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@fluidz | 10 October 11 | |
A Wikipedia entry states that only 1 of Internet data and voice traffic is transmitted through satellite links while the remaining 99 is still carried by undersea cables spread across the worlds oceans. This explains why Internet services get disrupted when these undersea cables are damaged due to passing ships or in the event of an undersea earthquake. An interactive map - http://is.gd/Mi6dpJ
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@fluidz | 10 October 11 | |
The 80's arcade game Phoenix was the first game ever, to introduce the concept of end-level bosses. The game had players shoot their way through an alien mothership's defences.
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@fluidz | 10 October 11 | |
The minimum number of satellites needed to show your position on the GPS device is 3. A signal from one GPS satellite will just tell your distance from that particular satellite. If you know your approximate latitude and longitude, you can figure out which point you are at. Four satellites are necessary to accurately determine altitude.
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@fluidz | 10 October 11 | |
The first ever video that was uploaded on Youtube is by Jawed Karim (one of youtube founders) titled Me at zoo on April 23rd, 2005. This video is all of 18 seconds long.
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@fluidz | 10 October 11 | |
The ''www'' part of a web site (www.google.com) is optional and is not required by any web policy or standard.
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@fluidz | 10 October 11 | |
A whopping 11.5 million subscribers (and counting) play World of Warcraft - that's more or less the population of Goa.
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@fluidz | 10 October 11 | |
Around 75 per cent of the music that is available for download has never been purchased and it is costing money just to be on the server.
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@fluidz | 10 October 11 | |
The blue coloured links on a web page is just a browser default because way back on the days when monitors only had 16 colours, blue was the darkest colour that did not affect text legibility.
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@eieio | 10 October 11 | |
99 percent of all pc novices struggle to find the 'anykey' ... even experts struggle at times..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWWfPqBK20s
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@eieio | 10 October 11 | |
and just to make you monday better.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwbAtJmMr9sfeature=related
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