30 Νοε 2010
26 Νοε 2010
Top 10 Uncool Tech Habits
Alright, this is going to come across real awful, but at least one third of these sinful booboos have been committed by you.
1.Using a Laptop on a Bed
Fluffy cushions and the like can block ventilation ports, overheating your PC. Use a lap desk or a coffee-table book to keep some airflow between the two. Plus, you can hurt your body if you're typing in an unnatural position, so pay attention to ergonomics.
2.Keeping All of Your E-Mail
Every e-mail message you've ever received is sitting in your inbox in chronological order. Congratulations! You now have an unassailable historical record of your communications…and a guarantee that you will never find anything of any importance whatsoever.
3.Installing Too Much Junk
Why is Windows so slow? You installed three instant messaging clients and seven browser toolbars on your machine. Once some of this stuff is installed, the damage is already done, as many of these apps leave behind traces that are impossible to eliminate.
4.Just Because Google Exists Doesn't Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things
If you spend any amount of time online you're probably very familiar with the above website, "Let Me Google That For You."
LMGTFY is a super smug and hilarious site built for those sick of "all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves."
5.Waiting in Line for Tech Stuff
Remember when you slept in a tent so that you could be the first guy in your 'hood to own a PlayStation 3? Your parents are probably just as proud of that achievement as when you finally leveled your Druid up to 80. Trust us: The gadget works the same 24 hours later. You can probably even preorder it online and let it come to your door.
6.Hitting Your Computer
Be mad. Seriously, Windows aggravates everyone–get angry! Remember, though: We can offer a lot of aid, but throwing, kicking, or otherwise abusing a PC physically will not help. And shelling out a few hundred bucks for a new computer will actually make you feel even worse in the end. Meditate, and restrain yourself. If your laptop is sick from a latte that you tossed on it in a fit of rage, clean it carefully. Luckily, you can try a few emergency tech fixes that can restore hardware to health if your tantrum goes too far.
7.Replying to Spam
Why do spammers do their dirty work? Because enough people respond to it to make sending junk worth their while. Yes, clicking the "remove me" link counts as a response–though on rare occasions, if a message is clearly from a legitimate brand-name company, using that link is worth a try. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. In addition to following this commonsense advice, you can take an extra step to harness the spam-fighting powers of your e-mail service.
8.Posting Hilarious Pictures Online
"Hey, coworker! Looks like you had a great time at your pal's bachelor party. Oh, is that you posing with a Heineken in your hand? How original! Yeah, you and that girl look pretty wasted in that one. At least, that's what our boss said when he e-mailed it to me. Good luck with that evaluation!" Save such moments for posterity in private–or else. Pay close attention to the privacy settings on Facebook (and untag yourself in those compromising pictures) and on photo-sharing sites. On Flickr, for example, click Edit your profile privacy from the 'Manage your profile' page to control who can see what.
9.Using One Password for Everything
All it takes is a single data leak at your cell phone company for a crook to get into your e-mail, bank, investing, online shopping, and Match.com accounts. It's one-stop shopping for identity thieves! Having a unique password for every site is unrealistic, but use a series of several passwords and save your best for the most critical sites.
10.Looking up information while a discussion/argument is still in progress.
So what are laptops and mobile phones for, if not to resolve disputes or questions wherever you happen to be? Why would anyone get annoyed when you pull out your iPhone in the middle of a discussion about, say, a news story, and a minute later break back into the conversation with the details of the story that everyone else had forgotten? Yeah, it beats me, too, but my wife insists this belongs on the list.
1.Using a Laptop on a Bed
Fluffy cushions and the like can block ventilation ports, overheating your PC. Use a lap desk or a coffee-table book to keep some airflow between the two. Plus, you can hurt your body if you're typing in an unnatural position, so pay attention to ergonomics.2.Keeping All of Your E-Mail
Every e-mail message you've ever received is sitting in your inbox in chronological order. Congratulations! You now have an unassailable historical record of your communications…and a guarantee that you will never find anything of any importance whatsoever.3.Installing Too Much Junk
Why is Windows so slow? You installed three instant messaging clients and seven browser toolbars on your machine. Once some of this stuff is installed, the damage is already done, as many of these apps leave behind traces that are impossible to eliminate.4.Just Because Google Exists Doesn't Mean You Should Stop Asking People Things
If you spend any amount of time online you're probably very familiar with the above website, "Let Me Google That For You." LMGTFY is a super smug and hilarious site built for those sick of "all those people that find it more convenient to bother you with their question rather than google it for themselves."5.Waiting in Line for Tech Stuff
Remember when you slept in a tent so that you could be the first guy in your 'hood to own a PlayStation 3? Your parents are probably just as proud of that achievement as when you finally leveled your Druid up to 80. Trust us: The gadget works the same 24 hours later. You can probably even preorder it online and let it come to your door.6.Hitting Your Computer
Be mad. Seriously, Windows aggravates everyone–get angry! Remember, though: We can offer a lot of aid, but throwing, kicking, or otherwise abusing a PC physically will not help. And shelling out a few hundred bucks for a new computer will actually make you feel even worse in the end. Meditate, and restrain yourself. If your laptop is sick from a latte that you tossed on it in a fit of rage, clean it carefully. Luckily, you can try a few emergency tech fixes that can restore hardware to health if your tantrum goes too far.7.Replying to Spam
Why do spammers do their dirty work? Because enough people respond to it to make sending junk worth their while. Yes, clicking the "remove me" link counts as a response–though on rare occasions, if a message is clearly from a legitimate brand-name company, using that link is worth a try. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. In addition to following this commonsense advice, you can take an extra step to harness the spam-fighting powers of your e-mail service.8.Posting Hilarious Pictures Online
"Hey, coworker! Looks like you had a great time at your pal's bachelor party. Oh, is that you posing with a Heineken in your hand? How original! Yeah, you and that girl look pretty wasted in that one. At least, that's what our boss said when he e-mailed it to me. Good luck with that evaluation!" Save such moments for posterity in private–or else. Pay close attention to the privacy settings on Facebook (and untag yourself in those compromising pictures) and on photo-sharing sites. On Flickr, for example, click Edit your profile privacy from the 'Manage your profile' page to control who can see what.9.Using One Password for Everything
All it takes is a single data leak at your cell phone company for a crook to get into your e-mail, bank, investing, online shopping, and Match.com accounts. It's one-stop shopping for identity thieves! Having a unique password for every site is unrealistic, but use a series of several passwords and save your best for the most critical sites.10.Looking up information while a discussion/argument is still in progress.
So what are laptops and mobile phones for, if not to resolve disputes or questions wherever you happen to be? Why would anyone get annoyed when you pull out your iPhone in the middle of a discussion about, say, a news story, and a minute later break back into the conversation with the details of the story that everyone else had forgotten? Yeah, it beats me, too, but my wife insists this belongs on the list.rainbow
Interesting tales about a RRainbow was considered to be a path made by a messenger Iris between earth and heaven in Greek mythology. The Chinese believed that the rainbow was a slit in the sky sealed by Goddess Nuwa using stones of five different colours. The Irish leprechaun’s secret hiding place for his pot of gold is usually believed to be at the end of the rainbow. In Silesia, an obscure area of eastern Europe, it was said that the angels kept tons of gold there and that only a nude man could obtain the prize. Well! I hope nobody tries it.
In the olden days, some Europeans believed that anyone passing beneath the rainbow would be transformed, man into woman and woman into man!
The Bible also talks about the rainbow. After Noah’s Deluge, the Bible relates that the rainbow gained meaning as the sign of God’s promise that terrestrial life would never again be destroyed by flood (read Genesis 9.13-15). Many people believe the rainbow is a ray of light falling to earth whenever Saint Peter opens the gates of heaven to let another soul in. It also has a supreme place in Hindu mythology. The rainbow is called Indradhanush, which means bow of God Indra, who is the God of lightening and thunder. Arabian’s have a similar story. In Arabia it is called the cloud’s bow or Allah’s bow. In Islam the rainbow is not made of seven colours but of four, red, yellow, green and blue related to the four elements.
In the Younger Edda it is described as a tricoloured bridge to Asgard, very skillfully built by the gods. In Croatia the rainbow is God’s seat, while in Greenland the rainbow is the hem of God’s garments. In Africa the rainbow encircles the earth and is a guardian to heaven. In German mythology it is a bowl God used to hold his paints while coloring the birds. Isn’t that a beautiful imagination ever described in a simplest form?
Rainbows even helped mankind to know how to make love. A Japanese myth tells of the first man Isanagi and the first woman Isanami who stood on the floating bridge of heaven while creating the island of Onogoro. They then walked down to earth on this rainbow bridge( Niji), watched all the animals around them and learned how to make love. That’s not all they watched the birds and learned to eat with chopsticks.
In the olden days, some Europeans believed that anyone passing beneath the rainbow would be transformed, man into woman and woman into man! Well, the ones who are thinking about having a gender change, then this is an easier, less painful and no expensive method.
25 Νοε 2010
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Και επισήμως πέφτουν οι τίτλοι τέλους για το ημερήσιο Βήμα. Όπως ανακοίνωσε ο εκδότης της εφημερίδας και μεγαλομέτοχος του ΔΟΛ, Σταύρος Ψυχάρης, η έκδοση της εφημερίδας αναστέλλεται και αύριο θα κυκλοφορήσει για τελευταία φορά. Στα περίπτερα θα βρίσκεται μόνο το Βήμα της Κυριακής, που θα συνεχίσει να εκδίδεται κανονικά. Σύμφωνα με πληροφορίες, ο κ. Ψυχάρης, στη συνάντηση που είχε με το διοικητικό συμβούλιο της ΕΣΗΕΑ, δε θέλησε να δεσμευθεί για την απορρόφηση και των 163 δημοσιογράφων που εργάζονται στο καθημερινό φύλλο σε άλλες εκδόσεις του ΔΟΛ. Παράλληλα, στην ενημέρωση που έκανε πριν από λίγο ο διευθυντής του Βήματος, Παντελής Καψής στους δημοσιογράφους, προσπάθησε να τους καθησυχάσει, λέγοντας οτι έχει προτείνει στον κ. Ψυχάρη να μην προχωρήσει σε περαιτέρω απολύσεις στον ΔΟΛ, αλλά να μειώσει τους μισθούς κατά 10% (για αποδοχές από 1.000 έως 3.000 ευρώ) και 15% για όσους λαμβάνουν μισθούς μεγαλύτερους των 3.000 ευρώ.
Συνάντηση με το Δ.Σ. της ΕΣΗΕΑ είχε και ο διευθύνων σύμβουλος του Σκάι Χρήστος Παναγόπουλος ο οποίος επέμεινε στην απόφαση του ομίλου Αλαφούζου για μισθολογική μείωση κατά 10% σε όλους τους εργαζόμενους δημοσιογράφους από τη νέα χρονιά.
Η ΕΣΗΕΑ αποφάσισε την κήρυξη γενικής απεργίας σε όλα τα ΜΜΕ για τις 30 Νοεμβρίου και θα συντονιστεί με τα υπόλοιπα σωματεία προκειμένου να αποφασιστούν περαιτέρω κινητοποιήσεις.
If you answer yes to any of these questions...................
If you answer yes to any of these questions, then there’s a good chance that you’re turning into a dictator. Hitler, Saddam, Stalin, Castro… and now, you. Here are five simple signs to look out for if you’re worried you might be turning into a dictator.
Absolute power, corrupts absolutely.
Power is a seductive mistress, an addictive thrill, one taste and you’re left thirsting for more. And with power comes the urge to conform the world to your whim, to bend reality to your designs, to forge your own heaven! As the old saying goes: absolute power corrupts absolutely. And you want that power! You want to control absolutely everything! One day you might be standing on the platform in the rain, waiting for a train which is a little late, the next you’ve vowed to make the trains run on time; not just your train, but all the trains in the country, all the trains in the world if you can get your hands on them! It happens. Just look at poor old Mussolini.
You have the power. You are the law!:
When you get into an argument or debate you see it a little differently from normal people. Most people recognise that whoever they’re arguing with has a different point of view from themselves. Not you. When someone disagrees with you they’re not just expressing their point of view, they’re sowing the seeds of sedition, they’re undermining civil stability and spreading enemy propaganda, they’re practically begging to be taken out behind the chemical sheds and shot. Dictatorship here you come.
Genocide: It’s not all bad, is it?
One of the tell tale signs that you’re becoming a dictator is when genocide no longer looks quite so bad. I mean ok, you still don’t think it’s a good thing per se, but you start to think it has it’s uses. Those folks not too keen on towing the party line? Genocide – it’s probably for the best in the long run. The more the potential dictator thinks about it, the better genocide seems. Never much liked the French? Genocide. The skin tone/hair colour/traditional clothes of that ethnic grouping not matching the colour scheme your designer recommended for that bit of desert? Genocide. Annoyed by old people? Genocide. Squirrels stealing all the nuts? Genocide. It’s a slippery slope to dictatorship.
Groupies
Every good dictator needs their own set of groupies. Hitler had his brown shirts, and then the SS. Mussolini had his black shirts. Saddam had the Republican Guard. Seems it just feels nice to be surrounded by people who like you, people who are dedicated to you, people who would kill and die for you. So, if you ever start feeling the need to surround yourself with a large group of very violent people, preferably all wearing the same colour shirts or sporting large 80′s aviator sun glasses (even when they’re inside) or waxed moustaches, then you’re in danger of becoming a dictator. [Image Source]
Eccentric? Moi?
It’s a well known fact that dictators are pretty darn eccentric and don’t feel bad about imposing their little oddities upon their loyal subjects. So if you ever feel the desire, just for the hell of it, or wonder what it would be like to: make beards illegal, have ‘Hopping Wednesdays’, deport all the turtles, declare yourself a reincarnation of Napoleon or make everybody shave the left side of their head; then you’re well on your way to dictatorship.
Me, Me, Me.
Dictators are well known to be egomaniacs. There seems to be a strange correlation between being a dictator and feeling the need to erect lots of statues of yourself in flattering and glorifying poses, to plaster every available flat surface with posters of yourself, to mint coins with your stately noggin printed on them, to put your face on all the stamps, on all the chocolate bars, to have your own three hours weekly television program. In short, you really love yourself. Of course dictators explain this strange egocentricity away by saying that it’s just so that people know they care about them, to know that they are looking over and after their people. Yeah, that explains why little Jimmy has to wake up screaming and sweating in the night to a poster of your dictatorial grin looking down on him from the bedroom ceiling. So if you ever get the urge to start slapping photos of yourself all over the place, then you’re probably becoming a dictator.
Contributor: Nicholas Cockayne
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