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 11:31 | 21/May/2008 | 0 Comment(s)
Think Simple...


Think Simple to Solve Complex Problems.   
1. When NASA began launching astronauts into space, they found out that the astronauts" pens wouldn"t work at zero gravity  (ink wouldn"t flow down to the writing surface). It took them one decade and  $12 million to solve this problem.
They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, on practically any surface including crystal, and at temperatures ranging from below freezing to over 300 degrees C.

And what did the Russians do? The Russians used a pencil.



2. One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management techniques was the case of the empty soap box, which occurred in one of Japan"s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soap box that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soap box went through the assembly line empty.
Management asked its engineers to solve the problem.  Post-haste, the engineers worked hard to devise an X-ray machine with high-resolution monitors manned by two people to watch all the soap boxes that passed through the line, to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent whoopee amount of time and money to do so.       

But when a rank-and-file employee in a small company was posed with the same problem, he did not get into the complications of X-rays, etc but instead came out with another solution. He bought a strong industrial electric fan and pointed it at the assembly line. He switched the fan on, and as each soap box passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.


3. A 50 feet long trailer having 48" wheels got stuck while entering a midtown tunnel in New York because it was approximately 2.5 feet taller than the height of the tunnel.
The fire department and the state department of transportation spent the whole day searching for a solution, to no avail.          

Then a child, aged about 9 years, asked his father, "Why can"t they take out the air from the tyre tubes? The height will automatically come down."

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Moral: Always look for simple solutions. And learn to focus on solutions, not on problems.

"If you look at what you do not have in life, you don"t have anything. If you look at what you have in life, you have
everything."



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 14:05 | 20/Mar/2008 | 3 Comment(s)
Simple way to create a table.


Do you know Its possible create Table without using mouse and menus in MS-Word and Outlook. Here its that...

Type the content (+--+---+--+) in Microsoft Word and press Enter. One row of a table will be created and for more rows you can press TAB.


Step 1: Type

            

+----+--------+-----+

Step 2: After having cursor on last +, press Enter.

Step 3: Press Tab to create more rows.


In this ' + ' represents the column borders and ' - ' represents the length of the each column. It is one of the Easter Egg in Microsoft Word.




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 16:25 | 22/Feb/2008 | 2 Comment(s)
Thought Provoking


( I got this mail from one of my friend......read and think)
A group of children were playing near two railway tracks, one still in use while the other unused.
Only one child played on the unused track, the rest on the operational track.

The train is coming, and you are just beside the track interchange. There is no time to warn the kids.
You can make the train change its course to the unused track and save most of the kids. However, that would also mean the lone child playing by the unused track would be sacrificed.

Or would you rather let the train go its way?
   

Let"s take a pause to think what kind of decision we could make..................
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Most people might choose to divert the course of the train, and sacrifice only one child.


You might think the same way, I guess initially; because to save most of the children at the expense of only one child was rational decision most people would make, morally and emotionally. But, have you ever thought that the child choosing to play on the unused track had in fact made the right decision to play at a safe place?

Nevertheless, he had to be sacrificed because of his ignorant friends who chose to play where the danger was
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This kind of dilemma happens around us everyday. In the office, community, in politics and especially in a democratic society, the minority is often sacrificed for the interest of the majority, no matter how foolish or ignorant the majority are, and how farsighted and knowledgeable the minority are.


The child who chose not to play with the rest on the operational track was sidelined.

And in the case he was sacrificed, no one would shed a tear for him.



The great critic Leo Velski Julian who told the story said he would not try to change the course of the train because he believed that the kids playing on the operational track should have known very well that track was still in use, and that they should have run away if they heard the train"s sirens.


If the train was diverted, that lone child would definitely die because he never thought the train could come over to that track!

Moreover, that track was not in use probably because it was not safe. If the train was diverted to the track, we could put the lives of all passengers on board at stake!

And in your attempt to save a few kids by sacrificing one child, you might end up sacrificing hundreds of people to save these few kids.


While we are all aware that life is full of tough decisions that need to be  made, we may not realize that hasty decisions may not always be the right one.

"Remember that what"s right isn"t always popular... and what"s popular isn"t always right."




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 18:29 | 21/Feb/2008 | 0 Comment(s)
The new Search Engine in town...


PageBull is the new Search Engine in town.... Instead of a traditional,text-based result, it returns (relatively large) screenshots of the pages in question/search, ordered on a grid. PageBull is even highlighting the search terms right in the screenshots. It"s nice to see they focused on getting the visual aspect right, instead of creating yet another meta searcher which simply adds thumbnails among a multitude of other gimmicks, none of which turn out to be really helpful. This way, while this won"t be a replacement to traditional, Google-style searching, it looks like a very useful tool for certain types of explorative searching.

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 10:58 | 23/Jan/2008 | 0 Comment(s)
The Little Green e-Book


Hello Friends,

To protect the planet we all need to act together, today. So take a moment to page through the Little Green e-Book, 50 tips on how to make your life greener and help tackle climate change.
Click here for the same: http://www.morganstanley.com/about/community/littlegreenebook/


After you open the e-Book, click or drag the corners of the book to flip the pages.

Do take time to read it completely.


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 17:23 | 24/Dec/2007 | 2 Comment(s)
5 Inspirational Lessons

First Lesson : Cleaning Lady -
During my second
month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was a
conscientious student and had breezed through the questions until I
read the last one:

"What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?"

Surely
this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several
times. She was tall, dark-haired and in her 50s, but how would I know
her name?

I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank.
Just before class ended, one student asked if the last question would
count toward our quiz grade.

"Absolutely," said the professor.
"In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They
deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say
"hello."

I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy.

Second Lesson : Pickup in the Rain -

One night,
at 11:30 p.m., an older African American woman was standing on the side
of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm. Her car had
broken down and she desperately needed a ride. Soaking wet, she decided
to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her,
generally unheard of in those conflict-filled 1960s. The man took her
to safety, helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab.

She
seemed to be in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked
him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man's door. To his
surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special
note was attached..

It read: "Thank you so much for assisting me
on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes,
but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to
make it to my dying husband's bedside just before he passed away... God
bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others."

Third Lesson : Always remember those who serve -

In
the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy
entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass
of water in front of him.

"How much is an ice cream sundae?" he
asked. "Fifty cents," replied the waitress. The little boy pulled is
hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it.

"Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?" he inquired.

By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient.

"Thirty-five cents," she brusquely replied
The little boy again counted his coins.
"I'll have the plain ice cream," he said.

The
waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked
away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When
the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table.
There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five
pennies.

You see, he couldn't have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.

Fourth Lesson : The obstacle in Our Path -

In
ancient times, a King had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid
himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some
of the king's wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply
walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads
clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way.

Then
a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching
the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the
stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he
finally succeeded. After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables,
he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The
purse
contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating
that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the
roadway. The peasant learned what many of us never understand.

Every obstacle presents an opportunity to improve our condition.

Fifth Lesson : Giving When it Counts -

Many
years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a
little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare and serious
disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion
from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same
disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness.
The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the
little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister.

I
saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and
saying, "Yes I'll do it, if it will save her." As the transfusion
progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did,
seeing the color returning to her cheeks.

Then his face grew pale and his smile faded.

He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, "Will I start to die right away?"

Being
young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was
going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her.

"Work like you don't need the money, Love like you've never been hurt, and dance like you do when nobody's watching."

http://wondor.blogspot.com/2007/08/5-inspirational-lessons.html


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