Other - Society & Culture - 7 November 2006

2006-11-07 05:44:16 · 3 answers · asked by Seeker 4

2006-11-07 05:44:02 · 8 answers · asked by Feathery 6

It seems that every question I ask, I don't get an answer, I get someone's opinion. Why can't people just answer the question, if you don't know anything about what someone is asking, then....don't say ANYTHING!

2006-11-07 05:32:23 · 9 answers · asked by elmo3938 1

A question was posted earlier about the U.K making remembrance day a bank holiday. This received a couple of replies from your fellow countrymen along the lines of "when you win some wars on your own" etc etc. My question is this, ignoring the technicalities of who won the war, the fact is we lost many people in those wars. So why is it you feel the need to insert your noses into what we do in our country. Are you all that arrogant, not to mention ignorant.
My guess is that even though i have asked this in a sensible and fair way the majority of Americans will just attack me without actually answering the question.

2006-11-07 05:26:15 · 24 answers · asked by Georgie's Girl 5

i do not think that there is any difference between alcohol and drugs. alcohol is in fact one of the most toxic ,destructive drugs that is availabe to the general public. countless lives have been lost or ruined due to alcohol . It should be illegal

2006-11-07 05:24:19 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

Ok, 4 of them were on a hot air balloon, and unfortunately, the balloon's sinking over an ocean of hungry bull sharks! They removed all their items and threw it away, but they were still sinking! They finaly found out that at least one has to risk his/her life to jump off into the ocean in order for the balloon to float, and the other 3 to survive... WHO do you think would jump off?! Pls. Don't go for the obvious!

2006-11-07 05:24:16 · 6 answers · asked by YA!!! 3

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN.
We Indians are the wealthiest among all ethnic groups in America, even faring better than the whites and the natives.
There are 3.22 millions of Indians in USA (1.5% of population). YET,
38% of doctors in USA are Indians.
12% scientists in USA are Indians.
36% of NASA scientists are Indians.
34% of Microsoft employees are Indians.
28% of IBM employees are Indians.
17% of INTEL scientists are Indians.
13% of XEROX employees are! Indians
Some of the following facts may be known to you. These facts were recently published in a German magazine, which deals with WORLD HISTORY FACTS ABOUT INDIA.

1. India never invaded any country in her last 1000 years of history.

2. India invented the Number system. Zero was invented by Aryabhatta.

3. The world's first University was established in Takshila in 700BC. More than 10,500 students from all over the world studied more than 60 subjects. The University of Nalanda built in the 4 th century BC was one of the greatest achieveme! nts of ancient India in the field of education.

4. According to the Forbes magazine, Sanskrit is the most suitable language for computer software.

5. Ayurveda is the earliest school of medicine known to humans.

6. Although western media portray modern images of India as poverty striken and underdeveloped through political corruption, India was once the richest empire on earth.

7. The art of navigation was born in the river Sindh 5000 years ago. The very word "Navigation" is de! rived from the Sanskrit word NAVGATIH.

8. The value of pi was first calculated by Budhayana, and he explained the concept of what is now k! nown as! the Pythagorean Theorem. British scholars have last year (1999) officially published that Budhayan's works dates to the 6 th Century which is long before the European mathematicians.

9. Algebra, trigonometry and calculus came from India. Quadratic equations were by Sridharacharya in the 11 th Century; the largest numbers the Greeks and the Romans used were 10 6 whereas Indians used numbers as big as 10 53.

10. According to the Gemmological Institute of America, up until 1896, India was the only source of diamonds to the world.

11. USA based IEEE has proved what has been a century-old suspicion amongst a! cademics that the pioneer of wireless communication was Pr! ofessor Jagdeesh Bose and not Marconi.

12. The earliest reservoir and dam for irrigation was built in Saurashtra.

13. Chess was invented in India.

14. Sushruta is the father of surgery. 2600 years ago he and health scientists of his time conducted surgeries like cesareans, cataract, fractures and urinary stones. Usage of anaesthesia was well known in ancient India.

15. When many cultures in the world were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilisation).

16. The place value system, the decimal system was developed in India in 100 BC.


creator of Pentium chip (needs no introduction as 90% of the today's computers run on it)? - Vinod Dahm

third richest man on the world? - According to the latest report on Fortune Magazine, it is Azim Premji,

the founder and creator of Hotmail (Hotmail is world's No.1 web based email program) - Sabeer Bhatia

president of AT & T-Bell Labs (AT & T-Bell Labs is the creator of program languages such as C, C++, Unix to name a few)- Arun Netravalli

new MTD (Microsoft Testing Director) of Windows 2000, responsible to iron out all initial problems- Sanjay Tejwrika

Chief Executives of CitiBank, Mckensey & Stanchart
-Victor Menezes, Rajat Gupta, and Rana Talwar.

Quotes about India.
We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.
Albert Einstein

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and the great grand mother of tradition.
Mark Twain.

If there is one place on the face of earth where all dreams of living men have found a home from the very earliest days when man began the dream of existence, it is India.
French scholar Romain Rolland.

India conquered! and dominated China culturally for 20 centuries without ever having to send a single soldier across her border.
Hu Shih
(former Chinese ambassador to USA)

ALL OF THE ABOVE IS JUST THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG, THE LIST COULD BE ENDLESS.
BUT, if we don't see even a glimpse of that great India in the India that we see today, it clearly means that we are not working up to our potential; and that if we do, we could once again be an evershining and inspiring country setting a bright path for rest of the world to follow.
I hope you enjoyed it and work towards the welfare of INDIA.

Say proudly, I AM AN INDIAN

2006-11-07 05:20:50 · 12 answers · asked by dr b 2

I am writing a persuasive/argumentative paper about Stem Cell research. I wanted to get others input on how they/you feel about this.

2006-11-07 05:14:02 · 7 answers · asked by leisureeric 1

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2006-11-07 05:04:17 · 14 answers · asked by Dillon 1

i do not understand what happend to people now days they are so rude i see so many needy people and so many rich that it really makes me sick to live in this kind place i just people to know that there are still people that still care and do like to help,and not take and give from the hart.

2006-11-07 04:47:33 · 2 answers · asked by featherwood2006 1

2006-11-07 04:45:59 · 11 answers · asked by gregg s 1

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2006-11-07 04:45:36 · 20 answers · asked by Dillon 1

If they did then the chavscum who buy and eat them would stop breeding like rabbits and the country would be a better place to live in!

2006-11-07 04:40:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

If they did then the chavscum who buy and eat them would stop breeding like rabbits and the country would be a better place to live in!

2006-11-07 04:39:25 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

1) How many cups of coffee do we drink each week in the UK?
a) 3.9 million b) 10 million c) 1 billion

2)How many coffee beans does it take to make an espresso?
a) 150 b) 42 c) 4

3)How many coffee trees are there worldwide?
a) 25 million b) 146 million c) 3 trillion

4) Which European country consumes the most coffee per year?
a) Italy b) Greece c) Finland

5) How much of Latin America's cropland is used to grow coffee?
a) 44% b) 20% c) 60%

6) What is the average daily wage on coffee plantations in Tanzania?
a) $7 b) $1 c) $9

7) What percentage of Burundi's exports is based on coffee?
a) 40% b)60% c) 80%

8) What percentage of all coffee is produced by small holder farmers?
a) 30% b)70% c)50%

9) How many people are employed in the coffee industry worldwide?
a) 15 million b) 25 million c) 75 million

10) Howmuch is the global coffee industry worth?
a) $5 billion b) $10 billion c) $20 billion

Thank you for helping :D

2006-11-07 04:39:18 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Do you ever see in your dreams all the castles way up high?Oh tell me why do we build castles in the sky?

2006-11-07 04:17:46 · 12 answers · asked by Waineo G 1

how many rules can u think of that we follow on a daily basis that aren't laws but we just follow because of what we were taught as normal....ya know like turning around in an elevator or saying hello to everyone you see ...i need some ideas for my paper!

2006-11-07 03:59:49 · 13 answers · asked by dancerness 1

they wash less than any nation, go on strike at the drop of a wine glass and eat snails and frogs legs so they deserve bad press dont they

2006-11-07 03:55:24 · 30 answers · asked by Anonymous

here 110 years ago we would hang a man for stealling a horse so why does this sentence sound so horrible? honestley i feel he should have a much more painful death for all he has done!

2006-11-07 03:46:39 · 9 answers · asked by SUMMER 2

I think some of the people on here are some of the laziest people I have ever {seen?} It really makes no sense to ask a question about something that you could easily look up yourself, and it is usually something really stupid too. I just thought of how this makes society even lazier. I beleive it is easier anyway to look up my own information. Well thats all I would like to type for now. Do you agree or perhaps disagree?

2006-11-07 03:43:20 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-07 03:36:47 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-07 03:35:52 · 12 answers · asked by lala 1

2006-11-07 03:29:45 · 8 answers · asked by true_strike 2

i posted a Q 20 mins ago (why do women have legs )this was ment as a light hearted joke but the responce was quite vicious so please accept my apologie...sorry to the men too for wimping out on this one

2006-11-07 03:28:58 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-07 03:23:27 · 16 answers · asked by betbrks5 1

2006-11-07 03:21:12 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous

The view from the sunny window,
From a childs imaginitve mind.
Is a warm place full of freindleness,
Where people seem so kind.

They cannot see the dangers,
That lurk beyond their gaze,
Of the slow ruin of the earth,
By the suns destructive rays.

They can not see pollution,
Or rain forests gettin fewer,
Or household waste disappearing,
Down every murky sewer.

They do not know the perils
of a threatning nuclear war,
Or of the posionous gases
That pollute our earth for sure.

They have not witnessed poverty,
Or children living on the edge
Where begging is a necessity
So their not part of the dredge.

What they see is beauty,
Where wonderful things come true,
Where pixies chase each other,
And flowers dance on cue.

I guess its best if they keep this dream
It wont be long before they know the truth
The window will be a faded fantasy,
And the destruction will be the proof!!

Thanks x

2006-11-07 03:21:09 · 12 answers · asked by Twinkle *little fairy* 2

2006-11-07 03:07:48 · 7 answers · asked by pramod_bhikhampur p 2

I wanna buy one but I only have a dollar, I heard I can get at least 7 with it.

2006-11-07 03:07:14 · 10 answers · asked by Special Olympian 1

would you do random acts of kindness??

I would in a second but I don't have the money.

2006-11-07 03:04:33 · 5 answers · asked by Alisha S 3