Friday, May 23, 2025

Monty Python and Python Programming Protocol (P.P.P.)

 Posted on February 5, 2011
Monty Python and Python Programming Protocol (P.P.P.)

I never thought Linux has any relationship to Monty Python’s play acting and his scripts.

Now I discover python language’s name comes from his acting skills and not due to any programming language as long as a reptile called python.

In my case any programming language is a python to me whether it is C or C++ or Java or Beans (they never spell or spill the beans or code in anyway comprehensible to human mind but to computers only) and sometimes with cobra venom installed in them and any sane guy start hating them.

All these changed when I discovered Linux. 
 
Whether you like or not one needs to know few starting scripts and rooting responses, booting and Grubbing files, if one wants to embrace Linux.

So I did.

Now I hear suddenly from nowhere ‘A’ Level students are made to learn python in schools and act like Monty Python of BBC
.

BBC Basic was the first language I started learning before Sinclair’s Basic and long time before I discovered there is something called C and later Unix
.

By the way, the language is named after the BBC show “Monty Python’s Flying Circus” and has nothing to do with reptiles.
 
Making references to Monty Python and acting skills are actively encouraged by the Linux community.

Some of Python’s notable features:
Uses an elegant syntax, making the programs you write easier to read.

Is an easy-to-use language that makes it simple to get your program working. 
This makes Python ideal for prototype development and other ad-hoc programming tasks, without compromising maintainability.

Comes with a large standard library that supports many common programming tasks such as connecting to web servers, searching text with regular expressions, reading and modifying files.

Python’s interactive mode makes it easy to test short snippets of code. 
There is also a bundled development environment called IDLE.

Is easily extended by adding new modules implemented in a compiled language such as C or C++.

Can also be embedded into an application to provide a programmable interface.

Runs on many different computers and operating systems: Windows, MacOS, many brands of Unix, OS/2.

Is free software in two senses. 
It doesn’t cost anything to download or use Python, or to include it in your application. Python can also be freely modified and re-distributed, because while the language is copyrighted it is available under, an open source license.

Python is an easy and powerful object-oriented programming language. 
It was originally created back in the 1980’s, but saw it's first public release in 1991. 
After the release of Python 1.0 in 1994, it quickly became one of the preferred programming language for the creation of web applications in the Internet, alongside with Perl and PHP.

It’s creator, Guido van Rossum has played a major part in the Python development from it’s first release and has a central role in deciding the direction of the Python development.

Python is often used as a scripting language for web applications in combination with the “mod python” module for the Apache web server. Python’s easiness of use and ability to integrate with different SDKs allows the creation of many different programs for Windows, Linux, Маc ОS and other operational systems.

This is what Eric Raymond has to say about Python;

I had already heard just enough about Python to know that it is what is nowadays called a “scripting language”, an interpretive language with its own built-in memory management and good facilities for calling and cooperating with other programs.

So I dived into Programming Python with one question uppermost in my mind: what has this got that Perl does not?

Perl, of course, is the 800-pound gorilla of modern scripting languages.

It has largely replaced shell as the scripting language of choice for system administrators, thanks partly to its comprehensive set of UNIX library and system calls, and partly to the huge collection of Perl modules built by a very active Perl community. The language is commonly estimated to be the CGI language behind about 85% of the “live” content on the Net.

Larry Wall, its creator, is rightly considered one of the most important leaders in the Open Source community, and often ranks third behind Linus Torvalds and Richard Stallman in the current
pantheon of hacker demigods.

To say I was astonished would have been positively wallowing understatement.

It’s remarkable enough when implementations of simple techniques work exactly as expected the first time; but my first metaclass hack in a new language, six days from a cold standing start?
 
Even if we stipulate that I am a fairly talented hacker, this is an amazing testament to Python’s clarity and elegance of design.

There was simply no way I could have pulled off a coup like this in Perl, even with my vastly greater experience level in that language. 
It was at this point I realized I was probably leaving Perl behind.

Now Guido van Rossum who has a major role in development in Python will join the elite three mentioned above.(Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman and Larry Wall).

It is not easy to master a computer language but one who has background knowledge and basic understanding of several language would benefit from it.

Jumping into it straight away may not be the best way.

Learning C and Unix, Linux and how scripting done and modules used to take advantage of Linux kernels is necessary before embarking on this adventure.

In any case Linux is the winner.

It is an object oriented interpretive language with graphic capability may be better than Visual Basic but if one needs to advance in programming language one need to know the code and syntax behind the ant graphic interphase.

There are lot of language wrapped behind the Linux kernel and scripting.
 
It is far better to master Linux and simple commands and scripts before delving.into an advanced language with powerful capabilities.

I still prefer to call it a python with reptilian image because it is a very very long language behind the big modules.

Enjoy Linux and one will enjoy Python too but do not let it wrap round your neck and squeeze your wind pipe and suffocate you.

Better learn few piping tricks in Linux and put the python inside a pipe and tame it
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Do we think when we upload or download?

 Posted on December 20, 2010

Do we think when we upload or download?
This is the time of the year when messages fly across the web in millions of little pieces.
If my download speed (my subscription payment) is 56 bytes at least 4-6 bytes are taken by the header and we do not get 100% efficiency.

Up time is even worse.

I find only the twitter restricting its characters to 140 (out of 256 alphanumerical code) and the English keyboard has about 36 keys to play with.

Pali has many and Sinhala has little less since our phonetics are as close as to the nature since the ancient dialogue in the East  is as old as its existence and the English keyboard cannot accommodate our language characteristics used for phonetics with the 36 English keys.

My question is our intelligence restricted by our keyboard (or touch-pad for that matter)?


Touch-pad is very innovative and the S.M.S may be fast in the character transfer in the web but both do not fit into our analog way of life.

We cannot transfer our Thinking and Creativity over the web
.

I saw one of my friend’s grandson playing with an electronic “kitty” at a function where everybody was there and the kids were the ones. a vee bit neglected  (adults were fully occupied and preoccupied).

To my amazement the kid’s use of the binocular vision was affected by the little electronic “kitty”.

I did a bit of testing of his eyes (I have befriended him on an earlier occasion) and after 20 minutes of testing I was not sure what was going on.

Is his eyesight defective?

Is the game too fast or difficult?  

The kiddy could not figure out how to win.  

He was so engrossed that I could not get a word out of his mouth.

The next morning we had early morning chat with the guys of my age who had not returned to their bases. 

This was a rare occasion I decided to stay back to attend the next day’s function (many others did not).


One grandad told me that his grandchild had his earphones fixed to his ears from Colombo to Matara and never bothered to listen to anything outside let alone birds singing.

I told him if his grandson becomes a doctor one day he want be able to hear soft heart sounds or crackles in the lung and get it fixed / (corrected) now, not before it is too, late.

On a slightly more frightful context radiation from the cell phones might end up with an epidemic of soft brain tumours in a decade or so especially in our girls, and that would be covered up like coconut saga (disputed heart attacks) by the big powerful companies until they shift to another venture.


Eyes, Ears and Brain can be affected.

What next?

Fingers too with touch-pad.

But none of these gadgets will help creative thinking.
All these gadgets when excessively used hamper children’s creativity!
We cannot transfer our thinking and creativity over the web.
Only connectivity.
Thinking has to be done (fast too) before touching the pads or keys but most of these actions are reflex actions and nobody seems to be reflective in their approach.
Think at least once what the benefits the kid gets (age appropriate games) out of the gadget and what hidden harmful effects are there before you buy it, including choking with the tiny battery.

That is the point I am driving at in this short piece.

Going back to up-time and down-time we need to educate the users, what ever the material they transfer across the web make them very light (quality does not matter) as possible to get the maximum throughput (MP3 or 4 instead of the fully featured family video) so the friend who downloads it will benefit and bystander users will also have enough bandwidth for their work and a very fast internet for everybody.

Follow the trend of twitter which sends millions of messages across with only 140 characters.

In that sense this blogging is on the Gorilla (sized) side but my intention is not to send a message but to make creative thinking possible even in this electronic age.

What we enjoy is analyzing the facts of the message.
That is the food for thought toady
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Cloning, Maha Brahma and American Pie

 Posted on June 10, 2011
Cloning, Maha Brahma and American Pie
Maha Brahma (really his assistant) was bit confused with cloning and I need to send him a email with some facts.
 
Maha is good at making something out of nothing and he never had the pleasure of making something out of something what humans are very good at like making profits.
For example the tea dust costs about Rs. 5 to 10/= for a cup of tea but when tea is made into hot cup of tea it costs Rs.50 to 100/= nowadays in the city.

This we call value added and not profits.
 
When Maha is thirsty he makes vine (one flavour) from nothing and drinks and there is no value adding.
It nice for humans to visit heaven when they perfected a spacecraft now that Endeavour is in limbo and see how they make things without any value added or taxes and enjoy it in one flavour instead of many.
He was in a hurry and (email chat of course) and I could not dispense him all the details.
We are now doing nothing except industrial action and new entrants-going to be, are doing physicals in army camps, I was itching to let myself go (four weeks of no lectures is not something we are accustomed to) but he was only interested of my dreams and nothing else.
 
I missed part of my dream, also.

I do not know what happened to the clones (two) and what happen to the originals brothers (twins).
My guess is that clones would have kill themselves and twins would have retired to grave digging.

Regard to cloning if one wants best results one has to clone the cells at the time of birth from cord blood and not when one is 60 years old with some underlying cancer brewing and waiting to hit the wall / fit the coffin
when cells are old like in the Dolly the sheep and will have multiple deficits.
 
So if any of the present day leaders including Qaddafi wanting to clone it is too late for the going and must try next birth if he do wish to come back to earth for war games.

We have 50 somatic cell cycles and we spend almost 40 to 42 by the time of one year.
From the rest of it, about 5 are spent by puberty and the last of it is all what we have before we drop dead.
 
In my estimate none of the present leaders qualify for cloning even if they wish.
 
They know how to clone, in the past 20 years or so and none of the present leaders were under 20, then.
 
This applies to the kith and kin of the present day leaders if the are of eligible age for cloning.

I hear very damning information from WiKiLeaks.
 
America is making a stockpile of war heroes like Saddam and Bin laden and incubating them for the next world order.

They used Saddam and Bin Laden for best of 15 years and when they go awry makes 10 to 20 times the effort to get rid of them.
 
When it happen in Sri-Lanka, they cry “helter skelter oohh’ and cry foul.
I suppose intended use of our man was not accomplished to their wishes, namely dividing the country to pieces of cake to eat.
 
In Middle East, they waited over 20 to 30 years and when oil resource started dwindling, they make a NATO strikes to get rid of Oil Sheiks.
This is international “War Games’ played according to their timetable and
our time table of ridding of Terror "Made in India Terror" is human rights violation.
 
There is nothing nothing to beat this duplicity from Bush, to Blair to Obama.
 
They are all horrible democrats!
I hear very damning information from WiKiLeaks.

America is making a stockpile of war heroes like Saddam and Bin laden and incubating them for the next world order.
They are going to plant them in the Muddle East once the uprisings are over and keep the clones in America for safety and if in case any one of them misbehaves he or she is eliminated and the brainwashed clone is instituted.

That is the next world order coming from America.
They are going to clone IMF leaders, too.

Thursday, May 22, 2025

Why I was not into Ubuntu?

Ubuntu 6.06 L.T.S (DVD) was Released on 1st, June 2006, with end of life on the 14th, July 2009).

I was well into Linux by late 2005.

I was a fan of KDE, then not Gnome.

Mandriva 2005 Power Pack (DVD) was released  on the 13th April 2005 (Linux kernel version 2.6.11)

Kernel version 2 came in 1999 with Mandrake Linux 5.3CD. 

There was a hive of activity in France, including Legal Battle for the name Mandrake which became Mandriva.

Knoppix 3.7 (CD) was my beginning (released around 16th, August 2004).

I had a two year head start on Linux and with big books on Linux (Redhat, Suse and Debian).

I was well into the core Linux utilities including partition tool fsck.

In Linux, the utility used for checking and repairing file system consistency is called fsck, which stands for File System Check. It is a low level tool that verifies the integrity of the file system metadata and can attempt to fix errors it finds

Solaris 9 was Released in 14th November 2005 and I had a Solaris CD posted to me from a University in United States of America.

I think I had a brief exposure to Debian 6 in 2011 but I got wired up (not wireless then) with Linux in 2020 during the coronavirus pandemic. 

From that point I never tuned back from Gnome of Debian.

Earlier on, I had a brief encounter with TRUE OS is 2018 when I managed to erase the Microsoft UEFI BIOS Hegemony of my old Laptop purchased in Singapore, using a LIVE True OS CD on.

It still has a Figure of 8 Microsoft Boot Virus  which made me to hate Microsoft Windows for Life. It still working fine and has Endless OS on it.

It was Star Linux of Russia which erased the boot menu to begin with.

 

Now I am well into ARCH Linux, which include:

Reborn OS

BlueStar Linux

Endeavour OS

Storm OS

Catchy Linux

But MX Linux struck a code and it comes from AntiX.

 

Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Debian 13 Trixie is Out

I found this image by accident.
It has everything including Synaptic Package Manager.
I just managed to download Genome Testing image.
It does not have Synaptic Package Manager but SNAPhub.
However, Synaptic Package Manager can be installed using SNAP.

Yes, I installed Debian 13 over my Debian 12.9.0 and it is running smoothly.
I did not format my / home folder.
It has ?8 desktops and I installed 5 of them including, Xfce.
Colour scheme of Plasma is glassy and not classic.
My first test is Wifi which was smooth.
My first test is AbiWord and it seems have more bone and muscle.
LibreOffice is new 25 series.
GIMP and VLC OK.
OBS and Kdenlive running OK.
I do not think I would go back to 12 series.
This is the first time I do not have 2 Debian editions (old and new).

Total files were around 2500 (did not  count) which means this edition has dropped lot of redundant files may be upto 500.
Thank you guys and girls of Debian Developer Team.
I am waiting for individual Gnome and Plasma versions.

Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Narcissism and Politics

This Syndrome of Narcissism, I did not know exists until well into retirement.
It can be simple.
It can be Complex.
 
Thankfully, I never met a narcissist guy all my life in my medical career.
 
I think we have a system to eliminate them in "Our Training". 
I do not know whether the system has broken down, at present.
 
Lack of empathy and grandiosity are the two elements I would expand here out of many other features.
 
One can see one cannot become a healer if a doctor does possess these features.
The guy or girl assumes that he or she is the focus of attention or importance while possessing these qualities.
We have on in United Kingdom
One in France and one in Germany.
 
A guy with narcissist gestures is like a bull in a china shop.
 
He cannot become a diplomat.

1. Most politicians carry this trait.
This they manifest as leadership. 
Like foot soldiers they need devout followers who do not question them but follow orders blindly.

2. Military Leaders also have this tendency and some of them end up as failed politicians.

3. Top Bankers have this tendency.
They are the most dangerous and one cannot detect them easily until the venture capital crashes.

5. Lawyers have this tendency.
To become a good justice one has to drop this narcissistic tendency and unfortunately some of them end up as narcissists.

6. Most Tuition Masters carry this trade.
I leave it at that.

7. Police officers have this trait 

8. Prison officers have this trait and some of them are the worst.

9. Priests should not have this trait but unfortunately some of them in Ceylon are the worst.

10. Some Drug peddlers have this tendency.
Abuse of drug that affect doctors and nurses equally and is an entirely different kettle of fish.
 
This Zelensky guy and some of the European Leaders who were abused (enticed than abused) by drugs by Zelensky in a very recent episode while Russians were celebrating their 80th War Memorial, is a case in point.
 
These three leaders a disgrace to world peace. 
They are war mongers.

11. I did not know the chief of our laboratory was a narcissist until his son told me. 
They can hide their trait cleverly.
My careful analysis later proved the son was right in his assessment.
 
I managed to catch a group of guys who were pilfering industrial alcohol red handed.  
This guy did a dirty thing to save them before I could inform the Registrar of the  Medical Faculty and seal the contents.
 
I did not ask him, even to type a letter for me. 
Instead I learned how to type (two finger method). 
Then there was a guy who was stealing microscopic lens.
I caught him red handed and immediately transferred away from our department.
Told the professor in charge and he dictated the letter to this "Chief Guy".
 
I decided never to join the University while these guys were working there.
 
I of course, had a set of guys trained by me for my work, when I rejoined well past fifty.
This guy had all the features.
He possessed grandiosity.
 
On reflection, Yes he had no empathy for the Institution or the Country.
The funny part was on overseas training, he followed the institutional laws to the red letter.
I told him that I am going to write these events and incidents in one of my books (36 guys, good, bad and ugly, I me while working in Ceylon).
It is published at Amazon Books.
 
If you have to work under guy or girl with narcissism before you get mad or breakdown leave the place at first opportunity.
 

Narcissism is common

Features of narcissism are manifold.

It is very difficult to detect since many who have this syndrome do not subject themselves to proper examination.

I am not a psychologist but I heard this syndrome from a young guy whose father used to be the chief technician in the pathology laboratory.

I never had any contact with this technician except when he asked me for a research project, 

I duly obliged with a simple project.

I did some corrections in his work but I did not listen to his presentation when it was delivered

He needed this for his promotion.

Looking back, he is a typical narcissist but he cleverly hid his traits.

By the way, I did not know about his son but  one day he introduced him to me on the street and mentioned that he needs to do a research project.

I told them that I do not discuss projects on the street but one need to make a proper appointment.

On a subsequent day, with a nice pot of Mesna Tea  I had a brief discussion and told him we would do a combine project and he need not worry.

Project was on Linux!

About narcissists some of the features are;

1. Sense of self importance.

2. Preoccupation with power not leadership.

3. Preoccupation of beauty (both sexes are involved and females are the worst) and external appearance. 

This guy dyes his facial hair well past 80.

I worked with one of them (female) in UK and it lasted only 6 months.

I used to do funny things to unsettle her.

One day this huge lady on high heels fell flat on the ground in the ward.

I was behind her and I had hearty laugh!

I have worked with several other nice female consultants before her and I judged her as a neurotic, then  but on reflection now, she fits the category of a typical narcissist.

4. Lack empathy.

5. Arrogant.

6. Impulsive

Unfortunately many of them end up as BAD Managers.

7. Exploitative for their own gain.

8. Try to be around with people who are supposed to be important or special.

9. Want to be celebrated of importance (in a sing song, dance, presentation or a pep talk)

10. Want to be admired for no reason or merits.

There are many other subtle features.

Moment one notices them try to avoid them since they slit you behind your back!

They are basically self centered!

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Evaluation of Election Results, The Closing Beat

Evaluation of Election Results, The Closing Beat
I have left out several guys who were instrumental in bringing a significant change in our politics.

This is how Niragamikayo treat Buddhist monk in Prision

There is a Real Danger for Pnanasara Himi in Prison.

As far as I gather this Himi has not been imprisoned under murder charges but he is treated like a serial killer or somebody like Jack the Ripper.
He is being kept with serial killers.
This is how the criminal law is practised in Ceylon.
Whar is the response of our Cardinal?

Chintana Dharmadhsa "Nohoth Padadaya" is working for Ranil "Nohoth CIA Agent".
"Mun Okkhoma Dhesha Drohiyo".
Ali Rajah (LTTE Vestige but currently Active) Subhashwaran financing "Rani" film to belittle our "Ran Wiruwan" or brave soldiers.

Anura has taken the lead bait and he will be demolished on his own accord.
"Anne Modayo Dan Mokada Karranne?"

Anurawa Hakkhe Thiyala Chappa Karala Danawa Mun Tika".

That is the master plan..

Aiyeh Minihagen Ganna Deyak Nathi Hindha Minihava Billy Denna Hadhanne.
.
Anne Pavve Meyahh!

1. Dharshana Hapangoda in his inimitable way introduce guys to the global audience.
He is unique. 
When nobody dared he antagonized Rajapaksas.
That was the beginning.
I think he had a tough time under them.

Having said that he gave a fair chance to all political views including that actor guy, Kamal Addharaarachchi.

2. Champika Ranawake 
Intelligent and educated guy with the knowledge about Katubeddha student activities. He should study Peradeniya University students' activities like Kumar David.

3. Ravi Kumudesh
Ravi is a new found talent with political brain. 
According to Chapa Bandara Ravi was a LTTE operative in the past. 
He may be a Tamil guy with good Sinhala education. 
He is supposed to be currently financed by Ali Rajah Subhashwaran who is the LTTE Banker (Black Money) in UK. 
Ranjan Ramanayake was once financed by him and Ranjan has disappeared from the main stream.  
He was used and dumped and he (Ranjan) is a bit of a political idiot.

4. Chapa Bandara
Chapa is a different kettle of fish with  a vast resource pool.
I admire his upright standing with Buddhist Culture.
There is nothing in Ceylon without Buddhist Culture.
 
We must protect it from Ranil and CIA.

5. Sepala Amarasinghe
Sepala does not have to bring his own views in politics but he has to bring guys slanted with his line of thinking.
Just like Dharshana Hapangoda, basically voice either for or against the government.
Dharshana Hapangoda directly and indirectly helped Anura and the Clan. 

This Anura Clan is the sinking ship.
A major disaster impending.

My advice for Champika 
He should have a go at the next Presidential Election.
He has only one GO and no more.
He is the only guy who can take NPP/JVP head on.
 
Wira Wansa cannot due to his long alliance with Rajapaksas. 
He (WW) has to emerge from the deep pit he is already in.
 
"Bauddhaya is his Galaweema" not Karl Marx.

Regarding Champika, the biggest disadvantage is money.
 
Save whatever, You have but Start filling the till from Well Wishers.

That money should be used for Kandy, Galle and Anuradhapura. 
 
Whatever he has done is enough for Colombo.

1. He should get some help from Chandrika on the ground that he won't antagonize her son. Thar alliance will cover the Attanahalla and Nittambuwa. 
As it is Chandrika needs some help. 
That guy Wijedasa is a crook and he has no guts to stand up against NPP/JVP but he trying to scoop what is left of PA.
 
Maithree guy is a liability to any party he associate with. 
 
SLFP is the classic example and there are about 6 Stake Holders to SLFP.

2. He may need Ravi Kumudesh.
Looking at Haruni, Ravi is an excellent political animal.
He can breakdown the NPP/JVP trade unions without much a do.

3. Champika needs Harsha De Silva without upsetting Sajith.
Unity of the opposition is vital with one problem, Namal and the Rump of SLPP. 
He should be stopped at 10% and no more.

4. Must not antagonize India.

5. He should have a good alliance with Muslims. 
Unlike Tamils they can be trusted.

6. Tamils are a big problem.
They are spread all over. the globe
Their business arm in Ceylon is broken up by the Muslim businesses.
Tamils know only one language.
That is money, especially dollars.

Nobody can find a single old time LTTE guy in Canada. 
 
They are all now not first but second generation Canadian politicians.
 
This is why Donald Trump is behind the back (Canada) of these illegal guys not only Sheiks but other Terrorist Rumps from various regions of the world. 
They slowly slip into America from Canada.
 
Ali Rajah Subhashwaran is a good example.
Like Emil Saundranayagm of the past he spins black money to white and white to black, with one spin of the wheel.

Tamils are very much divided but have become an International Conglomerate. They do not have a base but a Intricate Network. 
 
I am told that they have got India wrapped around their fingers.  
 
Nobody can unite them but money is their global link. 
The Kovils and Gold are their lifeline.
 
Even, in Ceylon Tamils control the gold exchange not Muslims.
 
My batch mates are a good example how the unity of Tamils are expressed in Global Scale.
They are all over the globe.
Their game is to fight among themselves.
 
They have petty fights everyday and their weapon is the cellphone, mostly Apple devices.
Some of the petty fights are  related to Caste or Kovils.
 
The current dilemma is whether to go to Ganges or Kovil in South India.
 
For Ceylonese Tamils, there is a big difference between an Indian Kovil and a Jaffna Kovil.
 
A Kovil in Kandy has no significance and Kataragama Kovil has lost all its glory..
 
My current understanding of a Kovil is a Private Bank. 

I have no working idea,  how much of a cut each Deva gets in each Kovil but it is much less than what the Pusari gets, I am told.

One thing is sure.
 
Tamils are very intelligent and that itself may be a big problem.
They do not like being cheated like the way Anura has done.
They do not mind "do not care attitude" but if you cheat one, that one will remember it for life. 
 
They never intend to cheat YOU.
 
Treat them business like and their bona fide language is money, dollars to be precise.

Coming to Politics and Champika
 
Probable Breakdown of Vote in the near future.
To begin with NPP/JVP (animal) does not need any intervention, at all.
Naturally, it will destroy itself. It follows the basic animal nature that destroy within.
Just mark my word.

1. SJB    20%
2. NPP   20%
3. SLPP  10%

Tricky 50% Left and JVP got only 42% with lot of money and almost perfect campaign.
My advice;
 
Champika has to start long before JVP starts crumbling. 
 
If Champika waits until the real fractures appear in NPP/JVP other parties will step in before him to gobble. 
 
He has to eat into its base NOW not later.
His YouTube work should be the harbinger.

Anura is in panic mode already and gather those moments to wrestle its superficial structure including media guys and girls.

Do not let the vote base slip and go to SJB or SLPP.
Both of them have to revamp their camps.
 
No space should be allowed right at this moment.
Better be earlier than late.
 
Ranil may be having a plan of his own. I guess his window is 2 years.
 
Sajith failed twice mainly due to Ranil's backstabbing.
Destroy Ranil and let Sajith consolidate.
 
SLPP revival depends on Wira Wansa and Wiraya. 
SLPP people need time. They would not come to streets until they are fed up again.

With Unity in the opposition YOU can make it.

 
I must now tell you how I became anti-Indian.
It developed over 35 years.
It ran parallel with my antipathy towards JVP and now NPP.
Now I am convinced India was involved in undermining Ceylon from 1971-73 to1988/89. 
India used DJVP. 
I have direct evidence.

In 1971 to 1973 I thought North Korea was involved but my gut feeling is again India through an unknown proxy ignited, the 1971 insurrection.
Indians were involved from Indira Gandhi's time but after blasting off of  PM Rajiv Gandhi, it died down for a little while but it has reemerged with vigour through Modi and Anura.

The pathetic part of this SAGA is JVP carder and their followers did not realize they were being used by Indian operatives.

These Niragamikayo do not see anything wrong when guys and girls in other religions bring cultural elements from foreign countries and plant them here and destroy our own Temple Based Culture.

Temple is an antithesis to them.

Why?

There is a big plot.
India and CIA are on this plot.

Tamils are also hoodwinked. 
America and CIA are using a certain section of Tamils in their strategic plan.

In other words cheating "Ordinary Tamils".

There are two important things even Kariyage does not highlight about JVP.

1. Number one is depriving the Youth of their Youth and to stand on their own feet without a "bizarre party" proping them up.

As Champika says it is these timid guys in the first year who are proped up as student leaders and none over time become national leaders.

2. The second is the destruction of public property with callous disregard.

I was practical man was instrumental in getting rid of Sirima, N.M. and Peter Keinaman.

It started when I was an Intern and it matured within 6 years to oust Sirima.
 
Ist Episode
I was invincible in my work place and I did not behave like a rotten egg, generally speaking, which Labour Union guys are. 
I get activated at 9 P.M. when everybody is retiring to bed.

Plot is hatched over night, without breaking the law of the country and patients were very well looked after by a skeleton staff.

This is not agonist the poor patients but the rotten government.
 
2nd Episode in UK
When I entered UK, 60% of the Doctors were from overseas. The majority were from Ceylon.
We did not have a Union and I closely followed the Labour Union activity in Yorkshire and formed a primitive "Overseas Doctors Association" and got our U.M.T raised within six months.
Then there was a long drawn out action to get 1 in 3 rota.
I never got a 1 in 3 rota for 8 years and by that time I made a firm decision to return home due to many reasons.
British doctors were lazy and never did one in two rota at out time.
 
3nd Episode
Ousting Mahinda Rajapaksa
Plan was well executed and guys like Dulles Alahapperuma did not know from where we operated.
We even had a skeleton International Staff.
That is when he forgot the country and look after only the family and family members.
I do not mind party members left riding up beating the family.
 
4th Episode
In New Zealand
I was getting the salary for three and that actually was very reason for my downfall. They could not sack me but reorganized the structure. I stuck to my contract but the one who offered me the job lost his post without compensation.
New Zealand doctors were the laziest and under Labour Law they never worked beyond 40-44 hours but I did over 82 (almost double) on one week.
I threatened to take legal action unless they keep the contract I signed with them. 
Only think they could do was not to renew the contract.
Two weeks later I was back in Ceylon and of course, I did not want my wife to lose her job in Ceylon. She had taken only two years unpaid leave and she returned 8 weeks earlier in good time. If one loses a job in Ceylon it is very difficult to regain or recover.
That is the reality.

5. JRJ
I was lucky to be out of this country, for decade when he was in power.
I signed his last blood report and said I am signing a dead man's report and left Navaloka and when I reached Ragama by train, I saw the white flags coming up. I did not pay a visit to him and his final fee fays were supposed to be pathetic.
I was in Ceylon on holiday when his "Kalagedi Selllama" was on display.
Ever since, I hate this mechanism called referendum.
The distortion and ruin he brought to our simple one past the post system cannot be redeemed.

One crime of my life was voting for him once before leaving Ceylon.
It was not a "For Vote" but a " protest vote".
I voluntarily removed my name from the "Voter Register" for over 20 years and renewed it only to get the passport to leave Ceylon for good.

The above is to show I had an active service in Ceylon and Abroad.
 
Big Picture
Unlike in the West we cannot use statistics to analyze politics in Ceylon.
A 3% shift is enough to make a landslide in the West.
 
JVP/NPP rise was the biggest aberration to our politics, that is why I call it the "Flash In The Pan" and I did not believe it with sink within 7 months..
Simple logic, lies and promised that cannot be fulfilled.

Lies, damn lies and pseudo-statistics.

If Kumar David would have been alive he would made an accurate analysis. Unfortunately, he is gone and he had ample historical material.
 
I am no replacement at all.

Historical Base Lines in Ceylon
30% pseudo left
30% pseudo right 
40% uncommitted or floating vote.

My Wish
20% real left
20% real right
60% silent masses, that is when the system change is possible. 
In other words majority overtakes the politicians of the day.
This was slowly happening in Ceylon but these NPP guys ruined it. Politically, nationality and internationally they are immature and cannot take the mantle.
 
In other words kindergarten type.
Sorry for me being blunt and that is the reality.

So in another two years (time to sink in the current aberrant reality), we get another chance to revisit or recharge our politics.
Dump the old radical views.
 
People friendly not party friendly evolution should happen not automatically but by careful education.

Champika Ranawake has a role within the parliament or outside of it. 

Ravi Kumudesh has a place in educating the  misguided masses.
 
Average citizen in my opinion is still stupid but nobody can openly say that which is a political suicide if a politician does it.

Citizen always think he or she is very smart once in 5 years.
That is the tragedy.
End result was a party which has done irreparable damage to our economy coming to power when econmy has hit the rock bottom.

"Dayiwopagatha Karmaya Pala Deema".
"Munta Dharmaya Therrenne Nane".

That is why I say we should have elections every 3 years as in General Management.

1. One year to learn.
2. One year to act on the job.
3. Third year either to quit or plan to reenter or taste the rotten egg.

I can make these valid comments since I am fully retired doc who is not even living in Ceylon.
During my time I did my part withing available resources.

Hope a rising political star is born within the next decade.
 
I say, Dudley Senanayake Reborn.


1. NPP
4.5 millions
43.6%
3926 seats 

2. SJB
2.25 mullions
21.69%
1767 seats

3. SLPP
0.94
9.1%
741 seats

4. UNP
0.488
4.69%
Seats 381

5. PA
0.388
3.72%
Seats 300

SB
0.294
2.83%
Seats 226

Rest
25% mostly in the North.
377 seats


Summary 
Presidential Election
5.7 millions
42%

General Election
68 millions
61%

Provincial Council Elections 
2.3 millions less totaling about 2.1 millions
43.6% 
 
 One (1%) per cent increase which is statistically not significant.
With a massive campaign they could not muster 3% that Australian Labour party achieved.
 
Calculation based on 40% of 5.6 millions is roughly 2.2 millions.
There actual base is 3% and rest 37% has come from the "Floating Vote" or usually in Ceylon, it is the "Protest Vote" against the party in power.
The "Protest Vote" has not come, yet.
In fact, this protest vote guys prudently kept away from voting instead of voting for the opposition.
 
What it means is that are ready to give some limited space for these bone heads but stupid guys a chance.
 
This is for YouTube guys. 

"Uddachcha Kamai" "Ola Mottala Kamai Ekatu Unama" "Wenne Mokkada Machan"
"Jangiye Chu Unawane, Ne"

That is my closing beat to JVP/NPP supporters especially these "YouTube Guys".

Unlike Indian voters in Ceylon the voters are less emotional but mature.
 
They do not want upset the Apple Cart.
My guess-estimate is NPP/JVP will destroy themselves.
We just have to observe them patiently.
 
Their behaviour or "Thuga Damima" in public especially in the parliament is not going to work but destroy themselves.

Verdict 
Talk Only Show 
NATO 
No Action Talk Only Show

When the next round of election comes it will dip to 20% to 25% not enough to become even a powerful opposition just like SJB.

I am hopefully waiting for the emergence of TRULY Progressive Alliance (not a single party) of politically astute gathering from the SILENT Majority.
Sitting on the bench is not the way but Participatory Democracy is essential.
It is high time that this process becomes a realty since we are heading for the abyss.

Country before the party should be the slogan.
 
In any case NPP/JVP is just the " Flash on the Frying Pan".

Sorry for me being pessimistic.
I saw this in broad day light.

How Mahinda Rajapaksa squandered the golden opportunity by being self centered and working for his family and the goons.

I have long term experience with these guys from 1971 to 1989.
I have always against their arrogant, impulsive and destructive politics. They lack the natural and intuitive politics which is the need of the moment.

Me leaving the country (like many others) having done my part without "pomp and pagan" in my twilight years is the living testimony to how puerile our politics have been.

But my hats off to guys like Harsha De Silva who sacrifice his talent to politics in spite of so many odds. 
He sticking in the opposition itself needs lot of grit. 
I think Sajith should had over the baton to him and organize the party from grass root level not allowing the "Sutra Pincha" to eat into his base.
Ranil is another guy who is a political pest (should be in the political dustbin in India) who should be violently evicted from our body politics.
He is a Greedy Guy and Lacks Vision.
This one must say to his face to destroy him politically not physically.
I abhor physical violence which  was "his trade mark" and known to be utilized at Batalanda.

DO NOT HAVE any dealing with him.
He is using Anura to undermine Sajith.
 
If Sajith take a side step and take a welcome break and let others take the the baton ousting Anura is a "cake walk" in due course.
 
Break their back in two years.
 
Waiting for five years is STUPID.
I was one who stood up against JVP/DJVP when it was the necessity in 1971 and 1989.
 
These guys would ruin our economy and that is what Indians are wishing and waiting for.
 
Every minute in politics matters.
 
SLPP is waiting in the Wing and their Think Tanks are on overdrive and hard at work.

Do not give them a fighting chance to be second but let them be in third place which is realistic.
 
About Ranil;
"Panuwek Wage Ahaka Danna Oene Minihek"
 
I hope Harsh De Silva will not fall into his Traps and "his ill  gotten money".
 
Not money but "Wisdom and Vision" is the need of the day. 

He is even worse than to S.B.D. in political back stabbing.

"Devio Sakki" is politically invigorating and inspiring to the carder. 
Do not revisit the phrase but find new themes.

"Palu Gedara Walan  Bidinno = JVP Eka".
 
What it means is only seeing others faults but not something in one's own eye.
 
We have enough phrases in our vocabulary which I have forgotten in old age.

Equally I despise guys like Wijedasa Rajapaksa who were wheeler dealers and S.B.Dissanayake the "back standing guy".

Very soon, Dilip Jayaweera and Dammka Perera will add to the failing list.

I have already shown that NPP/ JVP is the only party in power who started losing its popularity within six months mainly due to the credible gap between it's promises and its performance capacity.

Furthermore, it has lost its base vote value to around 40% from 44% in the local elections, a 4% drop which is politically significant.

SJB had kept it's voter base at around 25%.

SLPP is maintaining it's base of 7.5% a drop of 2.5% from its 10% base.

However, is PA/SLFP is just ahead of UNP and keeping at 5% level. 
It did not contest last time round and I am unable to see any of its trends except Attanagalla and Gamphaha which is losing its grip to J.V.P. 
JVP gulped part of its voter base and unless it opposes this trend of JVP it will become and extinct political species

Then the SB which came in with a view of establishing as a new and modern parry, in spite of throwing money at will it could not keep it's 10% presidential election total, simply because it is not presenting an alternative policy that can revive this country. 
It is more of the same  JRJ "consumerism politics" or "open economy" without a workable program, nonetheless a theory ad nauseam. 
It looks like it is eating into UNP base of 5%.
The biggest loser is UNP which is now hovering around 2.5% well below SLPP.
 
I wish to propose these two elements (Ranil/Dilip) including Dhammika Perera who financed politics from KUNU Deals from UK (hospital refuse from the West imported to Ceylon and India)
 
The bottom line is rhetoric of NPP/JVP is fast losing  credibility in the political sphere and their ability govern and pull the country together.
They are good at counter arguments but not governing the country as a sovereign state. 
In other words timidity towards India and trying to reach far away country like Vietnam.
No brainier from the start.
Hiring a plane from Vietnem from its resources abroad is the culmination of their "bone or pigheadedness" whatever their explanation in defense.
 
If Sajith did such a thing these YouTube guys would have field day.

However, they are able to keep near 50% popularity in villages and suburbs that is why their nickname "Game Ranil" in "Jangi Aragalaya".

In my analysis NPP is just "Flash in the Pan" political movement which will settle down at somewhere around 25% level just like SJB in the long run which is a significant improvement from 3% carder level politics (which is 2% outside the statistically significant 5% outliers).

In any case, their recent shift from rhetoric and carder level politics to populism of the far right will not be good for their own survival but would be the gradual deterioration into "we also ran or we also governed in Ceylon" .
 
That would be the recorded in that way in political history. 
I am trying to be "Kumar David" a veteran Marxist Political Analyst.
 
He passed away, recently in California just like Nalin De Silva in America (?where I do not know).
 
In their own analysis and expressions they raised the bar high enough even their carder itself cannot rise up to when the occasion demands. 
 
That is the reality of local or grass root level politics.

Their exuberance (Thota Langa and Maligawa Episodes) and artificial self confidence that they can solve any problem in Ceylon are to their own ruin.

I am happy people have quickly understood their own predicament and how politics works and they will automatically lower their expectations and get on with their normal day to day life.

The System Change is eluding them by design.
It is a sad predicament.
 
Without money in the coffers and no way to improve productivity we will gradually fall into the abyss.
 
I would quit politics, right now but my Anti-Indian stance will be the end point, discussed below.

In the final analysis, JVP's bone headedness and having to learn while on the driving wheel would be a disaster for the entire country.
 
I think they never expected this type of victory and thankfully the general public has realized their premature aspirations would evaporate into thin air and have stamped a reasonable brake on their military type of administration.

If they realize that running a state is different from running a party that would be the beginning.

It does not look like they are ready learn and unfortunately that is their style and common sense does not prevail in their machinery.
 
I hope I am proven wrong.
 
It was a big distraction to my academic work and Linux promotion to 10% of the PC User Base.  
Yes, I am fast approaching that target.  
 
Reborn OS or Reborn ARCH Linux is my current interest.
 
In India Linux less than 3% simply because Indian cannot make money on Linux with "War on Muslims" looking eminent.
 
Only British United India and it will fracture again in no time.

Now why I am anti-Indian?
 
It is very simple with a few examples on medical grounds.
 
1. Never use Indian drugs for my patients when I was practising in Colombo, Negambo and Kandy.
 40% drugs are dud by the time they leave India.
a recent death of a guy due to faulty Indian vaccine.
There is NO Quality Protocol in India.
Mass production is their strategy,
 
2. We cleared this country from malaria in 1968.
We still import Malaria from India (frequent travelers) 
 
3. I did some work for Navaloka Hospital in "National Quality Management" before the turn of the century. The won the award.
Few years later I went there for  some basic investigations (VISA purposes). The unit I improved was handed over to an Indian Company (to save money on utilities) and it has now gone back to Indian level.
I went to another hospital for my tests.

4. The last one in revolting.
In Kandy, Kheels Supermarket (now managed by Indians) there is a Top Level special Chain of restaurants.
I go there for a our own Cinnamon Tea.
While waiting for the Tea to be made (it is an elaborate process) I ordered an fruit plate from the Indian Stall.
I examined all the fruits specially the Indian Apples.
There was a big maggot in the Apple.
I returned the fruit plate and I did not go there for nearly six months.
When I did go there again I used to take delicacies  from only the Italian Unit, that also only Pizza.

We had a big Guava tree and in our garden. 
All its fruits have maggots and I never tested any and left them for the squirrels that frequent out garden. 
They make drey in out roof.
I went back home for three months to sort few things including Water, Telephone and Electricity bills and one day the domestic aid came and plucked few of the Guava fruits. 
I warned her but she had a bite and there was a maggot. I told her cut it before eating and remove the maggot before.
I think these maggots have come from India and they are destroying our agriculture.
Now anything Indian is foreign to me even in Australia but I love there Wades.

Pacha Hunters one Month Old

Pacha Hunters YouTube Episode is one month old.
It commenced on April First.
It has gone beyond 40 episodes, thanks to NPP/JVP government.
They started from subtle lies to damn lies to International lies.
This is the first time we have instituted a government by pachayanb and government for pachories.

Ceylonese love pacha.

Long live patha episodes.

iDeal OS

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Blend OS a Big Failure

Blend OS a Big Failure

Yes, Blend OS is a big failure.

It looks like it is a one man show and not a collaborative project.

I am a guy who has used Linux over 30 years and still critical of Linux.

If I take for example Ubuntu is trying to reinvent the wheel with Rust.

Whereas, Linux Light tries to keep the Ubuntu base active but lacks loot of modern utilities.

In that spectrum Blend OS comes nowhere.

I discarded  Redhat long ago and Suse a few years later.

Reason being their corporate mentality and using the community as a sucker base. Redhat is still loitering at 9.5 or so and that is the end result. What annoys me is their redundant file systems.

I am slowly moving to ARCH base where only one application for one purpose and rolling release to accommodate new technology.

Linus is moving tremendously fast and I cannot keep pace.

If one wants a robust distribution I think one should try Reborn OS.

If you wants a  beautiful distribution try Endeavor OS or BlueStar Linux.

But the distribution that moving very fast is Manjaro in spite of a bit of controversy among the core staff.

I have settled down with Debian Gnome, Reborn OS, BlueStar and not to forget MX Linux which is an excellent distribution.

In this scenario I tested to see how Bled OS does.

It does not do anything it claims but the guy who try to use it has to do the own donkey work.

First thing I look at is the software depot and it directs me to GitHub.

That finishes my encounter with Blend OS.

I had bit of an antipathy towards IDEAL which is based on Manjaro.

I am going to try it now.