Re: [silk] Urban Rhythms

2009-03-16 Thread Raja
of CitySense for those kinds of negative purposes? Raja. On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 9:40 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: This is rather cool, though there are obvious implications for privacy here. Two things come to mind: * The mapping a city using the sound of footsteps bit from

Re: [silk] Urban Rhythms

2009-03-16 Thread Raja
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:00 PM, Raja vtr...@gmail.com wrote: Very interesting article. Thanks for sending it us Udhay. Wouldn't this also raise other kinds of security issues like for example, given that the hotspots of a city are now available, would terrorists also have access to it while

Re: [silk] Urban Rhythms

2009-03-16 Thread Raja
Why stop there? You can use Google Maps to find out how to reach your target. Ban it! You can use a a GPS receiver to accurately plot the location of a potential target and use it to fire a cruise missile at it. Ban that too! A tourist map has a lot of the same info as Google Maps. Burn 'em

[silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Raja
Hi Everyone, Feels great to join Silklist. Looking at the kind of conversations happening here I seem to be in the midst of intellectually very sharp people with a wide range of interests. I will strive to live up to that. A brief intro about myself: My name is Raja Venkataraman. Grew up

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-09 Thread Raja
of the things that I think explains why we don't have a clear national identity. Thats just my opinion. Best, Raja. On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 1:44 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Shoba (who lurks on silk) has a point. Exactly what is Indian culture? I am equally puzzled

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-09 Thread Raja
Ok fine... I give you 'Yoghurt' as one thing everyone agrees on.. But apart from that no one agrees on anything..! Unity in Diversity is a half truth.. :-) On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:11 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.comwrote: Yoghurt? On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 4:10 PM, Raja vtr

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Raja
guess I meant people that believe in showing an open-minded interest to a broad range of things and ability to discuss something heatedly without getting personal. Thats sometimes a rare commodity. *Srini wrote: Welcome Raja. I'm afraid that intellectual company is going to be difficult outside

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-09 Thread Raja
That seems like an extensive discussion. Actually it seemed more like an ugly fighting contest in the undergrounds of Thailand. Was there some specific point that you were pointing me to? On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Raja wrote, [on 3/9/2009 4:10 PM

Re: [silk] Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

2009-03-09 Thread Raja
I wouldn't be here on silklist.. I would be busy building a profile on Shadi.com. :-) On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:10 PM, . svaks...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Raja vtr...@gmail.com wrote: game of life before I even managed to complete one. So a lot of gap has built up

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

2009-03-09 Thread Raja
compare to 40,000. On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 11:10 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Raja wrote, [on 3/9/2009 7:52 PM]: That seems like an extensive discussion. Actually it seemed more like an ugly fighting contest in the undergrounds of Thailand. Was there some specific point that you