User: jawahar

Overcomming Programmer's Block?

On: How To Get Out of Developer's Block?

http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/07/25/0329226

Re:HCL Ha Ha

On: Indian CEO Says Most US Tech Grads "Unemployable"

Innovation and smart working is discouraged, and the training given is "how to bill maximum hours" and "how to fool the client into believing you are working".

This is also applicable to H1B workers in America.

Re:google news

On: The Newspaper Isn't Dead Yet

Only 1% of World Population is ONLINE. Rest of them are connected through Newspapers, Mobile phones, and Word of Mouth.

Re:Will this bill stop the pre existing condition

On: US House Democrats Unveil a Health Care Plan

Wish-list of a Human Being

• Free Universal Health Care in Corporate Hospitals (http://tr.im/lKB3)
• Social Security Pensions for all Citizens (http://tr.im/n2vG)

Re:Police state

On: British Court Rules Against Blogger Anonymity

CCTV everywhere

CCTV in public (not at private aka homes) places sounds rational to thwart terrorism.

Re:Just turn off Java

On: Apple Finally Patches Java Vulnerability

Java and AJAX are Oxymoron on Desktops.

Re:How much

On: Should Wikipedians Edit Stories For Pay?

What is wrong if they get PAID as long as they are disclosing the TRUTH through Wikipedia?

Re:SharePoint?

On: How To Manage Hundreds of Thousands of Documents?

Why not http://www.mediawiki.org/

Re:Vulnerabilities?

On: Microsoft Sets Record With Monster Patch Tuesday

I think Govt must mandate to OPEN SOURCE these 31 vulnerabilities, including 18 bugs so that customers can evaluate the direct and indirect impact on their other software systems.

Re:Education's sake?

On: Kids Score 40 Percent Higher When They Get Paid For Grades

As per research studies there is no such thing as intrinsic motivation. http://tr.im/mKH0

Global Configuration Tuner for Ubuntu

On: Configuring a Windows PC For a Senior Citizen?

http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/16458

OpenDNS is NOT recommended

On: Configuring a Windows PC For a Senior Citizen?

http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=955999&cid=24909591

have you tried

On: Is Finding Part Time Work In IT Unrealistic?

http://www.craigslist.org/about/sites.html

Interworking With Tcp/Ip: Principles, Protocols,

On: Your Favorite Tech / Eng. / CS Books?

http://isbn.nu/9780134701882

Re:Its the monopoly stupid

On: Microsoft Extends XP To May 2009 For OEMs

I'd bet selling closed source software will become illegal in future.

Karman Line

On: Space Is Just a Little Bit Closer Than Expected

Has it changed http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karman_line

Surgeons

On: How Do I Manage Seasoned Programmers?

Assume you are an Engineer. Then think...
How would you lead a team of surgeons in a hospital?

School teachers should record children questions

On: Followup To "When Teachers Are Obstacles To Linux"

Everyday school teachers should record children questions and disclose them in school notice boards or in a website.
This will enhance intrinsic motivation of school children.

What would Machiavelli do?

On: How Do I Manage Seasoned Programmers?

Long answer is you and your team need to understand that you are administering and not leading or managing the project.
Short answer is learn how to manipulate and use people.

Status Quo Bias

On: When Teachers Are Obstacles To Linux In Education

I guess this teacher himself doesn't have passion, potential and patience to learn Linux.
He might be finding it uneasy to answer the student's doubts on Linux.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status_quo_bias

First and foremost we must tell

On: Best Paradigm For a First Programming Course?

1. Telephone enhances talking ability.
2. Television enhances seeing ability.
3. Automobile enhances traveling ability.
4. Computers enhances thinking ability.

To /. editors

On: BitTorrent Calls UDP Report "Utter Nonsense"

This is an important topic.
Why was my submission on HTTP on UDP rejected on 2008-11-04

Naive question

On: Windows Breaks Into Supercomputer Top 10

Can I run MySQL server on these Supercomputers?

OTOH

On: Interviewing Experienced IT People?

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes..--Oscar Wilde

Political positions

On: Interviewing Experienced IT People?

In my experience as a contractor, most of the openings were political rather than technical.