back at the novotel....

My room has 2 beds. This place brings back bad memories ....and good. Feel like throwing up..

India

Travelling home is always such fun... other than the one time about 2 days back, when I got ambushed by Mom and Dad. They wanted to know when I was planning to get married :(

To fix your registry


Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\shell]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe\DefaultIcon]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.exe]
@="exefile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile]
"Content Type"=-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"
"IsolatedCommand"=-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\runas\command]
"IsolatedCommand"=-

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.bat]
@="batfile"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\batfile\shell\open\command]
@="\"%1\" %*"

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\.exe]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\exefile]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\secfile]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\secfile]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\pezfile]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\pezfile]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\sezfile]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\sezfile]

[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ah]

[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\ah]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\open\command]
@="firefox.exe"
 
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\FIREFOX.EXE\shell\safemode\command]
@="firefox.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\StartMenuInternet\IEXPLORE.EXE\shell\open\command]
@="iexplore.exe"

And I came across this after a long while...

Prashna (Question)
rajan kulena vrttena svadhyayena shrutena va
brahmanyam kenabhavati prabruhyetatsu nishcitam

(Translation)
King, how does one become a Brahmin: by birth?
character? study of the Vedas? education? Tell me precisely.


Uttar (Answer)
shrnu yaksha kulam tata nasvadhyayo nacashrutam
karanam hi dvijatve ca vrttameva na samshayha

(Translation)
Listen, Yaksha, it is neither birth nor education, nor even the study
of the Vedas. Without doubt, it is character alone that marks a Brahmin.

When will darkness scatter?

In the fight between humans and muslims, everyday brings more bad news for humans :(
So many of us humans are still not realizing what an existential threat the ideology of Islam is. It has been tough to focus on work when I hear what the constantly increasing hordes have done to buddhists in Burma. Their increasing numbers have changed the demography of the state in Assam, India.

How will civilization end?

There are two tragedies in life...

... One is to lose your heart’s desire. The other is to gain it. - G. B. Shaw

Some of these words really feel deep. And then you start thinking about them. And you realize - did the writer know what he was writing about?  How can getting your heart's desire ever be a tragedy? The only case (that I can think of) is if someone's desire is immortality. Since exceptions prove the rule, hence ..my logical brain says - this axiom fails the Common Sense Test.

Till further results...

Is this better?

I ran into this somehow on the interweb... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XAT2C9CCPY&feature=endscreen&NR=1

So, Is this better? You don't say????

:)