The worlds largest democracy(In numbers) has successfully shifted to Electronic Voting machines without any major tech issues and issues on tampering etc., The number of voters there is close to 1 Billion.
Sure there are other issues like booth capturing and voter intimidation and bribing, but the technological transition has been smooth. To top it all India is still a developing country with a large percentage(40%+) of the voters being completely illiterate. If India can do it, so can US, its more of a will problem rather than tech
Seriously. Go to Orkut or something. I am from India, and one of the reasons there are so many GRE/SAT cracking students there is focussed coaching. There are specialized coaching academies etc., etc., Its a big business. A GRE score of 99 is common. No wonder you see so many Indian students there. So ask them. They will be more clued. Check out the books from India on sites like firstandsecond.com which have the type of questions.
These fellows register for SAT/GRE. Send 10-15 people with each person to memorize 5-10 questions. So you actually have last 5 years papers etc., etc.,
For having a story dedicated to them every second day. Its not the only MMORPG. A very popular one, nevertheless, but not the only one.
Every second there there is a story about WoW. A new for of advertising.
And many of these stories are not even "News". Not even for RPG fans.
Go ahead now, mod me down for being offtopic
I spent a small amount of time in the US, and surprisingly the tarrif structure and the talk time etc., plans available in India are far better than in the US.
In broadband access developed nations have lot of lead over developing ones, maybe because to have good connectivity you require undersea cables as most of the servers are in west, but in case of cellular connections countries like India are way ahead of the US/Europe, and very soon 3G deployment will be mainstream.
The "for coke pepsi" brigade says there is pestiside in local water too. So why single them out.
Well many times while travelling I have not taken local water because of impurity dangers. Now if I am paying money to drink something, I expect it to be free of pesticides.
There is nothing new in this issue, its over a year old and keeps shuffling from one dept to other.
You have to understand third world farming traditions and mindsets.
India is currently a food surplus nation(the starving people are a result of mismanagement). The farmers grow the crop, keep some of the seed, sell the rest and regrow. When monsato came, it came with a proposal that the farmers will have to buy seed for every season, because it was sterile. To add insult to injury, there was a possibility that if there is cross pollination etc., the neighbours crop with normal seed will also produce sterile seed. Wether this was true or just a rumour, both these statements(one of which was definately true) had the farmers up in arms. It was not opposition to genetically modified food. Indian universities in have produced high yielding varieties which were accepted without any opposotion.
It was more of the american way of growing food, they buying seed for every season thing which led to so much opposition. Similar is case with readymade food. Though not opposed, there was the fear of similar scandals as drug scandals. American companies have a history of collaborating shady Indian small time drug manufacturers who hire humans for trials for pittance, because they know that due to poverty for 1000$ you can get a willing subject.
This is nothing new. It was done long time back when Jerry was created. Jerry has been blasted into outer space, hit upon with a sledgehammer, is perpetually chased by a cat 10 times his size, but he never ever gets depressed
Civilized? What are you talking about? You think that british never killed unarmed non violent people because they were civilized? huh? Go google about General Dyer. That was a much publicized incident. Infact that arsehole was honoured in the UK for gunning down thousands of unarmed non violent protestors firing squad style.
The problem came that there were so many of they protestors that it was a deluge. Even the most brutual of officers could not bring themselves to gunning down women and children.
Eventually this boycott etc., came to such a stage that keeping India was not an economically viable option. That was the only reason. British empire had reduced from a great empire in which the sun never set to a small slum in the new world, drained by WW-II. So it had to leave. Many colonies which were easier to keep stayed till 1960s after which the "western" nations had to leave them to prove to the world that they were more civilized than the middle east
Worry about theft. So if your port of departure does not allow locks, eg USA, make sure you declare value of items and insure them or whatever.
I got a netgear router worth 60$. I put it in my check in baggage. On delivery I open and see the box is there so I am happy.
I reach home and open the netgear box, and I see its empty.
the Airline was Cathay Pacific, which is considered among the more reliable ones!
If you browse some camera forums, you will see so many cases of lenses and accessories being stolen from checkin baggage.
So a sturdy bag will protect only from impact and such. If you really love your ipod/laptop etc., etc., make sure that you insure all of them. Something tells me that baggage handlers and Homeland security officials are right now rejoicing about this rule. After all of something in stolen, its the airline which pays right, they can happily gift their kids the latest gadgets.
I got the same config for my PC. ASUS+AMD64, too bad motherboad is kinda fried. I am away on travel and once I come back I will try to resurrect it. Too bad it lasted just 3 years
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Its not about the processor, its the whole package, including the deal. For example even after wanting an AMD 64, I went for Intel Duo laptop because the kind of 30% deals which exist for Dell dont exist for other manufacturers! Once Dell comes out with AMD based laptops, Intel is going in for a real shocker.
Used to work for TI(The DLP creaters) so saw a lot of DLPs beginning from the very first models. Noise was never an issue and the image was great. But as with all projectors, the only downside is expensive bulbs, which can go poof after a couple of years of use. Make sure you get a warranty/insurance plan which covers that unless you got loads of money to spend
It has always been there. And not just in the US, in many other democracy's
At many places traffic policemen get a higher raise if they give more traffic tickets.
So what do you have. Some poor schmuck who was crossing the signal and light went yellow get the boot.
Its easier to ticket him, though the risk posed by some jerk weaving through lanes is much more.
The most balatant misuse of this is in India. Set the speed limit to 80kmph. Everybody who hits 80+ be it 81kmph get a 400rs ticket. If somebody is doing 150, that chap also gets 400rs fine.
But vehicles with no tail lights which actually pose a threat at night, are let go, because the fine is very very low in the books.
At the end of the month, a percentage of fines collected is given to the cops.
So rather than catch jerks who jump red lights, which would involve giving a chase and at the most give you a 100rs fine, its great to hide on an empty road with stupid speed limit(50kmph) knowing that someone doing 51 will definately come.
Dude, where are you dreaming.
$50/day means 50*45 = Rs 2000+/day.
That means around 70,000rs/month.
that means you know what, "UPPER MIDDLE CLASS".
Lifestyle : Maid for cleaning, Another one to do the cooking, taking wife out every other day, nice car, Own 3 bedroom apartment.
$10/day is something a starting BPO worker earns, and $20 a day is something a BS degree guy joining Intel/TI/AMD etc., earns.
I forgot the novels name, but I think its by Arthur C Clarke. In this a device is invented which disarms all firearms, explosives etc., within a radius. Soon the govt starts deployment in schools, parks etc., Crime goes down, and secret service is equipped with bows and arrows. Gun Lobby is up in arms, literally, but lowering crime stats and safer cities ensure that this device is not taken down.
But then this same device evolves when more research is done. Instead of disabling just explosive molecules, it can disable any person given the DNA. The perfect assasination machine. Kill one man in a group of thousands without alerting everybody? Well this was your answer!
Great novel, though a little slow but very thought provoking
They were touted as the open source alternative to skype. but look all over their forums, people are calling them frauds.
Because, people buy credits worth 10 Euro, and then are unable to make any calls. All the support guys on the forum have just one thing to say "It will be sorted within a day or 2!"
And now this. I really doubt their business model and how are they making money. And I am not trolling over here.
Head over to The support forum
And do you know another thing, if you watch the lower window part while login, you can see your password in plain text. Yes its sent in https, but something which shows my password in plain view... well scary.
Did not expect such bloopers from what is being touted as the open source answer to skype
I used to think back pain is something others get, inspite of getting a minor problem long time back(school).
About a few year ago, I think it was 2002, I suffered a really bad fall. Due to that I started getting sever back pain. At that time I understood what exactly is lumbar support, and in my quest for the perfect seating postures as well as a comfortable driving position I found out the following things
1. Good posture seat is a misnomer. When a guy tells you, this 500$ chair is made to cure back pain, he is talking out of the other hole. You see we all come in different shapes and sizes. A chair which is good for a 5 foot 5 inch guy is not going to be good enough for a 6 foot guy. Same is true for car seats also. Some cars which I find extermely comfortable and relaxing for my back, simple dont work for others and vice a versa. So when you go shopping. Sit on a chair for an hour or so. 5 min wont tell you anything. And dont take this lightly, back pain is a ghost which can become impossible to exorcise.
2. Excercise. Yes everybody tells you so, and its the best advice. Actually walking long distances with back straight is a great excersise. So is cycling on a stationary cycle or one with good suspension and decent roads
Keep these two things in mind and your spine will last you long, very very long
Diesel cars can give amazing mileage, esp on highway runs. And I am not even talking about Pump Dusse or CRDI.
A company in india called Tata makes a diesel sedan which unsurprisingly is the best selling sedan in that country(fuel prices/income ratio is way too high in India).
On a normal highway run it gives 17-18kmpl, and if you drive with a light foot, you would get 20kmpl which equals 70 kms/gallon, which is slightly below 50mpg. Now if you bring in the newer tech like crdi etc., you are looking at an easy 55mpg.
Even modern petrol cars can give 50mpg. For example the honda city sold in india is detuned to 77bhp with loads of torque at bottom range, result 40+mpg. But the same engine can be modified to deliver power, and the fuel efficiency will drop.
So it depends where your priorities lie. A top speed of 100mph and 0-60mph in 13 sec or so satisfies you? Well then you can go for a non hybrid lighweight diesel giving you 40-50mpg. If you want a bit V6 or V8 which will smoke everybody else at the lights, well then you shouldn't be looking at efficieny
Looks like people have stopped reading moderator guidelines.
"Do not mod based on wether it matches your opinion"
But its not followed, sadly. If anybody writes a lame post which goes with the idiology of the mods, its insightful, but you go against it, no matter how true your post is, it will be modded to oblivion. Dont believe me, surf at -1, you will be surprised to see so many accurate, yet politically(slashdotically) incorrect posts.
The parent is making a valid point. When you are selling something on your website, the avg joe user does not care about evil or good. All he/she wants is a site where no silly warnings prop up. Self sign certificates scare even so called geeks. You go to a shopping site and some warning pops up, bang half your customers will get scared and not give their credit card info.
Yes a Verisign certificate or a Thwatte one wont garauntee the site is not a scam, same as a notarized document does not mean the person is telling the truth. But guess what, internet is full of clueless people, who dont even know what these certificates are all about. All they care is no warning pops up. Heck you can make them shop on a site which does not even use SSL.
So if you want to make money, you have to compromise a bit on your morals, or pay a higher price, or get spammed, etc., etc., Its bad, but then life is never fair:)
There now you can mod me into oblivion too because I disagree with the general flow, right
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Sure there are other issues like booth capturing and voter intimidation and bribing, but the technological transition has been smooth. To top it all India is still a developing country with a large percentage(40%+) of the voters being completely illiterate. If India can do it, so can US, its more of a will problem rather than tech
I meant percentage. 2350/2400 or so.
Seriously.
Go to Orkut or something.
I am from India, and one of the reasons there are so many GRE/SAT cracking students there is focussed coaching. There are specialized coaching academies etc., etc.,
Its a big business.
A GRE score of 99 is common. No wonder you see so many Indian students there.
So ask them. They will be more clued.
Check out the books from India on sites like firstandsecond.com which have the type of questions.
These fellows register for SAT/GRE. Send 10-15 people with each person to memorize 5-10 questions.
So you actually have last 5 years papers etc., etc.,
These books cost something like 5-10 Euro atmost.
For having a story dedicated to them every second day. Its not the only MMORPG. A very popular one, nevertheless, but not the only one. Every second there there is a story about WoW. A new for of advertising. And many of these stories are not even "News". Not even for RPG fans. Go ahead now, mod me down for being offtopic
I spent a small amount of time in the US, and surprisingly the tarrif structure and the talk time etc., plans available in India are far better than in the US. In broadband access developed nations have lot of lead over developing ones, maybe because to have good connectivity you require undersea cables as most of the servers are in west, but in case of cellular connections countries like India are way ahead of the US/Europe, and very soon 3G deployment will be mainstream.
A B-Grade Sci-fi thriller
Next time you kill a cop in GTA, you are punished for murder in real life. Get a life!
If you talk about brilliance, this has been done before http://www.espgame.org/
The "for coke pepsi" brigade says there is pestiside in local water too. So why single them out. Well many times while travelling I have not taken local water because of impurity dangers. Now if I am paying money to drink something, I expect it to be free of pesticides. There is nothing new in this issue, its over a year old and keeps shuffling from one dept to other.
It was more of the american way of growing food, they buying seed for every season thing which led to so much opposition. Similar is case with readymade food. Though not opposed, there was the fear of similar scandals as drug scandals. American companies have a history of collaborating shady Indian small time drug manufacturers who hire humans for trials for pittance, because they know that due to poverty for 1000$ you can get a willing subject.
A beowulf... never mind
This is nothing new. It was done long time back when Jerry was created. Jerry has been blasted into outer space, hit upon with a sledgehammer, is perpetually chased by a cat 10 times his size, but he never ever gets depressed
Civilized? What are you talking about? You think that british never killed unarmed non violent people because they were civilized? huh? Go google about General Dyer. That was a much publicized incident. Infact that arsehole was honoured in the UK for gunning down thousands of unarmed non violent protestors firing squad style. The problem came that there were so many of they protestors that it was a deluge. Even the most brutual of officers could not bring themselves to gunning down women and children. Eventually this boycott etc., came to such a stage that keeping India was not an economically viable option. That was the only reason. British empire had reduced from a great empire in which the sun never set to a small slum in the new world, drained by WW-II. So it had to leave. Many colonies which were easier to keep stayed till 1960s after which the "western" nations had to leave them to prove to the world that they were more civilized than the middle east
Worry about theft. So if your port of departure does not allow locks, eg USA, make sure you declare value of items and insure them or whatever. I got a netgear router worth 60$. I put it in my check in baggage. On delivery I open and see the box is there so I am happy. I reach home and open the netgear box, and I see its empty. the Airline was Cathay Pacific, which is considered among the more reliable ones! If you browse some camera forums, you will see so many cases of lenses and accessories being stolen from checkin baggage. So a sturdy bag will protect only from impact and such. If you really love your ipod/laptop etc., etc., make sure that you insure all of them. Something tells me that baggage handlers and Homeland security officials are right now rejoicing about this rule. After all of something in stolen, its the airline which pays right, they can happily gift their kids the latest gadgets.
All the time I was thinking it was due to eating too much Double Quarter Pounders at McDonalds
I got the same config for my PC. ASUS+AMD64, too bad motherboad is kinda fried. I am away on travel and once I come back I will try to resurrect it. Too bad it lasted just 3 years
Its not about the processor, its the whole package, including the deal. For example even after wanting an AMD 64, I went for Intel Duo laptop because the kind of 30% deals which exist for Dell dont exist for other manufacturers! Once Dell comes out with AMD based laptops, Intel is going in for a real shocker.
Used to work for TI(The DLP creaters) so saw a lot of DLPs beginning from the very first models. Noise was never an issue and the image was great. But as with all projectors, the only downside is expensive bulbs, which can go poof after a couple of years of use. Make sure you get a warranty/insurance plan which covers that unless you got loads of money to spend
It has always been there. And not just in the US, in many other democracy's At many places traffic policemen get a higher raise if they give more traffic tickets. So what do you have. Some poor schmuck who was crossing the signal and light went yellow get the boot. Its easier to ticket him, though the risk posed by some jerk weaving through lanes is much more. The most balatant misuse of this is in India. Set the speed limit to 80kmph. Everybody who hits 80+ be it 81kmph get a 400rs ticket. If somebody is doing 150, that chap also gets 400rs fine. But vehicles with no tail lights which actually pose a threat at night, are let go, because the fine is very very low in the books. At the end of the month, a percentage of fines collected is given to the cops. So rather than catch jerks who jump red lights, which would involve giving a chase and at the most give you a 100rs fine, its great to hide on an empty road with stupid speed limit(50kmph) knowing that someone doing 51 will definately come.
Dude, where are you dreaming. $50/day means 50*45 = Rs 2000+/day. That means around 70,000rs/month. that means you know what, "UPPER MIDDLE CLASS". Lifestyle : Maid for cleaning, Another one to do the cooking, taking wife out every other day, nice car, Own 3 bedroom apartment. $10/day is something a starting BPO worker earns, and $20 a day is something a BS degree guy joining Intel/TI/AMD etc., earns.
I forgot the novels name, but I think its by Arthur C Clarke. In this a device is invented which disarms all firearms, explosives etc., within a radius. Soon the govt starts deployment in schools, parks etc., Crime goes down, and secret service is equipped with bows and arrows. Gun Lobby is up in arms, literally, but lowering crime stats and safer cities ensure that this device is not taken down. But then this same device evolves when more research is done. Instead of disabling just explosive molecules, it can disable any person given the DNA. The perfect assasination machine. Kill one man in a group of thousands without alerting everybody? Well this was your answer! Great novel, though a little slow but very thought provoking
They were touted as the open source alternative to skype. but look all over their forums, people are calling them frauds. Because, people buy credits worth 10 Euro, and then are unable to make any calls. All the support guys on the forum have just one thing to say "It will be sorted within a day or 2!" And now this. I really doubt their business model and how are they making money. And I am not trolling over here. Head over to The support forum And do you know another thing, if you watch the lower window part while login, you can see your password in plain text. Yes its sent in https, but something which shows my password in plain view... well scary. Did not expect such bloopers from what is being touted as the open source answer to skype
I used to think back pain is something others get, inspite of getting a minor problem long time back(school). About a few year ago, I think it was 2002, I suffered a really bad fall. Due to that I started getting sever back pain. At that time I understood what exactly is lumbar support, and in my quest for the perfect seating postures as well as a comfortable driving position I found out the following things
1. Good posture seat is a misnomer. When a guy tells you, this 500$ chair is made to cure back pain, he is talking out of the other hole. You see we all come in different shapes and sizes. A chair which is good for a 5 foot 5 inch guy is not going to be good enough for a 6 foot guy. Same is true for car seats also. Some cars which I find extermely comfortable and relaxing for my back, simple dont work for others and vice a versa. So when you go shopping. Sit on a chair for an hour or so. 5 min wont tell you anything. And dont take this lightly, back pain is a ghost which can become impossible to exorcise.
2. Excercise. Yes everybody tells you so, and its the best advice. Actually walking long distances with back straight is a great excersise. So is cycling on a stationary cycle or one with good suspension and decent roads
Keep these two things in mind and your spine will last you long, very very long
Diesel cars can give amazing mileage, esp on highway runs. And I am not even talking about Pump Dusse or CRDI. A company in india called Tata makes a diesel sedan which unsurprisingly is the best selling sedan in that country(fuel prices/income ratio is way too high in India).
On a normal highway run it gives 17-18kmpl, and if you drive with a light foot, you would get 20kmpl which equals 70 kms/gallon, which is slightly below 50mpg. Now if you bring in the newer tech like crdi etc., you are looking at an easy 55mpg.
Even modern petrol cars can give 50mpg. For example the honda city sold in india is detuned to 77bhp with loads of torque at bottom range, result 40+mpg. But the same engine can be modified to deliver power, and the fuel efficiency will drop.
So it depends where your priorities lie. A top speed of 100mph and 0-60mph in 13 sec or so satisfies you? Well then you can go for a non hybrid lighweight diesel giving you 40-50mpg. If you want a bit V6 or V8 which will smoke everybody else at the lights, well then you shouldn't be looking at efficieny
Looks like people have stopped reading moderator guidelines. "Do not mod based on wether it matches your opinion" But its not followed, sadly. If anybody writes a lame post which goes with the idiology of the mods, its insightful, but you go against it, no matter how true your post is, it will be modded to oblivion. Dont believe me, surf at -1, you will be surprised to see so many accurate, yet politically(slashdotically) incorrect posts. The parent is making a valid point. When you are selling something on your website, the avg joe user does not care about evil or good. All he/she wants is a site where no silly warnings prop up. Self sign certificates scare even so called geeks. You go to a shopping site and some warning pops up, bang half your customers will get scared and not give their credit card info. Yes a Verisign certificate or a Thwatte one wont garauntee the site is not a scam, same as a notarized document does not mean the person is telling the truth. But guess what, internet is full of clueless people, who dont even know what these certificates are all about. All they care is no warning pops up. Heck you can make them shop on a site which does not even use SSL. So if you want to make money, you have to compromise a bit on your morals, or pay a higher price, or get spammed, etc., etc., Its bad, but then life is never fair :)
There now you can mod me into oblivion too because I disagree with the general flow, right