Re: [silk] Another n00b

2007-08-23 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Take over the world eh? (mental note to self - I am not alone). So what would you like to do when the world is your oyster, and you can shuck it? :) Cheeni On 8/22/07, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm new on this list, though not new to the list. I'm

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-23 Thread Anil Kumar
HI Jim! I am curious no, really!. How do you manage going through 200 lists, participate and also have time for your work (and family / kids / friends (or all), hobbies, shopping and other general things in life). Anil KUMAR On 8/23/07, Jim Grisanzio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Jim

Re: [silk] Another n00b

2007-08-23 Thread Charles Haynes
On 8/23/07, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Put all those who wanted to take over the world behind bars, of course. In your fortress of solitude or some such no doubt. Fool. When I take over the world, I will have all the rest of you pretenders shot. Immediately and

Re: [silk] Another n00b

2007-08-23 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
I remember that one. For a moment I did contemplate shooting you all. But who will provide my horde of cannibal warriors lunch when they are not working? C On 23/08/07, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/23/07, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Put all those

[silk] Pinky and the Brain [Re: Another n00b]

2007-08-23 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But who will provide my horde of cannibal warriors lunch when they are not working? Ah, your cannibals might want to buy tickets for the Live Ate concerts

Re: [silk] Another n00b

2007-08-23 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote [at 01:45 PM 8/23/2007] : I remember that one. For a moment I did contemplate shooting you all. But who will provide my horde of cannibal warriors lunch when they are not working? Does the term Deep Freeze have no resonance for all you amatuers? Udhay (No,

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-23 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
By letting the computer do the work for you, and not reading every email that flows in. Oh, and ubiquitous access to email - i.e. blackberry. ~Cheeni - 155 lists and counting... On 8/23/07, Anil Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI Jim! I am curious no, really!. How do you manage going through

[silk] Children review OLPC XO technology....

2007-08-23 Thread ashok _
http://www.olpcnews.com/implementation/maintenance/childrens_reviews_xo_technology.html Then twelve year old SG made a surprisingly well-written literary statement about the $100 laptop on Freedom to Tinker: My expectations for this computer were, I must admit, not very high. But it

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-23 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2007-08-23 09:24:03 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You should check out the Belenix[1] LiveCD Surely that's a typo for SchilliX. -- ams

Re: [silk] Another n00b

2007-08-23 Thread Biju Chacko
On 8/23/07, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Put all those who wanted to take over the world behind bars, of course. They'll be serving drinks to your cannibal hordes? -- b

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-23 Thread Venky
You should check out the Belenix[1] LiveCD Surely that's a typo for SchilliX. Nope. Schillix has not been updated for a long time and Joerg seems to have lost interest in maintaining it. BeleniX is an alternate LiveCD a bunch of us at Sun (when I used to work there) started off. It is now

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-23 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2007-08-23 14:50:05 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Schillix has not been updated for a long time and Joerg seems to have lost interest in maintaining it. (Psst. I was kidding.) -- ams

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-23 Thread Venky
Schillix has not been updated for a long time and Joerg seems to have lost interest in maintaining it. (Psst. I was kidding.) And I bite! (Kicking myself.) Some of today's jokes have been too subtle for me. I didn't get Udhay's either. Venky.

Re: [silk] Pakistan at 60 from Rafiq Dossani

2007-08-23 Thread shiv sastry
On Thursday 23 Aug 2007 6:21 am, Indrajit Gupta wrote: Wouldn't any Indian author asked to write on Pakistan at 60 tend to compare Pakistan with his own country? No IG. Not necessarily. At least, I don't think so. shiv

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-23 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Venky wrote [at 03:05 PM 8/23/2007] : And I bite! (Kicking myself.) Some of today's jokes have been too subtle for me. I didn't get Udhay's either. Amatuers? That was just my laboured effort at a bilingual pun. /me retreats into shell as he waits for Divya to emerge, machetes a-twirl,

Re: [silk] Pakistan at 60 from Rafiq Dossani

2007-08-23 Thread ashok _
On 8/23/07, shiv sastry wrote: On Thursday 23 Aug 2007 6:21 am, Indrajit Gupta wrote: Wouldn't any Indian author asked to write on Pakistan at 60 tend to compare Pakistan with his own country? No IG. Not necessarily. At least, I don't think so. shiv I think it would be quite

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-23 Thread Jim Grisanzio
Anil Kumar wrote: HI Jim! I am curious no, really!. How do you manage going through 200 lists, participate and also have time for your work (and family / kids / friends (or all), hobbies, shopping and other general things in life). Oh, you are assuming I have a life! :) I don't. I read a

Re: [silk] Pakistan at 60 from Rafiq Dossani

2007-08-23 Thread shiv sastry
As always - my views are my own. My specific answer to IG's question Wouldn't ANY Indian author asked to write on Pakistan at 60 tend to compare Pakistan with his own country? Note the operative word any in the question. I believe that if I am asked to write about Pakistan, i would write about

Re: [silk] Pakistan at 60 from Rafiq Dossani

2007-08-23 Thread shiv sastry
On Thursday 23 Aug 2007 8:27 pm, shiv sastry wrote: I believe this continuous clubbing and comparison with India either causes needless insecurity, or a false sense of security for Pakistanis depending on what parameter is being compared. Posting a convenient example of an article that