சாப்ட்வேர் மக்களுக்கு ரஜினியின் ‘பஞ்ச’
—–
பக்(Bug) எப்ப வரும், எப்படி வரும்ன்னு யாருக்கும் தெரியாது
ஆனா, வர வேண்டிய நேரத்துல கரெக்டா வந்துடும்
—–
நீ விரும்புற ப்ராஜக்ட்ல ஓர்க் பண்ணுறத விட
உன்னை விரும்பற ப்ராஜக்டல ஒர்க் பண்ணினா
உன் வாழ்க்கை சந்தோஷமா இருக்கும்.
—–
கஷ்டப்படாம பிக்ஸ் பண்ணுற பக் க்ளோஸ் ஆகாது
அப்படி க்ளோஸ் ஆனாலும் ரீ-ஓபன் ஆகாம போகாது.
—–
ப்ரோமோஷன், ஹைக், ஆன்சைட்
இது பின்னாடி நாம போக கூடாது
இதெல்லாம்தான் நம்ம பின்னாடி வரணும்
—–
கை அளவு லாஜிக் எழுதினா, அது நம்ம காப்பாத்தும்
அதுவே கழுத்தளவு எழுதினா, அதை நாம காப்பாத்தணும்.
—–
மேனேஜர், ஃப்ரஷ்ஷரை ரொம்ப சோதிப்பான்
ஆனா கைவிட மாட்டான்.
எக்ஸ்பிரியன்ஷுக்கு நிறைய கொடுப்பான்
ஆனா கை விட்டுடுவான்.
—–
அசந்தா அடிக்குறது கவர்மெண்ட் பாலிஸி
அசராம அடிக்குறது சத்யம் பாலிஸி
—–
டெவலப்பர் டீம் போடுறது, லாஜிக் கணக்கு
டெஸ்ட்டர் டீம் போடுறது, டிஃபக்ட் கணக்கு
மார்க்கட்டிங் டீம் போடுறது, ப்ராஜக்ட் கணக்கு
மேனேஜ்மெண்ட் டீம் போடுறது, ரெவன்யூ கணக்கு
ஹெ.ஆர். டீம் போடுறது, தலை கணக்கு
சிஸ்.அட்மின் டீம் போடுறது, வலை கணக்கு
சேல்ஸ் டீம் போடுறது, விற்பனை கணக்கு
ரிசர்ச் டீம் போடுறது, கற்பனை கணக்கு
கூட்டி கழிச்சி பாரு! கணக்கு சரியா வரும்!
—–
லாஸ்ட் பட் நாட் த லீஸ்ட்

அதிகமா பெஞ்ச்ல இருக்குற எம்ப்ளாயும்
அதிகமா லே-ஆஃப் பண்ணுற முதலாளியும்
நல்லா வாழ்ந்ததா சரித்திரமே இல்லை.
—–
இது எப்படி இருக்கு?

Jan 1 – As usual, woke up and did nothing during the day . This was during my vacation back home after a grueling semester at Carnegie Mellon.

Jan 4 – Met some old buddies back from college days and reminisced of our good old days.

Jan 11 – Unfortunately, my 3 weeks of vacation had ended and I had to fly back to Pittsburgh to start the spring semester.

Jan 14 – Begin the grueling spring semester, and promptly get yelled at by the client. That was one of my biggest lessons, do your research and do it damn well. The next few weeks were spent revisiting our documents and research.

Jan 25 – Began a new project involving software cryptography for sensor networks. Had a really good time on this project.

Feb 14 – Interviewed with Green Hills Software. The phone interview, in their words, “went very well” and they scheduled me for a flight out to meet them at their Santa Barbara campus.

March 6-9 – Had a good time in Santa Barbara, if not successful at clearing the interview. Left for a short vacation in the Bay Area.

March 13 – Interviewed with Redback Networks in San Jose. This interview was set up in just 1 day, as I was flying back to Pittsburgh the next day.

Apr 23-25 – Set up our exhibit at the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh. It was a very simple game but attracted plenty of attention.

May 6 – Big bunch of presentations for the CenSCIR symposium at Roberts Hall, CMU.

May 8 – Gave a big presentation for our project. All that we had done over the past two semesters was condensed into a half hour presentation. This is what I call the Reverse Kolangal Effect.

May 13 – Gave another presentation for another project, the one we did for the Children’s Museum. This was a much less formal one and a simple exit to end the semester, and the course.

May 18 – Graduated!!! And it was a really long and tiring day, but worth every second of blood and sweat.

May 20 – Flew back to San Jose to get ready to join work.

Jun 3-6 – Flew to Vegas, and visited the Grand Canyon.

Jun 6 – Left Vegas and flew to Los Angeles.

Jun 8 – Visited Universal Studios, LA

Jun 9 – Returned to San Jose.

Jun 20 – Moved to a new apartment near work.

Jun 30 – Began working at Redback Networks.

Aug 28 – Got my US driver’s license.

Sep 1 – Now that I had a US license, I rented a car for the Labor Day weekend. Went and visited my cousins in the area.

Nov 22-29 – Flew to Dallas for the Thanksgiving break. Met up with old friends.

Dec 21 – Bought my first car, a 1997 Mazda 626.

Dec 31 – Worked my butt off all day, and spent the evening on a space simulator

A little registry hacking is required to restore the default behaviour.

Steps:

1. Open the registry editor and navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell
2. There should be a sub-key called openas\command. If that doesn’t exist, create it.
3. The “default” entry in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell\openas\command should be a string type. It is the expandable string type in my Windows XP installation. The value should be
   

   %SystemRoot%\system32\rundll32.exe %SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,OpenAs_RunDLL %1

4. Navigate back to the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Unknown\shell
5. The “default” entry for this key should be “openas”

These steps should fix the issue and restore the default behaviour.

Read Sudhish’s review here.

My take? Nice story, but a bit overstretched. ‘Nuff said.

Ironically, Mozilla’s own page titled “It’s an attack” has been reported to be an attack site.

Mozilla - Reported Attack Site

Update: I stand corrected. Mozilla’s own page confirms it to be a test page for verifying that it’s Phishing and Malware protection is working correctly.

Verdict: A movie about friends who are on the way to see a cricket match, and get lost along the way. They wind up getting punched, kicked, beaten up and shot at. Good suspense, thrills, and cheesy comedy. Overall, a good movie, if a bit slow at times.

More, you say? Click on the link below. Be warned, spoilers follow.

FAQ
Q: Is Saroja a family movie?
A: I wouldn’t give it a G rating, but i don’t think it really deserves an R either. I’d probably rate this move as around a PG-13. But then again, I’m not a member of the censor board.

Q: How are the songs?
A: Quite good. Yuvan Shankar Raja has delivered yet again.

Q: Background music?
A: This is the really nice part of the movie. You have bits and pieces from other movies like the car scene music from Karagattakaaran, Athiredee from Sivaji: The Boss, etc. The music really serves to highlight some of the comedy in the movie.

Q: Is it a comedy flick?
A: I’d say it’s more of a suspense thriller with intermittent comedy. You have a character who acts like a complete idiot, in total ignorance of the situation. I feel the comedy could have been better; at least by improving the cheesy jokes.

Q: How believable is it?
A: Look at it this way; four friends, unarmed, go one-on-one against an armed gang of nearly twenty and come out victorious. A fair share of MacGyverisms, with the absence of the Swiss army knife and roll of duct tape.

Q: Anything else?
A: Yes! I wish I had a remote control to fast-forward the movie!!!

(via Balaji)