Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-21 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > Invited you. Though I seriously doubt I'm going to log back into it > again - I don't see any particular use to it. > > Only thing it solves is facebook's lack of privacy - but well, I dont > post anything anywhere online that I wan

Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-21 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On Wednesday 22 December 2010 11:11 AM, Calvin wrote: > If anyone have any invitations left, I would love to have one. > > TIA. > Calvin > Invited you. Though I seriously doubt I'm going to log back into it again - I don't see any particular use to it. Only thing it solves is facebook's lack of

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-21 Thread Calvin
A more poignant reminder would be to body search everyone who enters the building, Congressmen included. - Original Message http://bit.ly/gx7cDA "An empty Washington Monument would serve as a constant reminder to those on Capitol Hill that they are afraid of the terrorists and what t

Re: [silk] Diaspora

2010-12-21 Thread Calvin
If anyone have any invitations left, I would love to have one. TIA. Calvin

Re: [silk] Kindle readers?

2010-12-21 Thread Charles Haynes
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Charles Haynes > wrote: >> > anyone at all who isĀ  *exclusively* an e-book reader? I'd be very >> > interested >> > to meet hem/hir... >> I am, for all practical purposes. > Is "for all practical purposes" th

Re: [silk] Kindle readers?

2010-12-21 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On Tuesday 21 December 2010 07:37 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > Is "for all practical purposes" the same as "yes"? No, > methinks.Charles...you never read a DTP (Dead Tree Production) on a > flight? > > I want to be the person who invents the next-gen longest-life battery/power > source. For all p

Re: [silk] Kindle readers?

2010-12-21 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Charles Haynes wrote: > > anyone at all who is *exclusively* an e-book reader? I'd be very > interested > > to meet hem/hir... > > I am, for all practical purposes. > Is "for all practical purposes" the same as "yes"? No, methinks.Charles...you never read a D

Re: [silk] Kindle readers?

2010-12-21 Thread Charles Haynes
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Sumant Srivathsan > wrote: > I can see myself giving up printed books for good, once the inventory and > pricing of e-books catch up with my expectations. > > That last part of the sentence, after the comma.

Re: [silk] US prof behind EVM study deported on arrival

2010-12-21 Thread Charles Haynes
On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:49 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I am finding it fascinating too - not least because of the geographical > distribution of the participants in this thread. I can see postings (so > far) from people in Germany, India, USA and Kenya. Will folks from > Australia and Antarcti