RTFM stands for “Read The Fucking Manual”. This is the story for you…

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One day a Novice came to the Master.
“Master,” he said, “How is it that I may become a Writer of Programs?”.
The Master looked solemnly at the Novice.
“Have you in your possession a Compiler of Source Code?” the Master asked.
“No,” replied the Novice. The Master sent the Novice on a quest to the Store of Software.

Dear All, A very Happy New Year 2008 to all of you out there.

A new year good news is that my new website named funcomputing is up and running. It has loads of features such as regular updates, downloads, forums, etc. If one is interested, one can also become a member of the mailing lists to receive regular email updates from me and other people who would like to share their knowledge and experiences.

As mentioned on my other blog site, I was on vacation (parental leave) and had nothing much to do with some exceptional free time on my hand. I was just going through the normal computing stuff. I remembered some of the things that I used to do during my study days and I thought I should just try it again and see if my brain has rusted or if I can still code … Well, I certainly have my concerns after working as a product manager now for almost a year and a half. But thank god, I can still code. And well, I downloaded a keygenme and downloaded the tools I needed and sat to work and create some fun and excitement. I had nothing more to write so thought why not write something about this keygenme and teach many of my readers basics of assembly, reverse engineering, tools, etc. But I must admit that all the sites that I used to browse during my college days are long pulled down now (barring a couple of them) so you guys will have to search really hard to get the tools required. But once you get a link to one site, you will get links to all other sites and tools.

Long time no see!!! Well, my last blog entry was somewhere around 15th August, 2007. Yes, and a lot of changes happened in my personal as well as professional life during the time period. To start with, I quit my old job with the Indian company in Hyderabad, and have joined a Swedish Telecom company in Sweden. Reasons were many apart from being able to provide more output as well as do some more meaningful and challenging job. I will elaborate on my reasons to leave the company in some of my future posts.

One day, a poor boy named Howard Kelly was selling goods from door to door to pay his way through school, found he had only one thin dime left, and he was hungry. He decided he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his nerve when a lovely young woman opened the door.

Instead of a meal he asked for a drink of water! She thought he looked hungry so brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it so slowly, and then asked, How much do I owe you?" You don’t owe me anything," she replied. “Mother has taught us never to accept pay for a kindness.” He said … “Then I thank you from my heart.”

Vande Mataram
The National Song of India

“Vande maataraM Vande maataraM
sujalaaM suphalaaM malayaja shiitalaaM
SasyashyaamalaaM maataram

Vande maataraM Vande maataraM

Shubhrajyotsnaa pulakitayaaminiiM
pullakusumita drumadala shobhiniiM
suhaasiniiM sumadhura bhaashhiNiiM
sukhadaaM varadaaM maataraM

Vande maataraM Vande maataraM

Koti koti kantha kalakalaninaada karaalekoti koti bhujai.
rdhR^itakharakaravaaleabalaa keno maa eto
balebahubaladhaariNiiM namaami taariNiiMripudalavaariNiiM maataraM

Vande maataraM Vande maataraM

Tumi vidyaa tumi dharmatumi
hR^idi tumi marmatvaM hi praaNaaH shariireBaahute
tumi maa shaktihR^idaye tumi maa bhaktitomaara i pratimaa gaDimandire mandire

A nice resignation letter poem in Hindi. Details out a lot on why people leave IT companies in India ;). My Hindi speaking friends ENJOY!!!

Hi All,

Here are some funny quotes that you can use in your profile or make your girlfriend laugh or whatever.

• Every fight is a food fight when you’re a cannibal.– Demetri Martin
• I think the worst time to have a heart attack is during a game of charades…or a game of fake heart attack.– Demetri Martin
• Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.– Bill Cosby
  If it’s sent by ship then it’s a cargo, if it’s sent by road then it’s a shipment.– Dave Allen
• The scientific theory I like the best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline baggage.– Max Born
• There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don’t know what it’s a plan for.– Fred Hoyle
• Sometimes I think we’re alone in the universe. Sometimes I think we’re not. In both cases the thought is equally shocking.– Arthur C. Clarke
• There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.— Douglas Adams
• In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move.— Douglas Adams
• With every passing hour our solar system comes forty-three thousand miles closer to globular cluster 13 in the constellation Hercules, and still there are some misfits who continue to insist that there is no such thing as progress.— Ransom K. Ferm
• My theology, briefly, is that the universe was dictated but not signed.— Christopher Morley
• I’m worried that the universe will soon need replacing. It’s not holding a charge.— Edward Chilton
• The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.— Calvin and Hobbes (Bill Watterson)
• One scientist to another: “I’m beginning to agree with the theory that space is curved — either that or my car is pulling to the left."— Hoest and Reiner
• Scientists have shown that the moon is moving away at a tiny yet measurable distance from the earth every year. If you do the math, you can calculate that 85 million years ago the moon was orbiting the earth at a distance of about 35 feet from the earth’s surface. This would explain the death of the dinosaurs. The tallest ones, anyway.
• Scientists have discovered that time is not real, that we only live in the current moment. But then according to that, they haven’t done the research, and don’t really have anything to back them up, do they?
• Black holes are where God divided by zero.— Steven Wright
• If aliens are smart enough to travel through space, why do they keep abducting the dumbest people on earth?
• Time is an illusion… lunchtime, doubly so.— Douglas Adams, “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe”
• What happens if a big asteroid hits the Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.— Dave Barry
• Maybe this world is another planet’s Hell.— Aldous Huxley
• Living on Earth is expensive, but it does include a trip around the sun.— Clay Center Wisdom
• A dreamcatcher works, if your dream is to be gay.– Demetri Martin
• Over the past 50 years Bob Hope employed 88 joke writers who supplied him with more than one million gags, and he still couldn’t make me laugh.– Eddie Murphy
• He who laughs last has not yet heard the bad news.– Bertolt Brecht
• We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.– Napoleon Bonaparte
• You can’t deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.– Stephen King
• Laughter is higher than all pain.– Elbert Hubbard

Okay, I didn’t search the net and collect it for you guys. It was done by some other noble man or some other noble blog. I just made a copy :)