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this is a problem that is not going to go away easily. gmail, yahoo or even
your own domain name and the mail id that comes with it are all open to
subpoena. even if you have a [EMAIL PROTECTED] you still need to encrypt your
data and send it to the recipient. if the recipient does not have th
certainly, both google and facebook can/should certainly improve their privacy
policies and security features.
All these are community built sites --- without the large community of
users they would be nothing. This even applies to gmail.
they have the numbers. that puts them right where th
Hai,
>> As long as we don't have the numbers, what we say
>> is only a ideology. there isn't much we can do about it.
^^^
>That is certainly not true. Since there is a mukta O/S and a mukta
network to connect to we do have a choice and we can exercise it.
Yes, thats the first st
Hi,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Pranesh Srinivasan
wrote:
>I kind of disagree with that statement. I do not wish to flare your
>>temper, or start a flame war, but there is a lot that goes into what
you learn, and how you are brought up. I started using Linux only a
couple of years ago,
hi,
>>>A lot of things appear to be inconvenient until one tries them out!
yes, i mean i have tried it out. what was said was based on my experience
trying them out.
Look at what someone else said.
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008, Akarsh Simha wrote:
> It's more a matter of choice. I prefer free softwar
Hello,
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 8:17 AM, Pranesh Srinivasan
wrote:
>>>>I do not wish to flare your temper, or start a flame war, I agree but feel
>>>>that there are too many "given wisdom" statements in
what Sarad AV has said to let them pass. My apologies for
men looking at the same elephant here!
On Mon, 09 Jun 2008, Sarad AV wrote:
> You are a tech. user. A fair experiment would be to pick a sample
> of non-tech users and introduce them to both linux and windows and
> see what they prefer to use.
and
> I think we are talking two
BlackBerry Giving Encryption Keys to Indian Government
RIM encrypts e-mail between BlackBerry devices and the server the server with
256-bit AES encryption. The Indian government doesn't like this at all; they
want to snoop on the data. RIM's response was basically: That's not possible.
The Ind
Now the cyber cafe folks will have to spend time teaching their customers Linux
:-) Moreover a lot of folks will simply walk away when they see a linux OS when
they are expecting to see a Win OS. doesn't sound like a pretty business model.
Sarad.
> hi,
>
> scale. Also cybercafe operators are
formats, it is best to have a windows machine unless the cafe owners want to
loose (some) customers.
Any way, with OLPC like (cheaper) laptops hitting the market and low
internet costs, people would be free to choose what they want to use.
Sarad.
Sarad AV wrote:
> Now the cyber cafe
>>>.I do not think that any cybercafe will rip
out all the windows machines and replace them with linux. They will
probably try out linux on a few and see what happens. I remember back
in 2005 I went to a cybercafe in Adyar who had 4 machines - two of
them linux. His server was als
Mehul Ved mehul.n.ved at gmail.com
Sat Aug 30 01:56:23 IST 2008
>>>I don't think you to type 100's of commands to do your work in
Openoffice. How can one not have clue on using openoffice?
bad news. Most people do not have a clue.
>>>Maybe it
may seem unfamiliar for moment or two but anyone f
ho expects to see a win os freak out when they
see linux? Wouldn't a lot of people in fact freak out? isn't that bad for
business?
Sarad.
Kenneth Gonsalves lawgon at thenilgiris.com
On 30-Aug-08, at 2:16 PM, Sarad AV wrote:
> Please help them install Linux on cyber cafe machines,
Yes, MS office seamlessly work with MS office file formats. MS office is built
for that :-)
Sarad.
On 8/30/08, Sarad AV wrote:
> if everything that works on Microsft office works so seamlessly on open
> office,
> why do so many people buy Ms office. let us accept that Open office
alves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 30-Aug-08, at 5:43 PM, Sarad AV wrote:
> if everything that works on Microsft office works so seamlessly on
> open office, why do so many people buy Ms office. let us accept
> that Open office does not handle Microsoft Office formats very
> well, at le
The EULA is updated and the offensive clause removed.
http://tapthehive.s483.sureserver.com/chrome.html
Sarad.
Chromium itself is under BSD licence. So what happens if I download
the source and compile it myself! Then the abv referred restrictive
terms would not apply!
Am assuming compl
it is intended to be a universal programming language. speak out the logic and
tell the programing language you want it to convert into.
http://vlanguage.org/aboutv2.html
here is some test code
copy and paste the text in the samples in page in
http://grogammer.com/v/stage3/algo.html
to
http:/
A modified version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux runs LHC.
http://blog.internetnews.com/skerner/2008/09/large-hadron-collider---powere.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/5cyhux
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This is very ambitious. i hope you have the necessary man power, funding and
local support for the event.
Adhoc and impromptu strategies pose their own difficulties. A good plan is
essential. you can approach various colleges to participate in the event but
they will be more inclined to buy
I think their goal is to create a buzz and get as many people looking at it as
possible. it is a good first step.
Sarad.
From: technocraze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Ilugc] Re: FOURTH ESTATE CRITIQUE Walking from Kasargod
toTrivandrum for Freedom
> Yes local support is the ke
> In US, for some kinds of "shred"ing, you are supposed to overwrite it
> with random bit patterns before overwriting with delete. I do not know
> the exact physics of it.. but it looks like data forensics is getting a
> lot advanced and simple overwriting by zeros is just not enough for all.
From: Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Whether you like it or not astrology is very similar to proprietary
software in its dependence on similar validation techniques.
Wow! would you like to prove it using math logic?
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Sat Oct 25 23:23:07 IST 2008
AFAIK,The distinct difference between Astronomy and Astrology is that
Astronomy is a science of studying celestial bodies. Astrology is a
subset of Astronomy which talks about planetary positions
Thyagarajan Shanmugham<
>>>From: Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
how about belief in God? Are scientists allowed to believe in something that
is not proven to exist?
Science doesn't know. It is a belief that scientists embrace or stay away from.
Are they allowed-why not? as long as faith is called faith until oth
you could mail and ask if the professor has an extra copy. there are a lot of
good books. don't be disappointed if you are unable to locate this particular
one.
Sarad.
>Hi,
One of my friend suggested this very useful article/book. "structured
learning in Computer Science" by
The numbers are very promising. keep up the good work.
Sarad.
This time nearly 130 students from CSE Dept. have chosen the FOSS
Elective-I and I felt the faculty needs to be aware first. This is the
result of it.
[...]
With regards,
Benedict J.N.
Coordinator,
FOSS Faculty Updat
On Wed, Dec 10, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Prakash A S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear All,
>I am searching some enthusiast students for one of my open source
> project called "Accelerometer based Wireless joystick". The students >should
Is it your project or an NRCFOSS project? It's a good ide
Hai Prakash,
It is an NRC-FOSS contributed project if your work hours on this project is
paid for by NRC-FOSS. It is your project, if that is not the case.
Regards,
Sarad.
>>.Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:14:07 +0530
From: "Prakash A S"
What do you mean by NRCFOSS project.
Any one can upl
hai,
i tried looking for the wipe algorithm used by DBAN. i couldn't find it on
sourceforge either. pls point me to it if you can find it.
there is the screen shot with some info about the algorithm
http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=61951&ssid=39777
it appears to be usin
Oh, well it uses a Gutmann wipe! Maybe a few more passes. But its going to get
real slow.
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hai,
I have a few questions, whats the model based on. who is going to put in money?
how are you going to convince villagers and NGO's to contribute?
what is the unique knowledge that villages possess that is absent in towns and
cities?
>.Ideally, we would have a computer kiosk where
did you really ask the students to stop demoing and even thought of asking them
to leave? that is very unfortunate unless there were strict guidelines that was
previously communicated to the speakers. When you say 'civilized' that includes
treating guest speakers with respect and dignity. I do
Good luck with FOSS promotion.
Sarad.
>>Well it is not moral policing, this is foss promotion event.
>>Raman.P
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>From: Kenneth Gonsalves
>to do is note this point down and see that the hall marshalls follow the
>procedure next time.
Lets also have a SWAT team on standby :-)
Sarad.
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I wouldn't be surprised if you suggested waterboarding.
Sarad.
From: Ravi Jaya
People adopt to a different strategy to teach swimming to their kids,
somebody would push their child into the water, and they stay back & watch
the kids to start swim in order order to come of the water (a
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