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Phil Ivey Bluff

2009-09-18T18:30:00.001+01:00

Poker advert

2009-09-18T18:06:00.000+01:00

how to improve your lifestyle?

2009-02-21T21:47:00.001Z

Who else gained from recession

2009-01-30T22:14:00.001Z

These guys probably did

If you don't know what to do!

2009-01-30T22:09:00.001Z

MAKE AN Experiment
go to www.willitblend.com and have fun!

EF students please answer,

2009-01-27T19:44:00.003Z

what activities/events do you want EF to organise??(for example maybe poetry evenings or bowling or free-spa for top 10 students)

EF students please answer,

2009-01-27T19:44:00.000Z

Honestly

2009-01-24T01:53:00.002Z

I don't like this forums i have to review
1st forum: i think it's quite new one therefore there's not much information in it. Not only in sociology but in MAths as well(that's quete important as well)
2nd forum: most of the questions are answered with normative statements therefore are hardly to believe in)and there are not many answers at all.
3rd forum seems to be nice-articles are written in the intresting way and there are articles for futher reading as well.
4th forum is also answered with normative statements but there are a lot of people on this forum therefore this forum really appears to be a place for a good discussion)
5th forum appears to be a "hot line" for people because most of comments are anonymous and there are no listed to topics so i think this forum is useful if only you have free 128379128738912 hours to explore it.
6 th forum is quite famous one but still "sociology" there is not very popular)But still there are some reasonable answers there so it's good enough to be explored:)

Who else gained from the recession?))

2009-01-24T01:13:00.003Z

i think that video game makers REALLY gained from the recession:
Profit from sellng video games has become more that 21,33 billion dollars.
Europeans have bought more than 8 millions of Wii during this year.
Playstation 3' sales have grown up by 40% during 2008.
Americans have bought 2 millions of Wii during 2008.
Microsoft have selled more than 28!!! millions of Xbox 360.
Nintendo sold more that 3.1 millions of DS in USA.
(sourse:www.lenta.ru):D

I've played computer games a lot

2009-01-24T00:29:00.004Z

And honestly i mostly agree with this research. Gamers are much more friendly than other people(at least vast majority).There was the same research in Russia that proved that competing games(like Counter-Strike/Quake/War\Star Crafts/Crysis) probably make people less aggressive because they express their aggression in shooting people in game but not in real life. Some of my friends are gamers and i can't say that they are violent-on the contrary they are amicable. But every rule have exceptions.
IF we look at people who are almost addicted to MMORPG(Massively multiplayer online role-playing game) like World of Warcraft or Lineage2, we will see that most of them are quite aggressive. This can be explained by the fact that they substitute real life with virtual what makes them indifferent to their actions in reality. Sometimes they transfer aggression from virtual life into real life. I've played MMORPG Lineage2 and i knew some guys who actually had REAL fights because of virtual money/characters. There were even fights between two or more opposing CLANS because of castles ot just to prove that "other clan sucks". There was even a story of a man with nick DVP who played on one of the official La2 servers. His real name was Andrei Ponamorenko.He had a wife and a daughter and owned a computer firm in Ukraine. He had a quarrel with a guy from Moscow whose game nick was CBEPX. Once DVP came to Moscow for a clan meeting and there he met CBEPX(who was a student) and just beat him to death. Probably he didn't want to do that(because he was put in jail for 8 years) but fact remains the same CBEPX died in hospital because his scull was broken. Most of the people who play these games either students(because they usually has nothing to do and MMORPG are highly addict able) and feral and nonsuccessive people(because they don't seek for the success in real life but try to become very "cool" in the game).

Mulder and Scullder

2009-01-21T04:55:00.002Z

by the way)X-files was quite a nice serial))
anyway:
Sociology-(society+logos(Lat.)-study) study of human behaviour inside the society,ways of interacting between people builing up social institutes and societies.

reading

2009-01-21T02:58:00.004Z

This This
1st article "In studies of kinship it has been said that pets are substitutes for children, providing emotional satisfaction."-Probably this may show only the decline of the family as a social institute. But still in some families animals play an important role and even may be considered to be member of the family. But "Sociology can be defined as a study of human behaviour or a study of people's interactions" (Source:http://nast-is-nast.blogspot.com/") so in my humble opinion there's no point in dealing with animals behaving like humans.
2nd article

"WQ5b: In your own words, please explain what the goth scene is all about.

43 (male): Having the absolute freedom to dress as you want and to express yourself as you want."---->>>>

A culture and form of ground breaking music and self expression...is it goth?

or maybe it is hip hop?

"WQ5b: In your own words, please explain what is the goth scene is all about.

109 (female): Being different to all the mindless, brain-dead clones that walk around small town England."

In my opinion the last frase should written as "Being different to all the mindless, brain-dead clones that walk around small town England,organising our own club of
the mindless, brain-dead clones of Dracula doing nothing to change the reality except depressing everyone around and scaring children".

Now more objective comments)
I think that this article shows us that existance of Goth(and any other) subculture is not only inevitable but probably indispensable phenomenon because all these subcultures only supplement the entire culture of the nation. All subcultures are aimed to make people feel free of choosing at least something)But being "loyal" to one subculture in fact means refusing all other views what leads to "narrowing" of thinking.

3rd article
as there is only a part of the article i can't say much about it. but still it's obvious that younger generations appear to be more materialistic and therefore more...ermm...consumeralistic:D...That happens because of many things:in Russia for example one of the possible reasons for that is breakdown of the socialistic sytem and the shock theraphy that changed people' minds completely.Another reason for that may be increased competition and improvements in technology:our parents simply didn't have that much to choose from(sorry for poor english)).

this)

2009-01-21T02:17:00.005Z

this says to us that the only thing that will make the system work again is hope.But how can it appear from nowhere?US banks probably spent the money they didn't have,just by adding several 0 to their accounts. Now there's too much money in their economy(and in the world economy as well)...So what's the way out?I think that the only way out now is controlled(or at least partly controlled markets).
Let's look at China-the only country which is likely to show 7% economic growth in 2009(from Newsweek 19th/jan/2009). This country was moving from planned economy to market one but this crisis shows us that this may not be the right thing to do. The man in the video tells us that one of the features of every working economy is absence of fear or in my opinion it's better to say presence of confidence. When the whole economy is probably controlled by DIFFERENT people,corporations,banks etc. that are driven only by their GREED, ordinary people are not able to feel safe therefore the economy can't work properly...BUT when the economy is supervised by the RIGHT and FAIR government whose aim is to maintain stable situation in the country and probably wealth for everyone,people feel more secure and therefore comes FAITH and HOPE.
Some people may argue that planned economy is the way to socialism. But "It doesn't matter if a cat is white or black, as long as it catches the mouse" © Deng Xiaoping

Aren't you scared of cyber war?:)

2009-01-21T01:38:00.002Z

W32/Conficker(Downadup) was first noticed in november but this problem became really urgent in January.
concider this: http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00001584.html

It's the biggest network ever)So the guys who made it should think of something really hard and maybe quite dangerours to do!

quote from russian bash.org

2009-01-16T03:15:00.003Z

«Владельцы капитала будут стимулировать рабочий класс покупать все больше и больше дорогих товаров, зданий и техники. Толкая их тем самым для того, чтобы они брали все более дорогие кредиты, до тех пор, пока кредиты не станут невыплачиваемыми. Невыплачиваемые кредиты ведут к банкротству банков, которые будут национализированы государством, что в итоге и приведет к возникновению коммунизма».
1867 г. К.Маркс.

translation
(sorry not precise)
"Owners of the capital will stimulate working and middle classes to buy more and more expensive goods,machines and appartments". That will also ecourage people to take more and more expensive credits,until these credits will become unpayable.Unpayable credits will lead to bankruptcy of banks,which will be nationalised by the government and therefore will lead to formation of the comunist society.
1867 K. Marks

Isn't it similar to smth?:)

:)

2009-01-16T02:38:00.000Z

One good way to revise-use of mind maps!:)))

I BET

2009-01-09T03:05:00.004Z

That it's possible to have a grade A in Chemistry preparing just one day! or at least we will see my results in two months from now)

GCSE/As maths private lessons, consultation free. available Russian

2009-01-08T01:03:00.001Z

This easy notice you can see in http://www.dailyinfo.co.uk/unified_adboard.php?col=t
There u can find huge number of oxford graduates willing to teach anything you like=)

Re:Printing Money

2009-01-08T00:24:00.002Z

As i am not a proffesional economist i can't say nothing exact about future economic situation. But I really believe that printing more money is not the right way to stimulate the economy.
On the one hand the increase of the amount of money in the economy MAY probably lead to even greater devaluation of the pound and as the result even greater inflation. I absolutely agree that inflation won't be as it is in Zimbabve or in Germany during the time between world wars but still the inflation rate will be much higher than it is now.
On the other hand this money will be used to buy toxic assets and as the result banks will have more money to lend businesses and households. That means that the first may produce more(shift of the SRAS to the right) and the second may buy more(because devaluation of the pound means that there are more money in the economy and so many ordinary people may suppose that they have more money[and plus they will think that the inflation will be even greater] so their MPS will decrease. In addition to that we should forget that devaluation of the currency means that it's cheaper for foreigners to buy products from UK so exports will rise and that is again an injection to AD)
The problem is that we can't predict exactly because it depends:if government will be made to print more money than needed there will be great inflation,but if the money will be printed only for buying toxic assets this will lead to increase in lending and as the result firms and companies will be able to take credits to produce more.
To my mind it may be not be a bad idea for the UK to join the Eurozone. Euro has shown itself as quite a stable currency and this will also improve trade conditions because more than 60% of all UK exports are within the European Union and single currency will may stimulate firms to export more(and as the result will stimulate aggregate demand of the country)

If u think that previous idea was stupid

2008-11-22T11:43:00.001Z

Check the last link one more time)winning bid-10000!!!.

If you look what to sell.......

2008-11-12T02:18:00.001Z

http://www.27bslash6.com/overdue.html

http://cgi.ebay.com/Original-drawing-of-a-7-legged-spider_W0QQitemZ190265903424QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item190265903424&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318

nice business idea:D

Mind Maps:the return of the Mind Maps

2008-11-11T23:47:00.001Z

Mind Maps:economics strike back

2008-11-04T01:36:00.001Z

Mind Maps:New hope

2008-11-01T23:57:00.006Z

Intresting Maths

2008-10-29T21:25:00.002Z

In the group of 23 people the possibility that 2 people have birthday in the same day is about 50%.
First lets count the possibility for the variable group of people.(N-is the number of people in the group)
Let's take one person and remember his birthday. Then let's take second person. The possibility that his birthday won't match with the first person's birthday is (1-(1/365))=364/365.Then let's take third person. the possibility that his birthday won't match the previous two is ((1-(2/365)=363/365. Then the forth....is ((1-(3/365)....The Nth will have ((1-((n-1)/365))=(366-n)/365. So if we multiply all these possibilities we will get that the possibility that all N members of the group have different birthday is
t=(364*363*362*361....(366-n))/(365^n)
[365^n is the equivalent of writing 365 to the power of N)
So the possibility that at least 2 people have birthday on the same day is 1-t
If you count it for t=23 you will see that 1-t is slightly above 50%.

endless Mind Maps

2008-10-29T20:47:00.005Z

Intresting Maths

2008-10-28T22:25:00.003Z

Galileo's paradox.One of the famous paradoxes of sets. Let's take two sets of numbers:integers and exact squares. Integers are {1,2,3,4,5,6...} and squares are {1,4,9,16,25,36,49....} so it's easy to see that not all the integers are exact squares so set of exact squares is smaller than a set of integers...But each integer has an exact square {1*1=1,2*2=4,3*3=9,4*4=16......} So the number of integers and squares are the same.

Numerous Mind Maps

2008-10-28T21:57:00.005Z

numerous mind maps

2008-10-27T23:44:00.006Z

Russian billiard

2008-10-26T21:40:00.002Z

It's much more difficult than pool. Pockets are narrow and the difference between ball's diameter and pocket is only 8-10 millimetres.
Here is the trickshotvideo

As promised

2008-10-26T20:49:00.003Z

As we know there are many kinds of billiard:pool,snooker, cannon(carambol) etc. Each kind may have devision on different games,for example pool can be played as 9-ball,8-ball etc. But in order to play well in any kind of billiard you should know the key points of playing. That includes not only rules, but the way you stand when you strike or the way you hold the cue.
First about the position. There is no stated for everyone, but while making a strike you should place most of your weight in the legs,the position should be balanced and your forearm should be perpendicular to table.
Now about the way you hold the cue. Again there is no stated rule about it. The cue should be parallel to table and should be fixed in x-y plain so it should go forward or backward only in z-axe:).
Usefull exercise for the beginners is to strike in the middle of the ball perpendicular to any cushion. When you make the strike you should leave the cue in the position at the moment of strike. If you do everything right the ball will come back to the top of the cue.

here some videos:

First mind map:)

2008-10-26T02:14:00.008Z

Intresting Maths

2008-10-24T00:07:00.004+01:00

Today,during the maths lesson we were doing some researches in the ICT room. I have found very intresting quiz(at least it seems intresing to me). This quiz is simplified famous game "deal or no deal".
There are 3 doors in these game. Behind 2 of them are goats and behind one is a car.Player chooses one door and after that presenter opens one of the unopened doors with the goat. After that he offers player to change a door he has chosen. The question is if it's reasonable to change doors or not.
The answer is that it's better to change the doors.
The solution
let's devide these 3 doors into 2 groups. First group has only one door that is chosen by the player. The other group has 2 unopened doors. The chance that the car is in the first group is 33%(because there is one car and 3 doors) the chance that the car is in the second groups is 66%. Now the presenter opens one door with a goat in the second group. Some people may think that now chances are 50/50 but they are not. Now second group can be opened at one time(because there is only one unopened door left) but the chance that the car is in the second group is 66% and that the car is the first group is only 33%. So it's reasonable to swap the doors.

Mr.Chris

2008-10-23T00:09:00.002+01:00

Mr. Chris, i thought i will just give the book back to you on thursday beacause i didn't want to read it all and wanted just to get rid of it. But it appears to be an intresting one.So i have to keep for at least 4 more days:)please...

To do list:D

2008-10-22T22:52:00.003+01:00

Following examples of many a-level students, i've decided to write to-do list. Maybe that will help to organise my time.:)
This week:
1)make a to-do list(almost done)
2)Bring Mr.Chris's book
3)do exercises to increase reading speed
4)do air alarm 2 exercises
5)do economic homework.
6)bring Sairan's paper on YED
7)post an article about playing pool and russian billiard(special for Anastasia)
8)find a place to play basketball
9)quit red bull(DOOONE:D)
10)read 2 random quote pages on the www.bash.org
11)translate my 2 chapters into russian
12)write a blog everyday.
13)make english homework
(By the way these points are not listed in the order of importance or smth)

Paradise Lost!

2008-09-30T21:36:00.013+01:00

When i was in school, i had lessons of english literature and one intresting topic was John Milton's Paradise Lost.If we look it up in the wikipedia we will see that:

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books; a second edition followed in 1674,redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall of Man; the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is "justify the ways of God to men" and elucidate the conflict between God's eternal foresight and free will.

There was no point reading it all and then discussing each part. So we've learned only the main points about it. (If you are intrested in it,here is the whole content:
Book I: In a long, twisting opening sentence mirroring the epic poetry of the Ancient Greeks, the poet invokes the "Heavenly Muse" (the Holy Spirit) and states his theme, the Fall of Man, and his aim, to "justify the ways of God to men." Satan, Beelzebub, and the other rebel angels are described as lying on a lake of fire, from where Satan rises up to claim hell as his own domain and delivers a rousing speech to his followers ("Better to reign in hell, than serve in heav'n").
Book II: Satan and the rebel angels debate whether or not to conduct another war on Heaven, and Beelzebub tells them of a new world being built, which is to be the home of Man. Satan decides to visit this new world, passes through the Gates of Hell, past the sentries Sin and Death, and journeys through the realm of Chaos. Here, Satan is described as giving birth to Sin with a burst of flame from his forehead, as Athena was born from the head of Zeus.
Book III: God observes Satan's journey and foretells how Satan will bring about Man's Fall. God emphasizes, however, that the Fall will come about as a result of Man's own free will and excuses Himself of responsibility. The Son of God offers himself as a ransom for Man's disobedience, an offer which God accepts, ordaining the Son's future incarnation and punishment. Satan arrives at the rim of the universe, disguises himself as an angel, and is directed to Earth by Uriel, Guardian of the Sun.
Book IV: Satan journeys to the Garden of Eden, where he observes Adam and Eve discussing the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. Satan, observing their innocence and beauty hesitates in his task, but concludes that "reason just,/ Honour and empire" compel him to do this deed which he "should abhor." Satan tries to tempt Eve while she is sleeping, but is discovered by the angels. The angel Gabriel expels Satan from the Garden.
Book V: Eve awakes and relates her dream to Adam. God sends Raphael to warn and encourage Adam: they discuss free will and predestination and Raphael tells Adam the story of how Satan inspired his angels to revolt against God.
Book VI: Raphael goes on to describe further the war in Heaven and explains how the Son of God drove Satan and his minions down to Hell.
Book VII: Raphael explains to Adam that God then decided to create another world (the Earth), and he warns Adam again not to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, for "in the day thou eat'st, thou diest;/ Death is the penalty imposed, beware,/ And govern well thy appetite, lest Sin/ Surprise thee, and her black attendant Death".
Book VIII: Adam asks Raphael for knowledge concerning the stars and the heavenly orders; Raphael warns that "heaven is for thee too high/ To know what passes there; be lowly wise", and advises modesty and patience.
Book IX: Satan returns to Eden and enters into the body of a sleeping serpent. The serpent tempts Eve to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. She eats and takes some fruit for Adam. Adam realizes that Eve has been tricked, but eats of the fruit, deciding that he would rather die with Eve than live without her. At first the two become intoxicated by the fruit, and both become lustful and engage in sexual intercourse; afterwards, in their loss of innocence Adam and Eve cover their nakedness and fall into despair: "They sat them down to weep, nor only tears/ Rained at their eyes, but high winds worse within/ Began to rise, high passions, anger, hate,/ Mistrust, suspicion, discord, and shook greatly/ Their inward state of mind."
Book X: God sends his Son to Eden to deliver judgment on Adam and Eve, and Satan returns in triumph to Hell.
Book XI: The Son of God pleads with God on behalf of Adam and Eve. God decrees that the couple must be expelled from the Garden, and the angel Michael descends to deliver God's judgment. Michael begins to unfold the future history of the world to Adam.
Book XII: Michael tells Adam of the eventual coming of the Messiah, before leading Adam and Eve from the Garden. Paradise has been lost. The poem ends: "The World was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence Their guide: They hand in hand with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took Their solitaire way."©Wikipedia
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The main thing that we've learned about this work was that it influenced a human's personality greatly and it also was criticized by church. We had only a small part of the whole verse to analyse so vast majority of the students forget about this epic poem on the next day but not me. I read brief summary of this work. And the thing that really striked me was that Satan wasn't shown solely as a negative character. On the contrary he was shown as an attractive hero, who want to rebell against total rulling of God. I have read about the Milton's work on some forums and people there said that Satan is shown as a typical romantic character. I was thinking like "O_o romantic character?Satan?In the epic verse of the 17th century while romantic period was a century after that!".But then I checked the main features of this archetype and found that:
The Romantic hero is a literary archetype referring to a character that rejects established norms and conventions, has been rejected by society, and has the self as the center of his or her own existence. The Romantic hero is often the main protagonist in the literary work and there is a primary focus on the character's thoughts rather than his or her actions.©Wikipedia

And WOW! All definitions fit! Satan is a typical romantic hero:
*He rejects establish norms(he rise his arms against God!)
*He is rejected by older society(God expels him from paradise)
*He is self-absorbed.
*He is the main character of the litarary work(Because the main conflict is made by him)

So who is Satan according to the Milton's understaning of the world? Is he a demon who tries to make the world more evil?Or he is just an angel that wasn't understood?He says that It's just better to rule in Hell than serve in Heaven.

The ideas of the Paradise Lost influenced another english writer.His name is William Blake.We know that William Blake wrote 2 quite "opposite"books:Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience. Poems that you find in the first book can make you think that William Blake was very religious person(For example poem "The Lamb"),but if you read poems from both books you will feel the difference.

He wrote a poem called the Tiger("The Tyger" was published as a part of Songs of Experience):

Tyger, tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?

In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?

And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of thy heart?
And, when thy heart began to beat,
What dread hand and what dread feet?

What the hammer? what the chain?
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp
Dare its deadly terrors clasp?

When the stars threw down their spears,
And watered heaven with their tears,
Did He smile His work to see?
Did He who made the lamb make thee?

Tyger, tyger, burning bright
In the forests of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Dare frame thy fearful symmetry?

Reading this poem it's easy to notice that William Blake do not feel that everything is created by God.(For exaple we can see words "Fire,burning,anvil" may also refer to the Hell's flames, also in the second paragraph we can see that the author is not sure about who and where has created a tiger(this killing machine) either God in "skies" or Satan in "deeps".We can also notice many ritorical questions that make us THINK about the Creator.)

We also know that William Blake was a painter too.And one of his paintings shows Satan:

It is called "Satan in it's original Glory" and we can't say that Satan is shown as an evil character. On the contrary he is drawn in white while outer space is black. He has a scepter and a crown so in my humble opinion Blake wanted us to think about the origins of the real world. Maybe people are more closer to Satan and maybe Satan does not mean evil.And by the way,WHAT is EVIL? How people define evil? How they understand what is good and what is bad?
When we are just little kids we are taught about the good and bad people/actions/ideas. But when we grow up a bit we understand that there are just different views on the thing.

Hamlet's soliloquy

2008-09-25T23:57:00.005+01:00

To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. To die, to sleep--
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.
For who would bear the whips and scorns of time,
Th' oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of th' unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make
With a bare bodkin? Who would fardels bear,
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprise of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry

And lose the name of action.

..have you seen this mologue before?What is the main idea of this part of Hamlet?We can think in two ways. First is the idea according to the content of the drama.

Hamlet who's father was killed by his uncle can't decide what to do: either to do nothing and just wait

[Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer

The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune ]

or to rebel against difficulties of life

[He Or to take arms against a sea of troubles

And by opposing end them.]

He thinks about the possibility of suicide,he says that the death can be compared to dream because death may end all difficulties

[ To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to. 'Tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished.]

But right after that he thinks that when you are dead you can't see dream.

[To die, to sleep--
To sleep--perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death what dreams may come
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life.]

In the end he thinks about the fear(dread) of something after death and so he forgets about suicide.

[But that the dread of something after death,
The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to others that we know not of?]

That's one understanding of this internal monologue.
Reading my notes to this verse,you may notice that in the beginning Hamlet is thinking about suicide quite seriously while in the end he refuses this idea. He says:

[And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought,
And enterprise of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action. ]

Language of the second part of 16 century may seem a bit complicated. In the other wodrs he wanted to say that if you have an idea to take a plunge(to do something risky) and you think about it more and more, the "color" of your idea will soon become gloomy and you won't do the risk. So what's the sense here?Maybe you shouldn't always think about the consequences of this or that action?But that may cause negative results of the whole action. so......what do YOU think?

Chance.

2008-09-24T23:34:00.004+01:00

What's the chance that your business will double real production costs? 20%?10%?40? Even market researches can not be exact. You can never predict customers' choice. Sometimes it's just easier to bet in the casino with the chance of 18/37 and double your money in one minute. It depends on the person's understanding of this bet. In my opinion it's just the same risks. The only thing is that you shouldn't wait for a long time to notice the market's attitude towards your product. So what's the easiest way of getting money?To think about the product and to built your enterprise with 30% chance of success?Or to take a risk and to place all money on the red with the chance of 48%?Just think about it.

Have you ever thought about the legalisation of the canabis?

2008-09-23T22:39:00.003+01:00

From the early age people all over the world are taught that drugs are bad. But have you ever thought that only strong drugs can heavily damage your health?Maryjuana is supposed to be a light drug but a drug. It can damage your health if you smoke it too much. That's the main argument of the people who are against it.But why THESE people do not ban alcohol and tobacco or red bull, that may damage your health even harder? It's said that maryjuane make people addicted to it, but alcohol and tobacco can do it too. Let's see the advanantages of smoking maryjuana instead of drinking whisky?When you drink,you are becoming more aggressive,you are almost loosing your mind.But if you smoke marujuana you are becoming more relaxed. What is better?

Light drugs like canabis can do small harm, but at the same time can help!Let's think abot the positive points of certification of Maryjuana. Maryjuane can be used as an analgesic. It make people more relaxed. That's a positive point for the government because it's easier to control relaxed people than aggressive. Government can also be a monopolist in producing it, so that will cause greater income.

You may think that i'm talking trash, but it's your choice. i don't promote canabis or smth like this. I think it's just unfair when tobacco is certificated and maryjuane(that by the way don't make people SO addicted) isn't.

Why are newspapers,but not soft drinks, sold in vending machines that allow customers to take more units that they paid for?

2008-09-19T00:49:00.000+01:00

I think to answer this question we need to understand who buys soft drinks and who buys newspapers. Newspapers usually contain new information, so when u read the newspaper, u don't need to get this information from another newspaper again. What about soft drinks? When you drink one, you may probably want to have another one!Or u may have 2 of them but leave one in the fridge and drink it afterwards! So the point is that you do not need to have two copies of one newspaper but u may need 2 bottles of the same drink!

(Probably i'm inclined to believe that this is working only in England...For example in Russia, there will be many people who will just take all newspapers and sell in nearby with half-price.

Why are some countries so much more succesful in resycling waste products?

2008-09-18T23:21:00.000+01:00

In order to answer this question,let's think:) What countries are succesful? They are undoubtly Japan, The Uk, Germany, France and the Usa. Why this countries need to resycle? This question is easy with Japan and the Uk, because this countries are situated on the Islands so it's cheaper for them to resycle but not to dump waste(they just don't have enough space). But that is not the only point. Recycling means that you can reuse product or to make some PROFIT from it.
For example, you can either dump the waste in the landfill OR you can recycle it and by this to decrease the usage of natural resourses and to gain additional supply of energy? Some countries like Russia and Ukraine prefer to dump wastes in the ladnfill because it's cheaper just to put waste somewhere and to have the same energy by burning coal. So why do some countries need to be succesfull in recycling waste products? Because they DO NOT have enough resourses to use them so unefficently.

Now a bit of homework)

2008-09-16T22:49:00.000+01:00

why are whales but not chickens in danger of extinction?

there R many reasons for that.

Chickens are less fastidious to pollution/changes in environment. They don't need tons of food like whales. Mammals(and whales are mammals) usually don't breed fast. And usually they don't have more than 2 calves and chickens breed quiet fast + they have mane youngs.We also shouldn't forget that during long period whales were hunted and killed by people. Plus we shouldn't forget that chickens are farmed.

Just think about it!Not 4 business

2008-09-16T22:16:00.000+01:00

Everything in the world is connected with profit or(and) fear. I mean that everybody is so egoistic that he(or she) thinks only about the profit.(Even when people are afraid of smth,they just think that this smth can bring pain and pain is not a profit,is it?:)) Even if person seem to help you,that's because he(or she) just want something in return. For example, you walking with the girl near the river,then U suddenly notice that some1 in the river screaming for help. Even if u try to help him, u will think about the profit.I'm quiet sure u will. U may not inderstand it but u hope that this will be usefull for u. U may try to impress Ur girl,u may be afraid of the law, u may think that this man can be usefull for u. Seeking of profit is egoism. U hear that word very often and U think that there are people who are not egoistic. But where are they? I haven't met any of them!

U may say "what about trully religious people?"Who serves God,help other people,etc. But they R searching for profit too! They are just expecting to gain it in Heaven.

U may say "what about loving people?"Who is ready for all just to make their beloved happy? But what do U expect when u say "I love U?I can answer this question u'r expecting ur beloved to say "i love u 2".Isn't that a hope to gain profit? So love is just a kind of a mutually beneficial exchange.

so What's the result for all written above? THERE's NO ALTRUISM

2008-09-11T14:57:00.000+01:00

Hello ever 1=) I wish 2 start my own business so i need some good ideas) It's my first post so plz be nice;) I've got several ideas and I'm gonna share them with u)so tell me Ur attitude to them)Thank u)