Here is the professors university home page , from where i guess the email id was harvested.
Looks like the spammers should have read his biography and field of speciallization before having sent that mail:-)
He even hosts this site regarding privacy issues
I could have seen much further had it not been for the giants standing on my shoulders
A review of the new MSN Search by a USA Today columnist, points out some flaws. Notable among them being inability to give correct answer to one of their own sample questions.
It also talks about disappointing performance of the "near me" feature in MSN Search vis-a-vis Google Local which is still in Beta stage
The specific areas of study for India's moon mission listed here seem not to be aiming to do anything that has not been attempted or studied in detail in the past.
Therefore the arguement that the money being spent is for scientific advancement doesnt hold.
This article talks about plans to introduce telemedicine through satlellites. This move , if successful could have far-reaching effects in India , especially since even basic healthcare facilities are out of reach for many in rural India.
What is also commendable is that organisations using this for social good would not be charged for the service
The expediency of the ornithopter model as it approaches efficiency will outperform fixed wing aircraft
Ideas borrowed from nature almost always bring about an improvement in performance.
This article discusses how we can incorporate design ideas from nature and some ideas already borrowed , and thus portrays their superiority in general
Well , The software is embedded--or hard-wired--onto a microprocessor that cannot be reprogrammed. If someone tries to pry open the machine, it automatically shuts down.
This article also provides interesting reading and answers some pertinent questions
Indian Electronic Voting Machines
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This article compares India voting machines vis-a-vis Dieblold.There was also a previous slashdot story on this.
These machines are much simpler and hence lesser prone to bugs.As discussed by the article , faith in this machines have been established simply because they have been used over the past few years by over 670 million registered voters in elections at national as well as state levels.
This simple article explains the EVM's used
Re:you jackass, kazaa and skype are the same compa
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Well , they arent the same company.
The CEO of Skype , Niklas Zennstrom is a co-founder of Kazaa , but the Kazaa creators licensed it to Sherman Networks after it ran into legal troubles.
Even the article points this out.
This is a marriage made in heaven :-)
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This looks like a win-win for both.
Kazaa get the respectability it seeks and Skype get the huge customer base of Kazaa.
Especially as recently Dutch Supreme Court ruled Kazaa legal
What I meant is that they arent even sure whether it will drill a hole through it , blow it up , or create a crater i.e. they arent sure how deep a hole is it going to make , which is very critical as the article states
I dont think so.
Hard drive based have a disadvantage as there is no way to increase the offered storage space( Though 300 mins of video in this particular product seems pretty good , but still if going for a vacation I may rather carry some extra tapes( which are quite cheap) than keep transferring the video to a computer.
Also hard disc based camcorders are known to be more fragile than tape based( as well as cd-rom and flash memory based)
gr8 invention , but just imagining what changes it could bring , if this becomes popular....
1.We need to dress up to talk on phone
2.Cant be partying and call the boss pretending to be sick..
Can nyone think of funnier changes it could bring abt:-)
Well...first of all Elections in India as well are not just at National level.
There are elections for state government as well as for city , town and village councils(known as panchayats).
This has a very simple explanation of the EVM used in Indian Elections.
Anonymity- It provides total anonymity because no one in any possible way can view during ar after the votes are casted that who was which vote casted by.
So anonymity that is called for is met.
Scalability-Well the very fact that it is used for national elections in india the most populous democracy is , I think proof enough for scalability
Speed- This I feel is implicit , because any electronic voting system at any rate would produce results at a rate faster than the manual system.
I guess that the problem is that they are trying to look at very compex software based implementations.
This article posted on MSN sums it all up pretty well
Slashdot Mirror
Take a look at this ...some snapshots of the storage capacity increasing slowly..
Here is the professors university home page , from where i guess the email id was harvested. Looks like the spammers should have read his biography and field of speciallization before having sent that mail :-)
He even hosts this site regarding privacy issues
I could have seen much further had it not been for the giants standing on my shoulders
A review of the new MSN Search by a USA Today columnist, points out some flaws. Notable among them being inability to give correct answer to one of their own sample questions. It also talks about disappointing performance of the "near me" feature in MSN Search vis-a-vis Google Local which is still in Beta stage
The specific areas of study for India's moon mission listed here seem not to be aiming to do anything that has not been attempted or studied in detail in the past.
Therefore the arguement that the money being spent is for scientific advancement doesnt hold.
This article talks about plans to introduce telemedicine through satlellites. This move , if successful could have far-reaching effects in India , especially since even basic healthcare facilities are out of reach for many in rural India. What is also commendable is that organisations using this for social good would not be charged for the service
The expediency of the ornithopter model as it approaches efficiency will outperform fixed wing aircraft
Ideas borrowed from nature almost always bring about an improvement in performance. This article discusses how we can incorporate design ideas from nature and some ideas already borrowed , and thus portrays their superiority in general
Well , The software is embedded--or hard-wired--onto a microprocessor that cannot be reprogrammed. If someone tries to pry open the machine, it automatically shuts down. This article also provides interesting reading and answers some pertinent questions
This article compares India voting machines vis-a-vis Dieblold.There was also a previous slashdot story on this. These machines are much simpler and hence lesser prone to bugs.As discussed by the article , faith in this machines have been established simply because they have been used over the past few years by over 670 million registered voters in elections at national as well as state levels.
This simple article explains the EVM's used
Well , they arent the same company.
The CEO of Skype , Niklas Zennstrom is a co-founder of Kazaa , but the Kazaa creators licensed it to Sherman Networks after it ran into legal troubles.
Even the article points this out.
This looks like a win-win for both. Kazaa get the respectability it seeks and Skype get the huge customer base of Kazaa.
Especially as recently Dutch Supreme Court ruled Kazaa legal
What I meant is that they arent even sure whether it will drill a hole through it , blow it up , or create a crater i.e. they arent sure how deep a hole is it going to make , which is very critical as the article states
"Nobody's sure what will happen next"
Spending 311 million dollars without knowing what happens next doesnt seem a very nice idea.
Read this :-)
Looks like Microsoft PR department has also heeded to the warning
"Are Tape-based camcorders going to die out soon"
I dont think so.
Hard drive based have a disadvantage as there is no way to increase the offered storage space( Though 300 mins of video in this particular product seems pretty good , but still if going for a vacation I may rather carry some extra tapes( which are quite cheap) than keep transferring the video to a computer.
Also hard disc based camcorders are known to be more fragile than tape based( as well as cd-rom and flash memory based)
gr8 invention , but just imagining what changes it could bring , if this becomes popular.... 1.We need to dress up to talk on phone 2.Cant be partying and call the boss pretending to be sick.. Can nyone think of funnier changes it could bring abt :-)
This stories tells of another Microsoft techniques to increase no. of licensed users :-)
AMD ofice has a grave in the front lawn saying Intel Inside . Looks like finally its gonna come true
Well...first of all Elections in India as well are not just at National level. There are elections for state government as well as for city , town and village councils(known as panchayats). This has a very simple explanation of the EVM used in Indian Elections.
Anonymity- It provides total anonymity because no one in any possible way can view during ar after the votes are casted that who was which vote casted by. So anonymity that is called for is met.
Scalability-Well the very fact that it is used for national elections in india the most populous democracy is , I think proof enough for scalability
Speed- This I feel is implicit , because any electronic voting system at any rate would produce results at a rate faster than the manual system. I guess that the problem is that they are trying to look at very compex software based implementations. This article posted on MSN sums it all up pretty well
Looks like Bill Gates finally realised that 640k memory isnt enough for everyone