10. Greek sportsmen smeared their bodies with oil and grease, using a curbed tool. Greeks enjoyed wrestling and (a type of) boxing. The men had to be totally naked when practicing sports.
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So you are familiar with digital pens now! You’ve seen them; some friends are trying (again) the technology; and looks like the technology runs smoothly now. Although digital pens can be a great gadget to own for us tech-frenzy, around-the-clock-on-line mobile knowledge workers, it’s also a serious business tool:
1. A digital pen is not a toy. It is a sturdy, high-precision computing device, built by several technology companies worldwide, with the ability to read handwriting, transmit the traces to a cell-phone via Bluetooth or to a computer network via an USB cable or Bluetooth. The pen is equipped with a long-duration re-chargeable battery, solid-state memory to store up to 80 pages and a digital writing chip provided by Anoto Group, AB.
2. A digital pen costs as much as a regular PDA or smart-phone. However, if you drop a digital pen, it won’t break. A PDA or phone that can be dropped without breaking, costs as much as five times more. Don’t try it at home: if your pen is not a pen designed for corporate/heavy duty use, it MAY break.
3. Handwriting interpretation is NOT done by the pen. The pen sees with a camera where in the paper the handwriting was done. Precise coordinates and form identification is provided by the Digital Pattern, invented by Anoto Group.
4. Although there are many consumer products based on this technology, corporate applications are designed to enable the companies to print their own digital paper. Corporate licensing schemes include all the technology needed to design a form, configure the interpretation, print digital forms, retrieve traces from cellular or internet networks, translate handwriting into usable data and generate XML files to be used in corporate information systems.
5. Fully burdened cost of digital writing technology is between 40-60% less expensive than other mobile data capture technologies and required minimum end-user training, as is based on the simplest way of registering data: pen and paper.
There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies. Your mobile phone can actually be alife saver or an emergency tool for survival.
Checkout the things that you can do with it.
Checkout the things that you can do with it.
FIRST
Subject: Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112.
If you find yourself out of the coverage area of yourmobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number, 112, can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out. (I have entered itin my cell phone number directory)
Subject: Emergency
The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112.
If you find yourself out of the coverage area of yourmobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number, 112, can be dialed even if the keypad is locked. Try it out. (I have entered itin my cell phone number directory)
SECOND
Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car lately?
Does your car have remote keyless entry?
This may come in handy someday.
Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at home pressthe unlock button, holding it near their cell phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.
Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone that has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's note: It works fine! We tried it out and itunlocked our car over the cell phone.
This does Work I has saved my Ex a lot I still have a a fob to her car.
Subject: Have you locked your keys in the car lately?
Does your car have remote keyless entry?
This may come in handy someday.
Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone. Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at home pressthe unlock button, holding it near their cell phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you.
Distance is no object. You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone that has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).
Editor's note: It works fine! We tried it out and itunlocked our car over the cell phone.
This does Work I has saved my Ex a lot I still have a a fob to her car.
THIRD
Subject: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your cell phone battery is very low. To activate, press the keys Star 3370 pound (*3370#).
Your cell phone will restart with this reserve power and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery power. This reserve will get recharged when you charge your cell phone next time.(I have entered the access number in my cell phone number directory.) *3370#
Subject: Hidden Battery Power
Imagine your cell phone battery is very low. To activate, press the keys Star 3370 pound (*3370#).
Your cell phone will restart with this reserve power and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery power. This reserve will get recharged when you charge your cell phone next time.(I have entered the access number in my cell phone number directory.) *3370#
FOURTH
Subject: How to disable a stolen mobile phone
To check your mobile phone's serial number, key in thefollowing digits on your phone: Star pound 06 pound(*#06#). A 15 digit code will appear on the screen.This number is unique to your handset.
Write the number down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get's stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then beable to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.
You probably won't get your phone back, but at leastyou know that whoever stole it can't use or sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. And finally, I have made a note of my phones serial number.
Subject: How to disable a stolen mobile phone
To check your mobile phone's serial number, key in thefollowing digits on your phone: Star pound 06 pound(*#06#). A 15 digit code will appear on the screen.This number is unique to your handset.
Write the number down and keep it somewhere safe. When your phone get's stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then beable to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.
You probably won't get your phone back, but at leastyou know that whoever stole it can't use or sell it either. If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones. And finally, I have made a note of my phones serial number.
FIFTH
Subject: Information calls (for those of you in the US)
Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't haveto. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory around in our pocket or vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem.
When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial (800) FREE 411 , or 800-373-3411 without incuring any charge at all.
Program this into yourcell phone now. I have entered this number, 800-373-3411 , in my cell phone number directory
Subject: Information calls (for those of you in the US)
Cell phone companies are charging us $1.00 to $1.75 or more for 411 information calls when they don't haveto. Most of us do not carry a telephone directory around in our pocket or vehicle, which makes this situation even more of a problem.
When you need to use the 411 information option, simply dial (800) FREE 411 , or 800-373-3411 without incuring any charge at all.
Program this into yourcell phone now. I have entered this number, 800-373-3411 , in my cell phone number directory
Human hair is a simple thing made of keratin and dead skin cells. Its function is to prevent heat loss from a person’s head, yet it also causes women to weep, men to buy Porsches and people to spend billions each year on its upkeep.
Throughout history, humans have used their hair to represent their class, indicate religious faith and piss off their parents. Madonna changes her hair to represent each comeback, while Donald Trump represents his wealth with a comb-over made from 40 kt gold. Samson used his hair to store his power, while Rapunzel used her hair to sneak the prince into her tower (how early teenage rebellion began).
Such a simple thing as human hair leads to all kinds of complexities. Here are examples in which hair is more than just a dandruff jungle, so check out these 5 things you didn’t know about human hair.
Throughout history, humans have used their hair to represent their class, indicate religious faith and piss off their parents. Madonna changes her hair to represent each comeback, while Donald Trump represents his wealth with a comb-over made from 40 kt gold. Samson used his hair to store his power, while Rapunzel used her hair to sneak the prince into her tower (how early teenage rebellion began).
Such a simple thing as human hair leads to all kinds of complexities. Here are examples in which hair is more than just a dandruff jungle, so check out these 5 things you didn’t know about human hair.
1- Hair can clean up oil spills
When the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill occurred in the San Francisco Bay, a group of eco-friendly volunteers used mats of human hair to clean the beach. Hair absorbs oil from the water, working as a natural sponge. The innovator of this idea, Phil McCrory, said he saw footage of oil-soaked otters after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and his harebrained plan was hatched. He collected human hair clippings from local salons, stuffed them into a pair of his wife’s pantyhose and voila: oil mop.
After the oil is collected, oyster mushrooms are added to the mat. They absorb the oil and convert the environmental threat into nontoxic compost. Environmentalists would like these hair mats carried on oil tankers, so in case of a disaster the mats can be thrown in to start working immediately.
When the 2007 Cosco Busan oil spill occurred in the San Francisco Bay, a group of eco-friendly volunteers used mats of human hair to clean the beach. Hair absorbs oil from the water, working as a natural sponge. The innovator of this idea, Phil McCrory, said he saw footage of oil-soaked otters after the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill and his harebrained plan was hatched. He collected human hair clippings from local salons, stuffed them into a pair of his wife’s pantyhose and voila: oil mop.
After the oil is collected, oyster mushrooms are added to the mat. They absorb the oil and convert the environmental threat into nontoxic compost. Environmentalists would like these hair mats carried on oil tankers, so in case of a disaster the mats can be thrown in to start working immediately.
2- Human hair is used in soy sauce
Finding hair in your food can ruin a meal. But, what if your food was made of hair -- or at least your condiment? The Internet Journal of Toxicology reported that the Chinese company Hongshuai Soy Sauce marketed their product as “using the latest bioengineering technology.” Priced lower than the competitors’ soy sauces, Hongshuai became popular on the shelves of Chinese stores. However, an investigation by journalists found the company didn’t use amino acids derived from soy and wheat, but amino acids derived from human hair swept off of barber shop floors. One person’s recycling is another person’s retching over a toilet.
Finding hair in your food can ruin a meal. But, what if your food was made of hair -- or at least your condiment? The Internet Journal of Toxicology reported that the Chinese company Hongshuai Soy Sauce marketed their product as “using the latest bioengineering technology.” Priced lower than the competitors’ soy sauces, Hongshuai became popular on the shelves of Chinese stores. However, an investigation by journalists found the company didn’t use amino acids derived from soy and wheat, but amino acids derived from human hair swept off of barber shop floors. One person’s recycling is another person’s retching over a toilet.
3- Beards were taxed
Peter the Great is cited as one of the greatest rulers from the 17th century, and he was a great friend to Russia. However, he was no friend to the beard. The emperor wanted Russia to become westernized, so he required all of his courtiers, state officials and the military to adopt western fashions and to shave their beards. This decree spread through the country until the only Russians exempted were peasants and priests. If a man refused to shave, he had to pay an annual beard tax of 100 rubles. Henry the VIII imposed a similar tax in England during part of his reign. However, as a fickle king who beheaded wives he no longer liked, he later grew a beard himself and ended the English beard tax.
Peter the Great is cited as one of the greatest rulers from the 17th century, and he was a great friend to Russia. However, he was no friend to the beard. The emperor wanted Russia to become westernized, so he required all of his courtiers, state officials and the military to adopt western fashions and to shave their beards. This decree spread through the country until the only Russians exempted were peasants and priests. If a man refused to shave, he had to pay an annual beard tax of 100 rubles. Henry the VIII imposed a similar tax in England during part of his reign. However, as a fickle king who beheaded wives he no longer liked, he later grew a beard himself and ended the English beard tax.
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