On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 5:10 AM, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
We've had (parts of) this discussion here before, but this is worth a
read. Especially interested in Charles' response to this one.
Udhay
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
We've had (parts of) this discussion here before, but this is worth a
read. Especially interested in Charles' response to this one.
Udhay
Another article on Wine Tasting is bullshit series
A friend of mine (with some background in psychology) used to ask his five
year old for an opinion on abstract modern art - do you like it ? or
what do you see...? ... this yielded a large number of positives towards
well known abstract artists (e.g. jackson pollock ). his point was children
paint
On 14/12/13 08:41, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
Maybe each of these activities (listening to high end audio gear,
drinking high end wine, having needles inserted into your chakras) is
really about ritualizing a sensory experience. By putting on headphones
you know are high quality, or drinking
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Alaric Snell-Pym
ala...@snell-pym.org.uk wrote:
which contained 1000mg paracetomol
(why can't they just say 1g?)
On a tangent, this reminds me of the PR blitz about the new Honda
city - claiming 50mm increase in wheelbase. 50mm - and they
unfailingly report it
1000 mg - sheesh, at that does you're skating very near liver damage
The fda reduced the maximum to 650 mg a while back that I can remember
Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay [19/12/13 22:49 +0530]:
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Alaric Snell-Pym
ala...@snell-pym.org.uk wrote:
which contained 1000mg
On similar lines, I have been looking at abstract art and wondering
how one separates the wheat from the chaff?
Venky
When I am at an art opening, and sipping the wine, I have both the
problems simultaneously, added to which is the question of the cheese
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 6:24 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.comwrote:
On similar lines, I have been looking at abstract art and wondering
how one
Its all chaff.
That's what makes it all wheat :)
On 18-Dec-2013 6:24 pm, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote:
On similar lines, I have been looking at abstract art and wondering
how one separates the wheat from the chaff?
Venky
I used to think Rothko was pretentious bullshit. Then I went to the Tate
Modern and sat in their Rothko room. I didn't want to leave.
-- Charles
- I have been looking at abstract art and wondering
how one separates the wheat from the chaff?
just curious, what kind of abstract art have you been looking at?
to get a sense of Ad Reinhardt's practice it might be interesting to look
at his political cartoons and collages too, along with his
Hurray, Abhishek re-surfaces! Where are you, and what are you up to now?
On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 7:33 PM, Abhishek Hazra abhishek.ha...@gmail.comwrote:
I think a friend of mine has Nasreen Mohamedi in his collection.
In the recent Saffron Art auction, I found this Ram Kumar work
beautiful, though I cannot describe why:
http://www.saffronart.com/auctions/PostWork.aspx?l=9412
I looked at a Raza abstract from the same auction and did not like it
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 5:39 PM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.comwrote:
There is also the reverse snobbery effect, which the wine tastings I
describe actually encourage. It's the joy of finding a cheap wine that you
really enjoy that you think tastes better than the expensive wines that
I've always tried to aim a little higher than not actively painful when
choosing my tipples. I realize I may be privileged in this regard.
-- Charles
On 06-Dec-13 11:39 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2009/09/12/tasting-wine-blind/
Another viewpoint, partially inspired by the above piece:
http://www.anxiousmachine.com/blog/2013/12/10/placibo-philes
Placebo-philes
December 10, 2013
Audiophiles have gotten a
There is also the reverse snobbery effect, which the wine tastings I
describe actually encourage. It's the joy of finding a cheap wine that you
really enjoy that you think tastes better than the expensive wines that
other people are overpaying for. It requires a certain strength of will,
and it is
On 10/05/13 10-May-2013;4:05 pm, Charles Haynes wrote:
The wine tasting I have consistently advocated is personal double-blind
vertical or horizontal tastings with a ringer.
Here's a counterpoint of sorts. I find it interesting, although I
personally have no opinion; not being a wine fan.
Those issues arise if you are trying to compare different varietals. The
wine tastings I describe are all the same region and year, or all the same
producer across multiple years.
The article is completely right that it's absurd to try to compare
different varietals blind.
On Fri, Dec 6, 2013
... Probably the first time a thread has drifted back...
This observation allows us to make some statements about the
dimensionality of silk thread-drift space, under the assumption it
can be modeled by brownian motion.
We know the dimensionality is strictly greater than 0 (in trivial
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Dave Long dave.l...@bluewin.ch wrote:
In order to resolve this issue, I suggest we start an infinite thread; upon
its conclusion we'll have more information to discriminate between the two
cases.
The closest approximation to infinite threads (at least on silk)
an infinite thread; upon its conclusion
Ah.
On 29 May 2013 18:39, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
The closest approximation to infinite threads (at least on silk) are
pun cascades.
Yoko. Here we go again.
Ram
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 11:22 PM, Sean Doyle sdo...@gmail.com wrote:
YOKO? You Only Know Once?
Ono! Is that what it means?
YOKO? You Only Know Once?
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:29 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 29 May 2013 18:39, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
The closest approximation to infinite threads (at least on silk) are
pun cascades.
Yoko. Here we go again.
Ram
One must share your well-founded fears. One might go so far as to say that one
is apPauled.
On May 29, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 29 May 2013 18:39, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
The closest approximation to infinite threads (at least
On May 29, 2013 3:09 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 6:10 PM, Dave Long dave.l...@bluewin.ch wrote:
In order to resolve this issue, I suggest we start an infinite thread;
upon
its conclusion we'll have more information to discriminate between the
two
On May 29, 2013 9:04 AM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
One must share your well-founded fears. One might go so far as to say
that one is apPauled.
Why Ring o the bells of doom?
Thaths
On May 29, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 29 May 2013
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On May 29, 2013 9:04 AM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
One must share your well-founded fears. One might go so far as to say
that one is apPauled.
Why Ring o the bells of doom?
Yeah, just let it be.
-- b
On Thursday 30 May 2013 11:08 AM, Biju Chacko wrote:
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
On May 29, 2013 9:04 AM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:
One must share your well-founded fears. One might go so far as to say
that one is apPauled.
Why Ring o the
On 24 May 2013 21:42, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
Education cess on wine? We are back to the wine-tasting bullshit! Probably
the first time a thread has drifted back...
Education cess applies on all government levies.
--
Madhu Menon
Food Photography: http://madhumenonphoto.com
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 9:51 PM, Madhu Menon m...@madhumenon.com wrote:
On 24 May 2013 21:42, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
Education cess on wine? We are back to the wine-tasting bullshit!
Probably
the first time a thread has drifted back...
Education cess applies on all
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 16 May 2013 05:08, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you friends with an importer? Do you have a lot of friends that
travel
Indian wine import duties make it a daunting task.
Any
On 24 May 2013 14:20, ashok_ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
Any idea what kind of duty / taxes one may face if I carry a case of 6-7
bottles of wine into India ?
See http://www.cbec.gov.in/travellers.htm
Wines and Beer *
BCD @100% + ACD NIL+ 3% education cess
So 103%.
Ram
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 24 May 2013 14:20, ashok_ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
Any idea what kind of duty / taxes one may face if I carry a case of 6-7
bottles of wine into India ?
See http://www.cbec.gov.in/travellers.htm
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 7:24 PM, ashok_ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
On 24 May 2013 14:20, ashok_ listmans...@gmail.com wrote:
Any idea what kind of duty / taxes one may face if I carry a case of
6-7
bottles of wine into India ?
See http://www.cbec.gov.in/travellers.htm
Wines and
On Mon, May 13, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Sriram Karra karra@gmail.com wrote:
I wonder ... is there *any* way one can do the above in India over a
meaningfully long period of time in without having to, in parallel, plan a
heist at a local bank?
Are you friends with an importer? Do you have a
On 16 May 2013 05:08, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote:
Are you friends with an importer? Do you have a lot of friends that travel
Indian wine import duties make it a daunting task.
Using an importer adds other complications. Most wine imports to India
do not seem to be in
On Sun, 2013-05-12 at 13:48 +0800, Charles Haynes wrote:
Seems unlikely. The Burgundians believe they came from Scandinavia
and
they're almost certainly just another East Germanic tribe. The name
can be
traced back to at least 250 AD in Scandinavia, so unless
the Scandinavians were visiting
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.comwrote:
The wine tasting I have consistently advocated is personal double-blind
vertical or horizontal tastings with a ringer. Let me explain :)
I wonder ... is there *any* way one can do the above in India over a
When I was in practice, I could pretty reliably identify a sparkling wine
as a (real) Champagne, and which district from within Champagne but not
better than that. I'm reasonably good a picking out a Penedès. I expect a
master Sommelier can do better and as part of the exam I believe they are
On Fri, 2013-05-10 at 18:35 +0800, Charles Haynes wrote:
His attention grabbing headline Wine Tasting is Bullshit, however,
is
bullshit.
What is really bullshit, but considered fashionable is the supercilious
snootiness that some self proclaimed connoisseurs of wine display when
they think
On Thu, 2013-05-09 at 08:09 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
We've had (parts of) this discussion here before, but this is worth a
read. Especially interested in Charles' response to this one.
Forgot to ask last time. Does anyone other than me also believe that
Burgundy could be a Telugu word?
Seems unlikely. The Burgundians believe they came from Scandinavia and
they're almost certainly just another East Germanic tribe. The name can be
traced back to at least 250 AD in Scandinavia, so unless
the Scandinavians were visiting South India earlier than that (or vice
versa) it seems pretty
Despite his hyperbolic style and deliberate provocation I don't disagree
with his central thesis, which is that wine reviews are basically useless
as a guide to finding wines you will like.
His attention grabbing headline Wine Tasting is Bullshit, however, is
bullshit.
The wine tasting I have
Some of the key things you learn, quickly or over time, are that:
You must depend on your own taste. There will be people whose judgement
agrees with yours, but you will still disagree with them in surprising
ways. After tasting but before revealing we would often discuss our
rankings of the
One last reply to myself. I've included below the most recent invitation of
the tasting group I used to regularly attend when I lived in the Bay Area.
It's a private group run by a computer geek who started doing this for fun
probably 40 years ago, and still runs them. If I were still in the Bay
On Fri, May 10, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.comwrote:
\
You must depend on your own taste.
Tastes vary. YOUR taste varies. Context is important. A wine you loved in a
romantic restaurant may not do so well at a table compared with its peers.
Cheeni said it...it all
, such as '83 chassagne
montrachet).
Begin forwarded message:
From: Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [silk] Fwd: Wine tasting is bullshit. Here's why.
Date: May 10, 2013 7:46:07 AM PDT
To: silklist@lists.hserus.net silklist@lists.hserus.net
Reply-To: silklist@lists.hserus.net
Saw this video floating around in response to the io9 piece:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBi9PfZve84utm_source=feedly
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.
On Thu, May 9, 2013 at 2:43 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com 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
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:
We've had (parts of) this discussion here before, but this is worth a
read. Especially interested in Charles' response to this one.
Udhay
Original Message
http://io9.com/wine-tasting-is-bullshit-heres-why-496098276
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