Thursday, February 22, 2007
It takes a Borg village to....
Another session of system analysis and it is time for some reading. Clicking through the resources, I reach this article titled, “All models are wrong” by John Sterman.
Wow! This sounds like a must read (scriptwriters: learn from this about the power of writing a headline). I should read it to convince everyone that modelling is not all that great and nature is so vast and we humans are a part of the ecosystem that we can never really model perfectly. Though I am convinced, I could now have an expert to quote as well. The first line of the article (after the acknowledgements etc) says, “It takes a village to raise a child”.
Yes! That is right. It does take a village. Maybe this is systems perspective, but in the era of working parents and little time, this makes sense.
Google the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child” (though Google may not approve of the usage of Google as a verb). The first return informs me that it is an African proverb. They have a wonderful image as well. Download it!
The second reflects the confusion regarding the origin of the proverb. Is it Indian or African? And that Hillary Clinton popularised it. Hillary?
The third link provides the entire speech made by Hillary (1996 speech).
Fourth comes Wiki, which tells me that it is a book written by Hillary on that title and that someone called Tim Wilson made fun of it as well.
Tim Wilson? Ok. Wiki tells me - he is a comedian. The lyrics of his song or the MP3 are not easily listed there. Forget him. Ok.
Move on.
This link is an analysis of Hillary’s book.
Move on.
Page 2 on Google listings.
There is a mural as well on the theme “It takes a village to raise a child” .
Move on. I am on page three of Google returns.
A blog begins like this…”I am a socialist. At this moment I’m having flashbacks.. that the “Borg” is coming. Now what is a Borg?
Google the word “Borg”. Wiki tells me …The Borg are a fictional race of cyborgs in the Star Trek universe. They are characterized by relentless pursuit of targets for assimilation, rapid adaptability to almost any defense, and the ability to continue functioning properly despite seemingly devastating blows. They have become a powerful symbol in popular culture for any juggernaut against which “resistance is futile”. Wow! This is great. And they have an insignia of Borg as well. Read on. Amazing! Borg quotes as well, like “We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.” Though it has more of Star Trek II, not of the Spock variety, but it was a good read.
But what is this evil empire thing? Wiki link again. Term used by Ronald Reagan to describe USSR. Reagon was criticised for this and someone called Michael Johns defended him. Who was Michael Johns? Wiki says that he offered 208 examples of evil nature of USSR. Another link. Doesn’t lead to original article.Maybe it does.
Back to Borf article again.
Another link to Borg article on StarTrek website. Hmmm. Not too interesting.
Back to Google. Second entry on Borg. This one is about Sweden. Yes. that is where I am staying right now. Borg means a fort, and many cities end with the suffix borg. Goteborg, for instance…. but that entry is not here in wiki. Should I add it in Wiki? No, another time. And Borg is a family name as well.
Yes, Bjorn Borg. Read on. Bjorn Borg and his Wimbledon saga. But does wiki say about Borg-McEnroe. Yes! And it even rates their match as the best Wimbledon final ever. Read on. Yes, but I loved McEnroe more. Move over to McEnroe. The link is difficult to find, but I have to.. Yes. Finally. McEnroe. When was that? 1980? Yes. And his tantrums, and talent. Wiki says little about his talent though. Quotes Mats Wilander though. Back again. Borg is surname of Anita Borg as well. Anita? Sounds like an Indian name. Ok. Anita Borg was that famous computer whiz. I remember something. And Google has a scholarship in her name. Back again. Borg is also nickname of Microsoft foundation. Why? Because it gobbles up others….
Back again.
Back to Google. There is some Borg Institute of Technology. Interesting.
Back again.
What is think link about Borg calendar? It is OpenSource! An PIM something like Lotus notes that I used 7 years ago.
The screenshots look good.
How do I download? Yes, here. The beta 1.6 has just been released. Click on download. Hope another download doesnt halt my machine. Two of the four torrents from yesterday are still downloading in the background. It halted my machine half a dozen times yesterday. But this seems a smaller file.
5megs.
Click. The mirror is not responding. Choose another mirror. Let us try the Amsterdam mirror.
Done.
Double click exe file. Launched. Let me try this software. I can schedule the dates of my system analysis exams here. Yes, and prepare a timetable of reading the various resources for system analysis. And read Sterman article apart from others. Maybe if I read Sterman tomorrow and… Sterman? Yes, he was the one who wrote that all models are wrong. And here it is. Voila! And what does he say… It takes a village to raise a child.. Oh!
You can also read this piece with all the links here. http://www.bajinder.com/blog/2007/02/23/it-take-a-borg-village/
Wow! This sounds like a must read (scriptwriters: learn from this about the power of writing a headline). I should read it to convince everyone that modelling is not all that great and nature is so vast and we humans are a part of the ecosystem that we can never really model perfectly. Though I am convinced, I could now have an expert to quote as well. The first line of the article (after the acknowledgements etc) says, “It takes a village to raise a child”.
Yes! That is right. It does take a village. Maybe this is systems perspective, but in the era of working parents and little time, this makes sense.
Google the phrase “It takes a village to raise a child” (though Google may not approve of the usage of Google as a verb). The first return informs me that it is an African proverb. They have a wonderful image as well. Download it!
The second reflects the confusion regarding the origin of the proverb. Is it Indian or African? And that Hillary Clinton popularised it. Hillary?
The third link provides the entire speech made by Hillary (1996 speech).
Fourth comes Wiki, which tells me that it is a book written by Hillary on that title and that someone called Tim Wilson made fun of it as well.
Tim Wilson? Ok. Wiki tells me - he is a comedian. The lyrics of his song or the MP3 are not easily listed there. Forget him. Ok.
Move on.
This link is an analysis of Hillary’s book.
Move on.
Page 2 on Google listings.
There is a mural as well on the theme “It takes a village to raise a child” .
Move on. I am on page three of Google returns.
A blog begins like this…”I am a socialist. At this moment I’m having flashbacks.. that the “Borg” is coming. Now what is a Borg?
Google the word “Borg”. Wiki tells me …The Borg are a fictional race of cyborgs in the Star Trek universe. They are characterized by relentless pursuit of targets for assimilation, rapid adaptability to almost any defense, and the ability to continue functioning properly despite seemingly devastating blows. They have become a powerful symbol in popular culture for any juggernaut against which “resistance is futile”. Wow! This is great. And they have an insignia of Borg as well. Read on. Amazing! Borg quotes as well, like “We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile.” Though it has more of Star Trek II, not of the Spock variety, but it was a good read.
But what is this evil empire thing? Wiki link again. Term used by Ronald Reagan to describe USSR. Reagon was criticised for this and someone called Michael Johns defended him. Who was Michael Johns? Wiki says that he offered 208 examples of evil nature of USSR. Another link. Doesn’t lead to original article.Maybe it does.
Back to Borf article again.
Another link to Borg article on StarTrek website. Hmmm. Not too interesting.
Back to Google. Second entry on Borg. This one is about Sweden. Yes. that is where I am staying right now. Borg means a fort, and many cities end with the suffix borg. Goteborg, for instance…. but that entry is not here in wiki. Should I add it in Wiki? No, another time. And Borg is a family name as well.
Yes, Bjorn Borg. Read on. Bjorn Borg and his Wimbledon saga. But does wiki say about Borg-McEnroe. Yes! And it even rates their match as the best Wimbledon final ever. Read on. Yes, but I loved McEnroe more. Move over to McEnroe. The link is difficult to find, but I have to.. Yes. Finally. McEnroe. When was that? 1980? Yes. And his tantrums, and talent. Wiki says little about his talent though. Quotes Mats Wilander though. Back again. Borg is surname of Anita Borg as well. Anita? Sounds like an Indian name. Ok. Anita Borg was that famous computer whiz. I remember something. And Google has a scholarship in her name. Back again. Borg is also nickname of Microsoft foundation. Why? Because it gobbles up others….
Back again.
Back to Google. There is some Borg Institute of Technology. Interesting.
Back again.
What is think link about Borg calendar? It is OpenSource! An PIM something like Lotus notes that I used 7 years ago.
The screenshots look good.
How do I download? Yes, here. The beta 1.6 has just been released. Click on download. Hope another download doesnt halt my machine. Two of the four torrents from yesterday are still downloading in the background. It halted my machine half a dozen times yesterday. But this seems a smaller file.
5megs.
Click. The mirror is not responding. Choose another mirror. Let us try the Amsterdam mirror.
Done.
Double click exe file. Launched. Let me try this software. I can schedule the dates of my system analysis exams here. Yes, and prepare a timetable of reading the various resources for system analysis. And read Sterman article apart from others. Maybe if I read Sterman tomorrow and… Sterman? Yes, he was the one who wrote that all models are wrong. And here it is. Voila! And what does he say… It takes a village to raise a child.. Oh!
You can also read this piece with all the links here. http://www.bajinder.com/blog/2007/02/23/it-take-a-borg-village/
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