I came across a great article by Narayana Vyas Kondreddi that describes the difference between the SET and SELECT .The article is well worth the read, but here are the main points: SET is the ANSI standard for variable assignment, SELECT is not.SET can only assign one variable at a time, SELECT can make multiple […]
If anything about current interaction design can be called “glamorous,” it’s creating Web applications. After all, when was the last time you heard someone rave about the interaction design of a product that wasn’t on the Web? (Okay, besides the iPod.) All the cool, innovative new projects are online. Despite this, Web interaction designers can’t […]
Dear friends, I am proud to forward this speech… I am sure you will agree with every suggestion he has made. The President of India Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam ‘s Speech in Hyderabad. Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our […]
Dear Friend, It was the second Monday in January 1997 when I walked into my boss’ office to hand her my letter of resignation. I’d spent the holidays contemplating my plan for starting my own company and I knew that this one step would set in motion my leap of faith. Even though I loved […]
Manners aside, getting cows to burp less can help reduce global warming. Using modern plant-breeding methods to find new diets for cows that make them belch less is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Monday. The key is developing new varieties of food that are easier for cattle to digest and […]
For many years, Bihar in northern India has earned notoriety for being one of the poorest and most lawless states in the country. Nobel-prize winning author VS Naipaul once described it as the place where “civilisation ends”. But all is not lost, perhaps. We discover five areas where Bihar might consider itself to be ahead […]