On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
Let us put it this way. There are several terms being dismissed as
pretentious expressions in this thread, that actually have specific meanings
attached to them, and these meanings are used consistently
I
Yes - but a lot of the words bandied around in this thread are from either
finance or IT architecture, where they do have specific meanings and a
consistent usage
I won't deny that jargon can get overused by people who don't quite get what
the words actually mean
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On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.netwrote:
Yes - but a lot of the words bandied around in this thread are from either
finance or IT architecture, where they do have specific meanings and a
consistent usage
I won't deny that jargon can get overused by
I was reading this article [1] and it made me wonder how much it matters in
the world as we know it today.
As an aside, have any of you tested your IQ? Care to share?
--Venkat
[1]
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/magazine/can-you-make-yourself-smarter.html?pagewanted=6_r=2pagewanted=all
A long time ago, I was roped into organising a picnic in my workplace.
There was this guy who told me in all seriousness - We are going to be
in the global top 10 soon. So the picnic should be professional and
must include things which he had learnt at a recent manager
conference. He wanted to
I would like to meet Dr. Noun PhD.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Sruthi Krishnan srukr...@gmail.comwrote:
A long time ago, I was roped into organising a picnic in my workplace.
There was this guy who told me in all seriousness - We are going to be
in the global top 10 soon. So the picnic
When I was a kid, gay meant carelessly happy. I cannot tell my 7 year old
what it means now. Rather, I don't know how to.
See, sometimes one uncle loves another uncle. Sometimes, aunties love
other aunties too. This is perfectly normal, kiddo.
Or you could use the equivalent of Noel Coward's St Dunstan's explanation.
Sent from my iPad
On Apr 24, 2012, at 1:17 PM, Mahesh Murthy mahesh.mur...@gmail.com wrote:
When I was a kid, gay meant carelessly happy. I cannot tell my 7 year old
what it means now. Rather, I don't know how
On Apr 24, 2012, at 2:04 AM, Biju Chacko wrote:
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
Let us put it this way. There are several terms being dismissed as
pretentious expressions in this thread, that actually have specific meanings
attached to
On Tuesday 24 Apr 2012 1:17:05 pm Mahesh Murthy wrote:
This is perfectly normal, kiddo.
umm..so is diabetes. But we tend to try and cure or control diabetes.
shiv
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk
s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote:
As an aside, have any of you tested your IQ? Care to share?
I was asked what my IQ was and I replied that the IQ test I had taken was,
to my mind, not a test applicable to all human beings, it needed a
As an aside, have any of you tested your IQ? Care to share?
--Venkat
I gave a Mensa test once that I cleared. But I don't recall being given an
actual IQ score. The test was fun enough to give though. I like giving exams.
Don't judge me.
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Sidin Vadukut sidin.vadu...@gmail.com wrote:
I gave a Mensa test once that I cleared. But I don't recall being given an
actual IQ score. The test was fun enough to give though. I like giving
exams. Don't judge me.
Heh, a friend informed me recently that a two
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 3:11 PM, John Sundman j...@wetmachine.com wrote:
I like B. well enough; she's my sister, after all. But sometimes her way of
speaking really depresses me, because she's not a stupid woman but she is
capable of very shallow thought, and I believe that thinking and
On Tuesday 24 Apr 2012 9:21:28 pm Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
In the Mughal and other Indian courts when a previously honorable man
was brought up on serious charges, his case would be heard with the
respect and decorum it deserved, with full regard to his mental state
and place in society.
On Apr 24, 2012, at 11:51 AM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote:
Large organizations abhor non-uniformity; thinking and speaking in
cliches precludes the unpredictability introduced by an individual's
emotions, heritage, learning, cultures and all of that unpredictable
stuff.
Having spent
On 4/23/12 11:04 PM April 23, 2012, Biju Chacko wrote:
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
sur...@hserus.net wrote:
Let us put it this way. There are several terms being dismissed as pretentious
expressions in this thread, that actually have specific meanings attached to
I gave a Mensa test once that I cleared. But I don't recall being given
an actual IQ score. The test was fun enough to give though. I like giving
exams. Don't judge me.
The correct verb associated with exams, for both examiner and examinee, is
'take'. While this has no relevance to the topic of
Let me be brutally honest. My take on this situation here is that we need
to revector our effort away from all this non value adding activity of this
email thread. Let us idenitfy one prime and one co-prime to lead this task
force.
Deepak
On Monday 23 Apr 2012 4:54:00 pm Udhay Shankar N wrote:
You may be familiar with the Bulwer-Lytton contest [1]. The Lyttle
Lytton contest [2], however, reimagines this for the age of twitter -
entries are limited to 200 characters.
The 2012 winners [3] are worth a read. I found it
Perfect.
(Although I, personally, myself, would have put hyphens in non-value-adding.
But maybe that's just me. )
jrs
On Apr 24, 2012, at 5:51 PM, Deepak Misra wrote:
Let me be brutally honest. My take on this situation here is that we need to
revector our effort away from all this non
Some of the IQ Tests floating about on the Net and Readers Digest rely
heavily on vocabulary, skill with English, etc. The Mensa test is slightly
more egalitarian, and uses pattern recognition type questions. I don't know
whether such questions can transcend cultures, or whether they require some
On Wednesday 25 Apr 2012 10:25:32 am Lahar Appaiah wrote:
Does anyone have any thoughts on the fundamental basis of intelligence
tests, i.e., are they biased towards the mathematically inclined, is it
even possible to have a universal definition of human intelligence, does
higher IQ really
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:38 AM, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote:
I meet plenty of illiterate but smart people who would fail any IQ test by
a
huge margin.
True that. Many people are street smart but cannot sign their own name. And
because everyone has been telling them they are illiterate,
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Venkat Mangudi - Silk
s...@venkatmangudi.com wrote:
True that. Many people are street smart but cannot sign their own name.
And because everyone has been telling them they are illiterate, they are
scared of anything that requires reading or writing. But give
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