Archive for May, 2008

Indian Information Technology Act 2000

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

It states that:
67. Publishing of information which is obscene in electronic form. - Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious or appeal to the prurient interest or if its effect is such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having [...]

Reliance Digital FAIL

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

For starters the salesperson forgot to tell me that they had an exchange scheme going on which could have saved me a couple of thousand rupees on my purchase.
Then their installation guys have already taken three days but the television is yet to be installed at my place.
The end result? I am poorer by [...]

Microsoft would solve your BSNL Broadband Problems!

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

Saw this advertising on the India Broadband Forum. Apparently using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 would solve your BSNL Broadband problems!

Delhi Aaj Tak!

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

I believe that I was on Delhi Aaj Tak for a couple of seconds talking about the new Emraan Hashmi movie Jannat. The reporter caught me outside the hall after I watched it first day first show. And I admitted on camera that I am an Emraan Hashmi fan. Do I need to kill myself [...]

Ubuntu 8.04 hates NVidia?

Saturday, May 17th, 2008

For some reason, I end up getting NVidia hardware and I end up trying Ubuntu on it.
The latest edition of Ubuntu seems to have this irritating problem with NVidia powered displays causing terrible resolutions.
As a result, I was stuck on 800×600 on a 19” TFT.
I followed steps mentioned on the forum and [...]