That means Microsoft employees would have recieved 1000 spams per day if my stats of entering their email goes anywhere... ;-) Posted by: no_more_spam_please@microsoft.com
It's the case where a thief got into your car (by your lack of adequate security) and banged into the third person, then you are in some aspects partly responsible for the accident. Because it was with your "careless permission"(note the meaning), that the thief got into the car!
The same applies to this case. You should choose your domain incharge carefully, otherwise all you may get is these lawsuits!
Thats what they are trying to say. But does that also imply we are told NOT to point out the faults in a company we want to have one or the other business with (even writing reviews).
It may even lead to some frustated reviewers boycotting Apogee(r) products! And what do Apogee(r) get in return of all this?
And guess what happens when you try to access a website and it says:
This web-server is busy with 16 connections, 3 voice calls, 1 fax and 2 game consoles. Please try again after 5 minutes. Till then have a chance at Tetris at your own phone!
But, is there any point just thinking positive when you know that people who cannot get food and water will get educated by the Internet and will start to realise their Basic needs?
Noone is opposing what has been planned. The opposition is to the priority of the planning people! They set aside the "Basic Needs" and first plan to setup Internet everywhere. I know that Information is Power, but to use information, you need food and education. Without getting it first, they are trying to go the other way round...which is disturbing to most.
But it will take a lot of time. I go by what you say. I haven't seen much of southern India in terms of travelling to small villages, but I can tell you there is very much a good future for the southern parts, with Chief Ministers of State like Naidu. If these people have their way, definitely it is on the brighter side for all of us.
The only thing that barrs is the track record of Indian Beaurocrats in handling the high-tech projects. But hope this time it will be for the better.
But the thing is....does it sense to just continue gambling all the time, and wait for 6-yr olds to come up? Infact, thats what has been happening to MOST of the GAMBLES played by India.
Occasionally, one of these gambles hits the jackpot, and we praise the scientists, the educationists, and EVEN the polititians for that !
Pile up millions of new projects, and wait for a 1000 6-yr olds to sprout up. I think it would be better if we have the solution providers ready before announcing the plans. Isn't it?
If you expected to start a flame-war with that reply, I must leave you disappointed.
You have no idea whatsover people like you are doing to a site like Slashdot.
Since I believe what ever I type in, in no case, is going into your head, I better give you no remarks or comments_of_same_level_you gave in after 5 hours of pondering.
Thanks anyway,
for letting me know the limit to which sick people can be found in this world.
And yes, please don't make Slashdot a place for your thoughts, its too unworthy a place for them. Thanks.
Living in the capital of India, thinking of all this being possible is very easy.
Just like I think one day after finishing college, Microsoft will pick me up and make me the heir to Bill Gates.
Very frankly (mark these as the words of a young Indian),
I am proud of my country for being so Adventurous !!
The country where we everyday hear about a new scam being unearthed, it is quite usual to find such plans being churned out everyday. Be not surprized if you read in the last row of your newspaper that half of the funds were missing in records.
The question is : Do these plans make sense when you can't even ensure full water supply and failure proof electricity even in your country's capital ? When you can't even ensure a single hospital/school in these rural areas....)
In Rural India (I am talking of the "most" rural parts), where people aren't even aware of what use does that black box called Telephone is of, we expect them to understand and surf to gain Knowledge ! What a great faith in the Internet ! Show me 100 politians who can learn to use the mouse correctly and I will believe.
Still, our country's intellectuals have the habit of thinking the difficult things first. And they many times succeed. (Yes World, remember the Bomb...) God bless them, and may this project be fruitful. amen.
Well, I am about to cross the teens, and I still remember the way our teacher in 5th grade (India here...so don't compare the 2nd or 5th grades etc.) told us what LOGO was. Yes, she said LOGO was a language (okay..controvertial..). We started with LOGO....drawing figures. Then we were told that we could do calculations with LOGO !!! this showed is the PRINT command in LOGO. Then we moved to the PRINT command in BASIC, along with all LET, FOR , etc. . . . . then you can add other languages, perhaps starting with PASCAL, then C, C++...and the list can go on and on... But yes, don't tell the kids to leave the "good-looking" Win98 and switch to *nix early... Let them see the weaknesses and strengths of each OS themselves.... And yes, btw, some schools here (not all) still start with LOGO these days.
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What have I done?
That means Microsoft employees would have recieved 1000 spams per day if my stats of entering their email goes anywhere...
Posted by: no_more_spam_please@microsoft.com
But thats not the point we are discussing, are we? ;-)
It's the case where a thief got into your car (by your lack of adequate security) and banged into the third person, then you are in some aspects partly responsible for the accident.
Because it was with your "careless permission" (note the meaning), that the thief got into the car!
The same applies to this case. You should choose your domain incharge carefully, otherwise all you may get is these lawsuits!
Funny....to think if Microsoft does similar things, it is bombarded with lawsuits. Then, what about these people?
Just wondering how many here know the meaning of KLEOpatra?
My next Linux installation is pending, waiting for new HDD.
Hope it'll meet the new KDE soon. ;-)
Imagine Netscape coming up with its own "NetScapeBIOS", which provides many new features to users.
Then Microsoft pacts with Intel to "integrate" with processors, their "IEBIOS", which will be rendered inseparable from the PC.
Then, there will be lawsuits and AntiTrust cases against Microsoft.
Then it will again be split up into a BIOS making company and a Browser company.
And the war will continue....
That will help a lot...umm...while landing at Neptune some day.
Thats what they are trying to say. But does that also imply we are told NOT to point out the faults in a company we want to have one or the other business with (even writing reviews).
It may even lead to some frustated reviewers boycotting Apogee(r) products! And what do Apogee(r) get in return of all this?
This web-server is busy with 16 connections, 3 voice calls, 1 fax and 2 game consoles. Please try again after 5 minutes. Till then have a chance at Tetris at your own phone!
Or are they focussing on kids to buy their cell-phones on their own....( they'd better buy that Sony PS2).
Or they are trying to experiment with WAP to somehow get something out of the thing?
Perhaps nobody told them the real things about WAP!
But, is there any point just thinking positive when you know that people who cannot get food and water will get educated by the Internet and will start to realise their Basic needs?
Noone is opposing what has been planned. The opposition is to the priority of the planning people! They set aside the "Basic Needs" and first plan to setup Internet everywhere. I know that Information is Power, but to use information, you need food and education. Without getting it first, they are trying to go the other way round...which is disturbing to most.
The only thing that barrs is the track record of Indian Beaurocrats in handling the high-tech projects. But hope this time it will be for the better.
But the thing is....does it sense to just continue gambling all the time, and wait for 6-yr olds to come up? Infact, thats what has been happening to MOST of the GAMBLES played by India.
Occasionally, one of these gambles hits the jackpot, and we praise the scientists, the educationists, and EVEN the polititians for that !
Pile up millions of new projects, and wait for a 1000 6-yr olds to sprout up. I think it would be better if we have the solution providers ready before announcing the plans. Isn't it?
You have no idea whatsover people like you are doing to a site like Slashdot.
Since I believe what ever I type in, in no case, is going into your head, I better give you no remarks or comments_of_same_level_you gave in after 5 hours of pondering.
Thanks anyway,
for letting me know the limit to which sick people can be found in this world.
And yes, please don't make Slashdot a place for your thoughts, its too unworthy a place for them. Thanks.
Living in the capital of India, thinking of all this being possible is very easy.
Just like I think one day after finishing college, Microsoft will pick me up and make me the heir to Bill Gates.
Very frankly (mark these as the words of a young Indian),
I am proud of my country for being so Adventurous !!
The country where we everyday hear about a new scam being unearthed, it is quite usual to find such plans being churned out everyday. Be not surprized if you read in the last row of your newspaper that half of the funds were missing in records.
The question is : Do these plans make sense when you can't even ensure full water supply and failure proof electricity even in your country's capital ? When you can't even ensure a single hospital/school in these rural areas....)
In Rural India (I am talking of the "most" rural parts), where people aren't even aware of what use does that black box called Telephone is of, we expect them to understand and surf to gain Knowledge ! What a great faith in the Internet ! Show me 100 politians who can learn to use the mouse correctly and I will believe.
Still, our country's intellectuals have the habit of thinking the difficult things first. And they many times succeed. (Yes World, remember the Bomb...) God bless them, and may this project be fruitful. amen.
Well, I am about to cross the teens, and I still remember the way our teacher in 5th grade (India here...so don't compare the 2nd or 5th grades etc.) told us what LOGO was. Yes, she said LOGO was a language (okay..controvertial..). We started with LOGO....drawing figures. Then we were told that we could do calculations with LOGO !!! this showed is the PRINT command in LOGO. Then we moved to the PRINT command in BASIC, along with all LET, FOR , etc. . . . . then you can add other languages, perhaps starting with PASCAL, then C, C++...and the list can go on and on... But yes, don't tell the kids to leave the "good-looking" Win98 and switch to *nix early... Let them see the weaknesses and strengths of each OS themselves.... And yes, btw, some schools here (not all) still start with LOGO these days.