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 dye
3. 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 boat
4. “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!
posted by Parag Kalra @ 12:09 PM
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