Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [15/05/09 22:05 +0530]: On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: my wife would quite probably object Even if she came along? no midnight dinners when you have a 4 1/2 yr old kid who needs her sleep :)

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Giancarlo Livraghi
> Have you got to where they get the money to go to Chennai? ROTFL. Yes, that was the "antefact". A fairly long sequence - April 14 to 25. > Weren't we talking about home delivery options at 2 am? Not from my point of view. Unless they provide teleportation, it would take quite a while to del

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Giancarlo Livraghi wrote, [on 5/15/2009 7:22 PM]: >> ... if anybody knows Illiad, please ask him >> where he got the impression that there are lots >> of food delivery options in Chennai at 2 AM. > > I don' know J.D. Frazer "Illiad" - though sometimes I enjoy his cartoons. > > And I don't know i

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > my wife would quite probably object Even if she came along? C -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +91-9884467463

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [15/05/09 21:06 +0530]: On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM, sur...@hserus.net wrote: if iliad knows any, beyond 'midnight express' on ttk road, and sleazy tea kadai dives... I'd like to find out So do I. Though, I've been told that the late-night buffet at the Park i

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, ss wrote: > On Friday 15 May 2009 7:34:42 pm sur...@hserus.net wrote: > > I am going to keep my opinions to myself for the moment, but if anybody > > knows Illiad, please ask him where he got the impression that there are > > lots of food delivery options in Chenn

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 9:04 PM, ss wrote: > On Friday 15 May 2009 7:34:42 pm sur...@hserus.net wrote: >> I am going to keep my opinions to myself for the moment, but if anybody >> knows Illiad, please ask him where he got the impression that there are >> lots of food delivery options in Chennai a

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 7:34 PM, sur...@hserus.net wrote: > if iliad knows any, beyond 'midnight express' on ttk road, and sleazy tea > kadai dives... I'd like to find out > So do I. Though, I've been told that the late-night buffet at the Park is very good. Suresh, should we try? C -- http:/

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread ss
On Friday 15 May 2009 7:34:42 pm sur...@hserus.net wrote: > I am going to keep my opinions to myself for the moment, but if anybody > knows Illiad, please ask him where he got the impression that there are > lots of food delivery options in Chennai at 2 AM. Maybe this does not qualify - but I spen

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

2009-05-15 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:40 PM, RavB wrote: > People are in pain, and alcohol is the most accessible over-the-counter > temporary palliative. It's not going to start until we address the root > causes for chronic unhappiness, be it biochemistry, environment, or most > likely some combination th

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Bonobashi
--- On Fri, 15/5/09, sur...@hserus.net wrote: > From: sur...@hserus.net > Subject: Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest? > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Friday, 15 May, 2009, 7:34 PM > if iliad knows any, beyond 'midnight > express' on ttk road, and sleazy tea kadai dives...

Re: [silk] test

2009-05-15 Thread Devdas Bhagat
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Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread sur...@hserus.net
if iliad knows any, beyond 'midnight express' on ttk road, and sleazy tea kadai dives... I'd like to find out -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest? From: "Udhay Shankar N" Date: 15-05-2009 17:26 Giancarlo Livraghi wrote, [on 5/15/2009 4:27 PM]: > In http://

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Giancarlo Livraghi
Udhay, > ... if anybody knows Illiad, please ask him > where he got the impression that there are lots > of food delivery options in Chennai at 2 AM. I don' know J.D. Frazer "Illiad" - though sometimes I enjoy his cartoons. And I don't know if the has any first-hand knowledge of India - or spen

Re: [silk] test

2009-05-15 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Gautam John wrote, [on 5/15/2009 6:57 PM]: > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:55 PM, Ingrid wrote: > >> ? > > ! Heh. This *is* silk, after all, where thread drift is an art form [1]. I was just trying to see if I could exclude messages from the archives [2], [3] by using the x-no-archive header. Seem

Re: [silk] test

2009-05-15 Thread Gautam John
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Re: [silk] test

2009-05-15 Thread Thaths
On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 6:25 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) NAK. Thaths -- "You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel." -- Homer J. Simpson

Re: [silk] test

2009-05-15 Thread Ingrid
? 2009/5/15 Udhay Shankar N > > -- > ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) > > -- "Home is so far from Home." - Emily Dickinson

Re: [silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Giancarlo Livraghi wrote, [on 5/15/2009 4:27 PM]: > In http://userfriendly.org there is a sequence of cartoons that has been > going on for over two weeks. It started on April 27 and it will continue > I don't know how long. > > It's about a bunch of Canadians opening an office in India. > > Any

[silk] many a true word is spoken in jest?

2009-05-15 Thread Giancarlo Livraghi
In http://userfriendly.org there is a sequence of cartoons that has been going on for over two weeks. It started on April 27 and it will continue I don't know how long. It's about a bunch of Canadians opening an office in India. Any comments or opinions? Cheers Giancarlo

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

2009-05-15 Thread RavB
People are in pain, and alcohol is the most accessible over-the-counter temporary palliative. It's not going to start until we address the root causes for chronic unhappiness, be it biochemistry, environment, or most likely some combination thereof.

Re: [silk] Longer neck doesn't mean you get lucky more often

2009-05-15 Thread Alok G. Singh
There was a fascinating account that I read between the arms race between giraffes and the acacia trees that they feed on. One of the finest examples to illustrate the complexity and sophistication of the plant kingdom. I do not have a link to share but perhaps one of you do ? -- Alok The coast

[silk] Longer neck doesn't mean you get lucky more often

2009-05-15 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_805/8050298.stm I always thought the reason for the longer neck was to reach food which other animals couldn't, but apparently not. The sexual advantage theory has also been put to rest. Maybe a freak occurence that cannot be explained by natur

[silk] For gyan on search technology

2009-05-15 Thread Sruthi Krishnan
Hi, For a story in the IT column of The Hindu (it appears on Sunday), am looking for people involved with search technology. If interested, do mail me on srukr...@gmail.com. The deadline for the story is today and this will take around half an hour.:) Thanks much!! Sruthi