20 Fail Moments & The End of Fail November 3, 2009
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“Fail” is an expression used by Internet users to indicate something that is a total disaster or something that is stupid (or funny). For example, if your cat peed on your shoe, an onlooker might say: “Fail!” And so on. 
Anyway, the internet is filled with “fail” stuff. Just search YouTube or Google for “fail”, and you’ll get thousands of funny, odd, stupid “fail” pictures and videos
http://www.listfied.com/20-fail-moments
FAIL is over. Fail is dead. Because it marks a lack of human empathy, and signifies an absence of intellectual curiosity, it is an unacceptable response to creative efforts in our culture. “Fail!” is the cry of someone who doesn’t create, doesn’t ship, doesn’t launch, who doesn’t make things. And because these people don’t make things, they don’t understand the context of those who do. They can’t understand that nobody is more self-critical or more aware of the shortcomings of a creation than the person or people who made it.
When someone says “FAIL”, what they’re really saying is, “I’m failing to understand a creative person’s constraints.”
Of course, I’m not the first to point out that “Fail” sucks. Andy Baio articulated the case quite well, and I even touched on it in my Battledecks presentation a few years ago. Here’s the relevant segment:
But we know that people who cry “FAIL!” are assholes — so why do we have to deem their petulant cry completely unacceptable? It’s because of the Law of Fail:
Once a web community has decided to dislike a person, topic, or idea, the conversation will shift from criticizing the idea to become a competition about who can be most scathing in their condemnation.
It is in this way that the obnoxious jerks who offer an unthinking, uncritical belch in response to others’ efforts kick off an even worse mob-minded pile on. And what I want to make clear is those who begin these conversations are, it must be said, the true failures. They choose a reflexive shorthand instead of a reasoned critique, and they bring out the worst in a community. I care deeply about people being creative on the web, and I care almost as much about people having thoughtful and productive conversations on the web.
So, fail is dead. I won’t accept it in dialogue from those I communicate with, I won’t permit those I’m connected to on social networks to use it around me, and no, you’re not the first to think you’re clever enough to use it as a comment here. If you have the urge to say it and you’re a good person, then go do something creative instead. If you have the urge to say “Fail” and you haven’t done anything? Well, then your statement speaks for itself.
http://dashes.com/anil/2009/06/the-end-of-fail.html
Tribute sept26 2009 October 23, 2009
Posted by frewon9 in News.Tags: 2012, cross, donation, help, Ketsana, of, red, redcross, storm, Typhoon, Victims
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Note: this is not part of the Fail Site ,this is a tribute to what has happen in my country
this a tribute sept26 2009 the Victims of Typhoon Ketsana which hit our country in the trailer of 2012
By: Confuzzle
► For donations
http://www.redcross.org.ph/Site/PNRC/…
http://www.kapusofoundation.com/
http://www.abscbnfoundation.org/
China’s Car Market (GOODNEWS/BADNEWS) October 22, 2009
Posted by frewon9 in News.Tags: car, china, China's, market, production, TRAFFIC
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Chinese auto output hits 10 million mark
China’s annual auto production has exceeded 10 million units for the first time, as the country’s car makers boost output to meet the growing demand. The record was broken after the 10-millionth car rolled off the First Auto Works Group’s assembly line in Changchun, Jilin Province. The group estimates that output is likely to hit 12 million units for all of 2009.
Despite the global financial crisis, and falling sales from global car makers, China overtook the US as the world’s largest auto market this January. The increases come on the heels of government’s stimulus measures, that encourage sales of low-emission vehicles. Major car producers, including Volkswagon and GM, are now targeting China as their key market.
![The 10 millionth vehicle -- a new Jiefang (Liberation) truck model -- rolls off the assembly line in FAW, China's oldest automotive group, making China the third country in the world to surpass the annual output mark on Oct 20, 2009. [Asianewsphoto]](http://p2.img.cctvpic.com/program/chinatoday/20091021/images/1256090583786_1256090583786_r.jpg)
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE NEWS
Traffic, nightmare for commuters
http://english.cctv.com/program/chinatoday/20091021/101892.shtml
In Beijing, there are nearly 4 million cars, and that number is growing by the minute. In the last week of August, the traffic control department recorded more than 10-thousand new vehicles.
The fast expansion of the auto sector may be good news for car makers, but not so good for drivers. In Beijing, there are nearly 4 million cars, and that number is growing by the minute. In the last week of August, the traffic control department recorded more than 10-thousand new vehicles.
As a result, congestion is becoming a routine part of daily life, creating pressure for drivers and passengers alike and sometimes even leading to incidents of road rage. CCTV reporter takes us to Beijing’s famous Ring Roads to tell us more about the situation.
It’s nearly 10 in the morning. Cars on the East Third Ring Road are moving slowly, and some of them are simply not moving at all.
The city’s traffic watchdog says during the rush hour, the average car speed on some major roads has plummeted to less than 7 kilometers per hour, making Beijing the slowest city in China.
A commuter in Beijing said, “It’s impossible to squeeze onto buses or drive home during the rush hour. The only choice is the subway.”
In an attempt to ease traffic congestion, the city has adopted a new policy, restricting the number of cars depending on their license numbers.
But it doesn’t really work so well.
A taxi driver in Beijing said, “The restriction didn’t help at all. In fact it’s making it worse. People just buy another car and the restriction is useless. So there are more cars now. Traffic jams are now common even on weekends.”
Traffic control experts believe there is a simple solution.
Mao Baohua, Vice President of Metropolitan Transportation Research Center, said, “The key is to persuade people not to drive their private cars and use public transportation instead.”
But, for residents who commute to Beijing’s Central Business District, this is far from an adequate solution.
A commuter in Beijing said, “It’s impossible to squeeze onto buses or drive home during the rush hour. The only choice is the subway.”
After anxious commuters cram into the subway, the next struggle is for a place to stand inside the trains.
“It’s extremely crowded in the train carriage. We’re crammed just like sardines.”
After anxious commuters cram into the subway, the next struggle is for a place to stand inside the trains.
Traffic experts are debating other alternatives, like levying higher parking fees in downtown areas, and cracking down harder on random parking. But before they settle on a solution, the traffic jams are likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
Source: CCTV. com
ARE HUMANS ARE PROGRAM TO CHOKE ON THEM SELF. AS A MEASURE OF CONTROL? or are we too much to the planet we live in ” like this if Fucking too much increases population what will supply the demand of the population? and is it putting infrastructure to the limit
“Quarterlife Crisis” when you feel like you just failed September 8, 2009
Posted by frewon9 in Inspirational.Tags: crisis, Failed, help, life fail, quarter, Quarterlife
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Quarterlife Crisis
Are you twenties not turning out like you thought they would? Do you have absolutely no clue what you want to do with your life or feel overwhelmed by the amount of choice and variety of opportunities set in front of you?
As one reaches a certain age, one will start questioning oneself about various stuffs like directions, self-worthiness and emotions. It is a cross-junction in life where major decisions are to be made.
Its a stage of life that is not often given enough attention or talked about is the time period from one’s early twenties to early thirties. The term “quarterlife crisis” has been used to describe the uncertainty and panic for those in this age group. The quarterlife crisis affects nearly every area of the life of someone going through it including career, romantic relationships, friendships, family, and even one’s spirituality. For people who have experienced this time or are currently experiencing this time, you might find yourself wishing someone had all the answers. The hard part is, no one is going to just give you the answers. The other hard part is that you yourself are the one with the answers. The only thing someone else can give you is advice on surviving this exciting, but often scary time.
What Exactly is a Quarterlife Crisis?
Symptoms (Including but Definitely Not Limited to):
- depression
- insecurity about the future
- questioning one’s identity
- second-guessing career choices
- extreme nostalgia for the past
- boredom
- isolation
- doubting everything
- panic attacks
- feeling like something is missing
Pre Quarter Life Crisis
This is where a young adult will start to face the real world. Some will choose to further their studies in the hope that with a better paper qualification means a better career. Some will forgo further education, find a job and joins the rat race. Then there will also be some who are uncertain as to what they want and choose to bum around instead.
Peers’ Pressure
Those who opt for university studies will have graduated and perhaps found a job, hopefully in a good position and with a decent salary. This is the point in time where everybody is different now. No longer are they the same classmates you have in school where everyone is of equivalent status. Everyone now has different job, different position and different career paths. Furthermore as one step into society, one will get to meet more people through work or mutual friends. The common topic of discussion during gatherings will be no doubt be about one’s work. One must say that although life is not all about dollars and cents, but still uncertainty and lack of confidence might surface after knowing someone who is around your age, be it your friend, second degree friends, third degree friends are doing financially better. Peers’ influence as one calls it, where one tends to lose self-esteem or even look down on oneself.
In addition to that, the stress of daily work, worthless office politics and insecurity about one’s future may prompt some to feel nostalgic, dwelling upon the carefree days of yesteryears, of one’s school life and teenage hood where one does not have a care in the world.
Psychological
Perhaps the most important aspect of quarter life crisis. Everyone needs companionship, in this case love. Some lucky ones might get plenty of it while some none at all. As one gets older, one will find it harder to acquire it.
Do or do not, there is no try
Everyone will experience quarter life crisis at one point of time in his or her life. Unless one is truly optimistic, this is something we all have to overcome. We make our own future so take destiny in our own hands.
Helpful Tips on Surviving the Quarterlife Crisis:
- Relax. First of all, it’s okay. You’re not alone. A lot of people feel this way. You’re allowed to not know what you want or, if you’re lucky enough to know what it is that you want, it’s okay to not be sure how you’re going to get there. You’ll get there, if you try. You may fail, but that just means you have to take an alternate route. Explore.
- Don’t settle. Right now is not the time to stick with a job just for the money. If you’re unhappy, now is the time to quit your job and find what makes you happy. Most people at this age don’t have a family to support or mortgages to pay, so now is the time to do it. The same goes for everything in your life, including relationships: you don’t have to settle for ANYTHING if you’re not happy.
- Follow your heart. As cliché and obvious as it sounds, it’s still easier said than done. Now is the time to follow your heart. If you want to backpack across Europe, do it. If you want to work at a rock club for minimum wage, do it. You’ll find a way to make it happen. Of course it won’t always be easy, but the peace and happiness you feel internally when you close your eyes and sleep at night is well worth it.
- Don’t do it just for the money or for anyone else. First of all, if you take a job or do something for those reasons, you will not last. Money should never be the motivating factor.
- Talk. Discuss your fears with a friend, family member, psychologist or complete stranger. You’ll find that others have experienced everything you’re feeling and they can offer advice or just reassurance that everything will be okay.
- Enjoy it. You’re only young once.
If your going through this just share it some one may help.
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Events this sept – later September 4, 2009
Posted by frewon9 in News.Tags: event, fail, shop, why, work, workshop
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Why Acquisitions Fail workshop, 30th September 2009
This very popular one-day workshop is run by Denzil Rankine, Chief Executive of strategy consultants AMR International. It is based on Denzil’s third book “Why Acquisitions Fail”.
Denzil highlights the reasons for failure and allows future acquirers to learn from these mistakes and make their own acquisition strategies more successful. Livingstone Partners provide input to the transaction execution part of the day.
Delegates learn about acquisition strategy, execution and post-deal management; they leave with useful checklists and tips to avoid failure.
Contact
For further information contact:
Katalin Lugosi,
AMR International
Tel: 020 7534 3860
Email: katalin.lugosi@amrinternational.com
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FAIL FUNDAMENTALS
Second Session – (September – December 2009) Course Number: 231792909
Sign up your whole team and receive a discount! To arrange for group pricing, please contact Raymond.Sirochman@asminternational.org
| Series | Title | Instructor | Date | Product Code | Time |
| Series 1 – PFA Fundamentals | General Procedures for Failure Analysis | Ron Parrington | 9/10 | 230492909 | 12-1 PM EST |
| Types of Failure and Stress | Ron Parrington | 9/17 | 230592909 | 12-1 PM EST | |
| Ductile and Brittle Fracture | Ron Parrington | 9/24 | 230692909 | 12-1 PM EST | |
| Series 2 – PFA Tools & Techniques | Fractography I – Visual Examination of Failures | Ron Parrington | 11/3 | 230792B09 | 12-1 PM EST |
| Fractography II – Imaging Failures | Dave Christie | 11/10 | 230892B09 | 12-1 PM EST | |
| Fractography III – Microscale Fractography | Ron Parrington | 11/17 | 230992B09 | 12-1 PM EST | |
| Scanning Electron Microscopy | Dave Christie | 11/24 | 231092B09 | 12-1 PM EST | |
| Series 3 – PFA Types of Failures | Fatigue Failures | Ron Parrington | 12/3 | 231192C09 | 12-1 PM EST |
| Corrosion Failures | Neil Burns | 12/10 | 231292C09 | 12-1 PM EST | |
| Wear Failures | Ron Parrington | 12/17 | 231392C09 | 12-1 PM EST |
Instructors:
Ron Parrington, P.E.
President
IMR Test Labs
Dave Christie, CWI
Sr. Failure Analyst, AWS Certified Welding Inspector
IMR Test Labs
Neil Burns
Manager of Failure Analysis & Metallurgical Engineering
IMR Test Labs
Course Overview
A light overview, this course presents a very practical approach to failure analysis.
Fundamentals of failure analysis
• failure analysis procedure
• types of failure and stress
• ductile and brittle fracture
Tools & Techniques for failure analysis
• Macro-scale fractography – fractographic features and techniques
• Micro-scale fractography – fractographic features and techniques
Types of failure
• fatigue
• corrosion
• wear
What You’ll Learn
Series 1 – PFA Fundamentals
General Procedures for Failure Analysis
• Understand general procedures, techniques and precautions in failure analysis
• Become familiar with various features of the more common failure mechanisms
Types of Failure and Stress
• Understand the types of loading (i.e., axial, bending, torsion) and the resulting deformation
• Be able to resolve stresses into shear and normal components
• Understand the creation, affect, and elimination of residual stresses
Ductile and Brittle Fracture
• Learn how stress systems relate to fracture of ductile and brittle materials
• Identify macroscopic and microscopic fracture features
Series 2 – PFA Tools & Techniques
Fractography I – Visual Examination of Failures
• Learn a systematic approach for examining fractures
• Learn how to “read” fracture surfaces
Fractography II – Imaging Failures
• Learn practical techniques for viewing and photographing macro-scale fracture surface features
Fractography III – Microscale Fractography
• Know the four micro-scale fracture surface morphologies for metals
• Learn some basic fracture surface features for nonmetallic materials
Scanning Electron Microscopy
• Learn practical SEM techniques for viewing and photographing micro-scale fracture surface features
Series 3 – FPA Types of Failures
Fatigue Failures
• Become knowledgeable about typical fatigue characteristics and learn how to identify them
• Learn the different types of fatigue testing and how fatigue data are presented
Corrosion Failures
• Learn the various corrosion mechanisms and how to prevent corrosion
• Understand what environmental sources are responsible for failures
Wear Failures
• Learn the various wear mechanisms and how to mitigate wear
• Understand friction and lubrication
Who Should Enroll
• Failure analysts and novices interested in failure analysis
• Technicians, engineers, designers, manufacturers, lab types
Suggested Prerequisites
• Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist
• Elements of Metallurgy
• Metallographic Interpretation
• How to Organize and Run a Failure Investigation
• Mechanical Testing knowledge is helpful
Failure Management Strategy July 21, 2009
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Failure Mode Management Strategy
Management controls the resources for corrective actions. Consequently, the effectiveness factors are part of the management strategy. For the BD mode failure intensity that has been seen during development testing, 100 d percent will be removed and 100(1 – d) percent will remain in the system. Therefore, after the corrective actions have been made, the current system instantaneous failure intensity consists of the failure intensity due to the A modes plus the failure intensity for the BC unseen plus the failure intensity for the unseen BD modes, plus the failure intensity for the BD modes that have been seen.
http://www.weibull.com/RelGrowthWeb/Failure_Mode_Management_Strategy.htm
Made in China(Building) June 30, 2009
Posted by frewon9 in News.Tags: building, china, construction, fail, over, tip
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Construction Fail
BEIJING: Chinese state media say a 13-storey apartment building under construction in Shanghai has toppled over almost intact, killing one worker. – June 27, 2009
Mental Pollution Rubbish Mind June 13, 2009
Posted by frewon9 in Inspirational.Tags: fail, mind, pollution, trash
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They can be described in one simple term: “mental pollution” – by far the most serious kind of pollution facing us. Mental pollution is widely prevalent
discussion to any thing concludes to nothing
its the most issues about ,is what you heard in the news every day and its the cause of all other known pollutions man has made ever since civilization started
– Faulty beliefs
- Thinking errors
Both of these easily become habituated and are responsible for most of the pain and suffering in our world. They can be described in one simple term: “mental pollution” – by far the most serious kind of pollution facing us. Mental pollution is widely prevalent, actively shaping our life energies into all sorts of chaotic, disturbing emotions. It also has a whole lot to do with determining how we behave. Once the human race sorts out the mental pollution problem, then we will be able to solve all of the other kinds of pollution problems, in pretty short order.
Certain kinds of mental pollution are part of the experience of sexual victimization. They show up as the self-sabotaging, self-injuring emotions that you may be experiencing: shame, depression, anger, and so on. This manual is an anti-pollution document. It advocates mental pollution control and mental hygiene.
A thinking error is an error of logic. Example: A common, garden variety thinking error goes like this:
When I put you down, I get bigger, better and more wonderful as a person.
We all know this one don’t we? We have been fed this piece of crooked logic by our fear-based culture since we were children. It is completely illogical and yet, it is widely used in our world. Clearly, we don’t get any larger, more competent or more wonderful in any way when we put someone down. It just doesn’t happen.
These bits of mental pollution get into our heads and we repeat them, over and over. We come to believe these thoughts, but it is simply internal propaganda. Our ability to propagandize ourselves is amazing. Thinking errors are incredibly habit forming.
A great deal of public attention in advanced countries goes to considering how to cope with elimination of wastes from our wasteful way of life. It is toxic waste material that causes most concern in the environment and is now considered unacceptable to the community worldwide.
However, we have yet to admit the dangers and destructive effects of mental pollutants that continue to degrade the quality of our mental fitness and undermine the progress of our modern culture towards the ideal of human health and well being.
Regarding individual choice and respect for this freedom right each one of us enjoys and wishes to retain, it is up to us what we choose to read or listen to, to absorb, to transmit, and to eliminate. This corresponds with our right to put into our bodies our chosen food.
But our mental environment, the world in which we live with our minds, just as surely as our physical environment is universally shared. It is a complex mix of influences that have a positive or negative general mental influence upon humanity as a whole and to which we react as individuals.
Unwanted material enters our minds uncensored by our use of conscious choice as a by- product of what we watch in public entertainment, public press items, and as a result of absorption of energy in group situations where we share the same mental atmosphere.
We are willing to raise our voices individually and as a group to make complaint about physical environmental issues and do so very vocally. But we are either unaware, or not interested in applying the same criteria to mental health and mental pollution. It is time to recognize the damage caused by the toxic mental material found in both group venues and in private mental space. Once toxic material is identified, it is logical that it will be restricted or prohibited from use. But this is not the case.
For example, to this point, it is not generally recognized by the public that disco drums and primitive sounds are damaging to the brain, the senses and the minds of those in near location – in spite of scientific evidence to the contrary. The extent of sound damage from rock groups is well documented.
But the public remains tolerant, and even encourages continuance of this pollutant in our society by holding those responsible for creating the noise to be held up as heroes and ‘rock stars’. The psychological chaos, mental breakdowns, and drug overdosing that are now almost considered to be consequences of generating this sort of pollution, continue to be ignored, making it difficult for any of us to arrive at mental fitness in this current social environment.
By Sally Janssen and http://spaz.ca/aaron/billious/RCYS/
GPS System might begin to fail in 2010? June 4, 2009
Posted by frewon9 in News.Tags: 2010, fail, gps, nav
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if the Worst Case Scenario® goes down, the nation’s GPS system could begin to fail sometime next year. According to a Government Accountability Office report, the Global Positioning System has been so mismanaged that when aging equipment starts to fail, there may be no new satellites to take their place. “If the Air Force does not meet its schedule goals for development of GPS IIIA satellites,” the report states, “there will be an increased likelihood that the overall GPS constellation will fall below the number of satellites required to provide the level of GPS service .
http://db.tidbits.com/article/10276
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/14/2223226
http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=597841
