Francis Bacon: One of the most influential minds of the late 16th century. A statesman, a philosopher, a writer, and a scientist, he was even rumored to have written some of Shakespeare's plays.
How he died: Stuffing snow into a chicken. One afternoon in 1625, Bacon was watching a snowstorm and was struck by the wondrous notion that maybe snow could be used to preserve meat in the same way that salt was used. Determined to find out, he purchased a chicken from a nearby village, killed it, and then, standing outside in the snow, attempted to stuff the chicken full of snow to freeze it. The chicken never froze, but Bacon did.
Jerome Irving Rodale: Founding father of the organic food movement, creator of “Organic Farming and Gardening” magazine, and founder of Rodale Press, a major publishing corporation.
How he died: On the “Dick Cavett Show”, while discussing the benefits of organic foods. Rodale, who bragged “I`m going to live to be 100 unless I`m run down by a sugar-crazed taxi driver,” was only 72 when he appeared on the “Dick Cavett Show” in January 1971. Part way through the interview, he dropped dead in his chair. Cause of death: heart attack. The show was never aired.
Aeschylus: Greek playwright in 500 BC. Many historians consider him the father of Greek tragedies.
How he died: An eagle dropped a tortoise on his head According to legend, eagles picked up tortoises and attempt to crack them open by dropping them on rocks. An eagle mistook Aeschylus head for a rock (he was bald) and dropped it on him instead.
Jim Fixx: Author of the best selling “Complete Book of Running,” which started the 70's jogging craze.
How he died: A heart attack….while jogging Fixx was visiting Greensboro, Vermont when he walked out of his house and began jogging. He'd only gone a short distance when he had a massive coronary. His autopsy revealed that one of his coronary arteries was 99 percent clogged, another was 80 percent obstructed, and a third was 70 percent Blocked….and that Fixx had had three other attacks in the weeks prior to his death.
And finally there's Lully, the 16th-century composer who wrote music for the king of France. While rehearsing the musicians, he got too serious beating time with his staff, and drove it right through his foot. He died of infection.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Confused in choosing a pen drive.
With dwindling prices of flash storage, i have finally decided to buy a pen drive. Am planning for a 4 gb version cos thats pretty cheap now.
the thing is i am confused between the following two. Both of which got good reviews in this month's digit.
1. Transcend Jetflash V10 4 gb (Digit GOLD)
pros
cheap...its a steal at Rs. 843/-
USB slider design
easily available in my area
cons
looks dull
doesnt seem to be as rugged as the voyager GT
2. Corsair Voyager GT 4 gb (Digit Editor's pick)
pros
its from "Corsair"
extremely rugged design (its water proof, and people have even thrown it from top of building and driven a car over it)
it is "almost" the fastest of all.(although different reviews say differently) but its still one of the fastest.
looks pretty good
i can use it as a keychain too! (due to the tough outer design)
cons
little expensive than transcend @ Rs. 1300/-
a bit difficult to get in my area (probably will have to order it online)
USB not retractable (wat if we lose the cap, although i have read that corsair gives a replacement)
the most important for me in a pen drive is that it should be faaaaast and should have a rugged design, so that there is no problem if it falls down or something.....
so please help me select from the two!
the thing is i am confused between the following two. Both of which got good reviews in this month's digit.
1. Transcend Jetflash V10 4 gb (Digit GOLD)
pros
cheap...its a steal at Rs. 843/-
USB slider design
easily available in my area
cons
looks dull
doesnt seem to be as rugged as the voyager GT
2. Corsair Voyager GT 4 gb (Digit Editor's pick)
pros
its from "Corsair"
extremely rugged design (its water proof, and people have even thrown it from top of building and driven a car over it)
it is "almost" the fastest of all.(although different reviews say differently) but its still one of the fastest.
looks pretty good
i can use it as a keychain too! (due to the tough outer design)
cons
little expensive than transcend @ Rs. 1300/-
a bit difficult to get in my area (probably will have to order it online)
USB not retractable (wat if we lose the cap, although i have read that corsair gives a replacement)
the most important for me in a pen drive is that it should be faaaaast and should have a rugged design, so that there is no problem if it falls down or something.....
so please help me select from the two!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Joke: World War III
George W. Bush and Colin Powell are sitting in a bar.
A guy walks in and asks the barman, “Isn`t that Bush and Powell sitting over there?”
The barman says, “Yep, that`s them.”
So the guy walks over to them and says, “Wow, this is a real honor. What are you guys doing in here??”
Bush says, “We`re planning World War III”.
the guy says, “Really? What`s going to happen?”
Bush says, “Well, we`re going to kill 140 million Iraqis and one intelligent blonde.
The guy exclaimed, “Intelligent blonde!! Why kill a blonde?”
Bush turns to Powell, punches him on the shoulder and says, “See, smart ass?! I told you no one would worry about the 140 million Iraqis!”
A guy walks in and asks the barman, “Isn`t that Bush and Powell sitting over there?”
The barman says, “Yep, that`s them.”
So the guy walks over to them and says, “Wow, this is a real honor. What are you guys doing in here??”
Bush says, “We`re planning World War III”.
the guy says, “Really? What`s going to happen?”
Bush says, “Well, we`re going to kill 140 million Iraqis and one intelligent blonde.
The guy exclaimed, “Intelligent blonde!! Why kill a blonde?”
Bush turns to Powell, punches him on the shoulder and says, “See, smart ass?! I told you no one would worry about the 140 million Iraqis!”
News: Nvidia's new series 9
Nvidia has announced plans for the new 9 series of graphics cards, codenamed the G92. Which will have the big guns like the 9800 GTX and 9800 GTS. While the mid-range performers, the G98's will house the 9600 GT.
The main USP for the 9 series is the support for DX 10.1,OpenGl 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0. Here are some rumours floating around in the web space:
The main USP for the 9 series is the support for DX 10.1,OpenGl 3.0 and PCI Express 2.0. Here are some rumours floating around in the web space:
- it'll offer around 1 TERRAFLOP of computational performance
- the clock speed is going to be somewhere between the 800 and 850 MHZ mark
- sticking with the nomenclature of the current generation, there'll be a 9800 GTS and GTX
- it'll be the first PCI Express 2.0 card
- looks like it'll also support a new DirectX 10.1 standard, and Open GL 3.0
- it'll have a DisplayPort connector (the new digital display interface standard)
- be built with a 65 nm fabrication process
- double precision support (floating-point 64)
- an GTX2 version might come very soon after launch (2 GPUS on one card, like a 7950 GX2)
- could be almost as twice as fast as a 8800 Ultra (as crazy as that may sound)
- might sport a gigabyte of GDDR4 memory
Monday, January 21, 2008
Joke: TATA Nano Jokes
Ah well isnt the Nano a marvel. And well as always we have some people out there to add in humour even at such an event. So here it goes.....Keep Smiling!!!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Movie Review: Charlie Wilson's War
Movie Name: Charlie Wilson's War
Actors:Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Mike Nichols
This must be the first movie made on this subject. The beginning of the movie says that it is based on true story. It is confirmed when the credits at the end of movie finish. Last few lines of those credits give special thanks to Charlie Wilson and family, Gust Avrakotos and family and Joanne Herring and family.
The movie is primarily based on the USSR attack on Afghanistan. But the view shown here is the American one. Its about an american congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) who is somehow persuaded by Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts) to ask the Congress for funding to give modern weaponary to the Afghanistan Mujahiddin.
The mood of the movie changes from time to time. It opens with a playboy congressman, then shows us scenes where we feel very sad for Afghan children with broken arms and saying stories about it and it moves to showing how USSR retreats and Afghans celebrate victory....to finally showing a couple of dialogues wherein the characters talk about problems which may arise in "future" (read 9/11).
Two of the great actors (Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts) have once again proved that they are one of the best in business.
At the end of it, the movie very brilliantly achieves to show something which most of the world is unaware of.
Actors:Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Director: Mike Nichols
This must be the first movie made on this subject. The beginning of the movie says that it is based on true story. It is confirmed when the credits at the end of movie finish. Last few lines of those credits give special thanks to Charlie Wilson and family, Gust Avrakotos and family and Joanne Herring and family.
The movie is primarily based on the USSR attack on Afghanistan. But the view shown here is the American one. Its about an american congressman Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) who is somehow persuaded by Joanne Herring (Julia Roberts) to ask the Congress for funding to give modern weaponary to the Afghanistan Mujahiddin.
The mood of the movie changes from time to time. It opens with a playboy congressman, then shows us scenes where we feel very sad for Afghan children with broken arms and saying stories about it and it moves to showing how USSR retreats and Afghans celebrate victory....to finally showing a couple of dialogues wherein the characters talk about problems which may arise in "future" (read 9/11).
Two of the great actors (Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts) have once again proved that they are one of the best in business.
At the end of it, the movie very brilliantly achieves to show something which most of the world is unaware of.
अब ब्लोग्गिंग हिन्दी में भी!!!
भाइयो और बेहेनो,
आज मैंने ब्लॉगर पे ये नयी चीज़ ढूंढ निकली, अब हम हिन्दी में भी ब्लोग्स लिख सकते है। सबसे बढिया बात तो ये है कि हमे सीधा कीबोर्ड से हिन्दी में टाइप नही करना पड़ता. हमे इंग्लिश में ही टाइप करना है और फोंट्स अपनेआप हिन्दी हो जायेंगे।
ये सेटिंग चालू करने के लिए यह कीजिए
१. आपके ब्लोग में लोगिन कीजिए
२. सेटिंग पे क्लिक्क कीजिए
३. उसमे बसिक सेटिंग के अन्दर एक ओप्शन है (Show transliteration button for your posts?)।
४. उसको चंगे करके एस कर दीजिए।
५. हिन्दी में ब्लोग लिखना चालू कीजिए।
इसमे एक ही प्रॉब्लम है। ट्रांस्लितेरेशन के सबसे अच्छे नतीजों के लिए आपको "इंटरनेट एक्सप्लोरर" का इस्तेमाल करना पड़ेगा। "ऑपेरा" जैसे ब्राउजर में तो यह चलेगा ही नही।
गूगल का ट्रांस्लितेरेशन प्रोग्राम ओरकुट पे भी उपलब्ध है!
धन्यवाद
मोशेल
आज मैंने ब्लॉगर पे ये नयी चीज़ ढूंढ निकली, अब हम हिन्दी में भी ब्लोग्स लिख सकते है। सबसे बढिया बात तो ये है कि हमे सीधा कीबोर्ड से हिन्दी में टाइप नही करना पड़ता. हमे इंग्लिश में ही टाइप करना है और फोंट्स अपनेआप हिन्दी हो जायेंगे।
ये सेटिंग चालू करने के लिए यह कीजिए
१. आपके ब्लोग में लोगिन कीजिए
२. सेटिंग पे क्लिक्क कीजिए
३. उसमे बसिक सेटिंग के अन्दर एक ओप्शन है (Show transliteration button for your posts?)।
४. उसको चंगे करके एस कर दीजिए।
५. हिन्दी में ब्लोग लिखना चालू कीजिए।
इसमे एक ही प्रॉब्लम है। ट्रांस्लितेरेशन के सबसे अच्छे नतीजों के लिए आपको "इंटरनेट एक्सप्लोरर" का इस्तेमाल करना पड़ेगा। "ऑपेरा" जैसे ब्राउजर में तो यह चलेगा ही नही।
गूगल का ट्रांस्लितेरेशन प्रोग्राम ओरकुट पे भी उपलब्ध है!
धन्यवाद
मोशेल
Friendship
Alone I can say but together we can shout
Alone I can smile but together we can laugh
Alone I can live but together we can celebrate
Thats the Magic of Friendship!
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Every nice friend is a glimpse of G-D.
Its one of life's blessings,
A priceless gift that can never be bought, sold or forgotten
Just like you!
P.S. Shavua Tov to all my Jewish Friends.
Alone I can smile but together we can laugh
Alone I can live but together we can celebrate
Thats the Magic of Friendship!
----------------------------------------------------
Every nice friend is a glimpse of G-D.
Its one of life's blessings,
A priceless gift that can never be bought, sold or forgotten
Just like you!
P.S. Shavua Tov to all my Jewish Friends.
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Joke: Euro English
"Euro-English"
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl
The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the European Union rather than German, which was the other possibility.
As part of the negotiations, the British Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5- year phase-in plan that would become known as "Euro-English".
In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy.
The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter.
There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter.
In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible.
Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling.
Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away.
By the 4th yer people wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v".
During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten styl.
Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru.
Und efter ze fifz yer, ve vil al be speking German like zey vunted in ze forst plas.
If zis mad you smil, pleas pas on to oza pepl
Friday, January 18, 2008
Future Expected Content
Well I am a movie buff. Every Friday (first day last show) I am at the theatres so u wont find me online. But I will surely come on saturday and update with movie reviews.
Other than that I am crazy about gadgets and computers. So again lot of stuff about those. whether its about the IPhone or the latest processor from Intel. I will write it here.
Please wish me luck everyone.
Regards
Moshel
Other than that I am crazy about gadgets and computers. So again lot of stuff about those. whether its about the IPhone or the latest processor from Intel. I will write it here.
Please wish me luck everyone.
Regards
Moshel
My first Blog
Hello Everyone,
Finally now I have my own blog on the internet. Dont know what prompted me to do it but I did it finally!
I just hope this will be a great place and I will make sure to post as much as possible and get more viewers!
Regards
Moshel
P.S. Pree-ty, Thank you very much!
Finally now I have my own blog on the internet. Dont know what prompted me to do it but I did it finally!
I just hope this will be a great place and I will make sure to post as much as possible and get more viewers!
Regards
Moshel
P.S. Pree-ty, Thank you very much!
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