Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Venkat Mangudi
"Ashwin Kumar" wrote: >On 21 January 2011 10:26, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > >> >> >> NOTHING helps keep sysadmins in line. They are born without fear, or >have >> it 'smacked' out of them. >> > >Try grabbing on to their cables. There lies their power. > Real Sysadmins don't need cables. --V >~

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 14, Issue 22

2011-01-20 Thread Anand Manikutty
Is there something similar to the English sense of humor deployed with any regularity in modern Greek? I was thinking about your comment when reading this blog today. Although the blog had its moments, I also thought that it had a lot of cliched situations. Not that the blog did not have its f

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 21 January 2011 10:26, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > > > NOTHING helps keep sysadmins in line. They are born without fear, or have > it 'smacked' out of them. > Try grabbing on to their cables. There lies their power. ~ashwin PS: cables can be replaced with pipes if you are a senator.

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Indrajit Gupta
--- On Fri, 21/1/11, Biju Chacko wrote: > From: Biju Chacko > Subject: Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"? > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Friday, 21 January, 2011, 8:59 > On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:06 AM, > Udhay Shankar N > wrote: > > "We've all heard the "herding cats" analogy w

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Biju Chacko
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:06 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > "We've all heard the "herding cats" analogy with regard to managing > programmers. Managing sysadmins is like leading a neighborhood gang of > neurotic pumas on jet-powered hoverbikes with nasty smack habits and > opposable thumbs. Oh, and

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Indrajit Gupta
--- On Fri, 21/1/11, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > From: Udhay Shankar N > Subject: Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"? > To: silklist@lists.hserus.net > Date: Friday, 21 January, 2011, 7:06 > On 21-Jan-11 3:31 AM, Indrajit Gupta > wrote: > > > Very disappointing. More enthusiasm than evil. Why

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 21-Jan-11 3:31 AM, Indrajit Gupta wrote: > Very disappointing. More enthusiasm than evil. Why is the immediate reaction > one of sympathetic concern, a desire to let the man race past us in a crowded > corridor on his urgent mission to the men's room? Where is that susurrus of > evil, that c

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread ss
I had only one thing on my bucket list. I have done it now. I have written a will. After my will, everything else can only be a won't or at best a maybe. shiv

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Indrajit Gupta
--- On Thu, 20/1/11, Madhu Menon wrote: From: Madhu Menon Subject: Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"? To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Thursday, 20 January, 2011, 18:47 On 20-01-2011 18:26, Deepa Mohan wrote: >     Muhahahaahahaa! > > > That's your heads-in-the-bucket Madame Defarge li

[silk] The bloggers called it, the Street blew it

2011-01-20 Thread Anand Manikutty
Unaffiliated analysts took 9 out of the 10 top spots. Oy vey! http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2011/01/19/apples-blow-out-quarter-the-bloggers-called-it-the-street-blew-it-2/ Anand

Re: [silk] Silk, the interactive edition

2011-01-20 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 06:48:34PM +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: > > Yes, his usual rant was "Βγείτε γκαζόν μου!" > > Sorry, that was greek to me. Not to Google Chrome. And of course silk archive is the #1 hit. -- Eugen* Leitl http://leitl.org";>leitl http://leitl.org _

[silk] Can't wait to shop? Blame your surname, says study

2011-01-20 Thread Deepak S
An excellent study. I know my in my school roll call was by first names so the 'Deepak' overruled the 'Srinivasan' In any case ... read on >> Can't wait to shop? Blame your surname, says study >> > > 2011-01-20 09:34:48 > Washington: Why do some people wait patiently to buy stuff while other

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 6:47 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: > Here, something to use as your mobile phone ring tone till I get there: > http://madhumenon.posterous.com/madman-evil-laugh For those who are lazy, can we receive the same as an attachment offlist ? ;) -- sankarshan mukhopadhyay

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Madhu Menon
On 20-01-2011 18:26, Deepa Mohan wrote: Muhahahaahahaa! That's your heads-in-the-bucket Madame Defarge list, Madman! Here, something to use as your mobile phone ring tone till I get there: http://madhumenon.posterous.com/madman-evil-laugh -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 6:22 PM, Meera wrote: > Retire, learn horse riding, become an expert in skating, become the > president, or at least a governor. > In any order. > If you retire and learn horse trading, you CAN become the president or governor in any order...or lack of it, Meera

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Meera
Retire, learn horse riding, become an expert in skating, become the president, or at least a governor. In any order. -Me

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:57 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: > My bucket list? > > World domination! Riches, fame, and everyone living in fear of my knives! > > Muhahahaahahaa! > That's your heads-in-the-bucket Madame Defarge list, Madman!

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 20 January 2011 16:05, Vinayak Hegde wrote: > > I have reserached the trans-Siberian and Ghan. Someday I will get > around to doing them. Divya on this list has done the Ghan a couple of months back. And, I have done the Indian-Pacific. So, feel free get more details. :) ~ashwin

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > On 19 January 2011 13:00, Udhay Shankar N wrote: >> >> What's on *your* bucket list? >> > > I will list the more practical achievable stuff that is there on my list: > * explore parts of India for two weeks every year. Well I want to explore

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Venkat Mangudi
On Thursday 20 January 2011 01:57 PM, Madhu Menon wrote: > everyone living in fear of my knives! I think this is generally the case among people who live in your neighbourhood, isn't it? --V

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Vijay Anand
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > > > On 20 January 2011 13:19, Venkat Mangudi wrote: >> >> --V >> (getting tired typing out the same 6 characters over and over again) > > I see that you are moving head-on towards a Nov 5th goal. :) > ~ashwin > Nah! You are giving this way t

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Madhu Menon
On 20-01-2011 13:37, Ashwin Kumar wrote: You better start preparing for the next Masterchef India then :) Haven't seen the Indian version, but am a fan of the UK series. How does the Akshay Kumar thing compare to the original? Madhu Menon hasa very nice piece on MCI. Whenever

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Madhu Menon
My bucket list? World domination! Riches, fame, and everyone living in fear of my knives! Muhahahaahahaa! -- Madhu Menon http://twitter.com/madmanweb MCorp Hospitality Consulting: http://mcorphospitality.com

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:37 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > > > > Madhu Menon hasa very nice piece on MCI. Whenever I watched the show, my > violent tendencies were stimulated. Smashing a few heads is occasionally > good for the health. > > I'd think not to the health of the smashee. C -- http://ww

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 20 January 2011 13:30, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan < chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > >> You better start preparing for the next Masterchef India then :) >> >> >> > Haven't seen the Indian version, but am a fan of the UK series. Ho

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Ashwin Kumar
On 20 January 2011 13:19, Venkat Mangudi wrote: > > --V > (getting tired typing out the same 6 characters over and over again) > I see that you are moving head-on towards a Nov 5th goal. :) ~ashwin

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Venkat Mangudi
On Thursday 20 January 2011 01:30 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > Haven't seen the Indian version, but am a fan of the UK series. How does > the Akshay Kumar thing compare to the original? It doesn't. --V

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Venkat Mangudi
On Thursday 20 January 2011 01:26 PM, Vijay Anand wrote: >> >> --V >> (getting tired typing out the same 6 characters over and over again) >> > > Type the 6 characters I say! What if I also (and I often do) get tired? > > V. > > The addition of -- will mark the difference. :)

Re: [silk] What's on your "bucket list"?

2011-01-20 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:10 PM, Ashwin Kumar wrote: > You better start preparing for the next Masterchef India then :) > > > Haven't seen the Indian version, but am a fan of the UK series. How does the Akshay Kumar thing compare to the original? C -- http://www.uk.linkedin.com/in/chandrachooda