One day, an old man was walking along the beach in the early morning and
noticed the tide had washed thousands of starfish up on the shore. Up ahead
in the distance he spotted a boy who appeared to be gathering up the
starfish, and one by one tossing them back into the ocean.
He approached the boy and asked him why he spent so much energy doing what
seemed to be a waste of time.
The boy replied, "If these starfish are left out here like this they will
bake in the sun, and by this afternoon they will all be dead."
The old man gazed out as far as he could see and responded, "But, there
must be hundreds of miles of beach and thousands of starfish. You can't
possibly rescue all of them. What difference is throwing a few back going
to make anyway?"
The boy then held up the starfish he had in his hand and replied, "It's
sure going to make a lot of difference to this one!"
The boy tossed that starfish into the water. He then looked intently at the
old man and said "I will save as many as I can".
The old man had no reply. He was really ashamed of his own attitude. He
stood speechless for a while. Then slowly he picked up a starfish and threw
it into the water, joining the boy in his efforts. The boy gave him a
gentle smile and soon both of them were silently tossing one starfish after
another into the water.
Soon, the boy and the old man saw that they were not alone. Other people
who had come to the beach for a walk noticed them both working diligently
to save the starfish. One by one, people started joining in the effort.
As the sun rose higher in the sky, hundreds of people silently worked to
save the starfish. Young people, old people, rich people, poor people all
joined hands in the noble task.
Amazingly within a couple of hours, the beach was almost clear of starfish.
As the last starfish was thrown into the sea, a thunderous cheer
spontaneously arose from the people. Each one of them felt they had done
something important, something that made a difference. They cheered and
hugged each other. Some of them even exchanged names and numbers and
promised to stay in touch.
Nothing is impossible if we work together. But someone needs to be bold
enough to take the first step. Many other will follow. Even one person's
determination and conviction can change the world.
Are you the ONE??????
Take the first step in CREATING your IDEAL WORLD today and you will see the
WORLD will follow??
WAKE UP and make a difference.
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
நீங்களும் அதில் ஒருவரா?.
Monday, 26 January 2009
பிறக்கப்போகும் குழந்தை எப்படி இருக்கும்?.
BabyMaker v.1.0 - How Will Your Baby Look Like?
No need to wait for nine months to see your baby! All you need is two pictures. Just put pictures of you two into BabyMaker, and see what your baby will look like in just a moment. Impress your friends and family with ‘what if’ pictures of your possible babies made with just about anyone. You only need two facial photos (passport-style will do) to generate a realistic image of a baby. And we’re not talking about cartoon-style pictures or a still-morph picture frozen in the middle of a transformation. You’ll get a real face of a young human with unique facial features that resemble features of both ‘parents’.
Can’t believe this? Just ask your parents for a couple of pictures, put them through BabyMaker, and see your own face in the end! The science of fortune telling is brought to perfection with BabyMaker. Make a baby with anyone! Entertain your friends by ‘marrying’ them to each other, or have fun using pictures of celebrities as one or both parents. Print or email the resulting images for even more fun! Unlike virtually all competitors, BabyMaker does not simply morph one face into another. Instead, it thoroughly analyzes characteristic features of the two faces using face detection scientific algorithms, and carefully re-creates a baby’s by carefully mixing different features of the parents’ faces. The technologies used in BabyMaker are so advanced that they can easily produce a high-quality color image of a baby even if the quality of the originals is far from perfect. Just throw a couple of old photos of your grandparents to see this in action! Black-and-white, scratched, faded or retouched photos will do if they represent a real face. If you are using images from the Internet, low-resolution or heavily compressed pictures are fine if the faces are still recognizable.
Sunday, 25 January 2009
செல் பேசியின் மற்றொரு பயன் :
Enjoy peace of mind when you’re away from your baby!
BabyMonitor is a program that transforms your cell phone to a baby monitor. Simple place your phone in a room where your child is sleeping and when he wakes up the program calls to a number of your choice. This number can be as cell as standard land line number.
Author told why he developed this program. Earlier when he was traveling he often forgot his baby monitor or a charger for it and had to stay by the baby’s bedside. But the main reason was that he couldn’t use his baby monitor in his village near an airport because of radio noise.
Tuesday, 20 January 2009
நேரமின்மையால் எத்தனை இழக்கிறோம் ?
A man stood at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play
the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces
for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was
calculated that thousand seven hundred people went through the
station, most of them on their way to work.
Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician
playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then
hurried up to meet his schedule. A minute later, the violinist
received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and
without stopping continued to walk. A few minutes later, someone
leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his
watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.
The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother
tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the
violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to
walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by
several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced
them to move on.
In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and
stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk
their normal pace.. He collected $32. When he finished playing and
silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there
recognition.
The exact analysis would betray the fact that this was a social experiment.
This is a real story. No one knew this at the time but the violinist
was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one
of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5
million dollars. Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua
Bell sold out at a theatre in Boston and the seats averaged $100.
Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organised by
the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception,
taste and priorities of people.
The question tested were:
* In a common place environment, at an inappropriate hour,
do we perceive beauty? Yes/no
* Do we stop to appreciate it? Yes/no
* Do we recognise the talent in an unexpected context? Yes/no
Point to Ponder:
If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best
musicians in the world playing the best music ever written,
how many other things are we missing in our life?
நன்றி திரு பத்மநாபன்
Monday, 19 January 2009
கம்ப்யூட்டர் ...?.
10 Reasons why you should have make a computer your valentine!
1. A Computer can wait for you forever.
2. A Computer does not compare you with its past users
3. A Computer does not mind if you have a Computer at home and in the office.
4. A Computer wont say lets just be friends.
5. You can mute the computer whenever you want.
6. Its easy to turn on a computer.
7. You never have to say sorry no matter what you do to it.
8. You dont have to give it expensive Valentine gifts, New Year gifts, Birthday gifts, Anniversary gifts.
9. You can upgrade your computer if you are not satisfied with its performance or specifications.
10. There is always Ctrl + Alt + Del.
Sunday, 18 January 2009
ரிலாக்ஸ் ப்ளீஸ்
A kid was playing with his newly bought play train. After every turn was completed the kid stopped the train and shouted,
'Station aa
Then he let the train go on the round and stopped it again at the same place. He shouted,
'Station aa
And so it went for sometime. Everytime the train stopped the kid would scream the same sentence. His Dad, sitting near him, got a little worried about the kid using bad language. He took the train away from him and scolded the child, 'Don't talk like that!'
The kid sat silently for sometime and Dad couldn't bear to see the sad innocent face. He returned the train back to him saying, 'Now son, don't talk like that again.'
The kid started playing. The train took the same turn and stopped and the kid shouted,
'Station aa
