Re: [Ilugc] [OT] the only reason you'll want to install silverlight on your computer

2009-07-20 Thread Kamal
--- On Mon, 7/20/09, Raja Subramanian wrote: > > Feynman is a captivating speaker/teacher whom any student > of the > sciences will find interesting.  I direct your > attention to the content > of the lectures, rather than the delivery format (or lack > thereof). Feynman's Lecture's on Physic

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2009-07-20 Thread Kumar Appaiah
Please don't hijack threads. Please change the subject, and write a fresh mail for a new query. On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 03:12:08AM -0700, sudharsan s wrote: > Hi luggies, > I installed Debian-Lenny.. when i try to install some package using > apt-get install vlc etc.. it is asking to insert the de

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] the only reason you'll want to install silverlight on your computer

2009-07-20 Thread sudharsan s
Hi luggies, I installed Debian-Lenny.. when i try to install some package using apt-get install vlc etc.. it is asking to insert the debian cd/dvd. what is the reason for this and is there any solution without inserting the cd/dvd everytime -- success is never final failure is never fatal have

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] the only reason you'll want to install silverlight on your computer

2009-07-20 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 07/20/2009 10:15 AM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > > Feynman is a captivating speaker/teacher whom any student of the > sciences will find interesting. I direct your attention to the content > of the lectures, rather than the delivery format (or lack thereof). My whole point is that the delivery

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] the only reason you'll want to install silverlight on your computer

2009-07-19 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 11:18 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 07/19/2009 11:00 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > > As the subject says, if not to watch the Feynman lectures, then what else? > >     http://research.microsoft.com/tuva > > If the lectures are so important, it would be equally important to

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] the only reason you'll want to install silverlight on your computer

2009-07-19 Thread pavithran
2009/7/19 Rahul Sundaram : > If the lectures are so important, it would be equally important to make > them available under non patented encumbered non proprietary formats. +1 > Google did its damage as well by unfounded claims that quality was not > good enough for them to use it YouTube I think

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] the only reason you'll want to install silverlight on your computer

2009-07-19 Thread Rahul Sundaram
On 07/19/2009 11:00 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > As the subject says, if not to watch the Feynman lectures, then what else? > http://research.microsoft.com/tuva If the lectures are so important, it would be equally important to make them available under non patented encumbered non proprietary

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] the only reason you'll want to install silverlight on your computer

2009-07-19 Thread Krishna
On Sun, Jul 19, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > As the subject says, if not to watch the Feynman lectures, then what else? >http://research.microsoft.com/tuva > > > NYT has this to say: > > http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/gates-puts-feynman-lectures-online/ > > Why sh