Re: [silk] Bangalore silkmeet 13 Apr?

2012-04-09 Thread Biju Chacko
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Venky ve...@duh-uh.com wrote: Sounds good to me, if you and Surabhi are agreeable. Let's say Vinit's place next to Biere Club at 7pm? Please email me or Vinit for phone numbers etc. Awfully far for me, but I'm in too.  Will get directions from Vinit. Try not

Re: [silk] Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn

2012-04-09 Thread Dave Long
We consider whether, and how, the way in which the information is phrased --- the choice of words and sentence structure --- can affect [public awareness]. As prior work one would hope they reference that rather trivial subject: rhetoric. -Dave (je t'aime ... moi non plus)

Re: [silk] Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn

2012-04-09 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
I think the hypothesis gives little credit for emotion. Play it again Sam, or, of all the gin joints in all the world... is not memorable because it is reusable, or because it's phrased memorably. So too, a line also becomes famous and oft repeated for the character saying it, cue Gabbar Singh. On

Re: [silk] Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn

2012-04-09 Thread ss
On Monday 09 Apr 2012 3:27:36 pm Dave Long wrote: We consider whether, and how, the way in which the information is phrased --- the choice of words and sentence structure --- can affect [public awareness]. As prior work one would hope they reference that rather trivial subject: rhetoric.