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At the Pearly Gates of Heaven

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** At the Pearly Gates of Heaven **
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-- Ahhh!  Mr. Dawkins, I presume?



[Date: Jul , 2009]         

Mr. iTunes

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** Mr. iTunes **
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-- I'd say he's Mr. iTunes.  Wants to do everything himself.



[Date: Jul 24, 2009]
                      

That's Why

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**  That's Why **
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-- Lot of stress?
-- Oh, yes. I'm so busy nowadays that nothing gets done.


[Date: Nov 3, 2009]
                         

It's Obvious

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** It's Obvious **
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-- Why is everybody in the world so busy nowadays?
-- Because they are all working on an iPhone-Killer.


[Date: Nov 3, 2009]                          

Serendipity

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** Serendipity **
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-- Serendipity Bliss:  Three years after buying a jacket, you discover another pocket.



[Date: Sep 17, 2009]
                        

Calls to a Banana Republic

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** Calls to a Banana Republic **
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-- Your call could not be completed. There's a coup d'etat in progress.  Please try later.



[Date: Aug 29, 2009]       

White Papers

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** White Papers **
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-- White papers are so called because they help to hide the dark parts of an implementation ...


[Date: Oct 17, 2009]    

Plato and a Platypus

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** Plato and a Platypus  **
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-- Plato thought that an ideal man is round.
-- And I've known for a while that ideal arguments are circular.

[Date: Aug 16, 2009, 9.20 AM]

At an iPhone App Dev Outfit

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** At an iPhone App Dev Outfit **
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-- I think it's going to be an addictive 99¢ app.  Basically, you roleplay a manager. If you can block an employee's promotion you get two coconuts. If you can fire somebody you harvest ten coconuts, and so on .... 

[Date: Aug 15, 2009, 2.50 AM]

Halting Problem

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** Halting Problem **
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-- Alas! As we grow older we begin to realise the significance of the halting problem.

[Date: Aug 14, 2009]

MBA 101 Class

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** MBA 101 Class  **
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-- Today we will talk about MBTI - Management by Threat and Intimidation.

[Date: Feb 26, 2009]  

Social Networking

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** Social Networking **
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-- Well, back then, we used to invite friends, they introduced us to new friends, and so on ...
-- Mom, you mean, you had a *real* Facebook kind of thing?

[Date: June 30, 2009]   

When Managers are Unhappy

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** When Managers are Unhappy **
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-- Look at you, Peter ... You are so unhappy .... while your employees are chatting merrily away in the cafeteria ...
--  Mary, please call everybody to a departmental meeting tomorrow morning.  Six-thirty sharp.

[Date: Feb 21, 2009]  

The One Minute Manager

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** The One Minute Manager **
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-- Jack, I want the sales figures *now* !!

[Date: Feb 4, 2009]        

The Only GTD Guide You'll Ever Need

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** The Only GTD Guide You'll Ever Need **
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-- Nothing is done till nothing is done.

[Date: Nov 30, 2008]                  

Color Crayons

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** Color Crayons  **
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-- As a pre-schooler, God had shown a predilection for playing with color crayons. It came in useful, much later in His life, when He was designing Autumn.

[Date: Nov 16, 2008]    

Dave Bowman Finally Understands the Randomness Inherent in the Universe

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** Dave Bowman Finally Understands the Randomness Inherent in the Universe **
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-- Dave Bowman: My God, it's full of Black Swans!

[Date: Nov 15, 2008]     

A Diet Plan That Actually Works

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** A Diet Plan That Actually Works **
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-- If you don't like something, eat it. Chances are high that it's good for your health.   

[Date: Sep 29, 2008]         

The Black Swan

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** The Black Swan **
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[The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb]
-- The perfect gift for an economics professor.  Or a MBA student in a suit and tie.

[Date: Nov 11, 2008] 

The Double-Rainbow

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** The Double-Rainbow **
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--  Wow! Look!! A double-rainbow!
--  That day God was ecstatic in Heaven.  Nobody had figured out he had ditched Photoshop for Gimp.

[Date: Sep 26, 2008] 

Many Worlds Theory

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** Many Worlds Theory **
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-- The Many Worlds Theory postulates an infinite number of near-identical copies of universes - and the RIAA doesn't like it one bit.
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[Date: Sep 7, 2008]

MacBook Air

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** MacBook Air  **
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-- And whenever the mosquito landed near the keyboard, the MacBook Air seemed a bit heavier.

[Date: Sep 7, 2008]  

Schrödinger's Cat / Schrödinger's LolCat

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** Schrödinger's Cat /  Schrödinger's LolCat **
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-- Schrödinger's cat was dreaming,
-- And said:
-- God-darn'd!
-- Either I am dead
-- Or I aren't!

[Date: Sep 6, 2008]  

Mr. Robin Hoodlum

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** Mr. Robin Hoodlum **
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--  Meet Mr. Robin Hoodlum.  He robs the poor and bails out the rich of Nottinghamshire.

[Date: Oct 1, 2008]   

Politics

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** Politics **
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-- I think politics is the oldest profession, but, on the other hand, there is hardly any difference between the two.

[Date: Sep 2, 2008]     

On Regular Expressions

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** On Regular Expressions **
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-- Whenever I have problem with regular expressions, I just use irregular expressions.

[Date: Sep 1, 2008]

Speed-Reading

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** Speed-Reading **
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-- Speed-reading a good novel is like speed-eating a delicacy.

[Date: Aug 31, 2008]

Free Speech

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** Free Speech **
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-- Hey, we can say whatever * we * want!

[Date: Aug 30, 2008]

The Truth is Bitter and Unforgiving but Ultimately It Heals the Wound

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** The Truth is Bitter and Unforgiving but Ultimately It Heals the Wound **
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-- Thinking America can fix itself by changing the system: that's hope. Thinking America can fix itself by changing a president: that's stupidity.

[Date: Aug 22, 2008]

Whitehouse Emails

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** Whitehouse Emails **
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-- How can these Whitehouse emails be lost?
-- Yeah! Doesn't NSA keep copies?

[Date: Aug 27, 2008]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Once Upon a Time

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** Once Upon a Time **
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-- Soviet Russia was ruled over by an evil political party ...
-- ... while USA was ruled over by *two* of them.

[Date: Nov 23, 2007]

Your Apartment Number

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** Your Apartment Number **
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-- And how did you remember my apartment number?
-- It's half a kilobyte.

[Date: Nov 23, 2007]