Space Matters

Be it a wallet, cupboard or house - Space Matters as time pass by. And it mattered me in case of my Hard Disk. 20GB HD (Hard Disk) which was once much more than what one need is today no more than a backup device. I wondered how i managed loads of data in that little HD all these days. And finally it got bottle necked, which made me buy a newer and bigger one. Thought of buying 80GB with a fear that my low-end system will become slow in accessing 80GB space. But as the price difference was little i opted for 120GB and finally i got 160GB at the cost of 120GB ;). I can't figure out where this hardware industry is going. I came home with 160GB of free space in my mind. But got downgraded to 128GB when i connected it to my PC. I was able to see only 128GB of total 160GB. Though the math is different, that is, manufacturers calculate 1GB as 1000 x 1000 x 1000 and whereas OS calculates 1GB as 1024 x 1024 x 1024, it should have shown ~149GB. Coz,

As per OS:
160GB = 1024 * 1024 * 1024 * 160 = 171798691840

As per Manufacturer:
160GB = 1000 * 1000 * 1000 * 160 = 160000000000

And Difference is:
171798691840 - 160000000000 = 11798691840

And 11798691840 bits = 10.98GB

So, it should show 160GB - 10.98GB = 149GB (approx).

I screamed at my fate for the loss of 21GB (149 - 128). Thought of returning it to the seller but was worried about the delay it might take in replacing the disk. Mean while, for cross verification i googled the problem and found interesting news about this problem. 128GB is the famous problem. This can be because of 2 things.
i) our BIOS doesn't support 48bit LBA (logical block addressing), because of which it shows only 128GB of any HD > 128GB.
ii) because of older OSes which does not deal with larger HDs.

There are 3 solutions for this.
a) Upgrade your BIOS with latest updates (This can cost your mother board).
b) Install WinXP SP2 or higher version.
c) Install Maxtor's Enable big disk software. But in this case you may loose data if you uninstall this software at a later point of time.

And for me solution 'b' worked out and am able to use total 149GB.

Thank God, we have Google.

Sivaji - The Boss

The most awaited activity has got accomplished. Ahhh!!! A sigh of relief. Eagerly waited for the most hyped sensational movie Sivaji to hit the screens. But disappointed to hear that the tickets were booked weeks prior to its release. A plan to buy black tickets got morphed to booking advance tickets for the next day show in a D-class theater. Though missed the first 15mins, it haven't added much to my woe. Coz the movie is 3:15 meters ;) lengthy. Vaaji Vaaji is the ultimate song in the movie. A typical Rahman composition + Shankar direction + thota tarani set + unit effort = vaaji vaaji song. On the positive side stood sivaji(rajni), shriya, vivek, shanker, thota tarani & rahman. And on the negative side stood shanker, rahman, peter hein. Shanker, bcoz of lengthy plot and week climax. Rahman, for not so appealing background score and 2 remix like songs. Peter hein for lengthy fight plots. Overall the movie is "good" and won't disappoint you. Lets see whether it beats Chandramukhi records or not.

I found my Praveen...

14th June, 2007. 9:30pm to 11:00pm. These are the most memorable hours in the recent times of my life. Coz, after nearly 7 years i met my close friend. At the end of another boring day at office, i went to mess for dinner. I have been visiting this mess since last 6 months. As usual, i have taken the token and sat in a chair. I was really shocked to see the person sitting in front of me. I was unable to belive my eyes. Oh my God, and with out any second thought or cross verification i called out aloud PRAVEEN!!!!!!!

Praveen is my best friend in intermediate (+2). I, Praveen & Shashi were back benchers of Alphores "C" (Clevers') section during both 1st yr and 2nd yr. We used to have lot of fun. There were no girls in our life during those days. We never used to care about them, Coz we got lot of things to do other than running behind girls. We ourselves had lot of fun. Fun in education. We even used to get on the most critical & heavily loaded days with ease. While others were muggers and bookworms, we enjoyed both sides of life. Fun & Education.

I can still remember those days. Short samosa breaks, bicycle rides, slaps from Narender Reddy (Alphores Head) for not performing well, and jokes on Rakesh. Those were the days where my efficiency was touching extremes. We all worked very hard and equally had the college fun.

After end exams, praveen joined in B.tech some where and there were no news of his where abouts'. I tried through different friends to contact him but my every effort was in vain. In my movie of +2, every frame was filled with shashi, praveen and rakesh. But all these days i was badly missing him. I thank God very much for uniting us after a long time.

All these days, he was living in an apartment next to the Mess and is a regular customer of this mess. But i used to go there around 9pm and his timings were after 10pm. We were much nearer to each other and not met till this day. That is Life....

World is round. So we can meet one day or the other.
When we meet, i will ask "How are you?"
But please, don't ask me "Who are you?"

Me & Buddha

Banner: Dreamz Unlimited.
Producers: Not Sharukh & Juhi ;) | They are Suresh & Anitha :)

Coz, they made one of my dreams come true. Thanks a lot pals.

Into the matter...

On the occassion of B'days of Suresh & Anitha, instead of a boring lunch/dinner, we planned an outing. A Movie & Dinner. Thus, on a sunny saturday, we trekked the river side of hyderabad. Had a look at a flick (Munna) in Prasadz. But it was only 6pm when the movie ended. As no one was ready to have dinner at early evening, we planned to move to Eat Street. I donno who raised the idea, but some one prompted to have boat ride. And we all planned to have boat riding on green waters (Hussain Sagar). Thanks to the initiator :). I thought it was just an half-an-hour boring ride. But to our excitement it dropped us at the Statue of Buddha. I have been in touch with the city since last 10yrs, but never been to this wonderful place. The view of ~72ft budda statue from bottom is awesome. We had a great photo session infront of the statue. I too had a snap with Buddha which reminded one of my old memories. I used to advice and assist one of my friend in few matters. Frustrated she started calling me buddha (he is a great advisor). And also promised to place a statue of me in moosi river (in contrast to lord buddha in hussian sagar). Hehehe, see now, i found a place adjacent to buddha ;).

Later we went to FishLand for dinner and had a good diet.

Dispersed to destinations and that was the End.

Overall Rating: ****

Life on MMTS

I was so excited when i came to know that we were boarding MMTS train. Coz, this was the first time :). We (me & my colleagues) planned to attend Amal's marriage party. As the venue was in out-skirts of the city, we planned to reach there by MMTS train insted of driving ourselves in heavy evening traffic. And you say HEAVY TRAFFIC??? Yes, exactly, it's hyderabad dude. I took 30mins for us to reach MMTS station which was just 2kms from our office and it took just 20mins to reach the venue which was 19kms from the station. Was very much fascinated by its (MMTS train's) speed, interiors, passengers and ambience. Far away from huge buildings and heavy traffic it pierced the space like a jet. The most exciting part was return journey. We returned around 10pm and there were no other passengers in the cabins. We played, on boarded, took snaps, video clips and enjoyed a lot...

My advice, if you visit hyderabad, then have a ride on MMTS. For sure, You can't enjoy it in sub-urbs like mumbai & calcutta.