Re: [silk] Quick question - Johannesburg

2012-03-09 Thread Ingrid
On 10-Mar-2012, at 5:07 AM, Charles Haynes wrote: > It looks like I am going to Johannesburg for 4 weeks, are there any > Silklisters there? > > -- Charles > Drat! I end my 4 year stint in Joburg to return to Bombay tomorrow. Let me know if I can provide any information on people, places or

Re: [silk] Quick question - Copenhagen

2012-03-09 Thread J. Alfred Prufrock
You think? Well, to quote Bill Murray in "Stripes", I'm willing to learn On Mar 10, 2012 8:23 AM, "Biju Chacko" wrote: > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Prufrock > wrote: > > Any Silkies in Copenhagen? > > Silkies > > Ew! That sounds fairly disreputable -- some kind of fetishist ak

Re: [silk] [liberationtech] Pakistan's Firewall: Need your help and support

2012-03-09 Thread ss
On Friday 09 Mar 2012 11:32:05 pm Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > India is intending to gett its national version of Echelon Those of you who have abandoned plans of harming a US President because of Echelon had better soon drop plans of harming an Indian leader. Down with Osama bin Laden :D Incid

[silk] Quick question - Johannesburg

2012-03-09 Thread Charles Haynes
It looks like I am going to Johannesburg for 4 weeks, are there any Silklisters there? -- Charles

Re: [silk] Quick question - Copenhagen

2012-03-09 Thread Biju Chacko
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Prufrock wrote: > Any Silkies in Copenhagen? Silkies Ew! That sounds fairly disreputable -- some kind of fetishist akin to a furry? -- b

Re: [silk] Why Being Sleepy and Drunk Are Great for Creativity

2012-03-09 Thread Raj Shekhar
Sorry, don't remember the book off hand. Don't have a good indexing for my dead tree collection. One guess would be "59 seconds: think a little, change a lot", but this is based on hazy memory -- Think different - Sent using my Nokia N900 - Original message - > On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at

Re: [silk] [liberationtech] Pakistan's Firewall: Need your help and support

2012-03-09 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:23 PM, Raj Shekhar wrote: > > Did not know India had a firewall in place.  I know that the ISPs are > under the thumb of the government and will dance to whatever tune is > played.  Is that what you are referring to? India is intending to gett its national version of Ech

[silk] Quick question - Copenhagen

2012-03-09 Thread Prufrock
Any Silkies in Copenhagen? I'm here till Sunday afternoon. Right now the weather's pretty filthy and I'd dearly love some company over a pint or three (and a small truck-load of burnt dead animals ...) I'm in a small (i.e. cheap) hotel near the town square, and there seem to be any number  of w

Re: [silk] [liberationtech] Pakistan's Firewall: Need your help and support

2012-03-09 Thread Raj Shekhar
In infinite wisdom Anish Mohammed wrote: > Eugen, >  have to admit have  been watching yours and Mike's post on freedombox > mailing list. BTW I suspect > this might be bit ironic, if i am not mistaken India has even more "stuff" in > place, and possibly > largest chunck of folks in silklist r

Re: [silk] Why Being Sleepy and Drunk Are Great for Creativity

2012-03-09 Thread Aanjhan Ranganathan
On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Raj Shekhar wrote: > One of the books I read compared the conscious mind to a man with the > megaphone, who goes around shouting "pay attention to me". Remember the name of the book? Am interested in checking it out. Regards, A

Re: [silk] Why Being Sleepy and Drunk Are Great for Creativity

2012-03-09 Thread Raj Shekhar
In infinite wisdom Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Of course, this doesn’t mean you should take a hammer to your frontal > lobes. Being able to direct the spotlight of attention is a crucial > talent. However, the creative upside of brain damage — the unexpected > benefits of not being able to focus —

Re: [silk] [liberationtech] Pakistan's Firewall: Need your help and support

2012-03-09 Thread Anish Mohammed
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:29 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: > - Forwarded message from Sana Saleem - > > From: Sana Saleem > Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 23:31:39 +0500 > To: liberationt...@lists.stanford.edu > Subject: [liberationtech] Pakistan's Firewall: Need your help and support > > Hi all, > > Th