Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

On Fri August 11 2006 9:31 am, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: I used to use a Palm Tungsten device and plucker or PDBreader, but the phone is much easier to hold. One sound idea in this connection would be NOT to grow any older than 30 years (at the oldest). After that your eyesight starts playing

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

Hmmma google revealed that this is possible by converting a text e-book to an ipod note.. Should try this Srini Ramakrishnan wrote on 08/11/2006 07:01:14 AM: Has anyone used their iPods for reading a book? Would that be any better? Cheeni

Re: [silk] Yellow arm bands and pink triangles redux

On 8/11/06, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In every case, Americans who actually know any Muslims are more sympathethic. That's what happens when people believe completely in the mainstream media, especially the American media which considers itself to be 'agenda-setting' rather

Re: [silk] All objects that are green

On 11/08/06, Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2006-08-11 07:29:47 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Baby formula and medicines were exempted. It's all very well to exempt baby formula, but what about BABIES? Doesn't anyone realise that EVERY SINGLE TERRIST was once a baby? What

Re: [silk] All objects that are green

At 2006-08-11 14:06:20 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't anyone realise that EVERY SINGLE TERRORIST is human? Don't be silly, they're arabs. -- ams

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

Listening is easier than reading :-). Is it possible to set the speech synth rate to auctioneer? I had tried this several years ago but gave up on it because listening is significantly, even annoyingly, slower than reading. -Dave (the text above takes about 9 seconds with the default Mac

Re: [silk] reading scanned/digital text....

ashok wrote: For a while now I have been reading scanned / digital books on a laptop screen. Some of these books are out of print nowadays (or otherwise hideously expensive to purchase in printed form). Even after setting the glare and contrast factors to a comfortably low intensity, i

Re: [silk] When in your life did you feel most alive?

thanks. will check it outthere is a great one is silvapura (near yelahanka)...problem is the distanceOn 8/11/06, Radhika, Y. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:yep. sorry to be so disappointing:-) but there is a pottery class that i heard about while working in Indranagar in late 2004. The coffee day close

[silk] On the implausibility of the explosives plot. (fwd)]

fyi. i am not looking forward to flying from sf to amsterdam tomorrow... fear of dehydration, not blowing up - as the daily show segment said yesterday, humans are 70% fluids and thus potentially walking bombs, they must all be evaporated before boarding to be truly safe. -rishab --

Re: [silk] On the implausibility of the explosives plot. (fwd)]

Anish Mohammed wrote: [ on 09:18 AM 8/12/2006 ] Is this the same Perry from cryptography mailing list ? Yes, same guy who moderates the cryptography mailing list. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))