Windows 98 is a big pain in the ***

Enough is enough. I had lots of trouble after installing the win98.The reason every one tells is that "dude you use the internet on 98 and that 's the reason.....".come on cut the crap.
Well every second month i am afraid that my windows would crash again.Recently my system crashed and I can explain you all that ive did and you cud just figure out how fragile the windows 98 is.Forunately i have dual boot and have not experienced a single crash in the winxp.(probably im not using that os as exensively as the 98).i just installed the BLC ( brian lara cricket - 05 - which was a demo version any way).and i chose not to restart the system and then as usual i uninstalled few other unwanted softwares from my p.c. after which my sister played some songs on the wmp.(windows media player).I turned off the monitor.I was browsing the digit mag and my sister who wntd to study turned off the wmp and shut down the system.Later that night i turned on my p.c. and boom !! the cursor was blinking for a little longer time than it used to load the windows.I smelled a big trouble right away and to my horror my imagination was slowly becoming a reality when i saw the message " Abort disk - Failed/retry" , when i tried to change the drive.Then it was buisness as usual changed the boot priority and then made the windows boot from the cd and ran the set up.But why the hell shud i deal with such a fragile os which tend to loose any one of the three files every 2 months like himem .sys ,config.sys and dgbat.sys. At the begining I used to get frightened as there was not even a clue whthr there was a harddisc crsh or the os crash.Now that , the crash is almost expeced every 2 months i do not bother abt it. Not only in this case , iam experiencing some strange situations with my win 98.The other day i tried to install this game called " the worms" ( or what ever hell does that mean .....).In order for me to run the game in my system my DirectX has to be upgraded.Well i saw that my system was using a Directx 8.1.So i thought i definetly need to have move on from that "stoneage software". First i installed directx 9( not sure whthr it is "b" or "c"). Then i installed the game and then restarted my system.Every thing was fine until the system again took a lot of time to start , i smelled disaster , i wasnt ready for that because i installed the win98 2 days prior to that and there is no way in hell that i am going to sit for another 45 min staring at the blue screen of death.I was very fortunate enough to see the message " WINDOWS IS UPDATING SOME FILES AND IT TAKES FEW SECONDS FOR COMPLETING THE UPDATION". I was very much releived to see that message and suddenly the windows opened without the starting music.Goodness gracious me , my wmp is not playing songs.this time the message was " No Audio Driver Detected". Believe me i was so frustrated that i wanted to remove win 98 from my system right away. i booted my system and loged on to winxp and tried formatting the "C - Drive" which was futile. I tried to calm myself down and again i tried to run the Dxdiag prog that checks for the Directx. To my disbelief DxDiag is not functioning."yes i have found the problem ", i said and then loged on to the web to look for a software which removes DirectX. Fortunately I found a German Software which does the job. I Downloaded that not before trying to load the DirectX8.1 and the Realtek Audio Diver. I busted the Direct X 9 out of my system and then reinstalled the audio driver and the Dx 8.1. and after that every thing seem to fall in the right place.Still I cannot open my Norton Antivirus 2003 which says " A DLL CALLED MSVCP.DLL IS MISSING " and i m not sure whthr my autoprotect is on as i m unable to access the NAV software. But the beauty here is NAV is installed in my win98.Similar is the case with the I.E. 6 which is installed in the sys but i cannot access it. I am really not at all sure what is happening with this win98 and it is similar to the situation " Where a Blind man is walking in the field which has lots of Land mines burried beneath" and can explode any time. I really doubt how Microsoft has become one of the leading Comp. in the world with such a crap which deserves a place in the dust bin for sure. I am eagerly waiting for a new os or an updated version of x.p.( Thinking now , why did i not bought a mac instead of P.C.!!!!!!!)

Loosing Your Identity

This is one form of the latest identity theft that is happening.So after reading this blog please equip yourself against those malicious hackers.Please do not ever give your password on the net to an unknown person or a website.Reasently I came across a lot of persons who lost their passwords.Please login to your mail id with a care.Make sure you read all the messages that are displayed and then authorize it before login on to your respective email ids.This should save any unauthorised persons getting access to your email accounts.There are three main methods of hacking that are followed all over the world.First is the fooling of the server.this is done by forwarding a mail to a mailing address that virtually does n't exsist.followed by your mail id and your password and the victims email id.I am not sure how the above method would yeild results as the mail wud get auomatically rejected as "failure of delivery".Another method which cud be used for hacking is writing an html code which simulates an error in the login screen , but the un aware user gives his username and the password and accidently also approves the message " YOU ARE ABOUT TO GIVE THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ACCOUNT TO AN UNKNOWN PERSON - CLICK OK or CANCEL".So please do not invite a trouble for yourself as there are already lots and lots of people who've lost their identity.The third method of hacking involves getting a hired gun that is a hacker.Hiring a hacker for cracking the passwords seems so foolish , but the hackers had made it a profession and they draw a good sal for cracking the passwords.I recently had an oppurtunity to view a hacker site who calls himself momo where the hacker first asks a person to give his mail id and then the victims mail id.The hacker asks for a two days time and wud forward the victims mail id along with his/her password for an amount of $50.So lots of clandastine activities are going on the net. So eqip yourself and be prepared for such an assault, as getting the information on the internet is just outsmarting the servers and the databases which holds the info and nothing else.

AMERICANS LEFT BEHIND IN THE RACE

I am going to reveal you all one of the most shocking news you ever heard.Can you imagine the country which has the largest technical skill in the world is left all alone in the information highway.Yes it is true,if an incident similar to the july 7 blast in England had happened in America,Then it would have spelt a doom to the country 's image. Because the country is not properly connected through the cellular network.It is impossible for the Americans to dial 911 from the underground train tunnel. As a result of which the rescue work would have been hampered a lot , if such an incident had actually occured in America.As a contrast when you look at the Japanese , they are able to access the high speed internet from a speeding Bullet Train. To Tell you all the truth America is no where in the Top 10 in data sharing and cellular networks. That is partly because of the politics and also because of the geography of the place. But the times are changing , Americans are looking ahead in improving the comm and networks , they no longer depend on the gov. to do this. The people themselves gather money and lay high speed connectivity cables to improve the comm.Right now americans stand at 16 th place in the world of communication inspite of having the comm. giants like AT &T and AOL.

with friends  

A lively atmosphere 

with friends 

sudhir and rajasekar 

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For the past 2 weeks ,i am facing a lot of embarassments. first i was questioned by a receptionist, "what is your father?",a straight forward answer - a marine engineer.since i joined the computer institute saying my father is a retired person
(really he is )the questioned really bamboozeled me. fearing that they would take back the 500 rupees scholarship if i reveal i am an engineer's son, i started bluffing. my answer was like this " My father helps my mother,a land broker, biochemist ,running clinic in shanmugam road who is retired and staying in house ". shit! what a bad command of the language. then i explained her clearly about my father. still that was unconvincing.
Then i met Mr Mahesh - a technical head DSL who asked " what sort of project are u looking for ?" i took the initiative and explained we want" 20 % hardware ,20 % software and the remaining we can explain to madam" from where the hell the explaining process came i donot know. i was thoroughly humilated but no one recognized this mistake as they carried on with their activity. i felt very bad.
i made my mind to take some positive newyear resolutions which includes not to kill time especially in blogging and not to dream. i am really a great dreamer. i would describe my self as a radioactive dreamer.first i would think of an event in the past then i would connect the people's emotions and reactions to it and then i would assume the role of a super hero ammending the situation. then i would connect all the related events to it and would start dreaming in a chain reaction manner.
the second resolution that i want to take , is to add more intensity & integrity to my character. during the school days i was a person with lots of intensity and instinctiveness.but all of which changed when i joined the college. i became lot more submissive and understated.how can i describe this, is this evolution or degradation? well past is past.
the third resolution would be ,stop watching the television prog.i am watching lots of t.v. prog for quite some time.though they are informative i decided to check them.i successfully stopped watching the t.v. serial called "KOLANGAL".though my family members are still on to it.one of my favourite prog. is the b.b.c. university challenge where 2 teams battle it out for the ultimate quiz glory.
the fourth resolution would be,to increase my interpersonnal skills.i am everybody's nightmare when it comes to conversation.most of the time i would not at all react to other's views , i would quietly turn away or nod , that would be my reaction. i would spend most of my time in analysing what others are thinking and how would they react to the situation rather than responding to their questions. i want to change this attitude not because i have analysed enough, but i want to take the intiative and improve my interpersonnal skills.

my exams

i have my first project review in just 2 days from today.and believe me i have not collected even the basic(major!) materials for the project review. this includes the title.my semester examinations are just over. the first exam was o.k. then i had my self bamboozled with the environmental question paper.then came the antennas which i think, i wrote quite well. the optical and microwave can be put up in the same category and i wrote them moderately (not too bad & not too good).then came the disaster, the final exam which i think, was one of the worst papers i have ever written.to start with the first question was correct and the 2nd was fully wrong. the third was correct while fourth and fifth were partially correct.only 4 two marks were correct.that was my performance in the recently concluded exams.

enjoying the cycling around the kodai lake 

with friends in kodai kanal 

THE MOST ELECTRIFYING PERSON AFTER WHOM THIS BLOG WAS NAMED!!!!!!!! 

the greatest football player in the world. ya zizu 

Today i got my system fixed by the computer service person.the problem was simple and he just ran the windows set up file from the command prompt.all the problems were solved and the only problem that exists now is that the search of the x.p. is not working properly.my project is sill in the sate of dilemma.the project external guide Mr. Mahesh clearly briefed us that we cannot expect any hardware projects,the least we could expect from DSL was an application project based on ASP platform.i am really frightened about how my department is going to react to such a software project.i already made up my mind not to write GATE specifically for the above reason.the cost for quitting the GATE is 6 grands ( Rs.6000) . well the life is getting really harder for me and i have joined a new course on desk top publishing.i hardly find time to be free inspite of having only two working days.the journey to teynampet daily is taking a heavy toll on me.

the world's tallest building (taipei 101) 

at the kodai kanal resort 

at the anthrampalli falls 

this is myself in the ferry in kochin( one in the blue dress) 

THE CRASH

The word which i hate the most in english is 'CRASH'.this is because of several reasons.one of which is the windows 98 crash in my system.i still couldnt figure out why my os crashed . i had minor problem while doing a live up date nav( norton anti virus file).the system downloaded 5 out of six files and shut down all by itself while downloading the sixth.the problem started there , the next day when i tried to open the I.E. , error messages filled my desktop and the in evitable happened.even now the crash is not repaired and i'm using my X.P. for the net. can some body please help me out of his situatuion.when i try to login thru my 98 ,blank screen appears with the message " NAV AUTO PROTECT ON, UNABLE TO LOCATE CONFIGUIRING FILES!!"