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Track Live Satellites Real Time

Article Last Updated: 6^th Apr 2009
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Technologies on April 30, 2007 | View Comments

This is one interesting site lets you track almost any satellite traveling around the globe. It'll show you all the location details like latitude and longitude along with the satellite detail. Real time image tracking is provided by NASA. The site is powered by Ajax technology providing you streamed experience of tracking the satellites.

After a while

Article Last Updated: 29^th Apr 2007
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Interesting on April 29, 2007 | View Comments

I always browse through internet for interesting and useful stuff. Just today I found this motivational passage which might motivate you to go through your life's ups and downs.

After a while…

After a while you learn
the subtle difference between
holding a hand and chaining a soul
and you learn that love doesn't mean possession
and company doesn't mean security.
And you begin to learn that kisses aren't contracts
and presents aren't promises
and you begin to accept your defeats
with your head up and your eyes ahead
with the grace of an adult not the grief of a child.
And you learn to build your roads today
because tomorrows ground is too uncertain for plans
and futures have ways of falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn that even sunshine burns
if you get too much
so you plant your own garden
and decorate your own soul
instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
And you learn that you really can endure
that you really are strong
and you really do have worth
and you learn
and you learn…

Written by Veronica A. Shoffstall

Earth II Found

Article Last Updated: 28^th Apr 2007
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Interesting, News on April 28, 2007 | View Comments

The first planet that could support life as we know it outside our solar system has been discovered.

A team of European astronomers say they have detected a rocky world, possibly only 50 per cent larger than the Earth, circling a small red star called Gliese 581, 20.5 light years away in the constellation Libra.

What makes the discovery so important is that the planet orbits in what astronomers call the "Goldilocks zone" – where makes it neither too hot, nor too cold for life.

Astronomers have found more than 200 planets circling other stars, but, until now, all have been unsuitable for life because they are either massive gas balls, resembling Jupiter, that circle scorchingly close to their parent, stars, or have eccentric orbits that take them out into the bitterly cold depths of space.

The newly found "super-Earth," about five times more massive than our planet, is 14 times closer to its star than the Earth is from the sun. As a result, its year lasts only 13 Earth days. It has been named , named 581 c.

However, because the star is only a third the mass of our sun, it is also much cooler.

Astronomers estimate that the world's surface temperature would therefore be between 0 and 40 degrees.

"Water would thus be liquid," one of the discoverers, Stephane Udry, from Switzerland's Geneva Observatory, said.

"Models predict that the planet should be either rocky – like our Earth – or covered with oceans."

(This artist's rendering, released by European Southern Observatory, shows the planetary system around the red dwarf Gliese 581. Photo: AP/ESO)

Source: Earth II hunt: planet found – Science – Specials – smh.com.au

Famous Quotes from Albert Einstein

Article Last Updated: 19^th Jan 2009
Posted by Ruhani Rabin in Interesting, Self Improvement on April 27, 2007 | View Comments

We always have something to learn from this Talented Genius Albert Einstein . Here are some of his most famous quotes.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius (and a lot of courage) to move in the opposite direction.
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin – what else does a man need to be happy?
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Before God we are all equally wise – and equally foolish.
One does not make wars less likely by formulating rules of warfare.
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love.
I want to know God's thoughts; the rest are details.
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.
The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
A person starts to live when he can live outside himself.
Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character.
I never think of the future. It comes soon enough.
Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.
Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.
Great spirits have often encountered violent opposition from weak minds.
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
Science is a wonderful thing if one does not have to earn one's living at it.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education.
Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is comprehensible.
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.
The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing.
If A is a success in life, then A equals X plus Y plus Z. Work is X; Y is play; and Z is keeping your mouth shut.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the universe.
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain. As far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.
The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there's no risk of accident for someone who's dead.
How on earth are you ever going to explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love?
The release of atom power has changed everything except our way of thinking.
Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.
You see – wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: You send signals here, and they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.