DesiPagal http://www.desipagal.com A mad man's blog! Sat, 15 Mar 2008 04:31:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en How google is keeping the spam away using CAPTCHA http://www.desipagal.com/2008/03/14/how-google-is-keep-the-spam-away-using-captcha/ http://www.desipagal.com/2008/03/14/how-google-is-keep-the-spam-away-using-captcha/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:44:18 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2008/03/14/how-google-is-keep-the-spam-away-using-captcha/ google_captcha_thumb2.jpgCAPTCHA is a great new tool to keep majority of the spam down.  Basically it is used in computing if you are a human or not so you keep all the spammer away.  Now, what makes google use a CAPTCHA that even human cannot read? Wait.. is it because I is a pagal? or does being a desi has anything to do with it? I can swear I did not drink beside few bottles of them black stuff (coke? yeah that’s it). 

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]]> http://www.desipagal.com/2008/03/14/how-google-is-keep-the-spam-away-using-captcha/feed/ YouTube and their trained monkeys http://www.desipagal.com/2007/10/05/youtube-and-their-trained-monkeys/ http://www.desipagal.com/2007/10/05/youtube-and-their-trained-monkeys/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2007 08:06:15 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2007/10/05/youtube-and-their-trained-monkeys/ While searching on YouTube I landed up on a ‘500 Internal Server Error’ where somthing really went wrong.  I sat there for a minute reading the error message, at the actual message was encrypted and asked me to report to the youtube customer service.  I didn’t bother to much with figuring out what the message was instead … by the ending it looks like a base64 which usually ends with an equal sign.  I have saved the original message in case someone is interested evaluating it. (more…)

]]> http://www.desipagal.com/2007/10/05/youtube-and-their-trained-monkeys/feed/ The Great Shaadi Prank… http://www.desipagal.com/2007/10/03/the-great-shaadi-prank/ http://www.desipagal.com/2007/10/03/the-great-shaadi-prank/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:25:59 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2007/10/03/the-great-shaadi-prank/ 6csofmarriage.jpgI doubt if this one really needs an introduction but i’ll go ahead and make it brief… as we all know, shaadi.com one of the largest matromonial website - so once again Umari and I decided to do a prank with the live support.. below are the chat log for both of us.. check it out! (more…)

]]> http://www.desipagal.com/2007/10/03/the-great-shaadi-prank/feed/ Marriage in South Asian Countires… http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/14/marriage-in-south-asian-countires/ http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/14/marriage-in-south-asian-countires/#comments Fri, 14 Sep 2007 22:36:41 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/14/marriage-in-south-asian-countires/ shaadi_roll_in.gifIndeed, there is no greater bond of human being than a holy matrimonial, the marriage!  For years, not only in South Asia but all around the world marriage has been the bond between a Man and a Women until today.  That is completely a different chapter of the marriage that i’ll not discuss as it does not apply in a society such as South Asian.  Well, at least not in any legal ways where the bond is made official through legal partnerships. (more…)

]]> http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/14/marriage-in-south-asian-countires/feed/ Buy her $2 buds and she might let you…. http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/10/buy-her-2-buds-and-she-might-let-you/ http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/10/buy-her-2-buds-and-she-might-let-you/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:10:25 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/10/buy-her-2-buds-and-she-might-let-you/ proposition_wasted.jpgMost guys take women to the Bar hoping they get drunk so that they can bring them to their car and go drive stright to their bedroom.  If not all wants to admit it, at least the Bar manager decided to alert the women out there about it… as my daily routine while on the way to school, I pass this Bar each day … what’s entertaining the most about it is that

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]]> http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/10/buy-her-2-buds-and-she-might-let-you/feed/ Aplus and the .us domain search gone wrong! http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/08/aplus-and-the-us-domain-search-gone-wrong/ http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/08/aplus-and-the-us-domain-search-gone-wrong/#comments Sat, 08 Sep 2007 20:38:29 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/08/aplus-and-the-us-domain-search-gone-wrong/ aplus01_small.jpgBeing the company of that repute, I would expect much more than of what was provided to us (us being I and one of my good friend Umair.)  In case you have never heard of it, Aplus.net is a huge domain name and web hosting company that has been providing service for a very lengthy time.

When I and Umair have finally decided on a domain name for our forth coming project, due to unfortunate luck, the domain was taken already and not only that… all extension of that domain have also been registered by someone else.  (more…)

]]> http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/08/aplus-and-the-us-domain-search-gone-wrong/feed/ Aplus chat session - Sequel of The Domain Bargain! http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/07/aplus-chat-session-sequel-of-the-domain-bargain/ http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/07/aplus-chat-session-sequel-of-the-domain-bargain/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:24:39 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/07/aplus-chat-session-sequel-of-the-domain-bargain/ 23444986.jpgOkay, this is the sequel to the great chat session that follows the previous one’s with Aplus.  Remember how we registered a .us domain previously.. Yeah! Sequel to that … the problem is that Aplus got a hole in their system somehow … make sure to read my post in Tech-no-logic section later on about it as i’ll go much deeper to that but for right now here is the chat session with Aplus tech support and my friend Umair:
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]]> http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/07/aplus-chat-session-sequel-of-the-domain-bargain/feed/ Aplus chat session - The Domain Bargain! http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/06/aplus-chat-session-the-domain-bargain/ http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/06/aplus-chat-session-the-domain-bargain/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:44:36 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/06/aplus-chat-session-the-domain-bargain/ sale_bargain.jpgI like bargain, I wont deny that before I make most of the online purchase I look for coupon codes and so forth… Here is a chat session from last night between Aplus live chat person and I … I wanted a domain name and was ready to register it until I notice the live person and just felt like bargaining or to get a coupon or somthing lol… just for the heck of it!
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]]> http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/06/aplus-chat-session-the-domain-bargain/feed/ Aplus chat session - during the $1 domain name special http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/06/aplus-chat-session-during-the-1-domain-name-special/ http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/06/aplus-chat-session-during-the-1-domain-name-special/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2007 04:31:19 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/06/aplus-chat-session-during-the-1-domain-name-special/ life-the-bargain.jpgBelow is a chat session between one of my friend Umair (PakiBadsha) and Greg from Aplus during their domain special sale where domain were sold for just $1. This took place a while back… after reading this make sure you read the other aplus chat session as they sync well together.
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]]> http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/06/aplus-chat-session-during-the-1-domain-name-special/feed/ Rescue me http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/03/rescue-me/ http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/03/rescue-me/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 01:17:52 +0000 Ali http://www.desipagal.com/2007/09/06/rescue-me/ rescue_me_les.jpgRescue it is indeed… The TV series promotional poster that was posted in the local bus stop in Lower East Side of Manhattan - just below Houston street.  In the early morning while walking to the bus stop I noticed that someone actually tried to rescue the poster out of its glass frame.
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