of course it should be Gaiman - what a horrible typo! On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 8:04 AM, Abhishek Hazra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on the other hand, why i enjoy silk is precisely because one can find a > post here on flight ticket details as well as a sustained discussion on open > source and primary school teaching or neil gamin for that matter. > just my 2 paisa > > abhishek > > On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 8:30 PM, ss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Personal observations here. I do not intend to hurt anybody's feelings. >> >> Silk is, after all, primarily a circle of FoU. U always said he was a >> collector of interesting people and what I have seen and read on Silk >> certainly proves that. >> >> But it seems to me that a circle of friends always has the effect of >> increasing the "comfort zone" over time, after which guards drop and we >> start >> getting more "personal". >> >> I refer in passing to the index page of Silk that supposedly advertises >> the >> list: >> >> silklist -- Intelligent Conversation >> >> About silklist : >> silk-list is a place to have knowledgable, civil and most of all, _fun_ >> conversations about technology, philosophy, culture and whatever else we >> want >> to talk about. We have only two rules: no ad hominem, and no spam. >> >> Time was when conversations tended to be relatively highbrow and intense. >> But don't; people think that we have now broken a particular barrier in >> being "comfortable as home" on silk - and that is reflected in the topics >> that have started appearing on Silk? For example: >> >> * Sponsor request for club membership >> * Laptop repair info requested >> * Phone repair information requested >> * Old coin sales info requested >> * Personal services info requested >> >> Nothing wrong in these things, but I think that this is not in keeping >> with >> the Silk list that used to be. >> >> I re-iterate my disclaimer. No insult or hurt intended to anyone. >> >> shiv >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > does the frog know it has a latin name? > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
