Re: [silk] Navadarshanam: Bangalore

2013-06-21 Thread Deepak Malani
Thanks Thaths and Charles. I will be hence careful. I very briefly shared my feeling and what I noted and liked about the place, being at Navadarshanam (url: www.navadarshanam.org). 1) Context of organic farming: Back in Mumbai, I have visited couple of houses, where people are growing vegetables

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-21 Thread Biju Chacko
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Just say neigh, you think? A night mare race to find the worst pun? I wanted to jump in, but I was afraid of making an ass of myself.

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-21 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Just say neigh, you think? A night mare race to find the worst pun?

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-21 Thread Biju Chacko
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in

Re: [silk] Energy: 100% of global power from solar using 1% of total land surface

2013-06-21 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 7:18 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: Speaking about a wipeout, how probable would you see a nuclear conflict arising between failing states? I see huge problems in the Pakistan/India/China corner. The climate shift will probably hit Pakistan much harder than it

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-21 Thread Dibyo Haldar
now you lot are just flogging a dead thread. On 21 June 2013 18:00, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 2:59 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-21 Thread Thaths
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Dibyo Haldar dibyo.hal...@gmail.comwrote: now you lot are just flogging a dead thread. Why? I thought this thread, she is fine. Don't halt 'er. One might even say she is whinnyng. Thaths On 21 June 2013 18:00, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote:

[silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Deepa Mohan
I wrote this some time agosomeone else referred to it on FB recently (yes...a woman.) What makes us detest certain subjects at school, and why is Maths (or Math) frequently at the top of the list? It can't always be bad teachers http://deponti.livejournal.com/902082.html I find that a

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Thaths
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: http://deponti.livejournal.com/902082.html I find that a lot of people on this list articulate far, far better than I do. It would help me understand my lifelong aversion to mathematics...and In my case the subjects I

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: In other words, if I had had teachers who gave me the context for why we were studying something it would have made a world of difference. I would extend such teaching of the context to things beyond the natural sciences. It

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
I have always found maths disgusting during school (where i scored well enough in it) and college (where I didn't), and today I find myself using maths to a larger and more practical extent than before - balancing a mutual fund portfolio and at work, pulling data and running numbers on it to

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: I wrote this some time agosomeone else referred to it on FB recently (yes...a woman.) What makes us detest certain subjects at school, and why is Maths (or Math) frequently at the top of the list? It can't always be

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 22-Jun-2013, at 8:19, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: Maths is hated because it is like running, it uses ridiculous amounts of energy. The other factor is an opportunity cost in just where you want to spend those ridiculous amounts of energy. Like a nobel prize winning author

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Thaths
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: In other words, if I had had teachers who gave me the context for why we were studying something it would have made a world of difference. I would

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Thaths
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote: Your motivation may vary. For those with a strong self improvement desire - like Thaths, seeing the logical connection with applications might be the key to expending mental energy. I don't know if it can be termed

Re: [silk] Any pet-hate subjects? ...why is Mathematics so frequently hated?

2013-06-21 Thread Ingrid
On 21-Jun-2013, at 10:10 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: I wrote this some time agosomeone else referred to it on FB recently (yes...a woman.) What makes us detest certain subjects at school, and why is Maths (or Math) frequently at the top of the list? It can't always be

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-21 Thread Biju Chacko
On 21 Jun 2013 20:50, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 7:41 AM, Dibyo Haldar dibyo.hal...@gmail.com wrote: now you lot are just flogging a dead thread. Why? I thought this thread, she is fine. Don't halt 'er. One might even say she is whinnyng. That was terrible.

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-21 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Sat, Jun 22, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: That was terrible. One more joke like that and I'm gonna cry foal. You could do that till your voice is horse, and no one would care. I suggest we all stop making an ass of ourselves. C