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I pat your back, you pat my back

Disclaimer:This post is not aimed at any set of individuals or corporations. It is months of diligent observation culminating in this highly unscientific post that many can identify with, and yet nobody can quote.

Primates have been known to use this technique. This technique has undergone Darwinism, and is perfected by few in work environments and offices across the world. I'm fuzzy on the specifics, but most scientific findings are fuzzy on some level, and just define fuzzy better, so here is my theory.

People with a high talk to work ratio indulge in this technique for survival. In general "talk to work" ratio is also related to "talk to volume" ratio. The louder you are and the more indignant you sound, the more convincing you sound. In a cubicle farm, a marginal achiever with a high talk to work ratio, and a voice that has a high bass quotient can be viewed in different ways. For people with the MBWA (Management by Walking Around) syndrome, it is a sure strategy to pull attention towards oneself.

People who fit into this elite bucket, congregate in groups every once in a while to pat each others backs. This associative behaviour is required for a sense of belonging, and a sense of fortification on one's stand and technique verification. While in the gathering, one also has the opportunity to gather irrelevant points of problem areas in other teams. This hitherto irrelevant information can then be wielded to one's own advantage in another gathering.

Such behaviour finds itself being rewarded because the higher echelons of said organization themselves would have indulged in this to get ahead of the breed. A candid self appraisal should let one know whether any of the techniques need to be perfected if one wishes to surge ahead.
Once ahead, one would think the club member would shift allegiance to the next higher level group, but this is a technique that needs constant practice. So much like a pregnant waistline, the sphere of influence expands. In order to do this, one must spend time in multiple circles patting each other's backs, talking more, talking louder and achieving less. This only means the Talk to work ratio just got higher, while still maintaining a knowledgeable aura.

Good leaders are charismatic speakers - I rest my case.

Run Away!

"Amma - why isn't appa home yet" asked my daughter while we were reading her bedtime story last night. I answered her saying her father was held up at work. When she persisted, I explained that her father had a bug, and that was why he was late.

"Then he should run away right? Ms Chato said if you see a bug, you must run away! Is it a snake or a small bug?" (Ms Chato is her teacher)

I did not explain that running away from a bug in a software engineering department is not going to bring you any accolades in your career.

I laughed, and enjoyed the sweet fragrance of innocence that the scent of childhood bears.

Madai Thiranthu -live show in chennai

Although a live show, it's been lip synced which is very evident given that it's perfect :)

Note when the video reaches 5:00 minutes. There will be continuous slow rapping happening while the swarams coming in the background are continuous. There are times when the swarams are happening and no one excepting the main rapper is singing!? How is that even possible??? Logically, if one is rapping all the time, one out of the rest has to be doing the swarams, right?

Also-- the effect of the voice quality in this live show is exactly the same as the previous original video (posted by Brainwaves) which is very difficult to reproduce live on stage.

JFYI, there's a lot of dispute about whether big shows are really being performed live or is it a track and major lip synching going on. ARR's live shows being the top on the criticism list

Scale Law

Can king-kong really exist?

Answer is No. If King kong existed as potrayed in the films, its weight will be 1000 times (10x10x10) more whereas its leg bone will only be 100 times bigger (10x10). Because of this, its leg will give away because of its body weight

Why beached whale dies?

Due to buoancy of water, whale happily swim in ocean. But if they reach the beach by mistake they get killed by their own weight.

This and more information was read from Physics of the impossible.

Though this book is good in some sections, it is not a worth buying this book. It talks about the different sci-fi themes and their possibilities in near and long term. Talks more about existing sci-fi theme and less about scientific advancements.

Some examples

Teleportation: Some level of teleportation is achieved already (at few atoms level). So, achieving full fledged may just few centuries away
UFO/Extra-terrestrial (ET) : No evidence yet. Talks about Search for ET etc.

Yogi B - Tamizh Rapper

Yogi B is Malaysia based Tamil Rapper. Listen to this song. Very interesting mix.

Listen the Tamil rap lyrics..
(Karupinar Sol-isai maindhar kidakattum Sen tamizh sol-isai chelvar ini pirakattum =
Roughly translated to "Let us get past the Black rappers and it is time for Tamizh Rappers" :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZHG6FJTcJR8

Continuing with the topic of Zest for life ....

Father Time is undefeated
Some day he's gonna get us all
He knows my name and he's got my number
But until I get that call

I'm still here
I made it through another day
I'm still here
That's more than some can say
When I feel down, I don't shed a tear
I say glory hallelujah, thank you God, I'm still here

The above poem was posted by one of my redtoenail friends in her BLOG

I am not sure if she wrote it or she found it somewhere.