parathas

went to the indian store today.. bought around 60 parathas :) am all set for the coming two weeks :P

strange law ?

Something which i happened to read somewhere :

"A blind masseur jumped from a railroad bridge in Seoul, South Korea, during a rally denouncing a move to declare unconstitutional a law that allows only the legally blind to become professional masseurs. For most of the past century, the job of masseur has been reserved exclusively for the legally blind in South Korea. Sighted people who are masseurs, but unlicensed, contend that the law violates their right to employment. Passions are intense on both sides of the debate over whether to preserve the restriction."

Strange law isn't it ?? Can you think of any reasons why this law was put in place ?? :)

Google Talk

Can anyone tell me why Google has provided invisible mode in gmail chat but has not provided the same in Gtalk ?? 

I am not able to comprehend it.... lemme know

Fire alarms

Americans are paranoid about fire... its mandatory to have fire alarms fitted in every apartment.. We also had a fire safety demo arranged for all of the complex residents.. Freebies were being given and I also attended ;) .. Got a free T-shirt saying practice fire safety... 

Many days passed since the day i got the T-shirt.. and as always i decided to wear it since it was old now :) .. So there I was in the bright red colored Tee saying PRACTICE FIRE SAFETY cooking  in the kitchen.  I had just finished cooking rice and opened the cooker lid and what the hell the alarm started to scream... Yeah for those who have never heard the alarm sound believe me its anything but pleasant... 

Imagine my state.. Wearing a tee that was given on the day they showed how not to start the fire alarms.. what care to take.. and the fire alarm goes off !! I was in deep trouble !! Or was I ?? As is the custom here you need to get out of the apt as soon as you here the alarm.. So I rushed outside with the guilty feeling ... As soon as i got out to my relief I found out that it was not because of me that the alarm went off... someone else was the culprit... Poor he.. was getting the looks and murmurs from all the residents of the complex (all the block has to be vacated when any alarm sounds) :)

As for me I just gave him a disgusting look; pointed to the words printed on my Tee and went back and had my dinner :)

Subjects

Ahh the deadline is finally over and now am stuck with the subjects which I had chosen earlier.. cant change them now... 

This what i will be taking this sem:

1. OS

2. Algos

3.Networks

4.Transaction Processing...

Its gonna be tough :)

Siddharth

This is the first time I am the only person named Siddharth in my class !!

In school there were 5 Siddharth's in my division :) forget about the school....

In junior college there were 3 in my div... 

In my engg class there were atleast 4... I might be missing someone... but the point is this time I am the lone person who will answer to that name :) Too bad there is no attendance taken in grad school :(

Can anybody tell me why this name had to take of around the time I was born (1984) ?? Why was it not that popular before that ?? How many people  you know have Siddharth as their name and are  around 40 or something ?? There has to be some reason.... Let me know if you get it....

Petrol

USA !! Everyone here owns a vehicle.... four wheeler or maybe some have more than 4... many of them are fuel guzzlers.. SUV's, pickup trucks you name them and they have it... I wonder what will happen when they run out of fuel.. People here can expect to have tough time real soon... Unless the researchers here find out another alternative... 

Do i understand everything ??

I was attending class today.... analysis of algorithms... as always there were some people who were asking questions; had doubts about what the professor was explaining. I wonder why I am not able to think up of any questions ?? Do I understand everything the prof is teaching or dont I understand anything ??