Monday, July 24, 2006

Murphy's laws on girls

1. If u think a girl is beautiful, she'll always have a boyfriend to confirm that

2. The nicer she is...the quicker u will be dumped!!!!!

3. The more the makeup, worse the looks...

4. "95% of the girls in this world are beautiful. Remaining 5% would always be in your college.".................100% true

5. The guy standing next to a beautiful girl can never be her brother.

6. If by any chance the girl you like , likes you too, she will let you know in about 10 years from now ,when you are committed..

7. The more you ignore a girl, the more she'll want to be friends with you.

8. Theory of relativity......

The more u run towards a hot chick....the more she goes away from u...

9. Rule 1:
Even if you got her out alone... just when you are about to let her know about your feelings...she will spot a long lost friend( I guess from Kumbh ka Mela)

Corollary to rule 1:
The more desperate you are to tell your feelings to a girl on a private chat, the more probability the long lost friend she discovered is a handsome superman, who beats you in everything 9:1

Axiom 1:
The more dedicated you are to the girl, the longer it takes before things work out, but ultimately it will (somesmile for the guys)

10. The day the chick you really like comes and speaks to you will be the day when-
1. You are dressed badly
2. You forgot to brush your teeth for the first time in your life
3.Have a bad hair day

11. all the good girls are either nuns or married .the rest go around with u and ruin ur money, health and leave u a total wreck.

12. The more seriously u like a girl...the more seriously her dad will hate u

13. The love you shower a girl with is directly proportional to the number of bullets her dad will be showering at you

Thursday, July 20, 2006

10 years ago

1. I was in the 7th standard.

2. Maths and Michael Jackson were my two obsessions.

3. I had a crush on one of my class mates.

4. My Brother and I used to share a bicycle.

5. Surat used to be hit with major power cuts and I crammed for my History test in candlelight.

6. I had never been to a candlelight dinner or a date for that matter.

7. I never had an outing with my friends.

8. I never drank coffee. {Gosh}

9. I drank milk every morning. {Double gosh}

10. I wanted to be an Astronaut.


....and now-well i'm a software engineer waiting for the server error to be resolved so that i can carry on with my work in the middle of the night...so just sneaked out a bit of time and the result is in front of you!

Wednesday, July 19, 2006

Adieu Blogspot

Mumbai 7/11 was one of the most pathetic things that the terrorist did in recent times. As a result of that now the government of India had to block many popular blog sites and other free servers like geocities in order to cap the literary and visual spitfires of those who want to disrupt the communal harmony of this great nation.
Blogspot is also one of those blocked sites-hence i know no one is reading this blog right now-but i dont mind cos this was not the purpose that i started writing here. All i wanted was to express myself-let my inner self flow out in the form of words in the digital space. As far as i'm concerned, i'm still accessing this blog of mine via. different proxies so the title of this blog is just not what i'm going to do now-i'm gonna carry on blogging for now atleast! :)

Monday, July 17, 2006

Déjà vu

It was a usual Sunday in pune. Surprisingly the sun was out and its temper was hot amidst the thin clouds. We were looking to go in for a good movie but as usual in absence of advance booking, nothing was left behind by the pune public for us to porch at! So after many hectic calls we found a place where tickets were available and when i entered the picture hall of this single screen theatre-after being accustomed to multiplexes for months ; i felt as if i were back to those college times when our attendance in the theatres were equally competitve to that of our college registers! ha ha
It was a kind of déjà vu for me-the hall resembled the ones we had in those theatres where we used to watch movies during our college times...
...and about the movie...well it was a film called Corporate and there's nothing much to say about it-just a one time watch if you wanna spend three hours for the last one hour which is the only thing worth watching in the entire flick.

Friday, July 14, 2006

Nothing Else Matters

I'm a music freak and i enjoy all kind of sounds. But there are times when i feel low and that is when i tune into hard rock and metal in the loudest fashion. It helps remove the frustration to a certain extent and eases my nerves a bit. Aerosmith, Metallica and Linking Park are my favourites when it comes to this genre of music.

But the song i like the most is "Nothing Else Matters" by who else-the Metal Gods-Metallica! The lyrics are awesome and the way it is sung does make a striking impact. So here goes out the lyrics of my favourite song. Hope you enjoy it!
ciao!

So close no matter how far
Couldnt be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
And nothing else matters

Never opened myself this way
Life is ours, we live it our way
All these words I dont just say
And nothing else matters

Trust I seek and I find in you
Every day for us something new
Open mind for a different view
And nothing else matters

Never cared for what they say
Never cared for games they play
Never cared for what they do
Never cared for what they know
And I know

So close no matter how far
Couldnt be much more from the heart
Forever trusting who we are
No nothing else matters

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Orkut Trojan Arrives!!

Guys this is for real. I received the scrap mentioned below yesterday i.e 12th July 2006 but luckily I didn’t visit the link mentioned in it. It came from a very good friend of mine who must have clicked on the link when he received the scrap which triggered of from his id to his friends list. So be careful

Yes, I am talking about the orkut worm. I personally saw it in action in my friend’s scrap book and I thought I’ll write about it. So here is the description of the trojan and the steps to disinfect your system in case you are affected.


Trojan Description

Never bother to click on any links that sounds really unfamiliar to you even if it comes from your closest friend.

Here is how the scrap will look like.
“Opa, tudo bom? Eu criei um vídeo com uma seleção de minhas fotos novas, clica aí pra ver - h t t p :// y e p . i t / ? i k s t t v - Estão bem legais!!! “

What should you do?
Simply delete the scrap! As simple as that..

How does it spread?

It spreads through infected contacts. An orkut account gets infected once you click on the link. The Trojan posts a message in your all your friend's scrapbook area of the Orkut system. The message text is chosen by the attacker and can be a random sentence written in Brazilian Portuguese, such as the following:

Message example 1:
Opa, tudo bom? Eu criei um video com uma selecao de minhas fotos novas, clica ai pra ver - [MALICIOUS_LINK] - Esta bem legais!!!

Message example 2:
Oi... tudo bom? Como o orkut limita a quantidade de fotos que podem ser publicadas na minha conta, eu criei um slide com algumas fotos minhas, pra ver e so clicar clicar no link!!! [MALICIOUS_LINK] - Sei que vai gostar

If users click on the link, a malicious file is downloaded, which is a copy of Infostealer.Orcu.

When Inforstealer.Orcu is executed, it performs a series of actions and infects your system.

What does this scrap in Portuguese mean anyway? I tried using a translator and this is what I got…
Opa, all good one? I created a video with an election of my photos new, clica pra to see there - h t t p :// y e p . i t / ? i k s t t v - I am well legal!

Name of the Trojan: Infostealer.Orcu



Norton’s Description: Infostealer.Orcu is a Trojan horse that attempts to steal confidential information, such as bank and Paypal accounts. It may arrive as a message spammed across the Orkut network.



Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP


Solution :

If you have not yet fixed it.. Herez a solution given by Norton AV
The following instructions pertain to all current and recent Symantec antivirus products, including the Symantec AntiVirus and Norton AntiVirus product lines.

1. Disable System Restore (Windows Me/XP).
2. Update the virus definitions.
3. Run a full system scan.
4. Delete any values added to the registry.
5. Restore the security settings in Internet Explorer modified by the threat.


Article links on Norton...

How to disable or enable Windows Me System Restore
Click here

How to turn off or turn on Windows XP System Restore
Click here

How to make a backup of the Windows registry.
Click here

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Mom's Birthday

Yep it was this month that my mom incarnated and the date was 9th of July. Birthdays have always been special in our family and now from where we are, it means even more..
This time it was Rikunj who made it special for her by his wondeful gift. He had been planning about this for a while i know and he did a splendid job in the end. I could see the work was more than worthwhile when mom talked about it on the phone. She was very happy,surprised and impressed!

Here's a piece of what he did... Its a photoframe with my mom in the centre and for a change you can see me in the form of stars along with my brother-courtesy my brother ofcourse! :)
But what was most touching was the things he wrote there in these frames and in other "gift vouchers" that we there alongside it. Great work indeed!

It made her day and i'm sure this gift will be cherished a lot.
We luv you mom!
Kudos Big Bro!!

WorldCup Ends : 'Italian Job' Done!

Well it was the one of the most fascinating sporting tournaments that i've witnessed.There was everything that one could've asked for - passion, pressure, playmakers, tacticians, upsets, surprises and a bit of grief at the end by Zizou's emission. Italians surely played well and they deserved what they got but that one uncalled incident in the extra time of that final hurts a lot everytime i recall it. It was sad to aideu the great man in such a fashion. But anyways he'll always be a hero for millions to look upto.
And as far as i'm concerned...well whichever team i've supported in the knockouts (barring Italy in the finals) has lost-so nothing more to say in that regard!! ha ha
But still i feel Argentina deserved to win-just that the coach made some stupid mistakes that they were kicked out early from the tournament. Lets see who wins it in 2010!!
I'm now eagerly looking forward to Euro 2008 and there's excitement about upcoming EPL as well but i'm worried about my team Manchester United cos we've not got any quality player in and Chelsea has just got stronger with the inclusion of SHEVCHENKO and aka "Chatur" BALLACK :)
May the best team win!