Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food & Drinks

2013-04-12 Thread Thejaswi Udupa
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Jai Iyer wrote: > Their directions include local landmarks, eg. 'Turn left at Geetha stores' > ( not as effective as "Geetha Stores Leftu", still.) > But do they say, "straght hogi, dead end rightu"? If not, then hardly useful.

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food & Drinks

2013-04-12 Thread Jai Iyer
On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Naresh wrote: > We need a app for landmark based directions !:) > > http://www.latlong.in/ Their directions include local landmarks, eg. 'Turn left at Geetha stores' ( not as effective as "Geetha Stores Leftu", still.) They used to run a rather decent direction

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food & Drinks

2013-04-12 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 13-Apr-13 10:34 AM, Naresh wrote: > Near hockey stadium.sort of diagonally opposite Cisco @Divyashree > chambers,next to Sita Bhateja hospital and next to Baldwin girls school back > gate. > We need a app for landmark based directions !:) In India, google maps does do it via landmarks - and

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food & Drinks

2013-04-12 Thread Naresh
Near hockey stadium.sort of diagonally opposite Cisco @Divyashree chambers,next to Sita Bhateja hospital and next to Baldwin girls school back gate. We need a app for landmark based directions !:) Naresh Narasimhan Sent from my Phone On 13-Apr-2013, at 10:21 AM, thew...@gmail.com wrote: > Land

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food & Drinks

2013-04-12 Thread Meera
Can I get a show of hands for Bangalore Silk Meet on next Thursday at > Naresh's amazing rooftop patio in Richmond Town? > > Thursday, April 18th @ ~ 7pm > > +1 Most likely. -Meera

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food & Drinks

2013-04-12 Thread Vinit Bhansali
+1 for me. (Tentative for now for the spouse) - Vinit On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:27 PM, wrote: > Not exactly a jumbo party so far. More confirmations, perhaps? > > Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone > > -Original Message- > From: Andy Deemer > Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmai

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2013-04-12 Thread Andy Deemer
> > Would love to know some non-nefarious uses for this technology! Ideas? > Tracking a sensitive shipment. Give the driver of the vehicle a phone and > use it to track his/her movement. Although that presumably involves the user knowing. From the subject line, it's explicitly the user not know

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2013-04-12 Thread Nikhil Mehra
Ensuring delivery of documents at precisely the right place where the carrier sticks to a designated route where there are multiple deliveries. But I see you point. Can think of numerous uses in the professional sphere. Extremely creepy in the personal sphere. Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

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2013-04-12 Thread thewall
-Writing a thriller novel. -Social experiment involving observing actions of people. -Making sure participants in a cross-country race go through the exact path and don't take shortcuts. - Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Andy Deemer Sender: silklist-bounces

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2013-04-12 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On 12 Apr 2013 13:19, "Andy Deemer" wrote: > > Would love to know some non-nefarious uses for this technology! Ideas? > Tracking a sensitive shipment. Give the driver of the vehicle a phone and use it to track his/her movement. C > -- > Curious in Asia: http://asiaobscura.com > Discover Bangal

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food & Drinks

2013-04-12 Thread thewall
Not exactly a jumbo party so far. More confirmations, perhaps? Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Andy Deemer Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 13:23:57 To: Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [sil

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food & Drinks

2013-04-12 Thread Andy Deemer
Can I get a show of hands for Bangalore Silk Meet on next Thursday at Naresh's amazing rooftop patio in Richmond Town? Thursday, April 18th @ ~ 7pm On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:22 PM, wrote: > That adds up to 5.37 confirmations so far, if my numbers are right. Make that 7.37 (i

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meet, Food & Drinks

2013-04-12 Thread thewall
That adds up to 5.37 confirmations so far, if my numbers are right. Sent on my BlackBerry® from Vodafone -Original Message- From: Sumanth C Sender: silklist-bounces+thewall=gmail@lists.hserus.net Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 11:08:42 To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Reply-To: silklist@lists.

Re: [silk] How to Track a Mobile Phone Without the User Knowing | eHow.com

2013-04-12 Thread Andy Deemer
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > it depends on your exact non-nefarious scenario. Color me curious but I'm having trouble coming up with any non-nefarious scenarios, beside tracking your own kids for their safety. (And I don't recall the original poster having kids

Re: [silk] How to Track a Mobile Phone Without the User Knowing | eHow.com

2013-04-12 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
The simplest, and free, way is to use Google Latitude. On some phones, however, Latitude doesn't auto-refresh, so it depends on your exact non-nefarious scenario. Ram On 12 April 2013 12:27, Naresh Narasimhan wrote: >> Do any of these actually work? is there a free software available..I need it

[silk] What happens to your data after you die?

2013-04-12 Thread Udhay Shankar N
We've discussed this here before. Here's one attempt to address this growing issue: http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.in/2013/04/plan-your-digital-afterlife-with.html Not many of us like thinking about death — especially our own. But making plans for what happens after you’re gone is really impo