A language teacher was explaining to her class that in French, nouns unlike their English counterparts, are grammatically designated as masculine or feminine.”House” in French, is feminine -”la maison,” “Pencil” in French, is masculine “le crayon.”

One puzzled student asked, “What gender is computer?” The teacher did not know, and the word was not in her French dictionary.

So for fun she split the class into two groups appropriately enough, by gender and asked them to decide whether “computer” should be a masculine or a feminine noun.

Both groups were required to give four reasons for their recommendation.

The men’s group decided that computer should definitely be of the feminine gender (”la computer”), because

1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic
2. The native language they use to communicate with other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory for possible later review
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself spending half your paycheque on accessories for it.

The women’s group, however, concluded that computers should be masculine “le computer”) because:

1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on.
2. They have a lot of data but still can’t think for themselves
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the time they ARE the problem
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had waited a little longer you could have gotten a better model.

What is gender of computer?

• Male
• Female

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Here I want to share with you two problems with their different solutions. Each problem had two solution, one being very expensive though engineered but the other being a layman procedure but effective and economical. So following are the details.

Case 1:

When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn’t work at zero gravity (ink won’t flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees Celsius.

And what did the Russians do…?? They used a pencil.

Case 2:

One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan’s biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox 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 soapbox 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 soapboxes that passed through the line to make sure they were not empty. No doubt, they worked hard and they worked fast but they spent a whoopee amount 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 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 soapbox passed the fan, it simply blew the empty boxes out of the line.

Moral:
Devise the simplest possible solution that solves the problems. Always Focus on solutions & not on problems.

• Andrew Johnson, 17th president of America, was son of a police constable. He had been working as a tailor before he became president. He had no regular academic degree.
• Three of former Presidents were highly educated. One of those was 31st president - Herbert Hoover. He was mechanical Engineer having 89 honorary degrees from different universities. President Woodrow Wilson was author of seven books. President Theodore Roosevelt had translated about half of Rubaiyat of Umer Khayam and written more than 30 books.
• Three American Presidents were awarded with Nobel prize. Woodrow Wilson in 1919, Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, Jimmy Carter in 2002 were awarded with Nobel Peace Prize.
• First American President George Washington and James Monroe were elected without elections.
• 26th president Theodore Roosevelt had been elected for fourth time but he died only after 3 months.
• President Andrew Johnson, Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton are the three presidents who had to face trials in court during their tenures.
• Wife and mother of President Theodore Roosevelt had died on the same day that is February 24, 1884.
• 4thJuly was the birthday of President Calvin Coolidge. President Thomas Jefferson and John Adams died on July 4, 1826. President James Monroe died on July 4, 1830. So 4th July is common for these four presidents.
• President Bill Clinton has the same birth date as that of his grand-father.
• President Abraham Lincoln was the first beard president.
• John F. Kennedy was the first catholic president.
• Barack Obama is the first president who belongs to black race.
• Bush Junior has twin daughters: Barbra and Jeena.
• 15th President James Buchanan had died unmarried.
• 22nd President Grover Cleveland married during his presidential tenure.
• Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Richard Nixon belonged to lower class families.
• 6th President John Quincy Adams was son of 2nd President John Adams.
• 43rd President George W. Bush is son of 41st President George H. W. Bush.
• 23rd President Benjamin Harrison was grandson of 9th President William Henry Harrison.
• 26th President Theodore Roosevelt was husband of paternal aunt of 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• 6 American presidents have been murdered/injured so far.
• 16th President Abraham Lincoln and 35th President John F. Kennedy were murdered in front of their wives. These two murders have many other similarities in their occurrence which are listed here

THE ORIGINAL QUOTE

If you love someone,
Set her free…
If she comes back, she’s yours,
If she doesn’t, she never was….

THE NEW VERSIONS…..

Pessimist:

If you love someone,
Set her free …
If she ever comes back, she’s yours,
If she doesn’t, as expected, she never was

Optimist:

If you love someone,
Set her free …
Don’t worry, she will come back.

Suspicious:

If you love someone,
Set her free …
If she ever comes back, ask her why.

Impatient:

If you love someone,
Set her free …
If she doesn’t come back within some time forget her.

Patient:

If you love someone, Set her free …
If she doesn’t come back,
continue to wait until she comes back …

Playful

If you love someone,
Set her free …
If she comes back, and if you love her still,
set her free again, repeat ….

Java Programmer:

if(you.love(she));
she.setStatus (Status.FREE);
if(she == NULL);
She she = new She();

Animal-Rights Activist:

If you love someone,
Set her free,
In fact, all living creatures deserve to be free!!

Lawyers:

If you love someone,
Set her free,
Clause 1a of Paragraph 13a-1 in the Second
Amendment of the Matrimonial Freedom

Biologist :

If you love someone,
Set her free,
She’ll evolve.

Statisticians :

If you love someone,
Set her free,
If she loves you, the probability of her coming back is high
If she doesn’t, your relation was improbable anyway.

Schwarzenegger’s fans:

If you love someone,
Set her free,
SHE’LL BE BACK!

Over possessive person :

If you love someone
don’t set her free.

MBA :

If you love someone
set her free
instantaneously
and look for others simultaneously

Psychologist :

If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back her super ego is dominant
If she doesn’t come back her id is supreme
If she doesn’t go, she must be crazy.

Somnabulist :

If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back it’s a nightmare
If she doesn’t, you must be dreaming.

ERP functional expert :

If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back, map her into your system
If she doesn’t, carry out a gap-fit analysis

Finance expert :

If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back, its time to look for fresh loans
If she doesn’t, write her off as an asset gone bad.

Marketing Specialist :

If you love someone
set her free
If she comes back she has brand loyalty
If she doesn’t, reposition the brand in new market

Here is some historical comparison between the two American Presidents i.e. Abraham Lincoln vs John F. Kennedy:

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Continue reading…

Below are the 12 signs that will stand true for you if you really LOVE someone. Do read and let us know if its working!

TWELVE:

When you’re on the phone with them late at night and they hang up, you still

miss them even when it was just two minutes ago.

ELEVEN:

You walk really slow when you’re with them.

TEN:

You feel shy whenever they’re around.

NINE:

You smile when you hear their voice.

EIGHT:

When you look at them, you can’t see the other people around you, you just see

him/her.

SIX:

They’re all you think about.

FIVE:

You realize you’re always smiling when you’re looking at them.

FOUR:

You would do anything for them, just to see them.

THREE:

While reading this, there was one person on your mind this whole time.

TWO:

You were so busy thinking about that person, you didn’t notice number seven was

missing

ONE:

You just scrolled up to check & are now silently laughing at yourself!