Ask Nauroze

What's the maximum number of emails allowed in a Gmail conversation?

The number is 61. I'm not really sure why they chose this weird number.

Conversations after the 61st email start a new conversation thread.

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How do I get those scary emails that everyone else gets but me? you know the ones that you have to look at and then something jumps out at you?

Ahhh... they've scared me too, but that was what, like 5 years ago.

Anyway, here's a list of places you can find those at:

Albino Black Sheep: Scary Flash Pranks
TekZoned
Liquid Generation (Click on Sabotage at the bottom.)

Those should be enough to shake you up!

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Why are the keyboard letters not in alphabetical order?

The current keyboard layout, called the QWERTY, was developed over a hundred years ago by typewriter inventer C. L. Sholes. It was chosen over the obvious alphabetical order because the old mechanical typewriters used long bars to print the letter on paper, and these bars would get stuck if the typewriter was typing English words very quickly. To reduce the bar clogging, Sholes placed letters that would be used together often as far apart as possible, like the letters "T" and "H".

And since that day we have been stuck with this layout, phasing it out would be too difficult since we've been used to it for generations.

You can get more information on this subject at Darryl Rehr's amazing resource, called The QWERTY Connection.

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What's a Rotary Club?

A Rotary Club is an organization comprising of local business and professional leaders. The clubs are all part of the "Rotary International" and their members are called Rotarians. I remember the Tom Hanks / Leo Di Caprio movie "Catch Me If You Can" starts off with Christopher Walken becoming a member of the New Rochelle (NY) Rotary Club, and he takes quite a pride in that. Later he even tries to use his membership as a plus point to get a loan from Chase Manhattan. But that was in the 60s, and I believe the club's social influence is no longer that effective.

The first Rotary Club was founded in 1905 in Chicago by attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen. More information here from Wikipedia.

Who / What is nauroze?

Nauroze is my evil alter ego... nah, just kidding, it's my web pseudonym. It actually refers to the first day of the Persian calendar, a day of much celebration in you guessed it, Persia (Iran).

You can find some nice Nauroze ecards here at dgreetings.com.

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Why r u so deprssed in life?

Hmmm... well, I try not to be, but the world around... it's just so depressing. Then again, if people weren't depressed, Pfizer wouldn't make a dime selling Zoloft.

P.S. No, I'm not on any anti-depressant medication. I'm always happy!

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Name the ivy league schools?

Well, I believe you asked this question after reading the original Ivy League question. The answer lies right there. And if you don't want to go there, here you go:

Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
University of Pennsylvania
Princeton University
Yale University

]]> Question from: Joe

Why doesn't the driver get motion sickness while the passengers do?

To answer this self question I did some research and found that the rear passenger seat is prone to swinging a lot more than the driver's seat, so it's causes much more motion sickness. Also, my own opinion on this matter is that since the driver has to pay attention to other things, i.e. accelerating, braking, keeping an eye on the car in front, road signs, cops etc. he/she has less time to fool around and follow the concrete barriers or the lines on the road.

Here are some tips to reduce (or prevent!) motion sickness.

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What is an ivy league school?

According to US NEWS & World Report:

The athletic conference that boasts academic powerhouses Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Penn, Princeton, and Yale. Acceptance to an Ivy League school is considered the brass ring of the application process, although many argue that an equal�if not better�education can be achieved at many other non-Ivy League schools.

Since we're on the topic, you should try the Quizilla test titled: Which Ivy League school is right for you?

For more info about the league, try this Wikipedia entry.

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How to get gmail invitations?

I'm giving away invitations on my blog, do a search.

But you'd probably have better luck here: gmail invite spooler

Or may be, by the time you read this, Google will have opened up general registrations. Just go and check.

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My daughter ported the number from my ATT contracted phone over to Verizon. How can I get the use of the phone to finish out the contract?

I'm sorry I did not completely get your question. Your daugther ported
over to Verizon from AT&T while you were still in contract with AT&T?
If that's the case then you can either get AT&T to close the account
(and there are ways of getting around those termination charges) or
you can request AT&T not to cancel your old contract and allot you a
new number, in which case you might have to go to an AT&T store and
obtain a new SIM chip for your old phone (they are supposed to do that
for free), but that's only if they haven't cancelled your account and
billed you for the early termination charges already.

Did that help?

Thanks,
Haydur.

]]> Question from: [Self]

Contact me goddamit , i have tried to contacted you but did not have a singler reply.

Dude, old pal, just read before you post. This shit is not for private contact. And that's not even a question, god dammit!

This should serve as an example to future foolery.

]]> Question from: Haroon Shabbir Khan

Tu kab insan banaa gaa?

Let me translate that first so everyone can understand:

"When will you teach me how to score?"

Dude, I can't teach you... you have to develop the skills yourself.

Ciao.

]]> Question from: Farhan

U sound so stuck up from ur Blog entries..Wat makes u so big headed?

I don't really know. But my girlfriend says that it must be my mom's carelessness when I was an infant. But still, head is not that big... ok. So stop it!

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What the hell is a blog?

Blog is short for "web log". It's more like a diary that most people used to keep when they where younger, or back in the old days when people used to a keepa record of their everyday life. The web part simply means that it's available on the web for everyone to access, although in some cases it might be password protected.

There are many site available today where you can start your own blog for free and without any advance knowledge of web pages. Blogspot is a good one. For advance blogging with full control over your blog try TypePad, or install Movabletype (that's what I use!) if you have your own webserver.

Blogs are evolving from just pages of text to PhotoBlogs, MoBlogs, and even audBlogs.

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