More of observation about absurd governance

Still keeping up with the usual trend of asking questions, and not just questions in this case may be some radical solutions are also touched upon.
This will take some radical changes in the thought process in order to achieve what is needed and in the process might have some setbacks for short term but will be very effective in the long run. I am in no way an expert, but just putting up my point of view how things should be. Some points are to bring out the relation to the cause.

  •  Most talk about inflation i.e rise in price, this is every bit to do with the devaluation of the Indian currency and depreciation of INR.
  • In almost all walks of life everyone talks about rise in price but no one ever bother to ask that they asked for hike(hike in salary, hike in allowances, hike in everything that one wants but reduction in what one gives out) instead of asking how to control the price.
  • Only if we were self sufficient the prices won't go up or will remain constant, for this to happen basic needed items need to be home made/national/home-brew/in-house.
  • In the era of multi national or globalization its not possible to be unaffected by price hike. Give me a break there is always an opening which requires some sacrifice with which such rise can be curbed.
  • Oil prices can be curbed based on the limited distribution or finding an alternative to oil.(non-conventional energy source or renewable energy)
  • Every state should have self sufficiency criteria met like food grain production for this to happen encourage people to take up farming this should not involve taking any of the forest region knowing that poor wild animals are already suffering. This should allow ones farming to live a decent life which is very important since some of the news coming out are in fact disturbing which always put people on back foot.
  • Financial institution cannot be a responsible body, if it were it shouldn't have changed from fixed to floating rate model.  
  • Let me guess there was time when INR was equivalent to 9INR for a dollar i.e the exchange rate and now its 53INR and fluctuating
  • the devaluation leads to more of inflation(because of global market) i.e the purchase value of the currency also decreases 
  • Indian fx rate after being in floating rate model has sky rocketed so it would be good to get back in the fixed rate model.
  • also self-sufficiency should assist us in exporting the same.
  • There is always an inconsistency factor deciding INR rates like supply and demand/export and import
  • there is always a force acting against it because appreciation of INR will cause the service providers/exporters to lose some while the importer like petroleum products etc will have to pay less. This gain in FX is likely to create savings in cost, which could be passed on to consumers, thereby contributing to control inflation.
  • Wise men talk of cause and effect. In case of inflation or rise in the living cost instead of finding a long term solution the ones in control find a easy way out (short term) which instead of curbing the rise only instigates rise. To be exact instead of controlling the cause they find a way to deal with 'the effect' in which case the cause spirals out of hand, then the whole process of curing the effect is carried out and the reaction is harmful.
  • The mere theme of supply and demand is absurd, because the product which was produced for say 30INR is sold at 40INR but when the demand increases the same product which was sold at 40INR previously now costs 60INR, how does that happen. similar is the concept in petroleum product. how is that the oil when in demand cost more than when the demand is normal, isn't it the same set of machinery that is pumping crude oil out or do they install some machine made of platinum in case of rise in demand which causes rise in price. This doesn't need great mind, just a simple analysis will bring forth the whole system is full of crap.
The current form of system(governance) can even be run by my 10year old nephew, where there is not much to do except increase everything based on the rise in everything. For this why spend revenue on election create house/sabha for bunch of hooligans who don't even spend time on constructive matter, don't behave in a civilized manner (for clue watch the live xyz sabha telecast, it shows us how we should not be, as humans(Intellectual ones), my Bitu(pet) behaves in more civilized manner). This only shows that the system works with Utopian culture and not with humans as animals.

screenshot of wa3002g4 in awesome mode :)

When WA3002G4 is in "the zone" there is seldom issue of disconnection, so thought of keeping a remembrance token of the setup, the router is in.





(un)certainty == freedom the owners of the device will have. Will they prefer a black box(manufacturer control==certainty) or a white box(owner control==uncertainty)

Believe it or not humans(grown ups as well as not so grown ups) as a species can never stop complaining. Its really unbearable to watch the various incidents unfolding(purely own thought process of technological advancement causing the dissatisfaction) right in front of oneself. Happen to get my hands on PSP 3001(yep, a Sony product) Its an awesome product with no freedom for user(mainly it was meant to be for a certain age group so not much of freedom/responsibility talk involved). (OSHW)The kid happen to buy PSP with the intention to play as much game as possible as soon as the device was bought but to his disappointment there was one UMD(universal Media disc) and another one bought for 500+INR but the kid was not satisfied. The package came with
- power adapter
- PSP
- 8GB MMC
- manual (ridiculously was meant for non English speaking audience)

* no USB cable was provided.

This device was/is a great piece of work (HW as well as SW(firmware)) and there it was in the hands of a kid so that he/she can play with it(superficial act) and no knowledge of device either its hardware spec or software stack could be elicited out of that device but little bit of googling helped with some wanted information like
MIPs based processor - speed
graphics accelerator
no mmu
sdcard size

I am not certainly asking Sony to part with HW schematics but they can at-least let the device owner who want to willfully go beyond set gaming use(there are tons of games I can get my hands on then why confine to games that is defined by manufacturer). They can also add the void warranty if something done beyond gaming purpose and believe it or not there are takers for such options too(not too many but yep they exist). Its tug of war between user/manufacturer gaining access to the device. Seriously device owner paid for it and they don't have complete access to the device, must be kidding(Its like after buying a motor bike one cannot open any part of it because that is the invasion of privacy so says the manufacturer. Well then why to sell the product if they want so much privacy). Who ever thinks in that way they take the responsibility of what happens to device is of their own doing and believe it or not its exciting for very few and for most its the pain in the a**(just a matter of frame of mind).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable_homebrew
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_Portable#Technical_specifications
http://psplinux.info/

Yep the device came with certainty i.e Sony will take care of anything if any thing goes wrong but was the kid satisfied by buying the product. NO!!! reason there was not enough games provided... reason the ignorance of the ones accompanying the kid as well as those recommending the device based on its certainty and Sony invariable cashing in on any thing the poor kid touches (know that the game creators need be payed) but this is no way to make money.
Another reason for switching the area of responsibility i.e philosophy behind FLOSS where the user desist from being ignorant and see to it that what they want.
Certainty which includes
- You don't have to be responsible
- Everything is the responsibility of the providers(Sony in this case)
- Don't even bother to know any thing related to installing process
- provider will be charging exorbitantly for the services (don't complain)

Uncertainty which inculcates or involves
- be responsible(you make or break the device)
- be attentive
- be far-sightedness i.e use device for life long without being bogged down by the manufactures terms ones the consumer buys the product its his/her device and should have the freedom to upgrade or do what ever the user wants with no restrictions imposed by others.
- the manufacture take less or no liability even if the device is buggy

linux on PSP
http://sites.google.com/site/linuxonpspproject/
http://www.linux-mips.org/wiki/PSP
http://psplinux.info/

LokPal Bill - heroes and villains!

These are the list of members who are/were involved in the happening of bill that the whole nation voted IN but ironically the same nation who voted these members in(so says the record) were hell bend on rejecting the bill. Hence proving that this kind of civilization got to go. The shabha(rajya/lok or whatever) need to go and something that works for the development of the nation need to be devised. For that to happen the ones occupying the seats in the shabha with their self vested interest who are working in a way that makes it an independent body and their relentless hunger for power need to go. The list was taken from avaaz.org

vote for the heroes and villains!
*
1. Vote for your top Lokpal villain - from this list of 10:
Vote for your top Lokpal villain - from this list of 10: Pranab Mukherji - Congress MP
This Congress troubleshooter met Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari and requested him not to allow the proceedings to continue beyond midnight.

Mulayam Singh Yadav - Samjwadi Party Chief
He walked out of Lok Sabha along with his 28 MPs claiming there were too few votes to pass the bill.

Rahul Gandhi - Congress Secretary
Consistently downplaying the benefits of a strong Lokpal, he blamed opposition parties last week for refusing to get behind Lok Sabha’s weak version of the bill.

Sonia Gandhi - Congress Chair
Conspicuously absent in the recent Lokpal debates, she has disappointed many by not proactively supporting the Lokpal bill and setting the wrong tone for her party.

Lalu Prasad Yadav - RJD President
He pushed for minority quotas in the Lokpal and diluted the bill negotiations in both houses.


Abhishek Manu Singhvi - Lokpal Standing Committee Chairman
He took three months to draft a toothless Lokpal bill.

Rajniti Prasad - RJD MP
Acting on the orders of his leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, he tore the Lokpal bill in the Rajya Sabha, and the ensuing ruckus delayed and destabilised the proceedings for a considerable amount of time.

Kapil Sibal - Congress MP:
A staunch opponent of a strong Lokpal bill from the start, he abruptly disrupted the Rajya Sabha proceedings and declared the end of the winter session before Lokpal could come to a vote.

Hamid Ansari - Rajya Sabha Chair
He failed to put the bill to vote and instead decided to listened to the demands of the ruling party to adjourn it indefinitely.

Ram Vilas Paswan - Lok Janashakti Party Chief
He diluted demands for a strong Lokpal Bill by pressing for reservations.

2. If your favorite villain was not nominated, please write their name and a brief reason here (optional):
If your favorite villain was not nominated, please write their name and a brief reason here (optional):
3. These Lokpal heroes went out of their way to support a strong Lokpal. Choose your favorite here:
These Lokpal heroes went out of their way to support a strong Lokpal. Choose your favorite here: Praveen Singh Aron - Congress MP
He submitted a copy of Anna's Jan Lokpal bill to the Parliamentary Standing Committee.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar - Independent MP
This Karnataka MP introduced Anna Hazare’s version of the Lokpal bill in Rajya Sabha.

Chandrababu Naidu - Telegu Desam Party Leader
He was the first prominent leader to voice support for strong Lokpal bill after the movement started in January.


Sandeep Dikshit - Congress MP
Going against his party line, he pressed for a strong Lokpal bill from early on.

Varun Gandhi - BJP MP
A staunch supporter of the Jan Lokpal bill, he offered to introduce Jan Lokpal as a private member’s bill in the Lok Sabha if the government would not do it.
Happen to remove my color cartridge and test out only with my black cartridge. It worked the first time but later on every time when I selected the printer with the respective application beside the deskjet F4400 - /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed was displayed. I tried stopping and restarting the cupsys daemon
/etc/init.d/cupsys.d stop
/etc/init.d/cupsys.d start

I couldn't get it started so following the instruction at http://chenjie66.wordpress.com/2011/03/26/usrlibcupsbackendhp-failed/ which did work.

I don't know whether the gui equivalent of such resolution is available or not.
like
system->adminstration->printing

user@dell-laptop:~$ sudo cat /etc/cups/printers.conf
# Printer configuration file for CUPS v1.3.7
# Written by cupsd on 2011-12-24 09:50
<Printer Deskjet_F4400>
Info Deskjet_F4400
DeviceURI hp:/usb/Deskjet_F4400_series?serial=CN03JC330405C5
State Stopped
StateMessage /usr/lib/cups/backend/hp failed
StateTime 1324700406
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy retry-job
</Printer>
<Printer Deskjet_F4400_series>
Info HP Deskjet F4400 series
DeviceURI hp:/usb/Deskjet_F4400_series?serial=CN03JC330405C5
State Idle
StateTime 1280592353
Accepting Yes
Shared Yes
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy retry-job
</Printer>
<Printer PDF>
Info PDF
DeviceURI cups-pdf:/
State Idle
StateTime 1214886871
Accepting Yes
Shared No
JobSheets none none
QuotaPeriod 0
PageLimit 0
KLimit 0
OpPolicy default
ErrorPolicy retry-job
</Printer>
user@dell-laptop:~$

change State to Idle
 and
remove StateMessage and the printer starts to work normally

other outputs at the time of failed service

user@dell-laptop:~$ sudo cat /var/log/cups/error_log
E [31/Jul/2010:21:35:53 +0530] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
E [31/Jul/2010:22:58:36 +0530] CUPS-Add-Modify-Printer: Unauthorized
E [01/Dec/2010:17:09:30 +0530] PID 8565 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 4!
E [01/Dec/2010:17:18:09 +0530] PID 9535 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 4!
E [02/Dec/2010:11:50:52 +0530] PID 6337 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:06:14:49 +0530] PID 14855 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:06:15:19 +0530] PID 14883 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:06:20:34 +0530] PID 7016 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:07:42:25 +0530] PID 6329 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:07:42:27 +0530] PID 6746 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:07:47:37 +0530] PID 8042 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:07:47:39 +0530] PID 8047 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:07:52:49 +0530] PID 8267 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:07:52:50 +0530] PID 8272 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:07:58:01 +0530] PID 8581 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:07:58:02 +0530] PID 8586 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:08:03:13 +0530] PID 8799 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:08:03:14 +0530] [Job 20] Canceling job since it could not be sent after 5 tries.
E [10/Mar/2011:08:03:14 +0530] PID 8804 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 1!
E [10/Mar/2011:08:03:15 +0530] [Job 22] Canceling job since it could not be sent after 5 tries.
E [24/Dec/2011:09:50:05 +0530] PID 9822 (/usr/lib/cups/backend/hp) stopped with status 4!

dmesg

usblp0: removed
[  373.784336] usb 7-1: USB disconnect, address 2
[  397.575185] usb 7-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 3
[  397.709008] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  397.709980] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 3 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x7711
[  411.401418] usb 7-1: USB disconnect, address 3
[  411.401999] usblp0: removed
[  429.409997] usb 7-1: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4
[  429.543896] usb 7-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
[  429.545109] usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 4 if 1 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x7711
[  435.642008] usblp0: removed
[  452.488867] usb 7-1: USB disconnect, address 4

The result of a working printer with almost all the indicator blinking as if it won't work but IT WORKS



Devel env comparison

The list gives a comparative view of all the needed and in-hand env.

Recommended

Drupal system requirement
    15 MB

web server
    Apache 1.3, Apache 2.x or IIS

Database server
    Drupal 5: MySQL 3.23.17 or higher
    Drupal 6: MySQL 4.1 or higher, postgreSQL 7.1
    Drupal 7: MySQL 5.0.15 or higher with PDO, SQLite 3.3.7 or higher

PHP
    Drupal 5: 4.4.0 or higher (5.2 recommended)
    Drupal 6: 4.4.0 or higher(5.2 recommended)
    Drupal 7: 5.2.5 or higher(5.3 recommended)

Environment available at present

  • sourceforge.net

PHP Version 5.3.2

System     Linux vz-web-12.sog 2.6.18-238.19.1.el5.028stab092.2 #1 SMP Thu Jul 21 19:23:22 MSD 2011 x86_64
Build Date     Apr 8 2010 02:05:08

Apache Version     Apache/2.2.3 (CentOS)

MySQL
Client API version     5.0.51a

  • Dell-vostro

PHP Version 5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6
System     Linux dell-laptop 2.6.24-24-generic #1 SMP Fri Jun 5 10:34:09 UTC 2009 i686
Build Date     Apr 17 2009 14:11:20


Apache Version     Apache/2.2.8 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.2.4-2ubuntu5.6 with Suhosin-Patch

MySQL
Client API version     5.0.51a

To get the the phpinfo enter the
<?php phpinfo(); ?>
in phpinfo.php in the below given folder

/home/project-web/<project_name>/htdocs/

and run
<project_name>.sourceforge.net/phpinfo.php
example:- http://checkll.sourceforge.net/phpinfo.php

ref:- http://drupal.org/requirements

Retro Tracing - slmodem(USB V92 56K) with driver

To be precise its Krypton Modem v.92 56K USB
The device looks sleek.Driver can be found here http://sourceforge.net/projects/gnumen/files/
Yep its a dial-up modem running on 2.4 kernel. It was run on weendoz first then got the driver from www.smlink.com(site not found now) for GNU/Linux. Use to make use of the driver in Redhat 9.0 and ran like it should be.. when speed was not of concern than the device(s) made to run on GNU/Linux(At that time compiling the src to activate the device was considered c00l, now its almost apt/rpm).Wanted to see when I did it and the date was 2006-2007.

The Redhat 9 was not also automounting the usb pen drive. So these steps helped in recognizing the device and mounting it.  
dmesg

the output of lsusb and mount cmds are as follows

Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.00
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x0000
  idProduct          0x0000
  bcdDevice            0.00
  iManufacturer           0
  iProduct                2 USB UHCI Root Hub
  iSerial                 1 ef80
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           25
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x40
      Self Powered
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               none
        wMaxPacketSize          8
        bInterval             255
  Language IDs: (length=4)
     0000 (null)((null))

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               1.00
  bDeviceClass            9 Hub
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0         8
  idVendor           0x0000
  idProduct          0x0000
  bcdDevice            0.00
  iManufacturer           0
  iProduct                2 USB UHCI Root Hub
  iSerial                 1 ef40
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           25
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x40
      Self Powered
    MaxPower                0mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           1
      bInterfaceClass         9 Hub
      bInterfaceSubClass      0
      bInterfaceProtocol      0
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            3
          Transfer Type            Interrupt
          Synch Type               none
        wMaxPacketSize          8
        bInterval             255
  Language IDs: (length=4)
     0000 (null)((null))

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1ec9:1001 
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 Interface
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x1ec9
  idProduct          0x1001
  bcdDevice            2.00
  iManufacturer           1 MBIL-SSM
  iProduct                2 SWIVEL
  iSerial                 3 001FD0BB6F33AA7082CF19E9
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
    MaxPower              200mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass         8 Mass Storage
      bInterfaceSubClass      6 SCSI
      bInterfaceProtocol     80 Bulk (Zip)
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               none
        wMaxPacketSize         64
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x02  EP 2 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               none
        wMaxPacketSize         64
        bInterval               0
  Language IDs: (length=4)
     0409 English(US)

/dev/hdb5 on / type ext3 (rw)
none on /proc type proc (rw)
usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw)
/dev/hdb1 on /boot type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620)
/dev/hdb3 on /home type ext3 (rw)
none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/hdb2 on /usr type ext3 (rw)
/dev/hdb9 on /mnt/fat32/e-hdb9music type vfat (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /mnt/fat32/windows-c type vfat (rw)
/dev/hda2 on /mnt/fat32/g-hda2Setup type vfat (rw)
/dev/hda5 on /mnt/fat32/d-hda5Big type vfat (rw)
none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /home/wakaw/pendrive type vfat (rw)

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