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Jog Falls & Shimoga

Jog Falls, one of the highest waterfalls in Asia is located in Shimoga District of Karnataka state. And the Sharavathi River, which falls from a height of 292 metre (958 feet) is the cause for the water falls.

Two weeks back 10 of us, well I can refine "us" exactly as 10 Software Engineers went to Jog. Its our friend Arun Prakash Devarajan working with INFOSYS, initiated the idea. And with Arun, 5 more INFOSICIANS and 2 of our friends(Senthil & Ganesh) and of course me started off to Bangalore from Madras on 29th-Sep-2006 night. We reached there at 6am the next day and

The Silicon Valley of India, Bangalore is getting ready to change its name to Bengaluru. After Bombay to Mumbai, Madras to Chennai, Calcutta to kolkata  & its time for Bangalore to become Bengaluru. Name will be changed in the 50^th anniversary celebrations in November 2006.

Still I don't know why people are interested in changing the cities name ?

May be numerology  ????

Just 15 minutes back only I was chatting with my cousin in Scotland, about the rain. And also I was telling the weather forecast about this week's rain in madras. In minutes, it started raining. Anyway everyone in madras prefers to have frequent rain, but not like the    last one. The worst part I felt is, Madras is not even having 1/4 th of trees like bangalore, but is 3 times bigger than bangalore. The last time rain, took many of the trees, & also few lives. So Mr. Rain, please visit us frequently, but don't show your violent love

 

November 3^rd is considered as World Usability Day, by Usability Professional Association (UPA) . World Usability Day is a project of UPA : promoting usability concepts and techniques worldwide. Around the globe the event is happening in more than 200 places. And in India, as on date, the event is going to happen in three places, viz., Bangalore, Chennai & Hyderabad.

If anyone is working / interested in Usability then feel free to attend   And there is also a blog for World Usability Day - Chennai.

Venue :

            Anna University,
            Hall of Guines 68,
            Department of Manufacturing Engineering,
            Sardar Vallabhat Patel Road,
            Chennai, 600 002

UPA also has a Indian chapter based in Pune.  Also Muthu, a Usability Engineer is blogging about Usability, which is named as Usability in India. Worth Clickling 

Speaker s  for FOSS. IN ( Linux Bangalore / LB ) 2005

FOSS. IN announces its speaker list for the forthcoming FOSS. IN 2005 event. We have unexpected set of people... Thanks Atul for making it.

The Key speakers are :

 

He is the co-author of what could probably be called "The Bible of Linux Development", in which he uses his keen knowledge of the Linux kernel and its design to show people how to develop device drivers. No one in India would even *think* of trying this without referring to his book, now in the third edition.         He is Jonathan Corbet, co-author of "Linux Device         Drivers", and editor of LWN.NET, aka "Linux Weekly News".
His code safeguards millions of networks across the world, and can be found in virtually every consumer router these days. And when he isn't writing code, he makes the world a safer place for the GPL, by relentlessly tracking down and exposing corporations who "don't get it" when they use GPL'd code without following the rules of the game, and provided the first precedent of the GPL standing up in court - and winning. From Germany comes the chairman of the netfilter/iptables project, and the man behind GPLviolations.org - Harald Welte.
He speaks Japanese, German, English and a variety of other languages, but most importantly speaks Geek as well. He had a knoppix CD before people knew what that was, and can lie in the sun for hours without getting a tan or a sunburn. He is Mr.Wizards-of-OS - Volker Grassmuck.
Every time you go to the web to access information, you are using technology that this man has had his eager fingers in. His work is one of the first instances of a FOSS project almost completely demolishing the proprietary competition, and is used in a majority of all web servers across the Internet. The man behind the Apache project, COLLAB.NET's Brian Behlendorf.
He started off writing something to make it easier to maintain his personal home pages, and ended up changing the way the world created websites. He is Mr.PHP - Rasmus Lerdorf.
When she speaks, people sit up and listen. She was behind the open sourcing of the project that today gives FOSS a place in every office and in every home, and is also part of the organization that decides what's Open Source, and what is not - literally. The Diva of Open Source - Danese Cooper.
As one of the world's best known bloggers, he has played a vital role in getting his highly influential organization to play nice with FOSS. He loves to dabble with things ranging from Linux servers, databases, to PCs, gliders and now powered aero planes. He is Yahoo's Jeremy Zawodny.
The world of sound and music is a fascinating one, and there has always been a deep connection between code-hacking geeks and music. It is, therefore, hardly surprising that a lot of effort goes into making FOSS platforms "music compatible" - not just in the playback department, but in the music creation and recording department. The man behind Linux Sound and Audio - Dave Phillips.
He is probably one of the most recognizable faces in the FOSS world, and at the same time one of the most respected names, as well. His contributions to Linux rank with those of all the greats out there, and that includes Linus Torvalds. He has been the official kernel maintainer, and little happens in the Linux kernel today without him having some say in it. He is Alan Cox.

The old Logo representing Linux Bangalore



The new name FOSS(Free & Open Source Software) 2005 - Logo

Tomorrow, it is scheduled for BLUGers meet, in Ashraya Hotel, so im taking off tomm'& leaving for bangalore tonight. I missed the last meet & hopefully, we will have more things to discuss about the coming FOSS.in/2005 event (which was called Linux Bangalore before).

As most of us are hearing that Bangalore roads are flooded with vehicles all the day. Police couldn't control it by any means.
I have most of my friends there, and when I call them, most of the time they complaint about the traffic.

If you are not aware of this traffic hazards in bangalore, then read the below.

I have a friend, Rangarajan who is in Bangalore, working for a MNC. His wife Malar is also a good friend of mine,
and she is doing her MBA. Last Month 17th-Wednesday was his birthday, so I called him on his mobile at 10:30 in the morning.

Malar : "Hi Kiruthik, he is eating, and you have to talk to me till he finish "

I said :  "Sure.... "  and I was asking about her parents

And I added  "Malar, whats special today, where are you planning to go now ??? "
                           (Thinking that  he has taken leave on his birthday, and the young couple will go somewhere .....)

She replied : "Nothing special, Im on my way to the class."

I didn't understand what she meant so, I asked her  " Then why RANGA,  didn't go to office"

She replied    " No no, he is on his way to office. we are inside the car....."  And she continued  "Kiruthik, its mess here. Full of vehicles on the road. We went to temple and he dropped me in our apartments, and he left. And after half an hour,  he called me said  that he was struck in the traffic, near the departmental store, which is just a hundred meter from our home. So, I took few slices of bread & egg for him to eat. And so we are inside the car. At anytime we may move."????????

What was that....There will be many stories with people in Bangalore which is very common......

Its seems that the police have got Simputer, to ticket the traffic violators. Anyway im happy that Simputer has got the day in
Bangalore at least in this form.

And coming to the traffic jokes, im receiving many forwarded-jokes narrating the daily traffic jams in Bangalore.

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Ques: What is the most common disease in Bangalore?

Ans: RSI - Repetitive Stress Injury. No, not because of computers, but because of honking horns!

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Ques: Is the problem really that bad?

Ans: Just wait near a road hump. Most drivers honk the horn - hoping that the hump will go away.

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Ques: Why do Bangaloreans overtake from the left?

Ans: Because, the traffic sign board where overtaking is prohibited, shows an arrow that is overtaking from right. So it must be OK to overtake from the light.

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Ques: How does the traffic in Bangalore prove that there is a 'God up there' and he is pro-Bangalorean.

Ans: Traffic continues to move after the light has turned red on the one side and the traffic from the road perpendicular to it starts moving even before the light there has turned green. Still there are no crashes!

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Ques: What is the second such indication?

Ans: Boards have started appearing which say something like “Go only when green”.

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Ques: Which city in India has the greatest acrobats?

Ans: Bangalore of course. Look at all the drivers talking on the mobile, honking the horn, beating the traffic lights, cursing the other motorists, avoiding pot holes, ........... all at the same time.

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Ques: Why do Bangaloreans drive in the middle of the road or on the right?

Ans: They have taken the description “Silicon Valley of India” too seriously.

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Ques: How does a Bangalorean park a car in a no parking zone?

Ans: Turn the hazard lights on, leave a hapless passenger inside and walk out.

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Ques: If a strange, exception-to-the-rule Bangalorean stops at at traffic light, others behind him stop too. Why?

Ans: The others conclude that he has spotted a policeman that they themselves have not spotted.

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Ques: What is the easiest way of causing traffic accidents in Bangalore?

Ans: Follow the traffic rules.

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Ques: How far is a place from here (If it is 100 meters) ?

Ans: Five minutes by walk, half an hour by car.
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10 Commandments of Traffic...

1. If you see  Red Light, then you can look LEFT, then RIGHT, then proceed undeterred unless there is a danger of getting pulverized by oncoming traffic.
2. An Orange Light here doesn't  mean that  “Slow Down...lights changing”,   but   “Speed up buster, or the world'll know thou sucketh” !!
3. A Green Light means,   "Do whatever you want"!!!!!
4. You can be the first to honk when the light turns green.
5. You can start moving when the timer says 7 seconds left for light to turn green.
6. If you see the auto in front giving it's right indicator, but the driver waving his left hand, then you can not mind the indicator.
7. You can seek whichever lane is free, because it is your birth right to change lanes at the last moment. That is why the indicators and horns are there.
8. You can not use dipper at night.
9. If  you are at foot, then you are the "King of the Road"...nothing can touch you!
10. You can disregard one-way signs only if you have Rs. 50 in your pocket.

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