[silk] Generalized mailing list thread
[off usenet] literary criticism inscrutable reference obligatory pun attempted witticism that shows I missed the joke before. longwinded explanation cribbed from wikipedia to show how smart i am -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: [off usenet] literary criticism inscrutable reference obligatory pun attempted witticism that shows I missed the joke before. longwinded explanation cribbed from wikipedia to show how smart i am This tautological thread is tautological. Thaths -- Marge, you being a cop makes you the man! Which makes me the woman... and I have no interest in that, besides wearing the occasional underwear, which as we discussed is strictly a comfort thing. -- Homer J. Simpson Sudhakar ChandraSlacker Without Borders
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: [off usenet] literary criticism inscrutable reference obligatory pun attempted witticism that shows I missed the joke before. longwinded explanation cribbed from wikipedia to show how smart i am This tautological thread is tautological. Obligatory xkcd reference -http://xkcd.com/703/ -- Vinayak
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 6:47 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: [off usenet] literary criticism inscrutable reference obligatory pun attempted witticism that shows I missed the joke before. longwinded explanation cribbed from wikipedia to show how smart i am This tautological thread is tautological. Obligatory xkcd reference -http://xkcd.com/703/ Implied thread drift. C -- http://www.uk.linkedin.com/in/chandrachoodan http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +447940289855
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Implied thread drift. C What do you mean, implied? Deepa.
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Implied thread drift. Why you Nazi you, you are no better than Hitler.
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On Wednesday 31 March 2010 07:49 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Implied thread drift. Why you Nazi you, you are no better than Hitler. Since that is ironic, Mike G's wise observation doesn't apply. Thus, wondering: Can a Nazi be better than Hitler? signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Pranesh Prakash the.solips...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday 31 March 2010 07:49 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Implied thread drift. Why you Nazi you, you are no better than Hitler. Since that is ironic, Mike G's wise observation doesn't apply. Thus, wondering: Can a Nazi be better than Hitler? Will that be a laden or unladen Nazi?
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On Wednesday 31 March 2010 08:02 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: Will that be a laden or unladen Nazi? Interesting that you didn't ask African or European :) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
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Pranesh Prakash [31/03/10 19:57 +0530]: On Wednesday 31 March 2010 07:49 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:00 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Implied thread drift. Why you Nazi you, you are no better than Hitler. Since that is ironic, Mike G's wise observation doesn't apply. Thus, wondering: Can a Nazi be better than Hitler? There's what's called Quirk's Exception to Godwin's Law (by Gym Z Quirk aka Taki Kogoma, a character I kept running across a decade back on nanae) Deliberate invocation of Godwin's law doesn't count as an invocation of Godwin.
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Srini RamaKrishnan wrote, [on 3/31/2010 8:02 PM]: Why you Nazi you, you are no better than Hitler. Since that is ironic, Mike G's wise observation doesn't apply. Thus, wondering: Can a Nazi be better than Hitler? Will that be a laden or unladen Nazi? A son of a laden Nazi (bin laden) Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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Thaths wrote, [on 3/31/2010 6:47 PM]: This tautological thread is tautological. Obligatory .sig: Pronoun verb article noun preposition article noun adjective noun verb. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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Accidental top-post [sent from my smart phone] -- Charles On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Thaths wrote, [on 3/31/2010 6:47 PM]: This tautological thread is tautological. Obligatory .sig: Pronoun verb article noun preposition article noun adjective noun verb. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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Obligatory this is epic comment. (no excuses for top-post) On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote: Accidental top-post [sent from my smart phone] -- Charles On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Thaths wrote, [on 3/31/2010 6:47 PM]: This tautological thread is tautological. Obligatory .sig: Pronoun verb article noun preposition article noun adjective noun verb. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:53 AM, divya manian divya.man...@gmail.com wrote: Obligatory this is epic comment. Rant about buzzword proliferation. Thaths -- Marge, you being a cop makes you the man! Which makes me the woman... and I have no interest in that, besides wearing the occasional underwear, which as we discussed is strictly a comfort thing. -- Homer J. Simpson Sudhakar ChandraSlacker Without Borders
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On 31-Mar-10, at 6:47 PM, Thaths wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: [off usenet] literary criticism inscrutable reference obligatory pun attempted witticism that shows I missed the joke before. longwinded explanation cribbed from wikipedia to show how smart i am This tautological thread is tautological. Impassioned rebuttal that is nonetheless on shaky epistemological ground, and will be the subject of some good-natured offline ribbing. [btw everyone on here has read everything on bash.org, right? Of course you have. That's why there's no use in posting this URL - http://bash.org/?23396 ]
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:23 PM, divya manian divya.man...@gmail.comwrote: (no excuses for top-post) Obligatory no-excuse excuse for top-post :Top-posting is going against the grain; taking a rice-based anti-diarrhoeal is grain against the go.
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 08:58:41PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Srini RamaKrishnan wrote, [on 3/31/2010 8:02 PM]: Why you Nazi you, you are no better than Hitler. Since that is ironic, Mike G's wise observation doesn't apply. Thus, wondering: Can a Nazi be better than Hitler? Will that be a laden or unladen Nazi? A son of a laden Nazi (bin laden) Diversion into discussion of social, religious and economic systems in India and the rest of the world, both historical and current. Additional mention of terrorism and http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/03/19/badge/ Devdas Bhagat
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On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Devdas Bhagat dev...@dvb.homelinux.orgwrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 08:58:41PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Srini RamaKrishnan wrote, [on 3/31/2010 8:02 PM]: Why you Nazi you, you are no better than Hitler. Since that is ironic, Mike G's wise observation doesn't apply. Thus, wondering: Can a Nazi be better than Hitler? Will that be a laden or unladen Nazi? A son of a laden Nazi (bin laden) Diversion into discussion of social, religious and economic systems in India and the rest of the world, both historical and current. Additional mention of terrorism and http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/03/19/badge/ Shiv bashes Pakistan.
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No excuses either. I will just top-post in future for no reason 10x a day, to teach you all a lesson. Commencing now. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:53:47AM -0700, divya manian wrote: Obligatory this is epic comment. (no excuses for top-post) On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote: Accidental top-post [sent from my smart phone] -- Charles On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Thaths wrote, [on 3/31/2010 6:47 PM]: This tautological thread is tautological. Obligatory .sig: Pronoun verb article noun preposition article noun adjective noun verb. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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Pop tost! On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:01:31AM -0700, Thaths wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:53 AM, divya manian divya.man...@gmail.com wrote: Obligatory this is epic comment. Rant about buzzword proliferation. Thaths -- Marge, you being a cop makes you the man! Which makes me the woman... and I have no interest in that, besides wearing the occasional underwear, which as we discussed is strictly a comfort thing. -- Homer J. Simpson Sudhakar ChandraSlacker Without Borders -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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This one, too. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:36:03PM +0530, Sirtaj Singh Kang wrote: On 31-Mar-10, at 6:47 PM, Thaths wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 4:05 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: [off usenet] literary criticism inscrutable reference obligatory pun attempted witticism that shows I missed the joke before. longwinded explanation cribbed from wikipedia to show how smart i am This tautological thread is tautological. Impassioned rebuttal that is nonetheless on shaky epistemological ground, and will be the subject of some good-natured offline ribbing. [btw everyone on here has read everything on bash.org, right? Of course you have. That's why there's no use in posting this URL - http://bash.org/?23396 ] -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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Pop goes the weasel. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:45:54PM +0530, Deepa Mohan wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:23 PM, divya manian divya.man...@gmail.comwrote: (no excuses for top-post) Obligatory no-excuse excuse for top-post :Top-posting is going against the grain; taking a rice-based anti-diarrhoeal is grain against the go. -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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Ho hum. On Thu, Apr 01, 2010 at 12:20:52AM +0530, Devdas Bhagat wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 08:58:41PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Srini RamaKrishnan wrote, [on 3/31/2010 8:02 PM]: Why you Nazi you, you are no better than Hitler. Since that is ironic, Mike G's wise observation doesn't apply. Thus, wondering: Can a Nazi be better than Hitler? Will that be a laden or unladen Nazi? A son of a laden Nazi (bin laden) Diversion into discussion of social, religious and economic systems in India and the rest of the world, both historical and current. Additional mention of terrorism and http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/03/19/badge/ Devdas Bhagat -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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Dadgummit! On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 03:00:08PM -0400, Dave Kumar wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 2:50 PM, Devdas Bhagat dev...@dvb.homelinux.orgwrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 08:58:41PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: Srini RamaKrishnan wrote, [on 3/31/2010 8:02 PM]: Why you Nazi you, you are no better than Hitler. Since that is ironic, Mike G's wise observation doesn't apply. Thus, wondering: Can a Nazi be better than Hitler? Will that be a laden or unladen Nazi? A son of a laden Nazi (bin laden) Diversion into discussion of social, religious and economic systems in India and the rest of the world, both historical and current. Additional mention of terrorism and http://www.jesusandmo.net/2007/03/19/badge/ Shiv bashes Pakistan. -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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Look, ma, I'm replying to myself now! And I'm top-posting! Is this great or what? On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:08:09PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: Pop tost! On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:01:31AM -0700, Thaths wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:53 AM, divya manian divya.man...@gmail.com wrote: Obligatory this is epic comment. Rant about buzzword proliferation. Thaths -- Marge, you being a cop makes you the man! Which makes me the woman... and I have no interest in that, besides wearing the occasional underwear, which as we discussed is strictly a comfort thing. -- Homer J. Simpson Sudhakar ChandraSlacker Without Borders -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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this is not sent from my super-duper mobile device. This is just a top-post to annoy you all. For no reason. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:07:55PM +0200, Eugen Leitl wrote: No excuses either. I will just top-post in future for no reason 10x a day, to teach you all a lesson. Commencing now. On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:53:47AM -0700, divya manian wrote: Obligatory this is epic comment. (no excuses for top-post) On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote: Accidental top-post [sent from my smart phone] -- Charles On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 2:34 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Thaths wrote, [on 3/31/2010 6:47 PM]: This tautological thread is tautological. Obligatory .sig: Pronoun verb article noun preposition article noun adjective noun verb. -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com)) -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE -- Eugen* Leitl a href=http://leitl.org;leitl/a http://leitl.org __ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com http://postbiota.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE
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On Thursday 01 April 2010 02:38 AM, Eugen Leitl wrote: This one, too. to what?
[silk] When will I see such sysadmins?
http://xkcd.com/705/ --V
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On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: On Wednesday 31 March 2010 11:45 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 11:23 PM, divya manian divya.man...@gmail.com mailto:divya.man...@gmail.com wrote: (no excuses for top-post) Obligatory no-excuse excuse for top-post :Top-posting is going against the grain; taking a rice-based anti- diarrhoea Can ^ be considered bottom post? irritated request to stay on topic
Re: [silk] When will I see such sysadmins?
That must have been one helluva SLA Venkat Mangudi [01/04/10 08:29 +0530]: http://xkcd.com/705/ --V
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On Thursday 01 April 2010 08:42 AM, Biju Chacko wrote: On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 8:41 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: irritated request to stay on topic annoyed response about what exactly the topic is. Watt?
Re: [silk] For the Arundhati Roy haters out there
Salil Tripathi [23/03/10 09:55 +]: Many years ago, as I faced the keyboard, I remembered that distant afternoon when a journalist near Ayemenem carefully destroyed Arundhati Roy's plagiarism Congratulations, an excellent article http://www.livemint.com/2010/03/31210209/Maostan-of-Arundhati-Roy.html?h=D
