M.S. Suresh
2004-02-25 15:20:35 UTC
Post 9/11, the US immig. system came under exhaustive journalistic speculative perception
that it was so perfect to have even processed and awarded a VISA to the al-quaida operative
who rammed that passenger vessel into the twin towers.
Personally, i would commend such a system - a system so perfect that it can function on its
own, take care of the 'procedures' on its own, without requiring any interventions from us
"flawed imperfect and weak humans who think in such three dimensional terms" (quote
courtesy: dialogue of the Borg Queen, Star Trek - First Contact).
Subsequently, we have heard their homeland security being so perfect that they would
withhold Grocers, Librarians and Mr. Kamal Hasan (a south indian movie actor) on suspicion
that they might have links with al-quaida.
One can likewise appreciate why they are so capable of inventing pathetically unfortunate
jokes about blonde girls just as Indians do about sikhs (guys with the turbans!).
Having said all that, it is least surprizing if their "Homeland Security" sounded a 'red
alert' about "Al-Gebra: a new terrorist network" and immediately set off a series of 'high
level crisis management' initiatives to "smoke them out of their holes" (dialogue courtesy:
it is "that guy from the Ranch", obviously!).
Please find an email below about "Al-Gebra"; many thanks to the person who forwarded this
which set me thinking on the above lines.
One friend in the US was shocked to know that there are people in India who know about
computers; while another senior colleague of mine complemented me for my 'expertize' on how
to open and close files in MS Word that he didnot know about, while still, an american
journal speculated that George W. Bush Jr. doesnot know a thing about India, that he has
named his cat so; can anyone dare question the ignorance of the big brother?! After all,
all of us are "flawed imperfect and weak humans who think in such three dimensional terms"!
MSS
-----forwarded message-----
At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later
discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to
board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a
setsquare, a slide rule and a calculator.
At a morning press conference,Attorney general John Ashcroft said
he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.
He is being charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of maths
instruction.
"Al-Gebra is a fearsome cult,", Ashcroft said. "They desire
average solutions by means of extremes and sometimes go off on
tangents in a search for absolute value. They use secret code names
like "x" and "y" and refer to themselves as "unknowns", but we have
determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of the
medieval , with coordinates in every country.
"As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, there are 3 sides
to every triangle," Ashcroft declared.
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God
had wanted us to have better weapons of maths instruction, He would
have given us more fingers and toes.
"I am gratified that our government has given us a sine that it is
intent on protracting us from these math-dogs who are willing to
disintegrate us with calculus disregard. Murky statisticians love to
inflict plane on every sphere of influence," the President said,
adding: "Under the circumferences, we must differentiate their root,
make our point, and draw the line."
President Bush warned, "These weapons of maths instruction have the
potential to decimal everything in their math on a scalene never
before seen ,unless we become exponents of a Higher Power and begin
to factor-in random facts of vertex."
Attorney General Ashcroft said, "As our Great Leader would say,
read my ellipse. Here is one principle he is uncertainty of:
though they continue to multiply, their days are numbered , as the
hypotenuse tightens around their necks."
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that it was so perfect to have even processed and awarded a VISA to the al-quaida operative
who rammed that passenger vessel into the twin towers.
Personally, i would commend such a system - a system so perfect that it can function on its
own, take care of the 'procedures' on its own, without requiring any interventions from us
"flawed imperfect and weak humans who think in such three dimensional terms" (quote
courtesy: dialogue of the Borg Queen, Star Trek - First Contact).
Subsequently, we have heard their homeland security being so perfect that they would
withhold Grocers, Librarians and Mr. Kamal Hasan (a south indian movie actor) on suspicion
that they might have links with al-quaida.
One can likewise appreciate why they are so capable of inventing pathetically unfortunate
jokes about blonde girls just as Indians do about sikhs (guys with the turbans!).
Having said all that, it is least surprizing if their "Homeland Security" sounded a 'red
alert' about "Al-Gebra: a new terrorist network" and immediately set off a series of 'high
level crisis management' initiatives to "smoke them out of their holes" (dialogue courtesy:
it is "that guy from the Ranch", obviously!).
Please find an email below about "Al-Gebra"; many thanks to the person who forwarded this
which set me thinking on the above lines.
One friend in the US was shocked to know that there are people in India who know about
computers; while another senior colleague of mine complemented me for my 'expertize' on how
to open and close files in MS Word that he didnot know about, while still, an american
journal speculated that George W. Bush Jr. doesnot know a thing about India, that he has
named his cat so; can anyone dare question the ignorance of the big brother?! After all,
all of us are "flawed imperfect and weak humans who think in such three dimensional terms"!
MSS
-----forwarded message-----
At New York's Kennedy airport today, an individual later
discovered to be a public school teacher, was arrested trying to
board a flight while in possession of a ruler, a protractor, a
setsquare, a slide rule and a calculator.
At a morning press conference,Attorney general John Ashcroft said
he believes the man is a member of the notorious Al-Gebra movement.
He is being charged by the FBI with carrying weapons of maths
instruction.
"Al-Gebra is a fearsome cult,", Ashcroft said. "They desire
average solutions by means of extremes and sometimes go off on
tangents in a search for absolute value. They use secret code names
like "x" and "y" and refer to themselves as "unknowns", but we have
determined they belong to a common denominator of the axis of the
medieval , with coordinates in every country.
"As the Greek philanderer Isosceles used to say, there are 3 sides
to every triangle," Ashcroft declared.
When asked to comment on the arrest, President Bush said, "If God
had wanted us to have better weapons of maths instruction, He would
have given us more fingers and toes.
"I am gratified that our government has given us a sine that it is
intent on protracting us from these math-dogs who are willing to
disintegrate us with calculus disregard. Murky statisticians love to
inflict plane on every sphere of influence," the President said,
adding: "Under the circumferences, we must differentiate their root,
make our point, and draw the line."
President Bush warned, "These weapons of maths instruction have the
potential to decimal everything in their math on a scalene never
before seen ,unless we become exponents of a Higher Power and begin
to factor-in random facts of vertex."
Attorney General Ashcroft said, "As our Great Leader would say,
read my ellipse. Here is one principle he is uncertainty of:
though they continue to multiply, their days are numbered , as the
hypotenuse tightens around their necks."
-----
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