I was finally able to build 32 bit apache on a x86_64 AMD box running on 64 bit linux. Puff..........
But still fishing out ways to build openssl. It's giving me a hard time.
Monday, May 09, 2005
Bangalore is Shining!!!!!!!!!
Not sure whether SUN is shining, but daam sure that software engineers in bangalore are having a great time.
Sun Microsystems has selected Bangalore along with three more cities to replace Silicon Valley as its research and development center.Sun expects the number software engineers to double in Bangalore from 1000 currently on staff.
Sun Microsystems has selected Bangalore along with three more cities to replace Silicon Valley as its research and development center.Sun expects the number software engineers to double in Bangalore from 1000 currently on staff.
Usher...........
I was listening to Usher's 2004 hit song Yeah! from the album Yeah!. Great song, this guy is ushering a new era in music.
Friday, May 06, 2005
Perception
- Immanuel KantThinks which we see are not by themselves what we see ... It remains completely unknown to us what the objects may be by themselves and apart from the receptivity of our senses. We know nothing but our manner of perceiving them.
Me and My Comp
I have always been a lazy person. Probably, that’s where my fascination with computer bears its root. Computer can get us done the most difficult work in the easiest of ways and ironically, even the vise versa can also be true. And this is when the individual will have to fall back on his specifically designed organ i.e. brain.
My tryst with computers started the day my Dad bought me Intel 486 computer with 16MB RAM. The fascination of the DOS games was followed by the urge to understand how it works. The first successful execution of a ‘C’ program gave me a sense of pride which even my Engineering degree did not provide ;-)
How will it be if I could talk to another computer from mine? Yes, that’s what excited me next: Computer networks. Imagine getting connected to a system hundred’s of miles away from you. The thought of gave me a sense of supernatural power.
The acronyms like TCP/IP,UDP,SSH,SSL,LAN,WAN,MAN,FDDI,ALOHA,CDMA and the IEEE standards like 802.3/4/5/6 sounded like a soothing music to my ears.
The next natural transition was into WLAN (Wireless LAN). It added a new dimension to computer networks – mobility. Conventional mobile accesses points like PDA’s, SIMPUTER and to certain extent laptops were used as a mobile device within a fixed network. WLAN provided a mobile network!!! You could create a network on the move, jump from one network to another and it worked just like how our mobile phones work.
Even though a computer network has been my first love, system programming has been my passion. It has helped me demystify computers. I was fortunate enough to come across Linux during this process. The open source nature of the operating system helped me in understanding what was happening beneath the decorative cover (Graphical User Interface). I always believe one thing about programming in general. An individual’s knowledge should be estimated by his understanding of the concepts (logic) and not by gauging the number of computer languages known. If a person can deduce the implementation logic he can implement it in any programming language with the help of a good book. Definitely, a good hold on the programming language will act as an added advantage, while not knowing should not spell doom.
My tryst with computers started the day my Dad bought me Intel 486 computer with 16MB RAM. The fascination of the DOS games was followed by the urge to understand how it works. The first successful execution of a ‘C’ program gave me a sense of pride which even my Engineering degree did not provide ;-)
How will it be if I could talk to another computer from mine? Yes, that’s what excited me next: Computer networks. Imagine getting connected to a system hundred’s of miles away from you. The thought of gave me a sense of supernatural power.
The acronyms like TCP/IP,UDP,SSH,SSL,LAN,WAN,MAN,FDDI,ALOHA,CDMA and the IEEE standards like 802.3/4/5/6 sounded like a soothing music to my ears.
The next natural transition was into WLAN (Wireless LAN). It added a new dimension to computer networks – mobility. Conventional mobile accesses points like PDA’s, SIMPUTER and to certain extent laptops were used as a mobile device within a fixed network. WLAN provided a mobile network!!! You could create a network on the move, jump from one network to another and it worked just like how our mobile phones work.
Even though a computer network has been my first love, system programming has been my passion. It has helped me demystify computers. I was fortunate enough to come across Linux during this process. The open source nature of the operating system helped me in understanding what was happening beneath the decorative cover (Graphical User Interface). I always believe one thing about programming in general. An individual’s knowledge should be estimated by his understanding of the concepts (logic) and not by gauging the number of computer languages known. If a person can deduce the implementation logic he can implement it in any programming language with the help of a good book. Definitely, a good hold on the programming language will act as an added advantage, while not knowing should not spell doom.
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