[Ilugc] krrss

2008-05-08 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, just to inform everyone that karnataka rajya rasthe saarige sansthe's online booking is firefox compatible. As is icici bank payment portal. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe, email

[Ilugc] digital freedom in iitm?

2008-05-10 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, at today's lug meeting I wanted to give a live demo of digital mapping with gps after my talk. But I found that I just could not acquire any satellites within the IIT campus. Max lock I could get was 15 seconds. The moment I left the campus, my instrument behaved normally. This leads

Re: [Ilugc] digital freedom in iitm?

2008-05-10 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 10-May-08, at 9:52 PM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: --- On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 8:38 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | But I found that I just could not acquire any satellites | within the IIT campus. \-- 1. Did you walk with your device outside the building or did you

Re: [Ilugc] digital freedom in iitm?

2008-05-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 11-May-08, at 7:29 PM, Sivasankar Chander wrote: could be some experiment that is interfering with the signals. Certainly odd news. The GPS C/A receive signal is at 1575 MHz, which can face interference from certain kinds of microwave ovens and microwave devices. But my simple guess is t

Re: [Ilugc] digital freedom in iitm?

2008-05-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 11-May-08, at 7:50 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: from MIT, Chromepet to IIt gate I had perfect signal. On the flyover opposite IIT gate, I lost the signal, but got it back at Madhya Kailash. Again lost the signal on entering the campus. Both before the meeting and after it, I walked around ou

Re: [Ilugc] Help needed with Linux in school

2008-05-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 11-May-08, at 10:53 PM, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: On 5/11/08, sen kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I am a teacher in a government school in Viluppuram. We have received computers with Linux installed Being may, Its likely that all schools around will be having Holidays. Will it be poss

[attn listadmin]Re: [Ilugc] I'm inviting you to join my network

2008-05-13 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
please ban this guy On 14-May-08, at 2:11 AM, Sriram Viswanathan wrote: I've added you as a professional contact on Konnects. Konnects is a Business Networking site where you are able to network, share referrals and connect with other professionals. Here is the link: https://www

Re: [Ilugc] TOP-POSTING

2008-05-13 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 14-May-08, at 11:30 AM, Praveen A wrote: 2008/5/13 Bharathi Subramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: PLEASE STOP TOP-POSTING TO THE LIST and REMOVE UNWANTED TEXT BEFORE REPLY TO THE LIST. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, "WHAT IS TOP-POSTING?" PLEASE READ THE "RFC 1855" FROM THE NET. What about shouting in t

Re: [Ilugc] TOP-POSTING

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 14-May-08, at 12:45 PM, Vaidhyanathan Mayilrangam Gopalan wrote: Bharathi Subramanian wrote: PLEASE STOP TOP-POSTING TO THE LIST and REMOVE UNWANTED TEXT BEFORE REPLY TO THE LIST. IF YOU DON'T KNOW, "WHAT IS TOP-POSTING?" PLEASE READ THE "RFC 1855" FROM THE NET. Ok.. here it goes again...

Re: [Ilugc] TOP-POSTING

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 14-May-08, at 5:09 PM, Kadambari Devarajan wrote: It's like the debate on dress codes - as long as person works efficiently or atleast satisfactorily, what (s)he's wearing doesn't really matter. It's a matter of comfort to the wearer. it is not - more like the debate on cell-phone driv

[attn listadmin] Re: [Ilugc] I am now on Refriendz!

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
please send this guy to join his friendz On 14-May-08, at 6:39 PM, satish kumar wrote: Hi! I would like to invite you to visit my Refriendz page and see my latest photos. In order to visit my space, you must go to: http://www.refriendz.com/? do=Login.Invite&rid=eerpini&[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 14-May-08, at 8:27 PM, Ravi Jaya wrote: Please let me know the alternative for dreamweaver in GNU/Linux a text editor + knowledge of CSS and HTML -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe

Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
rearranging top post ... On 14-May-08, at 10:00 PM, senthilraja P wrote: On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 9:36 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 14-May-08, at 8:27 PM, Ravi Jaya wrote: Please let me know the alternative for dreamweaver in GNU/Linux a text editor + kno

Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 14-May-08, at 10:48 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: Please let me know the alternative for dreamweaver in GNU/Linux eclipse with PHP plugin learn CSS, html and javascript and use any text editor. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ __

Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-May-08, at 9:51 AM, Venkatraman S wrote: On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 3:13 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: no editor is a substitute for knowledge of CSS, html and javascript. Learn that first. This is the GNU/Linux way. I do not subscribe to this PoV because i

Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-May-08, at 10:57 AM, senthilraja P wrote: Do note(again) that my observation is purely targetted at RAD developers and not those who develop mission-critical or high performance programs - in the latter, each and every line of te the program matters, and genreally these are 'hand-

Re: [Ilugc] TOP-POSTING

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-May-08, at 11:00 AM, Praveen A wrote: 2008/5/14 Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: it is not - more like the debate on cell-phone driving - whether the car is clean or dirty doesn't matter, it matters whether the driver stops the car to take a call or drives with one

Re: [Ilugc] Require your help

2008-05-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-May-08, at 11:02 AM, kannan krishnamurthy wrote: receiving the error message. I have copied and pasted the error message below. where? -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [

Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-May-08, at 3:44 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: http://www.alistapart.com/ and check out how many of the authors of these articles use DW Ahh you are not getting my point at all - pointing to some website is not the name of the game. I am NOT against using a simple editor(instead of a

Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-May-08, at 12:58 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: 1. mock-up in photoshop (gimp for us) Why you are doing this - effectively you should be writing a C/ASM which generates an array of number corresponding to the pixel values and then store it as a file. Some of my freinds in the monkeyland

Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-May-08, at 10:20 PM, S.Ramaswamy wrote: Hmm, that looks like Django. Come to think of it, why use a high level framework like that. Why not write plain sql statements, write plain html, write your own authentication system, implement users and groups, etc and attempt to connect all of tha

Re: [Ilugc] re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-May-08, at 10:06 AM, Venkatraman S wrote: On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 4:30 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: let me put this in one line: Do not trust anything that *generates* code. One should write all code oneself. "NEVER GENERALIZE" -- general

Re: [Ilugc] Re: needed alternative for dreamweaver

2008-05-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-May-08, at 4:18 PM, Shuveb Hussain wrote: asking for an alternative to DW. Taking into account what DW does, if anyone can suggest an alternate tool that helps create static web pages visually, it would have helped our man. if you had checked the thread, you would have found suggest

Re: [Ilugc] view linux share

2008-05-17 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 17-May-08, at 8:20 PM, senthilraja P wrote: Thanks a lot.. i am using Xp to access the linux share. As you said, samba tuning is what needed.. why do you keep top posting? -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___

Re: [Ilugc] usb to serial converter hardware recommendations

2008-05-19 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 18-May-08, at 11:25 AM, Raja Subramanian wrote: I want to connect to serial ports, but my laptop has only USB ports available. Hence, I'm looking for a USB to serial converter that's reliable and linux compatible. I have a korean brand thing that works perfectly. BAFO. costs around 4

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

2008-05-21 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 20-May-08, at 9:54 PM, Ravi Jaya wrote: He mentioned that he was kidding and that it was not his area!!! thanks Ashok , you understood who we are .. Anyway... I am interested in this and I am quite ok at rails. As in, I have no practical experience, still a student, but I have bee

Re: [Ilugc] Re: Open Letter to Mammooty

2008-05-22 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 22-May-08, at 9:44 AM, Praveen A wrote: Mammootty Fans and Welfare Association & Microsoft are envisaging the Project. and apparently it has Mammootty's blessings (last para of reply). Maybe you need to write an open letter to Mammooty Fans Association showing how it is better to comb

Re: [Ilugc] Search Yahoo!

2008-05-28 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-May-08, at 10:19 PM, Thiagarajan wrote: i do not know, Since i am a lover of Yahoo services. i always say Yahoo is the best, [ for me ] and what does Yahoo search say about top posting? -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/

Re: [Ilugc] Search Yahoo! -- Thread Hijacking (was Top Posting)

2008-06-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-May-08, at 1:59 PM, Arun Khan wrote: On Friday 30 May 2008, Mano wrote: On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:34 AM, Arun Khan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Happens quite a bit because people are too lazy to do "Compose New Message" and copy/paste (or the equivalent in CUI clients) the ILUG-C mailing

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 03-Jun-08, at 3:48 PM, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: Recently applied for the BSNL Broadband connection. I like to get your suggestions on ADSL modem (with Ethernet + WiFi). 1. Is it good to buy it from BSNL or ext src? buy bsnl - whatever they supply works out of the box with linux -- re

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 03-Jun-08, at 9:43 PM, Akarsh Simha wrote: It works fine with Debian etch. But I had trouble using it with older versions of fedora/ RH 9 Some modems allow you to connect them through ethernet and they behave just like routers. That kind of a device should work with all versions of

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] HELP: BSNL DataOne Modem

2008-06-04 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 04-Jun-08, at 2:29 PM, sivaji j.g wrote: NOTE: Please send your reply to me. Not to the list. Please open your eyes and read the above line :P that is *his* wish - the group has decided that it is on topic and relevant -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelp

Re: [Ilugc] Best version control mangement systems in LInux

2008-06-06 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 06-Jun-08, at 5:58 PM, Arun Tejasvi Chaganty wrote: What about bazaar? I've heard lots of great stories about it. I remember Andrew Cowie (AfC), claiming it's like git, only accessible to mortals :-P (No, I'm not trying to troll git). bazaar development has slowed down - current hot favo

Re: [Ilugc] [X-POST] Announcement: #hackers-india channel on Freenode

2008-06-07 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 08-Jun-08, at 11:57 AM, Pratul Kalia wrote: This is a formal announcement about the creation of a new IRC channel, #hackers-india on the Freenode IRC network. The channel has been started to fill the void of a pure hackery-codery-programming based Indian channel. The need for such a channel

Re: [Ilugc] [X-POST] Announcement: #hackers-india channel on Freenode

2008-06-08 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 08-Jun-08, at 12:40 PM, vivek khurana wrote: On 6/8/08, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 08-Jun-08, at 11:57 AM, Pratul Kalia wrote: This is a formal announcement about the creation of a new IRC channel, #hackers-india on the Freenode IRC network. The channel ha

Re: [Ilugc] Re: [X-POST] Announcement: #hackers-india channel on Freenode

2008-06-08 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 08-Jun-08, at 9:19 PM, Manoj Srivastava wrote: On Sun, 8 Jun 2008 12:12:38 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: On 08-Jun-08, at 11:57 AM, Pratul Kalia wrote: This is a formal announcement about the creation of a new IRC channel, #hackers-india on the Freeno

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] open source certifications ?

2008-06-10 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 10-Jun-08, at 2:31 PM, rajasekhar kuppa wrote: A bus station is where a bus stops. actually buses start in bus stations A train station is where a train stops. actually trains start in train stations On my desk, I have a work station what more can I say start working -

[Ilugc] survey of FOSS success stories

2008-06-10 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, Sandip Saini of NRC-FOSS is doing his PhD in a study of foss methodologies. As part of his work, he is trying to compile a set of FOSS success stories. Definition: Documenting the success stories of FOSS implementation in India-- Nature, Scope and Methodology of the study. The goal of

Re: [Ilugc] need help - urgent

2008-06-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 11-Jun-08, at 10:50 AM, Vinaykumar wrote: these messages have been coming up in the past 2 days not allowing the system to boot. kindly help as i got important data in the linux partition, atleast one boot to take a back up atleast is the requirement. looks like hardisk is kaput - boot fro

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Does a programmer need a degree ?

2008-06-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 11-Jun-08, at 11:57 AM, benjamin wrote: "Google, like most other companies, requires a BS (equivalent) for all their programming positions. afaik you cant get a visa without a degree - and a programmer that you cannot send to foreign if needed is of no use to a company -- regards kg h

Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!

2008-06-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 11-Jun-08, at 10:47 PM, Ashok Gautham J. wrote: Actually, Google's search engine has remained free. Google office is free, Blogspot is free, free as in beer -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To

Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!

2008-06-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 11-Jun-08, at 11:12 PM, Saripalli Siva Prakash venkata phani wrote: But monopoly comes only when that product is very good and no other product matches it. if this wasnt a top post, I would be strongly tempted to reply to it -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshel

Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!

2008-06-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 11-Jun-08, at 11:57 PM, Arnold Noronha wrote: Personally I prefer to discourage monopolies. (And so I adamantly stuck to my jabber account when everybody started using gmail. I found out the hard way that people were trying to send me emails to my jabber account. So well, I shifted to Gmail.

Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!

2008-06-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 12-Jun-08, at 9:04 AM, Mano wrote: 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 does not have the resources (financial, technical etc) to keep the Russian mafia from sn

Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!

2008-06-11 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 12-Jun-08, at 9:35 AM, Mano wrote: I am talking about running one's own dedicated server - not taking a mailbox from some cpanel vendor Honestly, I dont think I'm competent enough to keep away the Russian/east european/pakistani/etc crime syndicates - cpanel vendors or dedicated servers

Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!

2008-06-12 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 12-Jun-08, at 10:44 AM, Arun Khan wrote: On Thursday 12 Jun 2008, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On 11-Jun-08, at 11:57 PM, Arnold Noronha wrote: Personally I prefer to discourage monopolies. (And so I adamantly stuck to my jabber account when everybody started using gmail. I found out the hard

Re: [Ilugc] Google vs Yahoo, again!

2008-06-12 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 12-Jun-08, at 10:53 AM, Arun Khan wrote: You are free to choose MS Windows, the *BSD variants, Mac OS X, OpenSolaris - but Hurd? Is FSF using it on their production machines? hurd and vista are in competition as the two most useless operating systems -- regards kg http://lawgon.livej

Re: [Ilugc] survey of FOSS success stories

2008-06-12 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 13-Jun-08, at 4:20 AM, Natarajan V wrote: A doubt on the definition. I have asked Sandip to clarify - my views below 1. A lot of clients (mostly American and European) with whom I work with do use Linux and a few Apache products. When i say they use Linux, they use it as the base OS for

[Ilugc] odf to wiki

2008-06-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, is there a tool to convert an odf document to wiki format? This is a very common need when something is being thrown out for discussion. -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [EM

Re: [Ilugc] odf to wiki

2008-06-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 14-Jun-08, at 8:51 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: hi, is there a tool to convert an odf document to wiki format? This is a very common need when something is being thrown out for discussion. I found these by a Google search http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Odt2Wiki http://www.ooowiki

Re: [Ilugc] survey of FOSS success stories

2008-06-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
qualifies for me - I dont know about Sandeep - whatever, great work On 15-Jun-08, at 10:51 PM, Prasanna David G wrote: On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi, Sandip Saini of NRC-FOSS is doing his PhD in a study of foss methodologies. As p

Re: [Ilugc] Just check out link for selecting a Linux distro

2008-06-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 16-Jun-08, at 11:15 AM, narendra babu wrote: Please find the below link which can provide you appropriate distro for you based on some questions to be answered by taking a test . http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/index.php Just check out whether it works for u . after labouring throug

[Ilugc] [XPOST] RFC - level playing field

2008-06-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, we would appreciate comments and feedback on this: http://nrcfosshelpline.in/playing/ -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subject

Re: [Ilugc] survey of FOSS success stories

2008-06-16 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 17-Jun-08, at 12:27 AM, Zico wrote: On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 5:06 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: qualifies for me - I dont know about Sandeep - whatever, great work Heeeyyy!!! Now you are top posting at times top posting is appropriate - go figure -- r

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] - photo /pic /jpeg related problem - GIMP can help?

2008-06-17 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 18-Jun-08, at 7:11 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: All USB devices. Check for proper earthing before blaming/ replacing your mobo. "Proper Earthing"? In Chennai (or Mumbai) homes, this only happens in one's dreams! Unfortunately, there is no simple solution that I know of. spend money -

Re: [Ilugc] Intruders cracked my Server

2008-06-19 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 20-Jun-08, at 12:28 AM, Thanigairajan murugan wrote: I think my root password should be the problem (admin123) nowadays most people use root321 - unbreakable -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To

Re: [Ilugc] Managed SVN hosting providers

2008-06-20 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 20-Jun-08, at 9:17 AM, Muguntharaj Subramanian wrote: I am looking for a managed subversion hosting solution. Can some one suggest me a good managed svn hosting service provider based on your experience. to what extent do you need management? Do you want them to create/ modify repos an

Re: [Ilugc] Web File Share

2008-06-20 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 20-Jun-08, at 2:15 PM, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: I am looking for a tool, which will help me to setup a small web based file sharing server. Now I am just trying with Apache and .htaccess. Is there any FOSS tools are already available for this purpose? how about trac+subversion? -- reg

Re: [Ilugc] Managed SVN hosting providers

2008-06-20 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 20-Jun-08, at 8:29 PM, Arun Khan wrote: On Friday 20 Jun 2008, Muguntharaj Subramanian wrote: Hi All, I am looking for a managed subversion hosting solution. Can some one suggest me a good managed svn hosting service provider based on your experience. Try Collabnet. yes - they do manage

Re: [Ilugc] Mailing list & blacklisting

2008-06-23 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 23-Jun-08, at 6:29 PM, Sivakumar Gopalan wrote: Will this be the same problem if I try to setup a local mail server in my ADSL connection (static ip)? no, if you run mailman on your server you should be fine -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ _

[attn sysadmin] Re: [Ilugc] ilugc@ae.iitm.ac.in, varun saini wants to chat

2008-06-24 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
please ban this guy On 24-Jun-08, at 12:02 PM, varun saini wrote: I've been using Google Talk and thought you might like to try it out. We can use it to call each other for free over the internet. Here's an invitation to download Google Talk. Give it a try!

Re: [Ilugc] PHP in Enterprise Organizations

2008-06-25 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 26-Jun-08, at 8:54 AM, Ravi Jaya wrote: I am a PHP Trainer, Currently i am handling a PHP session for IBM People. They are couple of Proposals from CTS for the PHP training too. what else i could say. IBM is using PHP for their internal portals. you are also teaching them how to top

Re: [Ilugc] PHP in Enterprise Organizations

2008-06-25 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 26-Jun-08, at 9:49 AM, Arun Khan wrote: The same message from this poster appeared 3 times in my inbox? Is it just or others also experienced the same? me too (or three) -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ __

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] Pls help in configuring ZTE CDMA Tech USB Datacard(Modem) on Mandriva: urgent fo personal u

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-Jun-08, at 12:32 PM, swapan karmakar wrote: tail -f var/log/messages , reports errors instead--there is no listing of usb port to which this usb modem is attached. looks like this modem is not linux compatible - try with knoppix live cd and see if it is detected. I find the tataindic

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

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-Jun-08, at 7:51 PM, Prashanth Mohan wrote: The confrontation between teaching and research is (IMNSHO) entirely artificial. I don't think there is a confrontation at all. I was merely responding to KG's comment that the emphasis is on training students to use/develop with a tool rather

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

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-Jun-08, at 7:56 PM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: Having taught American students who struggle to express simple logical statements in English (American) and Bengali students who have exactly the same difficulties --- I can assure you that it is the lack of ability to think logically (in th

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

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-Jun-08, at 8:14 PM, Sri Ramadoss M wrote: On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 7:56 PM, Kapil Hari Paranjape <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, We are seriously OT here! I agree its a response to a OT and hence is a OT. :-) it is not at all OT - just a reflection of the difference between

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

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 29-Jun-08, at 9:11 PM, Sri Ramadoss M wrote: this is my experience also - specifically how many people who come from tamil medium (substitute any other Indian language) can write a coherent page of matter in their mother tongue? I have taught many people whose written english was misera

Re: [Ilugc] ILUGC in wikipedia

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 12:24 AM, Anoop John wrote: I searched for ILUGC in wikipedia and could not find it. I went ahead and created a stub article. You can access the this link and make modifications http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_lug wikipedia is not meant for advertisement - please remove

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

2008-06-29 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 10:30 AM, Mano wrote: thats inspiring.. :-) Jeyakesavan Veerasamy, a big name in CS research now, was from a tamil medium school. During the first few months in college he was always found with a speak english in 30 days kind of book - without a care to the fun the rest of u

Re: [Ilugc] to start iilugc in sri krishna college of engg & tech coimbatore

2008-06-30 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 12:53 PM, Raman.P wrote: USER GROUP IN OUR College. so please reply the procedures to start the forum Linux Users group are non-formal entities. No set procedure for them. Just gather interested people start some activity relating to foss like a.lectures b.sofware demo c.

Re: [Ilugc] to start iilugc in sri krishna college of engg & tech coimbatore

2008-06-30 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 12:57 PM, Raman.P wrote: HI Please contact Mr. Baskar CEO of LINUXPERT SYSTEMS. He will help you well in this matter, he signed an MOU for my colleage for the same reason you are. You can contact him thorugh this id [EMAIL PROTECTED] MOU for starting LUG??? Are you sure?

Re: [Ilugc] ILUGC in wikipedia

2008-06-30 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 2:00 PM, Anoop John wrote: wikipedia is not meant for advertisement - please remove this and add a But isn't ilug-chennai a notably significant entity that deserves to be on Wikipedia? I am not talking about advertising but as encyclopedic content on how Foss evolved in Indi

Re: [Ilugc] ILUGC in wikipedia

2008-06-30 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 30-Jun-08, at 11:43 PM, Anoop John wrote: On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: So let us work to make ILUGC famous, and then it will naturally come into wikipedia OK we can then try to do that first :-). I gave up on the wikipedia attempt. The article was deleted

[Ilugc] Fwd: [PLUG] [Fwd: Typing addon for Firefox 2, 3 on Linux for Marathi, Hindi, Tamil and 12 other Languages]

2008-06-30 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
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Re: [Ilugc] [OT] self taught programmers vs programmers with degrees

2008-07-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 01-Jul-08, at 1:56 PM, benjamin wrote: I've not seen any bus stop names painted in English. You are not insinuating that "English" is written in Kannada...;) if you insists, try these pictures :-) am forwarding all these pictures to vatal nagaraj for immediate action ;-) -- regard

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

2008-07-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
WILL YOU PLEASE STOP TOP POSTING - list rules are written in english, not chinese or swahili or some other unknown language. On 01-Jul-08, at 2:11 PM, Senthil Mohan Murugaiyan wrote: Amen. On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:41 PM, Aditya M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM, S

Re: [Ilugc] ILUGC in wikipedia

2008-07-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 01-Jul-08, at 4:18 PM, Anoop John wrote: On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: yes - I have been campaigning for this kind of attitude for over a year now, and you are the first person I have managed to convince. You mean the 'Let us promote ILUGC' attit

[Ilugc] foss in coimbatore

2008-07-01 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
hi, there will be a meeting commencing at 9 am on 5th July to discuss FOSS in Coimbatore. All are welcome. Venue: sri krishna college of Engg & Tech sugunapuram coimbatore 641 008 -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___

Re: [Ilugc] which Linux distros are dying?

2008-07-03 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 03-Jul-08, at 5:34 PM, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: * Ashok Gautham J. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2008-07-03 Also Red Hat and Fedora are well established. IIT uses RHEL, Fedora and Debian.. It is unlikely to switch to Ubuntu et al. IIT appears to be moving towards Debian...The DCF of my departme

Re: [Ilugc] which Linux distros are dying?

2008-07-05 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 05-Jul-08, at 4:28 AM, Masatran, R. Deepak wrote: WHY I RECOMMEND DEBIAN: 1. It is not controlled by any company 2. Superior design (Ex: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives) 3. Stability (Ex: Used on the space shuttle mission STS-83) 4. APT 5. FAI (Fully Automatic Installation) WHY I RECOMMEND

Re: [Ilugc] which Linux distros are dying?

2008-07-05 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 05-Jul-08, at 3:30 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: WHY I RECOMMEND DEBIAN: 4. APT this alone is sufficient - it is like the Japanese Motor with a Swedish design for Indian roads ..running calmly like the Russian Soyuz. URPMI Like a SUV - will go anywhere withou

Re: [Ilugc] I am now on Refriendz!

2008-07-07 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 07-Jul-08, at 1:01 PM, Aditya M wrote: Admins please delete this spam! delete the spammer -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the su

Re: [Ilugc] squid block list not working

2008-07-07 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 07-Jul-08, at 3:08 PM, sathis kumar wrote: we using squid proxy server for blocking unwanted sites. it worked properly, yesterday onwards it not working. internet coming from proxy server only. but blocking list not working please post the relevant part of your squid.conf -- regards kg

Re: [Ilugc] FOSS awareness program acheivement

2008-07-10 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 11-Jul-08, at 7:51 AM, Gokkul Iyer wrote: LinuXpert Systems has completed its 100th FOSS awareness program successfully. This program has been conducted in various colleges all over TamilNadu. The schedule of program is available at the following link http://linuxbaskar.googlepages.

[Ilugc] http auth and subversion

2008-07-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
Hi, I have a repository with trunk and branches. This runs under https. I have several people who have commit right to everythig. I wanted to give a person commit rights only to one branch. My authfile is like this: main-devels=a,b,c branch-devels=d [myrepo:/] @main-devels=rw * = r [myr

Re: [Ilugc] http auth and subversion

2008-07-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 14-Jul-08, at 9:46 PM, Bhuvaneswaran A wrote: [myrepo:/branches/mybranch/] @branch-devels=rw *=r Can you specify the branch without specifying '/' in the end? I think i faced this problem before and this solution seem to fix the issue. Your configuration file should look like this: works

Re: [Ilugc] Re: help on svn authentication

2008-07-15 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 15-Jul-08, at 3:50 PM, Jyothi wrote: I've tried it, but didnt work. what did you try? -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe " in the subjec

Re: [Ilugc] [xpost] xinerama dual display with Intel graphics

2008-07-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 18-Jul-08, at 3:29 PM, Arun Khan wrote: On Friday 18 Jul 2008, Bharathi Subramanian wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2008, Arun Khan wrote: In my first post, I was trying a xinerama setup using a laptop with it's a onboard Intel graphics chip; display 0 the DFP of the laptop and display 1 monitor con

Re: [Ilugc] Ruby

2008-07-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 18-Jul-08, at 9:57 PM, Ashok Gautham J. wrote: Is it wise to delve more into ruby or start afresh at py? py -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubs

Re: [Ilugc] ERP software

2008-07-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 19-Jul-08, at 1:36 AM, Zico wrote: So, friends, which one do you suggest me to use? tinyerp - you will need to do some customisation -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL

Re: [Ilugc] Handling Pen drive in Linux

2008-07-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 19-Jul-08, at 11:02 AM, indianathan n wrote: 1. Use our pen drive in normal user instead of root for safe operation. 2. For copying files, first mount your pen drive with R/W permission. ( Ubuntu auto mount the device with read only permission. 3. Use only commands to copy files.It is ea

Re: [Ilugc] Ruby

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 19-Jul-08, at 2:59 PM, Vamsee Kanakala wrote: But when it comes to libraries that are useful for dealing with web development, I would bet that Ruby's offerings are as good as, in some cases better than what Python's have to offer. agreed: 1 case of beer python and ruby webdev libraries

Re: [Ilugc] Handling Pen drive in Linux

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 19-Jul-08, at 4:04 PM, Arun Khan wrote: Recently, I helped a colleague to create a PDF version of his OO presentation so that he could give his talk at a workshop (OO version at workshop premise was 1.x and would not open his 2.x file). He warned me that the pen drive had been hooked up to

Re: [Ilugc] Ruby

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 19-Jul-08, at 5:55 PM, Vamsee Kanakala wrote: That is why I was asking the OP what he was trying to do. I think solving his problem is more important than trying to prove which is a better language. Which I think is rather pointless anyways. this is not about which is the best langua

Re: [Ilugc] Acer server problem

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 19-Jul-08, at 6:28 PM, indianathan n wrote: Please tell me an alternate linux OS to install. mandriva spring2007.1 -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

Re: [Ilugc] Acer server problem

2008-07-19 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 19-Jul-08, at 7:38 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: Please tell me an alternate linux OS to install. mandriva spring2007.1 oops - s/2007/2008/ -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___ To unsubscribe

Re: [Ilugc] knowledge base

2008-07-24 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 24-Jul-08, at 2:16 PM, rajasekhar kuppa wrote: There a bunch of roughly 2000 articles in the form of html, text , pdf, and (yes you guessed it) .doc format. try dspace -- regards kg http://lawgon.livejournal.com http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/ ___

Re: [Ilugc] Sound problem

2008-07-25 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On 25-Jul-08, at 10:36 PM, Zico wrote: hard drive, sound gone away, but the sound of firefox remains. I need to reload my alsa with * alsa force-reload. *After this reloading, sounds comes from hard drive. But, same thing happens again, if i gonna play something with browser. yes. someth

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