Corridor of 2009

Here is an insight into the world of a few BITSians whom i can call as my frend forever & most importantly I m dere frend.
I thought about writing a few things but then u can't best describe through words at times, u can describe through images/signs.So i thought i"l cm up with a picture story to describe "the corridor of 2009"

So here it is....

Thats Called Being "Different"

Two mates with completely different backgrounds & "Aadats" as dey say but still mane a things in common.On the left is "Nath" or scratch Nath,who wudn't hv been in the pic if there wud have been more vodka on WAVES08 Nite.Hope u din miss the incident.
Nath suffers from a lot of diseases, most dangerous being "MIA", its actually an actress that Maynard is obsessed to an inexpressible extent.
One the right is "Arpat",He suffers from a disease known as "Being in EEE",which is curable onle after you pass out from BITS or commit suicide here & help other EEE guys.but his Suicide ain't gonna help becoz of obvious REASONS.
So here they are Nath & Arpat.&Look out for Arpat's Hand, he is obsessed with destroying other guys suit in the pictures :)
Arpat's Fav TP : Playin Dota & "logo ki lena" with proest sincere comments.
Nath's Fav TP : Ahhhh Scratchin,Smoking & Mia,All of em are deadly for him :)

Dats Called Being "DeCSperate & EccEEntric"

Two mates who add flavour to the corridor team.The Left One is Lethal.His life at times has one motive i.e Kisi ki itni lo ki woh saala suicide ker le aur uski Maayiat aka Death ceremony per free ka khaana mil jaaye.Ohh i forget to introduce him. He is our very own Apoorv Anand Vajpayee.Naam se seedha baccha but I can bet issey bada "ITEM" u can never meet in ur life.
According to apoorv, hum logo kuch bhi kerle humaara kuch nahi ho sakta aur ladkiyo ke case mein to bilkul hi nahi ho sakta. Desperate for food & obviously girls & gets eccentricly Gatish at times.
Talking of eccentricity, U can't beat the guy on the right. Buddha aka Sid aka Sid_bloke , is obsessed with CHANGES of every kind. Has one aim in life, to try every fuckin thing on the planet, dese days hes trying "Being Commited" :) .The largest Porn sharer on the LAN,gt an award for that. LOL.He is the caretaker of two kids in the initial semester i.e Hash & Nath, the name buddha comes from that, but these days d kids have strted smoking too much & d virtual dad is busy wid something else..hehehe....
Yaa... Y dese two together??? LOL... i"l tell y..
Apoorv has predicted that Sid will be d first one to get divorced [For reasons ask the man himself]
So here they are together,if the prediction goes true, i hope both of them will luk at the above pic & shed a smile.

Lets Move on....

Thats Called Being "Happy & Silent"

Have a Close luk at the pic, It luks like a perfect couple.. [ I know both of em ain't gonna like d comment LOL ] To be more precise, these are partners in all kinds of stuff.U"l later get to know how.
The person on the left is Gogo aka Vivek. Don't worry, hes not related to crime master Gogo in neway, nevertheless hes harmless.Gogo is one of d most 'happiest' species in the corridor, who at times seem to be so carefree that the affect starts to show on other mates. Gogo is the proud member of the Valeno Gang, about which i"l tell later.
One thing that gogo has taught us all is how to be up all night during examz. Hes a master at that right from the first semester.All in all, dats called being "Happy"
Now Coming to one of d most respected,feared about personality of the corridor. For the Corridor junta, Dats called "Being Harsh" but for the rest dats called "Being Silent".
If you poll it out amidst the corridor junta, who are u feared of, 9/10 will say "Harash Babu".
To me, Hes like an elder brother, but yaa a spoiling one too.. if u are corridor junta.. u"l knw y hes a spoiling one.One of d most serious guys, i have seen in my 20 yrs of life. Hope he gets a bit fizzy in the coming years.
Why these two together???? Trivia Time---------
Ans: Harsh was the only drinker on the table, then gogo tuk a glass one BDAY & then it was history & legacy continued to Valeno Gang.

Thats Called Being "Bitchy & Horny"

I know i know i know, if gals are reading this where there hands are..yaa its around there hair, checking "this guy has longer hair than me".
Yaa... Thats called being "Bitchy", Bitchy in the sense that hes the only so called CHIC of our corridor & hence the guys are even more reluctant towards BITS Gals becoz after seeing Hash,u think thers competition coming up.
Obsessed with two most unpredictable things 1)Hair & 2)Beckham
If you don't get any job from BITS, i have got two nice opportunities for u ppl. If you are a gal, seduce the guy & marry him. He has got loads of money & he drinks only Lime Soda & eats Chaat...If u r a guy, udaa lo saale ko... becoz ransom mein accha paisaa milegaa... nd even if u dnt get d ransom, the accessories & clothes will be worth sm 10-15k if ur luck is gud.
I Hope the guy does'nt get boils on his head becoz hes going to a desert for 6 Months.
The guy on the right is the only bengali in the corridor. Leave apart kolkota, hes not proud of bengal becoz they are revolutionists, hes proud becoz Kolkota has the largest "Red light area" in asia. Dats called Being "Paraaai" aka "Mitraaa" aka "Perrr Boyaaa". His comp is dead & is used to run all kinds of Porn.Paraiii has Data about each BITSian Babe "numbers"...Naaah.. not contact numbers.. these are other numbers.. hope u gt it...To patofy a chic, d guy once told a gal, he won some national award for creating some prototype on wireless electricity...ahhahahha...RESULT..He never got a reply again from the gal.
So dats called being "Horny" :)

Unforgettable Memories

I Can jus say that "It can't Get better" & if something can be better "It has to be here only"...Yeah i m talking of Goa, Our beloved destination where some of us are spending wat we call as "The Best Days Of Our Lives".
unforgettable

For the past few Days,the weather down here has jus been awsome, regrets to all those students who left the place bcz of holi holidays...Jus pray to god dat it remains dere when u return back...

As usual, the weather has forced me to write another blog. i m on my comp tapping in words listenin to music nd at d same time thinkin abt sm1 :)

As thoughts are passing by, i just thought that how my stay on college has been something which is one hellova an experience.
Its like a journey, to be more of a voyage, where u get to see so mane things, sense a lot of stuff nd learn a lot too...
& Above all its a voyage where u will meet all kinds of people, some of them will leave an impact on u for your whole life while some of them will always bring a smile to ur face.

Its a journey full of emotions,where each one of us have laughed at each and every small joke made by a frend/mate & also when u have cried alone in ur bed after closing d door slowly after a loss.

Its a journey where u have walked on the lanes jumping & hopping in joy & at times u have been on a lonely road with your head down.

Here u have cheered at ur frend's victory & consoled him at a loss too..

Here u have seen the flowers blossom in spring while u have seen d clear skies with ferocious sun on ur head too..

U have flirted with women here, Here u have fallen in love & here only u have been hurt too..

This is the only place where everybody of us have experienced a phenomenon known as "Life"

A Life full of mixed emotions, but a life which will be memorable not only to you but also to many around you.

The best days as people quote often doesnt only come from the joyous moments shared by you and other during the process.
These are & will be the best days of our lives, becoz these will be the days we"l always look back when we"l b happy and when we"l b said.
I wanna quote something wrt this :
"Never forget the Men who were with you, becoz they will be the ones who"l give u company in heaven"

I can bet nobody can forget the time spent down here.
Some of us had changed from kidos to wat in sometime known as professionals.

There has been a subtle change in each personality,its as if a portrait has adopted itself to the new colours added to it.

I can jus say that its a lifetime experience made wonderful by the company of like men.

I hope everybody cherished dere stay down down here..

BITSian Hackors@IOHC

I m here getting board with studies & Tests coming.So i thought lets pen down something which some of us never expected we could do.

Yeah we WON INTERNATIONAL ONLINE HACKING COMPETITION.
Telling you more about the event,its an annual event organized by Programming Club, IITK & is clubbed along with IOPC ( The programming version of it) & was sponsored by Yahoo Research & Development.

By We, i meant a team of three students from my campus i.e BITS, Pilani Goa Campus, which is an infant, since it has seen only 4 yrs & some of the walls haven't lost there first paint streaks.

Before coming to this competition, two of us, me(Ravemzsdin) & Gaurav (Nick : Fazor), participated in a hacking competition known as Binary Pirates at our college only in our techfest, It was a bit different in the sense that it was inspired by "Flag capturing" competitions which are generaly organised at hackrs conferences worldwide & involved much of cracking into systems & services rather den jus playin with codes.
After a nail biting finish dere, (hehe..We fiddled with a few things at d last moment :) but den crackrs ain't supposed to be ethical), we ended up first there.
In the break, while talking to another team we gave a thought to go for IOHC. We played it last year, and unluckily we ended up 4th i.e consolation level.
IOHC07 Was something like a normal hunt the vulneribility type where u had to play with sql injections, steganography etc etc...

Since, we needed a team of three for here. We picked up another member for the squad, a guy junior to us but in ways more trickier den us guys. Rohan Anil was the 3rd member(Nick :DarkSideHack()r ).
And Luckily the team cud be called Team GRAS ( Somethin lucky for us).

So we were all set to go for the competition which got delayed by a few hours. But den it started & we were amazed to see the change in d pattern followed dis year.
This time it wasn't the race, who"l reach d bugs fastest, it was more of HACKing den cracking.

Problem statement was that we were given a piece of source of a website(A Banking system), which was usinh php+sql & for the first round we had to make d site secure in the best way possible & den the cracking of each other sites will start.

Rohan was pro at PHP, so he started rite away & we hosted a dummy version at our webserver & i started to find vulneribilities on our syste, , u can call it penetration testing.
After some hours, when all d basic vulneribilites were covered, we also added some extra security by fiddlin with our cookies so that if smbdy conducts a XSS Attack or cookie theft attack, it wudnt be possible for him to get control of the system.
All 5 hrs , me nd rohan exchnged mane a mails with the organisers & was fun as they enjoyed replyin to the stuff. Some funny comments were exchanged too :P, since i was mailing, they had to be there.
After some tea+smoke breaks & some hard testing, we finally submitted the secured site.

It was 1:30 AM In the night, the best part i like about IOHC is that it goes on in the night & i think all the budding crackrs get enthued by dark n silence,although i have my headfones on all the time, so silence never a prob.

Then we were waiting for cracking to start and by the time, Gaurav was back too.So were all set to go & this was the part which we all wud enjoy, becoz it gvs so much happyness when u crack into something (hehe..DOUBLE Meaning). But after waiting for some hours & me wastin a couple of marlboro's, we got to know that some Fckr has tried to fiddle with the hosting servers & the competition would resume at 5 in the eve next day.
We din like it but den we were doing it for fun, So let the fun continue & We slept thinking lets DO THEM TOMMRW.

Let me tell u the rules of the contest, The team whos site will be most secure & would have least vulneribilities & would be functional as a banking system(U can't fiddle with the logic), that would win & incase of a tie, the team who has cracked into more no. of sites will win.

Next Day (5PM) :
We all again got back to our comps & we were already mailed our passwords for loggin into scoring server.
A Mail contaning the links to other teams sites were there too..
But them something happened that destroyed our mood.
The links were not working for us, We tried and tried but no result, as per the organisers it was some problem with our ISP's Cache that links were not processed.
We tried everythin we could, but still it did'nt work. After some hours, both organsrs nd us gave up on accesing the links.The competition was ON & Other teams were doing there work. we were here trying to open dem leave apart cracking into dem.

After about 4 hrs, when we had just 2 hrs left into the competition, we got a proxy created by organisers that tunneld us in.
So now we had only two hours to do the job while rest teams were already 4 hrs ahead of us.
But me & rohan thought, Lets do it for fun, Lets see wat other teams have instore for us.

& Then we started. And IT WAS LOL. A BIG LOL. that we found, there was a basic flaw in each system, i wont tell wat was dat :) But the whole competition was driven by that flaw & organisers din even know about it :)
I mailed them a list of usernames & passwords of teams & hence, it was all kind of over.
There were major flaws in some of the teams. Some of them played with the logic to the extent that sites were not functional.
Though we found some secure sites too, but den we gt into dem too...

But all the way, We helped the organisers, in disqualifyng teams & removing the major flaw which was there. & We cudnt even cmplete cracking into al systems, bcz time was too less, But i exchnged sm 30 odd mails with the organisers in the meanwhile.
It was fun to do all that..

The competition finally ended at 12:00 AM & we thought we cudnt be winning, as we got pretty less time to crack :( :( becoz of a fckin ISP.

The results were expected to be out the next day at 12 in d morning & we were expectin not even a consolation.

But then i saw the results, & Whoaa !!!! We are there on the top !!!!

I was like.. Ohhh myy godd.. WTF.. i called up gaurav dere only who had no idea wat had happened at the competition becoz of his Yahoo interview & stuff.
& The same rxn was there.. "WTF..LOL"
Then came rohan who gt to knw abt it in the evening and d same reaction.

But alls well that ends well!!! & Yeah it would end well with a prize of 400 USD For sure :)

PS:
I wont be telling, where we learned the tricks & tips of the business, becoz its smthin nobdy of us never learned, it came to us through groups,frends,google,chics(Yeah.. dey motivate Crackrs bcz u"l always want to knw dere secrets :P ) etc

All in ALL It was pur fun, nothin more !!!!

Choose the culprit : Sex Or Culture

This is the first time.. i m writing about something which doesn't deal with lively emotions or hysterical sequences based on pure fiction. This post is all about us, by us i do not mean teenagers but each and every member of the social community around us irrespective of caste,creed and most importantly sex .
So lets go down the lane and find some ground realities about what we all talk of most often i.e Sex.
I am sure on the fact that each and everybody reading this would have encountered such discussion in his lifetime but due to social ethics prevailing in some of the cultures around the globe,we at times discuss these stuff in closed rooms.

I"l say in rapidly changing environments, we have two villains. I"l talk on them one by one.
Lets Say, The first culprit is :

1)Sex :
First of all sex is not the right word about what i am actually referring to. I am instead talking of having an intercourse with a partner but in social terminology we mite refer it as "Sex" or "Love making".
By definition intercourse is a perfectly normal biological habit to reproduce. So i think by definition it is not a culprit. But we know that even in modern society of the larger part of the world we still have restrictions to use a word like "Sex" . If not a crime as per the laws, people just do not take it in the right spirit.
But then our biological system is governed not by social ethics or any civil laws. It has its own way of dealing with stuff. So as per biological standards, we all start to develop sexual needs starting from the age of 11 in males and 13 amidst females, process known as "we reaching puberty".
Suffering from hormonal changes, We all land up at a stage where we are in ultimate desire for what we commonly known as "Sex".
But here is the catch, in plain words (I m sure many of us won't like it).There are many who don't get to do it because of the social ethics surrounding them thereby suppressing what in fact is a "biological need".Here are some of the aftereffects of it :

a)How often do we see children trying to watch Porno's OR for the matter "adult channels".
b)How often do we see guys, frustrated at times because they say..."We don't get a chance to do it" whereas our counterparts in a more open environment are not suppressing the need.

Above facts are experienced by almost every human on the planet and rightly so they will always happen. So where is everything wrong. I"l tell you where they are wrong by giving some more insights.

The one trait discussed above amidst children/teenagers lead to a point where they start getting wrong information about the whole thing.The effect of the trait can be seen from this point only that when i googled "Sex" to get the definition. On the result page, i got only one correct answer and rest all adult sites which we all know cover 97% of the internet and is a billion $ industry in itself.
The point is "Humans will always satisfy there needs" but they forget in the process "Are they doing it in the right way or not". So a child will be satisfied after watching something but in the process he does not know that in the process most of the information he has gained is not completely true in many a cases and is just one more dollar added to revenue of the industry.
In a nutshell, It results into a child receiving bad information with the help of either the internet or some other way wherein he was required to be a dealt in a more proper way.

Now talking of the Second fact, Most of the teenagers in a closed community feel what i stated above i.e a feeling of frustration at times.
And since they are not "Children", they "Want even More". Resulting in even more bad consequences. From my personal experience, I have seen people of my age visiting brothels in order to have there needs satisfied, wherein everybody knows that there are serious threats of u getting affected by STDs(Sexually Transmitted Diseases) if u enter this "Dark World" of every community which also is a billion dollar industry as stated by Reuters.

Now what is the cause of it??? Is it "Sex is bad" or "Suppressing the need of doing it is???"
U can give it a thought while i"l give some insight on our second culprit i.e "Culture"

Culture :
By Culture, i mean the social ethics/standards that a people living in and around a community follow,even at times blindly.
How often do we say, "We are proud of our culture, We are a great nation". I think we all brag of it and in a way we all should be proud of it. But Since its a culture, it will have it negative shades as well.So lets have a look at them in the context we are presently discussing

1)India brags of being "Respectable to women in the society", Still we have nationwide record of rape cases and i must admit, as far as i know my country and the legal system, i can bet only a 10% of them are actually reported.
What is this for??? Is it a loophole in the system that people are not afraid of committing rapes. I"l say its more of our society that binds our activities that at times "people stop acting as humans and rather as animals, who when left alone and starved will not even regret to kill and hunt"
2)We treat "Kids as gods gift" to an extent that we suffer from outburst of population and say "God save us from It" and moreover in our society we refrain from even talking about "Intercourse/Sex" which is the process of producing "Kids" i.e God's Gift according to our society.
3) This fact is something i recently saw in a news article. According to Reuters, the average age of an indian having Sex is around 19 yrs, while in our country that brags of "Sex after marriage" is intself a myth, becoz the legal age of marriage is 18 nd 21 for females and males respectively.
A lot of that data contributes to child rapes etc etc and many such stuff.
Moreover People get beaten by the police for sitting holding hands in parks and sent to the lockup.Still we suffer from the evil, mayb because we dealing with it the wrong way.
Thers a sayin, "Harder u"l press the sponge, the harder it"l try to get out of ur hand". The same goes here.
4)We not only uproarin as a strong IT Nation but we are on the hitlist of nations sufferin from an epedemic known as "AIDS" thankx to the billion dollar industry that we can see in areas like Calcutta's red light area, which are partly thriving on teenagers just like u and me.
To make it more interesting, I Myself with million other teenagers who have not yet been told on "what is a condom" either by my teachers or my parents. All hail people who created internet that we all know "what are the consequences of not using protection"
5)Not only these, we are up on the list of nations having large number of child abuse cases reported.More and more unwanted pregnant ladies because the guy was afraid to ask for a condom from the vendor.


There are many a more facts which can be written here. But the point is What we are doing ???

Yeah.. We are doing.. Says the government who is trying to implement "Sex education" in primary schools but is able to implement in a handful of states only after about 5 years of struggle.
The problem not lies with the government but with the people. Teachers are refraining from teaching lessons. I"l say God help the country wherein educated people who should take a stand are the ones who take a step backward.

The problem won't be eradicated by "Ads on DoorDarshan" completely. It can be changed only if people start acting at root level.
Why can't we give our Kids some knowledge about the right and the wrong.
Why can't we understand that "That openess to things is not vulgarity" .For example :A bikini show is not vulgarity, deal it like fashion.

For me a person in his teenage, willing to have sex is perfectly normal, becoz his feelings are jus like a person "who has eyes, but u say u can see the world only after you are some age" . Its like supressing one of his urge forced by his/her body to do so.

With this i"l say.. we should slowly move towards "Openess" within the limits of preserving our ever blissfull culture. That way we can fight the above evils otherwise we"l go deeper and deeper into the sea strangled by our ethics only.

I Hope everybody would have thought of the culprit?? If yes, try to counter it in your life .

Cya. Have fun..

Stubborness

Its been ages since i felt the urge to write something again. I can feel it becoz when i tried to complete my third e-buk during the winter break, i was nt able to come up with a single word which in turn shows that my ever wobbling mind din had ideas which i could i have put on paper.

This winter went on to b d best break i ever had after i joined for my grad dwn here in goa.Spendin time with my brother has always been refreshin. Another merry break was PS1 but then u can't call it a holiday becoz of a strict ps instructor who wont allow u many bunks.

Rite now i m thinking what should i write now...Basically a few thoughts flashed across me after a vision moments ago. I wont describe wat it was as its not neccsry for the readers of d blog.
So here it goes...

I m thinking about that how stubborn we are???

Yeah.. I think in a way or the other we all are just pushin things to reach out for the ultimate satisfaction in one way or the other. That satisfaction can be nething varying from gettin good grades or being a social hype in and aroun the community livin aroun us.
We want to "WIN" everythin aroun us so badly that we start hating the slightest possibility of falling off from the cliff. We dont like it when ppl claim that "they are better then us" or if its on a higher side we all don't like it when ppl say to u "U Can't do it". I myself don't like it when ppl say to me about nething that i can't do. Its in a way ur positive approach towards achieving ur goals but i"l say its stubborness to implement it in every prospect of life.
In this busy but idle life of ours, we all in a way want to win everythin aroun us and at the cost of everything. sometimes even at the cost of money and at times at the cost of ur self respect becoz achievin something superseeds even u and wat u r.
But all along the way , we all should try to find things that are not important to achieve and still should be satisfied with the consequences.

After some years of experience of sufferin from the above mentioned , i m tryin to cope with my stubborness that there are mane a things in life which u can't convert to goals leave apart achievin dem and u always can't be a winner becoz there was no race involved in the process & yeah u can't be called a looser too fr d same reason. Its jus that u have to start living life not as a race but as a sightseeing trip where u meet different people, experience different emotions & try to get the most of ur life. By sayin "the most" its not communal profit , its enjoyment becoz that"l be d onle thing u can take along with you.

I Won't say i hv left my stubborness but i"l say its better to cushion it , so i m in d process of doin d same.

Hope everybdy aroun us do d same & it"l b a nice place to live den

Chao...Cya

Looking Back : Part 1

Here i m writtin my blog..
Thers no Net in the hostel rooms while i m writtin becoz of existing power cuts on campus.But the gud thing about today is that we all got to observe one of the days where weather was not just gud..It was Awsome..Thats why even without power,Net etc ..I m more than happy as compared to the normal days..Mayb aftereffct of the awsome climate down here.. :)

While writtin this,Im listening to some part of my music collection which i hvnt explored & gatherin some of my old memories and laughin all the way along thinking everythin that passed me in these two n half years of my life..

Its Really Fun..if u go back in time & enjoy some of the moments,some of which can never be relived by u except dat dey"l b dere in ur memories forever...

Ok...So lets go back in time & Enjoy a bit more....

Day1..yOOO..first day of my college life..People told me,"Study to go to college & den jus freak out there"..wid all the assumptions in my mind & a suitcase in hand,landed on goa soil..When i saw d buildin..I was like..."Dad..Mazaa Aa gaya.." But i remember one incident,when my dad called my mom after reachin campus nd told this..
"College accha hain...aur best baat hain...yeh bigdega nahin yaha..yaha ki ladkiya to bindi lagati hai aur suit pehnti hain"
If u dnt get hindi,it meant this - Son wont get into bad company becoz here are gals are simple to an extent that they wear suits nd put bindis...

Dat is a LOL incident for me...

Another incident is my secnd day in college...I went to the wrong class i.e my first class.attended it and din knew i was attending d wrong tut section untill one week when i gt a msg from my tut prof that why am i missing in phy classes..LOL...(I Was pro at bunkin then onle.. :)

Den My First bunk (Yeah of my life..I never bunked a class not even coaching class).It happened when i was sittin in our chemistry 1 class..And dese two guys,Deepak and our rock club lead singer,anish were with me..We already knew wat he was teachin..so no point sittin dere...said one of dem & den we went out from the other door while Mr. Kwoliki (Cylinder body shape) were facin the other side...

Wrt to studies in the first sem,i remember one more LOL incident.. It was thermo..I was gud at it..but as my good old theory that the things at which u r gud ,u"l never be able to convert it into numbers becoz numbers are always fictional..So it applied here too..On the compree day..i was solvin probs fr people in the corridor sittin in nitish room nd den i badly screwed up my compree exam to an extent that i din even knew how bad it went...
Durin the paper distribution ceremony..There was our dear mr. varinder singh (mech faculty) distributin nd called "2005P8PS298"..I went to take d paper.. & as soon as i tuk from him the sheet..My response was "Sir,Where are more sheets??? There got to be more?? Itney kum to ho hi nahin saktey..Sir dhoondho" And He was like "These are the only sheets i have"
I came back to the seat & i remember we laughed a lot at the incident irespective of the fact that i got my First D Grade there only...
& Yeah..Durin the course..I was once called by Mr Sachin W,Our thermo tutor & he shrugged me like hell..I was never treated like that ever before.. :)

Speaking of corridor frends..Thers one more incident..i"l say not an incident but a journey that none of us would ever forget..It was our first journey back home durin first diwali @BITS... We all were like so happy to go back home..But then it was not jus who were happy there were a whole lot of ppl who were happy to go home durin that time..Yeah..It was the crowd in the train at that time..
We were sleepin in the nite & jus before pune,A whole lot of ppl got into the train at aroun 3-4 in the mornin..We were sleepin & ignored the rush..But in the mornin when we woke up...Whoaaa..It was like 100 odd ppl extra in each compartment & there were many sardars in our compartment..So we were like "Abey inhey kya hua?? sab kaha chaley?? "
But the maj`or funny part was our journey wid a dehaati family who tuk seat with us..That was nd will be an ultimate exp..There was one lady,one small baby & 3 men..The baby was cryin always,women was sleepin & men were always chewin tobacco nd playin cards 24*7 as if they enetred a casino...LOL...
So as they were obsessed they were playin cards at even 2 in d nite next day & then the ultimate thing happened..Since the baby was not sleepin..The lady gave it to the husband to take care who was busy playin cards sittin at the top seat..And down under was me n Chimp(Navneet)..As me n chimp were talkin...First, a Card came down..We handed it back..Den there tobacco thingy came down & last but the funniest..That small baby came down nd hit me n chimp on the head almost from the top berth like a pebble..We were like "Abey kya C***** hain?? hahhaha.."
And yeah..Durin the journey Punit Got stuck in the wrong compartment stuffed between two bad odour sardaarjis..jus becoz he was tryin to get back to a seat where a chic from GMC,Goa was sittin..Poor Punit...LOL...
& Yeah..Me nd rajesh,who was jus sittin a few seats away came across a definite Gay who boarded from pune nd was tryin to seduce some of the people in his surroundings..Naah..we were jus viewin it..lol..
& Yeah..a girl nd her bf too..who were tryin to make out at the top berth while we were tryin to get a view...lol..

After that i remember,How i gt in touch wid sumby bhai nd aalap bhai..It was BnB ,comp club notice that was put up.. And as usual since computers were the only thing of my intrest outside my hostel premises...i went to it with not much of tech exp as other guys had but wat i had was jus ideas on the paper which i thought of after seeing the existing website.
i Remember Nitish My frend went with me for the interview..And he went first..i was sittin n seeing wat dey"l ask..They asked him somethin on hardware as he said he has sm knwledge in it... While i had nothin ..So i thought...i m a definite No No.. But then dey called me..I went n jus threwed the ideas..LOL.. the Bosses got intrested..Sumby gave his cell number n room numbr... I came Back LOLing as i never expected i"l make it..

Then i remember one more LOL incident, I was somewhere appointed Head Ej(e-journalist) as i was always chatterin nd never closed my mouth..So there was this guy..Whos now a gud frend of mine Vishrut who needed people to gv him some writeups to put on the site,So he and me called for the meetin of all the Ejs(LOL...Jus half of dem turned up) That made him a bit more angry..There were couple of gals amidst the team..So he n me came n started blabberin over the group of ppl..That this is d deadline etc etc nd we are professional ppl..We wont take lousy wrk..After all this happened...I was jus standin nd saw one girl whisperin to sm other girl... She was sayin "Yeh senior log hain kya??? "
I heard it & started laughin ..Lol..Akash bhai standin near joined me 7 den we both kinda bullied the girl who was no other than LITA...hahahha..Another gud frend of mine...

Then i hv sm nice memories of we ppl makin fun in d CSD room...Workin too...All were happy with the room..It was our playfield..There was the place where we could expeiment with stuff..come up with new ideas..I think those days taught us "How to innovate" & one more important thing that "How to make the best use of even the least resources"..I said this becoz we had some limited no. of comps and still nobdy complained..we ppl gv place to each other to do wrk..Basically we all enjoyed being part of a TEAM..A Team that"l work professionaly but in a friendly environment where everybody's work will compliment others work..So there was No RACE TO BE THE BEST...

In the second sem,I remember one more funny stuff.. Me and angad were learnin Crackin(Though we always used to name it hacking sayin that we r d grey hats).There was two areas where we cud hunt.. First one was Library wifi & second was the GIRLS sittin in there common room hostel usin d library wifi..
It was Angad's lappy we used at that time..And to be true..We found some of the funnies chats..i ever saw in my life.. Eg : a girl in d college sayin " i love u to his bf in mumbai" nd den on the other side "flirtin wid another coll boy " at the same time
If u dnt get wat we were doin..We were performin packet sniffing on them... :)

Ohhh.. another moment jus came flashin in my mind...
It was Wrt me and girls in the first nd started of second sem..In all my fetishness for comps..I kinda never observed ne of em.. For Me at dat time...It was jus dat AC CSD room where we kinda enjoyyed a lot nd never cared about the world... But as i never miss a chance on happenings around me...i got to know that there are some gud girls...I got this info from another of my friend,Punit ( He is not there today amidst us but i can bet his liveliness exists amidst us till date & his work nd enthusiasm will always be noticed @ campus).As Punit was always enthued, he told us quite a few names nd used to come with rankings..A Daily digest for all of us in d corridor..
So one day..i thought... "Dude.. I m in college...Time to check out..Jus for a few secs put aside the fetishness for comps nd think is dere nething else??? "
Ohkkk..I thought and went nd started sittin in d CC (Hangout zone for chics)..Lol..Though i got sersly bored nd as dere was no AC Dere..i was about to give up..But Then LOL Happened..


Something funny that i will never forget is my first bday@BITS... It was jus one month since we came to coll.. But all of d corridor ppl kinda so frendly dat we kinda prepared fr each others bday... All in all...It was Punit,Who always tuk the pain to even decorate the room for some of us & act like there was nothing going to happen nd as if they had forgettn dat it was somebdys bday...
I remember..on my bday.. Gogo's ( Vivek) room was decorated nd i sersly thought that lagta hain sab bhool gaye... but then i was sittin in Nbabu's (Nitish) room & suddenly Punit & Arpat came nd punit was so excited that he fell from the stairs.. nd hurted himself..but den d next moment..he was up..nd den th bday celebration started... I never remembered somebdy ever clebrated my bday by decoratin somethin...mayb when i was 2-3 yrs..but nt after that..so technically speakin..i was happy like nething.. nd den dere was the best bday dance session wid rajesh nd us guys doin bihari + nangin + bhangra + nething u can think of dance on any song u could ever think of nd soft drink splashin all over the floor....Man..Those were the days..These days..Wid everybdy playin CS,Dota,some of us busy wid projects..Kinda do not celebrate a bday wid such enthusiasm...

All In All....
These are jus a few of the memories that make me laugh today and will always whenever i"l lukbck at dem...There are mane more like these..I"l keep writtin them as then i can hv fun readin dem smwhere down the line of this race called LIFE.

Till Then..Try to find ur moments of joy in ur past.. And i can definitely say.. U"l forget the existing pain or tension or watever the existing conditions are giving to u..

Cya..Enjoyyy... Chao... :)

PS : If u/ur frend/ ur family member etc gets offended by this post.. Tell him/her to shoot me a mail at ravemzsdin[at]yahoo.co.in
I"l definitely try to get things resolved.

@ Khetri

LOL...Dis is our PS1 Destination...I"l tell in a picture story...

Dis part of our life is known as Doing PS @ Khetri..Lol...U cn call it Khetdi too(as pronounced by our taxi driver)

Dis part of our life is known as "Stay @ VK Bhawan" in BITS,Pilani...Dis is wat we know as d clock tower...d clock stopped fr 3 times during our stay..still it helps when u cn see it frm Birla mandir..waitin fr d girls to cm...lol


Dis part of our life known as "sleepin@PS" Dis is nt a spoof..Its a real shot..All 15 of us sleepin except d guy who tuk d pic(Credits to Scratch Nath..ya ya..he slept early dat day..as he cudnt dwnload ne of d horror movies..)

Akash,Me & Chandy...official Foto session before d formation of MVS(Majdoor Vikas Sangh) @Khetri Copper Complex.
MVS is determined to torture,abuse d instrctrs...bunk..cmng late nd yeah sleepin at d centre..First president was nominated by d community..If u want to apply fr presidentship next year..U need to hv qualities of Ghakker(ghekker is intself a specie..no need to mention dat..hers dat specie)



President have to persue d following..
1)he can be beatin by nebdy widout ne reason
2)he wont be going by d same means of transport to khetri..he has to find his own ways to gt dere..rest members will go in d jeep...nd if it all he goes..he has to sit on smbdy's lap(hope menon,gaurav,karan & Hasija enjoyed d rides)

Now dis part of our life is known as Waitin fr dinner @ CP..Dats Churu aka himanshu.....hes hungry bcz ps instrctr says "take heavy dinner nd skip rest meals..."..LOlest ever


Now Dis part of our life is known as TP @ SkyLabs....Its Already 10:30(scheduled time to reach ps station is 8:30) Credits to Jaat aka Rajesh fr his excellent shooting skillz....we caught a pair flirtin..(lol..dey r frm our neighbour ps station....)
spcl awards fr identifying who dey r??



Now dats wat is known as bunking PS nd goin to other PS stations nd watchin wats happening dere??
Dats a Shot frm Birla Museum..ppl tryin to figure out wat happnd wrong??


Now Dis is part of our life is known as puttin urself in trouble...Smbdy watchin cute girls on smbdy's comp jus before the seminar....Ahh...It gives d driving force to gv a better seminar...ain't it??


Dis part of our life is called "Drinking water"...Naah...pic is spcl...i"l explain y?...Dis is drinking water..when u dnt knw where is d only water cooler in a radius of 1 km..nd yeah..dis is caaled drinking water..when u r free from nt recvng ur gf calls...ohh btw its OMG aka mudit..tryin to drink sm water bfre he gets hooked up fr another call...lol...
Dis part of our life is "Survivig on Parle G"..U cn see d packets in d pic...ParleG is d onle food u"l gt at KCC as told by LokRam(chief security officer KCC)...Adding to dat his comments were..."Ppl here in KCC Eat stones....dey dnt eat food"..LOLest comment again...


Dis part of our life is known as wat u say "Taking Risks" ...Ppl tryin to see a conveyor belt dat brings ore from d mines to d plant..Its at quite a height nd pretty dangerous, still..Mighty Khetri Boyz..ain't Gonna Stop on d floor....

Dis part is known as .......Hmmmm..lemme think over it..Yeah its known as " Puttin Heat Boils on ur head"....Ppl walking kms at aroun 48 degree....
Dis part of our life is known as "Toxication"....Naah..i m nt talkin abt Toxicity, d song...Its froth Floatation @ KCC....500 m long channel producing SO2 & H2S...Sm of us gt into trouble after visting dis part of d plants..

Naaah...Luckily dis is nt part of our life @ Khetri..Its jus a bukmark....Its d chimney of d smelter plant...Secnd in asia wrt its height...nd yeah temp of aroun 3000 degrees....LOL again...

Now Dis part of our life is known as "Identifying a True Hero"...Now if u want to be a true hero..U need to do following things:
1)Bunk PS every weekend nd catch d bus to home widout permission.
2)U have to abuse d PS Instructr on his face...Dat too not just once..u hv to do it till d PS instrcr feels dat he cn be beaten if he enters d conference room.

Now Dis prt of our life is known as "Fetishness at its extreme"...
D person in d pic is Micheal Hussy aka Hasija..D Guy is well known amng Netwrk Admins @ Pilani..He has d following characteristics:
1)He is known fr his poses made in d conference room..dat if shot by sm photographer..he cn beat d pirelli calander by his poses..
2)First guy whos LAN was ripped off 3 times in jus a short span of 25 days..jus bcz of his extreme fetishness dwnloadin po**.



Now dis part of our life is known as "Feminism"....Yeah Dats Hash aka Shashwat(his originalname) aka shekhawat(As pronounced by d security guards on d entrance...Tryin to perform a catwalk on a 250 m high bridge allowed fr one person at a time...

Dis part of our life is known as "Photography at its best"....Credits to Rajesh fr pullin dis over..yooyoyoyoo....btw its d blast furnace...nw u cn knw wat is knwn as feelin d heat??...lol...

U Must be wonderin...when did we learned nething??

So dis part of our life is known as "Learning"...Its d Intrumentation control room..Equipped wid, i dunno mane gauges perhaps....
Ppl had to tell wat extra equipmnt it needs??
D first one i think shud be a fire alarm...lol..nt fr fire in d plant..bt fire in d control room bcz Mr Khare will be smoking all d time...(Btw we all gt influenced by his unique way of smoking a cig...lol...Champu aka Anuj..gv it a try mane a times to imitate dat)

Dis part of our life is known as "Gettin High @ Central Lawns"
Ppl after being pissed off frm both d heat as well as d instrctr go to d lawns nd gt high wid Vo*** Shots....Gazing d moon has never been so soothing fr mane of us..Btw srry fr nt such a gud shot..bcz Chandy aka chandan was jumpin all over d place after being high nd bumped over d guy who was taking d pic..lol..




Now dis Part of our life is known as "LIFE wid frends".........




Credits For d Picture Story:

1)All Khetri Boyz.....All 16 of em...

Secondly,

Yeah..Hes our JeepWaala Gujjar....Lol...He is one of d guys to whom we r most indebted...Bcz of following:
1)He made us reach d PS Station in very less time
2)He din allow d backseaters to sleep bcz of his unique collection of Haryanwi music....yooyoyoyo.."Mera bhai thaanedaar...Tu to jail mein sadey" or "Dili ki mein rehne waali.." are one of d best jingles u"l ever hear...

nd Yeah Me too(Along Wid KT aka Karan)

It was one learning experience fr Us Guys dwn here....
It was one of d Toughest PS Stations..still We Smhw managed to end it Without any casualities...

This is one of d pics shot @ Khetri Fort.



Dis part of our Life Is Known As "The Persuit of Happyness".Yeah dats a Y dere nt an I.

Loving Your Country

I am having dis strong feeling today..Nd i m happy..Dats y i"l put dis random thought out here on my Blog...
As all d natives of a country Love Deir Country..I m no different...I still remember when i was in class 6th When i first developed d passion to serve my country after readin a story in the newspaper about sm of d ArmyMen who gv deir lives jus to save ppl like us..Who cn sit on deir comps nd use shitty US technoligies nd blog about dem too...

I gave it a serious thought..Nd when it was time..i tried to convert my passion into smthing..Yeah..I gave d entrance exam For Armed Forces..NDA & NA(II) 2005..I was in class 11th den..I jus filled up the form without tellin nebdy except my Maama,who always helps me out when d shots are down...Nd Den by bunking my coaching classes went to Lucknow For d entrance Test at my bro's Medical coll hostel...
I din expect dat so many ppl will be hvn d same zeal fr d nation..Nd at d exam centre dere were 100s of guys like me dere to gv d examination...

Finally after aroun 4 mnths..when i was fully into JEE(i hate JEE..i regret preparing fr it)..I gt a letter frm Indian Military Academy for a physical Test/interview From Bangalore Centre...
Yeah..It was bangalore..D dream station from which half of d guys called convert from being a normal civilian to wat dey say an "Armed officer"...
Bt till den very few of us knew dat i m going fr it..So a Bombshell was throwed dat u ain't Going to NDA...Bcz my grandmother said "Goli(Bullet) waali jageh nahin bhejnaa" Nd My dream of being an army guy was sent to /dev/null...

I still have dat letter..(Its quite a big letter with all d instructions dat u hv to follow during d 3 day test)..Nd whenever i visit home..i see dat letter fr once/twice....Dis was 2.5 yrs bck...

Things have changed nw....Now i stand as half n engineer doing my Grads at one of d gud universities of my nation....
To be true..Engineering is a race..Race to produce new technoligies..Start new ventures..All in all race to earn money..Dose of u think dat scientists produce technoligies to help People..Nd dats y dey always luk frward to cutting edge technoligies...
I"l say..Ppl produce technoligies to get patents nd den earn revenues..Nobdy cares whether a blind man wud be able to use deir product..Its too costly fr him...dey dnt ask questions like ,fr whom r dey creatin technology??...a rich blind man or a guy who will nt evn gt a job bcz hes Blind..

We all in dis arena of producing technoligies r here to earn bIG BUcks or dey cn call dis as USD $...

But still dere r ppl who make use of technologies or deir skills in order to serve d country or in a larger context d globe...
Yeah dere r millions of hackers..(Yeah dere r nt as army men on d borders as dese guys who jus sit behind deir comps to save country's economy frm threats)
Dere r aroun 50000 cases per year..when hackers frm our country nd our beloved neighbour nation play it out to protect mane IT firms frm being cracked dwn to hell..Nd dat too jus fr no money..dese guys dnt wrk fr ne IT firm in d nation..Still dey try deir best to preserve nation's pride..

Wat u knw as Bhagat Singh Can be Ricky007 in modern context...logged onto d darkside of d internet...trying to stop ppl frm biatching wd his country...

Dis is one case....I dnt like d concept of companies like infosys,wipro..JUs bcz dey r tapping d Indin Bran to serve dumb ass US Citizens..Who jus fck deir wife..nd den call bloody indians to recve a call frm dem asking "My microwave ain't wrkin...Cud u read out d manual nd help me out wid it...Im a US Citizen..nd i m 40 times stronger den wat u r??"

Other den dis..Consider if a company like infosys..whos earning big bucks cud help increase computer literacy in india....How mane of us have even basic knwledge of wat dis dumb thing invented by charles babbage do??...Onle 1% or even les den dat of our population...Still we r n emerging IT Nation..Jus bcz we hv wat is a bliss in disguise..Yeah d population factor..nd Grt Basics of mathmatics...Our 12th class kido knws how to integrate sm of d toughest integrals using jus pen n paper...thought he mite nt be knwin dat US Guys r usin a software fr it..Still hes fast at it....
Check out daily ibm internat level puzzle competitions on ibm website..U"l find Indians more in number as compared to ne other country..Pakies r also dere..actually dey inherit d same thing...

How fun it wud be if by 2025....Our computer literacy levels upto i say 10%...Whoaa....i cn bet our class 10th guys cn code fr US Guys nd earn money..Nd put d profsnl guys to R&D..DAT WAY WE EARN D BIG BUCKS....as well as we create our stuff...

Its pissing..when u open adobe photoshop..nd when d app is loading..u see d names of d developers on ur screen...mane r indians in it..nd den d final line cms..."Software is patented under US Laws"...
Y dnt we create our stuff...tag dem,patent dem..nd den wait....i cn bet dese guys hv to cm dwn to buy it...Rite nw wat dey want is Brain Power nd we want d money...Bt y onle money we want??

10000s of enginners go to US each n every year....nd fr d initial yrs wat dey get is a small apartmnt...a handful of USD...nd ppl doubting whether or nt d guy has a bomb in his packet..Jus bcz he din gt time to shave dat day...

Y dnt we stay in bangalore,mumbai,hyderabad etc...Cant we eat samosa...do we hv to always eat Mcdonald's French fries??....

When will we come out of dis...
Actually we cant..i m bloggin rite nw..but mayb i"l accept d offer too if i made ne to wrk fr ne US company..Jus bcz my parents want me to live a life better den wat dey lived.....

I hv n answer to it...
"Life cn be made better only by urself..it dsnt depend on where u live..hw much u earn..."

I have a question...Do we want to..

"Live a life which is branded high....have all d comforts"
or
"Do we want to make life better fr other".....by others i mean d generation after us...

Tdy my dad wants me to earn big bucks..wrk fr n MNC....Mayb sm years dwn d line..i"l want my kid to go to mars nd wrk fr aliens..if dey offering him a can of oxygen...

So shudnt we try to conserve oxygen..nd make earth a better place....(dats fr global ethics in future)
or in present context..try to conserve wat we r hvn in our country..nd make it a better place...

Chao....
Jus a few random thoughts nd an answer to d guest who always posts on my shoutbox dat i cnt write on my own....

Thnkx,
Ravemzsdin

Application Brings Voip To iPhone

SoonR Talk brings VOIP to your iPhone

Apple and Cisco had announced that they would share the name "iPhone," Apple using it for its new smartphone, and Cisco using the name for their Linksys-branded VOIP phone for home networks thus resolving the "iPhone" trademark dispute. Apple might not be able to restrict use of iPhone for VOIP calls as Soonr Talk is offerring a solution for those interested in making VOIP calls from their iPhone. I wonder how Cisco will be react to this development.

Soonr Talk provides you a way to use Skype and make VOIP calls from your iPhone. Before you get excited let me warn you that the process involved in making a VOIP call is quite cumbersome.

This is how it works based on information available on their website*:

• Install SoonR Talk client on your PC which has the latest version of Skype insalled
• Log into AJAX-enabled SoonR website on your iPhone (I suppose with your skype account)
• You should be able to view your Skype buddies
• Click on the buddy you want to talk to.
• SoonR Talk will tell your PC to call your mobile phone using your SkypeOut credit.
• Then SoonR Talk will instruct Skype to call your buddy, placing you in a conference

Requirements to get this working:

• Make sure you're running the latest version of Skype on your PC
• SoonR client running on your PC

All of this will be using the Safari browser on your iPhone, so there is no worry of how to revert back in case you do not like this long process of making VOIP calls.

SoonR also offers other cool applications like SoonR Desktop & SoonR Organizer, however not sure if they will work with the iPhone, but these two applications along with SoonR Talk will be cool applications to have on your iPhone as mostly the critical information that people depend on are still stored on personal computers and their hard disks.

Kudzu

NAME

kudzu - detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system

SYNOPSIS

kudzu

DESCRIPTION

kudzu detects and configures new and/or changed hardware on a system. When started, kudzu detects the current hardware, and checks it against a database stored in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf, if one exists. It then determines if any hardware has been added or removed from the system. If so, it gives the users the opportunity to configure any added hardware, and unconfigure any removed hardware. It then updates the database in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf.

If no previous database exists, kudzu attempts to determine what devices have already been configured, by looking at /etc/modules.conf, /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/, and /etc/X11/XF86Config.

OPTIONS

--usage

Show short usage message.

--help, -?

Print help information.

-q, --quiet

Run 'quietly'; do only configuration that doesn't require user input.

-s, --safe

Do only 'safe' probes that won't disturb hardware. Currently, this disables the serial probe, the DDC monitor probe, and the PS/2 probe.

-t, --timeout [seconds]

This sets the timeout for the initial dialog. If no key is pressed before the timeout elapses, kudzu exits, and /etc/sysconfig/hwconf is not updated.

-k, --kernel [version]

When determining whether a module exists, use the specified kernel version. (If this is not set, it defaults to the current kernel version.) Do not specify suffixes such as 'smp' or 'summit'; these are automatically searched.

-b, --bus [bus]

Only probe on the specified bus.

-c, --class [class]

Only probe for the specified class.

-f, --file [file]

Read hardware probe info from file file and do not do an actual probe.

-p, --probe

Print probe information to the screen, and do not actually configure or unconfigure any devices.