R.T.Sakthidaran

கடந்த மூன்று நாட்களாக கணினியில் என்ன செய்ய ஆரம்பித்தாலும், என்னுடைய முழு நேரமும் தமிழ் எழுத்துச் சீர்திருத்தம் பற்றிய கட்டுரைகளைப் படிப்பதிலேயே சென்றுவிடுகின்றன. நான் வட நாட்டில் இருக்கும் பொழுதே, இதைப் பற்றி சிந்தித்திருக்கிறேன். காரணம், தமிழில் படித்திருந்ததால், தமிழை புதிதாக கற்றுக்கொள்பவரின் (கஷ்டம், கடினம்: இரண்டுமே வடமொழி தானே) கஷ்டம் புரியவில்லை. சில வருடங்களுக்குப் பிறகு, தமிழ் நாட்டைச் சேர்ந்தவர்களுடைய குழந்தைகள், தமிழை எழுதக் கற்றுக்கொள்வதற்கு வாய்ப்பில்லாததால், தமிழில் பேசமட்டுமே முடிந்தது. தமிழின் பெருமை அறிந்த [...]

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Dr. San Murugesan of Sydney again referred me another interesting post by Prof. Vijay Govindarajan and S. Manikutty with a title, “What Poor Countries Can Teach Rich Ones About Health Care”. This is an interesting presentation on the achievements of Aravind Hospital of Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India. Since, I knew the contributions of Dr.G.V from [...]

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Indian parents are struggling to manage their priority with their children. They want their children to learn latest technology like internet, mobile phone, face book etc. At the same time, they are concerned about the evils associated with them. Teachers complain about poor study of students to parents and ask them to control use of technology. Here comes a bold and clear message from the First Lady of USA, Michele Obama to their children.

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Ubuntu users might be finding many kernels while the computer system boots up. It is always a good practice to keep at least one old kernel that you had found satisfactorily working with all the peripherals and devices connected to the system after any update. However, novices and newbies do not dare to clean the [...]

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In a recent “Public Notice”, AICTE informed the public that it has launched two web sites of its own as part of e-Governance. In order to have smooth access to their portals, they recommend the following for the users’ personal computers: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack-2with  Internet Explorer-6 with service Pack-2 Microsoft Vista with Service [...]

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In another a few months, we would have celebrated �International Classical Tamil Conference� by �scratching each other’s back� till we bleed. Would that make any difference to our indisputably superior Tamil language? No, it would only confirm that it is only a subject to be honoured once in 10 years. What should we do to [...]

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Today, I received a video clipping from Dr TKM on �Roll Laptop PC�. It is interesting from utility point of view. For your information this has been designed (concept only) by Evgeny Orkin of Russia at Germany. To know more about his work, visit his web site here. From my college time, I was always [...]

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Ubuntu or Virus. Jai Hind.

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Funded by European foundation, scientists from Europe and India have established that Arsenic from water (50 micro gram/litre) can be removed by a simple process of passing air (containing oxygen). It is so effective that after aeration, the Arsenic content is reduced to 2 micro gram/litre against a permissible (by WHO) value of 10 micro [...]

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