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IT Forum / Information Technology & Some Personalities

« on: November 14, 2011, 06:43:25 PM »

Henry Edward "Ed" Roberts (September 13, 1941 – April 1, 2010) - was an American engineer, entrepreneur and medical doctor who designed the first commercially successful personal computer in 1975 . He is most often known as "the father of the personal computer". He founded Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) in 1970 to sell electronics kits to model rocketry hobbyists, but the first successful product was an electronic calculator kit that was featured on the cover of the November 1971 issue of Popular Electronics. The calculators were very successful and sales topped one million dollars in 1973.

A brutal calculator price war left the company deeply in debt by 1974. Roberts then developed the Altair 8800 personal computer that used the new Intel 8080 microprocessor. This was featured on the cover of the January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics, and hobbyists flooded MITS with orders for this $397 computer kit.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen joined MITS to develop software and Altair BASIC was Microsoft's first product. Roberts sold MITS in 1977 and retired to Georgia where he farmed, studied medicine and eventually became a small-town doctor.

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Islam & Science / Quranic Botanical Garden

« on: November 14, 2011, 06:26:23 PM »

Quranic Botanical Garden, the first of its kind in the world, has been officially inaugurated by HH Sheikha Mozah Nasser al-Misnad, at the Education City, thereby carving a historical milestone.

The unique project was led off by the Qatar Foundation Chairperson, who planted a Sidra sapling at the proposed site. The project features plants mentioned in the Holy Qurâ€™an and Hadith (Sayings) of the Prophet, which carries about 150 verses in the Qurâ€™an alone, depicting a diverse flora.

Located opposite the Sidra Medical and Research Center, which is now under construction, the aims and objectives of the Qurâ€™anic Garden differs from other botanical space, say senior officials.

It will perform various roles in the field of education, scientific research, religious ethics, plant conservation and its sustainable use. This could be achieved through various activities, said Dr. Saif al-Hajari, QF Vice Chairman.

It will also record these plants and documents, as well as traditional plants, their uses, medicinal importance and integrate the resulting data with modern science.

UNESCO was developed with a similar concept, which includes scientific research, environmental conservation, education, recreation and scientific research. The organization continues to persuade other Arab countries to initiate the project.

According to UNESCO , a live display of plants mentioned in the Holy Qurâ€™an arranged in the form of a traditional quadripartite garden, will be useful to carry out appropriate training programmes on environmental conservation, apart from spreading the knowledge on the Holy Book.

The Qurâ€™amoc Garden is a three-part project, and the first phase has been unveiled this week. Spreading over 24 hectares on completion, the project will include about 350 species of local flora, apart from51 plants mentioned in the Qurâ€™an and Hadith â€“ from mustard to saffron to pumpkin and henna to pomegranate.

The activities of the garden include wide range of pursuits, phytochemical components, relation between people and centuries-old plants, specialized heritage library, newsletters, special corner for traditional uses, resources and newsletter for students and researchers.

The officials are of the opinion that the garden is expected to foster QFâ€™s scientific-related ambitions and develop into a tourist destination. They also lauded the UNESCO Doha office, its Director, Dr. Hamad al-Hammami, Maerst and others at the Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar, who emerge with the brilliantly-sketched logo of The Qurâ€™anic Garden.

source http://www.onlineqatar.com/407-Unique-Quranic-Botanical-Garden-unveiled-in-Qatar.html

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Common Forum / Re: Top 10 Views from an Astronaut-Photographer

« on: November 14, 2011, 06:17:15 PM »

Astonishing photographs!!! thanks for posting.

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Common Forum / Job Opportunity @ GP for Undergraduate Students

« on: November 14, 2011, 06:15:37 PM »

Dear Students,

if you are an undergraduate student (0 to 60 credits) or equivalent/ Equivalent year (2nd year), then contact with your CV (soft copy) to the Career Development Center at Business campus. Be careful tomorrow (15/11/2011) is the last date.

You can also register and fill up the CV form available at career.grameenphone.com .

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Various Resource for Career Development / Job Opportunity @ GP for Undergraduate Students

« on: November 14, 2011, 06:14:38 PM »

Dear Students,

if you are an undergraduate student (0 to 60 credits) or equivalent/ Equivalent year (2nd year), then contact with your CV (soft copy) to the Career Development Center at Business campus. Be careful tomorrow (15/11/2011) is the last date.

You can also register and fill up the CV form available at career.grameenphone.com .

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BBA Discussion Forum / Job Opportunity @ GP for Undergraduate Students

« on: November 14, 2011, 06:12:34 PM »

Dear Students,

if you are an undergraduate student (0 to 60 credits) or equivalent/ Equivalent year (2nd year), then contact with your CV (soft copy) to the Career Development Center at Business campus. Be careful tomorrow (15/11/2011) is the last date.

You can also register and fill up the CV form available at career.grameenphone.com .

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Common Forum / Re: World's Largest & Smallest

« on: November 13, 2011, 06:42:21 PM »

Spring Temple Buddha in Lushan, Henan, China. Height 128 m (420 ft). It includes a 22 m (72 ft) lotus throne. Placed on a 25 m (82 ft) pedestal/building. 153 m (502 ft) total monument height.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lszydf.png

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Common Forum / Re: World's Largest & Smallest

« on: November 13, 2011, 06:37:03 PM »

China opens world's longest bridge over water.

source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43588234/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/t/marathon-span-china-opens-worlds-longest-bridge-over-water/#.Tr-56Fb3E_M

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Common Forum / The world's funniest country

« on: November 13, 2011, 06:12:18 PM »

Social website www.badoo.com recently surveyed about the most and least funniest countries in the world.

The following is from http://theweek.com/article/index/216100/america-the-worlds-funniest-country,

According to 30,000 respondents in 15 countries, Americans are the best at making people laugh, followed by Spaniards and Italians. Canada didn't crack the top 10, and the least funny of the 15 nations was Germany. And much to the chagrin of London-based Badoo, Britons came in at No. 7. "I'm afraid that we don't find some of the results very funny," says Badoo marketing director Lloyd Price. Here, a brief guide to the rankings:

What exactly did Badoo ask?
Two questions: "Which nationality â€” excluding your own â€” do you feel is the funniest and/or best at making people laugh?" and "Which nationality do you feel is the LEAST funny and/or good at making people laugh?" The poll had about 2,000 respondents from each of the 15 countries surveyed.

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BBA Discussion Forum / Re: Cooperate And NO one Gets Hurt!!!!!!!!

« on: November 13, 2011, 11:10:32 AM »

The word Takaful is new to me. Thanks for posting new things. Keep up the good work.

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Common Forum / Re: E-Governance in Bangladesh and the Challenges

« on: November 12, 2011, 07:30:34 PM »

E-Governance in Bangladesh and the Challenges is an important topic for the present Bangladesh heading toward the millennium goal. Thank for your post.

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BBA Discussion Forum / Re: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)

« on: November 12, 2011, 07:22:19 PM »

Dear Mr. Shajib,

My posting was only for introducing OIC in the forum as it is a very important organization for the Muslim countries in terms of economical and political influence. Though my posting mainly revealed their aims, objectives, biography of Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and this information was collected from their official website.

I failed see how your reply (COOPERATE AND NO ONE GETS HURT) is relevant to my post. It is regarding Islamic Finance. Thought it is a informative and important post from http://coopgeek.wordpress.com/tag/islamic-finance/, is irrelevant here. Relevant would be about member states, OIC organs etc. You can make "COOPERATE AND NO ONE GETS HURT" a separate post.

Hope you understand my point. Thanks for your attempt to include more information.

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Common Forum / Re: World's Largest & Smallest

« on: November 11, 2011, 04:25:32 PM »

The buildings which got the largest usable space in the world is Boeing Everett Factory.

The Mecca Royal Hotel Clock Tower got the largest amount of floor area.

The Antonov An-225 Mriya (Ukrainian: Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, Dream, NATO reporting name: 'Cossack') is a strategic airlift cargo aircraft, designed by the Antonov Design Bureau in the 1980s. It is the world's heaviest aircraft.

Seawise Giant, later Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, and Knock Nevis, was a ULCC supertanker and the longest ship ever built, and possessed the greatest deadweight tonnage ever recorded. Fully laden, her displacement was 657,019 tonnes (646,642 long tons; 724,239 short tons), the heaviest ship of any kind.

The Nimitz-class super-carriers are a class of ten nuclear-powered aircraft carriers in service with the United States Navy. With an overall length of 1,092 ft (333 m) and full-load displacements of over 100,000 long tons, they are the largest capital ships in the world.