Akshat's Life......Live I.T. Wise

End sems going on........ :(

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:09:00 +0000

well my third semester end semester examinations are going on,rather they have just started.Well,its the eve of my maths exam and m still left with more than half of the course.Conventionally m not supposed to do what i m doing right now but yeah if i do tht i wont be myself.
So the situation is i hv taken a half an hour break and less than 10 minutes are left.
To begin with my signals paper was good,now its my maths paper,i dont know wht is goin to happen,i just realize tht taking whole number breaks is not a convention either,so m back to studies........ :P :D :) :( :X
PS-i dont know my state
bye

She gave me the colour of Life

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sat, 16 May 2009 15:30:00 +0000

And this is how i used it........................

New Year Woes For Microsoft

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:34:00 +0000

THE ZUNE PROBLEM:

For most of the people this night were enjoying and taking pleasure of the new year eve,some nerds may have been found working with their slogged heads infront of their LCD's!! :P

I am talking about the Microsoft ZUNE team. A Y2K like bug seems to have hit 30GB Zune users all over the world. It seems that the users were quiet frustrated as they reported a huge number of complaints at zune.net.Let us take a look at the issue.

What the problem was???

The 30 GB Zune experienced a Y2K-like mass failure at around 6:00 am on the 31st, where the portable media player goes to the loading screen and freezes permanently. Zune.net's service status today warns: "Customers with 30gb Zune devices may experience issues when booting their Zune hardware. We're aware of the problem and are working to correct it. The Zune Social might be slow or inaccessible. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience."

Microsoft's Zune support forum has been hit with a mass of complaints, but the problem has yet to receive a public diagnosis from the Zune team. Hundreds of users have each reported the identical problem.

The solution..........

This evening, Microsoft posted an official explanation on Zune.net detailing why all 30GB Zunes suddenly froze up this morning.

"The technical team jumped on the problem immediately and isolated the issue: a bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year. The issue should be resolved over the next 24 hours as the time change moves to January 1, 2009. We expect the internal clock on the Zune 30GB devices will automatically reset tomorrow (noon, GMT). By tomorrow you should allow the battery to fully run out of power before the unit can restart successfully then simply ensure that your device is recharged, then turn it back on. If you're a Zune Pass subscriber, you may need to sync your device with your PC to refresh the rights to the subscription content you have downloaded to your device. "

THE LAYOFFS:

The layoffs, if true, are part of a pattern in the technology industry and certainly not isolated to Microsoft. Just last month, Adobe laid off 8 percent of its workforce (or about 600 people). Rumors have it that Google has let go thousands of contractors (although it's really hard to confirm this story and Google has not been forthcoming about it). So that Microsoft could be laying off 17 percent of its workforce (or about 15,000 people) is hardly a surprise. The economic slow down means people are buying less software, certainly waiting to upgrade and with Microsoft's issues around Vista, it's all coming together at a bad time. (At least Microsoft waited until after the holidays; give them credit for that.)

Well,another big release for Microsoft is round the corner.Yes,Windows 7 may be released by the end of this year(according to CNET) and Microsoft wants to put Vista behind. The last thing everyone would want is another Vista.

Chalo,best of luck to the oldbees!!!!

Back in Delhi

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:33:00 +0000

Finally i am back in Delhi.After a fairly long semester at Manipal Institute Of Technology,these holidays of mine seem quite a lot deserving in one sense.For the other,i hereby tell you tht my end semester exams sucked big time.
Well,no regrets for the past now!!I will be writing quite often now.

Google Android and HTC Dream

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:48:00 +0000

Google Android is a software stack for mobile devices based on the Linux operating system kernel and developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance. For those of you who dont know about the open system alliance,it is a consortium of 34 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.
Android uses a Java based platform and only Java programmed codes can run on it.The Android Platform provides a rich security model that allows developers to request the capabilities, or access, needed by their application and to define new capabilities that other applications can request. The Android user can choose to grant or deny an application's request for certain capabilities on the handset. Great efforts have been made to secure the Android platform, but it is inevitable that security bugs will be found in any system of this complexity. Therefore,
the Android team works hard to find new bugs internally and responds quickly
and professionally to vulnerability reports from external researchers.

Now regarding the HTC Dream.Well its gonna cost you around $180 and it would be sold along with a T-mobile plan.HTC dream has a Qualcomm 528MHz processor,tochscreen interface,GPS,3.1 megapixel camera.The phone shall come along with inbuilt YouTube player,Gmail and much more.

As far as i can predict,i should say that the iPhone's much eatablished market in the US is in danger.

Finally I am writing

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:47:00 +0000

It has been almost one and a half months since i have gt admitted at Manipal, i hvnt been free for even a second so just cudnt write for my much beloved blog.
So,wht i hv gt in my store to write upon????
Recently i attended many workshops-Robotics,Google Android,Symbian...
I ll also talk about the life and times of Manipal in detail.

For All Those Beat Makers-FL Studio

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:08:00 +0000

Finally i got my hands back on something which i really used to love during my school days.Anyone who knows me could have guessed the answer in no time.Its Fruityloops.Its probably the best digital music making software that i have heard and used.Here's a brief intro regarding FL.
FL Studio (formerly Fruity Loops) is a digital audio workstation, developed by Belgian company Image-Line Software.

FL Studio features a fully automatable workflow centered around a pattern-based music sequencer. The environment includes extensive MIDI support and incorporates numerous features for the editing, mixing, and recording of audio. Completed songs or clips may be exported to Microsoft WAV, MP3, and as of FL Studio 8, the OGG Vorbis format. FL-Studio saves work in a proprietary *.FLP format.
From classical to non classical,this beat buddy would never let you down.
Here's a video tutorial for all those beat lovers.

A Budding Guitarist

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:26:00 +0000

He's my friend Rohan Garg from Georgia Tech!!!

WELL,I THOUGHT ONLY I WAS COOL

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:29:00 +0000

Just watch this for a video.

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I.S.T - Indian STRETCHED Time

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:50:00 +0000

Not more than a week ago my father and me boarded a First Class train(Rajdhani Express) to Udupi(near Mangalore).I had to attend my counselling at Manipal for B.E. admissions.
Needless to say, the Gujjar riots have messed up railways schedules and earnings but to what extent?? i really doidnt knew before this incident.
We boarded the train at around 11:30 in the morning and its normally a 28 odd hour journey from New Delhi to Udupi. One to two hour delay is normal in India(sort of a birthright).
It means we should have reached Udupi at around 3:30 in the evening the next day.
k.......
zzzzzzzz.....
Delhi to Mathura, the train reached in a record time of one and a half hours.....good nice going!!!
It regained it original speed, then formed a decreasing arithemetic progression and litrellay ran at a speed of about 15 to 20 kmph for about 3 hours.
Then came Agra. It had a stay of about 15 minutes over there after which we got to know the train is going via Bhopal which is not its normal route!!!!
It had to go via Kota.Now an extra 6 hours delay has added to the mess.
And it wasnt enough.
Since the train wasnt going on its normal route it didnt get time to time clearence and as a result of which it could gain its top speed.
And at what time did i reach!!!!
3:3o in the morning the next day!!!!
A massive 12 hour delay!!!!
Man, hats off to Indian railways for producing India's fastest train,Rajdhani Express.

SNAPS!!!

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:28:00 +0000

Recently i went to manipal for my B.E. counselling.
Here are few snaps of the MALPE beach......awesome sunset!!!!Then's the Lord Krishna temple, and finally the Manipal University.

FINALLY I WON!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 06:59:00 +0000

This was the first time that i tried my hands on NFS Most Wanted

And i WON!!!!!

IBM fills chips with water

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 03:31:00 +0000

IBM's not having enough of processor cooling technology or wat????
Or, people at IBM's Zurich Lab have gone crazy enough to try this crap!!!!!

So far IBM's record of processor cooling has been excellant.Two years ago IBM announced a breakthrough with carving channels into chips to let thermal paste sink down nearer the silicon.Then the very last year IBM Zurich had cut more channels into cooling unit.Now, IBM looks to pump water between stacks of processors and other common motherboard components to keep them cool.
(click image for a clearer view)
The chip industry has become rather enamored with the idea of 3-D stacking where processors and memory, among other things, sit right on top of each other instead of near each other on a motherboard. This should help increase the speed at which data flows between the various components by opening up many more communications paths. By shrinking wires to about 1/1000th of their usual size, chip makers can also help reduce the energy consumption of their products.
But but......removing heat from the preocessor has been a major issue!!!!

To deal with the heat, IBM has discovered a way to pipe water into cooling tunnels that are about as thin as a human hair and that sit in between die layers of a processor.However this technology will be still be years away from production.
chalo,best of luck to our IBM buddies.
paani re paani tera use kaisa????......................hehehehehehehe

Media SuckXXX Big-Time n so does WE!!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:47:00 +0000

i am sure at sum point or d other, each one of us fancy ourselves thinkin v r " d new generation "
n we don luk down on nebody, v believe truly in everyone being equal n yes we do believe in class bias.
probably we must reconsider dat........

Infinite Aarushi murder case reports, has made us feel like shes one of our own.
We can all relate to her like shes a school friend

Ohhh!! how we wan dat d poor soul must get justice and yeahhh our very "active " media has tried with all its power to make sure we r satisfied.
But hav u ever wondered y u don't feel the same way for Hemraj (domestis help)
Its as if he never existed and his murder's only a tool to crack the aarushi murder case.
Media obviously s not interested coz probably we don symathize as much wid Hemraj.
Is it coz he s jus a servent n Aarushi ohhhhh " she s jus like us "

So Much To Write

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sat, 31 May 2008 17:52:00 +0000

There's been so much write since 27th November last year.........................
there's been IPL,EURO 2008,EPL,Champions League..................
But but but..............thr's always a new beginning.....the new EPL season to egin with......so i am pretty sure i ll catch up with atleast till the time studies soak my throat once again!!!!! :P

FINALLY ITS OVER

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sat, 31 May 2008 09:57:00 +0000

Finally, Finally,Finally my entrance exams are over. An overburdened 'me' could soon become ballistic with happiness now and why not??????

Man, my exams are over , went fine, good , terrific.
tc
cya soon and often!!!!!!

aKsHaT

AM I BUSY THESE DAYS

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:06:00 +0000

People, its been almost a month that i have lst posted on this blog(or any blog) of mine. It is a normal attitude to think that the concerned person may have been really busy..................really????
ummmm.....lemme guess!!~~~STUDIES!!!

Rite.........i have piled up loads of work cant have a single breath unless i finish the work. Overburdened, depressed,phycho,lazy are few of many adjectives that may suit me these days!!!

But i am not a nerd!!
You have to study in order to go forward in life.
uffff......!!!! Such effect of my parents and teachers!! Even in my lingo!!!

chalo, hope to posta little early next time!!!!

MoNsTeR.................................

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:43:00 +0000

Have you ever seen a monster??

Now see it!!!

I uploaded this image on Orkut as my profile image and i have getting comments like,"Change the piktchaaa, its scary!!!"

Is it so???

Its Not A Cricketing Blog

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 06:37:00 +0000

Disclaimer:

This blog is not a cricketing blog as the readers have been finding for the past so many posts.

I am Indian and in every Indian's life cricket has an important role to play.If team India wins a match there is a new air in evry locality of India and if they lose all the day is pretty boring. So its just for the sake of patriotism and joy that I have writing cricketing posts.

Its not that I have run out of tech knowledge!!!!!!!!! lolzzzzzzzz

What to say about this opening pair?

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 15:38:00 +0000

People i am talking about the greatest One Day International opening pair that the world has ever witnessed-Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar. They have prodeuced about 26 century stands so far-a world record!!! What i like about this pair is the way they understand each others' games. In the past two years India has tried out many opening pair and even Irfan Pathan sometimes!!! Nothing had worked for the team ever since they had dropped Sourav Ganguly last year.

Talking about that topic it wont be fair if we render light to that man who was probably behind that-Greg Chappell.Tell me one way in which he behaved as a coach!!!! He almost destroyed a prospering career. Every sportsman has highs and lows in his career.Sachin too has(if one remember the days when he was the captain).Sourav Ganguly is no exception. How can one forget that he's the strongest left hander who plays mostly of off sde and the those passionate cuts and glorious cover drives!!!! What more to say................he's the most successful captain India has ever had after the legendary Kapil Dev.

See, what conspiracy can do to an able sportsman!!!

Talking about Sachin Tendulkar, he has his own style, he's very different from other players. Such cricketers are one in millions!!! And I am serious!! Almost every record in ODI's is under his belt and his reign spells over Test cricket too. He's everybody's crickting heartthrob and shall continue to dominate atleast for another 5 years from now!!!

Hats off!!!!

Busy Days Ahead

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:34:00 +0000

I am preparing for my engineering entrances which are going to be held between April and June next year. So i have about 8 to 10 months in hand. But last minute studies dont help here.In India,there is much competiton in this line so in order to be at thetop you have to behave like the top!!!

I have this test series on monday, teachers say its gonna be breath taking tough.
Have to face that, will face that!!! Now, thats the spirit.

Well i am getting excited regarding , dunno why??

So,maybe i wont get time to update the blog!!!!!

Signing off.......................

akshat

No Match For Indian Lions

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:13:00 +0000

What if Australian kangaroos are behaving like dogs these days, but the T20 champs shall prove in in 50 over game too. This is not just my confidence but whole of India's confidence in the Indian cricket team. T20 triumph has also instilled a new wave of confidence in the big three-Sachin,Sourav and Dravid and hope we see nice cricketing action from thse three also!!!!!

Watch out for the first ODI between India and Australia live from Bangalore at 2:30 on Neo Sports!!!!!

Best of luck to India!!!!!!!

CHAK DE INDIA............T20 WORLD CUP

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:55:00 +0000

It was the second most cherishable moment in the Indian cricketing history after the heroic win of 1983 World Cup.The snaps say that all......................

Indians just didnt believe what had happened........................

Team India lifts T20 World Cup........................

They turned out to be heroes, truly.........................

Indian Tri-Colour moving across the Wanderers..................

INDIA AND PAKISTAN PROCEED TO SEMI FINALS

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 11:27:00 +0000

The mighty Indians beat South Africa in their Super Eight clash by a nice margin. Indians had set a moderate target of 164 in theor 20 overs and it looked as thoygh it was thelast match of the dream run for Indian chokras. But yet again this time RP Singh bowled an excellant spell bagging 4 wickets and showed the way to dugout to the likes of Herchelle Gibbs,Graeme Smith.........

So, the big news is that Indians have qualified for the Semi Finals and this time they have a real challenge 'coz they'll face Australians but the good news is that Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson are not playing for Australia and Yuvi bhai is back in the Indian line up.

Meanwhile Pakistan also advanced to the semi finals by beating Lankan tigers, Bangladesh and guess what,Australia, just cudnt believe that!!!!

Anyways best of luck to both the teams and hope that we could see a long awaited India-Pakistan Final.

जय हिंद

WHAT A MATCH IT WAS!!

noreply@blogger.com (akshat) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 07:33:00 +0000

Well guys, we all know that the Twenty20 Cricket World Cup is going on in South Africa. We also know that this format of the game is a nightmare even for a world class bowler like Nathan Brancken,Lee and co.

Yesterday the tournament witnessed the best match ever played in any format of the game and why not, it was played amongst the best arch rivals of the cricketing history.People, it was India vs Pakistan!!!!

The match took place at Durban. It was a second match for the Paks as they thrashed the Scots in their first match while it was the first for the young Indian team as rain had washed away their first match against Scotland.

Pakistan won the toss and skipper Shoaib Malik elected to field looking to the conditions that favoured side bowling first. It eventually turned out to be very good toss won for the Paks and why not??

The guy was Mohammad Asif who single handedly bowled out the Indian top order comprising Sehwag,Gambhir,Karthik,Yuvraj. He bowled an excellant spell of 4-0-19-4,man!! Probably the best bowling figures i have seen so far in the tournament!!!

The stage was set for Robin Utthappa and didnt he repond to it well!!!! A thundering 50 of just 39 deliveries under such harsh conditions for the batsmen!!!

So, at the end of the Indian innings, there was a moderate score of 141 on the board. If, the Paks would have chased this target in 14.4 overs,India would have been eliminted.

Now, Pakistan's innings started and our desi boy R.P. Singh did the proceeding for the Indian bowling. He was bowling well and was making the ball to swing which was a right tactic. Indian frontline bowlers including R.P,Sreesanth,Agarkar and Irfan Pathan-The comeback boy, blew off Pakistan top order and 4 wickets had fallen at the end of ten overs with just a meagre score on board. At the ebd of the 15th over, Afridi got on to the crease and the crowd really expected some big hits from this Karachi explosive but he failed to deliver 'coz he was facing the 'Turbanator' apna Bhajji who was making a comeback aftera long time and what a comeback it was. After Afridi's wicket Paks hopes were shattered and itseemed as if India could maintain its record of not losing to Pakistan in major World Cup competition. Then Yasser Arafat came to bat, and his team needed about 45 odd runs of 26 deliveries. He thrashed Bhajji last two balls to a six and a four. Agarkar was the next target and Arafat thrashed him as well and his over costed 19 expensive runs.

The grand finale, the final over people..............Sreesanth had the bowl in his hands and Pakistan needed 12 of just 6 balls and they were well aware of the fact that India has not lost a major World Cup match against Pakistan ever. Misbah ul Haq took a single of the first ball and gave strike to Arafat who sent the next ball to the fence for a four.He took a single of the third ball and strike to Misbah who again sent the ball back to ropes. Now Pakistan needed just 1 run off 2 balls. It seemed as is India has lost the match. Sreesanth bowled the next ball for a dot ball giving hopes to a tense Indian dugout. Now the last ball, Sreesanth bowled a short pitched delivery and taking no chances Misbah played a backward defence , but to the best Indian fielder Yuvraj and misbah was run out. So the match was not over as yet!!!!

In case of a tie,we would now have a bowl out analogous to a Penalty shootout in football.Each team would have to nominate 5 bowlers and the team that hits the stumps the maximum times would win the match. India hit the first three bang on target while the Paks didnt!!!! Man just just cudnt believe that Shahid Afridi had missed the target!!! Well it was India day in the end and it bagged those vital three points.

Best of luck to India for the Super Eight matches.