In other news, Rehman Malik gets an Honorary Doctorate

Today when I stumbled across this link, I was like, whaaaat! This btw is the guy who came up with this theory for Karachi's instability. And then I came across the news of a govt. girls school laid under siege by a group of people armed with crowbars, here. And whats even worse is that the police are not taking any action, that caused my mind to wander and what came out as a result is a bard song, you know like the ones they had during the medieval times, with robin hood and role playing games and all. Here goes:

The Dunce was awarded a doctorate degree
Launching anyone with a hint of sanity into melancholy 

The Dunces theory, absurd as can be
Wives and Girlfriends, not politically and ethnic rivalries 

Loony Laureates went lauding,
While the Thugs and goons went on marauding, 

You may say that This is a joke,
where are the decent folk? 

This is where you my friend would absolve yourself,
so that you may live your life like a sheep in disguise,
leaving the old and weak, the destitute and the youth
to dwell in a pool of their own misery 

and the nation itself lies at the brink of a knife
there is no legacy without identity
hmm hmmm humm hummm
hmm hmmm humm hummm
la laa laa la la laa laa laa

Speaking of Bard Songs, if anyone here is Monty Python fan, you must surely remember the bard song about brave and bold sir robin.

Molly Malone -- The Graphics Card

So I was bored the other day and I was listening to The Dubliners - Molly Malone  on youtube "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdxLxnhGnvo"

And just having bought a new rig, I thought why not have a version of this where Molly Malone is a graphics card. Well this is what I came up with, I intended to make a recording using some karaoke track, but have been quite lazy about it.

So here goes, hope you enjoy it.

In electronic City, where the rigs are so pretty

I met a graphics card, called Molly Malone

While she churned out some hashes, other systems were in crashes

with their flicking transistors, going high and then low

going high and then low

high and then low

with their flicking transistors going high and then low

as she churned through the seasons, rendering landscapes and regions

working harder and longer than ever before

she was so much stronger, than the versions before her

but it wasnt a wonder that even she'd have to cope

computational vectors

non rational spline selectors

rotations, transformations 

each one took its toll

she died of a fever

while rendering a grim reaper

who poured down with his minons and collected her soul

now she's way up above

rendering constellatoins with starfish and doves

all the other systems going high and then low

The cost of life

It is a widely accepted belief that life is invaluable and sacred. In order to test this claim, let us consider a small thought experiment. If you were to go to a hospital and came across a patient unknown to you, except that your contribution is vital in ensuring that he comes out alive. What would be the maximum amount that you would be willing to contribute if it meant life or death for the person in question. I asked myself this question and I found my own response disturbing. The mere notion that I could quantify life in a number expressed as a percentage of my monthly savings seems to dispel the belief that there is nothing more valuable than life.

Only by removing the veil of indifference can we surmount the obstacles that lie ahead of us as a race.

The Spirit of the Sea

Astrogeranimo waddle daddle beezlebub napkins with honey bee wax. Sparkling springwater, cast upon by the image of the midnight moon. An impression so smooth that it makes the forest green with envy. In the blink of an eye your essence flashes by. An eternity, a calm serenity. Time slows down, like a lazy dog at an abandoned yarn. Such an effect is cast upon me. The thought of your presence makes me quiver not unlike the turbulence in a river which is lonely until one day it meets the sea. I am like a mirror, but I do not shatter. Instead I tear and batter, drowning among the waves. As I drown into the sunset, such a fragile balance unset, some said. I will always remember thee my love.

Sighed, The lonely Spirit of the sea.

Some tips for Laptop manufacturers

1. Do not put headphone and mic slots on the panel that faces towards you from at the forward base of the laptop. Ergonomics aside, a lot of laptop users like to keep laptops on their stomachs, wear headphones and watch movies. It ruins headphone jacks.
2. Please do not put ethernet or USB connectors(unless there are alternative options at the back) on the right hand side of a laptop(no offense to left handed people here, I'd prefer these things to be at the back anyways). Lan Cables, external HDD connecters, mice cables, etc can really get in the way of your mouse if you're into gaming.
   
3. Putting 2 more dollars worth of material into laptop hinges. I've broken mine twice, they cripple an otherwise really great machine. Mine broke both times in half where the back screw is inserted. It might make sense making this part tougher.
4. Putting indicator lights at a more viewable place, (HDD, battery, power, etc).Maybe at the side of the screen rather at the base, that would make increase visibility.
   
5. Anti RSI keyboards, I wonder why most good laptops still have keyboard layouts still on a square grid pattern. 

Until next time, have fun manufacturing laptops.