Re: [fosscomm] microsoft and aicte

2012-07-18 Thread Linux Lingam
On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 10:18 PM, A. Mani a.mani@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 9:54 PM, Guru गुरु g...@itforchange.net wrote: cloud is the latest tool to bring proprietary sw in, any suggestions how to approach AICTE? RTI. usually works can we get a rte to get the mou between

Re: [fosscomm] Any FOSS Compatible Printing Press in Mumbai?

2012-07-18 Thread Linux Lingam
uh ho! please never use a command-line tool to convert RGB to CMYK. you need to soft-preview to see which color-tones have gone for a toss. printing is a visual process and a craftsmanship, not an industrialized production method alone. so you need to preview and adjust changes on-screen. that

Re: [fosscomm] Kerala going for Microsoft

2012-07-18 Thread justin joseph
Or one can wait for the present UDF government to be defeated in the elections and then the LDF to clear the mess and then finally take credit and also maybe use the occasion for left bashing. On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Linux Lingam linuxlin...@gmail.com wrote: protests work if they are

Re: [fosscomm] [GNU/Linux-discussion] Hacking and Activism

2012-07-18 Thread Mohit Singh
IMHO, the biggest problem with the term 'ethical hacking' is the offering of its so called capsule courses to budding engineering students. The second year engineering students often come to me with some or the other 'ethical hacking' program or workshop proposal. It's sad that even IIT campuses

Re: [fosscomm] Extent of Surveillance

2012-07-18 Thread Vickram Crishna
Firstly, perhaps this isn't the forum. On Jul 18, 2012 10:00 PM, A. Mani a.mani@gmail.com wrote: http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=vaaid=31899 We should have suitable standards in place for combating this. There are a few alternative technologies available, but what can we