Another Dream

Another Dream

I think  need to record this before I forget.

I will post it to Maha Brahma by email and report on his reply, later.

Place in in Ceylon is about 10 miles away from our residence.

I had a very bad feeling as it were we were evicted from our pricey possession by evil means (may not be by new JVP/NPP combo) and we had to shift to a less desirable home. 

I guess they deliberately overvalued the land so that we could not pay the due taxes and so they could evict us on the long run. 

I think this is Ranil's ploy. He overlays the road with cement (only the entrance and the rest of the road is not motor-able), and puts a big picture of him adoring, rather destroying the natural beauty of the place.

The new Ranil Taxes are overseen by the AKD's new regime. 

We could not pay and the eviction notice served.

Our home has 7 level to accommodate the small space of 6 to 8 perch.

The rooftop garden is at the 7th level.

New land was slightly bigger but paddy fields on both sides. 

That was not a problem except for encephalitis mosquitoes.

It was an old mansion with probably ghost residing, before we landed there.

What annoyed me most was it had only two levsls and no rooftop garden (with orchids).

The landlord probably would have been an old Nilaame who had gone bankrupt due to current I.M.F. taxes imposed on them (same plight as ours)  and left it to run down.

He may have died without a will.

How we possessed it or most likely became tenants I have no clue, at all.

The paint of the door was peeling off and the guys were painting them without scraping the old paint with white paint.

I hate white paint it reminds me of funerals in Ceylon.

Perhaps, I would have been dead and this futuristic dream may have been my funeral. 

Only Maha Brahma with his divine vision would know.

Worse scenario was that the roof of my bed room was taken off while I was sleeping under, in broad day light (my regular day time nap after retirement) and they were about to land parts of the roof on my rooftop garden destroying all my orchids, collected over 20 years.

Enough to annoy me even in my sleep.

With that anger I was woken up.

 

I will complete this when I heard from Maha and my Google Gmail is not working, since I installed a new Linux called Wlinux.

Maha Brahma Interpretation

I got a return of post reply with the usual saying, Lone Time No SEE!

I said, I was working on a few books and I sleep well without mosquitoes in Australia and there were no dreams, as a result.

Besides, I did not have to dream, apples, pears, oranges, plums and grapes which were my favorites in the 80s in UK. 

Of course, I dream of Mangoes, Soursop, Dragon fruits and Ambum and Ambul Kehel (type of bananas in Ceylon about 10 or 20 with some genetically engineered varieties). 

I never got constipated in Ceylon, in spite of sweating a lot but first problem in Australia was constipation due to relative lack of humidity.

Is about me?

Little bit but mostly about Ceylon.

Your orchids on the rooftop is no more.

Awful.

They bloomed only once and that Rawla (bearded man), they next door neighbor plundered the remains.

I know he secretly climbs to our roof from the rear annex.

Did he joined the JVP?

No, he did not contest. I guess he was threatened by the grass roots.

Who is the current guy from NPP.

He is not from Kandy but a University guy who failed his final examination but has got his degree confirmed.

Or, I see!

Anything is possible with NPP in power.

Now what about Ceylon?

Catastrophe?

YES.

Is it during the current regime?

I am not supposed to be political. 

There is no politics in heaven.

OK.

It is like this.

Weather fails.

No rain.

No paddy harvest.

No imports.

No petrel.

No three wheeler imports.

No rice imports.

Famine.

Virus more powerful than coronavirus.

Land given to China, India and America.

What about Russia.

All Food Aid comes from them.

They have a surplus and Odessa is in there hands. 

What about Americas?

Hell on earth with 95% addicted to ICE.

What happened to Republican and Democrats?

There are no parties and only anarchy.

It is two much for me to digest.

Am I in heave with Zimba?

I am not supposed to say and he vanished in a flash.

 

 

My Global Vision for Computers

 My Global Vision for Computers 

Now that I have expressed my global views, in general, if I do not write few lines on computer world, it is unfair by my standards.

This whole world is taken over by few companies and President Putin cannot overview the impact, only the Linux World can keep it's head up.    

We cannot trust China and it has it's own Kline OP system I will never try.

A waste of my precise time.

Having said that Ubuntu has abrogated it's responsibility and that void is filled by Emmabantus in style. I have just made two bootable USBs one on Emmabantus and the other on Ubuntu.

I have multiple copies of MultSystem with multiple Linux distributions run on 64GB USB sticks, the standard not USB-3s. Now Emmabantus took twice the time of Ubuntu and it shows the paucity of software in Ubuntu. Now Emmabantus did not use a single copyrighted application. 

That is my bone of contention in Ceylon where Pseudo-Buddhists who use pirated copies.

Unfortunately the USB made by Ubuntu software did not boot. That is why I did copying it with Emmabantus and it boots quickly unlike the DVD on the ROM. Emmabantus has everything I need including USB writer and USB image writer which works perfectly well in Emmabantus including MultiSystem (new versions does not support MultiSystem).

Mind you I hate the noise of DVD ROMs.

If Laptop makers are sensible they should discontinue the inbuilt DVD and dish out a detached DVD ROM with each Laptop, if the customer needs. That saves space for my Vision that will come later in this piece.

Not only noise it consume lot of energy.

That job can be done easily with a USB Stick and 4MB RAM. If any of your gadgets has less than 4GB RAM either dish it out or upgrade to 4GB RAM.

If you are not a game player 4GB RAM is more than enough. 

In Linux one need lot of RAM only in installing but they always reserve 1 GB for system and hardware and in, installation Linux use 3 GB by default.

There is no crash like in Windows.

Windows take all the RAM and that is why it crashes often ad hoc. TPM or Total Play or Pay module or is it something else that expects minimum of 4GB RAM.

That is the only swipe I will make at the expense of stupid Window Users.

Now coming to my Vision.

I hate a big computer either desktop or a standalone mode.

It takes space.

What I need is a solid input device (modified keyboard) and a big monitor. Only one company has taken this to heart and working on it and I wish them success but I won't buy one since I have my computers working only on Linux. This keyboard probably will only support Windows and I hope they make Linux one to save on the cost to begin with.

This keyboard should put the motherboard under it's keys. 

One reference to Linux Developers and they use keyboard shortcuts day in and day out.

The function keys  F-1 to F-12 can be accommodated for their use in principle.

I use Ctr, Alt, Del and F2 only and other function keys are literally a waste.

My proposed  Keyboard Computer can use them for good use. 

As I said earlier the DVD is dispensed with and all booting should be done with bootable USBs and quality of USBs should go up but the price should come down. USB port should be in front not in side like in Laptops and I hate fiddling to find a port in my old age.

Some words about gender.

All these gadgets are made by male guys who want money and a yacht to sail at sea. They do not care a damn except for cellphones that are made for women only and a man with a big finger cannot use a tiny phone in hand.

Whereas Keyboard with Motherboard enclosed can be used by a man with big hands and big fingers. Hang, the virtual keyboards which interfere with typing perpetually.

I forgot to mention the keyboard should have a bay in the middle to mount the cellphone or tablet  in a mobile mode.

That's all one need a cellphone and a flexible rubber keyboard that one can wrap round the head with a side cap as a portable helmet on a rainy day. 

I hope you got the image or the vision and keyboard should come out of age and incorporate more ports for microphone head sets, cameras, various USB sticks and WiFi DVD ROMs.

Combining digital software and analogue gadgets might cause little problems but make one bigger in size for the man to stay on the table top typing and a small one for me and ladies to carry to the pantry.

Ladies are the ones good at thrashing light weight ones and who knows if one spills coffee on it one can use it as a doormat. Even though, I use some skepticism and satire a lot here, what I say, I mean in my heart of hearts. 

Again no plastics for environmental reason and rubber is a plant product and it will support our rubber industry directly.

All what I need is a flexible rubber keyboard in my hand and a big monitor at the foot end of my bed which I can see at age of 80 without a problem.

If I get annoyed I can thrash it on the floor to see how it works (good or bad) and if not working use it as a doormat.

Transition of Big Form Factor to Small Form Factor

 Transition of Big Form Factor to Small Form Factor

It's all about Energy and Economics.

Let me dish out a fact, first.

Do not Use Chinese DeepIn Linux.

It destroyed one of the last two IDE HDD I have. I mounted IDE on an external case and installed DeepIn.

It booted once and did not boot again.

I tried to format the IDE and I couldn't.

It won't mount and it could be a ploy by Chinese to destroy old hardware and computers using a backend tools, unknowingly so that the user has to buy a new one.

It perhaps may be due to DeepIn's faulty GRUB.

Either way, I lost one IDE even though I am going to depreciate all IDE hardware including CD/DVD drives.

My first PC of 10GB cannot be mounted Microsoft's Windows 95 destroyed it's boot record.

It looks like Chinese are taking a leaf out American Bill Gate and employing it's counter mechanisms against the American hegemony.

The other IDE of 80GB is mounted on an nice aircraft quality  aluminum external case and it has MultiSytem installed with many Linux distributions installed.

That is an entry point to to the transition of technology.

My gut feeling is Intel will discontinue Ryzen and Radeon in gradual steps. If you are an Intel fan it is time to buy them now since there is a glut of graphic cards. 

This warning is to the game players.

You should design your own game box provided you have space in your living room.

Time to design a VM Box too.

VM is graphic intensive.

This is true for AMD and NVIDIA or New Video, too.

I had a 512MB NV card and mounted it on my old PC. It looks like the integrated graphic card of my ACER motherboard is better and have better pixel density but I prefer lesser density of NV card since all the pictures and fonts are bigger at boot time and there is no eye strain at boot time.

I can adjust them to my needs if I desire.

I have not studied FPS, IK Resolution and Pixel density in real physiological (not in physics) terms but suffice is to say our brain can register at best 256 colours and 36 FPS at best and any advance in physics and physical dimensions of the gadget is converted to an illusion in the brain.

By the way, all digital games are an illusion of some sort. 

I forgot an important point of integration of CPU and Graphic cards and heat generation in use.

Both CPU and new generation of graphic cards generate enormous amount of heat. Choosing a proper cooling mechanism is of paramount importance and adding a few extra fans is (if the motherboard allows you) prudent.

The second point is the buss speed (may not be the correct term) of CPU should tally with the RAM speed of Graphic cards.

If not compatible these incompatibilities will effect one's gaming experience.

I leave it at that.

The buss speed of my 100 Herz per second and was not compatible with 128 of IBM server and next generation of 133 Herz per second.

I have about 20 odd RAM cards in my attic.

Consider my new NUC has 8GB RAM.

Coming to small form factor, I believe Intel, AMD and NVIDIA will investigate and invest on cost of production and profit margin on the long run.

They will turn to small form factor invariably.

Mass production of them will be easy and FABs are in real demand. 

The war of computer technology of America and China has already begun. Taiwan’s silicone industry may even initiate the Third World War and it is  not certainly by Russia.

Considering all these I bought a NUC of Intel.

Thank you Intel.

I have no money to go for AMD.

I have mounted 360GB internal and 360GB external SATA disks with my favorite Linux Distributions (unfortunately one at a time in one SATA).

Without games it is enough, till I kick the bucket.

I am thinking of buying another (one at home one on the move or fly) NUC. Low noise and mobility are important to me in  old age. 

Instead of an old USB, if I can carry my operating system in a 1 terabyte SATA is good enough for me. I do not need these NVMe SATA disk with huge capacity which even NAS sever will envy.

I forgot another point our politicians do not care about. 

We in Ceylon will buy (that include Universities and I thank God I am no longer work for universities and a free software advocate and freelancer) big form factor computers going cheap to replace our ageing infrastructure with water cooling systems that cost lot more on running (with Power Cuts to deal with) costs.

They cannot even think of small form factor, low cost and low energy bills.