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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. Marcus T Cicero
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Sometimes a Good Morning quote ignites a conversation. A recent one ignited two :
ONE::
Rk:
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. Marcus T Cicero
Adiga:
should it be the otherway round? prefer righteous war to unfair peace? I heard it that way.
Rk:
Many replied like that … this is what Marcus said..may be righteous war was what Lord Krishna said.
Adiga:
No, I heard some foreign author said it.
Rk:
If internet is the right source, I find the quotes I sent only ..and not the other way round quote….
Adiga:
Ya,,,,,file a review to that site and question its correctness.
P.S. Marcus Cicero made a failed attempt to establish peace in Rome. So if he is frustrated because of this, then what internet told is wrong. If he still believed his fundamentals despite his failure then its right.
Rk:
It is there in ALL the sites…and if you need to prove them wrong, you should have source & proof to the correct quote … burden of proof lies on you 
oh thanks for the info…
Adiga:
Burden lies with Marcus himself because the world doesn’t know whether he is frustrated or not…Lets close the debate.
Rk:
Ok., lets close the debate
It is unfair to close debate..but it is peaceful
TWO (More food for thought) ::
Rk:
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war. Marcus T Cicero
SY:
I tend to disagree with Marcus’s statement!!
I would prefer to have a “just WAR”, instead of anything unfair.
Rk:
Well, I was just thinking under which category does “marriage” fall. 
Joke apart, there are very few quotes I send which I personally do not agree with but just want to display the thought a great person might have had. I can say, this was NOT one of them.
For me, life & peace is more important than war - because war is inherently unfair in more ways than one.
May be ek discussion hojaye
SY:
My views
Regarding Good Morning quote:
Assume, I have unfairly gained advantage (escaped from being hit) just because some body chose to keep quiet rather than hit me. I would feel so uncomfortable, that I will not be able to continue my daily activities peacefully. I will lose my peace of mind for the unfair peace that I gained.
Assume, I have unfairly lost advantage just because I chose to keep quiet rather than hit some one else, OR some body forced me to keep quiet. I might repent later on and start developing hatred against that someone. Again I will lose my peace of mind for the unfair peace that I gained*.
*All words used should be taken at face value.
Rk:
First of all, being hit is no way equivalent to a war. War is when those who are not involved are also hit, killed. Possibly you are trivialising war.
In first scenario, it shows that you are a good human being. In which case there was no way you were to be get hit in the first place which will rebut the first sentence. Secondly, even for a moment we consider the first statement to be right, the result is “you lost your peace of mind”, which is FAR better than war or he killing you/hitting you One more thing, the peace gives you chance again and in case of war, it is over. Hitting will instantly result in you hitting you (because that is according to you - rightful war). Something on the lines of eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.
In the second scenario, if you are developing hatred that is only because you do not believe in the qoute. If you agree with the quote there is no confusion, it is unfair but it is peace. So you will not develop hatred. On the other hand, the effect is only “repent later”, but in war, there is no end until one of them is hurt. So since it is NOT only one hit you will return and he keeps quiet (bcoz he might also believe in war - righteous or not ) , and hence it is not known who is going to give a final blow. So it might happen that there is no “later” for even repenting.
Thats how I see it. I hope I am making at least some sense …
However, unfairness is not to be tolerated. (But since war is also unfair, war is not the solution, I think). Unfairness is not to be tolerated - which is why we had Freedom Struggle, which is why Nelson Mandela fought against racism, which is why feminists are fighting, which is why …etc.
If I made some sense, we can consider the debate closed. If I have not made any sense, probably you are right and hence the debate is closed - in this case, it is unfair to close the debate, but it is peaceful
Maths joke
# I rarely laugh when I read the jokes and forwards. The least repeated email forward has at least been read twice earlier. The first two sentences of the jokes usually give away / remind me the end.
# Sometimes, it is different though. The following is one such joke which I thoroughly enjoyed, so much so that I was actually feeling disappointed, angry for some reason before reading this. At the end, I had forgotten that and was smiling - that means it must have been doubly good.
# Not sure if it appeals to all. That is the point with tech/geek jokes. And those who get will laugh like anything.
# Not sure why I enjoyed so much, may be it suddenly took me back to college maths.
# Or may be the flow along with my imagination ! I like this style of metaphor or animated thoughts.
# It has a tinge of philosophy though !
# Courtesy : Mail by Pk (Thnx). Would love to compliment the originator though!
# Here it is, if you like Maths, read on. Read it slow, don’t scroll down too fast.
Functions
The arrogant exponential function e^x is strolling along the road insulting the functions he sees walking by. He scoffs at a wandering polynomial for the shortness of its Taylor series. He snickers at a passing smooth function of compact support and its glaring lack of a convergent power series about many of its points. He positively laughs as he passes |x| for being non-differentiable at the origin.
He smiles, thinking to himself, “Dang, it’s great to be e^x. I’m real analytic everywhere. I’m my own derivative. I blow up faster than anybody and shrink faster too. All the other functions suck.”
Lost in his own egomania, he collides with the constant function 3, who is running in terror in the opposite direction. “What’s wrong with you? Why don’t you look where you’re going?” demands e^x. He then sees the fear in 3’s eyes and says “You look terrified!”
“I am!” says the panicky 3. “There’s a differential operator just around the corner. If he differentiates me, I’ll be reduced to nothing! I’ve got to get away!” With that, 3 continues to dash off.
“Stupid constant,” thinks e^x. “I’ve got nothing to fear from a differential operator. He can keep differentiating me as long as he wants, and I’ll still be there.”
So he scouts off to find the operator and gloat in his smooth glory. He rounds the corner and defiantly introduces himself to the operator.
“Hi. I’m e^x.”
“Hi. I’m d/dy.”
Describing word to Best ad
. What is the best word that would describe you?
. Your Home Town:
. Your Hobbies:
. Favorite holiday spot:
. Which day of the week you like the most:
. Latest movie watched:
. The best commercial ad you like:
These were some of the questions that had to be answered (in written) on the day of joining in this company. I was wondering what would be the reason behind this questionnaire. Will it be referred to a psychologist and would my personality be assessed ? Or so on and so forth…I was cautious while replying.
It is not for anything like that! Today when there was a mail with similar questionnaire and answers, I realized ,it is simply used as an introduction and welcome of the new candidate, by sending out a mail to all employees with this information. Good, isn’t it?
What did I write anyways ?
.Confident.Including the full stop
.Bangalore Not exactly. But that is where my home is,
now.
.Reading books, computers. This has been my standard reply for many years…Do I really have a hobby? Do I do anything consistently ? …I was so tempted to write blogging, but didn’t. Firstly, not many understand. Second, it is not as serious to be considered a hobby. Or is it?
.Goa Wow..what a tour I had..If it was “spots” I would have even put Pondicherry, Yelagiri, Munnar, my grandfather’s place, Kanyakumari, Courtalam falls, Kovalam beach …
.Tuesday This was the most difficult..I don’t actually like any day in particular. Any day is ok if it is a holiday! I was tempted to put holiday Actually I like Sunday..not only because it is holiday, but it usually marks an end of a small phase and the beginning of another. Also, it
is embedded in mind to like the approach of Sunday, a rest day, from school days (Even though now it need not be a rest day and sometimes it happens to be the most eventful/hectic day). Also because I tend to like anything that is associated with Sun. Also I was born on a Sunday. Then there was a good competitor in Friday..the day of movie releases. And now more famous for the advent of weekend. If I write these days, I thought, it might send a signal that I am lazy to work ! I like Monday too. Any change is good. Sunday brings in the change from the routine school/office going, and Monday again changes it back. I am fresh and eager to get back to school/work on Mondays. Monday blues are not for me! The in-between days are actually boring and same. How can I differentiate between a Tuesday and say, Thursday? During school days, Wednesdays at least were good because we could wear colour dress! With all these confusions troubling me, I was putting too much thought just to select a favorite week and I selected Tuesday, randomly.
.Bunty aur Bubli I thought of mentioning a Jackie Chan movie whose name I don’t know Before Sunrise and Before Sunset but were the latest I had seen. Just within 48 hours ago. Again being afraid of the signals it would send out about my tastes, I thought of mentioning some really offbeat-message conveying movie, to make them not see any purpose, meaning behind my taste! I don’t want any one to create an opinion about me
looking at the name of the movies I watch. Oh..lot of time going here too and I ended up with Bunty. “Yeh world hain na..world..isme do tarah ke log hote hain…”
.HutchThis was second toughest. I do not watch TV you see. No ad came to my mind for a minute. There was that odd ad of a cooking oil (was it Sunflower?!) where a cute kid runs away from home. And his grandfather gets him back bribing the jalebis, and when asked whether he would run away from home again, he says “jana to hai…magar 25 saal baad”. That is too old. Then there was a Kads ad for Pepsi. There was “Imaandar Shirt” ad. Then there was Airtel jingle ad, which I liked probably only because of A R Rehman and the jingle. Nothing great about the ad per se. There are scores of email forwarded funny ads which I can’t name/remember. Uff! Not a good, recent ad in front of me? Finally I chose Hutch - for the dog, for the kid, for the creativity, for the simplicity, for those smiling faces that were put all over the city and for Rahul Dravid.
What’s your take ? Use the comments!
Post the experience of not-so successful Booktagging, I will not tag anyone.
Would be interested to know your tastes though!
Fooling around
Our class e-group occasionally sleeps or should I say hibernates. So we (I & Sriram) decided to create some news on the group that would attract the people to reply. And the first mail goes out :
End of first innings for PK!!!
Pk has plans to end his bachelorhood and will be starting a different innings!This mail is on behalf of our dear friend, PK who will be “catch”ing a “maiden” as his life “partner”. The date does not seem to be fixed. He was feeling quite shy to share this news with all of us.
He is willing to give a party on this 23rd, i.e, next-to-next saturday!!
Arrive there to celeberate this momentous (is it so?? ;)) day of his life.There seems to be a story behind this alliance and he is on the footsteps of Sachin (his role model) in some aspects!!
Pitch: Pai Viceroy - Party Hall, Jayanagar 3rd block
Time: 7:00 PM onwards
Date: Apr. 23rd 2005.
Pk is our dear friend, whose speedy maths, quick-wit, comic one-liners are as great a hit as his love for and talent in cricket. He is sort of shy guy and his marriage, as we guessed, would surprise many!
We felt just playing a prank on him would not be very successful and thought of getting him involved! Initially he baffled,but being a good sport he agreed to co-operate.
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Crazy fella
I am. Yes, I don’t think anyone else would watch back to back movies in cinema hall. PVR. That too alone
What the heck ? I havent seen a movie for last 2-3 months. Also I am on a break to relax and enjoy When I was busy, everyone seemed to enjoy, now when others are quite occupied, I am having gala time !! I know- watching movies is not that great enjoyment, but then …
If it is worth the time, reviews will follow.
Somehow, lonliness is not as scary! Atleast for me.
Fooling around-2
I had sent a distress-sms to many people in my phone book “Hi…I need to talk to you. I can’t speak on my mobile. Kindly call this number: 2656…It is about you.?
On their calling the number they would hear to an answering machine
“Thank you for calling Nimhans. If you know the extension …..?
The reaction was varied. I got back few hate smses. Most of them called the number and got fooled. Few of them called me to bash me and accept they called, but few others did not respond and hided their folly.
I felt it was really a success when a friend called up and spoke to me, she was speaking to me after months! Another friend who was on a cold war, smsed back to check if everything was fine! Even those who have not stored my number called me up. Though they started in the tone “What the hell? I was busy with something and your sms….?, after the initial exchanges, they asked about my well-being and other things.
It was good fun, more so because I was waiting for someone to turn up. It was also a good revenge to my getting fooled by the same sms.
Tasty, Smart
I am refering to the Amul ads which slowly became a part of our talk, and which was followed keenly - more keenly awaited than R K Lakshman’s You said it in TOI. And it was a small joy when the ad came close to what I had expected! The ads-cum-cartoon captured the news and current affairs and gave a nice comic touch to it. Sometimes silent, sometimes with a punching one-liner, it always maintained good standards of creativity!
Yummy, all the hits are available online
Why a post on amul hits ? Well, among the things I miss from Bombay, it is next only to Vada pav, beaches, trains and girls 
Potato is injurious to health
Over the lunch table
He: Eeks! You are eating potatoes again ?
I: Head bent and busy eating
He: Potatoes are bad.
I: Grin
He: They contain fat.You will put on more weight.
I: ..
He: Potatoes will kill you. They are so bad.
I: Hmm
He: Potatoes are injurious to health. Don’t know why people eat potatoes.
I: ..
He: You should follow me. Have you ever seen me eat potatoes ?
I slowly raise my head, look into his eyes “And smoking?”.
He blushes, grins, turns red in face, turns his face away.
We silently finish lunch.
Just let it go
It might be just business in that case, but it applies to any context. The moment we stop enjoying, we better stop doing it. Those who understand this, like top blogger Kiruba , puts it to practice. And he quits blogging.
Rashmi had come up with a neat post about friendship. She gets the word right “effortless“.
Back to the end-of-the road stuff. As long as something is effortless, it remains enjoyable. If we require to put an ounce of effort, then it is because, either it is no longer interesting or it has become(is) a necessity. Unless it is the latter, there is no point in bearing the burden. There have been instances of writers, painters discontinuing their years of work, or even destroying their earlier work. You call it burn-out, you call it end. Just let it go.
I have experienced this many times, that things seize to be what they were. Like the death of a pet. It is over. It was all nice. Was.
Kiruba might just have posted it for April 1st. Just may be. Or might not be. In either case, as they say, life goes on. Aaj yahan, kal kahin aur.
hendathiyobbalu
hendathiyobbalu (a wife)
K.S.Narasimha Swamy
If a wife is present at home, that is crore rupees for me
If a wife is near me, I am also a soldier
If a wife is present at home,it is full moon holige light
If she wants to go to her maternal home, I am angry like anything
One who is with me, one who has not left me, cooks very well
Possessor of pony tail that resembles snake, where has she come from !
It should be a dream that there are ways to Kabbiganooru
If anyone gets to be wealthy there, it should be me
In the star light and filled palace, beautiful girl may roam
She would be smiling next to me on throne
Where are visitors from the palace of Chandiranooru, now ?
And where are the descendents from the doors of silver fort
In the company of wife, richness and poverty, are no fears
Man is not a victor, if he has not experienced the love of a wife.
Ps: Yuk, this exposed my ignorance and illeteracy in both the languages. I am sorry and I apologise to KS Narasimhaswamy.
Original Kannada Song:
hendathiObbalu 
Above image and writing is courtesy Baraha and Guruprasad.
Skills of Interview
- Be a keen listener
- Be albe to relate things easily
- Probe very effectively
- Almost get the things what I am interested
- Use the answers to previous questions to ask more questions
- Grasp the flow easily
- Keep an eye on the watch
- Be able to direct the conversation
- Be able to filter out the useful and meaningful jist.
Overall I understood lot of things and it was a good experience as an interviewer also.
Sms_Timepass
2-3 missed calls from a number unidentified! Not bothered to call back or to message. I am plain bored of unidentified messages and missed calls.
A message from the same number.
Hi
Further conversations are here for you…
Hi, who are you
K:I am karen doing my 2nd pyej at jnc..was bored so just flicked thru a no and got urs..Wanna be frendz
Rk:I dont mind but i am more comfortable in emails! Whats pyej? Ur full name ? U can call me
kiran
K:hey dat wud be a prob..i wud prefer sms…Pyej stands for psyc eng n journo..N can u tell me about urself
Rk:i work in it industry. Where do you stay? How do I pronounce your name? R u a boy?
(2-3 missed calls before i finish typing and a msg- missed calls kept happening before i cud send the reply)
K:Why r u takin so long to reply ?
Rk:Mobil typin is slow. What do you want to know about me
K:I am a gal. How do i tell how to pronounce my name
K:R u a gal?
Rk:Using some other similar familiar names
Rk:I am a boy!
K:K ka is like cat n ren sounds like rin..is dat k ?
(-In between I wanted to check with my friend whether this girl is the same whom he is meeting…bcoz psy and journo sounded familiar..and was curious how she got my num…–
So this message was typed to my friend(N):
“If u dont mind give me her num. Dont worry i wont use it. By the way we need to name ur gal.”
And by mistake- yes by mistake- I sent this msg to ‘K’ !!! Later sent it to N also)
Rk: Ok fine! not very clear but ok. By the way i think i sent a message not intended to u
K:Wat was that all about?
Rk:Sorry I am chattin with my another friend
(need to clean few sms for lack of space..just fwded few to some friends…)
K:Yeah right ..got confused …so wat ya doin? tell me how old r u? N wat r u basically..Where did u study and stuff like that…
Rk:I am 23yrs young! Studied engineering. I like watchin movies,readin,computer,emailing. U tell me about u. give me some time to reply Do u chat like this whenver u get bored?
K:K me am 19 like listening to music dancin n readin n playin basket ball..Actually today all my friends are busy no one is free to msg so fluked ur no. So how do you look ?
Rk:Ppl say I am fat. I am not that concerned. I look confident and serious-but I make good fun. I wear specs..Huh this was like answering an interview question. I dont like talkin about myself:( u can tell me about ur looks. wat do you do in free time..So you will only chat with me only till ur friends r busy? Dont u use email ?
K:yeah..i tlak to strangers only when my frendz r busy n if u become my frend den dat wud be cool n i use an email..can u send me ur pic?
Rk:U didnt tell me how u look. Give me ur email address. U can also see my blog for my pic.
K:I am fat short dark n ugly. Im not kidding n in my free time i read..im being very honest
Rk:What do you read ? Not giving me ur email id ?
K:a_demont @ ..
(I meanwhile sent another sms to N…”I was just wondering what wud have happened if u met a short dark fat or ugly girl ??”)
Rk:Whats that id mean..And r u a Christian ?
K: I am …N its a secret
Rk:Ur id is a secret ? Give me some hints.
K:Why do u wanna know it has something to do wid my devilish ways..
Rk:DEVILISH WAYS ?? r u a part of secret society ??
(N shot back -” whats happenin 2 u? Idle mind in (-shud be ‘is’) devils workshop. Dont sms all these things. my sis always reads my sms, i was there with her when u sent sms….”
I replied-”Dude u r also talkin about devils?? I am chattin with a devil. Details later…’)
K:Yes I am…n do u wanna join our society..?
K:V r lookin out 4 a manager 4 our society
Rk:I am not interested in managing ur society! I am getting scared
got some work, will catch up with u later.K:Hey,I was jus jokin…N k..Cya later ..have a nice day
Rk:u too have a nice day…i really was scared:( and u will believe me
K:Hmmm never mind Nway cya take care bye
****
Update : Next day I came across a matching email id in a fwd. Asked Vasanth to get the hotmail id of that person.
My End
If my favorite color is blue, then
Next year I would be
