Re: [silk] the business of charity!?!
Bonobashi wrote: India. This has never been stated in so many words, but the examples speak for themselves. The individual author responsible also needs to be known and identified in his political context for the article to make full sense. Well, it's a nice example to show how anybody can write anything without thinking. We need to let his students know so that they can keep away from him or sing that very famous Pink Floyd number (to him, in class) about education, derisions and fat wives beating the crap out of the teachers... what was that song now? That said, any amount of punning will not make me pan down 100s of lines to read what you have to say, however well it is composed. Come on, please take a moment and try to delete at least a few lines before sending. Does anybody know if I sigh will make for an awful pun in any language? Venkat
Re: [silk] Prime Ministerial candidate
Also I think the trance band Enigma named a song Mea Culpa which means, My fault or My blame (the root of the word culpable) in Latin. Although it appears the local police may have tried to stop the party where that music was played., lest there be obscene dancing... :-) On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 9:24 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 23 Mar 2009 9:11:34 am Biju Chacko wrote: where the heck else would those of us who missed out on a classical education have come across the word?
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
Scandinavian women in general are very sexually liberated (probably the most in the world, although when it comes to being unshackled by traditional views, the Aussies are supposed to be close if not more so, but I base that solely on scuttlebutt). They are also very independent -- the most truly equal in terms of gender relations I've seen -- like if you try to pick up the check too often when going out (no one really dates there, in that this formal courtship idea is viewed as somewhat anachronistic), you will honestly anger the woman (as opposed to the cake-and-eat-it-too feminism stage that I would argue is more the case in the US -- that battle is still in the who has the power stage). This openness is seen in examples such as the City of Copenhagen employing topless women to hold speed limit signs to address a speeding problem in the city. Paid for with taxpayer money. Or topless beaches. Or sexually explicit content on TV. One might almost believe that the women there enjoy sex for its own sake, and aren't afraid to want it. Shri Ram Sena would crap their pants. To spite the prognostications that loose sexual morals is a harbinger of social distentegration, Scandinavia consistently scores as the highes quality of living in the world. I dare say, looking at places that are oppressive about sexuality, they are far further down on the list. I wouldn't posit cause for coincidence, but it does make me picture Tyler Durden leaning over to them on an airplane saying, ...so how's that working out for you... being [so pure] (N.B. my change to his original quote which was ...being clever, after Edward Norton's character says something about single-serving friends)... I speak of today's generation though -- my mom's generation was more conservative and such -- they were growing up during the aftermath of WWII where there was plenty of deprivation and devistation that needed to be remedied. Not terribly different than the Boomer generation (who are seeming to find Jesus in large numbers, and obnoxiously prosetylizing their new enlightenment as if to demonstrate their solipcism that has harmed the US in many ways). The younger generations in the US are pretty different, and more overtly salacious (thanks, Paris Hilton...) Having been smitten by a number of nordic damsels, I will say that one of the thing that is so strange is the sheer percentage of young women who are simply gorgeous. I leave it to the cultural geneticists to explain... That said, Danish pronunciation can be a bitch. Your vexation is quite entitled. But it's only 5.5M people. That's like a rounding-error in India. So, in aggregate, just in pure numbers, there must be far more sex going on in India than in Denmark. How do you like them butter cookies, Danes?!? :-) On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com wrote: I was born in the US to an Indian dad from Bangalore and a Danish mom. This is a true story. One time I was in Helsingør, AKA Hamlet's hometown, at a technology conference, and I was single, and I met a comely young Danish woman, also single who looked at me That Way, and thought there might be something there, but I couldn't pronounce her first name and she didn't think that was cute, so I got nowhere. I recognize that having a Danish mom doesn't make this your fault, but I'm still bitter. -Tim
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
Welcome to the asylum, and please wipe the razors clean of blood after use. Your courtesy will be appreciated by other users. I have a theory to solve problems that I call Occam's Razor-slashed wrists, -- it states that whatever the most depressing explanation is, that's the most likely one. I'll make sure to clean up after use. :-) PS: I happen to be a friend of the only fat Dane in Denmark. It started with pity and ended in friendship. I couldn't help feeling sorry for him; he married an Iyengar. It's hard to beat the US for obesity (though the percentages vary quite a bit from state to state). But there are corpulent Danes. Beer and pork can add up, calorically. I'm not sure what marrying an Iyengar means (I know of BKE Iyengar from studying yoga, as well as the fact that the B stands for Bellur, which is where he's from. That and a rupee will buy me some paan.). Can anyone explain, so as to broaden my cultural knowledge?
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
Bonobashi wrote: Most of the list will be helpful, except for morose, cranky old buzzards and mailing list fascists who are obsessed with top posting, and who have names beginning with V and ending with i. Ahem! ends with a 't', guess you're still smarting from the last time I sighed. :) -Venkat
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
Regards, Kiran -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member From: Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in Date: 24/03/2009 3:29 pm --- On Tue, 24/3/09, Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Tuesday, 24 March, 2009, 2:45 PM Welcome to the asylum, and please wipe the razors clean of blood after use. Your courtesy will be appreciated by other users. I have a theory to solve problems that I call Occam's Razor-slashed wrists, -- it states that whatever the most depressing explanation is, that's the most likely one. I'll make sure to clean up after use. :-) PS: I happen to be a friend of the only fat Dane in Denmark. It started with pity and ended in friendship. I couldn't help feeling sorry for him; he married an Iyengar. It's hard to beat the US for obesity (though the percentages vary quite a bit from state to state). But there are corpulent Danes. Beer and pork can add up, calorically. I'm not sure what marrying an Iyengar means (I know of BKE Iyengar from studying yoga, as well as the fact that the B stands for Bellur, which is where he's from. That and a rupee will buy me some paan.). Can anyone explain, so as to broaden my cultural knowledge? No problem at all! An archaic term from the time that the Angle-ish language had not split from the nodal stem in Jutland, indicating that the designated person had achieved Valhalla. In modern parlance, he's up there with the Gods, feasting and wassailing, mainly on Ram's bisi bele baath (sic, very very sic), meaning the nectar of Rama. Pleasure to be of help. Don't hesitate to call any time the old cultural knowledge needs a little handling. Most of the list will be helpful, except for morose, cranky old buzzards and mailing list fascists who are obsessed with top posting, and who have names beginning with V and ending with i. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
--- On Tue, 24/3/09, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: From: Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com Subject: Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Tuesday, 24 March, 2009, 3:30 PM Bonobashi wrote: Most of the list will be helpful, except for morose, cranky old buzzards and mailing list fascists who are obsessed with top posting, and who have names beginning with V and ending with i. Ahem! ends with a 't', guess you're still smarting from the last time I sighed. :) -Venkat Oh no no no no no. Dear heavens, what a dreadful misunderstanding in the making! I solemnly aver that I was referring to the resident haunt of the list, a close relative of Peeves of legend, who glories in the name of Veritabil Deniabiliti. My research shows that this is an Indo-Iranian forest deity represented in later English folk-lore and hunting legend as Hereward the Wake. VD prowls around the forest glades on the shores of the Caspian Sea, snapping up and feasting on laggards from the herds of wild swine found there in times of yore. Later, unfortunately, during the prosperous years of the Celtic tribes, these proud animals were shipped off by greedy Armenian carpet merchants who hadn't discovered carpets to the forests of Armorica. There they were the prey of blood-thirsty Gallic warriors banned from battle by their ritual uncleanliness at the time of the cutting of the holy mistletoe. VD was cut off from his natural prey, lost his corporeal form and became a list haunt, a peculiarly foul-smelling bogle who pounces on groups of merry-making e-mailers and can be evicted only by the utterance of powerful mantras of eldritch force. Whatever could you have been thinking of? A great diplomatic calamity has been averted. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 4:02 PM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: I solemnly aver that I was referring to the resident haunt of the list, a close relative of Peeves of legend, who glories in the name of Veritabil Deniabiliti. Loved this, Wood-Dweller. Is your middle name Uderzo by any Serendiptix chance? Cheers, Deepa.
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
On 24/03/2009, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: Regards, Kiran I think I was the target, not you. :) Oops! Still getting used to my new phone and must have sent it by mistake. My top-posting days are a distant memory..I got enough mails on that :) Kiran
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
--- On Tue, 24/3/09, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: From: Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com Subject: Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Tuesday, 24 March, 2009, 4:06 PM Bonobashi wrote: Dear heavens, what a dreadful misunderstanding in the making! I solemnly aver that I was referring to the resident haunt of the list, a close relative of Peeves of legend, who glories in the name of Veritabil Deniabiliti. My research shows that this is an Indo-Iranian forest deity represented in later English folk-lore and hunting legend as Hereward the Wake. VD prowls around the forest glades on the shores of the Caspian Sea, snapping up and feasting on laggards from the herds of wild swine found there in times of yore. Later, unfortunately, during the prosperous years of the Celtic tribes, these proud animals were shipped off by greedy Armenian carpet merchants who hadn't discovered carpets to the forests of Armorica. There they were the prey of blood-thirsty Gallic warriors banned from battle by their ritual uncleanliness at the time of the cutting of the holy mistletoe. VD was cut off from his natural prey, lost his corporeal form and became a list haunt, a peculiarly foul-smelling bogle who pounces on groups of merry-making e-mailers and can be evicted only by the utterance of powerful mantras of eldritch force. Whatever could you have been thinking of? A great diplomatic calamity has been averted. You should seriously consider a career in mashups. Nice imagination and a good mix of PGW, GU, JRRT... who did I miss? I had rather hoped that the phrase master wordsmith would have floated through your mind. It didn't? I Sigh, in a pig's eye to quote an old Romany rhyme. The answer is Samit Basu. Unlimited freedom, unlimited storage. Get it now, on http://help.yahoo.com/l/in/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/tools/tools-08.html/
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
Bonobashi wrote, [on 3/24/2009 4:48 PM]: I had rather hoped that the phrase master wordsmith would have floated through your mind. It didn't? I Sigh, in a pig's eye to quote an old Romany rhyme. The answer is Samit Basu. I tried the first book, _The Simoqin Prophecies_ (recommended by mmk) and bounced hard off it. Trying too hard to be clever, I thought. /me leans back to watch the fun, having provided the straight line of the week. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
[silk] TED India Registrations now open
http://conferences.ted.com/TEDIndia/register.php More Infomation at http://www.ted.com/index.php/pages/view/id/72 -- Vinayak
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
--- On Tue, 24/3/09, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: From: Thaths tha...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Tuesday, 24 March, 2009, 6:53 PM On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:36 AM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: Bonobashi wrote: Dear heavens, what a dreadful misunderstanding in the making! I solemnly aver that I was referring to the resident haunt of the list, a close relative of Peeves of legend, who glories in the name of Veritabil Deniabiliti. My research shows that this is an Indo-Iranian forest deity represented in later English folk-lore and hunting legend as Hereward the Wake. VD prowls around the forest glades on the shores of the Caspian Sea, snapping up and feasting on laggards from the herds of wild swine found there in times of yore. Later, unfortunately, during the prosperous years of the Celtic tribes, these proud animals were shipped off by greedy Armenian carpet merchants who hadn't discovered carpets to the forests of Armorica. There they were the prey of blood-thirsty Gallic warriors banned from battle by their ritual uncleanliness at the time of the cutting of the holy mistletoe. VD was cut off from his natural prey, lost his corporeal form and became a list haunt, a peculiarly foul-smelling bogle who pounces on groups of merry-making e-mailers and can be evicted only by the utterance of powerful mantras of eldritch force. Whatever could you have been thinking of? A great diplomatic calamity has been averted. You should seriously consider a career in mashups. Nice imagination and a good mix of PGW, GU, JRRT... who did I miss? And all that VD stuff!? Straight out of a public health film shown to navy longshoremen during the war. Thaths An unfortunate - a MOST unfortunate juxtaposition. None could regret the inadvertent nominal proximity of an unmentionable situation with an agreeable bon viveur more than I. If only those silly Indo-Scythe and Wessons had broader vocabularies!! Strange are the ways of Fate... Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
trimmed under protest, by orders of His Heiliness The answer is Samit Basu. I tried the first book, _The Simoqin Prophecies_ (recommended by mmk) and bounced hard off it. Trying too hard to be clever, I thought. /me leans back to watch the fun, having provided the straight line of the week. Just for that, nobody will pay attention to you; you will be left abandoned in your ankle-chains, while everybody troops off to see the Java sea-chimpanzee (now why does the situation seem familiar?) Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
trimmed under protest, by orders of His Heiliness The answer is Samit Basu. I tried the first book, _The Simoqin Prophecies_ (recommended by mmk) and bounced hard off it. Trying too hard to be clever, I thought. /me leans back to watch the fun, having provided the straight line of the week. Just for that, nobody will pay attention to you; you will be left abandoned in your ankle-chains, while everybody troops off to see the Java sea-chimpanzee (now why does the situation seem familiar?) Did you know? You can CHAT without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.webmessenger.yahoo.com/
[silk] DoppelGaenger
Sorry for the double post. That's what happened when being pressurised by tyrannical maintenance mechanics. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
Is it just me or $2,400 is a bit too much ?
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
I think they assume companies will pay it, and, at least in the US, they are inured to such figures. But yeah, I think it's too much. I think they only want people who don't think that. Remember: conferences are businesses. They make money. On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Mayank Dhingra dhingra.may...@gmail.comwrote: Is it just me or $2,400 is a bit too much ?
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
I thought so too... or is it just a plain typo by the designer... meant to be $240?? :) == amitha singh 3 Head - ahead in thought www.3headdesign.com == Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress. -- MK Gandhi -Original Message- From: silklist-bounces+amitha=3headdesign@lists.hserus.net [mailto:silklist-bounces+amitha=3headdesign@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of Mayank Dhingra Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:18 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open Is it just me or $2,400 is a bit too much ?
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
H... are they trying to fill their debut session in India with 10 people in the audience then? LOL Okay, okay... 12 people? Anyway, given whatever equity they have, I don't understand the tendency of brands coming into a market like India and making the same mistakes, say, a Tommy did when they came in for example (not that I am too fond of the Tommy brand, but TED, I like!:) ) -Original Message- From: silklist-bounces+amitha=3headdesign@lists.hserus.net [mailto:silklist-bounces+amitha=3headdesign@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of Mahesh Murthy Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 7:45 PM To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open TED in the US is $6000. This I guess is the PPP price :-) On Mar 24, 2009 7:40 PM, Amitha Singh ami...@3headdesign.com wrote: I thought so too... or is it just a plain typo by the designer... meant to be $240?? :) == amitha singh 3 Head - ahead in thought www.3headdesign.com == Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress. -- MK Gandhi -Original Message- From: silklist-bounces+amitha=3headdesign.com@ lists.hserus.net [mailt...
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
I do hear satish jha is offering discounts over and above the ppp price to india-gii members. He didnt get too warm a reception for that (but then a lot of people didnt quite appreciate his enthusiastic olpc boosting there) Mahesh Murthy [24/03/09 19:45 +0530]: TED in the US is $6000. This I guess is the PPP price :-) On Mar 24, 2009 7:40 PM, Amitha Singh ami...@3headdesign.com wrote: I thought so too... or is it just a plain typo by the designer... meant to be $240?? :) == amitha singh 3 Head - ahead in thought www.3headdesign.com == Hesitating to act because the whole vision might not be achieved, or because others do not yet share it, is an attitude that only hinders progress. -- MK Gandhi -Original Message- From: silklist-bounces+amitha=3headdesign.com@ lists.hserus.net [mailt...
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote: TED in the US is $6000. This I guess is the PPP price :-) Where's the recession discount? Cheeni
[silk] Cold Fusion: The Return
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16820 Neutron tracks revive hopes for cold fusion * 15:33 23 March 2009 by Colin Barras * For similar stories, visit the Energy and Fuels Topic Guide Twenty years to the day that two electrochemists ignited controversy by announcing signs of cold fusion at an infamous press conference in Utah (watch a video of the 1989 event), a separate team has made a similar claim in the same US state. But this time, the evidence is being taken more seriously. Back in 1989, Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons at the University of Utah announced the tantalising prospect of abundant, almost-free energy, but their claims of fusion reactions in a tabletop experiment were dismissed by nuclear physicists, not least because such reactions normally occur inside stars. The small quantity of extra energy they found was widely considered a fluke or the result of experimental error. Now Pamela Mosier-Boss and colleagues at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) in San Diego, California, are claiming to have made a significant discovery – clear evidence of the products of cold fusion. On 23 March, the team presented its work at the American Chemical Society's spring conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, a few months after the study was published in a peer-reviewed journal (Naturwissenschaft, DOI: 10.1007/s00114-008-0449-x). Plastic fantastic Using a similar experimental setup to Fleischmann and Pons, the researchers found the tracks left behind by high-energy neutrons, which, they suggest, emerge from the fusion of a deuterium and tritium atom. The team used a low-tech particle detector: a plastic called CR-39 that is otherwise used for spectacle lenses. When CR-39 is bombarded with subatomic charged particles, a small pit forms in the material with each impact. The researchers placed a sample of CR-39 in contact with a gold or nickel cathode in an electrochemical cell filled with a mixture of palladium chloride, lithium chloride and deuterium oxide (D2O), so-called heavy water. When a current was passed through the cell, palladium and deuterium became deposited on the cathode. Triple tracks After two to three weeks, the team found a small number of triple tracks in the plastic – three 8-micrometre-wide pits radiating from a point (see diagram, top right). The team says such a pattern occurs when a high-energy neutron strikes a carbon atom inside the plastic and shatters it into three charged alpha particles that rip through the plastic leaving tracks. No such tracks were seen if the experiment was repeated using normal rather than heavy water. Johan Frenje at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an expert at interpreting CR-39 tracks produced in conventional high-temperature fusion reactions, says the team's interpretation of what produced the tracks is valid. I must say that the data and their analysis seem to suggest that energetic neutrons have been produced, he says, although he would like to see the results confirmed quantitatively. More controversial is the team's suggestion for the process that produced the neutrons. High-energy neutrons are unlikely to be produced by a normal chemical reaction, says Mosier-Boss. So, it's possible, she says, they are created during the fusion of deuterium and tritium atoms tightly packed in palladium framework at the cathode. The tritium also being a product of the fusion of two deuterium atoms. Some researchers in the cold fusion field agree. In my view [it's] a cold fusion effect, says Peter Hagelstein, also at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Alternative theory Others, though, are not convinced. Steven Krivit, editor of the New Energy Times, has been following the cold fusion debate for many years and also spoke at the ACS conference. Their hypothesis as to a fusion mechanism I think is on thin ice … you get into physics fantasies rather quickly and this is an unfortunate distraction from their excellent empirical work, he told New Scientist. Krivit thinks cold fusion remains science fiction. Like many in the field, he prefers to categorise the work as evidence of low energy nuclear reactions, and says it can be explained without relying on nuclear fusion. In 2006, Allan Widom at Northeastern University in Boston and Lewis Larsen of Lattice Energy, LLC, suggested that the key to the process was oscillating surface plasmons – waves of energy rippling through electrons on the surface of the electrode. They said that the rough surface of the palladium on the electrode focuses the energy into small pits, where it can be transferred to a single electron. The high-energy electron can then shoot into the nucleus of a nearby deuterium atom and combine with a proton to release a neutron and a neutrino (European Physical Journal C, DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s2006-02479-8). Electrons and protons don't have trouble attracting, Widom told New Scientist, and he says the explanation conforms to the Standard Model of
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote: TED in the US is $6000. This I guess is the PPP price :-) Where's the recession discount? Cheeni [Amitha Singh] btw, does the concept of PPP still exist? Considering recession?
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
--- On Tue, 24/3/09, Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Tuesday, 24 March, 2009, 7:50 PM On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 7:03 PM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: trimmed under protest, by orders of His Heiliness The answer is Samit Basu. Trying too hard to be clever, I thought. Just for that, nobody will pay attention to you I only hope that's true -- I forgot Udai gave the caveat that this is archived and available online. Therefore I deny all responsibility for the former posts by someone with sureptitious access to my account that may have offended hypocritical American feminists, Hindu conservatives who have members who use violence to further their cause, Danish women, born-again Baby Boomers, and people with good taste. Because apparently the vogue on freedom of discussion is, if you are offended, you try to punish the offender by censure and direct action to deprive one of economic means. Even if you're not a celebrity endorsor who's violated some conservative social value. Everyone's great, especially those most easily offended, and plain toast with milk is the tastiest meal one can have... (please don't hurt me, people who research others online for some large paying entity...) Timoriously and repentantly, Ravi Ah. Now you get it. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:08 AM, Amitha Singh ami...@3headdesign.com wrote: [Amitha Singh] btw, does the concept of PPP still exist? Considering recession? PPP is essential to these recessionary times. AIG, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Citibank, Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland, - all beacons of Public Private Partnership's success. Thaths -- You'll have to speak up, I'm wearing a towel. -- Homer J. Simpson
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
Thaths wrote: PPP is essential to these recessionary times. AIG, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Citibank, Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland, - all beacons of Public Private Partnership's success. What? You're not talking about Point-to-Point Protocol? -- * Madhu Menon Shiok Far-eastern Cuisine | Moss Cocktail Lounge 96, Amar Jyoti Layout, Inner Ring Road, Bangalore @ http://shiokfood.comhttp://mosslounge.com Join the Moss group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39295417270
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
PPP is essential to these recessionary times. AIG, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Citibank, Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland, - all beacons of Public Private Partnership's success. What? You're not talking about Point-to-Point Protocol?http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=39295417270 Wow! Now there's an acronym gone rogue! I was thinking purchasing power parity. However, I've realized that if you're living in Bangalore, PPP really doesn't apply except for rent (groceries don't apply for bachelor me). I've had a comparable or higher quality meal in Seattle (excluding wine and tip) for about the same price as a 3 course meal at say Sunny's. Kiran
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On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Madhu Menon c...@shiokfood.com wrote: Thaths wrote: PPP is essential to these recessionary times. AIG, Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Citibank, Northern Rock, Royal Bank of Scotland, - all beacons of Public Private Partnership's success. What? You're not talking about Point-to-Point Protocol? Oh. I thought he meant the pee-pee protocol -- which I am currently trying to teach my son. -- b (proud to have brought some class to the discussion)
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Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: I've had a comparable or higher quality meal in Seattle (excluding wine and tip) for about the same price as a 3 course meal at say Sunny's. You should try the lunch at FB. Nice variety... Sunny's is overpriced IMO.
Re: [silk] DoppelGaenger
Bonobashi wrote: Sorry for the double post. That's what happened when being pressurised by tyrannical maintenance mechanics. Beep Beep!
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
like Mahesh said, it is actually much more and has been priced much lower in India.BTW there are 100 free entries as well, out of which 80 will be Indians. the application process for getting a fellowship which enables u to go free starts from April 24th 2009/3/24 Mayank Dhingra dhingra.may...@gmail.com Is it just me or $2,400 is a bit too much ?
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
You should try the lunch at FB. Nice variety... Sunny's is overpriced IMO. The ham with orange sauce and the extensive wine list keeps calling me back, but I will give FB a go. From the looks of their website, they look more expensive than Sunny's. Why don't we have a silk meetup there since there have been some newcomers to the list (myself included)? Need the latest food guide for Bangalore. Kiran
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I'm game! Why don't we have a silk meetup there since there have been some newcomers to the list (myself included)? Need the latest food guide for Bangalore. Kiran
Re: [silk] the business of charity!?!
On Tuesday 24 Mar 2009 11:12:07 am Bonobashi wrote: The article itself is tendentious; Christian contributions bad and meant for perverted priests and houses of worship where the innocent are converted, Muslim contributions go to buy bullets and bandannas, Hindu contributions are not Hindu contributions, they are morally committed individuals doing their humble bit for the upliftment of Mother India. This has never been stated in so many words, but the examples speak for themselves. The individual author responsible also needs to be known and identified in his political context for the article to make full sense. This is the point. NGOs in general are being seen as agents of the dying Church in the West seeking to harvest souls in India. Incredulity and contempt are the usual reactions to this - but remember that incredulity and contempt did nothing to either Osammy or Dubya - who both carried on with what they felt they had to do. There is a wide ad spreading feeling that NGOs are a front for both evangeilsm and jihad. Only one NGO needs to be shown to have even a remote conenction with such activities to tar the whole bunch. This is a very real thing - as real as the Ram Sene and Varun Gandhi. What will start happening is physical attacks against NGO.s If they use jeeps - guess what will burn first? Exactly what can be done about this - other than sarcasm and contempt? shiv
Re: [silk] the business of charity!?!
ss [25/03/09 06:07 +0530]: Exactly what can be done about this - other than sarcasm and contempt? getting the fellow thrown out of his comfortable tenure at iim-b might help, for a start. maybe a formal complaint to the dean of iim-b for whatever good it will do? voting out the bjp / other sangh parivar parties (whose ideologues seem to be the ones mainly behind these tirades) in the election would certainly help.
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
On Tuesday 24 Mar 2009 3:42:49 pm Venkat Mangudi wrote: Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: Regards, Kiran I think I was the target, not you. :) Have you considered that V could all be targets and just not I Sigh would not rule out such a possibility. shiv
Re: [silk] the business of charity!?!
On Wednesday 25 Mar 2009 7:08:38 am Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: getting the fellow thrown out of his comfortable tenure at iim-b might help, for a start. maybe a formal complaint to the dean of iim-b for whatever good it will do? This is pointless. There are a thousand others like him sending out information that you don't get to read. You read this guy only because it is your tendency to read a particular segment of the English media. He is expressing an opinion and your reaction, with respect, is reminiscent of the desire to personally punish people with contrarian opinions as shown by both the Taliban and the Ram Sene. voting out the bjp / other sangh parivar parties (whose ideologues seem to be the ones mainly behind these tirades) in the election would certainly help. This is the only option. Get political support for your view. Exactly what is being done about that? shiv
Re: [silk] the business of charity!?!
Ah no. Not really. I simply believe in removing the root causes. That dimwitted and loudmouthed academic is - as you point out - simply an example case. And my proposal to boot him out was prompted more by a desire to see IIMs have actual quality in place rather than simply punishing him. On the other hand, having the bjp voted out of power in all the states its currently dangerously active in (gujarat and karnataka now) would certainly go far to remove the threat of such ideologies being backed by state power ss [25/03/09 08:48 +0530]: On Wednesday 25 Mar 2009 7:08:38 am Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: getting the fellow thrown out of his comfortable tenure at iim-b might help, for a start. maybe a formal complaint to the dean of iim-b for whatever good it will do? This is pointless. There are a thousand others like him sending out information that you don't get to read. You read this guy only because it is your tendency to read a particular segment of the English media. He is expressing an opinion and your reaction, with respect, is reminiscent of the desire to personally punish people with contrarian opinions as shown by both the Taliban and the Ram Sene. voting out the bjp / other sangh parivar parties (whose ideologues seem to be the ones mainly behind these tirades) in the election would certainly help. This is the only option. Get political support for your view. Exactly what is being done about that? shiv
Re: [silk] the business of charity!?!
On Wednesday 25 Mar 2009 8:52:18 am Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Ah no. Not really. I simply believe in removing the root causes. That dimwitted and loudmouthed academic is - as you point out - simply an example case. And my proposal to boot him out was prompted more by a desire to see IIMs have actual quality in place rather than simply punishing him. That dimwitted and loudmouthed academic is an acquaintance of mine and I have asked him if he would be interested in defending himself on this list so that intelligent convesration can occur. Perhaps. shiv
[silk] Off topic rhetorical taunt
On Wednesday 25 Mar 2009 8:52:18 am Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: my proposal to boot him out was prompted more by a desire to see IIMs have actual quality in place rather than simply punishing him. Suresh - I found this to be an interesting statement, which I believe can be applied in another way. The Ram Sena, in beating up girls, were prompted more by a desire to have quality Indian culture in place rather than simply punishing girls. tit for tat. shiv
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
--- On Wed, 25/3/09, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: From: ss cybers...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Wednesday, 25 March, 2009, 7:08 AM -Inline Attachment Follows- On Tuesday 24 Mar 2009 3:42:49 pm Venkat Mangudi wrote: Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: Regards, Kiran I think I was the target, not you. :) Have you considered that V could all be targets and just not I Sigh would not rule out such a possibility. shiv I was reading my mail during breakfast, paging up and came across this unawares. The costs: Half a cup of coffee, a mouthful of bread with pineapple jam and a MAC keyboard. This is being written on the desktop; the MAC is stark in death in the corner. You will be getting a bill. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/
[silk] Cats and Coffee warnings Re: Introduction - New Member
Jeez, its been several years since I last posted on usenet but CC warnings were a staple of such threads. 'Before you read this, keep your coffee aside and move your cat off your lap to the floor, or you are going to laugh so hard, you'll spill the coffee on your keyboard, and scare the cat so it scratches you' Failure to tag posts that way were met with precisely your 'you owe me a keyboard' reaction. It is gratifying to see old traditions observed so religiously. Some of shiv's friends would probably wipe away a tear of happiness for that :) suresh Bonobashi [25/03/09 09:25 +0530]: I was reading my mail during breakfast, paging up and came across this unawares. The costs: Half a cup of coffee, a mouthful of bread with pineapple jam and a MAC keyboard. This is being written on the desktop; the MAC is stark in death in the corner. You will be getting a bill.
[silk] Daring trains..
http://englishrussia.com/?p=2367 Ugh. I'd hate to think what the result would be in India... -- Please read our new blog at: http://blog.prathambooks.org
Re: [silk] Daring trains..
Gautam John wrote: http://englishrussia.com/?p=2367 Well, I am convinced that the menhir delivery man would say These russians are crazy.
Re: [silk] Daring trains..
Venkat Mangudi [25/03/09 11:08 +0530]: Gautam John wrote: http://englishrussia.com/?p=2367 Well, I am convinced that the menhir delivery man would say These russians are crazy. Gautam asked what'd happen if this were to take place in India. I guess the guy doing it would just have to hope nobody was using the train toilets at the time .. indian train toilets basically having a hole at the bottom that drops it all onto the tracks. having a lot of crap land on your back every time you try this trick isnt going to make it powerfully attractive, eh.
Re: [silk] Introduction - New Member
Bonobashi wrote: I was reading my mail during breakfast, paging up and came across this unawares. Paging up? Surely shiv does not top-post! The costs: Half a cup of coffee, a mouthful of bread with pineapple jam and a MAC keyboard. This is being written on the desktop; the MAC is stark in death in the corner. Keyboards have MAC addresses now? ;-)
Re: [silk] Daring trains..
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Gautam asked what'd happen if this were to take place in India. That apart, any train buffs on the list? Do Indian locos and compartments have sufficient clearance to attempt this? -- Please read our new blog at: http://blog.prathambooks.org
