Actually, casteism and regionalism are rife in India's society. It is all just kept under a light veil. I remember reading a study which showed a statistical disadvantage against people who had lower caste names when applying for a post in a private sector company. Class differences are also obvious. I'm fairer skinned than other people here, and I can tell you that it is obvious to me that I am being treated with more 'respect'.
Well, how many sales were there before they started offering Windows XP? Somewhere in the low hundreds of thousands, no? So that's some pretty good success there.
Oh, it's a startup, I never realised. Anyway, I think they're pretty damn awesome. I've never before had the experience where I purchase something on my phone, get an SMS and I get to go to the damn concert if I show the people at the door the SMS and the card. Don't know if these are standard elsewhere, but I still think it's freaking awesome.
I don't have flash installed, so I just download the videos to watch. This is particularly easy from youtube.
I use this bookmarklet, there are many other sites like this, but I find this convenient, and you can always just use FireBug to watch for the FLV files. javascript:document.location='http://keepvid.com/?url='+escape(window.location);
Up till recently, you could buy a phone in India with no ID. In fact, you could buy phones that have no IMEI. The second part is going to be changed soon, but the first isn't going anywhere. The only reason they're requiring phones to have IMEI is to keep the cheap Chinese makes away.
There simply is no point, the real point to capture someone is the SIM. That's the bit that's hard to get without ID, here. And even that isn't too strict. It's too easy to get a connection on fake ID, at least in India, and I don't think people in other developing countries have a hard time either.
More power to you, Eagleman, the hypocrisy of these nations is quite clearly apparent. Also while everyone seems to think this is a horrible thing, how about you look at India? We've reached this level and passed it. Allow me to explain:
In Mumbai, if you want to access a cyber-cafe, you will need a photocopy of your driver's licence or other photo-ID. You will also be required to sign over the photocopy. You will not be allowed to use the place otherwise, even if you show photo-ID. They require a copy.
In Chennai, at one point of time they made it mandatory to photograph all cyber cafe users. It was also mandated that use of a cyber cafe computer must be traceable. Meaning they should be able to tell an investigating agency, which photographed guy used which computer. This died a quiet, unceremonious death, I think. I was never photographed.
And because everyone seems to be fighting China at the moment, you're missing their neighbours to the South West, us Indians. Things have changed for the worse in quite a few places. A law association in Lucknow took a resolution to not represent anyone who was suspected of terrorism. These lawyers assaulted two others who did represent suspects and showed irregularities in police reports. There are many things occurring in today's 'democracies' that are simply in violation of those countries' constitutions and international human rights laws and privacy guidelines.
Sure the Chinese are doing horrible things, but we are no angels, and if we mean what we say, we should take the beam out of our eyes first.
Normally I would have stayed clear of this Apple vs. anti-Apple discussion. However, a sort of irrational bond with my stolen Nokia E65 has prompted me to make the following comments:
A Symbian S60 based smartphone (and there are quite a few out there) has the advantage of being easy to synchronise on Windows, OS X, and Linux with minimal adjustment (the last I knew of the iPhone, you had to jailbreak to be able to do Linux. If this is not true anymore, please ignore this comment).
S60 is an established, stable, platform and is used by more than just Nokia (Panasonic, LG? Some others I cannot remember). All APIs are publicly documented and parts of the source are available to developers (AFAIK).
Nokia has announced that it plans to open-source Symbian and the associated platforms: S60 and UIQ.
With all this, I would have chosen an S60 phone to work with. It also has the other advantage that if you feel that the phone you've chosen at the moment doesn't quite cut it, you can just provide a more powerful phone later, because S60 is going to be around a long time. You can keep going forward with the same software.
The slightly more expensive Nokia N96 matches up to the iPhone in most departments, I think, and it is possible that a much less expensive phone will meet the students' needs. Still, maybe they find it more convenient to code with Apple software, in which case the whole argument is moot.
Vista crashed on me once and the problem finder tool told me that the solution was to update Kaspersky. The problem with that? I haven't ever installed Kaspersky on this computer. If this tool is something like that then saying signal-to-noise is low is an understatement.
I remember reading a year ago that some Toshiba Qosmios could recognize gestures. This is not the article I read, but the first I found.
Also, I don't think it's fair to kick Microsoft over this. It seems to be a bit of an experiment. I'd love to see this on Linux though, another step closer to the Minority Report world.
The only time I have ever lost a device is when I was mugged and my phones were taken from me and I'm just any other person.
It should be interesting to see what the ratio of laptops lost to all laptops provided is. Maybe this cynicism is because I live in India where corruption is rampant and entire flyovers can be 'lost', but I'm a bit suspicious about this whole thing.
Also, if they're losing laptops with information at such a high rate, at what rate are they losing paper files? Surely it's harder to keep track of the 20 binders with 100 sheets in them than it is to keep track of one hard drive?
I find it hard to believe that these people are really that incompetent. Hanlon's Razor doesn't always apply.
When in school, we had these two Saturdays where that was tried. It was awful. I think a teacher can only teach a certain number of students well. Above that it all breaks down.
Ah, so I am liable to being sued if I did bring software that violates US patents inside the country? That is troubling news. I'm planning to apply for a course there next year.
While I agree with you about the media industry, I can't agree with the initial claim that you are causing a loss of $0.00. The opportunity cost to the seller for those DVDs which you would buy at $1 but won't buy at $15 is obviously non-zero because at some price point you would have paid.
Not to belittle your statement that DVDs are very expensive (I rent from a local video rental store when possible and buy under the excellent rates that Moser Baer offers: Rs. 200, around $4), just ensuring that we're clear about everything.
Also, about that free showing on TV, I remember when we used to sit with our VCRs and record on VHS tapes to watch later so yeah, I guess I'm guilty of piracy in that respect too.
Less of a problem in this particular case because I doubt any of those security agents will know what a software patent is. Still, if I use software that violates a patent in the US and if I bring a laptop with that installed into the US, am I committing a crime under US law? My country's constitution does say that I can only be tried under its laws, but I bet every country says that.
I thought the bit where the best result would be the point nearest the line from the origin to the polytope (containing the bunch of points representing universities' parameters) passing through the point representing weights was the important bit not that different weights give different results.
While what you said _is_ blindingly obvious, the other thing isn't. It might be more useful to use this method than to simply recalculate all scores using the new weights.
Oh good then. Since Egbert v. Lippmann, you can't patent stuff after it has seen lots of public use. The ruling says:
Since the passage of the act of 1839, it has been strenuously contended...[snip link]...that the public use of an invention for more than two years before such application, even without his consent and allowance, renders the letters patent therefor void.
Also, I'm actually thankful to my government for one thing. They may have messed up on all the important things, but when it comes to software patents, my representatives had the balls to say no. Thank god for them.
Slashdot Mirror
Actually, casteism and regionalism are rife in India's society. It is all just kept under a light veil. I remember reading a study which showed a statistical disadvantage against people who had lower caste names when applying for a post in a private sector company. Class differences are also obvious. I'm fairer skinned than other people here, and I can tell you that it is obvious to me that I am being treated with more 'respect'.
I suppose there is a certain comic quality to see two comments reporting in the same words that this is a duplicate.
Not only is Qt under the GPL, you can also link to it if you use any of a whole bunch of licenses.
Well, how many sales were there before they started offering Windows XP? Somewhere in the low hundreds of thousands, no? So that's some pretty good success there.
That was MSI. Asus actually reported that there didn't seem to be any significant difference, IIRC.
Not really. I can't do either.
I have Battlefield 2, it's a nice game, I like it. Still this is just bullshit, they want to ban me, fine. Give me back my money.
Oh, it's a startup, I never realised. Anyway, I think they're pretty damn awesome. I've never before had the experience where I purchase something on my phone, get an SMS and I get to go to the damn concert if I show the people at the door the SMS and the card. Don't know if these are standard elsewhere, but I still think it's freaking awesome.
I don't have flash installed, so I just download the videos to watch. This is particularly easy from youtube.
I use this bookmarklet, there are many other sites like this, but I find this convenient, and you can always just use FireBug to watch for the FLV files. javascript:document.location='http://keepvid.com/?url='+escape(window.location);
Up till recently, you could buy a phone in India with no ID. In fact, you could buy phones that have no IMEI. The second part is going to be changed soon, but the first isn't going anywhere. The only reason they're requiring phones to have IMEI is to keep the cheap Chinese makes away.
There simply is no point, the real point to capture someone is the SIM. That's the bit that's hard to get without ID, here. And even that isn't too strict. It's too easy to get a connection on fake ID, at least in India, and I don't think people in other developing countries have a hard time either.
More power to you, Eagleman, the hypocrisy of these nations is quite clearly apparent. Also while everyone seems to think this is a horrible thing, how about you look at India? We've reached this level and passed it. Allow me to explain:
And because everyone seems to be fighting China at the moment, you're missing their neighbours to the South West, us Indians. Things have changed for the worse in quite a few places. A law association in Lucknow took a resolution to not represent anyone who was suspected of terrorism. These lawyers assaulted two others who did represent suspects and showed irregularities in police reports. There are many things occurring in today's 'democracies' that are simply in violation of those countries' constitutions and international human rights laws and privacy guidelines.
Sure the Chinese are doing horrible things, but we are no angels, and if we mean what we say, we should take the beam out of our eyes first.
Normally I would have stayed clear of this Apple vs. anti-Apple discussion. However, a sort of irrational bond with my stolen Nokia E65 has prompted me to make the following comments:
With all this, I would have chosen an S60 phone to work with. It also has the other advantage that if you feel that the phone you've chosen at the moment doesn't quite cut it, you can just provide a more powerful phone later, because S60 is going to be around a long time. You can keep going forward with the same software.
The slightly more expensive Nokia N96 matches up to the iPhone in most departments, I think, and it is possible that a much less expensive phone will meet the students' needs. Still, maybe they find it more convenient to code with Apple software, in which case the whole argument is moot.
Vista crashed on me once and the problem finder tool told me that the solution was to update Kaspersky. The problem with that? I haven't ever installed Kaspersky on this computer. If this tool is something like that then saying signal-to-noise is low is an understatement.
I remember reading a year ago that some Toshiba Qosmios could recognize gestures. This is not the article I read, but the first I found.
Also, I don't think it's fair to kick Microsoft over this. It seems to be a bit of an experiment. I'd love to see this on Linux though, another step closer to the Minority Report world.
The only time I have ever lost a device is when I was mugged and my phones were taken from me and I'm just any other person.
It should be interesting to see what the ratio of laptops lost to all laptops provided is. Maybe this cynicism is because I live in India where corruption is rampant and entire flyovers can be 'lost', but I'm a bit suspicious about this whole thing.
Also, if they're losing laptops with information at such a high rate, at what rate are they losing paper files? Surely it's harder to keep track of the 20 binders with 100 sheets in them than it is to keep track of one hard drive?
I find it hard to believe that these people are really that incompetent. Hanlon's Razor doesn't always apply.
When in school, we had these two Saturdays where that was tried. It was awful. I think a teacher can only teach a certain number of students well. Above that it all breaks down.
Hmm, I did think it was unlikely that they'd do that for a single person.
Besides the trivial codec hassles, I would say the ECDH algorithm in some company code.
Ah, so I am liable to being sued if I did bring software that violates US patents inside the country? That is troubling news. I'm planning to apply for a course there next year.
While I agree with you about the media industry, I can't agree with the initial claim that you are causing a loss of $0.00. The opportunity cost to the seller for those DVDs which you would buy at $1 but won't buy at $15 is obviously non-zero because at some price point you would have paid.
Not to belittle your statement that DVDs are very expensive (I rent from a local video rental store when possible and buy under the excellent rates that Moser Baer offers: Rs. 200, around $4), just ensuring that we're clear about everything.
Also, about that free showing on TV, I remember when we used to sit with our VCRs and record on VHS tapes to watch later so yeah, I guess I'm guilty of piracy in that respect too.
Less of a problem in this particular case because I doubt any of those security agents will know what a software patent is. Still, if I use software that violates a patent in the US and if I bring a laptop with that installed into the US, am I committing a crime under US law? My country's constitution does say that I can only be tried under its laws, but I bet every country says that.
Would you buy that $15 DVD if they were to sell it at $1?
CCR5-Delta32 may skew those HIV results.
To be fair, none but the Blackberry seems to be out so far.
I thought the bit where the best result would be the point nearest the line from the origin to the polytope (containing the bunch of points representing universities' parameters) passing through the point representing weights was the important bit not that different weights give different results. While what you said _is_ blindingly obvious, the other thing isn't. It might be more useful to use this method than to simply recalculate all scores using the new weights.
Also, I'm actually thankful to my government for one thing. They may have messed up on all the important things, but when it comes to software patents, my representatives had the balls to say no. Thank god for them.