Re: [silk] What should I ask George Church?

I'm sure you'll have a bunch of great questions coming from the group, John. Here's something I'm curious about: what are the most useful 'industrial' applications that could significantly impact our world within the next decade?  On a related note, I watched the animated movie 'Big Hero 6' recen

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

Count me in. How about Retro as a venue? cheersDivya On Sunday, February 8, 2015 9:31 AM, Danese Cooper wrote: On the 16th I get back to MG Road 4:30pm-ish...if that helps any with scheduling. D > On Feb 7, 2015, at 7:56 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk > wrote: > > I prefer 16th..

Re: [silk] The least random number

I think I joined in 1998? And Udhay made me do it. cheersDivya On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:28 PM, "Radhika, Y." wrote: ​early 2004. Biju Chacko was on the train I took to Bangalore and convinced me to loiter.​

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2014

De-lurking just for you, Thaths :) Most of these were consumed in e-book form, so there should be no difficulty in finding them - exceptions were the books by Diana Eck and TM Krishna, picked up at Landmark in Chennai.  My list for 2014, in no particular order: - “Being Mortal: Medicine and What

Re: [silk] Chennai meet up

Sadly, I can't make it this time around.  cheers Divya > > From: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan >To: silklist@lists.hserus.net >Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 11:52 AM >Subject: Re: [silk] Chennai meet up > > >On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Srini RamaKrishn

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

So, Mahamudra at 1, yes? cheers Divya   > Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [16/01/13 13:36 +0530] wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 16, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Chew Lin Kay > wrote: >>> Let's do Mahamudra at one. If people can rsvp I can make > reservations. >> >> Count me in. >

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

I thought this report released at the World Future Energy Summit really interesting: http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?207268/Solar-PV-power-in-harmony-with-nature--new-WWF-report-says-land-requirements-are-insignificant Apparently, by 2050, we could be generating 100% of global energy requirements

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

Indrajit Gupta wrote: > >T hat was said in respect and envy. Suum cuique, if that stands the weight. > >> Divya Sampath wrote: >> IG, IG - sneaky? Really?   >> I meant I was expecting a better class of invective :-) Surely you could have thrown in a few gr

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

Indrajit Gupta wrote: > >Ah! With this, the mystery thins. Our resident linguist has been reading >Perez-Reverte in Spanish: just the sneaky sort of thing she would do. >Unfortunately, I have been reading the English translations, and there are >several remaining untranslated. >  IG, IG - sne

Re: [silk] lower than absolute zero?

Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Divya Sampath > wrote: > >> I'm trying to remember if silk-list was the venue of a really > fascinating discussion about zero-point energy a few years ago... Udhay? Does > this ring a bell? > >

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

> From: "Radhika, Y." > >this is strictly in the non-reading, non-computer realm but I picked up a >delightful book called how to draw Trucks and Trains. Super fun if you like to >doodle and draw - and great tension reliever! > What a good idea - I should really get around to doing something

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > >Even got made into a 2006 movie starring Viggo Mortensen, which actually had >him speaking in spanish that was closer to 17th century spanish - he >apparently grew up in Argentina, where of course the spanish followed an >evolutionary path sort of l

Re: [silk] lower than absolute zero?

Dave Long wrote: > > >>>I read recently about new theories of infinitely or nearly infinitely hot >>>plasma existing in the picoseconds after the big bang. I have a hard time >>>understanding what temperature even means in this >>>context, since I've >>>always thought of temperature as a measur

Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk?

> Caitlin Marinelli wrote: > >Bueno Radhika, - que tipo de libro te gusta leer? Ficcion? Supongo que ya has >leido Cien Años de Soledad? Una novela que me encanta se llama "La Sombra Del >Viento" - de Carlos Ruiz Zafon. Una mezcla de historia, comedia, tragedia - >ambientado en la Barcelona.

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

From: Ashwin Nanjappa ashwi...@outlook.com wrote: > >[Related] Is there a good reviewer/blog/website you folks use to follow >releases of Chinese, Korean and Japanese movies in one place? I don't read any particular film review website/blog regularly, but you could try http://www.asianmoviepu

Re: [silk] Chinese martial arts movies

  From: Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: > > > >I watched another Donnie Yen movie recently, the animation-adaptation flick >Dragon Tiger Gate. It's high on martial arts but low on storyline (too many >plots for a 2 hour movie).  > > >Ip Man is going on my to watch list.  > > >Not a martial

Re: [silk] India's dangerous capitalism

>I actually started reading it then got lost. Does she always write like this?  Yes, she does. Her writing defies parody because really, who could possibly out-do her own stock of entitled, delusional, condescending, endlessly recycled, logic-defying, inane rhetoric? The State is evil! Check.

Re: [silk] In London

I can do Saturday, if that's what the majority prefers. > > From: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan >To: silklist@lists.hserus.net >Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2012 2:06 PM >Subject: Re: [silk] In London > > > > > >On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Dinesh Venkateswaran

Re: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011

From: Thaths >To: silklist@lists.hserus.net >Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 7:00 PM >Subject: [silk] Recommended Reading from 2011 > >For the third year in a row, I am turning to silk listers for book >recommendation this holiday season. > >What have you read over the last year that has left a

Re: [silk] Savita

I'm so sorry to hear that. She seemed like a lovely person, from her posts. Condolences to her family and friends. Divya Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -Original Message- From: Udhay Shankar N Sender: silklist-bounces+divyasampath=yahoo@lists.hserus.net Date: Sun, 27 Ma

Re: [silk] latin translation help

On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 6:27 AM, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote: <> >> Here's a rough translation: while my Latin is decent, my knowledge of things ornithological is nil, so there is some guessing involved with respect to the body parts. I suspect there may be some bird-related verbal conventions/18t

Re: [silk] Why is Indian English so floral?

Apologies for top posting. Here's what I think. Most Indians don't really think in English. The flourishes that mark 'elegant language' in the vernacular are subconsciously reflected in the English we use, losing their impact along the way. It's a phenomenon not unique to India- look at Engli

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Sun, 12/21/08, Bonobashi wrote: > > IG is bonobashi, who happens to be over 200 years old. > He > > is the list Methuselah in chief. > > Oh, no! You, of all persons? Is nothing sacred? > > Genesis, Chapter 5, verse 27 (King James version): > > And all the days of Methuselah were nine hu

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Thaths wrote: > O tempora! O mores! I never thought my grandfatherhood > would be > supplanted by some 200-year-old whipper snapper. I forgot about you, Thaths. Obviously my senility is beginning to show. How old are you again? 950, give or take a decade? Are you still co

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Eugen Leitl wrote: > > >(As Aelfric's Colloquy put it, back in the > 10th century, "Wé cildra > > >biddaþ þé, éalá láréow, > > >þæt þú taéce ús sprecan rihte, forþám > ungelaérede wé sindon, and > > gewæmmodlíce we sprecaþ," > > Hmm, I can kinda understand that. Since y

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Amit Varma wrote: > But an exaggerated sense of > > indignation over trivialities is part of the fun of > being a pedant and a > > Silk-list loony. > > > > Oh, cool, so this is just for fun. That's okay then -- > because you're wrong > on both 'an history' and 'decimate', i

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Madhu Menon wrote: > You lie! That was Gandalf who said that! :P Be grateful I didn't quote Sauron this time around. That would turn into the Return Of The Monster Tolkien Thread, and then Udhay would spontaneously combust. A few years ago, one might have had few qualms

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Amit Varma wrote: > Sorry, who be IG? > IG is bonobashi, who happens to be over 200 years old. He is the list Methuselah in chief.

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Amit Varma wrote: > correct. 'An history' fell out of > fashion in the 20th century, but was the norm before that > Language evolves. According to Mirriam-Webster [1] and > WordNet [2], > 'decimate', like so many other words, has an > accepted second meaning. So, you'

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:52 AM, Abhijit Menon-Sen > wrote: > > > At 2008-12-18 11:40:27 -0800, divyasamp...@yahoo.com > wrote: > > > > > > If you are nostalgic about my outbursts of > linguistic pedantry on > > > Silk, we can go int

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Fri, 12/19/08, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: > > Divya, > > Just curious - how exactly does one get behind a gripe? It's easy, Ram - one just waits around for it to get ahead of itself, which it inevitably does, because it's the nature of the beast. In the process, one finds oneself be

Re: [silk] Pet Peeves and Pedantry, was: How Risky Is India?

--- On Wed, 12/17/08, Bonobashi wrote: > Everybody seems to have a favourite gripe, and that is > clearly the only thing worth talking about. > For me, at the moment, it's imbeciles who write 'a > history' instead of 'an history'. Ah-ha! The mis-use of language - now that's a favourite gripe

Re: [silk] Vir Sanghvi on Kashmir

--- On Thu, 8/21/08, Bonobashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Isn't this then a lovely opportunity to suggest that the > plebiscite take place simultaneously all over the earlier > administrative areas of Kashmir? That should set a nose or > two out of joint! Of course, we run the risk of learning >

Re: [silk] Vir Sanghvi on Kashmir

While I agree that holding a plebiscite is desirable, it begs the question: where would the plebiscite be held? Would the plebiscite be restricted to the India-controlled areas of Kashmir - the Kashmir Valley, Jammu, Ladakh (including Kargil) and Leh? What about the Pakistan controlled 'Azad K

Re: [silk] Did anyone else see the Dark Knight?

> 1970s and early 80s - from stories like 'The Secret of > the Waiting Graves', which came out in 1970, > introducing Ra's Al Ghul, to visual elements like the > long flowing cape and thin pointy ears on the hood. Bit of a mistake there - didn't mean to suggest that Ra's Al Ghul was introduced i

Re: [silk] Did anyone else see the Dark Knight?

--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Sumant Srivathsan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I beg to differ. Burton's Batman universe was far > less comic-book influnced > > than Chris Nolan's is. All of Burton's > characters and even the universe were > > significantly different from the comic book. > > > They weren

Re: [silk] Did anyone else see the Dark Knight?

--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What's scary and horrifying? The concept of nihilism, > or its portrayal? The fact that the Joker makes the practical application of his brand of nihilism look cool. I can't say more without ruining the plot. cheers, Divya

Re: [silk] Did anyone else see the Dark Knight?

--- On Tue, 7/22/08, Sumant Srivathsan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Chris Nolan's Joker is a nihilist! Which was > pretty damn cool. In a scary > > and horrifying way. > > > I just thought he was a sociopath. Or am I just splitting > hairs? :) A sociopathic nihilist, sure :D Don't want to

[silk] Did anyone else see the Dark Knight?

No explicit spoilers, but... Chris Nolan's Joker is a nihilist! Which was pretty damn cool. In a scary and horrifying way. Heath Ledger was good enough to erase the Jack Nicholson Joker trauma, but am I the only one wishing Gary Oldman was playing a bad guy rather than the sea-green incorrupt

Re: [silk] Reverses....

--- Srini Ramakrishnan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:44 PM, > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just use the Spanish system. It scales... > > and that would be, what? In most of the Spanish speaking world, everyone has double-barrelled last names: for example, Maria Gomez

Re: [silk] romance and reading

--- Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heh. Deja Vu all over again [1]. > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/5134 Wow, nostalgic! What's next, a re-run of the inside jokes thread? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/silk-list/message/5150 It's interesting, in the six years sinc

Re: [silk] Holi in Banaras

--- Venkatesh Hariharan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since there are many Indophiles on this list, I > thought that you may enjoy > seeing my photos of the Holi festival in Banaras > [1], one of the holiest > Indian cities. Very nice indeed. I particularly liked the one of the happy little girl w

[silk] Clay Shirky on the Colbert Report

Stephen Colbert 'nails' Clay Shirky, in his usual style... http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=164882 The new book sounds interesting. cheers, Divya

Re: [silk] romance and reading

Didn't we do a thread on favourite reads a couple of years ago? --- Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dorothy Sayers .. well, her detecting is good, but > Lord Peter Wimsey is a > bit of a twit. No, no - he just plays one, very successfully... Deja vu all over agin... didn't

Re: [silk] Mortgage Mess

> > On Tuesday 18 Mar 2008 2:16:48 pm Gautam John > wrote: > >> I don't know how far this is true though > >> > >> > http://docs.google.com/TeamPresent?docid=ddp4zq7n_0cdjsr4fn&skipauth=true&p > >> li=1 Short, sweet, and pretty much nails the facts. cheers, Divya

Re: [silk] Write a book, go to jail?

--- ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 29 Feb 2008 2:05:18 pm Divya Sampath > wrote: > > There is some basis for the argument that the > legal > > framework of the Republic of India is not entirely > > secular - in the absence of a uniform civil code >

Re: [silk] Write a book, go to jail?

--- ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Republic of India is a secular democracy. In a > secular country the > government is secular and does not allow religion > into affairs of state (at > least nominally) There is some basis for the argument that the legal framework of the Republic of Indi

Re: [silk] IHT.com Article: First transsexual celebrity, Rose, makes a TV debut

--- Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Deepa Mohan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > (eg..."Mishram" is so called because mishram is > > "mixture"...it is a mixture of 4 and 3!.. and I > am unable to find out > > why Sankeernam, the word for 9, is so called...) > > interesting. Sankeernam m

Re: [silk] India special economic zone -- travel and reading recco?

Cory Doctorow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey Silklisters! I'm working on a new novel that > includes some action > set among young gold farmers working in a special > economic zone in > India. At this stage, I haven't made up my mind as > to where this should > be, which is why I'm soliciting

Re: [silk] death of a parrot

Nobody expects... a former parrot. Or the Spanish inquisition. Unless they are Terry Gilliam. Cheers Divya Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: "Suresh Ramasubramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:24:55 To: Subject: Re: [silk] death of a parrot

Re: [silk] Global Warming Alarmists?

--- Venky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do agree that attributing scepticism to bad > science > > or bad intentions is deplorable. The interesting > thing > > to ask, IMHO, is: what does the majority > scientific > > community position on (a) is the climate changing? > (b) > > is it probable t

Re: [silk] Global Warming Alarmists?

--- Gautam John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Newsweek Disgrace: 'Global-Warming Deniers: A > Well-Funded Machine' > By Noel Sheppard | August 5, 2007 - 13:43 ET I find it interesting that this article appears to be more critical of the politics behind the position than the actual science. I do

Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The rising divorce rate in the IT sector

--- ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > anymore. I have a couple of cousins who are slaving > like fools to "save > money for their daughters marriage" (their daughters > are less than 10 > years old now...)... in some misplaced belief that > 15 years hence, their > kids will actually listen to t

Re: [silk] Rapture

--- Madhu Menon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There are also the "Hinduism is a way of life" > people who tell me that I > can be a Hindu despite my atheism, but I've never > been able to get a > straight answer from anyone about what exactly that > way of life entails. > I begin to wonder wheth

Re: [silk] Murdoch and the WSJ

Amit Varma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's a good point. Murdoch will always put business first. I chose the wrong example to illustrate my actual concern. To clarify, I am not worried that WSJ will become a Republican mouthpiece - it might be argued that any publication named after the mecc

Re: [silk] Murdoch and the WSJ

Gautam John wrote: > There's a lot of noise [1] being made over Murdoch's take over of the > WSJ. What does the group-mind think? Good? Bad? No difference? I am somewhat pessimistic about the effects of Murdoch's takeover. He has a history of reducing editorial independence in all his media compa

Re: [silk] Of blogs

Ramakrishnan Sundaram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Ram - brightened my day! I've been reading a lot more blogs in the last few weeks. Out here in the wilds of Wisconsin, it's one of the few fun things to do that are not illegal, immoral or fattening... cheers, Divya

Re: [silk] Readings on Indian History

ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Not _Beulahland_, surely? Wouldn't that be a concatenation of the wrong > >elements of mythology, history and geography for the particular sort of > person >you have in mind? erno. "land of milk and hone

Re: [silk] Readings on Indian History

ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Not _Beulahland_, surely? Wouldn't that be a concatenation of the wrong elements of mythology, history and geography for the particular sort of person you have in mind? It is curious, though, how that description neatly fits fundamentalists of many differen

Re: [silk] Indian Economy's list of best Indian books.

I still recommend the book. Highly readable. YMMV, obviously. Cheers Divya Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: Kiran Jonnalagadda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 13:06:32 To:silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] Indian Economy's list of best India

Re: [silk] Flights to Switzerland from India

Direct to Zurich, if you're close to an airport that SwissAir services. Otherwise, to Zurich via Frankfurt or Munich (Lufthansa) or via Paris (Air France). I've done all of the above. cheers, Divya - Original Message From: Binand Sethumadhavan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: silklist@lists.hse

Re: [silk] expat in india...

From: "Sriram Karra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For one thing the chaps who joined the company in earlier years were not exactly the brightest sparks on campus (to generalise a bit), as Indian IT services companies have not even been close to being the most sought after companies on campuses. It is unl

Re: [silk] expat in india...

He or she could contact the Indo-Italian chamber of commerce - they might be able to help with information, as well as the more traditional recruitment channels. http://www.indiaitaly.com/main.asp cheers, Divya - Original Message From: ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: silklist@lists.h

Re: [silk] sorry about the double post

Thought the first one bounced, but then it apparently didn't...

Re: [silk] Re 1 trick to stop trains

"Charles Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sure I understand how semaphores were used as a general purpose signalling mechanism, but it was from their use as excusion flags for trains (as Dave mentions above) that I thought the name (and semantics) were borrowed for computers. Anyone know for sure?

Re: [silk] Re 1 trick to stop trains

"Charles Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sure I understand how semaphores were used as a general purpose signalling mechanism, but it was from their use as excusion flags for trains (as Dave mentions above) that I thought the name (and semantics) were borrowed for computers. Anyone know for sure?

Re: [silk] Re 1 trick to stop trains

And since it's been a while since I've pedanted about etymology on the list: "Semaphore", like"telegraph" is a compound word irregularly formed from two Greek roots: 'sema' = symbol (as in semiotics), and 'phoros' or 'phoreus' = carrier/bearer (as in phosphorus). cheers, Divya

Re: [silk] Re 1 trick to stop trains

"Charles Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Did the computer term "semaphore" come from train semaphores? I have always assumed so. Possibly - though semaphores stared out as a military signaling system (in France, about the time of the French revolution, if I recall correctly). Other count

Re: [silk] Arundhati Roy [Was: WSF time again]

ams wrote: So... why is Arundhati Roy so evil? Evil - no. Boring and vacuous, yes. In my book, her crimes are mainly literary. The first and largest peeve is her hysterical, cliche-ridden, purple prose. To me, her writing illustrates the polar opposite of 'felicity of style'. Second, her mu

Re: [silk] getting bilked

Genghis Khan's Mongol hordes used to drink fermented mare's milk, didn't they? On to something, possibly (as well as on something)... Cheers Divya Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel -Original Message- From: Udhay Shankar N <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:04:15 To: Subject:

[silk] Email serial of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

For those of us who haven't yet read Cory Doctorow's book, DailyLit now has it in bite sized chunks: http://www.dailylit.com/down-and-out-in-the-magic-kingdom Cheers Divya Sent from BlackBerry® on Airtel

Re: [silk] Charles Haynes introduction

"Gautam John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I've tried the Grover La Reserva [1] and it's not bad at all. But my all time favorite is the Sula Chenin Blanc [2]. The La Reserva is a slightly higher-priced variant of their Cabernet-Shiraz, which is very drinkable. I actually prefer the latter. T

Re: [silk] Charles Haynes introduction

"Bruce Metcalf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Had a surprisingly good Vigonier with dinner tonight -- from Dusted Valley in Walla Walla, Washington! I swear, some folks will try growing grapes just about anywhere these days. I know what you mean- considering how cold it gets in winter, it's not

Re: [silk] Charles Haynes introduction

Try the 2005 Sula Dindori Reserve -the best shiraz I've tasted this year. The Grovers label is usually good value for money- the Indian equivalent of California's Woodbridge- but their whites are very average. That's my opinion of most Indian whites, though. Avoid anything with "Indage" or "C

Re: [silk] rishab in blr saturday

"Biju Chacko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm game. Gabin, one of our numerous slurkers is also in town. Can ya make it? -- b Count me in. cheers, Divya On 17/01/07, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: hi all, i'm visiting bangalore for the first time in 15 yrs(!) from thurs

Re: [silk] Archie comics will get a face lift

"Suresh Ramasubramanian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bah. I just saw the pencil sketch on newsarama.com .. It looks like they hired some artists who've been doing more manga / anime (or american knockoffs thereof) .. look at the shape of the eyes, the hairstyles etc. No, it really doesn't look like

Re: [silk] English Education in Japan

Deepa Mohan wrote: Indeed I tend to agree with Rishab; Rishab Aiyer Ghosh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: i just returned from 2 weeks in china, where the english - where it appears - can be even stranger. but i found the original article pretty silly, as it somehow assumes japan _should_ be caref

Re: [silk] English Education in Japan

"Thaths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.timwerx.net/language/englished.htm This makes for a pretty entertaining experience when viewing movies or anime in the original Japanese: particularly little 'Engrish' idosyncrasies like adding -o, -to, -do, or -u, -tu, -du, etc. to English wor

Re: [silk] Harry Potter: fraud

"Thaths" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://www.slate.com/id/2150585/?nav=ais What Harry has achieved on his own, without his mother, stems mostly from luck and, more often, inheritance. He's a trust-fund kid whose success at his school, Hogwarts, is largely attributable to the gifts his fri

Re: [silk] Evangelist drowns trying to walk on water

"Abhijit Menon-Sen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origen Wow. Self-castration was a capital crime under Roman law? For reasons political, economic, moral, and religious (not necessarily in that order). The moral/religious reasons originated with barring Roman citi

Re: [silk] Geographic spread

Technically Bangalore, though I haven't been there for a couple of months. Currently in Parsippany, NJ. Next week -who knows? - Original Message From: Badri Natarajan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Sent: Wednesday, August 2, 2006 5:48:49 PM Subject: Re: [silk] Geograp

[silk] The long tail theory and wagging the dog

Apparently Chris Anderson is publishing a book about his theory now... The Economist has a review. http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/PrinterFriendly.cfm?Story_ID=7138865&subjectID=348918 What the long tail will do Wag the dog Jul 6th 2006 From The Economist print edition

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet

"Badri Natarajan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Where *are* all the Chennai silklisters? Seems like they keep moving to Bangalore..:-) There weren't that many of us to start with... and for the record, I'm still in Bangalore. cheers, Divya

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

My parents will be in town, and I want to spend some time with them for a change, so I can't make it either. cheers, Divya - Original Message - From: "Madhu Menon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 4:43 PM Subject: Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore Srini Rama

Re: [silk] Yahoo! News Story - Holocaust Denier Gets Three Years inJail - Yahoo! News

wrote: He may be a moron (and does look like a nazi), but that's not a crime... so - is he a criminal or victim of politics in a world where people like Kurt Waldheim >>could become UN SecGen and President of Austria? Is your argument that if Waldheim got away with it, why shouldn't Irving?

Re: [silk] Yahoo! News Story - Holocaust Denier Gets Three Years inJail - Yahoo! News

It may be of interest to note that Irving sued Deborah Lipstadt and Penguin books for libel a few years ago, when she cited David Irving's work as an example of Holocaust denial, and questioned his historiographical methods. David Irving's case was based on the plank that his statements were utt

Re: [silk] It's the demography, stupid

"sastry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed January 11 2006 22:48, Kiran Jonnalagadda wrote: could it not be that the region's rulers like to keep Islam that way to maintain their stranglehold on oil resources? I belive that "keeping Islam that way" is a great way of holding on to power in