Re: [Ilugc] Re: Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-28 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, shirish wrote: > http://www.vanwensveen.nl/rants/microsoft/IhateMS_1.html Even Newton (who was definitely *not* a nice guy) admitted that he saw further by standing on the shoulders of giants. Politics, marketing and economics are a part of Life that influences innova

[Ilugc] Re: Bill Gates got Windows 1.0 source-code from trash-bin

2008-06-28 Thread shirish
Hi all, Thanx for that link. Just for people things one can look at :- This is the blog post which I had lost http://www.dhanapalan.com/blog/2008/06/22/bill-gates-and-the-importance-of-source-code/ One another which I got as a reply from Ritesh Agarwal which is much more fascinating as well. T

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees

2008-06-28 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 28-Jun-08, at 9:11 PM, Raman.P wrote: populates your RAM with most of the basics. With that foundation you can leverage the internet to solve bigger problems. Unfortunately in todays education it is like RAM - temporary - vanishes when switched off i.e when exams are over. I have yet to

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees

2008-06-28 Thread Shuveb Hussain
Hi, On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 12:32 AM, Shakthi Kannan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can use the same argument to state that CS/IT peers will do well > in other engineering fields in the Industry. Vomiting of answers, or > percentage of marks does not count in the Industry (bureaucracy is an > e

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees

2008-06-28 Thread Raman.P
--- On Fri, 27/6/08, Mano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My take: > > Wikipedia, google et al are like a HDD - with very very > large seek > times. To get any useful work done (by taking decisions in > real time) > you have to have the stuff in RAM - on demand! A college > education > populates you

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees

2008-06-28 Thread Natarajan V
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 2:06 AM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 28 Jun 2008, Arun Khan wrote: > >> Application of Mind (AoM) is of prime importance in any job. >> Degree(s) and knowledge without AoM is worthless. I had no choice >> but to let go 4 such individuals in the last 1

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees

2008-06-28 Thread Arun Khan
On Friday 27 Jun 2008, Mano wrote: > Would you allow a person operate on you by consulting Wikipedia ;-) > or would you prefer one whose RAM has been crammed with 8 years of > college education and hands on experience. IMO, specific to practice of medicine, this opens a can of different worms.

Re: [Ilugc] [xpost] [OT] MTNL/BSNL DSL modem/router usb port question

2008-06-28 Thread Arun Khan
On Saturday 28 Jun 2008, Mohan Sundaram wrote: > On 28-Jun-08, at 11:29 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > > I know this for sure that when the PC's ethernet card is connected > > to the DSL modem/router's ethernet port in "bridge" mode, the WAN > > IP appears on the PC's NIC i.e. the PC become visible on the

Re: [Ilugc] [xpost] [OT] MTNL/BSNL DSL modem/router usb port question

2008-06-28 Thread Mohan Sundaram
On 28-Jun-08, at 11:29 AM, Arun Khan wrote: I know this for sure that when the PC's ethernet card is connected to the DSL modem/router's ethernet port in "bridge" mode, the WAN IP appears on the PC's NIC i.e. the PC become visible on the 'Net. Likewise, is the same true when the PC is connected