Shayari
"Kya hua jo usne racha lee mehandi,
Ham bhi ab sehra sajayenge"
"Mujhe pata tha ki vo apne nasib me nahi,
Ab uski chhoti bahan ko fasayenge".
Chita jal rahi thi,
lakho log khade the,
bas ek wo hi na tha,
jiske liye hum jal rahe the........
Na pi shraab maszid mai baith kar aai Sahil
Na pi shraab maszid mai baith kar aai Sahil
Ek hi botal hai .. Kahi aaisa na ho khuda maang le.
Intezaar
Chale aao hum tumhe yaad karte hain, Yeh woh gunaah hai jo hum baar-baar karte hain, Jala ke dil me hasraton ke chirag, Aapke aane ka intezaar karte hain. ...
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Quotations
1.
When elephants fight it is the grass that suffers."
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African ProverbCentre Of Discovery!
04sept2006
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
-Sallust
The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
-Ralph W. Sockman
One thing you can't recycle is wasted time."
-Edmund Burke
A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself."
-Robert Burton
"In great attempts it is glorious even to fail."
Phrases
1. Black sheep of the family: A worthless or disgraced member of the family.
2. Blonde bombshell: A glamorous blonde.
3. Blow your own trumpet: Act in a boastful, self-promoting manner.
4. Blast from the past: Something or someone that returns after a period of obscurity or absence. It is normally applied to things that that were thought fondly of previously and are making a welcome return - particularly pop songs.
04sept2006
1. Burning the midnight oil: To work late into the night.
2. Bury the hatchet: To settle your differences.
3. Bury your head in the sand: Refuse to confront or acknowledge a problem.
4. A bolt from the blue : A complete surprise, like a bolt of lightning from a blue sky.
5. A bun in the oven: Pregnant.
05sept2006
By the skin of your teeth: A very close miss from some disaster.
Carry coals to Newcastle: To do something pointless and superfluous.
Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey: Very cold weather conditions.
A cock and bull story: A fanciful and unbelievable tale
Cut the mustard: To succeed; to come up to expectations.
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Tech-Facts
1.Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP) was designed in 1973.
2. Satyam Online become the first private ISP in December 1998 to offer Internet connections in India.
3. It took 13 years for television to reach
50 million users- it took the Internet less than 4 years.
4. In 2003 an Atlanta- base ISP called
Earthlink won a lawsuit worth $16.4 million (US) against a spammer in Buffalo NY, and a $25 million (US) lawsuit against a spammer in Tennessee.
04sept2006
Bill Gates' $50 million residence (drafted by Seattle architectural firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson) was designed on Macintosh computers.
Microsoft doesn't even use (Windows) NT on their own Web site. They use Unix.(Larry Ellison in
USA Today, 12/10/01)
Bill Gates did not "invent" DOS, the operating system that begat Windows. His company bought code called QDOS ("Quick and Dirty Operating System") and polished it.(
"The Six Serendipities of Microsoft")
Until Windows 98, MS' operating system did not even perform such simple checks as verifying that there is enough space on a volume before copying data to it. For example, if you accidentally told it to, Windows would begin copying your 900 MB hard drive onto your 1.4 MB floppy disk.
05sept2006
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ENIAC, the first all-electronic computer, was introduced in 1946.
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The Internet has been around since the 1960's.
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Banner ads first appeared in 1994.
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E-mail has been around longer than the World Wide Web.
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"Surfing" the Web - this phrase was coined in 1992.
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Lynx was one of the earliest browsers from 1992. It was used for text-based navigation. Now most people use either Netscape's Navigator or Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
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The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
10.
In February 1982, Bechtolsheim, fellow Stanford graduate students Vinod Khosla and Scott McNealy, and Bill Joy (a primary developer of BSD), founded the company now known as Sun Microsystems Centre Of Discovery!
General Knowledge!
The galaxy we live in is called the Milky Way. It is shaped approximately like:
Answer:
A flat spiral What is the study of earthquakes called?
Answer: Seismology.
How did the month of January get its name?
Answer: From Jauarius (Latin) after Janus, the two-faced Roman God of Doorways, as presiding over the entrance or begining of the year.
Which planet has the longest day?
Answer: Venus. Its day is longer than its year because it spins on its axis once every 243 earth days whereas rotation of the sun is completed in 224.7 days.
4sept2006
Biology: Who discovered photosynthesis? Correct Answer: Jan Ingenhousz
Economics: As of December 6, 2000, which was worth more? Correct Answer: 10 Mexican pesos
History: What was the real name of US Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson? Correct Answer: Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Horticulture: What commonly eaten vegetable was originally thought to be poisonous? Correct Answer: tomatoes
Language: After Mandarin Chinese, what is the most widely spoken first language? Correct Answer: Spanish
Literature: Which Shakespeare play is not a tragedy? Correct Answer: Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Maze: How big is the world's largest permanent maze, in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA? Correct Answer: 100,000 square feet
Mythology: In what ancient culture was the underworld ruled by a goddess? Correct Answer: Norse
Pokemon: Which Pokémon monster evolves? Correct Answer: Diglett
Sport: The first ceremony of the International Olympic Committee was held in 1894. In what city was it held? Correct Answer: Paris
05sept2006
Arts: The word 'art' is derived from the Latin for?
Correct Answer: skill
Computers: Who wrote the world's first computer program?
Correct Answer: Ada Lovelace
Games: In which country did chess originate?
Correct Answer: India
Health: Which one of the human bodies' systems controls hormones?
Correct Answer: Endocrine system
History: Which US president was shot 5 days after the end of the American Civil War?
Correct Answer: Abraham Lincoln
Recreation: Which team sport has periods of play called 'chukkas'?
Correct Answer: Polo
Reference: Which encyclopedia was first published in 1768?
Correct Answer: Britannica
Science: The word 'science' comes from the Greek for?
Correct Answer: to know
Society: The language with the most native speakers is?
Correct Answer: Mandarin Chinese
Technology: What device mixes air and petrol (gas) for the internal combustion engine?
Correct Answer: carburettor Who discovered insulin?
ANSWER: Sir Frederick Grant Banting & J J R Macleod.
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