Exciting Facts of Technology

Aircraft Carrier

An aircraft carrier gets about 6 inches per gallon of fuel.

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Airplanes

The first United States coast to coast airplane flight occurred in 1911 and took 49 days.

A Boeing 747s wingspan is longer than the Wright brother's first flight (120ft).


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Aluminum

The Chinese were using aluminum to make things as early as 300 AD Western civilization didn't rediscover aluminum until 1827.


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Automobile

George Seldon received a patent in 1895 - for the automobile. Four years later, George sold the rights for $200,000.


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Coin Operated Machine

The first coin operated machine ever designed was a holy-water dispenser that required a five-drachma piece to operate. It was the brainchild of the Greek scientist Hero in the first century AD.


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Compact Discs

Compact discs read from the inside to the outside edge, the reverse of how a record works.


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Computers

ENIAC, the first electronic computer, appeared 50 years ago. The original ENIAC was about 80 feet long, weighed 30 tons, had 17,000 tubes. By comparison, a desktop computer today can store a million times more information than an ENIAC, and 50,000 times faster.

From the smallest microprocessor to the biggest mainframe, the average American depends on over 264 computers per day.

The first "modern" computer (i.e., general-purpose and program-controlled) was built in 1941 by Konrad Zuse. Since there was a war going on, he applied to the German government for funding to build his machines for military use, but was turned down because the Germans did not expect the war to last beyond Christmas.

The computer was launched in 1943, more than 100 years after Charles Babbage designed the first programmable device. Babbage dropped his idea after he couldn't raise capital for it. In 1998, the Science Museum in London, UK, built a working replica of the Babbage machine, using the materials and work methods available at Babbage's time. It worked just as Babbage had intended.


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[This article was received through an email from my friend Awni]

HOW TO HIDE YOUR PASSWORD..???? (IT Humor)

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No one can see your passwords or whatever you're typing

No one can see whatever you're typing or which website you ' re surfing



And the Ultimate is...






(This post published here is actually an email sent to me by a friend Awani)

INTERNET SAYINGS

 Home is where you hang your @.

 A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click.

 You can't teach new mouse old clicks.

 The e-mail of the species is more deadly than the mail.

 Great groups from little icons grow.

 Speak softly and carry a cellular phone.

 C: is the root of all directories.

 Don't put all your hypes in one home page.

 Pentium wise; pen and paper foolish.

 The modem is the message.

 Too many clicks spoil the browse.

 The geek shall inherit the earth.

 A chat has nine lives.

 Don't byte off more than you can view.

 Fax is stranger than fiction.

 What boots up must come down.

 Windows will never cease.

 Virtual reality is its own reward.

 Modulation in all things.

 A user and his leisure time are soon parted.

 There's no place like home.com.

 Know what to expect before you connect.

 Oh, what a tangled website we weave when first we practice.

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Alt+ Ctrl+ Delete

IF ONLY LIFE COULD BE LIKE A COMPUTER!


If you messed up your life, you could press "Alt, Ctrl, Delete" and start all over!


To get your daily exercise, just click on "run"!


If you needed a break from life, click on "suspend".


Hit "any key" to continue life when ready.


To get even with the neighbors, turn up the sound blaster.


To "add/remove" someone in your life, click settings and control panel.


To improve your appearance, just adjust the display settings.


If life gets too noisy, turn off the speakers.


When you lose your car keys, click on "find".


"Help" with the chores is just a click away.


You wouldn't need auto insurance. You'd use your diskette to recover from a crash.


We could click on "send" and the kids would go to bed immediately.


To feel like a new person, click on "refresh".


Click on "close" to shut up the kids and spouse.


To undo a mistake, click on "back".


Is your wardrobe getting old? Click "update".


you don't like cleaning the litter box, click on "delete".

WATER IS PRECIOUS, SAVE IT.

WATER CONSERVATION: NEED OF THE HOUR