music is more relaxing than video.... maybe listening has less processing and memory requirements than watching a video - so the brain can relax a bit.... that maybe why you are willing to pay more for music.
Also, music is not as boring when repeated as video (no I am talking about music videos only, there are some which are not boring even when repeated;-) )
The $23 I pay here in Chennai, India for an uncapped 256kbps (upload and download) ADSL2 connection is light years ahead of the 64kbps / dialup narrow-band we were used to until say upto a year back .
I was even feeling good about it - you know I was even thinking of downloading Damn Small Linux ISO today - until I saw this.
Now I realize there is no hope - I will feel bad about the connection I have because someone somewhere has it much better and is still not happy
That apart, I think more we go towards wireless, penetration will improve and prices will drop faster. But someone somewhere will have a faster connection.
Maybe Wikipedia needs a content rating/ moderation system - say "Reliability Index"
Content rating must be assessed based on stats like how many no. of reads, no. of edits. - these are just samples which indicate how many independent people have had a chance to assess the content. Maybe a Rate this Content would also help build some assessment of the reliability
People should work towards improving the reliability index by correcting if necessary a threshold can be fixed where content is considered "autoritative"
My Rupees 2 on this on
a) Why this is such a big deal
b) Why at all do this
ISRO deserves all the praise it can get.
During these moments, its important to not look just at the success - but view them in the context of our failures. ISRO did have a few bad starts with our Augmented/Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicles (ASLV) http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/aslv.htm which went crash and burn often enough to earn the title Another Sea Loving Vehicle. This could have very well crippled any space program. But we got it right - and now we get it right most of the time.
In India, the news on Indian channels also focus as much on the reusability of the launch vehicle itself and the loads we are able to ship, thereby making us less reliant on Ariane etc.. Forex is precious, we need to preserve it.
And regarding our priorities - hunger, education etc. Look, India is huge. We get hit bad by disasters, if you look at it most of the objectives of the satellites relate to basic needs - communication, weather, water resource management, land development, disaster management - http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/May01_2005.htm these objectives are of relevance to most of India.
Any country worth its salt must be self reliant, we maybe poor, but I dont believe investing in such technology is wasteful. India may appear to drag its heel more than others - because its big. Our political establishment is pretty bad - but credit where its due - though its messy in the details, there is consensus on the larger issues of development.
There is now a lot of speculation on other scenarios as well.
One that I heard today which seemed entirely feasible is if the plates keep shifting and move down too much they just might punch a hole and let lava burst out causing under-sea volcanic eruption which could trigger off tidal waves.
Andaman is having so many earthquakes now that it doesnt seem like the plates have found stability yet.
Also reg. the wobble - are they sure its not due to the 8 something in Antartica - being at the pole it really should shake things up.
Hmmm - I did see a news article which said that there was a change in the Orbit - maybe wrong... but I expected this when I read of the huge earthquake about a week ago in Antartica. I mean - being as it is at the pole - a disturbance there can cause quiet a wobble.
All I have to say is this:
http://www.ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0, 7034,11797550%255E1702,00.html
It is shocking that we had the means to get to know about this - but we do not know whom to call. Nations must setup crisis bodies which can talk to one another.
Same thing has been bothering me too - guess they never did look at a tsunami possibility.
We felt tremors at 6.30 AM - i looked up the seismology at USGS and saw Indonesia's quake -I did look at the map and said gee - there is just the sea between us - but I did not imagine a tsunami would wash ashore - but hey - Iam not the Met or the Oceanography guys - I am sure quiet a few people who could have done something stayed quiet.
Even 2 hrs is enough to clear families from the shoreline - they need not have died - we lost about a 100 of them here in Chennai.
I live quiet close to the shore in Besant Nagar- we got off easy - but it was awesome (not as in exciting but leave your mouth open gaping awesome) to see the sea swell up and eat up the shoreline. I was just driving past and saw a boat go up and down about 20-30 feet from the road!! I parked the car, grabbed the camera - but by then the sea had receded - but that was enough to cause serious damage to the hutments close to the sea.
We had mild tremor to start the day - barely noticeable at around 6.30 AM - i looked up the internet and found Tibet post of USGS registering a 8.9 quake at Sumatra -looking at the map I thought to myself - all thats in the line between Sumatra and Chennai is the sea (and of course teeny weeny Andaman). Went out for Breakfast and on my return - this. Its unforgettable and cannot be described.
Most of India's coast is devastated - I hear Sri Lanka, Maldives etc are pretty bad too.
The Quake here was nothing - a mild shake at best - but the Tsunami that followed was something else
Apologies for the verbose post - but I am struggling for words to tell what happened.
Why did we not think of this before?
We could have just had locks to the building, room, PCs - which open with a single Key:-)
Naah passwords are not passwords - they are verification of the mind which thinks up a unique password.
Find *.* containing "text" would always have put this up. Google Desktop just does it faster. Its amazing these privacy concerns stacking up against google. If you choose convenience, there is always some compromise to be made - though I think with gmail and this, its getting blown out of proportions.
In comparison to google's desktop search - I do believe Copernicus still beats it hands down. The search maybe a little slower, but the interface is definitely better there - esp. when it comes to mails and attachments.
Social Responsibility Vs Entrepreneurial Spirit - always a delicate balance.
I guess in a round about way the average citizen benefits because more profits => more corporate tax => more benefits/facilities/amenities/ less personal tax. But I know that it doesnt make sense to someone who has just lost their paying job.
As an Indian, I would like to point out a couple of things:
1. Dont worry too much about outsourcing - its America which holds the strings of that puppet show - the Govt. can step in any time to level the playing field - it could be taxes, could be subsidies for local operators - anything which would make it not as viable to outsource.
2. Worry a lot about out-shoring - thats when (1) happens and corporate greed will find workarounds by not outsourcing but operating right out of cheaper countries.
Now Free Enterprise is what makes America great - its a paradox US will have to deal with. As usual the truth is a shade of gray somewhere in between.
Slashdot Mirror
I thought this was a news about cloning
Post it 1000s of times. 3 down 997 to go.
MTV = Microsoft TV ?
Oh - and the first 80 days is spent trying to crack the hard disk owner
You have to translate the contents which is embedded in images - yeah that will take like 90 months...
music is more relaxing than video .... maybe listening has less processing and memory requirements than watching a video - so the brain can relax a bit.... that maybe why you are willing to pay more for music.
Also, music is not as boring when repeated as video (no I am talking about music videos only, there are some which are not boring even when repeated ;-) )
There seems to be a wordpress account being thrown in .... any ideas what thats all about?
The $23 I pay here in Chennai, India for an uncapped 256kbps (upload and download) ADSL2 connection is light years ahead of the 64kbps / dialup narrow-band we were used to until say upto a year back . I was even feeling good about it - you know I was even thinking of downloading Damn Small Linux ISO today - until I saw this. Now I realize there is no hope - I will feel bad about the connection I have because someone somewhere has it much better and is still not happy That apart, I think more we go towards wireless, penetration will improve and prices will drop faster. But someone somewhere will have a faster connection.
Maybe Wikipedia needs a content rating/ moderation system - say "Reliability Index" Content rating must be assessed based on stats like how many no. of reads, no. of edits. - these are just samples which indicate how many independent people have had a chance to assess the content. Maybe a Rate this Content would also help build some assessment of the reliability People should work towards improving the reliability index by correcting if necessary a threshold can be fixed where content is considered "autoritative"
.... only difference is Google will /. /. and bring it down
Hmmm - this makes it even more exclusive - you are dead sure it will not happen again
http://openlaszlo.org/ Must be difficult with Laszlo jumping them on flex
My Rupees 2 on this on
a) Why this is such a big deal
b) Why at all do this
ISRO deserves all the praise it can get. During these moments, its important to not look just at the success - but view them in the context of our failures.
ISRO did have a few bad starts with our Augmented/Advanced Satellite Launch Vehicles (ASLV) http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/aslv.htm which went crash and burn often enough to earn the title Another Sea Loving Vehicle. This could have very well crippled any space program. But we got it right - and now we get it right most of the time.
In India, the news on Indian channels also focus as much on the reusability of the launch vehicle itself and the loads we are able to ship, thereby making us less reliant on Ariane etc.. Forex is precious, we need to preserve it.
And regarding our priorities - hunger, education etc. Look, India is huge. We get hit bad by disasters, if you look at it most of the objectives of the satellites relate to basic needs - communication, weather, water resource management, land development, disaster management - http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/May01_2005.htm these objectives are of relevance to most of India.
Any country worth its salt must be self reliant, we maybe poor, but I dont believe investing in such technology is wasteful. India may appear to drag its heel more than others - because its big. Our political establishment is pretty bad - but credit where its due - though its messy in the details, there is consensus on the larger issues of development.
There is now a lot of speculation on other scenarios as well. One that I heard today which seemed entirely feasible is if the plates keep shifting and move down too much they just might punch a hole and let lava burst out causing under-sea volcanic eruption which could trigger off tidal waves. Andaman is having so many earthquakes now that it doesnt seem like the plates have found stability yet. Also reg. the wobble - are they sure its not due to the 8 something in Antartica - being at the pole it really should shake things up.
Hmmm - I did see a news article which said that there was a change in the Orbit - maybe wrong... but I expected this when I read of the huge earthquake about a week ago in Antartica. I mean - being as it is at the pole - a disturbance there can cause quiet a wobble.
All I have to say is this: http://www.ntnews.news.com.au/common/story_page/0, 7034,11797550%255E1702,00.html
It is shocking that we had the means to get to know about this - but we do not know whom to call. Nations must setup crisis bodies which can talk to one another.
Same thing has been bothering me too - guess they never did look at a tsunami possibility. We felt tremors at 6.30 AM - i looked up the seismology at USGS and saw Indonesia's quake -I did look at the map and said gee - there is just the sea between us - but I did not imagine a tsunami would wash ashore - but hey - Iam not the Met or the Oceanography guys - I am sure quiet a few people who could have done something stayed quiet. Even 2 hrs is enough to clear families from the shoreline - they need not have died - we lost about a 100 of them here in Chennai.
The Tsunami would have peaked at around 9 AM...
I live quiet close to the shore in Besant Nagar- we got off easy - but it was awesome (not as in exciting but leave your mouth open gaping awesome) to see the sea swell up and eat up the shoreline. I was just driving past and saw a boat go up and down about 20-30 feet from the road!! I parked the car, grabbed the camera - but by then the sea had receded - but that was enough to cause serious damage to the hutments close to the sea. We had mild tremor to start the day - barely noticeable at around 6.30 AM - i looked up the internet and found Tibet post of USGS registering a 8.9 quake at Sumatra -looking at the map I thought to myself - all thats in the line between Sumatra and Chennai is the sea (and of course teeny weeny Andaman). Went out for Breakfast and on my return - this. Its unforgettable and cannot be described. Most of India's coast is devastated - I hear Sri Lanka, Maldives etc are pretty bad too. The Quake here was nothing - a mild shake at best - but the Tsunami that followed was something else Apologies for the verbose post - but I am struggling for words to tell what happened.
Why did we not think of this before? We could have just had locks to the building, room, PCs - which open with a single Key :-)
Naah passwords are not passwords - they are verification of the mind which thinks up a unique password.
Find *.* containing "text" would always have put this up. Google Desktop just does it faster. Its amazing these privacy concerns stacking up against google. If you choose convenience, there is always some compromise to be made - though I think with gmail and this, its getting blown out of proportions. In comparison to google's desktop search - I do believe Copernicus still beats it hands down. The search maybe a little slower, but the interface is definitely better there - esp. when it comes to mails and attachments.
Now I know of a birthday gift I got four years back and like a nice bottle of wine keeps getting better each year :)
How is this different from Macromedia's Flex? Are they into the same space?
That would perhaps be what they would call the Launch Date :)
Gmail aims to be the one service which shall have no "New Users Sign up Here" icon :)
Social Responsibility Vs Entrepreneurial Spirit - always a delicate balance. I guess in a round about way the average citizen benefits because more profits => more corporate tax => more benefits/facilities/amenities/ less personal tax. But I know that it doesnt make sense to someone who has just lost their paying job. As an Indian, I would like to point out a couple of things: 1. Dont worry too much about outsourcing - its America which holds the strings of that puppet show - the Govt. can step in any time to level the playing field - it could be taxes, could be subsidies for local operators - anything which would make it not as viable to outsource. 2. Worry a lot about out-shoring - thats when (1) happens and corporate greed will find workarounds by not outsourcing but operating right out of cheaper countries. Now Free Enterprise is what makes America great - its a paradox US will have to deal with. As usual the truth is a shade of gray somewhere in between.