misc thoughts and memories from the past Posted in January 2026 by Engineer KhalidMahmood in Ottawa Ontario Canada K1G3P2 -
Urdu word "bay ghar بے گھر" meaning not owning a own home, when mis pronounced by children (not grewup in Urdu speaking environments), may sound like "bey gar" but not the English word beggar, not even remotely. Like urdu words "bay car بے کار" meaning not owning a car or use less/ worth less.
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It was not a confidence building or bully raising technique/strategy to let grown ups do what they want to do even when it was wrong from every point of view. They can do anything within a framework. Perhaps it will be a desirable technique at early age of children, but after a certain age they should be corrected and blocked from wrong doings in the interest of other as well. In child hood children are rewarded by parents for wrong doings and mistakes but temporarily just for confidence building, other relatives and Grand parents intervene to teach the children what was right. After a certain age children are held responsible and face consequences for their actions, if not than there was no end to disputes among people.
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I wonder what is the on going current rate of salary for falsely accusing men of imaginary, theoretical, fictional. Fabricared crimes.
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When people break into emails, communication etc, working under legal authorization to prevent harmful activities such as attacks etc which could negatively impact people's life makes sense, but if the same people under the same authorizations start stealing information, money and other assets electronically by breaking into or reading on the servers than it becomes unacceptable and negative use of technology and negative use of authorization and trust. Matter of Scope of work and focus and understanding of Scope.
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After effects of transferring my membership to R-7 Ottawa Section of IEEE in Canada circa 2006, although I lived in Ottawa since 1996 but did not renew membership regularly after arriving in Canada 1993 due to other priorities and financial issues.
1) IEEE Ottawa section AGMs registration required a payment to be made at the time of online registration using a card if the member chose to attend the dinner part of the AGM. More than 15 years ago in Ottawa, When I arrived at the AGM most likely at Westin Hotel but not by the Hotel Staff rather by the IEEE desk outside the AGM hall, I was asked how I paid for the dinner and receipt was required as a proof of paynemt on the spot, which was very disturbing. There was NO advance informatiin about it that members would be required to show the receipt of payment upon arrival, in addition to the membership card. On other occasions only memberdhip card was deemed sufficient to verify such information. To ask for payment receipt was very unusual, I am not sure if people carry their receipts to show on such occasions.
2) one of the reasons (among many) for not considering me for paid employment was my volunteer role with IEEE. They thought Volunteers can not be paid.
3) After my IEEE membership was elevated to Senior Member when my age was not 65, people were questioning the word senior in my membership. Membership elevation is not age dependent rather it was past work related. During the process, I believe they look at the original membership as well (perhaps), i.e. membership which was being elevated to the senior level.
4) Technology Irrelevant/insignificant people did not know the difference between email aliases and name aliases. IEEE did not issue email addresses until 2013, before 2013 IEEE issued only email aliases.
5) People who heard bad mouthing and negative information (i.e. NOT connected to my parents) thought my offsprings will be better than me as was said to me face to face, for no known reason, in one of the Ottawa Section outing/picnic meetings at Andrew Hayden Park in Ottawa Ontario Cananda. Was not asked by me about it. My offsprings were not around me, I did not show him my before marriage or after marriage family, How would he know who my offsprings were.
6) "Alert" on the profile instead of gentle and polite reminders by email or phone call or in person, for membership renewals for the next year as early as month of September/October (4 months before thr actual expiry/renewal date. Even after expiry of membership, a grace period takes over). Word "Alert" conveyed a message which was not compatible with the situation، because IEEE membership was not a mandory membership for Engineers. In general when members see a value in a membership they renew it without any alterted pressures.
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Few recent incidents made me think that the people responsible, businesses, employers, community and society as a whole should encourage people to live a honest life by reducing/eleminating incentives from frauds and crimes and increasing incentives for honest living and making a living by honesty. Such people should be rewarded to encourage others. It may take some time to turn it around but it was possible and is still possible. As a matter of psychological study they should be paid for honest living what they make by dishonesty, frauds and crimes to determine their natural tendency, and to determine if this was some kind of addiction.
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