[Ilugc] Forgot System Password

2014-06-19 Thread Venkatraman S
I have the system login password for the lone user in my computer with Ubuntu 14.04LTS. I tried various solutions after a quick round of googling, but of no avail. Any previous experiences or quick help would be awsum, as the system contains some critical data. Regards, Venkat ___

Re: [Ilugc] Accessing Bug Database

2014-03-07 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Shakthi Kannan wrote: > Hi, > > --- On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Venkatraman S > wrote: > | Was wondering if there any open source projects whose bug database can be > | accessed (i.e, read-only)? > \-- > > Michael Hoye (mhoye AT

Re: [Ilugc] Accessing Bug Database

2014-03-07 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:39 PM, satyaakam goswami wrote: > > > > Well, I do not want the webaccess, i.e, I do not want to browse; > > but the database schema access. > > > > I want to check out a few trends and do some analysis. > > > > is this something like this > http://developer.github.com/v3

Re: [Ilugc] Accessing Bug Database

2014-03-07 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:18 PM, satyaakam goswami wrote: > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Was wondering if there any open source projects whose bug database can be > > accessed (i.e, read-only)? > > > > yes , pic

[Ilugc] Accessing Bug Database

2014-03-06 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, Was wondering if there any open source projects whose bug database can be accessed (i.e, read-only)? Regards, Venkat ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc ILUGC Mailing List Guidelines: http://ilugc.in/mailinglist-g

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Filing taxes for freelancing work

2014-03-05 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Manokaran K wrote: > If your billing is in INR and if it exceeds 10 lakhs per annum, then you > have to register for and pay service tax. Not necessary if its in forex. > Not sure what you mean by the last line. So if you received in forex, then no need of ST?

[Ilugc] [OT] Canon BJC 1000SP Printer

2014-01-21 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, I have a Canon Bubblejet printer (model#BJC 1000 SP). You need to get a new cartridge, but otherwise it was working fine when it was last used a few years back. No breaks. The box, CDs etc are intact. Would this be of use to anyone? Kindly email me in private if yes. Regards, Venkat ___

Re: [Ilugc] Convert Apache .htaccess to Lighttpd

2013-05-08 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 6:57 PM, Kannan wrote: > > *Hi Guys, * > > * > > * > > *Can anyone help me converting this Apache .htaccess to Lighttpd URL > > Consider nginx if you are switching the web > server software. > +1.

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Wanted "Used Tablet" for Kids Linux learning

2013-03-26 Thread Venkatraman S
I had a chance to attend an OLPC meeting early this year and must say that it was a pretty nice 'kit'. I had an OLPC with me till early this month and had to pass it on to a village where it is going to be used. I wish i had brought it to one of the ilugc meets! Having said that, i must concur w

Re: [Ilugc] question about django

2013-03-25 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 4:22 PM, mani maran.r wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > From: "mani maran.r" > Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:20:42 +0530 > Subject: question about django > To: kanchilug > > i have a very urgent doubt, i'm doing project in django > it needs to support tamil u

Re: [Ilugc] Software from Kenneth Gonsalves

2013-02-26 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 5:23 PM, Prem Kurian Philip wrote: > >From his email to me: > > "I did start a project for an address database for India. That is village- > taluk-district-town-city-state information that all can use - the software > is practically ready, but some how I forgot about it. Ma

[Ilugc] Fwd: [BangPypers] Fwd: Python Software Foundation: Python Trademark at Risk

2013-02-14 Thread Venkatraman S
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sriram Narayanan Date: Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 4:59 AM Subject: [BangPypers] Fwd: Python Software Foundation: Python Trademark at Risk To: Bangalore Python Users Group - India Fyi -- Forwarded message -- From: "Dmitrijs Ledkovs" Date:

Re: [Ilugc] Old Computer to give away ++ Taken

2013-01-16 Thread Venkatraman S
This has been taken by Basker of LinuXpert. Thanks to those who responded ; and apologies to those who wished for and to whom i couldn't give. Regards, Venkat On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 10:07 AM, Venkatraman S wrote: > Just to be clear...this is 'Free' .. > Prefer someone

Re: [Ilugc] Old Computer to give away

2013-01-15 Thread Venkatraman S
Just to be clear...this is 'Free' .. Prefer someone who can collect it by Friday end of day.. First Come First Serve Basis, as i cannot reserve it and need to clear the stuff asap. On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > Hi, > > I got an old Computer(CPU+CRT

[Ilugc] Old Computer to give away

2013-01-13 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, I got an old Computer(CPU+CRT Monitor+UPS) that i want to give away. This was bought in Apr'2000 and has been actively used till Jun 2005 and then the usage dropped till it went kaput in early 2010. This was my FIRST computer and my BE project and all my personal projects were done on this.

[Ilugc] DKIM Key Vulnerability

2012-10-24 Thread Venkatraman S
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/10/dkim-vulnerability-widespread/ -V ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Databases and open source

2012-10-16 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:16 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think everyone knows mySQL. > > It is a popular brand like Linux. How many know Postgres? > > How many SQLite? > > Like the debate between emacs and vi or between Linux and BSD there > are people who

Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: [Wikimediaindia-l] Invitation to participate in Wiki Loves Monuments India 2012

2012-08-31 Thread Venkatraman S
On Sat, Sep 1, 2012 at 9:34 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > > We are happy and please to let you informed that the global photography > contest Wiki Loves Monuments 2012 (WLM) kicks off today, while India > participates along and competes with other 35 nations. On behalf of the > core team and Wikimedi

Re: [Ilugc] Kalyan Varma: Free art is profitable

2012-08-22 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Arun Venkataswamy wrote: > On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Shrinivasan T >wrote: > > > Found a nice video on how releasing the photographs for free and in > > creative commons can bring lot of money. > > http://kalyanvarma.net/about > > > Nice info. > Thanks for

Re: [Ilugc] Fwd: [ilugd] [commercial] Welcome to GNU Coreutils Tips service

2012-08-06 Thread Venkatraman S
Sounds similar to what Girish/Bharatthi did a few years back in this DL. -V http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.in/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Info about dear Kenneth

2012-08-04 Thread Venkatraman S
On Sat, Aug 4, 2012 at 9:23 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wanted a more precise reason. Got it from Bharathi. > Which is? -V ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] PIPA and SOPA Co-Sponsors Abandon Bills

2012-01-19 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Karanbir Singh wrote: > > does anyone have a writeup on how SOPA / PIPA impact people in India ? > > Not exactly , but a good intro : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuXNv8fJM -Venkat ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.

[Ilugc] [X-POST] Selenium Simple Test

2012-01-10 Thread Venkatraman S
This does look super-simple! Linky : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGPostUOAEI -Venkat ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] Akash Tablet 60$

2011-11-10 Thread Venkatraman S
Looks extremely interesting : http://www.akashtablet.com/features.html Anyone from Amritsar in this group who can get a hands on this and post some review? -V- http://about.me/venkasub ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilu

[Ilugc] Fwd: [chennai.rb] [ANN][COMMERCIAL][XPOST] Gentle, interactive, online Ruby training with tests

2011-10-18 Thread Venkatraman S
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sidu Ponnappa Date: Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 7:20 AM Subject: [chennai.rb] [ANN][COMMERCIAL][XPOST] Gentle, interactive, online Ruby training with tests To: bangalore...@googlegroups.com, puner...@googlegroups.com, chenna...@googlegroups.com, m...@googlegr

Re: [Ilugc] ankit fadia

2011-09-23 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:48 PM, Roshan George wrote: > That's what > happens and it isn't worth the 180 s it'll take you to compose a protest > email. > How do you find the time spent on composing emails? I hear he has a keyboard which types even before he thinks ;) -V

Re: [Ilugc] Which is best IDE

2011-07-14 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 11:36 AM, ashwin kesavan wrote: > true linux geek feel commnad line is lot better than GUI. I think you > are a or aspiring Linux geek which is why you are asking in this M/L. > So one more reason to use vim. > Who decides the virtues of a true geek? A geek, IMHO, creates

Re: [Ilugc] How to make ILUGC list user friendly?

2011-07-12 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > > I am seeing a lot of people FEAR to shoot a mail to the list. > It seems that the newbies should have thick skin to write to our list. > Expecting others to change is a 'nice' way of living in the world ;) I dont think we should expect oth

[Ilugc] [OT]Online Payments

2011-07-08 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, Please correct me if i am wrong in here ...anywhereI wanted to understand the online payments arena better: Simply put : i am launching a new service and i want my customers to pay me via credit card OR paypal account. The money can either go into my bank account directly OR into my paypa

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Oracle 9.0.1.0.0 for x86 Linux - restoration of corrupted file in installer CD2

2011-06-24 Thread Venkatraman S
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 1:15 AM, Arun Khan wrote: > In a client's copy of the Oracle 9.0.1.0.0 installer, the file > "complete_oltp.0.0.jar" is corrupted in the 2nd CD. > > I need a copy of it to restore an Oracle insallation. Please contact > me offlist if you happen to have. > Also, parallel

[Ilugc] Fwd: Devops Weekly #25

2011-06-11 Thread Venkatraman S
Probably those interested can subscribe to this NL. Disclaimer : i am not related to this. -- Forwarded message -- From: Devops Weekly Date: Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 2:04 AM Subject: Devops Weekly #25 To: venka...@gmail.com DEVOPS WEEKLY ISSUE #25 - 11th June 2011 It's Velocity and

Re: [Ilugc] [Commercial] Linux & Open Source Jobs Site Announced

2011-06-08 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > they speak english in US??? > s/US/United states/ -V ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] [cross-post] Ruby on Rails vs Drupal - for new website

2011-05-28 Thread Venkatraman S
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Hameed wrote: > > I would like to know which of these frameworks - RoR or Drupal - should be > chosen for developing a new website. > > Have you considered Django? A google search on the topic gives results pointing more towards Drupal > (as probably the intern

Re: [Ilugc] [kanchilug] Re: [Tip] Change to the previous working directory

2011-05-23 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Roshan Mathews wrote: > > pushd/popd are cool but a bit obscure ... "cd -" is straightforward ! > > > > `cd -' is what I use while typing in the shell, mostly because it is > easier for me to remember where I came from, instead of a stack of > directories. Ther

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] JUGChennai - Web 2.0 with Kevin Nilson - 14-May-2011 Tenth Planet

2011-05-12 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 9:51 PM, rajmahen...@gmail.com < rajmahen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Title : Web 2.0 with Kevin Nilson > Speaker : Kevin Nilson > Date 14-May-2011 Saturday > Time: 10AM to 1PM > Topic: > Scaling CometD to the Masses > HTML5 Web Testing (If time permits ) > Venue: Tenth Pla

[Ilugc] [X-POST] Python@Google in Google I/O

2011-05-12 Thread Venkatraman S
Was watching Python@ Google talk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKQS8EDG1P4 Didnt know Python turned 20 in Feb this year! (Born in Feb 1991). Belated wishes honey ;) -V- http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in

Re: [Ilugc] Two days training programme in MIT

2011-05-08 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Baskar Selvaraj wrote: > > The event is for invite-only for System Admins / Lab Assistants / Technical > staffs who are handling FOSS labs in various engineering colleges. > > This was already announced in the list a month back. > > http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/piperma

Re: [Ilugc] Two days training programme in MIT

2011-05-08 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 9:02 AM, Roshan Mathews wrote: > On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 08:54, Baskar Selvaraj wrote: > > A two days Free training program on FOSS lab setup and administration was > > organised by Anna University, MIT Campus for system admins / lab > technical > > assistants of engineerin

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] for gmail users

2011-04-01 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > > On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves > wrote: > >> http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html >> > > 1. Have a look at 'People You May Know' in Linkedin. > 2. Search for 'Helv

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] for gmail users

2011-04-01 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 4:15 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > http://mail.google.com/mail/help/motion.html > 1. Have a look at 'People You May Know' in Linkedin. 2. Search for 'Helvetica' (any font) in Google. 3. and check this : http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/uslocations/mountain-view/autocompl

Re: [Ilugc] Introduction to MongoDB

2011-03-29 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Raja Subramanian wrote: > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Swapnil > wrote: > > How about sending it ONLY to the poster and not the entire list? That > > way archive won't be messy. > > How about including this logic into the mailing list engine itself > so top/bo

Re: [Ilugc] How Video Streaming Works

2011-03-17 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Rajagopal Swaminathan < raju.rajs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Now, from UML perspective etc., a little later. > Thanks for the insights; gave me enough ideas to dive deeper. I did not ask for UML :) -V ___ ILUGC Mailing List

Re: [Ilugc] How Video Streaming Works

2011-03-17 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 7:45 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thursday 17 March 2011 08:45 AM, Venkatraman S wrote: > > > > Can someone explain how video streaming works - i am mainly interested in > > how the server works when you

[Ilugc] How Video Streaming Works

2011-03-16 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, Can someone explain how video streaming works - i am mainly interested in how the server works when you click along the timeline of the video. Does the server span threads/processes to fetch the frame from a specified moment - how is the load sharing(/scalability) achieved! Do these need custo

Re: [Ilugc] Minites of Meeting - Feb 2011 Meet

2011-02-24 Thread Venkatraman S
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:04 AM, Natarajan V wrote: > > Shrini suggested that we can organize a Gimp Workshop. We would > require more volunteers as well. > > If we are doing this, then i would suggest that let the group be informed well in advance, so that personal priorities can be suitably sch

Re: [Ilugc] [Announcement] Delhi/NCR Python Users Group India - Started

2011-02-14 Thread Venkatraman S
Why are we having so many mailing lists spread all across?? I mean, dont you think this space require consolidation, and given that the objective of this py mailing list is to just talk tech stuff w.r.t python in NCR region, then cant we have one python ml across india and then have the local subgr

Re: [Ilugc] learning a new language

2011-02-09 Thread Venkatraman S
How to train your brain to flip to a new language : http://www.bitesizeirishgaelic.com/blog/self-learning-non-widespread-languages/ -V http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] Fwd: Computer vision research internships at Google Bangalore (India)

2011-02-01 Thread Venkatraman S
Stumbled on this in one of the MLs. Hope it helps some of the students in this list. -- Forwarded message -- From: Date: Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 11:03 AM Subject: Computer vision research internships at Google Bangalore (India) To: ee-j...@mailman.stanford.edu Jobs, Employment, and

Re: [Ilugc] [BCC] [OT] Wikipedia 10th anniversary celebrations @ Chennai on Jan 15th , 2011

2011-01-12 Thread Venkatraman S
Anyone planning to attend this and has the Wikipedia dump? (Please contact me offlist, so that i can collect it from you) -V- http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] [OT] Free as in Freedom

2011-01-11 Thread Venkatraman S
Oreilly's OpenBook : http://oreilly.com/openbook/freedom/index.html -V http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] problem installing RT

2011-01-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Roshan Mathews wrote: > > > http://bit.ly/fbe0Ov > > > Hey Satya, please don't shorten URLs you post to the list. It's a > nuisance to open an "anonymous browser" window and paste just to see > if it is safe. But, it's totally your call. :-) > > And its an 'unw

Re: [Ilugc] [EXCHANGE] Netgear WGR14 v7

2011-01-09 Thread Venkatraman S
Community, Do you see the benefits of this idea of 'sharing/selling'? A simple 'ad' has sparked so much interest on hacking the router etc. Good work. -V- http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.

Re: [Ilugc] [Slightly OT] Allowing exchange/second-hand sale?

2011-01-07 Thread Venkatraman S
Freecycle is nice - but you have to give them away for 'free'. I am not sure why some members are against the idea, but since i do not believe in law of numbers, (even if one opposes, the group shouldn't go that away), i would suggest that a new group be created and things be sold/swapped in there

Re: [Ilugc] Looking for idea

2011-01-05 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 1:54 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Generally very smart people are born from an electronics background. > So Gandhi was not smart? ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listi

Re: [Ilugc] Bid ByeBye to Google Search, say DuckDuckGo!

2010-12-21 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:15 AM, JAGANADH G wrote: > > Refer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_search > Not sure whether you have heard of Powerset which was gulped by Microsoft. http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/2008/05/powerset-mathematical-pun.html OTOH, word sense disambiguation is a

Re: [Ilugc] Bid ByeBye to Google Search, say DuckDuckGo!

2010-12-21 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:03 AM, JAGANADH G wrote: > > If somebody brings semantic search (fullfledged ) in to practice that will > be a Google Killer ;-) > Define 'semantic search' plz. ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinf

Re: [Ilugc] Bid ByeBye to Google Search, say DuckDuckGo!

2010-12-21 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > Try throwing the keyword "Apple" in Google and DuckDuckGo and feel the > > difference !! > > excellent example > I do not think so; people do not generally search for single terms, and even if they do, how many times do you think peopl

[Ilugc] Fwd: [BangPypers] PyCon India videos up

2010-12-21 Thread Venkatraman S
FYI: -- Forwarded message -- From: Noufal Ibrahim Date: Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 1:57 PM Subject: [BangPypers] PyCon India videos up To: Bangalore Python Users Group Thanks to Sriram and others, I've managed to get the videos up onto blip.tv. The videos are at http://in.p

[Ilugc] [X-POST]Using HTML/Javascript

2010-12-20 Thread Venkatraman S
Couldnt resist this : http://raphaeljs.com/scape/ -V- http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Bid ByeBye to Google Search, say DuckDuckGo!

2010-12-20 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Roshan Mathews wrote: > You can 'trust' that your data is safe. In which case you must read > "Reflections on Trusting Trust": > http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/ken/trust.html > > Recommended read for all. ___ ILUGC Mailing

Re: [Ilugc] Good Django web hosting in India

2010-12-20 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 1:59 PM, Arun SAG wrote: > > I am planning to host a django website in an Indian server. I am not > looking > for VPS or dedicated server as i believe it must be costly. The hosting > provider must be running nginx. He must support adding extra batteries to > django on req

Re: [Ilugc] Bid ByeBye to Google Search, say DuckDuckGo!

2010-12-20 Thread Venkatraman S
any thing that is on the web is NOT secure. there is nothing called PRIVACY. -V- http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] creating a FOSS alternate for Teamviewer

2010-12-17 Thread Venkatraman S
Good idea. But now i think, the need of the hour is a good del.icio.usclone; more important than 2G scam investigations ;) -V- http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] India Pin Codes

2010-12-16 Thread Venkatraman S
Blog : ZIPScribble Map for India http://goo.gl/2c9Ud -V- ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] Bid ByeBye to Google Search, say DuckDuckGo!

2010-12-15 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 5:06 PM, Parin Sharma wrote: > DuckDuckGo is a search engine, like Google. > http://duckduckgo.com > > Poor Google - their shares are going to plummet today! The duck looks 'bechara' to me, especially when half of its neck is missing. Though the bow tie is kicka$$ :P On a

Re: [Ilugc] India Pin Codes

2010-12-14 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 7:56 PM, Roshan George wrote: > > Nevertheless, if you are interested/curious in knowing what i was upto: > > ZIPScribble Maps for the State of Andhra Pradesh in India : > > http://goo.gl/YsNO6 > > That _is_ pretty neat. Perhaps you could write to India Post? They do > all

Re: [Ilugc] India Pin Codes

2010-12-14 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Roshan George wrote: > > There have got to be better places to ask this question. Well, there are OSM guys in this forum, and i opined that there light would help me trudge this predicament. > Anyway, just > google 'india pincodes xls', go to the citehr link,

Re: [Ilugc] India Pin Codes

2010-12-14 Thread Venkatraman S
It is quiet funny that data of such basic nature is not available freely!! -V- ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] India Pin Codes

2010-12-14 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, I was wondering whether anyone in the group has the list of all the Pincodes in India. If you have any other information along with it (like, cityname, long , lat), then it would be all the better; but if you have vanilla pincodes alone - even that would do. -V- http

Re: [Ilugc] graphical view of postgresql database

2010-12-13 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > can anyone suggest a neat tool for a graphical view of a postgresql > database? > Graphviz? (django-graphviz does it for Django apps) -V http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/ ___ ILUGC Mailin

Re: [Ilugc] zimbra and exchange

2010-12-12 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > 1. zimbra is too slow > 2. search feature is missing - or does not cut it. > Agree to both the points. 'too' factor is really excruciating sometimes. -V http://blizzardzblogs.blogspot.com/

Re: [Ilugc] Talks about FOSS in Barcamp

2010-12-04 Thread Venkatraman S
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > > I handled the session "Making Money with Free Open Source Software" > Shared some thoughts on the business models available in FOSS. > > Can you share the slides if you did have one. -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub _

Re: [Ilugc] India Map by State for Viz

2010-12-01 Thread Venkatraman S
Just an FYI : such maps are called as Choropleth Maps. http://vis.stanford.edu/protovis/ex/choropleth.html -V- ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] India Map by State for Viz

2010-12-01 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Srikanth Lakshmanan wrote: > > [1] http://maperitive.net/ > Broken link or the site is down? ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] India Map by State for Viz

2010-12-01 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Arulalan T wrote: > For mapping countries , you can use CDAT which has > created meteorological field. > Its a python library. More over its desktop application. > > http://www2-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cdat > > http://www2-pcmdi.llnl.gov/cdat/screenshots > > The maps dont

[Ilugc] India Map by State for Viz

2010-11-30 Thread Venkatraman S
I was wondering whether there is anything similar for India(which allows us to show viz by state): http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/intensitymap.html (The above does at the country level) Also, is there anything similar for mapping countries, other than that of Goog

Re: [Ilugc] [OT][spam] Martin Fowler's talk in Bangalore, Chennai, Pune

2010-11-30 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 11:40 PM, openbala wrote: > > And I agree to your point - any self-respecting developer should read > his book and follow his blog[1] > I would rephrase this as "any OO phile/maniac" should read his book/blog. ___ ILUGC Mailing

Re: [Ilugc] OSM - Neat and Useful Viz

2010-11-28 Thread Venkatraman S
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 8:57 PM, Roshan Mathews wrote: > > Some neat viz that i spotted recently : > > http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/hacking-india-is-beautiful/ > > > That's fantastic! > Also, you might want to check out Many Eyes. You can upload datasets or use any of the existing

[Ilugc] OSM - Neat and Useful Viz

2010-11-21 Thread Venkatraman S
Some neat viz that i spotted recently : http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/hacking-india-is-beautiful/ -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] [X-POST] Firesheep

2010-10-25 Thread Venkatraman S
Neat stuff : http://codebutler.com/firesheep Solution : http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/firesheep/ -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] [ EVENT ] Two day Workshop on Google Technologies by TamilNadu GTUG

2010-10-21 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Arun Prakash wrote: > > GTUG is very happy to organize this State Level event. The > Whats GTUG ?? -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] [x-post] Fwd: Django Linky

2010-10-12 Thread Venkatraman S
Why django suckserr...rules http://djangocon.blip.tv/file/4112452/ http://www.eflorenzano.com/blog/post/object-lesson-how-respond-criticism/ -V- ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] ILUGC : the most active and helpful LUG in India

2010-07-23 Thread Venkatraman S
On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 6:45 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Long ago there was a person by name leave it. > Who? The M$ guy? -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailm

[Ilugc] HOWTO: Payments from Websites?

2010-07-23 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, I always wondered how some sites have this payment buttons which takes us to the VISA/MASTERCARD panel and let us pay and also lets us record of this in our application. Is there any simple tutorial of how this can be done? -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub _

Re: [Ilugc] mysql optimization

2010-07-15 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jul 15, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Deepan Chakravarthy wrote: > > I need some help in creating the best possible table schema for the > following condition. > My Try: #Users - username,userid #Groups - groupname,groupid #Usergroups - userid,groupid #GroupQs - groupid, groupQid,groupQQuestion

Re: [Ilugc] Google App Engine (possible OT)

2010-07-15 Thread Venkatraman S
2010/7/15 சிவகுமார் மா > > The question is how open Google will be with its implementation? How secure > / safe the data would be? > I run my site http://www.mapatree.org/ on GAE and haven't faced any problems till now. The site is developed in Django. There are small changes in syntax when one

Re: [Ilugc] Open source software system for book publishers

2010-07-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 12:34 AM, Zico wrote: > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Immanuel Jeyaraj >wrote: > > > try latex... if he wants GUI then try Lyx... > > > > Latex Lyx What this suppose to mean? > > You are asking about Software to 'manage' , he is suggesting somet

Re: [Ilugc] [Tip] Convert YouTube FLV files in Linux

2010-06-30 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 10:01 AM, jemenisuresh wrote: > If you downloaded a Flash FLV file and want to convert it to an audio > or video file, do the following: > I find ffmpeg to be much powerful than mplayer. Creating thumbnails from videos etc and also converting them is a breeze. And also, pyt

Re: [Ilugc] Projects for students

2010-06-28 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Manokaran K wrote: > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Venkatraman S wrote: > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Manokaran K > wrote: > > > > > > > > A server installed in the bus can update passengers about t

Re: [Ilugc] Projects for students

2010-06-28 Thread Venkatraman S
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Manokaran K wrote: > > A server installed in the bus can update passengers about the expected > arrival time to their destinations! > You mean RFID ? ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilu

Re: [Ilugc] Projects for students

2010-06-28 Thread Venkatraman S
http://www.mapatree.org/ needs some contributors. 1) Mobile App Developer : to develop the mobile version of the site. (to allow easy additions to the map). This component will be release in the OSS arena - so i am looking for an app in such a way that it can be easily reused in apps which requir

Re: [Ilugc] HTML 5 Introduction

2010-06-24 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Shrinivasan T wrote: > > http://www.html5rocks.com > Can find some more related articles in : http://hacks.mozilla.org/ -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/

Re: [Ilugc] Linux in CGHS

2010-06-23 Thread Venkatraman S
Just to add : saw Macs all over the place in Sundarpandian hospital(Bone and Joint, Anna Nagar). Was even more surprised! -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

[Ilugc] Linux in CGHS

2010-06-22 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, My dad used to work(now a pensioner) for the Central Govt; and recently he suffered from an injury and i had to take him to CGHS - Central Govt Health Scheme. CGHS is basically a small hospital/clinic wherein they do preliminary investigation before sending them to a more specialized hospital.

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 06/10/2010 12:12 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > > finally HTML5 which > > has a cool fileupload drag-drop interface and many more. Hope you get the > > point. > > > > Don't understand what you are r

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 11:17 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Thursday 10 June 2010 11:05:03 Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > > I meant that going to the Net for help in the form of mailing lists, > > forums and so on is useful only after we do our homework and > > are really sure that we have run

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > ffmpeg is also a nice tool. It is usually more buggy when compared to > mencoder in the sense that it does not handle standards gracefully and > the quality of audio is usually poor. > > I dunno about i

Re: [Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Girish Venkatachalam < girishvenkatacha...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Venkatraman S wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Say, a user uploads a video in my website, then how can i generate a > > thumbna

[Ilugc] Generate thumbnails from videos

2010-06-09 Thread Venkatraman S
Hi, Say, a user uploads a video in my website, then how can i generate a thumbnail version of the video on the go? -V- http://twitter.com/venkasub ___ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc

Re: [Ilugc] BOSS Linux Advertising

2010-06-05 Thread Venkatraman S
On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 9:46 AM, Vamsee Kanakala wrote: > While that is also true, most end users are not dumb either, so if we can > sell them the concept of Linux in a simple manner, they will understand it. > People don't exactly know what "Intel Inside" means, but they know it stands > for a p

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