On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 12:32 PM, Madhu Kurup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If anyone puts either spinach or broccoli into my idli, they will have a > revolt on their hands.
Heh! > I think the argument is moot and Thaths was trying hard to find any reason > to shoot the microwave option... The argument, indeed, is moot. In case it was not obvious from my 'ummm' and 'seriously', I was kidding about loss of nutrition in the microwave. I was trying to play the role of someone who would grasp as straws like "microwaves kill nutrients". These are idlis we are talking about, people! Idli dough is mostly carbohydrates and a little bit of protein. These are not the nutrients you are looking for (*wave Obi Wan Jedi wave*). My point about the ends not necessarily being the point (as in the Japanese Tea Ceremony), however, was not made in jest and remains. Nerds everywhere need to pause and think about their propensity to over optimize or not optimize for less tangible results. Thaths -- "I saw this in a movie about a bus that had to SPEED around a city, keeping its SPEED over fifty, and if its SPEED dropped, it would explode. I think it was called, 'The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down'." -- Homer J. Simpson
