“I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.” – RFK
Posted in Friends, Globalization on May 17th, 2007
A good friend Aswin is leaving the States for good and returning to India to lead his startup. What’s particularly cool about his startup is that it’s actually based on the theory of social contract. A company that revolves around solving infrastructural problems in the developing world, how cool is that?! Incidentally, I would also [...]
Posted in funny, Globalization on May 8th, 2007
Everyone talks about globalization these days. The US economists are furious over our increasing trade deficit, while blue collar workers are screaming bloody murder over illegal immigration and outsourcing. Even hackers are going global on their brute force attacks! … vcsa (206.132.218.244): 2 Time(s) webalizer (206.132.218.244): 2 Time(s) xfs (206.132.218.244): 2 Time(s) helen (206.132.218.244): 1 [...]
As reported from Slashdot and BBC, Advanced Access Content System (AACS), the maker of HD-DVD’s encryption scheme has declared war on the blogging community. It all started when AACS’s HD-DVD encryption was cracked and the compromised key began leaking onto the web. Instead of perfecting their technology, AACS decided to pressure various websites (including the [...]
I started going to Starbucks regularly in the last two year and have begun to notice an increasing number of people lounging around in the back surfing the web. When I first encountered this phenomenon, I was extremely irritated at all these bums who just won’t give up their seats… sometimes for the whole afternoon. [...]
Students often complain they are treated as nothing more than a collection of standardized scores and their GPAs. Well, it turns out adults are similarly judged by numbers, the most prominent of which is the credit score. Everyone from employers, banks to landlords use credit scores to get a quantiative measure of one’s “trustworthiness”. Even [...]
