User talk:Kushal one/Archive 1

The following are personal opinions as of 11:36 PM 12/11/2006. If you believe that ANY or ALL content violates Wikipedia policy please double-check the wikipedia policies, including [1]. Feel free to delete ANY or ALL content (Do not worry about me. I will not be angry with you. Moreover, I have my copy offline with me.). Please consider adding your signatures, if you are signed in. Thank you! --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

confused

I find the following statement confusing. What does the "while" mean here? According to Wordnet, the noun aesthetics is "(philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful". So does the word design here refer to the ease of use?

Jobs' history in business has contributed greatly to the mythos of the quirky, individualistic Silicon Valley entrepreneur, emphasizing the importance of design while understanding the crucial role aesthetics play in public appeal. [from [2] of the Wikipedia article [3]]. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

request suggestions for porting

I think the featured article Bangalore [[4]] (or [5]) is a candiate for porting to the Nepal Bhasa (Newari) Wikipedia. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

More than 40 kB of rant follows. I hereby grant unrestricted permission to edit and/or delete in part or whole on two conditions (1) none of the following may be attributed to me and (2) everything must be taken "as is"; I accept no duties for the following. This is not a licence. The whole text is licensed under GFDL. Nothing that I say in this text will override the GFDL. The rant has been edited offline at 11:06 PM 12/11/2006 by who is kushal? and made more compact (less than 10 kB). The previous version may still be available at the permanent link [6]. An even earlier version can be found at [7]. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

An example for self-fulfilling prophecy

I found this that can probably help the "self-fulfilling prophecy" article. Source:[8] I will meet with firm -- and vocal -- opposition to any suggestion that Wikipedia cannot cross-reference itself. It is true that I will NOT make ANY reverts in ANY case whatsoever. However, there is nothing that says that I may not PROPOSE that the article be reverted and ask for a vote on the matter. I reserve the right to request the Voting be closed anytime after three months of the discussions. I also invite you to believe in my good faith so that I can assume good faith in you.

The excerpt follows: In other situations the delusion may turn out to be true belief.[4] For example, delusional jealousy, where a person believes that his partner is being unfaithful (and may even follow them into the bathroom believing her to be seeing her lover even during the briefest of partings) may result in the faithful partner being driven to infidelity by the constant and unreasonable strain put on her by her delusional spouse. In this case the delusion does not cease to be a delusion because the content later turns out to be true.

[4] Jones, E. (1999) The phenomenology of abnormal belief. Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology, 6, 1-16.

End of excerpt.

Comments are welcome but editing the excerpt is NOT recommended. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Request article be sent to departmental authorities

I believe that the article http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Developmental_disability&oldid=91975818 should be a part of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine. Please comment. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Grammar question

In one recent email from a very important (to me) source, I read the following sentence. * We ask that you not send a reply to this email address. * I dare not write to him asking about grammar but I still think that there should be a 'do' before the 'not'. Do you, dear reader, have any comments about this? --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Frat./Sor. good thing?

Is it a good thing to have men-only/women-only clubs within a coed institution? Does it add richness to the college experience? Or does it help chauvinism and gender-based discrimination? The subject is open for debate here. Please give reasonable justifications and remember to sign using four tildes (not required if you are not logged in). Edit others' comments sparingly and with care. Thank you --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Free vs Free of cost

I recently requested a minor change of the sentence: "PDF readers are generally free." to "PDF readers are generally free of cost." in the article Portable Document Format [9] The change is so minor that don't think it is worth it to start an edit war for it. I hope it is understandable from the context that free implies free of cost. I withdraw my request. I am sorry for the inconvenience. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Such a nice person

I read this by Rholton [10]. I think he is such a nice person. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

The following was added to the article by anonymous User:24.159.239.230. I've moved it here because she said "thank you". -Rholton 03:53, 16 November 2005 (UTC) ::Penguins DO NOT live in the Arctic!!!!! They are not eaten by polar bears. Penguins are not little fluffballs that wear scarves and play all day long for no reason!! They are not the happiest animals on Earth, and they do not live easy lives. Most penguins do not live in the cold!!!!!!!!! Yes, they all live in the southern hemisphere, but most of them spend thier whole lives on the warmer regions, like South Africa, or New Zealand. Thank you for listen ing to my rant. Good day!!!!!

NPOV is a good thing?

I used to think that I don't like the dry tone of NPOV. I thought I wanted to see opinionated expressions. But even when i read the innocuous statement "And, lets be fair, the Mony Python version is much better than the real thing, ie the Meaning of Life." on http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Meaning_of_Life&oldid=86498983 of the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meaning_of_Life, I thought it was odd. Does it mean that i did not mean it when I told myself that I wanted to hear opinionated expressions in wikipedia? I am confused. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

about Adobe

According to Adobe Acrobat 7.0 complete help: "Acrobat supports paper sizes up to 15,000,000 inches (31,800,000cm) by 15,000,000 inches (31,800,000cm)." These maybe related more to screen and projector display than for print to paper. It is really incredible; I would not believe it had I not read it myself. (I cannot add the information to the Adobe Acrobat pages; I am probably biased in favor of Adobe. I am not sure; i only suspect it. However, that much is enough for me to keep my hands off the article. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

BTW, I saw a few days back a page called "Features new in Windows Vista". I know that Acrobat is not such a major product as Vista, not certainly as much anticipated, but can we consider a short article on "Features new to Adobe Acrobat 8.0 Professional"? It could even be merged into the Adobe Acrobat article if it were to become good enough. Although, this is not a request for voting, please feel free to comment. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

about protecting indigenous languages

I would like to hear from you -- you, dear reader -- in (a very delicate) matter. Please ask yourself, what is your native or mother language? If it is not one of English, French, Chinese, and Hindi, do you think that _your_ language needs to be preserved for as long as possible? What would be the advantages of protecting the language? What reasons are there for abandoning the language? Thank you. Yours sincerely, Kushal_one. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Two words, two days

These words are for me (and you) to read. I intend no sarcasm or pun in these words. --who is kushal? 19:59, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Word of the day Sunday, December 10, 2006 Hubris or hybris (Greek ὕβρις), according to its modern usage, is exaggerated self pride or self-confidence, often resulting in fatal retribution. In Ancient Greek hubris referred to actions taken in order to shame the victim, thereby making oneself seem superior. (from the Wikipedia article [11])

Word of the day Monday, December 11, 2006 circuitous [12]

userpage edit

"Some users are fine with their user pages being edited, and may even have a note to that effect."[13] --who is kushal? 23:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Humor/Humour

Note: I believe the following is licensed under GFDL. Please delete the section if it is not. The original location is [14]. Thank you. --who is kushal? 23:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Oscar Gutierrez [15] Is he 5'2"? 5'3"? 5'5"? Did he debut at 5'4" and later grow to be 5'5"? Is he actually 5'6"? Should the official WWE website be taken as accurate due to their common practice of increasing heights and weights for entertainment purposes? What about heights as they appear in video games? This edit war, which was strongly contested due to the many conflicting sources, led to the bizarre compromise of listing his height at 5'4½" with the text "We have come to a compromise between 5'2" and 5'5"." thus throwing out all sources and making a claim based on middle ground rather than accuracy.

Potato chips [16] Should potato chips be flavored or flavoured? What is the provenance of the potato chip, America or Ireland? Four-user revert war on these important issues results in the page getting protected and listed on RfC. As a compromise, the chips become seasoned.

Angels and Airwaves [17] More than 40 reverts in one hour by two editors. The point of contention? Whether "Angels and Airwaves" is a band or "Angels and Airwaves" are a band. (British English requires "are," as the band is comprised of multiple people, while American English requires "is", as the band is a singular entity.) ALL-CAPS edit summaries laced with profanity and death threats liberally employed by one side. Stopped only after admin intervention, but resumed again two minutes after the 3RR block expired. Both get blocked for seven days, and one of them gets his block extended to eight days after stating he doesn't care as long as the other side gets a block of same length. The other side keeps his seven-day block. (Feb. 2006[18])

deleted section

Content deleted for being ambiguous. --who is kushal? 23:33, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

=@GNU

pressing alt + 123456 Result: @ pressing alt + 234567 Result: G pressing alt + 345678 Result: N pressing alt + 456789 Result: U

the result is GNU

typed in unicode BOM in plain text. --who is kushal? 23:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

excerpts from a section of a PG e-text

Excerpts are from "The Project Gutenberg Etext of From a College Window by Arthur Christopher Benson" The whole text isavailable from the Project Gutenberg website. The reason I chose this section is its title "THE POINT OF VIEW." (I plead guilty to the charge that I have not read it completely myself.) Excerpts may be candidates to be ported to WikiQuotes or to be deleted. Feel free to do as it pleases you -- however, i would ask you to edit the excerpts with care. --who is kushal? 23:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

"I have lately come to perceive that the one thing which gives value to any piece of art, whether it be book, or picture, or music, is that subtle and evasive thing which is called personality."

"It may be asked why I should thus obtrude my point of view in print; why I should not keep my precious experience to myself; what the value of it is to other people. Well, the answer to that is that it helps our sense of balance and proportion to know how other people are looking at life, what they expect from it, what they find in it, and what they do not find. "

unwarranted criticisms

in the above section, you will find "Ridiculously high prices ... do not discriminate. They just limit the number of people who are likely to accept an offer." do not discriminate but still limit the number of people who are likely to accept an offer... hmm does that go like you can kiss Madonna (the pop singer) but you must poke out your eyes and throw out a kidney as a fee. or in a worse situation, they would say you can kiss Madonna but then you must agree to our conditions that we can change the conditions of the agreement at any time and you must agree with it. the prize is very great but so is the price. IMHO, most people would think twice before agreeing.

translation please

{{helpme}} I think the following is in French. If you are knowledgeable in french language, please tell me what it means. I found this in the PG e-book "The Project Gutenberg Etext of From a College Window by Arthur Christopher Benson" mentioned above. Thank you. --who is kushal? 23:23, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

"By ARTHUR CHRISTOPHER BENSON

Mens cujusque is est quisque

1906"

Can I advise you try out the Reference Desk? They should be able to help with this type of thing in the future. In any case, it's actually Latin, and means something like "The mind of each person is his own". Don't take that as authoritative, but I would say 80% sure about that. Patstuart^talk|edits 23:56, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Patstuart! I will take your word for it. I know neither French nor (of course) Latin. I heard that Wikipedians are restructuring the Reference Desk and since I am not contributing to that project, I thought I might not as well disturb it.

Thanks, I will also add my questions on the reference desk in the future (just as I have done in the past). Take care, Kushal --who is kushal? 22:20, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

I can say what I want but...

I can say what I want and I can make it seem correct by citing Einstein (nobody dares question him) and according to Stephen Hawking, "... if your theory disagrees with the Second Law of Thermodynamics, it is in bad trouble." Comments are welcome. --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Some more Hawkings

I am summoning the fair use and non-commercial use arguments to save my backside. Please delete any or all portions that you think might get me into trouble. Thanks. --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC) " I was always interested in science and how things worked. From about the age of 15 I concentrated on physics because I felt it was the most fundamental of the sciences."

WP:SP

This policy in a nutshell: Do not use multiple accounts to create the illusion of greater support for an issue, to mislead others, or to circumvent a block. Do not ask your friends to create accounts to support you or anyone else.

Please read the second sentence carefully. Does it exclude lobbying of any kind? Is lobbying "uncool" in (EN) Wikipedia? What about lobbying offline or through AOL or Yahoo! Messenger? Does it only prohibit creating new accounts solely to support a particular person or cause or does it prohibit lobbying? I know that was a summary but i am confused. --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

NPOV

Please do not place too much emphasis on NPOV. Even EN Wikipedia accepts that humans are inherently POV and that will come across in their edits. As you delete this section, ask yourself how much of it is due to your on POV. [User: Kushal_one gave the previous inflammatory address.] --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

possible ambiguity

I take support of weasel words here. Some (including I) may find the following sentence ambiguous. "This campaign was one of his most successful, resulting in the imprisonment of over 60,000 people." [19] Why are these two sentences combined? Is it an innocent comma-splice? Is it vandalism? I dare not edit any article -- and this is an extra special article. It is a featured article. It is semi-protected. Most importantly, I am not competent enough to edit this particular article. Could there be subtle meaning to this? Please let me know. --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I place an iRfC (informal Request for Comments) in this page to change the word 'after' to 'despite' in the following sentence and the comma after bidge be replaced by a semi-colon. Please skim through this link andplace your comment below the quote. [20] "After emotional debates with his life-long colleagues, Gandhi refused to budge, and the Government rescinded its policy and made the payment to Pakistan. " --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

1:45 PM 12/18/2006

upgrade pains

about [21] SVG? ..."

Should upgrading your Mozilla Firefox be a pain? Do a cost-benefit analysis. What do you gain from using the open-source, uptodate web browser instead of the bulky, cumbersome, and flawed default web browser that came with your you-know-what operating system? As much as I love Mozilla, I want to shout that Mozilla Firefox is NOT free of security flaws! You need to keep it fairly uptodate. Please understand that it is you, your privacy, and your security at stake here when you decide not to upgrade. If you are unable to upgrade your Firefox because it does not meet system requirements, go and shout at the Mozilla community. Make a lot of noise. Make yourself heard. DO something! I am confident that the community will incorporate every reasonable complaint that you have. Good luck. --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

on a reportedly biased article

Testing the waters Original article at [22] Please feel free to comment. I am watching the development of the article myself as well. --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Open source [23] and closed source [24] are two approaches to the control, development, and marketing of computer software [25]. Open source software makes its source code available to the public for review or modification — often free of cost and less frequently even without acknowledgement to the original author(s). In contrast, closed source software does not disclose its source code to the public and protects it as its intellectual property [26].

Background

Computer software is an unusual commodity. Once written, it can be copied and reproduced for very little cost, and can have great commercial value. Under the closed source model, developer(s) does not disclose the source code to the public.

The developer may have several reasons for adopting a closed source model. The most pressing of these are commercial reasons. However, there are other reasons too. Some programs may have security designs that revealing their source code can leave the users stranded against attackers (see Skype [27] and [28]).

Usually a relatively small team develops and maintains closed source software. They produce their "product" in a compiled executable state, which the market then accesses. Microsoft [29], the owner and developer of Microsoft Windows [30] and Microsoft Office [31], is a dominant proponent of this business model along with other major software companies.

The open source model allows any user to view and modify a product's source code. Proponents of this model believe that the benefit that from improvements to their software by a community of software developers is more than the advantages of protecting their competitive advantage. They say that such a structure encourages values such as trust, acceptance, teamwork, and quality (see [32]) much touted in academic circles.

Open source software is often licensed under what is termed a copy left license (see [33]), a term that emphasizes the license's reversal of the principles of copyright. A variety of open source licenses exists. However, two main approaches dominate. They are the GNU/Linux license that requires that any software that derives from the software also be open source, and the BSD license that allows derivative software to be sold as closed source products (in return for proper credit to the original designers). Open source can be — and is — commercialized, by both purely open source companies such as RedHat and other more traditional software companies such as IBM and Novell. The archetypical open source software is GNU/Linux (often referred to as Linux).

What do you think?

we do have honest people in this world, umm... EN wikipedia

Read this: "... I post this in the comments section, because, being the leader of the Open Graphics Project, I am unlikely to be able to present a totally unbiased perspective. ..." See this [[34]] version of the Talk page of [35] for full text. --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

Archiving and breaking coming soon

I am thinking of archiving parts of this talk page soon. If you have any objections, please let me know. --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

one 'newbie' and one ...

one of these is a newbie and one of these is not an administrator. Tell me who is who. BTW, I have not seen even one administrator bold enough to tell the truth like this. [36] :

Its been completly phased out, except through usb on all new computers.

Superway25 07:02, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

   since when have floppy disks been phased out? I may be misunderstanding you here, but I see floppy drives all the time, and consider them fairly standard? They may not be used as much as they once were, but they definetly still carry an important role in computing. Capi crimm 05:43, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

       Don't remove floppies. You can get a floppy drive in the vast majority of computers through the onboard FDD port. Just because a lot of manufacturers don't include them by default doesn't mean you can only get them through USB. You, my dear friend Superway, are a newb.Triikan 12:16, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Quote

According to Stuart [37], "Building a sense of community is also important. And, sometimes, that can be facilitated with humor. " Read the entire section here at [38] and see how LightCurrent [39], Stu [40], and TenOfAllTrades [41] work together -- despite their differences -- to diffuse a potentially hot issue and reach a common ground.

This phenomenon is quite unlike the Oscar Gutierrez [42] scandal where reaching a common ground was fodder for humorous commentaries (see above in section "Humor/Humour").

DYK I am stupid?

I asked this question "2.53 Why is your name Stu?" [43] and it turns out that it was already answered in [44]. --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

a message to Keenan and Keenanpepperbot

Initially typed on 6:03 PM 12/18/2006 Keenan, if you ever go through the massive list of what links here to [45] and follow the link here, then I have a message for you. Wish you a Happy New Year 2007! --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC) PS: have you created the account Keenanpepperbot yet?

Dude, WTF. This is the first time I've ever seen this, and it makes no sense.

• Why would I ever "go through the masive list of what links here" to my user page?
• If you wanted to wish me a happy new year, why didn't you leave a message on my talk page like a normal person?
• Why would I create an account called Keenanpepperbot? I don't have permission to run a bot and I have no reason to seek it.
• Why did you link to the article Keenanpepperbot rather than User:Keenanpepperbot? —Keenan Pepper 16:56, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

replace it with V2

in the paragraph: "The progenitor of the ICBM was the German A9/10, which was never developed but only proposed by Wernher von Braun. The progenitor of the IRBM was the German V2 (Vergeltung, or "Reprisal") rocket designed by von Braun that used liquid propellant and an inertial guidance system. It was launched from a mobile launcher in order to make it less susceptible to Allied air attacks. Following World War II von Braun and other lead Nazi scientists were secretly transferred to the United States to work directly for the U.S. Army through Operation Paperclip developing the V2 into the Redstone IRBM and Jupiter IRBM. Due to treaty agreements the U.S. was able to base these IRBMs in countries close to the USSR within strategic range." can we replace the 'it' " ... guidance system. It was launched... " with " 'V2'? --who is kushal? 18:43, 19 December 2006 (UTC) Oh, the article is [46].

9:26 AM Thursday, December 21, 2006

9:26 AM Thursday, December 21, 2006

Buddy list

From [47] Note the last message. Game over! --who is kushal? 22:12, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

i've noticed people keep putting up screenshots with other peoples screen names in the buddylist. i think this is a privacy issue. either the names should be bogus or aliases should be used to protect the "buddies" of one who takes the screenshot. just my 2 cents You are absolutely right, I hadn't thought about it. I will try to "fix" it. Knut 04:29, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC) Bleah. All those blurred-out user names look really ugly. Can't we just get a screenshot of some Wikipedian with a bunch of other Wikipedians in his or her buddy list? --Ardonik.talk() 05:42, Sep 18, 2004 (UTC) Indeed. We don't need to resort to blurring out names; just alias the names to something obviously dummy or impossible and there would be no privacy issues and no ugliness :D --Wing 17:57, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC) Using fake names as the aliases would definately be a good idea. --/?v?s/ /t??k/ /k?nt??bju??nz/ 16:34, May 13, 2005 (UTC) Okay, I switched out the buddy list. :) -Jake0geek 05:23, 26 February 2006 (UTC) I removed the buddy list in its entirety, imho it just didn't fit in. --Bruce 09:21, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

some more controversial things on King Lear's origins

I know that I have no sources for it. That is why this is not in the article. Now stop pulling my leg and help me by searching the sources. A BBC World Service program on literature William Shakespeare said that the origins of King Lear might be in Shakespeare's personal life. Shakespeare had only daughters and belonging to the old times, he feared being dependant on his daughters in old age. This is a partial explaination to the play. Has anyone else heard anything like this? You can write in my talk page if you want to. --who is kushal? 22:12, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

I repeat that I have no sources to back myself up. However, Shakespeare did have daughters only. See below for my source (which fails under the self-citation criterion but is a good jumping point.).

According to [48]: "He was married to Hathaway until his death and was survived by his two daughters, Susanna and Judith. Susanna married Dr John Hall, but there are no direct descendants of the poet and playwright alive today." According to [49]: "He was married to Hathaway until his death and was survived by his two daughters, Susanna and Judith. Susanna married Dr John Hall, but there are no direct descendants of the poet and playwright alive today."

Advertisement: The BBC World Service is broadcasting King Lear this Sunday December 24, 2006 0900 hrs GMT The production was recorded live at Globe Theater, London. Please listen to the play once again and think whether the link that I showed between Shakespeare's personal life and King Lear holds any water. Thanks for reading. Good day! --who is kushal? 22:12, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

{{wiki}}

Could you please remove the {{wiki}} tag from your user page as it is showing up as needing wikification, which, I presume, is not your intent. Thanks Rich257 09:02, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Done! --who is kushal? 18:13, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

Checkout my new signature! (Some Wikilinks in this packet)

Check out my new signature --Click me! 19:19, 20 May 2007 (UTC) as a bonus, I give you some links so that you can recover after reading my rants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_box http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EULA http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source_lines_of_code http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_Compiler_Collection http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_toolchain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underdog_%28competition%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly

As they say on Project Gutenberg, do not click on the above links, typing in the address bar works better! --Click me! 19:19, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Hi

Hi how are you? User:Kushal_one —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.150.163.1 (talk) 13:39, 1 September 2007 (UTC) --Click me! write to me 03:09, 8 September 2007 (UTC)

69.150.163.1

Can you confirm you are user:69.150.163.1, who posted here? --M1ss1ontomars2k4 15:44, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

Roman chair

Have you abandoned Roman chair, or are you still researching?

BTW, don't you think your signature should contain your username? I know it links to your user page, but as it is, you can't tell whose signature it is just by looking at it. —Keenan Pepper 23:01, 23 September 2007 (UTC)

What's up, no reply? —Keenan Pepper 16:58, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

I have been caught up in classes lately. I have not even been able to go through the htm file you sent me. I think I will change my signature soon. Thanks. --Click me! write to me 05:39, 30 September 2007 (UTC) --Kushal^{Click me!} write to me 05:40, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

re: >.>

It means: "chill out larrymac, he can say what he wants". BillOS was a very innocuous term, and he probably used it just out of habit. While it might have been a good idea to take the OP's language skills into consideration, it was inappropriate for LarryMac to be so harsh --froth^t 01:29, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

re: boot speed

I use Sysinternals Autologon (I use a BIOS hard drive password), but I'm counting from the time that I would normally type it in. There's essentially no wait after the little orb sparkles and disappears.. I can hike my pants or blow my nose and it's done and all startup items are completed loading (granted the only things that load are Steam, Thinkvantage Active Protection, and synaptics drivers) --froth^t 18:56, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Also, how is it that you have such a giant talk page and only like 4 people have ever edited it? --froth^t 19:00, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

LOL, I am a perfectionist/paranoid (depending on who you ask) who does not understand the concept of Wiki and is afraid will 'break' something (and wreck havoc in all of wikipedia). So, I try to limit my edits to talk pages and my own talk page is my favorite spot. I never took the time to archive old "discussions" (read monologue).

By the way, your configuration is cool. one more question, what does your BIOS hard disk password do? -Kushal^{Click me!}

The hard drive will refuse to "unlock" (perform a data read/write) until the correct password is entered. This is enforced by the hard drive's firmware --froth^t 00:22, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Sweet! So if someone steals your computer, your data still remains relatively safe as I presume that the firmware is the same even if the hard disk is transferred to another computer. --Kushal^t 00:24, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, it's stored in the logic that actually controls the read head. Presumably the platters could be removed, but then we're talking NSA-level clean room labs and things --froth^t 00:33, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

I edited a featured article

See my history to learn more. or click here [50] --Kushal^t 23:30, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

re: edit to gmail

Well it's constantly changing, so 'currently' would probably be good to leave in. You might also want to incorporate something about it not being a hard limit, just an illustration.. ask around at Talk:Gmail --froth^t 00:37, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

sourced information on operating system breakdown

Maybe Mac OS X [...] 8 percent market share [...]

from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/technology/circuits/25pogue.html?ref=circuits

i hope i am not breaking copyright rules --Kushal^t 16:11, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:69.150.163.1&action=edit —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.150.163.1 (talk) 21:02, 1 November 2007 (UTC)

Slide (website)

The talk page of Slide (website) was deleted because the article was deleted in the past, however a better version has since been recreated. You can create a new talk page, and then you can create the redirects. MessedRocker (talk) (write this article) 20:46, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

AFP (disambiguation)

Re your proposal, please see Talk:AFP (disambiguation). --Una Smith 02:43, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

NAS

Although "everyone knows" that it is widely regarded as accurate, etc., your call for a citation is entirely justified. I keep seeing this repeated and advertised even on the copyright information to my Bibleworks 7 program. So, it SHOULD be cited, or removed. Tim 10:52, 16 November 2007 (UTC) .

I am taken aback by the humility and dedication of my fellow Wikipedians who produced not just one, but two citations for just a simple request that they could just revert and forget about. I want tothank and congratulate everyone involved for a great job well done. --Kushal^t 21:52, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Barefootedness

Was barefootedness associated with being God in Greek or Roman periods? Do you have good, citeable web articles for this ? I knw that Augustus of Prima Porta was barefooted but do we know when it started or somwething? I wikilink to a specific article about being unshod and its relation to rligious deities would be helpful as well. Thank you. --Kushal^t 05:00, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

this should be able to help you a bit, search for The Bare Feet Speak: Nonverbal Messages of Barefootedness for the relevant info. Sorry, I am not aware of anything onwiki regarding this, other than in the different articles related to Greek mythology and which gods were always depicted as barefoot. Dureo 12:27, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

thanks --Kushal^t 21:54, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Google's gmail usage

Note to you:

6B Friday November 23, 2007 USA TODAY

Despite filters, tidal wave of spam bears dowm on e-mailers

"[...] For a start, tens of millions use Google's Gmail because it was designed with built-in spam defenses. [...]"

Do you think it might be useful for the Gmail article? Regards, --12.226.117.72 (talk) 15:38, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

I am online. --Kushal^t 15:39, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Other discussion

When applicable, the quote should be wiki linked to the appropriate place in wikiquote or wiktionary. Though again, this probably wouldn't be 'in' the quote, but a reference either at the end or at the begining. KalevTait 10:42, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

If it's not in the quote then I don't have a problem with it and that is actually something that should be done when following this guideline. Though, separately I don't think definitions should be wikilinked because comprehension of text either happens or it doesn't, the act of learning a word or phrase you don't know actually should be slowed down. Hollow are the Ori 10:49, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

In principle, I like this proposal. Trying to think of a counterexample I can come up with the lyrics section in Das Lied der Deutschen which contains entirely appropriate wikilinks to some obscure (but topically important) European place names.Arbor 08:52, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

That is why this guideline is called "should not" rather than "must not" contain wikilinks, though once people understand that quotations are fragments of human expression and to copy them requires 100% exactness I suspect few if any wikilinks inside quotations will ever be appropriate, perhaps only if the source text contains links itself. Hollow are the Ori 18:34, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Normally a quote occurs to illustrate or back up an assertion. In such cases, it is likely the assertion will have space for the wikilink, which need not then be put in the quote. For example:

Joe Bloggs has been vocal in his opposition to Elbonia, saying "I think Elbonia is the worst thing ever".

Clearly it would be better to link the first occurrence of Elbonia rather than the second one. Link the first occurrence is an existing policy. If you want to say as a Guideline, "It is generally advisable where possible to wikilink to an article from outside the body of a quotation rather than from inside it", fair enough. Any stronger assertion than that is too likely to misguide those lacking in common sense. If someone is worried about "tidiness" then, rather than deleting a link altogether, they can move it elsewhere in the article, even if this means (gasp) adding a new sentence. Deleting a useful wikilink is always bad; moving it elsewhere in an article may be good. jnestorius^(talk) 09:16, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

One problem is the wikilinking of a mere reference to something else gives errantly greater emphasis on what in many cases is already too literal, for example, due to the emphasis of the wikilink readers might be even more likely to become deluded into thinking that those who criticize the Clear Skies Act are against clear skies, which is not true. Hollow are the Ori 18:34, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

You lost me on this one. I don't see how a wikilink gives greater or lesser emphasis to the text being linked. In fact, your example seems like an excellent example where a wikilink can eliminate ambiguity be taking readers to an article with a rich discussion of the controversy. The Clear Skies Act article includes a robust "Criticisms" section. Rossami (talk) 20:14, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikilinks and html links in general might add emphasis to what is already excessively literal. Just because legislation is titled with the phrase "Clear Skies Act" doesn't mean it intrinsically will make the sky clear. And how an author uses a reference is unique to each and every author. The point of having a quotation isn't about making mere references, it is about conveying their self contained argument or opinion. Feel free to add wikilinks you consider relevant just after the quotation or in a section just below. Hollow are the Ori 21:21, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't follow this logic at all. Whether "Clear Skies Act" actually makes the sky clear has nothing to do with whether "Clear Skies Act" is wikilinked or not. In fact, if you think the title is misleading, you should want it wikilinked, to make it easier for a reader to find out how misleading it actually is. This is especially true since its entirely possible that a further discussion of the Clear Skies Act in the context of the article might be inappropriate. Chuck 16:36, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

What I understood is when the article contains exact or very similar text nearby that can be wikilinked, the word in the quotation should not be wikilinked. For example, in the above example, if someone quotes The EPA, I am pretty sure that it is not the first place where EPA is mentioned and it should be pretty clear that EPA means Environmental Protection Agency (United States).

However, if it is unclear from the context, there are more than one options: wikilink it or improve the article in such a way that the quote makes sense by itself.

the answer is not obvious. Should I revert a wikilink in a quote or not? --Kushal^t 05:28, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

Interwiki image import

{{helpme}} Please help me to import this [51] image to CEATEC. Thank you. --Kushal^t 19:01, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Hello Kushal! I was hoping someone with Image knowledge would stop by, but to no avail. Therefore, so you are not waiting around any longer, I am going to refer you to post your message at Wikipedia:Help desk and you should receive assistance relatively soon. I hope this helps!--12 Noon 21:38, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks --Kushal^t 22:41, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

re: my userpage

Thanks! --ffroth 22:49, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

You have to download it and reupload it here (it's impossible to move/rename an image).... unless it's on Commons, in which case you can just call the file name directly in an image tag. --ffroth 22:55, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Right click, save image. Then Upload it --ffroth 22:58, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Looks good --ffroth 11:29, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Archive

Can you check my talk page to see if the bot config is ok? Thanks --Dustihowe  Talk  20:03, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

which bot? --Kushal^t 21:04, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Kindle

How does the Kindle access the Internet? Does the owner need to supply his/her own WiFi? If so what does it mean by free access to Wikipedia included? Am I missing something? Is Amazon offering its own Wireless subscription service? --Kushal^t 16:51, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Kindle "downloads content over Amazon Whispernet, which uses the Sprint EVDO network." --LarryMac | Talk 16:55, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Thanks. --Kushal^t 17:49, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

The important thing is that the Kindle DOES NOT GIVE YOU ACCESS TO THE INTERNET! It uses a cellphone-like connection to Amazon headquarters (which they pay for) which gives you access to just the few websites that Amazon choose to provide. One of those is Wikipedia - there are some blogs and some other services - plus Amazon.com of course - but you can't (AFACT) stick in any old URL and get access to it. Someone who played with one for 10 minutes told me that he couldn't edit Wikipedia using the Kindle - only view it! This makes me suspect that you are actually getting a mirror of Wikipedia - not "the real thing"...but that's hearsay evidence. But it's OK - if Santa is is listening, I still want one for Xmas - I have been very, very good this year. SteveBaker (talk) 23:43, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

You want one? Haven't you seen that side-by-side comparison of the Kindle's terms of use and RMS's "The Right to Read"? --ffroth 02:47, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I have read both separately but not the side by side comparison. Could you link us please? Thanks --Kushal^t 04:32, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

yep yep --ffroth 13:44, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

Neither the critics of the Kindle, nor (oddly) Amazon themselves seem to mention two CRUCIAL facts:

Amazon would rather have people steer clear of Project Gutenberg. I should stop before I start a holy war. Moreover, if I was selling Kindle, would I not do the same thing? --Kushal^t 21:42, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

1. That there are several OpenSource tools that convert from other formats into Kindle's internal format (which, incidentally, is an open standard).
2. That you can provide your own memory card for the Kindle - which you can read/write from your PC with the right adaptor.

So getting your own content onto Kindle is a breeze and doing it that way costs you nothing. So - with a suitably large memory card, you can immediately dump Project Gutenburg (22,000 books!) onto the thing for starters - cost $0...and any other eBook format that you can convert to PDF or something can also be read on Kindle. What you can't do is read Amazon-supplied material on anything other than your, personal Kindle...that's not really much different from the iPod/iTunes setup.

The reason you can't get to the general internet through the thing is that Amazon are paying your phone bill and they'd go bust VERY quickly if people used it a lot. Also the display (being a weird ePaper thing) doesn't update fast enough for interactive types of usage - you certainly couldn't watch movies or even GIF animations on the thing...and without flash/Javascript/Java/etc, it would be a pretty poor Internet experience anyway. But that's NOT what it's for. It's a book/Wikipedia/magazine/news-blog reader - and for that, it's not half bad. For me, it's worth $400 just to be able to comfortably read Project Gutenberg+Wikipedia+Slashdot+email without needing an Internet connection or a crappy backlit 320 pixel display.

SteveBaker (talk) 15:30, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

You have got that one. I have tried to read a plain text e-book from PG on the Nokia 6600. I would not recommend that to anyone. --Kushal^t 18:48, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

I actually did read Dante's Inferno on my laptop - (1200x800 display) it wasn't good either. ePaper is definitely the way to go for that kind of thing. SteveBaker (talk) 20:10, 11 December 2007 (UTC)