To begin with, this is the problem that I had. I had recorded a short clip using my Panasonic NV-GS330 camcorder. I had to upload it to Vimeo, my video sharing website of choice.
From the camcorder to the computer
Importing the video from the camcorder to the laptop was not much of a problem. I plugged in the camcorder to my laptop using a firewire card. Then I used Kino to position the tape (the camcorder uses mini dv tapes) just before the beginning of the clip I wanted to import and hit the capture button. Soon, the dv capture file for the clip was lying in my home directory.
The policy seems to have some really good points like-
5.1) Mandatory Characteristics:
5.1.1)Selected Standard should be Royalty Free for life time of the standard.
5.1.2)Selected Standard should be developed in a collaborative and consensus manner and not led by a single agency or a small closed group of interested parties
(If you want to skip all this background, and go directly to the steps to make card payments through ICICI Infinity, click here])
With Indian banks making life worse for customers using their credit cards,
especially while paying their dues,
I am exploring the mechanisms available to make payments for credit cards
electronically. After all, if I can currently make payments for virtually any
of my bills from the Internet, why do I have to run around looking for a place
to deposit the credit card cheque? Especially, when banks have virtually ruled
out the possibility for paying credit card dues via cash - they actually fine you
if you do that.
It is indeed heartening to know that one of the finest composers in India has such a progressive outlook about the future of music. Excerpt from Hindustan Times.
Music companies must recognise the changing ground reality. Today the conventional outlets for music sales are drying up. Soon all music will be free while the performers and performances will be paid for.
In another ridiculously anti-customer move, banks like ICICI and Standard Chartered are charging Rs. 100 for any cash payments made for credit card dues. This move is ostensibly for reducing footfalls at branches but seems like another revenue stream adding gimmik.
Actually from the look at the note attached with this month’s electronic statement, there are a number of quite disturbing changes at ICICI credit cards:
Firstly, it is the flat charge of Rs. 100 for any cash payment made to credit card at branches. So even if you have just a few hundreds to pay, you have to pay a significant proportion as a penalty for depositing in cash. Also, if you could not deposit a cheque in time, and the deadline is today, you have to pay this charge anyway which sort of partially negates your aim to avoid late payment charges.
I realize the title of this post is a bit provocative, but I could not think of any other way to put it.
Some weeks back, I got a new Mac Book Pro at work. This was my first exposure to Apple’s computer products, and after the initial few moments of aah-ooh’s wore off, I started using it for what I was supposed to do - work. It so happens that after about a week of use, I returned the MBP and went back to the other standard (and much less expensive) HP notebook used in the company. There was a brief interval during this time, when I installed Ubuntu Linux on the MBP and got some amount of relief.
8 blasts in Bangalore today (at least till 6pm, there are rumours of a 9th). As much as I am concerned about terror in this country, I am more concerned about the knee jerk reactions of the insanely incompetent police force and government in this country.
And I am as much sickened by the attitude of my fellow citizens in letting the police and government having their way in imposing stupid restrictions in the name of security on all of us.
If you need to use a work on the Internet, you need to be aware (and careful) about its copyright. After all, copyright restrictions are becoming more and encompassing by the day. But what if you want to use content which is specifically in the public domain? How do you find out if the work you are thinking of using has passed into the public domain?
If the work was published before 1923, then it’s in the public domain in the U.S., so anyone can use it.
After 1923, up to 1964, it’s in the public domain unless copyright was officially renewed. All formal renewals have been listed by the Copyright Office, each year.
