<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747</id><updated>2011-04-22T03:19:12.869+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Everyone has a secret...but can they keep it</title><subtitle type='html'>just another blog. or maybe not</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>40</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-3342056069056738143</id><published>2007-09-30T03:26:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-09-30T03:37:08.092+05:00</updated><title type='text'>thy logic is supreme</title><content type='html'>"today we had a bad road accident and mohamed talks about road accidents. so mohamed is promoting accidents. therefore mohamed has to take responsibility for the accident"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;isnt this a great logic to apply? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well here's a real word example from you know who.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;“I want to say that this has been a very sad day for the Maldives. This is the first time that we have suffered such a terrorist attack in the Maldives and in Male, the capital of the country. The people responsible for this act must be found. The Government with the grace of Almighty Allah will find them and they will be punished under law. I also want to say that our feelings are with the victims of the incident today. We wish them a very speedy recovery. I must also point out that some people who for political reasons have been calling for the boycott of the Maldives on the tourism front. They have been calling on tour operators to boycott the Maldives. They also had to share some responsibility for what happened today because they have been jeopardising the stability and peace of the country and our economic benefits for political gain. I think that is a very selfish and irresponsible thing to do. They have to take part of the blame for what happened today.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS. I do not support violence nor do i subscribe to philosophies involving innocent victims or collateral damage.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-3342056069056738143?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/3342056069056738143/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=3342056069056738143' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/3342056069056738143'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/3342056069056738143'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/09/thy-logic-is-supreme.html' title='thy logic is supreme'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-2241132938346009075</id><published>2007-08-20T21:11:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-08-20T21:29:46.298+05:00</updated><title type='text'>FAKE Fake ... so FAKE!!!!</title><content type='html'>I turned to the Soundtrack Channel just now to see a song by this guy called Terence Jay. The song's called "one blood". You can see it on &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlstrodI8ik"&gt;youtube&lt;/a&gt;. I wasnt actually listening to it but the music started sounding so familiar that i turned up the volume. Then it struck me that it was a RIP OFF of Dire Straits' brothers in arms, which is also there at &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5JkHBC5lDs"&gt;youtube&lt;/a&gt;. The guitar was so mark knopfler (i have never failed to notice that signature guitar style so far).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;n its really pathetic how ppl comment on youtube about how great n wonderful this song is. more over its just disgusting how he cud actually do this. and to say the least, release the song as a total rip off. Unless someone come to me with solid proof that MK or the record company gave up the rights for him to rip off the song, or MK is getting a hefty royalty, i'd say Terence Jay is a fake-ass and a disgrace to the music industry.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-2241132938346009075?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/2241132938346009075/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=2241132938346009075' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/2241132938346009075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/2241132938346009075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/08/fake-fake-so-fake.html' title='FAKE Fake ... so FAKE!!!!'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-1488469913882230238</id><published>2007-08-13T18:38:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-08-13T18:42:38.575+05:00</updated><title type='text'>photo crazy</title><content type='html'>been a while since i last blogged. seems i'v gone photo crazy to the extent that i opened a flickr account. i wonder if its gonna b a good hobby thats gonna last unlike the other ones i'v had so far. lets see.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and ya the link's &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_sm/"&gt;http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_sm/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-1488469913882230238?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/1488469913882230238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=1488469913882230238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/1488469913882230238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/1488469913882230238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/08/photo-crazy.html' title='photo crazy'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-6311959677126718630</id><published>2007-07-22T19:58:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-07-22T20:03:11.875+05:00</updated><title type='text'>yey i'v been tagged</title><content type='html'>wtf...? like we dont get enough tags and unnecessary emails everyday. myspace, facebook, tag, hi5, what else is there. n now the plague is spreading over to blogging as well. people puleeze get a grip of ur self n lets not go overboard with this. didnt u learn anything from chain mails. for those of u who really cant let go of ur "precious" facebook, myspace, tag, hi5, and all other social disasters, at least try and contain the hype to yourself. no offence &lt;a href="http://arufius.blogspot.com/2007/07/ive-been-tagged.html"&gt;chubs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-6311959677126718630?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/6311959677126718630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=6311959677126718630' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/6311959677126718630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/6311959677126718630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/07/yey-iv-been-tagged.html' title='yey i&apos;v been tagged'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-1937047231669457069</id><published>2007-07-18T14:00:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-07-18T14:05:07.780+05:00</updated><title type='text'>good customer service</title><content type='html'>i went to the dhiraagu office/place at majeedhee magu today to pay my bills. i hav to say its the best customer service i got so far at any place in male. the girl at the counter was really polite and explained anything i asked quite well. there were a couple of glitches with the Bank of Maldives card machines but she handled the situation smoothly. a couple of bad points though. she had no name tag nor was there a pen to fill up the customer feedback form. otherwise i cud have praised her alot. in case anyone at dhiraagu reads this and wants to praise her, she's the fair girl with a buruga.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-1937047231669457069?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/1937047231669457069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=1937047231669457069' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/1937047231669457069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/1937047231669457069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/07/good-customer-service.html' title='good customer service'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-256533752348310532</id><published>2007-07-16T15:24:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-07-16T15:56:45.537+05:00</updated><title type='text'>to protect and serve</title><content type='html'>i was riding along boduthakurufaanu magu at around 3pm today when i heard someone shouting near faashanaa building. seems the guy had caught one youngster by the shirt and was shouting to stop the other. probably his accomplice. looked quite like a street bum, both of them. some guys were running after him. maybe the two youngsters were upto some mischief. theft perhaps.. who knows.. shouldnt accuse without knowing. now the weird part. the police head quarters was right next to that building and there were a few cops on the road doing nothing but "watching the show". One cop was showing the other with a cheesy smile the culprit who ran off. ummm..so where is the service and protection when civilians have to run after the thugs while the officers stay back enjoying the show.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-256533752348310532?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/256533752348310532/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=256533752348310532' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/256533752348310532'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/256533752348310532'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/07/to-protect-and-serve.html' title='to protect and serve'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-7389701012331704958</id><published>2007-07-15T18:23:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-07-15T18:46:48.905+05:00</updated><title type='text'>current education standard or an isolated incident?</title><content type='html'>i was recently helping out someone in maths with her 2nd term exams when i came across some weird stuff. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;some explanations in the notes made no sense. there were just dead wrong (eg. simultaneous eqns were solved graphically just by using only one of the equations and completely ignoring the 2nd one. i wonder why they are called simultaneous equations then)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;questions attempted incorrectly were also marked correct (not just one. almost all of it)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;most of the explanations were hard to follow (maybe i am getting rusty upstairs..hehe)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyways i asked her and a few others some questions and heres what i gathered.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;the teachers dont really know how to respond to questions (no wonder everyones taking tuition thesedays)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;though it is an english medium school, it seems that some teachers were conducting classes in dhivehi (and its not islam or dhivehi) with the excuse that they find it hard to explain in english&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;students were free to ask questions in dhivehi (i guess thats why the english standard of the current students are so bad)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;there was one class where a teacher conducted the lesson in hindi (now this is nice. courtesy kasauti everyone now understands hindi)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i'v seen the OL and AL school teaching standards deteriorate cos i'v been helping out students since 1996. As for Diploma and Advanced Diploma, lets not go there. its a whole lot worse. i wonder when somebody is going to take some real action.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-7389701012331704958?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/7389701012331704958/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=7389701012331704958' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7389701012331704958'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7389701012331704958'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/07/current-education-standard-or-isolated.html' title='current education standard or an isolated incident?'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-7593332115725757320</id><published>2007-07-14T14:15:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-07-15T19:29:56.527+05:00</updated><title type='text'>nice!!!</title><content type='html'>seems a picture is worth a thousand words (or just 13 in this case)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LfOnub8CmZc/RpiXVf6GfbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vQiy9zlARYU/s1600-h/1000.png"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_LfOnub8CmZc/RpiXVf6GfbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vQiy9zlARYU/s320/1000.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086982174713216434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-7593332115725757320?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/7593332115725757320/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=7593332115725757320' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7593332115725757320'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7593332115725757320'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/07/nice.html' title='nice!!!'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_LfOnub8CmZc/RpiXVf6GfbI/AAAAAAAAAAM/vQiy9zlARYU/s72-c/1000.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-1092223963710816659</id><published>2007-07-12T07:47:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-07-12T07:59:56.334+05:00</updated><title type='text'>clueless</title><content type='html'>this guy. he lashes out whatever he wish at me when things doesnt go his way, n then wants to reconcile back when he needs my help. he so conveniently seems to carry on this cycle over n over again.  n now the guy keeps wondering y i am avoiding him. especially after i blasted a piece of my mind explaining his insolence. is he clueless or something?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-1092223963710816659?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/1092223963710816659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=1092223963710816659' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/1092223963710816659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/1092223963710816659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/07/clueless.html' title='clueless'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-3026455040879513947</id><published>2007-07-11T15:27:00.001+05:00</published><updated>2007-07-11T15:27:28.062+05:00</updated><title type='text'>where is the backbone</title><content type='html'>its fun to wonder how people go around behind your back with all their self righteous comments and opinions about you. you could be really amazed at how they define you and degrade you. they base all their arguments on prejudice rather than reality. building judgements based on self inflicted fear or any other insecurities. maybe all it takes is a slight misjudgement to sparkle their flame. n they sit down and wonder what else to add to their pot of hatred. and sooner or later the pot fills up... and it does fill up rather quick (use a cauldron stupid, u cud add more to that).... ahaa. so now they gotta nice pot of pins, needles, voodoo dolls, daggers, stones (and even guillotines?.. who knows). but they end up emptying the pot not on me.. but on someone close to me. oh so courageous. bringing the house down on someone who has no clue whats going on. n over and over again this has been the case. be it now be it back then. n i'm starting to get weiry of this. whatever you got against me, just say it to my face. after all u had the guts to accuse me behind my back. n you took ur time to cook up the hatred. n even so ever politely place me next to the devil. and more over, stretch facts beyond its limits. all because of what you think or what one told you. ever wondered what the real story was?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-3026455040879513947?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/3026455040879513947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=3026455040879513947' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/3026455040879513947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/3026455040879513947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/07/where-is-backbone.html' title='where is the backbone'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-1470676473160793544</id><published>2007-07-11T14:11:00.001+05:00</published><updated>2007-07-11T14:23:31.851+05:00</updated><title type='text'>cycus sux</title><content type='html'>a little piece of advice for all of u who organize weddings or any other event that involves flowers. stay away from cycus. those guys suck big time. back when i got married there was cycus and cactus. i went to cycus (cos a friend of dads was involved there), ordered everything well ahead, and they were pretty assuring. gave a nice warm cozy feeling that we were doing the right thing. haha. it was just an act. the guys cudnt deliver on time. the reception started at 8.30 n they were still hanging vines n stuff even by 9. n the weird part is when they cant deliver on time, this nasif stops answering his phone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;anyways wats done is done. n then my bro recently started planning his wedding. i told him to stay well away from cycus. but then he needed vines badly and approached cycus. i dunno how on earth he came to the conclusion that those guys are reliable. anyways they were the same assuring people as before. told my bro to come collect the vines at 2pm on the day of the wedding. at 2 they said to come at 2.15 cos its at the airport. at 2.15 it was come back later. n when "later" it was "we r still at it". and even later it was "it will be here at 5.30". at 5.30 it was "we hav no idea when it wud be here but it will be here". by 6 he got frustrated n gave them a piece of his mind.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so i said it once n i say it again. if u want ur wedding decorations to go smoothly forget about cycus. heres a better alternative. go for Gift World. its near Lemon Grass. they deliver on time and they give no nonsense. if they arnt certain something would reach Male on time they dont go around saying they can do it. they simply tell the truth.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-1470676473160793544?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/1470676473160793544/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=1470676473160793544' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/1470676473160793544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/1470676473160793544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/07/cycus-sux.html' title='cycus sux'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-2636124870483898753</id><published>2007-06-29T02:00:00.001+05:00</published><updated>2007-06-29T02:00:46.200+05:00</updated><title type='text'>the queen and i</title><content type='html'>written by sue townsend. one of the very few novels that i ever attempted to read. didnt really get to finish it though. nevertheless the idea floated in the novel seems quite appealing, where the royal family is evicted from their status and made to live like the rest. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;now wouldnt it be nice for those self proclaimed queens to sink down to our level. its a whole new picture down here. or maybe things are in a certain way for a higher purpose.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-2636124870483898753?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/2636124870483898753/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=2636124870483898753' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/2636124870483898753'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/2636124870483898753'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/06/queen-and-i.html' title='the queen and i'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-821801668339311020</id><published>2007-06-27T21:14:00.001+05:00</published><updated>2007-06-27T22:28:03.281+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Progress . . .</title><content type='html'>... and he goes up on tv and talks about it. seems its gonna be happening for the coming months&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so what is progress?  providing things we should have had ages ago?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-821801668339311020?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/821801668339311020/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=821801668339311020' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/821801668339311020'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/821801668339311020'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/06/progress.html' title='Progress . . .'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-7595927722011041772</id><published>2007-06-26T02:41:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-06-26T02:55:31.352+05:00</updated><title type='text'>whats wrong with this place?</title><content type='html'>&lt;ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;not enough beds at the hospital when u bring in a patient for admission&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;not enough parking space near government offices, bank of maldives, hulhumale' ferry terminal&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;not enough space at the customs area to unload the cargo containers &lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;not enough space at the local market to display the islanders' goods&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;not enough space at the airport to accomodate passengers when multiple flights land at once&lt;/li&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-7595927722011041772?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/7595927722011041772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=7595927722011041772' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7595927722011041772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7595927722011041772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/06/whats-wrong-with-this-place.html' title='whats wrong with this place?'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-7707438136774949630</id><published>2007-06-25T20:23:00.001+05:00</published><updated>2007-06-25T20:23:28.034+05:00</updated><title type='text'>where did i go wrong?</title><content type='html'>seriously.. where did i go wrong?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-7707438136774949630?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/7707438136774949630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=7707438136774949630' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7707438136774949630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7707438136774949630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/06/where-did-i-go-wrong.html' title='where did i go wrong?'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-8991301444106442604</id><published>2007-06-20T15:04:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T15:25:36.433+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Dhivehi as a subject is boring?</title><content type='html'>was watching tv a couple of nights back when i saw this woman, man and shakeebbe debating whether maldivian students have lots interest in the subject dhivehi or not. the arguments werent going that well with each trying to fend for their own and resulting in conflicting answers. for instance it seems that the weak dhivehi standard in school leavers is not the schools fault but rather the fault of news papers who publish in bad dhivehi. but arnt school leavers who eventually go on to publish these articles. so where is the root of the problem then?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the other complains that the school cant help it cos there are only 4 half hour dhivehi sessions a week and thats not enough time. but when spanned over 3 years it seems more than enough for me. after all they go on babbling the same stuff grade over grade. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so whats the problem. i think its a problem with the language itself. the language isnt rich enough for one to express anything educational/technical beyond the borders of maldives. ofcourse its "rich enough" to have all sorts of names for various stages of coconut development. seems &lt;a href = "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUu5pUUOTp4"&gt;some&lt;/a&gt; have noticed this. but who cares about mumbling the various stages of a coconut's life cycle in the long run. so whats the use of a language that cant keep up with the rapid dynamics of this world. it would naturally be easier for one to opt for a better alternative for expression.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-8991301444106442604?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/8991301444106442604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=8991301444106442604' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/8991301444106442604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/8991301444106442604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/06/dhivehi-as-subject-is-boring.html' title='Dhivehi as a subject is boring?'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-4571161020086598483</id><published>2007-06-18T23:26:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-06-18T23:59:39.650+05:00</updated><title type='text'>True enemy or false friend</title><content type='html'>true friends, friends and fakers. how do one distinguish them. wouldnt it be nice to know. its not everyday that u get the opportunity to catagorize them. but once in a while the opportunity presents itself. and you get to know whos in for the long run and whos "in for the money".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;for instance how many of your friends inquire about ur health when they find out that ur ill. along similar lines, how many of them inquire about your parents or relatives when their health is seriously deteriorated or when they pass away. and how many of them inquire just as a "call of duty" rather than sincerity. distress seems to be a way to identify whos really your friend from those who act as one for some personal gain. the idea never struck me, be it my stupidity or ignorance until i was in a chat conversation yesterday with a friend whos mother was in intensive care. supposedly he seem to have viewed those who inquired about her in a manner better than the few (or rather one according to him) who conveniently forgot to inquire about her.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so now why all the blabbering. i'm not feeling well. been stuck at home for two days n its driving me nuts. i guess i ran out of things to do (you can see multiple blog entries today. a sign of boredom). or maybe it struck me that now might be a good time to find out whos takes me for who i am rather than what i am (the latter is something that i'v been quite fed up with over the years). supposedly it seems to be working quite well. the ones i thought were true seems to remain true n the asses who were in for their own good... well.. better not say anything about them.. or maybe i would one day when the time is right.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-4571161020086598483?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/4571161020086598483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=4571161020086598483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/4571161020086598483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/4571161020086598483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/06/true-enemy-or-false-friend.html' title='True enemy or false friend'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-7917173265422360947</id><published>2007-06-18T20:09:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-06-18T20:11:53.909+05:00</updated><title type='text'>need a new url name</title><content type='html'>suddenly viva-la-garfield is becoming so long. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;viva-la-garfield&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;viva la garfield&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;viva&lt;br /&gt;la&lt;br /&gt;garfield&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;vivalagarfield&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;aaahhhg!!!. i need a new blog url.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-7917173265422360947?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/7917173265422360947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=7917173265422360947' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7917173265422360947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7917173265422360947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/06/need-new-url-name.html' title='need a new url name'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-6817387880080583183</id><published>2007-06-18T20:02:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-06-20T15:36:16.907+05:00</updated><title type='text'>things that i hate ...</title><content type='html'>in no particular order. its hard to catagorize what u hate. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;- mosquitoes&lt;br /&gt;- two faced bitches (its hard to find two faced bastards...hehe)&lt;br /&gt;- know it alls&lt;br /&gt;- those who try to dictate others lives&lt;br /&gt;- holier than thous&lt;br /&gt;- arrogant lecturers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(more to come i guess)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-6817387880080583183?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/6817387880080583183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=6817387880080583183' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/6817387880080583183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/6817387880080583183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/06/things-that-i-hate.html' title='things that i hate ...'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-7790985554757634914</id><published>2007-06-18T19:08:00.001+05:00</published><updated>2007-06-18T20:00:22.366+05:00</updated><title type='text'>OpenBSD/PF lacks proper documentation...WTF??</title><content type='html'>Aha. A pathetic blow on the operating system that boasts so much about security and code correctness. Apparently it seems Theo forgot about documentation. or so does the managing director of mesco think. No documentation, no manuals, wtf??? Hows one ever gonna wade thru the system.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and thats not all. seems him &amp; co. thinks openbsd systems are non-standard as well. oh oh. now thats gonna hurt Theo. what have u been doing for the past decade or so. or better yet why the hell did those universities, government institutes, and ISPs decided to go ahead with OpenBSD. hmm. maybe cos their CIO or IT manager or Sys Admin sux. or maybe they themselves know not to differenciate good and bad technology. or maybe the companies are just no good losers. So i guess adobe's a pretty big loser then. seems a number of their firewalls are OpenBSD based. n what about DARPA. lets no go there.. i dont want two men in black suits to come knocking on my door and saying "please come with us".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so whats a standard? a click click drag drag? a fancy price tag? or something in a weird casing with knobs that u cant quite play around with? n y were no documentation was included in their website. maybe some dunno the meaning of manuals and FAQs. what about books then?. maybe the publishers didnt want to publish anything non-standard. so i guess Michael Lucas, Jacek Artymiak and Jem Matzan wud have paid the publishers a hefty sum to get their work published.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-7790985554757634914?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/7790985554757634914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=7790985554757634914' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7790985554757634914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/7790985554757634914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/06/openbsdpf-lacks-proper-documentationwtf.html' title='OpenBSD/PF lacks proper documentation...WTF??'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-6747089273184955165</id><published>2007-05-03T10:21:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-05-03T10:25:38.975+05:00</updated><title type='text'>is this racism?</title><content type='html'>called in an institute to checkout on some of their design courses&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;them: where are u from?&lt;br /&gt;me: maldives&lt;br /&gt;them: where is that. which part of the world&lt;br /&gt;me: asia, indian ocean, near india&lt;br /&gt;them: sorry. we not looking for indian students&lt;br /&gt;me: i am not indian. maldives is not part of india u know.&lt;br /&gt;them: i know. but we want chinese students. not indian students. chinese get first priority&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;sheesh. nice. and this coming from a country that so promotes multiculture.&lt;br /&gt;www.sit.edu.sg&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-6747089273184955165?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/6747089273184955165/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=6747089273184955165' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/6747089273184955165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/6747089273184955165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/05/is-this-racism.html' title='is this racism?'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-2407597567789674163</id><published>2007-05-02T23:24:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-05-02T23:29:51.821+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Windows, Linux/BSD, OS X</title><content type='html'>Theres the kid everyone picks on at school&lt;br /&gt;Then theres the kid who's the really smart one&lt;br /&gt;And then theres the wanna be kid who wants "in"&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-2407597567789674163?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/2407597567789674163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=2407597567789674163' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/2407597567789674163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/2407597567789674163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/05/windows-linuxbsd-os-x.html' title='Windows, Linux/BSD, OS X'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-6873729271738738405</id><published>2007-03-25T18:15:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-03-25T18:16:41.766+05:00</updated><title type='text'>End of the blog?</title><content type='html'>i wonder...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i dont seem to have any affinity to write more. not to mention i only disclosed this blog to just a few friends. so wats the point maintaining this. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;still pondering though&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-6873729271738738405?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/6873729271738738405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=6873729271738738405' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/6873729271738738405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/6873729271738738405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/03/end-of-blog.html' title='End of the blog?'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-5831180328230285459</id><published>2007-03-25T18:12:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-03-25T18:14:25.061+05:00</updated><title type='text'>tinysofa</title><content type='html'>Installed tinysofa today. for some weird reason i seems to have found an immediate liking to the system. &lt;br /&gt;http://www.tinysofa.org&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-5831180328230285459?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/5831180328230285459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=5831180328230285459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/5831180328230285459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/5831180328230285459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/03/tinysofa.html' title='tinysofa'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-4703922210165441552</id><published>2007-03-02T20:21:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-03-02T20:24:00.476+05:00</updated><title type='text'>BEN 10</title><content type='html'>1 part kid, 10 parts hero, 11 parts STUPID!!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-4703922210165441552?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/4703922210165441552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=4703922210165441552' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/4703922210165441552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/4703922210165441552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/03/ben-10.html' title='BEN 10'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-2651616758504518086</id><published>2007-03-02T19:19:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2007-03-02T19:27:30.528+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Apple and security</title><content type='html'>Its about time someone did something like this. &lt;br /&gt;http://projects.info-pull.com/moab/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But then again there are sour grapes&lt;br /&gt;http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2006/12/20.1.shtml&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But after reading this I'm quite in favor of MOAB.&lt;br /&gt;http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/02/maynor_apple_flaw/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always suspected something like this especially because of the way mac fans want to believe that a mac (or any product of apple for that matter) is SO great. Well apple products are good, but not that good (atleast in my opinion). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways to each one's own.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-2651616758504518086?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/2651616758504518086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=2651616758504518086' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/2651616758504518086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/2651616758504518086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2007/03/apple-and-security.html' title='Apple and security'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114387175976396046</id><published>2006-04-01T10:58:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-04-01T11:31:05.780+05:00</updated><title type='text'>ROL's best act ever!!!</title><content type='html'>The ROL tech team recently sent an email containing the following to their customers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ROL Mail Server Change Notice&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dear Customer,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We would like to bring to your kind notice that on Friday - 31th March 2006, we would be changing the servers used for distribution of ROL Email Service. A few important aspects regarding this change are listed below:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Email username will change to include the full email address (eg: If you use the username "username" to check emails, after the server change, the username will be username@focusinfocom.com.mv, which is the same as the full email address).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;All the passwords will be reset and they will be the same as the first part username (without the @rol.net.mv part). This reset is necessary because it is not possible to move existing passwords.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;This will affect @rol.net.mv email accounts and all the other domains as well. Such as @focusinfocom.com.mv, @pcb.gov.mv, and so on. Usernames will change for those domains in the same way.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;After the change, some users will still have unread emails on the old server. They must retrieve them by changing the POP server address to "prepop.rol.net.mv" and they should again change it back to standard "pop.rol.net.mv" after having downloaded the emails on the old server. This additional step the customers have to take is also unavoidable due to the nature of this change.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause to your operations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For further information, please contact our Help Desk on 3320880 or email us at support@focusinfocom.com.mv&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Best Regards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;ROL Techinical Support&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Focus Infocom Pvt Ltd&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;4th Floor, Fasmeeru Building&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Boduthakurufaanu Magu, Male’&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Republic Of Maldives&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now here's the interesting part. Take a look at the second point. That means if u know the email address of any one having their email box at ROL, you could easily mess around with it if u r quick enough to act. Now aren't the ROL guys smart to reveal your passwords to the general public. Such fine service the ISP gives. I salute them. I wonder who authorized the action. Must be some idiot. So who's incharge of ROL technical support?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Btw this is no april fool joke, but maybe their joke to u.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114387175976396046?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114387175976396046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114387175976396046' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114387175976396046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114387175976396046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/04/rols-best-act-ever.html' title='ROL&apos;s best act ever!!!'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114373340768287957</id><published>2006-03-30T20:37:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-03-30T20:43:27.700+05:00</updated><title type='text'>More on the tuttle guy</title><content type='html'>Here are the emails that were exchanged between the tuttle guy and CentOS. I cant stop laughing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=127"&gt;http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=127&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Better show this to my boss n maybe he'll realise that we may have a tuttle guy among us.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PS. Johnny. You are a patient guy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114373340768287957?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114373340768287957/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114373340768287957' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114373340768287957'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114373340768287957'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/03/more-on-tuttle-guy.html' title='More on the tuttle guy'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114353170322865555</id><published>2006-03-28T12:36:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-03-28T12:45:49.353+05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Systems Engineer</title><content type='html'>I came across this article on The Register.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/24/tuttle_centos/"&gt;http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/24/tuttle_centos/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It kind of reminds me of the Systems Engineer that I talked about in my previous post &lt;a href="http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/02/its-good-advice-that-i-just-didnt-take.html"&gt;"Its the good advice that I just didnt take"&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114353170322865555?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114353170322865555/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114353170322865555' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114353170322865555'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114353170322865555'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/03/systems-engineer.html' title='The Systems Engineer'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114283641999608325</id><published>2006-03-20T11:24:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-03-20T11:33:39.996+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Low Profile</title><content type='html'>I always wanted to keep this blog rather low profile. I guess it didnt work out that well. Some idiot has submitted it to the mvblogs. I wonder who.. hehe.. Not that i have anything against mvblogs. Its a nice project. I kind of like it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114283641999608325?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114283641999608325/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114283641999608325' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114283641999608325'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114283641999608325'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/03/low-profile.html' title='Low Profile'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114283587742876288</id><published>2006-03-20T11:20:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-03-20T11:24:37.440+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Petrol Bombs</title><content type='html'>My bike gave up on me yesterday. maybe cos i was too lazy to fill up the fuel tank. I had to go to one of these petrol stations with a bottle. I noticed that they wanted to note down my ID card number. For obvious reasons i guess.. I wonder whether they realise that if anyone wanted to make some mischief, they could easily go on their bike, fill it up, n then take petrol from the bike... aha.. no ID card number noted.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114283587742876288?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114283587742876288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114283587742876288' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114283587742876288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114283587742876288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/03/petrol-bombs.html' title='Petrol Bombs'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114266410544058273</id><published>2006-03-18T11:26:00.001+05:00</published><updated>2006-03-18T11:44:02.773+05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Great Journey Ends</title><content type='html'>It seems that the great journey has ended. The emails work, so i believe all packets have returned after completing their journey. The funny thing however is this. Below is a telnet to their smtp server before and after the problem was solved&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Before&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:courier new;font-size:85%;"  &gt;# telnet smtp.rol.net.mv 25&lt;br /&gt;Trying 202.21.176.36...&lt;br /&gt;Connected to smtp.rol.net.mv (202.21.176.36).&lt;br /&gt;Escape character is '^]'.&lt;br /&gt;220 email ESMTP Postfix&lt;br /&gt;helo some-id&lt;br /&gt;250 email&lt;br /&gt;quit&lt;br /&gt;221 Bye&lt;br /&gt;Connection closed by foreign host.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;After&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;# telnet smtp.rol.net.mv 25&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Trying 202.21.176.36...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Connected to smtp.rol.net.mv (202.21.176.36).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Escape character is '^]'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;220 email101.rol.net.mv ESMTP Postfix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;helo some-id&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;250 email101.rol.net.mv&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;quit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;221 Bye&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:courier new;"&gt;Connection closed by foreign host.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Notice the change in response to the &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;helo&lt;/span&gt; issued. (from &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;email&lt;/span&gt; to &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;email101.rol.net.mv&lt;/span&gt;). I wonder if thats the the working of the missionary packets or a config file change.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114266410544058273?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114266410544058273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114266410544058273' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114266410544058273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114266410544058273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/03/great-journey-ends_18.html' title='The Great Journey Ends'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114250828967259768</id><published>2006-03-16T16:10:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-03-16T16:38:07.916+05:00</updated><title type='text'>The Great Packet Journey</title><content type='html'>i was recently told by a sys admin that they were unable to send emails to certain domains (avasmail.com.mv and dhinet.net.mv) via their ISPs smtp server (smtp.rol.net.mv). The error message in the "Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender" was something like this.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&amp;lt;irc@avasmail.com.mv&amp;gt;: host avs02.dhivehinet.net.mv[202.1.203.20] said: 504 &amp;lt;email&amp;gt;: Helo command rejected: need fully-qualified hostname (in reply to RCPT TO command)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;like about 24 hrs after they reported the problem they received a response  saying that since the ISP changed the IP address of their new mail server, it would take about two days for the change to announce itself worldwide on the MX record entries and reverse DNS entries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(what the hell??)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so i'm wondering like whether they decided to send a legion of packets all over the world announcing their change in DNS entries. don't they understand how DNS works. maybe they are stuck at an ancient era, still using the flat namespace. anyways we'll have to wait until the missionary packets return from their great worldwide journey before we see any bright horizons.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114250828967259768?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114250828967259768/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114250828967259768' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114250828967259768'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114250828967259768'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/03/great-packet-journey.html' title='The Great Packet Journey'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114249059080003592</id><published>2006-03-16T11:18:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-03-16T11:29:50.810+05:00</updated><title type='text'>meet joe black</title><content type='html'>It seems that sometimes i compare whats happening around me with movies...just out of boredom..hehe. Lately i'v been drawing parallels with the movie "Meet Joe Black".  Those of you who'v seen the movie wud remember Brad Pitt following around Anthony Hopkins like almost everywhere he goes. Whats his motive? for the shallow minded, he was just there to sleep with Hopikin's daughter n kill Hopkin... well actually there is more..but lets leave that to the critics (i'm no movie critic by any means). Anyways I noticed a guy here, always following around my boss. yes, anywhere he goes!!! just like Brad Pitt (not his looks, just the way he follows around..hehe). Though my boss can be considered a media tycoon, he's got no daughter. so I wonder what 'joe black' is after.. there r a couple of conclusions i can draw but its best not to say it. Never accuse without proof.. hehe.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114249059080003592?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114249059080003592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114249059080003592' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114249059080003592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114249059080003592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/03/meet-joe-black.html' title='meet joe black'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114242368244316619</id><published>2006-03-15T16:50:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-03-15T16:54:42.453+05:00</updated><title type='text'>coffee with karan</title><content type='html'>A couple of days back i flipped to Star World n saw this show called "Coffee with Karan" ... not really interesting.. some bollywood talk show or something. But then it occured to me. I know a guy who could host a similar show here, but he'd have to change the title to "Coffee With The Directors" though. I wonder how the ratings would be&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114242368244316619?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114242368244316619/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114242368244316619' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114242368244316619'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114242368244316619'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/03/coffee-with-karan.html' title='coffee with karan'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-114025100096662335</id><published>2006-02-18T12:21:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-02-18T19:33:31.583+05:00</updated><title type='text'>its the good advice that i just didnt take</title><content type='html'>Sometime back i met a well renowned System Engineer, and as it had been with all other great people that i meet, i thought i'd learn a bit or two from him. I guess i'll share what i learnt from him...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;From what i figured, he basically catagorized his tasks.... the basic catagories were, Bandwidth Control, Remote Access, Encryption, and Networking Concepts... maybe there were more... had i been more attentive, i guess i could have learnt alot more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anyways enough talk... here's what i learnt from him..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Bandwidth Control&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;iSite, the hospitality gateway solution from IKUSI is always there for the rescue... its something u cant live without.. from what i gathered, its supposed to help control per user bandwidth no matter what ur network architecture is... SOHO or even the large scale enterprise networks.... all thesedays i was under the impression that it was a hospitality gateway solution and not a specialized bandwidth control tool.. guess i should learn to do my homework better.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Remote Access&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It seems pcAnywhere is the choice for all ur remote access needs. I personally havent tried one cos I havent found a version that runs on the BSDs and Windows alike....(yes i use windows..remember I am a *n?x newbie...intimidated by unknown fears of a total migration). I thought about VNC once, but he always mentioned pcAnywhere... so i guess its the better choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Encryption&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm a real newbie when it comes to data encryption and encrypted data storage. I was told that PGP does a really good job. Seems u cud use it to encrypt ur documents as well as massive storage media encryption. Wow...way in over my head... anyways a fellow admin had earlier mentioned something with a similar name, GPG, though he didnt brag about it much.. just left me to explore it.. never really told me its use either... During the time spent with the System Engineer i mumbled something about GPG... the impression i got was that its probably a misspell...it seems PGP was obviously the better choice.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Networking Concepts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Me being the newbie was quite curious about certain jargons.. things such as VPN, VLAN, Backplane Switching, Ethernets, Routing, &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;n&lt;/span&gt;-PDU&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, etc... guess I learnt alot.. too bad i only remember the following 5 important points.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;   &lt;li&gt;VPNs are basically VLANs...not much difference... atleast nothing a newbie shud be worried about&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;You dont need VLAN aware switches to create VLANs.. all u need is an end gateway that understood the VLAN "language". (what does that mean...anyone?)&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Backplane Switching is the bandwidth of the backbone interconnecting the switches. &lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;When Ethernet &lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;packets&lt;/span&gt; are sent from one switch to another, its called routing&lt;/li&gt;   &lt;li&gt;Ethernet is the IP network that u have in SOHOs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; So where was I when the lecturers talked about all this? I guess thats the danger of skipping class.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;so do i embrace all this?... hehe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;"It's the good advice that you just didn't take  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;Who would've thought ... it figures"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-114025100096662335?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/114025100096662335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=114025100096662335' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114025100096662335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/114025100096662335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/02/its-good-advice-that-i-just-didnt-take.html' title='its the good advice that i just didnt take'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-113972807382818933</id><published>2006-02-12T12:00:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-02-12T12:07:53.836+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Life with the BSDs</title><content type='html'>seems that all i do thesedays is play around with the BSDs. trying to explore the different forks and its configurations. its kind of facinating, all the tools that are availabe with a &lt;span style="font-family: courier new;"&gt;make &amp;&amp;amp; make install&lt;/span&gt; .. or maybe its just me being a newbie getting exposed to it ... hehe&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-113972807382818933?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/113972807382818933/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=113972807382818933' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/113972807382818933'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/113972807382818933'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/02/life-with-bsds.html' title='Life with the BSDs'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-113921767397981359</id><published>2006-02-06T14:10:00.002+05:00</published><updated>2006-02-06T14:21:13.980+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Who is she..?</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5211/1886/1600/girl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/5211/1886/320/girl.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;or the guy for that matter..... After seeing her in the same outfit on three different websites, it kind of makes one wonder..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freebsdsystems.com/images/site/girl.jpg"&gt;http://www.freebsdsystems.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ironsystems.com/flash/homepageflash.swf"&gt;http://www.ironsystems.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dlink.com/images/products/categories/switches_cat.jpg"&gt;http://www.dlink.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-113921767397981359?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/113921767397981359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=113921767397981359' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/113921767397981359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/113921767397981359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/02/who-is-she_113921767397981359.html' title='Who is she..?'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-113848067346882182</id><published>2006-01-29T01:35:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2006-01-29T16:51:10.850+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Failure</title><content type='html'>failure. a wicked word. makes u wonder where u went wrong. what u failed to see. why u failed to notice. y u didnt act in time. or more like why cudnt u act. maybe its cos u were too certain about the fundamentals. the axioms that later proved to be fallacies. the foundations based on which u created your judgement. when the pure essence of your reasoning is cracked by the unstable pillars upon which it stands, where do u turn to. is there anywhere to turn to? or are u scorned to watch it wither away?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and it maybe hard to accept it. the blow maybe too strong to withstand. especially when its the first time u failed in something that matters not only to u. more specifically when its too hard to accept the fact that u cud ever fail like that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;no matter how bitter the truth maybe its time to face it. u made a mess trying to set things right. u gotta admit it. questions are there, like how? and why? but the fact remains that u failed. n failed miserably. u as a mentor, a friend, someone to lean on, or someone even more than that was just a total failure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;can the damage be rectified? nothing is impossible. but wud u act? after the tremendous blow? after the disappointment, the hurt and the saddness? can u act? time will tell. or wud it ever?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-113848067346882182?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/113848067346882182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=113848067346882182' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/113848067346882182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/113848067346882182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2006/01/failure.html' title='Failure'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20218747.post-113567358324378147</id><published>2005-12-27T13:43:00.000+05:00</published><updated>2005-12-30T14:28:17.853+05:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally...</title><content type='html'>Finally its there. :)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/20218747-113567358324378147?l=viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/feeds/113567358324378147/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=20218747&amp;postID=113567358324378147' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/113567358324378147'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/20218747/posts/default/113567358324378147'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://viva-la-garfield.blogspot.com/2005/12/finally.html' title='Finally...'/><author><name>the_sm</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11308155501202396057</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
