Nirenjan’s Space

From /.: MySpace and GoDaddy shut down security site

From the article, apparently, a bunch of MySpace usernames and passwords were archived on Seclists.org. This information was already available on several sites and seclists.org simply mirrored the information. 1 page out of 250,000. So MySpace contacted GoDaddy directly and they suspended the domain.

WTF??? This stinks of dictatorship… I repeat what several others have already said, follow these 3 steps in order.

1. Contact the site owner and inform him/her of the offending content.
2. If that fails, then contact the hosting provider.
3. If that also fails, then, and only then, contact the registrar to suspend the domain.

So, taking this to the extreme, somebody posts a link to something interesting (I’ll let your imagination define ’something interesting’), which is a problem to somebody else. So this somebody else contacts GoDaddy and tells them to pull the plug on my website. Man, I’m glad I transferred away from GoDaddy (for a different purpose).

The new KBC is out, with Shah Rukh Khan hosting the show. The very first show of this season, telecast on Monday, the 22nd of January, had the audience in splits as SRK kept cracking jokes. One interesting feature is the way SRK keeps joking with the contestant, something which I never noticed when Amitabh Bachchan was the host. This show looks like it’s going to break all records…

It’s been quite a while since BSNL brought out their 2 Mbps broadband service, and it looks good… however, there is one major drawback that I’ve noticed and it’s not with the service, it’s with the modem that they have provided.

I have a Huawei modem (WA1003A, I think…) which has Wi-Fi capability (supposedly). My home network is primarily wired with my laptop on wireless. That’s where the problem arises - the wireless functionality of this modem is totally hopeless. The only saving grace is that the wired part functions without any trouble.

Thankfully, I have a NetGEAR wireless router which I bought about a year ago to use when the old modem was around (that didn’t have wireless). Reconfigure the router, wire it to the LAN, and Hey, presto! Wireless capability is upto maximum.

So, here goes, my latest gadget acquisition…

Nokia HS-26W Bluetooth Headset to be used in conjunction with my old toy - Nokia 6681.

Nothing great by way of features, but then again, a headset is a headset, not a toy. Anyway, the voice quality is pretty good, although it does get a bit cumbersome wearing the set for a long while - tends to press my ear a bit.

Thanks to Sandhya, my blog has finally been bitten by the tagging bug. So now, I’m ‘it’. I am supposed to list down 10 things that define my style…
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These guys are getting smarter, or so they want us to think. Till a few weeks back, they wanted your help to transfer some money out of the country because of some illegal activities by some company. Now, they want you to transfer the money so that it goes to charity because the holder is not likely to live that long.

Now, seriously, GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!

One, this guy from Tunisia, has been able to scrounge up $ 33 million in just 14 years. Two, his sick wife is likely to die within the next 6 months and so wants me (a trustworthy honest individual, as described in the mail) to distribute the money to charity, with 30% as my commission.

Why do I find this mail a little hard to believe?

It’s not everyday that you get to shake hands and chat with a former first president of a country. Yes, I shook hands and chatted with Kenneth Kaunda.

Yes, yes, I know. You want photos. Here you go…

That Four Letter Word (yeah, that’s the name of the movie!), written and directed by Sudhish Kamath, is a new style of film. The story, yeah, pretty much the same old one… boy meets girl, falls in love, fear of losing her if he proposes, blah blah blah… but the way TFLW takes you through the story is completely new. The movie is a refreshing change from the usual “professionally done” flicks.

Sudhish has finally realized his dream of making his own movie, and it has taken him seven years to come to this stage. This movie is all about chasing your dreams. Shot on a shoestring budget, the movie is moderately paced throughout, with a few comic scenes here and there, and no chance of you getting bored. This is a youth film, made by the young, for the young.

My verdict? Definitely a must see.