Ekwipment: A lightweight PHP/MySQL job listing engine. Coming Soon. Ekwipment is a lightweight PHP/MySQL engine for adding job listings to a website. We are still in private Beta at the moment but plan to open the project up to more beta testers in the near future (tags: design job jobs programming) Read more
Mayank in his column "I for Insanity . I for Illness . I for Islam" argues about the insanity and the trouble that is prevalent in Islam. He asks some tough questions and looks for answers: Islam i.e. a No-Tolerance Zone The non-Islamic world sees Islam as a group of followers with no tolerance. They ask why the problem areas of the world chiefly consist of Muslim populated regions. They ask why Muslims could not live in harmony alongside people not following their faith. Read more
CIO.com has come out with the third Offshoring Guide. It gives interesting comparisons between the various countries which are alternatives for off-shoring of technical and other work from companies in US and other Western countries. It primarily rates the companies on three main criteria: - Geopolitical Risk - Salaries of the Programmers - English Proficiency. and has an Overall Ranking (which includes: Maturity of the Industry, Size of the market, availability and cost of skilled labor, and infrastructure) Read more
How will the world's population distribution change by 2025? Here is an interesting take: This projection, dubbed "Mapping the Future," shows that the greatest increases in population will occur in developing countries. Of course, this projection might be wrong, but this one has been built by watching nine million 'cells' distributed across the globe. And the researchers also have mapped several other evolutions, including maps of countries which will be touched by a lack of water or a growth in emission of carbon dioxide. Read more
Here it is - the Stem Cell enthusiasts can go for a vacation to South Korea and have a little sight seeing while their Korean counterparts create all kinds of stuff at the cutting edge of the Stem Cell Research. Apparently, Stem Cells cross the "moral boundary" because it "kills" a life for medical benefits. Quite unlike that little kid in Iraq who dies from relentless bombing for national interests. Certain kind of killings are Jesus-approved as are some targets! Read more
Another experiment that straddles science and the spirit. Many have happened until now and the results do show that there is some kind of interface that occurs in the entire system that is very intriguing! Scientists at the University of Manchester have created a virtual world to test telepathic ability. Participants in a trial will wear a head-mounted 3D display and an electronic glove to navigate their way through a computer-generated world. The people in the trial are placed in separate rooms on different floors of a building to eliminate any possibility of communication. Read more
Just got an email from the desicritics.org yahoo group where a member of SAJA - Sree Sreenivasan - had asked the Indian Consulate about India's ban on blogs. Here is the official word: From: A.R.Ghanashyam <[email protected]>Subject: Blog Issue in IndiaJuly 19, 2006Dear Sree:Reference our discussions and correspondence on the issue of blocking of blogs blogs in India, we had taken up the matter with the authorities concerned inthe Department of Telecommunications in the Government of India and the facts are as under:A two-page write up containing extremely derogatory references to Islam and theholy prophet which had the potential to inflame religious sensitivities inIndia and create serious law and order problems in the country appeared in ablog facilitated by well known search engines. The matter was immediately takennote of by our CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) and the Department ofTelecommunications (DOT) was informed of it. The DOT took up the matterforthwith with the search engines and instructions were also issued to allInternet providers to block the two impertinent pages. Because of atechnological error, the Internet providers went beyond what was expected ofthem which in turn resulted in the unfortunate blocking of all blogs.Department of Telecommunications have now clarified the issue and the error isbeing rectified and it is expected that normalcy in respect of blogs will soonbe restored.This is for your information.A.R. GhanashyamDeputy Consul GeneralNew York Read more
I just got this pop up on my screen from the Google dektop news - Tsunami Death Toll Hits 531 - which set me thinking. I have been getting regular updates as the number has risen from somewhere in the hundreds to over 300 yesterday to over 500 now! What is the significance of reporting the ever increaing numbers? Is it being done to catch our attention? That now since this is >500 which means it is itself a fourth of the toll of the last tsunami ... so guys... this is SERIOUS!! It goes without saying that this Tsunami hasn't got even a quarter of the coverage that the last Tsunami got! And THAT is a serious issue! Either we all are too numbed by the death tolls.. or we take the deaths in poorer nations to be a regular or undisturbing occurence! Read more
Is the slow down in the economy coming? U.S. job seekers are taking longer to land a position as employers cut back on expansion plans because of concerns over the health of the economy, a survey found on Tuesday. The typical job search took 3.6 months in the second quarter, nearly a month longer than in the first three months of the year, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas reported. Searches also took longer than a year ago, when the typical job hunt lasted 3.1 months. Technorati : Economy, US Del.icio.us : Economy, US Ice Rocket : Economy, US Flickr : Economy, US Buzznet : Economy, US 43 Things : Economy, US Read more
This is an article by Ayaan Hirsi Ali - who has written "The Caged Virgin". Here the author argues - and I believe with merit - that the dialog for peace between the Islamic world and the "Open Society" of the civilized nations ought to be preceded by a debate - a clear and out-spoken debate about Muhammad - the example of whom every "faithful" Muslim aspires to follow. If he turns out to be less noble - thats an understatement - than what he is made out by the believers.. and if indeed it is HIS very example that is leading the young men and women to suicide bombings and killings around the world.. then the first task is to rethink the entire Islamic paradigm!! Read more
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