Re: [silk] Hello and Introduction

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 18:10, Subodh Sankar wrote: > Welcome Sundar. I have known Sundar since the late 80s, when we were > roommates in college for 3 years. Great to have you on the group, though > I have been a lurker these past years !!! Another Manipal product, eh? Hey Sundar, there are

Re: [silk] New member intro - Krishna Udayasankar

Hi Krishna, Good to see you here. If there was a way to share beer fuelled conversations online, this would be the place to do it. Welcome to Silk. -gabin On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 at 09:47, Kavita ATD wrote: > > Welcome to Bangalore. Also an ex-resident of Singapore and look forward to > reading

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 15:23, gabin kattukaran wrote: > I can confirm only by next week but tentatively, sure! Looks like I'm bowing out of this one. Stuck with work. -gabin -- Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 15:58, Simmi Sareen wrote: > > I’m in. How about Thursday, 8th August? I can confirm only by next week but tentatively, sure! -gabin -- Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 11:23, Thaths wrote: > > > Paging through a paper dictionary and reading definitions of words at > random > > Recording songs from the radio > Talking to random strangers to figure out a route. -gabin -- Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 08:23, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > I did insist that my daughter memorised mine and my wife's number, which > has come in useful on occasion. > This is SOP with our kids too. My reliance on the phone's contacts app is complete. There are still some numbers that I remember

Re: [silk] Slow thinking

On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 at 11:08, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 10:35 AM Biju Chacko wrote: > > Let me get back to you on this. > > > > I was betting that either you or Gabin would be the first to respond with > something like this. > I would have but he replied before I had a

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

My situation is similar to Naren's. Please plan to meet. If I am in town, I'll join. -gabin On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 at 08:04, Shenoy N wrote: > I'm in and out of town, so I'll take a last minute call. But I'd love to > catch up! 13th (tentatively) works? > > On Tue 7 Aug, 2018, 7:52 PM Simmi

Re: [silk] aqvavit

On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 at 11:57, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > And some more: https://www.wired.co.uk/article/charlie-paton-seawater-greenhouse-desalination-abu-dhabi-oman-australia-somaliland It doesn't stop there - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6388/518 -gabin --

Re: [silk] Bangalore: Time to meet up

On 22 January 2018 at 16:06, Kavita ATD wrote: > I get back to Bangalore on Friday late night : ( Some other time then, Kavita :) -gabin -- Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

Re: [silk] The end of the teens

On 25 November 2017 at 13:19, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Biju Chacko wrote: > > I prefer weekdays -- generally weekends are for the family. >> > > Others? +1 for a weekday. Friday evening is best. -gabin -- Don't

Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

Hi again, Nadika! On 16 November 2017 at 17:04, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: > Hello. > > Let me see, it's been 10 years on the list. After initial enthusiasm in > responding to all messages, I lurked, first actively and then passively. > And now occasionally

Re: [silk] Ashim - An Introduction

On 6 November 2017 at 07:27, Thaths wrote: > I recently started the move from Flickr to Instagram ( > https://www.instagram.com/footloosethaths/) for social sharing of my > photos. I am still looking for a portfolio hosting solution, but haven't > found one that works for me.

Re: [silk] Quote selected text in GMail

On 18 July 2017 at 12:42, Mahesh Murthy wrote: > wasnt it in "labs"? It was. And now it isn't. :'( -gabin -- Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

[silk] Quote selected text in GMail

The "Quote Selected Text" feature in labs has been disappearing from Gmail. Does anyone know of any work arounds or add ons to Gmail that brings back similar functionality? Thanks, gabin -- Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

On 28 June 2017 at 17:55, Vinit Bhansali wrote: > Her birthday is tomorrow. > Silkmeet always T-1 day to Sara's birthday. > Long story, happy to explain over drinks Tomorrow is a good day for a birthday. Do pass on my wishes to the little one. -gabin -- Don't confuse

Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

On 7 June 2017 at 12:09, Biju Chacko wrote: > However, given that installing cable is a gigantic pain, if > there isn't a big price difference go with Cat6. No doubt 10G home > networking kit will be standard in a few years +1 to that. I recently got my new apartment

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

On 13 August 2016 at 07:48, Shenoy N wrote: > So I had my first ever Mumbai edition Silk meet. Gabin, Amit, Simmi, Devdas > and I. It was a terrific conversation, freewheeling, from weed butter to > Sushma Swaraj. And then Devdas and Amit started playing a game of blindfold >

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

On 12 August 2016 at 16:06, Simmi Sareen wrote: > The only Andheri option I can think of that takes reservations is Indigo > Deli. If Bandra works, we could do Smokehouse Deli or the Fatty Bao or even > Bunaglow 9 > > Please try to reserve a table in any of them. -gabin

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

On 12 August 2016 at 13:44, Shenoy N wrote: > So tonight, 8 pm, Andheri Doolally. I'll be there > Just spoke to the guys at Doolally. They do not take reservations and it is going to be crowded tonight. So if you have any other suggestions to try for a reservation and then

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

On 12 August 2016 at 13:11, Simmi Sareen wrote: > I'm in. Just to confirm - this is the Andheri Doolally? > > Yes. -gabin -- Don't confuse me with facts. My mind is made up.

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

On 12 August 2016 at 12:42, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > Somewhere in between Andheri - Bandra tonight (preferably), or tomorrow > around 2000? > Andheri - Bandra tonight works for me. How about the Doolally Tap Room which is just off Link Road? -gabin -- Don't confuse

Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

On 19 December 2015 at 11:05, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > It turns out that all friends and family are unharmed. So we shall just > defer the plans to meet. Perhaps sometime in January? The weekend of 23/24 Jan, perhaps? -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

On 11 September 2015 at 21:53, Sriram Karra wrote: > I fully expect to be informed soon that someone, say Shiv, ran a social > experiment on the list and to expect the results soon. > Would that be meta metta? -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth

Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

On 12 September 2015 at 10:43, Venkat Mangudi - Silk wrote: > What's the metta with you? One does not go around punning about such a > serious metta? You can't talk to me like that! You think I'm some kind of mutt, huh? -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I

Re: [silk] Bangalore meet in September

On 4 September 2015 at 13:12, Jessica Prabhakar wrote: > Since its my birthday month, its time to do my annual checkin and ask > silksters about a meetup? > I'm there next week - from the 7th to the 10th. Can we make it then? -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long

Re: [silk] Camera gurus - need advice

On 8 May 2015 at 19:08, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: I'm debating between Olympus OM-D EM-5 which is a mirrorless that comes highly recommended and Canon EOS 7D now. No more full frame thoughts now. My pictures are going to be mainly wildlife and aviation. The Canon

Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

On 11 February 2015 at 19:33, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: OK, I'm fine with Arbor as well. +1 to all of that. -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Energy: 100% of global power from solar using 1% of total land surface

On 23 April 2014 at 18:10, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: I am leaving the post unaltered below for context. See this graphic, which says that module cost is already at approximately grid parity:

Re: [silk] Anthropology and Sociology

On 8 September 2014 06:16, Bruce A. Metcalf bruce.metc...@figzu.com wrote: But there's a missing piece in your evaluation: how to determine what features of society are desirable, and how to balance the trade-offs? Strict dictatorships bring civil order, but at the cost of free speech and

Re: [silk] Child sex abuse and child rights

On 6 September 2014 09:04, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: Why were all the girls white? Why were there no Pakistani or other Asian girls who were abused? No one seems to have asked the question. Let me hazard a guess. There is a culture of allowing children more freedom among white households

Re: [silk] Introducing ...

On 24 August 2014 15:20, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: And the history of its undoing due to bureaucratic bungling too It had potential as a ground attack aircraft like the a10 warthog They used to have one at the Nehru Science Centre. I remember spending hours walking

Re: [silk] Introduction

Hi Rajesh, Welcome on board. On 7 August 2014 11:57, Rajesh Mehar rajeshme...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I thought about all the stuff that I've done in my life. I'm with you and Biju on this. I like to think that everything else that I do is so that I can have a better life with my wife and

Re: [silk] Bangalore silkmeet

Can we move this up by a day? I'm in Bangalore until Saturday (That is, I leave on Saturday) and would love to be there when this happens. -gabin On Aug 6, 2014 7:58 PM, Sumanth Cidambi scida...@yahoo.com wrote: Tentatively yes please Sent from my iPad On 06-Aug-2014, at 7:55 pm, Udhay

Re: [silk] A new buzzphrase: procedural content creation

On Mar 2, 2014 11:41 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: A little baffled by the tone of voice here. For something that is a piece of self-promotion, on their own website, why write it like a newspaper article? Perhaps this content was also created

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

On 23 February 2014 18:55, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: So what is force per unit area. If you work that out using the same mathematical logic used for liters per 100 km you get the following unit: Cue the Einstein, Newton, Pascal joke - Up in heaven, three great physicsts were playing hide

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

On 24 February 2014 08:56, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: Did you just make that one up? if you did it's brilliant. I only wish I had. This has been doing the rounds on the interwebs for a while. -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

On 23 February 2014 11:26, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: That is the problem. If there are 3 dimensions, it is not area If the column has a length/height as well as another two dimensions it is not an area, but a 3D structure. In terms of units, what Charles wrote is perfectly correct, it is

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

On 23 February 2014 12:44, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: So does this real world area represent the area occupied by a one molecule thick layer of fuel needed to make the car travel some unit distance? As far as I can figure out it does. Pretty much. :) -gabin -- They pay me to think...

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

On 23 February 2014 13:13, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: If that is correct, what is the real world significance of the unit km/l which can be broken down to the reciprocal of area - i.e. 1/area I'm trying to get my head around that as well. I suspect that it is only a matter of perspective but

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

On 22 February 2014 08:37, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: The other point is, fuel consumption is usually measured as km/L and less commonly as liters per 100 km While it is indeed common in India to measure mileage in km/l many (if not most) countries do measure consumption in l/100km. -gabin

Re: [silk] The march of technology

On 6 February 2014 20:07, Shenoy N sheno...@gmail.com wrote: Money is one of the biggest sources of unhappiness, as far as I can see, if not the single biggest one As televangelists across the world will tell you with extended hands, money is not the problem. It is love for money. Also, I'm

Re: [silk] Into the 5th power circle

On 20 December 2013 14:50, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: But...hexadecimal nerds... Binary, actually. But who's counting :) -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

[silk] Listers in Sao Paulo

Hi, Are there any Silk list members in Sao Paulo? I'll there from the 1st through the 5th of October and I will be happy to chat over a beverage or a meal. -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] [intro] Hello people of silklist!

On 3 September 2013 19:11, Kingsley Jegan Joseph k...@kingsley2.com wrote: You should find quite a few familiar faces here like me and Jace. And me I think - half of india-gii and ilug-* is also here. Hi, We met IRL sometime last month and since I will be Bangalore quite often perhaps we

Re: [silk] Meet up.

On 10 August 2013 09:22, Andy Deemer andydee...@gmail.com wrote: Time for a silkmeet in bangalore ? Rashmi Yes Yes, please. And make it in the week starting this Monday. -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] The weirdest languages

On 5 July 2013 17:49, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Also, it amuses me that this list says the most 'normal' language is Hindi Abey yaar, isn't that what people north of the Hebbal Flyover have been trying to say all this time. -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my

Re: [silk] Old book smell

On 19 June 2013 14:05, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Trust you to make a hash of things. There's another thread going up in smoke. -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Old book smell

On 19 Jun 2013 18:30, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: There's another thread going up in smoke. Confess, now...its absinthe made your heart grow fonder. I expected a crack like this. A pot calling a kettle

Re: [silk] Introduction - Andy Deemer

On 15 January 2013 22:12, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote: made some (fairly awful) cult movies, What is a cult movie? This should help http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214311/ (Hi, Andy! Welcome to the list) -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Mumbai Silk List Meet - 16th December

On 12 December 2012 11:36, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, it looks like we have a decent quorum for a Silklist meet in Mumbai. Shall we meet around 5PM at the Salt Water Grill on Sunday? The one in Bandra is the Salt Water Cafe, right? That's the one we're meeting at?

Re: [silk] Fifteen

On 5 December 2012 12:09, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote: If Mumbai silk listers are up for meeting up, I am game! That sounds like a plan! Can we do it before the 17th though? -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Mumbai Silk List Meet - 16th December

On 5 December 2012 13:17, Caitlin Marinelli caitlin.marine...@gmail.comwrote: Hand. And yes, I'm in Bandra. +1 to Bandra on th 16th -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Lytro

On 27 September 2012 10:37, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you Gabin! Especially as I've now decided I won't invest in one :) Good decision. It is a good toy but only a toy. The software that they ship with it allows export to JPG but is a bit of a pain to use. Also, the software

Re: [silk] Lytro

On 27 September 2012 09:47, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: One of the things that tickles me about this mailing list is the way people, who could contribute best to a discussion, keep off it! Gabin, we don't want Gabout...let us know about Lytro. Deepa, At your service, Ma'am :)

Re: [silk] Teaching creationism, scientology etc as alternatives to evolution made compulsory in Indiana.

On 7 February 2012 05:53, Charles Haynes hay...@edgeplay.org wrote: http://j.mp/zkVSqH now they're making Google censor results that make fun of religion in Indiana. Oh wait, that's not IndiaNA, that's India. How dare you throw stones at our beautiful glass house? It offends our sensibilities

Re: [silk] What is the greatest human invention?

On 28 January 2012 12:45, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On 28/01/12 6:26 AM, Charles Haynes wrote: I would argue for the scientific method, or mathematics. It can be argued that neither of the above would have got any traction without the invention of writing, no? Language, which

Re: [silk] Freedom of Speech

Coincidentally, The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 22 aired on Star World last night. The final minutes of the show are worth watching. You can see it online here http://watchseries.eu/episode/the_simpsons_s18_e22-8003.html -gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Mumbai Silkmeet?

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: I'm in Mumbai till the seventh.  Anyone game for a silkmeet? Funnily enough, I'm here too. I'm game. -gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Subramanian Swamy

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:54 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: The only tool that a democracy can have to hold religion at bay is secularism. Secularism is an exclusionary clause. Secularism is fundamentally anti-religion. Technically one would have to ignore and suppress religious tenets to

[silk] New hope for loudness haters?

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/the-loudness-wars-is-musics-noisy-arms-race-over/242293/ The loudest album of 2010 was almost certainly Sleigh Bells' acclaimed Treats, a collection of songs with the volume and distortion of nearly every element pushed into the red. Drums

Re: [silk] if we didn't have Pakistan...

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: ...we wouldn't have http://www.wimp.com/indiapakistan/ Buckingham palace guards have *nothing* on these folks. For all the supposed hostilities the choreography seems to indicate some level of co-operation between the two

Re: [silk] Mumbai blasts again

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:17 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: Elewhere I was doing a comparison of the population desity, police to population ratio and other parameters of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. Mumbai does not come out as the worst in any of these parameters. Yet Mumbai is the

Re: [silk] Why My Father Hated India

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: Why My Father Hated India Aatish Taseer, the son of an assassinated Pakistani leader, explains the history and hysteria behind a deadly relationship By AATISH TASEER On almost similar lines -

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - FRI July 15

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: How many people is the final count at? 7-10, I think. Thanks to some idiot customers, my meeting is cancelled. So, -1 :( -gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.com wrote: Hokai. Fri night. So, it turns out that I'm in B'lore on Friday. Was planning to leave in the evening but a Silk meet is too good to miss. So, +1 -gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: On Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:41 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: I'm in, but I don't seem to have the ability to invite people. Tried a couple of different ways and hasn't worked yet. Apparently, you can add ppl to

Re: [silk] Plus by Google

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote: One for me Nishant? and me Nishant? -gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Mumbai silkmeet May 6?

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote: After intense deliberations with Udhay on Gtalk, it appears that 5-Spice at Pali Naka is the ideal venue for this rendevous. 5 spice? A little claustrophobic, no? We're already numbering 8. Wouldn't a larger place be

Re: [silk] Biryani Recipes

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: There's a distinctive biryani in there you might not have tried yet - kappa biryani (with tapioca substituted for rice) I've never been able to understand the allure of kappa biryani. If cooked a lot like in a

Re: [silk] Biryani Recipes

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: I have very fond memories of Biryani I had as take out many times in a Kuwaiti cafe in the middle of nowhere in mid-west USA. I would totally make a trip back there to nowhere cafe just to sample the dish again, but I

Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 14, Issue 22

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Anand Manikutty manikuttyan...@yahoo.com wrote: Here is a diagram summarizing the relationships : http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1024 Hindi and the Heavenly script are at similar levels on that graph. Quick! Someone inform the saffron brigade. -gabin

Re: [silk] Diaspora

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Madhu Menon c...@shiokfood.com wrote: On 16-12-2010 09:55, savita rao wrote: +1. I'd like one, please. Ditto. sent. -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Rent a White Guy - Confessions of a fake businessman from Beijing

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote: Companies in the Middle East have 'token whites' all the time, white expats in good suits who come for the first meeting. This mentality runs quite deep here in India too. Visitors to our stalls in industrial

Re: [silk] Diaspora

if there are invites left, can I have one please? -gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Diaspora

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: On 16 December 2010 09:48, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com wrote: if there are invites left, can I have one please? Sent. Thanks Ashwin. - b...@joindiaspora.com -- measure with a micrometer, mark

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

Can someone give me directions to get to Windsor Pub from the airport? Do any of the airport volvos go that way? If not an address that is usable with the cabbies would suffice. thanks, gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: Cheeni is coming to India next week. Tweeple generally agreed to catch up. It appears everyone has agreed to meet on the 14th, which

Re: [silk] Triskaidekaphilia

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: By this logic, the Scotches should be paying large amounts for me! Juice on me during the next Silk meet :) (even though I'm not a fan of Scotch) -gabin -- measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an

Re: [silk] Triskaidekaphilia

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote: Make it late so I can come. I have a Wikimedian meetup earlier in the evening Saturday Saturday sounds good. I should be there as well. Udhay, as a compromise we can all buy each other drinks. -gabin -- measure with

Re: [silk] Triskaidekaphilia

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: NO For the umpteenth time (last Sunday) , I've had a pineapple juice and paid for others' Scotches! Vegetarian teetotallers get a very bad deal in these kind of arrangements. Surely the conversation is worth more

Re: [silk] Chennai meetup?

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:17 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: Indians tend to use the present continuous where we would use the present simple (with an Indian saying) 'I am thinking, I am feeling, I am seeing' rather than 'I think, I feel, I see'... this way of speaking could easily become sexy

Re: [silk] Chennai meetup?

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: Several forms of emphasis that we have, cannot be translated into English... mein usee din chalA gayA can only be sort of translated to I went that very day (or as we sometimes say, I went that day itself.) Shouldn't that

Re: [silk] Indian foodies

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:02 AM, sscybers...@gmail.com wrote: If you talk to people in the neighborhood, nobody likes this, but nobody is motivated enough to do anything about it, worrying that he or she is in a minority of one. Indians IMO suffer from a lack of motivation to change and

Re: [silk] Indian foodies

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Kiran Jonnalagaddaj...@pobox.com wrote: Incidentally, something I didn't grow up with and therefore encountered with surprise in the homes of relatives: it is a great offense to serve rice before any other item. Serving rice first apparently implies you're too

Re: [silk] Why have Indian exit polls been so off lately?

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM, . svaks...@gmail.com wrote: This time the EVM's had introduced the NOTA/protest vote option very quietly as part of the ballot process but my random unscientific conversations across voters from different strata of society tells me that the voter(s) has

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: I once attended the Pooram temple festival in Thrissur [1], a truly unforgettable experience. One thing I remember about a conversation I had there was the claim that ~50% of the entire annual sale of liquor happens during

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/5/14 lukhman_khan lukhman_k...@yahoo.com Obviously the person will have so little remaining on second day of the month, the govt need not worry about the rest of the month. This was actually an

Re: [silk] India launches a few satellites

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 6:29 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: On Wednesday 22 Apr 2009 1:46:23 am Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: Ummm... a satellite to transfer examination questions? WTF? Have they never heard of the internet or encryption? Not in unwired villages - whih is what this thing is

Re: [silk] Meetup in Bombay?

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Nandkumar Saravade nsarav...@gmail.com wrote: I am going out of town between 25 April and 7 May. Would be happy to join otherwise. Nandkumar since two people prefer it after this weekend, could we settle on a day next week? -gabin --

[silk] Meetup in Bombay?

hi, Are any of the Bombay based silk listers interested in a meetup sometime this month? -gabin

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for uniqueness. If you want to play that game - Gabin Eluvathingal Kattukaran -gabin -- Samuel Goldwyn - I don't think anyone

Re: [silk] Gmail users since April 2004

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote: Is there any easy painless way to backup / incremental backup in format that is

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Ashwin Nanjappa ashwi...@gmail.com wrote: [...] Thanks, so he will reregister at Mumbai to vote. Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID card. Finally

Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:

what happened to the grt idea? -gabin On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM, sur...@hserus.net sur...@hserus.net wrote: what do you prefer, middle eastern or thai -- srs / nokia e71 -original message- Subject: Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re: From: Venkat Mangudi's

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote: What I was trying to 'sell' to you, Shiv, as you have spotted, is the idea that matriarchal society was the accepted norm right through pre-history, with all the riff-raff (males) sent safely far away from the camp to

Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:

SO, it's grt then? On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote: Am ok On 3/11/09, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:15 PM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.comwrote: what happened

[silk] Chennai Meet - was Re: Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: Venkat Mangudi [09/03/09 22:32 +0530]: Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote: I am. Thursday works for me as well. Okay to bring a few other folks along? I don't see why not. I will probably be staying around

Re: [silk] Chennai Meet - was Re: Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote: gabin kattukaran [10/03/09 12:00 +0530]: It looks like I'm in Chennai on Thursday evening. I'd be happy to join in. I'm booked into a Harrison's Hotel in Nungambakkam. My knowledge of Chennai geography tends

Re: [silk] Dinga Dee

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:18 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/iron-eagle-isra.html this one seems to have been removed as well -gabin -- Bob Hope - Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.

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