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Will the world end in 2012 ?

2012-10-30T22:22:00.004-07:00

1.Are there any threats to the Earth in 2012? Many Internet websites say the world will end in December 2012?

Nothing bad will happen to the Earth in 2012. Our planet has been getting along just fine for more than 4 billion years, and credible scientists worldwide know of no threat associated with 2012.

2. What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in December 2012?

The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. Zecharia Sitchin, who wrote fiction about the ancient Mesopotamian civilization of Sumer, claimed in several books (e.g., “The Twelfth Planet”, published in 1976) that he had found and translated Sumerian documents that identify the planet Nibiru, orbiting the Sun every 3600 years. These Sumerian fables include stories of “ancient astronauts” visiting Earth from a civilization of aliens called the Anunnaki http://www.sitchiniswrong.com/. Sitchin suggested a return of Nibiru and the Anunnaki sometime this century. Then Nancy Lieder, a self-declared psychic who claims she is channeling aliens, wrote on her website Zetatalk that the inhabitants of a fictional planet around the star Zeta Reticuli warned her that the Earth was in danger from Planet X or Nibiru http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/planetx/. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012. Then these two fables were linked to the end of the Mayan calendar long-count at the winter solstice in 2012 – hence the predicted doomsday date on December 21, 2012.

3. What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in 2012?
      The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012. Then these two fables were linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.

4.Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012?
    Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then -- just as your calendar begins again on January 1 -- another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar.

5.What is the origin of the prediction that the world will end in 2012?
   The story started with claims that Nibiru, a supposed planet discovered by the Sumerians, is headed toward Earth. This catastrophe was initially predicted for May 2003, but when nothing happened the doomsday date was moved forward to December 2012. Then these two fables were linked to the end of one of the cycles in the ancient Mayan calendar at the winter solstice in 2012 -- hence the predicted doomsday date of December 21, 2012.

6.Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012?
   Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then -- just as your calendar begins again on January 1 -- another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar.

7.Could phenomena occur where planets align in a way that impacts Earth?
      There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades, Earth will not cross the galactic plane in 2012, and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.

8.Is there a planet or brown dwarf called Nibiru or Planet X or Eris that is approaching the Earth and threatening our planet with widespread destruction?
Nibiru and other stories about wayward planets are an Internet hoax. There is no factual basis for these claims. If Nibiru or Planet X were real and headed for an encounter with the Earth in 2012, astronomers would have been tracking it for at least the past decade, and it would be visible by now to the naked eye. Obviously, it does not exist. Eris is real, but it is a dwarf planet similar to Pluto that will remain in the outer solar system; the closest it can come to Earth is about 4 billion miles.

9.What is the polar shift theory? Is it true that the earth’s crust does a 180-degree rotation around the core in a matter of days if not hours?
   A reversal in the rotation of Earth is impossible. There are slow movements of the continents (for example Antarctica was near the equator hundreds of millions of years ago), but that is irrelevant to claims of reversal of the rotational poles. However, many of the disaster websites pull a bait-and-switch to fool people. They claim a relationship between the rotation and the magnetic polarity of Earth, which does change irregularly, with a magnetic reversal taking place every 400,000 years on average. As far as we know, such a magnetic reversal doesn’t cause any harm to life on Earth. A magnetic reversal is very unlikely to happen in the next few millennia, anyway.

10.How do NASA scientists feel about claims of pending doomsday?
       For any claims of disaster or dramatic changes in 2012, where is the science? Where is the evidence? There is none, and for all the fictional assertions, whether they are made in books, movies, documentaries or over the Internet, we cannot change that simple fact. There is no credible evidence for any of the assertions made in support of unusual events taking place in December 2012.

11.Is there a danger from giant solar storms predicted for 2012?
       Solar activity has a regular cycle, with peaks approximately every 11 years. Near these activity peaks, solar flares can cause some interruption of satellite communications, although engineers are learning how to build electronics that are protected against most solar storms. But there is no special risk associated with 2012. The next solar maximum will occur in the 2012-2014 time frame and is predicted to be an average solar cycle, no different than previous cycles throughout history.

How does Google make money?

2012-10-22T02:36:00.000-07:00

       Google.com makes most of its money from paid advertising. When you do a search on Google.com you'll often see listings at the very top and on the right side. Google.com charges money for those listings. Every time someone clicks on those links, they company that is listed gets charged. The amount varies depending on the competition for that particular key phrase that was searched. Key phrases can be as low as five cents per click, whereas others can be ten dollars or more per click.

           Google also runs these ads on websites that participate in Google's AdSense program. The advertisers pay Google for each click, Google keeps some of the money, and passes the rest of the money to the websites that ran the ads.

           Google also places ads on other sites that they run, like YouTube and Gmail.

Today whenever you are trying to search for something, the first thing that comes to mind is ‘Google it’. Google has provided Internet users with loads of valuable products and facilities. The most popular of these are the following.

Google Search Engine
Gmail
Youtube
Orkut
Google Adsense
Google Adwords
Blogger
Google Maps
Google Earth
Google News
Google Analytics
Android (operating system)

1. Sponsored Results: These are the results that appear on the right hand corner of our screens after we execute a search on Google. Websites that appear on the Sponsored Results tab have an agreement with Google where they pay Google for showing their website on searches for specific websites. For example, if we are searching for a Samsung mobile phone, we see websites selling Samsung mobile phones in the Sponsored links section. Google earns some money when we click on any of these links. The question is how much money does Google earn from this? Google Adwords allow all potential advertisers to put up their adverts, specifying the keywords. After assessing the advert, Google will quote a price for your advert.

2. Google assense: This is an advertising program which was started by Google where every one of Google users can make money online. Website owners and bloggers are the ones who gain the most from this program. It depends on the amount of traffic that your website or blog generates. Advertisers pay Google some amount of money, every time someone clicks on their link as it helps them to increase their various businesses. Google also pays website and blog owners some revenue for every click on their Ad sense which is present on your blog/website. Google keeps part of the revenue that they earn in the process and pay remaining amount to the publishers.

3. Google Image search: Google also shows sponsored results for images under Sponsored Links above the rest of the results. These are also a means to earn a lot of money for Google.

4. Gmail: When we sign in to our mail accounts on Gmail which is probably the most popular at this point in time, we are shown sponsored links on our accounts. And these links are always relevant to the keywords of the mails that we receive.

5. Orkut: Google displays text and banner ads on Orkut profiles and pages.

6. Android: Google makes money (and justifies giving away the OS) by licensing the Google Apps that come on most Android phones (but not all). Apps like Gmail, the Android Market, Google Search, and others come in something called GAPPS. The Market is really where Google is interested. Sure, the other GAPPS add value to the phone (hence why carriers license their inclusion on Android-powered phones), but Google is making money with every app sold through the Market. Even free apps make Google money. Developers have to pay to have an account to list their apps under. Even ad-sponsored apps are likely using Google Mobile Ads, so Google’s getting revenue from that source as well.

7: Youtube: Google displays text and banner ads on youtube videos and sidebar of YouTube pages.

Microsoft Windows XP, Vista & 7 shortcut keys

2012-10-21T20:38:00.001-07:00

Below is a listing of all the major Windows shortcut keys and the versions of Microsoft Windows they are supported in. See the computer shortcut page if you are looking for other shortcut keys or the how to navigate Windows using a keyboard page for steps on using the keyboard to navigate Windows.

Shortcut Keys Description

WINKEY                                                        Pressing the Windows key alone will open Start.
WINKEY + F1                                                Opens the Microsoft Windows help and support center.
WINKEY + F3                                                Opens the Advanced find window in Microsoft Outlook.
WINKEY + D                                                  Brings the desktop to the top of all other windows.
WINKEY + M                                                 Minimizes all windows.
WINKEY + SHIFT + M                                   Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and
                                                                       WINKEY + D.
WINKEY + E                                                 Open Microsoft Explorer.
WINKEY + Tab                                             Cycle through open programs through the taskbar.
WINKEY + F                                                 Display the Windows Search / Find feature.
WINKEY + CTRL + F                                     Display the search for computers window.
WINKEY + R                                                  Open the run window.
WINKEY + Pause / Break key                         Open the system properties window.
WINKEY + U                                                  Open Utility Manager.
WINKEY + L                                                   Lock the computer and switch users if needed
                                                                          (Windows XP and above only).

WINKEY + P                                                   Quickly change between monitor display types.
(Windows 7 only)
WINKEY + LEFT ARROW                              Shrinks the window to 1/2 screen on the left side for
                                                                           side by side viewing. (Windows 7 only)
WINKEY + RIGHT ARROW                            Shrinks the window to 1/2 screen on the right side for
   side by side viewing. (Windows 7 only)
WINKEY + UP ARROW                                  When in the side by side viewing mode, this shortcut takes
                                                                           the screen back to full size. (Windows 7 only)
WINKEY + DOWN ARROW                           Minimizes the screen. Also, when in the side by side
                                                                           viewing mode, this shortcut takes the screen back to
                                                                           a minimized size. (Windows 7 only)
Alt + Tab                                                        Switch between open applications.
Alt + Shift + Tab                                             Switch backwards between open applications.
Alt + double-click                                           Display the properties of the object you double-click on. For
                                                                       example, doing this on a file would display its properties.
Ctrl + Tab Switches between program groups or document windows in
                                                                       applications that support this feature.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab    Same as above but backwards.
Alt + Print Screen    Create a screen shot only for the program you are
                                                                       currently in.
Ctrl + Print Screen Creates a screen shot of the entire screen
Ctrl + Alt + Del    Reboot the computer and/or bring up the Windows task
manager.
Ctrl + Shift + Esc                                              Immediately bring up the Windows task manager.
Ctrl + Esc                                                         Bring up the Windows Start menu. In Windows 3.x this
                                                                        would bring up the Task Manager.
Alt + Esc                                                          Switch Between open applications on taskbar.
F1                                                                    Activates help for current open application.
F2                                                                    Renames selected Icon.
F3    Starts find from desktop.
F4    Opens the drive selection when browsing.
F5                                                                     Refresh Contents to where you were on the page.
Ctrl + F5                                                           Refreshes page to the beginning of the page.
F10                                                                   Activates menu bar.
Shift + F10                                                        Simulates right-click on selected item.
F4                                                                     Select a different location to browse in the Windows
                                                                         Explorer toolbar.
Alt + F4                                                            Closes Current open program.
Ctrl + F4                                                           Closes Window in Program.
F6                                                                     Move cursor to different Windows Explorer pane.
Alt + Space bar                                                 Drops down the window control menu.
Ctrl + (the '+' key on the keypad)                      Automatically adjust the widths of all the columns in
                                                                         Windows explorer
Alt + Enter                                                         Opens properties window of selected icon or program.
Alt + Space bar                                                  Open the control menu for the current window open.
Shift + Del                                                          Delete programs/files without throwing them into the
                                                                           recycle bin.
Holding Shift                                                       Boot Safe Mode or by pass system files as the computer is
booting.
Holding Shift                                                       When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player
   from playing.
Enter                                                                   Activates the highlighted program.
Alt + Down arrow                                               Display all available options on drop down menu.
* (on the keypad)                                                Expands all folders on the currently selected folder or
                                                                           drive in Windows Explorer.
+ (on the keypad)                                                Expands only the currently selected folder in
                                                                           Windows Explorer.
- (on the keypad)                                                 Collapses the currently selected folder in
                                                                            Windows Explorer.

Top 10 keyboard shortcuts everyone should know

Using keyboard shortcuts can often cut the time it takes to do something on a computer in half. Below are our top 10 keyboard shortcuts we recommend everyone memorize and use.

Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert                                     Copy the highlighted text or selected item.
Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert                                    Paste the text or object that's in the clipboard.
Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y                                         Undo any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this
will undo it. This can also often be pressed multiple times
                                                                          to undo multiple changes. Pressing Ctrl +Y
                            would re-do the undo.
Ctrl + F                                                             Open the Find in any program. This includes your Internet
                                                                         browser to find text on the current page.
Alt + Tab or Alt + Esc                                       Quickly switch between open programs.
F1                                                                     Open help for the program you're in.
Ctrl + P                                                             Print what's currently being viewed in programs such as
                                                                         Microsoft Word or your Internet browser.
Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow                          Move the cursor one word at a time instead of one
                                                                         character at a time. If you wanted to highlight one word at
                                                                         a time you can hold down Ctrl + Alt and then press the left
                                                                         or right arrow key to move one word at a time in that
                                                                         direction while highlighting each word.
Ctrl + Home / End                                             Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a document.
                                                                         Page Up / Space bar and Page Down
                                                                         Pressing either the page up or page down key will
                                                                         move that page one page at a time in that direction. When
                                                                         browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move
                                                                         the page down one page at a time.

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2012-10-20T02:14:00.005-07:00

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