Archives for: February 2008
Translation challenge
February 25th, 2008I stumbled upon a discussion about a book, which had a reference to a verse in Russian. Few of the readers of that site are speakers of the Russian language, so some wondered what the meaning of the verse was.
I realized that answering their question… more »
Use passive voice to shift the blame on someone else
February 22nd, 2008Language is the #1 tool of the social engineer; I believe that in a company, anyone who is dealing with customers should have some basic social engineering skills:
This protects the company against being exploited by other social engineers, who are lo… more »
Absolute truth does [not] exist
February 15th, 2008Every now and then, a conversation with a friend transforms into a debate about the existence of absolute truth.
I think absolute truth exists, but not many ideas or statements can be labeled as 'absolute truth'. To be more specific, I think that abso… more »
Just a minute, improve your rhetoric
February 4th, 2008I am not a "radio person", but in the not-so-distant past I made a discovery which I am sharing with you - Just a minute, with Nicholas Parsons.
The players are given a subject, they must talk about it for one minute, without repeating themselves, hes… more »
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