Re: [silk] excess quoting. Please avoid

2009-03-14 Thread lukhman_khan
will try to keep that in mind. thanks. :-)) TRY? I just pulled out a portion of my scalp reading this. To make up buy me a drink sometime. Lukhman.

Re: [silk] Need some help

2009-03-14 Thread lukhman_khan
Maybe not. Sometimes people will rather make a loss and keep a certain segment of people out. For instance, here in Nairobi if you are an indian you can get quoted a lower rent for housing in certain parts of the city (where there is a high concentration of indians) than if you are an

Re: [silk] Need some help

2009-03-14 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 10:46 PM, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: The highlight of the week was something called pepper chicken but it could have been blackened crow for all I know. Why does one need to blacken crows? Venky

Re: [silk] Need some help

2009-03-14 Thread Venkatesh Hariharan
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: Why does one need to blacken crows? I assume crow meat isn't black. In that case, I assume the correct term would be charred crow. Venky

Re: [silk] Need some help

2009-03-14 Thread Charles Haynes
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: Blackened is also a common Cajun/Creole method of cooking. It's cajun, but not creole. Creole and cajun are quite distinct one from the other, creole being more french influenced. Blackened redfish... yum. -- Charles

Re: [silk] Need some help

2009-03-14 Thread lukhman_khan
On Friday 13 Mar 2009 9:17:54 am lukhman_khan wrote: I am from a muslim family *and* also love non-veg food. Gosh! You're a Muslim! Cheee! The word *from* was used. Doesnt necessarily mean I also accept that faith. I am an atheist. Whenever I fill forms I still mention Islam as religion.

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread lukhman_khan
Mahesh - this is actually a juvenile statement In fact that reveals more about you than me. Argue against his arguments. Why attack the person? Lets get back to our CiX days for this http://www.don-lindsay-archive.org/skeptic/arguments.html

[silk] A question of density and weight...

2009-03-14 Thread Gautam John
I saw this: 10. When shipping a package, add helium filled air pillows to reduce its weight - thereby saving on postage, helping the plane fly and reducing emissions. - Beekman, Chicago here: http://www.labnol.org/home/best-money-saving-tips-from-google-tipjar/7978/ And it seems wrong. While

Re: [silk] A question of density and weight...

2009-03-14 Thread Divya Manian
On 3/14/09 8:55 AM, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: And it seems wrong. While helium might possibly be less dense and lighter than what you're shipping, will it reduce the weight of the package? See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighter_than_air

Re: [silk] A question of density and weight...

2009-03-14 Thread Gautam John
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:36 PM, Divya Manian divya.man...@gmail.com wrote: See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighter_than_air Saw. So I guess in theory you replace the air in the packing with something lighter than air and hence it lowers the total package weight. It will have to be a bloody

Re: [silk] A question of density and weight...

2009-03-14 Thread Amit Varma
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: It will have to be a bloody big package for this to make sense and negate the weight of the plastic used to hold the hold the helium. Good things come in big packages. -- Amit Varma http://www.indiauncut.com

Re: [silk] A question of density and weight...

2009-03-14 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
I saw this: 10. When shipping a package, add helium filled air pillows to reduce its weight - thereby saving on postage, helping the plane fly and reducing emissions. - Beekman, Chicago here: http://www.labnol.org/home/best-money-saving-tips-from-google-tipjar/7978/ And it seems wrong.

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread ss
http://www.expressbuzz.com/edition/story.aspx?Title=Priest+admits+to+idol+worship+in+churchesartid=1WM/aO6Ec6I=SectionID=7GUA38txp3s=MainSectionID=7GUA38txp3s=SectionName=zkvyRoWGpmWSxZV2TGM5XQ==SEO=B%20K%20Somashekara The Commission is inquiring into the recent attacks on churches in Karnataka.

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Interesting bit of nonsense here. Quality reporting (!) to be sure. -Original Message- From: silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net [mailto:silklist-bounces+suresh=hserus@lists.hserus.net] On Behalf Of ss Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 10:06 PM To:

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
Suresh, 2009/3/15 Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net Interesting bit of nonsense here. Quality reporting (!) to be sure. I wouldn't dismiss it so easily. Churches in Kerala have long ago adoped the nila-vilakku, a bronze lamp used in Hindu homes and religious ceremonies. I've been to as

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread ss
The reason I posted this news is the fact that wearing kumkum and flowers (and bangles??) seems to be considered Hindu culture, Catholics even in Europe and other places are accused of being idol worshippers anyway so the Indian twist is hardly new. Bangalore has dozens of flower and lamp

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread Charles Haynes
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 1:07 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: The reason I posted this news is the fact that wearing kumkum and flowers (and bangles??) seems to be considered Hindu culture, Possibly, but it might just have been considered un-Christian depending on the particular sect of

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread ss
On Sunday 15 Mar 2009 8:18:27 am Charles Haynes wrote: There was a time when European Christians considered it vain to bathe too often. Japanese woodcuts during the era of first contact sometimes depict westerners with flies flying around them because the Japanese considered them to have such

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
This is interesting information. Could the vanity part have been because only the richest could afford to bathe often in those times and the Church was catering to the (unwashed) faithful? Even the rich - bishops, kings and such - didn’t bathe. I wonder who invented the shower - which I

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread Andre Uratsuka Manoel
On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 1:05 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: This is interesting information. Could the vanity part have been because only the richest could afford to bathe often in those times and the Church was catering to the (unwashed) faithful? Maybe. Europeans who first came to Brazil

Re: [silk] Portable 6th sense?

2009-03-14 Thread Vinit B
Waay cool. As in - awesomely so. And I guess it can also function as a 'lifestream' of sorts. Come to think of it, that's rather creepy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ-VjUKAsao For the first 1 hour after seeing this, I was depressed. I mean, depressed the way other techie folks may

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-14 Thread ss
On Sunday 15 Mar 2009 9:48:49 am Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Even the rich - bishops, kings and such - didn’t bathe. I had an argument about a related topic recently with a person who insisted that Hindus are clean because they bathe every day. I tried to point out that if you select 1000