Iphone 4…..ha ha!!!

This post is directed to my sister who recently brought a Iphone 4.

” Ha ha……you cannot use the phone  you want to ” – Nelson Muntz

Give the hatred i have for the biggest con man of the century, Steve jobs, My sister , my own blood, went ahead and brought herself an Iphone 4g with out even my consultation.

And now she will be paying for it….very very dearly.With the legendary poor service of AT&T in America,  and the fluctuating signals and the grip of death

Now before we proceed I think it is essential that you see this clip from “Futurama” season 6 titled “The killer App”

Iphone 4 futurama

Coming back to the grip of death, this is what Steve Jobs had to say initially about it

Steve Jobs wrote back to one Engadget reader with a terse one-line response: “Just don’t hold it that way.”

And this is what Nokia said indirectly poking fun on the Iphone.

The Cup

The Thumb

The balance

4 edge grip

You can hold  nokia phone in any direction with out effecting the reception and call quality

I mean really Steve? really, You are going to tell people on how to hold a cellphone instead of fixing the glitch.

Then came a series of so called “fixes”.

You need to buy a rubber bar for your iphone if you want proper reception

This is the iphone 4 g bumper that you need to BUY in order to make it work.

Now a few days later Apple guys came to an conclusion and announced that the glitch was in the phone s/w which calculated the bars to be wrong

Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display 4 bars when we should be displaying as few as 2 bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don’t know it because we are erroneously displaying 4 or 5 bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.

Now I am wondering what good is a cellphone which cannot make calls?

Its just a Ipod touch, is it not.?

Anyway now after that email from Steve jobs there was one more rumour that Apple already knew about the glitch and wanted to ent up the sales of the its iphone covers

Interestingly, a user on our sister forums who took back his phone to complain about this problem was given a free £25 ‘bumper’ case – perhaps adding fuel to the rumor that Apple was fully aware of this issue before launch…

here

This is just wonderful.

It keeps getting better and better by  every single passing day.

I knew some thing was wrong when the iphone 4 demonstration went wrong at the keynote
Do watch.

I love the part when one of the guys says use Verizon !!!
A shorter version of the same

Steve sells you a iphone

Steve tells you how to hold a iphone

Steve tells you how to dress your iphone

Steve tells you who to call from your iphone

Steve tells you what to wear when you use an iphone

Steve tells you how to live with your iphone.

Ahh Steve..you never cease to surprise me.

New features of the Iphone 4

Video calling

My motorazer v 6 ferrari edition had video calling….. I brought it 2 years ago. I used it once as i thought it was redundant  but i was very happy with the performance

Video calling, notice two cameras

Multi Tasking

I mean really, I never knew that the iphone did not have multi tasking until now….none of the iphones had multi tasking?

My Motorazer had multi tasking, my nokia N79 had multi tasking, My Blackberry ( my precious ) has multi tasking

No wonder the greatest con man on earth is Steve Jobs….

All his fan boys are like Zombies, o better put by this guy  “like democrats”

Also to add that there is one more thing common between Apple fan boys and Aamir Khan fan boys…they will just buy any thing their leader has to offer…even Poop

So in short… to my sister…may the iphone 4g bring a little superficial and pseudo happiness in your life.

This is what happens when you deceive your own blood.

The deepest circle of hell is reserved for betrayers and mutineers


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Lost… Damn I am really lost

After watching lost for 7 year (yes it has been that long)  I feel like a dumb ass.

I still don’t get it.

Please let me know if you guys have figured it out

I have a few question..namely the ones asked by this guy

Answer these questions !

The show started out very concrete, real and physical and slowly absolved into symbolism with last night being such pure symbolism that you cannot say for sure when they died or what the afterlife was or what the church represented or where they went at the end when the doors were opened. It reminded me of a few anime series I watched in this respect where the shows digress into absolving themselves of anything earthly or logical in some sort of ethereal climax of visual and auditory sequence or cues. Problem was that none of Lost’s resolutions sat well with me.
My issue with Lost is that the entire series was sold with the premise of ‘theres a mystery, watch to find out what it is’. Its built up and built up, so many things are hyped and then discarded, and when we get to the final episode … nothing.

Well the J.J. Abrams the producer, writer and director seems to have had a simple formula

Formula:
1. Create an excellent concept.
2. Create interesting and varied characters. Usually horridly and obviously flawed.
3. Create an ever growing mystery for the audience; to wit you’re sure the character flaws can feed.
4. Continue to build a mystery such that nothing makes logical sense, characters don’t feed or develop in any meaningful way. Characters follow no logic and betray their character at every turn. Hopefully the audience will believe this has to do with the ever building mystery rather than a failing of the Abrams. Realistically, it has more to do with the fact there was never a real plan, story arc, or long term development by Abrams.
5. End the story in a completely illogical manner such that it punishes the audience for trusting Abrams beyond the beginning of step four; whereby it becomes very obviously not only is Abrams unable to deliver any substance, its plainly beyond his ability to do so.
6. People walk around scratching head wondering what the fuck just happened while trying to explore their own meaning in a story which never had any meaning from the beginning. All personal meaning is strictly coincidental as Abrams never delivered anything.

Like nuclear war, the only way to win is to not play – anything in which Abrams participates.

The numbers? Just numbers. Walt? He’s busy trying to live while being officially dead. The rules? Oh, that was just a Jacob thing, he’s gone now. The Frozen Donkey Wheel? That’s just the magical escape hatch, no big deal. The statue? Just a statue that got hit by a ship a while back. The smoke monster?

There were many many story holes, far too many for me to list here. But one that really needed some sort of explanation was the Darma food drop that happened shortly after the crash and saved Hurley from a much needed diet. Why was there a Darma food drop if all of Darma had been killed years earlier? Who did it, and what else are they doing? How did they even make a food drop on the Island, the mysterious nature of the Island should have made it unreachable by air, Darma had to use a sub to get there other times. But the message to viewers who were trying to actually figure out the story and make some sense of it was “screw you, the writers don’t care about such things, we just want to have melodramatic deaths and church scenes with the major cast (but curiously none of the extras who also died).

I should have stopped watching the show when they killed  the  charecter I started to watch for. Anna lucia Cortez (michelle rodrigz)

The reason I started watching Lost

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The Big Crunch and Hinduism

This is more of an interesting observation that I have made about Hinduism and one of the theories of end of universe

Let’s start with defining the Big Crunch.

Before we can do that we must explain big bang theory

According to the Big Bang model, the Universe expanded from an extremely dense and hot state and continues to expand today. A common analogy explains that space itself is expanding, carrying galaxies with it, like raisins in a rising loaf of bread. The graphic scheme above is an artist’s concept illustrating the expansion of a portion of a flat Universe.

Now I think this was simple enough to explain . All the matter was in universe was concentrated in a very small shell. It got unstable and a big bang.

As of now the big bang theory is the most accepted to all theories. It is  reinforced by the doppler’s effect as observed by hubble telescope

Now the Big crunch

The big crunch is again a theory, which is still a not so widely accepted theory, now it says that if the universe is finite and the galaxy’s, which are moving away from each other after the Big Bang , do not reach an escape velocity then they will all start attracting each other at one point in time and start collapsing into each other.

This starts of a chain reaction and eventually every thing collapses into each other and everything comes down to one big shell.

If the universe is finite in extent and the cosmological principle (not to be confused with the cosmological constant) does not apply, and the expansion speed does not exceed the escape velocity, then the mutual gravitational attraction of all its matter will eventually cause it to contract. Because entropy continues to increase in the contracting phase, the contraction would appear very different from the time reversal of the expansion. While the early universe was highly uniform, a contracting universe would become increasingly clumped. Eventually all matter would collapse into black holes, which would then coalesce producing a unified black hole or Big Crunch singularity.

Now this theory at the moment is not very popular

Recent experimental evidence (namely the observation of distant supernova as standard candles, and the well-resolved mapping of the cosmic microwave background) have led to speculation that the expansion of the universe is not being slowed down by gravity but rather accelerating. However, since the nature of the dark energy that drives the acceleration is unknown, it is still possible that it might eventually reverse sign and cause a collapse.[3]

Coming to Hinduism and its origin

The Nasadiya Sukta of the Rig Veda describes the origin of the universe. The Rig Veda’s view of the cosmos also sees one true divine principle self-projecting as the divine word, Vaak, ‘birthing’ the cosmos that we know, from the monistic Hiranyagarbha or Golden Egg [7].

Now the golden egg has a importance here.

In the above Gif picture you can see that the universe collides into one big shell like thing. Could this be possibly to what the Rig veda was referring to?

More from Rig veda.

Once the Universe has been destroyed by Shiva, Brahma starts the creation once again. This creation-destruction cycle repeats itself almost endlessly

Both the Rig Veda and Brahmanda Purana describe a universe that is cyclical or oscillating and infinite in time. The universe is described as a cosmic egg that cycles between expansion and total collapse. It expanded from a concentrated form — a point called a Bindu. The universe, as a living entity, is bound to the perpetual cycle of birth, death, and rebirth.

The later Puranic view asserts that the Universe is created, destroyed, and re-created in an eternally repetitive series of cycles. In Hindu cosmology, a universe endures for about 4,320,000 years—one day/Kalpa of Brahma, the creator) and is then destroyed by fire or water elements. At this point, Brahma rests for one night, just as long as the day. This process, named Pralaya (Cataclysm), repeats for 100 Brahma years (311 trillion, 40 billion human years) that represents Brahma’s lifespan.

Further more in the veda it is said that

Indra and the Ants

In this story from the Brahmavaivarta Purana,[14][15] Indra defeats V?trá and releases the waters. Elevated to the rank of King of the gods, Indra orders the heavenly craftsman, Vishvakarma, to build him a grand palace. Full of pride, Indra continues to demand more and more improvements for the palace. At last, exhausted, Vishvakarma asks Brahma the Creator for help. Brahma in turn appeals to Vishnu, the Supreme Being.

Vishnu visits Indra’s palace in the form of a brahmin boy; Indra welcomes him in. Vishnu praises Indra’s palace, casually adding that no former Indra had succeeded in building such a palace. At first, Indra is amused by the brahmin boy’s claim to know of former Indras. But the amusement turns to horror as the boy tells about Indra’s ancestors, about the great cycles of creation and destruction, and even about the infinite number of worlds scattered through the void, each with its own Indra. The boy claims to have seen them all. During the boy’s speech, a procession of ants had entered the hall. The boy saw the ants and laughed. Finally humbled, Indra asks the boy why he laughed. The boy reveals that the ants are all former Indras.

Another visitor enters the hall. He is Shiva, in the form of a hermit. On his chest lies a circular cluster of hairs, intact at the circumference but with a gap in the middle. Shiva reveals that each of these chest hairs corresponds to the life of one Indra. Each time a hair falls, one Indra dies and another replaces him.

No longer interested in wealth and honor, Indra rewards Vishvakarma and releases him from any further work on the palace.

Well it all does make some sense, doesn’t it now.

Every time the universe is destroyed by the big crunch or the golden egg  what ever you might choose to call it, it is reborn again with the big bang and the circle of life continues, A new Indra is born and a new human life.

It all seems a bit far fetched and unrealistic, but hey it might just happen.

The universe might not be all that infinite. I mean we as humans have a no idea. It can be like a ripple in a tub of water. Once it reaches the end of the universe, it will come colliding and collapsing into a golden egg.

Well it is a bit hard to believe that the universe has a limit, but then. you never know that the Dark matter which is accelerating the universe right now, might get to the end of the universe .

Anyway I am no astro physicist , Please leave your comments and brick bats here.

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3 idiots .. Really?

Am I the only person who did not like 3 idiots?

It was a stupid movie.

The movie was supposedly based on the book “5 point some one” and Chetan Bhagat had a spat over it with the producer over the book

I mean yes the movie is a copy of the book with a few hindi movie touches here and there ….but if i were Chetan Bhagat I would have disassociated my self from the book because the book is a insult to my intellectuality (even though I think I am saturated with foolishness but hey nothing is 100%)

Where do I start my ranting…?

Ya the first day of your college ranting you electrocute  your senior ….believe me no matter how big a hotshot your dad is, you are dead the next day.

In our engineering college if we had a junior who spoke to us in a slightly high tone we made sure to set an example of his actions to others.

but no…our Amir khan (Rancho) electrocutes his senior with no consequences. huh!

Ya, Amir khan is a “know it all” guy who can read faces, give parents a parenting class, ride around in Delhi with out a helmet, triple with three people on the bike, Knows more than the University Dean him self.

I mean really, The main emphasis of this university dean was to ” Learn by Rote”,  How the hell did he become the dean of a university if all he did was learn by rote?  You just do not become a professor by teaching, there is a big and a steep curve to become a professor, you need to write journals and articles which need to be published in magazines and reviewed, You need to guide 10 to 20 students to a PHD. And please, Boman Irani , no matter how good a actor he was was looking stupid in the portraying of the dean.

He can write with two hands at once…really?

Only sleeps for 4 hours in a day, and gets his shave in his sleep, powernap….!! Come on.

Vaccum cleaner modify , flooding in delhi…. O come on!!!

Half of the jokes were stale and have been heard over and over again

1. Why did the Americans not use a pencil in space?

Of course they could have used a pencil in space, that is what they did before they made the pen.

There exists a common urban legend claiming that the Americans spent millions of dollars developing the Space Pen, and the Russians used ordinary graphite pencil.[1] Russian cosmonauts in fact used grease pencils on plastic slates until also adopting the space pen in 1969 with a purchase of 100 units for use on all future missions. [2] NASA programs previously used pencils (for example a 1965 order of mechanical pencils[1]) but because of the danger that a broken-off pencil tip poses in zero gravity and the flammable nature of the wood present in pencils[1] a better solution was needed. NASA never approached Paul Fisher to develop a pen, nor did Fisher receive any government funding for the pen’s development. Fisher invented it independently, and then asked NASA to try it. After the introduction of the AG7 Space Pen, both the American and Soviet (later Russian) space agencies adopted it.

2.Working of a 4 stroke engine?

Bhrummm…bhurmmm bhurmmmm. Really? this is the first joke you crack when you enter an engineering college

3. Do you have any idea who I am ?

The movie copied this ad in the movie

The movie was not funny.

I will count out the bits where I laughed.

The scene with the dogs named a kilo bit , mega bit and giga bit,that was genuine joke . I cannot think of any more….

O wait…. I know… Hmmm the one where kareena says “Why Gujjus name their food so dangerous ?”

And I think that is it.

O please, chatur’s balatkar speach was pathetic… I was twitching in my seat. But apparently I was the only one in the hall twitching and crumbling

I really thought this was a insult to my intelligence.

My friend Sameer dev did have the opinion that this was the best movie ever….what does he know… he almost  got me killed an he is a economist and a Amir khan fan boy.

I will tell that Rang de Basanti was a nice movie which had a social message and was some what funny and genuine.

How the hell is the movie supposed to be in connection with Engineers.?

In what way and in what universe?

If you want a movie which relates to academic and engineering  then see  “A beautiful mind”

A little bit about the protagonist  of the movie John Nash

Or  “The big bang theory”

Try watching this

Schrodinger’s cat  from the series “The Big bang theory”

and read the wiki article on it here

Now this was both educational and funny, Wouldn’t you agree??

But No…. Amir khan was a exceptionally great dude who could make final year project in his first semester itself, break doors with one hand, has the knowledge of good will of a saint, give parenting lectures, Child mortality rate, suicide rates in India, can bring the dead back to life  etc.

We were all expecting the story of the book rather than a moral science lesson from Amir khan

Well none the less with all of Amir Khans trips and hypes all over the country he did manage to pull of the biggest hits of the century, and thanks of his image  no one dared to speak against the movie.


Amair Khan Promoting the movie

Now he is in banaras

Sachin Promoting the movie

But I am a man who appreciates talent ( Or so I have been brought up to think) I will give amir credit where it is due..

this was one of the best marketed films. A medocare film made hit with a excellent marketing.

Great going Amir!

But the movie was not as good as hyped by the media.

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Apple Ipad, Chinese Iped

Given my legendry hatered for Apple products  and chinese fake copies… I really want this.

The chinese version of Ipad. The Iped

This one is actually good as it has a Android 2.0 OS blue tooth and is carrier independent and wifi enabled. So instead of spending a bungle of money on a Ipad which you know will be soon outdates as steve will come out with a Ipad 3GS you get yourself a Chinese iped

Apple Ipad Chinese Iped
Operating system Apple iPhone OS 3.2 (build 7B367)

CPU 1 GHz Apple A4

 

Power VR SGX 535 GPU

 

Storage capacity Flash memory

16GB, 32GB, or 64GB models only

 

Memory 256 MB DRAM built into Apple A4 package

 

Display 1024 × 768 px (aspect ratio 4:3), 9.7 in (25 cm) diagonal, appr. 45 in2 (290 cm2), 132 PPI, XGA, LED-backlit IPS LCD

 

Input Multi-touch touch screen, headset controls, proximity and ambient light sensors, 3-axis accelerometer, magnetometer

 

Camera None

 

Connectivity Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n), Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, USB 2.0/Dock connector

Wi-Fi + 3G model also includes: A-GPS, micro-SIM slot, Quad-band GSM 850 900 1800 1900 MHz GPRS/EDGE, Tri-band UMTS 850 1900 2100 MHz HSDPA

 

Online services iTunes Store, App Store, MobileMe, iBookstore

Dimensions 242.8 mm (9.56 in) (h)

189.7 mm (7.47 in) (w)

13.4 mm (0.53 in) (d)

Weight Wi-Fi model: 680 g (1.5 lb)

Wi-Fi + 3G model: 730 g (1.6 lb)[9]

 Features:

CPU: VIA 800MHz

Software: Google Android 1.6

Screen: 8 inch LCD, touch display with IPS technology, 800*480px

Ebook: Built in iReader software, support TXT, UMD, CHM, HTML, PDB etc.

Memory?87.95M, support TF card up to 32GB extended

Multimedia codes: Support MP3, MP4, AVI, Word, Excel, Mail, Ebook, video online

Netbook support: Ethernet 10/100M, WiFi: 802.11B/G 

High-fidelity stereo speaker output

3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

Microphone, Dock connector port

USB slot

WiFi, Alarm, Calendar, Contacts, Documents to go, Email, iReader, Maps, Browser, Voice recorder, Gravity Sensor

Size: 221*180*15mm

Net Weight: 593g

Color: White, silver

Battery: 2100MAh

Package including:

1* Charger
1* USB data cable
1* 2GB Micro SD Card

 

Well sure the chinese version is a little bit behind in the specs, but its a hell lot cheaper than the Apple version and if you upgrade your android version to 2.1 it will give you a processing at par with the Apple ipad.

Where can you buy your self an Iped???

The same place you can buy a Space suit.

Ebay

Iped sale here

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