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Author: Amit Goyal

  • What women want!!

    From bash.org:

    A woman has a close male friend. This means that he is probably interested in her, which is why he hangs around so much. She sees him strictly as a friend. This always starts out with, you’re a great guy, but I don’t like you in that way. This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of going to a job interview and the company saying, You have a great resume, you have all the qualifications we are looking for, but we’re not going to hire you. We will, however, use your resume as the basis for comparison for all other applicants. But, we’re going to hire somebody who is far less qualified and is probably an alcoholic. And if he doesn’t work out, we’ll hire somebody else, but still not you. In fact, we will never hire you. But we will call you from time to time to complain about the person that we hired.

    ROTFL!! Reminds me of Rajesh Advani, who btw, has started blogging again.

  • MS Vista Released

    And what are its features (according to The Onion):

    • Microsoft Word’s helpful paper-clip icon now blinks at rate of normal humans
    • Enhanced graphics on “System Is Not Responding” pop-up window
    • Five new card-back designs for Solitaire
    • Lists blocked wireless connections with greater speed and accuracy
    • New operating system, same old Microsoft Paint

    Go read the full thing.

  • DRM – Is it dead??

    Steve Jobs, for one, thinks that it is or at least thinks that it should. Sometimes I wished he blogged. Maybe like Jonathan Schwartz. But he does a pretty commendable job here.

    The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely. Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in open licensable formats. In such a world, any player can play music purchased from any store, and any store can sell music which is playable on all players. This is clearly the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace it in a heartbeat.

    Why would the big four music companies agree to let Apple and others distribute their music without using DRM systems to protect it? The simplest answer is because DRMs haven’t worked, and may never work, to halt music piracy.

  • Movie Fest!!

    We actually watched Rocky Balboa and Parzania back-to-back. Rocky Balboa from 3-5 and Parzania from 5-7. Shailesh had this idea during the movie session today that we should watch at least four movies back-to-back someday at the theatre. Considering that a ticket costs 150 bucks this gonna be one heck of an expensive idea, but lots of fun none the less.

    Anyone interested??

  • Parzania – A review

    It is such a shame that two movies based on the same similar events, Gujrat killings communal riots and the trauma that follows, at different times, get released together, just because of the ruling party. Parzania – made during the Congress rule got released immediately without Censor cuts while Black Friday, made at time a BJP led government ruled the country, will get released in a couple of weeks. Anyways, it is not a rant about that. After all hasn’t each government abused its power in such cases to impact the fortunes of the movies.

    Parznia is an exceptionally well made movie. Directed by little known Rahul Dholakia it explores the misfortune of a Gujrati Parsi family during the Gujrat riots. The movie stars Naseeruddin Shah as Cyrus, (the oh-so-beautiful eyes) Sarika as Shernaz, Corin Nemec as Allan, Parzan Dastur as Parzan and Pearl Barsiwala as Dilshad. The movie attempts to chronicle the pain, anguish and post-riot trauma faced by these people and many more.

    It is an extremely well paced movie and goes about the job of telling the story in a no-nonsense manner. The character development and build up is excellent. Halfway you are left ashamed at being part of a country where politicians can manipulate people to kill each other and they still get elected despite everyone knowing the truth. Maybe we guys deserve this. Maybe it is because we do not take active interest in what is happening around us.

    Nasseruddin Shah has only grown on me, be it Being Cyrus or Parzania. The one person I discovered in the movie is the still so gorgeous, natural and extremely talented Sarika. The place the part of Shernaz to perfection and with minimum fuss. Her last dialogue in the movie did leave most women in the theatre crying and even me moist eyed. She is very natural as an actress and plays her part with minimum fuss. Another highlight of the movie is how the entire thing is narrated through the character of Corin Nemec. He plays his part to perfection and one feels that he may have been under-utilised in the movie.

    The movie gets a rating of 4.5/5.0 from me. Go spend money on it rather than some dumb love stories.

    Cross posted on Desicritics.

    Update: I am sorry about the confusion regarding Black Friday. It is based on the Mumbai riots and not on Gujrat riots. Also, I am on the featured list on Desicritics 🙂