DID YOU KNOW following facts about COUNTING in English language?

Letters ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’ & ‘d’ do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 99.
(Letter ‘d’ comes for the first time in Hundred)

Letters ‘a’, ‘b’ & ‘c’ do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999.
(Letter ‘a’ comes for the first time in Thousand)

Letters ‘b’ & ‘c’ do not appear anywhere in the spellings of 1 to 999,999,999.
(Letter ‘b’ comes for the first time in Billion)

And Letter …

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I was initially impressed with the way Postie works and jumped onto it to install & configure it for this site. Well, I followed the instructions and did everything to install it correctly. It worked well, but I then stumbled upon a major challenge: how to configure it to suit my requirements?

I first thought of using my Yahoo email id (because the server details were readily available). I provided my personal Yahoo email (which I use frequently) for testing …

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<< Another SPAM EXAMPLE

Here is one example of such a online spam. When you click on this authentic-looking link, you would be taken to some strange spamming site…

Please SPREAD the word. Note that YAHOO and any other email service provider (like Hotmail, Rediff) WILL NEVER contact you with this type of information. DO NOT encourage spam and DO NOT click on any link in an unknown email… If you do so, you may lose all your precious data to …

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<< continued from PART 5 of this series…

I have recently penned down a few pointers that will help all of us to achieve what we dream with relatively less pains. Note that these are based on my own experience…

I want to tell that you should be aware of the symptoms of Swine Flu. But there is no need to panic and join the publicity propaganda carried out by media and others which acts as a vehicle to spread misconception than to spread scientific information. These are few facts about swine flu which discussed with the leading epidemiologists:

Swine flu (also known as H1N1 flu) is not new. It was first detected in 1987.
Infective stage of swine flu is 5 days: 1 day …

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<< Symptoms of Swine Flu

The Government of India is taking extensive steps to check, test, and prevent outbreak of the pandemic: Swine Flu. As of date, only government hospitals and testing labs are authorized to test samples for H1N1 virus. If you or your loved one happen to develop H1N1 symptoms, please make sure you get them tested immediately at one of the following authorized centers near to you. As and when more centers would be authorized, I would update …

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I am sure by now everyone is pretty much aware of the deadly disease Swine Flu. Also known as Influenza A (H1N1), this deadly disease is spreading like wild-fire in India and many other countries. The symptoms are varied, but below are some of the most common symptoms you should watch out for…

I would caution everyone to take extra care of yourself and your loved ones. Do not panic and do not spread the disease. Together, we can win against …

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