I don't know if anyone else finds this ironic, but 'Kalpana Chawla' in my mother tongue literally means, 'Kalpana is not dead'. Extremely appropriate in Telugu if a hill is named after Ms Chawla's full name.
Possible here in Singapore. You can get coke cans in some of the vending machines by SMS-ing the number mentioned on the machine. Not quite popular, though, coz only one provider supports/monopolized it.
Heh, I still have my Sinclair ZX Spectrum + somewhere at my parents' home, and often hook it up to a television for old time's sake.
Let's just say my 10 year old cousin didn't quite see the point of listening to screeching noises for half an hour only to play a text adventure game with shoddy fonts.:-)
It was also my first taste of the dreaded "S&H extra."
Heh, let's just say Capsela was one of the first things where I began to discover the limitations of the Indian Rupee.:-) M dad was so concerned about me breaking this expensive toy that he made sure he was around when I played with it. In fact, I had to ask for permission before I played around, and had to be accompanied while I remove the parts from the packaging.
This might sound like a class thing, but good to hear that even American kids found Capsela expensive back then.:-)
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Most law enforcement agencies have informal agreements between them to apprehend each other's suspects as and when the situation may arise. This is particularly true for cybercrime teams.
The FBI may have become a worldwide force, but this sadly *does not* prove it has.
Also, have any Moroccans ever been convicted for writing viruses?
The reason I ask this is coz the general experience in most parts of the world is that the first-time virus-writers are usually let off with a gentle slap on their wrists, mostly because the legal systems in question aren't quite sure about what to make of it all. So they generally say, ummm, writing viruses is bad, mmmkay, and let the guy off.
I'm not saying that this will happen in Morocco, but that this is the general experience if there are no clearly defined laws for 'cybercrime'.
The question, naturally, is if Morocco has one as yet or not.
I'm not sure why you think.net apps require MSIE to function. Out here in my company, most of our deployments are in ASP.net, but we make sure all our UI is 100% W3C compliant.
Don't about you folks out there, but our clients actually require us to be cross-platform-friendly.
A friend who works in the local MS sales effort claims that they have a ten day course of sorts on OSS terminologies and are allowed to handle potential clients only if they get a B or above in the said test. The intention, I believe, is to make sure all MS salespersons can hold their ground in a technical discussion with Linux/Unix enthusiasts.
Basically, these guys are rather knowledgeable about OSS, but they're also indoctrinated about the party-line rather thoroughly.
Which probably has more to do with the character getting that name than any ethnic thing.
More like, ethnic confusion; to a South Asian, such a name would be akin to, for instance, a Bollywood movie featuring a villain named as Lopez Goobledygook McGormick. While each of the names taken seperately might denote something, taken together, they absolutely don't; you'd have to be fairly confused (and culturally ignorant) to take surnames from two different ethnicities, join them together, and pass one off as a first name.
Then again, this is a wholly different argument. The point I was making earlier was on spelling; quite a few thousand miles seperate 'Khan' and 'Kahn'.:-)
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I don't know if anyone else finds this ironic, but 'Kalpana Chawla' in my mother tongue literally means, 'Kalpana is not dead'. Extremely appropriate in Telugu if a hill is named after Ms Chawla's full name.
Considering that we have 800-odd languages and at least 20 different scripts, I'd say it's a good option! :-)
Possible here in Singapore. You can get coke cans in some of the vending machines by SMS-ing the number mentioned on the machine. Not quite popular, though, coz only one provider supports /monopolized it.
Next time onwards, please stick to the right memes in the right websties. ;-)
Let's just say my 10 year old cousin didn't quite see the point of listening to screeching noises for half an hour only to play a text adventure game with shoddy fonts. :-)
This might sound like a class thing, but good to hear that even American kids found Capsela expensive back then. :-)
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I signed up for my MSN Messenger account using my corporate email ID. I have had no problems transferring files to people on my list.
Keep spouting the same fantasies over and over again, and you might actually believe in them one day.
The FBI may have become a worldwide force, but this sadly *does not* prove it has.
The reason I ask this is coz the general experience in most parts of the world is that the first-time virus-writers are usually let off with a gentle slap on their wrists, mostly because the legal systems in question aren't quite sure about what to make of it all. So they generally say, ummm, writing viruses is bad, mmmkay, and let the guy off.
I'm not saying that this will happen in Morocco, but that this is the general experience if there are no clearly defined laws for 'cybercrime'.
The question, naturally, is if Morocco has one as yet or not.
Oh, first post btw.
Yup, there'd be consolidating across the sat map market with this move. :-)
Or perhaps,
Gnoodle: Food that's free-as-in-beer.
I mean, considering that they have been searching for a Chief Food Officer (or whatever)...
That was reported here on August 13th. Which means, we'll have to wait for another day for it to be reported.
Don't about you folks out there, but our clients actually require us to be cross-platform-friendly.
Basically, these guys are rather knowledgeable about OSS, but they're also indoctrinated about the party-line rather thoroughly.
Or you could be like me; develop on MSIE by day, surf the web with Opera by night and have wild sex with mplayer running.
Of course, helps if you are in South Asia, or are South Asian, or have just married into a South Asian family.
Therefore, this is the code in question:
Bronenosets Potyomkin... sounds fascinating, thanks for the link! Should look it up.
Then again, this is a wholly different argument. The point I was making earlier was on spelling; quite a few thousand miles seperate 'Khan' and 'Kahn'. :-)
Unfortunately, the best resource to learn more about a potential hobby is indeed the net, so.
Khan, though, is quite a popular Persian/Mongol/Turk surname. ;-)