The Melting Pot

Defeating the block

I think most of you know about the Indian Govt.’s blog block. Blogspot, Typepad and Geocities have been totally blocked.

Even I have been affected because the original Uthfull is hosted on Geocities. OK… I don’t visit or update that site anymore but still I don’t want it to be blocked because of the Indian Govt.’s foolishness.

I could write a lot about this ban but why should I when everything is already here and here. Alternatively, you can use goo gle to get more information.

• List of banned websites
• Bypassing the ban

- A nicely written tutorial.

I have a few other tricks for people to browse the web somewhat anonymously and browse banned sites.
You see, most of the internet http proxies use a software called CGIProxy. Now keeping in mind some things typical of that program, we can use google to find hundreds of free http proxies to access the banned sites and the web anonymously.

Here are the direct links to the search results :

• Search Results 1
• Search Results 2
• Search Results 3

Now I used to visit one of the banned sites ( http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/ ) which I think is down. Here’s the Google Cache. If I remember correctly, this site used to show videos of people being beheaded in Iraq by millitants (yup, that’s how I discovered it).

Some sites say the ban will be lifted in another 48 hours but who cares.

If you want to just access your own blog hosted on blogger, use this site.

I was about to setup a http proxy of my own but then I discovered this trick.
Enjoy!!

July 20th, 2006 | 1 Comment

hope…….

well what i am gonna write is nothing original but part of very common knowledge. and it is actually the continuation of jaskiran’s post. the following is nothing but the story of pandoras box as i know it….

pandora was the first women created by god. she lived with her husband. they were enjoying their life as no evil thing had touched them. there was actually no evil at that time. all mankind was extremely happy. someone of the many greek gods,who didnt like all this happiness, sent his messenger to pandora ad her husband with a box. now the messenger told them not to open the box and keep it in their safe keeping. but pandora could not controll her curiosity and even after caution from her husband went ahead and opened the box. now the box was filled with all the evil virtues and as soon as it opened all of them escaped. pandora was instantly filled with fear, guilt and grief over her doing. the evil forces had already gripped her. to control further damage she closed the box. but her husband told that something is still left in the box and it will help them. it would rid all their miseries. it was HOPE. the other gods had concealed hope among all these virtues. pandora opened the box again, out came hope and all of pandoras problems started to vanish. so whenever evil tries to take over… the hope inside our hearts keeps us going and foils the atempt.

ha ha …. that was a very very modified and altered version of the actual story. actualy all these mythological stories are like open source softwares. you can modify them and republish them. but i know my software..err story wont have many buyers… but i hope(pun intended) that my msg has been put through.

…..In this life you could lead if you only believe
And in order to achieve what you need
You can never give up
You can never give up

And this hope
That keep me holding on
On and on
And this hope
That makes me carry on
On and on

shaggy’s song…. hope….

The Bayer Scandal

I don’t know how old or new this scandal is. I just happened to read about it on Sushubh’s blog.

An American drug company, Bayer, dumped medicine infected with the HIV/AIDS virus in Spain, Japanand Asian countries because they wanted to make a profit after the US govt. directed them to remove the infected drug from the US market. The surprising thing is that the US govt. knew about the dumping thing.

The world is crazy!!

Click here to watch the video of a special report by MSNBC.

More info:

• Bayer kept selling drug that helped spread HIV
• Bayer to Pay $265 Million In U.S. AIDS Settlement

Seems the big companies can easily pay off bad publicity because this news never broke out again.

Callous Cops

I’m starting the Reservation debate again.

I see images of the Police lathi charging the doctors and it fills me with anger instantly. What have the students done to deserve a beating? They just sit there quietly shouting slogans or sitting on a dharna.

The same thing happened in Gurgaon last year when the police behaved in a brutal manner with the workers of Honda. They are doing the same again.

These children are educated citizens. They are not indulging in vandalism. Unlike vagabonds, they are peacefully asking for the fulfillment of their demands. But it seems that the police and the government just do what they think is right. Peaceful protesters are greeted with teargas and sticks. The students can’t and don’t even retaliate.

The police is behaving in a very uncivilized manner. I seriously wish Arjun Singh dies.
I’m eighteen, entitled to vote. Rest assured, the Congress aint getting my vote.

More students, not just the medicos, should come forward and join the strike. The government won’t listen until they are given a kick up their rear. Till now, the strikes have been peaceful. But if it continues this way, it won’t take long for the students to take up arms and battle it out with the police. Bloody brutes!!

TOMMY FUCKING HILFIGER

I’m extremely sorry bout my language in this post but I cannot stand assholic racists who think they are all that!! Tommy Hilfiger is a motherfucking bastard who is so bloody arrogant that he considers himself above god!
Let me start from the beginning. I always thought Tommy Hilfiger was a genius when it came to fashion. Obviously he was extremely over priced but then aren’t all international designer brands… I had genuine love for his clothes. Until a few days ago when I found out that this guy had said in one of his interviews, something like ‘If I had known that blacks and people of colour will be wearing the clothes I make, I wouldn’t have made them’.
He is a fuckwitted maniac! This is so nazi!!! Just like Hitler who considered the pure German blood as the pioneer Aryans and hence ‘chosen by nature’ to rule! Does this bastard think himself above the so called ‘people of colour???’ God I hate racists!! Their fucking country runs because of us Asians! Fucking dumbwitted assholes!!

After Sales Service : Huh what’s that mister?

Its been bloody six days since I’ve been calling up the stupid lazy asses up at Hitachi to come and service my AC. I know its not a big deal and I can get it serviced from any damn person but I prefer to get it done from the company.

I’ve been to their office and registered thrice. But they don’t seem to pay heed. Their excuse is that since its the “season” so they’re short of workers. LAME EXCUSE!! When you know that your’s is a seasonal industry then go employ some extra people in summer. Are you gonna service my AC in October.

The same is the case with Car dealers. When they sell you a car, they are all nice and try to convince you. But after you buy a car they don’t even bother to call you up and ask you how the damn thing is running. Home appliances and vehicles cannot be replaced easily because they are not cheap. Its not like your soap just finished and you immediately go and buy another one.

Harry has been tormented by the cellular phone service providers.
A manager at General Motors once refused to listen to my dad because he thought that he was unnecessarily bothering them!! Assholes, how are we supposed to fix the car AC all by ourselves??

The concept of after sales service does not exist in India. Take any product, service, sector… They are least bothered about the customer once they’ve made their sale.

Its high time you bastards woke up!!!

(Sorry for the foul language)