I feel the exact same way the angry German kid feels. I bought the Orange Box about 3 weeks ago (and today TF2 goes free to play) mostly because I wanted to play TF2.Everytime I launch the game, it takes around 30 mins to download a ton of updates. So the boot up time is [...]
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Angry German Kid, I feel you bro
Posted in games, rants, tagged angry german kid, Team Fortress, updates, Valve on 2011-06-24 | Leave a Comment »
Of Cricket, Doordarshan and adverts
Posted in opinions, rants, tv shows on 2011-01-23 | Leave a Comment »
First of all let me tell you that I watch cricket only occasionally to see what’s up with the players. I can equally get this information from the internet but I like to see how they behave on the field. Hence I rarely watch cricket nowadays. I love to play but don’t really give a [...]
The Prime Minister’s safety claims the life of a citizen
Posted in Politics, rants on 2009-11-4 | Leave a Comment »
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/PMs-security-claims-patients-life/articleshow/5194254.cms That, my friends, is how India works. The most important people (VIPs/VVIPs) trample over the “aam admi” (common man). This, in the name of security, is the highlight of the irritation that one faces in India. Why do we have anyone designated a VIP anyway? Why are they important? Why do they get the [...]
Uranium listed as commodity?
Posted in military, opinions, Politics, rants on 2009-04-17 | Leave a Comment »
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Business/Lehman-Bros-sitting-on-nuke-stockpile/articleshow/4411110.cms The US cannot entrust nuclear material to democracies but it fine for private parties to trade it in “commodities market”? WTF? So what’s next? Discounts on nuclear fissile material if you buy it in bulk? Why is this trade not between countries/govts. Why are middlemen entering the scene? And here we are watching Terminator [...]
X Files
Posted in rants on 2008-08-24 | 3 Comments »
Good GOD! WTF happened to the movie? Did they write the script on a day to day basis? It felt like the beginning and the end did not have any connection. Or was it just me? I was in a must see a movie mood. So I rang up a couple of friends and they [...]
Religion and the “art” of thinking for yourself
Posted in opinions, Politics, rants on 2008-08-17 | 2 Comments »
This post is one of my opinions on religion. If you are a theist and are offended by atheists please stop reading now. If on the other hand you’d like to have a discussion, please poke holes in my argument. I NEVER actively look for an argument with theists so don’t start one with me. [...]
Democracy
Posted in opinions, Politics, rants on 2008-08-11 | Leave a Comment »
Democracy is like gang rape. Sure the majority loves it but that doesn’t make it right.
Java and Yahoo
Posted in rants, Tech on 2008-07-14 | Leave a Comment »
I tried to upgrade the Java VM because it insisted on doing so (red icon in my tool bar). I noticed that the VM wanted to install Yahoo! toolbar. Why on Earth would a language/VM want to install a toolbar? Since when did languages start doing advertising? What’s next? Sun will release an ad-supported Java [...]
Laptop experience
Posted in rants, Tech on 2008-05-4 | Leave a Comment »
Sooo… I bought a Compaq V2000 AMD Turion ML-32 laptop last weekend. Interesting how the laptop itself is nice. What annoyed me was their concept of recovery CDs. First, they do NOT provide us with the Windows OS. Second they do not allow me to create two sets of their recovery CDs. I am stuck [...]
Firefox sucks on gnu/linux
Posted in dev, rants, Tech on 2007-12-25 | 6 Comments »
Why, oh why is firefox such a pain to use in gnu/linux? There are few minor irritants the recurs over and over again that really irritate. I am an ardent supporter of Firefox. I use it in Windows. I’ve been using since 2003. I use it @ work. The only time I do not use [...]
