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vijayshankar

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vijayshankar··on NAT-to-NAT direct connections with no proxy/STUN needed
Is there a possible segfault at line 108 in udpclient.c? pport is a junk pointer at this line: sprintf(pport, "2222");
vijayshankar··on The software fixed the hardware
Once our hardware team mounted the camera in a cell phone device upside down. Later we had to write code to rotate the image 180 degree to compensate for it.
vijayshankar··on The most under-hyped, but most important, technology since seat belts
One more argument is that there is usually a time gap between one light turning red and the other turning green. This gap should allow most of mild red light runners to pass through safely. (At least in my city in India this is true, the time gap is as big as 5 to 8 seconds)
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vijayshankar··on Motorola sees future in Google's Android OS
http://www.android.com/about/ says Android does not differentiate between the phone's core applications and third-party applications. They can all be built to have equal access to a phone's capabilities providing users with a broad spectrum of applications and services.

But the question is how much willing the operators are to let the user customize their handset. Operators are definitely not going to like android's statement of openness to users.

vijayshankar··on Precious photos disappear
This brings up a new question to me. How to decide on the number of and kind of backups?
vijayshankar··on Ask HN: When do you code?
I code usually between 3pm to 8pm. Sometimes 10pm to 1am.
vijayshankar··on Videos show US Air crash-landing
I think they don't use engines to slow down. I have seen some parts of the wings (like the rear half of the wings..) along its length standing up right ( something like right angle to the direction of motion of plane) putting a lot of resistance to the air while planes need to slow down.

Using the engine to slow down is like using the reverse gear of your car to slow down, which no one does, which never works (because of possible breakdown of the engine) and should not be done to save the engine from damage.

[ I am not a mechanical or automobile engineer. But this is my knowledge ]

vijayshankar··on India successfully launches first mission to the Moon
Yes, India can't stop technological advancement because of the reason that a portion of its population lives below poverty line. All aspects (technology, standard of living and all other things) have to improve in parallel.