Re: [silk] Why India's Internet connections are falling

2007-10-10 Thread ashok _
On 10/9/07, Venkat Mangudi wrote: Well, it makes sense to me that you would first want to help these people make a living before equipping with a laptop. What parts did not make sense to you? Just curious. basically the parts where the writer quotes the UN to make comparisons which are not

Re: [silk] 9/11 again

2007-10-10 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Thu, Oct 04, 2007 at 06:34:16AM +0530, shiv sastry wrote: Nations like the UK, Germany, Italy, Spain that are similarly democratic, developed and wealthy have faced terrorism for decades. Israel and India too Since RAF, there has been no terrorism in Germany. And it's not a good thing.

Re: [silk] 9/11 again

2007-10-10 Thread Dave Long
Since RAF, there has been no terrorism in Germany. I recall missing being blown up at FRA by a couple of hours in the late 80's -- was the RAF still active then, or was that just a one-off? -Dave

Re: [silk] 9/11 again

2007-10-10 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:10:22PM +0200, Dave Long wrote: Since RAF, there has been no terrorism in Germany. I recall missing being blown up at FRA by a couple of hours in the late 80's -- was the RAF still active then, or was that just a one-off? According to

Re: [silk] 9/11 again

2007-10-10 Thread shiv sastry
On Wednesday 10 Oct 2007 7:00 pm, Eugen Leitl wrote: On Wed, Oct 10, 2007 at 03:10:22PM +0200, Dave Long wrote: Since RAF, there has been no terrorism in Germany. What is/was the RAF? I see a global trend towards authoritorian systems, aided by brinworld (ubiquitous automatic surveillance,

Re: [silk] 9/11 again

2007-10-10 Thread Ramakrishnan Sundaram
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[silk] The Future of Food

2007-10-10 Thread Gautam John
There's a picture gallery here... http://www.popsci.com/popsci/technology/30a9f39472685110vgnvcm104eecbccdrcrd.html THE FUTURE OF FOOD Doctor Delicious Ted Allen For a closer look at the amazing high-tech gadgets found in the kitchens of today's most adventurous professional chefsā€”as well