Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
On 19-Jun-2013, at 10:44, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Interesting. We've had conceptually similar discussions in the past [1], too. A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness, this unmistakable smell is as much a part

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread ashok_
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.netwrote: On 19-Jun-2013, at 10:44, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Interesting. We've had conceptually similar discussions in the past [1], too. A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
On 19 June 2013 12:03, ashok_ listmans...@gmail.com wrote: Someone should combine wine tasting with smelling of old books , to determine which wine goes best with a Don Quixote publication from 1922 ... There are other volatile organics that would go better with an old Don Quixote. Ram

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

2013-06-19 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:37:47PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: More on the dropping cost of PV panels: http://www.economist.com/news/21566414-alternative-energy-will-no-longer-be-alternative-sunny-uplands Rebranding is always a tricky exercise, but for one field of technology 2013 will

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

2013-06-19 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: in rich countries. In the end, though, they too will change as the alternatives become normal, and what was once normal becomes quaintly old-fashioned. It has been quaintly old-fashioned for many years now where I sit.

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread gabin kattukaran
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] Energy: 100% of global power from solar using 1% of total land surface

2013-06-19 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 03:29:30PM +0530, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote: in rich countries. In the end, though, they too will change as the alternatives become normal, and what was once normal becomes quaintly old-fashioned.

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Sean Doyle
I wouldn't recommend the 1922 Quixote; 1605 and 1615 were much better years. If you can't find this vintage I'd suggest the 1939 Menard which had some of the similar organics. On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:01 AM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.comwrote: On 19 June 2013 14:05, Udhay Shankar N

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Biju Chacko
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On 19-Jun-13 3:31 PM, gabin kattukaran wrote: Trust you to make a hash of things. There's another thread going up in smoke. Confess, now...its absinthe made your heart grow fonder. I expected a crack like this.

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Biju Chacko
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On 19-Jun-13 3:31 PM, gabin kattukaran wrote: Trust you to make a hash of things. There's another thread going up in smoke. Confess,

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: Interestingly enough, I just discovered that I can't pun while I'm listening to music. Its sort of like trying to hum a tune while another is playing. Actually *listening* to music is a single-tasking activity for me.

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Thaths
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 5:39 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: On 19-Jun-13 3:31 PM, gabin kattukaran wrote: Trust you to make a hash of things. There's another thread going up in smoke. Confess,

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Udhay Shankar N
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 black? As expected, this thread is mushrooming like magic. Udhay --

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread gabin kattukaran
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] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Thaths
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:14 AM, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.comwrote: 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

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Jai Iyer
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:11 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: Interestingly enough, I just discovered that I can't pun while I'm listening to music. Its sort of like trying to hum a tune while another is playing. This reminded me of something I read somewhere this past week. It

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On 19-Jun-13 7:02 PM, Jai Iyer wrote: This reminded me of something I read somewhere this past week. It *ahem* got right up my nose till I found it : From: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5872414 quote JWZ: Be careful. Music engages your creative hemisphere I will indulge my inner

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 07:15:39PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: It might be fun if we got JWZ on silk, though. Thaths? JWZ looks like he's having a life, so I doubt he accepts.

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Dave Long
A combination of grassy notes with a tang of acids and a hint of vanilla over an underlying mustiness, this unmistakable smell is as much a part of the book as its contents. Someone should combine wine tasting with smelling of old books , to determine which wine goes best with a Don

Re: [silk] Old book smell

2013-06-19 Thread Thaths
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 10:15 AM, Dave Long dave.l...@bluewin.ch wrote: Among my wife's secret mutant powers: determining a book's (general) genre by the smell of its pages. (She, by the way, maintains that bone glue breaking down forms a major note in old book smell) Quick horsing around.

Re: [silk] introduction...

2013-06-19 Thread Udhay Shankar N
Happy 4th anniversary, Stef and Indro! I'd be most interested in your account of your experiences in India over 4+ years. Udhay On 17-Sep-08 10:51 AM, Stephanie Whiting wrote: Hi, I got the welcome mail asking me to introduce myself, I'm Stephanie Whiting and I am a 24 year old American

Re: [silk] introduction...

2013-06-19 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Sounds like a plan. I think the visa issue did sort itself out after a great deal of effort :)  --srs Original message From: Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com Date: 06/20/2013 7:44 AM (GMT+05:30) To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Subject: Re: [silk] introduction... Happy 4th