Re: [silk] Hello and Introduction

[gabin kattukaran]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 at 18:10, Subodh Sankar  wrote:

> Welcome Sundar. I have known Sundar since the late 80s, when we were
> roommates in college for 3 years. Great to have you on the group, though
> I have been a lurker these past years !!!

Another Manipal product, eh?
Hey Sundar, there are several MIT survivors here. I'm one too.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] New member intro - Krishna Udayasankar

[gabin kattukaran]

Hi Krishna,
Good to see you here. If there was a way to share beer fuelled
conversations online, this would be the place to do it. Welcome to
Silk.

-gabin

On Mon, 16 Dec 2019 at 09:47, Kavita ATD  wrote:
>
> Welcome to Bangalore. Also an ex-resident of Singapore and look forward to
> reading some of your work!
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 8:09 PM Krishna Udayasankar <
> kris.udayasan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Thanks for welcoming into this wonderful space. My name is Krishna, I
> > pretend to be a writer (nothing you have read, I sincerely hope!) and
> > keep up the pretence by continuing to put my name on about 7-odd
> > novels that were mainly written by my 3 canine fur-kids; who are now
> > at work on the movie/series scripts of the same.
> >
> > I also am well know for my agility, which allows me to often put my
> > foot in my mouth (sometimes while the other foot is already inside),
> > and also for my contribution to terraforming vide my jokes that fall
> > flat and hard.
> >
> > I am currently a resident of Singapore, soon to become a resident of
> > Bangalore. In terms of educational background- i.e.- what I should
> > have done to get a real life - I was originally a lawyer and went on
> > to do my PhD in Strategic Management and worked as an academic of over
> > a decade before my epiphany that fiction is often truer than academic
> > research.
> >
> > I now (attempt to) make a living by cracking bad jokes in exchange for
> > beer. Whiskey promises a better standard of humour and perhaps an
> > occasionally useful statement.
> >
> > Thanks and look forward to being a mildly-amusing wallflower on this group!
> >
> > Warm regards,
> > Krishna
> > 
> > Krishna Udayasankar, PhD.
> >
> >
>
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Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Fri, 26 Jul 2019 at 15:23, gabin kattukaran  wrote:

> I can confirm only by next week but tentatively, sure!

Looks like I'm bowing out of this one. Stuck with work.

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2019 at 15:58, Simmi Sareen  wrote:
>
> I’m in. How about Thursday, 8th August?

I can confirm only by next week but tentatively, sure!

-gabin


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Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 11:23, Thaths  wrote:

>
>
> Paging through a paper dictionary and reading definitions of words at
> random
>
> Recording songs from the radio
>

Talking to random strangers to figure out a route.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] How many phone numbers do you remember?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 at 08:23, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> I did insist that my daughter memorised mine and my wife's number, which
> has come in useful on occasion.
>

This is SOP with our kids too. My reliance on the phone's contacts app is
complete. There are still some numbers that I remember from the old days.
Of the new numbers, the only one I took an effort to memorise is the
offspring's.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Slow thinking

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 at 11:08, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 10:35 AM Biju Chacko  wrote:
>
> Let me get back to you on this.
> >
>
> I was betting that either you or Gabin would be the first to respond with
> something like this.
>

I would have but he replied before I had a chance to think it through.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

My situation is similar to Naren's. Please plan to meet. If I am in town,
I'll join.

-gabin

On Thu, 9 Aug 2018 at 08:04, Shenoy N  wrote:

> I'm in and out of town, so I'll take a last minute call. But I'd love to
> catch up! 13th (tentatively) works?
>
> On Tue 7 Aug, 2018, 7:52 PM Simmi Sareen,  wrote:
>
> > I'm in. Can do any day except Friday.
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 5:02 PM, Devdas Bhagat 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I am in town for a week starting the 12th of August, and free to meet
> up.
> > >
> > > Devdas Bhagat
> > >
> > >
> >
>


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Re: [silk] aqvavit

[gabin kattukaran]

On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 at 11:57, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:

> And some more:

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/charlie-paton-seawater-greenhouse-desalination-abu-dhabi-oman-australia-somaliland


It doesn't stop there - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6388/518

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Bangalore: Time to meet up

[gabin kattukaran]

On 22 January 2018 at 16:06, Kavita ATD  wrote:

> I get back to Bangalore on Friday late night : (

Some other time then, Kavita :)

-gabin


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Re: [silk] The end of the teens

[gabin kattukaran]

On 25 November 2017 at 13:19, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 12:48 PM, Biju Chacko  wrote:
>
> I prefer weekdays -- generally weekends are for the family.
>>
>
> Others?

+1 for a weekday. Friday evening is best.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Reintroducing myself

[gabin kattukaran]

Hi again, Nadika!

On 16 November 2017 at 17:04, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
 wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Let me see, it's been 10 years on the list. After initial enthusiasm in
> responding to all messages, I lurked, first actively and then passively.
> And now occasionally read a thread or two till the first point of drift.

I have often wondered about you in the few years since we actively
interacted on various fora. It was indeed good to start to reconnect
and I am a part of the happy horde to have you back as an active
participant here too. Welcome back.

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Ashim - An Introduction

[gabin kattukaran]

On 6 November 2017 at 07:27, Thaths  wrote:

> I recently started the move from Flickr to Instagram (
> https://www.instagram.com/footloosethaths/) for social sharing of my
> photos. I am still looking for a portfolio hosting solution, but haven't
> found one that works for me. Smugmug comes highly recommended.


Hi Thaths,
   Which are the ones you have tried? As a consumer, I have found
500px nice. Haven't tried posting there though. I find Instagram a tad
too restricting ( https://instagram.com/cyntalist ) Also, their move
away from chronological feed has been an irritant.

-gabin

ps: Hi Ashim. Nice to make your acquaintance.

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Re: [silk] Quote selected text in GMail

[gabin kattukaran]

On 18 July 2017 at 12:42, Mahesh Murthy  wrote:
> wasnt it in "labs"?

It was. And now it isn't. :'(

-gabin

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[silk] Quote selected text in GMail

[gabin kattukaran]

The "Quote Selected Text" feature in labs has been disappearing from
Gmail. Does anyone know of any work arounds or add ons to Gmail that
brings back similar functionality?

Thanks,

gabin

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Re: [silk] Silkmeet on June 28 - bangalore

[gabin kattukaran]

On 28 June 2017 at 17:55, Vinit Bhansali  wrote:
> Her birthday is tomorrow.
> Silkmeet always T-1 day to Sara's birthday.
> Long story, happy to explain over drinks


Tomorrow is a good day for a birthday. Do pass on my wishes to the little one.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] CAT5 vs CAT5E vs CAT6 cable for home

[gabin kattukaran]

On 7 June 2017 at 12:09, Biju Chacko  wrote:
> However, given that installing cable is a gigantic pain, if
> there isn't a big price difference go with Cat6. No doubt 10G home
> networking kit will be standard in a few years


+1 to that. I recently got my new apartment wired up with Cat6. While
there will be WiFi, the cabling is for streaming as Udhay says.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

On 13 August 2016 at 07:48, Shenoy N  wrote:

> So I had my first ever Mumbai edition Silk meet. Gabin, Amit, Simmi, Devdas
> and I. It was a terrific conversation, freewheeling, from weed butter to
> Sushma Swaraj. And then Devdas and Amit started playing a game of blindfold
> chess!
>

Simmi, it was nice meeting you for the first time. And good to meet with
the rest again. :)



> We must have more of these!
>

Indeed, we must.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

On 12 August 2016 at 16:06, Simmi Sareen  wrote:

> The only Andheri option I can think of that takes reservations is Indigo
> Deli. If Bandra works, we could do Smokehouse Deli or the Fatty Bao or even
> Bunaglow 9
>
>
Please try to reserve a table in any of them.

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

On 12 August 2016 at 13:44, Shenoy N  wrote:

> So tonight, 8 pm, Andheri Doolally. I'll be there
>

Just spoke to the guys at Doolally. They do not take reservations and it is
going to be crowded tonight. So if you have any other suggestions to try
for a reservation and then mention it here.

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

On 12 August 2016 at 13:11, Simmi Sareen  wrote:

> I'm in. Just to confirm - this is the Andheri Doolally?
>
>
Yes.

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

On 12 August 2016 at 12:42, Devdas Bhagat  wrote:

> Somewhere in between Andheri - Bandra tonight (preferably), or tomorrow
> around 2000?
>

Andheri - Bandra tonight works for me. How about the Doolally Tap Room
which is just off Link Road?

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Legal adulthood

[gabin kattukaran]

On 19 December 2015 at 11:05, Udhay Shankar N  wrote:
> It turns out that all friends and family are unharmed. So we shall just
> defer the plans to meet. Perhaps sometime in January?


The weekend of 23/24 Jan, perhaps?

-gabin

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Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

[gabin kattukaran]

On 11 September 2015 at 21:53, Sriram Karra  wrote:
> I fully expect to be informed soon that someone, say Shiv, ran a social
> experiment on the list and to expect the results soon.
>


Would that be meta metta?

-gabin

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Re: [silk] [ADMIN] noise reduction

[gabin kattukaran]

On 12 September 2015 at 10:43, Venkat Mangudi - Silk
 wrote:
> What's the metta with you? One does not go around punning about such a
> serious metta?


You can't talk to me like that! You think I'm some kind of mutt, huh?

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Bangalore meet in September

[gabin kattukaran]

On 4 September 2015 at 13:12, Jessica Prabhakar  wrote:
> Since its my birthday month, its time to do my annual checkin and ask 
> silksters about a meetup?
>


I'm there next week - from the 7th to the 10th. Can we make it then?

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Camera gurus - need advice

[gabin kattukaran]

On 8 May 2015 at 19:08, Venkat Mangudi - Silk s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote:
 I'm debating between Olympus OM-D EM-5 which is a mirrorless that
 comes highly recommended and  Canon EOS 7D now.  No more full frame
 thoughts now. My pictures are going to be mainly wildlife and aviation. The
 Canon mirrorless I have, will remain the casual camera, I guess.


I have used a 7D for several years now and I have to say that it is a
most excellent body. I'm told the Mark II is even better. Go for it. I
use a mirrorless when I have more relaxed shoots like food photos. My
50mm f/1.8 lens is pretty much always on the EOS M for this purpose.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Bangalore Silkmeet?

[gabin kattukaran]

On 11 February 2015 at 19:33, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
 OK, I'm fine with Arbor as well.


+1 to all of that.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Energy: 100% of global power from solar using 1% of total land surface

[gabin kattukaran]

On 23 April 2014 at 18:10, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
 I am leaving the post unaltered below for context. See this graphic,
 which says that module cost is already at approximately grid parity:

 http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2014/04/15/opinion/041514krugman1/041514krugman1-blog480.png


Real engineers seem to disagree with the idea of renewables -
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/21/renewable_energy_simply_wont_work_google_renewables_engineers

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Anthropology and Sociology

[gabin kattukaran]

On 8 September 2014 06:16, Bruce A. Metcalf bruce.metc...@figzu.com wrote:
 But there's a missing piece in your evaluation: how to determine what
 features of society are desirable, and how to balance the trade-offs? Strict
 dictatorships bring civil order, but at the cost of free speech and
 toleration for deviance. Most will agree that a balance must be struck, few
 can agree on where that should be.

 Hence the resort to fiction.


There's also Sid Meier's Civilization - https://www.civilization.com

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Child sex abuse and child rights

[gabin kattukaran]

On 6 September 2014 09:04, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 Why were all the girls white? Why were there no Pakistani or other Asian
 girls who were abused? No one seems to have asked the question.

 Let me hazard a guess. There is a culture of allowing children more
 freedom among white households in Britain. Girls in Pakistani and other
 Asian families are supervised, shielded and burdened with the idea that
 family honour revolves around their chastity. Honour killings are, after
 all, an offshoot of this.


Shiv,
   It's not just white girls. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-23632247

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Introducing ...

[gabin kattukaran]

On 24 August 2014 15:20, Suresh Ramasubramanian sur...@hserus.net wrote:
 And the history of its undoing due to bureaucratic bungling too

 It had potential as a ground attack aircraft like the a10 warthog


They used to have one at the Nehru Science Centre. I remember spending
hours walking around it as a kid.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Introduction

[gabin kattukaran]

Hi Rajesh,
Welcome on board.

On 7 August 2014 11:57, Rajesh Mehar rajeshme...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thanks. I thought about all the stuff that I've done in my life.

I'm with you and Biju on this. I like to think that everything else
that I do is so that I can have a better life with my wife and three
boys. And this, more than anything else constrains almost all the
decisions I take.

 As side effects, I've become a better cook, I've been running regularly for
 about 3 years now, and I my commute consists of ambling over to the study
 from the living room. So, no complaints. And the sanity reserves are high.

I have had similar experiences with cooking. Though I have spend
considerably more time on my commute.

Cheers,

-gabin



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Re: [silk] Bangalore silkmeet

[gabin kattukaran]

Can we move this up by a day? I'm in Bangalore until Saturday (That is, I
leave on Saturday) and would love to be there when this happens.

-gabin
On Aug 6, 2014 7:58 PM, Sumanth Cidambi scida...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Tentatively yes please

 Sent from my iPad

  On 06-Aug-2014, at 7:55 pm, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
 
  A Bangalore silkmeet is proposed, following some discussion on the
 silklist
  facebook group (if any of you want to get in, let me know) on the 23rd
  August, at Cobalt on Church street.
 
  Show of hands?
 
  ​Udhay​
 
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Re: [silk] A new buzzphrase: procedural content creation

[gabin kattukaran]

On Mar 2, 2014 11:41 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan 
chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote:



 A little baffled by the tone of voice here. For something that is a piece
 of self-promotion, on their own website, why write it like a newspaper
 article?

Perhaps this content was also created procedurally.

-gabin

Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

[gabin kattukaran]

On 23 February 2014 18:55, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 So what is force per unit area. If you work that out using the same
 mathematical logic used for liters per 100 km you get the following
 unit:


Cue the Einstein, Newton, Pascal joke -

Up in heaven, three great physicsts were playing hide and go seek:
Newton, Pascal, and Einstein. It was Einsteins turn to seek, so
Einstein closed his eyes and counted to 10 while pascal and newton
went to hide. Pascal hid behind a tree, but Newton just stood there
and drew a 1 meter by 1 meter box around him on the ground. when
einstein was done counting, he opened his eys and said, Newton, what
are you doing? you're supposed to hide! you're out! And Newton
replied, No, you're wrong, im not Newton, im Pascal! See, im one
Newton per square meter! Pascal is out!

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

[gabin kattukaran]

On 24 February 2014 08:56, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 Did you just make that one up? if you did it's brilliant.


I only wish I had. This has been doing the rounds on the interwebs for a while.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

[gabin kattukaran]

On 23 February 2014 11:26, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 That is the problem. If there are 3 dimensions, it is not area

 If the column has a length/height as well as another two dimensions it
 is not an area, but a 3D structure.

 In terms of units, what Charles wrote is perfectly correct, it is an
 area alright.

I suspect you will need to look at this with a differential calculus
lens. Consider the cross sectional area of the column to be the
minimum amount of fuel that the vehicle consumes to move an
infinitesimal distance. To do this, the vehicle consumes a
sliver/wafer of fuel. In reality, this area would probably be the
smallest amount of fuel that is injected into a cylinder of the engine
(assuming a regular internal combustion type engine.)

If you change that assumption to a jet/rocket engine that continuously
burns fuel+air, the visual image is a lot cleaner.

-gabin




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Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

[gabin kattukaran]

On 23 February 2014 12:44, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 So does this real world area represent the area occupied by a one
 molecule thick layer of fuel needed to make the car travel some unit
 distance? As far as I can figure out it does.


Pretty much. :)

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

[gabin kattukaran]

On 23 February 2014 13:13, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 If that is correct, what is the real world significance of the unit km/l
 which can be broken down to the reciprocal of area - i.e. 1/area

I'm trying to get my head around that as well. I suspect that it is
only a matter of perspective but standing on my head is not helping
(as yet.)

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Easily forgotten phrases

[gabin kattukaran]

On 22 February 2014 08:37, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 The other point is, fuel consumption is usually measured as km/L and
 less commonly as liters per 100 km

While it is indeed common in India to measure mileage in km/l many
(if not most) countries do measure consumption in l/100km.

-gabin



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Re: [silk] The march of technology

[gabin kattukaran]

On 6 February 2014 20:07, Shenoy N sheno...@gmail.com wrote:
 Money is one of the biggest sources of
 unhappiness, as far as I can see, if not the single biggest one


As televangelists across the world will tell you with extended hands,
money is not the problem. It is love for money.

Also, I'm told there is an old tamil/malayalam saying that goes
(roughly translated) - If it weren't for the value associated to gold
and women most of the problems of world would be solved. Of course, a
good dose of misogyny is thrown in too.

All this reminds me of the NRA line - Guns don't kill

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Into the 5th power circle

[gabin kattukaran]

On 20 December 2013 14:50, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
 But...hexadecimal nerds...


Binary, actually. But who's counting :)

-gabin

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[silk] Listers in Sao Paulo

[gabin kattukaran]

Hi,
  Are there any Silk list members in Sao Paulo? I'll there from the
1st through the 5th of October and I will be happy to chat over a
beverage or a meal.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] [intro] Hello people of silklist!

[gabin kattukaran]

On 3 September 2013 19:11, Kingsley Jegan Joseph k...@kingsley2.com wrote:
 You should find quite a few familiar faces here like me and Jace.

 And me I think - half of india-gii and ilug-* is also here.


Hi,
  We met IRL sometime last month and since I will be Bangalore quite
often perhaps we will meet sometime soon again. Welcome!

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Meet up.

[gabin kattukaran]

On 10 August 2013 09:22, Andy Deemer andydee...@gmail.com wrote:
 Time for a silkmeet in bangalore ?

 Rashmi

 Yes


Yes, please. And make it in the week starting this Monday.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] The weirdest languages

[gabin kattukaran]

On 5 July 2013 17:49, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
 Also, it amuses me that this list says the most 'normal' language is
 Hindi

Abey yaar, isn't that what people north of the Hebbal Flyover have
been trying to say all this time.

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Old book smell

[gabin kattukaran]

On 19 June 2013 14:05, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
 Trust you to make a hash of things.


There's another thread going up in smoke.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Old book smell

[gabin kattukaran]

On 19 Jun 2013 18:30, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:

 On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:

There's another thread going up in smoke.
   Confess, now...its absinthe made your heart grow fonder.
  I expected a crack like this.
 
 
  A pot calling a kettle black?

 As expected, this thread is mushrooming like magic.

It's no wonder that so many appear to be addicted to it.

-gabin

Re: [silk] Introduction - Andy Deemer

[gabin kattukaran]

On 15 January 2013 22:12, SS cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 made some (fairly
 awful) cult movies,

 What is a cult movie?

This should help

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214311/

(Hi, Andy! Welcome to the list)

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Re: [silk] Mumbai Silk List Meet - 16th December

[gabin kattukaran]

On 12 December 2012 11:36, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote:

 Folks, it looks like we have a decent quorum for a Silklist meet in
 Mumbai. Shall we meet around 5PM at the Salt Water Grill on Sunday?


The one in Bandra is the Salt Water Cafe, right? That's the one we're
meeting at?

-gabin

-- 

They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Fifteen

[gabin kattukaran]

On 5 December 2012 12:09, Venkatesh Hariharan ven...@gmail.com wrote:

 If Mumbai silk listers are up for meeting up, I am game!


That sounds like a plan! Can we do it before the 17th though?

-gabin

-- 

They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Mumbai Silk List Meet - 16th December

[gabin kattukaran]

On 5 December 2012 13:17, Caitlin Marinelli caitlin.marine...@gmail.comwrote:

 Hand. And yes, I'm in Bandra.


+1 to Bandra on th 16th

-gabin

-- 

They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Lytro

[gabin kattukaran]

On 27 September 2012 10:37, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
 Thank you Gabin! Especially as I've now decided I won't invest in one :)

Good decision. It is a good toy but only a toy. The software that they
ship with it allows export to JPG but is a bit of a pain to use. Also,
the software assumes that all users will want to download from lytro
cameraas installs itself to auto start for all users.

-gabin

-- 

They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Lytro

[gabin kattukaran]

On 27 September 2012 09:47, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
 One of the things that tickles me about this mailing list is the way
 people, who could contribute best to a discussion, keep off it! Gabin,
 we don't want Gabout...let us know about Lytro.



Deepa,
   At your service, Ma'am :) Biju was kind enough to arrange one for
me through his Mellu Condax in the US. Unfortunately, I haven't had a
chance to use it outdoors much (thanks to Bombay rains and, of late,
some other personal issues.) I have tried it indoors. It does work as
advertised. However, insufficient light indoors results in fairly
grainy pictures, which aren't much fun.

Here are a few that I took - http://pictures.lytro.com/boon

-gabin

-- 

They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

Re: [silk] Teaching creationism, scientology etc as alternatives to evolution made compulsory in Indiana.

[gabin kattukaran]

On 7 February 2012 05:53, Charles Haynes hay...@edgeplay.org wrote:
 http://j.mp/zkVSqH now they're making Google censor results that make fun of
 religion in Indiana. Oh wait, that's not IndiaNA, that's India.

How dare you throw stones at our beautiful glass house? It offends our
sensibilities and we will not tolerate it. As we would say here, this
is India, na?

-gabin

-- 

measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] What is the greatest human invention?

[gabin kattukaran]

On 28 January 2012 12:45, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
 On 28/01/12 6:26 AM, Charles Haynes wrote:

 I would argue for the scientific method, or mathematics.


 It can be argued that neither of the above would have got any traction
 without the invention of writing, no?

Language, which allowed communication even before writing should be
considered, no?

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Freedom of Speech

[gabin kattukaran]

Coincidentally, The Simpsons Season 18 Episode 22 aired on Star World
last night. The final minutes of the show are worth watching. You can
see it online here
http://watchseries.eu/episode/the_simpsons_s18_e22-8003.html

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Mumbai Silkmeet?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote:
 I'm in Mumbai till the seventh.  Anyone game for a silkmeet?

Funnily enough, I'm here too. I'm game.

-gabin

-- 

measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Subramanian Swamy

[gabin kattukaran]

On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 10:54 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 The only tool that a democracy can have to hold religion at bay is
 secularism. Secularism is an exclusionary clause. Secularism is fundamentally
 anti-religion. Technically one would have to ignore and suppress religious
 tenets to be secular.


Unless you still believe in Vox populi, vox Dei

-gabin

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[silk] New hope for loudness haters?

[gabin kattukaran]

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/07/the-loudness-wars-is-musics-noisy-arms-race-over/242293/

The loudest album of 2010 was almost certainly Sleigh Bells' acclaimed
Treats, a collection of songs with the volume and distortion of nearly
every element pushed into the red. Drums became blasts of noise, the
lyrics were nearly impossible to decipher, and even though it was very
much a pop album, it was almost painful to listen to. That, of course,
was precisely why it thrilled.

Sleigh Bells had designed the album to sound that way. I love the
physical aspect of music, guitarist Derek E. Miller said in an email
to The Atlantic. I want people to have that experience of standing in
front of a rack of sub-woofers, being blasted with air and feeling the
center of your chest crush a little. I usually blur the vocals so
people spend less time thinking about the lyrics and more time
responding on a purely emotional level. Overdubs, hard pans, extremely
short delays.

Then one day, his own music took him by surprise. Our song 'Tell 'Em'
came on a friend's playlist once sandwiched between a few songs, and I
jumped, he said. It kind of annoyed me.

...

-gabin

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measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] if we didn't have Pakistan...

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 5:30 PM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:

 ...we wouldn't have http://www.wimp.com/indiapakistan/

 Buckingham palace guards have *nothing* on these folks.



For all the supposed hostilities the choreography seems to indicate
some level of co-operation between the two sides.

-gabin

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measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Mumbai blasts again

[gabin kattukaran]

On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 12:17 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 Elewhere I was doing a comparison of the population desity, police to
 population ratio and other parameters of Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai.
 Mumbai does not come out as the worst in any of these parameters. Yet Mumbai
 is the one that takes the hits.

 I am certain it is piss poor governance with Pawarful people at the helm.
 The city neeeds a serious clean up.


Are you suggesting that other cities would fare better if they were
hit as often?  Or that the reason they are not hit as often is they
are doing the right things?

-gabin


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measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Why My Father Hated India

[gabin kattukaran]

On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 5:48 AM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
 Why My Father Hated India
 Aatish Taseer, the son of an assassinated Pakistani leader, explains
 the history and hysteria behind a deadly relationship
 By AATISH TASEER

On almost similar lines -

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2011/0621/In-Pakistan-denial-is-easier-than-heartbreak

In Pakistan, denial is easier than heartbreak
Pakistanis have long revered their Army as heroic and pure. Now,
they're coming to terms with the fact that it might not be as awesome
as they thought. Denial is a natural reaction.



-Gabin

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Re: [silk] Mission: Bangalore silk meetup - FRI July 15

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
 How many people is the final count at?

 7-10, I think.


Thanks to some idiot customers, my meeting is cancelled. So, -1 :(

-gabin


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

[gabin kattukaran]

On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:50 AM, Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.com wrote:
 Hokai. Fri night.

So, it turns out that I'm in B'lore on Friday. Was planning to leave
in the evening but a Silk meet is too good to miss.
So, +1

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Plus by Google

[gabin kattukaran]

On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote:
 On Wednesday 29 June 2011 12:41 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote:

 I'm in, but I don't seem to have the ability to invite people. Tried a
 couple of different ways and hasn't worked yet.

 Apparently, you can add ppl to circles. But they don't get a notification
 email. :-)

Please to consider as and when invites become available.

-gabin



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Re: [silk] Plus by Google

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 9:29 AM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote:
 One for me Nishant?

and me Nishant?

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Mumbai silkmeet May 6?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 8:58 AM, Sumant Srivathsan suma...@gmail.com wrote:
 After intense deliberations with Udhay on Gtalk, it appears that 5-Spice at
 Pali Naka is the ideal venue for this rendevous.


5 spice? A little claustrophobic, no? We're already numbering 8.
Wouldn't a larger place be better? Global Fusion, Cafe Basilico, Royal
China?

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Biryani Recipes

[gabin kattukaran]

On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
 There's a distinctive biryani in there you might not have tried yet - kappa
 biryani (with tapioca substituted for rice)


I've never been able to understand the allure of kappa biryani. If
cooked a lot like in a biryani, it gets all squishy. I love kappa as a
side to most meat dishes but not as a mix-in.

-gabin

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measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Biryani Recipes

[gabin kattukaran]

On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 9:02 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
 I have very fond memories of Biryani I had as take out many times in a
 Kuwaiti cafe in the middle of nowhere in mid-west USA. I would totally
 make a trip back there to nowhere cafe just to sample the dish again,
 but I suspect by now my memories of the dish are superior to the
 original :-)


I know exactly how you feel. There is this Biryani joint just outside
the Trichur railway station called Saphire. I've had a few biryanis
from there many years ago and have always wanted to go back for more
though I'm quite sure that some of the biryanis that I've had  from
Hyderabad and Old Delhi are much superior.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] silklist Digest, Vol 14, Issue 22

[gabin kattukaran]

On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Anand Manikutty
manikuttyan...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Here is a diagram summarizing the relationships
 : http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1024

Hindi and the Heavenly script are at similar levels on that graph.
Quick! Someone inform the saffron brigade.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Diaspora

[gabin kattukaran]

On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Madhu Menon c...@shiokfood.com wrote:
 On 16-12-2010 09:55, savita rao wrote:

 +1. I'd like one, please.

 Ditto.

sent.



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Re: [silk] Rent a White Guy - Confessions of a fake businessman from Beijing

[gabin kattukaran]

On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 8:20 AM, Ramakrishnan Sundaram
r.sunda...@gmail.com wrote:

 Companies in the Middle East have 'token whites' all the time, white
 expats in good suits who come for the first meeting.

This mentality runs quite deep here in India too. Visitors to our
stalls in industrial exhibitions normally assume that any white person
hanging around is the boss. Also most government owned organisations
always want to know who our principals are or where we get our
technology from.

-gabin

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measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Diaspora

[gabin kattukaran]

if there are invites left, can I have one please?

-gabin


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measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Diaspora

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:59 AM, Ashwin Kumar ashwi...@gmail.com wrote:

 On 16 December 2010 09:48, gabin kattukaran gkattuka...@gmail.com wrote:

 if there are invites left, can I have one please?

 Sent.


Thanks Ashwin.

- b...@joindiaspora.com

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Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

[gabin kattukaran]

Can someone give me directions to get to Windsor Pub from the airport? Do
any of the airport volvos go that way? If not an address that is usable with
the cabbies would suffice.

thanks,

gabin

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measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Silk meet in Bangalore

[gabin kattukaran]

On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote:

 On Wed, Dec 8, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Venkat Mangudi s...@venkatmangudi.com
 wrote:
  Cheeni is coming to India next week. Tweeple generally agreed to catch
  up. It appears everyone has agreed to meet on the 14th, which happens to
  be a Tuesday. Udhay has volunteered me to get this rolling, so here
  goes. Show of hands please, if you are attending.
 
  1. Cheeni
  2. Udhay
  3. Madman (are you back by the 14th?)
  4. Gautam
  5. Gabin
  6. Ashwin
  7. Venkat
 
  Who else? Suggestions for venue please. Considering that it is a
  weekday, I will have to leave latest by 10 p.m.

 *raises hand*


Since Venkat has already raised one hand for me, I now raise the other one.

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Triskaidekaphilia

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:


 By this logic, the Scotches should be paying large amounts for me!

Juice on me during the next Silk meet :) (even though I'm not a fan of Scotch)

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Triskaidekaphilia

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 8:00 AM, Danese Cooper dan...@gmail.com wrote:
 Make it late so I can come. I have a Wikimedian meetup earlier in the evening 
 Saturday


Saturday sounds good. I should be there as well.

Udhay, as a compromise we can all buy each other drinks.

-gabin


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measure with a micrometer, mark with a chalk, cut with an axe

Re: [silk] Triskaidekaphilia

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
 NO For the umpteenth time (last Sunday) , I've had a pineapple juice and
 paid for others' Scotches! Vegetarian teetotallers get a very bad deal in
 these kind of arrangements.


Surely the conversation is worth more (by orders of magnitude) than the fb :)

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Chennai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:17 PM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
Indians tend to use the present continuous where we would use the present
simple (with an Indian saying) 'I am thinking, I am feeling, I am seeing'
 rather than 'I think, I feel, I see'... this way of speaking could easily
 become sexy and part of global Standard English, said the professor, who
 has written more than 100 books.

I'm loving it!

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Chennai meetup?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote:
 Several forms of emphasis that we have, cannot be translated into
 English... mein usee din chalA gayA can only be sort of translated to I
 went that very day (or as we sometimes say, I went that day itself.)


Shouldn't that be, I went that day only ? :)

-gabin

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Re: [silk] Indian foodies

[gabin kattukaran]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 7:02 AM, sscybers...@gmail.com wrote:

 If you talk to people in the neighborhood, nobody likes this, but nobody is
 motivated enough to do anything about it, worrying that he or she is in a
 minority of one. Indians IMO suffer from a lack of motivation to change and
 correct other people - and any lame excuse is handy to avoid doing what needs
 to be done to instill civic sense on offenders. So the people who are
 offended (like you and me) also have a bagful of lame excuses for not doing
 anything:

The trick I've seen used here in Bombay to avoid walls from being spat
on or otherwise sullied is to have images of various deities on the
wall. This transforms the act of sullying to desecration and seems to
work.

-gabin

-- 

this too shall pass

Re: [silk] Indian foodies

[gabin kattukaran]

On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Kiran Jonnalagaddaj...@pobox.com wrote:
 Incidentally, something I didn't grow up with and therefore encountered with
 surprise in the homes of relatives: it is a great offense to serve rice
 before any other item. Serving rice first apparently implies you're too poor
 to eat anything else.

 Is this common practice elsewhere?

I don't know if there is any taboo associated with it but in
traditional Kerala meals the rice is served after most of the other
food is served (except for the sambhar, rasam, dal or curd which goes
on the rice)

-gabin

-- 

this too shall pass

Re: [silk] Why have Indian exit polls been so off lately?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 11:15 PM, . svaks...@gmail.com wrote:

 This time the EVM's had introduced the NOTA/protest vote option very
 quietly as part of the ballot process but my random unscientific
 conversations across voters from different strata of society tells me
 that the voter(s) has noticed the NOTA option but yet thinks that is
 not an effective way of cleaning the candidate system, instead
 preferring to not vote at all if they dont like a particular candidate
 which is highly surprising (and a bit of a let-down) considering that
 the ballot[0] is the culmination of lone voices into a collective roar
 in any democracy.

There was? I actually looked and couldn't find a NOTA option. Was this
roll out only in some places. I voted in Bombay (NW, I think) where
there were 19 candidates of whom I recogonised only one.

-gabin


-- 

Casey Stengel  - There comes a time in every man's life, and I've had
plenty of them. -
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/c/casey_stengel.html

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 9:30 AM, Udhay Shankar N ud...@pobox.com wrote:
 I once attended the Pooram temple festival in Thrissur [1], a truly
 unforgettable experience. One thing I remember about a conversation I
 had there was the claim that ~50% of the entire annual sale of liquor
 happens during the festival (all 36 hours of it, plus a day before and
 after)

That claim seems a little exaggerated. Alcohol consumption in Kerala
(at least in and around Thrissur) peaks locally during most of the
temple/church festivals.

-gabin

--

Re: [silk] Bangalore Meetup on May 16?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:15 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan
kiran.karthike...@gmail.com wrote:
 2009/5/14 lukhman_khan lukhman_k...@yahoo.com

 Obviously the person will have so little remaining on second day of the
 month, the govt need not worry about the rest of the month.


 This was actually an effort to appease the female voters (Kerala being the
 only state in India with more women than men[1]) who have been complaining
 of alcoholism related domestic violence for some time now, and this was not
 their first attempt. They even tried prohibition of local liquor once. Funny
 anecdote from those times is a woman complaining that earlier she got beaten
 only for 50 rupees, but now gets beaten for several hundred rupees worth
 (the cost of IMFL) :)

Also, the high labour wages mean that there is a lot of money to blow
immediately after payday. It is of course, bad for the government
because they have a monopoly on liquor distribution in the state.

-gabin

Re: [silk] India launches a few satellites

[gabin kattukaran]

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 6:29 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Wednesday 22 Apr 2009 1:46:23 am Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
 Ummm... a satellite to transfer examination questions? WTF? Have they
 never heard of the internet or encryption?

 Not in unwired villages - whih is what this thing is really aimed at. They
 will need a satellite dish though.

you still don't need a dedicated satellite for that. Just one
transponder on any random communication satellite will do. IIRC all
district head quarters were already connected on a VSAT network.

-gabin


--

Re: [silk] Meetup in Bombay?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 10:52 PM, Nandkumar Saravade
nsarav...@gmail.com wrote:
 I am going out of town between 25 April and 7 May. Would be happy to join
 otherwise.

 Nandkumar


since two people prefer it after this weekend, could we settle on a
day next week?

-gabin

--

[silk] Meetup in Bombay?

[gabin kattukaran]

hi,
  Are any of the Bombay based silk listers interested in a meetup
sometime this month?

-gabin

Re: [silk] Yet another introduction (Venkat Inumella)

[gabin kattukaran]

On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 8:42 PM, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan
chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote:

 Well, I am no Venkat. But try beating Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan for
 uniqueness.

If you want to play that game - Gabin Eluvathingal Kattukaran

-gabin
-- 

Samuel Goldwyn  - I don't think anyone should write their
autobiography until after they're dead.

Re: [silk] Gmail users since April 2004

[gabin kattukaran]

On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 9:27 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Thaths tha...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 2:54 AM, Vinayak Hegde vinay...@gmail.com wrote:
 Is there any easy painless way to backup / incremental backup in
 format that is easily importable in a variety of clients ?

 fetchmail?

 You do mean getmail don't you? fetchmail's reputation has suffered
 over the years.

I not so sure is that is really deserved. Though fetchmail is bloated
it worked predictably. I've yet to get getmail working just so. The
worst part being that it doesn't seem to help in identifying the
problem.

-gabin


-- 

Casey Stengel  - All right everyone, line up alphabetically according
to your height.

Re: [silk] Postal voting in India

[gabin kattukaran]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan che...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Ashwin Nanjappa ashwi...@gmail.com wrote:
 [...]
 Thanks, so he will reregister at Mumbai to vote.

 Heh, this sounds so simple. It took me 12 years to get my voter ID
 card. Finally arrived this year with a photo from the early 90s.

I'm on my fourth attempt to get mine. One of the previous attempts
yielded an ID card that had everything except the photo and my sex
incorrect. I think they managed that by translating the original form
data from English to Marathi then then back to English.

-gabin


-- 

George Burns  - Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed.

Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:

[gabin kattukaran]

what happened to the grt idea?

-gabin

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:58 PM, sur...@hserus.net sur...@hserus.net wrote:
 what do you prefer, middle eastern or thai

 --
 srs / nokia e71

 -original message-
 Subject: Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:
 From: Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account s...@venkatmangudi.com
 Date: 11-03-2009 14:50

 I know this is going to be a top post. Gmail for blackberry will just
 not allow me to do otherwise. :-)

 So what have we decided? Crap^D^D^Dedars or benjarong?

Re: [silk] What is Indian culture?

[gabin kattukaran]

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 10:05 AM, Bonobashi bonoba...@yahoo.co.in wrote:

 What I was trying to 'sell' to you, Shiv, as you have spotted, is the idea 
 that matriarchal society was the accepted norm right through pre-history, 
 with all the riff-raff (males) sent safely far away from the camp to hunt, 
 while grown-ups (females) worked on getting on with life, and were allowed 
 back in with the fruits of this go-out-and-play-now only in the evening or 
 night. This was a very stable system until patriarchal societies replaced 
 them. The precise nature and the reasons behind this revolutionary change are 
 far too complex to discuss even in a book or two hundred.

 The wandering of the Indo-Aryans was one of the phenomena which contributed 
 to this revolution. Think of male domination of society as a disease. The IA 
 volkswanderueng spread the patriarchal cosmogony and patriarchal social 
 architecture over a large part of the Northern hemisphere using the very 
 effective language and its future developed sub-forms as a vector.

 Recent developments in the last two thousand years are a particularly squalid 
 manifestation of this disease - a nauseating sub-type, if you like. We have 
 to wait for the virus to mutate into harmless forms, or find a ratiocinated 
 cure.

 If you look at the way women address daily life versus the way men do, the 
 analogy might be of a Phalcon on an IL76 platform, versus an SU 30 MKI.

 I hope you are enjoying it. It was like a dip in an ice-cold pool for me the 
 first time I read it.


Which book is this?

-gabin


-- 

Joan Collins  - The problem with beauty is that it's like being born
rich and getting poorer.

Re: [silk] Post locations too .. RE: Chennai Meet - was Re:

[gabin kattukaran]

SO, it's grt then?

On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:45 PM, Venkat Mangudi's Silk Account
s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote:
 Am ok

 On 3/11/09, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan chandrachoo...@gmail.com wrote:
 On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:15 PM, gabin kattukaran
 gkattuka...@gmail.comwrote:

 what happened to the grt idea?


 Between Benjarong and Cedars, I prefer Cedars solely because I lunched at B
 only last week. So, if not Cedars, GRT works best for me in terms of travel
 to and from. It's a 10 minute walk from my office.

 All for GRT?

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On Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 10:39 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
 Venkat Mangudi [09/03/09 22:32 +0530]:

 Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan wrote:

 I am. Thursday works for me as well. Okay to bring a few other folks
 along?


 I don't see why not. I will probably be staying around the Chennai Trade
 Center. I know very little of the city. I will know about the hotel by
 morning, hopefully. Somewhere close to that would be nice, unless one of
 you offer to bring me to the venue and back hopefully. Autos in Chennai
 are a nightmare, isn't it?

It looks like I'm in Chennai on Thursday evening. I'd be happy to join
in. I'm booked into a Harrison's Hotel in Nungambakkam. My knowledge
of Chennai geography tends towards 0 as well.

-gabin


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Re: [silk] Chennai Meet - was Re: Introducing myself. Raja Venkataraman

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On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
 gabin kattukaran [10/03/09 12:00 +0530]:

 It looks like I'm in Chennai on Thursday evening. I'd be happy to join
 in. I'm booked into a Harrison's Hotel in Nungambakkam. My knowledge
 of Chennai geography tends towards 0 as well.

 nungambakkam is right downtown. post mobile #

 i'm 98840 64791

me: 99670 43010

-gabin



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On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:18 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
 http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/iron-eagle-isra.html

this one seems to have been removed as well

-gabin

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