Re: [silk] Silkmeet next week/Chennai

2007-11-12 Thread Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
I'm in. C -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravages http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/ +91-9884467463

Re: [silk] The Demise Of The Dollar

2007-11-12 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Nov 6, 2007 10:39 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087sid=ahGpyu4D9xBkrefer=worldwide Another one, this one a little more amusing (but nonetheless a datum) http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119431747214683561.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[silk] Encrypted E-Mail Company Hushmail Spills to Feds

2007-11-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/encrypted-e-mai.html Interesting, though not exactly surprising. Also, http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9741357-7.html Cheeni

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Nothing surprising there - original Indian academic research even in our greatest universities is a rare phenomenon. I've had to include the name of a professor of mine and his friend, a professor at another college as authors in a college research paper I independently wrote. To my knowledge this

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: Nothing surprising there - original Indian academic research even in our Some kind soul has already provided a better translation http://horadecubitus.blogspot.com/2007/10/translation-of-swedish-article-on. html Article was pure plagiarism A scientific

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Kiran Jonnalagadda
On 12-Nov-07, at 8:22 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: Indian academia is mostly a cesspool of corruption and dishonesty. With particular emphasis on mostly rather than, say, entirely. I do know of Indian academia that does high quality original research.

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Anish Mohammed
Hi Cheeni, From my experience, I have worked in two in india ( IISc, Indian Stastical Insitute(Cryptology research group)). This might not a be fair statment to make, possibly too much of a generalisation, Indian researchers do produce outstanding work even when they are in India :-). regards

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
I haven't made sweeping generalizations - nowhere have I said that all Indian research is bogus. However there is a tendency in many institutions towards letting plagiarism go unchecked - which affects the quality of research produced. That each of us on this list knows one or two institutions

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Anish Mohammed
Hi Cheeni, I could only comment on my experience :-(. regards Anish On Nov 12, 2007 5:40 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't made sweeping generalizations - nowhere have I said that all Indian research is bogus. However there is a tendency in many institutions towards

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
So am I - my opinions are subjective, but I fear they are somewhat very close to the truth. I'd be happy to be proven wrong on this count. Cheeni On Nov 12, 2007 11:16 PM, Anish Mohammed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Cheeni, I could only comment on my experience :-(. regards Anish On Nov

Re: [silk] Silkmeet next week/Chennai

2007-11-12 Thread Badri Natarajan
I'm in. Right, then that's settled. Liu's Waldorf on Wednesday. At 7pm (not 8pm, since Suresh tells me that's a little late for Liu's). See you guys there. I have no Indian mobile but I will probably borrow one for the evening.. Badri