So NIT Warangal – supposedly among the elite in the country, yet filled with guys trying to outsmart others. And we saw a live example yesterday – when literally everything except the search sites and the e-mail sites were blocked.
• All the image files blocked (so if you use images.google.com to search for images, you get nothing)
• Orkut blocked
• Facebook login blocked (and even if you are already logged in, what can you do without images!?)
• Blogger blocked (it is still blocked)
• All the web proxies sites blocked
• All the software proxies blocked
• All the video formats (AVI,MP4,etc) blocked
• All the audio formats (MP3…) blocked
So all we could do was e-mail and chat – quite a life nay! But I guess it’s better not to have an internet connection than having one like this.
But turning the chessboard around and looking at the other side of all this, we had no access to sites required to do our Operating Systems assignment. So at least the CSians were in two minds – whether to curse the authorities or celebrate the occasion. I personally felt it was better that this scenario continued a few more days so that we’ll have an excuse for not doing assignments and then we can run off to our homes next week.
But alas! Our college seems to have got it’s senses back and the internet is back. As a result, we are doomed to do the assignments/projects.
Faced with the prospect of doing assignments and studying for mid-labs immediately after a week full of theory exams, I feel we are living a dog’s life – you can even call it worse than a dog’s life. All thanks to some really “peculiar” faculty in our college. Gimme a break!
In the words of Oscar Wilde, “Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.” I wonder if they are trying to force us to disobey and rebel in order to make some real progress ;-). Well, if they are, their wishes would be fulfilled soon enough. A few more weeks like this and everyone will be at wit’s end.
Anyways… As of now… Start experimenting…. “exploring”….researching…
Later we can quote Werner von Braun, "Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
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10 comments:
i think the similies in this blog r really towing the line....
i hate expressions like "a dogs life" , try to think up something nice.....
@Anonymous.. Introduce yourself buddy before ya make comments like "I hate expressions...".. I really love feedback (be it positive or negative), but not from behind a cloak of anonymity.
@Anonymous.. Btw, thanks for your views. I know I'm obsessed with similies and use 'em without much thought, but this blog is for writing what I feel, not for simulating the universally accepted notions of like and dislike...
consider this comprehension
ur extravagant fascination for too many quotation without hesitation has led us common population to a comprehension that u r suffering starvation of simple thought expression
@Anonymous.. I presume ya are saying that simple expression is the best way of expressing stuff. If it were to be so, there would have been no place for extravangance in this world. And anyways, ya don't think I'm writing an election manifesto that everyone has to understand, interpret its meaning and support me...
And ya still haven't told me who you are. :-P
i think poor 'Anonymous' needs to get himself/herself a job...maybe proofreading...I know people who're willing to pay for that sorta stuff - so Anonymous! - I'm the man you're looking for. :-)
@ Arun -
I wholly endorse Oscar Wilde's philosophy...except his homosexual traits - but that's raking up an altogether different subject!
Anyway - i guess your teachers have decided to give you guys hell...internet's back. :=(
@Anirudh.. Hopefully, no one is going to submit the assignment today. Trying to avoid the entry into hell - or at least postpone it ;)
Haha its funny readin these comments, i was crackin up in library. Yea man feel free to write wat u feel like. And blockin all those sites is Gay! We cant be left workin on assignments the whole day! Wat bout Freedom! Time for an andolan! lol
shanks
@Shanks.. College profs do get cranky at times. Anyways, it literally turned out to be a boycott. But 7 nutters ended up going to meet the teacher - tho even they didn't do the assignments.
Even now blogger is blocked (I wonder y), but obviously - those who have their mind set on something will find a way ;)
So I'll keep scribbling :D
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