Re: [silk] fuel from grass

On 3/8/11 2:07 AM March 8, 2011, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 2:27 AM, Udhay Shankar N > wrote: Some more background on the commercialization of butanol (and assorted isomers) here [1] I may begin to like bio-fuels if there is a promise to cu

Re: [silk] fuel from grass

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Heather Madrone wrote: > Or if they use the non-edible parts of food crops to make the biofuel. In the absence of GM crops and agri-subsidies this would make sense. Corn subsidies have skewed the market place in the US at least - edible and in-edible byproducts o

[silk] The Reinvention of Silk

Fascinating. Besides, how could I resist forwarding a piece with this title? Udhay http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/science/08silk.html?_r=1&hpw=&pagewanted=all The Reinvention of Silk By HENRY FOUNTAIN Published: March 7, 2011 As some silk researchers see it, if spiders were gregarious vege

[silk] The universe is a hologram...

I also attended some lectures by Paramarthananda,in Chennai, where he talked about Nirvishishta Advaithathis philosophy says much the same thing, that the Universe has no reality.

[silk] Japan

Jim (Grisanzio) is doing OK, by his facebook updates. Jim, what's it like? and what's the person on the street saying right now? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

[silk] Japan

Jim (Grisanzio) is doing OK, by his facebook updates. Jim, what's it like? and what's the person on the street saying right now? Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

Re: [silk] fuel from grass

On Tue, Mar 08, 2011 at 08:34:56AM -0800, Heather Madrone wrote: > Or if they use the non-edible parts of food crops to make the biofuel. Doesn't do a damn thing http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=HANPP FYI, biomass contributes 7% to Germany's 2009 total energy demand http://en.wikipedia.org

Re: [silk] The Reinvention of Silk

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 22:48, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Fascinating. Besides, how could I resist forwarding a piece with this title? > > Udhay > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/science/08silk.html?_r=1&hpw=&pagewanted=all > > The Reinvention of Silk > > By HENRY FOUNTAIN > Fio Omenetto gave on

Re: [silk] The Reinvention of Silk

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 10:48 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Fascinating. Besides, how could I resist forwarding a piece with this title? > > Udhay > > http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/08/science/08silk.html?_r=1&hpw=&pagewanted=all > Fio Omeretto spoke at TED this year about silk. It should be up at

Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 5:52 AM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > I also attended some lectures by Paramarthananda,in Chennai, where he > talked about Nirvishishta Advaithathis philosophy says much the same > thing, that the Universe has no reality. I've always held that the Universe appears to be cha

Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > Considering the inefficiency, I've tried not to repeat this, but the act of > thinking is quite unconscious and exciting at the same time that it's often > too late in the process that it occurs to me to look at what others have > found

Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...

On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:27 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: I'd like to get some formal training in Philosophy even though my current instinct is to hate it for its eminent unsuitability to tackling the subject. Lovely pair of ducks, Cheeni! :)

Re: [silk] The universe is a hologram...

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > the Universe has no reality. What does this mean? What is a universe? How would you know if it were real, not real, or something else? On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:57 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > I've always held that the Universe appears t