What images will change the way a person sees the world after viewing them?
Why are British people so polite?
Answer by Anonymous: I have been in the UK for the past 4 years and I can say that they are always polite….in informing you that you are wrong! Here is a translation table that is available on-line and I can swear that it is true in most occasions. The Brits have the knack of…
What’s An Expert? I Sincerely Want To Know.
Post by James Altucher: On Quora someone asked, “should answers be categorized by expert / non-expert?” My response: There is no such thing as an expert. First, a couple of anecdotes. In 1799, George Washington caught a cold. He was coughing and he had a fever. This was considered an emergency. The greatest American alive…
What does it feel like to be poor?
Answer by Anonymous: I was born into family of lower middle class .We are two girls and I’m the Elder one.- Dad and his family are against Girls education and career. I was consistently class topper and excelled in many extra-curricular, But always been put down – ” Learn cooking and home cooking better than…
President Thomas Whitmore’s speech from Independence Day
Good morning. [turns on mic] Good morning. In less than an hour, aircraft from here will join others from around the world, and you will be launching the largest aerial battle in the history of mankind. Mankind. That word should have new meaning for all of us today. We can’t be consumed by our petty differences anymore….
What are Oliver Emberton’s tips for running a blog?
Answer by Oliver Emberton: In my first year of blogging I was read over 4 million times, mostly through a cunning strategy I call “screwing everything up and learning”. Let me save you some time. Here are the 5 most surprising lessons I learned: 1. The world owes you nothing The cold, unfeeling universe does…
What are the most productive ways to spend time on the Internet?
Answer by Prateek Keshari: There are numerous websites, blogs, Youtube channels etc that you can follow and make the most of your time when wired in. Here’s a list of some blogs and websites that you can follow: Brain Pickings (Highly recommended)– Brain Pickings is a human-powered discovery engine for interestingness, a subjective lens on…
Guide to setting up mediawiki on Hostgator
It isn’t all that easy to create a good mediawiki site with URL rewrite (you know… hide the “index.php” part and make it all pretty looking like “YourDomain.ext/wiki/“), So here I put down a step by step method of going through this cumbersome process. QuickInstall mediawiki in a directory in your public_html folder. Say, in…
Ability
Ability is to look at a blank page, And create a poem. Ability is to stare into the eyes of Fear, And come out stronger because of it. Ability is to walk into a room of Strangers, And come out with Friends. Ability is to admit you are Wrong, When you are Wrong. Ability is…