Neeru Misra

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Recent posts by Neeru Misra

I have some video cds of good speeches and I want to make audio cds out of them so that I can hear them on diskman, ipod etc. Is there a device that can help me rip audio from a video cd. Of my own through trial and error, I could not find any possibility in Windows media player.
18 years ago
Laptops are like consummables, take ACER Celeron for 27K and change it after two years, when the warranty is over. It saves a lot of money as well.
18 years ago
Same here, five more days to go.
18 years ago

Originally posted by Dave Lenton:


Is that a bad thing though? Consideration of alternatives allows people the flexibility to adapt to new and changing situations. While too much doubt can lead to over-cautiousness, to little doubt can lead to stubborn refusal to adapt. Adaptation is probably mankind's most useful skill - without it we'd still be living in caves wondering what cooked meat would taste like


Adptability is another expression for faith. A high faith index would mean a higher degree of flexibility to adapt. Stubbornness prevents on the other hand flexibility. It is faith that has led to changes.
19 years ago

Originally posted by Dave Lenton:


I'm not sure everyone has this kind of faith.

In every day situations there isn't much practical difference between the views - both the faith based dualistic true-or-false and the statistical probability positions will probably result in the same actions being taken, but perhaps the latter view will allow for more flexibility in situations where the unexpected happens.


Failure to get anticipated results in any given situation is not due to lack of faith or the absence of it. It is more because of the limitations of present knowledge to extrapolate the accurate outcome.
[ March 08, 2005: Message edited by: Neeru Misra ]
19 years ago

Originally posted by Arjunkumar Shastry:
onsite? If site is in India,then tax will be definitely applicable.



Service Tax amendments have shifted the obligation on the receiver if the onsite service provider is outside India.
19 years ago

Originally posted by Ellen Zhao:
Can't one get the dealer to mail the camera? I don't do it here because I'd have to pay 16% tax when the package comes into Germany. While the package from Hongkong to China is tax free.



There must be sure, several "buy through mail orders" options. Even Thialand is equally economical now.
19 years ago

Originally posted by Max Habibi:


I'm not sure what you're saying here, Marianne. Are you asserting that faith is as objectivly valid as rationality?


Not exactly but in a way yes.
19 years ago

Originally posted by Paul Sturrock:
If you are going to use quotes from the bible your arguement becomes an a priori reasoning.

I'm glad you derive something positive from faith. And I don't suppose to deny anyone the right to believe in something. However, it doesn't change the fact that faith is irrational by definition, and I take exception when people try to leverage faith into the realm of science.


I would still suggest that "irrational" in contradistinction to "rational" may not be appropriate expression for faith. It could be better comprehended by the term "supra-rational", one that is beyond the realms of rationality and irrationality.
19 years ago

Originally posted by Dave Lenton:

Like everything else in life it has good and bad points. On the positive side, if people have a positive mental state then their health may in some cases be improved as a consequence of it.


A positive mental state is a a cornerstone of faith. Negative minds usaully though not always are flickering and devoid of faith.
19 years ago
Cheerfulness is independent of work, which should be taken sincerely but dispassionately.
19 years ago
It would be difficult to post on this site. I do not know if it could be done. Can someone suggest what size of pix have to be posted and could they be posted on this site?
19 years ago
Do we agree generally that faith is an important element in healing?
19 years ago