Comments for etcetera http://www.stochastica.net It's got a point, if only you can find it... Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:23:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on “Reclusive writer one of the best,” says Blogger by etcetera — Annie Proulx Appreciation http://www.stochastica.net/2005/12/20/reclusive-writer-one-of-the-best-says-blogger/comment-page-1/#comment-111003 etcetera — Annie Proulx Appreciation Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:23:29 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/12/20/reclusive-writer-one-of-the-best-says-blogger/#comment-111003 [...] An appreciation of Annie Proulx’s Shipping News.  My own Proulx writeup. [...] [...] An appreciation of Annie Proulx’s Shipping News.  My own Proulx writeup. [...]

]]> Comment on Nobel Prize Countdown from the Literary Saloon by Falstaff http://www.stochastica.net/2009/10/06/nobel-prize-countdown-from-the/comment-page-1/#comment-110984 Falstaff Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:53:07 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2009/10/06/nobel-prize-countdown-from-the/#comment-110984 Ummm....Coetzee not only can win it, he <a href="http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2003/index.html" rel="nofollow"> has</a>. Ummm….Coetzee not only can win it, he has.

]]> Comment on Megan McArdle on Healthcare by prash http://www.stochastica.net/2009/09/05/megan-mcardle-on-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-110936 prash Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:49:58 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2009/09/05/is-megan-mcardle-the-most-dish/#comment-110936 btw you can't hate her - she's a chicago "booth" ni too :-) btw you can’t hate her – she’s a chicago “booth” ni too :-)

]]> Comment on Megan McArdle on Healthcare by prash http://www.stochastica.net/2009/09/05/megan-mcardle-on-healthcare/comment-page-1/#comment-110935 prash Sat, 05 Sep 2009 23:46:49 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2009/09/05/is-megan-mcardle-the-most-dish/#comment-110935 heh heh! "Is Megan McArdle the most dish…" some might think so ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Megan_McArdle_4_by_David_Shankbone.jpg :-))) heh heh! “Is Megan McArdle the most dish…”
some might think so …
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Megan_McArdle_4_by_David_Shankbone.jpg
:-) ))

]]> Comment on Objective Reportage by Revathi http://www.stochastica.net/2005/11/16/objective-reportage/comment-page-1/#comment-110924 Revathi Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:49:20 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=266#comment-110924 Vijay movie paarthal ithan gadi - Enna kodumai saravanan idhu....btwn...review room pootu yosipelo? :D Vijay movie paarthal ithan gadi – Enna kodumai saravanan idhu….btwn…review room pootu yosipelo? :D

]]> Comment on What went wrong with Economics? by chin fuil an http://www.stochastica.net/2009/07/24/what-went-wrong-with-economics/comment-page-1/#comment-110920 chin fuil an Sun, 16 Aug 2009 02:51:03 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2009/07/24/what-went-wrong-with-economics/#comment-110920 I got hold of the article rather accidentally and was attracted by it. Somehow, it was then put aside due to some preoccupation but it keeps returning and flashing to me like owl’s-carrying-letters sent in to Harry Potter, demanding my involvement to perhaps save the world. Yes, the world is in big trouble and economists can’t help due to perhaps lack of genes and consequentially severe loss of sights. “What went wrong with economics” is: Economics lacks at least one fundamental foundation. Installing this fundamental will elevate Economics to another platform. What is this fundamental? It is something that sciences cling on tightly, but economics does not. So, economics has departed from this fundamental, perhaps unconsciously. What is it then? It is the Fundamental Axiom or Law of Causality, simply means: Cause gives rise to Effect, In = Out, Debit = Credit, a Source for every Outcome, etc which are common senses or self-evident truths. Tell us in what way the Economics runs away from this fundamental? If you ask: You win, I win, everyone wins, who then is the loser or provider of wealth? Most of economists will tell you that there is no loser. The Economics textbooks also say so. But it cannot be no loser, as it violates the fundamental Law of Causality. So, we must insist for the presence of loser, as dictated by the Fundamental Law of Causality. On this insistence, one great researcher by the name of HNM had successfully uncovered the identity of the loser and the mask of wealth after an effort of several decades. Needless to say, he has restored the Fundamental Law of Causality back to the economics and make it a strong and real science. Using his new theory, all events in the past or present could be explained with ease, and that it could predict and even provide future policies and directions for our world. If you are really interested to find out more, please write to me via my email: chinfuilan@yahoo.com I got hold of the article rather accidentally and was attracted by it. Somehow, it was then put aside due to some preoccupation but it keeps returning and flashing to me like owl’s-carrying-letters sent in to Harry Potter, demanding my involvement to perhaps save the world. Yes, the world is in big trouble and economists can’t help due to perhaps lack of genes and consequentially severe loss of sights.

“What went wrong with economics” is: Economics lacks at least one fundamental foundation. Installing this fundamental will elevate Economics to another platform.

What is this fundamental? It is something that sciences cling on tightly, but economics does not. So, economics has departed from this fundamental, perhaps unconsciously.

What is it then? It is the Fundamental Axiom or Law of Causality, simply means: Cause gives rise to Effect, In = Out, Debit = Credit, a Source for every Outcome, etc which are common senses or self-evident truths.

Tell us in what way the Economics runs away from this fundamental? If you ask: You win, I win, everyone wins, who then is the loser or provider of wealth? Most of economists will tell you that there is no loser. The Economics textbooks also say so. But it cannot be no loser, as it violates the fundamental Law of Causality. So, we must insist for the presence of loser, as dictated by the Fundamental Law of Causality.

On this insistence, one great researcher by the name of HNM had successfully uncovered the identity of the loser and the mask of wealth after an effort of several decades. Needless to say, he has restored the Fundamental Law of Causality back to the economics and make it a strong and real science. Using his new theory, all events in the past or present could be explained with ease, and that it could predict and even provide future policies and directions for our world.

If you are really interested to find out more, please write to me via my email: chinfuilan@yahoo.com

]]> Comment on Crossing a Line by One Gargantuan Monkey Fist | Are Indian bloggers being heard ? [UPDATED] OCT 13, 2005 1:40 PM EST. http://www.stochastica.net/2005/10/11/crossing-a-line/comment-page-1/#comment-110913 One Gargantuan Monkey Fist | Are Indian bloggers being heard ? [UPDATED] OCT 13, 2005 1:40 PM EST. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 04:30:20 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=254#comment-110913 [...] [Via] Sambhar Mafia. Adelphia wants your comments on what angles of the issue should be covered. Stochastica recently raised an intresting issue: “Can bloggers shape opinions, or is it just a few [...] [...] [Via] Sambhar Mafia. Adelphia wants your comments on what angles of the issue should be covered. Stochastica recently raised an intresting issue: “Can bloggers shape opinions, or is it just a few [...]

]]> Comment on The Porsche story by Karthik http://www.stochastica.net/2009/07/23/the-porsche-story-in-two-part/comment-page-1/#comment-110895 Karthik Thu, 23 Jul 2009 17:35:38 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2009/07/23/the-porsche-story-in-two-part/#comment-110895 I use Alex King's Twitter Tools for Wordpress. http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress I use Alex King’s Twitter Tools for Wordpress. http://alexking.org/projects/wordpress

]]> Comment on The Porsche story by prash http://www.stochastica.net/2009/07/23/the-porsche-story-in-two-part/comment-page-1/#comment-110894 prash Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:36:31 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2009/07/23/the-porsche-story-in-two-part/#comment-110894 been meaning to do this for awhile (keep my tweets/fb updates etc. copied on my blog). been wary about the fact that all my content and hard(ly) work is on multiple sites when it really should be on mine. how are you doing this? manually? or is there a way to auto blog one's tweets or fb updates? been meaning to do this for awhile (keep my tweets/fb updates etc. copied on my blog). been wary about the fact that all my content and hard(ly) work is on multiple sites when it really should be on mine.

how are you doing this? manually? or is there a way to auto blog one’s tweets or fb updates?

]]> Comment on Number Two by Foreign Desi http://www.stochastica.net/2007/01/06/number-two/comment-page-1/#comment-110892 Foreign Desi Fri, 22 May 2009 18:07:36 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2007/01/03/number-two/#comment-110892 This is hilarious! This is my first time stumbling upon your blog, and vaat a first post :P This is hilarious! This is my first time stumbling upon your blog, and vaat a first post :P

]]> Comment on Leaps Never Made by » Bharateeya BlogMela - a round up POV: A Point of View http://www.stochastica.net/2005/09/07/leaps-never-made/comment-page-1/#comment-81410 » Bharateeya BlogMela - a round up POV: A Point of View Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:08:45 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=224#comment-81410 [...] crores. So can we see book stores with Chai bars soon? Kartik has an interesting take on why the Tamil publishing industry is in the [...] [...] crores. So can we see book stores with Chai bars soon? Kartik has an interesting take on why the Tamil publishing industry is in the [...]

]]> Comment on Dinner Of The Absurd by Before you attend the biggest blog meet in Chennai : Alootechie http://www.stochastica.net/2006/08/31/dinner-of-the-absurd/comment-page-1/#comment-79350 Before you attend the biggest blog meet in Chennai : Alootechie Sat, 27 Oct 2007 10:38:09 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2006/08/31/dinner-of-the-absurd/#comment-79350 [...] of Stochastica.net has organised his own virtual blog meet, “right down the street from my own home. At my favourite [...] [...] of Stochastica.net has organised his own virtual blog meet, “right down the street from my own home. At my favourite [...]

]]> Comment on Books : Life of Pi by Karthik Upadrasta http://www.stochastica.net/2005/01/30/books-life-of-pi/comment-page-1/#comment-70912 Karthik Upadrasta Sat, 11 Aug 2007 13:59:40 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=46#comment-70912 Greetings! Greetings!

]]> Comment on The Long And Winding Bore by Carthy http://www.stochastica.net/2005/12/05/the-long-and-winding-bore/comment-page-1/#comment-66231 Carthy Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:49:41 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=273#comment-66231 Hilarious... Hilarious…

]]> Comment on Books : Life of Pi by Derek http://www.stochastica.net/2005/01/30/books-life-of-pi/comment-page-1/#comment-65973 Derek Wed, 11 Jul 2007 04:21:12 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=46#comment-65973 Life of Pi is so much more than people read into it. It is a vast canvas of a book, but essentially is a book about FAITH. The protagonist makes his position clear - does he not state at the outset his distaste for agnosticism, preferring the faith of even an atheist ("there IS no God") to the fence sitting of an agnostic. The entire fable leads us through a magic garden, forcing us to take turns appropriate to our beliefs. Each turn represents a particular belief or article of faith - hence every reader's different take on every scene. Pulling together all these skeins of faith into a cohesive climax on the shores of the endless Pacific Ocean is the writer's way of letting us in on the secret - its all about what you believe. Life of Pi is so much more than people read into it. It is a vast canvas of a book, but essentially is a book about FAITH. The protagonist makes his position clear – does he not state at the outset his distaste for agnosticism, preferring the faith of even an atheist (”there IS no God”) to the fence sitting of an agnostic.
The entire fable leads us through a magic garden, forcing us to take turns appropriate to our beliefs. Each turn represents a particular belief or article of faith – hence every reader’s different take on every scene.
Pulling together all these skeins of faith into a cohesive climax on the shores of the endless Pacific Ocean is the writer’s way of letting us in on the secret – its all about what you believe.

]]> Comment on Intelligence In Numbers by +: etcetera :+ -- More Sex Is Safer Sex http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/22/intelligence-in-numbers/comment-page-1/#comment-65778 +: etcetera :+ -- More Sex Is Safer Sex Mon, 09 Jul 2007 15:48:12 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/06/22/intelligence-in-numbers/#comment-65778 [...] mysteries of the world using cold, hard numbers. And on a unrelated note, here is James Surowiecki (whose book we loved!) on The Pirates’ [...] [...] mysteries of the world using cold, hard numbers. And on a unrelated note, here is James Surowiecki (whose book we loved!) on The Pirates’ [...]

]]> Comment on What’s in a name? by John Irving on Peeling the Onion - +: etcetera :+ http://www.stochastica.net/2005/04/10/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-65600 John Irving on Peeling the Onion - +: etcetera :+ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:50:19 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2005/04/10/whats-in-a-name/#comment-65600 [...] review of  Günter Grass’s Peeling the Onion. [etcetera: We’ll even read phonebooks if Irving writes them. [...] [...] review of  Günter Grass’s Peeling the Onion. [etcetera: We’ll even read phonebooks if Irving writes them. [...]

]]> Comment on A few minutes of fun by Murakami on Music - +: etcetera :+ http://www.stochastica.net/2005/09/21/a-few-minutes-of-fun/comment-page-1/#comment-65599 Murakami on Music - +: etcetera :+ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:45:07 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/?p=229#comment-65599 [...] Murakami on music (and language). (Older Murakami posts [1] [2] [3] [...] [...] Murakami on music (and language). (Older Murakami posts [1] [2] [3] [...]

]]> Comment on Announcing the new look etcetera (updated) by Karthik http://www.stochastica.net/2007/06/26/announcing-the-new-look-etcetera/comment-page-1/#comment-65047 Karthik Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:35:21 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2007/06/26/announcing-the-new-look-etcetera/#comment-65047 Raj... dude thanks so much. I am touched and all that :) Raj… dude thanks so much. I am touched and all that :)

]]> Comment on Announcing the new look etcetera (updated) by raj http://www.stochastica.net/2007/06/26/announcing-the-new-look-etcetera/comment-page-1/#comment-64973 raj Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:00:11 +0000 http://www.stochastica.net/2007/06/26/announcing-the-new-look-etcetera/#comment-64973 Karthik, all that effort at self-effacement is unwarranted. Hey! Just own it up man, if 'morons 'visit this blog, it's because of you. But then, you are a bit like VVSLaxman. One 281 and a permanent, if small, set of devotees hoping against hope that the man would turn up again in full regal form - which, ofcourse, never happens :-(. Still, that small set of devotees dont drop off, dont they - you know why, because even if half-of-that-form is repeated even once again, thats good enough for a lifetime, thats why. Hey! I dont care if I sound like a smitten teenager, which I wouldnt be even if I were half-my-age, but your writing is that good, man, that good. Karthik, all that effort at self-effacement is unwarranted. Hey! Just own it up man, if ‘morons ‘visit this blog, it’s because of you. But then, you are a bit like VVSLaxman. One 281 and a permanent, if small, set of devotees hoping against hope that the man would turn up again in full regal form – which, ofcourse, never happens :-( . Still, that small set of devotees dont drop off, dont they – you know why, because even if half-of-that-form is repeated even once again, thats good enough for a lifetime, thats why. Hey! I dont care if I sound like a smitten teenager, which I wouldnt be even if I were half-my-age, but your writing is that good, man, that good.

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