In the Reeves-Bullock movie Speed [1] where a bomb will go off on a
bus if the speed of said bus should drop below 50 MPH there is a scene
where the bus jumps over a break in a bridge [2]. My question is what
speed would the bomb/speedometer register when the bus is airborne?
I'm thinking the bomb
Gautam John wrote:
In the Reeves-Bullock movie Speed [1] where a bomb will go off on a
bus if the speed of said bus should drop below 50 MPH there is a scene
where the bus jumps over a break in a bridge [2]. My question is what
speed would the bomb/speedometer register when the bus is
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:26 PM, Ramjee Swaminathan
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Unfortunately, I have forgotten (oh how can i, but when i is thrown in
things really become complex) the name of this illustrious
organization, but it is very near the Vivekananda college of Mylapore
and on one end
Venkat Mangudi wrote, [on 11/27/2008 5:03 PM]:
Looks like I might be able to join the FoU with my family (wife and 2
kids, 7 and 4).
I booked another large room at the Sports Club.
We will not be coming back to Bangalore, though. Space
for 4 in any car? Else, we might have to take the
Gautam John wrote:
... there is a scene where the bus jumps over a break in a bridge
[2]. My question is what speed would the bomb/speedometer register
when the bus is airborne? I'm thinking the bomb should have gone off
when in the air...
AFAIK, the speedometer relies on wheel/transmission
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ramjee Swaminathan
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[...]
Unfortunately, I have forgotten (oh how can i, but when i is thrown in
things really become complex) the name of this illustrious
organization, but it is very near the Vivekananda college of Mylapore
I spent a
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 11:06 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Ramjee Swaminathan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
Unfortunately, I have forgotten (oh how can i, but when i is thrown in
things really become complex) the name of this illustrious
I think the name you are looking for is Sampradaya.
Deepa.
Oh thanks Deepa, a self-respecting chennaiite! (are you?) I can
always countess on you. Now a sampradaya search :-) reveals more about
it.
http://www.sampradaya.org/
To think that I had already wasted precious 1 hour at my lib tryng
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Ramjee Swaminathan
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[...]
http://www.sampradaya.org/
To think that I had already wasted precious 1 hour at my lib tryng to
locate my mothballed notes and the musty brochure of Sampradaya. What
a fine organization. It is on one END of
The sad thing is that this no rare event, merely one that has received
public attention.
Cheeni
*Date:30/11/2008* *URL:
http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mag/2008/11/30/stories/2008113050060300.htm
*
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BAREFOOT
*Selling one's child*
HARSH MANDER
Shyamlal and
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 12:10 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Actually too much time inside the college hostel (which was a
convenient place to lie down in the mid-day Madras heat) and the 1008
tea shops in the vicinity.
In the rich tradition of silken thread drift, I wonder if
Udhay Shankar N wrote:
In the rich tradition of silken thread drift, I wonder if someone can
explain the special significance of the numbers 108 and 1008 in Tamil
tradition.
Is there a traditional significance? I just thought that it rolled off
the tongue pretty easily that saying
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 11:27 AM, Ramjee Swaminathan
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Mylapore f arts.
Ramjee...how well that describes some of the vaira thOdu mAmi's and jerigai
veshti mAmA's who would come to concerts and yak their heads off! I am
still laughing!
Thanks for lifting my mood
What do you know, Wikipedia has it all. And its not just tamils, the Japanese
and Cambodians have similar traditions (no doubt borrowed from south india when
bodhidhamma went into japan, and the chola and pallava kings were ruling most
of south east asia)
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:00 PM, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Udhay Shankar N wrote:
In the rich tradition of silken thread drift, I wonder if someone can
explain the special significance of the numbers 108 and 1008 in Tamil
tradition.
Is there a traditional significance? I
Deepa Mohan wrote:
No, no...as *I* see it, 3 is a mystic number (trinity etc), and so is 9
which is thrice three (all the TVS family members, please note, even today
have car number plates which total up to 9) and 12 times 9 is 108...this is
But why 12 times nine? What is the significance
On Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
What do you know, Wikipedia has it all. And its not just tamils, the
Japanese and Cambodians have similar traditions (no doubt borrowed from
south india when bodhidhamma went into japan, and the chola and pallava
Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
What do you know, Wikipedia has it all. And its not just tamils, the Japanese
and Cambodians have similar traditions (no doubt borrowed from south india
when bodhidhamma went into japan, and the chola and pallava kings were ruling
most of south east asia)
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