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Van Gogh's Chair

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** Van Gogh's Chair **
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-- Van Gogh presaged the information age, and in 1888, made a painting of the most important computer accessory that would be needed.

[Date: Dec 7, 2007]

(Simplified) Laptop Buying Guide

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** (Simplified) Laptop Buying Guide **
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[Date: Dec 8, 2007]

The Corridor

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** The Corridor **
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-- Amit, in your country do you drive on the left side?
-- Yes, how did you know?
-- Because, here, you are blocking everybody in the corridor.

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Dick Cheney Tries to Solve the Problem of Software Outsourcing

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** Dick Cheney Tries to Solve the Problem of Software Outsourcing **
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[Date: Dec 4, 2007]

Little Timmy Counts

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** Little Timmy Counts **
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-- 001, 010, 011, 100
-- Very good, Timmy - now count 21 through 24 in Hex ...

[Date: Dec 6, 2007]

Joe on TV

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** Joe on TV **
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-- I just can't believe seeing Joe shaking hands with the President in the White House!
-- Did he wash his hands afterwards?

[Date: Dec 7, 2007]

Dining Philosophers' Problem

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** Dining Philosophers' Problem **
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-- The real Dining Philosophers' Problem: Who's going to pay the bill.

[Date: Dec 6, 2007]

Inspired by Paris Hilton

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** Inspired by Paris Hilton **
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-- Inspired by Paris Hilton reading The Art of War, George Bush manages to read 2 1/2 pages of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

[Date: Dec 6, 2007]

How to Really Treat Depression

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** How to Really Treat Depression **
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-- Two stories from P. G. Wodehouse's Blandings Omnibus, one compilation of Ogden Nash, and I'll see you in two weeks.

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Dilbert

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** Dilbert **
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-- My boss is even worse. He emails me Dilbert cartoons.

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Did It Ever Happen?

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** Did It Ever Happen? **
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-- If an incident goes unlogged, did it ever happen?
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[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Wireless Keyboard

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** Wireless Keyboard **
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-- Q: Should I buy a wireless keyboard?
-- A: Yes, you should. That way others won't have to install the keylogger on your machine.

[Date: Dec 4, 2007]

The Aha Moment

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** The Aha Moment **
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-- What if she loves someone else?
-- In that case, I'll have more time for programming.

[Date: Nov 20, 2007]

Choosing a Text Editor

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** Choosing a Text Editor **
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-- Mirror, Mirror, on the wall
-- Which is the fairest of them all?
-- TextMate.

[Date: Dec 5, 2007]

Jungian Analysis, Part VI

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** Jungian Analysis, Part VI  **
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-- Yes, Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Artemis are our most important servers. And Olympus is the data center.

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

 

Look at That

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** Look at That **
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-- Wow! Look at that!!
-- I'm closing my eyes and it's even more beautiful.

[Date: Dec 5, 2007]

Network Person

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** Network Person **
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-- How did you know he was a network guy?
-- The first thing he checked on the laptop was the COM port.

[Date: Dec 4, 2007]

Quarks and Leptons

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** Quarks and Leptons **
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-- Quarks and leptons are made of prime numbers.

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Universe

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** Universe **
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-- So, we are all made of atoms.
-- No! Numbers.

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Jungian Analysis, Part V

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** Jungian Analysis, Part V **
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-- And our file server named Hera heated up and melted. Then I woke up.
-- Are you having a secret affair?

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Have to Go Now

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** Have to Go Now **
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-- Sorry Liz, have to go now to see my editor ...
-- He means his text editor.

[Date: Dec 4, 2007]

A Nagging Doubt

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** A Nagging Doubt **
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-- If forced to choose between me and his text editor, I wonder ...

[Date: Dec 4, 2007]

Interview at NASA Research

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** Interview at NASA Research **
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-- And what kind of rockets did you design, Mr. Peabody?
-- You see, I was at this Chinese fireworks outfit for a while, and ...

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Jungian Analysis, Part IV

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** Jungian Analysis, Part IV **
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-- My head is full of visions now.
-- Did you attend a John Chambers keynote speech recently?

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Hypochondriacs

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** Hypochondriacs **
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-- 1950: There's something wrong with my chest, Doc.
-- 2000: And when my Inbox doesn't show any new emails ...

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

Famous Brothers

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** Famous Brothers **
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-- I wonder what would have happened if the Wright brothers had failed.
-- They would have become famous as the Wrong brothers.

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

History of Internet in Nepal

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** History of Internet in Nepal **
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-- 1994: Email service starts in Nepal.
-- 2007: A second modem has been added.

[Date: Dec 3, 2007]

How to Save Time

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** How to Save Time **
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-- I try hard not to understand any kind of game. If you don't understand them, then you won't waste your time on them.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Apple's Nightmare

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** Apple's Nightmare **
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-- Last Christmas I didn't buy an iPod. This year I'm not buying the iPhone thingy. Next year I don't know what not to buy.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Microsoft Fights Another Case

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** Microsoft Fights Another Case **
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-- And may I point out, Your Honor, that his shell program is called "ms-bash" ...

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Mouse Market

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** Mouse Market **
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-- Microsoft mouse product line is good competition for Logitech. Now Sony will offer its own sleek mice that come complete with rootkits.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Law School Boys' Hostel

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** Law School Boys' Hostel **
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-- Law students are trained from the beginning to read the fine print.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Book of World Records

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** Book of World Records **
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-- Most expensive liquid - printer ink
-- Most expensive perfume - new car smell

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Jungian Analysis, Part III

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** Jungian Analysis, Part III **
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-- And the 4004 chip transformed itself into a green scarab beetle ...

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

SPECTRE HQ Moves to American Samoa (South Pacific Ocean)

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** SPECTRE HQ Moves to American Samoa (South Pacific Ocean) **
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-- You forget, Mr. Bond, that waterboarding is sort of fashionable in this country.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

How the World is Run (At Least in Nepal)

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** How the World is Run (At Least in Nepal) **
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-- Straight A students become professionals. B students turn into bureaucrats and thus the only door left for C students is politics. And 20 years after high school, it's the C students who control our lives.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Many Lives

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** Many Lives **
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-- By reading historical novels I feel like I am living many lives.
-- And are you taxed differently?

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Beauty

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** Beauty **
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-- What is beauty?
-- Wrong question. You should ask who is beautiful. Or what is beautiful.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Why, Oh Why

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** Why, Oh Why **
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-- I wonder why we exist ...
-- To ask this very question.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Filing for Divorce

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** Filing for Divorce **
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-- Your Honor, my client does not want to spend the rest of her life with a man who uses proprietary software.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Jungian Analysis, Part II

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** Jungian Analysis, Part II **
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-- And a vision appeared to me, and he promised me endless hours of blissful computing ...
-- ... gigabytes of music storage, - movies delivered to my home network and encrypted with my own PGP public key ...
-- One thing I don't understand is instead of white, this vision was wearing black.
-- That's an archetype we call Steve.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

To See What's Changed

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** To See What's Changed **
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-- What if we use Subversion to manage our feelings?
-- Annotation is crucial.

[Date: Dec 2, 2007]

Newton's Law

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** Newton's Law **
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-- Sir Isaac Newton discovers another Law ...
-- Just as I had suspected ...
-- Beauty times Brains is a constant !

[Date: Dec 1, 2007]

Microsoft and Google

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** Microsoft and Google **
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-- Microsoft's top executives have a recurring nightmare ...

[Date: Dec 1, 2007]

A Failed Product

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** A Failed Product **
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-- VMware's latest product is not exactly the hit the company expected it to be.

[Date: Dec 1, 2007]

Archaeological Surprise

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** Archaeological Surprise **
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-- What archaeologists initially thought was an 800-year old walnut turned out to be the preserved brain of a well-known religious fanatic.

[Date: Dec 1, 2007]

New Bee Gees

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** New Bee Gees **
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-- We can try to understand
-- Reddit and Digg's effect on man

[Date: Dec 1, 2007]

Health Freak, Part I

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** Health Freak, Part I **
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-- Craig believes that running miles every day will add 3 years to his life.
-- [Note: 4 years of his life will have been spent on just running.]

[Date: Dec 1, 2007]

Chocolate

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** Chocolate **
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-- Some people say eating chocolate makes you more intelligent.
-- Well, not eating it definitely means you are stupid.

[Date: Dec 1, 2007]

Jungian Analysis, Part I

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** Jungian Analysis, Part I **
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-- And in the dream I descended into a bash-shell, and typed "ls -lta".
-- I think you are now ready for some serious sessions.

[Date: Dec 1, 2007]