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Defective by Design!
The struggle against Digital Restriction Management (DRM) is going to be the most important step to secure the access to seamless information as required by an individual in future. Personally, I have been apprehending this malice for quite sometime now.And,by … Continue reading
‘May day’ with ITEC
The IT haunted WorldMy first ‘Workers Day’,after I have become a ‘worker’ got me more closer in understanding a threat which I have been personally apprehending about for quite sometime now. IT in India, and more importantly the unhealthy work … Continue reading
Caution: The Lucid lynx-Change is here
Ubuntu 10.04 or Project Lucid lynx is out,and as I have already been updating on my ‘social broadcast accounts’ via Gwibber, it has undergone a metamorphosis-both technically and I’m afraid even philosophically! Let me first jot down the glaring apprehensions … Continue reading
Spirituality –> Know Thyself
Nothing exists without purpose. Sometimes, true purposes, with time get scrambled by ageing and lose their authentic context. I can quote, and you might also be able to relate to lots of examples to substantiate this argument.For instance,I have spoken … Continue reading
Rahman’s Rustic Raavan
‘Rustic’ is the word which kept ringing in my head while listening to all the tracks offered by A R Rahman in Mani Ratnam’s Raavan. The album as a whole, I should say Raavan has a typical Mani Ratnam-Rahman sound … Continue reading
Inherent inadequacy of words
Sometimes, when I have an idea,or a thought, or some ‘neural noise’ which I need to dissipate out, words flow out easily conveying the same to the rest of you. Although, in a less effective manner than the authentic source. … Continue reading
Capitalism: A Love Story
“Capitalism: A Love Story” is Michael Moore’s documentary dissecting the 2008 US economy meltdown, which had adverse affects worldwide. In this documentary he rightly attributes this collapse to the failure of Capitalism. While watching this documentary few of my own … Continue reading
ಮಾತೃ ಭಾಷೆ ಹಾಗು ಅದರಲ್ಲಿ ಕಲಿಕೆ : ‘ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶಗಳ ಸ್ಥಳೀಕರಣ’
ಇಂದಿನ ದಿನ, ಸ್ವತಂತ್ರ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶ ಆಂದೋಲನ- ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಮುಖಾಂತರ ಒಂದು ಮುಖ್ಯವಾದ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ – ‘ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶಗಳ ಸ್ಥಳೀಕರಣ’ವನ್ನು ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಶ್ರೀ ಜಯಚಾಮರಾಜೇಂದ್ರ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಉತ್ಸಾಹಿ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳೊಡನೆ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದೆವು . ‘ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶಗಳ ಸ್ಥಳೀಕರಣ’ ಅಂದರೆ ಸ್ಥಳೀಯ ಭಾಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ತಂತ್ರಾಂಶಗಳನ್ನು ಭಾಷಾಂತರಿಸಿ, ಅಲ್ಲಿಯ ಜನತೆಗೆ ಗಣಕಗಳು ಉಪಯುಕ್ತವಾಗುವಂತೆ ಮಾಡುವ ಒಂದು ಯತ್ನ. ಈ ನಿಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಇಂದಿನ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯ … Continue reading
‘Beauty’ of Small things
Little small things in life are the small little sources of super big happinesses. A simple,but effective secret of life preached by a sweet friend,who practices it thoroughly.Little things like the days, dates, messages, expressions, attire, colours, words, utterances, silly faux pas, … Continue reading
Handing over of STUDSAT to ISRO :)
After being conceived before about two and a half years by a bunch of students, and with actual work starting just before an year and half only, today, India’s first Pico-Satellite, which also happens to be the first small satellite( … Continue reading