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2005, Nov 25

eMule, First Dates and Perspectives

Filed under: Uncategorized — Hrishikesh @ 21:58

For all those who joined in late, I now have an unlimited 256 kbps connection from Hathway. And as a consequence, my download time for the same amount of content has reduced five fold. So basically, here’s what has happened: My eMule download list, with the whole of the Gilmore Girls and a lot of other (unmentionable?) stuff, amounting to over 100 items, has now reduced to a flimsy list of less than 5. And that too will finish by tomorrow. I never thought there would be a time like this…
 
(Yes, I can start new downloads, but there’s a slight problem: With this speed, I do about 1.6+ GB per day, and my hard disk space cannot keep up with it… Major problem, I’d say!)
 
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Now, if you are expecting some mushy or lascivious stuff, go away. This is not about my first date, or something like that. It’s about a rather innocent question that a friend put forth. The preparatory leave (PL) makes people think about funny things, that are very important in reality, but we kind of push them because we don’t want to deal with them at that moment. And because the PL is actually about all such things like studies, the other things like this one, being much easier to confront, arise at such times…
 
Anyway, so his question: Imagine you are on a date…
Me: With a gal?
Him: Yes, with a gal.
Me: Go on…
Him: Yes, so say you go get some coffee with a gal…
(pause)
Me: And then who pays?
Him: Exactly
Me: Ah, you have asked a very important question, my dear friend. The answer to which, I strongly feel, is: Split it 50-50. At least on the first date.
 
What do you feel? Weigh in…
 
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What will a nerd say to his girl friend?
Your code is beautiful.
 
And it really might be so… The genetic code, for all those who proscribe to the natural world. The matrix code, for those who take a more laid back attitude to life. All you need are the eyes, to view it so.
 
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  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5118250 Nadeem Mohsin

    First off, I claim credit for finding the new thing. Naturally, I’ll keep my mouth shut about it so that other people can scour the blog like crazy, searching for it. Apparently I have a bit of a sadistic streak. :)

    As for the code thing, there’s more to people than their genetic code, and since almost all of it is shared with every other animal on the planet, there isn’t really much material to make aesthetic judgements on, unless you *really* have an eye for detail, not to mention the ability to tell adenosine, guanosine, cytosine and so on apart by sight alone.

    Seeing the matrix code is reserved for those who go by the name of Thomas Anderson, but get really insulted if you refer to them that way(“My name is Neo!”). That effectively eliminates everyone on the planet again.

    Source code – sadly, it seems that code is mostly a guy thing. Witness the fact that TopCoder has about 30 female members in total. Guys beat them by a factor of about 2000. There ain’t no justice – most other professions have a healthy gender ratio.

    Hmmm – I clearly have too much time on my hands. Better go and study then.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5118250 Nadeem Mohsin

    First off, I claim credit for finding the new thing. Naturally, I’ll keep my mouth shut about it so that other people can scour the blog like crazy, searching for it. Apparently I have a bit of a sadistic streak. :)

    As for the code thing, there’s more to people than their genetic code, and since almost all of it is shared with every other animal on the planet, there isn’t really much material to make aesthetic judgements on, unless you *really* have an eye for detail, not to mention the ability to tell adenosine, guanosine, cytosine and so on apart by sight alone.

    Seeing the matrix code is reserved for those who go by the name of Thomas Anderson, but get really insulted if you refer to them that way(“My name is Neo!”). That effectively eliminates everyone on the planet again.

    Source code – sadly, it seems that code is mostly a guy thing. Witness the fact that TopCoder has about 30 female members in total. Guys beat them by a factor of about 2000. There ain’t no justice – most other professions have a healthy gender ratio.

    Hmmm – I clearly have too much time on my hands. Better go and study then.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/8577481 SagYer

    Well whether u proscribe to the natural world or not… the pt is that the genetic code cannot be actually seen, in which case, you’d go for something like, “You have a beatiful family tree” as a pickup line.

    My take on the first date thing: If u earn, u pay. If u dont earn, 50-50 it is.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/8577481 SagYer

    Well whether u proscribe to the natural world or not… the pt is that the genetic code cannot be actually seen, in which case, you’d go for something like, “You have a beatiful family tree” as a pickup line.

    My take on the first date thing: If u earn, u pay. If u dont earn, 50-50 it is.

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5513182 Varun Rajkumar

    I completely agree about the silly things that u think during ur PL’s…I have been caught many times laughing all alone during these complete Off days…

    50-50 it is.. though Tarate might beg to differ… (I have heard numerous instances @ him asking Girls to pay his date bills….
    …After a while,the very same girls ask for the money he owes them.. from… Guess whom??)

    Tarate’s Mother!!!

  • http://www.blogger.com/profile/5513182 Varun Rajkumar

    I completely agree about the silly things that u think during ur PL’s…I have been caught many times laughing all alone during these complete Off days…

    50-50 it is.. though Tarate might beg to differ… (I have heard numerous instances @ him asking Girls to pay his date bills….
    …After a while,the very same girls ask for the money he owes them.. from… Guess whom??)

    Tarate’s Mother!!!

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