Swapnil's Worldview

I just finished reading Factotum by Charles Bukowski this afternoon. I was very excited when I started reading it, but by the time I finished it I was a bit low on spirit. I don’t know was it the effect of Chinaski or me! To a great extent we were alike, except that he changed jobs frequently while I stick to one. But the low side was same. And the courage he had to write such thing is missing in me.

I mean you can only understand what I am taking about is only when you read the book. It is a shit load(in his language), but that is something that matters. He showed the glamourless life of a struggling writer, something that I have lived for several years while my struggling days in Delhi. I also remember the crude remarks made by the person whom I was living with. I have great respect for his intellect and his knowledge, but on personal front he is a failure.

He pulled me down and called me things no one else would. I am going to write everything that he has done and others have done to me in my next novel. I think that is where Chinaski would encourage me. To be blunt and candid not only to others but to me as well.

Chinaski also showed how dirty and filthy woman can be, none of his woman was graceful. They were all fallen. In my life I have came across same woman, but there are a few graceful too. But, the grace is only as long as I am doing what they want me to do.

Indian woman are strange. They are non-ambitious, they just want a handsome fuckable guy next to them.

They are pretty interested in pretty faced who they can fantasize fucking them hard in bed and they can get wet. But, on the exterior, they would pose to be the most same person around.

I also fantasize fucking beautiful ladies, but in the end I want someone who is as intelligent as I am, if I am!

And there are very few, and those few are the only ladies I am still in touch with. Those are the ones who still held their heads up with some grace. Rest of the ladies, have their heads hanging down, looking at the cocks they think of being fucked up at night.

Arnie

There is nothing in iPhone that you don't like, unless you have bought it. A lot has been written about iPhone and that has only added to the hype Steve Jobs must have been expecting. Nothing disappointed him. Now, with some 5,25,000 iPhones sold since the launch on 29 June 2007, iPhone sale has undoubtedly become one of the rages of all time. But, once people overcome the hype and really begin looking at how useful the device is, it will turn out to be a Pandora's box. However, iPhone did succeed in setting some new trends. It changed the way telecom operators worked. It changed the whole chemistry between network operators and device manufacturers, and it also changed the way people used to look at mobile phones.

There is not much point in arguing what all features iPhone has; there are thicker volumes than War and Peace written on it in the last six months. It is a good device, no doubt, but there is an ugly face to it as well. Many observers wonder why would Apple make iPhone an inferior device. It does have multi-touch screen, 4-8 GB of storage capacity. And it has an iPod too. But, what it doesn't have is video capture capacity, it is not 3G and you cannot transfer music from one device to another, the way you do with your regular smarter smartphones.

Another reason Apple has given people to hate iPhone is its battery replacement programme. Similar to iPod, you cannot replace the battery of iPhone; you will have to send it to Apple for replacement. And Apple will take at least three days to change your battery costing you around $79, plus $6.95 shipping, i.e. $85.95 per unit. In Indian currency, its around Rs 3,434.962. Besides, you will have to pay local taxes on this.

If you think you could get it done so 'cheaply', you are wrong. One of the observers said, how could you survive without a phone for three days if you have sent it for battery replcement. Apple has a solution, you can avail an AppleCare Service Phone. All the data of your iPhone will be erased during replacement process, so you need to take a backup on your iTunes and transfer this data to the AppleCare Service Phone. The only problem is you will have to pay Apple around $29 to get this AppleCare Service Phone!

But getting a AppleCare Service Phone won't come that cheap. According to Apple's iPhone Rental Terms and Conditions, "Customer will prepay Apple $29 plus applicable taxes (rental charges). In addition, a reserve against the customer’s credit card equal to the equipment replacement value of $600, plus applicable taxes (equipment replacement value) may be made at any time on or after the effective date but prior to the termination of this agreement. This reserve will be maintained by Apple and will be applied against any damage to or loss of the AppleCare Service Phone or other payments due Apple."

It continues, "If the AppleCare Service Phone is not received by Apple by the end of the rental period, customer’s credit card will be charged with the full equipment replacement Value, but if customer later returns the AppleCare Service Phone and it is received by Apple within 10 days after the end of the rental period, Apple will retain $50 as additional rental, plus applicable taxes and the cost of repair for any damage for which customer is responsible, and the remainder of the equipment replacement value will be credited to customer’s credit card. Upon termination of this agreement, and after all charges are paid in full, the reserve will be released from the credit card."

You must be having a real heavy pocket to afford this 135 grams iPhone.

Courtesy: Efytimes.com