The Linux Counter Page : Shobhit Kumar Prabhakar

I am registered user of The Linux Counter since 2004. Today I was updating my new server details (server.dotain.com) at the site (It is required to login to the site once a year or the account details may be deleted due to inactivity). After inserting the details I was checking the statistics given on the site. I noticed that the longest uptime record is : 14969.3 days as per that site. It is over 40 years.

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My Internet was working really slow for the last 20 hours, I even filed the complaint at my ISP, but they were telling me a different story. I searched the net to find the exact reason and I quickly got the answer - Once again the under sea cables have been damaged. You can read more about this at BBC News and at AFP and at Bloomberg

I understand that the Internet is just the global mesh (including cable connections) and the connected computer systems(and routers etc), But my ISP(Airtel Broadband, India) kept telling me fake stories about the lower Internet speed. First they told me that they are upgrading their routers and that would enhance the overall performance after two hour. After 8 hours of waiting I called them again and the call center
guy tried to convince me that there is something wrong with the DNS servers. When I told him to connect me to someone knowledgeable in his company as I am not using the ISP DNS and I always use openDNS and it is faster and more reliable than the Airtel DNS servers he put me on hold for about a minute and after that he apologised and told me that actually the under sea cables have been damaged once again and it would take up-to 48 hours to get every thing normal. I know these unfortunate events can occur, But the ISP should not hide the truth from the customers specially when they know that it could take much more time then they are telling to their customers.

Anyway, this slower Internet and damaged cables once again remind me the South-Park Season 12 episode 6. Watch yourself and enjoy.

Update: Here comes the update on the severity of the situation ( Source: fibresystems.org ):

A first appraisal at 7:44 am UTC gave an estimate of the following impact on the voice traffic (in percentage of out of service capacity):

• Saudi Arabia: 55% out of service
• Djibouti: 71% out of service
• Egypt: 52% out of service
• United Arab Emirates: 68% out of service
• India: 82% out of service
• Lebanon: 16% out of service
• Malaysia: 42% out of service
• Maldives: 100% out of service
• Pakistan: 51% out of service
• Qatar: 73% out of service
• Syria: 36% out of service
• Taiwan: 39% out of service
• Yemen: 38% out of service
• Zambia: 62% out of service

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Updated Logos of Major companies after the Global Financial Crisis.

Here are Updated logos for few of the companies who lost a lot in the Global Financial Crisis. Economic issues have changed the way these companies used to shine. I hope this will end soon.
:- GeekLord

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Michael Flatley Lord of the dance

The video shows one of the most popular dance ever recorded. Michael Flatley is the king of river-dance. His Marvelous composition and the elite group of dancers deliver the out of the world experience to the audience.

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Here comes Hottest babes serving in Police and Army from different countries around the world. They are sexy, smart, lethal and ready to kick criminal’s asses.

Lady Police

Beautiful Female Soldier	British Army girl preparing for an outdoor training operation
British female soldier sleeps (and shows her belly button ;-))at her base in Kandahar, Afghanistan	Female German Police officers with the new style blue uniform
Female Italian paratroop soldier	Female Soldier from Norway
Female soldier from Spain (Ceuta or Melilla garrison)	Female Soldier of the Canadian Armed Forces happy in the rain
female soldier spanish army in iraq	Female Soldiers in Short Pants
French Navy Soldier	German Police apprentice
Hot German Police Women	Greece Lady Army Girl
Italian Army girl working on Computer in Afghanistan	Italian Army Girls from the ISAF in Afghanistan
Mounted Police Girl, Germany (Polizei Niedersachsen)	Mounted Police woman
Royal Navy Woman with really short shorts and knee socks. :)	Spanish Army Girl with makeup.
Spanish Army Girls ready to fight	Beautiful Spanish Royal Guard
Sweet soldier girl from Norway	Turkish policewoman in Istanbul
Two German Policewomen at a shooting range	Two policewomen from Austria Chatting
Cute Viva Espania! Spanish Air Force woman

Now, some criminals are happy, at-least they may get a chance to get caught(or killed) by these beauties.

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OpenOffice is free, open source complete office package which is rapidly gaining popularity against dominating Microsoft Office Package. Paul Murphy compares the two at: Openoffice 3.0 vs MS Office

OpenOffice has now got a sexy new look.

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New Sony Rolly in Motion - Uncut Demonstration

Watch the demonstration of the weired Music Player from Sony.

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