Blogging has become a powerful medium
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The Future of the Blog
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I can vouch for the popularity of blogging. It helps to share ideas and bring together people with similar tastes. I can't even envisage going back to the time when one had to write html code to put up a webpage.
Now a days blogging has become as simple as writing a document in a wordprocessor.
And the power of the blogger to shake down the established news sites is something to be taken note of. For example, I first came to know about the Sony DRM fiasco through a blog on the net where the blogger had detailed his experiences rather than through news sites or newspapers. And the sound bytes created by the bloggers did give a lot of bad publicity to sony corp.
I can't stop wondering where this is going to take us. In the near future, all of us will be carrying all our data right inside our pockets. Will PCs be reduced to a dumb terminal instead of the computer it is now? Only time will tell.
Why should Red Hat go and start a seperate project to achieve more or less the same effects ? Can't they work with the XGL project team and improve on the existing code ? What good will re-inventing the wheel or duplicating the code help achieve? Reading about this takes me back to the 80s when the UNIX OS was severely fractured with applications working on one Unix flavor not running on another flavor of Unix. Even though Red Hat is doing a good thing, it is actually taking a step back by forking the project.
Ultimately, Microsoft is coming round to the fact that it cannot write away the open source movement. There is a very popular saying : If a group of weak sticks are bound together, the combined strength can be even more than a single stout stick.
GNU/Linux and Open Source softwares are like the multiple weak sticks which have come together to become very strong. And microsoft is realising that it is not going to be a cake walk any longer.
The end users are the one who are going to benefit from the whole thing.
When you have opted for a web host who charge you according to the bandwidth your webpage has used. then it becomes a big issue when some people hotlink to your images and other files thus taking a free ride piggybacking.
If what is said on the webpage is true then this is a step forward for people who want to conserve their bandwidth. But the big question is how it will affect (or not affect) the design of the site especially when using CSS and javascript.
Heh, I guess I over stated the percentage there... But still 57.52% (If it is the right data) is a major share.
Middle east is a good place to start such projects
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Space Tourism from UAE
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As over 90% of the worlds Oil is found in and around middle east, it is a place floating in surplus money. Though some of these nations have made a mess of their resources by going to war and destroying their economy.
By using UAE as the base, the project team has ensured steady supply of cheap gas for their rockets (or planes?). I hear gas is cheaper than drinking water in the middle east.
What is the point in reviving OS/2 now. Another OS is the last thing we need at this hour. And how much ever be the robustness of OS/2 as claimed by its users, I think it is high time enough to move on and let some things remain as they are - ie history.
After the cold war and the break up of soviet union, it has increasingly become a habit with the USA governments to try and play big daddy to all the nations.
This trend is really disconcerting for people living outside the US. As far as china is concerned, it is entirely a different story. Communism and capitalism can be equated to the devil and the deep sea. Both are not good for the nations. If one ideology generates oppression, the other inculcates greed.
I just can't farthom a life devoid of internet - now that I have got used to it. And it would be a big injustice if one or a few of the people decide how the internet needs to be controlled. Definitely what ever be the USA's point of view, it pales against what is really at stake here. For one, any body who controls internet will be controlling this powerful news medium. And the US has been guilty of spreading rumours to further its needs in the international arena in the past.
I remember the last time I bought a certain brand of coffee, my decision to pick up the particular brand was influenced by the free ceramic mug that came with it. There was a equally better coffee brand sitting besides this one but I chose the one with the free gift.
This is one of the oldest tricks in the marketing field. The companies doing business are clever in taking advantage of this human weakness. That is exactly what is happening in the internet arena too. And yahoo is leading the way in pulling potential search users in using their search engine by luring them with freebies.
Biometrics is widely used in India's richest temple at Tirupati(which is also worlds richest one). Infact, if the devotees have to get into the temple, they have to get their finger print copied to a database using biometrics and they are alloted a time to enter the temple. This is because over quarter million people daily visit the temple and crowd control is a big job for the administration.
HTML has got serious faults - the major one being the softwares unable to harvest the data inteligently from the web page created using HTML. This was IMHO why a new standard (much more strict) based on XML was developed which is called XHTML.
I think any book that teaches CSS and XHTML more than HTML will be widely embraced by the programming community.
IPv6 can be your next generation Identity card
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IPv6 Readiness Report
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Once IPv6 comes into force, there will be no derth of IP addresses. And each device including PCs can have its own unique IP address. When a person is born in this world, a tiny chip can be implanted in his body which has a unique IP address. And this can be used as his identity.
And the same way a DNS works, the IP address of the chip implanted in the persons body can be resolved to his name.
Hydrogen fusion has fascinated scientists for ages. But till now a break through has not been found. Yes they have made hydrogen bombs. But to control the fusion process to generate clean energy has not been found yet.
China's experimental device could reveal some breakthroughs and might eventually help tide the energy deficit faced the world over.
India has made great strides in Space. Now when I say it I am not being rhetorical. The space (satellites) program of India has helped bring cheap education to far flung, hard to reach areas. It gives upto the minute accurate weather reports and is one of the sources of weather forcasts of TV channels in India, India is aiming to jump into the select club of countries which have the capability of launching commercial sattelites over a specified weight thus bringing much needed foreign exchange. The sattelites give credible data which aids the scientists in the search for untapped (new) water bodies in the country. And these sattelites are the backbone for the mobile (telecommunication) revolution that is taking place in India at present.
So it is not just national pride that is making India take up space research seriously. It has put the technology to credible use which has brought a lot of comforts to the people living there.
As far as china is concerned, it can be considered to be a milestone. But how does it affect the rest of the (non-chinese) linux users ? Is it really that significant ? I doubt it will make any difference at all. As far as china's embrace of Linux over propritery OS is concerned - Bill gates once told in an interview that microsoft was running across a brick wall in getting chinese government support for their OS - it is a very good thing. I feel most governments should take a leaf from the chinese and pass resolutions favouring open source solutions over propritery ones.
The unit on offer contains a 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 CPU, 512MB of memory, 40GB of hard drive space and Mac OS X 10.4. It has 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. The machine is signed by the modder, and individually numbered.
That is a pretty impressive configuration for a tablet PC. And at that price they better give a personal autograph too. Collectors items commands its own value in the market.
Why stop at just space exploration ? I think linux has already made a mark in being used in embedded devices.
The beauty of linux is its price as well as its secure architecture.
Linux has become so popular that even multi-national corporations have begun to sit up and take notice. I think Sun was forced to release Solaris OS with an open licence because of fear of Linux.
In the near future, linux is going to be used in everything that ever needs a chip - be it a washing machine or a wrist watch.
I really wonder what is the advantage of using portage over apt-get in handling repositories. I mean more and more linux distro makers are moving to portage. Gentoo has it. Now netwosix also have it. Is it because of a flaw or drawback that they see in apt-get ?
It would be good if there is an article giving the pros and cons of portage over apt-get and clear the matter once and for all. Both are very popular amoung *nix users.
"Four. You just have to read the system requirements that are next to each game on the original page (or copied into this thread). Barring any errors in the listings, the 4 Linux-running games are: DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold,Professor Fizzwizzle, Darwinia, Tribal Trouble "
That is good to hear. But seriously, more and more game developers should consider Linux as a viable platform and start developing games for linux. As far as bitching is concerned:), only if we protest in a public forum will the developers sit up and take notice and do something about it. I was just voicing the complaints on behalf of all linux enthusiast's who are avid gamers too.
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I can vouch for the popularity of blogging. It helps to share ideas and bring together people with similar tastes. I can't even envisage going back to the time when one had to write html code to put up a webpage.
Now a days blogging has become as simple as writing a document in a wordprocessor.
And the power of the blogger to shake down the established news sites is something to be taken note of. For example, I first came to know about the Sony DRM fiasco through a blog on the net where the blogger had detailed his experiences rather than through news sites or newspapers. And the sound bytes created by the bloggers did give a lot of bad publicity to sony corp.
I can't stop wondering where this is going to take us. In the near future, all of us will be carrying all our data right inside our pockets. Will PCs be reduced to a dumb terminal instead of the computer it is now? Only time will tell.
Why should Red Hat go and start a seperate project to achieve more or less the same effects ? Can't they work with the XGL project team and improve on the existing code ? What good will re-inventing the wheel or duplicating the code help achieve? Reading about this takes me back to the 80s when the UNIX OS was severely fractured with applications working on one Unix flavor not running on another flavor of Unix. Even though Red Hat is doing a good thing, it is actually taking a step back by forking the project.
Ultimately, Microsoft is coming round to the fact that it cannot write away the open source movement. There is a very popular saying : If a group of weak sticks are bound together, the combined strength can be even more than a single stout stick.
GNU/Linux and Open Source softwares are like the multiple weak sticks which have come together to become very strong. And microsoft is realising that it is not going to be a cake walk any longer.
The end users are the one who are going to benefit from the whole thing.
When you have opted for a web host who charge you according to the bandwidth your webpage has used. then it becomes a big issue when some people hotlink to your images and other files thus taking a free ride piggybacking.
If what is said on the webpage is true then this is a step forward for people who want to conserve their bandwidth. But the big question is how it will affect (or not affect) the design of the site especially when using CSS and javascript.
Alexander the great and Napolean are the two great conquorers in the history of the world. Yes there are others but nobody comes close to these two.
Heh, I guess I over stated the percentage there... But still 57.52% (If it is the right data) is a major share.
As over 90% of the worlds Oil is found in and around middle east, it is a place floating in surplus money. Though some of these nations have made a mess of their resources by going to war and destroying their economy.
By using UAE as the base, the project team has ensured steady supply of cheap gas for their rockets (or planes?). I hear gas is cheaper than drinking water in the middle east.
Why upgrade when you have a robust, secure, beautiful OS in Linux available at an unbeatable price (free)?
Give Linux a try and you will never be disapointed!!
What is the point in reviving OS/2 now. Another OS is the last thing we need at this hour. And how much ever be the robustness of OS/2 as claimed by its users, I think it is high time enough to move on and let some things remain as they are - ie history.
After the cold war and the break up of soviet union, it has increasingly become a habit with the USA governments to try and play big daddy to all the nations.
This trend is really disconcerting for people living outside the US. As far as china is concerned, it is entirely a different story. Communism and capitalism can be equated to the devil and the deep sea. Both are not good for the nations. If one ideology generates oppression, the other inculcates greed.
Yeah I mixed up there I guess. Was in a hurry to post my comment that I forgot to check the wordings. Thanks for pointing it out.
I just can't farthom a life devoid of internet - now that I have got used to it. And it would be a big injustice if one or a few of the people decide how the internet needs to be controlled. Definitely what ever be the USA's point of view, it pales against what is really at stake here.
For one, any body who controls internet will be controlling this powerful news medium. And the US has been guilty of spreading rumours to further its needs in the international arena in the past.
I remember the last time I bought a certain brand of coffee, my decision to pick up the particular brand was influenced by the free ceramic mug that came with it. There was a equally better coffee brand sitting besides this one but I chose the one with the free gift.
This is one of the oldest tricks in the marketing field. The companies doing business are clever in taking advantage of this human weakness. That is exactly what is happening in the internet arena too. And yahoo is leading the way in pulling potential search users in using their search engine by luring them with freebies.
Biometrics is widely used in India's richest temple at Tirupati(which is also worlds richest one). Infact, if the devotees have to get into the temple, they have to get their finger print copied to a database using biometrics and they are alloted a time to enter the temple. This is because over quarter million people daily visit the temple and crowd control is a big job for the administration.
HTML has got serious faults - the major one being the softwares unable to harvest the data inteligently from the web page created using HTML. This was IMHO why a new standard (much more strict) based on XML was developed which is called XHTML.
I think any book that teaches CSS and XHTML more than HTML will be widely embraced by the programming community.
Once IPv6 comes into force, there will be no derth of IP addresses. And each device including PCs can have its own unique IP address. When a person is born in this world, a tiny chip can be implanted in his body which has a unique IP address. And this can be used as his identity.
And the same way a DNS works, the IP address of the chip implanted in the persons body can be resolved to his name.
Hydrogen fusion has fascinated scientists for ages. But till now a break through has not been found. Yes they have made hydrogen bombs. But to control the fusion process to generate clean energy has not been found yet.
China's experimental device could reveal some breakthroughs and might eventually help tide the energy deficit faced the world over.
Perhaps they should aim for an entry in the Guiness Book of World Records for busting the largest number of Myths on TV.
India has made great strides in Space. Now when I say it I am not being rhetorical. The space (satellites) program of India has helped bring cheap education to far flung, hard to reach areas. It gives upto the minute accurate weather reports and is one of the sources of weather forcasts of TV channels in India, India is aiming to jump into the select club of countries which have the capability of launching commercial sattelites over a specified weight thus bringing much needed foreign exchange. The sattelites give credible data which aids the scientists in the search for untapped (new) water bodies in the country. And these sattelites are the backbone for the mobile (telecommunication) revolution that is taking place in India at present.
So it is not just national pride that is making India take up space research seriously. It has put the technology to credible use which has brought a lot of comforts to the people living there.
As far as china is concerned, it can be considered to be a milestone. But how does it affect the rest of the (non-chinese) linux users ? Is it really that significant ? I doubt it will make any difference at all. As far as china's embrace of Linux over propritery OS is concerned - Bill gates once told in an interview that microsoft was running across a brick wall in getting chinese government support for their OS - it is a very good thing. I feel most governments should take a leaf from the chinese and pass resolutions favouring open source solutions over propritery ones.
The unit on offer contains a 1.33GHz PowerPC G4 CPU, 512MB of memory, 40GB of hard drive space and Mac OS X 10.4. It has 802.11g Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0. The machine is signed by the modder, and individually numbered.
That is a pretty impressive configuration for a tablet PC. And at that price they better give a personal autograph too. Collectors items commands its own value in the market.
Why stop at just space exploration ? I think linux has already made a mark in being used in embedded devices.
The beauty of linux is its price as well as its secure architecture.
Linux has become so popular that even multi-national corporations have begun to sit up and take notice. I think Sun was forced to release Solaris OS with an open licence because of fear of Linux.
In the near future, linux is going to be used in everything that ever needs a chip - be it a washing machine or a wrist watch.
I really wonder what is the advantage of using portage over apt-get in handling repositories. I mean more and more linux distro makers are moving to portage. Gentoo has it. Now netwosix also have it. Is it because of a flaw or drawback that they see in apt-get ?
It would be good if there is an article giving the pros and cons of portage over apt-get and clear the matter once and for all. Both are very popular amoung *nix users.
"Four. You just have to read the system requirements that are next to each game on the original page (or copied into this thread). Barring any errors in the listings, the 4 Linux-running games are: DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold,Professor Fizzwizzle, Darwinia, Tribal Trouble "
:), only if we protest in a public forum will the developers sit up and take notice and do something about it. I was just voicing the complaints on behalf of all linux enthusiast's who are avid gamers too.
That is good to hear. But seriously, more and more game developers should consider Linux as a viable platform and start developing games for linux. As far as bitching is concerned