On a recent TV review on NDTV India, Virkam Chandra and his colleague commented that the Safari Browser in the iPhone was implemented in a revolutionary manner with pinch zooming and crisp rendition. They however felt that the lack of copy paste was a serious ommision- perhaps a lapse on Apple's part.
Well folks, as it turns out most webpages are as such copyrighted material and owned by the site creator or licensed from another source. Not having copy-paste should have been a natural implementation on the early web days- to encourage more serious econtent which is not dependent on ads or sponsors. Then ebooks publishers and independent authors can consider the web as a serious medium for content and charge even nominal fees- per view/reading or annual subscription.
(The fact that a travel publisher such as Lonely Planet still prefers to look at the print medium - even though loads of books and tons of text have to be re-printed every other year for each destination, is an indicator that content sharing failed on the web. Lonely Planet should have benefited immensely from the web in the past decade- in theory - since they are a text based publisher with emphasis on little details or simple maps for every other area of a town. A hypelink and search approach should have enabled them to focus on their job of creating guides rather than estimating stock to print. But so far content can be lifted off from webpages, even after initial payment. So neither the publisher is interested in serious content creation, nor do readers get reliable e-content at affordable prices)
I have not yet put my hands on an iPhone but I hope this paves the way for e-books and audio books. Those who wish to publish free info can then find a way to release the data and allow download or copy-paste.
The iPhone is doing many things right, which the net could not earlier on. This product promises to be a content-platform for sure, hopefully.
Saumil,
Mumbai
Aug 15, 2007
Aug 14, 2007
India draw to win Test series in England, 2007
So what was the difference in the end? Both bowling sides had inexperienced fast bowlers who bowled really well - not scary or fearsome- but with hard work and passion. Zaheer Khan and Anderson deserved their reward of the Man of the Series for each side. However the difference came down to a few factors:
1. Openers- for a change the Indian flag was flying higher than their opponents in this department. Jaffer and Karthik gave what India deserved for decades- an opening pair who could ensure that the rest of the batsmen bat at meaningful batting orders.
2. Second new ball- India handled this phase better. Tendulkar played out Sidebottom making 3 of some 48 balls (2nd Test) and in the third test he made some 6 runs when Laxman added 30 in that phase. Tendulkar only began attacking after 110 overs and phased the team lower order to bat when the sun was shining hard on the English bowlers... Kumble and Dhoni made a lot more hay than expected! England always gave a wicket in the 2nd new ball, and opened the door to more wickets...and never really pushed the score to convincing volumes- as Vaughn admitted after the match.
Test matches demand 150 plus overs of play in the first innings.
3. Kumble v Monty- Experience v Youth? Monty Panesar could only do so much. There were phases when England did not give Kumble too much, but Kumble either got the early breakthroughs or cleaned up the tail (which has plagued India for years, not being able to knock the tail off, after making massive inroads).
Hope it all lasts for India. They better not fiddle around with the openers now.
Saumil
Mumbai
1. Openers- for a change the Indian flag was flying higher than their opponents in this department. Jaffer and Karthik gave what India deserved for decades- an opening pair who could ensure that the rest of the batsmen bat at meaningful batting orders.
2. Second new ball- India handled this phase better. Tendulkar played out Sidebottom making 3 of some 48 balls (2nd Test) and in the third test he made some 6 runs when Laxman added 30 in that phase. Tendulkar only began attacking after 110 overs and phased the team lower order to bat when the sun was shining hard on the English bowlers... Kumble and Dhoni made a lot more hay than expected! England always gave a wicket in the 2nd new ball, and opened the door to more wickets...and never really pushed the score to convincing volumes- as Vaughn admitted after the match.
Test matches demand 150 plus overs of play in the first innings.
3. Kumble v Monty- Experience v Youth? Monty Panesar could only do so much. There were phases when England did not give Kumble too much, but Kumble either got the early breakthroughs or cleaned up the tail (which has plagued India for years, not being able to knock the tail off, after making massive inroads).
Hope it all lasts for India. They better not fiddle around with the openers now.
Saumil
Mumbai
Aug 11, 2007
Positional Masterclass from Tendulkar, 3rd Test India vs England, The Oval, 2007
So this is a flat track and Tendulkar for the second consecutive time in test matches, comes in to bat after 40 overs and more than 175 runs on the board. Sounds like the ideal platform to cut loose? Sure, in normal cases that would be true- but here is how the calculations work out:
1. In approx 50 overs, India are 200 for 3 with Tendulkar and Ganguly batting. On this pitch, a score of 400 will perhaps loose the match, or at least give England some chance to put India back in (the pitch does not have any scary bounce, just a bit more than what batsmen would expect, from time to time)... Moreover, a team which won the toss on this pitch should bat nearly two days or at least 150 overs (110 overs is a minimum any side should plan to bat on most pitches which are fair to both bat and ball).
So at about 50th over losing 3 wickets is tricky for sure.
2. Tendulkar therefore continues to dot it out, aided by England bowling the legside stuff (one shot bowling!), expecting him to glance it into leg-slip, or chip it to short leg (and if not, give a single to fine leg). The English approach is fine under 'normal' matches where you need to keep the run rate in check from overs 50-80, and yet hope that Tendulkar would try to work it around.
3. However, Tendulkar had other plans- to dot it out all the way to 30 overs past the second new ball (remember the unfortunate way Vaughn got out in the last test during the second new ball phase- allowing Zaheer to clean up the lower middle order). A strike rate of 35-40% will not matter- you would be 15-20 runs fewer than needed, but it is important that the rest of the lower middle order bat well after the second new ball- when bowlers are in their sixth or seventh spells. This 'positional aspect' of the lower order batting after 110 overs was the target, and Tendulkar achieved it with Ganguly and Laxman doing normal scoring off normal bowling. Only then did Tendulkar attack the bowling, when it was ensured that the team will now get a good shot to play 150 overs or more, without being bundled out in the second new ball overs.
4. Obviously, nobody expected Kumble to score a century. However, with Dhoni and the tail, on a good track- with bowlers being half-dead, India could hope to add 100 odd runs to reach about 550 by tea. They did that and more!
5. Kumble made 100 off about 190 balls, Tendulkar made 82 WITH 192 balls. If a team has to bat 150 overs (900 balls), one of the top order batsman must get a big hundred. Tendulkar did it with 192 (balls, not runs). A costly miss by Prior to drop Tendulkar when he had not yet played 100 balls!
Will Tendulkar bowl some legspin- full and wide outside of off stump- since England have to try to score some quickly? We need to wait and watch.
Also, was the -inswinging down the legside line to Tendulkar- similar to Sir Alec Bedser to Sir Don Bradman?
1. In approx 50 overs, India are 200 for 3 with Tendulkar and Ganguly batting. On this pitch, a score of 400 will perhaps loose the match, or at least give England some chance to put India back in (the pitch does not have any scary bounce, just a bit more than what batsmen would expect, from time to time)... Moreover, a team which won the toss on this pitch should bat nearly two days or at least 150 overs (110 overs is a minimum any side should plan to bat on most pitches which are fair to both bat and ball).
So at about 50th over losing 3 wickets is tricky for sure.
2. Tendulkar therefore continues to dot it out, aided by England bowling the legside stuff (one shot bowling!), expecting him to glance it into leg-slip, or chip it to short leg (and if not, give a single to fine leg). The English approach is fine under 'normal' matches where you need to keep the run rate in check from overs 50-80, and yet hope that Tendulkar would try to work it around.
3. However, Tendulkar had other plans- to dot it out all the way to 30 overs past the second new ball (remember the unfortunate way Vaughn got out in the last test during the second new ball phase- allowing Zaheer to clean up the lower middle order). A strike rate of 35-40% will not matter- you would be 15-20 runs fewer than needed, but it is important that the rest of the lower middle order bat well after the second new ball- when bowlers are in their sixth or seventh spells. This 'positional aspect' of the lower order batting after 110 overs was the target, and Tendulkar achieved it with Ganguly and Laxman doing normal scoring off normal bowling. Only then did Tendulkar attack the bowling, when it was ensured that the team will now get a good shot to play 150 overs or more, without being bundled out in the second new ball overs.
4. Obviously, nobody expected Kumble to score a century. However, with Dhoni and the tail, on a good track- with bowlers being half-dead, India could hope to add 100 odd runs to reach about 550 by tea. They did that and more!
5. Kumble made 100 off about 190 balls, Tendulkar made 82 WITH 192 balls. If a team has to bat 150 overs (900 balls), one of the top order batsman must get a big hundred. Tendulkar did it with 192 (balls, not runs). A costly miss by Prior to drop Tendulkar when he had not yet played 100 balls!
Will Tendulkar bowl some legspin- full and wide outside of off stump- since England have to try to score some quickly? We need to wait and watch.
Also, was the -inswinging down the legside line to Tendulkar- similar to Sir Alec Bedser to Sir Don Bradman?
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