Saturday, March 12, 2005

Adaptive Spam Filter

We made a promise and we render it. This was how we felt after finishing the crucial module in our much-hyped project on Network spam filter. After getting the project code from the consultant, we felt as if we have been screwed, front and back. Then we decided, enough is enough and things should be taken in our own hands. And we started desperately, with no feasibility studies, no time, no assistanship, but with a lot of determination and will power. Be it when chief-programmer Kannan was making demoralising comments about the project feasibilty or when the stupid C language didnt understand our language we tried and tried again. And eventually when I almost made the module work i was escalated that it would be done. But when minutes after, Kannan called me and said that he had indeed finished the module, I , no no, we felt as if we have given birth to a child. Metaphors apart, we felt really really happy and confident. Now the majot module has be done, the state-of-the-art adaptive spam filter, we are confident we could do anything in C. But a major problem still poses for us in linking this module with the existing code, getting the mails from the buffer and making a front end interface with the Linux machine. Nevertheless, we know we can do it, no matter what is required of us. This episode has given a great confidence us and made us belive to belive in ourselves. And indeed, I agree with the speech, no no, sermon given my pratheeba during the first review sessions. She too has been screwed by her project consultant and she too is venturing into self project. Well, with the arsenal she has in her group, it would be a piece of cake eventually. And I would also like to make a point here guys, do your own project just for the heck of it. As Mr. Arummozhi sir said..."guys you know whats the best part of the project is, when you do ur project, u learn a lot. You just wreck ur brain to get the answers. When u do dun it, u miss the fun of it". It is guys it is. We had a gala time doing our project together thanks to the hospitality of Kannan. Its still early to talk abt our project though but its really essential to understand the underlying principle, "dun allow others to keep in ur wife and project". Well thats too much anyway, but thats how it is.

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