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10 Watches More Expensive than a Ferrari

March 12th, 2010 Virdan No comments

Let’s be realistic here, the economy is in the crapper and your 401k looks about as arousing as you do after a cold shower. What’s a Burgundy drinking, ’stache rocking, web surfing Internet denizen like you to do? Diversify your skill set by ogling watches you’ll never be able to afford and learning what makes them tick.
Most of these watches are more complicated than college calculus and have more history than you could learn in a lifetime. You might even need an engineering degree and an instructional tome to figure out how they work. Regardless, all these watches (for one reason or another) are ridiculously cool and absurdly expensive. Sell the Ferrari, liquidate the stocks, and pick up one of these bad-ass timekeeping devices.


The Patek Caliber 89 – $5,120,000
Buying this watch would require selling 3.5 Bugatti Veyrons, which happens to be 70% of the total number they sold in 2005. The closest most of us will ever get to a Veyron is drooling over it on Top Gear. It’s all about perspective here people. Three Veyrons. Say it out loud – Three. Veyrons. So what makes this watch worth $5.12mil? For starters, it is the most complicated watch on the planet with 33 complications. Essentially, it requires a degree in mechanical engineering to understand, but suffice it to say it has everything but the kitchen sink. It also took more time to design than you spent in college (including those extra years “studying” chemistry).


Split Seconds Patek Philippe Reference 1436 By Tiffany & Co. – $214,000
It’s emblazoned with the Tiffany & Co. name, so you know it’s gonna be expensive. Compared to the rest of the watches on this list though, it’s actually pretty cheap. Well, you know, if two-hundred grand can ever be considered cheap. You’re getting the Patek and the Tiffany names, what else could you want? The ability to time two events that start simultaneously but end at different times – you didn’t think those fancy blue hands were just for show did you?

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Chinese zoo blamed for death of 11 Siberian tigers…!!

March 12th, 2010 GrApEwAtEr No comments

BEIJING Eleven rare Siberian tigers kept in small cages and fed only chicken bones have died of malnutrition at a cash-strapped zoo in China’s frigid northeast, state media said Friday.

A manager at the Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo in Liaoning province, however, said the animals had died of disease.

Siberian tigers are one of the world’s rarest species, with just 300 believed remaining in the wild.

Forbes Richest Woman Of World 2010..!!

March 11th, 2010 GrApEwAtEr No comments

Christy Walton & family

$22.5 billion

Walmart. U.S.

World’s largest retailer benefited as cash-strapped shoppers looked to discount merchandise at start of economic slump. Boost may have waned; recently reported 1.6% decline in same-store sales in its U.S. Walmart and Sam’s Club stores, warned of soft sales in current quarter. Still, shares are up 7% in past 12 months and family fortune rose a combined $13 billion, largely recovering losses from market crash. Sam Walton started as J.C. Penney clerk. Opened Benjamin Franklin five-and-dime in 1945; lost lease five years later. Founded Bentonville, Ark., general store with brother James in 1962. Today Walmart has $405 billion in annual sales, 2 million employees, more than 8,400 stores. Christy is the richest of the Waltons thanks to late husband John’s early bet on First Solar; alternative energy stock up more than 350% since 2006 public offering.

Forbes World’s Richest Man..!!

March 11th, 2010 GrApEwAtEr No comments

Bill Gates ain’t the richest man of the world anymore.

Carlos Slim Helu takes No. 1 spot on Forbes World’s Billionaires List.

1) Carlos Slim Helu

Net Worth: $53.5 billion

Source: Telecom

Residence: Mexico

• Telecom tycoon who pounced on privatization of Mexico’s national telephone company in the 1990s becomes world’s richest person for first time after coming in third place last year. Net worth up $18.5 billion in a year.


2) Bill Gates

Net Worth: $53 billion

Source: Microsoft

Residence: U.S.

• Software visionary is now the world’s second-richest man. Net worth still up $13 billion in a year as Microsoft shares rose 50% in 12 months, value of investment vehicle Cascade swelled.

All-black penguin discovered..!!

March 11th, 2010 GrApEwAtEr No comments

Photo via Andrew Evans of the National Geographic

King Penguins are notorious for their prim, tuxedoed appearance — but a recently discovered all-black penguin seems unafraid to defy convention. In what has been described as a “one in a zillion kind of mutation,” biologists say that the animal has lost control of its pigmentation, an occurrence that is extremely rare. Other than the penguin’s monochromatic outfit, the animal appears to be perfectly healthy – and then some. “Look at the size of those legs,” said one scientist, “It’s an absolute monster.”

Chinese group file complaint over faulty HP laptops..!!

March 10th, 2010 GrApEwAtEr No comments

SHANGHAI - More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard Co over faulty laptop computers, leaving the door open for a lawsuit against the U.S. technology company, a lawyer for the group said on Wednesday.

Jiang Suhua, a lawyer at Yingke Law Firm in Beijing, told Reuters the complaint centered on video cards which overheated and caused the laptop to malfunction.

He said that around 170 Chinese sent the complaint on Friday to the country’s quality control watchdog agency, General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

Jiang said the problems dated back as far as 2007 in some cases.

When contacted by Reuters, HP said in a statement it had a program in November 2007 to offer a free repair for customers with affected HP notebooks. It declined to comment directly on the complaint.

Jiang said the group wanted the government to investigate and order HP to recall all faulty laptops in China.

“Yes, we can bring it to court, but right now it has not reached that stage,” he said.

HP generates more than three-fifths of its revenue outside its U.S. home base. Last month, it said sales from fast-growing emerging countries Brazil, Russia, India and China leapt 41 percent from a year ago.

Interesting e-Mail Facts !

February 9th, 2010 Amy No comments

  • 160 billion emails are sent daily, 97% of them are spam.
  • Spam generates 33bn KWt-hours of energy every year, enough to power 2.4 million homes, producing 17 million tons of CO2.
  • 9 out of every 1,000 computers are invected with spam.
  • Spammer get 1 response to every 12 million emails they send (yet it still makes them a small profit).
  • The first electronic mail, or “email”, was sent in 1972 by Ray Tomlinson.
  • It was also his idea to use the @ sign to separate the name of the user from the name of the computer.
  • Queen Elizabeth of Britain sent her first email in 1976.
  • Some 190 billion emails are sent daily – more than 2 million per second – by 1,2 billion email senders.
  • About 70% (133 billion emails) are spam and viruses.
  • There are about 1,4 billion registered email addresses.
    Spam Facts
  • 60 billion e-mails are sent daily
  • 90% of all email is spam
  • 64% of spam servers are in Taiwan, 23% are in the US
    User Facts
  • The average business user receives 25 email messages per day; increasing 10% per year
  • The average business user spends 2.6 hours per day reading and responding to email
  • 38% of employees have sent an e-mail without the required attachment
  • 34.1% of users open an e-mail by 5 pm
  • It takes 77 minutes a week for an employee to manage their mailbox, such as cleaning out old messages and filing old messages or attachments
  • It takes 27 minutes for a user to delete or archive enough messages in order to be able to use the e-mail system again after hitting a “quota limit”
  • It takes 8.2 minutes for a user to find an email that is older than two weeks
  • Email Marketing Facts
  • E-mail click through ratio is best on Wednesdays, reaching 3.9%
  • 60% of business correspondence has grammar or spelling errors
    Age Facts
  • 75% of adults prefer e-mail to IM, 75% of teens prefer IM to e-mail
  • Less than one-fifth of teenagers use e-mail for communication
    Extremely Scary Facts
  • 60% of an organization’s intellectual property is in the e-mail system
  • The typical user stores more than one-half of his/her critical business information within the confines of the e-mail system
  • 38% of US and UK companies monitor and read e-mails written by employees

Verify CNIC From Nadra Through Mobile SMS

February 9th, 2010 Virdan No comments

Asslam o Alaikum Friends

How to Verify CNIC from Nadra through Mobile SMS
How to Varify CNIC ?
Simply verify their CNIC by sending an SMS to 7000.
Matlab kay aap nay apna National identity card no likha kar 7000 par sms kar dena ha.
Example: write 3334445556660 and send to 7000
aap ko apna cnic no wihtout dashes(-) type karna ha.
Charges:
Charges: Rs. 10 plus tax per Message (Around Rs. 12 including taxes)

Abhi yeh service sirf Mobilink, Warid aur Telenor customers k liyay hay.