Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...
Some day when I can afford to not hold down a full time job I'd like to get some formal training in Philosophy even though my current instinct is to hate it for its eminent unsuitability to tackling the subject. I respectfully disagree that that is the job of philosophers really. This is really about cosmology. Whether or not the universe is a hologram is a question best left to physicists. Pace Paramarthananda, ideas related to the reality of the Universe in premodern Indian texts (the Advaita of Sankara, et cetera) do not have a basis in the scientific method. The revolution in our understanding of the nature of matter came with the work of Dalton, Thompson, et cetera. We have some comments on these strands of opinion in the teaching materials accompanying our book The Essence of Leadership. In a nutshell, we don't believe that there is much to be gained from studying premodern Indian history if the aim is to gain a better understanding of the nature of the universe. Anand P.S. More (to follow) here : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/324
Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...
On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Anand Manikutty manikuttyan...@yahoo.com wrote: Anand P.S. More (to follow) here : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/324 The list you mentioned has only one member - you and only one poster - you. Is this intentional ? -- Vinayak
[silk] Hacking Frequent Flyer programs
Just saw this small 5 minute Ignite talk about hacking frequent flyer programs. http://anarchogeek.com/2011/03/24/ignite-oscon-2010-hacking-frequent-flyer-programs/ There are quite a few people on this list that travel a lot. Wanted to know if there are any interesting stories about hacking the FF programs. -- Vinayak
Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...
Yes. I prefer it that way. Anand P.S. More here : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/327 From: Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Cc: Anand Manikutty manikuttyan...@yahoo.com Sent: Sat, March 26, 2011 10:33:37 AM Subject: Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram... On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Anand Manikutty manikuttyan...@yahoo.com wrote: Anand P.S. More (to follow) here : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/message/324 The list you mentioned has only one member - you and only one poster - you. Is this intentional ? -- Vinayak
Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...
At 2011-03-26 23:03:37 +0530, vinay...@gmail.com wrote: The list you mentioned has only one member - you and only one poster - you. Is this intentional ? Think of the one-person list as a place to post things, kinda like people used to have Geocities pages. But since Yahoo shut Geocities down, Yahoo groups was the only remaining option. -- ams
Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...
Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote, [on 3/27/2011 12:19 AM]: Think of the one-person list as a place to post things, kinda like people used to have Geocities pages. But since Yahoo shut Geocities down, Yahoo groups was the only remaining option. There's this new-fangled thingy called a blog that is also similar, I hear. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))
Re: [silk] Hacking Frequent Flyer programs
Vinayak Hegde [26/03/11 23:14 +0530]: Just saw this small 5 minute Ignite talk about hacking frequent flyer programs. http://anarchogeek.com/2011/03/24/ignite-oscon-2010-hacking-frequent-flyer-programs/ There are quite a few people on this list that travel a lot. Wanted to know if there are any interesting stories about hacking the FF programs. All of it (mileage runs, vdb on overbooked flights, using cards etc to earn more miles) is standard flyertalk stuff, I was hoping for something new.
