Backup Plan – Part 3

    The second Question that I have asked  previously was “How many times in our life have we always done what we first wanted? (What we first wanted is always Plan ‘A’)” If this question does not make any sense to you read the following articles before continuing on this one.

• My Comeback: http://danishthomas.blogspot.com/2010/01/my-comeback.html
• Backup Plan – Part 1: http://danishthomas.blogspot.com/2010/01/backup-plan-part-1.html
• Backup Plan – Part 2: http://danishthomas.blogspot.com/2010/01/backup-plan-part-2.html

    Answering to my second question on backup plans, I have followed Plan ‘A’ a very few times and that is when:

1. I made someone happy.
2. I loved someone.
3. I gave something.
4. I saw happy tears.
5. I filled and felt goodness all around us.

    Again, when I couldn’t keep Plan ‘A’, I kept moving thru the secondary plans and at times fell over to Plan ‘END’, and that is when I:

1. Broke relations.
2. Hate someone.
3. Ruined my respect and trust.
4. Made people cry.
5. Made everyone’s life around miserable.

    Somewhere between these two plans lie all other plans like ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ and so on which gives me the satisfaction that I can be just a normal being. (neither a Saint(Plan ‘A’) nor a Sinner (Plan ‘END’))

    This satisfaction that I received by using “Backup Plans” created a belief in me that skipping Plan ‘A’ can be at times good.

    This is the end of line for my thoughts that arose when I started to write this article. I had a few questions when I started and now I have the answers for them. Look forward to my Q & A section tomorrow and thanks for reading this.

Backup Plan – Part 2

 

    The Question that I have asked  previously was “Does the Backup Plan we make bring us success?” Don’t remember what it was, follow this link to know more. (http://danishthomas.blogspot.com/2010/01/backup-plan-part-1.html)

    Answer: Yeah, backup plan did help me in countless other situations. If it hadn’t helped me, if I wouldn’t have tasted success/ victory, I wouldn’t have followed it in the first place.

    Just like a coin has two sides, so does everything. Everything has it’s own +ve’s and –ve’s. Let me explain. As discussed earlier, Plan ‘A’ is the main plan. Plan ‘A’ is also:

1. Safest – Everybody is safe. Nothing bad happens.
2. Harmless – No one is harmed/ affected in a bad way.
3. Beneficial – Most rewarding of all successive plans and
4. Helps everyone (not just me) and also has many more fruits.

    From Plan ‘B’ onwards, the Qualities mentioned above loses it worth/ value and finally in Plan ‘END’ none of the above mentioned qualities exist. Plan ‘END’ is a plan which rewards “Just Me.”

    Now, that we understand the second side of the coin (Plan ‘END’), we should be able to tell that Plan ‘A’ should be the Best. However, before thinking any further on that point, let me put this question:

Q: How many times in our life have we always done what we first wanted? (What we first wanted is always Plan ‘A’)

(… to be continued)

Related Posts:

Backup Plan – Part 1

My Comeback

Backup Plan – Part 1

To get sense on “Backup Plan – Part I”, you must have gone thru my article on “My Comeback”. If you had missed it, read it first from http://tinyurl.com/yfkmhxf and then proceed to this article. Before answering to my question, (Should I have a Backup Plan for writing the article on Backup Plan?) let me tell you about myself.

         I had been and am being the man who has a plan. Yup, that’s right. I’m the

Man with a Plan

         This careful planning habit of mine has reached its heights in such a way that it so happened that everything in my life happened the exact way I had planned it to happen. Let me explain:

I have Plan ‘A’, if Plan ‘A’ fails, I’ll switch over to Plan ‘B’. If ‘B’ fails then ‘C’, ‘D’ and so on till it goes to Plan ‘END’. Plan ‘END’ is the plan which happens in the life of every ordinary individual. (i.e., The Plan of the Last Resort)

         This way, whatever happened in my life was according to my plan.

         I have heard that “A man who always plans his every step, never fails”. I’m not sure as to whether I have succeeded in my life. (I really don’t know how to measure success) I spend some time thinking on this and got this question in mind. This is something for which I require an answer from you. So, go ahead, put on your thinking caps and give me some answers for this question.

Q: Does the Backup Plan we make bring us success??

(…. to be continued)

My Comeback

It's 3 straight months since I have written a blog. Well, I had been waiting to comeback and though I had noted down some good articles in mind, I couldn't and didn't for some reason or the other write on My Comeback article.

Well, that's until now; I have my next article ready. This one calls for a little patience coz this

1. Is something “Really Big” that I have written (until now).
2. Will continue for the “Next Few Days”.
3. Requires “Active Participation” from you.

Without causing you any more pain let me start (or rather give an intro for) my article which will continue.

Date: January 07, 2010                                                                        Time: 00:12

        Yup, that correct. You read the timestamp right. I had just finished watching my everyday (or should I say everynight) Movie Quota. It was halfway through the movie that that I had plans of writing this article. Well, I couldn’t get up from the movie as it was very interesting… This calls for a Backup Plan. Gosh!! I used that word again, the very word on which I had planned to write the article about.

Flashback……. A sequence of events going on in my head…… To answer this question of mine, I will continue tomorrow with the real article on Backup Plan. In case, you are still wondering as to what was the question that I had in mind, read the next line…

Q: Should I have a Backup Plan for writing the article on Backup Plan?

(…. to be continued)

Captcha

WOW 55 - Captcha

      Today we shall see what is meant by Captcha. If you have seen an image as shown below, it means that you know what a Captcha is.

      The purpose of Captcha is to avoid spam. In the picture above, the words "inget" is a captcha. The official definition of Captcha: "A CAPTCHA is a program that protects websites against bots by generating and grading tests that humans can pass but current computer programs cannot."

      The term "CAPTCHA" (based upon the word capture) was coined in 2000 by Luis von Ahn, Manuel Blum, Nicholas J. Hopper (all of Carnegie Mellon University), and John Langford (then of IBM). It is a contrived acronym for "Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart." 

      Hope this information helps. To visit CAPTCHA's official site, follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/3pkrd. Here you can learn how to add CAPTCHA to your own site.

Danish :)

True Identity

WOW 52 - True Identity

        I always had this inner feeling which puts me with this question(s);

"What is the True Identity (read "True Face" (or) "Character") of an individual?"

"How/ When do we see the True Identity of the individual?"

        Meditating on this thought, I came up with an answer which I'm providing here as as One Liner:

Don't believe the identity of the person to be true when he/ she says "I Love you" rather believe 'em to be true when they say "I hate you."

Danish :) 

Monthly Make-up - Volume 01 Issue 02

Good Evening Friends,

It's time for the Second Monthly Make-up of WOW. Alternatively you could download this issue of Monthly Make-up from the link below.

Link: "http://sites.google.com/site/danishthomast/Home/WOWV01I02.pdf"

Had you missed the First issue of Monthly Make-up; Download it from over here:

Link: "http://sites.google.com/site/danishthomast/Home/WOWV01I01.pdf"

Suggestions and Comments expected to bring in a better issue in the following months.

Danish :)

WOW 38

WOW 38 - FileSystem

Good Afternoon Friends,

Today I'm going to talk about Filesystems. Many may ask "Filesystem; what is that thing?". Well, heads up; you are reading this message which is stored in a Filesystem.

Filesystem means "A way of organizing files" or the hierarchical arrangement of directories. This applies to a network, a computer, a disk, or a partition (i.e., a logically independent section of a disk). A filesystem in the second sense can contain multiple filesystems in the first sense. Thus, for example, a HDD, computer or network can contain multiple types of filesystems. However, a partition can contain only a single type of filesystem.

There is a huge number of filesystem(s) available throughout. A few popular ones include:

1) Windows:

a) FAT (FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT)

b) NTFS

c) WinFS (coming up)

2) Linux:

a) EXT (ext2, ext3, ext4)

b) HPFS

c) GFS

d) XFS

3) Mac:

a) HFS

b) HFS Plus

4) Optical Media:

a) CDFS

b) UDF/ UDFS

5) GMail:

a) GmailFS/ GFS (refer: http://labs.google.com/papers/gfs.html)

Check out this Wiki page to find information about the huge number of file system and their comparison.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems

Danish :)

WOW 36

WOW 36 - Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

Good Afternoon Friends,
Today lets enter the world of Psychology. People who study Psychology for sure study about Abraham Maslow and his Hierarchy of Needs.
In this he included his observations of humans' innate curiosity and studied people like Albert Einstein, Jane Addams, Eleanor Roosevelt, Frederick Douglass and many others. Maslow also studied the healthiest one percent of the college student population.

It is often depicted as a pyramid consisting of five levels: the lowest level is associated with physiological needs, while the uppermost level is associated with self-actualization needs, particularly those related to identity and purpose. The higher needs in this hierarchy only come into focus when the lower needs in the pyramid are met.

The five levels are:

1. Physiological needs
2. Safety needs
3. Social needs
4. Esteem
5. Self-Actualization

Check out the link given to read and understand more about this. You will never regret the time spent on this.

Link: http://www.abraham-maslow.com/m_motivation/Hierarchy_of_Needs.asp

Danish :)

WOW 24

WOW 24 - Months

Good Afternoon Friends,

Hope all of you liked WOW - Monthly Make-up.

August - This is a month named after Augustus Caesar. Till 8 B.C., this month was called as Sextilis in Latin, because it was the sixth month in the ancient Roman calendar. January and February were the last two months to be added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. They were added by Numa Pompilius about 700 BC. January and February remained the last two months of the calendar year until the time of the decemvirs (c. 450 BC), when it became the first and second month respectively.

Find below the details of all the months:

* January:

Named after Janus, the God of doors and gates.

This month opens the year.

* February:

Named after Februalia, a time period when sacrifices were made to atone for sins.

This was a Roman month of sacrifices and purification.

* March:

Named after Mars, the God of war.

Start of year for soldiers.

* April:

From aperire, Latin for "Open" (buds).

This is the month when trees open their leaves.

* May:

Named after Maia, the Goddess of growth of plants.

This is the month when plants really start to grow.

* June:

From Junius, Latin for the Goddess Juno.

Juno - Queen of the Gods.

* July:

Named after Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.

He reorganised the calendar.

* August:

Named after Augustus Caesar in 8 B.C.

He thought he was at least as important as Julius Caesar!

* September:

From septem, Latin for Seven.

Seventh month (counting from March)

* October:

From octo, Latin for Eight.

Eighth month (counting from March)

* November:

From novem, Latin for Nine.

Ninth month (counting from March)

* December:

From decem, Latin for Ten.

Tenth month (counting from March)

Now, that's the entire list.

Danish :)

Monthly Make-up - Volume 01 Issue 01

Good Evening Friends,
One month of completion of WOW. Not much introduction here.
Visit "http://sites.google.com/site/danishthomast/Home/WOWV01I01.pdf" to download the first Monthly Archive of WOW.

Suggestions and Comments expected to bring in a better issue in the following months.

Thanks,
Danish :)

WOW 01 - The Pilot

WOW 01 - Wisdom

Wow, this is the day WOW is scheduled to start. Last night I went to bed thinking of what should be the contents of WOW 01. Should I start WOW with something technical; something which swept me off my feet recently? How about Windows 7; shall I start with it!!

I woke up the next morning thinking: Let me start WOW by following the KISS (Keep It Simply Simple) principle.

So, here goes WOW 01; A one liner which I came up with:

The older you grow, the wiser you become; provided you never stop asking "What is that?"

Danish :)

Quotes

Quote 1: (Thursday, June 04, 2009; During Lunch)

The older you grow, the wiser you become; provided that you never stop wondering "What is that?".

Danish :)