Re: [silk] 'herd immunity strategy'

[Vijay Anand]

The logic is that you isolate the vulnerable - those who are older and have
pre-existing conditions and then let the rest of the folks mingle. The
infection will spread by by enlarge won't cause any serious problems and
once the 2-4 weeks is over, and the immunity is built and they are no
longer carriers, they can neither catch it nor be carriers and hence the
vulnerable would be safe too.

In theory it works, but isnt as easy to implement.

On Wed, Apr 22, 2020, 4:11 PM Peter Griffin  wrote:

>  I keep hearing about a 'herd immunity strategy.'
> Isn't that, like, no strategy? Serious question. I mean, just let people
> get infected and let the chips fall where they may? What am I not smart
> enough to understand?
>

Re: [silk] PickleJar - Indian Free Stock Photos (Re: Ashim - An Introduction)

[Vijay Anand]

It is also not a bad idea to think abt a "pay what you like" option, rather
than FREE - as free is seldom valued in india and also gets clubbed with
the spammy sort of websites that are out there.

And if someone does pay, can always pass it on to the photographer. It also
builds good will, that is at the crux of a community.



On Nov 8, 2017 5:30 PM, "Peter Griffin"  wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 2:54 PM, Ashim D'Silva 
> wrote:
>
> > The idea was to contribute to the holistic imagery that defines India. So
> > our initial focus was trying to be on everyday India—office desks,
> > apartments, remote work, coffee shops, travelling, …. These are places
> > where it’s easy to fallback to a “generic” photo from another country to
> > make do, but one from India would be far more satisfying, even if
> > subconsciously.
> >
>
> As a journalist, I'd be delighted to have such a resource. We do have
> access to other stock libraries where we can use stuff for free (in
> addition to the agencies we pay), and there aren't many with an India
> focus.
>
> >
> > With CC0, the idea was only to remove all barriers to use—so these photos
> > are used widely and travel, blogs, wallpapers, theme demos,
> presentations.
> > Credit is near impossible in a lot of cases, and unless the photo is core
> > to the piece, it seems out of place. I don’t have an argument for why
> free,
> > but that it cuts off a huge set of users who I’d rather were using great
> > images of India and not restricted by what they can afford: in the spirit
> > of open-source sharing really. If there’s a better license, happy to hear
> > about it and adapt.
> >
>
> Wouldn't some form of attribution be better for the photographer?
>
> >
> > So, what’s in it for the photog— mostly nothing but making a better
> visual
> > environment with which to represent India. We didn’t do very well with
> > marketing the first time, so I think we’ll also need more help than just
> > photographs.
> >
>

Re: [silk] Happy Founder's Day

[Vijay Anand]

Happy birthday Udhay!

Thanks for setting the bar in terms of what makes one interesting. To many
more interesting years ahead, with never a dull moment!

Vijay

On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 6:42 PM, Gaurav Vaz  wrote:

> Happy Birthday Udhay! Of all the ways I could wish you, this seems most
> appropriate :)
>
> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 6:59 AM, Biju Chacko 
> wrote:
>
> > It'd probably require a lot of staggering
> >
> > -- b
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Deepa Mohan 
> wrote:
> > > *Biju*, any particular reason to use the word 'staggering'?
> > >
> > > On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 3:18 PM, Biju Chacko 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Mon, Oct 23, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Venkatesh H R  >
> > >> wrote:
> > >> > Happy Birthday Udhay!
> > >> > 20 years is staggering.
> > >>
> > >> Gee, you don't 20. Cramming that much aging into 20 years is indeed
> > >> staggering.
> > >>
> > >> -- b
> > >>
> > >>
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice!
>
> Gaurav Vaz | m...@gauravvaz.com | +91 99005 16145 | http://gauravvaz.com
>

Re: [silk] In praise of slowness

[Vijay Anand]

"Slowing down" - the phase in life when making money is not the priority
anymore and there is the intention to expand to other interests that have
been at best side projects, so that they get focus.

It seems that the more i read the viewpoints, unless and if there is a) a
significant windfall that money isnt a big concern anymore or b) you make
the financial planning so that  there is an insurance of sorts so that
something doesnt take you unaware - worse put your dependents ar risk, this
is a hard one to pull off.

I often mind myself going back to a bookmarked linked of self-sustainable
farms. An acre or two of land, grow what you want and get away from the
race of making your monthly commitments, seems like a dream. BUT...

1. Any self sufficient farm thingerie is a lot of upfront capital - to cure
the land, and setup things needed for substanence - food, water,
electricity.

2. Given the scenario with the government where the apt definition is
"revolutionary governance", and what holds value, suddenly goes out of it
and land reform policies might be on the horizon, i wonder if any of the
planning we do would be free of risks.

3. All said and done, to keep up with inflation we need an asset that goes
up in value and creates liquidity over time, as agri for eg will never be a
commercially successful enterprise (atleast at that scale). And building
assets right now, take a lifetime in India.

Vijay

On Jan 24, 2017 10:54 AM, "Venkatesh H R"  wrote:

> It is a terrific experience reading all your thoughts. To me, it appears
> that
> most people, when talking about slowing down, are just referring to
> removing
> clutter from their lives. It doesn't mean they are actually slowing down.
> Indeed, in some respects they might be working harder on a few aspects of
> their
> life than ever before! Of course, there is a good chance I'm mistaken in
> this
> assumption.
> For what it's worth, I too am slowing down in my own way. 2012 was the
> last time
> we had TV at home. And this year, I'm planning to cut down significantly on
> Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn. There is a dynamic tension to
> this,
> because I depend on social media to distribute my work and listen to
> others. So
> I will still use these - but not on my mobile phone. For me, this is
> equivalent
> to slowing down. I've just been reading Deep Work by Cal Newport, the
> Georgetown
> Uni Computer Science Professor. And he is in praise of some radical
> retooling of
> our calendars and priorities.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 12:16 AM, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com
> wrote:
> John, thanks for your hones answers. It's been enlightening to read all the
>
> answers. Charles, I hope to be as disciplined as you, one day.
>
>
>
>
> One of the biggest tensions in my life has been between the activist in me,
>
> who wants to change the world, and the recluse in me, who wants to run away
>
> from the world. Currently, I work with a non profit working on financial
>
> inclusion (www.ispirt.in & www.productnation.in). I have other consulting
>
> gigs but the iSPIRT one has been most intense and has pretty much taken
>
> over my calendar. I like the fact that this work contributes to a good
>
> cause, but there are moments when I crave intense solitude. I never liked
>
> multi-tasking and doing too many things at the same time. I stopped
>
> watching TV many, many years ago... try not to spend too much time on
>
> Twitter and Facebook... and thoroughly hate the always-on online lifestyle.
>
> With age, I have realized that time is not money. Time is precious and we
>
> choose to exchange it for those things that we value the most, whether
>
> that be taking care of our health, a walk in the park, meeting loved ones,
>
> or reading a book. I find that there is great joy in doing things slowly,
>
> meditatively... However, my working life has all been about cramming as
>
> much as possible into every minute available, and doing a hundred things at
>
> once... not complaining, but just making an observation... after all, it is
>
> those jobs that gave me a degree of financial independence. For a change, I
>
> want my life to be not always about efficiency, but also about beauty and
>
> the joy of each moment. Let's see how this works out :-)
>
>
>
>
> Venky
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 10:32 PM, Radhika, Y.  wrote:
>
>
>
>
> > ​Thank you so much for your honesty John. Other accounts for slowing down
>
> > always sound like they come from wherever lotuses grow (supposedly that
> is
>
> > where Vancouverites live!).
>
> >
>
> > best wishes.
>
> > Radhika
>
> >
>
>
>
>
>
>
> H R VenkateshTow-Knight Fellow 2016, New YorkCo-ordinator, Hacks/Hackers
> New
> Delhi
> Ph: +1 646-874-9924Twitter: @hrvenkatesh
>

[silk] Old Maps of Chennai

[Vijay Anand]

Does anyone know where one can find old maps of Chennai? I am looking
for a map of Triplicane, especially the area surrounding the Marina
beach before 1991. If anyone could point me towards the right
direction, it would greatly help.

Thanks in advance.

Vijay

Re: [silk] Subtitles for movies in Bengaluru theatres

[Vijay Anand]

Satyam Cinemas in Chennai plays subtitles on all regional language movies
on Thursdays.

On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 5:39 PM, Bharat Shetty bharat.she...@gmail.com
wrote:

 On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Ashwin Nanjappa ashwi...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  With regards to Interstellar, according to Raja Sen's review it seems to
 be
  playing in Indian theatres with subtitles:
  http://rajasen.com/2014/11/07/interstellar/
 
 
 Ah thanks! I have dropped a mail to Raja Sen enquiring about details of the
 theatre he saw Interstellar at!

 Regards,
 Bharat

[silk] Is What Aaron Did, Right?

[Vijay Anand]

So, did someone say that we dont use this forum to have debates on
what goes on in the world anymore? I know there are some authors here
and some folks from the Academic world.

What is your take on Aaron? It looks like with Julian, and now Aaron
(liberating data is the new form of activism) - and not the long route
of creating an organization and lobbying for years and opening it up,
but bruteforce opening (and facing the brutality of it when it
backfires) is what the masses are backing after. It somehow brings me
mental images of public execution of the old powers during the French
Revolution - a bit hasty and bloody for my taste.

What are your thoughts?

PS: No intents to smear the living or the dead. But it looks like that
we are on the crossroads of information, access to it and ethics here.
And this issue is only going to grow, not go away.

Re: [silk] Is What Aaron Did, Right?

[Vijay Anand]

On 15-Jan-2013, at 5:51 PM, Pranesh Prakash the.solips...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Vijay Anand vi...@vijayanand.name wrote:
 So, did someone say that we dont use this forum to have debates on
 what goes on in the world anymore? I know there are some authors here
 and some folks from the Academic world.
 
 What is your take on Aaron? It looks like with Julian, and now Aaron
 (liberating data is the new form of activism) - and not the long route
 of creating an organization and lobbying for years and opening it up,
 but bruteforce opening
 
 This is a rather naive and uninformed summary.  Aaron had been
 involved with, and has founded, multiple organizations (including the
 Sunlight Foundation, and running watchdog.net and founding the online
 advocacy platform Demand Progress) that work on transparency-related
 lobbying.  His posts on the difference between democracy,
 accountability and transparency are worth[1] reading[2], and
 
 [1]: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/transparencybunk
 [2]: http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/usefultransparency
 
 Why is using technology to 'liberate' data in any way a lesser route
 than using laws?  This also seems to presume that the tech route and
 the 'lobbying' route of changing policy are not complementary, and
 that the tech route involves short cuts if not actual breaking of
 laws.
 
 And what of those cases where the law holds that information *is*
 public (case law, for instance) but are independent of the law behind
 a paywall like PACER?  What law was broken by that?  Further, what law
 (as opposed to a unilaterally-imposed non-negotiable 'Terms of
 Service') was broken by downloading those millions of articles from
 JSTOR?
 
 The Open Access movements have a long history, and a history of more
 than a decade in their modern form.  Various organizations around the
 world are involved in seeking changes in public policy (including the
 Centre for Internet and Society, the organization I work for) and when
 it comes to open access to scholarly literature, in the practices of
 academics and non-governmental research funders as well.  Aaron was a
 part of the open access to law movement (see his work with Carl
 Malamud), as well as the open access to scholarly literature movement.
 
 And further, it is incredibly short-sighted to see Julian Assange as
 some sort of start of 'data liberation'.
 
 (and facing the brutality of it when it
 backfires) is what the masses are backing after. It somehow brings me
 mental images of public execution of the old powers during the French
 Revolution - a bit hasty and bloody for my taste.
 
 I've completely lost you here. What exactly conjures up images of
 public execution?  The anger of people at the wrongful hounding of
 Aaron Swartz looks like baying for blood?  Do you condone such
 flagrant misuse of laws by state prosecutors?, and would you rather
 that people not get angered by it?
 
 What are your thoughts?
 
 PS: No intents to smear the living or the dead. But it looks like that
 we are on the crossroads of information, access to it and ethics here.
 And this issue is only going to grow, not go away.
 
 I'm sorry if I come across as being rude, but Aaron is someone I
 admired and looked up to for many years, and his suicide is something
 I feel very strongly about.
 

Ill add to this once a few others have had a chance to chip in. no issues mate, 
I am not offended in anyway. Im sorry to hear about your loss. Thanks for your 
two cents and perspective.

Re: [silk] Chennai Silk meet this week?

[Vijay Anand]

Id also like to join for this meet, if the silklisters would take me :)

On 01-Jan-2013, at 11:59 AM, Chew Lin Kay chewlin@gmail.com wrote:

 Wait confused now. Which location for the 12 and which for the 19?
 
 Am doing a walk in Mylapore on the morning of the 19th, so will appreciate 
 somewhere in that general vicinity (that being relative, for some for a 
 country known euphemistically as the little red dot)
 
 
 On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 2:26 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net 
 wrote:
 12 and 19
 
 --srs (iPad)
 
 On 31-Dec-2012, at 23:43, Badri Natarajan asi...@vsnl.com wrote:
 
 
 On 31 Dec 2012, at 14:12, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote:
 
 Not particularly good or authentic 
 
 --srs (htc one x)
 
 So what's the date again? One on the 19th and one on either the 12th or the 
 14th? Is there any agreement?
 
 Khader Nawaz Khan Road better for me, but can go elsewhere as required..
 
 Badri
 

Re: [silk] The souring of the Dubai dream.

[Vijay Anand]

On 08-Dec-2011, at 10:24 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote:

 ONot new. Expats getting into debt and then living in their parking lots is
 an old, sad story
 
 Mahesh Murthy [08/12/11 10:14 +0530]:
 Somewhat chilling article on Dubai in The Independent.
 
 Comments? First-hand experience?
 
 http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/johann-hari/the-dark-side-of-dubai-1664368.html
 

I grew up in Dubai, but somewhere in the mid 90s, the radical boom started to 
happen. 

Unfortunately it doesnt take much to confirm these news. Land in dubai and you 
will see so many newly built apartments abandoned (through your flight window 
itself). The only word that comes to mind when you think of dubai is.. 
artificial. I dont think it was meant to last. Green grass all through the 
year (in a desert), a snow mall - and selling winter clothing, was all a bit 
too much to start with.

Dubai now resembles a bit like gotham city which once had its splendour, but 
now is crumbling to ruins.

V.

[silk] My Airtel Saga

[Vijay Anand]

Might be a bit of a rant, possibly cause it seems to be our plight at the 
moment. Here's my sad story for those who can empathize.

Got an airtel broadband line here for the office here at The Startup Centre - 
8mbps, with a limit of 50GB. Its a 2999 rs. package. I go through the fine 
print and realize that there is a fair use policy in place, after the 50GB, 
actually way before the usage itself they tell you that you are nearing your 
quota and will be going back ten years in time unless you click on the magic 
button called Speed of Demand. We figured we will deal with it.

First three months were awesome. A steady bill of 3K and some taxes and all was 
good.

September, I get a bill for 35K. Some pretty weird math they have. There are 
multiple sessions logged for a day, a sample of which would be:

17 Sept 2011, Downloaded 25GB, Session time: 23 hours
17 Sept 2011, Downloaded 6GB, Session time: 8 hours

And that went on for pages. Apparently in Airtel's special zone, hours in a day 
extend beyond 24 hours. Spoke to the customer care, we laughed about it and he 
said it was some billing upgrade that is causing havoc and it will get fixed.

Next month, i get a bill, with the outstanding, 35K, and another 38K for the 
next month. Same story. Raised a complaint again. No resolution. This month i 
get one for another 35K. I officially own Airtel over a lakh for what was 
anticipated to be a 10K business expense.

Ive exhausted all my resources. Their twitter id is handled by some gorilla, i 
am assuming. Their only response was that they sensed i didnt have a good 
customer experience. Called the Akosha guys to handle the situation, they dug 
up some high profile contacts, got someone from airtel to call, but  two days 
later the verdict is that the billing system has logged usage Sir. I dont 
know how to break it to them that if we had exhausted our 50GB limit, and 
dropped to the 256kbps plan that they call an excuse for broadband, how it is 
even possible to download 70GB of data in 5 days, but logic is out of the 
window at this point.

I am at my final point, before i talk to lawyers to file a case in consumer 
court. Silk listers, what would you suggest?

Call me a coward, but at this point, i can empathize with the NRI who returned 
back to the US. It shouldnt be this bloody hard to get a service out of a 
corporate, when you are paying for it.

Vijay

-
http://www.thestartupcentre.com

Re: [silk] My Airtel Saga

[Vijay Anand]

On 24-Oct-2011, at 6:44 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote:

 
 I am at my final point, before i talk to lawyers to file a case in consumer 
 court. Silk listers, what would you suggest?
 
 
 If you're OK with it, can I have someone from Airtel call you back on this?
 
 If you can share an account number / phone number on email that would help.

Mahesh, absolutely. I am at 9894101373. The Account/Phone number being 044 
42148697.

 
 Cheers
 
 
 Mahesh
 
 

Re: [silk] My Airtel Saga

[Vijay Anand]

On 24-Oct-2011, at 6:41 PM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote:

 On Monday 24 October 2011 06:32 PM, Vijay Anand wrote:
 I am at my final point, before i talk to lawyers to file a case in consumer 
 court. Silk listers, what would you suggest?
 
 Get BSNL.
 
 
 Call me a coward, but at this point, i can empathize with the NRI who 
 returned back to the US. It shouldnt be this bloody hard to get a service 
 out of a corporate, when you are paying for it.
 
 
 Comcast is worse. You'll have a collection agent at your door. :) Plus
 penalty at some insane percentage.
 
 -Venkat
 

You are possibly right. But ive dealt with customer care there, and dealing 
with customer care here, and its like talking to a talking wall. I would go 
with BSNL, except that i dread the day when the connection would go down for 
some reason :) will definitely gove it some serious thought at this point. 
Thanks.

Re: [silk] My Airtel Saga

[Vijay Anand]

On 24-Oct-2011, at 6:37 PM, Sankarshan Mukhopadhyay 
sankarshan.mukhopadh...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Vijay Anand vi...@vijayanand.name wrote:
 
 Ive exhausted all my resources. Their twitter id is handled by some gorilla, 
 i am assuming. Their only response was that they sensed i didnt have a 
 good customer experience. Called the Akosha guys to handle the situation, 
 they dug up some high profile contacts, got someone from airtel to call, but 
  two days later the verdict is that the billing system has logged usage 
 Sir. I dont know how to break it to them that if we had exhausted our 50GB 
 limit, and dropped to the 256kbps plan that they call an excuse for 
 broadband, how it is even possible to download 70GB of data in 5 days, but 
 logic is out of the window at this point.
 
 I am at my final point, before i talk to lawyers to file a case in consumer 
 court. Silk listers, what would you suggest?
 
 Is this after you've had a chat with their Nodal officers/offices ?
 Most ISPs have, at one time or the other, done this, Airtel reasonably
 more in recent times. The folks at the Nodal offices are generally
 patient enough to give a hearing and provide a resolution.
 

I did try reaching out to the nodal officer (have also mailed AND faxed a 
letter to them, no response yet on that). When i did get him on phone, He cut 
me off and gave me a number to call and that led to 198, into the land of the 
IVR maze which is far complicated than pan's labrynth to tread through.


 -- 
 sankarshan mukhopadhyay
 http://sankarshan.randomink.org/blog/
 

Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

[Vijay Anand]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote:


 On 20 January 2011 13:19, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote:

 --V
 (getting tired typing out the same 6 characters over and over again)

 I see that you are moving head-on towards a Nov 5th goal. :)
 ~ashwin


Nah! You are giving this way too much credit. This is just creative laziness.

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Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

[Vijay Anand]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 12:52 PM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote:
 On Wednesday 19 January 2011 01:16 PM, Vijay Anand wrote:

 Skydiving has been there for a while. So has getting my Pilot license

 This is a good thing to try after you've accomplished the others on your
 bucket list, methinks. For obvious reasons of not missing out on the
 others, by accident. :-)

 --Venkat



Venkat, You've read my mind! Thats the plan :)

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Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

[Vijay Anand]

 --V
 (getting tired typing out the same 6 characters over and over again)


Type the 6 characters I say! What if I also (and I often do) get tired?

V.


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Re: [silk] What's on your bucket list?

[Vijay Anand]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
 On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 01:00:37PM +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote:
 I saw this phrase on a blogpost and it has stuck in my head.

 Basically, this is a list of things you want to do before you kick the
 bucket (i.e stuff to do before you die)

 I seem to be singularly lacking in ambition, as I can't think of very
 many things to put there.

 What's on *your* bucket list?


Skydiving has been there for a while. So has getting my Pilot license
- the latter, should become a reality soon. I have too much on that
list. Udhay, I can lend you a few :)

V.

Re: [silk] Stochastic Terrorism

[Vijay Anand]

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote:

 I think that this kind of identity-based politics is imperative for
 India's survival. Whether identity came first or identity politics is not a
 chicken-and-egg kind of question. Identity definitely came first, and it is
 practical for our politics to reflect it.


 Are we the only country with multiple identities? Your statement almost
 makes it sound as if the other who do have got it all wrong.

 I think there is something wrong if pandering to these identities is the
 only way to make this country tick.

 I think what unites us is primarily cricket.
 A good sports team should do the trick anywhere I guess :-)

... and bollywood.

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Re: [silk] New year meetup in Chennai

[Vijay Anand]

Aye!

On 12/27/10, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hi all,

 Will those in Chennai presently, or planning to be in town soon raise
 their
 hand if interested in a meetup:

 1. Cheeni
 2. Thaths
 3. Chandrachoodan?


 Aye!

 C


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 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ravages
 http://www.selectiveamnesia.org/

 +919884467463, +447940289855


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Re: [silk] In NY: 19th - 30th Nov

[Vijay Anand]

@sarah: The best kind :) Would love to meet them. Please do.

@suresh: can you help with an Intro to Minn?

@Divya: perhaps we'll bump into each other in the airport :)

On 11/12/10, Sarah Burcham sarah.burc...@gmail.com wrote:
 I know a crazy startup in NY that I can hook you up with if you want... I'm
 not sure they are the kind that will make it past startup but the people are
 interesting, eclectic, and pretty much insane. =)

 http://hopskoch.com/

 -Sarah

 On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:05 AM, divya manian divya.man...@gmail.comwrote:

 Ha ha ha ha. Randomly I will be in NY from 19th - 22nd :) :)

 - divya

 On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:38 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
 sur...@hserus.net wrote:
  Folks,
 
  Its that time of the year where I am making some travel plans and am to
 be
  in New York from the 19th of this Month, till the 30th (I know its a
  bit
  of
  a bad timing around Thanksgiving). Interests are around startups,
  entrepreneurship, crazy ideas and anything else that goes over good
  food
  and
  wine. Not sure if the Silk list has folks from there, but if so, do
 ping,
  would love to catch up.
 
  Vijay
 
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[silk] In NY: 19th - 30th Nov

[Vijay Anand]

Folks,

Its that time of the year where I am making some travel plans and am to be
in New York from the 19th of this Month, till the 30th (I know its a bit of
a bad timing around Thanksgiving). Interests are around startups,
entrepreneurship, crazy ideas and anything else that goes over good food and
wine. Not sure if the Silk list has folks from there, but if so, do ping,
would love to catch up.

Vijay

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Re: [silk] Fwd: [CCM-L] Looks pretty good for me coming to Chennai (OT)

[Vijay Anand]

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
 On Tue, October 26, 2010 2:05 pm, Eugen Leitl wrote:
 Somehow he doesn't sound too happy... ;)

 And clearly hasn't applied for a US visa. Or maybe one from Argentina
 (which, for indian citizens at least, needs an affidavit sealed by a
 notary public)

 I just suppose he's lucky that someone in the Indian embassy didn't google
 for Dr.Crippen, find the first hit on Google and deny the application
 outright.

 -srs




I agree with Suresh. This has nothing to do with being Indian. All
embassies are this way - or atleast the ones you have intentions to
visit anyways. This para had me laughing though:

So whatever
passes for the Immigration service in India is on the lookout for a
bunch of foreigners congregating in a city all of a sudden, then
looks to see what's going on. If they start sniffing around and find
out these people are going to a meeting and only have tourist visas,
they cancel the visas and these guys cannot get out of the country
until they pony up for a business visa, which could take days and
lots of new service/penalty fees.

Sounds like an awesome plotline for Rajini's next movie :)


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Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

[Vijay Anand]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.netwrote:

 Udhay Shankar N [14/05/10 16:30 +0530]:

  Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 5/14/2010 4:27 PM]:

 time?

 Lunch, eh - so 1 ish.


 I'd prefer 12-ish, as that would give us some time to discuss weighty
 matters like what beer to have.


 time does hang heavy on our hands on a lazy sunday afternoon.
 oh what the hell, 12 it is. want to call and book a table once we get an
 approximate count - I dont think it'll be more than 5 or 6 people tops.


Confirming for 2 Silklist members, and I guest?



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Re: [silk] Chennai Silk Meet May 23rd?

[Vijay Anand]

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 6:00 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:

 Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote, [on 5/14/2010 5:58 PM]:

  me, krish ashok I guess, lavanya, then udhay. who else - there should be
  two or three more in town (subash jeyan, sruthi and others)

 I make it so far:

 Divya
 Suresh
 Krish Ashok
 Lavanya
 Udhay
 Vijay (?)

 Udhay
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 ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))


Let me reiterate. I confirm for myself and Shivakumar (who apparently cant
get onto a computer and confirm himself)

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Re: [silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

[Vijay Anand]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:04 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.netwrote:

 Pranesh Prakash [11/05/10 14:08 +0530]:

 On Tuesday 11 May 2010 11:05 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:


 sankarshan [11/05/10 11:02 +0530]:


 Does anyone keep a score of how many times the GoI and their ilk have
 traveled down this path ?


 CDAC's BOSS is the only one I can think of in recent times


 Well, more if you count things such as Indic fonts, etc.


 Someone did say OS

 CDAC has done some excellent work on indic fonts, yes.

 Microprocessors are what's going to be the killer.. even that 50 crore
 allocated to a chip fabrication lab doesnt mean much

 Remember semiconductor complex limited anyone?


Given how the 10$ - or was it 5$ laptop was essentially a thumb drive,
wouldnt be surprised if this is another glitch by some reporter. The points
behind this development seems to be security - which also sounds ridiculous
that we want to develop simple OS to make things secure, when you can
technically just unplug the computer from the network and it is as secure as
it could be.

For all you know, going with hint of antivirus there, this might actually
be a firewall software which someone misheard or misrepresented.

Vijay

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Re: [silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

[Vijay Anand]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.netwrote:

 Vijay Anand [11/05/10 15:20 +0530]:

  Given how the 10$ - or was it 5$ laptop was essentially a thumb drive,
 wouldnt be surprised if this is another glitch by some reporter. The
 points
 behind this development seems to be security - which also sounds
 ridiculous
 that we want to develop simple OS to make things secure, when you can
 technically just unplug the computer from the network and it is as secure
 as
 it could be.

 For all you know, going with hint of antivirus there, this might
 actually
 be a firewall software which someone misheard or misrepresented.


 There was this very interesting article I saw about how china was requiring
 source code and encryption key disclosure from all suppliers to its govt of
 encryption enabled gear (chip OS / OS / firewalls / routers / antispam
 software etc). Think about that.


I heard about it as well. But then again, they are the biggest *threat* the
world is worried about :) Wonder whom they are worried about. There were
whispers sometime back within the ministry that some countries *who shall
not be named* might target our infrastructure to dampen the economic growth.
I still dont think they'll go and build an OS cause of that.

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Re: [silk] India Govt to develop own operating system

[Vijay Anand]

On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 6:38 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Valsa Williams
 valsa.willi...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Tech/Enterprise-IT/Infrastucture/Govt-to-develop-own-operating-system/articleshow/5913140.cms
 
  NEW DELHI: The government has set in motion an ambitious plan to develop
 its
  own software and end the reliance on foreign operating systems and
  anti-virus products after growing worries over the spurt in cyber attacks
 on
  Indian establishments.

 Wow! A news report with not, count 'em, a single named source.

 Thaths



That's elegant, professional ToI reporting for you! :)