[dilbert] teamwork

Indhiya Tholaikatchigalil Muthal Murayaaga…!!!

Praveen has a really funny post on his blog… If you are tamilian, then its a must read for you…

1. Velaikku Avaathu - Mission Impossible
2. Karuttha Machan - Men in Black
3. Paayum puli, Padungum pambu - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
4. Oatta Machan - Hollow Man ( though the actual movie was called Mayamanidhan) and the list continues….. !!!

I really appreciate the crude humour they project, for example, there is Sean Connery speeding down a road in a fancy white car yelling, “Roada paathu cara ootu da baadu” (in “7 Dhalapathigal”, also known as “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen”). Man….. I tell you he really gives our “Gabdan Vijaykanth” and “dhesiavaathi Arjun” a run for their money….. !!!

Just imagine, a scene from ‘Mummy’ , where an improperly embalmed mummy looking more like my college staffs shouts at the audience ” buhuah ha ha haaaa…..Naan unne ippo sapide poren…!!! ” or our James Bond introducing himself as ” Aaei…..en paeru baandu…..james baandu… “.

[Source : Original Post ]

Blending Goldfishes is ART?

Now…. How sick is this????? And this is called art….!!!

An art display which invited the public to put live goldfish through a food blender did not constitute cruelty to animals, a Danish court has ruled.The goldfish were placed on display swimming in the blenders, and visitors were told they could press the “on” button if they wanted.

At least one visitor did, killing two goldfish.

Peter Meyer, director of the Trapholt Art Museum in Kolding, 200 kilometres (125 miles) west of Copenhagen, was fined for cruelty to animals after complaints from campaign group Friends of Animals.

The exhibit was created by Chilean-born Danish artist Marco Evaristti, who was apparently trying to test visitors’ sense of right and wrong. Mr Evaristti said at the time he wanted to force people to “do battle with their conscience”.

The idea, he said, was to “place people before a dilemma: to choose between life and death.”

“It was a protest against what is going on in the world, against this cynicism, this brutality that impregnates the world in which we live,” he said.

[ source: Liquidising goldfish 'not a crime' ]

money in friendship

This one had me laughing MAO!!!!!!

a different job interview!

Now… This is one different interview…!!! Must watch!

[dilbert] how to hand out pathetically trivial pay raises

Private sector salaries for Govt employees?

I don’t know whether this is a good move or a bad one. On one angle, in the light of news like this, it seems that increasing government salaries is the right thing to do. It might attract the younger generation to look at government jobs as a career.

On the other hand, I feel bad that more of my tax money is going to go to people who sit on their asses doing nothing. As it is, any Indian knows what kind of treatment can be expected in the government office. Now, I hate to be paying them more from my pocket and then get insulted. But, I hope that atleast bribery and corruption comes down a bit after a pay hike.

If you look at what used to happen 10-12 years ago, when government servants used to be paid as much or as well as the private sector. But today, its very different. Today, private sector salaries are 10 times government salaries, especially at the top. So in India, people in the government are sort of overstaffed, overpaid and under worked at the bottom and understaffed, overworked and underpaid at the top. This has to change if you want the government to do well.

[ Source: Private sector salaries for Govt employees? ]

Your time is in your hands

So… the time is in our hands…. or rather…. your brain… This kind of explains why the world stops moving when I am tense!!!

Spending too much time online? Maybe you’ve gone bonkers!

Excessive gaming, emailing and text messaging should be added to psychiatrys official guidebook of mental disorders, according to an article in this months American Journal of Psychiatry.

Dr Jerald J Block, the articles author, outlined four distinct symptoms displayed by sufferers. Withdrawal and an associated sense of anger or depression when users cannot reach a computer, the constant need for better equipment and the feeling of social isolation and fatigue are all signs of technology-related mental disorders.

“Attempts to measure the phenomenon are clouded by shame, denial and minimisation,” said Dr Block. The conditions are difficult to treat because internet addiction is ” resistant to treatment, entails significant risks and has high relapse rates”.

Dr Block said that the problem is most acute in South Korea where internet addiction is one of the countrys “most serious public health issues”.

“Using data from 2006, the South Korean government estimates that approximately 210,000 South Korean children are afflicted and require treatment, ” said Dr Block. South Korea set up a network of 140 tough love rehabilitation centres in November 2006 in a bid to curb the growth of internet addiction among the countrys teenaged population.

[ Source: Usability News - Internet addiction classed as Mental Disorder ]

Why be positive?

This guy from California is an MND patient and I found these words of his from a discussion forum. Really Inspiring…

Several years ago I realized I was creating my own reality…literally. I understood that my thoughts were causing things to happen; manifesting situations, people, and objects. As I examined my past, I saw that I had been doing this all my life. I began to deliberately use this tool, and it is has enhanced my life immeasurably.

At first I thought I had some special ability, but now I know that everyone can do this. In fact, we are all doing it all the time, we just don’t realize it. The human mind is unique in the known Universe. Our attention focused on our perceived surroundings and circumstances, actually creates and changes reality. Quantum Physics proves this scientifically. It is a law of the Universe just like gravity. What you think about will manifest in your life, consciously or unconsciously, positive or negative. If this process is happening anyway, you might as well take control and guide it in a direction that will bring you happiness.

Applying this principle is crucial when confronting a difficult life circumstance such as ALS. If you habitually focus on the “bad things” that are happening to you and repeatedly cultivate negative emotions, the Universe will dutifully provide you with more situations that generate these thoughts and feelings. On the other hand, if you work to cultivate positive thoughts and emotions, even gratitude, the Universe will comply by providing an abundance of positive experiences. It will manifest more things for which to be grateful. I use my mind (the only thing I have left, but also the most powerful tool I ever had at my disposal), to deliberately create peace, understanding, compassion, and well-being in my life.