The problem that lost me money :-(

There was this SRM 350, in which I had one of those rare chances to win some money. I submitted all three problems really fast thought like a fool I made an obvious mistake in the 250 point problem and had to resubmit it.
The goddamn 500, which was perhaps more difficult than the 1000 pointer, [...]

Downloading from YouTube

Now, this is for those of you who watch videos on YouTube or on Google video and don’t know how to download it. Google video format is not very mysterious, its just flv. Here is how you can download these videos for personal offline usage: use the site www.videodl.org!

I had to google “jfgi” to see what it meant. The irony is just amazing!

Now, thats a beautiful status message if there ever was one! Well if you can’t stand the irony, I’ll tell you something that might take it to newer heights! Its “just fucking google it!”
One of my favourite sites in bash.org. Here’s something more from there.
<ZaXorZ> if you get glitter on you, be prepared to [...]

Update about downloading Ubuntu repositories for local use

This is an update about this post.
The command given over there will download the main, universe, multiverse and restricted sections of the Ubuntu software galaxy. To download the non-free medibuntu repository (about 130 MB) which may contain illegal packages based on where you live, you should use the following command:
debmirror /home/glugt/ubuntu-feisty –host=medibuntu.sos-sts.com/ –root=repo/ –nosource -m [...]

Come and get it Microsoft!

At last, Microsoft is going to start using the patents it has amassed over the years. Thank God, we’ve got Stallman on our side! Check out this report from CNN.

Exams are over at last!

Yes, this the end of semester 6! Actually my last exam was yesterday (9th). I’m back home today and am enjoying broadband at home!
Being obsessed with  Topcoder SRMs, I tried to participate in today’s early morning contest. It was at 6.30 AM and I had just got home, lugging two pieces of baggage (weighing a [...]

Ambedkar’s Prose

An example of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s majestic, poetic prose:
Conversion of Sunita, the Seeper.
1. There lived in Rajagraha a scavenger by name Sunita. He earned his living as a road sweeper, sweeping away the rubbish thrown by thehouseholders on the roadside. His was a low and hereditary occupation.
2. One day in the early hours of the dawn [...]