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November 11, 2008

Fix Unresponsive or Frozen Linux Computers

Filed under: Knowledgebase,Linux/Unix Related — Suramya @ 4:43 PM

If you are ever stuck on a Linux system that is completely unresponsive try the following key combination to get access back:

Alt PrintScreen r s e i u b.

When you type the command the system executes the following commands:

* r – takes the control of the keyboard back from X.
* s – writes the data from the disc cache to the hard disk.
* e – sends SIGTERM to all processes except init.
* i – sends SIGKILL to all processes except init
* u – remounts all the filesystems readonly (basically a measure to help you reboot safely)
* b – reboots the system

Please keep in mind that this is a last ditch method, that is to be used only when everything else has failed to get you access to the system. Normally you should be able to switch to a virtual terminal (F1-F6) and kill the offending application.

Source: Fix Unresponsive or Frozen Linux Computers using Shortcuts | MakeUseOf.com

– Suramya

Sandwich

Filed under: Humor — Suramya @ 12:01 AM

You have to be a Unix/Linux nerd to appreciate this one…


Make me a Sandwich

Source: xkcd – A Webcomic – Sandwich

– Suramya

November 10, 2008

Hug a developer today

Filed under: Humor — Suramya @ 8:30 PM

Feel the pain that a developer goes through everyday:

http://blip.tv/file/1061088

(Caution, the clip has sound so if you are at work I suggest you turn off your speakers or use a headphone)

Thanks to Shipra for the link. I guess she must be pretty bored/jobless if she is spending her time searching for stuff like this 😉

– Suramya

November 6, 2008

‘Jurassic Park’ author Michael Crichton dies at 66

Filed under: My Thoughts — Suramya @ 11:31 PM

Its a big loss to the literary world. Michael Crichton died on Tuesday, November 4th from a lung cancer at the age of 66. He was a great author and I loved all his books. He will be missed.

RIP Michael Crichton.

The Associated Press: ‘Jurassic Park’ author Michael Crichton dies at 66

– Suramya

November 5, 2008

Another Interesting Advertisement

Filed under: Humor — Tags: , — Suramya @ 3:59 AM

Saw this one when driving into the parking at Great India Place Mall in Noida. Found it funny.


– Suramya

November 4, 2008

Open Library

Filed under: Interesting Sites — Suramya @ 9:50 PM

OpenLibrary is a really cool site that has just been launched in collaboration with Boston Public Library, Internet Archive and OpenLibrary.org.

Basically it is allows you to search for a public domain book on OpenLibrary.org and, if the book hasn’t been scanned yet and is available at the Boston Public Library, the system gives you an option to request the book to be scanned. Once you confirm your request someone from Boston Library will scan the book and within 3-5 days you will receive an email follow-up with a link to the newly-digitized copy, complete with PDF, online flip book, full text and more.

I personally think that this is a great idea and allows knowledge to be shared across the world and not limited to people who can physically access the Boston Library. Its too much right now to expect non-public domain books to be available in the service but I think a sort of pay per download scheme or something similar would be a great addition to the service in the near future.

Check it out over here: Open Library

Thanks to ‘Jimmy O’Regan’ for the heads up.

– Suramya

November 3, 2008

Feeling lazy

Filed under: My Life — Suramya @ 11:45 PM

Just realized that I haven’t uploaded new pics/stuff to my site since Jan. Ouch.
I blame it on lazyness and a new job. Plus having lots of good books to read 🙂

I do have a lot of pics that I want to upload but… I wish someone would go through the 7.2 GB of photos I have and update the photogallery on the site.

I also want to update the layout of the site. I think its about time I changed the theme of the site…

Lets see when I get the chance to update the site.

– Suramya

November 1, 2008

Feel cheated right now…

Filed under: My Life — Suramya @ 4:38 AM

Feel pretty cheated right now… In all the sci-fi and fantasy books if a person falls sick suddenly and stays down for a week then when they get better they usually end up with some sort of power like super strength, physic powers etc… So far I haven’t found any new powers after the fever…

Telekinesis : Nope. Either the pen is stuck to the desk or I don’t have telekinesis… 🙁
Mind reading : Nope. Unless no one around me thinks at all (A definite possibility given the way people
drive here)
Ability to fly : Nope. Don’t think if jumping off the bed didn’t work that I should try the roof
Super speed : Nope. Did manage to walk into the door when trying to super speed….
Magic : Nope. Unless my magic power is to sleep a lot…
Super Brains : Not sure… I mean I am smart enough already, how would I know if I got smarter :p
Invisibility : Nope. Though I am not going to try walking around naked anytime soon.

Ah well. Maybe the powers are still developing. Going to keep testing for other super powers. Will let you know if I find anything (maybe… )

– Suramya

October 19, 2008

My Weekend

Filed under: My Life — Suramya @ 11:58 PM

As I posted earlier this weekend was a very hectic weekend. I have caught a viral infection (I think) with the associated high fever and complete body ache. I have been functioning by taking a Paracetamol every 8-12 hours to get rid of the fever.

On Sunday it was Tarini’s birthday but she was celebrating it on Saturday so I drove to Gurgoan. I left here at about 7:15 pm and it took me almost 2 hours to get there. So much for there being less traffic over the weekends. Was there till about almost 2 am and got home at 3:30 am. It was a very fun evening. Caught up with friends and basically just hung out.

The drive there and back was painful and if we weren’t such close friends I would have canceled without any doubt.

Sunday I spent working after taking regular doses of paracetamol. Lets hope tomorrow will be better.

October 17, 2008

Think I am coming down with something

Filed under: My Life — Suramya @ 4:45 PM

My Back hurts, my eye hurts, my feet hurt. Actually let me put it this way, pretty much every muscle in my body is hurting right now and I feel feverish. This had to happen just before the weekend. *groan*. Taking a hot shower followed by paracetamol helped.

To top it all I get to work tomorrow so that we get two days off for diwali instead of one day which is great. But working over the weekend is painful.

My wireless card is still not working but the IT guy is supposed to come today to take a look at the laptop and increase the RAM on the system.

I got my new desk at home and am very happy with it. It looks nice and is very comfortable to work on.

well this is all for now. Will post more later.

– Suramya

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