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” This is Bill Gates”….

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Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates took to Reddit on Monday for “Ask Me Anything” session and opened up on various topics ranging from tech to his philanthropic works to his favorite band, if you are wondering, it is U2.

 


This was his first AMA session, logging in as “this is billgates,” he fielded dozens of questions from Reddit users for several hours, sometimes buzzing in the follow-up threads to the approval of many participants. The unfiltered nature of Reddit AMA gave Gates a chance to put both his genius and wit on display to a crowd that consists largely of people just like him: geeks who are passionate about the Internet and technology.

 

The session revealed some of the secrets and some of the biggest regrets carried by the tech’s richest man, as  compiled by Mashable. Here are some excerpts…
Steve Jobs
On his relationship with Steve Jobs, Gates said “He and I respected each other. Our biggest joint project was the Mac where Microsoft had more people on the project than Apple did as we wrote a lot of applications. I saw Steve regularly over the years including spending an afternoon with him a few months before he tragically passed away.”
What Gates Would Have Been
His answer to what he would’ve done if Microsoft hadn’t taken off: “If the microprocessor had NOT come along I am not sure what I would have done. Maybe medicine or theoretical math but it is hard to say.”
He’s Funny
Gates showed his funnier and wittier side to some usual, some conflicting questions. When asked what do people give you for your birthday, given that you can buy anything you want? Gates said, “Free software. Just kidding. Books actually.” And when was asked a conflicting question about if he prefers Windows 7 or Windows 8, he replied: “Higher is better.”
And the thing that takes cream of the crop about Gates being funny is— “Since becoming wealthy, what’s the cheapest thing that gives you the most pleasure?” He replied “Kids. Cheap cheeseburgers. Open Course Ware courses,” and then obviously bewildered questioner asked “Where are you acquiring these cheap kids from?” Gates replied “The stork.”
His Regret
Cloud computing is a relatively recent phenomenon, but Gates had wanted to bring it mainstream a few years early with the 2007 release of Windows Vista. When asked what one Microsoft program or product that was never fully developed or released do you wish had made it to market? Gates said “We had a rich database as the client/cloud store that was part of a Windows release that was before its time. This is an idea that will remerge since your cloud store will be rich with schema rather than just a bunch of files and the client will be a partial replica of it with rich schema understanding.”
Gates was referencing WinFS, or Windows Future Storage. The idea behind WinFS was to integrate some relational database technologies with the Windows File System. In its early (codename “Cairo”) days, WinFS was key to Microsoft’s plans to create a true, object-oriented file store.
At one point, Microsoft was touting WinFS as one of the key components Windows Vista/Longhorn. Then the Longhorn reset happened and Microsoft ended up rolling out bits of WinFS as components of SQL Server and other database-focused deliverables.
He Still Codes

Gates left his job as Microsoft CEO years ago to devote himself full-time to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but he still finds time to dabble in programming. When asked if he still codes, Gates replied, “Not as much as I would like to. I write some C, C# and some Basic. I am surprised new languages have not made more progress in simplifying programming. It would be great if most high school kids were exposed to programming”
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Financial Lessons to Learn From Lord Ganesha !!!!

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 Lord Ganesha is worshipped as the god of prosperity and symbol of happiness. It is believed that any activity started by worshipping lord Ganesha will bring good results and will be successful. Lord Ganesha’s appearance teaches many things along with some financial tips which people often forget and put themselves into wrongful financial situations. Hiral Thanawala in InvestmentYogi.com discusses 11 financial lessons which you can learn from lord Ganesha.
1. Big Head of ‘Gajanana’
He has a big head or Gajanana which means “Elephant Faced God” symbolizes to think big. People often fail to think out side the already set boundaries. Though at times there is a little amount of risk involved experimenting with financial planning but there are safe ways in which one can explore their options and start thinking differently. Each and every problem has a solution to it. To find the solution one just need to be calm and analyze the situation.
2. Small Eyes of “Gajakarna”
The small and sharp eyes of Ganesha symbolize to have concentration. Any work or plan where there is lack of concentration cannot be successful. Your financial planning also needs proper concentration and need you to think all the risk and gain factors involved. Ask questions to your self before you take any decision. Concentrate on smallest of small details and take note of each and every pros and cons of the step you are about to take. After setting your goals, you need to prioritize them according to their importance.
3. Large Ears of “Lambakarna”
The large ears of “Lambakarna” which means “Large Eared Lord” and symbolizes to listen carefully and keep you years open always. You should know what is going on in the financial markets and what the new innovations are. Also listen to your financial advisors. Often people tend to take their financial decisions on their own in order to save a little amount they have to pay to the advisors. But at times in order to save little money they end up incurring a huge loss.
Still in case you do not feel like consulting an advisor, collect information on your own. There are many articles on internet as well as Television which can help you to know better market trends and take proper decisions.
4. Small Mouth of “Gajavaktra”
At times it is said that actions speak better than words, but few wrong words may make bigger and a very wrong impression than your actions. Lord Ganesha’s small mouth reminds that one should think before they speak anything. Your words portray your personality, you need to listen more and talk less while planning your financial plans. More over it is not always safe to discuss your financial plans with every body as they might provide you some wrong information. Talk only those things which will help you to gain further knowledge and help in making strong financial decisions.
5. One Tusk of “Ekadanta” or “Ekadrishta”
Ganesha’s one tusk symbolizes that you should keep the good and throws the bad. It conveys that keep studying your investments on regular period of time. Investments which are running at loss should not be retained. On the other hand investments which are making profits should be retained and look other measures that how they can perform even better.
6. Trunk of “Vakratunda”
Lord Ganesha’s trunk conveys that one should be highly adaptable and efficient to their surroundings. Even in unfavorable situations one should be patient and should not panic. Your financial matters need to be handled with care for which you need to have patience. Impulsive decisions may often make you take wrong decisions which will further causing you more damage. Once an investment done doesn’t mean your job is over. You need to be efficient and keep checking the prospects on regular intervals.
7. Large Stomach of “Lambodara”
Ganesha”s big stomach conveys that one should be able to digest all good and bad phases of financial decisions. It is not always necessary that you investments will only generate profits. At times they may incur losses too. It such situations one should be able to digest the bad upcoming and find out solutions to handle the problem wisely. You should identify what went wrong wile making the decision and take a note that it should not be repeated any more.
8. Right foot over left foot
Ganesha keeps his right foot over left foot when ever he is seen in sitting posture. This posture symbolizes using knowledge and reason to overcome emotions. One should never take their financial decisions emotionally. Money matters are acute mathematics and are based on strong reasons; decisions related to these should also be taking in such a way. You should have a strong base of financial knowledge to relay your decisions on them. You can read books or go through internet articles on financial issues.
9. Axe
The lord of all Ganas (Gods), Ganesha holds an axe in one of his hands in order to shed off all the bonds and attachments. It means that you should not put all your money and make investments only in one company or one type of investments. This is because different companies and investments perform differently according to the market conditions and investing only in one company increases your risk. Therefore it is suggested by financial advisors to invest in different companies as well as different type of investments.
10. Mouse at Akhuratha’s Feet
“Moshak” or mouse is considered as Ganesha’s ride. Akhuratha means the lord who has mouse as his charioteer. It conveys the message that people should keep their desirers under control and not take a toll of them. Often people end up spending for things they really do not require and just have the urge to have that. Few impulsive buyers like these at times really end up putting themselves in big trouble by not planning properly to invest their money.
11. Modak and Prasada
Modak is ganesha’s favorite sweet and it is served to the devotees as ‘prasada’. This symbolizes that one who does hard work and is patient always gets good rewards. If you are capable of following all the suggestions devotedly, you will definitely get your reward. You financial decisions cannot go wrong and you will always live a healthy and care free life.
 source:::::::silicon india net
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School Essay From a Child….An Eye Opener !!!

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“A teacher from Primary School asks her students to write an essay about what they would like God to do for them. At the end of the day, while marking the essays, she read one that made her very emotional. Her husband, who had just walked in, saw her crying and asked her ‘What happened?’ She answered ‘Read this. It is one of my students’ essay.’

‘Oh God, tonight I ask you something very special. Make me into a television. I want to take its place and live like the TV in my house. Have my own special place, And have my family around ME. To be taken seriously when I talk. I want to be the centre of attention and be heard without interruptions or questions. I want to receive the same special care that the TV receives even when it is not working. Have the company of my dad when he arrives home from work, even when he is tired. And I want my mom to want me when she is sad and upset, instead of ignoring me. And I want my brothers to fight to be with me. I want to feel that family just leaves everything aside, every now and then, just to spend some time with me. And last but not least, ensure that I can make them all happy and entertain them. Lord I don’t ask you for much. I just want to live like a TV.’ At that moment the husband said ‘My God, poor kid. What horrible parents!’

The wife looked up at him and said ‘That essay is by our son !!!!’

source:::::input from a friend of mine….
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Laughter The Best Medicine!!!….Try this One!!!!

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Go to CHURCH…

One Sunday morning, a mother went in to wake her son and tell him it was time to
get ready for church, to which he replied, “I’m not going.”
“Why not?” she asked.
I’ll give you two good reasons,” he said. “(1), they don’t like me, and (2), I don’t like them.”
His mother replied, “I’ll give you two good reasons why you SHOULD go to church:
(1) You’re 59 years old, and (2) you’re the pastor!”
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The Usher

An elderly woman walked into the local country church.
The friendly usher greeted her at the door and helped her up the flight of steps.
“Where would you like to sit?” he asked politely.
“The front row, please,” she answered.
“You really don’t want to do that,” the usher said. “The pastor is really boring.”
“Do you happen to know who I am?” the woman inquired.
“No,” he said.
“I’m the pastor’s mother,” she replied indignantly.
“Do you know who I am?” he asked.
“No,” she said.
“Good,” he answered.
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The Best Way To Pray

A priest, a minister and a guru sat discussing the best positions for prayer,
while a telephone repairman worked nearby.
“Kneeling is definitely the best way to pray,” the priest said.
“No,” said the minister. “I get the best results standing with my hands
outstretched to Heaven.”
“You’re both wrong,” the guru said. “The most effective prayer position
is lying down on the floor.”
The repairman could contain himself no longer.
“Hey, fellas,” he interrupted.
“The best prayin’ I ever did was when I was hangin’ upside down from a
telephone pole.”
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The Twenty and the One

A well-worn one-dollar bill and a similarly distressed twenty-dollar bill
arrived at a Federal Reserve Bank to be retired.
As they moved along the conveyor belt to be burned, they struck up a conversation.
The twenty-dollar bill reminisced about its travels all over the country.
“I’ve had a pretty good life,” the twenty proclaimed.
“Why I’ve been to Las Vegas and Atlantic City , the finest restaurants ln New York , performances on Broadway, and even a cruise to the Caribbean .”
“Wow!” said the one-dollar bill. “You’ve really had an exciting life!”
“So, tell me,” says the twenty, “where have you been throughout your lifetime?”
The one dollar bill replies, “Oh, I’ve been to the Methodist Church , the Baptist Church,
the Lutheran Church .”
The twenty-dollar bill interrupts, “What’s a church?”
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SOURCE:::::input from a friend of mine..

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World Radio Day….13 Feb…

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February 13 is the WORLD RADIO DAY… Why do we need to celebrate this Day ?The Radio is an integral part of people”s lives. In those days before the advent of TV , radio brought the family together to listen to news, music and drama.

Radio continues to play the role of family unifier bringing in its wake music and local news.

Here are some fun facts about Radio….

#Radio is ranked Number 2 in the list of 101 Gadgets that changed the world according to History Channel..

# One incident that truly demonstrated the power of Radio way back in 1930s is the dramatisation of H.G.Well”s “THE WAR OF WORLDS”. On October 30 1938, a regular radio programme was interrupted by a news bulletin announcing the invasion of Earth by Martians, and what followed was utter panic and chaos !!! It was later found that the radio adaptation of the science fiction was altered to present it in a more realistic way !!!!!

# Today there are over 100000 radio stations around the world. Worldwide, there are more than Two Billion radio sets in use….a proof that video never killed the radio !!!!

Keep listening music and news over your Radio Receiver ….

source:::: THE HINDU

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பூக்கார அம்மாவுக்கு கிடைத்த பெரியவா பாதுகை !!!

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காஞ்சி மடத்தருகில், காமாட்சி என்று ஒரு பூக்காரி இருந்தாள். அவள் பெரியவாளை “அப்பா” என்றுதான் அழைப்பாள். தினமும் ஒரு கூடை பூவினால் பெரியவாளை அர்ச்சிப்பாள்.பெரி யவா “ஏன் இப்படி பூவை வீணாக்கறே? இதை வித்தா உனக்கு காசு கிடைக்குமே!” என்பார். “காசு பெரிசா சாமி! உன் தலையில் அர்ச்சித்தால் அதற்கு மேலேயே எல்லாம் கிடைக்கும்” என்பாள். பூக்காரி.

மடத்தில் ஒரு நியதி உண்டு. பெரியவா படுத்துக்கப் போய்விட்டால் யாரும் எழுப்பக் கூடாது. ஆனால், இந்தக் காமாட்சி மட்டும் விதிவிலக்கு. எத்தனை நேரமானாலும் வரலாம். ஏனெனில், பெரியவாளே அவளிடம், ” நீ உன் வியாபாரத்தை முடித்துக் கொண்ட பிறகுதான் என்னிடம் வரணும். பாதியில் விட்டு வரக் கூடாது!” என்று கட்டளை இட்டிருந்தார்.அவளத ு பிழைப்பை தனக்காக விடுவதற்கு அந்தக் கருணாமூர்த்தி சம்மதிப்பாரா?

ஒரு நாள் பெரியவா, நாகராஜன் என்பவரை 9 மணி நியூஸ் கேட்டுச் சொல்லச் சொல்லி, கேட்டுக்கொண்டிருந& #3021;தார். வேதாந்த தத்துவங்கள் ஒரு புறம் இருந்தாலும், உலக நடப்பையும் தெரிந்து கொள்ளாமல் விடமாட்டார். அந்தச் செய்திகளை அலசி ஆராய்ந்த பிறகு படுக்கப் போக நாழி ஆகிவிடும். அன்று, புதுக்கோட்டையிலிர& #3009;ந்து “ஜானா” என்ற ஒரு பெண் பெரியவாளுக்கு வெல்வெட்டில் பாதுகை செய்து கொண்டு வந்திருந்தாள். அதைக் காலை முதல் பெரியவா கழற்றவேயில்லை. படுக்கைக்குப் போகு முன் கொட்டகை சென்று, தேகசுத்தி பண்ணிக் கொண்டு வரச் சென்றார். அப்போது நியூஸ் படிக்கும் நாகராஜன், “இன்று பெரியவா பாதுகையைக் கழட்டினதும் நான்தான் எடுத்துக்கொள்வேன், என்னிடம் பெரியவா பாதுகையே இல்லை!” என்று கழட்டுவதற்குக் காத்திருந்தார். பெரியவா பாதுகையைக் கழட்டாமலேயே உட்கார்ந்திருந்தா& #2992;். பூக்காரி வந்து நமஸ்காரம் செய்தாள். பாதுகையைக் கழற்றி பூக்காரியிடம், “இது உனக்குத்தான், எடுத்துக்கோ!” என்றார்.

“நாமொன்று நினைத்தால் தெய்வமொன்று நினைக்கிறது!” என்று நாகராஜன் குறையோடு திரும்பினார். அப்படிப்பட்ட அன்புக்கு அந்த ஏழைப்பூக்காரி பாத்திரமாயிருந்தா& #2992;். எத்தனையோ பேர் அவளிடம் லட்ச ரூபாய் தரோம், இந்தப் பாதுகையைக் கொடு என்றனர். அவள் அசையவேயில்லை. பெரியவா அவளுக்கு இந்த உலக வாழ்க்கைக்கு வேண்டிய வசதிகளெல்லாம் கிடைக்கச் செய்தார்.அவள் வீட்டுத் திருமணங்களுக்கு வண்டி,வண்டியாக கல்யாண சாமான்கள் அனுப்பினார்.

பெரியவா ஸித்தியான பிறகும், சமாதிக்கு இரவில் பூக்களால் அர்ச்சிப்பதை காமாட்சி விடவில்லை. ஆனால், பெரியவா இருக்கும்போது பூக்கூடையை வெறுமனே திருப்பாமல் ஏதாவது பழம் முதலியன போட்டுத்தான் அனுப்புவார்.அவர் மறைவுக்குப் பின் வெறுங்கூடையைப் பார்க்கவே வருத்தமாக இருந்தது. “அப்பா, நீ இருந்தா இப்படி என்னை வெறுங்கூடையுடன் அனுப்புவாயா!” என்று புலம்பினாள். கூடையை வைத்துக்கொண்டு உட்கார்ந்திவளுக்க& #3009; தூக்கிவாரிப்போடும& #3021;படி அதிஷ்டானத்திலிருந& #3021;து ஒரு சம்பரத்தைப் பூ யாரோ வீசி எறிந்தது போல் வந்து அவள் கூடையில் விழுந்தது.

இது போல் பல நிகழ்ச்சிகள் இன்னமும் நடந்து கொண்டுதான் இருக்கின்றன. பிரத்தியட்சமாக அவர் அருளைத் தந்து கொண்டுதான் வருகிறார்.

நம்பினோர் கெடுவதில்லை…..இது நான்கு மறை தீர்ப்பு.

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MahaPeriavar….HE is Everything !!!

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Source:-Sage of Kanchi

A family went to have the darshan of HH. Along with them, they took one of their family friends who lived in the USA for some decades. The friend did not have any great faith in our religion, system and especially the monks wearing the saffron; he went along with him with utterly non-interested to meet Him. He was under the impression that HH was a fundamentalist, an uneducated monk. This NRI had no great respect at all for Him. Not only that, he uttered such inauspicious things about Him, ‘what does He know? Does He know English?’.

There was a big throng of devotees at the Mutt and the family was standing in a decent distance from Him. As usual, HH saw this family with His graceful eyes, and called all of them near to Him.

They all went near Him, the friend too.

After all the usual courteous enquires towards the family, the Master looked at the NRI friend and asked about his details, including his name, whereabouts, his predecessors, where he is working etc etc.

Then He asked, ‘you are born in India, and you know Tamil; your wife was also born in India and should know the mother tongue. When you two converse will it be in Tamil or English?’

The friend replied ‘We never use Tamil at home, we use only English. The same goes for the kids also.’

Then HH asked, ‘before speaking, you may have to think and conceive the sentence. Is the thought process in Tamil or English?’

The friend replied, ‘That too in English only’.

Some minutes later, an old lady came to HH’s darshan.

HH looked at the NRI person and said, ‘This old lady is now very poor, but once upon a time she was very rich. But even after she lost all the materialistic wealth her devotion towards the Mutt, Acharya and me has never changed even a bit. Could you please tell me what is the English word which will describe this unflinching devotion, which can’t be changed by external situations? I would like to know.’

The man was flummoxed. He thought and thought for a while but did not know that word.

HH told him, ‘please take your time and let me know’.

Even after some time, he couldn’t come up with the required word.

Then HH said, ‘Can I suggest one word? Could you please confirm whether the same can convey this meaning? EQUIPOISED’.

The man was spellbound and fell on HH’s lotus feet for pardon.

HH is SARVAGNAN, He knows everything and He is everything.

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Take Off in the Miniature Airport !!!

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Miniature airport           This is unbelievable !!!!
 
 
This must have required as much planning as the real thing.  
 
Amazing. I love the take offs!
 
 
It is hard to believe that all these Aircraft operations are ‘dummy” ….It is so realistic that you feel as if you are
sitting in control tower and watching aircraft movements and vehicle movements  on the dotted lines!!!!
Natarajan
source::::input from a friend of mine…