On 27 Jun 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> So why does the word "blog" evoke such feelings of hate?
I guess it is the same as when management speaks about 'leveraging'
and 'competencies'. It's not the word, per se, but the person who is
using them. And it isn't the right thing to do either. I tun
Oh no Udhay:
--
[1] for those silklisters who've not heard of Eric Raymond yet, I
will pull you down to our level by posting the URL:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
--
And I had to then inevitably do the what-is-Eric-upto, to land on this:
From: http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=2
On Wednesday 27 Jun 2007 5:29 am, Venkat Mangudi wrote:
> So why does the word "blog" evoke such feelings of hate?
It's a stupid sounding word reminiscent of the sound heard at the start of a
particularly large and disgusting vomit in a previously serene and clean
environment.
shiv
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> "blog" is my #1 on the annoyance scale .. funny thing, sounds like
> "blob" in the sense of something sticky and loathsome you step on
> without warning, and its sound, the way it is pronounced, sounds
> similarly disgusting too (diarrhetic, almost)
> Given the verb
shiv sastry wrote:
On Monday 18 Jun 2007 7:39 am, Bruce Metcalf wrote:
At work we use inductive coupling to power several dozen wireless
vehicles. These aren't small, as some are moving theaters that
carry 120 people, and our newest installation is a small fleet of
electric submarines.
Could
Eugen Leitl wrote:
On Sun, Jun 17, 2007 at 10:09:05PM -0400, Bruce Metcalf wrote:
At work we use inductive coupling to power several dozen wireless
vehicles. These aren't small, as some are moving theaters that carry 120
people, and our newest installation is a small fleet of electric submarin
On Tuesday 26 Jun 2007 1:01 pm, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote:
> http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html
The article says:
" when orkut grew popular in India, the caste system was formalized within the
system by the users. "
Could someone explain please? I have never entered the h
On 6/26/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
"Srini Ramakrishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> China treats Taiwan as a yet to be annexed portion of mainland China;
> I wouldn't be surprised if in the minds of the Chinese mandarins (!)
> Taiwan is treated no differently from
"Srini Ramakrishnan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
China treats Taiwan as a yet to be annexed portion of mainland China;
I wouldn't be surprised if in the minds of the Chinese mandarins (!)
Taiwan is treated no differently from Hong Kong. Here too the US could
make things rather queer for the Chi
On 6/22/07, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 6/20/07, Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: [ on 05:53 PM 6/20/2007 ]
[...]
> And what does the last sentence mean, as well? That Taiwan and Tiber
> are at military risk? Explain, please.
I'll have t
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Srini Ramakrishnan said the following on 26/06/2007 12:10:
> I kinda made a similar point (with what is known in Indian parlance as
> a lot of masala :-)) on my blog about a year ago. Of course, the piece
> is not empirically backed, it's a blog.
No
On 6/26/07, Ramakrishnan Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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I kinda made a similar point (with what is known in Indian parlance as
a lot of masala :-)) on my blog about a year ago. Of course
Raul Siddhartha wrote (channeling Danah Boyd) [at 01:27 PM 6/26/2007] :
I also need to get my head around the fact that sharing something
problematic has sparked more of a conversation and reflection than
being precise. In some senses, this bothers me. At the same time,
inciting people to think
http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html
Considering the interest in anthropology on silk, I'm surprised this
hasn't been posted here already.
Interesting read... thanks :-) [ A couple of her essays were included
in Joel Spolsky's Best of Software Writing I compilation... ]
Figur
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Considering the interest in anthropology on silk, I'm surprised this
hasn't been posted here already.
I found it interesting that the author uses the differing aesthetics of
Myspace and Faceboo
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