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Closing apps in "window pickermode " in gnome-shell

2011-12-25T07:50:00.001-08:00

One of the problems when working with touch screen is closing apps in window picker mode. I say, add a "trash can" to the dock where I can drag and drop applications to close. This would only be visible in window picker mode. Thoughts?

Tablets : Unity and gnome-shell

2011-12-23T18:47:00.000-08:00

I have thinking about writing this down for quite a while, my experiences with WeTab running Unity and gnome-shell. Unity seems a good interface for a netbook ( I have not used this on 396.2mm laptop yet). The chink being, poor Tablet support. On install, I had setup auto-login, and was presented with the desktop and launcher. Opening up an app, and maximizing it hides the launcher, which I

Not so mad over donuts - a terribly written review of a bad experience

2011-12-18T04:06:00.001-08:00

You can pick any colour for your car, as long as it is black. So says, mad over donuts. I tend to like plain donuts, and one thing which is which comes out of kitchen is a plain freshly prepared hot crunchy donut. The one thing which mad over donut refuses to sell is a freshly prepared hot crunchy plain donut. For some reason whatever else is being sold on, tastes stale to me. Speaking

FudCon 2011 : here I come

2011-10-31T11:34:00.000-07:00

I am heading to fudcon this year, and hopefully will present a talk to elp people starting to working with open source, specifically GNOME. Do vote for me, here - http://fudcon.in/sessions/contributing-opensource

changing brightness from gnome shell

2011-09-07T10:53:00.000-07:00

gnome-power-manager has been rewritten for GNOME 3.2, and is now merged into gnome-settings-daemon as a plugin and this manages policy. The power management is done by UPower for most parts, except backlight.This is managed at Session level by g-s-d via power plugin using XRandR or plain old sysfs depending upon driver support. To manages screen brightness settings, one would do so via dbus,

Linux and Desktop

2011-08-06T12:08:00.001-07:00

Been fun , linux on desktop never ceases to amaze me.

Y2038 !

2011-06-14T03:52:00.000-07:00

Why should one move to x86_64 over 32bit ? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem aint a nice thing to hit. Do your part, ensure your app works on x86_64 and move to x86_64 .ಠ_ಠ flash and skype

flash i686 on fedora linux x86_64 with chrome x86_64

2011-06-14T01:23:00.000-07:00

Download the yum package from http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ , and install adobe-release package. Once done, install flash plugin from the repository $ yum install flash-plugin $ yum install alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 nspluginwrapper.i686 nspluginwrapper.x86_64 $ cd /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins $ ln -s ../plugins-wrapped/nswrapper_32_64.libflashplayer.so .and you are done !

Dell ST2220T on linux

2011-06-13T23:50:00.000-07:00

and it works on Fedora linux with evdev on Xorg. From GnomeThanks to Gopal for tracing this one out. Information posted at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/703118 .

Pushing for xchat-gnome 0.26.3

2011-04-15T04:19:00.000-07:00

xchat-gnome 0.26.2 has been tagged, and not yet been pushed into ftp.gnome.org . I am instead trying to push xchat-0.26.3, ( hopefully) the last release for gtk2.x series, followed by xchat-gnome 0.3.0 for gnome3.

gnome legacy and gnome 3

2011-02-25T08:32:00.000-08:00

For all the folks, who like to stick with "gnome legacy", instead of gnome 3 with bling and gnome-shell, setup the default gnome session accordingly $ cd /usr/share/gnome-session/sessions $ mv gnome.session gnome-new.session $ mv gnome-fallback.session gnome.session

Evolution evovled

2010-11-23T04:37:00.000-08:00

New features expected with Evolution 3.0* Migrate the local store from mbox to maildir format* Remove duplicates* Memory fixes

RHEL6 is out

2010-11-15T00:59:00.000-08:00

RHEL6 is out, and brings out a whole lot of feature over RHEL5 fordesktop users. A small set of feature, I find useful on a EL6 desktopUpstart - http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/dracut - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Dracutext4 - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Ext4btrfs - http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Btrfs_in_Fedora_13( tech preview ) plymouth - http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/

xchat-gnome and delays

2010-06-01T08:05:00.000-07:00

sorry for the delay in releasing a new version. I have relocated to Pune, and currently looking for an accommodation and this would be followed by a broadband. Once this is setup, I will move ahead with working on xchat-gnome. Meanwhile, patches are welcome. ps: xchat-gnome now has a mailing list

HP TouchSmart tx2

2010-02-22T05:18:00.000-08:00

I am a not so proud owner of an HP tx2, and a major pain it is. It came preloaded with Windows Vsita, and a "free" upgrade to Windows 7, available upon request. The laptop/tablet is heavy, has a poor battery life, and heats up faster than a toaster. HP tx2 is pretty small ( 12" display ), easy to carry around, with an optical drive ( yes, I do use it at times ), and linux compatible hardware (

xchat-gnome 0.26.2

2010-02-22T05:16:00.000-08:00

I am currently one of the maintainer of xchat-gnome, and working slowly towards releasing 0.26.2 ( https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602311 ) .

Fedora 13, With Xorg 1.8.x , GNOME 2.30 and "fixed" nautilus

2010-02-22T05:08:00.000-08:00

With release of GNOME 2.30, nautilus has refeverted to browser mode as default. So long spatial mode. In Fedora Xorg is based of udev, rather than hal for automagic hardware detection.Added Note : I have noticed Totem remembers the last played positionFedora+Gnome keep getting better with time.

Duplicate emails and Evolution

2009-11-25T07:18:00.000-08:00

Troubled with Duplicate emails in your inbox, in Evolution ?You need the brand new remove-duplicate plugin, it slices, it dices, and it comes free with your own patch set, and make file.Currently, upstream is working on this - Bug 587011 - evolution-kill-bonobo unable to build remove-duplicates

Android on Fedora

2009-10-13T14:03:00.000-07:00

Samsung Should be soon launching Galaxy in market ( android based phone ). Android as such, looks very attractive to me, due to its developer friendly nature. If you wonder, why not an iPhone, I am biased towards linux, and a long read can be seen on reddit To start with, I downloaded Android 1.6 SDK , and followed the install instructionsWhile install the Eclipse ADT plugin, you might

Samsung Omnia HD ( Gt i8910 )

2009-10-13T13:35:00.000-07:00

In short, this phone sucks, atleast to me.Really annoying * default firmware shipped with the phone is buggy ( web browser crashes on stop ) * WPA wifi connection is not supported * VPN is a major pain in the ass * any files/data received via bluetooth are saved to inbox, and cannot be directly saved to a user specified location ( You can access it from file system using a 3rd party file manager

BSNL inet connection and security

2009-06-08T22:55:00.000-07:00

it SUCKS. longer storyModem The modem provided is DNA A211, which by default uses user/pass admin/admin, and the console interface can be accessed by Wireless ! It most likely uses linux kernel 2.6.8 , with probably gnu based stack. I am not able to see the sourcecode being publishes anywhere on the website. The modem needs a reboot every day, I am still not able to figure this one out, to

xchat-GNOME Fullscreen

2009-05-08T07:26:00.000-07:00

You love to chat over irc, irc is your life, and you need your irc client to support fullscreen ! look no further, xchat-gnome require a trivila patch to support fullscreen. For further information, check out fullscreen support (xchat-gnome)Yes, xchat-gnome needs your love.

rpm, rpmbuild and macros

2009-05-08T06:56:00.001-07:00

When building rpms, avoid using root account. Fedora11 by default does this. For the rest, create ".rpmmacros" in your home directory, with the line below%_topdir %{getenv:HOME}/rpmbuildfor added bonus, people using multi-lib capable architecture ( x86_64), should add the line below to rpmmacros%_solve_name_fmt %{?_solve_pkgsdir}/%%{NAME}-%%{VERSION}-%%{RELEASE}.%%{ARCH}reference:

rpmbuild

2009-05-08T06:56:00.000-07:00

When building rpms, avoid using root account. Fedora 11 by default does this.http://sadiquepp.blogspot.com/2009/02/how-to-patch-and-recompile-source-rpm.html

Receiving files from Phone to computer

2009-03-24T15:48:00.000-07:00

duh ! To receive files from phone and other bluetooth enabled device to a laptop running linux, enabled "Receive files ..." option from file sharing preferences in gnome.Notes: Bluetooth on Fedora

sqlite over libgda

2009-03-22T11:20:00.000-07:00

I have learnt* DDL ( data definition language ) varies from one implementation to another.* it is easier and faster to maintain for one (database) backend , rather than across many.* libgda is good when you are designing a application to manage databases.* libgda is an overkill, when all you need to do is to maintain a small database.* sqlite is fast, small, well documented, and has an active

rt2860 on Fedora11

2009-03-22T11:11:00.000-07:00

For people missing out on wireless driver on Asus Eee 1000H, rt2860 has made it into stagging, and is not part of Fedora11. To build the same, download the latest snapshot from here, using "snapshot" link.once done, extract the same and append the line below to Makefile obj-m := rt2860sta.orun the command below to build, and install the driver$ make -C /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build M=`pwd`

Close male friend

2009-02-16T08:29:00.000-08:00

A woman has a close male friend. This means that he is probably interested in her, which is why he hangs around so much. She sees him strictly as a friend. This always starts out with, you're a great guy, but I don't like you in that way. This is roughly the equivalent for the guy of going to a job interview and the company saying, You have a great resume, you have all the qualifications we are

When a man rapes a woman, it is against the law. When a woman rapes a man, the law is the instrument she uses.

2009-02-16T07:27:00.001-08:00

Well, then, since it is not immediately obvious, allow me to explain.Women have much more power in relationships than men do. Not just by social convention (which, believe me, is power enough), not just because others are more sympathetic to their side of any story (which, believe me, is also more than power enough), but via the full weight and majesty of the law.Let us construct, in our heads, a

Atheists and Anger

2009-02-13T12:07:00.000-08:00

...I'm angry that so many parents and religious leaders terrorize children -- who (a) have brains that are hard-wired to trust adults and believe what they're told, and (b) are very literal-minded -- with vivid, traumatizing stories of eternal burning and torture to ensure that they'll be too frightened to even question religion.I'm angrier when religious leaders explicitly tell children – and

Muslim outrage

2009-02-13T01:01:00.000-08:00

By Craig At first, the Muslims were outraged by cartoons but I didn't speak up because I wasn't an artist.And then the Muslims were outraged by history books and news but I didn't speak up because I don't read much.And then the Muslims were outraged by women who weren't completely veiled but I didn't speak up because I'm not a woman.And then the Muslims were outraged by the practice of other

Linux Hosts That Use the evdev Driver for Keyboards Do Not Map Keys Correctly in Any Guest in VMware

2008-11-21T02:47:00.000-08:00

Some of the newest Linux distributions use Xorg 1.4, and the new evdev driver manages all devices, including keyboards. The evdev driver causes the keyboard to send different key codes. For example, the down arrow is key code 116, which other drivers understand to be Win+R. Consequently, keyboard mapping problems occur in all guest operating systems.Solution - http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/

close ssh session

2008-11-21T02:21:00.000-08:00

How does one close an ssh session, which has been disconnected from server ?use the keycombo "~." , without quotes. For more info, do check man pages. $ man sshPrologueI was happily working on my system, trying to access my test box remotely. And then, there was darkness, or as most people would call it as power failure. Yes, I do not have a UPS as yet ( under repair ) and i ended up with a "

Barclaycard Waterslide spoof from specsavers !

2008-11-20T21:17:00.000-08:00

Barclaycard Waterslideand a spoof from unruly media and SpecsaverYes, it's time for me to wear a specs.

recover partition table

2008-11-20T20:57:00.000-08:00

oh no ! you deleted/overwrote/spilled coffee on your partition table ! what next ???for everything (almost, but coffee) you can check out testdisk, part of Fedora, and follow the instruction on screen, Prologue One fine day, the birds were singing outside, a bright sunny day, and then I had install fedora on my a test box, on which I incidentally had installed a old hdd with lots of old pictures

House

2008-10-31T13:08:00.000-07:00

From Life

birthday blues

2008-10-31T12:27:00.000-07:00

Yes, late by a bit, but something for us to remember byFrom Life

sleep my baby, close those dreamy eyes

2008-10-23T06:31:00.000-07:00

Jake is tugging his baby Mille into bed, and she wants to listen to a storyjake:looong ago in a kingdom far awaylived a king, who had everything but a smilemille:why didnt he have a smile ?jake:he had nothing to yearn formille:woahjake:for he had everythingmille:but loveright rightjake:he is looking for somethinghe just does not know whathe walks across his kingdomlistening to his citizenstheir

Lawyers...You gotta love 'em.

2008-09-20T13:51:00.000-07:00

A Mafia Godfather finds out that his bookkeeper has cheated him out of ten million bucks. His bookkeeper is deaf. That was the reason he got the job in the first place. It was assumed that a deaf bookkeeper would not hear anything that he might have to testify about in court. When the Godfather goes to confront the bookkeeper about his missing $10 million, he brings along his attorney, who knows

Am I a Hindu ?

2008-09-11T14:24:00.001-07:00

Am I a Hindu?Four years ago, I was flying from JFK NY Airport to SFO to attend ameeting at Monterey, CA.An American girl was sitting on the right side, near window seat.It indeed was a long journey - it would take nearly seven hours!I was surprised to see the young girl reading a Bible - unusual ofyoung Americans! (Later I came to know that September 11 has changedmind-set of lot of US citizens.

Smile

2008-08-17T15:33:00.000-07:00

I wait by for youLooking through the day, anew.Hoping you would drop byto say a hi.Ending my day with a smilewhile i work for my dream, meanwhile.-- ritz

Voice

2008-08-17T15:28:00.000-07:00

you charge me upyou bring me down where would i bewithout your sound-- ritz

Why

2008-08-17T15:26:00.000-07:00

asking all the day whyfor all we look for one hoping her to be my sunshining through my mindgiving my heart, the needed wind-- ritz

Romeo and Juilet

2008-08-17T15:21:00.000-07:00

build me a Mountainsays the fair maiden, besides the fountainand all Romeo can sayi can promise you me, through the wayof lifeas my wife.-- ritz

Life

2008-08-17T15:19:00.000-07:00

Life , i shy away fromfor love is my companionwith me, when i am alonewith me, when i sleepwith me, when i livewith me, until deathtear my life apart from me.-- ritz

What after death

2008-08-17T15:18:00.000-07:00

neither hell, nor heavenfor there is noneGod was never therenor there shall be one.-- ritz

dreams

2008-07-27T15:21:00.001-07:00

i am out to dreamof a world i would live inwith no tears, a worldwhere all are onewith thoughts of peaceand of friends-- ritz

Butterflies

2008-07-27T04:41:00.001-07:00

think of butterflies in skyroaming highflying away into the nightto emerge in day, as we liedreaming of a flightof freedom above, and love besides-- ritz

key-mapping on RHEL5

2008-07-14T11:17:00.000-07:00

multimedia keys[1] do not work on RHEL5, which was missing keymap quirk[2] patch done by rhughes. backporting was fun, while it lasted, now my life feel hollower than ever.[1] http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=45032[2] http://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/quirk/quirk-keymap-index.html

Evolution account editor accepts white space in host name as valid

2008-05-22T07:26:00.000-07:00

Evolution will accept whitespace in hostname, and when one checks for email - failure ! and a rather tricky one to spot.This has been fixed now, thanks for input from Alan Matsuoka.reference : gnome bug 533465 – Evolution account editor accepts white space in host name as valid

The Tower of KFC

2008-03-19T01:18:00.001-07:00

The Tower of KFC Originally uploaded by sankarshan My Desk

xchat-gnome : sound notification

2008-02-04T00:16:00.000-08:00

Upon quiting totem i heard a ping. This is from xchat-gnome ( from sound-notification plugin ). Seems that gnome_sound_play is being used to play the sound, which defaults to esd backend !!! gnome_sound_play ("../../data/message.wav");ESD has been superceeded by pulseaudio in most major distribution. I would prefer if we moved to a gstreamer based backend. I did end up re-writting the

xchat-gnome : unchecking "Mark as away" does not work

2008-02-03T19:37:00.000-08:00

Ticking away worked like a charm on xchat-gnome, but unticking does not do any magic.This Turns out to be a bug fixed upstream ( gnome #462031 ). "grepping" the code reveals a rather trivial fix, and on further lookup a part of Fedora9 build. I ended up filing a bug-report ( fedora #430883 ).A package was released with the stated fix, which crashes xchat-gnome when one tries to set/unset away.

Journey to bombay for a friend's wedding

2007-11-26T04:33:00.001-08:00

Sunday's itinerary Runa, Ritesh and Saurabh Originally uploaded by sankarshanWoke up at 6:00hrs.Cooking up vegetable soup ( cabbages, carrots, spring onions, baby corns, peas, pepper and salt )Hit shower by 6:15hrsRuna texts me, will be starting for bombay lateSleep off by 7:00hrsWake up call at 7:30hrsOn road, and having (second) breakfast by 10:00hrsReached venue by 10:30hrsRituals and more

Shady smile

2007-11-05T10:37:00.001-08:00

Shady smile Originally uploaded by sankarshan In search of shade, and on call

Weird !

2007-10-26T10:23:00.000-07:00

Plain weird http://www.youtube.com/v/-3JCESdFNyw&rel=1"/>

Kiwi

2007-10-26T10:21:00.000-07:00

rhythmbox refuses to exit

2007-10-19T16:02:00.001-07:00

Die, die, die does nothing magic words i spoke do your thing killall is my last try but then i ask why ? and rb refuses to die. Seem to do with dbus-activation code, which is a part of fedora. The problem lies with unannounced death of rb at hands of SEGV the dreaded.Update: Traced this to gstreamer-plugin-ugly

Thats me

2007-10-19T15:18:00.001-07:00

Thats me Originally uploaded by khadgaray One month of running around, followed by a month working out i see myself with a stressed out wrist.blame the mouse ! and i am sticking to my natural keyboard ( yes, MS )

foss.in seen on horizon

2007-10-19T15:06:00.000-07:00

foss.in is up again, and is focusing this year on developers and contributors minus the advocacy. I have submitted a talk on hunting bugs down in gnome and hoping that the same be accepted.me says "fingers crossed"

an affair with gyachi

2007-10-19T14:54:00.000-07:00

For fun, i was poking around code of gyachi, and trying to move the same to a saner gtk code rewrite ( probably with glade/gtkuibuilder ), and hopefully gstreamer framework. GStreamer is the de facto multimedia framework used on gnome platform, and has an almost excellent documentation. As the saying goes, we cannot show the absence of a bug but only the presence and i hit one. One bug killed

spell check on gedit

2007-10-19T14:45:00.000-07:00

Using linux with gedit ? Using spell check ? Enabling spell check for every document ? Salvation should be found for thy at : gnome bug #305055

Take a break

2007-06-24T10:43:00.001-07:00

Take a break Originally uploaded by khadgaray A trek to Visapur was fun, and of breath taking beauty.

Maternal Instinct

2007-06-24T10:26:00.000-07:00

Sarah Hrdy argues that women possess a reproductive behavioral strategy including infanticide, that this strategy is an adaptation and arose as a response to stresses mothers faced with the agrarian revolution. I argue that while psychopathological and cultural evolutionary accounts for Hrdy's data fail, her suggested psychological architecture for the strategy suggests that the behavior she

Cyanide and Happiness

2007-06-24T09:55:00.000-07:00

Cyanide & Happiness @ Explosm.net

MotorolaFans.com :: View topic - yan0's A1200 Mpkg Installer and LinLoader.mpkg

2006-11-19T19:42:00.000-08:00

Motorola A1200. Bought a new shiny phone - motorola a1200. Yes, the one which runs linux. It's awesome with only one pitfall, no physical keyboard :( You can telnet into this phone !To istall mpkg & linloader : software managerhttp://www.motorolafans.com/MotorolaFansPHPbb/viewtopic.php?t=4954Telnet and samba serverhttp://www.motorolafans.com/MotorolaFansPHPbb/viewtopic.php?t=4756

Dark sky

2006-11-12T06:23:00.000-08:00

Inspiration comes from the least expected source. A collection on uncoordinated dreams.I saw her on porch waiting for someone. A pretty face with joy masking a tint of sadness ...Grass was green , covered with dew. Birds were chirping and you could hear in background kidding laughing and playing. You could see a sun ready to sleep, and a moon ready to jump into the sky. And the roads started to

Hooked to "Wo Lamhe - Kya mujhe pyaar pyaar hai ( Kay Kay )"

2006-11-12T06:22:00.000-08:00

Love is an interesting word. People define it as magic and as a precious jewel. Often makes me wonder what is the end to love.Falling in love is all about flow of adrenaline which excites us, and various other hormones which bonds us, and in the end keeps us together even when distance parts us. and these hormones, really screw up your sense of logic. Then again, humans were never ever logical

2006-10-18T01:25:00.000-07:00

My desktopdual head looks sweet on FC6

Business is Buniness!!

2006-09-30T12:44:00.000-07:00

One day many years ago at a school in South London a teachersaid to the class of 5-year-olds, "I'll give $20 to the child who can tellme who was the most famous man who ever lived."An Irish boy put his hand up and said, "It was St. Patrick." Theteacher said, "Sorry Alan, that's not correct."Then a Scottish boy put his hand up and said, "It was St.Andrew." The teacher replied, "I'm sorry, Hamish,

1995 - Levis

2006-09-20T16:44:00.000-07:00

What an uncharacteristic Levis ad, what with the bird-pooping, nose-picking, and toilet-sitting. It's all made better by the stop-motion animation, and the song "Mister Boombastic" by Shaggy.

Family Guy - Break Up

2006-09-14T19:41:00.000-07:00

Funny clip of Brian breaking up with Lois. www.upyourvideo.net

Family Guy - Popeye

2006-09-14T19:39:00.000-07:00

Popeye is dead

Mastercard Blowjob Commercial

2006-09-14T19:33:00.001-07:00

Basically, a very funny commercial for Mastercard involving a guy asking his girlfriend for a blowjob, with very funny results. There is no graphic, pornographic or obscene material, however adult language is used.

Honey I'm Home...

2006-09-14T19:33:00.000-07:00

Things which happen only in Thailand....

Best and Worst of the Web - Religious Advice & Best Fan Letter

2006-08-07T13:32:00.000-07:00

Religious Advice & Best Fan Letter Dr. Laura Schlessinger is a radio personality who dispenses advice to people who call in to her radio show. Recently, she said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22 and

9 months of gestation in 20 seconds

2006-08-04T17:41:00.000-07:00

9months of gestation in 20secs.

The Belly of the Indian Woman

2006-07-29T15:56:00.000-07:00

The Belly of the Indian Woman:Sometimes non-Indians wonder about the traditional costume of the Indian woman, the short blouse she wears under her sari that exposes her middle. Why is her bare belly revealed? Lest this custom be misunderstood, I would like to point out that it is not for any sexy allure, but in honor of the fertility of her womb that bears children."

I'm Her Daddy

2006-07-29T15:15:00.000-07:00

Funny commercial, honest, I'm her daddy.

Detect idleness, and log-out of Gnome.

2006-07-14T16:03:00.000-07:00

/* xidle.c * Grab XScreenSaver Extension Idle information * Idea ripped from GAIM * by Spirilis * + output modifications by f0rked * 2005-04-26 * * I ripped over the original rip. A quick dirty hack * + logout after 30 mins. * by Ritesh Khadgaray * Fri Jul 14 22:38:55 2006 * * Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2: * (original GAIM copyright

The Religious Policeman

2006-04-25T04:05:00.000-07:00

The Religious Policeman:"In Memory of the lives of 15 Makkah Schoolgirls, lost when their school burnt down on Monday, 11th March, 2002. The Religious Police would not allow them to leave the building, nor allow the Firemen to enter."Religion, Hate, Racism and life .

Lottu Losku: More on New Orleans and Mumbai

2006-04-17T07:42:00.000-07:00

Subject: [x-wti] NEW ORLEANS AND MUMBAII couldn't' stop making this comparison..inches of rain in new orleans due to hurricane katrina... 18inches of rain in mumbai (July 27th).... 37.1"For more Lottu Losku: More on New Orleans and Mumbai

OpenOffice.org Easter Egg : Star Wars game

2006-04-17T04:12:00.000-07:00

OpenOffice.org : Star Wars game1. create a new sheetin openoffice.org Calc (spreadsheet)2. enter this formula in a cell :=game()and validate (validation button or enter)3.the cell will display 'say what?'4. Enter this formula:=GAME('StarWars').............

Violence in Bangalore after Rajkumar's death - Newindpress.com

2006-04-12T05:42:00.000-07:00

Violence in Bangalore after Rajkumar's death - Newindpress.com:BANGALORE: Violence was reported in many parts of the city as the news about the death of Kannada matinee idol and Dadasaheb Phalke awardee Rajkumar spread."Is this how we potray our country ? With blood, and gore to all. Do we need only a excuse to fight ? Are we all that brutal to life ? Are we anti-life ?

Religion and Freedom of Speech

2006-03-27T06:53:00.000-08:00

'Blasphemy must be forbidden because it is against God'Where is God? Is he real? Can you show me your God? Can you show me any evidence of your God? No, you cannot, and so this argument is meaningless to those who are not believers in your God.'Blasphemy must be forbidden because it is against religion'So you want to protect religion. Which religions will you protect? Do you want religious

DMR is C.R.A.P.

2006-03-27T02:41:00.000-08:00

A load of C.R.A.P. - At The Whiteboard - ZDNetZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind suggests that CRAP or Content, Restriction, Annulment, and Protection, is a catchier phrase than DRM - Digital Rights Management. Why does he think this technology is crap? Once you've bought music or other content to play on one device, it won't play on any other device because of the proprietary layer of

2006-03-27T02:24:00.000-08:00

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2006-03-27T02:21:00.000-08:00

GTK windows with alpha channelsWritting a semi-transparent window (ie with an alpha channel) using GTK+ .

US Human Right Record : Maher Arar

2006-02-22T00:47:00.000-08:00

Maher's Story in BriefMaher Arar is a 34-year-old wireless technology consultant. Arar was born in Syria and at the age of 17, came to Canada with his family. He became a Canadian citizen in 1991 and in 1997 moved to Ottawa.In September 2002, Arar was in Tunisia, vacationing with his wife Monia Mazigh and their two small children. On Sept. 26 while in transit in New York’s JFK airport, he was

Password less ssh login

2006-02-21T07:17:00.000-08:00

On the client, generate a new ssh keyusing "ssh-keygen" command . It will ask you for a path tosave the file, and a passphrase, just press "enter" toselect alldefault values and to return to console. ssh-keygen -t dsaNext copy the file "/home/

Gnome 2.14

2006-02-17T11:14:00.000-08:00

A Look at GNOME 2.14Good thingsSpeed , Speed, SpeedSearch through Nautilus, YelpMetacity had a compositing managerDeskbarEvolution looks better CairoAnd lots more .....Missing Stuff :(Themes/Icon polishgtk-engine cleanup

Hindu Customs in the Muslim Community in India

2006-02-17T07:18:00.000-08:00

Hindu Customs in the Muslim Community in India:"The varying opinions that Indians hold on an issue like cultural identity is highlighted when we talk of our country's ancient past before religions like Islam and Christianity were introduced into India or rather before these religions came into being in the country of their birth. A Muslim or a Christian would be indifferent if not hostile to

Pickled Politics » Much Apu About Nothing

2006-02-16T07:45:00.000-08:00

Much Apu About Nothing:Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Ph.D. (sometimes spelled Nahasapeemapetilan) is a fictional character featured in The Simpsons television series. He is the proprietor of the Kwik-E-Mart (a subsidiary of Nordyne Defense Dynamics), the local convenience store. He is an immigrant from India, and, like most Simpsons characters, is a caricature of a common stereotype—that of the South

Evolution: Sex: Is Love in Our DNA?

2006-02-03T13:17:00.000-08:00

Evolution: Sex: Is Love in Our DNA?: " Consider this... Beautiful young women are sexually attractive to men because beauty and youth are closely linked with fertility and reproductive value. In evolutionary history, males who were able to identify and mate with fertile females had the greatest reproductive success ... A 14-year-old woman has a higher reproductive value than a 24-year-old woman,

Evolution: Sex: The Advantage of Sex

2006-02-03T13:10:00.000-08:00

Evolution: Sex: The Advantage of Sex: "The Red Queen hypothesis for sex is simple: Sex is needed to fight disease. Diseases specialize in breaking into cells, either to eat them, as fungi and bacteria do, or, like viruses, to subvert their genetic machinery for the purpose of making new viruses. To do that they use protein molecules that bind to other molecules on cell surfaces. The arms races

All about Linux: Make your files immutable which even root can't delete

2006-02-01T10:58:00.000-08:00

All about Linux: Make your files immutable which even root can't delete:Here is a cool tip on how you can make files on your system immutable. By immutable, I mean even root can't delete the files if he choose to. Linux ships with a tool called chattr which can be used for the purpose. 'chattr' is similar to the 'attrib' DOS equivalent tool but much more powerful and flexible. To make your file (

Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc: Thinking in C++ 2nd Edition by Bruce Eckel

2006-01-25T17:06:00.000-08:00

Bruce Eckel's MindView, Inc: Thinking in C++ 2nd Edition by Bruce Eckel:"Free Electronic Book Volume 1 & Volume 2"Doi need to say anything more ?

About the AIDS & HIV Charity AVERT

2006-01-25T16:59:00.000-08:00

What is AVERT?AVERT is an international HIV and AIDS charity based in the UK, with the aim of AVERTing HIV and AIDS worldwide.AVERT has a number of overseas projects, helping with the problem of HIV/AIDS in countries where there is a particularly high rate of infection, such as South Africa, or where there is a rapidly increasing rate of infection such as in India.And through our highly

Atheism in Hinduism

2006-01-17T05:54:00.000-08:00

Atheism in Hinduism:"DOES HINDUSIM ALLOW ATHEISM ?Sujoi KarampuriThere are many religions in the world and they usually have a propounder i.e. a person who has started the religion like, Prophet (Islam), Christ (Christianity), Guru Nanak (Sikhism) and many more like Jain, Zarasusthra. But Hinduism does not come into this class as it has no propounder. It has come into existence through time

a woman from inside out

2006-01-15T23:32:00.000-08:00

a woman from inside out - http://www.pelourinho.com/movies/c003702/Awesome artisitic work