Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-05-09 Thread Caitlin Marinelli
> My favorite bit on this topic is the freakonomics podcast, where > Goldstein tells the story of how how his “restaurant” in Milan, > Osteria L’Intrepido,won an Award of Excellence from Wine > Spectatormagazine. (Not how you think!) > > Worth the listen. Here's the tale: http://blindtaste.com/200

Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-05-09 Thread Caitlin Marinelli
My favorite bit on this topic is the freakonomics podcast, where Goldstein tells the story of how how his “restaurant” in Milan, Osteria L’Intrepido,won an Award of Excellence from Wine Spectatormagazine. (Not how you think!) Worth the listen.

Re: [silk] [enquiry] Do any of you know about Ab Initio?

2013-05-09 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
Zombie phone mode was active, sorry On May 9, 2013 6:49 PM, "Thaths" wrote: > On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan > wrote: > > > Zzz d'sa zzz a Ss z > > > > Masterfully argued, Cheeni. > > Thaths > -- > Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? > Carl: Nuthin'. > Homer: D'oh! > Carl:

Re: [silk] [enquiry] Do any of you know about Ab Initio?

2013-05-09 Thread Thaths
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > Zzz d'sa zzz a Ss z > Masterfully argued, Cheeni. Thaths -- Homer: Hey, what does this job pay? Carl: Nuthin'. Homer: D'oh! Carl: Unless you're crooked. Homer: Woo-hoo!

Re: [silk] [enquiry] Do any of you know about Ab Initio?

2013-05-09 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
Staff see kw6!&!!$$f Deere s On Apr 23, 2013 11:08 PM, "Ashwin Kumar" wrote: > > Hey folks > Do any of you know about a firm called Ab Initio? This is run by the people who managed Thinking Machines Corp. > I have spoken to a f4ew people there, but would like to know more about the firm/work from

Re: [silk] [enquiry] Do any of you know about Ab Initio?

2013-05-09 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
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Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-05-09 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > > > This is generally good advise for anything. Religion, investing, > philosophy, exercise, diet, don't adopt anything without verifying for > yourself. > > It's silly how many people have respect for authority. > > I was lucky to be gen

Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.

2013-05-09 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
"The upshot: screw the experts." This is generally good advise for anything. Religion, investing, philosophy, exercise, diet, don't adopt anything without verifying for yourself. It's silly how many people have respect for authority. I was lucky to be genetically disposed towards rebellion. Gran