Few Funny Facts
The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.
A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.
Starfish don't have brains.
Termites work 24 hours per day and they do not sleep.
16 percent of Americans will receive one speeding ticket this year and it will cost them on average $150 per ticket
New Jersey and Oregon are the only two states where it is illegal to pump your own gas.
We are born with 350 bones, and die with 206..
There are 2,500,000 rivets in the Eiffel Tower.
The word "fart" comes from the Old English "feortan" (meaning "to break wind").
Farts are flammable.
Although they won't admit it, women fart as much as men.
Farts are flammable.
A person produces about half a liter of farts a day.
Farts have been clocked at a speed of 10 feet per second.
The temperature of a fart at time of creation is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit..
On the average a fart is composed of about 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7% methane, and 4% oxygen. Less than 1% is what makes them stink.
Babies cry but they don't produce tears until one to three months after birth. All major league baseball umpires must wear black underwear while on the job!
At 120 miles per hour, a Formula One car generates so much downforce that it can drive upside down on the roof of a tunnel.
At horse race tracks, the favorite wins fewer than 30% of the time!
Each year, 30,000 people are seriously injured by exercise equipment.
Left-handed people are better at sports that require good spatial judgment and fast reaction, compared to right-handed individuals.
No high jumper has ever been able to stay off the ground for more than one second
7,000 new insect species are discovered every year.
A bird 'chews' with its stomach.
A blue whale's aorta (the main blood vessel) is large enough for a human to crawl through.
A blue whale's heart is the size of a Volkswagen Beetle!
A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
A cockroach will live nine days without it's head, before it starves to death
A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime
A cow produces 200 times more gas a day than a person.
A full-grown bear can run as fast as a horse.
A giraffe can clean its ears with its 21-inch tongue!
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!
A kangaroo cannot jump if its tail is off the ground.
A lion's roar can be heard from more than five miles away.
A mole can dig a hole 300 feet deep in one night.
A rat can fall from a five story building without injury.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fur is not white, but actually clear
A queen bee uses her stinger only to sting another queen bee.
A moth has no stomach.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
Few Funny Facts
Feburary 2nd in History
(later renamed New York) is founded1914: Cub Scouts founded in England
1933: Three days after becoming chancellor, Adolf Hitler dissolves Parliament. G?g bans communist meetings/demonstrations in Germany
1943: Battle of Stalingrad ends with final surrender of the German army, leaving 600,000 dead
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Doomsday Clock
Doomsday Clock has been moved again on this Thursday at 10 am EST at the New York Academy of Sciences. The clock was created in 1947 and has been moved 19 times till now. It is placed at the Bulletin of Atomic Science offices in Chicago, Illinois. It happened for the first time in the history of internet that a website TurnBacktheClock, has been launched to allow everybody from all around the world to get involved and inspire leaders to take action, quoted by Kennette Benedict, the executive director and publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Last time it was moved in January 2007 when the minute hand was adjusted and forwarded by two minutes from 7 to 6 before midnight.
“The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists”, is a magazine that’s always carried a close or narrow attention towards the dangers and warned the world about it. On January 2007, when the Doomsday clock was moved, according to the same magazine, “The change was meant to reflect two major sources of potential catastrophe that could bring us closer to **Doomsday**”. For 2010, DOOMSDAY CLOCK ANNOUNCEMENT is done by New York Academy of Sciences. “The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” , this time, adjusted the clock by 1 Minute from 5 to 6 Minutes Before Midnight and according to them, “Negotiations on nuclear disarmament, Expansion of civilian nuclear power, Possibilities of nuclear terrorism and last one is climate change, came out to be the factors that was influencing them for changing of Doomsday Clock.”
According to “The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists” website, the team left a message for everyone. They said, “For the first time in decades we have an opportunity to free ourselves from the terror of nuclear weapons and to slow drastic changes to our shared global environment. We encourage scientists to continue their engagement with these issues and make their analysis widely known. We urge leaders to fulfill the promise of a nuclear weapon-free world and to act now to slow the pace of climate change. Finally, we call on citizens everywhere to raise their voices and compel public action for a safer world now and for future generations.The Clock is ticking.”
Lawrence M. Krauss, co-chair of the Bulletin's Board of Sponsors and a professor at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration and its physics department, said, ”We are poised to bend the arc of human history. What that means is that there's great potential for it to move in either direction depending on what happens, adding that while there's been a "sea change" in attitude and the expansion of possibilities, there still hasn't been a lot of action. That's hopeful enough to move it but just by a little bit".
"By shifting the hand back from midnight by only one additional minute, we emphasize how much needs to be accomplished, while at the same time recognizing signs of collaboration among the United States, Russia, the European Union, India, China, Brazil, and others on nuclear security and on climate stabilization," said the official announcement.
The citizens had been given their chances for being a part of it that’s a thing of appreciating. The whole credit goes to Kennette Benedict and The Team who are making so much effort and even launched a website TurnBacktheClock for us providing appropriate info including announcements about the whole event. We are proud of being a part of this. Hats off to the whole team.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
PC Running Slow , Hanging , Well here could be Solution
PC Running Slow , Hanging , Well here could be Solution
Slow Computer Checklist
Because many members post about their computer responding slowly, VS is posting a summary checklist of general steps a member can take to resolve this problem, and briefly discussing the three most common causes: malware, uncontrolled applications, and lack of maintenance.
Malware
Perhaps the greatest contributor to a poorly performing computer is malware. Usually this is associated with downloading an application that contains spyware, by not having browser security settings high enough, by carelessly downloading P2P files, or by failing to install security patches in a timely manner.
Step 1.
Update the definitions of your anti-virus and run a complete scan of your hard drive in Safe Mode. Resolve any unfixable issues. Note that some viruses require additional steps before they can be removed; usually a websearch will find specific instructions or a special removal tool. If you cannot find a solution, use the VS Lab to request help.
Step 2.
If the sluggishness is sudden, and you have recently downloaded an application, the problem may reside there. Test this by completely removing it. A wise user will generally perform a websearch about the application before downloading it because in most cases, any potential problem with malware or poor performance will have surfaced.
Step 3.
Adware and Spyware can drastically effect your computer’s performance, and these are all over the Internet. A very recent study indicated that one out of every 20 executable files on Web sites is spyware, and 1 in 25 domains contain at least one piece of spyware waiting for victims
Update the definitions of your anti-spyware applications and scan your hard drives in Safe Mode. Experienced users will regularly run two or three of these applications, because each company has its own criteria for what constitutes spyware and will only search against their own set. (A list of very good, free anti-spyware applications is provided by VS). Again, resolve any open issues before proceeding to the next step.
Uncontrolled Applications
Step 4.
Review applications that self-launch on startup. You computer can be a battleground for your attention. Many programs, for instance, install a quick-launch feature that allows them to be opened quickly; other programs will include an automatic update feature that requires them to be running in the background. Each of these slows down your launching Windows and each requires a small bit of resources while your computer is running.
The easiest way to review and than to manage start-ups is to use one of the many small utilities . If, for example, you have Spybot Search and Destroy, you can use its startup tool that lists startups and allows you to turn off any you do not need. If you are unsure about what can be safely deleted, remember that VS maintains a very comprehensive Startup Database that includes information about whether the questioned item is needed, optional, or not needed.
At the same time, remember that all those icons on your Desktop also take a small amount of boot time to place themselves.
Lack of Maintenance
Step 5.
Clean up your hard drive (preparation for Step 7). Delete unused programs and transfer old files to a CD. Unplayed games, lots of family pictures, zipped files that you have already opened, applications you have not used in two years, software for that old printer you threw away last year---these are some examples of files you can delete. Then use Window’s Disk Cleanup to delete temporary internet files, temporary PC health files, etc..
(Note for advanced users: some experts would include the additional maintenance step of cleaning up the Windows registry, and there are several applications to help do this. For the most part, registry maintenance will not make a significant difference, and unless you are very comfortable with Windows, and carefully make backups of the registry, you can do serious harm by making registry changes, so this step is not included.)
Step 6.
Run scandisk/checkdisk in Safe Mode. Have it repair anything it finds.
Step 7.
Defragment your computer. Windows tends to put new files in any available open space; defragging will place associated segments of files closer together so your read arm has less travelling around the hard drive to do, saving wear and tear while speeding up programs.
Saturday, January 09, 2010
Some Google Commands
link:www.yoursite.com - This command will show you all of the backlinks to your site. Handy tool for finding out who is linking to you.
related:www.yoursite.com - This command will show you a list of pages that Google thinks are related to your site in some way.
site:www.yoursite.com - Searches only those pages from the site you list.
allinurl: - If you start a query with [allinurl:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the url. For instance, [allinurl: google search] will return only documents that have both "google" and "search" in the url.
define: - The query [define:] will provide a definition of the words you enter after it, gathered from various online sources. The definition will be for the entire phrase entered (i.e., it will include all the words in the exact order you typed them).
inurl: - If you include [inurl:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the url. For instance, [inurl:google search] will return documents that mention the word "google" in their url, and mention the word "search" anywhere in the document (url or no). Note there can be no space between the "inurl:" and the following word.
allintitle: - If you start a query with [allintitle:], Google will restrict the results to those with all of the query words in the title. For instance, [allintitle: google search] will return only documents that have both "google" and "search" in the title.
intitle: - If you include [intitle:] in your query, Google will restrict the results to documents containing that word in the title. For instance, [intitle:google search] will return documents that mention the word "google" in their title, and mention the word "search" anywhere in the document (title or no). Note there can be no space between the "intitle:" and the following word.
cache: - If you include other words in the query, Google will highlight those words within the cached document. For instance, [cache:www.subnixus.com web] will show the cached content with the word "web" highlighted.
info: - The query [info:] will present some information that Google has about that web page. For instance, [info:www.google.com] will show information about the Google homepage. Note there can be no space between the "info:" and the web page url.
spell: - Does a spell check of any given word.
stocks: - If you begin a query with the [stocks:] operator, Google will treat the rest of the query terms as
stock ticker symbols, and will link to a page showing stock information for those symbols. For instance, [stocks: intc yhoo] will show information about Intel and Yahoo. (Note you must type the ticker symbols, not the company name.)
filetype: - Does a search for a specific file type, or, if you put a minus sign (-) in front of it, it won’t list any results with that filetype.
daterange: - Is supported in Julian date format only. 2452384 is an example of a Julian date.
maps: - Is a shortcut to do a google maps search.
phone: - Searches for anything that looks like a phone number.
allinlinks: - Searches only within links, not text or title.
allintext: - searches only within text of pages, but not in the links or page title.
Friday, January 08, 2010
Plastic Logic
Plastic Logic e-reader aims to challenge Kindle
UK firm Plastic Logic
has launched its Que e-reader in a bid to challenge the dominance of Amazon's
Kindle.The lightweight, touch-screen device went on display at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
The Que e-reader is based on Cambridge University research and has taken over 10 years to develop, with more than $200m of investment.
However the device, which has wireless and 3G connectivity, will not immediately be available in Britain.
"British users may be disappointed that this British company is yet to announce plans to bring this product to the UK," said the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones.
Flexible technology
The gadget has a black and white screen and is aimed at "mobile professionals", according to the company. It is currently a lot more expensive than its rival the Kindle.
The 4GB and 8GB models are priced $649 and $799 (£407 and £501) while the latest Kindle retails on the Amazon website at $259 and $489 (£162 and £306).
It is the first of a new range of products that the company hopes to build using flexible plastic electronic displays rather than heavier glass-based screens.
"They have built an impressive global business but are taking a risk by going on their own rather than licensing their technology to a better known name," added Mr Cellan-Jones.
However Plastic Logic - a spin out form Cambridge University's Cavendish labs - intends to build partnerships with other companies in the future to share its technology.
Digital books for the e-reader are being supplied by Barnes & Noble, whose eBookstore houses over 700,000 digital books compatible with various mobile devices.
It has also struck deals with newspapers such as USA Today.
Amazon, by comparison, says that it now provides more than 400,000 books and 100 newspapers and magazines on the Kindle.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
In 9 years, not one conviction of cyber criminals in state
On practical challenges in cyber crime investigation, Guruprasad said the cyber police station was inaugurated in 2001, a few months after the IT Act 2000 was passed, yet only 307 cases have been registered in the past nine years. “The annual average of cases is 37. If we look at the chargesheeted ones, only 60 cases come up out of these 307 cases. But there has not been a single conviction till date in Karnataka,” Guruprasad said.
Why is the number of convictions so low? According to him, several investigating officers themselves don’t know much about cyber crime. He narrated an incident to illustrate his point, relating to a multi-crore rupees scam in Belgaum.
“A year ago, there was a multi-level marketing scam to the tune of Rs 200 crore, and it was registered in Bellary. A lot of evidence were seized and on one occasion, when our team went to that police station, the personnel had secured some desktops and laptops. Surprisingly, there were no hard disks in them. The personnel even asked us what is a hard disc,” he said.
After the amendment to the IT Act in 2009, jurisdictional inspectors can also be investigating officers. “But there is not much awareness about this. We also need to educate prosecutors and the judiciary on how to investigate and punish cyber criminals,” he added.
IT secretary Ashok Kumar Manoli congratulated the cyber lab for its performance. “The government will set up another cyber lab in Mangalore,” Manoli said.
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards
The Academy Awards
have been a monumental celebration in the industry of motion pictures for 82 annual ceremonies now. The impact that reigns from even being nominated for an award, let alone winning one, can move actors, actresses, producers, directors, or studios into an entirely new level of recognition. Being tied into an Oscar consideration has brought some of the relatively unknown into super-stardom.For the past century of film and broadcast, nothing has had more of an effect upon the success of those involved in the movie industry, more than the epic Oscar nomination and victory. Only the most excellent of the realm are invited to participate in this catastrophic award show. This year, for 2010, we expect no less than perfection.
The celebration is slated to take place on March 7th of 2010, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Slated to be televised in the United States on ABC networks. Actors Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin are assigned to host the awards ceremony. Martin will make his appearance as host for the third time, after previously presiding over the 73rd and 75th ceremonies, while Baldwin will host the show for the first time.
The official nominees for the 82nd annual Academy Awards will be announced live on Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Tom Sherak, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) and a guest announcer.
New this year, is an upgrade from the usual five Best Picture nominations, to ten total Best Picture nominations. This is an increase that will allow many other popular films to be considered for the "Best Picture" award, which is always the "Main Event" so to speak of the ceremony. A bit of fact chasing here, is that from 1932 to 1943 there were ten nominations for "Best Picture" (in 1934 and 1935, in fact, there were 12), but for the ceremony honoring 1944's best movies, the Academy switched that number to the current five which has held up until this year. The increase is due to the extremely large amount of successful box office films which were premiered in 2009.
We certainly expect this years ceremony to be high profile. 2009 was a record breaking year for the entertainment industry, with many films such as Transformers 2
, District 9
, Avatar
, Terminator Salvation, Star Trek, Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince, Inglourious Basterds, Up, Public Enemies, Twilight: New Moon
, and many others, all reaching an extreme amount of international box office sales.Considering the unprecedented and success of 2009, it's looked back upon by critics as one of the best years in motion pictures in nearly a decade, even while the world economy is struggling. Further showing that if they produce quality films, then people will pay the price to see the films.
One thing is certain, the 82nd annual Academy Awards will be highly rated and viewed all over the world, and it will clarify which of all the great films of 2009, were considered the best by the insiders of Hollywood.
As soon as the nominees are announced, we will post them here on ET Articles, exclusively for our community. Respect to the Oscar award and the Academy Award ceremony, as for many years it's created a dominant showing amongst the best in film, and it's been a breakout leap for so many in Hollywood. Let's only hope that 2010 offers each of us as many great films as 2009 did, and thus far from the way this year has kicked off, it's looking more and more like it will be another major year for highly anticipated films.
Sunday, January 03, 2010
Edit Any Website
Edit Any Website
This is really easy and pretty fun to impress friends with.
- Go to any website.
- Delete the URL and replace it with this:
Code:
javascript: document.body.contentEditable= "true"; document.designMode= "on"; void 0
Only for fun
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
500 Million GBP Per Year To Enact Three Strikes
500 Million GBP Per Year To Enact Three Strikes
One of the largest stories regarding file sharing and copyright enactments of the year, has been the "three strikes"
The report states that a "three strikes" plan which is already in works by UK Business Secretary Lord Mandelson, whom leads the Department of Business and Innovation and Skills, will be not only an extreme intrusion into the people of the UK's privacy and rights, but it will be an even larger intrusion into their wallets.
The voracious task of implementing all the proposals for dealing with illegal file sharing online, has been somewhat of a game for Lord Mandelson, and has made him the direct target of those accusing the "three strikes" policy of costing more than it's worth to the people of Great Britain.
Usually paying someone to strip you of your rights doesn't sound like a pretty means of taxation, but in this circumstance, the people have no choice or even voice in the matter. The estimated cost of the overall "three strikes" policy, will be over £500 million ($799.5 million) per year. This would add up to an amount of approximately £25 ($40) per internet subscriber per year.
Many internet service providers
though are feeling the squeeze as well, stating that due to them having to charge higher priced subscription fees, that they will lose a temporal gain in customers. Thus, they take a loss while the industries of entertainment are set in motion to receive the largest benefit by cutting down on "illegitimate piracy", which also in the eyes of the ISP, will force many users away from extremely high speed broadband packages.Charles Dunstone, of whom is the Chief Executive of Carphone Warehouse, which also owns Talk Talk, the UK's largest consumer based supplier of bandwidth, believes that the ISP's will suffer greatly from the proposed "three strikes" measures. He states that "Broadband consumers should not have to bail out the music industry. If they really think it’s worth spending vast sums of money on these measures then they should be footing the bill; not the consumer."
Valid points that make up the differential question of "Why are we paying for a proposal in which we the people have had no say in deciding?" Other ISP's such as BT, another major network provider, has openly voiced his opposition to the so called "collective punishment" which targets only a mere IP address instead of actively trying to prosecute the person(s) whom may be responsible for any form of counterfeiting or piracy.
BT Retail Consumer Division Manager, John Petter, said "Put yourself in the shoes of a small businessman who has a rogue member of staff. Your internet access could get cut off because of the actions of one individual. It really feels like the UK is out on a limb with these proposals compared to the rest of the world."
This would be the equivalent of you riding in a car with four friends, the car itself, was suspected to be used as a getaway vehicle a few weeks before for a bank robbery, and then you are all pulled over by the police, and charged with the robbery of a few weeks before. Even if they couldn't pinpoint who did it, just because you were in that car, all of you being charged with robbery. This type of charge would absolutely not stand in a court of law, without having substantial evidence towards the person(s) responsible. So why does this new form of "three strikes" which holds a single IP address accountable stand as reason to be penalized? That's a question many are asking.
The internet service providers are also very distressed and angry over the fact that the proposal requires all broadband customers regardless if they share files online, to provide financial backing for a bill that only helps the entertainment giant corporations to continue the same failing business prospects which have accounted for most of their losses. They say that supporting a "bail out" of the entertainment industry will only result in a slump in economic growth and prevent the spread of new and exciting technologies that will force the entertainment industry to compete.
Although there are many who've expressed their disliking and concern for the bill, there are some such as the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) which have stated that they believe the plan is within "everyone's interest due to the overall benefits to the country which far outweigh the costs", yet they've offered little to no facts to support their claim.
I fail to see any true benefit to the people of the UK, considering that the proposal introduces a guarantee that record labels will profit even if they cannot meet the high demands of the consumers who buy their products. With the only current opposition to the record industry as "free" distribution via file sharing, this pretty much ensures that they will rake in some type of profit.
The entertainment industry already succumbs to extreme profits via legal online purchases and downloads, from cell phone videos, ring tones, to handheld downloads, and many other various forms. This also decreases what they deem as a threat, which is p2p use.
In the end, the people of the United Kingdom end up in a situation where if they do download "alleged" copyrighted material, they can be disconnected from the internet, or even fined. Even if they don't download via file sharing networks or applications, they are still "fined" by having to pay a minimum tax to pay for the proposal. The record companies, and movie industry can claim a victory over file sharing, and the governments have repaid promises to campaign donors, such as the entertainment industry. Everyone wins, except for the hard working people.
Then it begins a new frontier, a methodology of where file sharers are evolving, into more discreet and efficient ways of not being detected. The government will eventually have to battle the new means of file sharing too, which only leads to further tax increases and funding to combat the new age of piracy. It's a revolving circle, where only the people suffer. File sharing doesn't decrease, nor does the financial gain in which corporate interests will make from the measures. I guess someone is happy now. Just not the people.
Monday, December 28, 2009
10 tech triumphs
1. SMALL IS BIG
Maruti to Tata Nano
In 1983, the Maruti 800 revolutionised the way India travelled. Two years later, it was the largestselling car in India, recalled India Today in 2003.
Almost 25 years later, when Tata drove the Nano on to the stage, it was clear that Indian innovation had shifted to a higher orbit,
Clearly, good things continue to come in small packages.
2. THE RIGHT CALL
Telecommunications
The modernisation of telephone systems got underway in 1986 when Mahanagar Telephone Nigam was established to operate systems in Bombay and Delhi.
There's good news for subscribers: the waiting list of 3.7 lakh in the two cities could disappear by 1990, noted India Today in 1986.
The current situation is best described by this 2006 report: Telecommunication has gone from a total of five million telephone lines in 1991 to five million telephones every month.
3. BLAST FROM THE PAST
Nuclear Energy
India's first atomic explosion, at Pokharan,Rajasthan,on May 18, 1974, may be the last. It raised so much political dust that it has taken three years and a change of government in Delhi to bring it down to earth .
This was the mood of the nation in 1974, captured by India Today. In May 1998, India conducted five nuclear tests at the Pokhran test range demonstrating its tremendous capability in nuclear technology and science.
Spelling more development, 10 years later, the Nuclear Suppliers Group lifted a ban which denied India from accessing the global nuclear market for 34 years.
4. TECHING THE CAKE
Biotechnology
Biotechnology can be used to increase productivity with cash crops and a whole range of vegetables. Experts believe this tissue culturebased business has enormous potential. That was India Today's take on biotechnology in September 1991. It got better, as an August 2006 report counted that 2,378 biotechnology patent applications were filed in India between 1995 and 2003 .
5. WORLD CALLING
IT sector
India churns out two million English-speaking graduates each year, employable at wages 80 per cent less than their Western counterparts. No wonder, said India Today in 2002, that it is the new global IT capital with over 336 call centres springing up in the past five years, providing jobs to over 1.5 million people.
6. DOCTOR ON DUTY
Medical Transcription
Would you have thought that a satellite and some enterprising Indians could change the meaning of a visit to the doctor? This is what medical transcription enabled. Doctors in the US just pick up the phone and everything they say is picked up by companies here, who transcribe the data, explained India Today in August 1997, when the technology was launched.This made studying medical reports and prescribing medication much easier.
7. CAUSE TO PAWS
DNA fingerprinting
In 1989, science presented mankind with another gift.
It enabled parents to know if their child was truly theirs and also became a foolproof way of solving murders. Nature's photocopying machine, DNA, kept its secrets well for centuries. Scientists are now beginning to crack its blueprint, said an India Today report in March 1996 about DNA fingerprinting. The Naina Sahni murder in 1995 set the ball rolling for the technology.
Now, apart from forensics, it is involved in the ambitious study of genetic diversity among Indian tribals along with the Anthropological Survey of India. Similarly, the DNA typing of animals is underway in order to conserve endangered species, said a report in August 2008.
8. NET MEET
Video-conferencing
Video-conferencing became popular in 2000. In 200, India Today quoted Saurabh Gupta, state informatics officer, Bihar: There are many good teachers but students of other universities can't gain from their knowledge. So, we use this facility.
9. WEB OF WONDERS
WiMax Wireless
It allows cellphone users to download data at 2.5-3 MBPS while the current data download capacity is only 134-256 KBPS, noted India Today in 2005 when this technology was about to enter the Indian markets.
Also known as the last-mile connection, the broadband technology extended the benefits of connectivity to rural areas and long distances.
10. SIZE MATTERS
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology was 2001's top scientific achievement, said India Today in its January 2002 issue. A nanometre a billionth of a metre was the smallest, yet the biggest breakthrough the year could have gotten. The tiny miracles were no longer a matter of science fantasy.
Saturday, December 26, 2009
Change ur IP with FireFox
2.Install Standard version .. restart firefox
3. FireFox Go to Tools -> FoxyProxy
Or FoxyProxy Add icon will be at button right side Corner of ur Browser just click it and this window pop-up
5 . Add Good Working Proxy
6 . And Just Click ok And ur done
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Friday, December 25, 2009
Some people 'really feel pain of others'
Some people 'really feel pain of others'
May not be all, but some people really do feel the pain of others, say researchers.
A new study by Birmingham University has found that around one in three people actually feel physical discomfort when they see someone else in agony, leading British newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
For the study, the researchers conducted an experiment in which they invited 123 university students to watch video clips and photographs of patients and sports stars in painful situations.
The videos included a footballer breaking his leg, a tennis player turning over his left ankle and a patient getting an injection in the hand.
All the students said that, for at least one of the images or videos, they had an "emotional reaction" -- such as feeling sad, disgusted or fearful. But a third, also claimed to feel real pain in the same part of the body as the victim they were watching.
Some experienced tingling or aching, others felt a heavy or stabbing pain. For some the pain was fleeting -- others complained that it lasted for several seconds, the findings revealed.
A picture of an athlete running on a racetrack with a clearly broken leg generated the most physical pain in the students, according to the researchers.
The researchers then asked 10 of these "hypersensitive" students to repeat the experiment while their brains were being scanned with fMRI -- the functional magnetic resonance imaging used in hospitals.
Subsequently, the results were compared with the scans from 10 people who said they felt nothing while looking at the upsetting images. The researchers found that while viewing the painful pictures, both groups showed activity in the parts of the brain that deal with emotions.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Facebook's identical twin
New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Created by an unknown user, a networking site for Aligarh Muslim University students is a replica of the social networking hub.
You might mistake it for Facebook. But the 'AMU Community' (www.amucommunity.com) site is not even remotely connected to your favourite social networking website.
It is just a shocking copy of the original, frame by frame. Though the home page of the clone site does not have any information about its creators, the title bar of the site says, "AMU, Aligarh Muslim University".
The site, which has 65 communities related to the University, even asks students for enrollment numbers. 'Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology' is the most visited community with 104 fans.
Users even get points for profile updates and inviting friends and for every 1,000 points, they win a mobile recharge of Rs 20. Not surprising then that there is an update every five minutes.
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Hangover impairs judgment
The effects of intoxication last long after the alcohol is out of the blood, not only leaving a nasty hangover but also slowing reaction times and the ability to concentrate the next morning.
Previous research shows that symptoms of a hangover (headache, nausea, sleepiness) usually lift within a few hours of waking. To look at the effects of heavy drinking on young adults, researchers studied 95 Americans between the ages of 21 and 33. The participants spent two nights at the Boston test facility. One night they were given alcohol (either vodka or bourbon mixed in cola) and the other night they were given a placebo. The researchers determined their blood alcohol levels, sleep patterns and ability to think quickly and over a long period of time. Vodka and bourbon appear on each extreme of alcohol purity: vodka has the least impurities while bourbon 37 times more impurities or congeners (byproducts of the fermenting process) - all other alcohols are somewhere in between.
To approximate the effects of drinking on an empty stomach, researchers gave the participants a standardised meal three hours before the test liquids were given until subjects reached a minimum blood alcohol level of 0.09 grams percent (just above the level considered to be legally drunk). Hangover correlated with poorer performance on tests requiring both sustained attention and speed. Alcohol decreased sleep efficiency and rapid eye movement sleep, and increased wake time and next-day sleepiness. Alcohol effects on sleep correlated with hangover but did not mediate the effects on performance. No effect of beverage congeners was found except on hangover severity, with people feeling worse after bourbon.
While drinking lots of bourbon causes a worse hangover than drinking lots of vodka, impairment in people’s next-day task performance is about the same for both drinks. Therefore, after a night of heavy drinking it is better to avoid driving even the next morning.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Women have more sensitive touch
Women have more sensitive touch
They have found that petite fingers have a more developed sense of touch, making them more sensitive.
This finding explains why women tend to have better tactile acuity than men, because women on average have smaller fingers.
"Neuroscientists have long known that some people have a better sense of touch than others, but the reasons for this difference have been mysterious," said Daniel Goldreich, of McMaster University in Ontario, one of the study’s authors.
"Our discovery reveals that one important factor in the sense of touch is finger size," he added.
To determine why the sexes have different finger sensitivity, the researchers first measured index fingertip size in 100 university students.
Each student’s tactile acuity was then tested by pressing progressively narrower parallel grooves against a stationary fingertip — the tactile equivalent of the optometrist’s eye chart.
The researchers found that people with smaller fingers could discern tighter grooves.
Ethan Lerner, of Massachusetts General Hospital, who is unaffiliated with the study, said: "The difference between the sexes appears to be entirely due to the relative size of the person’s fingertips. So, a man with fingertips that are smaller than a woman’s will be more sensitive to touch than the woman."
The study has been published in the Dec. 16 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
The Audacity Of File Sharing & Copyrights
File Sharing & Copyrights
In my recent years in the BitTorrent community, I have learned many things about torrents, and why they are such a target. It seems that there are tempting organizations, who try to create an absurd claim that the BitTorrent Protocol is used specifically to infringe upon copyrighted material.
What they fail to mention, are the heavy advantages of the BitTorrent Protocol, which are used for the intention of spreading knowledge and creativity within the community, for the greater good of expanding the amount of information available to the world. By doing this, we make leaps and bounds which at one point in time, were not possible.
In this case, the amount of knowledge which is shared, only creates a more informed and educated world, on how software works, operates, is commanded, and how to use it. This kind of "evolves" the world at a rapid pace, for what they can use to possibly invent new technologies, or help the human race with advancements that even fifteen years ago we're not thought possible.
These types of benefits, can happen when information is shared at high rates, to places in the world, which normally couldn't access the similar tools needed for their project. So by allowing the world of information available in some places, to reach places where they lack the same advantages, such as libraries, or internet cafe's, or schools with high speed internet, for example, all prove great cases for the BitTorrent Protocol.
That's the goal of those of us whom care, while we share. We truly believe file sharing is a right, and must be defended as such. We can go on about copyrighted material, and how that could be used as a defense that the BitTorrent Protocol is being used to cause some industries, mainly the Entertainment Industry, to lose "potential" financial gain.
Let me debate this case. I feel the urge to explain the audacity of any claim such as that.
Let me begin by winding down what the internet does in a 2010 post Millennium era of technology. It has created so many advancements, for businesses, for corporations, for governments, and for their people, that along with pros of any situation, of course there will be windfall cons as well.
What I mean by this, is by the email, text messaging communications ran through the databases of any network carrier, or ISP, the fax communications, the rapid access to orders, shipment paperwork, legal processing, claims, or any type of information used while a government, business, or industry, are attempting to quickly accomplish their goals, that no person in the world cannot claim that the internet and fast file or information sharing, has gained them the ability to profit very fast, and finalize agreements much quicker. This results in a huge profit gain, by the industry, as result of the internet and file and/or information sharing.
Imagine living still in an era where all paper based information had to travel by postal or delivery service. The amount of time, between when a transaction could complete for example, would come to such a slow pace, businesses, governments, or even people would be set to a slow growth in advancements, which in turn would lead to a smaller profit margin than most see today. I think that's a fair assessment of the situation, and by all means, anyone who thinks otherwise I'd feel free to debate that as well.
Moving on though, what I am trying to explain though, is that with any advancement, such as file or information sharing, will come with a cost as well. Some of the cons, are that some entertainment industry representatives can claim well now that copyrighted material is shared, and that this costs them as businesses of an industry where the selling of information, or data, is essential to their success, cannot afford to lose the "potential" profits that are being lost due to the "alleged" illegal file sharing. Ok, I think that's a fair statement too from the industry, absolutely.
My return to them is this, without the quick spread of material, data, documents, transactions, that they also use upon the internet, then they would be losing much more than they claim to lose just from the "alleged" illegal file sharing. As I said previously, if they were still using "snail" mail to deliver their goods they sell online, and there were no online sharing of information, then their profit margins would be MASSIVELY less than they are now. I believe that's a completely true statement too.
So if they want to use the complaint that file sharing is killing their profits, and want to remove the internet from the world, I suggest to them do this for one month. Due to their huge investments in other worldwide projects, I doubt they would do this. They would probably go bankrupt, without all the profits they receive online.
Think about it, ringtones which a percentage are given to the record companies, games which can be mailed and processed online, movies which can be legally mailed online, albums that can be paid for to download, or mail to them, there is just so much, that they gain, by using the internet, that it's created an "industry within the industry", in my eyes. They could not possibly ignore this.
They first, before claiming that the file sharing information digital age is harming them, need to consider the gains in which it also benefits them. The war against file sharing, is a war against themselves, a war against the world.
I believe we all know very well, that if the entertainment industry, used certain forms of file sharing to their advantage, in example, the BitTorrent Protocol, they would realize the potential gains they would receive would magnificently increase their profits. Let me give them examples. If they would optimize file sharing, using high speed servers, to transfer movies, or music, for pay per download services, they could reach a HUGE range of peers, paying peers, fast, whom would be customers to them.
There is an amazing market out there for this, and a simple programming of a high speed 1-10GBPS server with massive bandwidth, would be able to allow 10,000-50,000 minimum paying customers to receive a movie, or music album each day, per server, @ for example one dollar per download, that's $50,000 per day, per server. 20 servers, would be a million dollars per day.
Wow. Why they are failing to recognize this, and use it to it's potential, is beyond me. I still cannot imagine, why the industries of entertainment, would claim that they maybe have a billion dollars per year in losses, but do not use this method, that with only 20 servers, would make around $356 million per year.
Add it up. BitTorrent has more than 150 million users worldwide. If more than 150 million users per year, are using BitTorrent, and file sharing, then it's the laws which need to change, not the users.
Maybe the industry is failing to see that, not only along with what their companies can do using the information technology for fast processing, that if they would capitalize upon the potential that remains, they would be gaining at least $356 million per year, per one million users. There are an estimated 150 million users currently, in these types of networks.
That's a one dollar per download, of a movie, and an album. Of course I made an extremely inexpensive number, just as example, of their potential earnings. At five dollars per movie, and five per album, they would make $1.78 billion dollars per year, from twenty servers. Wow. That's simply amazing. We're talking only one million people per day, downloading a movie or album, each day. There is an estimated 150 million users who use the networks, and at that rate, that's less than one percent of them downloading each day.
At that ratio, they would make a fortune, and of course, it would probably be more like fifty times that amount of users per day, I would say fifty million downloads a day, that they could reach. That would multiply their total again, from $1.78 billion per year to $89 billion per year.
According to a 2006 study by the internet consultancy Envisional, file sharing networks account for at least 60 per cent of all internet traffic. So if even a large majority of those users leaped upon the legal service. the entertainment industry would gain such massive increases, that the potential earnings would be astounding. An "industry, within an industry", which is something I say time, and time again.
This is my counter to any claim, that the file sharing networks of the world and the information age as we know it are harming the entertainment industry, and copyright protections. The fact they they continue to not monopolize this industry, which right now sits as an untapped diamond mine, only shows their own ignorance.
The US Supreme Court reached this decision, here is a copy of the text they once wrote, about file sharing software.
The United States Supreme Court wrote:
On June 27, 2005, the US Supreme Court decided to hold companies that make file sharing software responsible for copyright infringements perpetrated by the software’s users. Everyone expected that they would rule as they did when Universal City Studios sued Sony over the Betamax in 1984: there were legitimate uses of the technology, and it shouldn't be held responsible simply because it can be used unlawfully. Instead, however, they ruled that file sharing software actively encourages piracy and the makers should be held accountable.
The Supreme Court's action has done the exact opposite of what MGM and the other content distributors who brought the suit hoped it would. File sharing software will become open-source and public domain. File sharing will continue to grow ever more popular, but now there will be no one to sue. The Supreme Court's ruling hasn't even delayed the inevitable; it has actually brought it closer.
They could encrypt and compress the information which is being shared, for a fee, and reduce network traffic. This would also solve, the current disputes, that networks cannot handle the massive peer to peer file sharing that is going on today.
We can kill two birds, with one stone. Everyone enjoys doing that right? (Sorry PETA) Someone is going to completely capitalize on this opportunity, my question to the industry, is will it be them? Or will it become independent record labels, movie production companies, game designers, or software companies, which break the walls down, so to speak? As of now, they are the ones making new ground, and creating a movement of the masses, which is backing file sharing.
It's time to get with the program for the industry of big entertainment, or give up the battle. We can dispute you on any ground, and we are already showing you what you are missing. People require efficiency, reliability, and speed, and that's what the peer to peer networks give them. A friend calls and says "I'll be over in two hours, you wanna check out a classic slasher film tonight?" You would probably be so busy, with your situation, that instead of just going to make a trip to buy the movie, or rent it, you'd just set your PC to grab it, and know it will be done when your friend gets there.
Why is this not being capitalized? Something only they can answer I'm sure. I just hope when it's all said and done, that the audacity of some to realize what's in front of their faces, does not over-rule those who intend to implement it. When something such as the world of file sharing, can only evolve and revolutionize the entire world, if it was used to it's potential.
Just my thoughts on the situation. Yet whomever does actually seize the opportunity before them, will be in complete control once they reap huge profits, and will be able to compete with the big business that runs things now, if in fact, big business fails to use this chance they have now. Only time will tell I presume. Until then, the situation will remain as it is.
A war, against a positive file sharing potential pool of great profits and rewards for mankind, being attacked with audacity, instead of being used to it's advantages. Tisk tisk, to the entertainment industry.
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Reality check on car-care myths
Reality check on car-care myths
To paraphrase Mark Twain, it's not what you don't know that can come back to bite you; it's what you know for sure that ain't true. When it comes to maintaining your car, misconceptions abound. And even the best intentions can lead you to spend more money than necessary or even compromise your safety. Here are common myths that can do more harm than good:
Myth: Engine oil should be changed every 3,000 miles.
Reality: Despite what oil companies and quick-lube shops often claim, it's usually not necessary. Stick to the service intervals in your car's owner's manual. Under normal driving conditions, most vehicles are designed to go 7,500 miles or more between oil changes. Changing oil more often doesn't hurt the engine, but it can cost you a lot of extra money. Automakers often recommend 3,000-mile intervals for severe driving conditions, such as constant stop-and-go driving, frequent trailer-towing, mountainous terrain, or dusty conditions.
Myth: Inflate tires to the pressure shown on the tire's sidewall.
Reality: The pounds-per-square-inch figure on the side of the tire is the maximum pressure that the tire can safely hold, not the automaker's recommended pressure, which provides the best balance of braking, handling, gas mileage, and ride comfort. That figure is usually found on a doorjamb sticker, in the glove box, or on the fuel-filler door. Perform a monthly pressure check when tires are cold or after the car has been parked for a few hours.
Myth: If the brake fluid is low, topping it off will fix the problem.
Reality: As brake pads wear, the level in the brake-fluid reservoir drops a bit. That helps you monitor brake wear. If the fluid level drops to or below the Low mark on the reservoir, then either your brakes are worn out or fluid is leaking. Either way, get the brake system serviced immediately. You should also get a routine brake inspection when you rotate the tires, about every 6,000 to 7,000 miles.
Myth: If regular-grade fuel is good, premium must be better.
Reality: Most vehicles run just fine on regular-grade (87 octane) fuel. Using premium in these cars won't hurt, but it won't improve performance, either. A higher-octane number simply means that the fuel is less prone to pre-ignition problems, so it's often specified for hotter running, high-compression engines. So if your car is designed for 87-octane fuel, don't waste money on premium.
Myth: Flush the coolant with every oil change.
Reality: Radiator coolant doesn't need to be replaced very often. Most owner's manuals recommend changing the coolant every five years or 60,000 miles. Of course, if the level in the coolant reservoir is chronically low, check for a leak and get service as soon as possible.
Myth: After a jump-start, your car will soon recharge the battery.
Reality: It could take hours of driving to restore a battery's full charge, especially in the winter. That's because power accessories, such as heated seats, draw so much electricity that in some cars the alternator has little left over to recharge a run-down battery. A "load test" at a service station can determine whether the battery can still hold a charge. If so, some hours on a battery charger might be needed to revive the battery to its full potential.
Myth: Let your engine warm up for several minutes before driving.
Reality: That might have been good advice for yesteryear's cars but is less so today. Modern engines warm up more quickly when they're driven. And the sooner they warm up, the sooner they reach maximum efficiency and deliver the best fuel economy and performance. But don't rev the engine high over the first few miles while it's warming up.
Myth: A dealership must perform regular maintenance to keep your car's factory warranty valid.
Reality: As long as the maintenance items specified in the vehicle owner's manual are performed on schedule, the work can be done at any auto-repair shop. If you're knowledgeable, you can even do the work yourself. Just keep accurate records and receipts to back you up in case of a warranty dispute on a future repair.
Myth: Dishwashing and laundry detergents make a good car wash.
Reality: Detergent can strip off a car's wax finish. Instead, use a car-wash liquid, which is formulated to clean without removing wax.
Copyright © 2005-2009 Consumers Union of U.S., Inc.
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Sunday, December 13, 2009
Climate Change
World should at least halve CO2 by 2050 - U.N. draft
The world should at least halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 with rich nations taking the lead, according to a first draft text on Friday seeking to break deadlock on a new climate pact at U.N. talks.
The 7-page document omits figures for how many billions of dollars the rich nations should give developing nations to help them shift to green energies and cope with the impact of global warming, such as desertification and rising sea levels.
"Parties shall cooperate to avoid dangerous climate change," according to one text, proposed by Michael Zammit Cutajar of Malta, who chairs talks on long-term action by all nations at the Dec. 7-18 meeting on a new climate pact in Copenhagen.
The text offers a range for global cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, mainly from burning fossil fuels, of either at least 50, 85 or 95 percent by 2050 from 1990 levels. More than 110 world leaders will attend a closing summit on Dec. 18.
The numbers were bracketed, showing there is no agreement.
The text also offered options for rich nations' cuts in emissions starting at 75 percent and ranging to more than 95 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.
Yvo de Boer, head of the U.N. Climate Change Secretariat, said the documents marked a "step change" in the negotiations. "It's time to focus on the bigger picture," he told reporters.
Developing nations led by China and India have in the past rejected signing up for a halving of world emissions by 2050 unless rich nations first take far tougher action to cut their emissions and provide funds to help the poor.
"We are still considering the text," said Kemal Djemouai, an Algerian official who chairs the group of African nations.
Alden Meyer, of the Union of Concerned Scientists, said there were huge gaps in the text. "I don't think developing countries will accept a global goal for 2050 without more on long-term funding," he said.
But he said it was a good basis for future work.
2020
The text said developed nations should cut their emissions on average by at least 25-40 percent, ranging up to about 45 percent by 2020, also from 1990 levels.
The U.N. panel of climate scientists gave a scenario in 2007 that developed nations would have to cut emissions by 25-40 percent by 2020 to have a chance of limiting the worst of global warming such as floods, heatwaves and dust storms.
But offers on the table so far by recession-hit developed nations total only about 14-18 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels.
The text said developing nations, which say they need to emit more to help curb poverty, should either make a "substantial deviation" to slow the growth of their emissions by 2020, or slow the growth by 15-30 percent below projected levels by 2020.
"The text provides a basis to make the right political decisions," said Kim Carstensen, head of the WWF global climate initiative. "It contains many gaps, exposes rifts but also clearly shows that an agreement is possible."
"Now the real decisions have to be made. This will give a boost to finalizing an agreement next week by the 110 heads of government," said Jake Schmidt of the Natural Resources Defense Council.