“Justifiably or otherwise, the former Indian captain carries a number of chips on his shoulder. In some ways he hasn’t forgotten umpire Rex Whitehead ruling him out leg-before at Melbourne in 1981, or forgiven Dennis Lillee for pointing a finger, calling him a four-letter word, and asking him to get going to the pavilion. There are other slights, too, that refuse to rest in peace. Gavaskar still pokes fun at the stuffy nature of the English establishment and the MCC, possibly because he was once refused entry to Lord’s by an official who didn’t recognise him.

“Today many people find it strange that the biggest meal of the day once centered around noon, but it made great sense at the time. Artificial lighting such as oil lamps and candles were expensive, and provided weak illumination at best. So people went to sleep at sundown, because it’s difficult to work and eat in the dark. The last meal of the day was a rushed affair, a quick snack before the lights (the sun) went out.

“..some of the most prolific [wikipedia] contributors about the Virginia Tech shootings said they were at a loss to explain how everything manages to come out as well as it does.

“..it is reasonable to ask ourselves how we should try to conduct our lives. The answer is, in my opinion: satisfaction of the desires and needs of all, as far as this can be achieved, and achievement of harmony and beauty in the human relationships. This presupposes a good deal of conscious thought and of self-education. It is undeniable that the enlightened Greeks and the old Oriental sages had achieved a higher level in this all-important field than what is alive in our schools and universities.

“Windows Vista includes an extensive reworking of core OS elements in order to provide content protection for so-called “premium content”, typically HD data from Blu-Ray and HD-DVD sources. ..the effects of the protection measures extend to cover all hardware and software that will ever come into contact with Vista, even if it’s not used directly with Vista

“Games are the perfect philosophical métier, because they’re both supremely meaningless and meaningful — they’re “just” entertainment, yet they plunge such deep existential hooks into us that we’ll argue over them until the sun explodes.

“I detest cruelty to animals, but in this case the little animal that got eaten deserved it.

“..enlightenment is little more than a pit-stop between insoluble questions..

“Most successful startups end up doing something that is different from their original idea. Dogged determinedness will likely keep you from building the business that you could have built. Yes, you can’t just drop every idea that comes along at the first sign of conflict or controversy. It’s a very thin line.

“it’s okay to be unbalanced…but only for a while. Very successful people have to work in extremes.