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Comment Re:Looks like they have some catching up to do. (Score 1) 120

I have also had encountered a few similar toilet rooms, but these were much worse. I have seen a few guys shitting inside; no, seriously! And then, I came across a legendary phenomenon that perhaps takes place in China only: two guys using a single commode and peeing together. This scene was something that money can't buy!!

Comment Re:Yes, but... (Score 0, Troll) 246

> Can it help me find the holy-grail?

Listen, VIM is a text editor, and if u expect it to find u the holy-grail, u r a complete moron. However, there is something out there to help u in your quest. It's called EMACS. Happy now?

Comment Re:Did Tokyo lose because of this as well? (Score 1) 1040

As a visitor entering Japan, you are subject to being fingerprinted and having your picture taken at border control as well as a bunch of harassing questions such as, "Where are you staying and who are you staying with?"(I always make up a fake address). I don't know how much different it is compared to the US, but if they rejected Chicago because of these restrictions, they probably rejected Tokyo for a lot of the same reasons.

I live in Japan from last 5 years and I disagree with you. They do ask some questions but the way they ask is so polite and humane that you would be "willing" to give them more information that they are asking for. They also have concerns about their security. This not like some rude US officer is harassing you. Most probably, you will encounter a cute Japanese lady there giving you an unforgettable smile you might ever have encountered. The attitude of the officers as well as the local people are very very polite and honest.

Comment Re:not a "real" monopole (Score 1) 256

From common sense, it seems pretty hard to accept the existence of magnetic monopoles, unless there also exists some "fundamental" monopole-particles. I think so because all the fundamental particles what we know until now are magnetic dipoles, e.g. electron, protons etc. (please correct me if I am wrong). Therefore, any physical object consisting of these fundamental magnetic dipoles, will either be a magnetic dipole or neutral. So, how can a magnetic monopole exist in reality if there is no "fundamental" particle that is a magnetic monopole?

(The field lines, electric or magnetic, are non-physical (this is just a concept that ease up the process of understanding). So, although it is acceptable from theoretical point of view to have a magnetic field line spreading from or converging into a magnetic monopole, I seriously doubt its physical existence.)

Would you mind shedding some light about it in simple terms?

Comment Re:Scary (Score 1) 573

But since they must exist, it's better if everybody have them. Deterrence.

ummmm...no, irresponsible countries should certainly not have it (as it is possible for the terrorists to have their hand on these weapons).

Well, at the same time, the responsible countries also don't have any reason to possess it!!

Microsoft

Submission + - Microsoft's Price Fixing: Slapped with 9mn Euros (cnet.com)

freakxx writes: "CNET reports that the Microsoft has been slapped with a fine of 9 million Euros by German regulators over illegally fixing the price of its Office-suit in an anticompetitive manner during a retail-promotion fair. According to a press release by the regulators:

"Even before the launch of the advertising campaign in mid-October 2008, employees of Microsoft and the retailer in question had agreed on at least two occasions on the resale price of the software package. Not every contact between supplier and retailer regarding resale prices constitutes an illegal concerted practice within the meaning of Section 1 ARC. However, this must not lead to a form of coordination where the supplier actively tries to coordinate the pricing activities of the retailer and thus retailer and supplier agree on future actions of the retailer. In the present case, this boundary has been crossed."

The Microsoft has accepted the fine and decided not to take this issue to any higher level."

Comment Re:Reality is different. Re:Morality police (Score 1) 292

Lalu Prasad Yadav has been in jail for 6 months or so in the fodder scam. Therefore, u can say that we have an active judiciary system who doesn't hesitate to put high-profile politicians into jail. Him getting convicted or not is not dependent only on the court, rather, as I said in my previous comment, it also depends on how much the police and investigation agencies are willing to collect and produce evidences. In absence of evidences, court can't do anything, be it a politician or anyone ordinary. It's the police to blame, not the judiciary system. I believe, we have got one of the best judiciary systems in the world.

Comment Re:Reality is different. Re:Morality police (Score 1) 292

"Really ? Name 10 'biggest politicians' arrested/imprisoned/convicted by the Supreme Court in India ?"

As an example, what do u think about Lalu Prasa Yadav?

If you are pointing to some cases where big politicians couldn't get prosecuted, like Narendra Modi, it's not courts' fault. Instead, this is all about the unwillingness of police or investigation agencies to collect evidences against such high-profile politicians. A court can't do anything without strong evidences in a criminal case.

However, challenging a policy in court is a different issue. The judges can look into the constitution by themselves and then decide if the policy in question is favorable to the people of India or not. And perhaps, that is the reason we have witnessed the RTI act coming into effect in a useful form.

Comment Re:Morality police (Score 1) 292

If this act starts getting misused on a large scale, the possibility of it being challenged in a court in India is quite high. Nowadays, in India, awareness among people is growing very fast and challenging a government policy in court is not very uncommon. Also, many NGOs are strongly raising the issues of human-right abuses and individuals freedom. To exemplify, RTI [http://www.rtiindia.org] can be cited as one of the big outcomes in recent days. Also, the Gujrat government is brought to its knees by a court for unfair treatment of minorities. There are many other examples too.

I can't say 'when', but, chances of it being challenged in some court is pretty high.

Comment Re:Human Rights (Score 1) 242

That's right. The idea itself is bad. You can comapare it with having something like idea of Jihad (actually the way the idea is being propagated by the hardliners, the bad way). If you have some unnatural/awkward ideas, you can have it happily within yourself. However, you should not be allowed to infect others with these ideas. Look it in this way: make some hate-speaches in a functional country (may be in USA also) and you will be locked up because you are infecting others with your bad ideas.

Comment Re:Human Rights (Score 0) 242

Gays harm a society in the same way cigarettes harm. It inspires others to try out something unnatural, which can't be justified. If gays want to have their own world INVISIBLE TO OTHERS, that's perfectly fine (on the grounds of their right to exercise their free will). However, as I said before, they should not be allowed to contaminate the rest of the world.

Comment Re:Human Rights (Score 0, Flamebait) 242

"Many US citizens still support oppressing the rights of gay people"

Just a different point of view:
Why do you exactly think that the gay-thing should be legalized or gays should be given equal rights what non-gays enjoy?! By all means, the gay phenomenon is unnatural and it doesn't seem reasonable to let a really small fraction of the population (gays) contaminate a society. You know, you can enjoy exercising your free will only if it doesn't harm others. If it does, it becomes an offence and it should not be given any legal backup.

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