Tuesday, September 07, 2010
Reading and movies start again- this time in Indonesia
gonna be in indonesia very soon, and have kept enough books and movies to keep myself busy during free hours, look forward to much more posts in the coming days
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Good one's from Doughlas Adams
A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
On the planet earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons."
Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for tidbits, so they eventually gave up and left the Earth by their own means shortly before the Vogons arrived."
"It is known that there is an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the product of a deranged imagination."
"The knack of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
The history of every major galactic civilization has passed through three distinct and recognisable phases: those of survival, inquiry, and sophistication. Otherwise known as the ‘How’, ‘Why’, and ‘Where’ phases. For instance, the first phase is characterised by the question: “How can we eat?” The second by the question: “Why do we eat?” And the third by the question: “Where should we have lunch?”
"CLIXBY (adj.) Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative."
Douglas Adams wrote an ad for Apple. It goes like this: 'Macintosh - We might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end.' (Mac systems didnt suffer Y2K)
"A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.'"
And the ever so popular "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
On the planet earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—while all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons."
Curiously enough, the dolphins had long known of the impending destruction of the planet Earth and had made many attempts to alert mankind to the danger; but most of their communications were misinterpreted as amusing attempts to punch footballs or whistle for tidbits, so they eventually gave up and left the Earth by their own means shortly before the Vogons arrived."
"It is known that there is an infinite number of worlds, simply because there is an infinite amount of space for them to be in. However, not every one of them is inhabited. Therefore, there must be a finite number of inhabited worlds. Any finite number divided by infinity is as near to nothing as makes no odds, so the average population of all the planets in the universe can be said to be zero. From this it follows that the population of the universe is also zero, and that any people you may meet from time to time are merely the product of a deranged imagination."
"The knack of flying is to throw yourself at the ground and miss."
The history of every major galactic civilization has passed through three distinct and recognisable phases: those of survival, inquiry, and sophistication. Otherwise known as the ‘How’, ‘Why’, and ‘Where’ phases. For instance, the first phase is characterised by the question: “How can we eat?” The second by the question: “Why do we eat?” And the third by the question: “Where should we have lunch?”
"CLIXBY (adj.) Politely rude. Briskly vague. Firmly uninformative."
Douglas Adams wrote an ad for Apple. It goes like this: 'Macintosh - We might not get everything right, but at least we knew the century was going to end.' (Mac systems didnt suffer Y2K)
"A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that thing you just did? Don't do that.'"
And the ever so popular "I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by."
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Gonna be regular on this blog
Hey all
It's been a long time since I have been regular with blogging, and fact that I use to do it everyday, it makes me wonder why did i stop, one reason was not much time with lot's happening around. But now I plan to be really active and regular on this site and you are going to see regular update's on books and movies on very active basis.
Take care and happy reading!
Cheers
It's been a long time since I have been regular with blogging, and fact that I use to do it everyday, it makes me wonder why did i stop, one reason was not much time with lot's happening around. But now I plan to be really active and regular on this site and you are going to see regular update's on books and movies on very active basis.
Take care and happy reading!
Cheers
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Back to reading
Back to reading so it seems to be !. I have bought/got lot's of books in my home library and I am hoping and kind of committed to atleast complete 3 of those
1. Competitive Strategy by Porter
2. Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy by DOughlas Adams
3. Mind of strategist by Kenichi Ohmae
Look for the space for update's and hopefully a book summary soon enough
1. Competitive Strategy by Porter
2. Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy by DOughlas Adams
3. Mind of strategist by Kenichi Ohmae
Look for the space for update's and hopefully a book summary soon enough
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Reading Fortune at the Bottom of Pyramid
Started reading fortune at the bottom of pyramid by ck prahalad .
quite enticing and enjoying the read , would post the summary of the same soon enough
quite enticing and enjoying the read , would post the summary of the same soon enough
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
The Witch of Portobello
It's been almost 2 years , that I am back to blogging .Just got over with the vacations , read Paulo Coelho's The Witch of Portobello
The book is based on a central character called Athena ...who was adopted when she was a child ..and the entire book stitches around how can we be true to ourselves -even if we are unsure of who we are .
The book is written in the form of story being told by different people who come in her live's , there view and interactions with her
Rating : Average .
The book is based on a central character called Athena ...who was adopted when she was a child ..and the entire book stitches around how can we be true to ourselves -even if we are unsure of who we are .
The book is written in the form of story being told by different people who come in her live's , there view and interactions with her
Rating : Average .
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