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The IT crowd

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…. is an awesome sitcom. 18 episodes of pure humor. If you have not seen it yet, go get it and watch it. And now, a true incident that happened today (inspired by The IT Crowd, of course). I happened to go to the server room today. JP: We are, izzin, having some issues, izzin, with the faculty mail server. It’s, izzin, giving input/output errors, izzin with the disk, izzin. Read More...

How to study at IIIT @ Rs. 100

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Last year’s recession and this years budget have left a big hole’s in people’s pockets. So, here I (thanks to Sanrag) bring to you a once in a lifetime opportunity to study at IIIT-H for Rs. 100. (Of course, if you are a heartless monster, you can pay Re. 1 and still get away). Ingredients: You must be an “abroad” student (or get a Camouflage passport) and Fire{fox,bug} Recipe: Fill up the main form. Read More...

My reply to Prof. Sangal’s post

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If you have not already read the post, The Al-Qaeda of Jeevan Vidya, by Rishabh and Prof. Sangal’s reply to that post, Prof. Sangal’s reply to “The Al-Qaeda of Jeevan Vidya”, then I suggest you read them first because my post is a direct response to Prof. Sangal’s reply. You’ve mentioned four conditions that were laid before you chose human values. I don’t remember the content of Jeevan Vidya shivirs, and though I’m sure you can prove that it satisfies the conditions, but that is no means to measure the success. Read More...

How to piss off a MS fanboy

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Situation: Me and the MS fanboy were chatting about some random stuff and as usual were not in agreement. MS Fanboy: Sucker ! me: Sure Whatever gives you pleasure MS Fanboy: Right now…closing this chat window me: Be my guest MS Fanboy: wtf !… u opened it again… biatch me: Why don’t you try the “block” feature instead MS Fanboy: Why don’t u just stop pinging me instead of suggesting alternatives Read More...

Homeopathy

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This post might be offending to homeopathy aficionados. I don’t care. Got this mail in the evening: Dear All, The Campus Life council has arranged for the availability of the Homeopathic Medicine which helps to develop immunity against all kinds of Flu including the Swine Flu. For this purpose, we have appointed representatives in the Hostels who will be distributing the medicine. Does homeopathy work? Various articles I found over the net claim it doesn’t. Read More...