Entries Tagged as 'History'

The gadget with a long history. Part 1

11/21/2009

Кофе I am not mistaken if I say that a cup of coffee has become almost a necessary element of life for most people. Coffee beer, put on a par with the popularity among the fans to sit and work at the computer. To some extent, a cup of coffee has become an indispensable part of many IT professionals. Coffee is a kind of gadget (called a joke you can), the history of which goes to 1,200 years ago.

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Ahead of the rest

17/11/2009

4 Who does not know about the health of the Chinese people and their goods. Many people believe that all the goods from China - is a complete mess. But ... I bet. If our vendors in China are buying the cheapest goods and sell at exorbitant prices, giving it a high quality, different opinions should not arise. I have a friend bought the goods in China, he showed the manufacturer that he needs. It has been said that good quality - one price, and the bad - the other, the choice was poor quality. What can I say?

China never ceases to amaze. Great Wall of China is still surprising people with its grandeur of construction. Today's builders poorly? If the house is now normally can not build.

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Why be afraid of Friday the 13th?

14/11/2009

13etaz That was the next day, or rather Friday 13. Just like always, the day as a day in the evening looking at the calendar today, found that the number of 13 but still Friday. We have a child say that 13 is not good, as the name for which figures are 13 - "baker's dozen."

In some homes do not even have 13 apartments, ground floor and houses, this figure does not use a car in the rooms. Even a well-known version of Corel 13 manufacturers named "X3".

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How terrible the swine flu?

13/11/2009

Recently heard on all sides of any epidemic of disasters. Where we roll.

With the onset of colds season, announced the swine flu epidemic of influenza. Is it really so terrible as they frighten the devil.
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On the streets and in the organizations there were people in masks, as in horror films when using weapons of mass destruction. Out of the virus have some horror stories, really die on the roads less people than from a plague.

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Launched a satellite and the Internet was born ...

10/11/2009

Nobody thought that the first satellite will jolt for the birth of the Internet. To some extent, the first satellite of the Soviet Union may be called daddy (actually his stepfather), Internet. Like my father, but was not involved in the process.

In the video file has been described by a version of which the U.S. government wants to talk. My version is quite different.

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