Diwali is near… Time to clean.. I started with my Desktop… Earlier it looked like this..
All ppl are idle for the first time too!
Now it looks like this..
Next up – My room!
PS:
1. Took half an hour..
2. Feels so lonely on the desktop..
3. All the chaos is behind the folders.. 
4. Inserting images over here is so user-unfriendly… have spend nearly half an hour, but still unable to put the images in high resolution.
5. Seeing 5th research paper for dip.. hope the spree ends this time.
Weeks and weeks of effort.. at last.. It out now!
Yeah!
Thank you – God!
Thank you – Mom and Dad!
Thank you – Sis!
Thank you – IIIT!
Thank you – Prakhar, Amlendu, Syed, Shubham, Gagan, Aditya and Vijay!
Thank you – Design team!
Thank you – UG3!
Thank you all!
I wanted to say at least all this yesterday… but the IIIT Crowd – you rock big time! Amazing reception of the Felicity Brochure and Video! I was more than delighted to be able to speak anything…. ahem.. ohk.. I could not handle the hooting and cheering.
The Brochure is really awesome. Great work – UG1 and the design team! UG1 Rocks!
PS1: Midsem mein kya hoga 
PS2: Will be more honest to my honor’s project now. 
PS3: More time for DoTa… O.W.L wait… I’ll be catching up soon! 
After so many horrible experiences in the midsems, i guess this is the right mix:
1) Mantle of intelligence -for +3 intelligence.
2) Gloves of haste – for 15% higher speed of writing.
3) Boots of speed – +50 movement speed.. reach for the exam on time.
4) Aegis of immortal – just in case you fail.
5) Empty bottle – so that you can get out of the exam room to fill it and look at your chits.
6) Necromonion(level 2) – general decoys to allow seamless communication with others.
PS0: This is a small post.
PS1: Suggestions are welcome.
PS2: DOTA itself looks like a course now.
If you can attend all the classes, and happily proxy 15%..
If you can bathe daily, and still not comment on the one who does not..
If you can not only complete the assignment, but also make 6 different copies of it..
If you can wake up your friend 15 minutes before the class, even for a course that you haven’t taken..
If you can climb 3 floors, just to check whether the owls have not been abducted by the aliens..
If you can go to Moodi, and cry “Felicity rocks” there..
If you can go to the pt alone, but with 6 more id cards and leave no card without an attendance..
If you can bear with a genuine doubt, and not raise it towards the end of the class..
If you can keep quiet in the noon time, and not complain for loud music at midnight..
If you can be an honor’s student and still kill time like a normal B.tech guy..
If you can sing a lullaby at 8am, just to make a owl sleep..
If you can keep your room clean, and call all your friends into the room to make a mess of it..
and not breath a word about its cleanliness or the absence of it when your friends are gone..
If you can bypass the proxy and ride the torrents to add new stuff to dc in the morning..
and still don’t download anything in the 12 to 6am time slot.
If you can keep playing with a Deagle to save enough for a sniper, only to give it to the sharpshooter,
and not lose your mind when he loses it without a shot and still call it a team game.
If you can know how to write and still don’t write something so hazardous like – girlsatiiit.wordpress.com (No offences)
If you can fill the 90 mins of exam time with a 15 mins of copy-cat rhyme
and still be brave enough like you have 8 more lives..
Then yours is the world and everything that’s in it..
And–you will be — “The Favorite Lark” — my friend!
zzzzzz – OWL
First Sem was a bizi sem and we were even bizier creatures. That book
report was enough to qualify as a nightmare in the daydream for me.
Selecting the right kind of book could alleviate the situation. The
right kind of book should have a bright cover, big print, small size
and exactly one page more than the minimum prescribed by the course
instructor. Most importantly, the book should have such a simple
english which should not look harder than differential calculus
anywhere. So, among those n<<(infinity) books in the library, I came
up with “First men to the moon”. Added benefit, it was prescribed by
Tanmay. Looking at its size and its print size, it was damn
irresistible. I didn’t even bother to read its preface or about the
author. I really meant quick business then. Actually, it turned out to
be a good lesson on ‘appearances can be deceptive’.
My expectations from the book were: It was a book about Neil Armstrong
or about space exploration atleast. It was a non-fiction. It was a
benchmark kind of a book. Above all, it was a book I could mention in
my orkut profile. It was really was “First men to the moon”.
Having read the book for 2 days, I realised the title of the book was
“First men ‘IN’ the moon”. (We don’t read each and every word of a
sentence, we read a few and guess the others) Think, how could you
expect the title of the book to be ‘First men ‘IN’ the moon’. So,
there i was, stuck with a kiddish kind of fiction which i couldn’t
even mention about it on the my orkut profile. And yes, the
protagonists( a word I later learnt from the preface), actually went
into the moon and fought with the crazy creatures there. I found
through the internet that it was a blockbuster when it was published
back in the 60s-70s. Look how quickly can the value of a fiction
deteriorate in a span of 4 decades. Nevertheless, my book report was
‘exhaustive’ in every respect. Afterall, I had read a book for the
first time from cover to cover, noting down the main points every now
and then.
Then came the report writing. I was nuts with reading and writing by
that time. So, this time around i was looking for shortcuts: cunnier,
but constitutional. Having brainstormed on a plethora of topics, I
found a gem of a topic in ‘plagiarism’. Remember that path breaking CAT
answer for ‘what is risk?’ – Leave the whole page and in the end write
‘this is risk’. I was more than impressed by this sweet-outrageous explanation.
Starting off constitutionally, i read about plagiarism, right from
wikipedia to answers.com. To my disillusionment, i found that every
project work which I ever submitted was plagiarized to some degree. I
can bet that even you are not an exception to this. Even not citing
the references at the proper time is a crime. Different organizations
had different degrees of harshness, some even had non-pragmatic
utopian schemes. The bright part was that that plagiarism was here,
there and everywhere. I got familiar with so many ways to copy without
leaving a trace. I could feel the thrill by then. I wrote a few
‘not-so-original’ original paragraphs. Then, plunged into the vicious
cycle of ‘read-sift-prune-modify-copy’ with occasional ‘proper
referencing’. Work began to end as soon as it began. Plagiarism in
action? No way. I just happened to know the right way to the right
thing. I had my softcopy ready a good 2 days before submission.
(That’s amazing, coz that never happens to me…. Submitted my previous
DIP assignments at 8:52 am and 8:18 am when the deadline was 9 am and
had a class at 8:30 am). I submitted the assignment and didn’t turn up
on the day of evaluation. I was sensing serious trouble that day.
End of the story, not yet. After an year of that incident, a fresher
came to me to ask for a topic for report writing. I could not resist.
I gave him the cunning method in a very constitutional way. Plagiarism
is double-ended! Though after an year, I had my example ready!
PSeS:
1. All characters are fixnal.. It has nothing to do with me.
2. 1 is a lie.
3. 2 is a lie
4. 3 is the truth.
5. What did you do in your CN and PoPl assignment 
0. Yuck! Yet another first year post.
7. ‘cunnier’ is not a word, sounds good anyways.
……..This is not a post.. This is just a decoy.
PS1:
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PS3 – Yes, this was a draft.
PS4 – Thought of the day – “Lark and Owl are representation of the same curve, except for mirrored characteristics and 12hr phase shift.”
PS5 – Question of the day – @7:45 in the morning, in the corridor – “Tu abhi utha hai, ya sone jaa raha hai?”
344 – that was my first room… 317, oversmartness, “please, change my room”, hostel administrator, scolding, repentance, “friends save me” are the other numbers, words and phrases associated with it.
On the day when it rained cats and dogs and puppies and kittens, I got annoyed with my room which happened to have a window pane missing.
A bolt from ‘the blue’, within a few days my senior neighbour left the room.
He had left the room in perfect condition. I had no choice but to move into that room..
The room has a poster on the wall which has the switchboard on it. Its heading is “The ABC’s
of Happiness”. I have been reading it for many days.. everyday.. before sleep and after waking up.
No matter what time i sleep or wake i read it always, without fail.
Here’s what it has to say..
Aspire to reach your potential (??)
Believe in yourself (?!)
Create a good life (!?)
Dream about what you might become (i do)
Exercise freqently (OMG)
Forgive honest mistakes (no way)
Glorify the creative spirit (can’t get it)
humour yourself and others (:?)
Imagine great things (daydream?)
Joyfully live each day (so easy , isn’t it?)
Kindly help others (help yourself!)
Love one another (!)
meditate daily (let’s go)
Nurture the environment (yes can do that)
Organize harmonious actions(:O)
Praise performance well done (error!)
Question most things (?! everything)
Regulate your behavior (what;s wrong with me?)
Simle often ( :’( )
Think rationally ( :,( )
Understand yourself (:x)
Value life ( my life = (inf)$)
Work for common good ( ?! )
Yearn to improve (:o)
Zestfully pursure happiness..(:X)
phew!
Guess what? In the end it says -”prescriptions for happiness”.
Would you ever Rx that??
No…If that’s your answer then try this..
The A2Z of happy-i-ness!
A – Act before you think
B – AD(whatever comes in between)
C – Catastrophe others
D – Dictate terms
E – Exaggerate your potential
F – Forgive your mistakes
G – Game on!
H – Hardly Work
I – I’m am awesome!
J – Jabberwock
K – Kill time
L – Lose control
M – Mock others
N – Nocturnalize
O – Obscure your weaknesses
P – Preach before you practise
Q – Question the answer
R – Rock on!
S – Strike the wrong chord
T – Transcend your lethargy
U – Ultra-Violate the rules
V – Vent your anger
W –
X – Xpand your horrorizon
Y – you are wrong, i am right
Z – zzzzz…..In the class…
ps – happy blogger’s day!
Here i am, this is me..
This is a recollection of a first time experience. I was in the first year.. It was the first sem.. I was a ‘good boy’ then.. I had attended all the classes and tried to connect myself with JV and even memorized those assertions and discussions and even read half of the JV manual at that was given towards the end of the course. What for ? Somehow, i was still dissatisfied with myself for not being able to go the IIT’s, and a good academic show would have meant some solace. ( I had even made a mind for 2 pt credits. ). Somehow, i had came to know that JV was 2 credit course. And since it was a course, i felt that it would have a formal exam too. So, i prepared for JV thinking that there would be an exam in the end. I was scared at the thought of writing subjective answers after having optimized myself to write objective ones for the last two years. ( My spelling used to fail me many a times. Can’t forget the moment when during the 10th board exam for english, i forgot the spelling of necessary – 2 C’s or 2S’s or 2 of both of them, and the numb feeling in the plam which came when i realised that i had rechristened the Great Julius Caesar as ‘The Ceasar’.)
There was no exam. The good thing was that the me in me remained the same me after all that. Then the normal classes started. I was very punctual for the C programming classes. 15th August – The day India got independence, and me too. Missed pt for the first time that day, unintentionally though. Before that everything was perfect( except for an imaginary blue colored creature).
One day, Sir gave an exercise to find the logical expression corresponding to a karnaugh map. It was bit of a tough question at that point of time, but i went for it with full steam. We had 2 days. On the first, i discussed the problem with a lot of people especially Gaurav and started to code. On the second day, i had a clear idea of what to do. I was really excited. I had coded fervently and for the first time missed the dinner, for the code’s sake. i worked till midnight and till the time when the guard had to virtually drag me out of the workspace. By then the code was working. Not working actually, but i knew what kind of ‘non exceptional’ inputs could be given to the code such that it generates a rational output. Still, i wanted to improve it.
After reaching the hostel, I tried to get some senior’s laptop. Hard Luck. It is crazy to be found coding, except for the assignments. Having wasted a lot of time, I slept late that night. Next day, it was difficult for me to wake for the pt. But anyhow, i went for that too. After coming back, i fell asleep. Someone woke me up later. It was too late. But i didn’t realise it. I had a bath and even had a breakfast. Then i rushed for the class. On the way i could see people, but only ahead of me. But i still had the conviction that was not going to be late. So, i slowed down and thought what would happen if sir gave a chance to show the code. By then, others had begun to run, I followed suit. Into the building and up the stairs, i zoomed past swiftly. Turned right and looked at the door. Everyone inside, i am outside and the door is getting closed. I rushed. By the time i reached, I could only hear only the click of the lock. ‘I am late! No! I am the only one late today! I am late for the first time!’. Unbelieving,I knocked at the door. Unanswered. I stood there for a while. Kazeem joined me then. We were both on the wrong side of the door. Positively, I wasn’t the only one late that day.
Back to the workspace, I looked at my code again; compiled it; Gave my ‘not an exception’ input and it worked. At that point in time, I heard some clapping kind of noise from the the classroom. Hallucinating, was I? Nevertheless, I was happy to be in touch with my code again, which could give a rational output only on a few ‘non exceptional’ inputs.
PS-
1. Not all posts have pses.
Hi,
I’ll just take a minute to say what i have to say…
It’s important…it is not trivial..
Topic of my say is time…
Time is money… No time.. No Money..
Apna Sapna money money…(Our Dream Money money.. I’ve got International readership too )
Giggling huh..
Since u have commited to the reading to this mail.. u have already
“invested” 1 minute of your time…Smart 8)!
Stop here…U save whole a 30 seconds of time…Having read that u’ve
wasted another 5.. It’s a negative feedback loop.. Read that and this..
waste another 5.. Trying to understand.. huh another 5..
Think you still have saved whole 15 seconds..
Hmmm..
think again..
And You have haven’t..
Grammatical Glitch..
You found that..then your time is over..
Now you are a loser…
PS – noun. (u remember everything everything but still wirte these):
1.F
4.S
6.R
9.E
3.U
7.A
10.D
2.R
5.T
8. What’s 8.. can u guess??
11. C ya..
12. Did i
mention.. I win
13. This one is true.. it comes straight from my heart.. my mind had forgotten it.. Just found bond007’s students mail account open.. thought of mailing this to all.. but the damn Mailer-Daemon won’t allow.. So had to post this..
14. 13 was a genuine PS.
15. 14 was boring.
16. 15 was not innovative.
17. 16 was clumsy.
18. I Realise that i can write another all ps post like this …
19. An idea spoiled..
20. 2 minute silence for that idea..
Ahoy.. i am back!! This time with the review of a game which i had played some time ago.. and started playing again now. Clusterball.. weird, isn’t it? I bet you must be thinking it to be a 2d game and something like pacman. But wait… It’s 3d. You get a fancy plane with a lot of gloss, shininess, specularity and aerodynamics. Basically, your task is as simple as getting around and collecting some balls which are placed around on elongated plates. The balls will make a long line behind your ship and then the most crucial part…. you have got to get through a small ring in the arena to convert those balls into score. So simple..huh? Beware.. the arena has two weapon rooms and half a dozen of platforms where you can get some really out of the world weapons. Lets start.. 1. Smoke puffs – The most standard weapon. Akin some machine gun. Fires a string of bullets which puff in the air at a distance. On hitting a plane it takes away 5% of it’s health and gives a short but intense impulse in it’s direction. if it hits the sting of balls of the plane then the ball which are after that ball fall off. It’s really fun to cut-off a long string of tballs of your opponent who has toiled so hard going plates to plates. But that starts the evil part of the game. 2. Inflator – It’s a homing missile which can only be shot at a plane which is carrying some balls. On impact this gizmo inflates the last ball of the victim and this makes him rise high and feel on top of the world. Ahh.. but when the ball bursts, then the ship is fired down at a ridiculously high speed towards the ground. Lethal…. you crash half of the times. Don’t fire it when the subject is near the ring or he will convert the balls and your inflator will go waste. 3. Ball snatcher – By far, one of the most artistic of all. Pretty obvious. It’s a homing missile. You get all the balls of the victim. But this too start the evil part of the game. 4. Spaghetti strings – A gem of an innovation. It’s like some kind of clicking a photo with a high focus camera. On firing long green strings of sphegetti are projected. On being hit, the victim gets glued to some surface by means of a string. The string keep u glued for atleast 5-10 seconds during which all your balls can easily be snapped off by a smoke puff or ball snatcher. And you are a soft target to other homing missiles too. 5. Backdraft – As the name suggests,it really helps you get rid of that nasty guy. A homing missile which on hitting propels the victim in it’s own direction. If you are not careful then you might crash into a hill. 6. Inverse Control – A homing missile. And I need not describe it more. At very hard level you get hit by it so often that sometimes normal seems inversed! Beware, Two-to-tango of this weapon is a foolery. 7. Tractor beam – A stupid thing. I can’t get what it does. Pretty much like spagetti string except that one end of the string gets attached to your own plane and the only good thing you can do is that you can crash the guy into some barrier, after all he has become your puppet now. 8. Gravitator – An annoying homing missile which looks like some kind of jelly. Upon hitting it tilts the plane in some arbitrary direction .As a result, you remain stuck to some barrier for some time. 9. Shockwave – The hell-raiser. You can use it when you get annoyed by those mosquitoes which keep coming back again and again. A good lesson for everyone(including you). If you are lucky then you will see some enemy planes crashing. The superboost – This gives a boost to you plane and helps you reach places faster and at times help you dodge the missiles and get out of crunch situations. What’s amazing about all this.. Well, the best thing is that the plane in your total control most of the time. This translates to excellent gameplay. The games has the element of austere simplicity.It has fair enough graphics. Most importantly, you’ll enjoy what you are doing. Be it gathering the balls or converting the balls into score by passing through the ring or stealing the balls or proving your dominance in artillery. It’s fun to keep hovering around near the ring with some ball snatchers and wait for a prey which has come with a long string of balls. All you have to do is get close to the target and fire the beast at the right moment. If you have spend some time in the weapon room then you can bring any one to accept your terms. Even getting through the small ring at full speed is very exciting. Hmm.. the evil part of the game is that.. if you hit a guy severely enough, then he will not play to win, but instead will get after you for a while with all his weaponry and that’s hard to escape unless you have enough superboosts. Even more spine chilling is the dodging part. Though the missiles are homing, they can be dodged. All you have to do is get yourself around some conjested places like trees, rooms ,stadium etc. real fast. The missile will crash into something; hopefully. Easier said than done. The sound of beep-beep when a missile is after you will awaken all your senses. Then you’ll hear beep-beep becoming beep-beep*2… beep-beep*4… beep-beep*8, before it hits you. If you see that you are going to be hit by a ball snatcher or an inflator, then the best thing to do is to convert the balls in the ring. For others you just can decoy the balls and fool the missile. Decoyed balls really get the missile into a real tizzy. If you keep a high profile, then it’s pretty much likely that you get hit by two inverse controls(especially in the hard levels). Tips: Don’t use mouse. Keep the flight model as beginner in the beginning. Accelerate and decelerate using x and z. use ctrl for superboost and shift for decoy. Game gives you 5 levels of competition. Start with easy. Give it a try. U’ll learn it in half an hour. Get it at – http://www.clusterball.com/ It’s just 14 MB!! Happy Flying! PS: 1. There aren’t enough clusterball players. 2. Even playing with the computer is fun. 3. Copying the words on the site: “What is Clusterball?hat is Clusterball? 
It’s a sport. Clusterball™ is an online sport, designed to invoke the same adrenaline rush as Quake and Unreal, but replacing the splatter and gore with pure gameplay. By combining the feel and gaming experience from ball, flight and racing games, Clusterball™ is totally unlike anything you’ve ever seen before.”
