Re: [silk] Need some info
There is one more that I found out http://www.guruji.com/ According to my community friends, they havent got much visibility. Their solution has value as long as most of the indian language content is in some font encoding system. Thanks for all your help ! On Dec 6, 2007 12:09 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Valsa Williams wrote [at 11:52 AM 12/6/2007] : No local heroes ? Indian search engines ? There are some specialised ones like http://asklaila.com/ but overall, I think that google/yahoo are it, apart from rediff (they used to use google as their backend, but it seems to be different now) Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Need some info
Thanks Gautam ! On Dec 6, 2007 12:24 PM, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Valsa Williams wrote [at 11:52 AM 12/6/2007] : No local heroes ? Indian search engines ? http://www.onyomo.com/ http://www.guruji.com/ http://byindia.com/ http://bhramara.in/
[silk] Lights turn red for stunned Delhi jaywalkers
http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-30854320071206?pageNumber=3virtualBrandChannel=0sp=true Lights turn red for stunned Delhi jaywalkers Thu Dec 6, 2007 2:10pm IST By Jonathan Allen NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pedestrians don't cross the Indian capital's chaotic streets so much as dash across as if their life depends on it, which it very often does. More than 900 pedestrians a year fail to make it to the other side, killed by the city's lawless drivers. So police decided on Wednesday it was time to start enforcing a 27-year-old rule against jaywalking. The result was puzzlement and sometimes anger from people for whom dicing with traffic death is a fact of Indian urban life. At six busy New Delhi intersections on Thursday, police officers grabbed jaywalkers by the arm, issued them tickets, and made them pay 20-rupee fines before explaining the idea of waiting patiently for the lights to change. We have to run, the lights don't turn green long enough for us to cross, said D.K. Bhargav, an angry, 57-year-old office worker, fearlessly confronting an officer with his complaint. And in other places there's no crossing at all. Speak to the government and say, 'Kindly build us a crossing,' was the policeman's advice. In the city's Connaught Place commercial district, a troop of men in woolly jumpers, smart shoes and trousers were hastily painting a new zebra crossing. Then police reinforcements arrived and, for the first time that anyone could remember, made about 50 pedestrians line up and wait patiently on either side of the road while traffic rushed by, smearing the still-drying paint. People giggled self-consciously, smiling at those on the opposite curb. During a pause in the traffic someone tried to break ranks and dash across, but a whistle-blowing policeman intercepted him, making everyone laugh. How would a villager know about these lights? There are no traffic lights in their villages, said Constable Suresh Sharma, who thought that the widespread rule-breaking was partly due to Delhi's large population of rural migrants. Our aim is not to prosecute people, our aim is to educate them, police spokesman Rajan Bhagat explained by telephone. But not everyone who was fined took away the correct message. Next time I'll be watchful, said Vasant Pant, a 20-year-old courier late making his deliveries. I'll look to see if there's a traffic policeman before crossing. Some offenders, like Sachin Chaudry, a young, late-running bank executive, quickly handed over their fine and their details without even interrupting their cellphone calls. Others were more evasive. I don't have the money, pleaded Ankita Khurana, a nervous-looking 18-year-old student. Then you'll have to go to jail, the policeman replied. She suddenly remembered she had change in her bag. But another jaywalker -- a scrawny man in unwashed clothes -- seemed to be telling the truth. This is all I have, he pleaded, holding out five rupees. The enraged policeman took this as an insult, waving a finger in his face before pushing him back the way he came. Next time don't cross without a green light, he snarled. (Additional reporting by Onkar Pandey)
[silk] QotD
At some level, sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. From: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001011.html -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine Indiranagar, Bangalore Visit us @ http://www.shiokfood.com Phone: (080) 4116 1800 My food photos: http://flickr.com/photos/themadman
Re: [silk] QotD
And it is a sufficiently pat coinage that several people (including yours truly) have independently come up with it. Though I, for one, was referring to the current inhabitant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has quit the Republican Party and has become an Independent. Bloomberg says he has no plans to be president. Now don't confuse that with President Bush, who has no plans as president. Jay Leno yesterday :-) http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?AssumeGoodFaith It was also the Rule Zero: Assume Goodwill that really caught my attention about silklist. Well, that was the first time I came across it, at least. :-D Fairly interesting statement. I've always been curious: What exactly prompted it? :-) Raul
Re: [silk] QotD
Hmm: Ingrid wrote: On 06/12/2007, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At some level, sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. From: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001011.html A variant of Hanlon's Razor? I thought it was a portmaneau-ish (!) combination of Hanlon's Razor with Clarke's third law, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Clarke%27s_three_lawsoldid=175840436 Cheerio, M -- Madhu M Kurup /* Nemo Me Impune Lacessit */ mmk222 at cornell dt edu
Re: [silk] QotD
On 06/12/2007, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At some level, sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. From: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001011.html A variant of Hanlon's Razor? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor *Hanlon's razor* is an adage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adage which reads: *Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.* Also worded as: *Never assume malice when stupidity will suffice.* -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur
Re: [silk] QotD
Madhu M. Kurup wrote [at 11:48 AM 12/7/2007] : At some level, sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. From: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001011.html A variant of Hanlon's Razor? I thought it was a portmaneau-ish (!) combination of Hanlon's Razor with Clarke's third law Yes. And it is a sufficiently pat coinage that several people (including yours truly) have independently come up with it. Though I, for one, was referring to the current inhabitant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] QotD
Raul Siddhartha wrote [at 12:26 PM 12/7/2007] : http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?AssumeGoodFaith It was also the Rule Zero: Assume Goodwill that really caught my attention about silklist. Well, that was the first time I came across it, at least. :-D Fairly interesting statement. I've always been curious: What exactly prompted it? :-) Well - the URL you cite does a good job of explaining why. Short version: 99% of flamewars go away if one assumes goodwill or good faith) on the part of any interlocutor, unless given reason to believe otherwise. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] QotD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Raul Siddhartha said the following on 07/12/2007 10:56: Jay Leno yesterday :-) Is the writers' strike over then? Or was it a repeat? Ram -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (MingW32) iD8DBQFHWPyrRQoToz9njMgRCFfdAJ0ZCdISU1qCsc3KXriSsCx5kMrjZQCcDL3R dsXj3uYY7L3KLMqx9pGr4lI= =2HFe -END PGP SIGNATURE-
