A few days back.. we [the usual gang of Ringo,9,UC,Vudum n me.. along with a lot of others who joined us later] were in the park, just relaxing and having a chat… but with the others joining us [with whom I usually don’t hang around..] , the topics discussed were quite different from those that interest me…and we usually talk on.. I was getting bored.. but suddenly an interesting idea popped up… the funda of living on CS.. [though the tone in which they looked at the idea was different… I found it interesting..]
The ppl were criticizing a guy (don’t wanna name him :P) {who hosted wierd maps with soccer and other such stuff in it..}.. the people were imagining wild things like.. maps in which class-notes would be read out/scrolled… maps where food items would be displayed at lunch time.. etc.. This might look like a funny and weird idea.. (that gave us all a nice laugh..) but it doesn’t seem ridiculous or crazy to me.. the very fact that the idea was conceived, annihilates it ridiculousness, for me. Though such a degree of dependence (and addiction??) may be an over exaggeration but…
A walk in the hostel corridors any time during the night will tell you why i say this… I can see people in every room… (literally every one.. and mind you I am no exception to this..) stuck to their comps doing all sorts of things… [actually not a wide range.. its pretty predictable… :-(] and now after my comp’s network card got burnt out (…probably… thanks to the lack of grounding in hostels) I can see it even more clearly… that computers are ruling our lives… [at this point.. I’m confused why I started writing this… what’s it that’s bugging me? I’m definitely not against ppl using Comps.. for I love them…]
Is it that it pains me to see people use comps for stuff that’s not so technical? Does it hurt me that we have such “Powerful” machines before us.. and all we do with them is trivial things like chat with others or play? I don’t think so… Yes, when I read the book Hackers:Heroes of the Computer Revolution, I felt ashamed of using my comp in a meek and powerless way… but then I realise that they were the Hackers from the Hacker land .. and everyone can’t be one, can they? Then what’s it, that bugs me?
I guess I miss the time we spent in the first (and a little of second) semester… when very few people had comps. We had a great time… doing other activities that were more physical… and refreshing (than sitting in front of a comp and posting this!!).. I miss those football tourneys we had in the quadrangles.. I miss those “leg” cricket matches… I long for something like the Wrestling match we [Vudum, Ravi,Thatha n me] had in my room… I miss those thermo sessions with Vudum n Ravi.. I miss the tuts in Ravi’s room… (mind you we sometimes studied even when there weren’t exams!!) I guess I miss a lotta things from the first sem… The time at dinner and the chats in parks, are the only things that are still intact… [ I wouldn’t dare forget to mention our recent trip to the woods near the lake… it was awesome!! something that we’ll all cherish for life…] I just hope we have more and more and such moments… moments that i will cherish for life… moments.. that “we” will cherish for life…
Update: I just saw Ringo’s old cd of Illayaraja songs… and realised, I forgot to mention the wonderful time we [Ringo,9,Hari,UC n me..] had listening to them in Ringo’s room on a CD player… and Ringo’s mouthorgan!!!
Everyone hears what you say, Friends listen to what you say, Best friends listen to what you dont say. – Anon.
Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. – Johann Von Goethe