I wanna be "teen" again

I always feel nostalgic for my childhood days when i used be a prankster in the field. Yeah childhood is the best phase in everyone's life as during those time we do not really feel responsibility of anyone. At those time We are like a free bird who dont think whats going to be tomorrow, what has happend till now, and fly endlessly to enjoy the present.
                                              I remember in those days i was too much involved in my favourite sport cricket that i could barely resist playing it even before exams ( be it annual exam). I used to literary prove the famous saying of that time i.e "EAT CRICKET , DRINK CRICKET" ( i couldn't satisfy the drink only coco cola part :P). During school days i never know how i slowy departed from playing games. I stopped playing any game just after 10th standard thinking its hard to be an engineer (i was wrong indeed). Every studious body leaves playing by that time for the sake of study i guess. But when i came to college i realized that i have left my whole childhood behind where i used to be the "prankster of the field". I wished to turn back time to be a teen again. But its been said u cant go back and turn time but u can always start afresh and make it worthful. 
                                                                    Throughout 3.5 years in engineering life i never ever felt like playing as i was surrounded by much of involvements (mostly studies + chatting). In addition to that the recession played spoilsport by making me fearful about job. So books and studying were the best friends and sports in those times. Then came the day when i got placed on 17th dec. Really then i realized that post placement life is a bliss. 
                                   The placement, Other then bringing the security in my life brought another thing i.e the feeling of being a "teen" again. All credit goes to my fellow classmates as we all started playing cricket all over again. We all may be grown up engineers but we all were a kid in the field.I have the last sem left in my college life and this time i am playing and enjoying as much i can coz i know life will never again give me chance to feel like "teen again".
I could only say:
                               "Give me another chance i wanna grow up once again."

Recovering Ubuntu After Installing Windows

Few days ago i installed windows over already existing ubuntu , and then i was not able to boot into ubuntu.This was because the grub in MBR was over writtern by bootstrap loader.
So i searched every possibility and recoved my ubuntu.
The method that worked for me is......

Requirements:

 
UBUNTU LIVE CD (i used jaunty ya 9.04)

Method:

This method will overwrite your Master Boot Record. In order to boot Ubuntu we will be overwriting the Master Boot Record. This is to be expected and is part of this guide.

The Master Boot Record will then point to Grub as the initial bootloader. The Windows bootloader is contained within the Windows partition and will then be chainloaded by the Grub bootloader.

WARNING

Do not use Ubuntu 9.10 live CD to restore the boot loader from a previous version.

Ubuntu 9.10 (and later) uses Grub2, which differs considerably from Grub Legacy (the version of Grub used in Ubuntu 9.04 and earlier). Attempting this method with Grub2 will leave you in shell mode with no boot menu. If this happens, repeat the procedure with 9.04 or earlier (i.e. one that uses Grub Legacy). Installing Ubuntu 9.04 and updating it to 9.10 through the Update Manager does not upgrade Grub to Grub2.

The first step is to boot from a Live CD and open a terminal. You will need to run a few commands as root. One option is to first run sudo -i which will send you to a root shell from which you will simply run the commands without the sudo prefix. Be extremely careful when running a root shell, especially for typos! Even an extra space can do damage to your system. Always backup on external media before attempting recovery, if at all possible.

Next we will need to find the partition in which your Ubuntu system is installed. Type the command fdisk -l. It will output a list of all your partitions. Example :

fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1               1           8       64228+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2               9        1224     9767520   83  Linux
/dev/sda3   *        1225        2440     9767520   a5  FreeBSD
/dev/sda4            2441       14593    97618972+   5  Extended
/dev/sda5           14532       14593      498015   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6            2441       14530    97112862   83  Linux

Partition table entries are not in disk order

In this example three Linux partitions are listed. /dev/sda2 is the root partition, /dev/sda1 is the /boot partition, and /dev/sda6 is the /home partition. If you only have one partition, this means that your entire Ubuntu system is installed there.

First, create a mountpoint for your partition, for example:

mkdir /media/root

Then mount your partition in it. If you don't know which one it is, then mount any of them, we will determine if it is the correct one.

mount /dev/sda2 /media/root

Replace /dev/sda2 with the correct name of your partition. To check if it is the correct one, run ls /media/root which should output something like this:

bin    dev      home        lib    mnt   root     srv  usr
boot   etc      initrd      lib64  opt   sbin     sys  var
cdrom  initrd.img  media  proc  selinux  tmp  vmlinuz

If what you have looks nothing like this, the drive you have selected is incorrect. Run umount /media/root in the Terminal to unmount it then mount and try another one. Should you have made a /boot partition you can mount it like so:

mount /dev/sda1 /media/root/boot

To make sure this is indeed the /boot partition, run ls /media/root/boot, which should output something like this :

config-2.6.18-3-686      initrd.img-2.6.18-3-686.bak  System.map-2.6.18-3-686
grub                     lost+found                   vmlinuz-2.6.18-3-686
initrd.img-2.6.18-3-686  memtest86+.bin

Once again, if what you have is not similar, unmount it and try another partition.

Now that everything is mounted, we just need to reinstall GRUB:

sudo grub-install --root-directory=/media/root /dev/sda

If you get BIOS warnings try:

sudo grub-install --root-directory=/media/root /dev/sda --recheck

Note: Replace /dev/sda with the location you want to install GRUB on. If all went well, you should see something like this:

Installation finished. No error reported.
This is the contents of the device map /boot/grub/device.map.
Check if this is correct or not. If any of the lines is incorrect,
fix it and re-run the script `grub-install'.

(hd0)   /dev/sda

Reboot, making sure to boot to your hard drive and not to the live CD. Grub should be installed and both Ubuntu and Windows should have been automatically detected.

If, after installing grub, Windows does not appear in the boot menu, you will need to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst
Open a terminal and enter:

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
Now enjoy with your dual boot ubuntu and windows.

Placed @ TCS

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India Vs Australia 5th November 2009

During witnessing todays match against INDIA and AUSTRALIA i went through numerous feeling, sometimes i felt out of world ,sometimes i felt disgusted, manytimes too happy and finally distressed.Nonetheless i was mesmerised by the superb inning by our legend "Sachin R Tendulkar".I remember i was in 6th when i have seen sachin in such an impeccable form.It was the sharjahan tour that time.And today it was an experience for a life time that i witnessed master blaster in such a perfect rhythem.175 runs of a mere 141 balls was stunning.I was praying that may he break the record of highest score in ODI along with the record of crossing 17 grands of runs.He gave his hundred percent in the match to take india past the giant 350 set by aussies,he has done his part.Now here comes the lacuna in indian team, not a single player except raina supported the labour of master blaster.I know this happens in game like cricket but cant we expect indian bowlers or the bottom order players of indian team to make atleast 20 runs having sufficient deliveries left.

This is the case with indian bowlers since decade's.Really if indian bowlers are in crease and we have only 5 runs to win,then also we cannot rely on them and switch off the television saying "we have won".I dont know why the heck the indian bowlers are not trained enough in batting.This has been the trend since we have srinath and venkat prasad and after more than a decade now we are in the same position.What the indian coaching is doing for it.One of my friend said "i am sitting in front of television so that he may play well"(he believe he is lucky for sachin and i too believe my friend).He really did sat throughout the match.And like him we have millions of indians seeing the match hoping india to win with such a great inning by master blaster.And the dream shattered just when it was in the verge of getting fulfilled.We lost by a mere 3 runs.This match is an eye opener for indian cricket association to have a thorough introspection in their plan and to fill up the loopholes.Then only we can expect our team to win after such a performance by some players.Lets hope for the best in the upcoming matches and in the upcoming days (lately).

"Whatever be the outcome,no one is going to forget this match".

OSUM CLUB NIT JSR---->> 'Its really Awesome'

OSUM which stands for open source university meetup is the most vibrant community of student developers and on-campus clubs anywhere. OSUM club of our college is sponsered by SUN MICROSYSTEM'S which is the biggest promoter of open source software.OSUM club of our college have been organising and will be organising a number of technical talks for the students of our college.At present this club have 165 members which is the highest in any osum club in these zone.All thanks to Nit Jsr students fraternity.

"whats there for you in this OSUM club?"

* As an OSUM member you can get access to free training, on-campus events,and lots of free student resources that can fast-track your career.

* U can be a part of Technical demos and cultural events,win prizes and get goodies.

* Get in touch with students developer all over the world.

* Get hands on project and start working.

* Get an oppurtunity to lead the club.(I have this responsibility presently)

"How to Join the community and NIT JSR OSUM club"?

* To join OSUM community just register in http://osum.sun.com/ and u r done (as simple as that).

* To join SUN club nitjsr, go to groups http://osum.sun.com/group/nitjsr and join it (u r done).

Finally i request you to get started by joining the osum club of our college and witness the on campus activities.I promise it will be fun.

I really think:

 "Together we can and we will create the difference".

Software Freedom Day 2009

Software freedom day is all about celebration of free and open source software(FOSS). My event was sponsored by Sun Microsystems and coordinated by Software Freedom International which is a non profit organisation in USA.

Myself Pradeep along with my friend priyaranjan organised sfd 2009 in our college on 9th october. The event was awesome with number of students turning up for the event crossing 400, unexpected huhhhh!! The whole of the seminar hall was filled with students all around.Unfortunately upto 100 students kept standing and many more went back coz the there was no space,the hall was absolutely packed. Those who were standing through out the sfd celebration showed a great zeal to be apart of SFD celebration,to be a part of OSUM,to be a part of my presentation.The attendees were intelligent,energetic and full of enthusiasm.

I started off with a welcome speech to all the attendees and giving them the necessary details about OSUM club of our college.I told them when our osum club was formed,what it has been doing and what it will do.I told them about objectives of OSUM club and also all the details about the techncal and not technical events we conduct in our club.No doubt they have started calling OSUM as "Awesome" and its awesome indeed!!


Then i began with the presentation on Software freedom day.I told them about SFD agenda and urged them about adoption of FOSS (free and open source software world wide).I informed them about our goal which is to educate the worldwide public about of the benefits of using high quality FOSS in education, in government, at home, and in business -- in short, everywhere. Meanwhile i explained them about visions to empower all people to freely connect, create and share in a digital world that is participatory, transparent, and sustainable.And about our objective to foster a general understanding of software freedom, and encourage adoption of free software and open standards and create more equal access to opportunities through the use of participatory technologies

Now came the point to explain them the details of free and open source software i.e about what ,why,how of open source! .Open source brings shared innovation, customer and partner benefits,increased quality and security.I explained them a number of open source products of SUN MICROSYSTEM and gave them small detail about the usuage of these softwares. Detailed description about solaris and netbeans i plan to teach them in upcoming events.In addition to that i gave them examples of a number of open source software which they can use like GIMP editor for photo editing( equivalent to adobe photoshop), okular for editing pdf (equivalent adobe acrobate reader), k3b which is used for writing cd's and dvd's.etc.... i explained them about open source licensing categories which are UNRESTRICTIVE LICENSE,FILE BASED LICENSE and PROJECT BASED LICENSE.I myself made presentation in open office and used it for giving presentation , so the whole presentaion had a open source fervour.It was an eye opener for them coz hitherto many of them were not knowing about open source software.

Going toward end i gave them small explainattion about Solaris which is unix based operating system from SUN Microsystems. I will be having my next presentaion on open solaris in which i will be taking the installation of it and general commands. with this the presentation came to an end.

FUN events:
QUIZ
Then i conducted quiz for all the students based on the presentations i have given.The question were very simple. the winners of the quiz will get prizes .There were upto 400 students to i will be checking their paper and declaring the result afterwards. Questiona were like 1) full form of SUN i.e stanford university network, 2) Solaris is based in which OS?? UNIX!!! etc. At the end i asked them to Write their opinion about Software freedom day and give us a brief feedback. I have received 400 feed backs and they were guiding and praiseworthy.

TECHNICAL DUMCHARADE

I made six Teams of 5 members each and the called one team at a time. One of the member of the team were given the word to act and others have to guess!The teams were so very perfect in expressing themselves just by acting ( no lip movement). Words given for acting were solaris, open office, glass fish, My sql , sun microsystem etc...... they all acted brilliantly in every given question. Finally after very long 4 to 5 rounds of competition we got our teams getting first ,second and third positions. All the winners were gifted with Pens and OSUM century club batches.

This was the time when our heartly awaited event SFD is coming to an end. Cd's od open solaris ,stickers of OSUM and batches of osum club were distributed to everyone before making them leave the seminar.However batches were very few so everyone was not able to get the batch.
Finally i thanked them all for being a wonderful students and taking so much of interest in coming to SFD event. I have promised them to arrange the next event in much more better way.I am even more thankful to my friend priyaranjan who helped me for the event since so many days. He worked equally hard with me for making SFD event a grand one.It requires a great heart and best attitute to be like him.Thanks alot friend.Really the day was AMAZING.......


We are an OSUM community and we are getting Started..........

09-09-09

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