adi92

wow.. this is really cool.. so unlike wolfram alpha, which is painstakingly gathering data from different sources themselves, google might be using this to let users give them the data (assuming they choose to make it public)

u can use 'window decoration' and 'window rules' menus in compiz to make that ugly titlebar disappear and keep chrome always maximized.. looks nicer that way

Wikipedia article about this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanenbaum-Torvalds_debate

most schools in urban india and a large number of the rest are 'english-medium'.. which means i learnt math in math class (in english) and learnt to count in hindi in hindi class.. but never had to solve a math problem in hindi

i am currently learning japanese and can agree about the numbers being syllablically small.. but this language has it own complexities - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_counters which require a speaker to think a lot as well

the first screen i see when i get to this page gives me no indication of its purpose.. only when i scroll down by half a page do i see any text.. dunno how that is considered good design

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