Thursday, May 31, 2007

Status of Gmail Status

I would like to share some Quotes that appeared as gmail status of people in my circle over the last 8 months.
Some of them might be "Driven by copy, Powered by paste" but all are not.
Unix is user friendly - it's just picky about it's friends.
- gmail status of rahul upakare

People may not remember exactly what you did, or what you said, but they will always remember how you made them feel.
- gmail status of ankit garg

Smooth roads never make good drivers.
Smooth sea never make good sailors.
Clear skies never make good pilots.
Problem free life never makes a strong person.
Be strong enough to accept the challenges of life.
Don't ask life , 'Why me?' . Instead say, 'Try me!' ... :)
- gmail status of chintu sir

We meet to make memories ...we part to cherish them..
- gmail status of rashi82 on gmail

Life means missing expected things and facing unexpected things. When you are right, no one remembers, but when you are wrong, no one forgets...This is life
- gmail status of Neeta, cdac

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.
- gmail status of amol

It's impossible to have faith until you have doubted.
- gmail status of kanika

People laugh because I am different. And I laugh because they are all the same.. That's called ATTITUDE.
- gmail status of AMOL

Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you but to help you realise your hidden potential. Let difficulties know that you are difficult!
- gmail Status of Abhishek (cnie, cdacmumbai)

My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that i am right.
- gmail Status of Eva

A single rose given during one's lifetime is better than a bouquet of orchids placed over the grave.
- gmail status of Neeta Mishra

It's better to burn out than to fade away.
- gmail status of Paras Kapoor

Today is the first day of the rest of my life. - Adapation (2002)
- gmail status of Shriram Ramani

Reasoning gives life to knowledge. - Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
- My gmail status :

use blackle to avoid blackout

http://bond303.blogspot.com/2007/05/google-in-black.html

Sunday, May 20, 2007

RICH and RIGHT - what it meant and what it means

For the indomitable vocabriented exam ahead, I am working towards expanding my vocabulary through reading etymological stuff periodically.

While looking for the origins of the word indomitable I stumbled upon this article and came across the origins of the word rich.

Some excerpts from the same.

"[the] words "rich" and "right" derive from the same Indo-European root"

"[the] word rich comes from a Teutonic root found in Gothic reiks. Originally "rich" meant someone who was powerful and mighty, noble and great. Because material wealth accumulated to those individuals the word now means merely that which is of great material possession or abundant physical wealth. The Roman, Keltic and Indian people retained the word for a noble ruler in that ancient Indo-European society."

"
The Rex was the exemplar of upright, proper and "straight" conduct. He was the moral leader of the community, the one entrusted with responsibility to ensure that all other members of the community also conducted themselves in a "straight" manner. He laid out the "rules" and "regulations" as well as the sacred areas. He was the one to keep everything "right." He made sure that all was done with respect to a higher moral allegiance. Thus he became a priest and the leader of the people. As time passed he began to take on more political responsibilities with less recognition of the moral and religious ones. Thus the title eventually came to mean the ruler or sovereign, the king."

Now I understand the myth of the right hand. Some mortals interpreted right as a direction/position while right should be interpreted as something which is "righteous".

Note that
"right hand of god" means ruling hand of god.
Oh my mortal pals, please interpret the language of your religious books in the right[eous] sense.

the roots : reg, rex, raj, regere, ri, righ, rego, rectus, koenig, reiks, rix, rect
the words : regal, region, regular,
regulate, right, righteous, king, rich, rectify

Sunday, May 13, 2007

Buts or Guts

Buts and Guts, yes Life is all about that and the movie "School of Scoundrels" too.

"I could have done it but you see .... "
OR
"I just want to do it. Who is s/he/they to stop me?"

Sometimes situations give you guts that your own desires don't. You might complain of your inability to do something because of pain in your legs but what if a fire breaks out in your own home. You will run for life as far as you can.

Might seem too out of the way example. I felt the same 7 years back while listening to the same example from a counsellor of a coaching institute. He lectured that the attitude of being unreasonable makes all the difference.
Sometimes
Reasoning kills us and our aspirations.
Compromise leads to sub-standard things.

Note:-
One should be watchful towards marketing frogs who use it all the time to convert people's psychology and make them try out their products and services.