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Re: The UPA’s split personality

The UPA’s split personality http://www.indianexpress.com/news/the-upas-split-personality/721805/0 Fantastic and incisive article! The case does not only apply to 'Big' business. Even startups that attempt to legitimately create value, run into the legal and bureaucratic maze created by the state. On the other hand, in a capitalist system, if a process/idea proves that money can be made, then it will get made. Either by the originator, or by the copy cat. Also if there are enough parties aggrieved at losing money due to illogical/crony C policies of the state (ultimately represented by individuals responding to incentives), they then will provide the incentive necessary to correct the imbalance. South Korean history is a very good indicator. The only solution to 'scams' is to bring in more and more competition. The state does need to keep the moral balance to protect causes without an immediate monetary incentive, like the Environment. Let us hope such

Samsung Remote Control – TV & DVD

  http://ars.samsung.com/customer/ctry/jsp/faqs/faqs_view.jsp?SITE_ID=24&isARS=Y&AT_ID=20131&ARS_ID=9050369 We have a 40’ Samsung LCD TV as well as a Samsung DVD Recorder with Hard Drive. The remotes of the two machines works interchangeably. ie.; You can switch on/off TV, change source etc with the DVD remote. Likewise, you can pause, play, stop etc with the TV remote. One fine day I find that the dvd remote is not being recognised by the TV. Felt a bit like Excel files not recognised by Access! ;) Luckily I found the link above after some searching. To sort it out, I did the following For DVD Players (Only If DVD Remote control has a TV Power Button) Turn on the TV Point the DVD's remote at the TV. While holding the TV POWER  button (on the DVD Remote) down, enter the code for your brand. (For Samsung it is ‘01’) If the TV turns off, setup is complete. Enter other codes of the same brand if the first code does not work. To ope

Sambar recipe

In powerpoint.. did it long ago when my mother was giving me tuition on cooking :)

Fixing laptop keys

Our 5 year old Acer Extensa laptop is being dismantled by Nandan. 2 years and a month old, and he can use the windows key to pop up the start menu, use the touchpad to go to his favorite program (skype, to check if Gaan-ma is Off ine or not). Other shenanigans include opening all sites one by one in the favorites bar, playing minesweeper, changing skype profile image, changing windows user image (dont know how he manages this one), playing Reversi at expert level setting (maybe watching me on it most of the time) Recently though I found two of the keys missing. After searching and finding the parts, the problem was how to put them back! I cannot offer any images here, though it would have been helpful. To fit the key back, follow these steps - Take out all pieces, dont leave anything on the keyboard. Usually there are 3. The button, and two other parts. - The 2 parts apart from the button will fit into each other like an X - In the case of Acer keyboard, one piece will go into the othe

Acer laptop - Windows xp hangs after login

But works perfectly in safe mode! Works with external mouse instead of touchpad! Wierd. Full scan did not find a virus. Including a rescue disc scan booting from Linux ;) Was getting perplexed and frustrated. The system became unresponsive the moment the username password screen came up. Most posts pointed to a likelihood of failed driver. The problem of all things was the BATTERY! Apparently due to age, it was not providing enough power for the keyboard and mouse. Also it would work if you disable the Microsoft ACPI compliant control from the Device Manager. Best option is to replace battery.

It has arrived

Been using for about 2 months .. Newness and excitement is wearing off :) Still polishing after a dirty drive though. Engine could have had more power. Had opted for the 1.3 JTDM (the smallest diesel for the model), so cant really complain. Has the nasty habit of stalling when moving off even at the slowest of speeds. Looks are nice. No denying!