Random Walk of Life

Q: How many Lawyers does it take to change a light bulb?

A: Whereas the party of the first part, also known as “Lawyer”, and the
party of the second part, also known as “Light Bulb”, do hereby and forthwith
agree to a transaction wherein the party of the second part shall be removed
from the current position as a result of failure to perform previously agreed
upon duties, i.e., the lighting, elucidation, and otherwise illumination of
the area ranging from the front (north) door, through the entryway, terminating
at an area just inside the primary living area, demarcated by the beginning of
the carpet, any spillover illumination being at the option of the party of the
second part and not required by the aforementioned agreement between the
parties.
The aforementioned removal transaction shall include, but not be
limited to, the following. The party of the first part shall, with or without
elevation at his option, by means of a chair, stepstool, ladder or any other
means of elevation, grasp the party of the second part and rotate the party
of the second part in a counter-clockwise direction, this point being tendered
non-negotiable. Upon reaching a point where the party of the second part
becomes fully detached from the receptacle, the party of the first part shall
have the option of disposing of the party of the second part in a manner
consistent with all relevant and applicable local, state and federal statutes.
Once separation and disposal have been achieved, the party of the first part
shall have the option of beginning installation. Aforesaid installation shall
occur in a manner consistent with the reverse of the procedures described in
step one of this self-same document, being careful to note that the rotation
should occur in a clockwise direction, this point also being non-negotiable.
The above described steps may be performed, at the option of the party of the
first part, by any or all agents authorized by him, the objective being to
produce the most possible revenue for the Partnership.

Discovered it as one of the fortune riddles

Opening Mood: Fresh!
Opening song: Innocent Man - Billy Joel

Okay, for the past three days, I have been wearing formals to office. Yes, you heard it right, formal shirt (not a smart-comment T-Shirt), a pair of formal trousers (not faded jeans) and formal shoes (not my black puma!).

Before you start reading too much into it, let me tell you why!

I cleaned my wardrobe this Sunday, and I found that I had seven pairs of formal clothing, which I hadn’t seen in the past one year or so. Well, I might have seen them, but I conveniently turned a blind eye towards them. And most of them are in such good condition, as if they were new. That’ll tell you how often I must have worn them! So, I just decided to try them on for a week before putting them off again

And then, this funny incident happened.

One of the managers in my team asked me today, “what’s the matter with you? For the past few days I’ve been observing you in formals. What’s going on?”

I told him why I wore formals.

And he quipped, “I don’t believe it! One cannot go through a transformation like this all of a sudden. Something must have happened that must have prodded you to dress up like this! Is there something happening in your life?!”

Okay, that must have meant that I’m getting serious and all that. Or probably more! But lemme assure you, it’s nothing of that sort. Wearing formals was a simple mindless action.

What I find funny here is that, people believe everything must have a reason! Well, should there be one? I don’t think so. At times you want to do something just for the heck of doing it. That’s precisely what happened.

So, I guess, I’ll have to blame Aristotle for biasing human thought like this

Closing song: Scandinavian Skies - Billy Joel
Closing Mood: Cpu-hotplug lock issue is back. Again!

Opening Mood: This is insane!
Opening Song: None.

Like I mentioned in my previous post I was out for the whole of last week and am catching up with the happenings. One of the hilarious things that came to my notice is that one of my friends, lets say K, who usually boasts of his HUGE appetite has claimed that he/she can eat 4 Death By Chocolates in a single stretch.

I love chocolate. If something can keep me awake a whole night after a night out is a bar of dark chocolate. But I have my limits and last time I checked it was 1.5 large cups of Death by Chocolate (DBC), a popular ice-cream offering at this joint named Corner House. So naturally I was very much excited about this claim. So we had a bet:

• If K can have 3 DBC’s at a single stretch, we shall sponsor the 4th one.
• If K can finish the 4th one, we will reimburse all the four and any subsequent DBC that K might want to have (owing to his large appetite) and K wins a cool thousand bucks for his/her feat!

Subject to following conditions:

• K should have a normal diet for the earlier part of the day, i.e no skipping breakfast or lunch.
• K should be in a perfectly healthy state after consuming 4 DBCs for atleast 2 hours. No, puking is not allowed.
• Should K give up in the middle, we’re entitled to two big treats on any days at Corner House of our choice from K.
• Should K withdraw from the bet, we’re entitled to a big treat on any days at Corner House from K.

Just out of curiosity, I created this poll on what people think is their DBC limit. and what they think is any person’s maximum DBC limit.

You can find the poll here -> http://freeonlinesurveys.com/rendersurvey.asp?sid=lo073kc9y2xif4g394813

The Poll responses when I last checked were as follows :

A) None, I hate chocolates.
B) One, but thats it.
C) Two, I am feeling sleepy now.
D) Three, I like chocolate.
E) Four, Burp, i am full!
F) More than Four, I am superhuman

A) Yes
B) No

I will be updating these results as and how my time permits. So this is not real time

Please do take the poll since there are only 2 questions and it hardly takes 15 seconds of your time.

Hey, being a good friend, I think it’s my duty to let K to know what he/she is attempting after all

Closing Song: None
Closing Mood: Waiting for your responses.

PS: K prefers to remain Anonymous. So even if you want to take a guess on his/her identity, please don’t mention him/her in the comments.

Opening Mood: Sleepy. Night out did me in.
Opening Song: Flight of Fantasy - Yanni.

Just couldn’t help laughing at the thought of this one (at the risk of being accused of thinking about nothing else other than … you’ll know what!)

Some years ago, when cpu-hotplug was first introduced, the way to postpone a cpu-hotplug operation while operating in some critical section was by using the API lock_cpu_hotplug().

Some years ago, when Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) was first launched with Mr. Amitabh Bacchan as the host, the famous catchline was “lock kiya jaaye” ( Let’s lock it)

A few months ago, after being fed up with the ruckus created by the global cpu-hotplug lock, Andrew Morton suggested that we kill lock_cpu_hotplug() and use freeze_processes() instead. That’s what I have been working on for the past few months.

A few months ago, when KBC version 3 was launched with Shah Rukh Khan as the host, the catchline became - “Mr Computer, Freeze kiya jaaye” (Lets freeze it)

Am I the only one finding this correlation funny?!

Closing Song: Swept away - Yanni.
Closing Mood: The sun is up. Time for me to go down!

Opening Mood: It’s a weekend and I’m quite frozen! ( Don’t worry if you didn’t get the pun )
Opening Song: Spies - Coldplay.

How would you like it if I called you a chicken??

You would probably yell and growl at me to prove that you don’t mind being called any other animal, but not a chicken!

Well here’s the scene.

Friday afternoon, folks at my office like to eat out. Today it was well spent (both cash and time) at Pizza Hut. We had our fill of pizza and were waiting for the waiter to get our bill. Just then, the neighboring table was occupied by another group (who I guess also have the Friday eat-out culture). Now, I could tell from their faces, they were hungry. I mean mighty hungry. The way they were looking at the menu’s discussing stuff, as if it’s a big purchase decision.

A coupla minutes later, the leader of the group ( picture a guy who’s balding, wears frame-less spectacles, sports a french beard; a typical middle-aged techie) announced -

“Silence everyone! We all know we are hungry. So lets do this fast. I am not going to ask the question again. How many of them chicken?”

A reply from a lady - “I’m chicken.” Her neighbor - “Me too!” His neighbor -”Well, I would love to, but today it’s a shivratri (an auspicious day) else even I’m A chicken!”

I couldn’t hold it anymore. I burst out laughing.

The leader of the other group glares at me, looks at the waiter who was smiling, and says, “Except one, all four chickens.”

I paid my share of the bill, excused myself and ran out to have a hearty laugh! Boy! I know controlling my laughter is my weakness, considering the number of times I have been thrown out of the class for giggling when the teacher spoke of something which looked like a double entendre.

I just hope I don’t get to see the leader of that group anymore, else I will start laughing in the middle of nowhere for no reason! I ‘m ok meeting the “chick” but definitely not the chicken!!

Closing Song: Good Riddance -Greenday (Quite Fitting, Ain’t it?)
Closing Mood: Go home and freeze the hot stuff…