Actually, India-GII - a mailing list/group of sorts which is a part of CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility) has been discussing this for quite a while now.
Particularly, see the threads MMS saga has unexpected consequences and Mahesh Murthy sends you Release the CEO of eBay India (Baazee) - a travesty of cyber-law and e-commerce Petition.
People have been petitioning the release of Bajaj for a while, and this is going to have some very serious repurcussions, too.
And which is why, "predictions" like FooBar will happen by 2015 are quite amusing - you really cannot know. For all you know, it may happen within the next couple of years. If there is one thing we should know as geeks, it is that technology can never ever be predicted.
For some areas, yes. But research in pure sciences is still limited. All the research in India is either theoretical or industrial (driven by money).
And so is the education system - a lot of times, people do not choose areas like physics or mathematics because they're uncertain of making a good career in these subjects.
It reminds me of Nuclear Winter, a theory based on non-conclusive evidence but is being touted as being "real" - something that you would not notice in other hard sciences (physics, math etc).
Global Warming may or may not be true, but there is not yet any foolproof evidence connecting rise in CO2 levels to Earth's rise in temperature. Until such time, why is it wrong to deny the theory?
It's not political or economic, it's just scientific.
Yes, but as a graduate student from India here in the US, I'll tell you this - the US has more resources.
Which is why a lot of us are encouraged to do our undergraduate back home and come here for gradschool. Big labs aren't all that important for your undergraduate studies, however the moment you start doing serious research you need good resources.
Developing countries cannot provide this - and the US benefits because they go to school in their homeland and end up studying/working here. If India wants its brightest and best to stay in India, the focus on research should increase.
This is a very big advantage that the US has - resources do matter a lot.
OH yeah, I had a long winded argument on this in the Heatwave article - here and here.
Basically, there is no conclusive foolproof evidence connecting CO2 levels and Earth's rise in temperature - there are a lot of other factors that are involved. A look at any of those publications would show that half the variables are assumed and the other half are inadequately calculated.
Global Warming seems more like consensus science than real science.
I was actually answering the original poster's response on what would happen if adblocks became mroe commonplace.
In that hypothetical scenario, a locally served ad from within the server in a non-intrusive way is more likely to get through the adblock, and consequently be more profitable.
However, in reality people are seldom smart enough to know better - the shiny jumpy thingy always gets the attention of the masses.
No, I did not subscribe to Slashdot before the plums - but there are two reasons (both legitimate).
For one, I was not even aware that Slashdot had a subscription - they were not aggressive enough about it. For another, even if I was aware, I would not have had the money (was doing undergrad).
A little after I moved to gradschool, things changed and I've been a subscriber ever since.
But it's far more likely that he meant Red Hat's Linux in the sense that, "the flavor of Linux that Red Hat produces" - which probably makes commercial sense in that context.
Besides, it's just a blog, for cryin' out loud. If Sun officially made such a statement it's another thing.
For all you know, it's just the way he writes - people often use colloquialisms in informal writings, such as Blogs. Doesn't mean a thing.
I think the average Slashdotter uses what is the right tool for the right job. While Linux is cool for some things, Windows has its own set of advantages.
Being a zealot about a thing is fine, but not at the cost of being pragmatic. A computer is just a tool, and sometimes Windows works and sometimes Linux works. As simple as that.
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Actually, India-GII - a mailing list/group of sorts which is a part of CPSR (Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility) has been discussing this for quite a while now.
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Check out this month's archive.
Particularly, see the threads MMS saga has unexpected consequences and Mahesh Murthy sends you Release the CEO of eBay India (Baazee) - a travesty of cyber-law and e-commerce Petition
People have been petitioning the release of Bajaj for a while, and this is going to have some very serious repurcussions, too.
Ukraine?
> screw in that lightbulb...
:-p
You must have a tiny one, indeed
>Every sperm is sacred, every sperm is great.
Oh yeah, mine particularly so.
For a moment, I read that as
...and went, wow! Now I know why they've a population problem :-p
In China, SEX is always positive.
It's all the positive energy coming from Chinese molecules. After sex.
Heh.
Seems especially true of this new guy, samzenpus.
Some of his blurbs are so out of context and opinionated, even for Slashdot.
Maybe one of the other editors should give him a two-hour lesson on being a Slashdot editor.
You're being euphemistic.
It's called *stupidity* and companies just make money off these morons.
AOL reminds me of a two-headed monster whose both the heads have no clue what's up with the other one.
Almsot like Zaphod. Or something.
One head has Netscape, but the other has no clue what to do with it and signs on with MSFT instead.
Yay! for corporate stupidity.
> People don't change - they are just replaced.
:-p
Thank you.
That's such an immensely encouraging thing to say right in the middle of the week.
You're a troll, but I'll answer you anyway.
At last count, there were more than 50 million cellphones in India, and are growing at 2 million a month.
(From this source)
Funny, I just read on Boing Boing that an Indian movie will be the first full-length feature film to premiere on a wireless cellular network.
Details here.
And which is why, "predictions" like FooBar will happen by 2015 are quite amusing - you really cannot know. For all you know, it may happen within the next couple of years. If there is one thing we should know as geeks, it is that technology can never ever be predicted.
You know, we have folks from NASA who frequently give presentations on various cool technology stuff and the like.
I noticed that in all the shuttlecraft/space station pics, the systems used for controlling various things were all IBM laptops.
ThinkPads all the way, no question. I asked the guy about it and his response was, "It's robust, it's reliable and it's IBM".
I'm quite certain that Lenova couldn't *ever* have that kind of a brand-name.
IBM has grown to earn the respect, and while Lenova may buy IBM's business, they will not buy IBM's respect. That needs to be proved and earned.
Damn! Sorry, it's 2:30 in the morning and my own "intellectual capabilities" aren't exactly peaking :-)
To the point, if you start embedding ads, you might really drive away your readers. But I suppose, if done smartly, it might be used to sell too.
Eg: Article on foobar, and links on related topics on Amazon, Bestbuy and the like. Damn, you're evil.
Oh yeah, those things piss me off more than anything else.
Covert Slashdrone adverts - and to think I thought people here had some amount of intellect left.
One more word and I'll replace you with a very very smaller shell script :-p
For some areas, yes. But research in pure sciences is still limited. All the research in India is either theoretical or industrial (driven by money).
And so is the education system - a lot of times, people do not choose areas like physics or mathematics because they're uncertain of making a good career in these subjects.
> Sorry, should've googled before posting...
:-p
That's okay. u.r.id10t, so all is cool
That's funny!
It reminds me of Nuclear Winter, a theory based on non-conclusive evidence but is being touted as being "real" - something that you would not notice in other hard sciences (physics, math etc).
Global Warming may or may not be true, but there is not yet any foolproof evidence connecting rise in CO2 levels to Earth's rise in temperature. Until such time, why is it wrong to deny the theory?
It's not political or economic, it's just scientific.
Yes, but as a graduate student from India here in the US, I'll tell you this - the US has more resources.
Which is why a lot of us are encouraged to do our undergraduate back home and come here for gradschool. Big labs aren't all that important for your undergraduate studies, however the moment you start doing serious research you need good resources.
Developing countries cannot provide this - and the US benefits because they go to school in their homeland and end up studying/working here. If India wants its brightest and best to stay in India, the focus on research should increase.
This is a very big advantage that the US has - resources do matter a lot.
OH yeah, I had a long winded argument on this in the Heatwave article - here and here.
Basically, there is no conclusive foolproof evidence connecting CO2 levels and Earth's rise in temperature - there are a lot of other factors that are involved. A look at any of those publications would show that half the variables are assumed and the other half are inadequately calculated.
Global Warming seems more like consensus science than real science.
I was actually answering the original poster's response on what would happen if adblocks became mroe commonplace.
In that hypothetical scenario, a locally served ad from within the server in a non-intrusive way is more likely to get through the adblock, and consequently be more profitable.
However, in reality people are seldom smart enough to know better - the shiny jumpy thingy always gets the attention of the masses.
No, I did not subscribe to Slashdot before the plums - but there are two reasons (both legitimate).
For one, I was not even aware that Slashdot had a subscription - they were not aggressive enough about it. For another, even if I was aware, I would not have had the money (was doing undergrad).
A little after I moved to gradschool, things changed and I've been a subscriber ever since.
But it's far more likely that he meant Red Hat's Linux in the sense that, "the flavor of Linux that Red Hat produces" - which probably makes commercial sense in that context.
Besides, it's just a blog, for cryin' out loud. If Sun officially made such a statement it's another thing.
For all you know, it's just the way he writes - people often use colloquialisms in informal writings, such as Blogs. Doesn't mean a thing.
Remember the time he and HP had a problem?
%s/g/coinside/coincide
</grammar nazi>
I think the average Slashdotter uses what is the right tool for the right job. While Linux is cool for some things, Windows has its own set of advantages.
Being a zealot about a thing is fine, but not at the cost of being pragmatic. A computer is just a tool, and sometimes Windows works and sometimes Linux works. As simple as that.