Archive for October, 2006
1024 bytes != 1 kilobyte
Had a laughter riot after my system software semester practicals today..My external examiner asked me an all too simple question to gauge my intelligence..He asked me about addressing modes in the SIC architecture..I didnt remember it to be honest and then he proceeded to ask me about bits and bytes in general..I wrote in a [...]
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Chennai is not particularly known for its pleasant weather..I know why.
Its either the heat or the water..yes, water especially during the monsoons.
The Good
I like the heavy rains for two reasons. One, it ensures that the price of the water will still stay below that of crude oil for the rest of the year; Two, Holidays..Ahh..its [...]
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The best time killer..
Life can be a crawl sometimes..seconds become minutes…Imagine a lazy cloudy monday morning with only mega serials to keep company…
Oh well, now that I have broadband, tried listening to podcasts…But amarok has a great feature which makes it one of the best media players.. Its ability to integrate with last.fm
Been listening to last.fm for a [...]
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Today, when I was clearing junk around my room, I came across this cd which was given to me when attended a tech symposium of a highly respected college in Chennai. That cd, as my friend suggested contained some documents containing FAQs for the semester. Normally I give away cds like this since they contain [...]
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Happy Diwali!
Everyone, Happy Diwali..
Finally Gentoo irritated me to an extent that I have fully switched to Edgy. No offence meant, but gentoo is a great distro if you have the time and patience to cut it. But sadly I don’t have either. 6 months of relationship with gentoo was insightful..
Spent the whole night yesterday installing and [...]
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Oracle Linux?
Oracle is going to release its own Linux distribution if the following article is to be believed..
http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=AC31F249-770C-4541-AFCC-186A757F3811
RedHat and Novell will definitely find this interesting. Am kinda wondering, if Oracle were to release its own distribution, Linux will become more famous. I guess its the ‘ORACLE’ name….
Of course it would be an expensive-enterprise-kinda-distro, Would be really [...]
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Whatever you do..insist on an ethernet based router…You save a lot of aspirin and usb ports..
Oh and router=modem in this article…
DHCP way:
The most simple way of course is to use DHCP to set up your network automatically, In most cases everything gets configured automagically. If not enabled you should start the DHCP server by logging [...]
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Tags: bsnl, howto, internet
http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3634591
Mozilla vs. Debian… I guess a major clash of egos is taking place between two giants. This time it is serious; KDE vs. GNOME, Ubuntu vs. Debian, and all other flames wars have been taking place for eons but without serious consequences. The latest Mozilla. vs Debian tussle comes at a very tense time. [...]
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The Pink Swirl 0.1
..Check this out
The Pink Swirl
My first artwork submission ..
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Hi,
Went to Valliyamai Engineering College for a symposium called neoRampage. Aptly named
Participated in all the competitions of the second day
Dumb C:
Our team found out two of the 4 clues, but sadly not enough to go through the next round
Quake and NFS UG2:
Wow..been a year since I had gamed. Played quake pretty well. Managed to get [...]
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