Author: Shankar Ananth Asokan
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The Perfectionist
Perfectionism, is a belief that perfection can and should be attained. In its pathological form, perfectionism is a belief that work or output that is anything less than perfect is unacceptable. At such levels, this is considered an unhealthy belief, and psychologists typically refer to such individuals as maladaptive perfectionists. Positive aspects Perfectionism can drive…
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Dell Hell
Few weeks back my sisters Dell Notebook (Inspiron 1525) did not keep up system time and hence approached Dell Support. As per instructions given by their engineer she had downloaded BIOS 16 Upgrade and have run it. After this the system was not even able to boot. It gave the message “Time-of-day clock has stopped”.…
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The Atheist
I am confused if Atheists exist. If by definition an atheist is someone who do not believe existence of GOD then the majority of those who claim themselves as Atheists are not so. Most atheists tend to exhibit their hatred towards GOD due to distasteful instances in life. These people see god as a devil…
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Ask Questions
My boss keeps telling that the current young generation (I am no more young so exclude me 🙂 ) do not ask questions and show no eagerness to seek answers. While not all bosses expect such attitude from employees our nature of work demands so. I try to analyze if this complaint on the younger…
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Reliance Netconnect Broadband+
I always felt the need for a high speed wireless & portable internet device. The Reliance netconnect CDMA 1x I was using was really dead slow with a maximum speed of 15 KBps that too only at rare occasions. The normal speed is usually 4-5 KBps. I was plaaning to switch to Tata Indicom Photon…
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Technology Thrills…
Last year before I bought my HTC Touch I was researching if I would need a phone with GPS if at all it would be useful. After feedback from most of my friends I decided not to go for GPS as it is not worth the cost. I was really thrilled with the Windows mobile…
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The Art of Communication
In today’s modern world technology has bridged a lot of gaps in communication. Yet still today there is nothing as good as a face to face communication. How many times have we faced the perils of misinterpreted information through emails and even on telephone. Todays younger generation prefers to communicate my email. The younger generation…
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World OIL FAQ’s
Many of my friends and relatives keep asking about oil and its economics. I have tried to answer a few. Will demand in US affect OIL Prices? Yes! US is the single largest consumer of world’s oil quantifying to about 23.9% (943.1 million tons). Next is China whose consumption is about 9.3% India consumes…
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How Economic Bubble builds up (Nice Story!)
A very simplistic explanation of how a “bubble” builds up.If you could read patiently and understand, it’s a great knowledge! Once there was a little island country.The land of this country was the tiny island itself. The total money in circulation was 2 dollars as there were only two pieces of 1 dollar coins circulating…