Reboot ...!!
What goes around comes around !! Some day or the other. ;) Reached work to find that half the cybrary was down for maintenance. The initial euphoria was soon replaced with dismay as I realised that this maintenance included the consultants pc as well.
I grappled with the computer for the next one hour as the pc was being upgraded remotely and being shutdown every five minutes or so. Writing this small piece also turned out to be an extremely tricky affair.
Well was reminded of those undergrad days with munds.. booting entire wings off the net ;) *evil laugh*. Ahhh those were the days when kgp was still open to such tinkerings and it allowed us to learn a lot about such systems and no one was vindictive. Now after the mms clip incident and some other smaller incidents kgp is now a paranoid little place with countless rules and regulations. All I have to say is to quote Leonard Cohen
"There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in."
I am pretty sure the kids will always find a way through. :p Perhaps the higher level of security will mean that they will have to understand the system better instead of using predefined scripts which seems to be the norm ever since windoze systems became easily available on the campus.
I still remember booting some of our friends so many times that they believed it was the power surge responsible. Gary was also at the receiving end I believe at times when movies were going on mainly due to Dhimonda. I think rite was the one who caught on first, having been party to such pranks right from the dumb terminal and grex days of first year. ;) The aggrieved party did get back at us.. but thats a different story altogether. :)
Ahhhh... as it turns out.. its not very funny at all seeing the comp go for a reboot right before your eyes. :p I guess time teaches all of us. ;) Phew.. i finally managed to finish this post which isnt too bad considering the number of reboots in between... au revoir.
I grappled with the computer for the next one hour as the pc was being upgraded remotely and being shutdown every five minutes or so. Writing this small piece also turned out to be an extremely tricky affair.
Well was reminded of those undergrad days with munds.. booting entire wings off the net ;) *evil laugh*. Ahhh those were the days when kgp was still open to such tinkerings and it allowed us to learn a lot about such systems and no one was vindictive. Now after the mms clip incident and some other smaller incidents kgp is now a paranoid little place with countless rules and regulations. All I have to say is to quote Leonard Cohen
"There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in."
I am pretty sure the kids will always find a way through. :p Perhaps the higher level of security will mean that they will have to understand the system better instead of using predefined scripts which seems to be the norm ever since windoze systems became easily available on the campus.
I still remember booting some of our friends so many times that they believed it was the power surge responsible. Gary was also at the receiving end I believe at times when movies were going on mainly due to Dhimonda. I think rite was the one who caught on first, having been party to such pranks right from the dumb terminal and grex days of first year. ;) The aggrieved party did get back at us.. but thats a different story altogether. :)
Ahhhh... as it turns out.. its not very funny at all seeing the comp go for a reboot right before your eyes. :p I guess time teaches all of us. ;) Phew.. i finally managed to finish this post which isnt too bad considering the number of reboots in between... au revoir.
5 Comments:
dude...think of it as the calm before the storm...once the semester starts ur gonna be upto ur neck is coursework et al...there is a certain perverse pleasure i get frm reading ur take on how the rebooting has taken away frm ur fav passtime...the HINTERNET.
Sank
You had to remind me of the approaching coursework didnt u ;) Hmm.... as for now i shall savour the relative calm... knowing only too well wats to follow :p
Hehehe.. man those were the days! I still remember the look of helplessness on Gary's face when his comp used to get rebooted in the middle of a movie! And later when he realized that someone's playing pranks with him..... his look turned into that of exasperation : I will be revenged!! :D :D :D
Reboots....grrr.....dont even remind me.....horrid times me faced ven i had to reboot cos of animals...and then goin 2 safe mode and comin back 2 normal mode and manage a smile..phew..lotsssssss of worrrrrrk me had 2 do...:p!! As 4 u reboots and u ....abs no comments...:D!!
hehehe rite.. i dont think gary realised till the very end that dhiman was the supervisor behind the whole operation while I and munds just supplied the technical expertise ;) if u cud call it tat.. all we really did was find the exploit :p
well deeps... wat do i say.. as phal keeps saying perhaps i shudnt assume so many things :p
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