After digging to a depth of 100 meters last year, Russian scientists found traces of copper wire dating back 1000 years, and came to the conclusion that their ancestors already had a telephone network one thousand years ago.
So, not to be outdone, in the weeks that followed, American scientists dug 200 meters and the headlines in the US papers read:
‘ US scientists have found traces of 2000 year old optical fibers, and have concluded that their ancestors already had advanced high-tech digital telephone 1000 years earlier than the Russians.’
One week later, Indian daily newspapers reported the following:
‘After digging as deep as 500 meters, Indian scientists have found absolutely nothing. They have concluded that 5000 years ago, their ancestors were already using Bluetooth and Wireless technology.
KINDERGARTEN BOY: To get to the other side.
PLATO: For the greater good.
ARISTOTLE: It is the nature of chickens to cross roads.
KARL MARX: It was a historical inevitability.
TIMOTHY LEARY: Because that’s the only trip the establishment would let it take.
SADDAM HUSSEIN: This was an unprovoked act of rebellion and we were quite justified in dropping 50 tons of nerve gas on it.
CAPTAIN JAMES T. KIRK: To boldly go where no chicken has gone before.
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Like most users of the Internet, Mozilla Firefox is the application that I use the most often. Here are some of the extensions that enhance the Firefox Experience.
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There is an increased need to protect our files today. With the onslaught of USB Flash Drives and other forms of portable storage, we need to ensure that our data remains protected always. Especialy when you are carrying the files with you on your Memory cards etc or on your Laptop.
TrueCrypt is an Open-Source encrypting software that delivers drive encryption and image-file encryption. To know how to use TrueCrypt to protect your data, read on.
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Launchy is a free windows and linux utility designed to help you forget about your start menu, the icons on your desktop, and even your file manager.
Launchy indexes the programs in your start menu and can launch your documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!
It would be good to have Launchy installed on your portable storage device (USB Flash Drives, Portable Hard Drives, Memory Cards, Music Players etc) to index our files and other portable applications. And once you start using Launchy on your Computer, you are bound to miss the “feature” on other computers that you may use. So here we are going to install launchy on to your USB Drive.
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