Archive for April, 2006
Piracy will get you ten years while child pornography only seven
The Inquirer reports the details of the current draft of new DMCA awaiting legislation.(Piracy worse than child pornography).
“For example assaulting a police officer will get you five years, downloading child porn will get you seven years, assaulting without a weapon will get you ten years and aggravated assault six years.
So in [...]
BBC’s new experiments with content and distribution
Guardian reports that BBC website is in for a major revamp, shortly. BBC unveils radical revamp of website.
Great! In the copyright dominated world, BBC stands out and the present administration is experimenting various strategies for sharing contents - in as many ways as possible. I am fully aware that most of these BBC’s efforts will [...]
Advanced Sudoku Strategies
Advanced Sudoku Strategies
Interesting Sudoku strategies looking for advanced patterns
Paint-on laser could rescue computer chip industry
Paint-on laser could rescue computer chip industry
But this isn’t a laser in the stereotypical sense — no corded, clunky boxes projecting different coloured lights. In fact, Professor Ted Sargent, of the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, carries a small vial of the paint used to make this laser in his [...]
Prominent US Physicists Send Letter to President Bush
Prominent US Physicists Send Letter to President Bush
Thirteen of the nation’s most prominent physicists have written a letter to President Bush, calling U.S. plans to reportedly use nuclear weapons against Iran “gravely irresponsible” and warning that such action would have “disastrous consequences for the security of the United States and the world.”
Fetuses can’t feel pain
“The absence of pain in the fetus doesn’t resolve the morality of abortion, but does argue against legal and clinical efforts to prevent such pain during an abortion,” Derbyshire said. “A mandate to provide pain relief before an abortion may expose women to inappropriate interventions, risks and distress.”
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience [...]
Rajkumar obituary in NYTimes
New York Times has published this obituary on Rajkumar.
“On hearing of his death, thousands of Mr. Rajkumar’s fans spilled into the streets of Bangalore, India’s technology hub. They mourned him by hurling stones at buildings, burning buses and cars and rioting near his home, in the fashionable Sadashivnagar neighborhood, and the police caned some in [...]
Microsoft to allow pirates Vista to run without frills
Microsoft says it will allow pirated versions of its next OS incarnation Vista to run, but will not let the jazzy 3-D graphic features operate unless its license authenticity if verified after ringing home.
“Those who are not running genuine Windows will not be able to take advantage of the Windows Aero user experience,” a Microsoft [...]
Maid in Canada
Globe and Mail has an interesting article by Jan Wang - Maid in Canada.
The article describes about the life of servant maids in Toronto. Though insightful in parts, this feeds largely to the streotypes.