Facebook posts getting deleted automatically. A new bug on facebook.

Earlier today I got an IM from a friend of mine, he sent me a link, told me to look at it. Surprisingly, it was a wall post in my wall! Obviously I knew that post and I just didn’t understand the point of him sending me that link. Well, after that I didn’t get any reply from him, so I couldn’t stop myself and I finally asked him about the link he sent me. Astonishingly, he replies “which link”! Well, nothing irritates me more that this type of reply and after some spicy chat he tells me to click the link again and to my utter surprise, I see nothing there! This is the screenshot of what I saw:

Now it was really shocking, because there is no chance on earth he knew my password neither did he live nearby so that he might have sneaked into my place and deleted the post. I was unable to understand how the hell he do it and all I see in the chat box are smileys illustrating nothing but victory! Yeah, he actually trolled me for some time while I kept on asking him how did he do it. Anyway, after all that funny part, he told me about this bug in facebook which made anyone delete posts in their friend’s timeline, provided he has access to his/her wall and there are no images in that post. He also told me that people actually screwed Mark Zuckerberg’s (Well, if you don’t know who he is, don’t read this post!) profile, and yeah, all his recent public posts were deleted and his profile looked like nothing but a sample mock design! (Yes, his recent post where he clarified that he had nothing to do with the PRISM program, which was quoted at many news sources, was also deleted).

Screenshot of Zuck's Timeline taken from my  profile.

It’s really hard for me to imagine that Facebook, a website which probably has the second largest number of users (Of course after google), can suffer with a bug THIS big. And my friend kept on trolling his friends just like this.

Facebook has a very good reporting channel, through which we can report any post which we feel was harassing us or our friends. After thorough checking of the posts, if facebook finds that the report was genuine, the post was removed and the concerned person would get a notification, saying that the post was removed. They also sent a warning message to the person whose post was deleted although they never let them know who reported them. Good, right?

Now what happens when this whole system goes drunk? (That’s what I will call it!) This is what happened a couple of days ago. After someone reported a post, selected the option which says ‘harassing my friend’ and then reported the same to facebook, within seconds a notification appears that the post was reviewed and deleted! Whoa! Hang on there facebook… how come you made a review so fast! Well, that is the whole point. Posts were getting auto deleted without any review. And here my friend kept on reporting posts of his friends!

See how fast were the notification coming after the report!

I just hope that facebook rectifies this problem as soon as possible, and till the time being, if you were lucky enough to read this post, go on, have fun! (You know what I mean ;)

Sky Is The Limit

My teacher used to say, think big, sky is the limit. There are many more saying which i probably don't remember. And that's what i thought is being followed by everyone. Anyways few days ago i participated in a B-Plan competition to start a business funded by college. I, with a couple of my friend submitted a good B-Plan  which was something about uploading videos (of-course, not like YouTube) and ya, i forgot to mention before the competition, we had a seminar conducted by big entrepreneurs about how to proceed with your plans. Coming back, we were one of the 160 B-Plans submitted in that competition. We were extremely exited as we found out we were selected among top 30 teams!! Next round required detailed business plan, and fortunately, we made a good one and reached third round where we were required to present our business plan in front of a panes of judges (same ppl who took the seminar).

Initially, they were unable to understand our plan (obviously, every loser blames the judge and so, i have my reasons!) and when they finally did, they ended up telling us things like: "why do you want to create a website for this? you could easily make a facebook/youtube application for this and in the meantime you can earn a lot more and both you and facebook/youtube will be happy!!!"

After this line, i was like WHAT THE HELL!! are they the same people who told us that day to think big??? lol  I just don't get it. Why do they want us to become a subset of facebook? Why is it that believing in a brand new and unique project is feared by most of the experienced investors? First they tell us to think big and then when we do they abruptly stop us. Rightly said by Mr. Bill Gates that successful people start getting an illusion that they can't be defeated. And this is why they deteriorate.

Taste of Potassium Cyanide

I was wondering today. What would Potassium Cyanide taste like ? Not that I am going to try to find out anytime but I am just driven by the basic human weakness of inquisitiveness. Afterall even a miniscule dose kills in less than 15 seconds. Is it even possible to determine its taste ? I know it smells like Almonds but how would one determine the taste ?

People have said that some guys have tasted diluted form of KCN and experienced a bitter taste but I can easily refute this theory. This theory just does not hold water. Why would one drink a diluted solution of KCN in order to determine its taste ? I mean, if 300 mg is needed to kill a person, why would one need to dilute it with water in order to find the taste. Why not just take, lets say 50 mg of undiluted KCN and be done with it ? Diluting KCN in water will only serve one purpose - Making it harder still to determine the taste with certainity. Most of these stories must have been the brainchild of some idle nincompoop grappling with the properties of solutions in physical chemistry trying to apply his half baked ideas to practical applications like this.

So here is my advice to all those who are willing to stake their lives for a better informed society : Try KCN in a smaller dose. I would say 1/5 of the fatal dose. If you are lucky enough, you would be able to tell the taste. There is just no point trying to dilute it with water and then wondering why the hell does the solution tastes like distilled water. The result also depends upon your sensitivity of taste. Mind you, if you cannot taste it, you were just not cut out for it. Don't go 'Well lets have one more spoon and see what happens'. It doesn't have to be an ego point. If your friend performs better, well, tough luck. Don't swell your chest and go 'My mom said if someone can do it, I can too'.

Anyways, I digressed a bit. I was thinking of making a movie plot which would revolve around this special property of KCN. The movie would be 3.5 hours long. It would start with a happy family. Everyone would be leading a perfect life until one fine day the husband discovers that his wife is cheating on him and tension starts to simmer beneath the surface. The wife suspects that he knows. They constantly indulge in quarrels which by the way screw up the children completely. Depression coupled with midlife crisis forces the husband to evaluate his life. He starts looking for ways to make sense of his life which he thinks is going waste. What could he do to make a mark in the world ? How would the world remember his name ? How can he bring a meaningful change to society ? Such are the questions pestering him when he comes upon this unsolved problem of the taste of KCN. Perfect ! He doesn't wanna live anymore. How better to die than dying for the betterment of the society. He figures:

"If not in life, I would be worth atleast in death' (Melodramatic music. Glycerine. Flashbacks of his wife and children).

Ecstatic at this ingenious plan, he moves ahead to bring it to fruition. Last 10 minutes of the movie. He has to tell whether KCN tastes sugary or salty. He has the bottle in his hands. He has a pen in the other hand. A pink coloured, scented paper is lying just below the pen. Orchestral music is slowly reaching a crescendo. There are beads of perspiration on his head. He weighs his judgement again. His children float in front of his eyes. Then his wife. His home. His dreams, happy times. Then the sullen faces of all those millions who lead an unfulfilled life unaware of the taste of KCN and die with only one wish- What the hell does it taste like ? In that moment of intense judgement he decides to die for the social good. He takes a spoonful and transfers it to his mouth. Sudden convulsion grips him instantly. He starts shivering, choking, writhing in pain. He takes the pen and in that last moment of intense concentration writes something down... Police arrive the next day and see the paper. Whats it gonna be. Sugary or Salty? Sugary or Salty? Sugary or Salty? The paper reads:

S

Hu ha ha ha. Hu ha ha ha. My revenge against all those suckers who leave the most important details of a movie 'to the discretion of the viewer'. My foot. How about this ending. Not only is it a kickass story, it also makes sure that millions of manhours are wasted all across the world. Next time when a bunch of friends come out of a David Lynch atrocity, they could atleast console themselves by saying:

"Atleast Lynch didn't pull off a Singh !!"

tineye vs google images? (reverse image search)

Well... finally its there... BAMM!! reverse image search in our favorite site: http://www.images.google.com/ and thats what lots of us wanted... isn't it?? well its rite here folks and its really cool. The first thing I tried into it was a random wallpaper in my desktop (a lamborghini) and after google uploaded the pick, within a flash, it was displayed: "the best guess for the picture is a lamborghini gallrado !! omg!! cool. what can be more better. well.. this another web-site, called tineye.com also did the same thing but was not much appealing and i didn't get desired results many times, and i thing those times are gone 'cuz its google now !! so common guys, go and try it out... its awesum, cool, and whatever :P

hmmm...

OMG!!
feels so good if you have actually prepared for your exam... seriously, nothing can be more happier than this! and the best part is... you feel more happy when you see your results!! well, at the same time, we become more and more nervous :( obviously, we studied so much which makes it obvious (oops, again !) for anyone to become nervous. buy hey, thats ok! itna toh chalta hai :D

The Twitter Follow Button

Today when I logged into my twitter account, the first tweet was surprisingly of twitter itself as it was explaining everyone about the new 'follow' button they just introduced... well.. the first thing that came into my mind after reading this was the 'like' button which was introduced by facebook, and surprisingly, now it is used by almost all the websites round the globe. well, its almost certain that this 'follow' button won't make that big impact but we can also not underestimate it... i mean there ARE chances that it will also boom in the same way... you can find the like button at many websites now on in which as soon as you click on follow, and if you are logged into twitter at that point, you will automatically start following that person or firm, or whatever it is... great !! now i am just waiting when will I be able to put this thing in by blog :P (well.. for now, you can just follow me by typing this in your address bar... http://twitter.com/prasannjeet ) :D so anyways... the moral of the story is that twitter has introduced this 'follow' button thing and we people are just waiting to see its public responce. thats all for now !! (whyyy... what... ??? did you expect more?? ) :P :D

find out more about this thing (if you are reallllllllly interested !!) rite here !!
http://blog.twitter.com/2011/05/introducing-follow-button.html

just a thought !

Ever wondered which one's better?
Having one hundred good friend... or having one best friend ??