Rando-miser

Imagine Hamlet holding the skull. Then he says the famous line: To Be or Not to Be? Is it a question or is it simply a statement? An acknowledgement. To Be or not to Be? Shakespeare rhetorical question is the most intricate piece of psychological thriller one can try to solve. To start with. Do we have a choice? It is a tricky question. One designed to ground and stop you in your tracks. Designed to force you to ponder your own existence. Let's try to distance ourselves from the question. Instead let's evaluate its logic from computer science perspective. The logic here is fairly simple. ------------------------------------ (1) To Be = alive or (2) Not to Be = dead  ----------------------------------- Ok so let's assume the above is a part of an 'IF' loop somewhere in the Universe code. If  you are 'alive' then statement (1) evaluates to 'true' You are alive. Then You can perform the following functions: breathe, eat, sleep,...

I am on the fast train from Paris to Nice. An old lady and young man sit opposite each other across the aisle next to me. An old lady holds what appears to be a Bible and reads it. She dressed in black like many elderly women of her generation do. The young man has wireless earphones in his ears and holds a smartphone. He is smartly dressed in Levi's jeans and shirt neatly tucked in. He is not looking at his smartphone but looks at the lady and then out in the window.  He probaby listens to the music. They don't interact and each simply engrossed in their own worlds. However its a long journey. Young man gets up and asks an old lady politely: I am going to cafe. Can I bring you anything? The lady looks at young man and smiles: Thank you. Can you bring me a tea please. Black no sugar. Young man comes back with tea for the lady and coffee for himself. Young man asks lady: Its a long trip. What are you reading may I ask? Lady says: The Chr...