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Sunday, July 13, 2014
Saturday, July 12, 2014
INDIAN BOY WHO INVENTED EMAIL
email from Daya Jayasinghe.
Even the best brains in computer and software engineering may not be able to answer if you ask them who invented email. This was illustrated on Sunday when
this writer checked the same with
Prof.Achuthsankar S. Nair, Director, State Inter-University Centre of Excellence in
Bioinformatics, Government of Kerala and
Dr. Iyemperumal,Executive Director,Tamil Nadu State Science and Technology Centre.
Both of them expressed their helplessness even though both of them handle
hundreds of email messages per day.
It is a 14-year-old boy from India and that, too, with roots in Tamil Nadu who
invented email as well as the five-letter word which has become synonymous with
communication.
V A Shiva Ayyadurai, hardly out of school in New Jersey, ushered in the paperless era into this world. It was in response to a challenge thrown at him by Dr. Leslie P Michelso,Director, High Performance Computing Lab, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), in Newark, New Jersey, which made little Shiva create the world's first email system in November 1978.
“The UMDNJ was a big campus connected by a wide area computer network. The computer was in its initial stages of being used in the office environment. Dr.Michelson wanted me to create an electronic version of the interoffice mail system so that the entire staff of doctors, secretaries, students and staff could
communicate faster.
At that time, secretaries and staff were performing drafting, typing, copying, hand delivering of the entire paper-based mail. By observing the interoffice mail system,I created a parts list: Inbox, Outbox, Memo, Folders, Address Book, Attachments,and then created a computer programme of nearly 50,000 lines of computer code which replicated this entire system.
I called my innovation ‘email,’ a term that had never been used before. The world’s first email I sent was to Dr. Michelson in November 1978,” Dr. Ayyadurai told The Pioneer on Sunday.Dr. Ayyadurai developed email as a software programme.
“Software itself was a new concept then. In 1978, it was not even covered under the Intellectual Property Rights.
The US Copyright Law of 1976 was amended, however,in 1980, to allow for the protection of software.
In 1982, I was awarded the first US Copyright for ‘Email,’ recognising me as the inventor of email by the US Government,” said Dr. Ayyadurai, who holds four different Post Graduate degrees including a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“What you see in any email system today, the Inbox, Outbox, Address Book, the Memo (From, To, Date, Subject, Body, CC and BCC), Attachments, etc are based on my observations to replicate the interoffice mail system.
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In November 1978, as a 14-year-old school boy, I addressed the doctors of the University on what I invented and demonstrated the use of this entire system,”reminiscences Dr. Ayyadurai, son of Vellayappa Ayyadurai, a chemical engineer hailing from Rajapalayam in Tamil Nadu and Meenakshi, a mathematics teacher who went on to become the head of the elite Don Bosco Public School in Mumbai.
The Ayyadurais migrated to the USA in 1970 in search of greater challenges so that little Shiva could get better education and exposure. He did not let his parents down.
By the age of 13 he had mastered all known computer programming languages in vogue and went on to create email, which revolutionised the world of communication.
Dr Ayyadurai has come out with a book 'The Email Revolution: Unleashing The Power of Connect' which has foreword by Dr. Leslie Michelson and an introduction by none other than Prof. Noam Chomsky. He is in India as part of his mission to identify more “Shivas” who have much better innovations to offer to the world.
“Young people of all colors, hungry to make this world a better place, are going to innovate things we’ve never imagined. We have to provide more global images to young people. In India, for example, with icons, beyond just white skinned and white haired, bearded scientists,” said Dr Ayyadurai.
And how many of us is aware of the fact that radio was invented by Prof. Jagdish Chandra Bose! It was his failure to get it patented that cost Dr. Bose the title.
Marconi, who had seen Dr. Bose’ public demonstration of the radio, had
approached him with an irresistible offer to market the same. But, Dr. Bose wanted the radio to be used for the welfare of humanity.
The night he held the public demonstration, his equipment was robbed from his hotel room. The rest is history,” Prof Ranjit Nair, leading physicist, had told this writer.
So, today we all think Marconi, an Italian, invented Radio.
But, when it comes to email, it's time to set the record straight, once and for all — it was a boy, a 14-year-old Indian boy, who invented email. The facts are in black and white.
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Sri Lanka tipped as Asia’s new island of growth
email from JKS Weerasekera
A renowned investment
banking and equity markets specialist has described Sri Lanka as the new island
of growth for Asia and tips the post-war rebounding nation to be the next
Singapore and even do better than the region’s city state.
In an analytical article titled ‘Sell Singapore, Buy Sri Lanka’ on seekingalpha.com, specialist Fraser Dennis makes a compelling case for Sri Lanka and its future prospects.
“Singapore is showing signs that its extraordinary growth of recent years may be reaching an end as it reaches its 50th birthday. Sri Lanka is putting in place a strong foundation upon which rapid economic growth can be achieved. Two island nations with strategic locations and significant Chinese investment but high economic growth is more likely in Sri Lanka over coming years than in Singapore,” says Dennis in the article, which can be found at http://seekingalpha.com/article/2305515-sell-singapore-buy-sri-lanka.
Noting ‘why on earth should any sensible investor consider such a trade recommendation?’ and that it also may be akin to comparing apples and oranges, the specialist gives various insights and explanations backed with recent performance of Lankan economy, plans and policies underway for the future.
In his article, he states: “Let’s go back to 1956 when the father of Singapore, Lee Kwan Yew first visited Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. A mere nine years before Singapore independence, LKY stated that Singapore should aspire to being like Colombo. It had two universities, foreign exchange reserves, a strategically-critical location and enviable infrastructure owing to its position as a key Allied HQ during the war compared to Singapore which had been occupied by the Japanese. Step forward to today and it is Singapore that has the foreign exchange reserves, amazing infrastructure and world-renowned education and it is Sri Lanka that is recovering from a period of war….”
“However, as any sensible investor knows, in deploying capital, it is not the past that is important, but the future. As Singapore reaches the ripe old age of 50 next year, it seems likely to be Sri Lanka’s turn to produce the economic growth over the next 50 years that Singapore has produced since independence in 1965,” he added.
Dennis, who has been living and working in Asia for over 24 years, analyses Singapore’s past growth as well as future prospects and where necessary points to Sri Lanka’s future potential, emphasising that Singapore’s current and future weaknesses lead to Sri Lanka’s advantage and opportunities.
Some of the key advantages of Sri Lanka which is similar to Singapore included strategic location, new infrastructure, enormous tourism potential, a world class product in Ceylon tea, wealth of natural resources and its new economic and political allies.
In an analytical article titled ‘Sell Singapore, Buy Sri Lanka’ on seekingalpha.com, specialist Fraser Dennis makes a compelling case for Sri Lanka and its future prospects.
“Singapore is showing signs that its extraordinary growth of recent years may be reaching an end as it reaches its 50th birthday. Sri Lanka is putting in place a strong foundation upon which rapid economic growth can be achieved. Two island nations with strategic locations and significant Chinese investment but high economic growth is more likely in Sri Lanka over coming years than in Singapore,” says Dennis in the article, which can be found at http://seekingalpha.com/article/2305515-sell-singapore-buy-sri-lanka.
Noting ‘why on earth should any sensible investor consider such a trade recommendation?’ and that it also may be akin to comparing apples and oranges, the specialist gives various insights and explanations backed with recent performance of Lankan economy, plans and policies underway for the future.
In his article, he states: “Let’s go back to 1956 when the father of Singapore, Lee Kwan Yew first visited Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. A mere nine years before Singapore independence, LKY stated that Singapore should aspire to being like Colombo. It had two universities, foreign exchange reserves, a strategically-critical location and enviable infrastructure owing to its position as a key Allied HQ during the war compared to Singapore which had been occupied by the Japanese. Step forward to today and it is Singapore that has the foreign exchange reserves, amazing infrastructure and world-renowned education and it is Sri Lanka that is recovering from a period of war….”
“However, as any sensible investor knows, in deploying capital, it is not the past that is important, but the future. As Singapore reaches the ripe old age of 50 next year, it seems likely to be Sri Lanka’s turn to produce the economic growth over the next 50 years that Singapore has produced since independence in 1965,” he added.
Dennis, who has been living and working in Asia for over 24 years, analyses Singapore’s past growth as well as future prospects and where necessary points to Sri Lanka’s future potential, emphasising that Singapore’s current and future weaknesses lead to Sri Lanka’s advantage and opportunities.
Some of the key advantages of Sri Lanka which is similar to Singapore included strategic location, new infrastructure, enormous tourism potential, a world class product in Ceylon tea, wealth of natural resources and its new economic and political allies.
Friday, July 11, 2014
'Made in Britain' shirt... from India.
: Angry shoppers accuse
Peacocks of deceiving them with T-shirt bearing Union Flag
The maternity T-shirt on sale
at Peacocks seems to send a clear message, but the £10 top - from a company
that promotes itself as an ethical retailer - was made in India.
Read the full story:
11 July 2014
Cinnamon could fight Parkinson's'
Spice found to be source of
chemical that can help protect the brain
Scientists at Rush University
Medical Centre in Chicago have found that the spice is the source of a chemical
that is used in the treatment for neural disorders.
Read the full story:
11 July 2014
Do you remember?
Email from Edwin Kirubs.
Bring back any memories?
My son asked me the other day, 'What was your favourite 'fast food' when you were growing up?
'We didn't have fast food when I was growing up,' I told him.
'All the food was slow.'
'C'mon, seriously.. Where did you eat?'
'It was a place called “home� ,’ I explained.
'Mom cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn't like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.'
Pizzas were not delivered to our home... But milk was.
No KFC, No Mc Donald’s only the good old bakery.How many do you remember?
Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car.
Ignition switches on the dashboard..
Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards.
Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators.
Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you were told about..
1. Bulto toffees
2. Alerics Ice chocks
3. Home milk delivery in glass bottles
4. Wrack denims
5. Newsreels before the movie and the National Anthem
6. TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the evening.(This was after 1979)
7. Catapults
8. 33 rpm records/ 45 rpm’s
9. Enid Blyton/Hardy boys books
10. Record players instead of High Fi’s
11. Metal ice trays with levers
12. Kerosene Fridges
13. Cork popguns
14. Hardly a Jap car on the road. First Jap car was Datsun Bluebird.15. Cops in long Khaki shorts (ha ha ha that was a sight with their skinny legs) and hats. At big matches kids loved to tease them as "Kossas'16. Same goes for Grade 10 students in mini shorts with their skinny legs (ha ha ha, -another sight was when they were made to stand on their chairs by teachers for not doing their homework to be teased by primary school kids, after school )17.Imported apples sold were wrapped in purple tissues.18. Full meal of wadai at Saraswathie Lodge for a large family for less than two bucks.19. What was served at kid's birthday parties were, sandwiches, ribbon cake, marshmallows, kebabs in a half pineapple and iced coffee.20. Elephant House Ice Palams in triangular cardboard cases for 15 cents21. Those who were privileged to go overseas brought home as gifts. Wilkinson blades and Parker refills.22. Imported popsicals sold at Perera and sons, were delicious.23. Soft drinks were delivered to homes.24. Many had accounts with Cargills and Elephant House25. Clothes were laundered by Dhobies, and they were heavily starched so much so that when school kids were administered corporal punishment, the cane strokes on their starched shorts sounded like balloon bursting.26. Repeating groves on 78 rpm records, were so funny to hear.27. The best gift a kid would expect for their birthdays are Mecanno sets28. When a kid gets through his/her OL's, the normal gift the kids get from parents is a Raleigh bicycle from Hunters costing Rs 100/.29. Black and white striped candies for 2 cents.30. A hundred Ramutans sold at Alexandra Place costs Rs 2 and 50 cents.31. School kids were allowed only fountain pens to class. 'Fights' among kids were spraying of 'Washable Royal Blue' ink on others' uniforms.32. Cial fountain pens used by school kids was Rs 2/50.They carried their books in suitcases, which were used as chairs after school.33. Naughty children used to cut school and go for 10.30 shows.I must be 'positively ancient' but those memories are some of the best parts of life.Pass on Especially to all your really OLDfriends.....I just did!
(PS. I used a large font so you could read it easily)
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