[silk] buying a laptop online in india ?

2010-05-24 Thread ashok _
Can anyone recommend a online store for buying laptops in India ? (of course, they need to also deliver the laptop to an address ...) ashok

Re: [silk] buying a laptop online in india ?

2010-05-24 Thread Sumant Srivathsan
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: On 24 May 2010 15:03, ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone recommend a online store for buying laptops in India ? (of course, they need to also deliver the laptop to an address ...) http://www.dell.co.in

Re: [silk] buying a laptop online in india ?

2010-05-24 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Yes. The final part of the payment process is done through their phone support agents. But it works smoothly. I'm typing this on an inspiron 15 inch i5 that I bought from dell - that looks to have the best price / performance mix I can find. Sumant Srivathsan [24/05/10 15:35 +0530]: On Mon,

[silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Sriram Karra
I am looking for recommendations for books on Buddhism (3-5) - I am interested in (reasonably) authoritative history and teachings of the prominent schools. If recommendations are based on second hand reviews, please do mention that.

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Thaths
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Sriram Karra ska...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for recommendations for books on Buddhism (3-5) - I am interested in (reasonably) authoritative history and teachings of the prominent schools. If recommendations are based on second hand reviews, please do

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Sriram Karra
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Sriram Karra ska...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for recommendations for books on Buddhism (3-5) - I am interested in (reasonably) authoritative history and teachings of the prominent

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Deepak Jois
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Sriram Karra ska...@gmail.com wrote: Spiritual/Self-help it is. I have found that books that tangentially approach the topic of with anecdotes, allusions etc are more enriching than some text that lists down the tenets of Buddhism in a bland fashion. These are

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 6, Issue 30

2010-05-24 Thread Sujai
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 12:33:50 +0300 From: ashok _ listmans...@gmail.com To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: [silk] buying a laptop online in india ? Message-ID:        aanlktikuvx23syib8zciywblvypneust3agpqtw1r...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Can anyone

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Thaths
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:53 AM, Sriram Karra ska...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: For what purpose? Are you looking for spiritual/self-help purposes or for academic reasons? Spiritual/Self-help it is. Buddhism, in my experience, is a

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Thaths
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Deepak Jois deepak.j...@gmail.com wrote: I have found that books that tangentially approach the topic of with anecdotes, allusions etc are more enriching than some text that lists down the tenets of Buddhism in a bland fashion. While anecdotes, jatakas and

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Charles Haynes
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Sriram Karra ska...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking for recommendations for books on Buddhism (3-5) - I am interested in (reasonably) authoritative history and teachings of the prominent schools. If recommendations are based on second hand reviews, please do

[silk] intel mini-itx motherboards

2010-05-24 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
Does anyone here have some experience with Intel's mini-ITX motherboards such as the DG41MJ (older) or DH57JG (newer)? They look pretty nice. -- ams

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Indrajit Gupta
--- On Tue, 25/5/10, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote: From: Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Tuesday, 25 May, 2010, 4:58 On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 3:09 AM, Sriram Karra ska...@gmail.com

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Charles Haynes
On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Charles Haynes charles.hay...@gmail.com wrote: I've been reading The Tree of Enlightenment http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/tree-enlightenment.pdf which is a free online summary of the basic theology, philosophy, and practices of the major schools. 402 pages.

Re: [silk] Buddhism Reading List

2010-05-24 Thread Thaths
On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Indrajit Gupta bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: Historically speaking, this was a watershed; Arian vs. Athanasian, perhaps correctly, Arian vs. Catholic, and read for that Visigoth vs. the rest, leading eventually to the domination of Rome over the other

Re: [silk] intel mini-itx motherboards

2010-05-24 Thread Biju Chacko
Obligatory pointless me-too post. I've been wanting to get a quiet, cool, low power box for some time now. Haven't been able to find anyone with experience building miniITX boxes in Bangalore. Any pointers would be helpful. My second option is just go buy a Mac mini. -- b On Tue, May 25, 2010