Archive for June, 2003
Wednesday, June 18th, 2003
Mistake in the Movie – Gadar Ek Prem Katha
I often spot mistakes in newspapers and movies, specially Times of India and Hindi movies. These are glaring ones and I wonder how others don’t seem to notice it, may be I have an eye for details. I was watching Gadar on Sunday with my folks and this time my mom spotted the mistake! In […]
1 Comment » - Posted in General,India by Prakash
Tuesday, June 10th, 2003
Think Different
Here is something a friend forwarded. I have read it before but found it really worth reading. Here’s a story…. Some time ago I received a call from a colleague. He was about to give a student a zero for his answer to a physics question, while the student claimed a perfect score. The instructor […]
1 Comment » - Posted in General by Prakash
Monday, June 9th, 2003
Looking for Dualbooting Windows XP/Linux ?
If you were considering Dual Booting Windows XP/2000/NT which have NTFS partition with Linux, here are some utlities which would be of help. These tools allow you to resize NTFS partitions without reformatting. Qt Parted – This is a GUI based tool. ntfsresize – This is a character based tool. Their site also has information […]
No Comments » - Posted in Linux by Prakash
Thursday, June 5th, 2003
Palm and Handspring merger
Being a Palm user, the Palm and Handspring merger is interesting. But what is more interesting is how many hands the Palm has changed. Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky were the original founders of Palm, Inc.in 1992. Which was acquired by US Robotics, which was acquired by 3Com. The original founders then left the company […]
No Comments » - Posted in Gadgets and Deals by Prakash
Tuesday, June 3rd, 2003
How difficult is Linux?
At a recent Seminar organised by MAIT in delhi, I met a boy Arjun. Arjun is a 8th Standard student at Naval Public School where he administers the Linux system. When I asked him why he uses Linux he said, because he finds Windows difficult. He says its a mind set problem, depending on what […]
