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A veiwpoint about FSF's campaign
by Roshan 21 Feb '07

21 Feb '07

http://blogs.gnome.org/view/ryanl/2006/12/30/0 This article *_indirectly_* speaks about the dominance of Non-Free software right from the early years of computing, and also recognizes the efforts of FSF to make users realize, that Non-Free isn't any good. Perhaps, it speaks about being "It works!" / "It should work whatsoever" approach. -- FSF-India Fellow Associate http://www.gnu.org.in __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Steve Jobs on DRM
by Koustubha Kale 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Quoting a bit from Steve Job's articl.. <quote> The music companies sell the vast majority of their music DRM-free, and show no signs of changing this behavior, since the overwhelming majority of their revenues depend on selling CDs which must play in CD players that support no DRM system. </quote> It seems to me that soon enough we will start getting CD players which understand DRM? Or have we already started getting them? This is something to watch out for I guess.. Regars KK ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/

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internet connection through mobile in laptop
by Debasish Das 20 Feb '07

20 Feb '07

Hi Friends, I want to connect my laptop to internet through mobile phone or data card. But the problem is that I don't have much knowledge of it. I tried to collect the informations on service providers from net. But I didn't get anything in details. What I have heared is that Tata Indicom has better offer for it. And its speed is also much better as compared to others. Before I try myself I want to get some important details on it from all of you. I am using Ubuntu 6.10 Edgy im my Dell inspiron 640m laptop. Bye

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Fwd: Scilab Workshop
by Anurag 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

---------- Forwarded Message ---------- Subject: Scilab Workshop Date: Friday 16 February 2007 13:52 From: Scilab Workshop <scilab.workshop(a)iitb.ac.in> To: Nagarjuna G <nagarjun(a)gnowledge.org> Dear Dr. Nagarjuna, can you please post this news in appropriate fora? Thanks and regards. Kannan --------------- IIT Bombay is organising a Scilab Workshop, jointly with the Scilab Development Team at INRIA, France. This Workshop will be conducted at IIT Bombay, during 7-8 March 2007. The details of this Workshop are available at http://ekalavya.it.iitb.ac.in/scilab_course.do. An announcement of this Workshop also appears prominently at the Home Page of Scilab, namely, www.scilab.org. You may know that Scilab is a FREE software, having capabilities similar to the industry standard Matlab. We have adopted Scilab for several courses at IIT Bombay. We have found Scilab to be an attractive alternative to Matlab. This Workshop will consist of introductory and advanced level talks on the use of Scilab. In addition, we plan to discuss strategies to take its use forward in India. We would also discuss whether it is possible to participate in the development of Scilab and how well to provide support to end users. We can provide accommodation in our Guest House for those who register early. In case you have any question, please write to me at scilab.workshop(a)iitb.ac.in. Thanks and best wishes. Kannan Moudgalya ------------------------------------------------------- -- __ __ gnu /noo/ n. Ox like antelope; (abbr.) /gnoo/ n. (recursive acronym) Gnu's Not Unix.

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Re: Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Scilab Workshop
by Vickram Crishna 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

--- Vihan Pandey wrote: > Person 'b' spoke about the efforts of KreSit to > promote Open Source, and > > he used MacOS, even after I personnally offered > him a free alternative. > > > Its VERY tough to make Mac OS X users accept > anything else. Unless they have > a VERY clear reason, namely ``Freedom" they won't > do so. > Namely "Freedom"? Naah. How about "user experience"? I use G/L on a PC, but Mac OSX on the laptop. I tried to switch to Ubuntu (great design, almost as good as Aqua features), but it won't recognise the peripherals. Not working is not better than networking. And this is the latest distro, right out of the box. While my box is an old G4, with old peripherals (about 4 yrs). Give me a break, for heaven's sake! ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk

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Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Scilab Workshop
by Debarshi 'Rishi' Ray 19 Feb '07

19 Feb '07

> but the source is available - so far better than matlab. God save us > from purists Use GNU Octave (http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/). Stay away from both Matlab and Scilab. Regards, Debarshi -- GPG key ID: 63D4A5A7 Key server: pgp.mit.edu

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[OT] Motherboard conked.Suggestions for a new, mobo/processor
by Satish Alwani 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

It could also be the heatsink has dried up. this is a common issue, do you hear any specific sounds when you try and put the machine on? If you want, you can get the mobo repaired too (if possible), if you are in mumbai, you can go to esskay in lamington road and give it to them. If its the heatsink paste, you can get Arctic Silver 5. Its an amazing product. Just make sure you read the online application manual. A single drop (size of uncooked grain of rice) is generally good enough for a p4 system. Not to mention it brings down the core temperature upto 8-10 degrees when you clean the fan + apply this. The cooler your machine, the faster/better it performs. Alternatively if you are considering a new system, amd's are okay, but if you want to be future proof, the core 2 duo would be a better bet. AMD64 gives you the 64 architecture, but its still officially an emulated architecture.Unless you went for the opterons and stuff. The core2 would give you the benefits of SMP (if enabled in your kernel). I normally prefer AMD products to Intel (from the early 700mhz duron, and more with the t-birds and even more since the athlons), have always favoured the underdogs, but bottom line is still performance. But this would however mean a bit more expenses now, as compared to performance you gain in the long run. So my preferance Core 2 Do + P5W DH Deluxe [ http://in.asus.com/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=248&model=1198&modelmenu=1 ] P5VD2-X -http://in.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=3&l2=11&l3=346&model=1362&modelmenu=1 Good luck Regards, Satish

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Re: Linuxers Digest, Vol 46, Issue 51
by Vivek Shah 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

> > There was a problem for which "ide: error not recognised" was returned,and > > then SeekDriveReady returned error in the LBA sector...What else could go > > wrong was the question? > > > > Then it logged me in and strangely I found everything was working fine even > > configurations in my home directory.... So the first thing I did was in > > fstab i removed check of /home so tht it doesnt exasperate me for 20 mins > > filling my screen with buffer i/o error n then location > > counting....................... > > I will probably check it again with parted because fsck failed again for > > those sectors > > DriveReady SeekComplete or such errors usually mean there's something > physically wrong with either the hard disk, the cables or the connectors on > the motherboard. I'd say backup everything immediately. Since I am right now under warranty for one year which expires in June 2007 from Acer on my laptop I would go about trying to get it replaced....But when I talked to the guys at the service centre he just baulked when he heard I was running GNU/Linux and told me that such problems crop up on "LINUX machines".. How do I go about the matter now?? Do I go shout my head off now??? Regards, Vivek

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sendmail problem
by sachin chouk 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

Hi All, We are using a Linux sendmail as our email server.For few days we are facing with a problem of worm that sends emails(spam) automatically,due to this problem some ISP's have blocked us.Is there a software/antivirus to resolve this problem. Alternately how can we find out the spam software,whether is a virus/is due to open relay or some other issue. Any help would be highly appreciated. Regards, Sachin Chouk _________________________________________________________________ Get Married in 2007. Join Shaadi.com http://www.shaadi.com/ptnr.php?ptnr=mhottag

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Shaving cream ran out. Suggestions for a new, shaving cream/foam
by Mrugesh Karnik 18 Feb '07

18 Feb '07

Hi, My shaving foam is about to run out. Its Gillette currently. I'm wondering if I should perhaps switch to another brand? Gillette is too expensive. Also, should I stick with the foam thingie or should I be using a shaving cream instead? Which is better? It'd help very much to get some reviews from the members here. Thanks. P.S. grep flame reply >/dev/null -- ---------------------------------------- Mrugesh Karnik GPG Key 0xBA6F1DA8 Public key on http://wwwkeys.pgp.net ----------------------------------------

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