Archive for March, 2003

Zooooooommm…

Friday, March 7th, 2003

Just when you thought the Net was slowing down, someone goes and transfers 6.7 gigabytes of data across 10,978 km in less than one minute!
If you think you can do better than that, you may want to participate in the competition. As of now, there’s no closing date. According to the Internet2 site, “The Internet2 […]

Windows puckers!

Tuesday, March 4th, 2003

Desktop, open source operating systems have hit the retail market in America with their entry into Wal Mart. They may not be very successful immediately, but believe me, It’s a BIG step forward.
If Linux is made to act and look like Windows, then what’s the point? Read some thoughts about this and then some more […]

A better display

Saturday, March 1st, 2003

Linux (and other X Window System) users rejoice. Your display just got better. XFree86 4.3.0 is out.

India, Pakistan and QLC

Saturday, March 1st, 2003

What brings a nation to a standstill?
Amongst other things, a cricket match. India v/s Pakistan. Especially if its the world cup. Such as today. People have taken off from work, the roads are relatively emptier and folks who can’t avoid it are racing to finish their chores in the morning (the match starts at 13.30 […]