Archive for February, 2009

Singur to Sanand – Mamta to Modi (My cross country trip)

Feb 12th

Posted by Choto Cheeta in My Life

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There wont be a single man /women / child present in West Bengal or may be in India who doesn’t know about the mess what is created in Singur on TATA Nano plant controversy.

What is Singur ?

Its an area comprising many villages. Its around 50km drive from Kolkata, via NH2 (Durgapur Express way).

What is the mess ?

TATA wanted to build a massive car manufacturing plant for building their dream project of USD 3000 car and West Bengal government (CM Buddhadeb Babu) selected the place (Singur) for the purpose where as opposition party Trinamool Congress (Leader Mamta Didi) went all out attack to stop government and TATA on land accusation.

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It was and still is an all out fight..

What is Sanand ?

Sanand is a city and a municipality in Ahmadabad district. Which is around 40km of drive from Ahmadabad in state of Gujarat, in which TATA is shifting their NANA plant from Singur (West Bengal) because of stiff fight and violent protest by opposition party (TMC) which is dead against of land accusation.

Singur to Sanand – Mamta to Modi..

Well, above is what we read and watch in news channels every alternate day. But the thing which has strucked me is how many of us, who actually lives in Kolkata and discusses about the issue every single day has visited these places ?

None..

So I told my self, why not going over there.. Yeah, why not ?

Trip to Singur.. Feb 12, 2009..

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Windows Server 2008 is one of the most secure OS of year 2008

Feb 8th

Posted by Choto Cheeta in Computer

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Studies conducted by IBM reviles that it is Windows OS which leads in terms of security over Apple OS X (MAC) or Linux karnel.

It is a long believe that, Linux and Apple OS X is much more secure than Windows based OS, where as reports published by IBM suggest opposite as IBM X-Force have found Windows Server 2008 more secure than OS X or any linux platform.

ibm_report

It is Apple OS X Server which is one of the worst in terms of disclosed vulnerabilities. However, do note, the report is prepared on basis of disclosed vulnerabilities, meaning there can be many more open loop holes in these OSes which are yet to be found that patched !!!

One may read the full report by downloading from IBM.COM -> PDF 4.58mb

Planning to buy a printer ? Read this first – Printer buying guide / tips

Feb 8th

Posted by Choto Cheeta in Computer

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printer_recommender

Have you decided to buy a new printer for your home or office ? No matter which ever printer you plan to buy, regardless of the type, whether it is DeskJet / InkJet / LaserJet, there are few facts which you should check before buying.

  • The maximum duty cycle
  • Recommended maximum per month
  • Design lifetime in page

Why not you suggesting the usual points ?

When choosing a printer, what comes to our mind to look or search for is points like

  • DPI
  • PPM
  • Internal RAM (upgrade capabilities)
  • Processor Speed

However more than these points, the thing which is most important is to learn and understand the limits of your printer.

How much can you print and how much will you print ?

Every device is designed for certain reasons. A sports car is not meant to carry payload and a truck is not meant to run in racing track. In case of your printer, it has its limit of printing or which in called duty cycle.

You cant expect to use a Deskjet printer for heavy duty printing because of slow PPM, where as a LaserJet printer although can have higher PPM but it is also limited by another factor, the duty cycle.

For example, HP Color LaserJet CP2025n, as per company specification, recommended printer per month is 2000.

HP CP2025n printer per month value

It is very important to calculate the expected number, which you are willing to print every month before you make your purchase, unless if you are printing more than what the printer can handle, it will give problem in long run.