Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 4:42 AM, Tea BeeDi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: va, Not so much of a gender crisis I think. This id is shared by some friends. ...But your friend (Kavita Philip) wrote to me saying that she does not remember the password and hence has not accessed tbd DOT lists AT gmail DOT com for a long time. In such case, do throw some light on who wrote that introduction mail on Jan10 to the Indichix list claiming to be Kavita. She also mentioned that members of this list had some issues with you in the past, which does not bother me as much as this : Many people (men and women, how many? - i dont know) share a single mail id and are engaging Indichix members into conversations, in a space specifically meant for women (and open to men), with full knowledge that it could be either a man or woman writing the messages emanating from tbd DOT lists AT gmail DOT com, but IndiChix members are kept in the dark about the identity of the person writing them. I hope you understand the privacy and trust issues involved here. Since Kavita Philip claims that she does not use that account, it seems that you (Dinesh, or your friends?) are currently subscribed to IndiChix as Kavita since that is the impression the introduction mail of Jan10 gives to the list. If that is not the case, it will be better that you send a clarification mail to IndiChix explaining how things stand, since you are still subscribed there.
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:04 PM, va [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] of Jan10 gives to the list. If that is not the case, it will be better that you send a clarification mail to IndiChix explaining how things stand, since you are still subscribed there. Why isn't this thread occurring on IndiChix? I mean, I am all for random conversation on Silk, and especially ones that are as curious as this, but yeah, why not?
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why isn't this thread occurring on IndiChix? I mean, I am all for random conversation on Silk, and especially ones that are as curious as this, but yeah, why not? I am actually curious about this particular nym (Tee Beedi). Playing games with the notion of identity online, *for its own sake*, is kind of old hat by now, surely [1]? Therefore, there must be some other explanation for this whole circus. Udhay [1] It was kind of old hat even at the time of the Joey Skaggs-WELL brouhaha over a decade ago, but I digress. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Laptop recommendations
Most of these MNC OEMs, will not offer any Windows refunds and will not extend their warranty etc , if Windows is removed, so one must be prepared to take care of the machine . Fortunately, laptops are very robust and you may not face any problem. HCL T5550 machines are Intel Core2 duo based and HCL offers Ubunutu Linux on them and HCL is more flexible than the MNCs. In the last Freed.in Community event in Delhi an HCl dealer sold 50 laptops during the event and supports the same. On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 12:23 AM, Sajith T S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aditya Chadha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the new Lenovo made Thinkpad hardware is pretty much equal in quality to Apple hardware, if not worse. Hmm. Is this true about R series too? Just a couple of months back a Debian Developer I know chose Dell, after mightily disappointed by an R series Thinkpad. This, despite a lot of the Debian crowd cheering for Thinkpads. He said the new ones felt flimsy, as compared against the older IBM made versions. Oh, and Dell too had no Windows tax refund, not in India. -- Don't you wish you had more energy... or less ambition? 9DB8FF06 : CB80 0BA6 7D13 B10A 6FBB D43E B4D2 28AD 9DB8 FF06 -- Valsa Life is unsure ; Always eat your desert first :-)
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On 16-Apr-08, at 1:49 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: I am actually curious about this particular nym (Tee Beedi). Comes from the initials: T. B. Dinesh
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am actually curious about this particular nym (Tee Beedi). Comes from the initials: T. B. Dinesh I meant, the activities of this nym. Playing games with identity et al. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Mexican Food in India
Was that Gerry Machado and band with the tongue-in-cheek name Gamgamma's Pleasure? A good jazz band. Adit. On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 9:46 PM, Alok G. Singh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: An old teacher of mine used to perform there with his band. I don't think that he ever wore a harmonica like that though.
Re: [silk] Mexican Food in India
On 16 Apr 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was that Gerry Machado and band with the tongue-in-cheek name Gamgamma's Pleasure? I don't remember the name, but /Gangamma's Pleasure/ does ring a bell. A good jazz band. That it was (imho, at least). -- Alok Positive, adj.: Mistaken at the top of one's voice. -- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary
Re: [silk] Laptop recommendations
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Sajith T S [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aditya Chadha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the new Lenovo made Thinkpad hardware is pretty much equal in quality to Apple hardware, if not worse. Hmm. Is this true about R series too? Just a couple of months back a Debian Developer I know chose Dell, after mightily disappointed by an R series Thinkpad. This, despite a lot of the Debian crowd cheering for Thinkpads. He said the new ones felt flimsy, as compared against the older IBM made versions. I think Lenovo went on a huge and pretty bizarre cost-reduction across the IBM laptop line, like the legendary IBM keyboard is definitely not what it used to be. But this is piece of FUD is based only on my experience with one T60p, and random murmurings on the interwebs. I'm pretty sure they're still better than Dell which choses purely to optimize cost on most of their machines. Cheers, Aditya -- Aditya (http://aditya.sublucid.com/)
Re: [silk] Laptop recommendations
On Wednesday 16 April 2008, Aditya Chadha wrote: [snip] I think Lenovo went on a huge and pretty bizarre cost-reduction across the IBM laptop line, like the legendary IBM keyboard is definitely not what it used to be. But this is piece of FUD is based only on my experience with one T60p, and random murmurings on the interwebs. I'm pretty sure they're still better than Dell which choses purely to optimize cost on most of their machines. I concur. I have a broken T60p (fan is damaged, system shuts down all the time), and a new Dell Latitude D630, and I can't bring myself to switch to the Dell. Despite the fact that this is possibly the worst Thinkpad I've ever used (comparatively flimsy, the recurring fan problem), it is still feels better than the Dell. The keyboard is better, the trackpoint works, and the keyboard light is a necessity, not a luxury. -Taj.
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:07 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Tea BeeDi wrote, [on 4/16/2008 9:12 AM]: va, Not so much of a gender crisis I think. This id is shared by some friends. Why? Udhay let me explain, because I completely understand... its like three friends sharing a toothbrush, a pillow, an ice-cream, a pillow etcjust as long as there hygienic precautions it should cause no permanent damage.
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:06 PM, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: let me explain, because I completely understand... its like three friends sharing a toothbrush, a pillow, an ice-cream, a pillow etc I just cannot resist asking, why does the use of the pillow intersperse the use of each item? And how is one hygenic about sharing a toothbrush? Autoclave it? Cackle, cackle. and I am probably rushing in where angels fear to tread , but I will play my older person card here, and observe that (in my opinion) VA sounds upset, so Tea BeeDi should write (whether on-list or off-list) and clarify the situation. Deepa. just as long as there hygienic precautions it should cause no permanent damage.
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and I am probably rushing in where angels fear to tread , but I will play my older person card here, and observe that (in my opinion) VA sounds upset, so Tea BeeDi should write (whether on-list or off-list) and clarify the situation. Barring evidence to the contrary, my reading of the situation is that Tea Beedi is trolling and basking in the attention and is busy making profound academic social observations. Nothing to see under this bridge, folks. Just your garden variety troll. Thaths (whose very name conjures images of older person) -- Bart: We were just planning the father-son river rafting trip. Homer: Hehe. You don't have a son. Sudhakar Chandra Slacker Without Borders
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Thaths wrote: Nothing to see under this bridge, folks. Just your garden variety troll. A garden-variety troll with a pony tail mind you...! they don't always come with that (at least the ones i dig up in my garden)
Re: [silk] Reverses....
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 08:53 +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: I do like to see the Indian-integration surnames on this list...Aiyer-GhoshMenon-Sen :)) southie-bong-delhi-ites unite!!! we will defeat the tam-brams yet. are there more than us two?
[silk] Sharing
Deepa Mohan wrote: I just cannot resist asking, why does the use of the pillow intersperse the use of each item? And how is one hygenic about sharing a toothbrush? Autoclave it? Cackle, cackle. This reminds me of a conversation I had several years ago with one of the members of this list. He told me that a relative of his once said, in all seriousness, that the secret of a long and happy marriage was...to share a toothbrush with your wife! On spending some thought I found that it wasn't as laughable as it first appeared, but I'm still not sure it's as facile as all that. Thoughts? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Reverses....
well, actually i legally changed my name when i was 15 to add my mother's maiden surname (albeit with typographically more attractive spelling) as my _middle_ name. so, spanish style, no hyphenation! On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 09:14 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just use the Spanish system. It scales...
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 16:23 +0530, va wrote: Kavita (another woman, who was also at the LCIN BoF and is presently in USA according to her mail to the LCIN mailing-list) meanwhile used a different mail id when she sent a mail to Runa (Sankarsan's wife) and me. So could the real Kavita or is it Dinesh/Prashant(?) please come forward. so why don't they all just call themselves luther blissett and be done with it? on facebook i note there is a swarm of monty cantsins, luther blissetts and karen elliots who are all friends of each other since most other people don't seem to want to befriend them. i'm not explaining this. the journey is the destination.
Re: [silk] Reverses....
were you already reading A.J Ayer then? please elaborate on typographic attraction On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well, actually i legally changed my name when i was 15 to add my mother's maiden surname (albeit with typographically more attractive spelling) as my _middle_ name. so, spanish style, no hyphenation! On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 09:14 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just use the Spanish system. It scales... -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Re: [silk] Reverses....
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 2008-04-15 at 08:53 +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: I do like to see the Indian-integration surnames on this list...Aiyer-GhoshMenon-Sen :)) southie-bong-delhi-ites unite!!! we will defeat the tam-brams yet. are there more than us two? Sort of, Tam-bram married to a Bong with tenuous connections to Delhi.
Re: [silk] Fwd: [schooltool] Janastu and SchoolTool
On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 08:59 -0700, Thaths wrote: Barring evidence to the contrary, my reading of the situation is that Tea Beedi is trolling and basking in the attention and is busy making profound academic social observations. tea beedi sounds like an attempt to make a cool indian neoist name [1]. a neoist may be quite alright on silk, actually. but perhaps not on indichix. in the picture, dinesh / prashant with scruffy beard and perhaps-ponytail certainly looks like a candidate for performance art; perhaps the ponytail and beard are shared too, so that we will never know. we will remain greatly confused and perhaps questioning of notions of identity. then again, perhaps not. anyhow, Q [2] was a great book. and only mediaevalist, though the authors were neoists. -rishab 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoism 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_%28novel%29
Re: [silk] Reverses....
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:02:08AM +0530, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: southie-bong-delhi-ites unite!!! we will defeat the tam-brams yet. are there more than us two? Sort of, Tam-bram married to a Bong with tenuous connections to Delhi. too bad, doesn't count, we're an exclusive club. but we'll let your kid(s) join if you give them both names and a few years in delhi...
Re: [silk] Reverses....
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 09:51:21AM +0530, Abhishek Hazra wrote: were you already reading A.J Ayer then? please elaborate on typographic attraction yes, but that's not the name i picked! Aiyer looks much nicer than Iyer, i think (i don't think Ayer is popular among tambrams). the upward slope of the A is parallel to the downward slope of the y in many typefaces, especially when nicely kerned. in Iyer the I stands upright at an awkward angle to the y. don't you think?
Re: [silk] Reverses....
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:39 AM, Rishab Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:02:08AM +0530, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: southie-bong-delhi-ites unite!!! we will defeat the tam-brams yet. are there more than us two? Sort of, Tam-bram married to a Bong with tenuous connections to Delhi. too bad, doesn't count, we're an exclusive club. but we'll let your kid(s) join if you give them both names and a few years in delhi... That'll be the day... I really like Delhi, but as the popular opinion on this list goes, I can't stand Delhiites or hyphenated names.
Re: [silk] Reverses....
On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Rishab Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 09:51:21AM +0530, Abhishek Hazra wrote: were you already reading A.J Ayer then? please elaborate on typographic attraction yes, but that's not the name i picked! Aiyer looks much nicer than Iyer, i think (i don't think Ayer is popular among tambrams). the upward slope of the A is parallel to the downward slope of the y in many typefaces, especially when nicely kerned. in Iyer the I stands upright at an awkward angle to the y. don't you think? Funny you should say that from mutt which doesn't include the Aiyer in your name. Part of the reason I am against hyphenation or placing any great emphasis on last names is because it draws attention to my roots rather than me. I am not as much a product of my genepool and Iyer upbringing as my parents generation was, and I expect my kids to be far less like me.
Re: [silk] Reverses....
and just to have a small quirky element in this ex-libris stamp, one could flip the upper case E so that the vertical becomes parallel with the vertical of the R. this will then echo the counterform between A and Y. anyway...just some trivial formal riffs On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Abhishek Hazra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: oh lovely. very happy to see you reveling in typographic details. yes the counterform space created between upper case A and lower case is indeed nice. and this counterform space looks more pleasing when set with a good humanist serif face like Bembo or even Baskerville. also A, Y, E and R are good forms to design an ex-libris stamp. will look good if you make a composition with A and Y on top and E and R below. On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Rishab Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 09:51:21AM +0530, Abhishek Hazra wrote: were you already reading A.J Ayer then? please elaborate on typographic attraction yes, but that's not the name i picked! Aiyer looks much nicer than Iyer, i think (i don't think Ayer is popular among tambrams). the upward slope of the A is parallel to the downward slope of the y in many typefaces, especially when nicely kerned. in Iyer the I stands upright at an awkward angle to the y. don't you think? -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
