Re: [silk] Douglas Adams

Does anyone know why a book by Douglas Adams is called The salmon of doubt? That is a takeoff on the Irish myth of the Salmon of Knowledge. http://www.allaboutirish.com/library/tales/demne.shtm Considering this is my first post on this list, I guess some sort of introduction would be in order

Re: [silk] Douglas Adams

Another Venky on this list? Reminds me of the time when I worked in a cubicle farm for Citicorp way back in 1992. When someone shouted Venky, five heads would pop up :-) You could shout Subbu with the same results. Oh yeah! That happens all the time! I have a slightly more interesting problem

Re: [silk] Introduction

Hey Jim, Welcome to Silk! We've talked often on the OpenSolaris mailing lists. Looking forward to meeting you at FOSS.IN. I could certainly use some help getting some of the Linux zealots here to try out OpenSolaris! :) (Biju, you there?!) Venky. On 8/22/07, Jim Grisanzio [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [silk] Fascism?

On 10/3/07, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/3/07, ashok_ wrote: If people are gullible enough to believe something, they should be allowed to. Well..I would take exception, on principle, to that word gullible, which I think is a value judgement. In matters of religious faith,

Re: [silk] Fascism?

On 10/4/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd say gullibility would be belief in something illogical without realising it's illogical. Religious belief (very often) is a conscious choice to believe in something irrational. Fair enough, though I'd expect the majority of the hard-core

Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

On 10/29/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think the iPhone wave will hit India as powerfully as it invaded the US. Indian carriers unlike their US counterparts probably won't bend over backwards to accomodate the iPhone. This seems like a remarkably low-key launch, but I

Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

On 10/30/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 30, 2007 5:44 PM, Venky TV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] http://www.deals4all.net/citinew/apple%20i%20phone.html Took me quite by surprise. I was not expecting it here until mid-2008. Interesting, the ones in my workplace

Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

On 10/30/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Could you look at the wording on the pamphlet carefully please? I recall seeing a weasel word/phrase. Something such as get ready for the iPhone or some such.. Doesn't seem to be the case here. I called them up yesterday. They are taking

Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

On 10/30/07, Neha Viswanathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You can apparently also buy the iphone on Rediff Shopping. http://shop.rediff.com/shop/searchv3_gall.jsp?shop=AllQuery=iphoneSearch=Search Ah, ok! This clarifies matter somewhat. A bunch of small time operators selling hacked iPhones.

Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

On 10/30/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shiv sastry wrote: [ on 09:23 PM 10/30/2007 ] operators selling hacked iPhones. This is bound to be illegal. Still amazed that something like this made it into Citibank's offers to its cardmembers! Is there a presumption here

Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

On 10/31/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In fact I believe that in India and in countries where the rule of law is a gleam in some reformer's eye, large corporations such as Citibank actually employ small time crooks to implement at least some of their policies and help ensure that

Re: [silk] SNAFU and FUBAR

I overlooked only one thing: I have absolutely no sense of direction. After running for an hour, I noticed that Boston was not where I thought it was. After two hours, I was jogging past eerie, deserted factories. After three hours, my world was empty country roads in a pitch-dark blizzard.

Re: [silk] Meng Wong on what might happen if most spam disappears

Oops! Sorry about the multiple posts! After all the talk about the iPhone, I decided to pick one up after all! And it looks like if you save a mail as draft on the iPhone, it decides to post a copy anyway, as insurance! :) Venky. On 11/3/07, Venky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 3, 2007, at

Re: [silk] the_new_nostradamus

On 11/1/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The New Nostradamus Words By Michael A.M. Lerner Photos By Ethan Hill Can a fringe branch of mathematics forecast the future? A special adviser to the CIA, Fortune 500 companies, and the U.S. Department of Defense certainly thinks so.

Re: [silk] To FOU or not to FOU

On Nov 11, 2007 11:14 AM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A show of hands, please? Who's coming, and which location do you prefer? Looks like I'll have to go out of town for a wedding that weekend. I might be able to make it at least one of the days if we are going to Fireflies. Will

Re: [silk] FoU camp - logistics

I'll be able to make it on the first day. Which means there is another car leaving from Jayanagar (close to Udhay's place). Can offer a ride to 3 people from that part of town. In fact, I would insist on getting someone to ride with me. I have a terrible sense of direction and it's no fun

Re: [silk] FoU camp - logistics

Just talked to Udhay. The plan is for people who need transportation and are close to that part of town to meet at Udhay's place. Will pick up people from there. Venky. On Nov 27, 2007 7:37 PM, Venky TV [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll be able to make it on the first day. Which means

Re: [silk] 10th Anniversary silkmeet

I'm in. Venky, the Second. On Dec 9, 2007 8:34 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first message on Silklist [1] was sent on 19 December 1997. Next Wednesday, it'll be 10 years since that happened. Many generations in internet time, or even in dog years. Anybody wants to do a

Re: [silk] Wikipedia

On Dec 10, 2007 4:09 PM, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If the the entire right wing are blamed for the latter, how is it wrong for the right wing to blame all Muslims for the former? Tit for tat group blame and group punishment after all. If you can blame the entire right wing, you

Re: [silk] Wikipedia

On Dec 10, 2007 6:55 PM, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So when did you last hear anyone blaming any Muslims, right wing or any wing for any bomb blasts? I only hear that terrorists have no religion but, on the other hand, Muslims get killed by right wing Hindus. I *have* encountered

[silk] Mind Your Language

http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=029e27cc-99df-4664-8aba-ab8a6b43b2eeHeadline=Counterpoint%3a+Mind+Your+Language Vir Sanghvi, Hindustan Times December 15, 2007 Mind Your Language Am I glad that I no longer edit a magazine or a newspaper? You bet! It isn't that I mind

Re: [silk] Where to buy an unlocked iPhone?

On Jan 12, 2008 11:28 PM, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 12, 2008 9:30 AM, Aditya Chadha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The unlock is _fairly_ easy, especially with [2] and [3]. [1] http://www.tuaw.com/2007/11/09/iphone-elite-1-1-2-jailbroken/ [2] http://jailbreakme.com/ [3]

Re: [silk] The US of A is officially paranoid.

On Jan 21, 2008 9:57 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I assume that question largely went out to the Indians on the list who would fit nicely into the emigree-to-USA crowd. So, my additional question to them is, how safe do you feel about living in India? How safe do you feel

Re: [silk] The US of A is officially paranoid.

On Jan 24, 2008 10:06 AM, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To bring this back around to the start of the thread... it seems to me there would be a fair amount of selection bias in that. Fair enough. I almost certainly haven't been to half the countries you have! :) And judging by news

Re: [silk] Yahan koi dyslexia-lysdexia nahin hai

On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The International Dyslexia Association says there is no consensus on the exact number because not all children are screened, but estimates range from 8 percent to 15 percent of students. Oh, there is an International

Re: [silk] Rowling at Harvard

This caught my eye while catching up with old Silk posts. Interesting speech, but this particular bit sounded weird: One of the many things I learned at the end of that Classics corridor down which I ventured at the age of 18, in search of something I could not then define, was this, written by

Re: [silk] Rowling at Harvard

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:09 PM, ss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 24 Jun 2008 2:35:38 pm Venky TV wrote: What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Uncle Google lists this in pages containing quotes by Plutarch So, she was not the only one who got caught out by this, eh

Re: [silk] Rowling at Harvard

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 3:09 PM, ss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 24 Jun 2008 2:35:38 pm Venky TV wrote: What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality. Uncle Google lists this in pages containing quotes by Plutarch So, she was not the only one who got caught out by this, eh

Re: [silk] Regarding complaints to the police

On Mon, Mar 2, 2009 at 7:22 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Righteous indignation and idealism are great for coffee table conversations, and I indulge in them too. But when push comes to shove, I prefer being a realist and practical. Moreover, I'm concerned when

Re: [silk] Regarding complaints to the police

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 7:51 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: I personally don't think what is happening now deserves such grave reaction. I still maintain that it is a passing phenomenon, and as long as it is not given credence through our reaction to it, it will go

Re: [silk] Need some help

On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:35 PM, sur...@hserus.net sur...@hserus.net wrote: Your right stops right where it conflicts with another person's rights. True. Organized policies of discrimination such as vegetarian only buildings are an example. Don't buy that. You have no rights to another

Re: [silk] Oracle Agrees to Acquire Sun

On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 9:24 AM, Valsa Williams valsa.willi...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/technology/companies/21sun.html?ref=business Well ... what to the Sun and ex-Sun folks on the list think

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

Count me in too. * May 16th is the day that the official Election vote tally takes place, so it may (not sure yet) be a dry day. In which case we need some alternate suggestion for where to congregate after the event at Crossword. Ideas, anyone? Well, if you guys don't mind being slightly

Re: [silk] Using Amazon's Kindle in India

On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:58 AM, Udhay Shankar Nud...@pobox.com wrote: An exchange with a friend. Any thought, folks? Friend kindle works in India? Was gifted one but cant register it or download anything What to do __ Me Looks like

Re: [silk] Interview Questions

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:52 AM, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: I do a lot of interviews, both for Product Managers and for Tech profiles. I've had two questions which I've continuously asked, but need to change. I've enjoyed the responses of various candidates for

Re: [silk] book exchange meet? WAS Books to be given away

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 7:14 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Deepak Misra wrote, [on 2/1/2010 2:06 PM]:     So we're on for the 13th?     I count so far     Udhay     Lahar (?)     Raise your hands, people. I'm in, assuming it is in the evening. Will try and rustle up some

Re: [silk] book exchange meet? WAS Books to be given away

On Tue, Feb 2, 2010 at 12:13 PM, savita rao savita.s@gmail.com wrote: I'm in. Either place works, and if I bring along books, it'll be Udhay's and Venky's, since I don't want to part with mine. Sigh! My copy of J. D. Salinger's Nine Stories will finally make an appearance, I guess. Oh

Re: [silk] Silk Meet?

Count me in too. Might be slightly late as I have a call to attend in the evening. Cheers, Venky (the Second). On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 9:34 AM, savita rao savita.s@gmail.com wrote: Friday works for me, can't make it on Saturday. Savita On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 12:08 AM, Madhu Menon

Re: [silk] Population problem? What population problem?

On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, he's a Philip not a Chacko Pity! Chacko has potential for -uh- more interesting names. Dan Chacko, for instance, has quite a festive sound. Try saying it over and over again - Dan Chacko, Dan Chacko, Dan

Re: [silk] Skepticism on Technological Singularity

On 7 February 2011 00:01, Anand Manikutty manikuttyan...@yahoo.com wrote: Technological systems, businesses and social systems work together. Technology is not developed in a vacuum - it needs to be deployed somehow - and it is at the point of deployment of technology that regulation by

Re: [silk] Skepticism on Technological Singularity

On 7 February 2011 08:55, Anand Manikutty manikuttyan...@yahoo.com wrote: Have you gone through the points I made on my List? Your List being? If you mean silklist or to a list of points you made there, yes. (And you should re-check my previous message where I quoted the parts of your message I

Re: [silk] Skepticism on Technological Singularity

On 7 February 2011 22:22, Anand Manikutty manikuttyan...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Venky : I think there has been some confusion/miscommunication. The List (capital L) I am referring to is this one : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indo-euro-americo-asian_list/messages Since it appears that you have

Re: [silk] Skepticism on Technological Singularity

As for your question on me being a philosopher, there is no harm in me admitting that I have some competency in philosophy, but to appreciate the arguments, you would need to understand the literature in economics and organizations, not philosophy. That said, many of the world's leading

Re: [silk] fish^N

On 3 June 2011 07:21, Anand Manikutty manikuttyan...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi Heather: I am extremely busy right now and am unable to reply to your e-mail message, and address the concerns you may have about the validity of Fish fish ... as a sentence. Oh, you *can't* have missed that!

Re: [silk] (no subject)

On 20 June 2011 13:37, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: blank pun My response is on this mailing list:

Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - Thu July 14

On 12 July 2011 11:50, Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.com wrote: Hokai. Fri night. I'm in too. Will be slightly late, though. Venky (the Second).

Re: [silk] Speed of light broken?

On 23 September 2011 06:16, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote: Erm. I don't have either details or theoretical background to say more at this point, but does anyone else have any thoughts? Well, I was quite interested to discover, courtesy of Mint, that these laws of physics are a

Re: [silk] an-NRI again

On 23 October 2011 16:12, Ingrid ingrid.srin...@gmail.com wrote: To me it's a seemingly-eloquently argued defense of cowardice. Isn't that a defining trait of NRIs : to move to an oasis that someone else built rather than transform one's own desert surroundings? You mean cleaning up the

Re: [silk] Freedom of Speech

On 13 December 2011 02:09, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote: I would consider the circular logic of we only serve what the paying customer wants grievously mistaken on many counts. Other major users of this fig leaf are the massively profitable and demonstrably evil tobacco companies

Re: [silk] Freedom of Speech

On 13 December 2011 15:45, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 December 2011 11:57, Venky TV venky...@gmail.com wrote: I'm a little confused.  If the logic of giving people what they want to pay for is grievously mistaken, I guess you are suggesting people should

Re: [silk] Freedom of Speech

On 13 December 2011 21:24, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Bringing in the only point I was trying to make of people not wanting to pay for what *might* be good for them, I assume you expect doctors to chase down every body over 50 and give them colonoscopies for free,

Re: [silk] Freedom of Speech

On 14 December 2011 09:42, Brij Blog brij.bl...@gmail.com wrote: I do not think your analogy fits the case. I have no horse in this race (been unsubscribed from daily newspapers for more than a year now, so cannot really comment on their quality) but just going through this thread I think you

Re: [silk] Freedom of Speech

On 14 December 2011 17:34, Kiran K Karthikeyan kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote: Are you making the argument as follows: I have the right to free speech, and have therefore started a newspaper People don't want proper news, just what passes for a news I will therefore provide what the people

Re: [silk] Bangalore meet in September

On 7 September 2015 at 07:04, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > ​OK, CBD it is. Shall we say Arbor Brewing Company on Magrath road at > 6:30pm? > I'm in too. Venky.

Re: [silk] Renaming Aurangzeb Road

On 12 September 2015 at 10:44, Aditya Kapil wrote: > Yup. Me too. Remedies anyone? Umm.. block him? :D - Venky (the Second).