Re: [silk] Lay your bets, ladies and gentlemen...

2006-06-22 Thread Deepa Mohan
Yes, I did post this on my Live Journal:"Also,it clearly didn't work for 1998 when France won its first world cup (England won in '66). "   But winning two World Cups...that's a good one!   Deepa.  On 6/23/06, Yazad Jal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: By this logic Italy should have won two World Cups i

Re: [silk] Lay your bets, ladies and gentlemen...

2006-06-22 Thread Yazad Jal
By this logic Italy should have won two World Cups in 1982. (1982 + 1982 = 3964). And wait, France won in 1998. They shouldn't have. 3964-1998 = 1966. Damn England should have won. And as I'm on the subject, this logic ensures that only previous winners of the World Cup have any chance of winnin

[silk] Lay your bets, ladies and gentlemen...

2006-06-22 Thread Deepa Mohan
 THE 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP WINNER is ... Brazil won the world cup in 1994. Before that,  the y  had won this title forthe last time in 1970.If you add up: 1970 + 1994 = 3964Argentina won the world cup for the last time in 1986. Before that only in 1978.And 1978 + 1986 = 3964Germany, though, won the

Re: [silk] What is "retirement"?

2006-06-22 Thread Bernhard Krieger
Eugen Leitl wrote: If we assume naturally driven people are most productive, and that many such are caught up in suboptimal configurations (the usual accursed $dayjob, aka the salt mines) then providing a baseline financial security would result in increased productivity. And of the best qualit

Re: [silk] Men are the weaker sex

2006-06-22 Thread Rishab Aiyer Ghosh
i thought it was aramaic. but it depends which lord we are talking about. they were a diverse bunch. On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 01:14:39PM -0400, Vinit Bhansali wrote: > Actually, written in Sanskrit.

Re: [silk] Men are the weaker sex

2006-06-22 Thread Thaths
On 6/22/06, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [1] For those who are interested, I can definitely recommend Popy umbrellas over St John's. There -- I've stated my position on Kerala's version of the Pepsi vs Coke battle. It was easy in Tamil Nadu. We all went for SE Asian Stag Brand umbrell

Re: [silk] What is "retirement"?

2006-06-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 06:26:13PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Eugen Leitl wrote: [ on 06:05 PM 6/22/2006 ] > > >I'm wondering about the outcome of two alternative realities: > >one, a libertarian's wet dream, another, a scandinavian model > >on steroids (baseline citizen salary, financed by m

Re: [silk] What is "retirement"?

2006-06-22 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Eugen Leitl wrote: [ on 06:05 PM 6/22/2006 ] I'm wondering about the outcome of two alternative realities: one, a libertarian's wet dream, another, a scandinavian model on steroids (baseline citizen salary, financed by mostly noncorporate taxes). I honestly don't know which of both would win.

[silk] Dan Simmons, polblogger

2006-06-22 Thread Udhay Shankar N
I really like SF author Dan Simmons' _The Hollow Man_, and some of the _Hyperion_ series. At his best, he both disturbs and provokes (thought, as well as more extreme responses). The below is clearly intended both as flamebait and as food for thought: http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message/200

Re: [silk] What is "retirement"?

2006-06-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 08:30:52AM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > My feelings exactly. However, there is that pesky habit of eating > that I need to take care of first. Working (heh) on it. I'm wondering about the outcome of two alternative realities: one, a libertarian's wet dream, another, a

Re: [silk] are indians ready to become foneros?

2006-06-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 03:49:55PM +0530, Amoghavarsha JS wrote: > http://in.maps.fon.com/ (83 as of now) Yes, I know what fon.com does. I've also read the "put your AP at the window" bit. It is very different from "put your weatherproofed AP up the pole with a decent aerial" bit. Which gives you

[silk] Microsoft now uses GCC for MS Office

2006-06-22 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
Has it occurred to anyone that given Microsoft MacBU is transitioning to Xcode for the Intel version of MacOffice [1][2], this effectively means Office will henceforth be built on GCC? How long ago was it when GCC and Office represented ideological polarity? [1] http://davidweiss.blogspot

Re: [silk] are indians ready to become foneros?

2006-06-22 Thread Amoghavarsha JS
http://in.maps.fon.com/ (83 as of now) Eugen Leitl wrote: On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:30:01PM -0700, Zeenat wrote: PS. for the mathematicians among us. martin informs us that spain needs 22,000 foneros for 100% wi-fi Something is wrong with his mathematics. A typical AP's coverage area is neg

Re: [silk] are indians ready to become foneros?

2006-06-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 04:30:01PM -0700, Zeenat wrote: > PS. for the mathematicians among us. martin informs us > that spain needs 22,000 foneros for 100% wi-fi Something is wrong with his mathematics. A typical AP's coverage area is negligible. > coverage. whats the figure for india? -- Euge

Re: [silk] Men are the weaker sex

2006-06-22 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Devdas Bhagat wrote: [ on 01:18 PM 6/22/2006 ] On 22/06/06 06:24 +0530, sastry wrote: > On Wed June 21 2006 22:18, Radhika, Y. wrote: > > the lord's book was written originally in Greek! > > You mean JRR Tolkien wrote in Greek? DNA wrote his guide in English. Ummust...resist...temptation..

Re: [silk] Men are the weaker sex

2006-06-22 Thread Binand Sethumadhavan
On 22/06/06, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [1] For those who are interested, I can definitely recommend Popy umbrellas over St John's. There -- I've stated my position on Kerala's version of the Pepsi vs Coke battle. Hmm... I was under the impression that this one just a battle in the

Re: [silk] Men are the weaker sex

2006-06-22 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On 22/06/06 06:24 +0530, sastry wrote: > On Wed June 21 2006 22:18, Radhika, Y. wrote: > > the lord's book was written originally in Greek! > > You mean JRR Tolkien wrote in Greek? DNA wrote his guide in English. Devdas Bhagat

Re: [silk] Men are the weaker sex

2006-06-22 Thread Biju Chacko
On 22/06/06, Binand Sethumadhavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 22/06/06, Biju Chacko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That would only be the New Testament. The old testament was written in > Hebrew (mostly). In addition to stories, there's poetry, songs, > letters, soft-porn and one of St John's rea