
SOURCE:::glasbergen.com
natarajan
You might think you have to pay through the nose at the moment to access the Internet.
But one ambitious organisation called the Media Development Investment Fund (MDIF) is planning to turn the age of online computing on its head by giving free web access to every person on Earth.
Known as Outernet, MDIF plans to launch hundreds of satellites into orbit by 2015.
And they say the project could provide unrestricted Internet access to countries where their web access is censored, including China and North Korea.
The New York company plans to ask NASA to test their Outernet technology on the International Space Station (left) so that they can begin broadcasting Wi-Fi to web users around the world (right)
Using something known as datacasting technology, which involves sending data over wide radio waves, the New York-based company says they’ll be able to broadcast the Internet around the world.
The group is hoping to raise tens of millions of dollars in donations to get the project on the r
The Outernet team claim that only 60% of the world’s population currently have access to the wealth of knowledge that can be found on the Internet.
This is because, despite a wide spread of Wi-FI devices across the globe, many countries are unable or unwilling to provide people with the infrastructure needed to access the web.
The Outernet project is aiming to raise tens of millions of dollars to launch hundreds of miniature satellites known as cubesats to make their dream a reality
The company’s plan is to launch hundreds of low-cost miniature satellites, known as cubesats, into low Earth orbit.
Here, each satellite will receive data from a network of ground stations across the globe.
Using a technique known as User Datagram Protocol (UDP) multitasking, which is the sharing of data between users on a network, Outernet will beam information to users.
Much like how you receive a signal on your television and flick through channels, Outernet will broadcast the Internet to you and allow you to flick through certain websites.
By June of this year the Outernet project aims to begin deploying prototype satellites to test their technology
In September 2014 they will make a request to NASA to test their technology on the International Space Station
By early 2015 they intend to begin manufacturing and launching their satellites
And in June 2015 the company says they will begin broadcasting the Outernet from space
‘We have a very solid understand of the costs involved, as well as experience working on numerous spacecraft,’ said Project Lead of Outernet Syed Karim, who fielded some questions on Reddit.
‘There isn’t a lot of raw research that is being done here; much of what is being described has already been proven by other small satellite programs and experiments.
There’s really nothing that is technically impossible to this’
But at the prospect of telecoms operators trying to shut the project down before it gets off the ground, Karim said: ‘We will fight… and win.’
If everything goes to plan, the Outernet project aims to ask NASA for permission to test the technology on the International Space Station.
And their ultimate goal will be to beginning deploying the Outernet satellites into Earth orbit, which they say can begin in June 2015.
source::::Mailonline.com Uk
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முழுப்பைத்தியமும் அரையும்!
சைக்காலஜிக்கும், சைக்யாட்ரிக்கும் இருக்கும் வேறுபாடு பலருக்குப் புரியவில்லை.
ஒன்று சாதாரண மனநிலை பற்றிய விஞ்ஞானம், இன்னொன்று அசாதாரண மனநிலையைப் பற்றிய விஞ்ஞானம். என் இந்த எண்ணம் சரிதானா என்று சைக்யாட்ரி தெரிந்த நண்பர் ஒருவரைக் கேட்டேன். அவரும் அதை ஆமோதித்தது சந்தோஷமாக இருந்தது. நீண்ட நாளாக இருந்த என் சந்தேகம் இன்னொன்றையும் உடனே கேட்டேன்.
“ஒருத்தருக்கு சைக்யாட்ரி பிரச்சினை இருக்கு என்பதை எப்படிக் கண்டு பிடிக்கிறது?”
“ரொம்ப சுலபம். அது மாதிரி ஆட்கள் ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட சந்தர்ப்பத்தில் பெரும்பான்மையான மக்கள் இருக்கும் மனநிலையிலிருந்து மாறுபட்டிருப்பாங்க. சின்னச் சின்ன சோதனைகள் பண்ணி கண்டுபிடிச்சிடலாம்” என்றார்.
“உதாரணத்துக்கு ஏதாவது ஒரு சோதனையைச் சொன்னாத்தானே புரியும்?” என்றேன்.
“இப்போ ஒரு ரூம்ல ஒரு பக்கெட் நிறைய தண்ணியை வச்சிட்டு பக்கத்துல ஒரு பிளாஸ்டிக் மக், ஒரு டீ ஸ்பூன் இரண்டையும் வச்சிடணும்”
“சரி”
“சம்பந்தப்பட்ட ஆளை அறைக்குள்ளே அனுப்பி பக்கெட் தண்ணியைக் காலி பண்ணச் சொல்லணும்”
“இண்டரஸ்டிங். அப்புறம்?”
“அவன் சூஸ் பண்ற மெத்தேடே அவனைக் காட்டிக் குடுத்துடும்”
இதைக் கேட்டதும் நான் விலாப்புடைக்கச் சிரித்தேன்.
“ஸ்பூனை யூஸ் பண்ணி மணிக் கணக்கா மொண்டு ஊத்தினா அவன் பைத்தியம்ங்கிறே?”
“எக்ஸாக்ட்லி?”
“பிளாஸ்டிக் மக்கை வச்சி ஒரே நிமிஷத்துல காலி பண்ணா அவன் நார்மல் இல்லையா?”
“இல்லை. அந்த மாதிரி ஆட்களுக்கு வேற பேர் இருக்கு”
“என்னது?”
“சொன்னா நீ வருத்தப்படுவே”
“பரவாயில்லை சொல்லு”
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“அந்த மாதிரி ஆட்களைத்தான் செமின்னு சொல்வாங்க”
“அப்ப நார்மலா இருக்கிறவன் என்ன பண்ணுவான்?”
“பக்கெட்டைத் தூக்கிக் கவுத்துட்டுப் போய்க்கிட்டே இருப்பான்”
source::::unknown… input from a friend of mine
natarajan
A doctor calls his patient and says; the check you gave me for my bill came back.
The patient replied: So did my arthritis..!!!
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A Man rushed into a doctor’s office, jumped on his back, and started screaming, “One! Two! Three! Four!” “Wait a minute!” yelled the doctor, trying to get free. “What do you think you’re doing?” The man said, “Well doctor, they did say I could count on you!”
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Doctor, Doctor I think I need glasses.
You certainly do, sir, this is a fish and chip shop!
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After the doctor gives the patient his diagnosis, the patient says; “Can I have a second opinion?
The doctor says; “Sure. Come back tomorrow.
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A man goes to the hospital for its brain scan.
According to the results:
In his left brain no one’s right
And in his right brain nothing’s left
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Three men were shipwrecked on a desert island and where captured by the local natives. They were brought to the chief native. The chief gave the men two choices; they could have death or submit to unga bunga. The first man decides he does not want to die, so he chooses unga bunga. Ten of the natives took him into the woods, when he came back one hour later he was all beaten up. The second man chooses unga bunga and he was taken out the woods for 2 hours where the natives beat him up. The third man not wanting to go through all that torture decided upon death. So the chief said ok death by Unga Bunga …
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A small 1 SEATER plane crashed into a cemetery. Police have recovered 102 bodies so far and will continue to dig throughout the night.
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source::::joke a day.com
Read more:http://www.ajokeaday.com/LosUltimosChistes.asp?Pagina=2#ixzz2wx5tZrnj
Modern comedians are great for many types of comedy. But there were times, before we got addicted to visual jokes, that a well crafted line was all you needed to get a good laugh. And throughout the ages, there have been some really good ones. Here are some of our favorites!
“The cardiologist’s diet: If it tastes good … spit it out.“
Unknown
“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning, and a good ending; and have the two as close together as possible.”
George Burns
“Santa Claus has the right idea … visit people only once a year.”
Victor Borge
“Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.”
Mark Twain
“What would men be without women? Scarce, sir, mighty scarce.”
Mark Twain
“By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you’ll become happy; if you get a bad one, you’ll become a philosopher
Socrates
“I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.”
Groucho Marx
“My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.”
Jimmy Durante
“The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.”
Jilly Cooper
“I never hated a man enough to give his diamonds back.”
“I was always a good housekeeper. Whenever I divorced I always kept the house.”
Zsa Zsa Gabor
“Only Irish coffee provides, in a single glass, all four essential food groups: alcohol, caffeine, sugar, and fat.”
Alex Levine
“My luck is so bad that if I bought a cemetery, people would stop dying.”
Ed Furgol
“Money can’t buy you happiness, but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.”
Spike Milligan
“I am opposed to millionaires, but it would be dangerous to offer me the position.”
Mark Twain
“Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.”
Herbert Henry Asquith
“I don’t feel old. I don’t feel anything until noon. Then it’s time for my nap.”
Bob Hope
“A woman drove me to drink … and I hadn’t even the courtesy to thank her.”
W C Fields
“It takes only one drink to get me drunk. The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth, or the fourteenth.”
George Burns
“Don’t worry about avoiding temptation… As you grow older, it will avoid you.”
Unknown
Doctor to patient: “I have good news and bad news. The good news is that you are not a hypochondriac.”
Unknown
“By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he’s too old to go anywhere.”
Unknown
source:::ba-ba mail site
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