Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-15 Thread Raman.P
--- On Mon, 15/12/08, Ashok Gautham wrote: > > We still won't have people like Kapil ji, Raman and > Bharathi. We will just > be a bunch of enthusiastic students who keep coming in in > cycles. We > will keep reinventing the wheel. Also ILUGC is well > established. So you > will get better speak

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-15 Thread Parthan SR
Ashok Gautham wrote: We still won't have people like Kapil ji, Raman and Bharathi. Why not? Did they tell you they won't come? As well as, am sure a lot of others would come, even if not these 3. We will just be a bunch of enthusiastic students who keep coming in in cycles. Well, that is what a

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-15 Thread Aanjhan R
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 5:25 PM, Ashok Gautham wrote: > I strongly believe that India is _the_nation_. I am not planning to do > my PG in any other land. We have everything that one needs, and > just lack takers. I am tugging along as many as I can to provide > India with really inspired and dedic

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-15 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 10:05 PM, Ashok Gautham wrote: > @Venkatraman.S: > My college does not offer a PG. And I missed IIT once (my JEE. I really > flopped in it. I am not missing it once more). > > Not quite sure whether ppl would be interested in your personal failures and its glorification in

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-15 Thread Ashok Gautham
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Parthan SR wrote: > > For students communities there are few alternative solutions to this, > [1] Convince your college and get the Saturdays when LUG meets are there as half working days. Hmmm.. Am not too optimistic about this. [2] Convince your college and o

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-15 Thread Venkatraman S
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Ashok Gautham wrote: > I strongly believe that India is _the_nation_. I am not planning to do > my PG in any other land. We have everything that one needs, and > just lack takers. I am tugging along as many as I can to provide > India with really inspired and dedic

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-15 Thread Ashok Gautham
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Sunday 14 Dec 2008 2:37:00 pm Ashok Gautham wrote: > > I would miss out on a chance to bunk during critical times like my > > upcoming GATE in Feb > > GATE is for going to foreign? Then we do not need you. I strongly believe that Ind

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-14 Thread Parthan SR
Raman.P wrote: --- On Sun, 14/12/08, Ashok Gautham wrote: upcoming GATE in Feb This seems to be an indirect and rather "hacky" solution to the problem. If there is no problem in shifting the day, I wonder why it should not be. I don't want to miss being with children on Sunday. If s

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-14 Thread Raman.P
--- On Sun, 14/12/08, Ashok Gautham wrote: > upcoming GATE in Feb > > This seems to be an indirect and rather "hacky" > solution to the > problem. If there is no problem in shifting the day, I > wonder why it > should not be. I don't want to miss being with children on Sunday. If student commu

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-14 Thread Kapil Hari Paranjape
Hello, On Sun, 14 Dec 2008, Ashok Gautham wrote: > This seems to be an indirect and rather "hacky" solution to the > problem. If there is no problem in shifting the day, I wonder why it > should not be. I agree that "bunk classes to attend LUG meetings" is not really a solution. Kapil. -- _

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-14 Thread Aanjhan R
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > GATE is for going to foreign? Then we do not need you. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate_Aptitude_Test_in_Engineering HTH :-) Aanjhan ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-14 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Sunday 14 Dec 2008 2:37:00 pm Ashok Gautham wrote: > I would miss out on a chance to bunk during critical times like my > upcoming GATE in Feb GATE is for going to foreign? Then we do not need you. -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com ___ To

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-14 Thread Ashok Gautham
On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 2:00 PM, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > On Sunday 14 Dec 2008 1:44:05 pm benedict nicholas wrote: > > Todays self financing colleges are run like schools. Keep students > occupied > > all 7 hours. No choice to bunk any period in between as some of us used > to > > do. > > just

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-13 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Sunday 14 Dec 2008 11:37:03 am Vamsee Kanakala wrote: > > bunk classes > > > >   > > Lol. That's actually very good advice. Even better. Drop out of college. > Start/contribute to an open source project. You'll get better job offers > than your degree will ever get you ;-). I wish somebody told

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-13 Thread Roshan Mathews
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Ashok Gautham wrote: > Like The Bangles sing it, "Sunday is my Fun Day"! > Bingo! That's the reason. :) ~rm ___ To unsubscribe, email ilugc-requ...@ae.iitm.ac.in with "unsubscribe " in the subject or body of the messa

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-13 Thread Sri Ramadoss M
We shared events that happened around in the last one month.. and Raman shared few useful commands.. later it was on FossConf 2009.. need for physical volunteers was stressed upon.. apart from having usual talks etc., need to bring people from different streams of life.. auditors.. lawyers.. doct

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-13 Thread Vamsee Kanakala
Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: On Saturday 13 Dec 2008 9:22:52 pm Ashok Gautham wrote: I am intrigued as to why the LUG meet is on Saturdays. I have college on all Saturdays and so find it impossible to come to the LUG meets. (I mean it. EVERY saturday. We even have a regular 7 hour timetable for t

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-13 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Saturday 13 Dec 2008 9:22:52 pm Ashok Gautham wrote: > I am intrigued as to why the LUG meet is on Saturdays. I have college on > all Saturdays and so find it impossible to come to the LUG meets. > (I mean it. EVERY saturday. We even have a regular 7 hour timetable for > that day!) bunk classes

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-13 Thread Bhargav Prasanna
On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Ashok Gautham wrote: > I am intrigued as to why the LUG meet is on Saturdays. I have college on > all Saturdays and so find it impossible to come to the LUG meets. > (I mean it. EVERY saturday. We even have a regular 7 hour timetable for > that day!) > > Unless the

Re: [Ilugc] Dec Month ILUGC Meet

2008-12-13 Thread Ashok Gautham
I am intrigued as to why the LUG meet is on Saturdays. I have college on all Saturdays and so find it impossible to come to the LUG meets. (I mean it. EVERY saturday. We even have a regular 7 hour timetable for that day!) Unless there is a specific reason, can I take the privelege of requesting th