Slashdot, which allegedly, is, "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that matters, has a whole section dealing with legal issues. You think that's a coincidence?;-)
I still remember... in sixth grade, the geography teacher was teaching the concept of a "satellite" to the class (this was in 1992), mentioning that Jupiter had 12 moons.
Now, I was following astronomy and space since 1989, when Voyager 2 reached Neptune, on National Geographic and other sci mags, so I already had a fair idea about the concepts being taught in class. Like you, I somehow had this innate urge to be an eager beaver, and, actually stood up in the class and pointed out that the textbook's data was 30 years old, and that Jupiter had, in fact, sixteen moons. (Nat Geo, August 1990; ol' Jupe seems to have amassed more moons recently).
Been 11 years now, the same lady taught my younger siblings and has developed a friendship with my mom that's continued even after I graduated from school, but I don't think I can ever forgive her for snubbing me for "confusing" the class with "new ideas".
On the other hand, I stare at a LCD screen, whether laptop, cellphone, PDA, television (in public places) every five minutes. We need tech jargon to live.
And as a citizen of another democracy from another part of the world fledging at modernisation, but is often idolised in the Western media, I concur. Media fluff is good for the moment, but remember not to believe in it.
Hate to point this out buddy, but there are more Bengali Muslims than Bengali Hindus. Think Bangladesh, not just India.:-)
Great link though, fantastic website that.
Perhaps a HK /.tter will be able to comment on it
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better, but the world's longest covered escalator is in Hong Kong. A fascinating ride, I might add, particularly for a fine set of eateries and bars on the side.
Not sure about other places, but the Kinokuniya (which is apparently a Japanese chain) store in Singapore has some of its books and magazines in shrinkwrap, ostensibly to stop buyers (and digital "shoplifters", if you like) from browsing through the books.
If you ask me, that's simpler, yet more effective, than posters, paranoia and hype.
For instance, many countries disallow consumer VoIP usage (India, for instance, last time I checked). The reason is that their big, government controlled international phone carrier (BSNL) makes most of its profit from international calls. Government enterprises are protected by the government through a system of regulations, leading generally to higher prices and lower service all around.
Valid point, but they've changed the rules now. VoIP is allowed, and VSNL (BSNL is the intra-national landline company) is now privatized.
Also about bribing; it'll work until the bureaucracy closes its eyes (ie, until the guy is in office.) You'll have to start all over again once a new guy comes into office. A better idea, instead, would be to start an industry-wide non profit to lobby for better policies for your sake. IT is still in most places, a new and shiny thing, which basically means that if you walk up to some politician (or even better, take him on some vacation somewhere) and say, "Look, we're doing this New And Shiny Thing (tm), this is, in fact, Teh Future(tm), but our laws, specifically, Section 112, Para (b) of The Usual Looniness Act is causing us some problems, perhaps you could change that? And oh, how does a free sample prototype of our New and Shiny Thing (tm) sound like? You can test it for as long as you want!"
That, of course, presumes that you have enough strings for the guy to give you an audience. And oh, no, not trolling, thank you very much. Just being practical; making your own rules is always better than breaking them and making the regulators not notice it.
(PS:- Not to say that this is what happened in the telecom or, IT, industry in India; RumorCentral has it that it certainly happened in another "liberalised" industry where now there are only two private players. I daresay it happens elsewhere as well.)
One reason it might have been lost, is that Kali is a "mainstream" Hindu Goddess, so to speak, after whom India's third largest city, Kolkatta (once spelt as 'Calcutta'), was named. Nothing cult-ish about Her.
Then again, I recall the movie only in parts, so I can't be too sure the writers did not intend to talk about some subversive sort of religious cult.
Not to mention, pluck out our side-kick's heart from his body while shouting Om Namah Sivay;-).
Seriously folks, but the Temple of Doom has one of the worst portrayals of Indians ever on celluloid (which, if I'm not wrong, led to the movie being banned in India). I know it's all fiction, and certainly, I don't know if it's a cross-cultural over-reaction, but I think ToD was a simplistic, and a grossly overstated description of a complex set of cultural traditions and values. You know, the old Oh-The-Americans-Know-Nothing-But-Are-Loud-Mouthed routine... it comes from cultural objects like this.
The parent's point seems to be that most Indians can't stand the IJ universe, so to speak, because of this grotesque sequel.
Been a while since I was in India, but here's a two-year-old piece of wisdom that I heard from someone:- lot of back-office work, but very little real application development. Could be changing of course, as the link shows, the MS India Development Center has some interesting projects on.
And oh, heard the startup environment is cut-throat in Bangalore/Hyderabad/Bombay (there's at least one startup that setup an office in Singapore to grab some *external* angel investors/VC's). Perhaps someone in the industry back in India could give some more inside commentary.
I'd say the best thing you can come up with is a discussion forum sorta thing (may be your blog supports this; I don't know). I did a lit class sometime back, where the lecturer used to post a few questions on his website, to be answered on the discussion forum before every class (the deadline was 12AM the night before the actual class). We'd then post our responses, troll others [in an on-topic, intellectual sense;-) ], and then continue our online discussions right into the class, with each of us presenting our response in a slightly more elaborate way.
As I recall, the lecturer did say that he'd be grading all posts in the beginning of the semester, but later denied saying that; have a feeling he was trying to get everyone stick to good grammar. There was a penalty for not posting; we were allowed a maximum of six post-less classes (the course was for 12 weeks, twice a week) before we got penalised. It never got to that though; most people were too involved to not post.;-)
I liked that system; personally, it taught me good learning habits such as reading up stuff before the class, not during or after. Also, it created a very conducive discussion-oriented learning environment, where even known introverts were somehow coaxed into vigorously taking part in the class.
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(I know a guy who sleeps daily listening to that voice.)
Slashdot, which allegedly, is, "News for Nerds" and "Stuff that matters, has a whole section dealing with legal issues. You think that's a coincidence? ;-)
Now, I was following astronomy and space since 1989, when Voyager 2 reached Neptune, on National Geographic and other sci mags, so I already had a fair idea about the concepts being taught in class. Like you, I somehow had this innate urge to be an eager beaver, and, actually stood up in the class and pointed out that the textbook's data was 30 years old, and that Jupiter had, in fact, sixteen moons. (Nat Geo, August 1990; ol' Jupe seems to have amassed more moons recently).
Been 11 years now, the same lady taught my younger siblings and has developed a friendship with my mom that's continued even after I graduated from school, but I don't think I can ever forgive her for snubbing me for "confusing" the class with "new ideas".
On the other hand, I stare at a LCD screen, whether laptop, cellphone, PDA, television (in public places) every five minutes. We need tech jargon to live.
Troll? Am I missing something here, or is it moderators on crack as usual?
That said, Estonian babes rock! ;-)
Great link though, fantastic website that.
better, but the world's longest covered escalator is in Hong Kong. A fascinating ride, I might add, particularly for a fine set of eateries and bars on the side.
Whoa, so kiasu one! ;-)
Not sure about other places, but the Kinokuniya (which is apparently a Japanese chain) store in Singapore has some of its books and magazines in shrinkwrap, ostensibly to stop buyers (and digital "shoplifters", if you like) from browsing through the books.
If you ask me, that's simpler, yet more effective, than posters, paranoia and hype.
Indeed, brides are necessary for the sustainance of the species. ;-)
Valid point, but they've changed the rules now. VoIP is allowed, and VSNL (BSNL is the intra-national landline company) is now privatized.
Also about bribing; it'll work until the bureaucracy closes its eyes (ie, until the guy is in office.) You'll have to start all over again once a new guy comes into office. A better idea, instead, would be to start an industry-wide non profit to lobby for better policies for your sake. IT is still in most places, a new and shiny thing, which basically means that if you walk up to some politician (or even better, take him on some vacation somewhere) and say, "Look, we're doing this New And Shiny Thing (tm), this is, in fact, Teh Future(tm), but our laws, specifically, Section 112, Para (b) of The Usual Looniness Act is causing us some problems, perhaps you could change that? And oh, how does a free sample prototype of our New and Shiny Thing (tm) sound like? You can test it for as long as you want!"
That, of course, presumes that you have enough strings for the guy to give you an audience. And oh, no, not trolling, thank you very much. Just being practical; making your own rules is always better than breaking them and making the regulators not notice it.
(PS:- Not to say that this is what happened in the telecom or, IT, industry in India; RumorCentral has it that it certainly happened in another "liberalised" industry where now there are only two private players. I daresay it happens elsewhere as well.)
Didn't MS already announce that IE6 will be the last version ever?
One reason it might have been lost, is that Kali is a "mainstream" Hindu Goddess, so to speak, after whom India's third largest city, Kolkatta (once spelt as 'Calcutta'), was named. Nothing cult-ish about Her.
Then again, I recall the movie only in parts, so I can't be too sure the writers did not intend to talk about some subversive sort of religious cult.
Not to mention, pluck out our side-kick's heart from his body while shouting Om Namah Sivay ;-).
Seriously folks, but the Temple of Doom has one of the worst portrayals of Indians ever on celluloid (which, if I'm not wrong, led to the movie being banned in India). I know it's all fiction, and certainly, I don't know if it's a cross-cultural over-reaction, but I think ToD was a simplistic, and a grossly overstated description of a complex set of cultural traditions and values. You know, the old Oh-The-Americans-Know-Nothing-But-Are-Loud-Mouthed routine... it comes from cultural objects like this.
The parent's point seems to be that most Indians can't stand the IJ universe, so to speak, because of this grotesque sequel.
Was going to post a similar thing. Couldn't have put it better.
Since when did terrorists travel under their *real* names?
A fascinating loop, if I may say so. :-D
That's what the moderators are there for. In the meantime, feel free to upgrade his status to "foe" or something. :-)
A time zone converter for all your needs.
Yeah, you can predict at least 90% of the comments in any story. :-) Irritating really, this groupspeak thing.
Play Game LAN? Man, you Indonesians are l33t! :-D
I believe you are looking for this.
Been a while since I was in India, but here's a two-year-old piece of wisdom that I heard from someone:- lot of back-office work, but very little real application development. Could be changing of course, as the link shows, the MS India Development Center has some interesting projects on.
And oh, heard the startup environment is cut-throat in Bangalore/Hyderabad/Bombay (there's at least one startup that setup an office in Singapore to grab some *external* angel investors/VC's). Perhaps someone in the industry back in India could give some more inside commentary.
As I recall, the lecturer did say that he'd be grading all posts in the beginning of the semester, but later denied saying that; have a feeling he was trying to get everyone stick to good grammar. There was a penalty for not posting; we were allowed a maximum of six post-less classes (the course was for 12 weeks, twice a week) before we got penalised. It never got to that though; most people were too involved to not post. ;-)
I liked that system; personally, it taught me good learning habits such as reading up stuff before the class, not during or after. Also, it created a very conducive discussion-oriented learning environment, where even known introverts were somehow coaxed into vigorously taking part in the class.