A refined explanation of obsolete thoughts. Do clear all obsolete Q and A and quotes and lets contribute to the posterity concrete. Archive is also sometimes obsolete only KR IRs 12 4 23
On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 at 03:20, 'gopa4...@yahoo.co.in' via iyer123 < iyer...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Thank you for the response on the point- Obsolescence > Gopalakrishnan > > On Wednesday, 12 April, 2023 at 02:42:11 pm IST, 'N Sekar' via iyer123 < > iyer...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > Thanks Sri G K. > > Re Q 6: Obsolescence is defined broadly as " Diminution in value, at times > sudden". > > Diminution in value happens when: > > The item is no longer useful and fit for the purpose it was intended for > > but more importantly > > An alternative item / process is developed which can do the same (or > improved) function / thing more effectively - improved quality, lesser cost > etc. - like the examples given in the Q&A - film cameras as opposed to the > digital ones, LED lighting, fuel efficient engines replacing gas guzzlers > in cars, aircrafts etc. > > There is a saying in Tamizh, coined years ago: > > " Pazhayana Kazhidalum, Pidhiyana Pukudalum" > > *meaning Old* (products / processes / methods / means etc.) *gives way to > the New*. > > This is how Innovation / Evolution takes place - f*or good or bad is > another question altogether*. > > It is mandatory for the CAs, while certifying the Financial Statements, to > ensure the Entity's assets are not " Obsolete" and are worth the value they > are assigned in the Balance Sheet; otherwise they have to be assigned only > scrap value (Net Realizable Value in accounting parlance), even if they > are not depreciated fully. I am just giving the gist without going into > technical details. > > It is scary to see the developments in the IT field particularly, where > the knowledge you acquired only a few years back becomes obsolete; such is > the pace of technological development where knowledge / products become > obsolete more rapidly than in the past. Chat GPT is just the recent > example. The younger generation has to work harder / smarter and keep pace > with developments through " Continuous Learning" which is mandatory for > professional like the CAs, Medical staff and others. > > As far as CAs are concerned, we have to do a certain number of hours of > learning every year and show proof of that to our Institute (ICAI) so we > can continue to be members of the Institute. The number of hours vary, > depending on whether you are in Service or Practice. That's why the > Institute itself organizes Training Courses at various centers so that you > don't become " Obsolete". > > N Sekar > > > On Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at 03:57:52 AM GMT+4, 'gopala krishnan' via > iyer123 <iyer...@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > *CULTURAL QA 04-2023-10* > > Q1 Are apes more closely related to monkeys than humans? If so, > why do we have a common ancestor with monkeys but not with apes (gorillas > and chimpanzees)? > > A1 Claire Jordan, Degree in biology and folklore; programmer, > shop owner, secretary on newspaper 51m > > No - in fact humans are a type of ape. And of course we have common > ancestors with other apes. > > 30mya - Simian primates split into Platyrrhines (called New World monkeys > although the first one lived in North Africa) and Catarrhines. > > 25mya - Catarrhines split into Cercopithecidae (Old World monkeys) and > Hominoidae (apes). > > 15mya - Hominoidae split into Hylobatidae (gibbons and siamangs) and > Hominidae (great apes). > > 11mya - Hominidae split into Ponginae (orangutans) and Homininae. > > 8mya - Homininae split into Gorillini (gorillas) and Hominini. > > > > 7mya - Hominini split into Panina (common chimps and bonobos) and Hominina > (humans and proto-humans). > > Q2 What are some interesting facts about mobile phones? > > A2 Akash Bahetra, Former Student Updated 5y > > Mobile phones can save your life- Shocked ? Confused ? > > Yes !! Mobile phones Can actually sometimes save human's life . > > I was just going through the news and i saw a women claiming that her > iphone saved her life at the Manchester Sucide Bombing Incident. > > You can See this post by Steve Bridgett > > She Said Her iphone deflected flying shrapnel while she was talking on the > phone. > > This is the picture of the iphone after the incident. > > I also Read One More News About Nokia Mobile saving a life of a man in > afghanistan from a bullet . > > Here's the tweet of peter skillman , a Microsoft employee of the team that > worked on that phone. > > > > Sometimes Mobile Phones Can do extraordinary things :) > > Q3 Can you tell about Desert of Ghost ship conversion? > > A3 Kathleen Pennell's Posts,Posted by Jo Mburu Fri > > Desert Of Ghost Ships only 30 years ago, this was home to our planet’s 4th > largest inland water mass; an ancient sea so vast, *even Alexander the > Great wrote of his struggles to cross it.* > > In the 1960s, the Soviet Union began diverting the Amu Darya and the Syr > Darya; the two major rivers which supplied the vast majority of water to > the Aral Sea, in order to irrigate their massive cotton plantation complex. > > Q4 The US standard railroad gauge (distance between the rails) is > 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That's an exceedingly odd number. Why was that gauge > used? > > A4 Emily PalmerApr 1 > > *Well, because that's the way they built them in England, and English > engineers designed the first US railroads.* Why did the English build > them like that? > > *Because the first rail lines were built by the same people who built the > wagon tramways, and that's the gauge they used*. So, why did 'they' use > that gauge then? > > Because the people who built the tramways used the same jigs and tools > that they had used for building wagons, which used that same wheel spacing. > Why did the wagons have that particular odd wheel spacing? > > Well, if they tried to use any other spacing, the wagon wheels would break > more often on some of the old, long distance roads in England . You see, > that's the spacing of the wheel ruts. So who built those old rutted roads? > > Imperial Rome built the first long distance roads in Europe (including > England ) for their legions. Those roads have been used ever since. > > And what about the ruts in the roads? > > Roman war chariots formed the initial ruts, which everyone else had to > match or run the risk of destroying their wagon wheels. Since the > chariots were made for Imperial Rome , they were all alike in the matter of > wheel spacing. Therefore the United States standard railroad gauge of 4 > feet, 8.5 inches is derived from the original specifications for an > Imperial Roman war chariot. Bureaucracies live forever. > > So the next time you are handed a specification/procedure/process and > wonder 'What horse's ass came up with this?', you may be exactly right. > Imperial Roman army chariots were made just wide enough to accommodate the > rear ends of two war horses. (Two horses' asses.) > > Now, the twist to the story: > > When you see a Space Shuttle sitting on its launch pad, there are two big > booster rockets attached to the sides of the main fuel tank. These are > solid rocket boosters, or SRBs. The SRBs are made by Thiokol at their > factory in Utah . The engineers who designed the SRBs would have > preferred to make them a bit fatter, but the SRBs had to be shipped by > train from the factory to the launch site. The railroad line from the > factory happens to run through a tunnel in the mountains, and the SRBs had > to fit through that tunnel. The tunnel is slightly wider than the > railroad track, and the railroad track, as you now know, is about as wide > as two horses' behinds. > > So, a major Space Shuttle design feature, of what is arguably the world's > most advanced transportation system, was determined over two thousand years > ago by the width of a horse's ass. > > And you thought being a horse's ass wasn't important? *Ancient horse's > asses control almost everything.* > > Q5 The Great Wall of China took 2,500 years to make. Considering > the resources and technology available today, how long would it take if the > wall was made today? > > A5 CaiLei, Lives in China (1975–present)Sat > > The Great Wall is not a single project, but a series of projects. > > Each dynasty in China built its own Great Wall. > > *There are Qin Great Wall, Han Great Wall, Tang Great Wall...Ming Great > Wall, some are expanded on the basis of the original Great Wall, and some > are newly built.* > > The Qin Great Wall is only 1 meter high, it can only stop cavalry, and it > is mostly built with gravel. Distributed in Gansu, Ningxia Hui Autonomous > Region, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and even where the Qingchuan > River enters the sea in North Korea. The Qin Dynasty was from 221 BC to 227 > BC, After all, the construction technology at that time was not very > developed, and the story of Meng Jiangnu crying and causing the Qin Great > Wall to collapse is just a fictional rumor; > > The Great Wall of Xinjiang in the Tang Dynasty was mostly rammed earth, > and Xinjiang is arid and has little rain, so the choice of local building > materials is limited; > > The Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty was built with glutinous rice as an > adhesive and bricks. What you see when traveling in Beijing is usually > the Great Wall of the Ming Dynasty. > > My note- Informative answer for me. > > Q6 What is obsolescence, and what are some examples? > > A6 Loring Chien, Former Principal Engineer at Fortune 1000 > Company (2002–2016)Mar 31 > > A Ford model T car is obsolete. At one time it was state of the art and a > bargain at the price. > > But todays cars are faster, safer, more comfortable, more practical. More > stylish and meet umpteen safety regulations for crash safety, fuel economy, > lighting, seat belts, airbags, Not to mention things that improve our > driving experience, GPS, adaptive cruise control lane departure, > auto-braking and in some cases self driving. Auto parking, TPMS, heated > seats air conditioning and heating, intermittent and multispeed wipers, > auto headlights, radio entertainment you name it. > > *Not that people don’t ever drive Model T for nostalgia sake, but its no > longer a daily driver. But its obsolete, can’t meet standards and can’t > meet expectations for a car anymore.* > > When a thing starts to become obsolete, it is in the stage of obsolescence. > Today, film cameras meet that. They are still used but mainly for > nostalgia. Incandescent bulbs in obsolescence, you can still buy a few, but > LEDs have replaced them. > > Q7 How can we see diverging sun rays if the sun were really > 93,000,000 miles away? > > A7 Wayne Boyd, Philosopher, published author, science writer. Apr > 6 > > These train tracks appear to converge, do they not? It’s called > perspective. > > VP in this image is called the Vanishing Point. Neither the road nor the > train tracks actually converge into a point. They just look like they do > because the farther the things are, the smaller they appear. > > The Sun is 93 million miles away. All the sun rays point to the sun’s > disk, 93 million miles away. Although from this position it looks like > the rays of the Sun are not parallel, they are absolutely parallel. It is > perspective that makes them appear to converge at a vanishing point. > > Q8 What are some of the interesting facts about India? > > A8 Angel Singh, Lives in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India > (2004–present)Updated 1y > > 1. Only 3% of Indians pay Income Tax ie. around 40,579,268 (according to > the population in 2019). > > 2. The number of people (ie. around 23 million) travelling on India's > trains each day is equal to the population of Australia. > > *3. India is the 2nd populous country and also the 7th largest country in > the world.* > > 4. India has more over 300,000 mosques. > > • Actually there are more mosques in India than any other Islamic country > on Earth. > > 5. There's a village in Maharashtra named Shani Shingnapur that has no > doors and locks in the houses.• Villagers believed that God Shani, the God > of Saturn, will punish anyone attempting theft. > > ***6. The World's Only Floating Post Office is in Srinagar's Dal Lake in > India. > > • It also has a museum inside and being the Only Floating Post Office in > the world, makes it a unique piece of architecture. > > 7. There's a village named Snapdeal.com Nagar in Muzaffarnagar district in > Uttar Pradesh. > > • It was named so, as the e-commerce website installed 15 hand-pumps in > the village so the villagers do not have to walk miles to fetch water. > > You can see the Snapdeal logo sticked everywhere in the village. > > 8. The Indian National Kabbadi Team was the only team to won all the > Kabbadi World Cups before the game played against Iran in 2020. > > 9. Snakes & Ladders was originated in Ancient India.• It was used as a > part to teach moral instructions and karma in early centuries. > > 10. The World's Highest Rail Bridge in being built in Jammu&Kashmir.• *It > is being constructed at a height of 359 metres from the riverbed of the > Chenab river and is 1.3km long and 35metres higher than the Eiffel Tower.* > > 11. A lake named Lonar Lake in Maharashtra was formed by a meteor 52,000 > years ago. > > 12. Mawsynaram is the wettest place on Earth with 11,874mm of rain anually. > > 13. India was the first country to produce sugar. > > 14. Arithmetic, Geometry, Algebra and Trigonometry originated from India. > > First, thankyou for this! It’s my first answer to get so many views and > upvotes. > > Second, for the point 1st point, that value can't be 100% true. Hence, > it’s a approx value calculated with the population in 2019, Please note > 2019. > > Third, for the 14th point, I know I got wrong in the Algebra part. So I'm > sorry for that. > > My note- If my memory is correct there are floating post offices still in > Alleppy District in Kerala. > > Q9 Do cats know what we are? Do they think we're some kind of big > cat? Or just a very weird creature giving them food. > > A9 All about Cats, Answered by John Holt Jan 31 > > *When kittens first open their eyes, they don’t perceive us as much more > than a disembodied hand that interacts with them.* > > As they mature they begins to pick up on more complexities of what we are > and begin to adjust their behavior accordingly. Despite this they > innately realize we are companions and caregivers, but also a different > species. > > A great example of this is how they communicate with us. *The majority of > feline to feline communication is based on body language, yet they learn > fairly quickly our brains don’t work that way and begin meowing for > specific cues.* > > This is my Sadie girl, she has a meow for “food”, one for “getting low on > water”, one for “get out the toys”, and one for “I want scritches.” She has > recognized I don’t read feline communication methods as well as another > cat would and has adjusted her behavior accordingly. > > Q10 Which European countries have a good railway network with > maximum high speed trains, such as French TGV or German ICE, etc.? > > A10 Nicholas Stone, Life long interest in trains. Sat > > *Four European countries have particularly well developed networks of > dedicated high speed passenger lines*. All feature running speeds of > greater than 200 km/h, station passing loops, grade separated junctions and > advance traffic management systems. Each has their own characteristics. I > have travelled on all four networks many times. > > Italian high speed passenger lines are essentially linear. There is one > near continuous high speed line from Turin to Salerno - via Milan, Bologna, > Florence, Rome and Naples. This connects almost all of Italy’s major > population centres - with buoyant passenger volumes. Consequently, there > are two operators. State owned Trenitalia offering Le Frecce brand of high > speed service and the privately owned Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV). > > Operating on the high speed Italian rail network, an NTV train with the > distinctive .Italo branding. On board, there are three travel classes: > smart, prima and club. > > France has a mainly radial high speed network with four routes fanning > out of Paris. State owned SNCF operates the world famous TGV train with two > travel products. There’s the full service inOui trains and the budget > Ouigo. SNCF has a majority stake in the Eurostar-Thalys international high > seed service, with Paris Gare du Nord departures to London, Brussels, > Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Cologne. > > Spain also has a mainly radial network, centred on Madrid. There are > several noteworthy features. Dedicated high speed lines are built to the > 1,435 mm gauge rather than Iberian 1,668 mm gauge. Special trains travel > over gauge changers at slow speed between the two networks. There is now > particularly competitive domestic high speed passenger rail market, with > Iryo receiving special praise. > > A high speed Iryo passenger train in Spain. The trains offer three travel > classes and six fares. The rolling stock is identical to the Italian le > Freece fleet, reflecting ownership. Iryo is jointly owned by Trenitalia, > Air Nostrum and Globalvia. > > The German high speed network and operations differ significantly from > the above three. A mixture of upgrade and new build links pairs of cities > rather than the radial or linear networks elsewhere. The principal operator > is the state owned Deutsche Bahn’s InterCity Express (ICE) service - > offering two travel classes and often full dining. Seat reservations are > not mandatory. These long distance ICE service will use a mix of new build, > upgrade and classic tracks as they cross Germany. > > In my opinion, the German and Italian high speed passenger trains are > among the best in Europe. Both offer higher standards of passenger comfort > and dining cars. Part of the Italian high speed through Tuscany, Umbria and > Lazio is particularly scenic. > > *All the above QA are from Quora website on 11-04-2023* > > *Quora answers need not be 100% correct answers .* > > *Compiled **and posted by R. 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