Re: [Ilugc] RE: requirement for Open Source Web Designer, Web Developer in "open web group"

2008-05-22 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Ravi Jaya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > /me wonders if the omission of python was deliberate > > > > Certainly not, we didn't mentioned it, it mean not we omitted it. !! Alright :) So I assume you'd also like to explore the Catalyst framework[1] for Perl and YUI[2

[Ilugc] [JOB] Yahoo! Search Technology - Content Operations

2008-05-23 Thread Suraj Kumar
Ever wondered what it takes to build a searchable database out of the wondrous World Wide Web? Does it excite you to write software that will manage a five-figure number of machines? Do you believe your software should do the actual work while you spend your valuable time brainstormi

[Ilugc] [JOB] Yahoo! Search Technology - Content Operations

2008-05-23 Thread Suraj Kumar
(Sent once a few hours ago but I guess its lost in transit. So resending...) Ever wondered what it takes to build a searchable database out of the wondrous World Wide Web? Does it excite you to write software that will manage a five-figure number of machines? Do you believe your softw

Re: [Ilugc] resize / (ext3) with no LVM(2) - using fdisk and ext2online - possible?

2008-05-28 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:30 PM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did this partition hold "system" files i.e. /, /etc, /usr, /boot etc.? > >> i think i should be able to boot the machine off a CD and do this - >> but just curious if one can do this from a running OS and reboot if >> need be

Re: [Ilugc] Search Yahoo!

2008-05-30 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:19 PM, Thiagarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But , when it comes to "image" search , my vote goes to google. That is quite interesting. I find the wisdom of the crowds - flickr based image search - much better for most things. Where it doesn't work is for celebrities

Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!

2008-06-25 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Mano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves > > given that the cost of running one's own mail server is so low, I dont see > > why people bow to the big G > > > > What if the low cost host is snooping on my mails! Or he/she

Re: Google vs MS (Was Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!)

2008-07-02 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:08 PM, Venkatraman S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I do not consider Y! here - am always confused whether they are a media > company or a tech company! btw...i happen to know of an instance wherein in > one of the Y! interviews(for their search team) - the interviewer ended

[Ilugc] OT: Fwd: Bridging the gap between rural india and wikipedia

2009-02-16 Thread Suraj Kumar
--- Forwarded message ------ From: Suraj Kumar Date: Sat, Feb 14, 2009 at 1:35 PM Subject: Bridging the gap between rural india and wikipedia To: i...@wikimedia.org Hi, I'm looking for helping rural india using Wikipedia and helping enrich wikipedia using rural india's unique k

Re: [Ilugc] OT: Fwd: Bridging the gap between rural india and wikipedia

2009-02-16 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:49 AM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > > Hi, > > --- On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Suraj Kumar wrote: > | There is an NGO worker in this library. > \-- > > Just make sure that this *person* is easily approachable by everyone > in the village, an

Re: [Ilugc] OT: Fwd: Bridging the gap between rural india and wikipedia

2009-02-20 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 6:28 PM, Parthan SR wrote: > Wow, hearing something similar to what I have been with (through > my employer) for the past 2 years :) We operate Rural Telcenters, > or Technology Enabled Rural Kiosks, all over Karnataka and few [snip] > their utility bills. They want a plac

Re: [Ilugc] Cron Job

2012-01-27 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > Come to think of it, if the script takes more than a minute to > complete you may have a nightmare on your hands :) > Which is why, I try and avoid 'cron' as much as possible. I'd recommend you use daemontools - easier to manage and monitor sta

[Ilugc] GNU/Linux Users Group - Trichy

2012-01-30 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi, Please welcome our shiny new mailing list for GNU/Linux Users Group Trichy: http://lists.glugt.in/ Folks in Trichy (or not) can join us and help the community. We're still gathering volunteers for setting up the website and for participating actively in meetings, etc.,. Please do spread the w

Re: [Ilugc] [Hardware] Config for Low end Linux desktop

2012-02-03 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Vijai Ganapathy wrote: > Budget is really tight as all the money coming from my pocket. I was > thinking about below configuration. > > 1. AMD Athlon II X2 260 + Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P + HDD + 4 GB Ram > As you may have already found out, hard disk prices have shot

[Ilugc] [OT?] A fully Free Software powered song

2012-02-04 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hello, Its a saturday and I was futzing around. I got a bit sentimental ;) and recorded a little song where the drummer, the musicians, the studio engineer and just about everyone is a piece of "living" Free Software. http://soundcloud.com/sunsonian/lets-jam-while-we-can cheers, -Suraj __

Re: [Ilugc] [OT?] A fully Free Software powered song

2012-02-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Roshan George wrote: > Ha ha, I like this. Mind telling us your workflow? How exactly did you > combine the different tools to make this song? The tools used are hydrogen (drum machine), zynaddsubfx (additive/subtractive/pad synthesizer), qsynth (sound fonts base

Re: [Ilugc] extract sentences from a xml file in bash

2012-03-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > The same block continues as multiple times in the file, but in records > are in different order. > Is there a fixed set of 'fields' per record? If yes, the solution could be a lot simpler and possibly done using awk or a combination of shell

Re: [Ilugc] Need Help on Storage

2012-03-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 12:42 PM, Yuvaraj wrote: > I have a slight issue on our server. > > I have added some extra storage on an Infortrend Raid – the disks show up > on boot up and is assigned by the system. Given this is a hardware raid controller, you probably noticed the disk 'showing up' o

Re: [Ilugc] block facebook squid

2012-03-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Mohan Sundaram wrote: > If NAT is enabled, then you'll need to redirect DNS requests to a > local DNS server which either denies access by dropping those > requests. > Messing with the World's DNS is a Bad Idea, IMHO. Keeping track of such 'blockings' you've done

Re: [Ilugc] Please suggest Linux server

2012-03-08 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Mar 7, 2012 at 4:05 PM, freeos wrote: >As of now we have thinclients with Windows 2003 server. Before adopted > with this setup, we had checked using one thinclient. While testing, we > felt that it was ok. After place 15 thinclients by connecting with IBM > X3400 server , we started

Re: [Ilugc] Pen input device for Linux

2012-03-31 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 9:21 AM, prasannatsmkumar wrote: > I am in need of a device which will show what I write on a pad in computer > screen - this will help while I read or draw some thing and want that in > digital form. Is there any such device that works with Linux? What is the > average cos

Re: [Ilugc] IP address and netmask

2012-06-11 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > We should learn 3 special network blocks , 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12 > and 192.168.0.0/16 which > are not globally unique. > This is not technically mandatory anymore. CIDR replaced the class-based n

[Ilugc] [OT] Evolution (was: Re: Older PC's)

2012-06-15 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 9:36 AM, Balachandran Sivakumar < benignb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not really. Our brain has been having upgrades, may be every > second, through the process of evolution :) > I understand I'm taking the topic even more farther into the woods. Hence the edit to the subj

Re: [Ilugc] IP address and netmask

2012-06-15 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Manokaran K wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Suraj Kumar wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 9, 2012 at 2:22 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < > > girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > We should learn 3 sp

[Ilugc] Tools for simulating network issues

2012-06-24 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi, I'm looking for ways to simulate network issues. Specifically, the following scenarios: IP - packet loss TCP - connection establishment takes time - connection established, but server application is slow / unresponsive - piled up connections / running out of sockets The end goal is t

Re: [Ilugc] Net Traffic Log

2012-06-24 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Jun 23, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Harisankar P S wrote: > Hey, > > Is there a way to keep track of the network traffic through all the > different interface devices in my system. Or a library to do so, I want to > create a log that store the total size of file transfered since the script > or pro

Re: [Ilugc] Tools for simulating network issues

2012-06-24 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi Bala, On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Balachandran Sivakumar < benignb...@gmail.com> wrote: >I guess the tc tool would be of use to you. You can do > something like this: > > # tc qdisc add dev eth0 root netem delay 100ms > > for adding a 100ms delay to all packets. It can be deleted

Re: [Ilugc] Query: Tools for monitoring servers

2012-06-25 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:16 AM, K.C. Ramakrishna wrote: > > Hi all, > > We are trying to look into monitoring servers in Beta and Prod environments. > > The stack: > a. 2(more in future) Front End apache httpd/tomcat/Liferay Servers > b. Independent CAS-SSO and SOLR servers. > c. standalone serv

Re: [Ilugc] multimedia on Linux

2012-08-09 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 7:19 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > You have many ways by which you can process audio and video. > An elegant and beautiful audio framework I'd add is the Jack audio framework: http://jackaudio.org/ Jack audio folks brought "real time" to

Re: [Ilugc] FreeSWITCH and India based servers

2012-08-29 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi Arun, On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 11:18 PM, Arun Venkataswamy wrote: > I am trying out a FreeSWITCH based VoIP system. There is a considerable, > around 1.5 seconds lag on the audio. Some improvement was seen when the > server was switched from an Amazon EC2 small instance to an Amazon EC2 > mediu

Re: [Ilugc] Foss based solutions providing Organizations in TamilNadu

2012-08-29 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Friends. > > We are planning to interview the people who do business in TamilNadu > based on Free Open Source Software. > They will be published in ILUGC site and in Kaniyam. > > Reply here if you know such Commercial organizations that prov

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Tech Talent Search

2012-08-29 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Aug 18, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Balajee - Gmail wrote: > > Forget LinkedIn: Companies turn to GitHub to find tech talent > > Because engineers and designers can post their work for all to see, more > and > more companies are realizing they can see what people can actually do, not > just say they

Re: [Ilugc] dialer software

2012-09-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi, On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 10:14 PM, snegan wrote: > aim using linux mint 13 aim having 3g usb modem aim connecting by network > manager but i need dialer that want support > Not sure what you mean by "dialer". I'm assuming you want to be able to use your 3G USB modem to connect to your mobile

Re: [Ilugc] Tutorials for puppet

2012-09-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Balasubramaniam Natarajan < bala150...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Here is one the example works I could achieve with Chef. > > > > I have lots of homework to do, as you example was Greek and latin to me :-( > The meta-description of all that Gourav has explained above

Re: [Ilugc] explanation of yday's code

2012-10-24 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Higher level languages are weakly typed. > Perl, Javascript and such awesomely practical languages* are weakly typed... but not all higher level languages are weakly typed. Ex: Go, Haskell, etc., C

[Ilugc] "Secure"/"Trustable" running of command on untrusted box

2012-12-01 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi, I have a completely untrusted remote (sand)box (stranger has root on it). I'd like to "trigger" running a program on that box and like to get the triggered program's output from that box. My problem is in trusting the output of this program since it (or the layers above/below it) could have be

[Ilugc] [Commercial] Customizing Moodle to integrate SCORM content

2012-12-17 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi, We are looking for freelance consultants or agencies with proven abilities in developing Moodle modules to integrate a set of Flash based SCORM content. The emphasis is on scaling - to handle ~3000 concurrent requests and hence we're looking for people with NoSQL experience and preferably del

Re: [Ilugc] CGI

2012-12-21 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > In fact this alone is sufficient. No need to use bloated Catalyst, > Mason or Python CGI frameworks. > The creator of Catalyst no longer recommends Catalyst. They have created Mojolicious - a kickass w

Re: [Ilugc] Some shell scripting

2012-12-26 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Mohan R wrote: > > I still differ, People who want performance don't consider Python/Ruby. > A careful design can make scalability easier by writing it in C and do an > glue-scripting, rather than Ruby/Python. > When we talk performance, let's talk about what exa

Re: [Ilugc] some shell script samples

2012-12-26 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 10:29 AM, Chandrashekar Babu wrote: > > > > for f in `ls /etc/*` > Yet another useless use of 'ls' command. You could've used > for f in /etc/* > Also, if the script is being invoked from inside a login shell, then there is a bright chance the 'ls' will be aliased

Re: [Ilugc] Suggestion for fancy Dashboard for multiple servers

2013-01-22 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 8:25 PM, Karthik Reddy <22karthikre...@gmail.com>wrote: > You could refer to google Maps API and write a small script to display the > required output. > > https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/javascript/reference +1. IMO, it may be better to own all your dat

Re: [Ilugc] Mailing List tool

2013-01-28 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Marikkannan Rajagopal < mail2marikkan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have mail server in centos with postfix+Dovecot+Roundcube > combination..,Now i need "Mailing List Tool" to design the customise "News > Letter".,Which one is the best for my requirement.,plea

Re: [Ilugc] Mailing List Tool

2013-01-29 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Marikkannan Rajagopal < mail2marikkan...@gmail.com> wrote: >[root@BFUS2 /]# service mailman start > Starting mailman: Site list is missing: mailman >[FAILED] > [root@BFUS2 /]# > > Where i a

Re: [Ilugc] Suggestion for Dedicated Server for a Social networking website

2013-02-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Kumar wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks to all. Please do not mind if it is silly questions. > > Could you please tell way to approach lowendbox or any hosting because I > must be specific when I discuss with them ? > Whether it will Cpanel as like others ? as I am fami

Re: [Ilugc] Suggestion for Dedicated Server for a Social networking website

2013-02-09 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: > Be careful before going with EC2 micro instance. It's not meant to use > with sustained processing. It's not a good idea to run website on it. > It's rather meant for running applications that need processing power > in bursts. Micro instance is

Re: [Ilugc] Suggestion for Dedicated Server for a Social networking website

2013-02-09 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 9:13 AM, Suraj Kumar wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:34 PM, Mehul Ved wrote: > >> Be careful before going with EC2 micro instance. It's not meant to use >> with sustained processing. It's not a good idea to run website on it

[Ilugc] [OT] [freelance] Need a Sencha touch developer

2013-02-14 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi, We are on the lookout for a solid Sencha Touch developer on a freelance basis who can bring an existing RESTful JSON web service to life with a beautiful UI for the web and android. Estimated duration of project: 2 months. YMMV. If you are interested in working on this, please get in touch wi

[Ilugc] 2D Animations with Synfig

2013-02-16 Thread Suraj Kumar
For those looking to have some fun making 2D animated films using Free Software, check out Synfig: http://www.synfig.org/cms/ """ Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and

Re: [Ilugc] what are the FOSS solutions for doctors and hospitals

2013-02-20 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:17 PM, Abdur Rahman wrote: > Hi guys > I want to know as a consultant what all the solutions we can provide to > doctors and hospitals using FOSS. > and what are the FOSS tools available for them. may be this would help me > to start some new services. > Check out http:

Re: [Ilugc] Becoming perl developer is good for future?

2013-03-01 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 10:31 AM, arun kumar wrote: > > Thanks in advance > IMO, becoming a single-dimensional programmer is a bad idea. A good programmer typically learns to code in multiple languages, understands multiple programming paradigms and over a period of time assimilates the fact that

[Ilugc] simple 3d graphical network games recommendations?

2013-03-01 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi, I'm looking for simple games that can work without the need for GL / 3D acceleration / etc., Should have network multiplayer capabilities and should be fun (but not addictive or nauseating, like FPS games). Any suggestions? Cheers, -Suraj -- Career Gear - Industry Driven Talent Factory h

Re: [Ilugc] any opensource ide for iphone

2013-03-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 6:25 AM, saravana babu wrote: > Hi > Any opensource ide for iphone developer > If your intention is to develop an "app" for iOS, unless you need the native OS's features a lot, you can develop a HTML5/CSS3/Javascript based app and get it to run on the iOS platform. What mo

Re: [Ilugc] Inputs solicited for a story

2013-03-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Priyanka Sarkar wrote: > So the story idea goes like: How > important are FOSS certifications when it comes to the job market? > Please let us have your insightful suggestions on the same. > FOSS is extensively used in Internet-based companies. I worked at Yahoo!,

Re: [Ilugc] Inputs solicited for a story

2013-03-12 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 12:10 PM, Karthikeyan A K wrote: > I haven't seen a non junk certificated candidate yet. But there should > be some people who are worth to pay for the certification they have got. > But I haven't seen one. That's a huge disappointment. > As a general rule, I'd think that c

Re: [Ilugc] e-security laboratory

2013-03-12 Thread Suraj Kumar
[Replying on the list (with you included) because this may actually be of use to others on the list] On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Prof. Partha wrote: > As part of my responsibilities at Kathmandu Univ, where I teach > cryptography and security, I plan to set up a lab for security related >

Re: [Ilugc] Re-Engineering tool for Perl

2013-03-12 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:39 PM, naga2r...@gmail.com wrote: > Is there is any good re-engineering tool for perl, which outputs process > flow, module structure diagram, read source codes. > You mean, like "lint"ing? This stackoverflow thread may be of help to you: http://stackoverflow.com/questi

Re: [Ilugc] connect to simpledb from mojolicious

2013-04-14 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 9:06 AM, Vanitha Valarmathi wrote: > Hi All, > I am new to amazon web services. I don't know how to connect the > simpledb from mojolicious code. Anybody help me. Thanks in advance. > You will be better served on the Mojolicious mailing list: https://groups.google.com/

Re: [Ilugc] Programming languages

2013-06-10 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > > Do not approach learning as an activity that is reactionary or only > for solving a problem at hand. Beg to disagree. By having a practical goal, one can learn how to do things practically. Then get inspired by how it worked and d

[Ilugc] [Pointless Statistics] Peak Linux

2010-02-13 Thread Suraj Kumar
http://bit.ly/linpeak The number of registered "Linux users" on counter.li.org has "peaked"[1] in 2005. If the "charms" of Open source and Free Software still apply and with growing population of tech savvy crowd, I see no reason why the registrations on counter.li.org must go down. This is, of co

[Ilugc] [commercial] Scripting, Automation, Operations training offered

2010-03-19 Thread Suraj Kumar
Is your organisation plagued with operational issues with your GNU/Linux servers? Do you often feel that your team of developers can gain a little bit more fundamentals of GNU/Linux, Shell scripting or automation training? Do you want to build resilience, fault tolerance and intelligence into your

Re: [Ilugc] Password as an argument in SSH

2010-03-21 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 9:56 PM, Mohan L wrote: > If you are new to the great technology Hadoop/MapReduce and want to getting > started with Hadoop, the bad news is : It is little bit difficult to setup > Hadoop cluster for beginer. > For the ones who have a bit more $$ and less time for hadoop

Re: [Ilugc] OAOD (Boot-up Manager)

2010-03-22 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Dhastha Gheer wrote: > Application: Boot-up Manager > > What it is: > > Boot-Up Manager is a Perl-Gtk2 application to handle runlevels > configuration of any debian derivative system. With this program the > user will easily start and stop boot-up scripts, without

Re: [Ilugc] Query on Gromacs Installation

2010-03-25 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Gowriishankar Raju wrote: > > How to choose the Gromacs version to be install in Ubuntu? > Is any special Gromacs versions available for ubuntu? > And what is the purpose to install FFTW? > Shall i use the latest version of FFTW to install? > Should the versions o

[Ilugc] Oilsville: a new open source game

2010-04-18 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hello, I hacked up a game to illustrate Peak Oil[1] and christened it "Oilsville". My hope is that people will now be able to grasp the phenomenon of peak oil - how any finite resource (or even a renewable resource stripped faster than it is being replenished) will reach a "peak" in how much volum

Re: [Ilugc] Anything available in India ? "Smallest Linux Computer"

2010-07-04 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 1:29 AM, narendra sisodiya wrote: > Hey, Do anybody know any smallest Linux Module which can be purchased in > India. There is the NanoNote, BeagleBoard and many other small footprint mobile computing devices by IDA systems: http://idasystems.net/nanonote Cheers, -Sura

Re: [Ilugc] [TIP] perl beginning

2011-11-30 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Is this is the reason people in India prefer Python over perl? I dunno. > Not just India, world over, perl is not as widely used as, say, Java or Python because perl, for writing anything significant

Re: [Ilugc] [TIP] perl tutorial 0

2011-12-01 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Though perl is not as good as python in many ways for some reason perl > has a very strong developer community around it. It has > got a certain way to obtain copious documentation in UNIX man page for

Re: [Ilugc] perl OO

2011-12-03 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 4:52 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > > It does not force one to think much, it is not pedagogical and > abstruse or confusing. It just gets your job done. > I'm assuming, by "It", you meant OOP in general. I take it that your interest is

Re: [Ilugc] [TIP] perl tutorial II (conditionals and looping)

2011-12-03 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Most of perl's conditionals are written using the regex construct: > That is not true. Like all conditionals, it depends on the program's context... and program's context is entirely dependent on the pr

Re: [Ilugc] Call for speakers - December meet

2011-12-03 Thread Suraj Kumar
I waited around to see if there are other interesting topics, but since nobody has posted one, here is my proposal: On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Topic > Description > Duration > About the speaker > Links to read > If there is sufficient interest, I'd like to talk about

Re: [Ilugc] Comparing programing languages [was: perl OO]

2011-12-03 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 9:46 AM, Natarajan V wrote: > > From a hiring perspective, am not sure why people are obsessed with > the mastery over the syntax of the languages. This also creates a > problem, when you frame a question that is applicable for PERL and not > very applicable for Java. We ha

Re: [Ilugc] Control Linux Server Using Twitter

2011-12-07 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 7:01 AM, R Rajendhran wrote: > Dear all, > > I have found an interesting article at the following links, which may be > useful for sysadmins. > The author found a new way to monitor Linux servers using Twitter. > > > http://blog.adityapatawari.com/2011/11/using-twitter-to-m

Re: [Ilugc] [TIP] perl tutorial VII (perl tricks)

2011-12-09 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:24 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have not yet understood how map() works. It is a functional > programming concept. > map is a means of transforming ("mapping") an array into another array. The arguments to map are: 1. function whic

Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: [FSFTN] Inaugural of Punnagai, Community Computing Center (Mylapore)

2011-12-09 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi Shrini: On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 5:46 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > The Punnagai Community Computing Centre is an attempt to take the wonders > of the world of IT to those people who till now have had no opportunity to > be a part of it. This includes students whose schools do not have any labs > o

Re: [Ilugc] Tamil e-magazine for Foss

2011-12-09 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 8:57 AM, Pratap Chakravarthy wrote: > I beg to differ. > > During my college days me and couple of my friends were toying with a > DOS program, where a handler routine will be hooked up with keyboard > interrupt signal and try to capture key press. Instead of reading the > s

Re: [Ilugc] [TIP] perl tutorial VII (perl tricks)

2011-12-10 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Balachandran Sivakumar < benignb...@gmail.com> wrote: > He is not demeaning anything. He has an opinion that he is > expressing. You talk like Mr . Kapil Sibal. I use Perl is my job and I > Thanks for that excellent piece of non-ad-hominem attack. :) > have

Re: [Ilugc] [TIP] perl tutorial X (some code tidbits)

2011-12-11 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 8:21 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perl cannot be run interactively like Python. You have to run it one > script at a time. > The Perl interpreter's inbuilt debugger comes close to it. You can add the '-d' switch like 'perl -d myscript.

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS for Organization chart

2011-12-14 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Arun Khan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:40 PM, freeos wrote: > > > >Any idea about free software for organization chart which > > includes templates? > > Install "dia" It has templates for a host of other things besides org > charts. > dia can be used

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS for Organization chart

2011-12-14 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Arun Khan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 1:40 PM, freeos wrote: > > > >Any idea about free software for organization chart which > > includes templates? > > Install "dia" It has templates for a host of other things besides org > charts. > dia can be used

Re: [Ilugc] [OT]free hosting

2011-12-14 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 11:34 AM, 0 <0...@0throot.com> wrote: > > > > > I find dotcloud.com very interesting - it may not be open source, but > > supports many open source stacks. > > Its an interesting system. I wonder how they protect their system from > malicious users, considering they provide

Re: [Ilugc] [OT]free hosting

2011-12-14 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:03 AM, kenneth gonsalves wrote: > On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 18:24 +0530, Suraj Kumar wrote: > > dotcloud is a VPS: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server and > > due to its inherently 'compartmentalized' nature it allows a

Re: [Ilugc] [OT]free hosting

2011-12-14 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Suraj Kumar wrote: > > > On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 8:03 AM, kenneth gonsalves > wrote: > >> On Wed, 2011-12-14 at 18:24 +0530, Suraj Kumar wrote: >> > dotcloud is a VPS: >> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_privat

Re: [Ilugc] [OT]free hosting

2011-12-14 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 10:42 AM, 0 <0...@0throot.com> wrote: > > No, they are not. VPS and PaaS are very different. dotcloud seems to > offer various services you can use to build you application while in a > VPS you can go nuts and do *whatever* you want with your guest OS since > you get root a

Re: [Ilugc] [OT]free hosting

2011-12-16 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 11:39 AM, kenneth gonsalves wrote: > a VPS as I understand it is a share on a server which as far as the user > is concerned is a full server with root access. The only thing one > cannot do in most VPSs is install a new distro. One can upgrade to a new > release of the ins

Re: [Ilugc] [OT]free hosting

2011-12-17 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 12:14 PM, kenneth gonsalves wrote: > by the end user? > If you mean by the person choosing to host with such services, partly yes - to the extent of 'selecting' which predefined OS stack we'd like to use. Cheers, -Suraj -- Career Gear - Industry Driven Talent Factory

Re: [Ilugc] free online workflow management system for e-magazine

2011-12-17 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 11:18 AM, 0 <0...@0throot.com> wrote: > > I would think, a simple bug tracker like mantisbt would just suffice, > initially. Author could create a bug and attach his document. From there > on, the team can jump in and do everything you have mentioned over that > particular

Re: [Ilugc] Quest updates Sudo Unix management tool

2011-12-17 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > I suppose the sudoers file(s) can be distributed other ways too. > Absolutely - puppet, chef, cfengine, cfengine2, et al do a good job in free ways. -Suraj -- Career Gear - Industry Driven Talent Factory http://careergear.in/

Re: [Ilugc] hi

2011-12-21 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:17 PM, kala. aim wrote: > college information system using touch screen this is my home project > idea.i would like to implement this in anyone of opensource lang.if u > know anything about this means plz help me > Touch screen is mostly a matter of hardware. If you bu

Re: [Ilugc] SMS

2011-12-27 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Kannan wrote: > Hey Guys... > I want to send, receive bulk sms for my application! > As per TRAI rules we cant do that by our normal mobile number. > > What is the way to get that facility?Anyone using it? > Actually my need is to send, receive bulk sms without A

Re: [Ilugc] SMS

2011-12-28 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 2:06 AM, Arun Prakash wrote: > Hello, > > Help me guys to know more about this sms thing! > > > > > > If you need two way interaction, you must have to go for payed gateways. > One such is here. http://www.smsgupshup.com/business > They provide API's and they are the servic

[Ilugc] My thin client experience

2011-12-29 Thread Suraj Kumar
Hi, Thanks to all the folks who gave useful feedback to help me find a suitable thin client for my business' needs. I just finished taking iTalc on a test drive. iTalc is quite literally a beautiful educational tool. I wanted to use the power of computers to visually explain concepts but yet didn'

Re: [Ilugc] My thin client experience

2011-12-30 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 12:40 PM, Rajagopal Swaminathan < raju.rajs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Just hope you are running a 64 bit version on the server otherwise > your other 4 GB RAM would go waste. Wondering how many Thin clients > are going to access this server. > Of course, I'm running a 64-bit

Re: [Ilugc] My thin client experience

2011-12-30 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:48 PM, vijayaraghavan seshan < msvraghavan2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > regarding Italc im curious about the tool. If possible can you > elaborate the advantages of this open source tool > http://italc.sf.net/ <-- and if this isn't enough info, you can try it yourself by do

Re: [Ilugc] My thin client experience

2011-12-30 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 10:47 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Suraj Kumar wrote: > > Of course, I'm running a 64-bit PAE. > > PAE is for 32 bit systems. If you are using a PAE kernel then > your kernel is still 32 bit but it can handle more

Re: [Ilugc] [OffTopic] Article comparing Hinduism with Open Source

2012-01-05 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 1:23 PM, 0 <0...@0throot.com> wrote: > > > > > All religions are devoid of reason and reek of whimsical decision making. > > However they may be, denial of existence of god or atheism is still > Hinduism [1]. Not to mention, In 1995 Supreme Court [2] came up with the > follo

Re: [Ilugc] [OffTopic] Article comparing Hinduism with Open Source

2012-01-06 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 4:40 PM, Arun Venkataswamy wrote: > Happened 3 days back: > Guy from reputed engineering college walks into my office. He actually > comes here with my friend's reference. He wants to do an internship. Asked > him about his project thinking he wants to do it here. He says i

Re: [Ilugc] [OT]small form factor device

2012-01-06 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 6:56 PM, Manokaran K wrote: > Am looking for a small form factor device which I plan to install in > clients premises and maintain through SSH over the internet. It should have > 4GB RAM and 500GB HDD and a decent CPU. > You need to define "Decent CPU". For what? Will peop

Re: [Ilugc] [OT]small form factor device

2012-01-08 Thread Suraj Kumar
On Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 1:59 PM, Manokaran K wrote: > My requirement is to run a web app on the h/w. It need not have a monitor > and keyboard connected to it. It only needs to connect to the customers > network switch/router. > If its an app the customer will use from their own premises locally