Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Anurag
2009/2/18 Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org: frankly I do not understand this. Neither of them are newbies. Both of them are valuable members of this list. What are you going to achieve by moderating them for a week? Are you going to counsel and reform them? Or do you feel 'punishment' will

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Joshi
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: In this case, the discussion is highly relevant as it gives a clear pointer as to why so few women appear on community mailing lists. This is a problem that worries a lot of us. I personally was horrified at the sexist

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [X-Post] Need volunteer to hold session on 25th February at VJTI

2009-02-18 Thread Mehul Ved
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Rajeev R. K. rajee...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm, I think i might be able to make it across, as wed afternoon isnt booked for me atm. Contact me off list in order to see what topics we can work out... Prashant Shah has already volunteered for the session on 25th on

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 18 February 2009 13:44:42 Dinesh Joshi wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:01 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au- kbc.org wrote: In this case, the discussion is highly relevant as it gives a clear pointer as to why so few women appear on community mailing lists. This is a problem

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 18 February 2009 11:49:19 Mrugesh Karnik wrote: only ooold people know all this. I saw the first episode back in 1980 Hey, I'm still 23 and I've seen all the episodes, kiddo, you weren't even *born* then - how could you have seen the first one? -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves

[ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
I was requested to forward this. If Vid has been moderated for defending women's rights, it is a sad thing and a blow against freedom. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn Date: Wednesday 18 February

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Raj Mathur
On Wednesday 18 Feb 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: I was requested to forward this. If Vid has been moderated for defending women's rights, it is a sad thing and a blow against freedom. She was moderated for failing to voluntarily stop a flamewar. Nothing to do with women's rights, and no

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [X-Post] Need volunteer to hold session on 25th February at VJTI

2009-02-18 Thread Rajeev R. K.
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Rajeev R. K. rajee...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm, I think i might be able to make it across, as wed afternoon isnt booked for me atm. Contact me off list in order to see what topics we can work

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 18 February 2009 14:39:26 Raj Mathur wrote: On Wednesday 18 Feb 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: I was requested to forward this. If Vid has been moderated for defending women's rights, it is a sad thing and a blow against freedom. She was moderated for failing to voluntarily

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Joshi
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: to address a woman as 'My dear' on a mailing list is sexism. Please quote the law which says I cannot do that. -- Regards, Dinesh A. Joshi -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Harsh Busa
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:13 PM, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.jo...@gmail.comwrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:55 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: to address a woman as 'My dear' on a mailing list is sexism. Please quote the law which says I cannot do that. ROTFL ! sorry but i cannot

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Anurag
2009/2/18 Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org: I was requested to forward this. If Vid has been moderated for defending women's rights, it is a sad thing and a blow against freedom. She was not put on moderation. I've confirmed with others, and nobody received a pending moderation request from

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Joshi
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: I was requested to forward this. If Vid has been moderated for defending women's rights, it is a sad thing and a blow against freedom. Kenneth this is a *sad* day. Womens rights? Stop making an issue out of a non-issue.

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Raj Mathur
On Wednesday 18 Feb 2009, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Wednesday 18 February 2009 14:39:26 Raj Mathur wrote: [Vid] was moderated for failing to voluntarily stop a flamewar. there are just flame wars - and inconsequential ones. I personally feel that *any* moderation is unjustified and against

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Joshi
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Anurag anu...@gnuer.org wrote: She was not put on moderation. I've confirmed with others, and nobody received a pending moderation request from Mailman. So, the remark that she is moderated is incorrect. Now can I ridicule her for being incompetent or will I be

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 18 February 2009 15:26:05 Anurag wrote: 2009/2/18 Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org: I was requested to forward this. If Vid has been moderated for defending women's rights, it is a sad thing and a blow against freedom. She was not put on moderation. I've confirmed with

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Joshi
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: that is why I said 'if she has been put under moderation' anyway she thought she had been moderated and has left. It is a pity. It was her incompetence ( guilty conscience? ) that she thought she was moderated. I'm sure

[ILUG-BOM] Views: India and open source

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Shah
This article is on livemint.com http://m.livemint.com/srsstore/showPage.do;jsessionid=77F621E51C8F92E862EE24D515E26A30?siteId=33513pageId=22337342htmlUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.livemint.com%2F2009%2F02%2F17231746%2FIndia8217s-open-source-futu.htmlitemPos=4 -- --Dinesh Shah :-) +91-98213-11906 Shah

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Harsh Busa harsh.b...@gmail.com wrote: Please quote the law which says I cannot do that. ROTFL ! sorry but i cannot control laughing on this one. good one dude. you need a vacation My dear Luggers, Err. I need vacation too ;) -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry |

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread steve
Just wanted to chime in ... Anurag wrote: 2009/2/18 Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org: frankly I do not understand this. Neither of them are newbies. Both of them are valuable members of this list. What are you going to achieve by moderating them for a week? Are you going to counsel and

Re: [ILUG-BOM] book on linux kernel

2009-02-18 Thread Sachin Gopalakrishnan
My gmail has sponsored ads towards the right. Consistently on this thread i receive ads of 1. Linux Commands 2.Workplace bullying 3.Linux Howto 4.Office Bullying . 5.Full text search on philosophy ... Thank you, SG -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

Re: [ILUG-BOM] book on linux kernel

2009-02-18 Thread Arjun Jain
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Sachin Gopalakrishnan mai...@sachingopal.com wrote: My gmail has sponsored ads towards the right. Consistently on this thread i receive ads of 4.Office Bullying . 5.Full text search on philosophy ... ROFL! It is interesting to see how stupid or intelligent

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread G Karunakar
snip so is the thread over now? -- http://mm.glug-bom.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxers

[ILUG-BOM] Help to Install Oracle 9i

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Dalvi
Hi I want to install oracle 9i on RHEL 4 can anyone help me to get patches for same. Thanks n Regards Dinesh Dalvi begin:vcard fn:Dinesh Dalvi n:Dalvi;Dinesh adr:RSC 33, Gorai II, Borivali (W);;203 / c12, Kinara CHS, ;Mumbai;MAH;400091;INDIA email;internet:ddli...@gawab.com

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Rony
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Wednesday 18 February 2009 11:27:14 Rajeev R. K. wrote: obi-wan kenobi - friend of anakin and mentor of luke - luke is famous as in 'go to the source luke' Wow, i never dreamed of the day when i'd see a techie who isnt familiar with either

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Rony
Prakash Shetty wrote: I hate seeing my phone buzz every few seconds with unwanted spam. I hope you guys understand. List emails can sometimes flood the inbox as there are many members. Keep a separate email id, other than your official one for that and view list messages directly at

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [ILUG-Bom][ANNOUNCE]Installfest on 27th and 28th February

2009-02-18 Thread Easwar Hariharan
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:39 AM, Rajeev R. K. rajee...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Mehul Ved mehul.n@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 10:51 PM, Rony gnulinux...@gmail.com wrote: What about the venue? Check his previous mail. It's RAIT College in Nerul. --

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [What Happened][why][was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Rony
Dinesh Joshi wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:59 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: I was requested to forward this. If Vid has been moderated for defending women's rights, it is a sad thing and a blow against freedom. Kenneth this is a *sad* day. Womens rights? Stop

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Easwar Hariharan
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: On Tuesday 17 February 2009 20:38:21 Anurag wrote: Continue flaming each other, and both of you will be put on moderation for a week. frankly I do not understand this. Neither of them are newbies. Both of them are

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Help to Install Oracle 9i

2009-02-18 Thread Nadeem M. Khan
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:30 PM, Dinesh Dalvi ddli...@gawab.com wrote: Hi I want to install oracle 9i on RHEL 4 can anyone help me to get patches for same. Hi Dinesh, What patches are you looking for? From my experience, all patches listed in the doc are not required to install Oracle 9i.

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Joshi
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 6:31 AM, steve st...@lonetwin.net wrote: For example, I am choosing to do that Dinesh's latest 'i didn't do anything wrong' troll post too. He is a troll and not worth my bytes. Steve, calling me a troll isn't going to do any good. If you really care to ignore trolls

[ILUG-BOM] DWG Viewer in Linux?

2009-02-18 Thread Rony
Hello, A client of mine only needs to read DWG files and print them. Currently he uses the free DWG viewer from Autodesk in doze. I want to migrate him to Linux. On the net there are hardly any proper viewers that I could find. There is an lx-viewer but it uses openDWG libraries that are

[ILUG-BOM] Help to Install Oracle 9i

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Dalvi
Hi Good Morning I want to install oracle 9i on RHEL 4 can anyone help me to get patches for same. Thanks n Regards Dinesh Dalvi begin:vcard fn:Dinesh Dalvi n:Dalvi;Dinesh adr:RSC 33, Gorai II, Borivali (W);;203 / c12, Kinara CHS, ;Mumbai;MAH;400091;INDIA email;internet:ddli...@gawab.com

[ILUG-BOM] Fwd: [Grassroots-l] Fwd: OLPC Mumbai volunteers wake up

2009-02-18 Thread Sameer Verma
Hello everybody, I didn't get a chance to meet with you all and talk about OLPC in my last visit to Mumbai. I'm going to bug you with some more info. This is FYI. Some of you may be interested in this post regarding a Mumbai-centric One Laptop Per Child group. OLPC Pune just got going last week.

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: [Grassroots-l] Fwd: OLPC Mumbai volunteers wake up

2009-02-18 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Stop and think for a few seconds...what will they do with it as they grow up? The possibilities are incredible! Feed the revolution!!! My thought for first second is that why it is so hard to get OLPC machine for

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [ILUG-Bom][ANNOUNCE]Installfest on 27th and 28th February

2009-02-18 Thread Easwar Hariharan
snip This demo+installfest is being held in conjunction with a technical fest organised by six engineering college student branches of the IEEE(http://www.ieee.org) Bombay Section called IEEE 360 Degrees(http://www.ieee360.com). The fest is called FOSSCan in the spirit of Barack Obama's We Can

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: [Grassroots-l] Fwd: OLPC Mumbai volunteers wake up

2009-02-18 Thread Sameer Verma
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Kartik Mistry kartik.mis...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Sameer Verma sve...@sfsu.edu wrote: Stop and think for a few seconds...what will they do with it as they grow up? The possibilities are incredible! Feed the revolution!!! My thought

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [What Happened][why][was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Joshi
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Rony gnulinux...@gmail.com wrote: As a neutral observer may I add a few bits and bytes. The first provocation came from the lady and until the feminist issue came up I did not know it was a lady. Given DJ's nature ( a tail as straight as 'jalebi' ) he simply

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [What Happened][why][was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Anurag
I haven't read your message, but you clearly do not want to stop being controversial after repeated requests. I would suggest that you show some restraint. Request members not to contribute to this flamewar, and only participate if they have something meaningful to say. No more mails from Dinesh

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Wednesday 18 February 2009 17:01:28 steve wrote: i wonder if that happens in Indian mailing lists. Maybe, there is something else that is more relevant to Indian sensibilities which parallels godwin's law. s/nazi/sri rama sena/ -- regards Kenneth Gonsalves Associate NRC-FOSS

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [What Happened][why][was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 19 February 2009 01:28:46 Dinesh Joshi wrote: Thanks Rony. I didn't know who this VidAyer person if you had said 'I didn't know who Vidayer was' instead of referring to her as 'this VidAyer person', I may have been motivated to read the rest of your post. -- regards Kenneth

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [What Happened][why][was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Kenneth Gonsalves law...@au-kbc.org wrote: On Thursday 19 February 2009 01:28:46 Dinesh Joshi wrote: Thanks Rony. I didn't know who this VidAyer person if you had said 'I didn't know who Vidayer was' instead of referring to her as 'this VidAyer person', I may

Re: [ILUG-BOM] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
On Wednesday 18 Feb 2009 21:06:12 Rony wrote: Wonder what is so special about people in strange helmets flying around and fighting each other with brightly lit tubelights? :-D ``I find your lack of faith disturbing.'' - Darth Vader :P Mrugesh --

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [What Happened][why][was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Dinesh Joshi
On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Anurag anu...@gnuer.org wrote: I haven't read your message, but you clearly do not want to stop being controversial after repeated requests. I would suggest that you show some restraint. Request members not to contribute to this flamewar, and only participate

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Mehul Ved
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 11:30 AM, VidAyer v...@svaksha.com wrote: Devdas, as per our IRC chat, I sent this message yesterday, more than 12 hours ago, but didnt get a pending admin approval message till today. Are'nt non-members supposed to get the pending message? As per my understanding,

Re: [ILUG-BOM] Fwd: Everything is fine [What Happened][why][was] threads [was] [OT] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn

2009-02-18 Thread Kartik Mistry
On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 2:53 AM, Dinesh Joshi dinesh.a.jo...@gmail.com wrote: Nah thats fine. You should read the post before you take action, really. How this mail came to list? -- Cheers, Kartik Mistry | 0xD1028C8D | IRC: kart_ Debian GNU/Linux Developer Blog.en: ftbfs.wordpress.com

[ILUG-BOM] [LONG] Re: Fwd: Everything is fine

2009-02-18 Thread Raj Mathur
On Thursday 19 Feb 2009, Anurag wrote: I haven't read your message, but you clearly do not want to stop being controversial after repeated requests. I would suggest that you show some restraint. Request members not to contribute to this flamewar, and only participate if they have something

Re: [ILUG-BOM] [LONG] Re: Fwd: Everything is fine

2009-02-18 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thursday 19 February 2009 12:02:44 Raj Mathur wrote: On Thursday 19 Feb 2009, Anurag wrote: I haven't read your message, but you clearly do not want to stop being controversial after repeated requests. I would suggest that you show some restraint. Request members not to contribute