Tomorrow belongs to Science

// September 21st, 2009 // No Comments » // Revolution

Today i came across a nice video about our today’s world. The facts mentioned in the video are disturbing in one way but also makes us think that as a human being we evolved into much higher form. If yesterday belonged to Urban Legends and Myths , Tomorrows world surely belongs to reasoning and facts.

Hope you have enjoyed the video. Planning to post more video stuffs in future , much as compilations .

Leave a comment if you like the video. Credit to xplanevisualthinking from Youtube

Airtel – WTH are you Thinking ?

// September 5th, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Revolution

I don’t know whether its because of some idiot in the company taking bad decision or Airtel been pushed to do things like this. But surely , the company has taken a path which is sure to raise question and annoy people in new , improved , different manner.
Airtel today has added its hello tune Advertising before each Hello Tune Song  the user paid so that when his friends , relative call him they can hear the song while they wait for the call to be attended.
The Advertising which last about 7 seconds , is a serious issue as , Airtel is using people`s money to use their advertising. A normal person would pick a phone/call within 10-15 seconds and what is the purpose of one keeping the HelloTune when almost half of the time is purely advertisement from the company.
We had the same issue with BSNL , but its time we stand united and show these greedy Corporates that their plan of using our money to advertise their product is not going any further.

Here is recording of their advertisement

If you are willing to deactivate the HT here is the thing you can do

NOTE :- FOR DEACTIVATE HELLOTUNE DIAL 543211806 (free) AND DIAL *678# OR *106#

TO AIRTEL :

WE DIDN’T PAY MONEY SO THAT YOU CAN ADVERTISE !!

Update 1 :
After breaking the news , Admin of broadbandforum.in has taken up a intial process, just a blog entry as of now. But i am glad that someone who previously fought against the Famous FUP issue is now on the issue . We might see a online petition soon , at present we need all your supports. So if you are interested , please login Broabandforum.in and reply to the thread here and tell us how you feel

Update 2:

Today they removed the Advertisement. May be someone there would have read and removed.

Update 3 :

Very disappointed with you Airtel . They think either they are too clever or they are plain simply acting like fools. Now Ads show up now and then. Talk about being lucky .

Copyright : What side are we really?

// May 1st, 2009 // 1 Comment » // Revolution

Hi all ,
Hope you like articles thus far. Today i want to just discuss on some issues we netizens face every day. Copyrighted stuff! This is the hot topic at present throughout the internet. Whatever news pops out as top news contains some copyright stuff in it. Recently The Pirate Bay owners were sent to jail, but they have appealed to high court, that’s a different story. The pirate Bay stands tall among all the netizens. They worship TPB like anything, Why? Simply because these guys have the guts to face the Music and Movie industries Threats.

Today my question is, What side are we really on ?
We love Music, We love Movies, and we love games. We are fan boys for some cult! be it Star wars , or LOR, Matrix , PS3 , XBOX , Britney , Lindsay Lohan … etc. We are fans because of their awesome work. Are we really doing them any good by downloading their work for free?
One part of my brain says that, this free downloading has been my virtual Search engine for finding extra-ordinary musicians, movies, games etc…
I found Within Temptation because of the torrents. And i would surely say that i would buy her next album, not because i can’t download from the internet anymore, but more of like showing the artist a respect, a token of appreciation for their work.
But my other part of the brain says that you should stop downloading other artist which you haven’t become a fan…
Wait a second! , I can surely say that i have stayed away from some artist, because their works suck, or say, i don’t like their genre! But anyway, i am not going to buy a CD of some unknown anyway! So does my downloading really count? And needless to say the downloaded album will be deleted as soon as i hear them and find they suck!
Torrents have been the place where i discover many new works, like Office, Heroes, and Prison Break etc. Office and Prison Break haven’t been started yet here in India, but even if they start, they show them at some time and miss a episode or two in the middle, they simply don’t care what we see and they simply don’t know what they are doing. And top it all, nowadays every single program comes with a Subtitle! , Damn you morons! And those subtitles only distract us from seeing the actual serial. It’s like a audio book with visual text … It can’t get worst than it is now. Only thing they haven shown the subtitles is in the Advertisements! Do they think that we don’t English or what, i simply can’t understand? If they put a Hindi subtitle it’s ok for me, since it would be great for north Indians who don’t know English to enjoy these serials/ movies. But what if your damn viewer is a frequent movie goer, an addict… He will hate you like anything.
Actually I have stopped (nearly) watching movies on TV, simply because the subtitles kill the experience!
I think i have deviated too far!
Coming to the topic.

Actually there is also a bigger responsibility for the music companies, movie, game.. Etc, on their part.
Simply put, who would get a 3000 Rs game in India? Pricing is essential! You can’t simply price like that, you have to get a hold of the local culture and mind set. India is a place where people don’t get 1 item for 10 Rs, They bargain till death and get 5 items for 10 Rs. They simply won’t and can’t shed a 3000Rs Single title game!
If the big companies don’t realise this faster and soon, they will invariably going to help the piracy soar to new height all because of their greed for money. Simply put the same game/movie/music is cheaper to obtain from black market or download free off the net.
I wouldn’t say that you shouldn’t download, this a broadband era. Download, but if you really like their work, please support them in any possible way. I loved Batman – Dark knight and i seriously got a Blu-Ray of the film. Not everyone can afford. But at least try not to focus on downloading and enjoying part alone. If these artist aren’t there, then the most important part of “ BroadBand Era “ life , The Entertainment won’t be there.
You could help them by writing a good review on EBay, Amazon, Post nice stuff on Forums, Blogs, Encourage people who CAN buy stuff.
Even though this isn’t the ultimate answer, but at least we can try to make ourselves conscious that we are doing something good to the artist / hero / developer…
I hope i made something or the other clear to you.
If you like this article, please leave a comment and if possible spread it to your friends.
Thanks a lot.
See you soon on another article!

Reliance Joins the CARTEL

// March 11th, 2009 // 4 Comments » // Revolution

Recently i posted a article regarding Airtel and its fair usage policy. but it seems reliance , one of the companies we think will revolutionize our Indian Communication and joined the path of Airtel and Tata ..

This is really a depressing news for all the netizens. If they can do this .. no one knows for sure what and all they can do in the future ..

Reliance fair usage policy comes from their new DATA CARD tariff!!

here is the picture..

as you can see at he bottom … they limit the unlimited plan to 10 GB and this is very restricting …

keep a check on this post… will post any update on this issue

Airtel and Its Fair Usuage Policy

// February 27th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // Revolution

Hi …

Airtel Sucks

Today this is my second post … wanted to post this article long back..anyway here it is

Few weeks back Airtel , India`s largest Internet Service Provider ( ISP ) silently changed few things in their site and thought that it will go unnoticed.. But they are DAMN wrong !!

So what happened ?

India`a IT is booming at a very rapid speed and to feed it with junk food called Internet has been a problem off lately ..

With more than thousands of people getting to know or joining the netizen community each and every day .. the ISP`s are facing a situation,in which they are now forced to UPGRADE THEIR hardware’s and other equipment to meet the growing demands.So now comes the problem .. with  the world economic slow down and increasing hardware rates , these ISP`s are forced to either block new connection , which they cant , or charge more from the Business Plan users ( the big companies which get a massive 8 MBps , etc ) which again they cant do .. or they they should downgrade the present Slow users ( the HOME USERS ) , which they have started to do.. , thinking that most of the Home Users wont question a thing and mostly are Job holders , busy people and users who use internet rarely.. But they are again wrong … Present day users are more sophisticated and they know what they are doing and they don’t want any deficit in their world of internet…

Airtel Fair Usuage

As you can see from the picture … the unlimited usage is being severely capped and we are put in a position to use less …

My question to them

>>> When we pay for unlimited , we really pay for it …. hard earned money so that we can enjoy the internet without any hassle and enjoy as we like

>>> When did TRAI give you permission to cap the download ??

>>> If you cant even provide a minimum 50 % of bandwidth , then the why the hell are you still a ISP ??

so friends hope you understand whats happening now .. and if are really interested in protesting against this atrocious behavior please sign in this petition http://afup.broadbandforum.in/

Things to remember before you file a petition

1.) Please give a valid Email

2.) You will receive a email after entering the petition , please confirm your entry by clicking the confirmation email

3.) If you fail to confirm your entry through the email you receive , its total waste just by simply entering the petition , because unconfirmed entries are not counted

4.) please feel free to enter in your comment!!

The future of Indian Broadband is at stake , so please participate and Please spread the word in ORkut ,  face book , email your friend ,

Spread the Word !!