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There is similar Java based solution http://restsql.org/doc/Overview.html with MIT license. I only used it to create quick back end server to present database driven testing framework at local JUG and it worked very well for that purpose.

But the site says: ... [sages] wrote Vedas - the manual of vibrations. Following this many field of science evolved ...

I have provided references to show that the basic 4 vedas are tribal in nature and there is no basis to claim them as the origin of other scientific oriented texts. I am not denying all of the texts as bad.

>Where? They do mention it as "astrology". //Astronomy - Rig Veda (2000 BC) refers to astronomy. Astronomy is called Jyotish.// The site claims Jyotish as astronomy. I'm saying it is just Astrology and showed an example from the text to indicate that it is not talking astronomy. There is no problem in treating and considering the text as myth. The problem is they are claimed as science.

It is really pathetic to see how people try to defend their fundamental beliefs without any substance. People are brainwashed to believe that vedic scriptures are full of knowledge (I was a victim too. I used to recite some parts of the scriptures like purusha suktam). In reality, the scriptures are filled with filth like procedures of sacrificial, bestiality and orgy rituals, calls upon gods to slaughter their enemies (who have stolen their herds), etc.

Ambedkar was very diplomatic in his criticisms towards them. Osho was not so kind. See: http://www.osho.com/library/online-library-rigveda-tulsidas-...

You can also see that the site claims that Jyotish is astronomy but it actually means astrology.

Here is the description of Saturn in one of the texts "Parashara Hora Sastra" http://archive.org/stream/ParasharaHoraSastra/BrihatParashar...

29. [Saturn] has an emaciated and long physique, has tawny eyes, is windy in temperament, has big teeth, is indolent and lame and has coarse hair.

What is legit or scientific about it?

//Ancient India was a land of sages, saints and seers as well as a land of scholars and scientists. Rishis were the sages who built our great culture. They devoted their life, energy and experience for the welfare of people. They wrote Vedas - the manual of vibrations. Following this many field of science evolved in India. //

This is typical hindutva propaganda, where they claim that anything and everything originated from Vedic scriptures, which are for welfare of people.

Before buying into it, I would suggest the readers to review the works of Dr. Ambedkar such as Riddle In Hinduism. http://www.ambedkar.org/riddleinhinduism/

I think down syndrome may come close to the perfect genetic engineering of happiness IF its negative aspects like learning disability can be taken care of. (disclaimer: have one with it in family)

I have read about C.V Raman's objections to space missions in Tamil language sites only.

I dug up the following for your reference:

http://new.modernrationalist.com/2012/07/science-vs-religion...

India's superstitions are far more deeper and affect common people in their daily life. Kudos to ISRO on this mission, as they might have faced lots of opposition to their operations from many sides. Even the Nobel laureate scientist C.V Raman opposed space explorations in his time, saying that they are meddling with Gods.

For example, Mars is considered as a malicious planet in their astrology and people fear its effects next to Saturn. It is hard for one to find a matching person to marry if he/she is are afflicted by Mars, because one of the belief is that such afflicted person's in-laws will face untimely death. This belief causes so much grief for the parents looking for alliance (ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangal_Dosha).

Hopefully scientific missions such as this will help the people to shed their unfounded fear and live better life.

I haven't read the article yet as Google+ is blocked at work. I'm coaching young kids for First Lego League tournaments this year and witnessed that the Legos Mindstorm robot platform (http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms) makes the kids really excited about programming. Here, one is introduced to programming through very easy graphical environment and can progress to high level language based programming in C, Java etc over time.

This is a well established formula: Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs - Niklaus Wirth 1st Edition February 1976

I have been very happy with MyBatis in Java projects and will use its scala version if I start on a Play framework project.

The documentary India Untouched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgDGmYdhZvU covers the plight of people exploited for generations over hundreds if not thousands of years.

I'm not endorsing this. Just pointing out that Eastern medicine have promoted many questionable items like this and others.

More recently a well known spiritual organization started selling sakthi drop - a cure for all medicine too. http://artoflivingupdates.artoflivinguniverse.org/2011/11/ne....

And there is no limit of mantras and yanthras on the market for the believers.

One may have heard the medicinal properties of cow urine: http://www.gomataseva.org/pure-cow-products/gomutra-cowurine

The advantages of Gomutra are: It works as antibacterial agent Boosts the immunity of the body Useful for heart patients and obesity Lowers cholesterol levels Reduces fats Improves brain power Repairs and regenerates damaged tissues and cells Cures children’s cough and other diseases Increases life span and purifies the blood.

Even the top institutes like IITs engage in superstitious and fraudulent activities.

Here are some very recent examples.

Pseudoscience unchallenged at IIT Kanpur: http://nirmukta.com/2012/08/06/pseudoscience-unchallenged-at...

Hall of Shame: On a Hindutva Apologist’s Recent Lectures at IIT Madras:

http://nirmukta.com/2012/09/05/hall-of-shame-on-a-hindutva-a... """ Gravity was not discovered (sic) by “Newton or Oldton”, but by Bhaskara II and is described in his work Siddhānta Siromani.

The spherical shape of earth was not discovered by “Copernicus or Silvernicus” but Indians knew it well in advance and is mentioned in Bhagavata. """

One can imagine what is going on in other less reputed colleges?

Granted these are off-school activities, but it would be better for them to seek entertainment in better ways.

I quoted what the poster said.

It is _naive_ for a person born into low caste, to believe that the reservation system is corrupt.

On the other hand it is _mischievous_ for the elitist to claim that it is corrupt. Indian popular media and the justice system which are disproportionately occupied by the elitists, have been successful in their propaganda to make the younger generation think that it is wrong to utilize the reservations.

//Seats denied to general category students due to reservations// I mostly agree with the rest of your post, but bundling the reservation system among corruptions is naive and mischievous. Reservations for the low caste were gained after a long struggle for their social justice.

I finished the course when it first came out last year. This appears to be the third session of the same class. I'm also eagerly looking for an advanced course. I used Scala in "Algorithms: Design and Analysis, Part 1" programming problems. Even as some algorithms are described in recursive style, using tail recursive implementations fail for large data sets and I have to fallback to imperative styles with lots of mutable data structures to complete the assignments. A Scala based algorithms course would be very useful.

I would elaborate that, a version control system must assist in code review process by allowing to version control the unverified/reviewed code also in private branches. With RTC, it is hard enough to review the change history in trunk and its capabilities pale in comparison with say Tortoise SVN.

That's why I feel that their first rule of their study is based on the shortcomings in RTC's jazz version control system.

However the code review best practices came out of the study are solid. However they do not touch upon the version control practices.

//All code had to be reviewed before it was checked into the team's version control software.// Their first rule above is based on how incompetent their RTC tool sets are. I wouldn't say this is a best practice.

Sanskrit is an artificial language. No wonder why it resembles programming languages.