Its been years that my friend has been growing Jathropa in our desert town of Jaipur. He got the technology from Israel, one of the best places to learn about the plant. The seeds are sold for about USD60 per KG and are used to make aviation grade fuel. The rest of the plant is like a plant. I am not a farmer but I know that mustard oil can be used to light lamps and that vegetable oil can be used in furnaces after processing chemically.
Jathropa and bio diesel (made from sugarcane) are being tested to power vehicles because they are cleaner fuels and can help protect the environment, because they do not leave any heavy water, nuclear waste or ocean bed unstabilities behind. The projects are being funded by the Government of India and the IITs.
If anyone needs more information on this, I will try to find out and pass it on.
Would this also mean that the companies which manufacture Weapons of Mass Distruction would be prosecuted, because they are also manufacturing, and therefore "Making Available" something which can be, rather is, dangerous to the entire humankind?
If I have bought something and I have the license to it, do i not have the right to flaunt and show off? This is like buying a Ferrari and keeping it in the garage because if I take it out and park it in the street, I am making it available for car-thiefs.
Why is there a different law for the digital world?
Samsung has launched a complete series of phones in India, in which as soon as a new chip is inserted (one other than the original, registered chip), the phone sends an SMS to 2 preset numbers.
This would mean that if your phone is lost, it can not be used without you knowing
the new number,
the new location (if you have filed a complaint i.e.) and
the identity of the new owner (from the phone company).
The only flaw in the system is that if the thief dismantles the phone and sells the parts for spares/repairs, the system can not do anything. Parts fetch a lower price and therefore Samsung phones fitted with thie Mobile Tracker technology would be a less attractive piece to steal.
I used Linux on Desktop and I also use Linux for my/clients' webserver. If there is one thing which I can say for sure, I doubt users in the SOHO segment would want to make a shift to Linux.
What is the single most important factor when people buy a computer for their home? I have travelled a bit and being from the industry, I realize that it is 'Support'. The "What if this crashed...?" or "What if this didn't work...?" syndrome decides on what computer/software will people buy in future.
Why would a Stock Broker want to go to a forum and post a query and indefinitely wait for a reply when he can just call someone and ask them to come-fix't-up? The only reason I had to uninstall Linux from my Desktop and my Laptop (which was shipped with XP home preinstalled) was because I didn't have any particular place where I could go and ask for support. If I pay for this support, then the purpose of 'free' revolution seemed to be defeated.
It appears to me that the single most important advantage which Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle... etc have over OSS is the ability to take onus for mistakes and provide support for their products. I do not know who would be responsible (besides me) if something goes wrong with my system when I am on Linux. With any of these companies, I can transfer the blame on them and have them help me restore everything.
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Its been years that my friend has been growing Jathropa in our desert town of Jaipur. He got the technology from Israel, one of the best places to learn about the plant. The seeds are sold for about USD60 per KG and are used to make aviation grade fuel. The rest of the plant is like a plant. I am not a farmer but I know that mustard oil can be used to light lamps and that vegetable oil can be used in furnaces after processing chemically.
Jathropa and bio diesel (made from sugarcane) are being tested to power vehicles because they are cleaner fuels and can help protect the environment, because they do not leave any heavy water, nuclear waste or ocean bed unstabilities behind. The projects are being funded by the Government of India and the IITs.
If anyone needs more information on this, I will try to find out and pass it on.
Would this also mean that the companies which manufacture Weapons of Mass Distruction would be prosecuted, because they are also manufacturing, and therefore "Making Available" something which can be, rather is, dangerous to the entire humankind? If I have bought something and I have the license to it, do i not have the right to flaunt and show off? This is like buying a Ferrari and keeping it in the garage because if I take it out and park it in the street, I am making it available for car-thiefs. Why is there a different law for the digital world?
This would mean that if your phone is lost, it can not be used without you knowing
- the new number,
- the new location (if you have filed a complaint i.e.) and
- the identity of the new owner (from the phone company).
The only flaw in the system is that if the thief dismantles the phone and sells the parts for spares/repairs, the system can not do anything. Parts fetch a lower price and therefore Samsung phones fitted with thie Mobile Tracker technology would be a less attractive piece to steal.two cents..
shashank
http://www.techspeak.in/
I used Linux on Desktop and I also use Linux for my/clients' webserver. If there is one thing which I can say for sure, I doubt users in the SOHO segment would want to make a shift to Linux.
What is the single most important factor when people buy a computer for their home? I have travelled a bit and being from the industry, I realize that it is 'Support'. The "What if this crashed...?" or "What if this didn't work...?" syndrome decides on what computer/software will people buy in future.
Why would a Stock Broker want to go to a forum and post a query and indefinitely wait for a reply when he can just call someone and ask them to come-fix't-up? The only reason I had to uninstall Linux from my Desktop and my Laptop (which was shipped with XP home preinstalled) was because I didn't have any particular place where I could go and ask for support. If I pay for this support, then the purpose of 'free' revolution seemed to be defeated.
It appears to me that the single most important advantage which Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle... etc have over OSS is the ability to take onus for mistakes and provide support for their products. I do not know who would be responsible (besides me) if something goes wrong with my system when I am on Linux. With any of these companies, I can transfer the blame on them and have them help me restore everything.
two cents..
shashank
http://www.techspeak.in/