2005, Oct 21
More Musings
This is not going to be one of the most focussed posts on this blog.
What is it with girls marrying guys settled in the US and the UK, and then flying off with them to their new nation? It never happens the other way round. The price we pay for a patriarchal society!
I’m getting a 256 kbps unlimited connection from Hathway. At 995 bucks per month plus taxes, it’s not the cheapest one around, but then again, it’s 256 kbps. They got the coaxial cable to my place, which is subsequently tested, impedance matched and certified as successfully installed. They will be providing me with a cable modem, which will connect to my new NIC today.
The technician who came for testing the cable had a rather ingenious way of impedance matching. He inserted a terminator in the cable, and connected a reference cable modem. Then he asked the control at the other end to ping said modem. If data loss occurred, it was a mismatch, and the processes repeated and by successive approximations, the correct impedance arrived at.
The new Video iPod is awesome. Somebody get me one! To know more about the innards of the device, click here [PDF warning].
My uncle, Laxman Thite, an architect by profession, recently launched his web-site. Comments welcome.
Those with some free time at hand, yes, I am aware that this is really wrong time for all those doing engineering, go here for some fun. And then here.
Anyway, the term’s almost ending, and submissions are due. Thankfully, our viva voce exams are after the theory papers this semester, which leaves me quite some time to do my CAT preparation. Wish me luck!
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Aditya
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Varun Rajkumar