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2007-02-01 Thread Anish Mohammed
Hi Shyam, welcome, btw are u the shyam from JIPMER who was on aduni ? regards Anish On 1/30/07, Shyam Visweswaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, Should have posted this sometime back. Now seeing the recent intros I better do so. My name is Shyam and my only connection with Bangalore is

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2007-02-01 Thread Shyam Visweswaran
Hi Anish, Yup. I was in aduni's one and only graduating class. Aduni's experiment was to teach core undergraduate CS material in 11 months to folks who already had an advanced degree in a completely unrelated field. The class consisted of a motley crowd of lawyers, teachers, anthropologists, etc.

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2007-02-01 Thread Shyam Visweswaran
--- Anish Mohammed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have come across that sentiment in India but not in the US. From my experience Indians are not alone it does exist in Europe, I could vouch for atleast two or more European countries. Do these European education systems allow one to go

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2007-02-01 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 02:04:56PM -, Shyam Visweswaran wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Srini RamaKrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Welcome to Silk, I am an ex-burgh, ex-bangalore, now in HYD person. Where do you spend your day? At school? Work? Ah ex-burgher! I am in school at

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2007-01-31 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Dave Long wrote: [ on 04:06 PM 1/31/2007 ] This, despite the fact that I know several people who have mastered two unrelated professions -- accountancy/programming, chef/programming, programming/welding, fashion design/translator. are we supposed to guess which silklister is which? Let me

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2007-01-31 Thread Dave Long
Currently I am in Pittsburgh dividing my time between neurology and machine learning. I'd appreciate any comments you have on: [FoRK] intelligence and turbo coding http://xent.com/pipermail/fork/Week-of-Mon-20061113/043489.html (referring to Shaon, Galun, Sharon, Basri, Brandt, Hierarchy and

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2007-01-30 Thread Deepa Mohan
Hi Shyam, Would you then have two of my relatives, K. Narayanan and K.Swaminathan, who are now surgeons at Pasdena, Ca,, and Ocala, Fla.,respectively, on your list? And might you know them too? Narayanan was Shiv's classmate, and Swami (Chami) was two years younger. Deepa. On 1/30/07, Shyam

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2007-01-30 Thread shiv sastry
On Tuesday 30 Jan 2007 1:36 pm, Deepa Mohan wrote: Swami (Chami) was two years And - surprise surprise - all these years down the line Chami remains two years younger. fancy that! shiv

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2007-01-30 Thread shiv sastry
Shyam is too modest He was censored years my junior in Medical College and I have not yet met him in meatspace. But it is rumored that he did not find the MBBS course challenging enough and did a BSc simultaneously and concurrently with the MBBS course. He later did a PhD as well making

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2007-01-30 Thread Venkat Mangudi
shiv sastry wrote: nerves daktar Is this similar to chainees fried rice and selves less tap? Kinda, sorta reminds of a picture Udhay once sent; it was a crudely painter store sign that proclaimed child bear was available. Venkat

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2007-01-30 Thread Biju Chacko
On 30/01/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He set up the first alumni website for our med school and wrote some of the the early BBS software used. He still hosts both the official JIPMER website and the alumni website (jipmer.edu and jipmer.org) For some odd reason, I am intimidated by

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2007-01-30 Thread Shyam Visweswaran
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Srini RamaKrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Welcome to Silk, I am an ex-burgh, ex-bangalore, now in HYD person. Where do you spend your day? At school? Work? Ah ex-burgher! I am in school at Univ of Pitt: till recently as a grad student and now as a faculty in

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2007-01-30 Thread Shyam Visweswaran
Hi Deepa, Not personally. By the time I landed up in JIPMER most of Shiv's batch were gone. But I see both of them are in the alumni database - both are Krishnas! I will definitely look them up when I wander down to the south. Shyam --- Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Shyam, Would

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2007-01-30 Thread Shyam Visweswaran
He was censored years my junior in Medical College and I have not yet met him in meatspace. Sastry, definitely need to look you up. Next time I am in Chennai I will make it a point to visit Bangalore. But it is rumored that he did not find the MBBS course challenging enough and did a

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2007-01-30 Thread Shyam Visweswaran
--- Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For some odd reason, I am intimidated by people who manage to master both medicine and programming. snip I wonder why? I have come across that sentiment in India but not in the US. Possibly related to the perception in India that if you are good in

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2007-01-29 Thread Bharat Shetty
Hello all, Uday asked me to post an intro, so here I go. I'm fortunate to have a name similar to our beautiful, diverse country of rich cultures, traditions, heritage and history. The name is Bharat. Currently I work for IBM, Bangalore. When free from work, I try to divide time between books,

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2007-01-29 Thread Deepa Mohan
Welcome Bharat, do you pronounce it as Bh-a-rat as in Ram's brother, or Bh-aa-rat as in the country? Silk is more mind...er...boggling than you may realize... How do you know Udhay? I am carefully not asking why you know Udhay Deepa. On 1/30/07, Bharat Shetty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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2007-01-29 Thread Bharat Shetty
On 1/30/07, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome Bharat, do you pronounce it as Bh-a-rat as in Ram's brother, or Bh-aa-rat as in the country? Er, please note that I said, my name was *similar* to our country:P. So as for pronounciation, the first one is more commonly used, although

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2007-01-29 Thread Shyam Visweswaran
Hello all, Should have posted this sometime back. Now seeing the recent intros I better do so. My name is Shyam and my only connection with Bangalore is that my Dad was brought up there and I visited Bangalore and Mysore decades ago when both were sleepy Malgudi-like towns. I have puttered

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2007-01-29 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
Hi, Welcome to Silk, I am an ex-burgh, ex-bangalore, now in HYD person. Where do you spend your day? At school? Work? Cheeni Shyam Visweswaran wrote: Hello all, Should have posted this sometime back. Now seeing the recent intros I better do so. My name is Shyam and my only connection with

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2007-01-29 Thread Devdas Bhagat
On 30/01/07 09:42 +0530, Bharat Shetty wrote: snip Thaths, Jace, Kalyan and Amoghavarsha. I have also heard a great deal of details about other prominent members in this list, but haven't met them personally. You do know quite a few others actually. It's a small world. Devdas Bhagat

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2007-01-29 Thread Danese Cooper
Details? Is Udhay telling tales? Danese On Jan 29, 2007, at 9:46 PM, Devdas Bhagat wrote: On 30/01/07 09:42 +0530, Bharat Shetty wrote: snip Thaths, Jace, Kalyan and Amoghavarsha. I have also heard a great deal of details about other prominent members in this list, but haven't met them

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2007-01-29 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Danese Cooper wrote [at 11:24 AM 1/30/2007] : Details? Is Udhay telling tales? I can neither confirm nor deny that there might exist lurid tales about some people who may or may not be on this list. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

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2006-04-20 Thread Jessica Prabhakar
I've been told.. Jerry is getting a lot of personal mail.. Being reticent must help ;) --- Jeremiah S. Joseph [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been online for a week or so, Jessie. Guess I can't hide any longer. All right, then. I'm a scientist at The Scripps Research Institute, La

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2006-04-19 Thread Jeremiah S. Joseph
I've been online for a week or so, Jessie. Guess I can't hide any longer. All right, then. I'm a scientist at The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA. I'm trying to study the SARS virus, a virus that is strangely unwilling to part with its secrets. It is - in a sense - reticent. I play the

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2006-04-18 Thread sastry
On Mon April 17 2006 20:52, Deepa Mohan wrote: It is quite difficult to email a group of people whom you don't know! Rubbish Deepa. You know me - as Sastry - and I am shiv on list shiv

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2006-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
sastry wrote: On Mon April 17 2006 20:54, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: So you are Anjana's mother. Welcome to silk! How do you people know Anjana and Deepa? Anjana - from Livejournal. Lots of silklisters on her friends list

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2006-04-18 Thread Thaths
On 4/18/06, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anjana - from Livejournal. Lots of silklisters on her friends list lj user=??? Thaths -- Bart! With $10,000 we'd be millionaires! We could buy all kinds of useful things... like love. -- Homer J. Simpson

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2006-04-18 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Thaths wrote: On 4/18/06, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anjana - from Livejournal. Lots of silklisters on her friends list lj user=??? shortindiangirl

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2006-04-18 Thread Danese Cooper
Does she WORK for LiveJournal? Danese On Apr 18, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Thaths wrote: On 4/18/06, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anjana - from Livejournal. Lots of silklisters on her friends list lj user=??? Thaths -- Bart! With $10,000 we'd be millionaires! We could buy all

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2006-04-18 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 18-Apr-06, at 10:19 PM, Danese Cooper wrote: Does she WORK for LiveJournal? I don't think we have any LiveJournal staffers on this list. Six Apart, maybe. -- Kiran Jonnalagadda http://www.pobox.com/~jace

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2006-04-17 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Deepa Mohan wrote: treasure in Karnataka. I have a grown up daughter who lives with her husband in St Louis. I am thoroughly enjoying each phase of my life. I So you are Anjana's mother. Welcome to silk! And udhay - haven't you got Anjana onto silk yet?

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2006-04-17 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: [ on 08:54 PM 4/17/2006 ] And udhay - haven't you got Anjana onto silk yet? Madhu said he'd do the needful, in IAS-speak. Around 4 years ago. Madhu? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

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2006-04-17 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Deepa Mohan wrote: [ on 08:52 PM 4/17/2006 ] I am a Carnatic musician my last concert was over a year ago. I love all kinds of music, classical, film and modern, with the exception of heavy metal. I scent a challenge. Would you be open to trying out a selection of metal that I recommend?

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2006-04-17 Thread Deepa Mohan
that's Madhu Kurup of FAPS, and, later, Yahoo...who looks like he has always eaten at Shiok... On 4/17/06, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Udhay Shankar N wrote: Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: [ on 08:54 PM 4/17/2006 ] And udhay - haven't you got Anjana onto silk yet? Madhu said he'd do the

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2006-04-17 Thread Sarah Burcham
On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 08:54:59PM +0530, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Deepa Mohan wrote: treasure in Karnataka. I have a grown up daughter who lives with her husband in St Louis. I am thoroughly enjoying each phase of my life. I So you are Anjana's mother. Welcome to silk! And me