Saturday, February 12, 2011

 List of: Top 10: Weapons That Changed The World

10 Trebuchet

Siege warfare was one of the most enduring types of warfare, from simple hill forts to imposing stone citadels. Often, the campaigns waged against these structures lasted for months, as the besieged sat behind almost impenetrable walls and moats. The trebuchet completely altered the balance of siege warfare. Firing much bigger projectiles (at much greater distance), and much more accurately than traditional catapults, trebuchets were capable of destroying a stone wall in a matter of days, dramatically improving the chances of a besieging force capturing a city before a relief force could arrive, or their camp was destroyed by disease.




9 Mark I “Mother” tank

While the most famous prototype for a tank was by Leonardo Da Vinci, it was not until World War I that tanks became deployed in warfare. With caterpillar tracks suitable for a wide variety of terrains, thick armor and heavy firepower, the Mark I ”Mother” tank marked a new stage in armored warfare. Much harder to stop than a horse, the British used them to penetrate the fortified German trenches. Tanks became a major part of strategy in WWII, and put an end to the use of trench warfare as a viable mode of conflict.




8 Hellebore

While not a weapon in the traditional sense, biological warfare has been massively significant in human history. Over the centuries, diseased people, poisons and, more recently, weaponized anthrax have all been used to attack enemies. But one of the earliest examples of biological warfare was through the use of hellebore, a common plant with poisonous properties. It was used during the siege of Kirrha in 585 B.C., poisoning the water supply and leaving the defenders too weak to withstand attack. The development of this new weapon in warfare has been refined over the centuries and frequently used with devastating effect.





7 Maxim machine gun

The invention of a viable rapid-fire, automatic weapon did not happen until the mid-19th century, and even then the Gatling gun was not especially effective. It was widely believed that cavalry and infantry combat would remain vital in combat, but this all changed with the introduction of the much more effective Maxim machine gun, during World War I. A weapon that scythed down attackers with ease, cavalry were rendered totally irrelevant, while infantry were liable to massive losses. The machine gun was a major step into fully mechanized warfare, and created loss of life on a scale hitherto unknown.


6 Fokker airplane

Even when flight was a nascent technology, it was applied to military pursuits. Hot air balloons were used to monitor troop movements in battle, zeppelins occasionally dropped bombs and early airplanes were used for reconnaissance.  But it was really during WWI that planes became weaponized. The Fokker was the best of the first wave of fighter planes, fitted with machine guns that could fire through the propeller blades without damaging them, allowing battle to be waged in the skies. To an extent, it also rendered naval warfare obsolete. Ruling the seas was irrelevant if you could not rule the skies too.




5 Chlorine gas

It was perhaps inevitable that as science advanced, its discoveries would be turned to military purposes. During World War I, the Nobel-prize winning scientist Fritz Haber helped develop the first chemical weapon, chlorine gas. This led to rapid development of other weaponized chemicals, such as mustard gas and phosgene. The devastating effect of such weapons led to them being outlawed by the Geneva Convention. They did, however, lead to the development of other equally devastating weapons, such as nerve agents. While as yet they have been used relatively infrequently, the fear of such weapons being used is as prevalent as it was in the trenches.




4 Predator drone

Drones are the ultimate in impersonal conflict. These weapons require virtually no human involvement, travel hundreds of miles and are controlled from extremely safe locations. Officially, they are used only for reconnaissance and intelligence gathering missions. Their greatest impact has been their ability to provide incredibly detailed, accurate and up-to-date information to enable successful strategy planning. It helps minimize resource wastage, and is vital in the concept of surgical strikes, reducing collateral damage and civilian casualties. It also reduces military casualties, as drones are sometimes fitted with hellfire missiles, which can do a lot of damage without risking close engagement with the enemy.



3 Harquebus

Guns are undoubtedly one of the most revolutionary weapons in human history. Although initially they were heavy, slow to load and liable to explode, eventually they became so efficient as to render more traditional weapons obsolete. The first gun that approximated to modern firearms was the harquebus, which was prominent between the 15th and 16th centuries, and was the first gun to be fired from the shoulder. It became prominent because, unlike traditional projectile weapons, it was capable of piercing armor at short ranges, making it much easier to kill heavily armored knights. It brought about the end of armor as effective protection.  



2 Atomic Bomb

The Atomic Bomb is by far the most devastating weapon ever used, and so powerful that on the two occasions it was deployed, there were an estimated 200,000 deaths. This marked the passage of warfare into the atomic age, and was undoubtedly a moment that changed the world. The power of an atomic bomb is so far removed from that of conventional weaponry that it has dominated diplomatic and military strategies ever since. Who would have guessed that a Little Boy and a Fat Man (the names of the two bombs) would together change the world?




1 Bow and arrow

The bow is the most enduringly effective weapon in human history. Evidence indicates origins as early as 12,000 years ago, and they only became obsolete in the 16th century. The bow and arrow, in its various guises, helped develop many great empires. The Ancient Egyptians used archers heavily, the composite bow was a vital component of great nomad invasions of Europe, including the Huns, Avars, Magyars, and Mongols, while the English longbow was a weapon of fear and proved decisive in many battles. These powerful societies were undoubtedly helped by the potency of the bow and arrow, making this a worthy candidate for the top spot.

Koenigsegg CCR


Sweden makes dull, safe, dependable cars. Italy does the outrageous supercars with unpro­nounceable names, right? Not entirely. In 1994 Sweden added a third automaker to Volvo and Saab, and it makes rather different cars. In 2005, a Koenigsegg CCR broke the McLaren F1’s long-​​standing record as the world’s fastest production car at a test at the Nardo high speed circuit deep in southern Italy home territory for its exotic rivals.  


Windows 7 phone review, specifications, features, models, best buy:




The launch of the new windows phone into the present boom has attracted millions of people and I bet 80% people will forget the iphones. There are many turns to say windows phone is the best compared to iphone. The present market compares windows phone with iphone and says windows phone kills iphone in many ways. Lets see those killing features of the world’s favourite windows phone.


This windows phone 7 is a windows CE from the Microsoft OS family. The windows 7 is the successor to the windows mobile platform. The new windows 7 phone is the one using which Microsoft launches an interface which is intergrating the operating system with other services. The windows 7 phone has planned to strictly control the hardware it runs on.
Windows 7 phone is supported by silverlight, Microsoft XNA, adobe flash platforms. The five essential windows 7 phone applications are the rocket riot which is a part of one of the most entertaining games on the Xbox live Arcade. The Rocket Riot is a 2D game is same as worms where you have to manoeuvre around the screen while unloading the spectacular anount of fire power in the direction of your opponents. The speciality here is that you can zip about the screen without waiting for your turn.
The second frantic application is that the you tube. Windows 7 phones have been accessed with many features except the flash support which will be coming soon. But it is the drawback as it will be dry without flash. The internet videos does not play good. Luckily, google has solved much of the problems by giving free applications that will let you browse and search in the you tube archive.

The third application is its facebook and twitter messaging. There is a pretty separate application for social integration which honestly speaking any one does not need it. Twitter has also appeared on every other phone but it looked more and most better on the windows 7 phone. The twitter is provided starting from the jedward’s latest bowel movements to the political scandals. Here comes the Microsoft my phone application. The windows 7 phone has free download for this and installation of this software. The windows 7 phone also has adobe applications.

Wireless Mouse A Pen










Who knew that a wireless mouse could actually double up as a pen? Well, this unique device functions as a standard pen for you to put down your John Hancock, but when you detach the receiver and hook it up to your USB port, the pen turns into a wireless mouse. I would say this is great for casual browsing only, as you wouldn't want to involve in some hardcore graphics design with something like this. A pretty nifty idea - hopefully the pen comes with refillable cartridges or else it'd be a waste to purchase a new unit each time round.

LG cookie pep review



The new LG GD510 pop also called as pep is a full touch screen mobile phone has been introduced to compete with the corbys and other cheap touchscreen phones in India. This pep cookie was manufactured by the LG electronics has very attractive features and specs. It is mostly targeted to attract youth. The specifications of this phone are it is of bar form factor.



SPECIFICATIONS:
The manufacturer of this pep is LG electronics.
Cookie pep has 3.15 mega pixel camera snapper , video QVGA(15FPS)
GD510 has cool running MP3 player that in turn has album art visualization and visualizer presets and many other features. It also supports AAC, AAC+, WMA.
The special feature of this phone is music multitasking with facebook, myspace, twitter.
The memory internally in this cookie pep is 48MB.
It has 7.62cm full touch screen has widenend on the edges side also and used for one touch social networking applications.
It supports GSM/GPRS/EDGE/quad band(800/900/1800/1900)
This GD510 has stereo FM with RDS.
The video player in LG cookie pep is MPEG4,H.263,H.264.
The micro card SD is internal memory slot that is adjacent to the battery.
It has Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, USB 2.0 connectivity.
This one touch smart key KD510 has 3 way homescreen in which you can make cool avatars and can make jiffy things with pep and it also has fun UI with live square, motion silent and Bluetooth.

This LG cookie pep is virtually frameless. The stand by battery of this phone is 360 hours and the talk time is 3 hours 20 minutes. LG cookie pep has vibration, organizer, built-in handsfree speakers, voice dial/memo. The dimensions of this LG cookie plus is 97.8*49.5*11.2mm. LG cookie pep weight is 87grams. cookie pep is available in silver and black colors.

KD510 has a TFT touch screen with 256k colours. Pep has polyphonic and MP3 ringtones. The memory card card is expandable to 16GB. One can text SMS,MMS and E mail with SSL

Luxury Blankets

When it comes down to it, the pursuit of wealth is the pursuit of comfort—and what could be more comfortable than, well, a comforter? That’s why we’ve put together a list of some of the most expensive blankets money can buy.
Willoughby Siberian White Goose Down Comforter – $375-$1,100

World's Most Expensive Blankets - Willoughby Siberian White Goose Down Comforter
This hypoallergenic comforter is filled with at least 90% Siberian white goose down. The shell is 100% microfiber, which will prevent that expensive filling from leaking out far better than a standard cotton shell would. It’s sewn through with true baffle box construction, which prevents the lumpy texture that comes from filling migrating within the shell over time. It even has a white satin trim. This luxury comforter is only available in white, but can be purchased in sizes from twin to king and is available in both summer and winter weights.
Stacks & Stacks Alpaca Fur Bedspread – $996
World's Most Expensive Blankets - Stacks & Stacks Alpaca Fur Bedspread
This queen-sized luxury bedspread is made with soft Alpaca fur—the softest fur in the world. It also features a genuine Alpaca leather backing. Be warned, however, that the sheet covering the backing may be a little rough. The fur bedspread can be purchased in three colors—white, beige and dark brown.
Kumi Kookoon’s Silk Dream Blankets – $1,113-$1,526
World's Most Expensive Blankets - Kumi Kookoon’s Silk Dream Blankets
Perhaps the king of all luxury blankets, Kumi Kookoon makes their blankets from the finest Chinese raw mulberry silk—from the charmeuse silk shell to the stretched silk filling. The blankets use an innovate modular design wherein the smaller winter blanket is tied to the top of the summer blanket, leaving a six-inch border of visible summer blanket. The blankets can be purchased in a variety of colors and are purchased separately—meaning the full winter/summer blanket combo can cost over $3,000.

Brand New Energy-generating Shoes

When the human beings existed in million years ago, our ancestor still having their bare feet and walking around like a Barbarian (Sorry, I have no offense about it, but our ancestor really an uncivilized living creature in the very beginning!)
Thanks to the brain, human beings starting to involve throughout the time and in the end, we have becoming one of the smartest living creatures that dominate this mother Earth!
The rapidly growing science and technology has bringing us to an advanced stage, where there are more and more incredible and marvelous gadgets have been introduced and available on the market.
Everyday, there are over hundred or thousand of new invention being developed and under testing process. And, there are over 45%-50% of these specimen will be eliminated in the testing period. As a result, those gadgets that selling in the market place has already passed numerous tests!
Let take this NTT’s Energy-generating Shoes as a sample. It’s a special shoe that can generate electricity when the user walking. The shoes have a small generator that has been attached to water-filled soles. Each of the steps will put pressure on the soles and it will cause the water to spin a small turbine and generate power.
These so-called “futuristic” shoes can be generated up to 1.2 watts of electricity, which it can be used to run an iPod mobile music player constantly, if only the user keep on walking…
Poker Software
 With the interpersonal touch of live poker, yet uncluttered with heavy downloads and geared for both newcomers and pros, our 3D poker software is the perfectly developed solution for your new online poker business or if you want to move your current card room to a more exciting poker network. Fully customizable avatars, interactive and unique table experience, this will be the future look of poker card rooms.

The Poker Software designed by Cybertech, used in The Atlantis Network is designed to provide a world-class, exclusive Multi-player 3D Poker Platform, where users globally can connect to robust and scalable poker game servers using a sophisticated and feature-rich 3D poker client.
The entire online poker software suite contains over 12 poker variations and has industry leading features including:

Friday, February 11, 2011

Monobike

It may look like the most dangerous motorbike in the world but this new invention is actually the latest form of green transport.
The electric Uno is the brainchild of 18-year-old Canadian Ben Gulak who spent several years developing the bike, which is controlled entirely by body movements.
The machine actually has two wheels, side-by-side, and uses gyroscopic technology to stay upright. It moves in the direction the rider leans - and the more you lean, the faster you go.
Ben claims that the bike could help beat pollution and he was inspired to design it after visiting China and seeing all the smog there.
He says: “The bike is fairly easy to ride, but takes a bit of getting used to because you have to learn to trust it.”
The develop of FFXIV Gil

From 1989 to 1990 years, FC marched into the old age time, NEC and the world fine has issued 16 element main engines one after another, but Ren Tiantang in the fable 16 element SFC main engine also gathered the potential due-out. How already on backward the very main engine to promote the epoch-making significance in this kind of section of function the work to become the biggest topic which SQUARE faces. In view of this, SQUARE leans the entire society strength to make once more "FFXIV Gil". During these two years, except GB which just issued for Ren Tainting manufactures one section to extend from the FF14 Gil work "evil spirit tower gentleman SA•GA" beside, does not have the work to be published nearly. But outside after passing through FF first two make as well as the authoritative organization approval, regarding this section is called FF14 Gil; the work also had the very big interest. In addition SQUARE regarding "Finally Fantasized III" the massive propagandas, before should do sell, already became Japan to play one which of games the family most anticipated.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

 

Final Fantasy XIV Gil achieved the FC game's summit truly in the quality aspect, being possible be called miracle's 4M+64K large capacity (on at that time FC many for some capacity only 64K game), broke through the FC function limit the picture and music performance, a mature system and the plot hypothesis, a stronger game ...... FFXIV Gold causes FF14 gold has entered into truly the top writings ranks.
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World’s Most Expensive Cameras

World's Most Expensive Cameras - 1839 Alphonse Giroux daguerreotype cameraWhen you hear the phrase “most expensive camera in the world,” you probably imagine a super high-tech digital camera—maybe one used by NASA to take pictures of Mars or the moon or some cool camera capable of going underwater to extreme depths.
That couldn’t be further from the truth.
The first cameras used the daguerreotype process, pioneered by Jacques Mande Daguerre, to form images. A daguerreotype image is achieved by producing a direct image onto a polished silver surface. Unfortunately, a daguerreotypist couldn’t produce copies by means other than daguerreotyping the original and the process was obsolete within a decade.
World's Most Expensive Camera - 1839 Susse Freres daguerreotype camera


In May 2007, a daguerreotype camera dating back to 1839 became the world’s most expensive camera when it sold at auction for €576,000—about US $775,000 at the time. The camera, designed by Frenchman Susse Freres, was housed in a sliding wooden box frame and was also believed to be the oldest commercially manufactured camera in the world, heightening its appeal to collectors.
In May 2010, another daguerreotype camera will go under the hammer and possibly become the most expensive camera in the world. Undocumented since 1839, this camera was built by Alphonse Giroux, brother-in-law to Daguerre, which may make it the oldest camera ever built. It was even signed by Dagguere, which can only increase its value to enthusiasts.



The Camera will be on sale at the WestLicht Auction in Vienna—the same auction that sold the Susse Freres daguerreotype in 2007—where bidding will open at €200,000. It is expected to fetch between €500,000 and €700,000—that’s upwards of US $978,000.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

DC Universe Online Powers List

If you're trying to find a quick DC Universe Online Powers List that you can look over to give you a good idea of what kinds of power exist in the game, then this article below will help you to do that. I'm going to list out a couple of the common powers and how they are useful to the player who uses them. Read below for some more information.

Fire Powers
Fire powers are generally used for tanking, although there is a spec which will help you to do a lot of damage quickly. The two specs in fire are Immolation and Ignition. Immolation does damage and helps you to stay safe by providing you with tanking specifications, as well as increase your survivability. Most spells come from the fact that you are engulfed in flame. Alternately, ignition is about setting others on fire and using the firepower to your advantage. This is a higher DPS spec (damage per second) and used for that purpose solely.

Ice Powers
The two specs in ice are cryogenics and storm powers. Cryogenics is also a tanking spec and will help you to reduce damage, heal, and help you stay alive. Storm deals with helping you attack faster whether you are melee or a ranged attacker, and will drastically increase the chance that you defeat your opponents. Using the abilities that are inherent in the Storm Powers will help to keep them far, close, or next to you, giving you a lot of control over your enemies.

Mental Powers
Mental powers are generally for casters, which will help you if you are interested in using magic to defeat your opponents. Telekinesis is the first specialization and means you are a wizard-like character, using the magical powers around to defeat your enemies. Illusion is all about supporting your teammates and will grant you a lot of control.

Nature Powers
Nature is all about healing your friends. There are two specs, again, and these are Shapeshifting and Plants. Shapeshifting will actually allow you to tank and DPS because you can literally change the form of your character, becoming either a bear or a wolf. You can tank and do damage with these two distinct abilities. As a Plant Specialist you will be healing your friends primarily.

Using a step by step guide for a ton more detailed information, and more importantly, advice that will help you to master the game.

Here's the best guide that you can use to master the game and begin to do well. It's really the best one of its kind because it walks you through the quests and will get you to level 30 very rapidly, and from there will help you to get good gear and raid.

Why don't you take a look at this step by step guide? Visit: DC Univserse Online Guide

I hope this has helped you out, good luck!

Sources:
DC Universe Online Weapons
DC Universe Online Movement Modes
DC Universe Online Powers
DC Universe Online Guide

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Halon To Be Called XPERIA Neo, Agent Smith Fight?


Sony Ericsson Halon 1Sony Ericsson HalonNothing is a secret on the Internet for a very long time – the latest detection, the name assumed retail for Halon Sony Ericsson XPERIA (who also goes by Vivaz 2). The name is Neo XPERIA, which sparks immediate association of the iconic character from the Matrix.Sony Ericsson XPERIA Neo uses the same device as the Arc XPERIA an 8MP sensor Exmor R, which can record 720p video. The positioning of the camera is not unlike the Vivaz says “Vivaz 2″ name.Sony Ericsson Halon 2
Sony Ericsson Halon 3
Sony Ericsson XPERIA Neothe name of Neo, however, marks a new beginning – the aging of the Symbian operating system is giving way to a new Android 2.3 Gingerbread with the same custom interface, the XPERIA Arch.Sony Ericsson XPERIA Neo is not yet officially announced (it will be announced at MWC with XPERIA Play), but this did not prevent the first glimpse of hitting the net. We know that some of the hardware specifications already – FWVGA screen (480×854) and 1 GHz Snapdragon platform with 512 MB of RAM.

WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE TOY SEWING MACHINE 

 

This unusual toy sewing machine adorned with a clown was auctioned at the ISMACS auction in London, England. The bidding went quickly to 6,000 pounds and then was down to two strong bidders, neither wanting to give up on the chance of having this toy sewing machine. The last two bidders were an English industrial sewing machine dealer and a German millionaire. Finally, when the Englishman bid a whopping $13,600, the German quietly did not bid.
The toy sewing machine was designed by Max Sandt and was created in Germany. As far as anyone knows there are only four clown toy sewing machines left in existence.
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