Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Tongue Twisters
Here are some of the tongue twisters to keep urself and others ;-) busy....
If you understand, say "understand". If you don't understand, say "don't understand". But if you understand and say "don't understand".How do I understand that you understand? Understand!
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.
A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.
Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.
Once a fellow met a fellow In a field of beans. Said a fellow to a fellow, "If a fellow asks a fellow, Can a fellow tell a fellow What a fellow means?"
Mr Inside went over to see Mr Outside. Mr Inside stood outside and called
to MrOutside inside. Mr Outside answered Mr Inside from inside and Told Mr
Inside to come inside. Mr Inside said "NO", and told Mr Outside to come
outside. MrOutside and Mr Inside argued from inside and outside about going
outside or coming inside. Finally, Mr Outside coaxed Mr Inside to come
inside, then both Mr Outside and Mr Inside went outside to the riverside.
SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE , BUT THE SEA SHELLS THAT SHE SELLS,
ON THE SEA SHORE ARE NOT THE REAL ONES
The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside
outside his inside inn.
If one doctor doctors another doctor does the doctor who doctors the doctor
doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does the
doctor doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors? "When a doctor falls
ill another doctor doctor's the doctor. Does the doctor doctoring the doctor
doctor the doctor in his own way or does the doctor doctoring the doctor
doctors the doctor in the doctor's way"
We surely shall see the sun shine shortly. Whether the weather be fine, Or
whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold Or whether the
weather be hot, We'll weather the weather Whatever the weather, Whether we
like it or not. watch? Whether the weather is hot. Whether the weather is
cold. Whether the weather is either or not. It is whether we like it or not.
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
A flea and a fly in a flue Said the fly "Oh what should we do" Said the
flea" Let us fly Said the fly"Let us flee" So they flew through a flaw in
the flue
If you tell Tom to tell a tongue-twister his tongue will be twisted as
tongue-twister twists tongues.
Mr. See owned a saw.And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw. Now See's saw sawed Soar's
seesaw Before Soar saw See,
Which made Soar sore.Had Soar seen See's saw Before See sawed Soar's
seesaw, See's saw would not have sawed
Soar's seesaw. So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.But it was sad to see Soar
so sore Just because See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw ...
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If you understand, say "understand". If you don't understand, say "don't understand". But if you understand and say "don't understand".How do I understand that you understand? Understand!
I wish to wish the wish you wish to wish, but if you wish the wish the witch wishes, I won't wish the wish you wish to wish.
Sounding by sound is a sound method of sounding sounds.
A sailor went to sea to see, what he could see. And all he could see was sea, sea, sea.
Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People, Purple Paper People If two witches were watching two watches, which witch would watch which watch?
I thought a thought.But the thought I thought wasn't the thought I thought I thought. If the thought I thought I thought had been the thought I thought, I wouldn't have thought so much.
Once a fellow met a fellow In a field of beans. Said a fellow to a fellow, "If a fellow asks a fellow, Can a fellow tell a fellow What a fellow means?"
Mr Inside went over to see Mr Outside. Mr Inside stood outside and called
to MrOutside inside. Mr Outside answered Mr Inside from inside and Told Mr
Inside to come inside. Mr Inside said "NO", and told Mr Outside to come
outside. MrOutside and Mr Inside argued from inside and outside about going
outside or coming inside. Finally, Mr Outside coaxed Mr Inside to come
inside, then both Mr Outside and Mr Inside went outside to the riverside.
SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS ON THE SEA SHORE , BUT THE SEA SHELLS THAT SHE SELLS,
ON THE SEA SHORE ARE NOT THE REAL ONES
The owner of the inside inn was inside his inside inn with his inside
outside his inside inn.
If one doctor doctors another doctor does the doctor who doctors the doctor
doctor the doctor the way the doctor he is doctoring doctors? Or does the
doctor doctor the way the doctor who doctors doctors? "When a doctor falls
ill another doctor doctor's the doctor. Does the doctor doctoring the doctor
doctor the doctor in his own way or does the doctor doctoring the doctor
doctors the doctor in the doctor's way"
We surely shall see the sun shine shortly. Whether the weather be fine, Or
whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold Or whether the
weather be hot, We'll weather the weather Whatever the weather, Whether we
like it or not. watch? Whether the weather is hot. Whether the weather is
cold. Whether the weather is either or not. It is whether we like it or not.
Nine nice night nurses nursing nicely.
A flea and a fly in a flue Said the fly "Oh what should we do" Said the
flea" Let us fly Said the fly"Let us flee" So they flew through a flaw in
the flue
If you tell Tom to tell a tongue-twister his tongue will be twisted as
tongue-twister twists tongues.
Mr. See owned a saw.And Mr. Soar owned a seesaw. Now See's saw sawed Soar's
seesaw Before Soar saw See,
Which made Soar sore.Had Soar seen See's saw Before See sawed Soar's
seesaw, See's saw would not have sawed
Soar's seesaw. So See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw.But it was sad to see Soar
so sore Just because See's saw sawed Soar's seesaw ...
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Monday, October 25, 2004
Google Technology
we all know that Google loves to play pranks on its users. Recently an article was floating around saying google uses some pigeon-rank-technology with "actual" pigeons... if anyone has got some explanations I am really eager to hear that.
but what I liked most is the FAQ section ;-)
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http://www.geocities.com/ktanul
but what I liked most is the FAQ section ;-)
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http://www.geocities.com/ktanul
Monday, October 11, 2004
Story of Tortoise and Hare revisited
Once upon a time a tortoise and a hare had an argument about who was faster.
They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race.
The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time.
Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a
tree for some time and relax before continuing the race.
He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding
on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ.
The hare woke up and realised that he'd lost the race.
The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.
This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.
But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story.
It continues.
The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some soul-searching.
He realised that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax.
If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise
could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race.
The tortoise agreed.
This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish.
He won by several miles.
The moral of the story? Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady.
If you have two people in your organisation, one slow, methodical and reliable,
and the other fast and still reliable at what he does, the fast and reliable chap
will consistently climb the organisational ladder faster than the slow, methodical chap.
It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable.
But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise did some thinking this time, and realised
that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted.
He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route.
The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast,
the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river.
The finishing line was a couple of kilometres on the other side of the river.
The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along,
got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.
The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and then change the playing
field to suit your core competency.
In an organisation, if you are a good speaker, make sure you create opportunities to
give presentations that enable the senior management to notice you.
If your strength is analysis, make sure you do some sort of research,
make a report and send it upstairs. Working to your strengths will not only get you noticed,
but will also create opportunities for growth and advancement.
The story still hasn't ended.
The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did
some thinking together. Both realised that the last race could have been run much better.
So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time.
They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank.
There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on his back.
On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing
line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.
The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core
competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core
competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always
be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.
Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant
core competency for a situation take leadership.
There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.
Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures.
The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure.
The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could.
In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more
effort. Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different.
And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.
The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop competing against
a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.
When Roberto Goizueta took over as CEO of Coca-Cola in the 1980s, he was faced with
intense competition from Pepsi that was eating into Coke's growth. His executives were
Pepsi-focussed and intent on increasing market share 0.1 per cent a time.
Goizueta decided to stop competing against Pepsi and instead compete against
the situation of 0.1 per cent growth.
He asked his executives what was the average fluid intake of an American per day?
The answer was 14 ounces. What was Coke's share of that? Two ounces. Goizueta said Coke needed a
larger share of that market. The competition wasn't Pepsi. It was the water, tea, coffee, milk
and fruit juices that went into the remaining 12 ounces. The public should reach for a
Coke whenever they felt like drinking something.
To this end, Coke put up vending machines at every street corner.
Sales took a quantum jump and Pepsi has never quite caught up since.
To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches us many things.
Chief among them are that fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady;
work to your competencies; pooling resources and working as a team will always
beat individual performers; never give up when faced with failure; and finally,
compete against the situation - not against a rival
They decided to settle the argument with a race. They agreed on a route and started off the race.
The hare shot ahead and ran briskly for some time.
Then seeing that he was far ahead of the tortoise, he thought he'd sit under a
tree for some time and relax before continuing the race.
He sat under the tree and soon fell asleep. The tortoise plodding
on overtook him and soon finished the race, emerging as the undisputed champ.
The hare woke up and realised that he'd lost the race.
The moral of the story is that slow and steady wins the race.
This is the version of the story that we've all grown up with.
But then recently, someone told me a more interesting version of this story.
It continues.
The hare was disappointed at losing the race and he did some soul-searching.
He realised that he'd lost the race only because he had been overconfident, careless and lax.
If he had not taken things for granted, there's no way the tortoise
could have beaten him. So he challenged the tortoise to another race.
The tortoise agreed.
This time, the hare went all out and ran without stopping from start to finish.
He won by several miles.
The moral of the story? Fast and consistent will always beat the slow and steady.
If you have two people in your organisation, one slow, methodical and reliable,
and the other fast and still reliable at what he does, the fast and reliable chap
will consistently climb the organisational ladder faster than the slow, methodical chap.
It's good to be slow and steady; but it's better to be fast and reliable.
But the story doesn't end here. The tortoise did some thinking this time, and realised
that there's no way he can beat the hare in a race the way it was currently formatted.
He thought for a while, and then challenged the hare to another race, but on a slightly different route.
The hare agreed. They started off. In keeping with his self-made commitment to be consistently fast,
the hare took off and ran at top speed until he came to a broad river.
The finishing line was a couple of kilometres on the other side of the river.
The hare sat there wondering what to do. In the meantime the tortoise trundled along,
got into the river, swam to the opposite bank, continued walking and finished the race.
The moral of the story? First identify your core competency and then change the playing
field to suit your core competency.
In an organisation, if you are a good speaker, make sure you create opportunities to
give presentations that enable the senior management to notice you.
If your strength is analysis, make sure you do some sort of research,
make a report and send it upstairs. Working to your strengths will not only get you noticed,
but will also create opportunities for growth and advancement.
The story still hasn't ended.
The hare and the tortoise, by this time, had become pretty good friends and they did
some thinking together. Both realised that the last race could have been run much better.
So they decided to do the last race again, but to run as a team this time.
They started off, and this time the hare carried the tortoise till the riverbank.
There, the tortoise took over and swam across with the hare on his back.
On the opposite bank, the hare again carried the tortoise and they reached the finishing
line together. They both felt a greater sense of satisfaction than they'd felt earlier.
The moral of the story? It's good to be individually brilliant and to have strong core
competencies; but unless you're able to work in a team and harness each other's core
competencies, you'll always perform below par because there will always
be situations at which you'll do poorly and someone else does well.
Teamwork is mainly about situational leadership, letting the person with the relevant
core competency for a situation take leadership.
There are more lessons to be learnt from this story.
Note that neither the hare nor the tortoise gave up after failures.
The hare decided to work harder and put in more effort after his failure.
The tortoise changed his strategy because he was already working as hard as he could.
In life, when faced with failure, sometimes it is appropriate to work harder and put in more
effort. Sometimes it is appropriate to change strategy and try something different.
And sometimes it is appropriate to do both.
The hare and the tortoise also learnt another vital lesson. When we stop competing against
a rival and instead start competing against the situation, we perform far better.
When Roberto Goizueta took over as CEO of Coca-Cola in the 1980s, he was faced with
intense competition from Pepsi that was eating into Coke's growth. His executives were
Pepsi-focussed and intent on increasing market share 0.1 per cent a time.
Goizueta decided to stop competing against Pepsi and instead compete against
the situation of 0.1 per cent growth.
He asked his executives what was the average fluid intake of an American per day?
The answer was 14 ounces. What was Coke's share of that? Two ounces. Goizueta said Coke needed a
larger share of that market. The competition wasn't Pepsi. It was the water, tea, coffee, milk
and fruit juices that went into the remaining 12 ounces. The public should reach for a
Coke whenever they felt like drinking something.
To this end, Coke put up vending machines at every street corner.
Sales took a quantum jump and Pepsi has never quite caught up since.
To sum up, the story of the hare and tortoise teaches us many things.
Chief among them are that fast and consistent will always beat slow and steady;
work to your competencies; pooling resources and working as a team will always
beat individual performers; never give up when faced with failure; and finally,
compete against the situation - not against a rival
Friday, October 08, 2004
recently i was going through some of the sites to look out something related to JUnit which is an automatic tool for testing mostly java applications and found something which could be helpful if somebody wants to use it with Eclipse.
Using JUnit With Eclipse IDE by Alexander Prohorenko and Olexiy Prohorenko -- Test-driven development principles call for writing the tests before writing any code. Alexander and Olexiy Prohorenko demonstrate how this approach can be used with the JUnit testing tool and the Eclipse IDE.
a site with list of good technical books
http://max.hosting.ru
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tuxedo fundas
http://e-docs.bea.com/tuxedo/tux71/html/intbas.htm
Hello Everybody
Just wanted to add something to the web world using plain text also as have already contributed using html ( I have a site http://www.tanul.info/ )
will add more laterjust a parting joke....
An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted tospade his potato garden, but it was very hard work.His only son, who would have helped him, was inprison. The old man wrote a letter to his son andmentioned his situation:
Dear Son,I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won'tbe able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate tomiss doing the garden, because your mother alwaysloved planting time. I'm just getting too old to bedigging up a garden plot. If you were here, all mytroubles would be over. I know you would dig the plotfor me, if you weren't in prison.
Love,
Dad
Shortly, the old man received this telegram: "ForHeaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!! That'swhere I buried the GUNS!!"
At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents andlocal police officers showed up and dug up the entiregarden without finding any guns.Confused, the old man wrote another note to his sontelling him what happened, and asked him what to donext.
His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant yourpotatoes, Dad.. It's the best I could do for you fromhere."
Moral: NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART !!! THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP YOU FROM DOING IT ... DO IT!!!
keep enjoying!!!
will add more laterjust a parting joke....
An old man lived alone in Minnesota. He wanted tospade his potato garden, but it was very hard work.His only son, who would have helped him, was inprison. The old man wrote a letter to his son andmentioned his situation:
Dear Son,I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won'tbe able to plant my potato garden this year. I hate tomiss doing the garden, because your mother alwaysloved planting time. I'm just getting too old to bedigging up a garden plot. If you were here, all mytroubles would be over. I know you would dig the plotfor me, if you weren't in prison.
Love,
Dad
Shortly, the old man received this telegram: "ForHeaven's sake, Dad, don't dig up the garden!! That'swhere I buried the GUNS!!"
At 4 a.m. the next morning, a dozen FBI agents andlocal police officers showed up and dug up the entiregarden without finding any guns.Confused, the old man wrote another note to his sontelling him what happened, and asked him what to donext.
His son's reply was: "Go ahead and plant yourpotatoes, Dad.. It's the best I could do for you fromhere."
Moral: NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE IN THE WORLD, IF YOU HAVE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING DEEP FROM YOUR HEART !!! THERE IS NOTHING THAT CAN STOP YOU FROM DOING IT ... DO IT!!!
keep enjoying!!!
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