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- 17. July 2011: Virtualize IOS and JunOS to run on any x86 platform
- 7. September 2010: VMWORLD 2010 Notes
- 9. April 2010: Checking out Virtual Device Interfaces
- 11. January 2010: I watched AVATAR opening night and it blew my mind
- 11. January 2010: Changing my identity from a Hindu Atheist to a Hindu Non-Theist
- 11. January 2010: Attending Digital Leakage Prevention and Encryption SANS Summit in New Orleans
- 19. March 2009: ITL announces the new attack against a major flaw affecting all newer Intel chipsets
- 18. March 2009: Report Card for Cisco's press release on Unified Computing Platform
- 24. February 2009: Cloud Computing from Managed Services Providers and Private Internet
- 23. February 2009: WOw, Be A Fine Girl, Kiss Me Right Now!
Archive for January 2010
I watched AVATAR opening night and it blew my mind
11. January 2010 by admin.
I never expected a gripping plot. A science-fiction movie is all about CGI and FX. Oh boy! this one just blew my mind. The plot is about love, good-over-evil, sacrifices and power of nature over stampeding technology. But this movie is great because of the seemless mix of special effects with CGI.
The year is 2154 and the advanced space-faring human civilization is colonizing the planet Panodar, a moon to a gas giant Polyphemus, to mine Unobtanium. The corporation in charge, is trying to relocate the 9 feet blue-skinned natives… Anyway the plot is hackneyed but the story telling is great. So is the CGI. So last year you didn’t miss anything if you hadn;t seen Watchmen. But this movie needs to be watched.
Also watched Shelock Holmes, the year 2010 take on Mr Holmes. The set is very authentic late 19th century London. But Sherlock and Watson are very modern 20th century James Bond with a sidekick. But a over all good movie from Guy Ritchie - gritty like RocknRolla…
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Changing my identity from a Hindu Atheist to a Hindu Non-Theist
11. January 2010 by admin.
I am a non-theist and a skeptic. I don’t want to get branded as an atheist much like I don’t want to get mistaken for a religious person. Just like religion and faith it takes one to have a fundamentalist belief system to be an atheist. I feel more comfortable being a non-theist who is a skeptic on the God question and feel more kinship with the atheists.
But I also subscribe to the view point that Religion is a by product of our evolutionary need and was crucial in our group evolution. But like appendix it has now beconme redundant and will do more harm to the human socierty than good. Reliogion has out-lived its usefulness.
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Attending Digital Leakage Prevention and Encryption SANS Summit in New Orleans
11. January 2010 by admin.
So far, the summit sessions are very balanced. Couple of them are very technical while the others are more for informational and managerial. I enjoyed Ben Wright’s philosophical discussion around the legal framework. I agree with him that some of these privacy laws and PCI compliance as such are ridiculuous and of no practical use. I liked also the technical presentations by Chris Brenton and Rich Mogull. They rekindled my interest in doing a PoC with open source (FOSS) DLP tools before investing heavily in commercialized DLP product.
Reached New Orleans yesterday. The flight was almost 2 hours late and I missed the opening gala for the SANS alumni in Sheraton. Today is the first day of training. Looking forward for tomorrow’s presentation.
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