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Without Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) we would have:
No iProducts
No over expensive laptops

Without Dennis Ritchie (September 9, 1941 – October 12, 2011) we would have:
No Windows
No Unix
No C
No Programs
A large setback in computing
No Generic-text Languages.
We would all read in Binary..

They died in the same year and the same month but it seems only few notice the death of Dennis Ritchie compared to Steve Jobs.

Mobile Tracing.........This is pretty useful...

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Got an interesting fact to share.. Nowadays each one of us carry Hi Fi
Mobile devices and always fear that it may be stolen.

Each mobile carries a unique IMEI i.e. International <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 /><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place> Identity
Number which can be used to track your mobile anywhere in the world.

This is how it works!!!!!!

1. Dial *#06# from your mobile.

2. Your mobile shows a unique 15 digit number.

3. Note down this number anywhere except in your mobile; as this is the number which will help trace your mobile in case of a theft.

4. Once stolen you just have to mail this 15 digit IMEI number to cop@vsnl.net

5. No need to go to police.

6. Your <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place></st1:city> will be traced within next 24 hrs via a complex system of GPRS and internet.

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PASS ON THIS VERY IMP MESSAGE TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
LET US HOPE THIS WORKS

Rare albino snake with two heads bred in Florida

Here’s a snake with a split personality.
The odds of a two-headed, or bicephalic, snake being born are 10,000 to one, but nevertheless, this albino Honduran milk snake was recently hatched in the U.S.
Staff at conservation group Sunshine Serpents in Florida were incubating seven milk snake eggs, but got a huge shock when nine heads emerged, because as well as the two-headed snake, one egg contained twins.

 Owner Daniel Parker, a University of Central Florida biologist, said: ‘I did a double take. I couldn’t believe what I was looking at.

 Often, the term albino refers to white colouring, but for snakes, it simply means a lack of dark pigmentation
Biologist Parker says two-headed snakes have been documented to live as long as 20 years in captivity.
With two brains giving commands to a single body, he says the snake, which isn’t venomous, would have a difficult time surviving in the wild

  Milk snakes are said by some to **** milk from cows’ udders, but this is a myth. They do however favour living in barns, as they like cool dark environments, which may be the source of the misconception.
Their diet consists of insects, lizards, birds and small mammals.

World's largest family in India

Did you know that the world's largest family resides in India?
Residing in a 100-room four story mansion outside of Baktawang in Mizoram, Ziona Chana is married to 39 women with whom he has 94 children, 14-daughters-in-law, and 33 grandchildren.

See more PHOTOS of the Chana family...

Image: Family members of Ziona (Right) pose for a group photograph outside their residence in Baktawng village in Mizoram

  Chana first married at age 17.

His oldest wife is 70, and the youngest is 31. The wives sleep in communal dormitories with the youngest women sleeping closest to Chana and a rotation system for visitations. Chana once married ten women in one year.
Image: A combination picture shows 28 of the wives of Ziona

  The family is organised with almost military discipline, with the oldest wife Zathiangi organising her fellow partners to perform household chores such as cleaning, washing and preparing meals.

Image: A view of Ziona's 4 storey house in Baktawng village

 It takes 30 chickens, one "giant" pig, 55 lbs of rice and 88 lbs of potatoes for every meal cooked for the entire family.

The family grows its own crops and keeps its own livestock.
Image: A wife of Ziona prepares breakfast at their residence

 Chana keeps the youngest women near to his bedroom with the older members of the family sleeping further away and there is a rotation system for who visits Chana's bedroom.

Image: Zuali, 37, twentieth wife of Ziona, adjusts his shirt as his sons and driver (Left) watch before heading towards the construction site of a church in Baktawng village

 Rinkmini, one of Chana's wives, said, "We stay around him as he is the most important person in the house. He is the most handsome person in the village."
She said Chana noticed her on a morning walk in the village 18 years ago and wrote her a letter asking for her hand in marriage.
Image: Engi, 5, youngest child of Ziona, poses with other children of the family at their residence

 Ziona heads a local Christian religious sect, called the "Chana", which allows polygamy. Formed in June 1942, the sect believes it will soon be ruling the world with Christ and has a membership of around 400 families.
Image: Ziona's family members wave from a vehicle on their way to a church construction site

 But Ziona doesn't appear fazed by the size of his apparently happy family -- and doesn't claim any benefits for their upkeep.

'I feel like God's special child. He's given me so many people to look after,' he said, adding, 'I consider myself a lucky man to be the husband of 39 women and head of the world's largest family.'
Image: Ziona, 67, takes a break at the construction site of a church in Baktawng village

KINGDOM TOWER [Jeddah]-New World's Tallest Building in 2016

Architectural rendering of Kingdom Tower, a building designed by Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill that is set to become the world's tallest building in 2016

Construction will soon go forward of Kingdom Tower, a giant skyscraper planned for the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah. When complete, the sleek, kilometer-tall building will be the world's tallest.

An investment firm headed by Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal will pay the Binladen Group, a construction firm, 4.6 billion riyals ($1.2 billion) to ***** the tower over the next five years. Housing offices, a hotel, luxury condos and the world's highest observation tower, it will stand as the centerpiece of a 100-billion-riyal development planned for the area called "Kingdom City."

If it adheres to its construction timeline and does indeed reach unprecedented heights in 2016, the Kingdom Tower will continue a modern trend: Recently, the height record has changed hands every six years. [Infographic: World's Tallest Buildings Back to Back]

At 3,280 feet (1,000 meters), Kingdom will dwarf the current tallest building in the world, Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, which stands at 2,717 ft (828 m). Burj Khalifa swiped the record in 2010 from Taipei 101 in Taipei, Taiwan. That 101-story skyscraper became the tallest in 2004, surpassing the Petronas Towers, dual skyscrapers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, that overtook Chicago's Willis Tower in 1998.

The Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) was the last building to hold the world record long enough to settle in and get comfortable — it was tallest for 25 years. It was also the last member of an American dynasty of reigning buildings, having overtaken the World Trade Center towers in New York City in 1973, which themselves overtook the Empire State Building in 1971. That structure held the record for 40 years, topping the Chrysler Building a few blocks away in 1931.

Baby turtle perches on top of succulent strawberry

This baby turtle clearly has a sweet tooth - and eyes bigger than his stomach!
The tiny creature is captured perching on top of a strawberry at Gowinta Farms, near Brisbane, Australia.

 Just days old, the little turtle peeks out from his shell on top of the fruit

The pair, along with other turtles, live in a pond at the farm site - the largest strawberry farm on Australia's Sunshine Coast.

16 Mind Blowing Facts You Probably Didn’t Know! (In Pictures!)

Kaun banega crorepati {YA} kaun banraha hai crorepati ?

MUST READ: How 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' actually Works?
We all know KBC is Good Business.
But have you ever pondered...
How Good....????

Any guesses? Let's see...

Airtel is charging Rs.6/- per SMS sent for this contest.

Assuming there are only 100 entries from say 10 cities of some 20 districts and 20 states...

6(Rs/SMS) x 100(entries) x 10(cities) x 20(districts) x 20(states)
= 6 x 100 x 10 x 20 x 20 = Rs.24,00,000

24 lakhs in 20 minutes.
(People trying for the 2 lakhs cash prize)

Imagine what if 1000 entries try out from 100 cities?

The figure simply grows by 2 more zeroes and yields a whopping 24 Crores!!!!

And it does not stop there...

In practice it could be another multiple of 100 or a multiple of 1000 on an average.

In that case it is 24 x 100crores earnings in just 20 minutes on every episode!!!

And the prize money: A mere 2 crore..
(and from whose pocket?)

Smart Business By Siddharth Basu!

And the best part of this calculation is just the SMS earning!!

What about the Ad money?

A rough annual profit calculation goes like this:

(2400 x 5 x 4) (episode/month) = 60000 crores.

Let even 50% get dissolved in taxes and other payments, still you will be left with (which includes even the meagre 480 crores of prize money i.e.if every episode bags 2 crore prize)!

30000-crores profit !!! (only from SMS)

Simple Question:
"KAUN BANEGA CROREPATI"
and your options are---

A) SONY TV
B) AIRTEL
C) AMITABH BACHAN
D) SIDDHARTH BASU

Computerji iska jawab bataiye....

Ans: All FOUR..!!!


enjoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

World's Most Terrifying Diseases

Marburg Fever

This viral hemorrhagic fever affects humans and primates alike. The Marburg virus causes a fatal fever that can kill a human being in just one week! Little wonder then as to why some rogue nations are working on Marburg virus-based biological weapons. Outbreaks of this incurable disease are common in Central Africa but there have also been a few isolated cases of the virus in parts of Europe and North America

 Cancer

Whether cancer can be treated largely depends on the type of cancer and the stage at which it is detected. Essentially, cancer is unregulated cell growth that causes malignant tumors. While there are several theories about the various causes of cancer, they have been disproven in several cases. For example, not all smokers contract lung cancer and not all lung cancer patients are smokers.

Chemotheraphy is one of the most widely-used treatments for cancer. But it is not 100% effective. Scientists are still trying to isolate the actual cause--and of course, find a cure--for this deadly disease.

Ebola

Ebola Virus Disease begins with a fever accompanied by chest pains and chills but it rapidly graduates to severe headaches, agitation, depression, fatigue and even coma. Death usually occurs in the second week after infection due to severe blood loss. Ebola is caused by one of these four viruses: Bundibugyo, Ebola, Sudan or Tai Forrest.

While this disease is most common in Africa, strains of it have been found in almost every continent around the world! Sadly, there's still no known cure for this grotesque disease

Flesh-Eating Bacteria

Flesh-eating bacteria aka Necrotizing fasciitis (NF) is an infection that affects the fibrous tissue under the skin. It can destroy muscle, skin, and even the underlying tissue. This disease can be treated intravenously by administering antibiotics; however, it spreads quickly and often needs to be contained as soon as symptoms like changes in skin colour are evident. This disease is often seen among diabetics, alcoholics and frequent drug users.

However, NF is not restricted to such people alone and can just as easily be contracted through something as innocuous as an open wound

 
AIDS

We really hope you know all about AIDS and how its spread is prevented. Still, for the sake of being thorough, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is an incurable disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), and it weakens the human immune system. HIV is transmitted through unprotected sex, blood transfusion, contaminated needles and can also be passed on from a mother to her child.

It is estimated that over 33 million people worldwide suffer from this deadly disease and in India alone HIV has affected a whopping two million people.

10 Things You Never Knew About: Wine

There’s something undeniably alluring about a glass of wine. Whether white or red, full-bodied or mild, complex or balanced, each bottle of this delicious libation is a unique experience. Each wine has its own aroma, its own memory and its own taste.

Despite a rapid rise in the number of oenophiles around the world, there’s still so much we don’t know about this drink that was even featured in the bible! With that in mind, here are ten--hopefully surprising--things you never knew about this flavourful drink.


Fact one: There are certain people around the world who suffer from an intense fear or hatred of wine known as oenophobia. This is a real disease, but it’s not extremely common, and its root cause is unknown. Some experts believe it might have something to do with a type of social anxiety disorder.


Fact two: The world’s oldest wine dates back 6000 years. It was discovered during an archaeological dig in Southern Armenia. The explorers used biochemical dating to find the age of this particular wine.


Fact three: When the Egyptian prince Tutankhamun’s tomb was opened, several cases of wine were found. They were all labeled with the makers name and quality of the wine with such precision that it could actually meet the modern wine labelling standards. Unfortunately, this thoroughly-aged wine was never marketed!


Fact four: The world’s most expensive wine is the Chateau Lafitte-Rothschild from Pauillac, France. A collection of 300 bottles recently sold at auction for $540,000 (Rs. 2.65 crore). This rare wine is a favourite of many rich folks, including some former presidents of United States.


Fact five: While red wine can only be produced from red grapes, white wine can be produced from both red and white grapes.


Fact six: The wine industry alone generates more than 1,45,000 jobs in California.


Fact seven: The shape of the shallow and wide-mouthed wine glass is widely accepted to be a tribute to the shape of the breasts of Marie Antoinette. However, the Greeks claim that it is, in fact, a similar tribute to Helen of Troy. Since the latter was just so much hotter, we’re inclined to believe the Greeks!


Fact eight: Traditionally, wine is never stored standing up as we often see today in stores. It is kept on its side so as to keep the liquid in contact with the cork, thereby preventing it from drying, shrinking or letting in air. Nowadays, wines are often stored vertically if the bottles have artificial corks.


Fact nine: Wine as a compound is thought to be even more complex than blood serum, because it contains many organic chemical compounds.


Fact ten: Contrary to popular belief,not all wines improve with time. In fact, a vast majority of wines produced are ready to drink immediately, and do not have much potential for aging. Only a few wines will last longer than a decade!

10 Things You Never Knew About: Beer

“You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline; it helps if you have some kind of football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.” - Frank Zappa.


Who (among those of legal drinking age, of course) could possibly resist a tall, chilled glass of the drink that makes our world go round? It’s relaxing, it’s fun, and most importantly, it’s delicious. Beer's been around since at least 6000 BC, which means that a lot of interesting things have happened concerning the golden beverage over the years. Read on.


Fact 1: Perhaps you’ll recognize this situation. Ever redirected an entire road-trip or turned a plan on its head simply in the quest for a pint of the good stuff? If your answer was yes, you’ll be happy to hear that you’re hardly the first to do so.

A diary record shows that the pilgrims on the Mayflower (who founded the colony that would later become the USA) actually intended to go much further south but when their beer supplies ran out, they decided they had gone far enough. Good to know that humans haven’t changed at all in the last 400 years!


Fact 2: Beer is the 2nd most consumed beverage in the world (not counting water, of course). Guinness Beer alone sells over 7 million pints a day and it seems the alcoholic beverage comes second only to tea.



Fact 3: The beer bottle was not invented till 1850. In fact, till then beer drinkers would fill up massive buckets at local beer houses and lug them all the way home. Hey, no pain, no gain!


Fact 4: The first civilization to brew beer was the ancient Babylonians. They took the job a tad too seriously though because if someone brewed a bad batch, their punishment was to be drowned in it. Hey, we can think of worse ways to go!


Fact 5: Cenosillicaphobia is the fear of an empty glass. Though it may seem like a perfectly neat trick invented by some raging alcoholic, it turns out this phobia actually might be a bogus one coined by the intrepid users of urbandictionary.com.

However, the English language is a living, constantly evolving organism and if a word is used often enough, it eventually ends up in dictionaries! Cenosillicaphobia, Cenosillicaphobia, Cenosillicaphobia. There, we've done our bit!


Fact 6: Czechs are the world’s biggest beer drinkers, consuming an average of 160 liters a year. The reason is, as most things are, a monetary one. A bottle of beer costs the equivalent of Rs. 10 while even a Coke of the same size costs up to the equivalent of Rs. 30 in the nation. And get this--liter for liter, beer is cheaper than bottled water. Now that's some party-friendly pricing policy-making!


Fact 7: This one puts Islamic fundamentalist suicide bombers’ belief of finding 72 virgins in heaven (after their deaths) to shame. Ancient Vikings believed that a giant goat was awaiting them in Valhalla (Viking heaven) and this goat's udders would provide a limitless supply of beer. Forget angels, harps and eternal peace--that's the heaven we want!


Fact 8: American beer guzzler Steven Petrosino still holds the record for the fastest beer drinking ever even though he set the record as long ago as in 1977. This is hardly surprising considering he drank an entire liter within 1.3 seconds.


Fact 9: Brewed from actual Arctic ice, Antarctic Nail Ale tops all beer lists as the most expensive beer in the world. And at Rs. 32,000 a bottle, we’re far from surprised either. Only 30 bottles (sold only at auctions) have been produced so far and every single rupee goes to a charity that opposes whaling in the Antarctic. So far, only one bottle has actually been purchased.


Fact 10: In the 1940s PBR (a popular beer brand) conducted a massive study to determine what weight of beer would make it perfectly conducive for a housewife to carry home with her groceries. And thus, the 6-pack was born!

Taj Mahal Detailed Matchsticks Model...Incredible Art!

Indian artist Shaikh Salimbhai challenged himself to create an almost identical model of the iconic structure using only wooden matchsticks, and although it took him a year and 19 days to finish it, he accomplished his goal. The wooden model was made from 75,000 matchsticks and will certainly become an inspiration for matchstick artists around the world..

Cat With Two-Headed

An amazing cat in Massachusetts has two mouths, two noses and three eyes on its face. The probability of such mutation is only one in a million. With the good care of the owner, the cat’s vitality is extremely tenacious, and now, it’s celebrating its 12-year-old’s birthday, not only being a TV star, recently but also was recorded in the Guinness Book of World Records

 

World's 10 most famous hackers

While ethical hackers attack a security system to find out vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could use to his advantage, unethical hackers discreetly wreck havoc on computer systems and steal confidential information.
In the 1970s, the United States government used groups of experts called red teams to hack its own computer systems.
Today, many companies hire ethical hackers to safeguard their vital computer systems.
Here's a look at the world's most famous hackers...

 

1. Gary McKinnon
Gary McKinnon, a Scottish systems administrator has been accused of the biggest military computer hacking exercise of all times by the US government.
McKinnon is also accused of copying data, account files and passwords into his own computer.
US authorities pegged the cost of tracking and rectifying the problems caused by his hacking at over $700,000.

  2. Robert Tappan Morris
Robert Tappan Morris is an American computer scientist, known for creating the first computer worm on the Internet called the Morris Worm in 1988.
He became the first person convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
He is a professor in the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

3. Kevin David Mitnick
Kevin David Mitnick is a computer security consultant, author, and hacker. In the late 20th century, he was convicted of various computer-related crimes.
When he was 12 years old, Mitnick used social engineering to bypass the punchcard system used in the Los Angeles bus system.

 4. Kevin Poulson
Kevin Lee Poulsen, a former black hat cracker, works as senior editor at Wired News.
He is well known for hacking all the telephone lines for Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM, to make sure that he would be the 102nd caller and win the prize of a Porsche 944 S2.

5. Jonathan James
Jonathan Joseph James who passed away in May 2008, was an American hacker.
He was the first juvenile to be imprisoned for cybercrime in the United States. He died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

 6. Adrian Lamo
Adrian Lamo a threat analyst gained popularity by hacking into several high-profile computer networks, including those of The New York Times, Yahoo!, and Microsoft. He was arrested in 2003.

 7. Vladimir Levin
Vladimir Levin, a businessman is known for his involvement in attempting to fraudulently transfer $10.7 million via Citibank's computers.
Currently, he does business in Lithuania.

 8. Raphael Gray
Raphael Gray was just 19 when he hacked computer systems around the world in 1999 as part of a multi-million pound credit card mission.
He published credit card details of over 6,500 cards to point out the weak security in consumer web sites.

 9. Deceptive Duo
A 20-year-old man from California was suspected of being a hacker and called himself, 'the Deceptive Duo'.
He faces several charges on hacking into government computers and defacing government websites.
In April 2002, the Deceptive Duo claimed to be a hacking group working to expose the lack of security within the US government's networks and other private-sector computer systems.

 10. Michael Calce
Also known as MafiaBoy, Michael Calce, a high school student from West Island, Quebec launched a series of highly publicised denial-of-service attacks in February 2000 against large commercial websites including Yahoo!, Amazon.com, Dell, Inc, eBay, and CNN.