Harish's World - neither here nor there...

What happens when you ask a friend who is a software engineer to test your application when he is irritated (most probably by some dumb queries or defects at his workplace)? You will most likely bear the brunt of his frustration. I happened to be in such a situation when I asked my friend to check out my comic reader application. What followed was... well you better read it, that will be better than my explanation.

me: which version of java u using?
Him: i dont know

your typical user, eh?

What is with these humans (myself included)? They are supposed to be a species with far better intelligence than the rest. Actually they do seem to be so, but this greedy nature that is rampantly inherent in them causes the other aspects of their so called intelligence (come on, the word intelligence was also made up by us i.e. humans) either diminish or it seems to be completely absent. Ok, what am I blabbering about?

It started a long time ago. I started reading Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. My friend had most of the books. Eventually I finished reading all but one of the series. The missing one was The Valley of Fear. It was then I started searching for the book and had to wait for almost a year to find the book (I could have bought the whole series that is being published in 2 volumes, but there were no book store which was close to my place and I was also too lazy to go to the other shops ) This sparked the Fire called Wait.

I am surprised that the human mind is so gullible. Just how easy it is for someone to jump to conclusions without even waiting to get the complete fact or story. No wonder the more intelligent beings of the human race so easily manipulate the others and get away with anything. You must be wondering what am I blabbering? Well proceed further only after you have read this article (including the comments).