<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650491620272994212.post2725040701183526388..comments</id><updated>2009-03-30T20:35:48.825+05:30</updated><category term='ACRECONF'/><category term='Civil Engineering'/><category term='Building Skeleton'/><category term='Trucks'/><category term='Microsoft'/><category term='Mark-Buchanan'/><category term='Electrical-Engineering'/><category term='HVAC'/><category term='Nassim-Nicholas-Taleb'/><category term='Chaos Theory'/><category term='INDOOR-AIR-QUALITY'/><category term='David Hume'/><category term='Precision'/><category term='DUCTS'/><category term='Basics'/><category term='INSULATION'/><category term='Valves'/><category term='Digital-Issues'/><category term='Technological Evolution'/><category term='Systems'/><category term='ClearType™'/><category term='Fritjof-Capra'/><category term='Finance'/><category term='Traction'/><category term='Business'/><category term='Discontinuity'/><category term='ACREX'/><category term='Green-Buildings'/><category term='SUSTAINABLE-DESIGN'/><category term='ASHRAE'/><category term='James-Gleick'/><category term='LEED'/><category term='Columns'/><category term='Mechanical-Engineering'/><category term='Beams'/><category term='Marc O&apos;Brien'/><category term='USGBC'/><category term='Decision-Making'/><title type='text'>Comments on Casual Technology | प्रासङ्गिक प्रौद्योगिकी॥: The Secret Behind Technological Advancement</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://tech.vikram-madan.com/feeds/2725040701183526388/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/2725040701183526388/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tech.vikram-madan.com/2007/08/secret-behind-technological-advancement.html'/><author><name>Vikram Madan</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650491620272994212.post-2562434537707971472</id><published>2009-03-30T14:03:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2009-03-30T14:03:00.000+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Well Vikram, good thinking...&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;My two cents ...</title><content type='html'>Well Vikram, good thinking...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;My two cents are here...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Life Happens...&lt;BR/&gt;and so does everything in it&lt;BR/&gt;The issue of control and creation&lt;BR/&gt;Is a delusion, &lt;BR/&gt;Its in the script man&lt;BR/&gt;and so things happen&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Of course we need a medium&lt;BR/&gt;And thats the purpose served by the human&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;I love india the way it is...if progress means looking westward i resolutely look eastwards. &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;And Vikram, i believe the activities you listed supports a large swathe of our population through creative gainful employment. And i am sure a lot of happiness is found for it to flourish...i find no fault for what we do...after a day of hard physical labour...i am sure every soul is entitled to some entertainment...And the world and most of its businesses finally rotate around getting women and making money and wine...so its cool...let things be...&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Cheers&lt;BR/&gt;Harish Nair</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/2725040701183526388/comments/default/2562434537707971472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/2725040701183526388/comments/default/2562434537707971472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tech.vikram-madan.com/2007/08/secret-behind-technological-advancement.html?showComment=1238401980000#c2562434537707971472' title=''/><author><name>Harish Nair</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/13438517836399246631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://tech.vikram-madan.com/2007/08/secret-behind-technological-advancement.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650491620272994212.post-2725040701183526388' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/posts/default/2725040701183526388' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-426650780'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650491620272994212.post-463230652076258396</id><published>2007-12-26T14:29:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-12-26T14:29:00.000+05:30</updated><title type='text'>Hey Gaurav!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Great to see you here!&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;T...</title><content type='html'>Hey Gaurav!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Great to see you here!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The answer...well...I don't know, but here is my theory:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Indians don't succeed because:&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;1. Indians spend their evening drinking and playing cards.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;2. Indians spend their day politick-ing more than anything else.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;3. Indians spend their evenings in shady Cabrets.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;4. If the shady cabret they visit is closed, they spend their free time looking at naked white women on the internet!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;The day has only 24 hours, and the human has limited energy!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;So its like...the average indian is a simple fellow. Has very few things running around in his head.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;a) Money. b) Wine. c) Women.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;He aint interested in progressing!&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Just a theory.&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Vikram</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/2725040701183526388/comments/default/463230652076258396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/2725040701183526388/comments/default/463230652076258396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tech.vikram-madan.com/2007/08/secret-behind-technological-advancement.html?showComment=1198659540000#c463230652076258396' title=''/><author><name>Vikram Madan</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07743637404053398793</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='20' height='32' src='http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o83/vikram-madan/madmouth.jpg'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://tech.vikram-madan.com/2007/08/secret-behind-technological-advancement.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650491620272994212.post-2725040701183526388' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/posts/default/2725040701183526388' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1822683272'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650491620272994212.post-5375524525342879478</id><published>2007-12-26T10:59:00.000+05:30</published><updated>2007-12-26T10:59:00.000+05:30</updated><title type='text'>The move from Windows95 to Windows XP was not a pa...</title><content type='html'>The move from Windows95 to Windows XP was not a paradigm shift, but from DOS to Windows was!! Most of pradaigm shift innovation results in a windfall of profits.  &lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Most of the "paradigm shift innovations/inventions" take place in the developed world of USA/EUROPE/JAPAN. And thus resulting in these countries always leading the way in technology and also in money earnings!! WHY????&lt;BR/&gt;&lt;BR/&gt;Why are we Indian's stuck with only the interations on platforms built by the western world?? WHY WHY WHY?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/2725040701183526388/comments/default/5375524525342879478'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/2725040701183526388/comments/default/5375524525342879478'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://tech.vikram-madan.com/2007/08/secret-behind-technological-advancement.html?showComment=1198646940000#c5375524525342879478' title=''/><author><name>Gaurav Gupta</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://tech.vikram-madan.com/2007/08/secret-behind-technological-advancement.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-650491620272994212.post-2725040701183526388' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/650491620272994212/posts/default/2725040701183526388' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-617558371'/></entry></feed>
