Re: [silk] Hello
Doc, Hello. m...@cix, m...@infomart. Good to see you again. Was going over the archives Jace (jckiran) put up of the CiX msgs. Those were good times indeed. Venkat On 5/20/09, Dr. John Marshall Johnson johnso...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I just subscribed to this List, thanks to Udhay. (In the past, I used to only read messages of silk-list on Yahoogroups) Well, can see Shiv, Mahesh, IG, Chetan, Venkat, Ram out here. Hi !! guys. For those who don't know me, I am Johnson, (was at Cix), well, more about me at www.johnson.in _ j o h n s o n * miss those taglines * -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Best Science book you would recommend to a friend ?
A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson is an interesting read. http://www.amazon.com/Short-History-Nearly-Everything/dp/0767908171 - Venkat On 5/6/09, Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com wrote: Hi *, A friend asked me minutes ago - suggest to me, a nice and interesting science book to read, and I was clueless on what to suggest, except some science fiction. So venerable silk-listers, I would like to know what would have been your answer, if you were asked the same question ? -- Bharat | http://twitter.com/shettyb -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Statistics on development taken by politicos
Agreed, it is Rs 5/day/application. If it was 10x it might make a small difference. Rs 5 ia too paltry a sum for them to scare them to action. They probably earn 1000x as cutbacks. Sorry, but my opinion is not very high. I also hear Zainab's statement a bout frivolous pleas and such. But the act is a law and everyone has to abide by it or amend it. Am not a lawyer or legal expert, but RTI is law, right? On 4/29/09, Kiran Jonnalagadda j...@pobox.com wrote: 2009/4/28 Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com 5 bucks per day? No wonder they don't care. I am fairly certain they can cover the fine and more with the kickbacks they earn. RTI fine is a joke. Venkat, that is Rs 5 per day per pending application. It piles up quickly. -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Bangalore silk meet up
You chaps beat us to it. You and your mobile devices, you! 'Twas fun meeting all of you. Need to do this often. Yeah, and could you please start that thread, kiran? Can't wait to see the drift. On 4/10/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Yep...good conversation...good food...unlimited beer...can't beat that :) Kiran -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Bangalore silk meet up From: Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com Date: 10/04/2009 4:35 pm great meet up! good times meeting all of you -- thanks! -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Bangalore silk meet up
So seven of us. 11:30 am sounds good? On 4/9/09, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Amit Somani thesom...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com wrote: s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: We're in for Friday. Shall we say 11:30 am? 1. Venkat 2. Usha 3. Udhay 4. Kiran 5. Ravi 6. Amit (yes, Udhay I was not catching up on all email :-) 7. Vinayak -- Vinayak -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Bangalore silk meet up
So seven of us. 11:30 am sounds good? On 4/9/09, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Amit Somani thesom...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:34 PM, Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com wrote: s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: We're in for Friday. Shall we say 11:30 am? 1. Venkat 2. Usha 3. Udhay 4. Kiran 5. Ravi 6. Amit (yes, Udhay I was not catching up on all email :-) 7. Vinayak -- Vinayak -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Bangalore silk meet up
We're in for Friday. Shall we say 11:30 am? 1. Venkat 2. Usha On 4/8/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Usha and I will be joining if it is on Friday and in FB :-) If we have a headcount, I can try to arrange a small discount... So its final then, lunch on Friday? I can't make lunch during the weekend, but can do dinner. Kiran -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Bangalore silk meet up
I second FB, might not make it though. Can arrange for a discount if there are more than 6 ppl. On 4/6/09, Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com wrote: re: Lunch Ignorant of proximity issues, may I innocently recommend F B off of St. Marks? I went there this past weekend with Udhay and it rocked!! -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Bangalore silk meet up
Not sure if that would be central to all the other attendees. Going by the number of yea-sayers, not much attendance methinks. I might have to miss this time, client visiting from out of country the coming week. On 4/4/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: If it's dinner, someplace else. We are likely to find better VFM elsewhere. I am OK with any cuisine except Chinese and since I'll be coming from office, would prefer it to be someplace in Ulsoor, Indiranagar, MG, Airport road or nearabouts so that I can make it in time for dinner as I usually leave office late. Kiran -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Bangalore silk meet up previouslyTED India Registrations now open
Sunday is out. Will be going to CloudCamp. On 3/26/09, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/3/26 Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com Kiran K Karthikeyan wrote: Venkat, Ravi, and Myself so far. Anybody else? Someone mentioned dinner on Friday or Saturday, both days are not good for me. Besides, I prefer the lunch at FB. Can we get a date/time for the silk meetup? That someone was yours truly. I just figured that were the best days. Lunch on Sunday is fine as well, though I won't be able to make it to dinner. FB is open for lunch from 11.30 to 3.45. Lets make it 1? Kiran -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
Me too. On 3/24/09, Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com wrote: 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 -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] TED India Registrations now open
Me too. On 3/24/09, Ravi Bellur rav...@gmail.com wrote: 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 -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:
I know this is going to be a top post. Gmail for blackberry will just not allow me to do otherwise. :-) So what have we decided? Crap^D^D^Dedars or benjarong? On 3/11/09, sur...@hserus.net sur...@hserus.net wrote: Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cedars is crap. Grt has always been known for good food. You prefer grt to bejnarong' then grt it is. Just decide so we can book a table.. -- srs / nokia e71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re: Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman From: Krish Ashok krishas...@gmail.com Date: 11-03-2009 10:04 On 11-Mar-09, at 6:12 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Dinner at say 7:45, Benjarong? Or would you prefer some other location? There's also this new Mediterranean place at the GRT Grand (T Nagar) http://chennai.burrp.com/listing/restaurant/117936792_azulia And Cedars in Kotturpuram http://chennai.burrp.com/listing/restaurant/118405891_cedars -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:
Am ok On 3/11/09, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:15 PM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.comwrote: what happened to the grt idea? Between Benjarong and Cedars, I prefer Cedars solely because I lunched at B only last week. So, if not Cedars, GRT works best for me in terms of travel to and from. It's a 10 minute walk from my office. All for GRT? C -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +91-9884467463 -- Sent from my mobile device
[silk] OT Re: Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:
Folks, I screwed up and left home without my power cord. Do I have any hope of getting it when I come in at 9:35 pm on the shatabdi? I have a T61. :( On 3/11/09, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: SO, it's grt then? GRT. How many people? Suresh Ramasubramanian Krish Ashok Chandrachoodan G Gabin Kattukaran Venkat Mangudi Sruthi Krishnan Who else? Maybe book a table for about 10 people? I know Arun Mehta is in town for this foss event .. -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] OT Re: Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:
Have asked the hotel, never mind my previous request. Thanks for not flaming. :-) On 3/11/09, Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: Folks, I screwed up and left home without my power cord. Do I have any hope of getting it when I come in at 9:35 pm on the shatabdi? I have a T61. :( On 3/11/09, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: SO, it's grt then? GRT. How many people? Suresh Ramasubramanian Krish Ashok Chandrachoodan G Gabin Kattukaran Venkat Mangudi Sruthi Krishnan Who else? Maybe book a table for about 10 people? I know Arun Mehta is in town for this foss event .. -- Sent from my mobile device -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?
Can I norrow this book if someone (from silk) in Bangalore has it? V On 3/11/09, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday 11 Mar 2009 3:21:27 pm gabin kattukaran wrote: Which book is this? Lost Ciivilizations of the Stone Age - Richard Rudgley, Arrow 1998 -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re: Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman
Posting from my blackberry. Am staying at Ramada Raj Park, alwarpet. Folks, is that a reasonably good place to stay? Venkat On 3/10/09, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.netwrote: gabin kattukaran wrote: On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Suresh Ramasubramania i'm 98840 64791 me: 99670 43010 -gabin 99001 80761 not sure where I will be, will know shortly. Gabin - Nungambakkam Suresh - Adyar / Indira Nagar Venkat - tbd Who else? Chandrachoodan - Kelly's T. Nagar (the office) C -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +91-9884467463 -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re: Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman
Dinner please. Am at CTC during the day, till a little after lunch. Would love to catch up with anyone attending OSI tech days (www.osidays.com) during the day. I will be speaking in the IT Managers track on 12th and the Cloud computing/virtualisation track on 13th. Venkat +91-99001-80761 On 3/10/09, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Dinner, or Lunch? On 10-Mar-09, at 12:50 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: Chandrachoodan - Kelly's T. Nagar (the office) +91-9884467463 Ashok - Adyar (98402 61530) -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] US returnees wanted for interview
Me. Returned 2 yrs ago. On 2/27/09, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote: How recent? On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 6:25 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: From a reporter friend. Any ideas? Udhay Original Message Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:05:36 +0530 From: (redacted) To: 'Udhay Shankar N' Hey, Udhay. Hope all is well. Am looking to interview a U.S. returned (recently) techie who is working/ start-up a company in the new India but might otherwise have worked in the United States or started up there. Know anyone who can talk this weekend? This is for a story around the 'U.S. loss is world's gain' Kauffman Foundation report due out on Monday. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Determining gender from IP address.
Think I ought to wash my hands off this 'thread' with SOAP and get on with work. On 11/18/08, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 8:00 AM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: J. Andrew Rogers wrote, [on 11/18/2008 6:59 AM]: What's ICMP? He'll ping you with the answer. Echo that. Did that idea just POP into your head? HELO? This is serious business, this is, OK? You ACK me? . -- Sent from my mobile device
Re: [silk] Internet access for senior citizen in special care facility
If you can buy an old WRT54G that can use DD-WRT firmware, signal can be boosted or two of them can be used for repeating forming a kind of mesh if u know someb ody who lives between the two places. I understand WRT54G-L can be used similarly. Tons of info about this on the Net. On 2/14/08, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 9:19 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: Does this sound feasible ? Is there a better way of doing this ? What you've outlined seems unreliable without someone to support it, is there skilled help available? the senior citizen's son (no young man himself) lives in the house mentioned 250 metres from the facility... but he is not very clued up about fixing problems, though he is able to use a computer reasonably well... If the ADSL goes down he can call some technical personnel to fix it (as he uses it himself). A more reliable solution wouldn't use a PC or flaky connectivity. Inexpensive and reliable however don't seem to co-exist yet in the video conferencing world. Yeah :-( but they cost a lot and require specialized equipment at both ends... Anyone recommend a wifi signal booster that does the require range through old concrete and stone walls ?
Re: [silk] Do you think Ubuntu is dead?
The random installs might have a hand in the current state of affairs. I did something like this and after a year did a clean install of Gutsy. On a different hard disk ;-) my thinkpad is quite happy now, mostly. Still have swap problems. Discovered today at IISc that connecting to a projector/external monitor works flawlessly. My previous fears were unfounded. On 2/12/08, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay wrote: [ on 07:31 PM 2/12/2008 ] | This has now reached crisis proportions. Gnome crashes within 10 | minutes, which isn't long enough for me to even try and debug it given | my current level of knowledge. Was this a clean install or an installation with /home (and others) intact ? Various gconf settings tend to end up being unpredictable is what I have observed Clean install. Since then (around a month ago) I've been randomly installing various apps, any one of which could conceivably be responsible for this current mess, I guess. I need to figure this out, but the problem is that I don't want to spend several months in the process. :-\ Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] greetings and salutations
Which Venky? On 2/5/08, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote, [on 2/5/2008 11:05 AM]: Does anyone know a nice place in that part of town? Preferably slightly more wallet friendly than the Taj or the Sheraton? Windsor Pub comes to mind ... Windsor Pub sounds good, or we could take our chances at the Churchill itself. As the person responsible for the alternative plan I'll volunteer to transport our directionally-challenged guest (ie Brian) to and from wherever we decide. I know! Let's get Venky to transport Brian and start a betting pool on where they'll eventually land up! g, d, r Just kidding - I'm probably going to hook up with Brian earlier in the evening, so will bring him along to wherever we're meeting. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] greetings and salutations
Cool, sounds like a plan. It might be easier for the lot if you could post your hotel's address and phone to Silk. I know it will be for me. PS: Top posting courtesy of GMail on a blackberry. :-) On 2/5/08, Brian Behlendorf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Brian Behlendorf wrote: On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Valsa Williams wrote: Welcome and welcome again to India. Would love to join a silk meet during your visit to Bangalore. I will be at Osiweek too and look forward to a silk meet. Venkat lets know where , when etc. Madhu Menons place top on my recommended list :-) A dinner on Sunday evening the 10th sounds like fun, with Valsa, Venkat, Biju, and whomever else is in the area? I'm submitting myself somewhat to the whims of the OSIWeek staff when it comes to when and where I'll be - I don't even know what hotels I'm staying at yet. But I know I'm arriving in the early afternoon, so something like 7pm at the hotel, once I figure out what it is? The conference itself will be at the Taj Westend, Race Course Road, but they might not be so spendy on speakers' rooms. :) I'll be at a hotel called J P Churchill. It's 20-30 mins away from the IISc and 10 minutes from the Taj Westend (CTOSummit's venue). Let's meet at the Churchill at 7pm-7:15pm, we'll evaluate the options there or head over to the Taj or some other place. SMS'ing my number appears to be better than trying to call me - +1-415-412-4610. Cool? Brian
