30aug2006
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE!
1. Plywood was inventing in the year 3500 BC.
2. In 1856, English chemist William Perkin, hoping to improve the treatment of malaria, set himself the task of producing artificial quinine in his home laboratory. Although the effort failed, Perkin succeeded in creating quite a different product instead. What was it?
Answer:
The first synthetic dye3. Alexander Graham Bell is best known for inventing the telephone, but he was a man of many interests. Another product for which he received patents was:
Answer:
A hydrofoil boat4. “Misch metal” a substance that ignites when scratched, is widely used in the manufacture of what commonplace object?
Answer: Cigerate Litter.
TECH-FACTS:
1. Lurking is to read through mailing lists or news groups and get a feel of the topic before posting one's own messages.
2. On the Internet, a
'bastion host' is the only host computer that a company allows to be addressed directly from the public network.
3. The testbed for the Internet's new addressing system, IPv6, is called the
6bone.
4.
Boeing was the first airline to discover the Y2K problem, way back in 1993.
PHRASES:
1. Beast with two backs: Partners engaged in sexual intercourse.
usage: "I am one, sir, that comes to tell you your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs."
QUOTATIONS:
Kind words may be short... but their echoes are endless. - MOTHER THERESA
SHAYARI:
dhokha mila jab pyaar mei.....
zindagi..me uddaaasi chaa gyi....
socha thaa chord denge..iss raaah ko.....par.....
KAMBAKHT..MOHALLE MEI AAAJ DOOSRI AA GYI.......
WORDS:
sui generis: unique.
Centre Of Discovery!
29aug2006
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
Unlike most other fish, sharks have no BONES.
TECH-FACT:
Did you know that
Domain registration was free until an announcement by the NAtional Science Foundation on 14th September, 1995, changed it?
PHRASES:
Back to the drawing board: Start again on a new design - after a failure of an earlier attempt.
QUOTATIONS:
1. Some people complain because God put thorns on roses, while others praise Him for putting roses among thorns.
2. A person's true character is revealed by what he does when no one is watching.
3. Although the tongue weighs very little, very few people are able to hold it.
4. Falling down doesn't make you a failure, but staying down does.
5. Don't be afraid of pressure. Remember that pressure is what turns a lump of coal into a diamond.
SHAYARI:
before marrige
takdir hai magar kismat nahi khulti,
tajmahal banana chahata hoon,
lekin mumtaz nahi milti.
after marriage
takdir hai magar kismat nahi khulti,
tajmahal banana chahata hoon,
lekin mumtaz nahi marti.
28-AUGUST-2006
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
The first official international cricket match was held in 1844. Which were the participating countries?
Answer:
C) Canada and the United States Details: The first recognized international match was held on September 24 and 25 at the St. George’s Club in New York, for a prize of $1000. Somewhere between five and twenty thousand spectators were on hand, and thousands of dollars worth of side bets were made. The Canadians won the game by 145 runs to 122. An opening batsman for the USA was absent for the second innings, not arriving until the game was over, arousing suspicions that he may have bet against his own team.
TECH FACT:
In February 2004,
Sweden led the world in Internet penetration, with 76.9 percent of people connected to the Internet. The world average is 11.1 per cent.
QUOTATION:
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
-Thomas Alva Edison,
PHRASES:
A picture paints a thousand words: A picture tells a story as well as a large amount of descriptive text.
SHAYARI:
Jasbaate ishq naakaam naa hone denge,
Dil ki duniya mein kabhi shaam naa hone denge,
Dosti ka har ilzaam apne sar par Le lenge,
Par dost hum tumhe badnaam na hone denge !
GOOGLE WORDS:
habitue: one who habitually frequents a place.
provender: food or provisions
robustious: boisterous; vigorous; strong.
denizen: an inhabitant.
expiate: suffer punishment for wrong doing.
vagary: an extravagant, erratic, or unpredictable notion, action, or occurrence.
renege: to go back on a promise or commitment.
