Re: [silk] sanctions and online services

2007-12-13 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
Biju Chacko said the following on 13/12/2007 13:32: legal redundancy. That sounds like a tautology. Ram

Re: [silk] sanctions and online services

2007-12-13 Thread Biju Chacko
On Dec 13, 2007 1:29 PM, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In general you could just rent servers in several jurisdictions, and hook them up via UltraMonkey, or simple round-robin DNS. In general that is a good idea -- for technical redundancy as well as legal redundancy. -- b

Re: [silk] sanctions and online services

2007-12-13 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 03:02:11PM +0530, Biju Chacko wrote: In general that is a good idea -- for technical redundancy as well as legal redundancy. In case anyone needs a vserver or a real server in the Krautland jurisdiction, drop me a mail. In case the cause is worthy, I'll donate one for

Re: [silk] Confirming silk meet on 17th

2007-12-13 Thread Charles Haynes
I'm a probably not as I have a 9:30pm phone conference. Sad, -- Charles

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-13 Thread Carol Upadhya
On 12/12/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Todays Hindu says in a headline (which I was unable to find online this morning) How IT has changed the city's crime scenario: The economic divide created by the IT boom has forced many youth from poor families to take to crime How cosy

[silk] Developments in the Indian mobile space....

2007-12-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello: I am writing an aritcle for Financial Express that basically looks back at key developments in the mobile space in India this past year. This is not an in-depth article, but a round-up of sorts that will cover some key developments in mobile and move beyond the ringtone and

Re: [silk] Developments in the Indian mobile space....

2007-12-13 Thread Udhay Shankar N
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [ on 05:49 PM 12/13/2007 ] I believe Bangalore is the hub of mobile development and there are some interesting companies located here. I am wondering if any of you have come across any interesting mobile company or service that you would like to share? Any idea how

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-13 Thread shiv sastry
On Wednesday 12 Dec 2007 9:25 pm, Deepa Mohan wrote: Ironic that English has to be the link language and is yet a sharp divider of the haves and have-nots, whether it is a bank balance or education or access to information that the haves have. But I suppose that is true everywhere in the

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-13 Thread ashok _
On Dec 13, 2007 4:59 PM, shiv sastry wrote: snippage But there has to be a widespread self recognition that India is this way. Only sociological studies can prove or disprove a hypothesis such as mine and those studies do not exist AFAIK. Did someone say where's the research data? Well

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-13 Thread shiv sastry
On Thursday 13 Dec 2007 5:32 pm, Carol Upadhya wrote: Blaming the IT industry, IT professionals or even BPO employees for Bangalore's conspicuous urban problems – the rising real estate prices, chaotic traffic, the increasing social divide, and allegedly high crime rate – misses their real

Re: [silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures

2007-12-13 Thread Vinit Bhansali
Here they are. http://flickr.com/photos/vinit/sets/72157603446375588/ And they come with a story that involves a burnt external HDD case, a diamond-tipped electric saw, numerous trips to Bangalore's SP Road! :) - Vinit Subject: Re: [silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures Ramakrishna Reddy wrote: [

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-13 Thread shiv sastry
On Thursday 13 Dec 2007 7:55 pm, ashok _ wrote: I read this book once which claimed the Incas were  actually an alien race - it began with that assumption being stated as true, - then made various extrapolations, and conclusions, starting from the primary assumption. Very soon the book had

Re: [silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures

2007-12-13 Thread Danese Cooper
Uhm...I don't have permission to view the page. Do you need to friend me on Flickr or something? I'm DivaDanese. On Dec 13, 2007, at 6:40 AM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Here they are. http://flickr.com/photos/vinit/sets/72157603446375588/ And they come with a story that involves a burnt

Re: [silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures

2007-12-13 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Dec 13, 2007 10:05 PM, Danese Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uhm...I don't have permission to view the page. Do you need to friend me on Flickr or something? I'm DivaDanese. Me too...what do you/ I have to do? Deepa. On Dec 13, 2007, at 6:40 AM, Vinit Bhansali wrote: Here they

Re: [silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures

2007-12-13 Thread Ramakrishna Reddy
On Dec 13, 2007 11:03 PM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 13, 2007 10:05 PM, Danese Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Uhm...I don't have permission to view the page. Do you need to friend me on Flickr or something? I'm DivaDanese. Me too...what do you/ I have to do? /Me

Re: [silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures

2007-12-13 Thread Valsa Williams
Oops I dont have permissions to view. On Dec 13, 2007 8:10 PM, Vinit Bhansali [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here they are. http://flickr.com/photos/vinit/sets/72157603446375588/ And they come with a story that involves a burnt external HDD case, a diamond-tipped electric saw, numerous trips to

Re: [silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures

2007-12-13 Thread Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ramakrishna Reddy wrote: /Me too.can't view the pics. I guess , vinit has made it a private set. BTW is there a Silklist group on flickr, all the tagged pics can be grouped there. Are you sure about that Group name ? A cursory search does

[silk] UK to be wind-powered by 2020?

2007-12-13 Thread Udhay Shankar N
The schedule sounds unrealistic to me. Comments from those who know more? Udhay http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/10/news/international/britian_turbines.ap/index.htm 'Wind' electricity in every home: UK plan British business secretary outlines goal of 60-fold increase in offshore wind farm

Re: [silk] Confirming silk meet on 17th

2007-12-13 Thread Biju Chacko
Hi, I think I'll opt out of this one. I've had too many evenings away from the family lately. Somebody have an orange juice for me. ;-) -- b On Dec 11, 2007 6:30 PM, Bharath Chari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, Just confirming that the 17th is on at my place. Say around 7.30pm? Headcount

Re: [silk] Developments in the Indian mobile space....

2007-12-13 Thread Biju Chacko
Kamla, If you're currently in Bangalore, there's a meeting of the MobileMonday crowd in ThoughtWorks. See: http://blog.sidu.in/2007/12/thoughtworks-is-hosting-modemo-on.html Hope this helps, -- b On Dec 13, 2007 5:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello: I am writing an

Re: [silk] FoU Camp V3 Pictures

2007-12-13 Thread Charles Haynes
It may be because Vinit is a regular not pro member of Flickr. Regular members can have only 200 photos viewable at a time (if I recall) and he appears to have uploaded a couple hundred rock climbing pictures yesterday. -- Charles On Dec 14, 2007 8:49 AM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay [EMAIL

[silk] Replica government!

2007-12-13 Thread Devdas Bhagat
http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2007/12/faux-indian-gov.html Devdas Bhagat

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-13 Thread ashok _
On Dec 13, 2007 5:54 PM, shiv sastry wrote: You mean I could be as right or as wrong as Daniken? Of course you are right. If you choose to believe Daniken, that is your prerogative. If you don't, it's not Daniken's problem. Credibility does not matter a whit in the absence of valid

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-13 Thread Abhishek Hazra
My childhood was spent devouring English books that were published from London, New York, Toronto, Sydney and Johannesburg and it took a while for me to start wondering why Delhi did not feature on the list. Even more puzzling was the realization that English speakers in India probably outnumbered

Re: [silk] Failure of Sociology in India?

2007-12-13 Thread Udhay Shankar N
ashok _ wrote [at 12:35 PM 12/14/2007] : You mentioned that narratives for mochis, darjis and chamars dont exist. Isnt that a flimsy presumption ? Then you have gone on to to make various conclusions, why these narratives dont exist. I am sure if you included the vernacular many such

[silk] Thanks + Mobile Scene in India

2007-12-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks all for sending in your leads and tips about the mobile industry in India. Cheers! kamla Did you listen to the latest interview on The Kamla Bhatt Show? | Podtech? | Blog? | Video? or Twitter? Fax: 206-337-0761