Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-24 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Divya Sampath divyasamp...@yahoo.com wrote: I think I joined in 1998? And Udhay made me do it. cheersDivya I think that was the year I joined too - Ravi, hooked me up with Silk and Udhay. I've since made many good friends via Silk, thanks Udhay, and everyone on

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-24 Thread Rajesh Mehar
I think I'm one of the most recent joiners. Udhay told me about the list after we met at Kiran's house. Many people have mentioned the legendary threads of yore. Any links to the archives for the n00bs? Happy holidays to y'all! --Rajesh

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-23 Thread Divya Sampath
I think I joined in 1998? And Udhay made me do it. cheersDivya On Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:28 PM, Radhika, Y. radhik...@gmail.com wrote: ​early 2004. Biju Chacko was on the train I took to Bangalore and convinced me to loiter.​

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-16 Thread Bharath Chari
18th December, 1997. Bharath On 12/13/2014 01:28 PM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram wrote: I never joined. Ram On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Next week, on the 19th, silklist will be 17 years old. A fair number of the regulars have been around (almost) that

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-16 Thread Radhika, Y.
​early 2004. Biju Chacko was on the train I took to Bangalore and convinced me to loiter.​

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-13 Thread Ingrid
On 13-Dec-2014, at 12:30 am, Heather Madrone heat...@madrone.com wrote: Chris Kantarjiev wrote: On Thu Dec 11 2014 at 5:45:42 PM Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: So when did you join silklist, and how did you hear about it? You have only yourself to blame for my

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-13 Thread Preetha Chari-Srinivas
Was introduced recently to the group by a good friend, Bharat Shetty Barkur who had nothing but praises for this forum. Hope to meet some Silklist' ers somewhere down the roadfor I have never met one, so far On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Next

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Amitha Singh
Some time in 2000 when we were using our Grey Cells to find a mythical creature, Unimobile (not related in any way to the Unicorn) and you invited me to join in one afternoon when bunch of us were talking about the universe, psychology, technology and everything else under the sun! Amitha

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Biju Chacko
Jace suggested I join silk some time in 2001 I guess. I remember some epic threads those days. Things are very tame nowadays. -- b On Fri, 12 Dec 2014 14:30 Amitha Singh amithasi...@gmail.com wrote: Some time in 2000 when we were using our Grey Cells to find a mythical creature, Unimobile

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Charles Haynes
When we were about to move to Bangalore in 2007 Chris Kantarjiev said we had to join this list. -- Charles On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: Jace suggested I join silk some time in 2001 I guess. I remember some epic threads those days. Things are very

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Keith Adam
So when did you join silklist, and how did you hear about it? Udhay I think I joined sometime in 1998 or 1999. I had not long been on the internet and was given a little book about the internet and the things you could do on it from my ISP, PIPEX. One of the suggestions was 'email

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
On Thu Dec 11 2014 at 5:45:42 PM Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: So when did you join silklist, and how did you hear about it? I sent this offlist to Udhay, but then thought I might join in the discussion as well. I joined the Silkist sometime in 2007. 7 years on Silk, then, not as

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread John Sundman
On Dec 12, 2014, at 5:36 AM, Keith Adam wrote: So when did you join silklist, and how did you hear about it? Udhay Udhay's post has made me think about what silklist has meant to me. I was not invited, I did not know anyone 'in real life' and I had no noteworthy achievements that

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Keith Adam ke...@ksadam.net wrote: (When I saw the listing in the search engine there was nothing to suggest that the majority of the participants in the list were predominantly living in India or part of the Indian diaspora). Actually, I don't believe that

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Vinayak Hegde
On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 6:03 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Keith Adam ke...@ksadam.net wrote: (When I saw the listing in the search engine there was nothing to suggest that the majority of the participants in the list were predominantly living

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Casey O'Donnell
On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 7:15 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: So when did you join silklist, and how did you hear about it? Chris Kelty sent me back in November of 2006. At the time I was gearing up for a three-month NSF funded stint at game companies in India. I wound up spending

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Chris Kantarjiev
On Thu Dec 11 2014 at 5:45:42 PM Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: So when did you join silklist, and how did you hear about it? You have only yourself to blame for my membership, Udhay :-)

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-12 Thread Heather Madrone
Chris Kantarjiev wrote: On Thu Dec 11 2014 at 5:45:42 PM Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: So when did you join silklist, and how did you hear about it? You have only yourself to blame for my membership, Udhay :-) That's true for me as well. --hmm

[silk] The least random number

2014-12-11 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Next week, on the 19th, silklist will be 17 years old. A fair number of the regulars have been around (almost) that long. So when did you join silklist, and how did you hear about it? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-11 Thread Deepa Mohan
Yabbah...my usual answer to anything to do with dates...I can't remember! I do remember that you added me on, Vod Ka Raja, becaus of an email that I sent another Udhay. And that until I joined, it was an unmoderated listserv :D Oops, sorry...but I don't want to cutenpaste this at the end...this

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-11 Thread Anish Mohammed
I think I ran into you cypherpunk mailing list . Anish Mohammed Twitter: anishmohammed http://uk.linkedin.com/in/anishmohammed Skype: thecryptic On 11 Dec 2014, at 12:15, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Next week, on the 19th, silklist will be 17 years old. A fair number of the

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-11 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Linux india I guess and from there moving to bangalore to work for ram and bharath at bpl in 2001 On December 11, 2014 5:45:42 PM Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Next week, on the 19th, silklist will be 17 years old. A fair number of the regulars have been around (almost) that long.

Re: [silk] The least random number

2014-12-11 Thread John Sundman
I believe that I first heard of Silklist when reading Christopher Kelty's book Two Bits: The Cultural Significance of Free Software. Some short time after that I joined the list, although I don't recall how that happened. Most likely it would have been in the sumer or fall of 2009. By the