Blog's with serious content that is "worth plagiarizing"
Andrew Gelman
Becker-Posner
Junkcharts
There are many others like this in almost every subject.
The entire IT + Outsourcing sector is 4% of India's GDP. About 60% of that sector is software & services and the remainder of the 40% is almost equally split between hardware (18%) and outsourcing (22%). So I am not sure that there will be a "cascading collapse" of the economy. I can understand that a 4% drop in GDP, the vanishing of an entire industry and the consequent unemployment, etc. can be a major problem... but how realistic is a _complete_ move out of India?
You make a good point. However, there is a fundamental difference between entertainment and education. The latter has a "higher" purpose (at least meant to have). That is why society accepts the concept of a scholarship to pay for a student who cannot afford fees; I can't think of a society that pays for movie tickets for people who cannot afford them.
And when I attend a class there are some things that I may not understand or remember very well even when I am paying attention. So having a chance to review the material after class is useful. Taking notes is just one of the many ways of preparing "review material". When I was in college many of my professors had recorded video lectures that were available on the class website for download.
That being said, I would love a place where it is ok to record movies that you have paid to watch. (-:
Let's hire him so that our C++ becomes the only stardard the world must follow
Isn't it more likely that : "Lets hire him so that our C++ becomes more compliant with the standard that most of the world wants to follow? And hopefully we stop getting bashed up on/."
...Personally I think it's great that they recognize talented individuals and reward them well.
Are you kidding?
Given MS' history your point does seem (partially) valid. But it is still true that they have an eye for the best in the field. Look at Microsoft Research for example. People like Laszlo Lovasz work in the theory group... that's really something!
And the world does not come to an end when a smart guy joins the company paying the most money. Otherwise we would have had a handful of companies ruling the world today with all the smart people gathered under their roofs.
The machines being used in the Indian election are actually manufactured in India by government owned companies - Bharat Electronics Limited and Electronics Corporation of India Limited.
And from what I know about India I can confidently say that do not have tech support (-:
Slashdot Mirror
How about gmail for your domain?
2 GB mailbox, nice gmail interface, etc.
But you probably have to wait for it to leave beta.
Blog's with serious content that is "worth plagiarizing"
Andrew Gelman
Becker-Posner
Junkcharts
There are many others like this in almost every subject.
it uses the default browser app not necessarily IE. :-)
my desktop search opens up in firefox
http://www.bytesforall.org/1st/fred.htm
An interesting example of how barely literate kids from a slum in Delhi learnt to use a computer with practically no training.
The entire IT + Outsourcing sector is 4% of India's GDP. About 60% of that sector is software & services and the remainder of the 40% is almost equally split between hardware (18%) and outsourcing (22%). So I am not sure that there will be a "cascading collapse" of the economy.
I can understand that a 4% drop in GDP, the vanishing of an entire industry and the consequent unemployment, etc. can be a major problem... but how realistic is a _complete_ move out of India?
Data source: http://www.nasscom.org/artdisplay.asp?cat_id=809
You make a good point. However, there is a fundamental difference between entertainment and education. The latter has a "higher" purpose (at least meant to have). That is why society accepts the concept of a scholarship to pay for a student who cannot afford fees; I can't think of a society that pays for movie tickets for people who cannot afford them. And when I attend a class there are some things that I may not understand or remember very well even when I am paying attention. So having a chance to review the material after class is useful. Taking notes is just one of the many ways of preparing "review material". When I was in college many of my professors had recorded video lectures that were available on the class website for download. That being said, I would love a place where it is ok to record movies that you have paid to watch. (-:
I have the right to make a copy to listen to it later (or to share with other students).
Isn't it more likely that : "Lets hire him so that our C++ becomes more compliant with the standard that most of the world wants to follow? And hopefully we stop getting bashed up on
Given MS' history your point does seem (partially) valid. But it is still true that they have an eye for the best in the field. Look at Microsoft Research for example. People like Laszlo Lovasz work in the theory group... that's really something!
And the world does not come to an end when a smart guy joins the company paying the most money. Otherwise we would have had a handful of companies ruling the world today with all the smart people gathered under their roofs.
The machines being used in the Indian election are actually manufactured in India by government owned companies - Bharat Electronics Limited and Electronics Corporation of India Limited.
And from what I know about India I can confidently say that do not have tech support (-: