Cool Things to Know

1.  Q: Why are many coin banks shaped like pigs?
           A: Long ago, dishes and cookware in  Europe were made of a dense orange clay called 'pygg'. When people saved coins in jars made of this clay, the jars became known as 'pygg banks.' When an English potter misunderstood the word, he made a bank that resembled a pig. And it caught on.

           2.  Q: Did you ever wonder why dimes, quarters and half dollars have notches, while pennies and nickels do not?
           A: The US Mint began putting notches on the edges of coins containing gold and silver to discourage holders from shaving off small quantities of the precious metals.  Dimes, quarters and half dollars are notched because they used to contain silver. Pennies and nickels aren't notched because the metals they contain are not valuable enough to shave.
 
           3.  Q: Why do men's clothes have buttons on the right while women's clothes have buttons on the left?
           A: When buttons were invented, they were very expensive and worn primarily by the rich. Because wealthy women were dressed by maids, dressmakers put the buttons on the maid's right! Since most people are right-handed, it is easier to push buttons on the right through holes on the left.  And that's where women's buttons have remained since.

           4.  Q. Why do X's at the end of a letter signify kisses?
           A: In the Middle Ages, when many people were unable to read or write, documents were often signed using an X. Kissing the X represented an oath to fulfill obligations specified in the document. The X and the kiss eventually became synonymous.
 
           5.  Q: Why is shifting responsibility to someone else called 'passing the buck'?
           A: In card games, it was once customary to pass an item, called a buck, from player to player to indicate whose turn it was to deal. If a player did not wish to assume the responsibility, he would 'pass the buck' to the next player.
 
           6.  Q: Why do people clink their glasses before drinking a toast?
           A: It used to be common for someone to try to kill an enemy by offering him a poisoned drink. To prove to a guest that a drink was safe, it became customary for a guest to pour a small amount of his drink into the glass of the host. Both men would drink it simultaneously. When a guest trusted his host, he would then just touch or clink the host's glass with his own.
 
           7.  Q: Why are people in the public eye said to be 'in the limelight'?
           A: Invented in 1825, limelight was used in lighthouses and stage lighting by burning a cylinder of lime which produced a brilliant light. In the theatre, performers on stage 'in the limelight' were seen by the audience to be the center of attention.
 
           8.  Q: Why do ships and aircraft in trouble use 'mayday' as their call for help?
           A: This comes from the French word m'aidez - meaning 'help me' – and is pronounced 'mayday.'
 
           9.  Q: Why is someone who is feeling great 'on cloud nine'?
           A: Types of clouds are numbered according to the altitudes they attain, with nine being the highest cloud. If someone is said to be on cloud nine, that person is floating well above worldly cares.
 
           10.  Q: Why are zero scores in tennis called 'love'?
           A: In  France, where tennis first became popular, a big, round zero on the scoreboard looked like an egg and was called  'l'oeuf,'  which is French for 'egg..'  When tennis was introduced in the US, Americans pronounced it  'love.'
 
           11.  Q: In golf, where did the term 'Caddie' come from?
           A. When Mary, later Queen of Scots, went to France as a young girl (for education & survival), Louis, King of France, learned that she loved the Scot game 'golf.' So he had the first golf course outside of Scotland built for her enjoyment. To make sure she was properly chaperoned (and guarded) while she played, Louis hired cadets from a military school to accompany her. Mary liked this a lot and when she returned to Scotland (not a very good idea in the long run), she took the practice with her.  In French, the word cadet is pronounced 'ca-day' and the Scots changed it into 'caddie.'
            Now YOU know just about everything !

Politically correct jokes

Manmohan Singh and Bush are sitting in a bar. A guy walks in and asks the bar man, 'Isn't that Bush and Manmohan Singh?' The bar man says 'Yep, that's them.' So the guy walks over and says, 'Hello, what are you guys doing?' Bush says, 'We're planning world war 3' The guy says, 'Really? What's going to happen?' And Manmohan Singh says, 'Well, we're going to kill 14 million Pakistanis and one bicycle repairman.' And the guy exclaimed, 'A bicycle repairman?!! !' Manmohan Singh turns to Bush and says, 'See, I told you no-one would worry about the 14 million Pakistanis!' ********************************************************************** Pakistani on the moon: Q: What do you call 1 Pakistani on the moon? A: Problem... Q: What do you call 10 Pakistanis on the moon? A: Problem... Q: What do you call a 100 Pakistanis on the moon? A: Problem... Q: What do you call ALL the Pakistanis on the moon? A: ...... Problem Solved!!! ********************************************************************** A man is! Taking a walk in Central park in New York. Suddenly he sees a little girl being attacked by a pit bull dog. He runs over and starts fighting with the dog. He succeeds in killing the dog and saving the girl's life. A policeman who was watching the scene walks over and says: 'you are a hero, tomorrow you can read it in all the newspapers: 'Brave New Yorker saves the life of little girl'. The man says: 'But I am not a New Yorker! Oh then it will say in newspapers in the morning: 'Brave American saves life of little girl' the policeman answers. 'But I am not an American!' - says the man. Oh, what are you then?' The man says: 'I am a Pakistani!' The next day the newspapers say: 'Extremist kills innocent American dog.. ;) ;)

'The Law of the Great Life.'

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport
We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black
car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by
just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started
yelling at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really
friendly.
So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and
sent us to the hospital!'
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call,

'The Law of the Garbage Truck.'

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full
of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment.
As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes
they'll dump it on you.
Don't take it personally.

Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don't take their garbage and
spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take
over their day.
Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets,
so .... Love the people who treat you right.
'N' .... Pray for the ones who don't.

Life is ten percent what you make it
and ninety percent how you take it !

Have a garbage-free day!

DO Indian MEDIA SUCK???

Last year during the Anna hazare revolution, I met a journalist from Reuters, who although himself was a foreigner to the Indian land however, he probably had more knowledge about Indian politics than perhaps I myself, having been lived India for almost 20 years. That was a big surprise.

Early this year, when a respected Indian newspaper circulated an advertisement against its arch rival, it created a wave in the hearts of Indians. Not only did a large number of people (at least people who i interact with usually) made a huge change in choice of newspaper for The Times of India (an old favorite) to The hindu (the not so classy newspaper). This was expected thanks to the tasteless puns and the colorful world of The Times, along with its website full of brimming with images of semi nude celebrities and page 3 girls doing the talking

But for one thing, people often tend to stay away from the Hindu is due to its musty English, that would for sure put you back to sleep in case you headed to the newspaper right early in the morning. The hindu although retains itself to the idea of impartial journalism, but is so remote from the idea that it perturbs you especially when not in mood.

Had this been restricted to newspapers was fine (Since most of the newspapers are available online and its google news that makes that easier to me to follow my heart), but that whole insane idea gets into the television, i am once again disturbed.

Most Indian TV channel have special journalist who are ready to take split the hair when it comes to reporting and especially reporting late at night, when I usually get to watch this idotic box. Over and over, they will tell you stories about the unseen ghost or the witch who wants an onion from your house or sometimes they will ask not to sleep till 12 to avoid bad omen.

Although a few Indian channels (say NDTV) try to remain honest to the job of a journalist and probably I beleive amongst the very few, apart from obviously The Indian express and Hindustan times. However, this was some data I could collect as I was going about this post

The Times of India and its sister newspaper The economic times have often been publishing advertisements as a news article, often to influence consumer thinking. In a story later, both these sister newspapers . The piece ended with an unusual ending “The trip to Yavatmal was arranged by Mahyco Monsanto Biotech”.

The New York aggravated the story further when aletter published on it told about an Indian newspaper chasing a businessman of giving considerable stake in its firm in exchange of favorable media coverage. Later, the same article points out Sushma Swaraj accepting the fact “that she was offered favorable media coverage during national elections last year in exchange for 10 million rupees, or $220,000.”

It is a well known fact for Barkha Dutt of NDTV fame “who is accused of acting as a power broker in 

negotiations involving big business and the government over allocation of cabinet seats.”

Further “Dutt (herself) and Vir Sanghvi of Hindustan Times are heard in separate conversations discussing who should be in the cabinet with influential lobbyist Niira Radia, who was pushing for A. Raja, a south Indian regional politician, to be reinstated as a minister.” (of telecom. Google up 2 2G scam India for more)

In one of its article last year (I could get the source now), The Times itself  had pointed about the use and abuse of media by the Congress Government, wherein it wrote how the congress government under Indira Gandhi used to punish media houses time and again, for publishing articles about the mismanagement of its own government. Activities included cancellation of electricity and imposition of heavy fines over such houses

Should be TRUST OUR MEDIA .. DO REPLY,.,,

Shaking Browser Trick

This one is one of the funniest computer tricks I have learnt so far. Follow the steps below to learn this trick:

• Copy the Java code below,

javascript:function Shw(n) {if (self.moveBy) {for (i = 35; i > 0; i--) {for (j = n; j > 0; j--) {self.moveBy(1,i);self.moveBy(i,0);self.moveBy(0,-i);self.moveBy(-i,0); } } }} Shw(6)

·         Paste the code in the address bar of your browser and click Enter.

You will be amazed when you see that your web browser starts shaking

Fake Virus :using notepad

Make ur own virus and enjoy it

Deleting Files message to freak everyone out.

Just copy the following code and save it as a batch file like we spoke.

echo off
cls
echo Fatal Error!! Your computer is under attack!!
pause
echo Deleting Files
pause
:files
echo !323%%%@#@GJFGG42JG 
echo !3424%@#%^&@52%@%gs 
echo !@$@^624@$6262$hG 
echo !@#4-07234&5*((6hkd 
echo !&^%78755&*%478*%$& 
echo !^$$68*$78()&4578 
echo !&8898*65$$566$68(9
goto files

If you want your victim to run this,save it in startup or you can just make him click your batch file and enjoy the look on your victim’s face.

Notepad++

About

Notepad++ is a free (as in "free speech" and also as in "free beer") source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages. Running in the MS Windows environment, its use is governed by GPL License.

Based on the powerful editing component Scintilla, Notepad++ is written in C++ and uses pure Win32 API and STL which ensures a higher execution speed and smaller program size. By optimizing as many routines as possible without losing user friendliness, Notepad++ is trying to reduce the world carbon dioxide emissions. When using less CPU power, the PC can throttle down and reduce power consumption, resulting in a greener environment

http://notepad-plus-plus.org/

Create a Harmless Funny Virus with Notepad-Continuously eject CD/DVD drives

This VBS trick will create a code which will continuously eject all your connected Optical drives. If you put them back in, it will pop them out again. Copy this code and paste it in Notepad as Virus.vbs or *.vbs.




Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7")
Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection
do
if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next
For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1
colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject
Next
End If
wscript.sleep 5000
loop


Double click to open this file and you will be impressed by this awesome trick.

99 DOS Commands

Quick Help on Windows Dos 


Commands .


Quicktime (If Installed) = QuickTime.cpl
Regional Settings = intl.cpl
Registry Editor = regedit
Registry Editor = regedit32
Remote Desktop = mstsc
Removable Storage = ntmsmgr.msc
Removable Storage Operator Requests = ntmsoprq.msc
Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof) = rsop.msc
Scanners and Cameras = sticpl.cpl
Scheduled Tasks = control schedtasks
Security Center = wscui.cpl
Services = services.msc
Shared Folders = fsmgmt.msc
Shuts Down Windows = shutdown
Sounds and Audio = mmsys.cpl
Spider Solitare Card Game = spider
SQL Client Configuration = cliconfg
System Configuration Editor = sysedit
System Configuration Utility = msconfig
System File Checker Utility = sfc
System Properties = sysdm.cpl
Task Manager = taskmgr
Telnet Client = telnet
User Account Management = nusrmgr.cpl
Utility Manager = utilman
Windows Firewall = firewall.cpl
Windows Magnifier = magnify
Windows Management Infrastructure = wmimgmt.msc
Windows System Security Tool = syskey
Windows Update Launches = wupdmgr
Windows XP Tour Wizard = tourstart
Wordpad = write

Play Around with Notepad for Fun

Notepad is not a usless..

u can do my trick in Notepad..

Toggle your friend’s Caps Lock button continuously:

What this trick does is, when you run the following script it starts blinking caps Lock light continuously. If you run this script twice the rate of blink increases and alternatively NumLock light start to blink with CapsLock.
Open Notepad and Type :

Set wshShell =wscript.CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”)
do
wscript.sleep 100
wshshell.sendkeys “{CAPSLOCK}”
loop

Save it as “Caps.VBS” and send it to your friend. Double Click it if you wanna see it working. Its a very funny Notepad Trick.

Note: Don’t worry when you try this crazy notepad trick. If you want to end this script simply Open Task Manager(Alt+Ctrl+Delete). Under Processes end the process “wscript.exe”

How to free give a free call

hey frndz it a just a simple trick that make ur call free... and anyone can do it..

its stupid but all rock

You can now make free calls from your pc to any mobile in the world. All you need is a mic with ear phones, a decent internet connection and Yahoo Messenger or Skype Installed.I’m now using this free call method and the great thing is that, this trick can be used to make unlimited call to mobiles all over the world and not limited to United states. It even works to make free local mobile calls in India.

So how do we make a call from pc to mobile phone for free?

Install Yahoo messenger or Skype. In case you don’t have it Google it and download the latest version.

Sign into your yahoo messenger or Skype using your yahoo id and password. Configure your microphone and headset if you have installed a fresh yahoo or skype software
Inside your Yahoo messenger dial +18003733411 and press enter(as shown in figure).

Now a small window pops up like the one shown below.

An operator greets you with a recorded welcome message along with an advertisement and asks you to select one of the Free411 service. Just hear the services options until they say the last one as “Free Call”. When you hear this, don’t press any number on your keyboard and instead SAY “Free call” loudly on your microphone connected to your PC.
After this voice message is detected by their system, they will run a short advertisement of their sponsor and make sure you don’t press any number at this time.
WAIT UNTIL YOU HEAR A BEEP SOUND after the following message “Please dial the phone number country code first, don’t forget to dial 1 for north America”
After you hear this message ,immediately dial the destination number of your choice along with the country code.(e.g. for north America it’s 1 and for India it’s 91)

Your call will get connected and you can talk for 7 minutes continuous for free. When it gets disconnected, repeat the same procedure again. You can make multiple and unlimited calls with this service.
It was never easy to make a free international call like this before.
So what’s the catch?
FREE411 service toll-free number is based in USA. This company gets paid for the advertisements from sponsors.
Are there any limits on the number of call which we can make?
No. There is no limit on the number of free calls which can be made through this system.
So enjoy this trick to make free international and local calls and make sure you don’t abuse the system.

Astrology is still stupid but still it rockz :(

million of people die due to hunger but we people still believe in superstition ...

people don't have to anything to eat but they were give money ,food and milk to baba 's and blind faith....

still WE ARE PROUD TO BE INDIAN 

;

; stop the astrology and be realist...

first treadment then form

Child Labour -Indian ECONOMY 's SECRET

The problem of child labour exploitation is a major challenge to the progress of developing countries. Children work at the cost of their right to education which leaves them permanently trapped in the poverty cycle, sadly without the education and literacy required for better-paying jobs. This is particularly serious in India as it tops the list with the highest number of child labourers in the world. The 2001 national census of India estimated the total number of child labour, aged 5–14, to be at 12.6 million.

Out of the 12.6 million, 0.12 million engages in hazardous job. However according to informal labour force statistics, the problem seems to be more severe than reflected. Child labour is estimated to be as large as 60 million in India, as many children are "hidden workers" working in homes or in the underground economy. In the long run, this phenomenon will evolve to be both a social and an economic problem as economic disparities widen between the poor and educationally backward states and that of the faster-growing states. India has the highest number of labourers in the world under 14 years of age.

Although the Constitution of India guarantees free and compulsory education to children between the age of 6 to 14 and prohibits employment of children younger than 14 in 18 hazardous occupations and 65 hazardous processes, child labour is prevalent in almost all informal sectors of the Indian economy. Companies including Gap, Primark, Monsanto and others have been criticised for using child labour in either their operations in India or by their suppliers in India.

RELIGIOUS STUPIDITY

STOP FUCKING THIS NON SENSE PEOPLE..

India is Secular ? How Much True ?

Dalit Low Caste Women Publically Humiliated by Declaring them as "Witch"

Baba stands on children 

Shining India...!!!

SAY NO TO DOWRY

India Every women is murdered for dowry every 20 minutes

LOVE :- HELL OR HEAVEN.

AFTER LIVING THIS STORY WAT U THINK ABT LOVE???

Manoj & Babli were killed for marrying within the gotra. 
Do you think such practices should be stopped...??!!??

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manoj-Babli_honour_killing_case

Priyanka Todi has sent a letter to her mother-in-law stating that:
"Priyanka Todi will not return to the house of Rizwanur Rehman. She will stay with her father Ashok Todi at his residence. She is equally shocked after the incident as is Rizwanur’s family. Please return her belongings... including saris, greeting cards, personal diaries, photographs, birth certificates, school certificates and others."

Agreeing to return Priyanka’s personal articles, Kishwar said: “I am hoping that you will come yourself and take these things. It will be very unfortunate if I have to hand them over to an advocate’s peon or clerk instead of my daughter-in-law with whom I have no judicial dispute.” —

Rizwan lost his life just for the most wonderful feeling of the World.... What do you think...!!!

Photos Th at Shook The World

Peng Shuilin

Peng Shuilin of China

Peng Shuilin had half of his body amputated after being run over by a truck. But he never gave up! His recovery has amazed surgeons after almost two years undergoing a series of operations. The vice-president of the hospital where this 37-year old Chinese man has been treated said: “He is amazing and the only person in the world to survive having so much of his body amputated.” He’s doing well now and has opened his own bargain supermarket - called the Half Man-Half Price Store. That’s incredible.

We should not Give up Whatever the situations are. If he can everybody can!

Indian

Incredible India's Bullet Train with Incredible Indians - The over population is The Reality of india

1 Kashmiri VS Thousand indian Army/Police

Kashmiris vs Indians 

DOWRY

stand no to dowary.

its just a bullshit and no a pride of any family .. so alway say no to Dowry..

ASTROLOGY- A SCIENCE OR BLIND FAITH?

It has always been a topic of heated debate that astrology is blind faith or a systematic method of understanding a person’s life.

Astrology has been emulated in the Vedas and is known to scholars since ancient times.

It is a method of mapping out the exact positions of the planets in relation to the place of birth of a person at a specific time. This is called the ‘horoscope’.

Predictions are made based upon some basic knowledge of the person’s background, as these are the basic points of reference.

The horoscope is a guide which tells us about the inclinations of the person in terms of his potential of progressing, or degressing from this basic reference point.

This can be with reference to his mental attributes, his health, interpersonal relations, fame, wealth, success etc.

Just as a cardiologist can judge the state of the heart by looking at the ECG, provided he can correlate with clinical findings, an astrologer needs to correlate with the person’s basic points of reference.

A horoscope cannot tell the gender of a person, or that what has transpired in the past as there can be numerous possibilities in the absence of any reference point, i.e. the basic correct data of the individual.

This has been used to misinterpret astrology and defame it by many so called ‘scientists’, and ‘rationalists’.

A horoscope can predict the possible dangers and risks in specific areas in a person’s life, so that he can take measures to prepare himself and find alternative ways for the same.

Man has greatly advanced in science and astronomy. We have reached the planets, and people claim that planets have no such effect upon the humans as astrology describes. Considering this as true, why can we not understand that the position of planets in a horoscope are a graph or a measuring instrument which in its various specific patterns indicate something important for each individual at any point of time?

Also we must understand and acknowledge that there are many phenomena in nature that we have not been able to understand completely. That never means that they are untrue!

It would be more useful to understand the scope and limitations of astrology in order to gain benefit from it for humankind at large.