Data Mining

Reproduction
Data Mining
But she added that the need for more concerted action was becoming pressing.
"Over these 12 months our relationship with tech has both been darker and more muddy because it becomes increasingly clear that all the bright and shiny positive potentials of tech are at the risk of being darkened by forced misuse of data, manipulation, supervision, no respect of the citizen, no respect of individual rights," she told Martha Lane Fox who carried out the interview.

Privacy laws

The past year's scandals have included:

• Facebook having to apologise for letting 87 million users' details be harvested, many of which were obtained by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica
• Twitter, Facebook and YouTube facing up to evidence that their platforms had been used by Russia and others to manipulate voters in the West
• the EU fining Google a record €4.3bn ($5bn; £3.9bn) for using Android to illegally defend its dominance in search

Way Forward in Social Dimensions

When I use dimensions, I won"t go up to the 13 possible(mathematical) dimensions in science.
 

I mean ONLY three in political dimensions.
 
A large majority is passive and indifferent. 

I want them to come down drastically and embrace participatory democracy.
Then there are participants.
Largely politicians and their stooges. 

I mean the large majority of political writers.
If you look at critically, the large number of the anti-democratic elements belong to SLFP starting from SWRD who defected from UNP.
The list Somarama, Budha-Rakkita, Vimala Wijewardana and CP De Silva were the scourge of politics.
 
Don't not forget the Ku Du Ra Ja of SLFP, Tennison from South.

Whereas T.B.Ilangaratna from Kandy was a colossal.
 

Peoples Bank, CWE, Ceylon Petroleum and large segment of Co-Operative movement were his brain child.
One should not forget T.B.Subasinghe.

The rest of the SLFP and UNP destroyed these institutions.
 

That is entirely a different ball game.
 
Participant political writers never exposed the shoddy deals of SLFP and UNP.
 
Coming to the third category outside the above two are the Civil Society Activists not belonging to political wings including JVP (utter failure in my opinion).
 
This was the category, I was very supportive of but never increased their numbers above 20%.

They were opportunists.
 

Many of them are double dealers (Ratana heads the lot).
 
Nothing will come out of them, they are being bought up by the big guns.
 
The Civil Society Activists are not living up to their nonpartisan strategy.

A big Stale Mate is in the offing.
 

I hate to see a putrid strategy of Ma Ra, such like, getting the public (Samurdhi in Particular) servants to wear party colours.
 

The people who are not political party officers wearing party colours is a rotten ploy.
 

In the same way I hate people showing their  allegiance to religion or any other rotten association in public.
 
I see in no time sexual deviations maybe made public other than gang raping in this country.
 

This country is rotten to the core and even the foreigners who visit us are coming here to escape from legal arms in their respective countries who peddle drugs in famous hotels in Ceylon.
 

Do not blame only the politicians.
 

Passivity is the invitation to corruption.
 

Try to be an active participant under trying conditions.

That is the only way forward.

Bird's logic

Bird's logic
My recent observation over 15 varieties of birds have its own logic.
In my view, they are better indicators of cyclonic activity than our local weather reporters.
Unlike human with BIG Brain who waits for catastrophe to hit (recently in the north of the country), they leave the ZONE of ACTIVITY at least 24 hours before the impending danger.
They have over 360 degree vision and more weather sense than humans.
Unfortunately out dogs do not have that capability.
During the last tsunami elephants,deers,jackals and birds left the zone well in advance and only dogs succumbed with humans.
The birds who came are no more only the 4 to 6 frequent local visitors were present today.
Significantly normally cheerful singing Mynahs, my favorite have not recovered from the shock.
No musical tone in this festive season of Christmas after the change (direction of wind) of weather.
They visited but no music and fun in the air!
I trust them and there is ample fruit trees and flowers for the honey birds.
Paddy birds are having a whale of a time.

Priesthood without Politics

Vulgar Deeds of Monks-Reproduction

Posted on January 5, 2016 by asokaplus

Vulgar Deeds of Monks

One should read this in tandem with “Vulgar Talks for Monks”.
I never thought that I might have to use this phrase to describe some of the deeds of Monks with political power.
This has nothing to do with Vinaya (Set of rules passed down by oral tradition) which outlines 300 odd major and 1000 odd minor strictures.
I will list a few below.
1. Possession of more than two robes.
2. Possession of money more than what is required of travel (this was a concession when public transport came into existence).
They are meant to be walking spreading Dhamma and no two monks should take the same path having come to a four way intersection.
3. Possession of vehicle for transport.
4. Possession of land.
5. Possession of books other than Thripitaka, which is colossal.
6. Possession of Televisions.
7. Possession of Elephants.
The sole purpose of this is to highlight the number 7.
I think very soon our monks will ascend to Nibbana on the back of a poor elephant.
I am sure once they ascend there the poor animal is dispensed for good to rot probably in hell.
I am not sure how the modern articles like mobiles, laptops, digital texts and multimedia applications would apply in the context of Vinaya.
A modern Sangayana is necessary to validate them in posterity as essential items ‘On the road to Nibbana’.
I am also not sure of Television Displays in the trend of TV stars.
I sometime incline to think when the Thripitaka is fully digitalized and translated to many languages as possible (this is not happening now) the existence of Monks may become redundant except for the SOLE practice of meditation for ultimate goal SEEKING of TRUE salvation or Nibbana.
The way the things are developing there may be monasteries dishing out Nibbana certificates at four levels, 
Sovan, 
Sukrudhagami, 
Anagami, and
Arhath.
 
I hope, I should kick the bucket before that eventuality of having to register for salvation and is open for all, in the World Wide Web.

I am ambivalent about the right of the monks to become politicians and a member of the parliament.

As a true democrat, I say YES for an individual’s right to exercise political right, if not the Wisdom or the better judgment.

 Having said that I am uneasy if they continue to done the robe after being duly elected.

 The point is conflict of interest, priesthood or the legislative functions (law of the land).

Suppose the legislature agrees for capital punishment would they vote YES or NO.

I feel very uneasy to see any person (whatever the religion that does not matter) in official capacity especially in the parliament (sometimes in civil capacity, too) display their identity in dress code, hair style, facial hair decoration or by any other mean.

It is a hindrance in the name of fair judgment and a Universal dress code for the assembly is mandatory.

I hope this fact is taken into consideration when drafting the new constitution.

I have no problem with any form of national dress (in the form of kilt in Scotland) however ugly and cumbersome for it to be worn.

I prefer the loin cloth for those without any educational qualifications and the dress should indicate their educational level but not their professional status (Army, Navy, Air Force, Doctor, Lawyer, Accountant, Professor or University cloak).

The NEW dress, with neutral colour (not the party colour) should be very simple and no civilian should be permitted to wear this dress for any civilian function.

It should be smart and should not look like a school UNIFORM or Police, Army or Navy. 

The idea is, the moment they wear this dress they are in a different mold and feel proud (whether in power or in opposition).

This stricture like VINAYA for monks is only inside the assembly to discipline the present unruly Guys / Girls trained by Ma Ra and the CLAN in our legislature.

In other words if a monk wears a particular robe they are expected to behave as such upholding the VINAYA and not like The BBS THUGS.

Under Ma Ra their status was steamrolled like RATS and this new TREND would harbinger good behavior in parliament and uplift their status in the legislature as TRUE DEMOCRATS (listen to the alternative views). 

Equally, the politician should not wear this dress for civilian functions other than the official duties in the assembly. 

They are free to wear any other dress including PARTY dress and colour in public so that they can freely mix with their electorate or supporters.

If the speaker wears a particular dress why not MPs?

I never EXPECT this proposal could see the day light.

It is only a wishful thinking.

Vulgar talk to Monks

So I delve into Dhamma in that sense to Samutta Nikaya (56:10) to repeat a verse told to monks would suffice to convince myself why I should not be a journalist. 

This can be rephrased why a Buddhist monk should be a conveyor of Dhamma message sans journalistic endeavour.

Buddha states 28 of his qualifications of vulgar talk to monks.
Numerically in order as was said by the Lord Buddha are as follows.  
Manifold vulgar talks are

1. Talk about Kings (Presidents, Prime Ministers and Tyrants)

2. Talk about Robbers (Robber barons, the multinational businessmen)

3. Talk about Ministers

4. Talk about armies

5. Talk about dangers

6. Talk about wars

7. Talk about food

8. Talk about drink

9. Talk about cloths

10. Talk about dwellings 

11. Talk about garlands  

12. Talk about perfumes

13. Talk about relations

14. Talk about conveyances (transfer of property)

15. Talk about villages

16. Talk about hamlets

17. Talk about towns

18. Talk about countries

19. Talk about women

20. Talk about heroes

21. Talk about street talk

22. Talk about ghosts

23. Talk about ancestors

24. Talk about gossip

25. Talk about land

26. Talk about sea

27. Talk about gain (credit market)

28. Talk about loss (stock exchange)

To this another four are added in another verse

1. Eternity (unending)

2. Annihilation (reduced to nothing)

3. Sensual gratification

4. Self mortification
What a Buddhist monk as a journalist should talk about are about greedlessness,  (opposite of Lobha)
hatelessness (opposite of Dhosha) and  
undeludedness (opposite of Moha)(wisdom) and any other talk is senseless and does not lead to liberation or salvation.

Thank You and Merry Christmas,Twitter

Lot of things can be accomplished with Twitter.
Short
Sharp
Simple
Witty
Fast in execution
Video Clips add value
That is the best option for bulky Facebook.
I hope Facebook take a leaf out of Twitter and produce Light Weight Edition.
I was one who emphasized the need for silky browser.
Amazon embraced it and rule the world.
Internet is meant not for information overload but for critical exchange and know how.
Life Hacker International, my book, has a totally different view, out of Information Overload.

What to do when one starts forgetting passwords?

What to do when one starts forgetting passwords?
Practically nothing. 
Unless of course one is proactive with the first signs of senility..
Some time ago, when I was busy (university on long term strike) and working all night downloading and testing Linux Distributions, temporarily, I forgot all the passwords for my bank accounts and emails.  
With some soul searching I developed a kind of reference and more importantly put them down in writing.
Now I forget where the little note book is kept.
Mind you I have been using www.wordpress.com to Google to every possible web outlets including wikipedia and Dropbox.
So many different passwords.
Finally, I decided to take a very long break and only used my cellphone.
That has its own disadvantages Yahoo thinks I exist in one incarnation and one phone and every time I try to log in with the PC (unfortunately automated) I need damn verification of my PC.

Internet has become a pain in the neck (or ARxx may be).

I have stopped using Facebook (many reasons) and use Twitter for my photo sessions (cannot log in with the computer or my tablet).
The Twitter also thinks I am of one incarnation not many like Aliens who are with us.

In fact, they treat me like an Alien. 

So my decision to wind off with Internet keep my sanity intact.
Today, I plugged in an external hard disk (Suse installed) and could not boot it or read its contents.
With trial and error I managed to boot with Linux tricks and it went in, in one stroke into Google Blog Spot and asked for my gmail password 19 characters long in Sinhala characters.
I hit the ceiling but using my reference code I blog my universal irritation here.
Good Bye to Internet and Happy Christmas and New Year, 2019!

Pipal or Bhodhi trees or Bo trees

Every year when I clean (risky job) the gutters, I find one or two Bo or pipal trees growing there.
I uproot them and plant them in a suitable large pot.
Currently, I have several in the rooftop garden.
 
They are my weather indicators.
 
I pick the dry leaves that fall from the pipal trees in the rooftop garden and put them in a plastic box with silica.
 

This year of Yahapalanaya, I had none.
 

This season even the crows were hungry without pipal seeds.
I went and looked at near "Nagara Sabha Kunu Bakkies" or refuse dumps  where the crows come for roosting and did not find any pipal saplings.
 
There were few in between cement structures.

How the pipal seeds germinate in unfathomable places is a mystery.

All of the young plants were at least one year old.
The inclement weather had nasty effect on birds including crows.

Their purge or dropping did not have any pipal seeds to germinate, I believe.

How to avoid portfolios

How to avoid portfolios

I have very a simple method.
If somebody treats me lower or higher I avoid them by birth right.
The people that treat you higher including politicians near an election are basically greedy and part with your time, vote and the money.
Once the objectives are realized they disappear into thin air.
 
The people who treat you lower are the priests.
 
They are more dangerous than the above category.
They treat you like slaves.
You have to remove your shoes and hats for no valid reason.
At Gatambe one has to raise the backside, which I never do and pretend to have a serious back problem.
 
Raising the sarong falls onto the opposite spectrum.
 
There are some, including my relatives and friends, especially in Colombo who want, the same religious and slavish treatment and I have 1000 and odd reasons including global warming to fend them.

If I am asked to remove shoes (my comfort), I say I got a sore infectious heal or foot and remain in the vehicle and won't get down even for a chat.

I get my jobs (rarely now) and come home quietly late at night.

Staying overnight in Colombo is pain in the Arxx.

What I hate the most is the air-conditioning (serious air pollution including CO poisoning) of vehicles.
If they offer me a ride I refuse, saying, I prefer a quiet walk (never in this blessed city even on a Poya Day).
In fact, I had three hour walk (could have finished in half an our without the traffic).
But climbing Dharmaraja Climb on the new road was more arduous.
The road is meant for vehicles only and I could not find a water tap to moisten my dry lips.

Banking in Ceylon

If not for the money coming from overseas banks, I would be a pauper.
But I get a notice from Income Tax Department.
I filled it up and stated my local worth is less than 5000 a month, A liTtle over 150 for a DAY.
It is not worth the paper that carried the intimation OF TAX REGISTRATION.
In this country Deal Dasas and Mara Palas who are taking us round the mulberry bush.
Big guns are not caught in the small net.
We need a net wider than the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean.
That is where the money is hidden.
Not in the Central Bank of  Ceylon.
 
This country is a heaven for Kudu Mudhalalis from time immemorial, from SLFPs Tennison Edirisooriya to Mara Pala's Regime.

Cloud Watching

A decade ago, I could look at the sky, of cloud pattern and the direction and I could decide to carry an umbrella or not.
Not any more with global warming taking its effects.
The recent cyclone epitomizes the scenario.
Today, within 24 hours clouds are moving in opposition direction.
I cannot say, is it the North East or South West monsoon?
Old days it was the beginning of the South West monsoon.
I would not predict the weather for the guys/ girls taking a pilgrimage to Adam's Peak.

Dragon fly mimicry

A fly similar to a dragon fly but much slender visited my rooftop garden yesterday.
Rare visitor was attracted by the cherry tomato leaves.
It stayed there for hours.
Is it for laying eggs?
I do not know.
As far as I know dragon flies lay eggs on clear water.
But not this guy or girl in my vicinity!

Aliens

We average citizens feel like aliens in the political saga Maru Sira created!

Birds of Feather (flock together)

Birds of Feather (flock together) 
It was strange coincidence that I manged to see over ten varieties of birds in one hour in our neighbourhood.

This happens with impending bad weather and rain elsewhere.

1. The first visitor was a babbler what shade (at least two varieties) I cannot say with my poor vision. Followed by five and few more to make four pairs.

2. Ceylon Oriole pair

3. Black headed (not red headed) bul bul

4. Amother set of babblers

5. Single parrot (probably missed its clan)
Usually three pairs 

6. Sixth was an blue green bird I have never seen in my neighbourhood.
This is the third occasion I saw two of them and hid in no time with my eye contact.

7. Pani Kurrula or the honey bird

8. Big noise twitter or the Munia 

9. The wide bodied Karala

10. Two sets of Mynah.

11. Ash coloured wood pigeon

12. Pair of house sparrows

13. Koha or Koel

14. An Eagle

15. A Kingfisher

I love the Mynahs.
He/She is always in high mood and his/her musical tone when alone is soothing. The chatterbox are the Munias. 
The early warning comes from squirrels.
The babblers do the chorus.
The cry of eagles and wood pigeon is not so nice and bit painful (hunger pain).

Are there Aliens amongst us?

Are there Aliens amongst us?
This question is spurious.
I have dealt it adequately elsewhere.

In fact, one has to be surprised, if there aren't any already amongst us.

They have been visiting us for eons.
Only religions (written) based on 7000 year human evolution does not want the truth to be out in human domain (violation of human rights).

They visit us in 5000 to 10,000 year cycles, the time it takes to travel from their domain to our domain.
This is different from shape-change that is a ploy by them to live amongst us.
They are generally nocturnal to avoid detection.

It is my belief that there are many basic kinds.

1. Visitors who come for replenishment of Free Energy (not fuel energy).

Basically taps electromagnetic energy and avoid Van Allen belt.

2. Shape changers who study human genome and hijack part of our biodiversity on experimental basis.
They are the ones who came in after Nuclear Bomb explosion.

They donated us the cellphones (minor device but they have intergalactic communication skills), computers, lasers, night vision and currently AI.

3. The third are the benevolent ones who destroy all our nuclear war heads.
Any attempt of deploying war heads in space are nullified by default.
They won't let us build a colony in moon, mars or space.

The fear of sparking a galactic war. 

4.The fourth are the predators who would like to spark internal conflict to decimate human race and then claim ownership of this planet.

5. All the above are Zero Civilizations slightly above us but improving their skills leaps and bounds.

6. The level one civilizations are non-interfering and always benevolent.
They do not have warheads but peace is their means of existence.
They live for eons (in our terminology Devas) and seen galactic wars in their time.
This entry is to nullify a rabid monk who only describes a "Peretha Level of Existence" in YouTube currently.
These existences are far below the zero level of existence and are not humans or humanoids but real "Devil Incarnation".
I call them "Peretha Haththattuwa" to describe our politicians of different shades!

My dear old chap

This is my last pilgrimage.

Not a single water tap

I was bit angry after an altercation with a pickpocket in this blessed city.
Then climbed the peak till my anger subsided.
There are no footpaths or shortcuts in this city now.
Five minutes walk took three hours but I enjoyed, all the same.
New roads are built and meant only for vehicles and not for one who enjoys a quiet walk round the lake.
Mahanayakas and Diyawanna have encroached upon every available space and no benches for rest.
The main exit road is blocked and I say these "Peretha Haththatuwa" should be cursed in hell after not finding a water tap for a sip.
Please bring water bottles and litter them on the wayside.
The worse scenario is not a single water tap to wet the dry lips and mouth.

The rest of the available space is occupied by government offices.
None of the offices shows the name boards prominently, so the visitor will go from pillar to post all day.
We ask a guy for a particular office, a lecturer in the university, he gave us the wrong information.
Then I finally found the shortcut and it was littered with rubbish.
I saw a guy doing his repair work of an old car on this main access/exit road completely blocked by iron gates.
To my amazement I knew the guy from childhood and had a little chat and he had exhausted all his water bottles for the "majang work".
Finally ended in a city hotel and ordered two lime juices.
Then from out of the blue came an old friend mine with his sister (from UK) for a cuppa!
I said this is not the right place for cup of tea.
This is Ma Ra type of tea for the average for 50 but right good teas are served at 200 to 300 at the right place for foreign (but tastes the same) visitors.
Finally, they decided to have some lime juice, after tasting my glass of lime juice done nicely by a local waitress ( better than five star hotel).
Of course, I prefer the strong stuff but only allowed for foreigners in this city and not for the locals.
I have stopped precious commodity after the increase in tax as s protest.
Of course, if I get a free bottle, I will polish it in no time.
So cursing all the relevant peoples, is my pastime now but not fit for Christmas cheer.
So bypass this city, if you enjoy your holiday.

Keep your batteries charged

I  was obsessed with keeping all equipments charged due to breakdown in electricity supply due to lightening and also failure of the electricity board.
All my cameras and cellphones were half charged but the butterfly stayed long enough for me to capture the little glimpse.
It was my wife who spotted it first.

Is it a butterfly or a moth?

A single mulberry tree provides an abundon divesity of creatures.
This one house in because of the heavy downpour.

Christmas and high spirits

The Christmas and high spirits of the season will be spoiled by the, evolving political saga.
My concern again is people become little bit careless.
The end result are many.
I list a few.
1. Car accidents.
2. Industrial fire
3. Traffic blocks.
and many more.
My advice is store food and beverages and stay at home.
Make sure to switch off the TV, unless there is good film.

Soho Email

Yes, Soho is not Red Light Zone in London.
It is an excellent email utility integrated with all the productive packagers.
It is a commercial product but gives you a free edition, for guys like me in retirement to organize life's perimeter and the end song.
Thank you guys and girls at ZOHO workforce.

Yahoo Mail Integration.

Yahoo Mail has done a good job of integrating your emails in one place.
First unlock your phone from gmail using phone manager.
Then downloaded the Yahoo Mail utility from Google Play. Installation is automatic.
You need two email addresses. One for each giants.
I am exploring the use of Zoho email.

SIM Cards

SIM Cards

Most sensitive port once one removes a back cover of a cellphone is the SIM port.

Its design leaves no margin of error.

One needs (finger nails are not strong enough) delicate manipulation.

One who used to do cut down on neonates in Ceylon (before fine needles came into existence) could not master it in my twilight years.

Even, the Telecoms guy (half my age) could not do it in my presence.

He had to go inside and get some help from one who was adept at fine instruments (my first SIM, relatively big compared to ones that are in use today; It was a highly manipulative skill or act).

I have now mastered it with the help of a safety pin, that ladies use.

Certainly a pin won’t be of help but a opened up safety clip would.

These things are now technically called life hacks.

My current problem is not manipulation but vision which is getting dull, day by day.

After effect is lot of Typos and my early retirement from digital work.

I am still adept at NOT touch typing but the age old K.(o), K.(o) System (where is the key syndrome, the misplaced key) with the typewriter; The vision come secondary.

I am very bad at keys (car key syndrome).

There is a simple computer remedy.

Increase the font size to your needs.

One does not have to be a “techy’ but improvise simple common sense solution.

The bottom line is one gets a new cellphone get a guy (not on the counter, counter guys are not techys but tricksters par excellence -hoodwink you in seconds-who sell cheap stuff to gullible and stupid customers!) to install it.

Do not try to reinstall it but ask for downloads which go cheap by Rs.100/= and you have to wait over the counter which I hate. 

That is why I say do not have a cellphone but a land phone.

Thank you Bank of Ceylon and Banking Officers

Thank you Bank of Ceylon and Banking Officers

It took over one year for the Bank of Ceylon, Kandy to home in with the fraudulent guy who tried to cash in a cheque forwarded to me from abroad.

Fortunately, I did not have an account and the signature card there.

They rejected the cheque forged by the guy who tried to cash it.

It took over one year for the principal in USA to let me know of the outcome.

This is where I reject the mobile and digital banking.

I knew of a famous Union guy in Sheffield who in a matter of 24 hours got hold of the union money and disappeared into South America, (probably).

The money was transferred digitally in seconds.

So I rejected the offer of digital banking in 1980s and still do.

If the above money was transferred by digital means there was no way of tracing the tracks.

The digital outlets are good and convenient but without a human touch and investigation (simply checking the signature and the National ID) one cannot catch a thief.

The officer who checked the counter signature did know that it was forged.

Mind you after I stopped drinking my signature is still neat and cute.

No shaking fingers or hands.

Mobile and Linux Update

Mobile and Linux Update

This is a bombshell in parts!

Let me thank the Linux Fan Base for visiting my blog site with updates from 2010.

Hope you bear with my blunt (with lot of Typos) approach.

Thank you very much for Gentoo (its name comes from penguins which I love, had seen them once in deep south of New Zealand) users and particularly the PaguaLinux. users

I am no longer Black (I hate black and I cannot visualize pink balls in snooker -colour blind to that shade of colour) Terminal Guy and only use Graphic Install.

But the Terminal with su was fun and absolutely fast execution.

Now I am into little things like mobile cellphone (still learning the background tuning stuff) use and tricks of downloading on the go (tapping into Wireless Zones in my town, I won’t call it a technical city).

Few guide lines.

1. Beware Fire Hazards of cheap batteries (including iPhones and Samsung) and imitation stuff from China.

There are lot of Android cellphones much cheaper, better and faster.

2. Buy a good power bank for use on the go.

3. Use a computer PC U.S.B ports (bit slow but one can sleep while it is on without a fire hazard) for charging.

There is no charging while on the go.

No wall plug charging facility in the city.

4. Do not update the operating system, if it is doing the donkey work and running smoothly. But use a software (many free downloads but with advertisement hacks) that suits your phone for cleaning up.

5. Use a cheap smart watch for calling and save your phone batteries and one can have Bluetooth connectivity.

6. Buy a USB Hub with at least six plug in ports.

7. Have a spare phone for complete privacy and a public (general use and testing software) phone for donkey work.

8. I kept the most hazardous part for the last comments.

All the mobile providers have poor servers to serve you.

They are chockablock with cheap Rs.100/= customers and very slow to serve you with data connection.

I can recommend only Dialog Ceylon for good customer service but they have no outlets away fro the city.

Customers come even from Badulla and please do not try to break the queue.

Be polite to the guys working overtime.

Note I avoided girls, they are sweet talking but doing nothing bombshells.

Guys do the donkey work (the hacker type with wizardry).

They do not wear a smile but good in their technical skills.

9. I cannot think of a number nine but dedicate that to my PC which had done donkey work for over 15 years. I would download 10 GiB in no time while writing an academic stuff (Article which nobody reads. That is why I blog).

Linux distributions long time ago and movies lately.

Problem or the downside is, I use up the data limit and my wife has to use Dialog for communications.

I use the Ethernet for donkey work and just downloaded the PrimeTux4 (French), kids program iso with lot of Linux games.

Tux Racer is my favourite!

10. If you can avoid a cellphone, do that by all means.

Enjoy a good old chat and a beer with a buddy.

Or a cinnamon tea at sky high restaurant.

Thank You Dialog, Ceylon

Thank You Dialog, Ceylon

After many hours/days of waiting and patient deliberation, I got my Singapore cellphone to send a messages to my Twitter contacts.
Even though, not many Twitter uses in my batch.
Everybody uses Facebook.
Less I talk about MobiTel is better for my sanity.
Mind you, these guys charge you for waiting period (of the receiver to answer), too.
If the caller is not responding, do not redial.
Almost half of that is government taxes like waiting in the O.P.D. (Out Patient Department) queue, for doctor to attend to your needs.
This is the only country where customers pay while waiting for a service.
What a discovery for old guy who is waiting for an ornamental coffin.
Must say something about the University, I left on retirement.
The V.C deliberately keeps my money, expecting me to kick the bucket (if he does not understand the meaning of the phrase -is my death) and pocket the left over money.
I am sending a message, saying pay for my coffin and pocket the rest of the money BUT do not come to see my cadaver (my dead body).
I am going to haunt him till his ultimate demise from the present post he is holding.
I won't wish him death, let the Karma takes it effects.
Mind you this was what happened, in the Pension Department in 1970s when my father died.
My mother had to wait for 8 years (my return from UK).
I talked to the director who happened to be a friend of one my old friends (all three are gone and I presented myself in two of their funerals).

What the big idea of visiting the dead?

When the guy/girl (duly signed and certified documents) dies the subject clerk pockets the money at Narahenpita.
The University is no different now.
Late Iver Jennings and E.OE. Pereira must be turning in their graves.
Yes, I will brief them when I finally reach them.

Digitally Signing Off

Digitally Signing Off

1. Blog Spot was my live wire.
2. LinkedIn was my working relationship (though, rarely used)
3. Dropbox was my organizer.
4. Twitter was my fast and impact filled "one liner".  
5. Facebook was my antithesis but all my batch mates use it for linking.
6. Wordpress was my entry level of blogging (no domain and private) and Web Page - Asokaplus.

Digitally signing off does mean they become inactive.
But one of my friends said never to say Good Bye to friends but that applies to web, too.
Let us say it is a bit of hiding and hibernating.

Compare Phoenix Linux with Elementary OS

Compare Phoenix Linux with Elementary OS

For me Phoenix Linux has the club mentality of Linux, not the business mentality of Redhat.

Phoenix Linux is called CUB, as of puppies.

I love Puppy Linux and dogs and my affection for Phoenix Linux is similar.

All stray dogs are my love.

Whereas Elementary Os is like a pedigree dog, expensive from the day you bring it home with hereditary diseases or bug fixes in case of elementary.

Phoenix Linux is at home with you from the first live session with almost all the utilities one needs in a Light Weight Distribution.

One has to purchase every little free software from elementary not free at all. 

It entices you with a beautiful front end and the back end is empty if one does not pay.

I am not against proprietary Redhat and Suse Linux which do yeoman service to server community.

What an average user wants is a functional Linux at first boot up. 

It is OK for guy like me retired and have plenty of time to kill. 

Young guys need not waste time on configuring and testing a teasing Linux distribution.

Thumbs up for Phoenix Linux which has Abiword (I am writing this in a live session) and thumbs down for elementary which has no functionality at boot up.

Any distribution which has no torrent file is not worth downloading and testing.

It takes ages to download from point to point (not in my case).

I pay a high bill to my service provider, Sri-Lankan Telecoms and guys are very nice.

After series of lightening both the router and hard drive went down (burnt).

TV too, was hit and all are in working condition now.

The lightening hits the gadgets well before the trip switch goes off.

Take care even indoors during this stormy season.

I hope elementary Linux get an electric shock reading this comment. 

Unfortunately Distrowatch is also part of this money game and won’t let my honest comment published.

So read the stuff here and not at Distrowatch!

Updates on Mobile Devices and Android Operating System

Updates on Mobile Devices and Android Operating System

Even though, I am a Linux Guru, I am not an expert on Android (based on Linux base) devices or the operating system.

I am still using KitKat old version.

I have many cheap cellphones and a robust tablet bought in Singapore. I was about to buy a Kindle but my sixth sense prevented me. 

It works perfectly but never connected to the Internet (virus issue).

There are other operating systems including Java based (which I bought for our servants, without a basic knowledge in English).

KitKat has done me service but with a limited RAM in many devices, its resources are minimal and slow to install and operate.

First requirement is a good wireless source.

Ideal place is a hotel with foreign guests.

I was caught up and restrained due to heavy downpour, I updated my travel cellphone in three hours, sipping a Ceylon Coffee.

I did not change to a new version but updated all my software choker-blocked (SD card was full unto the brim) and deleted the software I rarely used. 

It has a Singapore SIM and it was left dormant but got all my Singapore (one does not need to go there) Software updated which I downloaded while waiting for my flight home last time round.

Airport has the best wireless connection.

I tried to update my old rickety cellphone with pretty little RAM and currently in its 14^th hour of installation.

If I changed the operating system either it will break my cellphone or I won’t have an operating system running.

Do not be a wreck by installing a new system which I think is Android 9.

My only advice for you is buy a good SD card at least of 16 GiB and update your software on an old android (5, 6 or 7 which you have in your phone).

Do not follow the “whizzy kids” YouTube demonstrations to avoid you becoming a nervous wreck at the end of the exercise.