Hyderabad Blues

Tuesday, 4 December 2012

Re: [HM:255330] The Best Secret Gmail Feature Is Hiding In Plain Sight

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Nihar Taranekar <taranekar.nihar@gmail.com> wrote:

Copying an entire chain of messages after your reply doesn't make any sense when people can scroll down to see all the messages, chained one after the other. What makes sense is to only provide the snippet that you are actually replying to. And that's why you need to do this:

1. Select the text you are replying to in Gmail.

2. Hit the reply button.

3. Boom! Only the selected text will be quoted. Reply at will.
I know. This is common in all mail programs, but most people don't know it exists in Gmail too. I discovered it by chance a long time ago, assuming it would work, but today I discovered that most people don't know about it.

So start using it.

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Re: [HM:255330] The Best Secret Gmail Feature Is Hiding In Plain Sight

its test..... i have selected this....
and not selected this

On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 1:28 PM, Nihar Taranekar <taranekar.nihar@gmail.com> wrote:

Copying an entire chain of messages after your reply doesn't make any sense when people can scroll down to see all the messages, chained one after the other. What makes sense is to only provide the snippet that you are actually replying to. And that's why you need to do this:

1. Select the text you are replying to in Gmail.

2. Hit the reply button.

3. Boom! Only the selected text will be quoted. Reply at will.
I know. This is common in all mail programs, but most people don't know it exists in Gmail too. I discovered it by chance a long time ago, assuming it would work, but today I discovered that most people don't know about it.

So start using it.

--
Regards,
Nihar Taranekar

nihart3.blogspot.com

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Monday, 3 December 2012

[HM:255307] The Best Secret Gmail Feature Is Hiding In Plain Sight

Copying an entire chain of messages after your reply doesn't make any sense when people can scroll down to see all the messages, chained one after the other. What makes sense is to only provide the snippet that you are actually replying to. And that's why you need to do this:

1. Select the text you are replying to in Gmail.

2. Hit the reply button.

3. Boom! Only the selected text will be quoted. Reply at will.

I know. This is common in all mail programs, but most people don't know it exists in Gmail too. I discovered it by chance a long time ago, assuming it would work, but today I discovered that most people don't know about it.

So start using it.

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Regards,
Nihar Taranekar

nihart3.blogspot.com

[HM:255306] Sentences with Twist :)

Paraprosdokians are figures of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected and frequently humorous.

1. Where there's a will, I want to be in it.

2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it's still on my list.

3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

4. If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.

5. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

6. War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

7. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit... Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

8. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

9. I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

10. In filling out an application, where it says, 'In case of emergency, Notify:' I put 'DOCTOR'.

11. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

12. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

13. You're never too old to learn something stupid.

14. I'm supposed to respect my elders, but it's getting harder and harder for me to find one now.

M Junaid Tahir
Read my Blog : http://paradigmwisdom.blogspot.com/

[HM:255304] Open Networks vs. Closed: where do you stand?

Open Networks vs. Closed: where do you stand?

Most wireless networks are closed, meaning the signal is encrypted and the network is password protected. This in theory means the only people able to use the network are those who pay for it. However since the advent of wireless home broadband many people are leaving their networks open for anyone in range to use. In some cities this has made it much easier for people to use these free networks. Additionally some towns and cities have set up zones where people can use the internet for free wirelessly.

Additionally some cafes allow free use of networks (when you buy a muffin, etc). How do you feel about these Open Networks? Do you/would you let other people use your wireless? The other possibility with shared networks is that two households could share the internet, and the bill saving money.

Advantages:
More connectivity in the UK.
Allow poorer people to use the network
More efficient: potentially fewer networks
It's a nice thing to do.

Disadvantages:
Potentially slower network (more use)
Greater Potential for security breach
Potential misuse (downloading risky material)

Additionally can greater connectivity in poor areas relieve poverty? (Even if the connection is broadcast from a Ground Station?) Could lowly paid online economic activity significantly increase a poverty stricken family's income? Around a billion people live on less than a $ a day. With access to the internet surely they could earn a lot more. (it's a shame so many old computers are discarded when they could be reused by the poorest people). What do you think about the Open Vs Closed debate?

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Nihar Taranekar

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Re: [HM:255303] The law of the seed

wah...Junaid bhai...maza aagaya

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Nihar Taranekar

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On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Junaid Tahir <mjunaidtahir@gmail.com> wrote:

t get so disappointed.

We stop feeling like victims. Laws of nature are not things to take personally.

[HM:255302] The Toy Store and the Quality Assurance

By Junaid Tahir

My kids wanted me to buy some toys so I took them to a nearby toy store yesterday. This is quite large store with more than 5000 square meters of area having thousands of toys. The toys were nicely placed on shelves. A lot of packed toys were also placed on the floor in nice patterns so as to give the customers more choices of toys to chose from. While kids and parents were enjoying exploring the shop, all of a sudden everyone heard a considerable loud burst noise. Upon my inquiry, one of the staff members told that the main water supply pipe has busted on the first floor of the store having their warehouse too. Within no time everyone noticed that water has started leaking from one corner of the store and moving in all directions feet by feet. Now the challenge was to remove all the toys from the floor so as to avoid them from getting damaged. This was the time of managing the mess but unfortunately the staff was not much efficient on doing so. They were running here and there with no clear plan about handling this situation; eventually they were efforts were seem to be least efficient. Noticing this, some of the customers ran and brought big shopping trolleys and started putting all the cartoons before it peeped in to the nicely packed toys and cause big damage. Within two minutes most of the toys were moved to trolleys though several toys got damaged.

Observations:

1- The water pipe may not have been inspected frequently so it busted all of a sudden.

2- The employees were not properly trained to evacuate the store in emergency conditions.

3- The employees were not trained enough to manage the toys, packing and other cartoons for such urgent conditions fire/water issues.

4- Most of the shoppers were only watching this and only 3-4 people took the initiative to help store guys and saved thousands of dollars.

Comments:

Considering the big picture the lesson here is that the quality of work and quality of worker is directly proportional. No matter how strong policies you put in place, there is a chance of error if the workers are not quality thinkers. So equal importance must be given in selecting the quality resources and then polishing their skills over the course of time. So basically, right selection of resources with right trainings will develop the courage and confidence in them to manage emergency situations like the one in this story.

If you are a manager, leader or a business man, do you have such policies and procedures in place for corrective and preventive situations?

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About Author: Junaid Tahir, a telecom engineer and a blogger, writes articles on wisdom, happiness and stress management. His articles can be read Here