Campus Placement dates

July
2 - Cognizant (60 + ME)-Concern for Higher Studies
7 - Infosys (60+ME)
8 - L&T Engg - only for EEE/Chemical , M.E-AE&PED at Panimalar (Not for ECE) (EEE-5,CHE-1)
10 - Wipro -60+ME
11, 12 - HCL (Mini Auditorium) (60 +ME)
13, 14 - iNautix (Mini auditorium) (50 +ME) - C for Higher studies
16- Caritor - Auditorium (60+ME)
17 - Aricent (25) - C for Higher studies
18 - Patni (40)
19 - TATA Elxsi (15)
20 - HP (ECE & EEE alone) (10)
23 -Citigroup (10) _ Higher studies
24 - iGate (20)
26 -American Megatrends (2)
27, 28 - Essar (EEE- 3)
30 - Syntel ( 40)
15 - Cummins for EEE alone (EEE 5) To confirm

Total potential for July - 502 offers in software companies alone for 434 eligible students with NO STANDING ARREARS. 100% placement in 16 companies.
Other expected companies
1) Hexaware
2) Ramco
3) Birlasoft

Expected Common campus for top 10 Chennai colleges during August/Sep depending on their requirement.
1.Iflex
2.Sasken
3.Torry Harris
4.L & T infotech
5.US Technologies
6.TITAN
7. Keane
8.Siemens
9.Siemens Information systems
10.Virtusa

VCPP - Drawing Ellipses & Rectangles

Today finally I could find a way to draw a rectangle & ellipse using mouse event handling, and this code works by pressing left mouse button for a rectangle & the right for an ellipse. Click here to view the code, which may raise some warnings which can be ignored. The latest revised code dt.17th Jan 2007 is over http://www.shortText.com/bp3zr (or) please Click here to view code with inclusion for keyboard events. Please let me know of any comments you may have.

Apple’s iPhone - Battle for the Zune Microsoft Cruxer - All things in a small phone!

The Mac/tech web has been all about the iPhone over the last few days. First it was the hype and exuberance of the new device, then people started to think about the limited information Jobs presented and speculate about the reality of the iPhone — what it is, what it isn’t. For some, this resulted in a pretty dramatic reversal of their opinion on the iPhone; others simply listed some concerns about the device that really were requests for more information rather than some sort of judgment.

We won’t know until June what the iPhone really is. We might see some real-world reviews beforehand, and from there we can start getting a feel for how good (or immature) this device really is.

Phil Schiller demos the iPhone for CBS’ John Blackstone, and it is impressive, especially when you see how well Apple nailed the user interface goals. The GUI and navigation aspects are simply amazing, and the phone seems quite responsive despite all the eye-candy. There’s cross-fading, real-time zooming, and incredibly smooth scrolling. As the iPhone line matures and diversifies, Apple is going to sell millions of these things

Mouse Events Handling #2

Visual Programming Lab Exercise #2
Mixed events for mouse handling along with Window properties except for it works fine on testing each line by removing the commnets to debug the whole. To view code please follow the link - Click Here (or) please paste on browser window - http://www.shortText.com/nomqfb.

VCPP-Window Creation & Handling

Visual Programming Lab Exercise #1
To view code please follow the link Click Here (or) kindly paste on browser window - http://www.shortText.com/ispen. Hope it runs fine without any good errors. Please do comment if this seems crap or turns out errorenous.

la`C2K6 Matrix Effectz

If you were in a avid audince who wonders how in Converita 2K6 presentation - matrix effect of streaming text was displayed, do follow the link for an interesting article prepared by a guy called Phil, for a flash intro for matrix effect on Converita Here or paste this url in your browser - http://www.shortText.com/r1rql.

Its quite interesting to note you need to specify the co-ordinates, intensity, gravity, glow, texture, randomness, point/position each time you get to start the matrix effect. A nice piece of scripting that has caught good background work.

de`RPTM Simulation - doubts

System Perfomance Monitoring - Is it possible in Linux?
Some doubts:
(1) Is it possible that we can run in graphics in Linux, as this is in TC.
(2) Which library holds the cache system variable (…like mem usage)?

Can we access variable for cache memory or current page file usage in Turbo C? In linux it seems good, by using the command ‘free’, but can we access that same as in TC, for system variable which keeps changing every sec/ms. Herein do follow the link Click Here (or) paste the following url in your browser window - http://www.shortText.com/zyldr.

This is a part of a program thought for simulating system performance monitoring, yet I can’t tell if it’s okay. But it’s only for some random values,not original one which I hope to make soon post along. Please extract or make a .c file in //tc/bin and run it,yet this is just a small version, hoping some improvements & comments along.

de`Brute Force

Brute Force Algorithm - Trial
A small version of BFA used to analyse meaningful words from your own jargon - a dictionary file (say ZION/OXFORD.txt). Do make the text dixtionary and check out existing combinations. A simple program made, yet can be made simpler atmost with lesser iterations if Radix sort had been applied. Please check the code over the link - Click here (or) kindly paste the url in your browser window http://www.shortText.com/vheedh and do comment your views.

de`Ubuntu 6.10 Released

The Ubuntu home page has been updated to reflect the new release. The Ubuntu download page still shows Ubuntu 6.06 but hopefully that will change later. I’m getting on really well with Drapper Drake and now use it exclusively. I’ve got all my devices working fine. Hopefully when I upgrade to 6.10 I won’t suffer any issues with these devices no longer working.and a big thanks to FOSS community.

Brief Features of Ubuntu 6.10…
Tomboy note taking application, Firefox 2 - nice to see this addition to the release
Appearance of bootup screen nice but it appears no faster than Ubuntu 6.06
Applications like Kino video editor, Google Picasa, XSane image scanner, NVIDIA control panel
F-Spot Photo Manager - A bit like Google Picasa, although not as slick, it allows you to organize your photos and upload to services like Flickr.

de’Mysteries resolute

Life seems to take up it’s vortex up all again with quite a world of deceptions and this pattern does resolve to trace up really well, which none probalbly can simulate, to predict possibilites one can encounter in his walk of life, as like a perception on a narrow tight walk, if not in future predictably now it’s really seems endless!

Changes… Alteration… Inconsistency… must be met with up with periodic refinements & re-definitions - but life does seem to resemble as we reach its morbidity. Inputs must be optimal and processisng may seems to burst it’s menacing best far reaching a threshold anyone could imagine out cruxes that seems a pack of cards, persumbaly well-shuflled, hoping to be laid up on. Define your purpose of existence in making things, innovations and plans, as change never is consistent. Change the evolutionary resolutes…. Reframe… Adapt yourself….

de`Foss 3 days

Saw my dear school friend long days after as now he’s being working in a motor mnc, guessed right as ford. Kapil is now working quite heavy tight on a small new revolutionary Scropio Lxi design in his cad suite today at Ford.
Sounds interesting to note the rounds yet steeper and large LeT for LXi than for DXi. That’s not upward compatible! Thats what they seem to be a management stragedy. Take a compensatory off dear.

Elections around the corner. Blarring speakers and nostaligisa of humurous promises and poems yet surmounts in Township.

Lug meeting #3 was held in the mini auditorium, and every thing seemed quite nice until my witched hands fell on the laptop. Not able to control the screen resolution, all damn monitor turned black. Just could never imagine the presentation could just go bad, and what mage us wonder had been quite a game I played switching between a mix of black and white. Showed the videos on LAFKON trusted computing and XGL. The ultimate sense had percevied up to reach by this video we hope to distribute more off in some manner that could help to make up something …

La`Foss Meet 3

This is a message which we hope to pass all among the friends along in regards to the meet organised by our IT department. There will be a lecture on FOSS projects & development by Dr.Srinivasan (Project Scientist, AUKBC - NRCFOSS ) on 12/10/06 (Thursday) at mini auditorium. An insight on how to involve in FOSS projects will be delivered by him and he is looking for interested volunteers to be involved in some of the projects under him and guide them.
Time : 10:30 am to 12 pm Venue: Mini Auditorium Date :12/10/06
A Tamil lexial analyser project seems to fascinate up at AU Projects
Beginning a step on this, try this out at Ubuntu website and check and there. Some website links a Penguin Liberation Front one: deb edgy-plf free non-free, can install w32codecs, skype (beta 1.3), googleearth and another non free packages from this repo…

de`Easy Ubuntu!

Easy Ubuntu on Gaming? This only option allows you to choose if the tool can install a proprietary driver (NVIDIA or ATI cards) because it’s a highly critical feature. Hoping game geeks does lend a ear on this. It’s an easy to use tool to install copyrighted, patented, proprietary, … softwares which cannot be installed by default for legal issues.

It must respect Ubuntu core devs choices (ie: not install any to replace Rhythmbox or Epiphany to replace Firefox) and it must be safe for the system. Easy Ubuntu is not a Package manager like “Add/Remove softwares …” or Synaptic. The current interface is still too complicated for a not-computer fella. They are too much options and they are not easy to understand. The interface must be really easy, just a small explication and a button to do all the tasks. In “advanced” interface must also exists to choose exactly what the tool must do.

Some website gave me up this list of packages which must be installed by default :
Sure: gstreamer0.10-plugins gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse unrar msttcorefonts flashplayer-mozilla sun-java5-jre sun-java5-plugin sun-java5-fonts realplay (commercial) libdvdcss2 (plf) w32codecs (plf)

Maybe: totem-xine totem-xine-firefox-plugin (Isn’t totem-gstreamer too buggy for a daily multimedia usage ?) unace (Don’t have GUI or file-roller integration)

Easy Ubuntu must only use officials repositories (main, Universe, Multiverse, Commercial) and the PLF repository. It distribute only “packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons - copyright, license, patent, etc”

No backports, no special version of Wine, … (or as an advanced option and hope Logic helps me out). It must backup all modified/removed files. It must only use packages to install softwares & no savages installs…

Browse on some links over https://launchpad.net/products/plf

la`AISC IEEE

TD has finally agreed to managed the revised Bus Routes for tommorrow’s AISC/IEEE meet, due to more turnout entries. Registration will be done at the Auditorium permises. Here lays our proposed bus routes for the AISC IEEE 2006 conference yet to be held tomorrow. Mr.Harish, SRM Easwari Enginering College (IEEE Rockz) seems well happy enough to see the lot. Ajit Thala would co-ordinate until nine. Yet there lays some huge work ahead to manage the show. If rather transport department could consider alloting more buses to direct to other colleges rather than awaiting the delegates at Central.

Route No.2	615am. Poonamalle-Porur-Butt road-Guindy-Pallavaram-Chrompet-Thambaram-New Perungalathur-Vandalur zoo-Kelambakam-College
Route No.3	6.10am Kolathur-Perumbar-Vyasarpadi-Dovedon-Egmore-Royapettah-Luz Mylapore-Mandaveli-Satyastudio-Adyar signal-Adyar depot-Thiruvanmiyur-SRP tools-College
Route No.4	6.00am Avadi-Thirumulaivoyal-Ambattur OT-AMbattur Estate-Wavin-Golden Flats-Collector Nagar-Thirumangalam-Anna Arch-Arumbakkam-Koyambedu Roundana-Vadapalani Signal-Kasi theatre-Anna University-Madyakailash-College
Route No.5	6.00am Ernavoor-ITC-Wimco-Ajax-Periyar Nagar-Thiruvattiyur market-Theradi-Kadalipet-Toll Gate-Kasimedu-Kalmandapam-Royapuram-Beach station-Parrys-7.35am College
Route No.9	6.30am St.Thomas Mount-Nanganallur-Madipakkam-Ramnagar-Pallikaranai-Medavakkam BS-Sholinganallur-College
Route No.15	6.15am Nadhamuni-14 Shops-Anna Roundana-Chindamani-TVK Park-Arun Hotel-Loyala-Valluvarkottam-Thirumalaipillai road-Theynampet-Devar Salai-Saidapet-Chinnamalai-Velachery Checkpost-Vijayanagaram 100′ road- Vijayanagar BS-Tharamani Link road-Sholinganallur-College
Route No.19	6.20am Valasaravakkam-Virugambakkam-KK Nagar-Pillaiyar Nagar-KK Nagar Depot-Ashok Pillar-Samiyarmadam-Liberty-Kodambakkam-North Usman road-T Nagar-Saidapet-IIT-Madyakailash-SRP Tools-Perungudi-Thorapakkam-sholinganallur-College
Route No.20	6.25am Sekar Emporium-Rengarajapuram Main road-Brindavan Street-Panagal Park-Venkatnarayana road-Nandanam Signal-Madyakailash-7.40am College
Route No.29	6.30am Sadras-Sadras Gate-AEC Swimming Pool-hospital-Perumalcheri-Amaipakkam-Thirupporur-Kalavakkam-College
Route No.30	6.10am Thirukazhukundram-Chengalpattu-MM Nagar-Kattangkulathur-Srinivasapuram-Guduvanchery-7.40am College
Route No.32	6.25am Anagaputtur-Pammal-Pallavaram-Chrompet-Sanitorium-East Thambaram-Camp road-Gowrivakkam-Medavakkam-Sholinganallur-College
Route No.33	6.40am Santhome Church-Katchery road-Myalapore Tank-Renga road-Mutt Road-Food World-Mandaveli Bus Depot-Rani Meyyammai-Satyastudio-Besant Nagar-Vannanthurai-Thiruvanmiyur-ECR-Neelankarai-Palavakam-Sholinganallur-college
Route No.40	6.50am Bharath Engg College-Camproad-Gowrivakkam-College
Route No. 41	6.20am Thirumangalam-CPWD quarters-Koyambedu-MMDA-Vadapalani Signal-Ashok Pillar-Kannamapettai-Saidapet Court-Madyakailash-College
Route No.42	6.00am Madavaram Theppal Petti-Perumbur-Jamalia-Ayanavaram Signal-Kellys-Kilpauk Garden-Pachaippa Colege-chetpet Signal-Shashtri Bavan-Nungampakkam HR-Gemioni-Music Academy-Alwarpet-Abiramapuram-Kaliappa-AdayarGateHotel-Kotturpuram-IIT-Madyakailash-College

la`Conver`ita 06 -IT Syposium

Come dawn awaiting on for the great event held at my college, a technical symposium held in the name of Converita (meant to reframe protocols.. sounds crap does’nt it?). A fact being the same name as my IT Co-ordinator Hari.G had a coincidental facet with one Hari Gudu, delivery manager from Infosys who had come to grace & preside the ocassion over there as cheif guest.To say about all damn lethargic evenings we spent on that eve would be quite be a tale so long as a nile rather mile.Further the intro had never been so long been frusturated for audience’s patience had been held to a test for upto 20 minutes.

Missing codecs,Errorenous extensions,Incompatiable audio and video drivers,Unsupported Formats had made quite a big fuss over there in the main auditorium.Further the KLC codec was installed (but I failed to re-boot the OS in Laptop,and missed a humorous ending track during 2nd video) ,further we changed player configuration version too,but it had been quite a grave disaster being a streaming video one rather than seeking-and-set version.Further setting the intros had been quite well finalised and all credits really reserved with xap literally.Then the comedy track made along with venkat had been a hit, that many had their laughs a stomachful, as it seems.And then what to say about the third wonder presenation that Joshua (my di`e rolemodel`e) had made.It seems he had used a variety of tools like Photoshop, 3DsMax etc rendering and making a compositon with Maya (Still now I have a first hand exerience in this wonderful tool yet).Multimedia Presentaion - Powress had been quite nice going as a past time, in the stuffy lounges of ECE seminar hall,for I had a good time interacting to all guys along from other colleges with Joe as the judge for this Powress.Come home after the valediatory events at audi,felt too miserable with a bad headache in that sultry ambience in the dungeons and had a gloomy night without good sleep until dawn.Loneliness ever haunts me,in a verge until all roses seem to blosoom on my grave.I am always seem to subjected in writing up so called “fast philosphy” even to all my friends, uttering every word on as a hard-beaten lead.Indeed we need a inner depth, so I must try to sublimate myself into many channels of life and walk up until horizons (Struck to old habit..).To put a end to all being alone in a bliss,I really had a wonderful company with the seniors, friends and thoughtful guys,rather made a great start..

de`Godfather Legacy

Today as it seems to frustrutate with all idiosyncrosies in my life, rather admiting a verge to posponde an event, my inner complexes does’nt quite reveil it’s true essence. A little boy with catchphrase “dmatriz”, into which all phrases of villiany has been ruled out. Absolute disregard for any concern beyond my purposes. But I seem to be a most complicated and interesting character as because, I defy easy pigeonholing and more like a sensational man. Like a protagonist who seems not be concerned with morality as defined by society…But why ‘m I subjected to this verge of conceptional vision ?

I must define my purpose of existence in a clear version,as being a menance and a man with robust virility with a peculiar blend of panache.My mannerism seems arresting, and dreams grandiose and vision doomed. My swaggering bravao as it seems writing “Fast philosophy”, But why does it tend to restrain me, for some strange conceptions of what…. money, duty or honor, rather I like being a deadly enigma whose motivations are forever beyond everyone. My looks are brutal and uncompromising, and a quite complicated charater, even if defined by physicality. My brutality (towards my family, my friends, and even myself, not to mention te odd opponent or two) is matched by the raw courage, not only in real life but also in dark, with myself, my flaws, and consequences of life. Like the life of a sociopath, like Willim Munny where he has got a name , a past but no future. I seem to have self-conscience, but my tommorow only seems death - persumably for myself. I am possed with a morbid sense of humour, a sly of nobility and a manly willingness to engage into violence at any moment. Being a weary man, I do have a quaint willingness to stand and face the consequences of choices openly, with a head too large to stick out. Like Michael Corleone in The Godfather, something that sepeartes me from being just another charming bastrad. No belief, disgarace in a swirling ring, vortex of nihilistic lies and deception… a vortex entirely of my own making.And even here, I am isn’t easy to be liked..

It`erarion Symposium

Starting off a day long in the warm,sultry hot sunny morning at corridors of our college a gentleman had been quite kind hearted enough to help us with a Qualis to reach kelambakkam, from where we just boarded the Tambaram 21H to St.Joseph`s IT symposium Iteration `06 The crowd was well enough at 700+ and moreover yet well we just were suprised to well qualify into the first round in Quiz ,but lost time and hope in damn Debugging, and had quit without Gaming.Hoping to some paper presentations would to enable better chance of wining.

le`Tribute Irwin

I could just gather from bits and srcaps in Discovery.com on the tragic loss of Steve Irwin.

Statement from Billy Campbell, President, Discovery Networks, U.S. Discovery Communications, Inc, “Our entire company is deeply saddened by the tragic and sudden loss of Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter. Steve was beloved by millions of fans and animal lovers around the world and was one of our planet’s most passionate conservationists. He has graced our air since October 1996 and was essential in building Animal Planet into a global brand.”

DCI Founder and Chairman, John Hendricks said, “Steve was a larger than life force. He brought joy and learning about the natural world to millions and millions of people across the globe. He was a true friend to all of us at Discovery Communications. We extend our thoughts and prayers to Terri, Bindi and Bob Irwin as well as to the incredible staff and many friends Steve leaves behind.”

DCI CEO and President, Judith McHale said, “I don’t think we will ever get over the loss of Steve Irwin, a human being of enormous heart, irrepressible enthusiasm and dedication to everything he touched.”

Steve was killed during a filming expedition on the Great Barrier Reef. While we are still collecting specific details, it was a rare accident in which Steve swam over a stingray and was stung by its barb in his chest. A doctor on board Croc One, Steve’s research vessel, was unable to resuscitate Steve and by the time he was reached by the rescue helicopter he had passed away. Steve’s loss has been felt around the world, evident by the hundreds of heartfelt condolences that have already flooded into Steve’s fan site on AnimalPlanet.com. To honor Steve and the enormous contribution he made to the world and to our company, DCI will rename the garden space in front of Discovery’s world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, the “Steve Irwin Memorial Sensory Garden.” If you want to see his CNN news videos just follow up this link on Steve Irwin. May his soul rest in solemn peace.

M$ Power pointz la`Anime

To get the same Animation in M$ Office Powerpoint 2003 as in Office 2000,try out the following hacks:

1. Use double picture as a template
2. Dont use the pictures as placeholder.Just paste both the picturesn on an empty space.
3. Adjust size if required.
4. After completing all the pastings,from MS photo editor,take the first slide. Select the object and Choose Custom animation,select the desired animation.Then select the second picture and choose the desired animation.
5. Chech the play movie.
6.Double Click Format tool and apply to all other slides.

This seems the only we can get along doing some crap.Other wise we have to use Powerpoint 2000 (or) Staroffice to run the show.(Again it was checked it is not working!).The animation works only for a single copy and not even for multiple
copies.
Click here to see some great photos by my senior Aanjhan during his workshop on Embedded linux.

le`Embedded GNU/Linux Meet

All seated in cozy conditioned seminar hall of ece department, Meeting just started with and I made the hurried entry.Things just changed the way I looked up old CSE Department.Saw our thala over there, and what more to say ,Shakti Kannan (SK) & Aanjhan (aka TUX) were there to take up the seminar. First session was quite interesting and it was taken by Aanajhan and closely followed up by Shakti.And it was very good to see some interesting aspects in regard to the VHDL - Verilog Hardware Language Simulation, which if I had to experience as a sample piece of code in my digital paper in 3rd Sem, further the timing diagram made up quite a good sense and the most exicting for me seemed to be the Embedded System seminar and the memory stick adaptation followed.The command seemed to be quite simple rather like to to view the disk format and mounting a device in the 0×0300000 port of the mini PCB shaped embedded system.Well off the evening session had been quite entertaining and we had some grave doubts on embedded system clarified.

This seemed the lol`schedule prepared by logic for today’s meet.

8:30 - 9:00 FLOSS Philosophy
9:00 - 10:15 Icarus Verilog and VLSI basics (+ project ideas)
10:15 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Alliance
11:30 - 12:30 Lunch
12:30 - 13:00 Videos / AIGLX Demo / GNU/Linux Desktop
13:00 - 13:45 Embedded GNU/Linux
13:45 - 14:15 Embedded GNU labs how
14:15 - 14:45 Demo (SK)
14: 45 - 15:30 Projects on Embedded GNU/Linux and discussions (SK and TUX)

Just fascinated to note 98% of all systems around contributed to embedded while the rest desktop systems.Further desktop relies to popularize a UI but may not be a embedded one and shakti just breifed on that aspect on various mini-computer board design & his lab in RIT in States.Cool but awed to see some facts like a world’s mini petrol engine being fabricated on a 1″ mini PCB simulatneously being monitored Real Time.RTOs had been well said and more details had been scheduled but time did not permit(mainly b`coz we guyz were sleepy).Further copied the media stuffs over the flash drive and further my responsibility to distribute! Logic & Fox Glove made a good effort to maintain & co-ordinate the events.

Notes 4 de`2nd meet

Too much yahoo & orkut hype ben made lately for publicizing lug (linux user group) it seems in contributing for Foss movement. Ssnlug (a popular groups over yahoo) - Linux user group has been formed from a handful of few hardcore Linux users (some nutz like me favour both M$ & GNU/Linux stuffs) from our college. And In abstract to say about last meet, followed with a poor turnout, where 2 seniors from different colleges had managed to come on 19th August,2006 (read more adventures stories over logic’s blog ) & discussed some Intro on python progs, And now that we have decided to finalized to conduct a second meet by 2nd September,2006 following Saturday. One dear senior ShaktiKannan, has agreed to come by 2nd lug meet to discuss topics like Verilog VHDL and some Embedded Linux Implentations (mostly useful for 2nd years) and we hope a good audience over there at Software Engineering Lab,in CSE Block. And you have an free (Live & Install) Ubuntu OS cd-rom awaiting for your prescence, just grab it.

Chips & Da`Vinci Code

Some weird idea popped up after reading Da`vinci code by Dan Brown munching’n chips.Just made a small implementation of conventional Substitution Cipher. Hope it works well. Just made up the code and saved it up as a html file, and ran application.Though all recognizes a geek’s philosohpy in deploying things I wish to blutring out damn silly stuffs as this, Do comment on improvements and funky alterations for chipers.(Suggested reading either Da`Vinci Code or William Stallings).I choose the former one…ever crappy am`I?

GNOME - a geek’s desktop ?

Linux is easily taking the server and geek market but the market were you need to be cool and very userfriendly is not coming to Linux. Linux is just out of ideas and can’t show anything, Linux isn’t a desktop - Linux is still the old terminal with all the commands and the ugly startup and then they are the “Linux inside” people which create a distribution(like Ubuntu 6.06 which Johnson Samuel gave me, bless him) and create all around Linux but as the oldschool Linux is still inside, it doesn’t change… Linux is without a vision - a system that will never suceed because its only like DOS, Linux would win market against DOS but it stopped after that… there are the projects that try to bring desktops for Linux like KDE and Gnome but they are not Linux. Like there is one desktop for Windows and Mac OS X that really wins the people there should be one for Linux but there isn’t, what makes Linux what it is, just better then DOS and only for geeks better then Windows. Apples ideas around x86 are just crazy, limiting and not limiting, they would win people when they would open their system but it looks like they want to wait until Mac OS XI.

The latest KDE approach is coming up in the next time but hey guys you have a little miscaclucation: Firefox is downloaded in a few seconds for most users… KDE is not a download-click-use application, but, not yet?

Take a look: http://spreadkde.org/

There are still working on this website so don’t expect anything yet.Linux wake up and join the straigt idea of Windows and Mac, or keep on geeking and never win the big desktop.

Crash`d Update.exe

Yesterday I just was installing Video edit magic. It’s a 30 day version from Digit cd. It gave a good capture capability, but when I went to get password from the Seriall.com website, trojan virus came up and created a problem. The problem occurred only in my logging. A update.exe was operating and a *68.dll file was automatically put in the windows /system32 folder every time. Fortunately Quick heal was there. It was invoked and detecting. Complete scan was done. It was going and affecting my HDD memory.
I then uninstalled video edit magic immediately but no use. System Restore was not helping. Last known good configuration was also not working. Then I went to safe mode and then used to quick heal to repair this. Now one msvcr71.dll file is missing as detected by update.exe. So we have to load video edit logic again. But this was wrong as again virus repeated, again detected by quick heal immediately. It is better to have two administrators as even if one fails, other will help to install.

File`System Config’s

XP will generally use NTFS as it’s file system, whereas older DOS’s will use FAT32. Whereas both are fine, there is a size limitation with FAT32, which means you can only save files up to 4 Gb, which in video terms is around 19 minutes. You shouldn’t come across the file limitation in NTFS as it is 16 terabytes minus 64 KB and drives are not yet that big!! If HDD is formatted as FAT32 and you wish to change to NTFS then windows offers an easy way of doing it, but there are a few precautions you need to take first.
Depending on which software you use though, you may find your file size limited by the type of dv-avi file you capture in. There are two types of file, easily identified as Type 1 and Type 2 files. Type 1 has a limit of 4gb as well, so even if you use NTFS you will meet a limit of 19 minutes of capture in one go. Type 2 avi files have a limit, but it’s around 150,000 years in movie length, so I wouldn’t worry too much about it. Most Editing app’s capture as type 2, but if you are having trouble it’s worth checking you are not capturing as a type 1 file.

XP will generally use NTFS as it’s file system, whereas older OS’s will use FAT32. Whereas both are fine, there is a size limitation with FAT32, which means you can only save files up to 4gb, which in video terms is around 19 minutes. You shouldn’t come across the file limitation in NTFS as it is 16 terabytes minus 64 KB and drives are not yet that big as one in my PC!

Foss la`Creativities

Symposium nearing & work going at optimal velocity, sure to change gears. Our site has been designed by my seniors Allen Pradeep, Anto and Murthy aka Unreal over from last month. Hope it rocks out well nice with boom. Ubuntu version 6.06 - Although released quite long bygone June`06 by Ubuntu, canonical Community seems to deliver an attractive release with full GUI compatibility. Although I had no idea how to handle up some situations and mount upon all HDDs in my system, there were unique feature which made me feel a damn stupid programmer. What a great effort an open community have contributed well off been put up some where in SA. Well Ubuntu does have some good and well experienced professionals running a good show (not to forget the graphics & animation artists as I am well interested in this damn dear arena).Well there had been some sluggish things I found in damn Operating Systems like in non-GUI Compliable UNIX and M$ which seems not a good take. But M$ must not openly criticized. As too much for the media hype which this product company seems to handle after the google episode. When questioned Bill Gates had openly accepted his fact that what had been done to Netscape would not be quite well entertained over with google. Further M$ Zune seems a crappy odd i-pod ever to be. To specialize some features as said by my best friend ,a M$ champ - Ashutosh Mohan based on popular findings by some jack whose name starts with S, says It’s a odd stuff unlike the well-creative works of the Apple (having that geek looking gizmo scroll) had been exactly replicated well enough to make up a damn 4 button pointing junk. Up,down for volume and sidebars for seeking had made it look as a blade of grass. Copy cats pay the price for all fuss, and if you are sure to make something foss you are not a loser.

All aLone’n bliss

Today seems a day long for all theory.Life does have odds to ecounter with and long days of pain seem a counter-initutive effect for reaps of d`final sweat vested harvest. First year guys hopped along and I became a 3rd year senior finally.Rugged in bliss copper blue neat shirt I seemed hava good looking morph, best suited formal may it be not that rude to look. I just came up with some creep facts being a senior once again.My College being a well suited place for placement it seems as though our batch may have some job searchers around because of a very gravy placement curve - a damn gaussain probability distribution what it seems as for with current year/days as a median point.Then probably imagine situations following up for all years to come.Further its quite good aspect to continue a discussion about some well known fallacies and odds as in life - loniness is what it seems risking all peace. About RSS feeds that seem to interest me well enough, as said by logic about are kinda stuffs giving you an exicting new look on feed stats and thus helping you view latest new blogs some one has written up for you. Well as said there is also some stuffs making a launch like Custom CSS and all that kinda things.Hope to do some good vivid system calls programming today. Great stuffs are sure far at reach & really mind-bogling but simpler when applied in life, be it a plan,project,thoughts and programming.

d`Chernobyl Perspective

So crappy was I to include all technical presentation stuffs and damn silent talks.
Well some lessons after today’s speech is obviously quite junky stuff but, I well learnt it is necessity you must address all audience with all positive confidence and details must be at your fingertips. So here are some golden keys to make a good intro speech.
• You must good phrases to help your topic.
• Do not just beat about same topic which gives you a sense of disgrace.
• Well further I must have listed out all processes involved for accident across on board. And never damp some illogical data. (That’s a small logic which would make some aspect of creativeness.)
• You must talk all stuffs which must centre topic like ethical issues involved in Chernobyl Accident!
• Further no need to brief on more statistical features on topic.
• Just brief on kind of aspect you might have been pondering over for days. This just releases your pressure and opinion stuff to everyone sitting around.
• Make flash presentations and all aspects at start one in middle and two at end and vary kind of influences you might just have to contribute for your self with all audience.
• Making a fuss can result in your slouchy eye perception among all audience (Of course I tried to make it live but that kind of interaction can be achieved with only a Q&A Session! That’s my failure – I could have said with kinda twist– My folks do ya have any queries in that case please ask any issues other than damn ethical stuff b`coz I just got a goat!)
• Further just end your session facing the audience and other people you ought to deliver a good self image of yourself which is expected at start and end of session.(I seem to write all craps but I think this is damn essential.)
• Lastly just make an ending very formal and short! Life seems short that’s why.

d`Ubuntu Addiction

Totally insane and frustrated as ever am I for Ubuntu. Just ran the Live CD and problems just popped the first run. First I had to reboot my 512 Mb damn tortoise system in a jiffy. It started working a re-boot. Shutting down the entire thing which surely took me more time to pacify. Now that I have an 95 model when I had opted Motorola as a reputed company of fame,I was struck in disbelief why it had not configured my NIC Adapter and the Ethernet Lan yet , just dreamt as if cut lose from the powerful network with mine in one small corner in the hall as damn client. I am really offered as a privileged client on that network! Damn that AMD 2.8GHz Server Monster. Surely I got a luck to access those stuffs over there. But the problem was I could not establish a link across those 2 systems. That’s what really troubled me all over. When all the stuff got into booting I had no option but to wait for the NIC Ethernet Adapter to configure slowly, and finally it did!

Then I had a serious avid affection to Linux and sure Ubuntu does make up some good Foss stuffs and I am highly indebted to my senior Srikant aka logic of ssnlug in arranging a grand lug meeting! Further that was a too close I got my start in Python Programming as simple as candy of course.

First few commands damn easy to get into python shell and ran some small code to do a link list just separated by commas and ending box braces, sure that a linked list had been created I just ran the print command, and performed more insertion, deletion and sorting. Like Ruby what Ausotosh likes to say it being a pure Object oriented language it seemed to be, as but fact is Ruby is not my cup of tea, just ran the class declaration and found a simple virtual polymorphism! What a real dynamism that we can add variables to objects even after an initiation has been done.(But it’s noted that all objects do not seem to link to the variables that’s because of dynamic initialization and every object seem to build its unique set).

Further they discussed on the importing libraries like math and like that stuff. Nice to see power function in use all around. Just as we call a class by the name in a constructor we are often bound to use this as a keyword. Surprised to see self as a keyword in that jogs.So when you got to declare a constructor like :

class complex:
def __init__(self,int var_a, int var_b):
self.a = a;
self.b = b;
def show_all(self):
print var_a;
print var_b;
def add(self,temp)
temp = complex();
var_a += temp.var_a;
var_b += temp.var_b;
…
Obj_a = complex(1,3);
print Obj_a; “ 1 3 “
Obj_b = complex(2,4);
Obj_a.add(Obj_b); “ Sum up “
print Obj_a; “ 3 7 “
…
Here that ’self’ is mandatory as said by Ravi Shankar, a Linux geek from Anna university. He simulated a LDTP presentation and gave a good chat on the GPL stuffs which I posted those under. Well to begin I have to learn a more and hell a lot stuff but I seem wasting time so long. Awaiting a cd shipment of Linux Ubuntu version 6.06 – the latest release as of now. Really everybody hopes an unique stuff like my addiction over the latest Ubuntu (hope some likes for a GUI which may be updated in version 8.0 as it seems so).And a good news for all linux users Ubuntu 5.0 is working smooth & perfect.

BangPypers

Some LDTP devloper who i just can recall as Ravi Shankar from Anna Universty, (a final year Linux desktop testing devloper) had a few words of contribution at our college on the AULug meet today.Fact is we got to know some stuff on GPL ,Copyleft LGPL and other kind of BSDL was just paced up.Jolted up but could not see what a GPL enforcemnt could stand up for?

Is the GPL legally enforceable? The short & long answer is ‘no’. Indian law is damn specific in that no contract/license is legally enforceable in a court of law if it is not backed by consideration. About Consideration it’s legalese for money in cash or kind. So if I write an application, license it under GPL and you use it, I can always cancel the license and prevent you from using it, even if you have not violated and provision of the license. You have no remedy in court. But if you violate any of the conditions, I have a remedy in court - not based on GPL, but based on copyright. Heads I win, tails you lose. On the other hand, EULA’s backed by consideration are enforceable both ways. And since the fundamental principles of law are the same the world over, this holds good in most jurisdictions. So it it necessary to spend much time on refining the GPL?

And a simple summary of today’s seminar was GPL - you do your jogging and modification while your stuff is gonna be really a FOSS one.The user of the GPLed software is making a promise to bundle the source code along with the software when he is distributing it/its derivative work, is not that the consideration of this contract between the creator/copyright owner and the user,and with regards to LGPL(Copyleft) you gotta stuff your work based on the legal dirs and that you take up from some GPL libraries for professional works.And with regards to the license you must not change the codes you borrowed from.In BSDL some fellow from Breckly University seems busy doing up his kind of service to contirbute in some licenses up.

The title just seems bit irrelvant to the context but this lug seems to be a very active group up the parts in banglore as BangPypers · Bangalore Python Users Group (BPUG).Just hoped it made a humourous sense.

Further got much inspired by google’s free source code section. Heard the buzz slogan - Make new versions : Release early & Release Often.Hope to join the run on soon. Some good link to start up with code.google.com/hosting/ on the popular search engine.

Python AULug Meet

Attended FOSS Seminar on Python Programming languages at my college, damn it got held in cozy interiors of CSE System Software Lab Halls. After several months break, did some bad coding today. Very rusty and full of errors. One thing professional coders don’t realize is that for part time coders, very often we have to relearn the language every time we code because of the breaks - we just don’t have things at our fingertips. But it is satisfying - far better fun than lug politics and flame wars (although those are kinder amusing at times)

Just back from attending a student conference on FOSS at the College I found myself in a panel all day long sandwiched between many familiar guys and I had heard about this cult, but frankly didn’t believe what I had heard. I now believe it. All nice guys, have made and are making contribution to FOSS code,including logic as a devloper, and learned, well read and well versed on current issues in foss - but on the subject of their cult and of their high priest - totally unreasoning fanatics. Perhaps we could live up to their ideals - even that is doubtful. Had to do a lot of damage control, reassuring all that these guys are a small minority and an exception to the rule as far as the foss community is concerned.

LDTP Programmers around the university had seemed a good time hanging around our college. All Linux Desktop Testing Projects seem damn a easy task in visuals, but as logic says no program is as simple as in ‘Hello World’.

Series of Python tutorials, starting from the very basics of Python programming and then covering topics like Python application in Web Development, GUI development with Python, System side applications of Python, etc. damn it was as simple as basic study on Object oriented programming stuffs,I just really was awed to see the LDTP testing in progress and I soon got lurked way out clutching a free Ubuntu OS (both the live and the Install ones) disk logic had got shipped for us. Bless him and hope the cds would work as I am booting out via RedHat Fedora Version 5 Edition.

Some interesting facts we got to say among our geeks surely crept on for a government’s addiction on Linux too. Just came to know about ELCOT (in Tamil Nadu) is the government branch for procurement of all hardware and software used by the government. Heard that the new MD, who sometimes sports a Linux T-shirt - he now has a cool Ubuntu one too, is a Linux fan.

Damn one got really know the facts as those who opt for open office instead of Microsoft office get their 15-inch monitor upgraded to a 15 inch TFT with the money saved, and those who opt for single boot Linux get a 17-inch TFT. All peripherals supplied must be Linux compatible and come with separate Linux drivers from the manufacturers.

Regards to servers, all must be Linux unless the supplier supplies an OS that he can prove is superior to Linux. Microsoft servers will be procured as long as they are supplied at the same price as the Linux ones. (that is the same price as Fedora or Debian/Ubuntu). For all non-mission critical applications, postgresql will be preferred to oracle (they are yet to identify a single mission critical application).

Skill set for programmers to be recruited is Java/Oacle or Php/Postgresql. Thought to walk in and meet some IAS guys, as they keep an open office, as said by some jack whose name I just can’t recall. So all-future government machines are damn sure to be dual-boot ones - M$ starter edition and RedHat/SusE…Hope it rocks