I have done a big mistake today.

I was trying to convert a 50GB NTFS partition to Fat32, which, if you are a techie, know is not possible by any software. You have to delete it and re-create the entire thing. My external hdd had a 50GB partition followed by a 365GB partition, the latter which I wanted to extend so that I can limit the Fat32 partition to 32GB. Got it?? :P

Anyway, I put in the Gparted CD and I started the resize process when I realized that the thing took time to read the 365GB partition by 12MB or so. Can you imagine that??? 365,000 in increments of 12!!! Holy *bleeep*!!!!

It took 3 hours just to finish reading. And then it started the copying process, moving 365GB to the new extended size of 387GB!!! OMG!! It's gonna take a cool 10 hours to do that.

But, the good side of all this was, apparently, pointed out by my room-mate, that I actually stayed away from my laptop and internet. "You spoke too soon son, I am using your laptop now".

Anyway, thanks to this mistake, I could bond with my New Zune. Oh wait, before you roll your eyes and dismiss me as another "anti-pod-ian", listen me out.

I don't like Apple's management. Period. I though appreciate what the products are - The Macs, the iPods, and etc. They are definitely things of beauty to look at, have a good heart and work well. Good for the owners.

I like Zune, for what it is. I like bulky gadgets, something which I can hold on to, heavy and rigid. I will be honest, I have handled the iPod like 3 or 4 times, that's it. But, it's not to my liking. I don't like its slick feel (too smooth for me) and it feels damn delicate!! May be if I handled it more I would have grown to appreciate it, but, seriously, no thank you.

I got mine for free. But, it was the very thing I wanted. Although, I must admit, it's a bit bulky to fit in my trouser pocket's but I love big screens and that's exactly what I got!!

I was carried away by the antipodian movement for quite sometime, but seriously, now I refuse to get drawn into this war. An iPod is an ipod, thing of beauty, and a Zune is obviously a Zune, for whatever I like it for. If you still insist on calling me names, *bleep* yourself, but unfortunately, these things work 'cos of you guys. Sigh!

I will do a good review of the Zune sometime later, but for now, I am a proud owner of a Zune.

DOTD: (Doubt of the Day)
China's definitely flourishing, right? You can't deny it. The people get everything they want "consumerically". They don't have the freedoms that few others have. Or some might call it "lack of liberties". I am not an expert on this but, seriously, the only thing independent thought and liberties have always brought is chaos. And why would anyone want it??

More later.