The stink of the Sonny Bono act[1] in India.
- Sandip
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bono_Copyright_Term_Extension_Act
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Bollywood_classics_have_run_out_of_copyright_life/articleshow/2747020.cms
[...]
Considering that the copyright life of films, much
A few months back I successfully used G4L [Ghost For Linux] to backup
and restore disk images over the network. I used the technique to
build 45 new PCs, with upto about 5 machines being restored at the
same time. I used to get fantastic speeds 20MB/s or even more.
Subsequently we made many more
On Jan 31, 2008 6:12 PM, Anand Shankar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A few months back I successfully used G4L [Ghost For Linux] to backup
and restore disk images over the network. I used the technique to
build 45 new PCs, with upto about 5 machines being restored at the
same time. I used to get
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Views ? Counter points ? Comments anyone ?
Interesting.. At some level it exposes the true face of attitudes of
some indians at the highest level..
I do believe it's at times like this that dissenting voices explaining
the rationale et al behind creative commons and similar should make
You can find it at: 'Let them have laptops' The IndianExpress ePaper -
Digital replica of Print Edition.
I do not completely agree to this article.But I thought this would be
good to discuss this as an precursor to freed.in and would be an
interesting read.
Cheers
Vivek
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vivek v [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You can find it at: 'Let them have laptops' The IndianExpress ePaper -
Digital replica of Print Edition.
I do not completely agree to this article.But I thought this would be
good to discuss this as an precursor to freed.in and would be an
interesting
You can find it at: 'Let them have laptops' The IndianExpress ePaper -
Digital replica of Print Edition.
I do not completely agree to this article.But I thought this would be
good to discuss this as an precursor to freed.in and would be an
interesting read.
The point to consider
Hi Folks,
Any motorola linux mobile owners / developers / enthusiasts here ?
Care to share any stories / opinions / comments wid this group ?
Post to list or send me a uni cast mail..
Context:
saw a touch screen equipped motorola linux mobile with a transparent
clamshell plastic to protect
Context:
saw a touch screen equipped motorola linux mobile with a transparent
clamshell plastic to protect touch screen while protecting it while
still allowing visibility.. Liked the design and would love to hear
more..
The modeul you saw gets spolit quickly battery drains faster than
On Feb 1, 2008 10:17 AM, Sriram J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You can find it at: 'Let them have laptops' The IndianExpress ePaper -
Digital replica of Print Edition.
I do not completely agree to this article.But I thought this would be
good to discuss this as an precursor to
On 01-Feb-08, at 10:33 AM, vivek v wrote:
The point to consider here is wheter a laptop in the hands of an
uneducated
poor child is going to significantly alter his life.
will it prevent him from dropping out of school or help him get a
college
degree.
We are talking about OLPC
H!
On Feb 1, 2008 10:41 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
more to the point is that the people who question what a uneducated
poor child would do with a laptop are also people who have laptops.
:-)
Protecting their own class or elite club and erecting barriers to
prevent
On 01/02/2008, Dinesh Shah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
H!
On Feb 1, 2008 10:41 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
more to the point is that the people who question what a uneducated
poor child would do with a laptop are also people who have laptops.
:-)
Protecting their own
On Friday 01 Feb 2008, Nalin Savara wrote:
Hi Folks,
Any motorola linux mobile owners / developers / enthusiasts here ?
Care to share any stories / opinions / comments wid this group ?
Post to list or send me a uni cast mail..
Context:
saw a touch screen equipped motorola linux mobile
Incidently what do most educated rich children do with their laptops?
Watch and share p0rn? ;-)
I think it is right
since you think it is right and you are rich enough i presume you watch
and share p0rn.
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On 01/02/2008, Sriram J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Incidently what do most educated rich children do with their
laptops?
Watch and share p0rn? ;-)
I think it is right
since you think it is right and you are rich enough i presume you watch
and share p0rn.
i am not rich enough
The point to consider here is wheter a laptop in the hands of an
uneducated
poor child is going to significantly alter his life.
will it prevent him from dropping out of school or help him get a
college
degree.
We are talking about OLPC serving this purpose in two ways.
Children
On 01-Feb-08, at 11:47 AM, Sriram J wrote:
so the plan is to give people laptops without thinking about
building the
required infrastructure.
what infrastructure is needed for a laptop? and 'poor and
uneducated' !== dumb
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Kenneth Gonsalves
Associate, NRC-FOSS
[EMAIL
On 01-Feb-08, at 11:52 AM, Sriram J wrote:
that is a very good reason for giving them cheap laptops
i will now ask who is going to provide them un interrupted
electricy like in
the cities.
i dont know where you live, but here all villages have un-interrupted
electricity unlike in the
they may not be dumb but to be able to use thier laptop skills to improve
thier lives they need a lot more than a laptop.
like roti kapda and makan.
i left out the electricity required to run the laptop because it should be
obvious.
On 2/1/08, Kenneth Gonsalves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On
i dont know where you live, but here all villages have un-interrupted
electricity unlike in the cities
Tamil Nadu is reeling under one of the worst power shortages in recent years
Electricity Minister Arcot N. Veerasamy insists that the government has
initiated 'adequate steps' to tide
On Feb 1, 2008 12:01 PM, Sriram J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
they may not be dumb but to be able to use thier laptop skills to improve
thier lives they need a lot more than a laptop.
like roti kapda and makan.
i left out the electricity required to run the laptop because it should be
obvious.
Same attitude... Let us give them roti, kapada aur makan (Which is
same as Garibi Hatao Abhiyan. ;-)). They really don't need education
and information. :-)
Education and information is not equal to one laptop per person.
if u can tell me how one lap top will give you education i
will
On Feb 1, 2008 12:58 PM, Sriram J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Education and information is not equal to one laptop per person.
if u can tell me how one lap top will give you education i
will gladly read .
if your roti and makan is taken away and u are given electronic
devices instead will
Hi,
I also just read the article that Vivek refers to, and
believe that it bears thinking about. It is a serious question
to which there are no easy answers, and it would be good to
have a real discussion, instead of short reactionary messages.
On one hand, why should the poor be deprived of
hey Raj, Sriram, Others...
The phone I saw was called Motorola MotoMing...
(1) Raj, how different is this from your Motorola A1200 nmobile phone ?
(2) Sriram... what model of Linux Mobile did your brother have ?
Interesting to see Windows Mobile is better than linux in ur brother's
experience;
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