Re: [Ilugc] Leaving Chennai

2009-08-08 Thread Shrinivasan T
Kapil, We all miss you a lot. -- Regards, T.Shrinivasan My experiences with Linux are here http://goinggnu.wordpress.com For Free and Open Source Jobs http://fossjobs.wordpress.com ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsub

Re: [Ilugc] Leaving Chennai

2009-08-08 Thread Raja Subramanian
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > I am shifting to Chandigarh for the next two years to teach at IISER, > Mohali. So you probably won't be seeing me at the meetings for a > while. I will still lurk around on this list. Your lack of physical presence will be sorely misse

Re: [Ilugc] final year project:JANET

2009-08-08 Thread varadarajan narayanan
Hi ! It will be nice if you post some details about your project before asking for suggestions. Cheers Varadarajan On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 1:47 AM, Janet D wrote: > I have decided to do an installtion profile on e-learning for drupal, for > my > final year project. > I need some suggestions on

[Ilugc] final year project:JANET

2009-08-08 Thread Janet D
I have decided to do an installtion profile on e-learning for drupal, for my final year project. I need some suggestions on this.. ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the message. http://

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Vinod Parthasarathy
Yes, user groups can create awareness, which is why I started discussing this topic here. But to motivate a student towards theory, one has to start at the initial stages of his entry into engineering, and I don't know how much of a reach user groups will have to those students. Hope this topic dis

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Vinod Parthasarathy
While a faculty is definitely not to be expected to spoon-feed students, it is the duty of a faculty to introduce important concepts to the students and act as guides. If the student has to learn everything by himslf/herself from scratch, then why does one have colleges? The student might as well s

Re: [Ilugc] Leaving Chennai

2009-08-08 Thread Roshan Mathews
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Kapil Hari Paranjape wrote: > I am shifting to Chandigarh for the next two years to teach at IISER, > Mohali. So you probably won't be seeing me at the meetings for a > while. I will still lurk around on this list. > I hadn't heard of the IISERs ... the wiki article

[Ilugc] Leaving Chennai

2009-08-08 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello ILUG-C Folks, I am shifting to Chandigarh for the next two years to teach at IISER, Mohali. So you probably won't be seeing me at the meetings for a while. I will still lurk around on this list. Being part of ILUG-C activities and discussions has been fun for the last few years --- it is un

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, --- On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Vinod Parthasarathy wrote: | For instance, I was not made aware of | the theory behind object-oriented and functional programming and lambda | calculus. I was simply taught Java! \-- It is a vicious cycle, and that is why one of the major role of user grou

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Arun SAG
Hi, On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Vinod Parthasarathy < vinnytrycl...@gmail.com> wrote: > >A good syllabus with a bad faculty is of no use. > we cannot expect faculties to spoon feed a student. Its the student's responsibility to learn by himself. Most Engineering students expect spoon feedin

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Vinod Parthasarathy
I am talking about the problem I see in CS engineering. But, if you are referring to the following statement alone "After all, isn't engineering an application of known scientific principles?" then yes, I was speaking in general about engineering here, but only to stress that science is important

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Sunday 09 Aug 2009 12:17:52 am Ravi Jaya wrote: > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Vinod > > Parthasarathy wrote: > > Hi Selvakumar, > > First of all, thank you for discussing this issue. > > I hope these thread is no way related to Free/Open Source Software. > > This is not a place to critic ab

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Sunday 09 Aug 2009 12:04:03 am Vinod Parthasarathy wrote: > All I am stressing is that in the current syllabus in Anna > University-controlled engineering colleges, computer science is not given > the importance it requires and any engineer who does not know the science > underlying his field of

Re: [Ilugc] A doubt in php coding

2009-08-08 Thread sivaji j.g
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:43 PM, aishwarya . wrote: > In php, > if i have to append some characters to a word, > for eg: if i want to conver "aish" to "aishwarya" what string function is > to > be used? you could use string concatenation operator . (dot) instead of function. syntax : $string =

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread pavithran
2009/8/8 Ravi Jaya : > I hope these thread is no way related to Free/Open Source Software. > > This is not a place to critic about a University or a College or its > syllabus or curriculum. Do correct me if I am wrong. LOL One of the best mailing list replies I have ever seen :O Anyways Happy Ha

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Vinod Parthasarathy
It is related to free/open source software, though rather indirect. Lack of theoretical knowledge has led to lack of knowledge in some programming languages like Haskell in certain groups of people working in FOSS, who also are in the ILUGC mailing list. Haskell is a FOSS software. One of my intent

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Ravi Jaya
On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 12:04 AM, Vinod Parthasarathy wrote: > Hi Selvakumar, > First of all, thank you for discussing this issue. I hope these thread is no way related to Free/Open Source Software. This is not a place to critic about a University or a College or its syllabus or curriculum. Do cor

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Vinod Parthasarathy
Hi Selvakumar, First of all, thank you for discussing this issue. As you have listed, you have done Principles of Programming Languages and Theory of Computation courses(two of the computer science core courses I had mentioned) . Graph Theory, probably as Arun says, is not in the CEG syllabus toda

Re: [Ilugc] A doubt in php coding

2009-08-08 Thread Pankaj Kumar
Saturday 08 August 2009 22:43 को, aishwarya . ने लिखा था: > In php, > if i have to append some characters to a word, > for eg: if i want to conver "aish" to "aishwarya" what string function is > to be used? Very simple. There is no need to use any function. You can use dot(.) operator to append m

Re: [Ilugc] A doubt in php coding

2009-08-08 Thread Ravi Jaya
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 10:43 PM, aishwarya . wrote: > In php, > if i have to append some characters to a word, if you like to append you can use . (dot) operator for eg: echo 'ravi'.' '.'jaya'; would print, ravi jaya > for eg: if i want to conver "aish" to "aishwarya" what string function is to

[Ilugc] A doubt in php coding

2009-08-08 Thread aishwarya .
In php, if i have to append some characters to a word, for eg: if i want to conver "aish" to "aishwarya" what string function is to be used? Thanks, Aishwarya.M.B ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subje

Re: [Ilugc] GNUsim8085

2009-08-08 Thread Aanjhan R
On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 2:10 PM, Ram Kumar.K wrote: > Hi buddies I am Having micro processor lab this semester In my > college.. So i want to work with the GNUsim8085.. I had installed > GNUsim8085 in my Intrepid Ibex...And I also compiled and run the > program... but i don't know to see the output

Re: [Ilugc] website monitoring tool wanted

2009-08-08 Thread Anand
2009/8/7 Raja Subramanian > On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 10:36 PM, Anand wrote: > > Was it by any chance a gumblar.cn or related worm? > > Similar. But I can't recollect if it was the same. > > - Raja > ___ > To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.i

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Arun SAG
Hi, On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 4:55 PM, Selvakumar Rajeswaran wrote: > > >1) Principles of Programming Languages (i dont know how many colleges has > this paper today). > >2) Design of Algorithms. > >3) Theory of Computation. > >4) Operating Systems > >5) Compiler Design These subjects are indeed g

[Ilugc] GNUsim8085

2009-08-08 Thread Ram Kumar.K
Hi buddies I am Having micro processor lab this semester In my college.. So i want to work with the GNUsim8085.. I had installed GNUsim8085 in my Intrepid Ibex...And I also compiled and run the program... but i don't know to see the output of the program...(I seen the address what i am given in the

[Ilugc] X-session error

2009-08-08 Thread Ram Kumar.K
what are * nix commands and what files have to delete?. -- withRegards... K.Ramkumar Blog at http://fallinlinux.wordpress.com/ contact : 97915 89522 ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body o

Re: [Ilugc] reg. Computer Science subjects in BE Anna Univ syllabus

2009-08-08 Thread Selvakumar Rajeswaran
(Note: this mail is in reply to Vinod Parthasarathy's which is below, but I've changed the subject line to be more relevant) For ur kind information Vinod, When I studied BE (CSE) at College of Engg. Guindy, Anna Univ main campus Chennai, I did following core subjects in my BE: 1) Principles

Re: [Ilugc] Final Year Project Idea

2009-08-08 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:24 PM, bala chandar wrote: > I have few questions, > 1.Is this idea good? Code optimization is a great area to work on. > 2.How should i start to develop this project? Suggest the 'Dragon Book" for a good read. I would suggest you to look

Re: [Ilugc] How to create huge amount of files?

2009-08-08 Thread Ashok Gautham
On 8/7/09, Shrinivasan T wrote: > Friends. > > For a testing, I want to create some 1,00,000 files to be created. > > How to create them? > > Or > > I have a text file. How to create 1,00,000 copies of the same file? You might run into a problem if you hit the limit for the number of files. ext4