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Wat’s new?

*sigh*

How do you people manage to be NO Lazy. lol. I am fed up of my laziness. Isn’t giving me any good but causing harm…

I despite of all efforts cannot write something which isnt related to Computers or Technology. I certainly don’t want to tell private things over here, I got the best people from Allah regarding that :-D. So why should I waste my time by telling things here? Hehe.

I need consistency in studies. Just pray and drop a few comments if you can about how to be consistent and all that.

I think it’s time for me to sue this ISP! Actually to sue all ISPs of Pakistan since their service is just terrible. It will not work properly when you are at an emergency. It will make you cry! I just hate their speed. I think it’s some kinda POLICY of them, the more user will be online the more will we fill our pockets! Who knows…Unlimited Dial-up packages were once very expensive and not something every person could afford but now prices have dropped. You can get unlimited for something which you had to pay for 50-100 hours per month in some cases! I don’t know when the situation will improve. We need DSL/Broadband/High Speed Internet and I wonder when will it reach us. PTCL is the only Telephone service provider in Pakistan & they are the ones who are controlling the Gateways for Internet traffic coming to and going out of Pakistan. They are improving too but only reason is competition. More Companies are getting chance to get in Pakistan.

PTCL has done a few blunders in the past. As said, they used to be the ones who would control Internet. All Internet backbone to Pakistan was controlled by them, so they had set very high prices for bandwidth usage for ISPs other than their own (PakNET Online). Then a time came when they blocked VOIP (Voice over IP or Voice over Internet in other words). They blocked it with reasons that it’s causing a harm to their Telephone services. Why? Because they used to charge say Rs.80 per minute to USA whereas VOIP in some cases was free and in other was only a few Rupees per minute! Free for PC 2 PC calls and a bit of charges for PC 2 Phone calls. Then they decided to get “ISLAMIC” and do something which would stop the masses of Pakistan from surfing pornography, Pakistani IT experts were harsh on PTCL for this purpose, fine blocking such content is very good thing but the methods they used for blocking were just useless, one could easily by pass it and they wasted millions on it without getting the result. PTCL bought only one Internet back bone for it self to be used by all Pakistan, which usually cuts down atleast once in a year’s time causing damage to our economy and people. There was no Internet for many days a few months ago…

Looks like the situation is improving now. More and more Companies are coming and investing in Pakistan. Broadband/DSL providers have started working in the large cities of Pakistan with reasonable prices too, but I hear their speeds are still bad. Reason for that is usual Telephone copper lines. They are old now, we will only get full speed if these lines are upgraded fully forever. I read a jobs notice yesterday in news papers, a new Telecom company is starting to lay its own cable in the Capital Islamabad for broadband internet and Telephone services, so I hope the situation will improve. Plus, Warid Tel has also planned to lay fibre optic cable across Pakistan, they will start their own Telephone service + broadband and they will be providing bandwidths to ISPs too in very reasonable prices which will effect the end users too, like me! ETISALAT is the company who bought 25 percent of PTCL in an open auction, now they are unable to pay for it. I have heard its because they are not able to make banks give them money to be invested in Pakistan…If ETISALAT takes over PTCL, it will improve by leaps and bounds…insha’Allah.

Let’s just hope…

I have been labelled as Microsoft lover and Bill Gates big time fan too and they said I try to defend their products too much. I mean why not? Its because of Microsoft and Bill Gates that we have reached here. They were the ones who gave future visions of things. They are the ones building more and more. Then they call Billy stole software from Apple and IBM and bla bla bla. My foot! You are all loosers :p. When you cannot compete a Company you just put them in court and label them as “CHEATERS” and “BAD PLAYERS” and wat not. If your products were good enough, they would have struck through! Mozilla’s example is in front of you…

Another thing, “It’s better to fail than to cheat.” Right? But when someone fails why are they not welcome? Why are those passed through who cheat?

What a world this is…Wonderful!

Windows Live Messenger

As mentioned earlier. I got’s Beta invitation and I am part of it :-D. I cannot post it’s Snaps rite now because I am not sure if that will come in Microsoft’s policy or not. I certainly don’t want to loose my Beta Tester status. I waited for it for a very long time. Oh, and I got 2 invitations the other day. Microsoft gave away 2 invitations for Live Messenger to all Beta testers who are part of Live Messenger. I gave them both to my friends & there’s another great news for ME. I am also selected in upcoming version of Microsoft Office Professional!!! I have seen its snaps and read its reviews, it’s reallie cool but there’s one problem. My Internet is only a dial-up, worst of a Dial-up actually and the file size to be downloaded is 400 MB! :-/ I applied for a Physical shipment though, they will send me a few CDs/DVDs with all that in it but it said it will reach me in maximum of 6 weeks. So I have to wait for a long long time!!!!!!

Since I am not able to post Live Messenger’s snaps, here are some of its new noted features ;-

Your Contacts

• Unified Contacts
• 600 Messenger Contacts
• Word Wheel
• Edit your contact’s Info
• Nicknames (Rename your contacts)

The Art of Instant Messaging

• Offline IMs
• Conversations While Appearing Offline
• Time Stamps

Messenger Face Lift

• Orange
• Pick Your Color
• Toning it Down
• Display Picture Functionality
• Frameless Menu Entry
• Fixed Scrolling

Sharing

• How-to
• Safety
• Updating Files
• Multiple Computers
• Size Doesn’t Matter
• With whom?

Computer-2-Phone Calling

• Cheap and easy
• Crystal Quality
• MCI Partnership

Windows Live Video Integration

• See the latest Videos

For more detailed list of features, check @ Official Blog for Live Messenger

Infected!

“Write 5 random facts about yourself, and then list the names of 5 people whom you in turn infect. Also, leave a post to these people letting them know they have been infected.”

Ok. Now that comes from sis Z.

1. I love eating Chickens! Chickens should be hating me alot :-D.
2. I wish I didn’t have any thing in my life except a laptop, Internet connection, food and something to drink. Any thing = ___________
3. I don’t care much about how I dress and how I look like, esp my hair and my beard. I shaved 3 weeks ago I think, last time. (I hope you are not seeing dis dumbo!)
4. I am not comfortable with talking to MEN! Now the fact is that I am one my self. I am never comfortable at talking with them…except one or two.
5. I am getting FAT…hell of FAT!!!

Since I don’t know any bloggers whom to infect. I would end it up here.

Getting in Betas

I have been asked by a few that how do we get in Beta of “Kahuna” or “Windows Live Mail”. Here is the answer.

Crazy stuff!

After getting DesktopX, I am seriously thinking about it. I loved Silica CPU Meter and Silica Disk Meter, which came with it, tells you how much CPU is being used and how much of the Disk space is being used in percentage in a very neat and clean way. I just loved the graphics. I looked online for same one but which could monitor and tell me the RAM usage too and I did not find it! I am told now by someone on WinCustomize that it’s available as Silica Memory Meter/Monitor but I am not able to find it any where.

So, anyways, I made a RAM usage meter for my self :-D. Using the same graphics and script of the original Silica widgets from Stardock. Thanks to Stardock for it. :-) It can be found here at Win Customize web site.

http://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=670&LibID=34

I am just in love with every thing from Stardock. I will post the details of what I am using later. I am now on Win Customize as “The Patri0t”, I have another Widget in mind too. Will do it soon insha’Allah. I will also do the same CPU/RAM/Disk usage meters too, but changed versions, I will make horizontal ones, so it can be put in the Task bar or up near the browser.

I have got in mind one to make of a simple Digital clock and Date showing. It’s also an inspiration from another DesktopX theme. I will seek permission of that author soon about it. I am just working and editing part of other Authors with their permission. After I get used to it, I will have some work of my own insha’Allah.

BTW, I seriously need more RAM! It’s 512 MB and when I am on the peak usage, it’s only a few percents left :-(. Only less than 100 MB in one case. I should upgrade my RAM, perhaps I will to 512 + 256 MB. I, for my next Laptop, which is a dream, for it I will have 2 GB of RAM so I never have to worry about it. In other words, FUTURE safe it ;-).

I am thinking about having a shoutbox for my blog, where users can leave SHOUT OUTS for me, having an online payment account, where SHEIKHS can send me money if they want to get rid of some :p, I am also thinking to have a wish list, which every one can see and if they want they can spend some money on it and actually gift them to me!!! I am also thinking about some sort of Business which can be accessed and controlled Online without much trouble. Ideas any one? I am going to talk to Paypal about it. They do not have my country listed with them. I need special arrangements from them, to have direct debit/credit facility available from my Bank account (I don’t have any right now, will be having within a few weeks).

Papers are over. Practical left. It’s easy. I don’t care about it.

I need some Business ideas :p. N seriously thinking to attract users to my Blog. Reading alot these days regarding that topic in particular.

Sad + Happy?? Oh Allah…

I dont know what this is. Last time I lost something, I got Beta invitations from Microsoft, I loose something again yesterday and today and I got another Beta Invitation…

Allah knows and does the best…

It’s invitation for Messenger Live Beta, MSN Messenger 8.0 in other words, yup, the new version of it, but fully renamed and is supposed to have alot of new features. I have seen it’s screenshots, looks nice…Can’t wait to download and test it.

It is not available for download yet. Microsoft has only sent out Invitation e-mails to Beta testers, I read that the download will be available on Monday. It’s already Monday around me, getting into a night actually, so perhaps its released in a few hours time, when they get up in Redmond :p. If not today then it will be available for download till this weekend.

Ah well. Remember me in your prayers…