We have temparatures soaring to 45+ degrees C in india, and AC's cost in the region of about 15000rs(380$). Most people go in for these coolers which cost around 30$. They have a water pump which deposit water on the mats and the fan directs the air.
The power consumtion is around 200W, compared to 1900W of AC. So if humidity is not too high, they do an excellent job. The branded ones which are factory made are expensive at around 150$, but the local electircal shop will get you the 70-80$ one.
I have been using linux for about 5 years now as my primary system, and i disagree with the report. There are certain subtle nuances which need to be taken care. For example on my system if i have the flash plugin in the plugins dir of firefox compiled from source, it crashes, but works fine with firefox binary, but the firefox binary did not support java. After some downloads compiles etc,. etc, i got it to work. But your average Joe user is going to turn away. I could not get sound to work with amarok. It would not play. Freenode had me solving the problem after half an hour effort, but the average user does *NOT* want to edit files.
I know there are going to be posts saying that everything is fine on my system etc., etc., but the fact is everything should work on almost any common system. In case of XP all you have to do is run an exe files and you can watch videos etc.,. Yes it is insecure, virus are a problem blah blah, but the mindset of the avg user is that "Its okay if there is a virus, it is expected behavior" but its not okay if my xyz media file does not work, or my xyz camera phone does not connect. Moving people to firefox from IE is a very very trivial thing. Moving an entire OS is something totally different.
What does linux need? Well independence from scripting. The user should not have to edit any config file, and helpful support forums. Scaring away and abusing a newbie asking stupid questions isnt going to win any users. Remeber you were a newbie once. As far as the eye candy and user desktop environment is concerned, it is okay.
Huh? Don't overrate terrorism to much dude. Here in India its been around since independence. It sucks but what sucks more is having to give your freedoms away. The funny part is directly or indirectly most of the terrorist organizations are funded by US, via money or arms!:D. Its a big big business for you guys. Your economy will lose lots of money if terrorism vanishes.
Of course most of the funding is through not so legal channels(LTTE/Phillipines etc.,) and a lot through legal channels.
Since you want more info, here it is. And it is not your gps+mobile. I have played around with the device and it is actually a very very capable handheld. A friend of mine did the body design, the the specs were simple. We intend it to be used in vilages, so it should be immune to drops from about 4 feet and also immune from dust and little rainfall exposure:)
I am not ignoring Kashmir. It is a disputed region and such disputes give rise to hate. As for the dislike, it was not actually dislike. Yes i exaggerated quite a bit, but that was to drive the point that its not necessary that a third world nation which will use nukes first. It can be anybody. Even though Pakistan is suposed to be India's enemy, my point was in defence of that country because the original poster assumed that developing nations are dangeours and unstable.
As for the dislike, its not a dislike towards US and its people, its more like a dislike to your foreign policy. The reason is simple. The South Asia/West Asia feels threatened by such huge military presence in the gulf. Moreover there is an attitude in the adminsteration "If you bomb our country you are a terrorist, however you can bomb anybody else its okay" There are lots of countries where innocents are killed in Bomb blasts. Organizations like LeT etc., also took responsibilities of such attacks in India. But their assets were not frozen untill WTC was attacked.
In the third world attack of iraq has fueled a hatered of the US. People draw parallels to Vietnam and the imerialism in the 19th and early 20th century. It was not a long time ago and people have not forgotten those times. So a major western military presense is seen as a threat and a direct attack. Conspiracy theorists say that the US wants to conquer a few countries here for oil becuse the agreement with Saudis will come to an end in 2005 when the US will have to buy oil for market price rather than discounted price. And all the noises made about Iran paint your country as a war monger. I have heard arguments like Saddam was a dictator, a tyrant. And the counter argument is "Whats your problem" stay in your own country Asia can take care of herself. Think about it. Would you justify an attack on the US by France because they though that DMCA is tyrannical?
That would happen with any disputed region. Pakistan and India both are fighting over kashmir. Pak has 1/4 india has most of the rest with some part with china. Its the kashmiris who suffer. But i do now know why people assume that we hate america. I just made a comment criticizing the assumption that a 'third world' country will start bombing everybody at the slightest provocation or crisis. I get the reply that your "hate for america shows" blah blah! Just because i do not agree with the foreign policies of a nation and the foreign policy track record, does not make me a country hater.
Dude I dont hate anybody. I belong to India, and i think my country is not going to use nuclear weapons first. But when india did nuclear tests sanctions were imposed. The western countries could not digest the fact that a poor third world country is testing nukes. And the hate is not here its in west. Look at any slashdot story about India/China etc., sending up satellites etc., and you will see totally unrelated comments talking about how shitty a country India is. Dont see my opinion as hate towards US. There isnt any. Yes Iran/N.korea/china is dangerous. But there are other democracies in third world countries which are not unstable and have every right to have means of self defence as the west
Quit jumping on the lame bandwagon and recognize that nuclear weapons in the hand of third world nations ARE more dangerous than they are in the hands of the US.
LOL, what makes you think that? Is it because you are superior because you have more money and a stronger military? Dude wake up. You are a product of a 200 year old civilization that has already antoganized half of the worlds population. And the so called "dangerous" thirld world nations have civilizations that have stood for more than 2000 years.
No my country was not involved. It was under british rule. And the point i am really making is not wether the US did right or wrong. What i am saying is that how come you US guys think that except you nobody else deserves the right to nuclear weapons. The entire western civilization was involved in genocide and slavery in the 19th and the early 20th century. Yet when somebody says that India/Pakistan/Iran has nuclear weapons, your first reaction is "Oooooh! These guys have numclear weapons. These primitive monkeymen are gonna bomb the world". Please realize that we eastern nations are as, if not more, civilized as the western nations. The chance of us using a nuclear weapon in anger is no more than the US using them in anger.
And for your information i am not trolling here. Its not about current adminstration or anything, its the so called elitist attitude of the west that people from third world countries are barbarians.
Those are serious risks. Any *one* of those would stand a considerable risk of destabilizing the world as we know it. Imagine a Pakistan, armed with nuclear weapons as it is, whose politics were affected by a massive drought.
Pakistan eh? How about imagine a US, with hurricanes pounding every corner, starts attacking Europe. The probability of USofA nuclear bombing another country is more than Pakistan/Iran/Insert EVIL third worl country here/ is less than the US doing so. US has done so in the past.
I know i sound like a troll to you guys, since i dared to question the supreriority of the might west and actually suggested that third world countries may be better.
Slightly offtopic, but i have a confusion about the system. If somebody sues you, and you do not have money, does it mean that in America you are not allowed to fight the case yourself and you lose by default?
In cattle mode like the 747 is used, you can expect to see about 750 passengers minimum. The numbers you quoted for 747 are in cattle mode. I do not expect airlienes to give you bars and stuff. Maybe more legroom.
Long haul you cant really have a very small plane. The fuel cost is very high, The A380 is supposed to consume less fuel, and thats not lesser fuel/passenger its actually less fuel than the 747. This would mean that the airline cost comes down to half, and you can actually dream of airfares which are 40% lower if airlines pass on the cost. In reality they will pass about 15% of the benefit only.
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Yup i found the same issues with my athlon 64 too. Another big big problem. SATA support is still not in natively. So you have to use the CD provided by the manufacturer. So if you build a brand new system with SATA, best of luck if you dont have the drivers on a floppy. Installation says press so and so key if you have SCSI/RAID drivers and then if you do so looks for them on floppy.
Then there were some other bugs like wallpapers acting funny and all. I didnt really see a huge performance dip in Windows Explorer and Internet explorer, so i am sticking to my 32 bit XP for now.
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We have temparatures soaring to 45+ degrees C in india, and AC's cost in the region of about 15000rs(380$). Most people go in for these coolers which cost around 30$. They have a water pump which deposit water on the mats and the fan directs the air. The power consumtion is around 200W, compared to 1900W of AC. So if humidity is not too high, they do an excellent job. The branded ones which are factory made are expensive at around 150$, but the local electircal shop will get you the 70-80$ one.
Only if they are fitted with catalytic converters
A comic end to a great chip..?
Its a common practice in certain parts of India to abort females. People want a male child.
I know there are going to be posts saying that everything is fine on my system etc., etc., but the fact is everything should work on almost any common system. In case of XP all you have to do is run an exe files and you can watch videos etc.,. Yes it is insecure, virus are a problem blah blah, but the mindset of the avg user is that "Its okay if there is a virus, it is expected behavior" but its not okay if my xyz media file does not work, or my xyz camera phone does not connect. Moving people to firefox from IE is a very very trivial thing. Moving an entire OS is something totally different.
What does linux need? Well independence from scripting. The user should not have to edit any config file, and helpful support forums. Scaring away and abusing a newbie asking stupid questions isnt going to win any users. Remeber you were a newbie once. As far as the eye candy and user desktop environment is concerned, it is okay.Umm.... wasn't it a poll?
Huh? Don't overrate terrorism to much dude. Here in India its been around since independence. It sucks but what sucks more is having to give your freedoms away. The funny part is directly or indirectly most of the terrorist organizations are funded by US, via money or arms! :D. Its a big big business for you guys. Your economy will lose lots of money if terrorism vanishes.
Of course most of the funding is through not so legal channels(LTTE/Phillipines etc.,) and a lot through legal channels.Since you want more info, here it is. And it is not your gps+mobile. I have played around with the device and it is actually a very very capable handheld. A friend of mine did the body design, the the specs were simple. We intend it to be used in vilages, so it should be immune to drops from about 4 feet and also immune from dust and little rainfall exposure :)
*Sigh* and posting too soon without looking at the two posts above can get you a -1 Redundant
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As for the dislike, its not a dislike towards US and its people, its more like a dislike to your foreign policy. The reason is simple. The South Asia/West Asia feels threatened by such huge military presence in the gulf. Moreover there is an attitude in the adminsteration "If you bomb our country you are a terrorist, however you can bomb anybody else its okay" There are lots of countries where innocents are killed in Bomb blasts. Organizations like LeT etc., also took responsibilities of such attacks in India. But their assets were not frozen untill WTC was attacked.
In the third world attack of iraq has fueled a hatered of the US. People draw parallels to Vietnam and the imerialism in the 19th and early 20th century. It was not a long time ago and people have not forgotten those times. So a major western military presense is seen as a threat and a direct attack. Conspiracy theorists say that the US wants to conquer a few countries here for oil becuse the agreement with Saudis will come to an end in 2005 when the US will have to buy oil for market price rather than discounted price. And all the noises made about Iran paint your country as a war monger. I have heard arguments like Saddam was a dictator, a tyrant. And the counter argument is "Whats your problem" stay in your own country Asia can take care of herself. Think about it. Would you justify an attack on the US by France because they though that DMCA is tyrannical?That would happen with any disputed region. Pakistan and India both are fighting over kashmir. Pak has 1/4 india has most of the rest with some part with china. Its the kashmiris who suffer. But i do now know why people assume that we hate america. I just made a comment criticizing the assumption that a 'third world' country will start bombing everybody at the slightest provocation or crisis. I get the reply that your "hate for america shows" blah blah! Just because i do not agree with the foreign policies of a nation and the foreign policy track record, does not make me a country hater.
Dude I dont hate anybody. I belong to India, and i think my country is not going to use nuclear weapons first. But when india did nuclear tests sanctions were imposed. The western countries could not digest the fact that a poor third world country is testing nukes. And the hate is not here its in west. Look at any slashdot story about India/China etc., sending up satellites etc., and you will see totally unrelated comments talking about how shitty a country India is. Dont see my opinion as hate towards US. There isnt any. Yes Iran/N.korea/china is dangerous. But there are other democracies in third world countries which are not unstable and have every right to have means of self defence as the west
LOL, what makes you think that? Is it because you are superior because you have more money and a stronger military? Dude wake up. You are a product of a 200 year old civilization that has already antoganized half of the worlds population. And the so called "dangerous" thirld world nations have civilizations that have stood for more than 2000 years.
And for your information i am not trolling here. Its not about current adminstration or anything, its the so called elitist attitude of the west that people from third world countries are barbarians.
Pakistan eh? How about imagine a US, with hurricanes pounding every corner, starts attacking Europe. The probability of USofA nuclear bombing another country is more than Pakistan/Iran/Insert EVIL third worl country here/ is less than the US doing so. US has done so in the past.
I know i sound like a troll to you guys, since i dared to question the supreriority of the might west and actually suggested that third world countries may be better.Slightly offtopic, but i have a confusion about the system. If somebody sues you, and you do not have money, does it mean that in America you are not allowed to fight the case yourself and you lose by default?
In cattle mode like the 747 is used, you can expect to see about 750 passengers minimum. The numbers you quoted for 747 are in cattle mode. I do not expect airlienes to give you bars and stuff. Maybe more legroom.
Long haul you cant really have a very small plane. The fuel cost is very high, The A380 is supposed to consume less fuel, and thats not lesser fuel/passenger its actually less fuel than the 747. This would mean that the airline cost comes down to half, and you can actually dream of airfares which are 40% lower if airlines pass on the cost. In reality they will pass about 15% of the benefit only.
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This software will make everybody call you the "Mr Nice guy". Every where pretty ladies will come and give you little kisses and say "oooooh what a nice guy".
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This software will directly link your brain to major encyclopedias and make you a storehouse of information. Watch the awe and admiration of people when you pull our totally useless facts which have no relevance to the conversation. Watch the ladies as they swoon as you tell them the eating habits of Boa Constrictor.
Microsoft windows, you insensitive CLOD!!! oh wait... i thought it was a poll
Yup i found the same issues with my athlon 64 too. Another big big problem. SATA support is still not in natively. So you have to use the CD provided by the manufacturer. So if you build a brand new system with SATA, best of luck if you dont have the drivers on a floppy. Installation says press so and so key if you have SCSI/RAID drivers and then if you do so looks for them on floppy. Then there were some other bugs like wallpapers acting funny and all. I didnt really see a huge performance dip in Windows Explorer and Internet explorer, so i am sticking to my 32 bit XP for now.
Wow! Are you in his will?
The rumour is that Slashdot is looking for new editors to replaced the current ones
This region has never been hit by such a disaster for more than hundred years. Its like london preparing for tornados