Too true, at least in my case. I find email to be a life saver, allowing me to communicate with people which would have been otherwise impossible because i absolutely suck at any verbal form of communication.
I fail to see the point made by people proclaiming this move is not censorship. It violates the principle of free speech by giving the state the right to prosecute someone who has different opinions. This *is* censorship - not enforced by google, but rather one enforced by the fear of being prosecuted. And this is where google comes in - they are doing all they can to put you behind bars if the govt. asks them to.
Fake profiles are bad - but the government gives a damn about you anyways. All they care about are the anti-India communities. I fail to understand what's wrong in them. I can say i don't like india, and all those who share the view join the community. So whats the government's problem?
Thats the local beef-vendor. It would have been the police had you started a community on the lines of "OMG! PaKiStan is teh roxxorz.. iNdIa is komplete sucks"
This move by Google has left me really worried. Orkut has become extremely popular in India, and politicians and the Government are not happy with it. The reason : people creating communities which they feel are 'anti-Indian', fake profiles, etc. Every day here i see stories about how a police complaint, or a law-suit is filed against such an orkut community. While the so-called 'illegal' communities are mostly pranks, the government acts real serious about them. I'll give you a small (and to me, truly horrifying) example : A few students in my sister's school opened up their school community, and started posting 'lies' about the school authorities (which in reality are the bitter truths). A police complaint was filed against those students and everything - and now if Google is so ready to comply with such people, then i guess it pretty much means game-over for free-speech on the internet in India.
PS: Hope that Google doesn't provide _my_ IP address. Or even/.
After reading this news article, i just remembered that i had a vague dream about a week back. That goddess said something about these mock-theta functions, but on waking up the vision was gone. Sigh.
Well, didn't the voyager spacecrafts have solar power too? So, whats the new technology in this "five-gear" rocket engine? Sounds like a no-brainer to me : use conventional rocket engines to escape earth, and then switch to solar/ion drives.
I dont get how _solar_ energy can be used to propel a rocket. I mean, rocket engines need enormous amounts of thrust, so how can solar cells provide the kick?
I believe that the real problem lies in the fact that it is in general quite difficult to quantify the value of information. There have been always two extremes in the whole information seeking approach: either it's free, or you have to pay tons of cash to some agency/consulting firm/ the guy on the street who knows all about the crooks as shown in the movies.
People in general find it quite difficult to go for the middle ground in this case. They either expect it free, or are so desperate that they'll shell out anything.
What is the fundamental difference between this and Google's failed attempt? To me, Google answers seemed pretty neat but obviously out of place. What has amazon got that'll turn things around and fill the gap? Won't Amazon suffer from the fact that it is primarily an e-commerce website?
All i can say is "wow". But i wonder what will happen to HP, in case this thing catches on. I mean, they are after all a printer-cartridge company, right?
Well, i know whom i'm supporting in this case. C,UNIX,C++ vs. Clippy and Vista seems like a no-brainer to me.
Yes, like the next slashdotter, i know software patents are evil, etc . But that doesn't mean i can't root for the good guy, right?
Well, what's the use of wondering about so far into the future? I feel too depressed reading about it. Oh no, i'd rather be upset when they say that all crytography algorithms will be cracked within 10 million years, and someone will crack my password and start posting with my uber-low slashdot UID (remember folks, we are talking about ~1000000 AD here).
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A comparison between Leopard Server and Linux would've been better, IMHO.
Too true, at least in my case. I find email to be a life saver, allowing me to communicate with people which would have been otherwise impossible because i absolutely suck at any verbal form of communication.
I fail to see the point made by people proclaiming this move is not censorship. It violates the principle of free speech by giving the state the right to prosecute someone who has different opinions. This *is* censorship - not enforced by google, but rather one enforced by the fear of being prosecuted. And this is where google comes in - they are doing all they can to put you behind bars if the govt. asks them to.
..%((_$$ NO CARRIER.
Four legs good, two legs
Fake profiles are bad - but the government gives a damn about you anyways. All they care about are the anti-India communities. I fail to understand what's wrong in them. I can say i don't like india, and all those who share the view join the community. So whats the government's problem?
Thats the local beef-vendor.
It would have been the police had you started a community on the lines of "OMG! PaKiStan is teh roxxorz.. iNdIa is komplete sucks"
I still call it 'Bombay' - you insensitive clods, and so do most people i know (particularly those who live in Bombay).
This move by Google has left me really worried. Orkut has become extremely popular in India, and politicians and the Government are not happy with it. The reason : people creating communities which they feel are 'anti-Indian', fake profiles, etc. Every day here i see stories about how a police complaint, or a law-suit is filed against such an orkut community. While the so-called 'illegal' communities are mostly pranks, the government acts real serious about them. I'll give you a small (and to me, truly horrifying) example : A few students in my sister's school opened up their school community, and started posting 'lies' about the school authorities (which in reality are the bitter truths). A police complaint was filed against those students and everything - and now if Google is so ready to comply with such people, then i guess it pretty much means game-over for free-speech on the internet in India.
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PS: Hope that Google doesn't provide _my_ IP address. Or even
Would've been better had it been 'Beowulf colony' instead of Beowulf cluster.
We *will* need a Beowulf cluster of these, seriously.
I for one welcome our pigeon overlords.. Imagine a Beowulf cluster of them.
After reading this news article, i just remembered that i had a vague dream about a week back. That goddess said something about these mock-theta functions, but on waking up the vision was gone. Sigh.
Spell error in story title! Its Ramanujan, without the 'i'.
Well, didn't the voyager spacecrafts have solar power too? So, whats the new technology in this "five-gear" rocket engine? Sounds like a no-brainer to me : use conventional rocket engines to escape earth, and then switch to solar/ion drives.
I dont get how _solar_ energy can be used to propel a rocket. I mean, rocket engines need enormous amounts of thrust, so how can solar cells provide the kick?
I believe that the real problem lies in the fact that it is in general quite difficult to quantify the value of information. There have been always two extremes in the whole information seeking approach: either it's free, or you have to pay tons of cash to some agency/consulting firm/ the guy on the street who knows all about the crooks as shown in the movies. People in general find it quite difficult to go for the middle ground in this case. They either expect it free, or are so desperate that they'll shell out anything.
What is the fundamental difference between this and Google's failed attempt? To me, Google answers seemed pretty neat but obviously out of place. What has amazon got that'll turn things around and fill the gap? Won't Amazon suffer from the fact that it is primarily an e-commerce website?
Looks like there is no printable version. The 'printable version' which they have is broken up into ten pages. WTF?
All i can say is "wow". But i wonder what will happen to HP, in case this thing catches on. I mean, they are after all a printer-cartridge company, right?
Well, i know whom i'm supporting in this case. C,UNIX,C++ vs. Clippy and Vista seems like a no-brainer to me. Yes, like the next slashdotter, i know software patents are evil, etc . But that doesn't mean i can't root for the good guy, right?
What will happen now to the legions of slashdotters who claim to suffer from autism/aspergers ? How can i relate to Knuth now? I'm doomed.
Well, what's the use of wondering about so far into the future? I feel too depressed reading about it. Oh no, i'd rather be upset when they say that all crytography algorithms will be cracked within 10 million years, and someone will crack my password and start posting with my uber-low slashdot UID (remember folks, we are talking about ~1000000 AD here).