[GOANET] server switch on goacom/ftp accounts may not work

2003-02-12 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Hello, Sorry for the blanket email to everyone. We (GOACOM) are in the process of upgrad

[GOANET] Why is Iraq being singled out for WMD?

2003-02-12 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- I cannot understand why the US government wishes to single out Iraq for possessing weapo

Re: [GOANET] "Tuka kittem lagta?"

2003-01-24 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- While I agree with Tony's comments in general, there can be other reasons for the apathy

[GOANET] Indian Firm Aided Iraq

2003-01-23 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- By Bob Drogin, Times Staff Writer NEW DELHI -- An obscure Indian trading company has pr

Re: [GOANET] Re: Well & Truly Said!

2003-01-22 Thread Marlon Menezes
. You don't seem to mention the fact that Hitler went about systematically occupying Europe and would have perhaps ruled the world. The British did not indiscriminately bomb Germany. The Germans bombed England too! . . . . Nagesh Bhatcar [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: "Marlon Menezes"

Re: [GOANET] Re: Well & Truly Said!

2003-01-21 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- America's domineering role in this world leaves a lot to be desired. We continue to see

[GOANET] Parrikar in the US?

2003-01-17 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- I've heard that Parrikar will be in the silicon valley area this weekend. Does anyone kn

Re: [GOANET] NEWS: Goa still groping to find out size and spread of its diaspora

2003-01-01 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Goanet2003/ -- Calling for goan independenence is one thing. However, calling goans and Indians a diffe

[GOANET] India's bride shortage

2002-12-02 Thread Marlon Menezes
Goa's phone numbers change from Nov 10, 2002. Prefix old number with a 2. New numbers will be seven-digit 2XX (where XX is the old number). was

Re: [Goanet] Strongly recommended

2002-10-19 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 16-27: Vipasana meditation, Alto Porvorim * Oct 24: Antonio Pereira Puraskar (Award) ceremony, Porvorim -- I believe that Mary is far more powerful than Jude.

Re: [Goanet] July 3-5 Goan convention in Los Angeles

2002-10-08 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 8: Vegetarian Society meet, Miramar 6.30pm Youth Hostel * Oct 11: Konkani translation of Satre work, Alliance Francaise * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusio

Re: [Goanet] Skepticism regarding the new miracle - More information

2002-10-07 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- What's On In Goa: * Oct 8: Vegetarian Society meet, Miramar 6.30pm Youth Hostel * Oct 11: Konkani translation of Satre work, Alliance Francaise * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Oct 15: Magic in town... Illusio

[Goanet] Dubious scientific achievements hailed at Ig Nobel ceremony

2002-10-05 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- WHAT'S ON IN GOA: * Oct 06: Alzheimers conf ends Sun 2pm, Porvorim * Mid-Oct: 2-day ornithologists workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com * Oct 12: Goa Orchestra performs at the Kala (Corelli, Bach) * Nov 29-Dec 1: Plant Utsav 2k2 at Panjim

[Goanet] Pax Americana!

2002-10-05 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- WHAT'S ON IN GOA: * Oct 04-06: Natl conf on Alzheimers, Hotel Majestic * Oct 03-06: Wildlife Week, Goa Science Centre * Mid-Oct: 2-day ornithologists workshop, Bondla southernbirdwing.com * Oct 12: Goa State Strings Orchestra performs at K

[Goanet] Upgraded community discussion forum on the web

2002-09-04 Thread Marlon Menezes
GOACOM has just upgraded its web based community discussion forum with a state of the art bulletin board system. There are specialized forums for general discussions, community events and travel. Individuals are free to use it to discuss issues, post community announcements and other related ma

Re: [Goanet] Funny!

2002-08-30 Thread Marlon Menezes
We were in the process of upgrading the server and had to put everything off line. Hence that "funny" under construction sign on the goacom home page. It has now been removed. We will be gradually upgrading the mailing lists (including goanet) to a new program (mailman) during the next few day

[Goanet] Goanet will be out of service for up to 12 hours

2002-08-28 Thread Marlon Menezes
Just want to inform you all that Goanet and its related lists hosted on GOACOM will be down for a few hours within the next 48 hours. We are in the process of doing some pre-planned server and software upgrades. Marlon =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subs

Re: [Goanet] NEWS: Who's ready for cow's urine?

2002-07-10 Thread Marlon Menezes
Unfortunately, getting a US patent is a bit of a joke. If one has the money and the patience, they are pretty easy to get. Paranoid US corporations apply for zillions of high questionable patents. In the silicon valley it is particularly bad because companies often give their employees bonuses

Re: [Goanet] Important announcement on Goanet's filters

2002-07-03 Thread Marlon Menezes
I think we are not really approaching this properly. The real question is when will Pakistan become a world player on the soccer stage? Perhaps it is only then that India will start taking this seriously. I recall in one cricket world cup, all my Indian friends cared about was beating Pakistan.

[Goanet] Important announcement on Goanet's filters

2002-07-02 Thread Marlon Menezes
This is it folks. The last 8 years have been rough and I will not tolerate such obscenities against the German soccer team for the following 4 years. I have no choice but to update the goanet filters to block out all anti-german/pro-brazilian comments on goanet. We have young impressionable mi

Re: [Goanet] 'Commercial posting' allowed for GoaNet Admin team

2002-07-01 Thread Marlon Menezes
Cecil, A couple of points: 1) There is a pretty big difference between Fred's post and your CONTINUOUS promotion of your business on EVERY of your emails. It would not have been a big deal if you did it periodically (as some others have done). To make matters worse, you choose to continue to po

[Goanet] Germans takes 1-2-3 at world cup!

2002-06-30 Thread Marlon Menezes
In an historic achievement, Germans took the first three places in the world cup tournament. Brazil like many of its S.American neighbors, whose population mainly consists of descendents of escaped Nazi war criminals, gas chamber operators and human guinea pig experimentalists were lucky to be

Re: [Goanet] Fish, Curry and Rice... in a new edition

2002-06-15 Thread Marlon Menezes
Hello Gaspar Sorry to correct you again, but there is a big difference between this and the constant promotion of your business partner's floral business on each and every of his postings. My best wishes to your goanet2 list. Regards, Marlon -- Original Message -

[Goanet] Threats from Gaspar and Ulysses to shut down goanet

2002-06-10 Thread Marlon Menezes
Hi Sonali, It is very good to hear from you albeit under your phony alias. Would you by any chance happen to be related to an Ashok Chodnakar who apparently sabotaged Gaspar Almedia's computer on a number of ocassions? Anyway, to answer your question: No, goanet is not violating yahoogroups p

Re: [Goanet] foward from a netter

2002-06-04 Thread Marlon Menezes
The questions posed are legitimate and should be answered by goanet-admin. However please note that goanet, though hosted by GOACOM is not managed by it. They are two separate entities. Regards, Marlon -- Original Message -- From: "Lawrie D'souza" <[EMAI

Re: [Goanet] Scientific method

2002-05-20 Thread Marlon Menezes
-- Original Message -- From: "J. Almeida" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 08:29:03 -0700 (PDT) >Dear Santosh, > >Bald factual claims such as those relating to the >missing corpse of the historical Jesus, or the >subsequent response of his discipl

[Goanet] Pre world cup report

2002-05-17 Thread Marlon Menezes
Unless you have been living in the caves of Tora Bora for the last few years, you are probably aware that World Cup fever is about to befall upon us. I have the misfortune of being in S.Korea for the next few weeks :) Surprisingly, there is very little excitement yet, though everywhere you go,

[Goanet] Pakistan prepared missiles for launching against India in 1999

2002-05-15 Thread Marlon Menezes
[some excerpts] http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17398-2002May14.html Report: India, Pakistan Were Near Nuclear War in '99 Clinton Aide Says Pakistan Prepared Missiles for Launching By Alan Sipress and Thomas E. Ricks Washington Post Staff Writers Wednesday, May 15, 2002; Page A

Re: [Goanet] From a student seeking to join Columbia University

2002-05-06 Thread Marlon Menezes
Anjali, It is in general very difficult to get a fellowship for the first year, specially for non-technical fields and if you are only doing a masters. I have not heard of any goan institutions providing any/significant amounts of funding either :( One's chance of getting an assistantship incr

Re: [Goanet] Parrikar: Engineering another Goa...

2002-04-25 Thread Marlon Menezes
The problem is not necessarily Parrikar, but rather, the party and its values that he represents. There is a lot of damning evidence coming against the BJP government in Gujrat. We all know that the congress party is corrupt and incompetent, but we also know that the BJP has a lot of extremis

Re: [Goanet] Ancestral Home Remedies

2002-04-23 Thread Marlon Menezes
If there was one home remedy that terrified me or my siblings, it had to be kiraitia. This stuff was horridly bitter. We would all know in advance that a dose of this stuff awaited us in the morning as we would see the stuff being boiled in the pot the day before. I would not sleep very well th

[Goanet] A proposal for peaceful co-existance

2002-04-16 Thread Marlon Menezes
Uly, Based on your statements below, I am either the prince of darkness, or there are a lot of fools in this world who have been mislead by me. Given the fact that even your brother was my best friend in school until he switched schools suggests I may not be that evil. You and Gaspar can continu

[Goanet] The arrest of Fred Noronha

2002-04-16 Thread Marlon Menezes
September 16, 2003 -- Here is a true story about events that resulted in the arrest and release of Mr Fred Noronha, a journalist based in Goa. About 5 months ago, acting on information revealed by Mr.Gaspar Almeida and Mr.Ulysses Menezes of Goaworld, customs officials laid charges

[Goanet] The charges against goaworld/gaspar

2002-04-16 Thread Marlon Menezes
I am sorry the netters have had to suffer through the cheap shots that have been taking place lately on this forum. Until the recent torrent of attacks initiated by the duo from goaworld, we have had no issues co-existing peacefully. Perhaps the commercial and non-commerical success of GOACOM has

Re: [Goanet] Unofficial GoaNet FAQ - Initial draft

2002-04-14 Thread Marlon Menezes
ounded? > Answer: > In 1996 five young Goan bachelors, all based abroad, founded GoaNet as a means of >meeting Goan girls. > > Question: > Who were these five guys? > Answer: > Herman Carneiro, Marlon Menezes, Frederick Noronha, Ulysses Menezes & > Ariosto Coe

[Goanet] Petition to INS to reconsider 30 day limit

2002-04-12 Thread Marlon Menezes
If you feel like, you can sign this petition. I guess, the writer of the petition will ultimately forward it to INS at some point. http://www.petitiononline.com/INS/petition.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http:/