Saturday, July 30, 2011

Does Massive Vulnerability to Pyramid Scheme Hint at Deeper Problems in India?

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Recently India had been rocked by a massive financial fraud known as "SpeakAsia". The company started almost two years ago and cla...
Tuesday, July 26, 2011

There is no "Forever 27 Club", darnit!

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This whole thing was invented by a bunch of media sensationalists! http://hubpages.com/hub/Forever-27-Club-and-Amy-Winehouse-is-the-curse-...

Mobile apps: do people honest don't expect people to fill the field?

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I am running Coolendar, an interesting hybrid calendar / todo mananger. it's great on the PC. However, there's no smartphone versi...
Sunday, July 17, 2011

Why "Avoiding Negativity" is stupid, and people advocating it is also stupid

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Image via Wikipedia There are some so-called motivation coaches (esp. MLM coaches, which goes under various names, like "attraction coa...
Saturday, July 16, 2011

Did you ever read the "fine print" in those MLM 'contracts'?

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In any sort of business, there is always a contract or agreement: you agree to do this, in exchange, I agree to do that. In a job, you agree...

Two more comments about MLM stupidity

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" Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence . " -- Carl Sagan, as quoted in Cosmos, PBS TV When some people claim ext...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011

How to use 48 Laws of Power for Evil (sort of)

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Cover of The 48 Laws of Power This is NOT a "how to", but rather, how scammers use 48 Laws of Power to gain control over you. W...