol Can will be the new diamond ring in coming years. Use oil wisely.

Did you vote?

I voted for my candidate on 16th Feb 2012. Have you?? Go out to vote and keep the spirit of democracy.

Why I quit Facebook – NYPOST.com

social networks are publicizing personal emotions and creating a kind of vacuum that literally is sucking everything you have got and showing to to public. and worse, you are appreciating this fact.

already we have got huge information overload. not sure where facebook will lead us. in India, Orkut was actively used in 2005-08..facebook killed it. Now who will kill +facebook in what way remains to be seen.

 

Why I quit Facebook – NYPOST.com.

The desire to write grows with writing. — Desiderius Erasmus

a virtual life

These days we have got two social lives. One in real world and other in virtual world of social networks like Facebook and/or  Twitter.

I was reading an article of why Facebook causes a new stress on users. - http://www.opposingviews.com/i/new-report-facebook-causes-stress-depression-anxiety  and http://www.switched.com/2011/02/16/facebook-causes-stress-anxiety-hooks-us-anyway/

An important finding from one of the posts is

Charles speculated that many users may feel anxious because of the site’s intrinsically self-centered structure. “It’s like being a mini news channel about yourself. The more people you have the more you feel there is an audience there,” Charles told the BBC. “You are almost a mini celebrity and the bigger the audience the more pressure you feel to produce something about yourself.”

In short, Facebook tries to create a virtual but fake celebrity out of users, whatever might their real life be. By including photos, videos, quotes, events, Facebook is  like more of someone PRO promoting your personal life..publishing your details to world.

But in the end, we should always remember that Facebook is a virtual world. Whenever you log into Facebook, you invest time, bandwidth and personal data in it..which is obviously not free. Remember not to get carried away by frenzy of getting a ‘celeb’ status. It is very easy on Facebook to get influenced by someone more elite then you and you can waste lot of positive energy attempting to be like them.

I found out some old tips that will help you to stay updated with everyone without getting bogged down by all the information Facebook hurls at you.

1. RSS feeds – If you want to find out latest information about a product, technology, or anything, you just need to subscribe to their RSS feeds. A good thing about these feeds is that most of sites dont have ads in them, thus providing you with clutterless information. However, it might not take too long before companies bombard you with ads in RSS feeds

2. Email – Email is the reason why internet became popular. IM or real time communication is taking fight against email, but there is no substitute for emails as yet. Answering emails is more easy and more natural then replying to real time IM…not only emails allow you to think before answering, it is also more productive due to push mail services that are available on handsets, computers etc.

3. Be social in real life – It takes nothing extra to be nice with people..meet people. Maintain good relations with them. If you ever get into trouble, the real people you know will be the first to help you out.  Speaking and conversing with people  helps better then posting fancy updates.

4. Facebook is not the ultimate goal – Facebook is just another way to share things, its not the ultimate communication or the end point of what communication will be like. As we are evolving, we might have advanced tools at our disposal.

Utterly Butterly Delicious Pav jugalbandi

‘Pav’ Or ‘Pau’ Or ‘Pao’ originates from the Portuguese pÃo for bread. It is a generic term used to denote ‘bread rolls’ in Goa and some other parts of

via Utterly Butterly Delicious Pav jugalbandi.

The first tablet was used on Mars..

Tablets were first conceptualized in computer games. This is scene from DOOM 3…it was released in 2004, and John Carmack, main designer of this game had started working on it from early 2002..

Artists, not big corporations are the inspiration behind technology..

BTW, as we can see on this screenshot, the first tablet was used on Mars  :) 

Waiting For The Hurricane

I see I read our lives in the news
It said our inner fate is whether we win or lose
Can`t you see there`s always a way to never waste time
Inner faith and dreams release the tension

Unchain your mind
Unchain your mind

The day can never happen waiting for the hurricane
If we look to far ahead today is gone
You will always miss the moment waiting for the hurricane
Cause the fear of future hides the sun

If you can`t seem to find new oceans and a little bit more
Slowly we will fall if we lose sight of the shore
In the race to be the better or best
Don`t miss it, the joy of being, or you will never rest

So unchain your mind
Unchain your mind

Just for lols and rofls

Yeah, just slide in…

Dont try this at home..

The Dark Knight Rises…

 

Watch Bane v/s Batman..The Dark Knight Rises…it all ends in 2012…

haiku on life

watch reality show..
not on the tv..
just peep in mirror!

2011 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 52,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 19 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.

Click here to see the complete report.

Tata Docomo uses Java technology.

Today i was trying online recharge on tata docomo site (http://tatadocomo.com/online-recharge.aspx) and i got this error

java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 25         at com.ttsl.rcv.action.ERechargeAction.payByMobile(ERechargeAction.java:691)        at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor17.invoke(Unknown Source)        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)         at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)        at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.dispatchMethod(DispatchAction.java:280)        at org.apache.struts.actions.DispatchAction.execute(DispatchAction.java:216)         at com.ttsl.rcv.action.BaseDispatchAction.execute(BaseDispatchAction.java:18)        at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.processActionPerform(RequestProcessor.java:484)        at org.apache.struts.action.RequestProcessor.process(RequestProcessor.java:274)         at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.process(ActionServlet.java:1482)        at org.apache.struts.action.ActionServlet.doPost(ActionServlet.java:525)        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:760)         at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)        at com.evermind[Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.2.0.2)].server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.invoke(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:824)         at com.evermind[Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.2.0.2)].server.http.ServletRequestDispatcher.forwardInternal(ServletRequestDispatcher.java:330)        at com.evermind[Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.2.0.2)].server.http.HttpRequestHandler.processRequest(HttpRequestHandler.java:830)         at com.evermind[Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.2.0.2)].server.http.AJPRequestHandler.run(AJPRequestHandler.java:224)        at com.evermind[Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.2.0.2)].server.http.AJPRequestHandler.run(AJPRequestHandler.java:133)         at com.evermind[Oracle Application Server Containers for J2EE 10g (10.1.2.0.2)].util.ReleasableResourcePooledExecutor$MyWorker.run(ReleasableResourcePooledExecutor.java:192)        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:534)

World according to India

Need i say anything more ???

Digital Illusions are not new, but take a look at this picture for 30 seconds or so and watch it playing a trick on your eyes…

Dedicated to Dennis Ritchie

/* Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (username: dmr, September 9, 1941 — October 8/9, 2011 */

#include<stdio.h>

main()
{
printf("Goodbye World");

}

Another sad day in computing history as we lost Dennis Ritchie, best known as creator of C programming language.

Infosysamosa

Looks like a new venture for infosys…low prices..good quality..Epic!

Enjoy…

Haiku

old frog jumps in..
sound of slurrp..
crocodiles open jaw!!

Best things in life

Hello from my mobile

Hello from my J2ME wordpress client.

गणपती बप्पा मोरया…

Wishing everyone a happy Ganesh Chaturthi, 2011…गणपती बप्पा मोरया…

Vegetable Life

broccoli: "I'm a broccoli & I look like a tree!"
nut: "I'm a nut & I look like a brain!"
mushroom:"I'm a mushroom & I hate this game…."

I wanted to write a blog post but…

I wanted to write a blog post, but looks like its writers block that has caught me..so much activity going around to fill this space, but it just seems too much for me to even think and express my views on it. The numbers of corruption in India are mind boggling and I am certainly baffled by it!

Whatever will be the outcome of Anna Hazare's fast, i am sure it will answer some of the gravest problems we are facing since independence. People are whole heatedly supporting him and this is indeed a wonderful sign…tremendous response shown by young Indian brigade.

Let there be power to dreamers. May their courage grow with their conviction. 

Facebook and Real life

Awkward situations in real life

This is true of many awkward situations in real life…

Batman gets a lift from Superman

Save petrol..pool your car, bikes and help each other. Sharing is fun..

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Anger Management.

Batman…! :)

Source – Google+ and Tumblr

Oauth2 on WP

WP now supports Oauth2

Facebook v/s Google+

Is the the poke of google+ ???

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Where?

Men fall.. 
Men rise…
With the guidance of their everlasting cast,
Looking at the Moon, following the Sun,
Marching towards a journey…Where?…Nobody knows…Nobody knows….
Men fall..
Men rise…
Between the spheres of echo,
The full Moon grows…
Marching towards a journey…Where?…Nobody knows…Nobody knows….
Time is still the same,
Men feel that it has changed….
Nothing changes…But changes are for the Time,
Still Men march toward their journey…Where?…Nobody knows…Nobody knows…

Some things should have been deleted a long time ago. But then everyone is stupid at times. This is one of my super stupid stuff…

What are good ways to insult a mathematician?

A group of unethical psychologists want to find out who is smarter – engineers, physicists, or mathematicians. They design an experiment where they leave a group of engineers, a group of physicists and a group of mathematicians in separate rooms with enough food to last them all for two months, all in cans but with no can opener, and sets of writing utensils and no paper. The doors are locked and they cannot escape.

When the psychologists check on the engineers, they are all well-fed. It turns out that working together, they figured out how to use their pens to open the cans.

When they check on the physicists, they are still alive and they see that calculations cover the walls, but they have only eaten about half the food. The calculations detailed a method for throwing the can such that it would break open, complete with theoretical probability that the can will open.

When they check on the mathematicians, they are all dead, and the walls, ceiling and floor are completely covered in calculations. At the end of the calculations is written "it is possible to open the cans."

What I typed today from IM client >>> firewalrus [at] gmail [dot] com

Posterous has got no word limit like 140 characters and hence its a bonus..wish wordpress also allows some easy way to read comments

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ata4 SATA link up 3.0 Gbps SStatus 123…

ata4: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300) 
ata4.00: ATA-7: SAMSUNG HD080HJ, WT100-41, max UDMA7 
ata4.00: 156301488 sectors, multi 16: LBA48 NCQ (depth 0/32) 
ata4.00: configured for UDMA/133

If you get errors like this while booting into linux, then dont panic. Tighten up your SATA cables and this error disappears. As a thumb rule, dont forget to keep some spare SATA cables handy..

Twitter, Facebook and mass hysteria

Twitter… Some call it a sensor network, made of people. Some perceive it as a fun way to spread quotes, links. A channel to transfer sparks from your gray matter, without high-level filtering. A screen to show whatever you follow. Those with poor vision may see only blobs but for good eyes, it becomes a glorious scene.

But is it really possible to have good vision with Twitter? Is it possible to delve into deeper thoughts after all those RTs, quotes, foods and drinks consumed by your neighbours?

 

No.

 

Along with Facebook, which provides a constant stream of data from your small world, Twitter does not actually present telepathy but it offers a deformed, uncontrolled version of it: spamopathy. We are spammed every single day, with our consent.

 

We are not aware of it, because our brains think that information from every familiar source is relevant to our life and can be trusted, compared to unfamiliar ones. However, RTs, likes and such effortless sharing options are elevating the noise from our environment. We better evaluate the value of information when we are forced to spend time to spread it. The size of our networks are also growing fast. It may be easy to control privacy with a bunch of settings but the cognitive burden of the network keeps getting heavier.

 

Better filtering options can help us deal with some of the noise but still, people, the synapses in the system, won't perform a good evaluation when time for a spark is limited.

Noise has become constant and an even more dominant part of the Internet. It has evolved to a whole new, real-time form. Real-time… and from your inner circle.

 

Such an environment pushes us to mass hysteria because we lose our ability to attribute priorities, our ability to allocate time and display correct behaviour against important events.

There are countless groups for different causes on Facebook. And in bad times (e.g. earthquakes), you can see lots of messages on Twitter about these events. But is our response different than to pointless events on the Web?

 

No. Because retweeting and sharing has made every event in our network equally important, thus unimportant.

 

Here's a prediction: Informational equivalence is going to hurt our psychology by destroying cognitive barriers between events. Every bit will be important and every false bit will become fact for at least 60 seconds. Someday, with increasing connection speeds and population, every single person on Earth will have the power to trigger mass hysteria based on lies.

This entire blog is cut-copy-pasted from this link – http://www.turingroom.com/en/entry/twitter-facebook-and-mass-hysteria

Code snippet

Generic class to enable posting on identi.ca or #statusnet microblogging sites

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#!/usr/bin/env python # * coding: utf-8 * # (c) Harshad Joshi, 2011 # Post on identi.ca using CLI import json, urllib2 from urllib import urlencode import sys,feedparser class IdentiCa: def __init__(self,user,pwd,apibase): self.user = user self.pwd = pwd self.apibase = apibase def post(self,msg): # connection magic pwd_mgr = urllib2.HTTPPasswordMgrWithDefaultRealm() pwd_mgr.add_password(None, self.apibase, self.user, self.pwd) handler = urllib2.HTTPBasicAuthHandler(pwd_mgr) opener = urllib2.build_opener(handler) urllib2.install_opener(opener) # now define a message self.msg = msg if (self.msg.lower() == 'exit'): sys.exit(0) else: if (self.msg.lower() == 'mentions'): a=urllib2.urlopen("http://identi.ca/api/statuses/mentions/hj91.rss") b=feedparser.parse(a) for i in range(len(b.entries)):          print b.entries[i].title del(a) del(b) else: # url encode it nicely and set your own client name – no links in source! themsg =urlencode({'status':self.msg,'source':'CollaborativeMicroblogging'}) # and send the notice urllib2.urlopen(self.apibase+'/statuses/update.json?s', themsg) m=IdentiCa(user = "hj91",pwd = " ",apibase = "https://identi.ca/api") while(1): c=raw_input ("Enter somthing >> ") m.post(c)

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