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vpatel54 / published news
Tech: In-flight cell phone service:
European Union recently passed a law allowing people on board a plane to use the cell phone. Air France is the first carrier to kick-off this facility on its plane. New York Times reporter took a flight and checked out this new feature. The reporter found several faults in the system.• The quality is patchy and keeps most in-flight calls short and tinny-sounding. One receiver of an OnAir call complained that it sounded like "talking to a small robot."
• Hefty roaming charges of up to 3 euros ($4.72) a minute.
• Calls made from the plane to the ground usually need a few tries to actually connect. Calls made from the ground to the plane tend to go directly to voice mail.
• Only six passengers can get a signal at any one time to avoid interfering with aircraft equipment. OnAir says the capacity will double to 12 in the coming weeks.
• Blackberry users had trouble downloading e-mail messages
I am sure this will improve over time but are we really that dependent on cell phones that we can't even wait for a few hours without talking to someone? Now, I am not a big fan of this service. How would you feel if you got stuck next to a person who keeps chatting on phone with someone during the whole flight? It would be damn annoying for me. I for sure will remember to take my ear plugs before boarding one of these flight.
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Tech: 9 reasons to archive your emails
Many users don't archive their email. If you don't regularly click on the "archive" button or never even thought about it, here are some reasons you might want to get in the habit. Archiving just means moving mail out of your inbox and storing it for safekeeping. Your messages will be waiting for you when you click All Mail or search for them.9. Phone numbers and addresses
You never know when you'll need a phone number someone emailed you or an address that was in a signature.
8. Procrastination
Sometimes you want to get a message out of your inbox, but you don't want to deal with organization, and you don't want to trash it.
7. Posterity
Just because you’re not famous now doesn’t mean that in forty years (or fifteen minutes) you won’t want to write your memoir.
6. Winning arguments
“But on May 5, 2005 at 8:43pm EDT you said….”
5. Mailing lists
Do you really need to know what Clintobamccain is doing every day? Auto-archive* their messages until you want to donate again.
4. Birthdays
Search for “grandma birthday” and voila, find the message you sent her last April. Aren't you glad you archived instead of deleted?
3. That guy
Remember that guy you thought you’d never need to get in touch with ever again?
2. Because you can
May as well use the free storage space. Plus, clean inbox = clean mind.
1. Fate-tempting is bad. You just never know
Thirty-one days after you send that message to the Trash and it gets permanently deleted, you're going to need it. Don't tempt the fates.
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IndiaShining: Lesson from Tibet
Olympic torch is all set to arrive in Delhi on the April 17th. We all are aware of how it creates turmoil everywhere it goes and why it does so. Question is should India embrace the torch with open arms? Is there any thing we can learn from what Tibetans are doing? China considers Tibet as a part of China. Tibet is fighting for its rights as an independent nation. Tibetans have found a proper way to raise their voice in front of world when the entire world is paying attention to China as it is about to host the biggest sporting event for the first time. Many world leaders have criticized China on its stand over Tibet. This might not resolve the Tibet’s conflict with China but it definitely provides a solid ground for Tibetans to claim their rights. Should India do the same? Remember that we are trying to resolve border conflict with China for a few decades now. China claims part of Arunachal Pradesh as its territory when this territory has been an integral part of India for ever. Shouldn’t India take advantage of this opportunity? What’s been happening here is completely reverse. China has been pressurizing India over Tibet. India recently issued a statement considering Tibet a part of China and asked Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who has left Tibet and took refuge in India years ago, to refrain from making any political statement over recent turmoil. Shouldn’t India stand up for the rights of its people? If a small country like Tibet can do it, why can’t we?discuss | | category: IndiaShining | Content type: Text/Pictures | Add this link to... | tell a friend | bakwaas
Masti: Firefox in India
Here is an interesting pic - a new addition to unofficial Firefox catalog. Apparently, this bus driver prefers Firefox over IE. Thanks Gizmodo!
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