Monday, December 31, 2007
Be Aware
People are advised not to spend too much time sitting before computer system because the following things may happen in their future.
1. When asked about a bus schedule, you wonder if it is 16 or 32 bits.
2. When counting objects, 0,1,2,3,4,5, 6,7,8,9,A, B,C,D..
3. At the superstore, you check to see if a kilogram is 1024 grams, a litre is 1024 mls.
4. When you dream, you are going to dream in 256 palettes of 256 colors.
5. When your wife says "If you don't turn off that damn machine and come to sleep, then I am going to divorce you!", you are going to scream at her for omitting the "else" clause.
6. You try to sleep, and think : sleep(8 * 60 * 60); /* sleep for 8 hours */
7. When you are reading a book, you would look for the scroll bar to get to the next page.
8. If you want to call somebody you pick up the phone and start dialing an IP number...
9. You are going to look for an icon to double-click, to open your bedroom window.
10. When you go to balance your check book, you would discover that you'll be doing the math in octal.
11. You would look for a trash can icon to throw garbage.
12.When you get in the elevator you would double-click the button for the floor you want to go.
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Amazing Facts
1. Coca-Cola was originally green.
2. The most common name in the world is Mohammed.
3 . The name of all the continents ends with the same letter that they start with.
4 . The strongest muscle in the body is the tongue.
5 . There are two credit cards for every person in the United States .
6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
7. Women blink nearly twice as much as men!
8. You can't kill yourself by holding your breath ..
9. It is impossible to lick your elbow.
10. People say "Bless you" when you sneeze because when you Sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond.
11 . It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky.
12 . The "sixth sick sheik's sixth sheep's sick" is said to be the toughest tongue twister in the English language.
13. If you sneeze too hard, you can fracture a rib. If you try to Suppress a sneeze; you can rupture a blood vessel in your head or neck and die.
14 . Each king in a deck of playing cards represents great king from History. "Spades" - King David; "Clubs" - Alexander the Great; " Hearts" - Charlemagne; "Diamonds" - Julius Caesar.
15.
11 x 11=121
111 x111=12321
1111x1111=1234321
11111x11111= 123454321
111111x111111= 12345654321
1111111x1111111= 1234567654321
111111111x111111111 =123456787654321
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987, 654,321
16. If a statue of a person in the park on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.
If the horse has a all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.
17 What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common?
Ans. - All invented by women.
18. Honey - This is the only food that doesn't spoil.
19. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
20. A snail can sleep for three years.
21. All polar bears are left handed.
22. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in first-class.
23 . Butterflies taste with their feet.
24 Elephants are the only animals that can't jump.
25 . In the last 4000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
26 . On average, people fear spiders more than they do death.
27 . Shakespeare invented the word 'assassination' and 'bump'.
28. Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
29. The ant always falls over on its right side when intoxicated.
30. The electric chair was invented by a dentist.
31 . The human heart creates enough pressure when it pumps out to the body to squirt blood 30 feet.
32 Rats multiply so quickly that in 18 months, two rats could have over million descendants.
33. Wearing headphones for just an hour will increase the bacteria in your ear by 700 times.
34 . The cigarette lighter was invented before the match.
35. Most lipstick contains fish scales.
36 . Like fingerprints, everyone's tongue print is different
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37. And finally 99% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.
Knowledge is to be shared & enjoyed ....
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