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     Volume 1 Issue 12 | October 22, 2006 |


  
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Amazing Facts

Tower of Winds
In the 1st century B.C. the Greek astronomer Andronicus built a Tower of Winds called a horologium. It had eight sides and on each one was carved a wind god. Each god showed off the style of his own wind. The god of the cold north wind was Boreus who was curved as an old man wearing warm clothes and playing a conch shell. The god of the warm east wind was in light clothes carrying fruit and grain.

Hidden Life
Although this plant looks quite lifeless, it is actually very much alive. Lithops (Lithops aucampiae), known as the “living stone” plant, grows in dry parts of southern Africa. For most of the year, the Lithops plant is well camouflaged. But it has to reproduce. To do this, it grows brightly colored flowers. These flowers attract insects that transfer pollen from one plant to another. After the plant has been pollinated, it produces seeds.

Meteorites
Meteorites are any old lumps of interplanetary rock (from asteroids or the surface of planets, for example), large enough to survive the journey through Earth's atmosphere. Most are fist-sized. But larger ones have smashed into Earth. The Barringer meteorite landed in Arizona, United States, producing a crater 1.3 km (0.8 miles) across.


Computer Tips-4

Tip 1: Fix shut down delay
Probably you aware the fact, Windows XP takes time to turn off the entire system. You can modify the default settings and make the shut down process faster. Follow these steps…
Click Start
Click Run, type nusrmgr.cpl
Press Enter
From User Accounts window click “Change the way users log on or off”
Disable all options
Again click Run, type mmsys.cpl
Press Enter
From Sounds and Audio Devices Properties window click the Sounds tab
Under Sound scheme select “No Sound”
Click Apply

Tip 2: Select alternate mail program
During your web surfing you may be encountered email links. When you click it Windows deliberately opens a mail program that is selected by default. You can change it. In Windows XP follow these steps…
Open Internet Explorer
Click Tools>Internet Options>Programs
Choose your desired program from the “E-mail” pull down menu
Then click Ok

Tip 3: Restore your desktop icons
Too many icons cause a messy environment on your desktop. So delete needless icons and bring back your preferred icons on your desktop. In Windows XP follow these steps…
Right click the desktop
Choose Properties>Desktop>Customize Desktop Under General tab, check the icons you want to see on your desktop
Then click Ok

Edward Apurba Singha
Computer Engineer

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