[silk] Flights to Switzerland from India

2007-04-26 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
So what's the best way to get to Zurich from India? Nobody except for Swiss Air offers a direct flight, and I'm not very eager to fly bankrupt European airlines that offer all the goodness of government run, union backed efficiency. Cheeni

Re: [silk] Riya moves back to USA

2007-04-26 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 4/26/07, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The CEO of Riya.com has a blog post about how he's moving from Bangalore back to California because the wages in Bangalore have shot up like nuts: http://munjal.typepad.com/recognizing_deven/2007/04/episode_26_indi.html Companies looking for

Re: [silk] in the eye of the beholder

2007-04-30 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 4/24/07, Lawnun [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] On a side note, does anyone ever speculate that sometimes the price of these works of art are high both due to the artistic merit of the piece, and the status of the prior owner? When I read the economist piece, it struck me that part of the

Re: [silk] Where is the US economy heading?

2007-04-30 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 4/28/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://bullnotbull.com/archive/dow13k-1.html This is a description that would fit the current state of the Indian economy rather well. In an inflation ridden India of first time frivolous consumers and debtors, it seems difficult to afford a

Re: [silk] Where is the US economy heading?

2007-05-01 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 5/1/07, Pavithra Sankaran [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] This is completely untrue. In and around Bandipur where I work, which is 80 kms from anywhere, land situated 2 kms from the highway, accessible only through a dirt track, sells for 5-600,000 Rs. an acre. Merely two years ago, it was

[silk] To Treat the Dead

2007-05-02 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18368186/site/newsweek/ To Treat the Dead The new science of resuscitation is changing the way doctors think about heart attacks―and death itself. By Jerry Adler Newsweek May 7, 2007 issue - Consider someone who has just died of a heart attack. His organs are

Re: [silk] Fwd: Did you happen to catch the UFO?

2007-06-01 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/1/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seem to recall some small item in the newspaper saying this was a hoax, but can't find it now. Does anybody here know more? Oooh... well isn't there supposed to be some historian school of thought that records space ship flights in ancient

[silk] Living adventurously...

2007-06-02 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
A good yarn has always been worth cash money, no? Cheeni http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/01/travel/escapes/01Lecture.html?ei=5087%0Aem=en=6d0cd0d754c72b7cex=1180843200pagewanted=print June 1, 2007 If Adventure Is the Topic, the Talk Isn't Cheap By JOE ROBINSON THE 19th-century British

Re: [silk] aqvavit

2007-06-13 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/13/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Udhay Shankar N wrote: Zero B works by using a resin impregnated with iodine. See http://www.zerobonline.com/products.html Zero B's made by a company called Ion Exchange India Ltd .. and does have ion exchange products, only the

Re: [silk] [Fwd: spamhaus.org blocklists a bsnl mailserver due to spam from Kalpesh Sharma]

2007-06-14 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
So does a black list for these fools exist outside of our collective minds? It irks me that mediocrity is a much rewarded trait in India. In other news, I read somewhere that One night @ the call centre is one of the best Indian novels to come out in recent times. Huh? Cheeni On 6/12/07, Suresh

Re: [silk] Audiophile advice

2007-06-14 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/14/07, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/14/07, Aditya Kapil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am planning to make a fairly hefty investment into an audio component system. May I interest you in platinum-plated hi-fidelity speaker cables and a lightly-used bridge in San Francisco? :-)

Re: [silk] Audiophile advice

2007-06-15 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/14/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 14 Jun 2007 7:44 pm, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: Wait, there's a deal closer to home, I'd like to sell him a minaret not too far from his home, heck I'll throw in the other 3 minarets for free if he'll call in the next 5 minutes. Do

Re: [silk] google looking for subpoena compliance legal assistant

2007-06-17 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/12/07, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...Written and spoken fluency in Mandarin, Cantonese or Japanese a plus.[1] #include not-speaking-for-my-employer.h #include not-speaking-for-my-past-employers.h I have been with organizations in the past that have handled far more

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

2007-06-17 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/12/07, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 5/30/07, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the deal with the mangoes anyway? Why aren't they available in the markets yet? I am sick of Kent and want some fleshy Malgova. The desi list at work is abuzz with news. Apparently the first batch

Re: [silk] Good Indian restaurants in Northern Virginia/DC?

2007-06-17 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
The most common variety is the Banganapalli. They taste damn fine; I can't really justify the prices I paid in hyderabad. In general Madras appears to be a great consumer economy. On 6/18/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Srini Ramakrishnan wrote [at 10:01 AM 6/18/2007] : I paid 50

[silk] Just another forward?

2007-06-19 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
This could be just another of those hopeless email forwards that don't contain a shred of truth, but I find it rather hopeless for our country that this scenario sounds all too possible. We do indeed have a systemic break down of this nation where the morality of the government is constantly

Re: [silk] Just another forward?

2007-06-19 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/20/07, Thaths [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I have traveled to and from India for the last 14 years and this has _never_ happened to me. My interactions with airline, customs and immigration officials have been uniformly pleasant. Tch, tch, they've been slipping up. The Customs didn't

Re: [silk] Audiophile advice

2007-06-20 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
The HK looks really great, not sure if the same sound can't be had from a cheaper unit. My dad has these, and they are about Rs. 1000-1500, http://www.intextechnologies.com/dproduct.asp?cat=Electronicssub=Subwoofer%202.1 On 6/20/07, Aditya Kapil [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: These are really nice.

Re: [silk] The Demise Of The Dollar

2007-06-20 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/12/07, Binand Sethumadhavan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 04/06/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/JubaksJournal/KuwaitKicksSandOnTheDollar.aspx The U.S. dollar took a big hit last week. From Kuwait. On May 20, Kuwait stopped

Re: [silk] The Demise Of The Dollar

2007-06-20 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Blatant imperialism may be in bad form these days, but bullets and bombs still kill, and there are always Machiavellian mandarins that will advocate still more jackboot diplomacy. The US doesn't make its share of contributions to the UN, nor to global warming. What makes you think they will fear

Re: [silk] The Demise Of The Dollar

2007-06-22 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/20/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: [ on 05:53 PM 6/20/2007 ] [...] And what does the last sentence mean, as well? That Taiwan and Tiber are at military risk? Explain, please. I'll have to wait for the weekend before I can spend any more time

Re: [silk] American Class Divisions Through Facebook and MySpace

2007-06-26 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/26/07, Ramakrishnan Sundaram [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html I kinda made a similar point (with what is known in Indian parlance as a lot of masala :-)) on my blog about a year ago. Of course,

Re: [silk] The Demise Of The Dollar

2007-06-26 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/22/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/20/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: [ on 05:53 PM 6/20/2007 ] [...] And what does the last sentence mean, as well? That Taiwan and Tiber are at military risk? Explain, please. I'll have to wait

Re: [silk] The Demise Of The Dollar

2007-06-26 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/26/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: China treats Taiwan as a yet to be annexed portion of mainland China; I wouldn't be surprised if in the minds of the Chinese mandarins (!) Taiwan is treated no differently from Hong Kong

Re: [silk] Bugs in Intel dual core processors?

2007-06-29 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 6/28/07, Vinayak Hegde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/28/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lifted from elsewhere http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-miscm=118296441702631 http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40567 There have been bugs before on Intel Processors. The most

Re: [silk] 1 lakh car spurs environment worries

2007-07-01 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 7/1/07, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jul 01, 2007 at 11:04:58PM +0530, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: [...] People in Russia were saving for a decade or more to buy a car. Most Indians aren't, they are signing their lives away. Cheeni

Re: [silk] 1 lakh car spurs environment worries

2007-07-01 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 7/2/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:00 AM 7/2/2007, Udhay Shankar N wrote: I'm pretty sure an electric scooter for half a kilobuck plus PV array could give you a 50 km commute with a daytime's charge. One data point:

Re: [silk] A query....

2007-07-06 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
#inherits previous disclaimers There's a paper floating around (can't get to it right now since I'm on my BB in a beach in goa) that claims that gmail users are smarter and wealthier than yahoo or hotmail users. This could be because the gmail userbase hasn't trickled down to the unwashed

Re: [silk] IPhone - Thoughts?

2007-07-07 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Unlocking an iphone doesn't get you the whole package iirc. There are features such as visual voice mail that require special iphone support on the telco side. Have your friends in India thought that one out? Also, are they willing to pay the contract early termination fee that must be at least

Re: [silk] OpenMoko - Thoughts? (was Re: IPhone - Thoughts?)

2007-07-10 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
PROTECTED] wrote: On Jul 7, 2007, at 1:36 AM, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: Unlocking an iphone doesn't get you the whole package iirc. There are features such as visual voice mail that require special iphone support on the telco side. Have your friends in India thought that one out? Yes I know

[silk] A gift from Gandhi

2007-07-15 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/10/AR2007071002055_pf.html A Gift From Gandhi Frustrated Green Card Applicants From India Use Methods Of Master By Xiyun Yang Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, July 11, 2007; D01 Shyam Bindingnavale had spent years of anguish

Re: [silk] A new car for £30

2007-07-16 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 7/16/07, Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2007-07-16 12:57:36 +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And Zimbabweans were a lot friendlier and pleasant than the Batswana I was living among at the time. Say, have you read Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

[silk] Readings on Indian History

2007-07-16 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
I am working my way through History Of The Tamils: From the Earliest Times to 600 AD, by P. T. Srinivasa Iyengar [0]. It's mostly informative and interesting, yet, considering that it was written in 1929 in about a year, I can't really claim it's a seminal authoritative work of many years, and

Re: [silk] Readings on Indian History

2007-07-19 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 7/19/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] A classical example is the state of Rwanda. Thanks for taking the trouble. I presume you have been to Rwanda - because that is the thing required for credibility isn't it? Ashok seems to travel a lot around those parts, I dare say the

Re: [silk] YouTube - TN State success story of Suse linux migration

2007-07-20 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 7/20/07, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I showed this video to the people in my office (mixed demographic, some govt. staff) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_g72GcaIdc most people found the video fascinating not just for its content but for the dramatic style, background music, special

Re: [silk] Rapture

2007-07-29 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 7/30/07, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/29/07, Binand Sethumadhavan wrote: thousand years, so I don't think we need to worry much that Kalki is around the corner waiting for us sinners :) [...] school is an ardent follower of this chap. Apparently the world is coming to an

Re: [silk] As Medical Patents Surge, So Do Lawsuits

2007-07-29 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 7/30/07, Charles Haynes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7/29/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 29 Jul 2007 8:30 pm, Venkatesh Hariharan wrote: [...] Patents are intended to increase sharing of knowledge. Indeed, and all best intentions can be made into a mockery. Are you

Re: [silk] save energy with blackle

2007-07-30 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 7/30/07, Rishab Aiyer Ghosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: apparently, Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year. www.blackle.com Old news by now I would have thought. Anyway; this only applies to CRTs where the screen has been maximized. Also, it makes no allowance for usability related

[silk] Disruptive Banking networks

2007-08-01 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Ripple is an open-source software project for developing and implementing a protocol for an open decentralized payment network. In its extreme form, the Ripple network could be a peer-to-peer distributed social network service with a monetary honor system based on trust that already exists between

[silk] Beginnings of an intuitive sketch + simulate environment

2007-08-01 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Research project at MIT that offers a basic simulation environment via a sketching application with some knowledge of elementary physics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZNTgglPbUA Cheeni

Re: [silk] Organizing a conference like TED in India

2007-08-02 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 8/2/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sriram balasubramaniam wrote: All the Silksters meet in India. Two things... 1. We are known as Silk-listers, methinks. 2. We already do FOU except for the big hoo-haa and sponsors. But seriously, I think a TED-like conference would

Re: [silk] FoU v3

2007-08-03 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 8/3/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: savita rao [03/08/07 11:27 +0530]: Suggestions for locations: http://www.silveroakfarm.com/ http://www.farmweekends.com/nandih.php silklister bala's got a place near ooty that might come in handy http://www.greenhotelindia.com/ A

Re: [silk] Fwd: [jivika] Fwd: [indiathinkersnet] Bangalore: The rising divorce rate in the IT sector

2007-08-05 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 8/5/07, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Viewing the computer for long hours has proven to cause impotency, says Pramila Nesargi, chairperson of the Karnataka State Women's Commission. We are a transition generation; the husbands want to be like their fathers, the wives

[silk] I want the earth + 5%

2007-08-08 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://www.relfe.com/plus_5_.html Very nicely put together. Cheeni

Re: [silk] Chaos makes better business sense

2007-08-09 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 8/9/07, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] So doesnt this MRP protect the consumer in some way? Indeed, I think all we need is a bug fix that allows stating the minimum retail price as well, so we know the seller's profit margin. Selling this idea to the retailers though will be tough.

Re: [silk] Chaos makes better business sense

2007-08-10 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 8/10/07, Neha Viswanathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] MRP. Like if you go upto Ilaka from Dharamshala, the guy sells Parle G for about two rupees above the MRP, and you don't really mind it. The only way to get stuff up there is on donkeys - trekking for five to six hours. (This was six

[silk] So it's finally happening?

2007-08-10 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6939757.stm World shares fall on credit fears Stock indexes have fallen sharply again on Friday, a day after markets in the US and Europe suffered heavy losses amid fears of a global credit crunch. Billions of dollars were wiped off share values, affecting

Re: [silk] Invisible India is the elephant in your bedroom

2007-08-20 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 8/20/07, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One aspect, that I am surprised he didnt cover is the issue of smaller and smaller land-holdings because of inheritance. You have a farmer who started with 20 acres, had five sons, each was left with a less viable 4 acres... and so on and they

Re: [silk] Invisible India is the elephant in your bedroom

2007-08-20 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 8/20/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rishab Aiyer Ghosh [20/08/07 08:48 +]: at what? his point was that they are very expensive, and israeli agriculture based on them wouldn't survive without massive US aid. it's drip irrigation kits arent exactly expensive.. and

Re: [silk] How I Became a Programmer

2007-08-21 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 8/20/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Udhay, who is still mildly puzzled that he never turned into a coder Mac coding isn't coding? Or do you mean a coder in the open source world? Cheeni

Re: [silk] Another n00b

2007-08-23 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Take over the world eh? (mental note to self - I am not alone). So what would you like to do when the world is your oyster, and you can shuck it? :) Cheeni On 8/22/07, Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm new on this list, though not new to the list. I'm

Re: [silk] Introduction

2007-08-23 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
By letting the computer do the work for you, and not reading every email that flows in. Oh, and ubiquitous access to email - i.e. blackberry. ~Cheeni - 155 lists and counting... On 8/23/07, Anil Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HI Jim! I am curious no, really!. How do you manage going through

Re: [silk] For You Mac OS X/Gmail Users...

2007-08-25 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
I've liked it so far, but it's going to be shareware when it comes out of Beta, the betas are time-limited too but are nag free. I don't think I will pay to keep it when it goes into handcuffware mode - not enough features there. It's susceptible to Safari and webkit bugs of this there are many

Re: [silk] For You Mac OS X/Gmail Users...

2007-08-25 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
BTW, the invites aren't strictly necessary - the URL for the app and the password are rather easy to guess or share. Cheeni On 8/25/07, Casey O'Donnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just recently started using a program called Mailplane for OS X. It is a Gmail client that's goal is to be just a

[silk] In BLR for a week

2007-08-26 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
I'm going to be around from tomorrow till the 4th (weekend excluded - away at a training session). Udhay has confirmed that he'll be ready for lunch or dinner, any one else? Cheeni

Re: [silk] Illustrated Coffee Guide

2007-08-27 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 8/27/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/27/07, Sriram Karra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/27/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do you reckon is the best coffee chain in Bangalore/India. Or Hotel Saravana Bhavan might not be as hep, cool, or rocking as the

Re: [silk] Illustrated Coffee Guide

2007-08-28 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
, bitter coffee. To each his own. Cheeni On 8/28/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 28 Aug 2007 12:40 am, Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: Chicory laden south Indian coffee Not all South Indian coffee is chicory laden. The effect achieved by one's just like another chain outlets

Re: [silk] a new rodent

2007-09-03 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
I currently use - across my various computers, 1. Logitech VX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks (very smooth tracking - glides) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HCRVUS 2. Apple wired Mighty Mouse (bad for gaming as Jace observed - don't really recommend this to anyone - there are

Re: [silk] a new rodent

2007-09-04 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 9/4/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Abhishek Hazra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what about a stylus+pressure sensitive tablet? No fans of a thinkpad's clitmouse? There was a time when I was a fan - I used to even win at Quake using it. But it's been some time since I've

[silk] How To Make A Microserf Smile

2007-09-04 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_37/b4049065.htm?chan=technology_technology+index+page_top+stories Also see, http://no2google.wordpress.com/2007/06/24/life-at-google-the-microsoftie-perspective/ http://minimsft.blogspot.com/ http://minimsftindia.blogspot.com/ How To Make A

Re: [silk] clit mouse

2007-09-05 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 9/5/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I first heard the term on silk when I read that message on this list. I don't think the person who coined the term actually knows what a clit looks like What do you expect, it was probably a geek! Cheeni

Re: [silk] a new rodent

2007-09-06 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 9/6/07, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] For a while last year I looked around for a desktop keyboard that incorporated a **trackpointer** but gave up. I can't figure out why it's not more popular than it is. http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/MIGR-4WKSWX.html

[silk] The coming age of magic

2007-09-10 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
I recommend reading through the PDF presentation first, it makes the rest of the content parseable. Interesting idea - even if it does look like a stretch. ~Cheeni http://www.orangecone.com/archives/2006/10/the_coming_age.html http://www.orangecone.com/archives/2006/04/how_to_make_a_m_1.html

Re: [silk] Cybercafes to have keystroke loggers

2007-09-10 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 9/11/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] You are claiming that you weren't able to plough through the links. But I am claiming that these links actually do offer a refutation of your thesis. Is that not enough incentive? Or are you just taking the piss here? I think Shiv

Re: [silk] A good way to cite wikipedia entries

2007-09-21 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Wikipedia supports permanent links to specific revisions, like so http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hardware_random_number_generatoroldid=156233868 Cheeni On 9/21/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Via the cryptography list, an object example in how to cite a wikipedia entry:

[silk] James' blunt edge

2007-09-23 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
All that late night partying in Ibiza has definitely robbed him of his song. He'll sell copies this time too alright, but he's headed in Britney's foot steps. http://music.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,2168236,00.html James Blunt, All the Lost Souls Alexis Petridis Friday September 14, 2007

[silk] Tadoba Andhari tiger reserve

2007-09-24 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8ll=20.203568,79.375534spn=0.793892,0.549316z=11om=1 http://www.google.com/search?q=Tadoba+Andhari+tiger+reserve Has anyone been there? I am spying a 4 day weekend coming up, and so I imagine a drive down from Hyderabad (350+ kms) won't be a bad idea. How are the

Re: [silk] Tadoba Andhari tiger reserve

2007-09-24 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
reserve.. there is supposed to be a good population of tigers, but tiger-spotting is not all that common (unlike ranthambhor and kanha) s On 9/24/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8ll=20.203568,79.375534spn=0.793892,0.549316z=11om=1 http

[silk] India tries outsourcing its outsourcing

2007-09-25 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
This is not a complete surprise to most on the list I am sure, but it is the most emailed story on IHT today. Cheeni [image: International Herald Tribune] http://www.iht.com/ http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/24/business/outsource.php India tries outsourcing its outsourcing By Anand

Re: [silk] new sleep research

2007-09-26 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 9/26/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Study author, Professor Francesco Cappuccio from the University of Warwick's Warwick Medical School said the study involved over 10,000 civil servants from the Whitehall II Study and investigated the link between patterns of sleep and

[silk] PK media spin on cricket clash

2007-09-26 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
So, this is a news story about a stupid fight that broke out over a cricket match. And it turns into spin fodder *sigh* what a twisted world... http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iWN1RZzNuIpgbwkAhWssTblwf7Ag versus http://www.dawn.com/2007/09/26/top18.htm Dawn - the Pakistani newspaper

Re: [silk] Speaking of audiophilia....

2007-10-03 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 10/2/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: James Randi Offers $1 Million If Audiophiles Can Prove $7250 Speaker Cables Are Better $7250 buys a lot of weed - the effects are better I am told. Cheeni

Re: [silk] Fascism?

2007-10-04 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 10/3/07, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] Of course she should be allowed to write. Of course it was an opinion piece. It may have some truth in it. But it is misleading and the gullible believe it to be the truth. If they believe in the rapture, this is much more believable.

Re: [silk] Fascism?

2007-10-04 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 10/4/07, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 04 Oct 2007 3:05 pm, ashok _ wrote: AIDS actually originated from an american polio vaccine trial gone wrong. Isn't the polio vaccine designed to make Muslims infertile? Timba! Cheeni

Re: [silk] 1 lakh car spurs environment worries

2007-10-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 7/1/07, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.reuters.com/article/basicindustries-SP-A/idUSDEL17439320070627?pageNumber=1sp=true India's people's cars spur green nightmare fear Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:33AM EDT IHT covered it today, with some updated information and a wider market

[silk] A matter of humanity

2007-10-13 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Fort Hunt's Quiet Men Break Silence on WWII Interrogators Fought 'Battle of Wits' By Petula Dvorak Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 6, 2007; Page A01 For six decades, they held their silence. The group of World War II veterans kept a military code and the decorum of their

Re: [silk] A matter of humanity

2007-10-13 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 10/13/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fort Hunt's Quiet Men Break Silence on WWII Interrogators Fought 'Battle of Wits' Missed the URL - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/05/AR2007100502492.html

Re: [silk] How the US house judiciary committee protects whistleblowers

2007-10-28 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 10/28/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... or doesn't. I don't normally forward /. trash along, but in my defense, I saw this link elsewhere, by which time it appears heavily /.ed. So you still read /. ? huh... Cheeni P.S. I figured that there'd surely be other comments

Re: [silk] How the US house judiciary committee protects whistleblowers

2007-10-28 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 10/29/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/29/07, Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] I used to live on reddit, but it's gone all to shit in hyperexponential time. They now even killed my.reddit.com, and recommended is full of crap as ever. I can't believe we

Re: [silk] A Wireless Revolution in India

2007-10-29 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On 10/29/07, Gautam John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/29/07, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not much better on Airtel EDGE. 1.5 - 3.0 kB/s is the norm. The network and handset are technically capable (EDGE multislot class 10) of over 10 kB/s. Oh. In which case, why?

[silk] Capsaicin Tested On Surgical Wounds

2007-10-31 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
To satisfy Udhay's capsaicin fetish... http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/196215 Science: Capsaicin Tested On Surgical Wounds Posted by kdawson on Wednesday October 31, @09:18AM from the that-smarts dept. Ponca City, We Love You writes Bite a hot pepper, and after the burn your

Re: [silk] Capsaicin Tested On Surgical Wounds

2007-10-31 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
to numb nerve endings for weeks at a time. Cheeni On Oct 31, 2007 1:45 PM, Udhay Shankar N [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/31/07, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To satisfy Udhay's capsaicin fetish... http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/10/30/196215 http

Re: [silk] To FOU or not to FOU

2007-11-11 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Udhay urged me to post to this thread on Saturday evening, right after he called to take my reading on the matter, but I was feeling nice and disconnected from email, and I didn't have the will to trot over to a keyboard of any sort. In the light of the emails thus far, it looks like this crowd

Re: [silk] To FOU or not to FOU

2007-11-11 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Questions, questions JLR? Are you suggesting a 4th venue? JLR == Jungle Lodges Resort? Could you give us more information - perhaps a link to a website? Danke, Cheeni On Nov 12, 2007 12:42 PM, Deepa Mohan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would certainly say (whether I am able to come, or

[silk] Encrypted E-Mail Company Hushmail Spills to Feds

2007-11-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2007/11/encrypted-e-mai.html Interesting, though not exactly surprising. Also, http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9741357-7.html Cheeni

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Nothing surprising there - original Indian academic research even in our greatest universities is a rare phenomenon. I've had to include the name of a professor of mine and his friend, a professor at another college as authors in a college research paper I independently wrote. To my knowledge this

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
they are in India :-). regards Anish On Nov 12, 2007 2:52 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing surprising there - original Indian academic research even in our greatest universities is a rare phenomenon. I've had to include the name of a professor of mine and his

Re: [silk] Cutting-edge research...

2007-11-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
12, 2007 5:40 PM, Srini Ramakrishnan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I haven't made sweeping generalizations - nowhere have I said that all Indian research is bogus. However there is a tendency in many institutions towards letting plagiarism go unchecked - which affects the quality of research

[silk] Anyone on Dopplr?

2007-11-15 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://www.dopplr.com/traveller/cheeni In case anyone is on it... -- Cheeni Q: Why is this email 5 sentences or fewer? A: http://five.sentenc.es/

Re: [silk] Anyone on Dopplr?

2007-11-15 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Done On Nov 15, 2007 3:36 PM, Venkat Mangudi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: Srini Ramakrishnan wrote: http://www.dopplr.com/traveller/cheeni In case anyone is on it... Udhay is for sure. So am I. If any of you want invites, just ask. An invite

Re: [silk] FoU camp - logistics

2007-11-27 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Nov 27, 2007 2:38 PM, Biju Chacko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] But seriously, Koramangala, BTM Layout or JP Nagar are on my route -- any of those would work for me. /me reserves seat on Biju's automobile - pickup location to be confirmed over voice channel Cheeni

Re: [silk] home book cataloging software ?

2007-12-03 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://books.aetherial.net/wordpress/ Is free, and looks reasonably good. http://www.pure-mac.com/collect.html has a list of more collection managers. Cheeni On Dec 2, 2007 2:45 PM, ashok _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am looking for such a software preferably free, not an online service,

[silk] The Valley song

2007-12-05 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://youtube.com/watch?v=fi4fzvQ6I-o Here comes another bubble (sung to the tunes of Billy Joel's We didn't start the fire) -- Cheeni Q: Why is this email 5 sentences or fewer? A: http://five.sentenc.es/

[silk] Lights turn red for stunned Delhi jaywalkers

2007-12-06 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idINIndia-30854320071206?pageNumber=3virtualBrandChannel=0sp=true Lights turn red for stunned Delhi jaywalkers Thu Dec 6, 2007 2:10pm IST By Jonathan Allen NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Pedestrians don't cross the Indian capital's chaotic streets so much as dash

Re: [silk] Wikipedia

2007-12-09 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Dec 10, 2007 9:43 AM, shiv sastry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] In fact many educated Hindus chose this route to avoid being asked to answer uncomfortable questions about Hinduism. Wearing Hindu symbols like a large tilak on one's forehead or admitting to openly practicing Hindu ritual is

Re: [silk] Open Source Evangalism

2007-12-09 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Dec 10, 2007 12:42 PM, Kiran Jonnalagadda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10-Dec-07, at 11:11 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: If you do put XP in there stick in as many anti spyware, malware, virus etc tools as you can, harden it some. Public library PCs tend to pick up trojans and

[silk] Terry Pratchet

2007-12-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Ouch! http://www.paulkidby.com/news/index.html AN EMBUGGERANCE Folks, I would have liked to keep this one quiet for a little while, but because of upcoming conventions and of course the need to keep my publishers informed, it seems to me unfair to withhold the news. I have been diagnosed with

[silk] Explaining the urban housing market in India

2007-12-12 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
While this paper is really not aimed at India, the phenomenon described seems to be an acceptable explanation for the real estate prices in urban India. Interestingly, it also sets forth an estimate of the bubble's longevity. http://www.efficientfrontier.com/ef/405/housing.htm

[silk] Indian Wine

2007-12-15 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
Are there any recommendations? I find anything else too expensive and too hard to find. I prefer the Grover Cabernet-Shiraz but perhaps there's something better? Cheeni

Re: [silk] Kochi or Kabini

2007-12-17 Thread Srini Ramakrishnan
On Dec 17, 2007 2:13 PM, Madhu Menon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Biju Chacko wrote: [...] Kerala is a nice place to visit but I'd hate to actually live there. I'm probably biased though. ;-) I concur. :) Reasons?

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