goanet-digest Sunday, April 14 2002 Volume 01 : Number 3827
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[Goanet] RE: FAQ-Goanet-Dig
[Goanet] GOANET: What's happening on our e-discussion Goan world
[Goanet] Cecil Pinto's faux...
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 13:39:41 +0300
From: "Paganini Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] RE: FAQ-Goanet-Dig
Dear Mr. Pinto,
There is no question most will agree, you seem to have huge talent,
creativity, humor, perhaps power and persuasion too, which put to good
use could benefit all including you and yourn. Getting personal does it
add to anything? I wonder which is greater, giving vent to one's
emotions or exercising control!=20
Let's work to build GOA together.
Cheers,
P. Fernandes
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:05:12 +0530
From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Unofficial GoaNet FAQ - Initial draft
The Official Description of GoaNet says:
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GoaNet is a general forum for people interested in Goa to meet and talk
about Goa. You are welcome to post news articles, opinion, humor
(preferably if original or related to Goa), questions, etc, on this
list. It is by far, the most active Goa related list on the internet and
is recommended for everyone interested in learning about goa (eg. if you
are a tourist and would like a question answered) or simply a native
from Goa wanting to meet Goans from India and the rest of the world.
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This tells you precious zilch about GoaNet. I am in the process of
compiling an Unofficial FAQ about GoaNet that will serve as a guideline
for newcomers as well as to clarify common doubts.=20
Disclaimer:
This FAQ is not recognised by GoaNet owners or administrators and is
sure to have many errors before I get it right. Contributions,
corrections and suggestions most welcome.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about GoaNet
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Question:
When was GoaNet founded?
Answer:
In 1996 five young Goan bachelors, all based abroad, founded GoaNet as a
means of meeting Goan girls. All five have since achieved that goal and
are happily married. GoaNet has since matured into a vibrant community
of 4,000 odd (soem very odd) subscribers. Fredrick Noronha still
maintains a link with the original objective of GoaNet through his
Cyber-Matrimonials.
Question:
Who were these five guys?
Answer:
Herman Carneiro, Marlon Menezes, Frederick Noronha, Ulysses Menezes &
Ariosto Coelho
Question:
How come on Yahoo Groups the number of subscribers is given as 157 only?
Answer:
GoaNet is 'remotely' hosted. That means the Yahoo number is not even
'remotely' close to the actual number of subscribers.
Question:
Can I use curse words in my postings?
Answer:
No. One of the founder members Herman Carneiro set a basic filter that
automatically blocks any mail that has curse words. There is a
work-around though, suggested to me by one of the administrators
(curiously named
Viviana) . Use an 'asterisk' she said. So basically a curse word like
'Aunt' would be written as 'asteriskunt'. An illegitamate child would
be written as 'bastarasterisk'. And if you are referring to Richard in
slang you type 'Dicasterisk'. Gets a bit tedious but you will get used
to it.=20
Question:
Why is this filter in place when Yahoo already made me click in
acceptance, earlier, that I was entering an 'Adult Area'?
Answer:
Yahoo just does that to cover their asteriskrsehole. The only person who
can remove the filter is Herman Carneiro. He has not been spotted since
1999 and is rumored to be in the USA devising such filters for Net
Nanny.
Question:
What is a flame war?
Answer:
A flame war is when everyone attacks each other with fiery language for
an extended period of postings. Flame wars do occur on other forums -
not here. It is just hi-tech sounding jargon used by nerds who feel they
are being targetted - like Russel Crowe in The Gladiator.
Question:
What is a flame bait?
Answer:
The term Flame Bait was a rather 'risque' poem written by Khuswant
Singh. He was referring to Bill Clinton and the famous Monica Lewensky
cigar episode.
Flame Bait - a poem by Khushwant Singh
"Light the flame Monica
Use the cigar as a bait
And if someone comes
Just asteriskasturbate'
Since then people have been using the term 'flame bait' in totally wrong
contexts. I hope this will clarify matters.
Question:
Is GoaNet a commercial venture?
Answer:
No. GoaCom hosts GoaNet on their server and asks for nothing in return.
Question:
Are there any 'taboo' topics on GoaNet?
Answer:
Criticism of either Frederick Noronha or GoaCom is not taken lightly
here. They are both deservedly held in very high esteem and poking fun
at either is a definite No-No. Fred and GoaCom have worked hard to get
Goanet's subscriber base to what it is now so give them some respect.
Other than that it's pretty much a free space.
Question:
Who is Ven. Jose Naik Vaz?
Answer:
Fr. Jose Naik is the patron saint of GoaNet. That is why long and
complicated discussions are held about his saintly status.
Question:
Who is Santosh Helekar?
Answer:
Dr. Santosh Helekar practices Neurology in Texas, USA. He is also the
honorary President of the Independent Republic of Chimbel.=20
Question:
Who is Viviana Coelho?
Answer:
Viviana is a short, plump and ugly grandmotherly type woman. A first
generation immigrant to the USA she works as a dishwasher for a major
airline there.
Question:
Who is George Pinto?
George Pinto is based in the USA and send computers to Goan schools. At
the annual GoaNet meeting he can be easily identified as the guy wearing
a proper suit coat and sweating it out in the scorching heat.
Question:
Who is Joel D'Souza?
Answer:
Joel based in Assagao, Goa, reads all the newspapers everyday. He once
worked for Goa Today and now has his own Online Magazine GoaNow. Joel
can alwasy be identified in public because he has a digicam welded to
his hand.
Question:
Who is Goa Desc?
Answer:
Goa Desc is short form for Goa Description. They describe stuff in their
Friday Balcaos at Mapusa.
Question:
Who is Tariq Siddiqui ?
Answer:
Tariq Siddiqui is based in Dubai and is a henchman of Dawood. He is
planning to change his name to Cat Stevens and then give his old name
out on rent.
Question?:
Who is Sachin Naik?
Answer:
Sachin Naik is pure Nationalist. Even his blood is tri-colour.
Question:
Why are you compiling this FAQ?
Answer:
Saturday afternoon. Waiting for the wife to return from her mother's
home so we can proceed to Aldona for the weekend. Time on my hands.
Cheers!
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Errors, omissions, clarifications may kindly be brought to my notice.=20
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Greet your loved ones in Goa with flowers!
http://www.goa-world.net/expressions/
EXPRESSIONS - The Flower Shop
World famous all over Goa!
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 06:31:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: The Goan Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] re: Goa Net FAQs
Cecil Pinto: "Question: Who is Viviana Coelho?
Answer: Viviana is a short, plump and ugly
grandmotherly type woman. A first generation immigrant
to the USA she works as a dishwasher for a major
airline there."
ES-C : Truthless, Tasteless and infinitely unfortunate
set of words from Cecil Pinto who has a strikingly
funny and creative bone in him.
Ema Souza-Colaco=20
TGF discussion list coordinator
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:28:56 +0530
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] GOANET: What's happening on our e-discussion Goan world
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GoaNet... offering you a wholly different perspective on Goa!
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Please note: you can opt for GoaNet (every post is despatched
separately, promptly) or GoaNetDigest (posts are clubbed together
and then sent in a batch). The former helps to keep track of
unfolding discussions, and take part in them. The latter could be
useful if you wish to avoid clutter in your mailbox.
Feel free to join any discussion (or start one of your own, on
issues relevant to Goa) by posting to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --FN
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We await your suggestions on how we could make GoaNet even better.
Volunteers welcome to help. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] with ur ideas.
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Vajpayee betrays the nation in its darkest day By john dayal
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21667
Final Results of (Goa) Enterprise World Sailing Championships by Umaji
Chowgule
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21668
Unofficial GoaNet FAQ - Initial draft Cecil Pinto
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21669
Wendell supports Parrikar By Sunila Muzawar
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21674
Goa... and its reflections elsewhere
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21681
The Catholic Church in a lurch... link. From Dr Jose Colaco.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21682
Citizens in Goa march against Gujarat killings By albertina almeida
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21683
Information about sending gifts to India by Joe Lobo
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21684
Publicly Accessible Mailing Lists (PAML) By Stephanie da Silva
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21685
MONEY-MATTERS: Latest global currency rates of the rupee
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21686
Tiatr news from Goa... What's happening on the stage
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21687
Goodbye chemical fertilizers... Jagdish Nazareth's work in Gujarat
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21688
Update on baby Alishka from Ashley Delaney
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21689
World-class computer books at Book World By Kamat
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21675
Philosophy... what is Eastern, what is Western?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21678 or 21677 and related
Wedding Bells, New York. By eric pinto
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21679
Naval missile ship being built in Goa
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21602
Staines murder trial nowhere near
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21603
National Football League update...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21609
First Salesian presence in the Gulf region by Tejprasarni
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21626
Help Mando Festival By A. Veronica Fernandes (two parts)
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21650 and 21633
Goa Schools Computers Project From Ashley Delaney
You could help a school in your village back in Goa to go ahead in computer
education...
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21657
ARSO - a Konkani magazine. From Sara Bond
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21659
Vajpayee keeps Goans waiting: via Egbert Correia
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21661
NEWS: Seaside tilt from T-shirt to trident
Radhika Ramasheshan (The Telegraph, Kolkata) on Vajpayee's
sojourns, slants and saratorial preferences in Goa
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21691
NEWS: NRI ad asks Indian government to stop violence in Gujarat
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21692
Best citizen award from (ex minister) Zuarkar by Nash & Carol Lobo
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21580
The Times (UK): Catholic girl from Goa.. via Eddie Fernandes
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21582
Gujarat nightmare shatters Parrikar's dreams -- by Aires Rodrigues
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21585
Naval Aviation Museum - High Flying... via Ulysses Menezes
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21588
Portuguese Parliament election results Jorge/Livia de Abreu Noronha
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21697
A travel agency that specialises in Goa: Sally Intercon Travels
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21601
Disaster for Aldona by Nash & Carol Lobo
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/goa-net/message/21578
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:49:29 +0530
From: Frederick Noronha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Cecil Pinto's faux...
Let's assume the rest of Cecil Pinto's is funny (well written, no doubt)
and penned without any urge to settle old scores and inter-website rivalry.
But I'd like to register my protest about the reference to Tariq Siddiqui
below. What happened Cecil? Did the BJP gust blowing around Goa also affect
you, to push you too into judging people on the basis of their religion? I
guess even writing in a lighter vein does not offer a carte blanche to make
bigoted insinuations about people based on accidents of birth. In the US,
something like this might be called racism.
At the same time, let me slip in a word of appreciation to Tariq. Despite
being outnumbered and having to put up with our collective bias, he has
been very rational in his discussions, and avoided name-calling and
rudeness in favour of logical arguments. Tariq, I can empathise with what
it means to be a Muslim in these "Clash-of-Civilization" Huttingtonian days.
The media has been working hard at building up bias. Keep on posting, we
need your voice on this forum. FN
From: "Paganini Fernandes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun Apr 14, 2002 4:09 pm
Subject: [Goanet] RE: FAQ-Goanet-Dig
ADVERTISEMENT
Dear Mr. Pinto,
There is no question most will agree, you seem to have huge talent,
creativity, humor, perhaps power and persuasion too, which put to good
use could benefit all including you and yourn. Getting personal does it
add to anything? I wonder which is greater, giving vent to one's
emotions or exercising control!
Let's work to build GOA together.
Cheers,
P. Fernandes
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 17:05:12 +0530
From: Cecil Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Unofficial GoaNet FAQ - Initial draft
Question:
Who is Tariq Siddiqui ?
Answer:
Tariq Siddiqui is based in Dubai and is a henchman of Dawood. He is
planning to change his name to Cat Stevens and then give his old name
out on rent.
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2002 06:31:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: The Goan Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] re: Goa Net FAQs
Cecil Pinto: "Question: Who is Viviana Coelho?
Answer: Viviana is a short, plump and ugly
grandmotherly type woman. A first generation immigrant
to the USA she works as a dishwasher for a major
airline there."
ES-C : Truthless, Tasteless and infinitely unfortunate
set of words from Cecil Pinto who has a strikingly
funny and creative bone in him.
Ema Souza-Colaco
TGF discussion list coordinator
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