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I wish everyone realizes what a joke this publicity-seeking exercise of a politician/bureacrat is (just as the so-called $10 laptop was). Discussing the technic
by prakashk 16y ago
I wish everyone realizes what a joke this publicity-seeking exercise of a politician/bureacrat is (just as the so-called $10 laptop was). Discussing the technical merits or demerits of this whole absurdity would only give it more legitimacy.
Instead, I would humbly point you to http://greatbong.net/2010/10/14/the-grand-secret-os/ http://greatbong.net/2010/10/14/the-grand-secret-os/, which recognizes this for what it actually is. At least you can have some fun talking about it.
- kranner 16y agoLovely, but I doubt a non-Indian will get all those in-jokes.
- thingie 16y agoSome of them are quite funny at their own. Like this one. 3. The default state of processes is “sleep” which is where they are found 95% of the time. It's obviously meant as a joke, but if you think about it, your real processes in your real OS are (on average) going to spend even more time sleeping, and it's exactly what you want.
- aniket_ray 16y agoHelping people out with the jokes. G@ND = expletive for ass(the body part). Block Development Officer - Officer in charge of administering a block (a block in turn is a small administrative area typically a few villages). SC - Scheduled Castes ST - Scheduled Tribes OBC - Other Backward Classes SC, ST, OBC are different categorization of the castes. Indian institutions (govt. jobs, colleges etc) have to offer atleast 49.5% seats to people belonging to these sections. This is kind of an affirmative action. This affirmative action is based on the archaic caste system and not on the something tangible like income. So quite often the rich people of these castes end up reaping the benefits. Because of this reason most of the intellectuals of India oppose such an affirmative action. Politicians still do it, because its a easy way to get votes. Class IV employees - Employees under a particular government pay grade. The lowest grade in government pay scale. People in this grade form unions and assert their labour rights through frequent strikes. Babus - may refer to either bureaucrats or the clerical staff in their office. Both are known to be admirers of red tape and corruption. Paan - piper betel leaf based mouth freshener. Hard to explain so refer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paan
- known 16y agoThere are 17,000 cults aka castes in India. http://goo.gl/CNyp http://goo.gl/CNyp With less than 1% marriages inter-caste, they literally hate each other. Since Economic mobility != Social mobility it is better for India to give autonomy to FC/BC/SC/ST/Minority regions with a single passport and currency across these regions.
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- arjn 16y agoI wouldn't call paan a mouth freshner. I think its more like a stimulant.
- solutionyogi 16y agoThose translations are handy but I think you kill the joke if you have to explain it. You have to know and have experienced the 'babu-culture' to appreciate the article, there's no way around it.
- drtse4 16y agoDon't worry, that's crystal clear, i didn't post the original link above just for that reason, an nonsensical/hilarious announcement. But that announcement made me remember of that security researcher sent to jail for his analysis of the voting machine last month or so, who knows how that ended...
- pers3us 16y agoI just can't stop laughing.
- fauigerzigerk 16y agoThat's brilliant :-) This kind of sharp and humorous form of criticism makes me very confident that India has a great future.
- aufreak3 16y agoWhat a great writeup! I LOL-ed at the code name - "GAND-OS" ... can't stop laughing! :D When I read the original Inquirer post, I immediately checked the date just to make sure this isn't some old April 1st joke.
- SwaroopH 16y agoThis doesn't even deserve the jokes. India government at it's pathetic best.