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I am out of the matrix
Posted on 15. Aug, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
This evening when I started booting my reformatted laptop, I realized that I am no longer at status quo. Reminds me of the conversation in Matrix. At first Neo’s new world seems rather unreal to him, and he begins to doubt that he has entered a new world at all.“This can’t be…” he begins to [...]
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Exploring an unchartered territory, the world of Ubuntu ‘Lucid Lynx’ Linux
Posted on 08. Aug, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
Aug 8, 2010: I finally got away from Windows XP on my Dell Latitude D630. 80 GB of data, firmly archived, saved on 2 external hard drives in 2 different formats. Then sanitized the disk with mhdd ERASE command. Why do I hate windows? Or do I? Actually I don’t. I use windows more than [...]
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The Great Linux Migration
Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
Those who know me already know that Aquevix is a Linux based Infrastructure. Our mail servers, virtualization, thin clients, firewalls, application servers, database servers, monitoring servers, all are Linux. I have been a Linux user since 1997 when Redhat was 6.x (before their Enterprise products). Moreover, somehow I just couldn’t bite the idea that we [...]
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Where is Microsoft Mobile headed
Posted on 06. Jun, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
I have used Microsoft Mobile phone for past 5 years. Used iMate, O2, Asus, HTC. The speed increased from 64Mhz to 200 Mhz to 524 Mhz. Then I got fed up with hangs, slow opening applications, dying voice and what not. So I threw away all my applications and restarted with Nokia E71. For first [...]
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Is the future of data services Azure?
Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by Amit Jindal.
Last Thursday I was at Microsoft ISV day. To my surprise, Steve Ballmer (Microsoft) was there for keynote. I was expecting a virtual Steve Ballmer on a screen. That was nice of him to show up. Anyway, the conference did not turn out as useful as I had hoped. The initial talks were about Cloud [...]
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Height of Dumbness: Montblanc’s Gandhi pen
Posted on 02. Oct, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
Apparently Montbanc missed the flight when God was distributing brain. That’s why they do not understand even the single principle behind Mahatma Gandhi’s struggle. Just to re-iterate, Gandhi ji BURNED foreign good. He did not buy Montblanc. Just how stupid you have to be? These images jar with German pen maker Montblanc’s launch of a [...]
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VX-200 demonstrates superconducting first stage at full power
Posted on 06. Jul, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
Houston, TX. – Ad Astra Rocket Company has successfully demonstrated operation of its VX-200 plasma engine first stage at full power and under superconducting conditions in tests conducted today at the company’s Houston laboratory. This achievement is a key milestone in the engine’s development and the first time a superconducting plasma rocket has been operated [...]
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NASA Creating Online Multiplayer Video Game
Posted on 14. Jun, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
Space explorers, ready your virtual engines — three game developers have signed on to create NASA’s massively multiplayer online video game (MMO), called “Astronaut: Moon, Mars & Beyond.” NASA plans to let Virtual Heroes, Project Whitecard and Information in Place take the lead in creating a game that emphasizes fun first and foremost. The game [...]
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Cloud computing for Business
Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
With ever increasing need for computing, IT industry has once again created a new buzz word. Its called computing in the cloud, or more clearly, cloud computing. I wonder why cloud? Why not phantom computing or something of the sorts. From Wikipedia: Cloud computing infrastructure as of 2009[update] consists of reliable services delivered through data [...]
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H-1B Visa Demand Plunges with Economy
Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by Amit Jindal.
Business Landscape of US economy is changing rapidly. Skilled workers are finding better jobs in their own countries. The proof is the change in demand for H1-B (temporary work visa’s issued by US immigration department. Initial demand for H-1B visas is the slowest in years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, [...]