On May 19, 2014 4:50 PM, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote:
> - 8 hours of sleep is not just one of life's great pleasures, it's a
> necessity for which I am willing to give up job offers, and many other
> things.
>
> - The only true evil is boredom.
Human needs are merely two, physical and psychological.
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:48 AM, John Sundman wrote:
[...]
> My grandfather, Pop, [...]
Thanks for sharing John, that is a powerful family history. I'd love
to read more.
Cheeni
On Tue, May 13, 2014 at 10:56 PM, Heather Madrone wrote:
> SS wrote:
>>
>>
>> Surely US immigration policies should allow in 100,000 of the poorest,
>> illiterate low caste Indians every year so that they can taste freedom
>> and opportunity in the land of milk and honey?
>
>
>
> BWHAHAHAHAHA!
>
>
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Vinayak Hegde wrote:
> I use http://isbn.net.in/
Thanks, I took a look at it. It appears pretty limited in terms of
search and features though lightweight and ad-free.
Infibeam always has as does amazon.in. Check Indiabookstore.net for
price comparisons.
On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 6:31 AM, Thaths wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:05 AM, Thaths wrote:
>
>> Also, looks like flipkart will not accept international credit cards.
>> Anyone know of how I can get a one-t
On Mar 4, 2014 5:08 PM, "Deepa Mohan" wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > A selfish organism is the very definition of cancer.
> >
>
> I'm not sure if I agree with all that you said, Cheeni. But that last
> line...breathtaking in its simplicity.
Thanks Deepa, you are kind as always. :-)
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 5:08 AM, SS wrote:
> The article looks at life like a single player game. Life can be a
> single player game or a team game in which multiple players cooperate.
> In India life is defined as a multiple player game in which your life is
> played in family and society from the
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Thaths wrote:
> You know what else detracts from the subject of the conversation? Sermons.
>
:-) I sense anger :)
In all honesty, this wasn't intended to be a sermon, apologies if it sounds
so. I am quite happy to share what little I know, is all.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Which is why the Evernote list makes sense. As and when you remember a
> phrase, put it in the list. :)
>
If there is a pressing need to absolutely recall something, I agree, having
crib notes is the way to go.
But why bother? It is ver
Sorry to miss you Suresh.
7PM works for me.
I'm assuming the race club is members only, and unavailable since Suresh
dropped out. Can we pick an alternate venue?
How about this place, I've always gone past it but never stepped in,
http://www.tripadvisor.in/Restaurant_Review-g304556-d3216565-Revi
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Biju Chacko wrote:
> Yearning for a mythical rural idyll is just a way to whine without
> trying to make a change in the real world. Don't even get me started
> on the selfish self indulgence of exploring inner selves.
I think this debate is very much colored by on
On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Charles Haynes wrote:
> Or you could hypothesize that farming became popular for some reason other
> than the happiness of the farmers.
As I said, this segue is IMHO mostly meaningless, we can only
hypothesize, we can't prove a thing. It's better to deal with the
p
On Feb 5, 2014 3:09 AM, "Charles Haynes" wrote:
>
> "A look at population numbers would say yes. But then quality of life
> indicators - and not just material quality, but indicators that take
> into account mental illness, loneliness, depression and so on give a
> very mixed reading."
>
> By most
average morality of the people who make it up.
Any examination of such matters needs to look at the larger morality,
and understand why our leaders time and again get sucked into narrow
views of self interest.
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 8:54 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
> "Bayer CEO: We made medi
"Bayer CEO: We made medicine for people who can afford it, not Indians"
I don't think vilification serves any purpose.
On the one hand, Bayer makes life saving drugs, very good; but on the
other hand it intends to only sell it only to the rich; not so good.
Historically speaking this has been so
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 6:42 PM, Caitlin Marinelli
wrote:
>> On Tue, February 4, 2014 5:26 pm, Adrianna Tan wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> In Chennai 9 - 12 Feb.
>>> Happy to meet one and all on 10 or 11 Feb.
>>> Takers?
>
> Monday or Tuesday evening works for me in Chennai. Would love to meet
> the Chenna
Hyperlinks were a revolution in pedagogy, wikipedia capitalized on this.
There is no one good or correct way to read an article on wikipedia, each
hyperlink can possibly take you down a different rat hole, and that is the
beauty of learning.
The idea of an online classroom that controls the direct
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 9:24 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> At least one silklister has taken the request to heart:
>
> http://boingboing.net/2013/09/18/give-jeremy-bornstein-15037.html
Well it's not uncommon among humans to pay ridiculous sums of money to
watch other humans make contact with a bal
On Sat, Sep 7, 2013 at 9:38 AM, SS wrote:
>
> specifically
> demonstrate that the 1910 book reference is a one-off anomaly
Any Indian author of a printed book in those years would have been
forced to submit their ideas to British egos. Severe censorship laws
had placed the written word under str
On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Kingsley Jegan Joseph wrote:
> You know, sometimes I think that Mr. Mahadevan may be as
> over-enthusiastic in finding dravidian connections for Indus script as
> some of the right-leaners are about finding Sanskrit connections.
>
Oh say, did you know the Pallavas
Yes, see you at amethyst.
On Sep 2, 2013 3:43 PM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian" wrote:
> On 02-Sep-2013, at 15:25, Badri Natarajan wrote:
>
> >>> But if Amethyst is on, I can make it anytime after 6 - my office is
> nearby. Shall we say 630pm Amethyst?
> >
> > Is this on for this evening? Around 630p
Suresh do you have a preference? Chandroo, will you be able to make it?
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 5:28 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote:
>>>
>>> Not in the same area at all, but anyone for Amethyst?
>>
>> Unless I'm mistaken Amethyst is the one near the big mall & Satyam?
>> That place is a mighty commute
http://io9.com/5987567/brain+to+brain-interfaces-have-arrived-and-they-are-absolutely-mindblowing
Humans are the rats in a global experiment called progress with an unclear
target outcome.
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:55 PM, SS wrote:
> For an article that starts with an example of cognitive bias, it is far
> faar too long.
The husk around the kernel of truth is rather mighty, I agree.
Technological progress has a history of promoting a dulling of the
mind and body. When entire civil
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote:
>>
>>
>> I don't mind coffee and a sandwich at the Coffee Day on the
>> Theosophical society road towards Rajaji Bhavan.
>>
>
> Yeah Monday evening works for me but 6pm could be challenging especially if I
> have to get to Adyar.
>
> Will tr
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
> liu's waldorf = cheap indian chinese, near the IIT campus
>
> you don't need to be current on places, its been around for donkey's years
The last time I was at Liu's I had the pleasing company of a lizard on
the wall and a cockroach
6 pm somewhere in South/Central Madras?
I'm not current on places, so can someone help?
On Aug 29, 2013 12:04 PM, "Suresh Ramasubramanian"
wrote:
> On 29-Aug-2013, at 11:52, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <
> chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On
Does Monday night, 2nd Sep work for everyone?
On Aug 27, 2013 3:44 PM, "Srini RamaKrishnan" wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote:
> > Maybe early next week? Weeknight?
>
> Anytime before the 2nd works for me.
>
My answer and approach to that is to stop theorizing and start
practicing whatever makes me happy. Hacks are meant to be practiced
not intellectualized. Like exercise or meditation or dance or whatever
keeps one happy only works when one does it - wondering about whether
it makes one happy takes aw
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:46 PM, Charles Haynes
wrote:
> Which is to say, you may not be able to hack your way to happiness.
I have personal experience that is very much to the contrary but I'm
just a data point and not a representative sample size.
On Sun, Aug 25, 2013 at 8:45 AM, SS wrote:
> This can happen even without mollycoddling/spoiling (the "autopilot"). A
> child can simply do well in school and college because his interests and
> ability happen to coincide with the direction his parents want him, and
> encourage him, to take - so h
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan
wrote:
> Perhaps I've just met the wrong demographic among those who read self-help
> books, but most of those who have pushed such books at me were fairly
> successful - and I wasn't aware of any failure that prompted them to read
> such books
On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote:
> Maybe early next week? Weeknight?
Anytime before the 2nd works for me.
Because it's been a while, and I feel like meeting Silk people.
Any interest?
The old saying is you can wake someone who's asleep but not one who
pretends to be asleep.
Acknowledging climate change means to drill less for oil, and that's a
civilizational challenge for the rich people in the here and now rather
than fifty years from now. The poor people will die first meanwh
d, through retirement and
death.
But then adult life these days involves leaving the family and living alone
or as a couple in strange new towns and countries.
That's usually when they find themselves in the rain with no umbrella.
On Aug 24, 2013 8:57 AM, "SS" wrote:
> On Fri, 2013
On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 9:05 PM, Thaths wrote:
> I began to wonder if hipster life hacking was different from self-help.
> Maybe the difference between the two is socio-economic?
Are you saying being socio-economically backward might help in
preventing the development of a large ego? An ego that
AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
> I'm waiting for research some day to start screaming that staring at
> computer screens (and not to mention social networks) causes
> depression and loneliness.
>
>
> http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/led-zone/4419340/Do-LEDs-cause-blin
I'm waiting for research some day to start screaming that staring at
computer screens (and not to mention social networks) causes
depression and loneliness.
http://www.edn.com/electronics-blogs/led-zone/4419340/Do-LEDs-cause-blindness
Do LEDs cause blindness?
Carolyn Mathas - August 6, 2013
Ac
Dev Anand was a futuristic film maker in Indian cinema in many ways -
which includes beating Yash Chopra to Switzerland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONDviMDa3Hc
Prem Pujari - 1970 Grimsel Pass, is actually quite a historic location
in Swiss history, but not the easiest to get to - and so by B
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>> A few large discoveries in the Americas notwithstanding, it isn't like
>
> The discoveries are not large, and mostly nonrecoverable. According
> to recent graphs the Bakken story looks already over -- further data will
> tell. We'll read abou
On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>
> Now if anyone would have a decent peak resource/energy mailing list
> (especially now than the The Oil Drum is shutting down), that'd be
> just great.
The Oil Drum is the biggest - but lots of Peak Oil websites have
crashed and burned in the
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
> Much more, including the full spreadsheet with all 21 'weirdness
> features' for all the languages, at the URL below.
>
> Also, it amuses me that this list says the most 'normal' language is
> Hindi. :-)
It depresses me a little to say this
On Tue, Jun 25, 2013 at 5:54 PM, Alaric Snell-Pym
wrote:
> On 06/20/2013 04:23 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>>
>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/enterprise-it/security/India-sets-up-nationwide-snooping-programme-to-tap-your-emails-phones/articleshow/20678562.cms
http://chaosradio.ccc.de/media/
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote:
> I wrote this some time agosomeone else referred to it on FB recently
> (yes...a woman.) What makes us detest certain subjects at school, and why
> is Maths (or Math) frequently at the top of the list? It can't always be
> bad teachers
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> Speaking about a wipeout, how probable would you see a nuclear
> conflict arising between failing states? I see huge problems
> in the Pakistan/India/China corner. The climate shift will
> probably hit Pakistan much harder than it already is.
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Biju Chacko wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Thaths wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Indrajit Gupta > >wrote:
>>
>> > Just say neigh, you think?
>> >
>>
>> A night mare race to find the worst pun?
>
>
> I wanted to jump in, but I was afraid
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:00 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
[...snip links...]
> Notice that most of it is very predictable, several days
> in advance.
You are right up to the point that global climate change bites. And
even without a climate apocalypse, I thought the margin of error with
all such predic
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
>> in rich countries. In the end, though, they too will change as the
>> alternatives become normal, and what was once normal becomes quaintly
>> old-fashioned.
>
> It has been quaintly old-fashioned for many years now where I sit.
Renewables do
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Chetan Nagendra wrote:
> I wonder if the PFRDA cannot even secure their website, how will they manage
> billions in public funds?
Your optimism is remarkable. Pension deductions are a form of taxation
any way you look at it, either directly on the income if it i
On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk
wrote:
> Anyone?
Time sink, but then most games are. Not for me.
On Jun 3, 2013 12:59 PM, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Biju Chacko
wrote:
>
> > He was not universally liked but I guess even those that didn't like him
> > would be saddened by the news.
>
> I agree, on both counts. RIP, Atul.
It was too early to go.
Cheeni
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 8:25 PM, mark seiden wrote:
> but i must ask:
[...]
> why is that your opinion? (i have only been to the sunnyvale branch, rarely).
> (perhaps do they now serve Bhopal-style McDosas?)
Ethical: Their business practices in their early years were very rough
- killing those w
On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Charles Haynes
wrote:
> Saravana Bhavan
In the spirit of Silk, I register here my personal opinion that
Saravana Bhavan is the combined nutritional and ethical equivalent of
McDonalds & Monsanto.
illions of dollars, since electricity subsidies are hidden
under their P&L to keep the government's budget deficit from looking too
scary. Consequently the contract defaults in this sector are terribly
common.
On May 24, 2013 5:58 PM, "Udhay Shankar N" wrote:
> On Fri
On May 24, 2013 2:25 PM, "Eugen Leitl" wrote:
(...)
> What's the current PV deployment situation in India? Any signs for
> a ramp-up?
The power grid and sub stations need more investment than power generation,
we are losing 100 - 800 MW of wind energy daily in Tamil Nadu alone.
Power generation
Ever since much the same happened in Pakistan about five years ago I've
been wondering when India would follow. My regret is that they didn't go
torch a politician's bungalow, at least that would have yielded results.
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2013/05/24/world/asia/india-power-failures-set-off-pro
Parts of this, especially about the decrepitness of the railway system
and the corruption rings true for Indian railways too. Incidentally,
Declan Walsh was recently thrown out of Pakistan for attempting to
cover the elections.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/world/asia/pakistans-railroads-sum-u
The gourmands on the list (I'm thinking Charles and Gautam chiefly,
but also several others) will probably be interested in Steven Poole's
new book, You aren't what you eat (2012)
http://stevenpoole.net/you-arent-what-you-eat/
Guardian's review:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/oct/21/what-eat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlMwud7SxEA
And, http://www.ted.com/talks/homaro_cantu_ben_roche_cooking_as_alchemy.html
Taste is unreliable and misleading is what the videos imply.
Neither of these videos is doing anything that artificial flavouring in the
food industry hasn't been consistently
Zombie phone mode was active, sorry
On May 9, 2013 6:49 PM, "Thaths" wrote:
> On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan
> wrote:
>
> > Zzz d'sa zzz a Ss z
> >
>
> Masterfully argued, Cheeni.
>
> Thaths
> --
> Homer: Hey, what does
Staff see kw6!&!!$$f Deere s
On Apr 23, 2013 11:08 PM, "Ashwin Kumar" wrote:
>
> Hey folks
> Do any of you know about a firm called Ab Initio? This is run by the
people who managed Thinking Machines Corp.
> I have spoken to a f4ew people there, but would like to know more about
the firm/work from
Zzz d'sa zzz a Ss z
"The upshot: screw the experts."
This is generally good advise for anything. Religion, investing,
philosophy, exercise, diet, don't adopt anything without verifying for
yourself.
It's silly how many people have respect for authority.
I was lucky to be genetically disposed towards rebellion. Gran
It's possible I may be able to attend (Chennai), pick a date and I'll try
to drop in.
On May 6, 2013 9:10 AM, "Divya S" wrote:
> I'm happy to meet in Chennai on any date from 6th to 10th.
>
> Cheers
> Divya
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On 03-May-2013, at 5:31 PM, Adrianna Tan wrote:
>
> > Am in
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Deepak Shenoy wrote:
> Speaking purely economically - it's cheaper when they ban the darn
> thing. If they make it legal, they'll charge a bloody license fee and
> have auctions for licenses and some random minister will fraud the
> taxpayers and all that. I'd hav
On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Nikhil Mehra wrote:
> This should liven up the debate a bit:
> http://www.economist.com/blogs/economist-explains/2013/04/economist-explains-why-iceland-ban-pornography?fb_ref=activity
Iceland with 322,000 people is the size of an Indian village.
rshan Mukhopadhyay <
> sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan
> > wrote:
> > > The conservatives will obviously welcome this and the politicians will
> > love
> > > it because it's a meaningless but d
On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay <
sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan
wrote:
>> The conservatives will obviously welcome this and the politicians will
love
>> it because it's a meaningle
The conservatives will obviously welcome this and the politicians will love
it because it's a meaningless but decisive move; with no political downside
to it because of the taboo. The only thing this will really do is destroy
Indian democracy some more by strengthening intrusive laws, and help set
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
> While sophisticated investors might not want to mix insurance and investment,
> it still remains an option - in several cases - for less sophisticated
> investors, as long as they find a honest advisor who doesn't missell to them.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
> While sophisticated investors might not want to mix insurance and investment,
> it still remains an option - in several cases - for less sophisticated
> investors, as long as they find a honest advisor who doesn't missell to them.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Caitlin Marinelli
wrote:
> Do they need micro insurance?
India is generally very passive-aggressive towards insurance isn't it?
Most insurance products sold here are halfway between investment and
insurance, with the insurance pay out generally being dismal, and s
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 8:04 AM, Biju Chacko wrote:
[...]
> It is easy for one who has voted with his feet to condemn those who can't.
No sense going after the arguer, please do attack the argument.
> Without some sensitivity a lot of very valid concerns sound like, "You must
> deny yourself the
Temples weren't invented here or only here obviously, though this
became the land of temples. They go afaik much further back than
proto-Abrahamic - hard to find any standing so it's all debatable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_religion
Fire temples are evidenced in Aryan history - ther
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Thaths wrote:
>
> The MRTS monstrosity is poetic in its own way. The MRTS stations are an
> Ozymandian reminder of the early 90's and corruption.
Vomit is a reminder of yesterday's folly too.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Sumant Srivathsan wrote:
>
> This is quite true of most places in India. A combination of dust, smoke,
> concrete and other assorted particulate matter have made most
> urban/semi-urban habitats next to impossible to live in without some
> version of respiratory di
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:28 PM, Mahesh Murthy wrote:
> I can see the MRTS evoking some Marxist / North Korean poetry.
You mean of the fascist "joy through suffering" variety, indeed. We
should let Hitler know.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
wrote:
> Much as I like the marundeeswarar and much as I don't like the MRTS
> station, your comparison doesn't hold true. Temple poetry is more about
> exaggeration of the attributes of the diety and less of architectural
> critique.
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Sumant Srivathsan wrote:
> I think they recognize their dirty reality better than most, and with a
> shrug of their shoulders, follow that maxim their former colonists employed
> during the Battle of Britain: they keep calm and carry on.
As I said you can either b
On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 7:48 PM, Sumant Srivathsan wrote:
> An ugly public building comes up right next to a 1500 year old temple. A
>> monument to incompetence and corruption built in the backyard of
>> a millennial legacy of elegance and brilliance, and no one bats an eyelid.
>>
>
> I refuse to
If there's any innovation in Jugaad, it is in talking a tall tale.
There is no ethnic flavor to innovation, not "Indian", "Chinese" or
"African". Sure when you take away the resources and / or laws, then
new solutions with trade-offs become possible. Like the Chinese mobile
phone clones or Indian
I am yet to see a calamity that will force Indians to evacuate. If
Indians were the kind that would quit unhealthy environments, then
prices of land in Bangalore should be falling right now.
Bhopal never skipped a beat even when its citizens were falling dead
from poisonous gas, and it's dusty roa
Satellite images of light pollution in India show the most uniformly
polluted sky of any developing country. In contrast, China is mostly only
polluted with light haze along the coast.
The few dark regions of India are the most revealing: Dantewada (maoists
who tear down the few electricity poles
Welcome, Silk can be worse than miscmarket. You are warned.
On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 8:24 PM, frozencemetery wrote:
> I've been told it's good form to post an introduction, so: hello!
>
> I'm a computer scientist and security researcher currently at Carnegie
> Mellon University. I'm also a free s
There's a long (paid column inches I am sure) rant in almost all Indian
newspapers today by the chief of Novartis lamenting the death of
innovation. I couldn't be bothered to read it.
The front page headlines that weren't paid for ran with the conventional
wisdom that the ruling was good for the p
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 4:50 PM, Thaths wrote:
> 1. Mylapore
A more serious contribution to your list:
- Rayar's Café and Maami Kadai -
http://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/metroplus/article2295935.ece
- Dabba Chetti Kadai - traditional Indian medicines and things your
grandmom would want ak
Would you happen to know of the tasty lassi and samosa shop in the lane
behind Devi theater? I remember it being way too successful to have closed
down by now, so I still hope.
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 11:05 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan <
chandrachoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That place no long
A preview of my real life action adventure game for tourists - "live life
like a Madras teenager":
- A visit to the TASMAC store to pick up cheap liquid courage
-- For bonus points: this is done at around 6PM on a Friday or October 1st
- A spicy "chicken" Biryani made of genuine 100% crow
-- For b
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 7:29 PM, Sean Doyle wrote:
> I would welcome that. We're having a definite quality control problem here.
> Fox has been aiming at a 3 year old mentality (mine! all mine!) but the
> rest of the media isn't as coherent. And.. to prevent too much thread
> drift - our Congres
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 4:38 PM, Andy Deemer wrote:
Hey -- I was just going off the Deccan Herald's 99 Dosa recc's...
> http://www.deccanherald.com/content/217211/content/217419/F
Yes we are a billion people, so I think we've earned our right to produce a
few idiots, and some of them or all of
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 3:56 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
wrote:
> You mentioned asking the guy whether he does a chocolate dosa
That ranks a close second to asking for cold milk with tea, and as such
rates as due grounds for deportation. We don't want these types here, I
have to now go to sleep w
On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:05 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote:
> I wonder solar is still called 'alternative' energy.
> It should be called alternativeless energy. There is really
> no other way to keep this civilisation running.
India is betting on the entire spectrum - imported coal, wind energy,
fast-bre
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Naresh wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> http://www.flipkart.com/sandisk-cruzer-blade-16-gb-pen-drive/p/itmczc2ndmuqrmt7?pid=ACCCWPADYYFEJ7ZG&ref=8938e4a9-ba8c-47a3-abef-349c1379cbe3
>>
>
> Second that one. Decent drive, decent price. If you want speed, ask for USB
> 3 support. Mo
On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 11:33 AM, Naresh wrote:
>
> I need some advice on which USB flash drive to buy..the parameters are
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> 1.No separate cap but the retracting mechanism must be solidly built
The retraction mechanism makes no sense since the port is still left
open for dust to enter.
> 2.a
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Sidin Vadukut wrote:
> Ahem. (Sheepish grin.) I forgot to recommend a podcast I wished existed.
>
> 1. A factually accurate, detailed podcast telling the history of India's
> military conflicts since independence. Both internal and external.
Almost sure to get the
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:07 PM, Thaths wrote:
> As the Indian independence (and women's suffrage) struggle(s) illustrated,
> there are different ways of breaking an unjust rule/law. In my opinion,
> forcing the hand of the oppressor to overreaction and exposing the inherent
> violence and contrad
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 9:18 PM, Chew Lin Kay wrote:
> Have we decided on a place for the meetup on the 19th? Will be at Mylapore
> in the morning so will appreciate a place in that area.
Mahamudra, http://www.ishalife.com/mahamudra.html
// Mahamudra has been recognized as the Finest Restaurant
On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 10:39 PM, Badri Natarajan wrote:
>> Karpagambal Mess - been around for several decades at least.
With a side order of a cast iron stomach? It's improved of late, still
the sight of giant cockroaches lingers in my memory.
On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 5:02 AM, Sean Doyle wrote:
> I agree. Bragg is often surprised at what his guests say (e.g., that Malory
> of "Le Morte Darthur" was a "thug") - he obviously prepares for his podcast
> but he doesn't try to script/control his guests too much (except in in the
> interest of
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