Archive for August, 2008
Unfortunate Truth
A forward I received recently which I felt like posting :
An Old Story:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant is a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.
Come winter, the Ant is warm and well fed. The Grasshopper has no food or
shelter so he dies out in the cold.
Indian Version:
The Ant works hard in the withering heat all summer building its house and
laying up supplies for the winter.
The Grasshopper thinks the Ant’s a fool and laughs & dances & plays the
summer away.
Come winter, the shivering Grasshopper calls a press conference and
demands to know why the Ant should be allowed to be warm and well fed
while others are cold and starving.
NDTV, BBC, CNN show up to provide pictures of the shivering Grasshopper
next to a video of the Ant in his comfortable home with a table filled
with food.
The World is stunned by the sharp contrast. How can this be that this poor
Grasshopper is allowed to suffer so?
Arundhati Roy stages a demonstration in front of the Ant’s house.
Medha Patkar goes on a fast along with other Grasshoppers demanding that
Grasshoppers be relocated to warmer climates during winter .
Mayawati states this as `injustice’ done on Minorities.
Amnesty International and Koffi Annan criticize the Indian Government for
not upholding the fundamental rights of the Grasshopper.
The Internet is flooded with online petitions seeking support to the
Grasshopper (many promising Heaven and Everlasting Peace for prompt
support as against the wrath of God for non-compliance) .
Opposition MPs stage a walkout. Left parties call for ‘Bengal Bandh’ in
West Bengal and Kerala demanding a Judicial Enquiry.
CPM in Kerala immediately passes a law preventing Ants from working hard
in the heat so as to bring about equality of poverty among Ants and
Grasshoppers.
Lalu Prasad allocates one free coach to Grasshoppers on all Indian Railway
Trains, aptly named as the ‘Grasshopper Rath’.
Finally, the Judicial Committee drafts the ‘ Prevention of Terrorism
Against Grasshoppers Act’ [POTAGA], with effect from the beginning of the
winter.
Arjun Singh makes ‘Special Reservation ‘ for Grasshoppers in Educational
Institutions & in Government Services.
The Ant is fined for failing to comply with POTAGA and having nothing left
to pay his retroactive taxes,it’s home is confiscated by the Government
and handed over to the Grasshopper in a ceremony covered by NDTV.
Arundhati Roy calls it ‘ A Triumph of Justice’.
Lalu calls it ‘Socialistic Justice ‘.
CPM calls it the ‘ Revolutionary Resurgence of the Downtrodden ‘
Koffi Annan invites the Grasshopper to address the UN General Assembly.
Many years later…
The Ant has since migrated to the US set up a multi-billion dollar
company in Silicon Valley,
100s of Grasshoppers still die of starvation despite reservation somewhere
in India,
AND
As a result of loosing lot of hard working Ants and feeding the
grasshoppers,
.
India is still a developing country !!!
This forward itself says a lot of things, so I don’t think I need to add anything else.
Single Character Wonders
I had to search for “ruby string” in Google for documentation of String Class in Ruby.
But a mistake in single character took me to “rugby string“. :D
Why ?
Phone Rings… I pick up.
Random Caller(Rc): Hi May I speak to Arpit Jain ?
Me: Yeah. This is Arpit speaking.
RC: I am calling from Jyoti Vidyapeeth, Jaipur ? (Should I strike through the name ? )
Me: Okay Miss. So, How can I help you ?
RC: You have applied here.
Me(interrupting her): Applied ? For What ?
RC: For B. Tech ..
Me(Again interrupting): Why would I apply for B.Tech ? I have already completed my B. Tech.
Rc: Yes I know that. I was saying that you have done your B. Tech. and you have applied for becoming a lecturer in Computer Science in our institute….
Me: What ?? Why would I ?? Wait wait… .Which institute again ??
Rc: Jyoti Vidyapeeth .. (and something which I don’t understand)
Me: Wait a minute.
Me(To Dad): Papa, have you heard of any Jyoti Vidyapeeth Institute ?
Dad: Beta, suna toh hai, shaayad Ajmeri gate ke paas hai kahi par.
RC: Yes. Yes. Right. The same near Ajmeri Gate.
Me : Okay. But, I don’t think I have applied. Did I apply online ?
Rc: No Arpit. You have posted your details to us. Your resume is in my front and that’s why I have called you.
Me: I think there is some mistake and somebody else has posted the wrong Resume. Can you tell me the address from which this application was posted ? It should be somewhere on the back of envelope.
Rc: Sorry, but I don’t have envelope. I just have your resume.
Me: Ohh. I am sorry but I don’t think I have applied to your institute. Probably someone else sent the wrong Resume.
Rc: So you are not at all interested for this post ?
Me: No. And I will appreciate it if you can somehow let me know that from which address this was posted and I am sorry for inconvenience this might have caused you.
Rc: Okay. I will. Bye
Me: Okay Bye.
PS: Please people, stop playing pranks with me.
5 5 5 5 5
Tagged by Ferrin. Let’s do it.
“The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. Each player answers the questions about themselves. At the end of the post, the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know they’ve been tagged. Let the person who tagged you know when you’ve posted your answer”
(1) What were you doing 5 years ago?
(2) What are 5 things on your to-do list for today?
2.) Write Integration tests for the code we have written, so that we can save ourselves from what happened yesterday in future. Solve some bugs. Write new modules.
3.) Do Lunch and Dinner. Drink Milk and Juice. Eat Apples and Bananas. (See Mom, I do remember what u say and it’s there in my mind at the beginning of the day).
4.) Call Didi. It’s been a long time since I talked to her.
5.) Cancel Ticket. Call Home and ask Mom not to expect Me and don’t invite anyone for Puja(the one they are arranging for me) till I reach there.
2. Tom-Ramen Curry
3. Bingo Mad-Angles
4. Dossssaaaaaaa
5. Fried Idly :)
(4) What are the five things you would do if you were a billionaire?
2. Eurotrip
5. Macbook ??
(5) What are five jobs you’ve had?
2. Internship – one
3. Internship – two
4. Gsoc – 1
5. Gsoc – 2
Tidu
Tinni
Jadda
Anyone else ?????
Ting ting :)
#lifeonrails
#If you don’t know what Ruby on Rails and even if you do what Ruby on Rails is, stop reading now.
The one thing that we have been ignoring a lot in rails is writing Unit Tests, as they are both boring and always feels that they are useless as we have already done extensive testing manually. But, whatever you do, you won’t be able to test everything whenever you create a new functionality or edit the previous one.
Though I have realized the importance of testing many-a-times earlier, today actually I felt that writing test should be the first thing that should be done after completing a module and before starting a new one. So, for everyone, why are tests important, So, So that u don’t have to say that u created a bug while resolving another one (which actually, you will not able to find unless user reports it.. .. bad… super bad)
Probably more functionalities attracts users fasts in your application and you can skip tests to develop the functionalities faster, but, a bug in a functionality, can deviate them away from the site forever.So, arpit jain, write tests first. Uske baad sab kaam..
mujhe ghar nahi jaaaana.. bahuuuuuuuut saara kaam hai …
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Gsoc ke project ki watt lagi hui hai :( .. Din bhar se unka khud ka code hi nahi chal raha main apna toh kya hi chalaunga.. Java ke error solve kar kar ke .. kar kar ke .. pareshan ho gaya hu ..aur subah se abhi tak ek bhi solve nahi hua…. bahut frust hai java ..
mujhe ghar jaana haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii .. mummmmmmyyyyyyy… main pareshan hu .. :(
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kya kare bhye ? kya na kare bhye ??