In fond memory of Jabberwocky, the best of computers and the most faithful of companions (whenever he was working properly atleast).
Jabber was a full-time member of the IITB LAN for the greatest part of his life, and it can be safely said - he liked it there. Many were the movies and sitcoms he downloaded and then selflessly played for others' entertainment. In what spare time he had left, he uncomplainingly made himself available for surfing the net, checking mails and so on. He occasionally dabbled in academic work as well, but any major cut-down in his regular entertainment diet, unfortunately, did not agree with his constitution. Pressure of work in Feb-March 2005 led to a stroke (read motherboard fault), and though the transplant operation was successful, Jabber never fully recovered. The stress of maintaining dual Windows and Linux personalities also started showing around this time, leading to further complications.
A complete removal from the nurturing IITB network in May 2005, eventually proved to be fatal. After struggling on for a few months in the heat and power fluctuations of Kota, Jabber finally succumbed to a total hard-disk crash on October 4, 2005 (the wuss that he was!). May he rest in peace (the crashed hard-disk atleast).
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Awww :( My deepest sympathies and condolences!
Btw, you might be able to retrieve data yet, just dont format the disk! Or have you done that already??
Hm didn't really have very important data on it. South Park episodes and some ebooks and pics but those I have on a cd as well.
Thanks for the condolences though. I need all the help and support I can get in this tragic moment.
you never told me, jabber was like an old friend to me too...:(
Sorrie! :(. Was too distraught to reach out to anybody then.
We can all take some consolation in knowing that wherever he is, Jabber is now in a happy place.
For those who read, Jabber was born again today! Leta see how long he survives in this avatar.
Hey....I know what you mean. My old faithful "Shrek" was dismantled (and partly cannibalised into my sister's comp) six months back. The hard disk still survives and hopefully shrek 2 will rise someday.
BTW Happy Birthday and all that jazz (tho a wee bit late)....
Thanks :).
You are lucky in that you still have the hard-disk. My poor comp's identity got completely wiped out! How's Bangalore btw?
hai re tera Jabber. I think you mishandled the baby too much :)
Bangalore is good. Are you around here still? Maybe we can meet up sometime. Me be nine eight four five oh five oh five two five.
No re, I left Bangalore ages ago, a week before convocation to be precise. Been at home since. Flying tonight to US to finally get started on my job there.
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