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06 mei When Love and Hate Collide
The third semester marked a new beginning for many. It was the
adrenaline rush of entering department after having common classes for
first year. Lot of us decided to get
our socks pulled up now that we had entered department and a sense of
belonging would develop, as we had seen the final year senti. But,
being the first proper AIEEE batch meant the department had different
things in mind for us. Behold readers! The skeleton outlines of Zero Point Everyone (What not to do at CSE, NIT Trichy).
Zooming back to the past, the department lived up to its reputation of
being cool. 3 half days in a week!!! This was party time, and over that
so many cancelled classes. Dream comes true. Then came the academics,
bad acoustics was the reason given for not being able to hear our
teachers, we took it in stride. Having done a basic programming in c
course in first year with the most complicated program being finding
inverse of matrix, we suddenly end up making 3 games using graphics in
C for the first week! Our seniors look wonderstruck at the magnanimity
of our programs; teachers say it’s the same thing she has been giving
for the past few years. Seniors say otherwise. After all, these are the
people with experience, and we are mere students, we remain mum and
continue. How tough is it for someone to forget to switch off their
mobile? Not very; and isolated events should be forgotten. Nope, it
just turned out to prove we have descended from apes (Heard that
before, was it Darwin??)
or right from the horse’s mouth: “Your parents sent you here as humans,
what has changed you to animals. What will I tell your parents? Even
the jungles are more orderly.” {NOTE: During this specific class, there
was a crow orchestra outside while a dog snoozed off in the back row of
class] He is the experienced revered soul, so we
sit mum and continue. Then someone hears a roll number wrong, we are
accused of giving proxies! We sit mum and continue. It’s like Murphy
was watching us and having his laughs. I guess all those who think
Murphy is God are lapping this up. Some blame this on one person’s
idiosyncrasies (Onki, am borrowing your description of him). But Murphy
was watching us sitting mum and continuing. Then, how would you feel if
you go for a class and your sir has a written script from a textbook
and even better, he states the fact that “Don’t ask me any doubts,
refer the textbook, its clearly mentioned.” Later on, he goes on record
to say, “Write all the steps for the sum, but no step marks, and if you
don’t write all the steps, no marks.” It sounds like George Bush has
competition for the ‘Foot in the mouth’ award. Then again, fuzzy logic
is this dude’s specialty. While we have funky programs that have other
college compsceez ask us if we are in the same year as them, to binary
state marks, it was rock and roll for us. I scored 2.5 in ECD, 1st ct. I was the 5th highest in class!! Class average was 0.65. 2nd
ct, class average was 2. Then again, we were beyond his expectations,
“we drew Shakeela while he wanted Aishwarya Rai”. He promised 50%
supplies, he kept his promise along with pure Tamil expletives that I
am better off not uttering.
And so did many more of the faculty to give unprecedented 100 supplies to one class in one Sem, just because we were AIEEE batch, knew too much and were acting as we knew that we knew too much. Sounds one sided. Don’t students get to voice their opinions in this place? Oh yes, our college has a forum for that. It’s called class committee meeting, where faculty and student reps meet up and have a positive discussion on how to improve under the able mediatorship of the chair. We had such a meeting, the mediator was absent. The student representatives were handpicked by the faculty and these 9 sacrificial lambs faced the music while they sat mum and continued. Yes, we had some people who threw tantrums; they apologized but why generalize the punishment on everyone. Why refuse to give us a chance when we had forced ourselves to realize our mistakes that no one was ready to pinpoint. Everyone said we were the worst, but how, why? No one knew the path to redemption. One professor felt 20 names of miscreants were enough to sail everyone else true. But under hardships is unity best upheld, and no compsceez would get their brethren into the deep for no fault of theirs. We kept mum and continued, while different departments lambasted our non-existent egos. The winter of 2005 has ended leaving us out cold with 100 supplies and this summer, while we watch our hostels empty out, we compsceez sit back clearing our backs knowing that the world aint fair but at least through hardships, we seal the bonds of friendship. Here is to the class of 2008, NIT Trichy. Come what evil, I’ll be there for you… (Except becoming class rep for another SEM)
Having entered the dept. outta the blue, What the future held, we had no clue. Here we were sitting in the coolest dept of them all Didn’t know others pride led to our fall.
Text editors, window swappers, games and a lot more Someone up there wanted us screwed hardcore. Exam papers with arbid marking schemes Landed you with binary digits even after writing reams.
Being the first proper AIEEE batch now seemed a taboo We were this close to expulsion too. Mass failure, transfer into another institute was on the plate, Year backs or to companies, about us they would berate.
Only we straightened up, would life go well But what went wrong, none would tell. Off the record, we hadn’t misbehaved said each But we must be rotten coz of the thoughts of others who teach.
What was the reason for the dormant volcanoes to erupt? Out of the blue, all so abrupt? Is it the high flying placements students enjoy? Or the fact students these days are no longer coy? Answers that will remain unanswered Coz we know it all, AIEEE inferred.
The answer to what went wrong this BLACK Sem, All I can say, is no one knows, not even them… 12 februari Ankit Fadia's InterviewUNRAVELLING THE WHITE HAT By Vivek N. Shah An independent computer security and digital intelligence consultant, with over six internationally best-selling books on numerous topics related to Computer Security that have been widely appreciated by both professionals and industry leaders the world over. His books have sold a record 250,000 copies across the globe, have been translated into Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Polish and are also being used as reference textbooks in some of the most prestigious academic institutions in Asia and North America. Widely recognized computer security guru and Cyber terrorism expert sums up this 20 year old prodigy. What about the Ankit Fadia away from the spotlight? For the answers, we caught up with him during Pragyan ’06, NIT Trichy’s International Tech fest.
The big question: How did it all start?
“I got my computer when I was 10 years old, usual fiddling around, playing games. Then I came across an article about hacking when I was 12 years old. Found it interesting and worked on it, soon published my first book at 14 and here I am at present. My parents didn’t say anything and were really supportive, as they are now too. At the end of it, it is a very interesting field to jump into. “
Who is Ankit Fadia under this Ankit Fadia?
“Oh! I am pretty much a normal person, doing normal stuff like everyone else, watching movies, eating, sleeping and the usual stuff including academics etc.”
Usual, so normal teenager, includes girlfriends?
[Chuckles] “Yes, girlfriends too.”
Disappointment for your female fan following?
“No, I am single and looking… and my email id is fadia.ankit@gmail.com “
How do feel having achieved so much at such a young age?
“I get up every morning with a blank slate, so I wouldn’t have achieved anything. I believe that every day, get up and do something to make this world a better place and with my blank slate, I haven’t achieved anything as of yet. “
How do your peers cope up with a celebrity in Stanford?
“Thankfully, they treat me as another normal guy; especially my close friends and I make it a point, not to talk about my work. For eg, when I get back to college, just tell them had fun out here in India, and continue with life. Don’t want to mix both these spheres of life. “
What does Ankit Fadia do in his free time or his hobbies? “Free time, which I have little, would be reading books, watching movies, playing cricket and keeping up to date with sports. Speaking of which, oh, i will miss tomorrow’s day 1 of the [India- Pakistan] match. A bowler’s pitch, so the team winning toss will send other team to bat, hopefully a result pitch. Anyways, I also listen to music 24/7. I also love travelling, and thankfully, my present disposition allows me that choice. ”
Choice of music?
“Everything. Actually, it depends on my mood. But the range is huge. I need music all the time “
Latest movies you have caught up with?
“Saw Bluffmaster and liked it, waiting eagerly to watch Rang de Basanti. Hollywood movies, catch a lot of them on flights. Get through 5-6 in a sitting, so kind of lost count of the recent ones. “
Any insight on the “classified” mission in USA?
“Well, they had intercepted an encrypted message and they called upon me to decrypt it. Rest is classified. Otherwise, been working on the India – Pakistan Cyber war and such things are really interesting.”
Usually, most hackers [Black Hats] maintain a low profile, but we have Ankit Fadia, right in the limelight?
“Well, rightly said, Black hats do have to maintain a low profile with the nature of their operations. I am doing no wrong, ethnical hacking, so there is no reason for me to hide. “
What do you feel are the standards of hacking in India?
“The awareness is really low, though it’s picking up. My book was the first book in India on hacking and I think at present, it’s still the only books. But it’s picking up. The most important thing is lack of awareness. “
Blame it on Fadia Euphoria?
“I wouldn’t say that, but yes, once someone does something, like a spark, it ignites more people to get into this. That’s the similar case here. People see someone do it, they get in because they feel even they can do it then. The courses through Reliance have been pretty successful in creating awareness.”
So that makes you- Father of Hacking in India?
[Laughs] “I am not saying anything. You say what you want to say, no comments. “
What if you were stuck up on an island with ….
“A pretty girl???”
Well, okay. Suppose she was a female celebrity, who would it be?
“Down South, it would be Sameera Reddy. Otherwise, well yea, it’d be Sameera Reddy. “
And suppose you were stuck up on an island and could choose three things?
[Grins] “a pretty girl, wireless laptop and lot of food”.
So, are you a night owl or a day lark?
“Totally night owl. Go to sleep at 5 AM and get up at around 12. Down here in India, its usually 3 am to 9 am , when I get down to sleep. “
College?
“Attendance is not a problem out there, so it works out fine. Yeah, the system here in India is different, but in a way it’s good too. ”
So when was your last trip to India? Recent past?
“Actually, I had been to USA for 4-5 days to write a few exams and came back. Heading now to Mesra and then back to Stanford. “
How did you Pragyan ’06?
“Havent caught up much, but the people down here at NIT Trichy have done a good job and from the audience reaction, I loved it too. “
Couldn’t help noticing you are wearing the same black shirt as in your photographs for the academy etc, any special reasons? “Is that so? Oh! Purely coincidence, nothing special at all. “
A question in everyone’s head, where to start off learning hacking?
“I’d say my books! Also people can join up the Reliance course, truly helpful for beginners. Check out my site www.hackingmobilephones.com “
The talk highlighted that under that techno wiz is just another “next-door” boy, enjoying life as it comes. A tedious day, and a longer one tomorrow, wasn’t enough to wipe the impish smile out of his face, as he talked in his usual jovial mood. Yet another young adult, but with a goal, a message he wants to share with everyone out there, “Wake up every morning and think of how you can improve the world”
His future plan, apart from grabbing forty winks at present, is to continue the quest for his holy grail in the field of computer security and hacking and for that we wish him luck.
19 juni 20 hours 2 go!!Woho!! Sand is jus pouring out 17 juni Back 2 da future!!
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