Weekly Review - "Next"

I am late by a year. Sorry about that. Apparently, I was wrong when I said this. "Next", the recent Michael Crichton's book, was a complete waste of my time. For one thing, I just dint get what was Crichton's point. OK, so, the chimp talks. OK, so, the parrot talks. OK, so, something weird has happened to some turtles. OK, so, ah, wait a minute. What? Are you just repeating stuff or, ah, FUCK IT. It was really not worth reading it. I hope Micheal Crichton starts writing in his usual self, or else it will be about time I stopped reading his new books.

Weekly Review - The State of Fear

I know I am late by about 2 years to write this, but what the hell?

If you have read Crichton's Congo, Sphere or Timeline you will definitely be disappointed of this book. Micheal Crichton's novel the State of Fear is, well, almost there. It is not exactly your kick-ass-sci-fi-action-and-what-not Michael Crichton novel, not completely. It is somewhat there. For example, the novel is too much of a science journal than a novel, which is fine if there was just as much action too. At the end of the day, if I wanted to know about Global Warming, or the lack of it, I would go read the journals myself online. Apart from that, the book is an OK read. There is no Levine or Malcolm or Marek or Harry in this book, as in no character that is worth remembering. A very seemingly annoying pedantic government agent who always speaks politically correct is the only striking character. Apart from that, the characters are mundane.

If you are a hardcore Crichton fan, you wouldn't mind reading this book. Otherwise, don't judge the author just from this one book. I am sure this is just an "one off" book that he wrote!

Weekly Review: Windows Vista

Good morning and welcome to the second edition of Weekly Review. This week, we're reviewing Microsoft's Windows Vista. I can tell you upfront that this is going to get very controversial: we have two Microsoft haters in this group. But only two people in the group have actually installed and used Microsoft Vista Ultimate, so here are the facts and opinions:

FACT: Vista editions (home basic, business, ultimate, etc. ) have VERY different features. We're talking about Ultimate edition.

FACT: Vista has sold more than 20 million licenses since launch. Very strong sales numbers.

FACT: Results don't just happen.

OPINIONS: [feel free to edit these]

Mine: Once again, Microsoft has gone beyond anything that anyone could expect. Vista looks great, sounds great and runs games much better than XP. It has a more efficient way of dealing with hardware drivers and manages to churn out better performance. The ultimate edition has so many features, it obviates the need for many previously essential software. Disappointed with DVD burning and Speech Recognition though.

Ketan's: Awesome. Couldn't be happier.

Chethan: Still convinced that we're using a transformation pack.

Sudhi, Looking up from manutd website: Vista? Who?

Nithin: "I have slightly less RAM than needed."

Chintu: "You have southpark?"

Pavan: I'm switching to Unix.

Abhi: Vista nodilla man. Thumba kelsa ide.

So there you have it: eight profound opinions. Stay tuned for similar nuggets of wisdom, right here on Together we drown.

Weekly Review - Pepsi Gold

And now, its time to give our weekly review on everything or anything. This was not scheduled? Well, from now on it is. We will give reviews of everything or anything each week, every week. This week's review is on --*drum rolls and what not*-- Pepsi Gold.

Ketan drank Pepsi Gold yesterday and gave his review. And trust me, Ketan knows it all, our very own repository. He had this to say:

"It sucks man".

That's it for this week's review. Stay tuned for more interesting reviews on everything or anything by everyone or anyone of us. Peace.