TRIG-i used to hate the most in school

Trigonometry was originally created by the Greeks to aid in the study of astronomy. Hipparchus of Bithynia (190-120 B.C.) tabulated trigonometric ratios, to enable the calculation of a planet's position as formulated by Apollonius. Angles were also defined, taking the Babylonian measure of 360 degrees. The chord was defined, and the cosine and sine loosely defined. The results sin² x + cos² x = 1 and the half-angle formulae were also derived, geometrically.

Claudius Ptolemy worked further on Hipparchus' chord table and came up with a more complete one. He used Euclid's propositions to aid in his work and developed a method of calculating square roots, though he never explained how. Using his theorem (for a quadrilateral inscribed in a circle, the product of the diagonals equals the sum of the products of the opposite sides) and the half-angle formula, he derived the sum and difference (addition) formulae.

Ptolemy then proceeded to work on plane triangles. In this process, he developed the idea of inverse trigonometric functions. He also derived, in modern terms, the Sine and Cosine Rules.

Medieval Trigonometry

The Chinese, in the medieval times, studied astronomy, and hence, trigonometry. They introduced the tangent function. However, most of their work are in the field of astronomy, and many of their trigonometric advancements were not continued.

The Indians were the next to advance the study of trigonometry. They developed their own sine tables, using the Greek half-angle formula. Later, the cosine table was also constructed. Techniques of approximation to a relatively high accuracy were also introduced.

The Indian works were translated and read by the Islamic mathematicians, who also worked on trigonometry. Similar to the Greeks and Indians, they related trigonometry and astronomy. The Indian sine was used, as well as the chord. The cosine was also formally introduced, by Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Jabir al-Battani.

The tangent function resurfaced; and the cotangent, cosecant and secant functions were introduced. Although their definitions were initially geometric, it was soon realised that they were the reciprocal functions of tangent, sine and cosine respectively. Highly accurate tables were developed for the trigonometric functions. The triple-angle formulae, already derived, was used for this.

European Developments

Trigonometry reached Europe in the medieval times. Richard of Wallingford wrote a text on trigonometry, Quadripartium. He related the Indian sine to the ancient chords. He used Euclid's Elements as a basis for his arguments in plane trigonometry. Levi ben Gerson worked on plane trigonometry, particularly the laws of sines and cosines.

In the 16th century, trigonometry was incorporated into geography and navigation. Knowledge of trigonometry was used to construct maps, determining the position of a land mass in relation to the longitudes and latitudes.

Johannes Muller, or more popularly known as Regiomontanus, wrote a text On Triangles. He studied plane trigonometry, including results for solving triangles. He expanded on Levi ben Gerson's work. He proved the Sine Rule, and also considered the ambiguous case in using the rule.

Later works improved the tables of sines, which has been worked on extensively; as well as included tables for the other functions. Thomas Finck was the first to use the modern terms "tangent" and "secant".

The workd so far applied trigonometric concepts in astronomy. It was only until Bartholomew Pitiscus when there was a text considering the solving of a plane triangle on earth. He invented the word "trigonometry", in his title Trigonometriae sive, de dimensione triangulis, Liber (Book of Trigonometry, or the Measurement of Triangles). He developed his own sine and tangent tables. However, like all the tables that had been calculated before, the values are actually the lengths of certain lines in a fixed circle.

Later developments in trigonometry are mainly the use of trigonometric ratios in calculus; analysis, differential equations and integration, just to name a few.

NORWAY-

Geography

Norway is situated in the western part of the Scandinavian peninsula. It extends about 1,100 mi (1,770 km) from the North Sea along the Norwegian Sea to more than 300 mi (483 km) above the Arctic Circle, the farthest north of any European country. It is slightly larger than New Mexico. Nearly 70% of Norway is uninhabitable and covered by mountains, glaciers, moors, and rivers. The hundreds of deep fjords that cut into the coastline give Norway an overall oceanfront of more than 12,000 mi (19,312 km). Galdhø Peak, at 8,100 ft (2,469 m), is Norway's highest point and the Glåma (Glomma) is the principal river, at 372 mi (598 km) long.

Government

Constitutional monarchy.

History

Norwegians, like the Danes and Swedes, are of Teutonic origin. The Norsemen, also known as Vikings, ravaged the coasts of northwest Europe from the 8th to the 11th century and were ruled by local chieftains. Olaf II Haraldsson became the first effective king of all Norway in 1015 and began converting the Norwegians to Christianity. After 1442, Norway was ruled by Danish kings until 1814, when it was united with Sweden—although retaining a degree of independence and receiving a new constitution—in an uneasy partnership. In 1905, the Norwegian parliament arranged a peaceful separation and invited a Danish prince to the Norwegian throne—King Haakon VII. A treaty with Sweden provided that all disputes be settled by arbitration and that no fortifications be erected on the common frontier.

The World Wars and 20th Century Norwegian Politics

When World War I broke out, Norway joined Sweden and Denmark in a decision to remain neutral and to cooperate in the joint interest of the three countries. In World War II, Norway was invaded by the Germans on April 9, 1940. It resisted for two months before the Nazis took complete control. King Haakon and his government fled to London, where they established a government-in-exile. Maj. Vidkun Quisling, who served as Norway's prime minister during the war, was the most notorious of the Nazi collaborators. The word for traitor, quisling, bears his name. He was executed by the Norwegians on Oct. 24, 1945. Despite severe losses in the war, Norway recovered quickly as its economy expanded. It joined NATO in 1949.

In the late 20th century, the Labor Party and the Conservative Party seesawed for control, each sometimes having to lead minority governments. An important debate was over Norway's membership in the European Union. In an advisory referendum held in Nov. 1994, voters rejected seeking membership for their nation in the EU. The country became the second-largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia in 1995. Norway continued to experience rapid economic growth into the new millennium.

Politics In the 21st Century

In March 2000, Prime Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik resigned after Parliament voted to build the country's first gas-fired power stations. Bondevik had objected to the project, asserting that the plants would emit too much carbon dioxide. Labor Party leader Jens Stoltenberg succeeded Bondevik. Stoltenberg and the Labor Party were defeated in Sept. 2001 elections, and no party emerged with a clear majority. After a month of talks, the Conservatives, the Christian People's Party, and the Liberals formed a coalition with Bondevik as prime minister. The governing coalition was backed by the far-right Progress Party. But in Sept. 2005 elections, the center-left Red-Green coalition gained a majority of seats, and Jens Stoltenberg of the Labor Party once again became prime minister.

In April 2008, government officials agreed to amend the 1814 Constitution to loosen the ties between church and state. The monarch must still be Lutheran, but citizens are no longer required to raise their children as Lutherans. In the future, the church will appoint bishops instead of the monarch, and equal financial backing for other faiths and atheist communities must be provided by the state.

In June 2008, Parliament voted 84–41 to pass a new marriage act, granting homosexual couples the same marriage and adoption rights as heterosexual couples.

Every February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday? The history of Valentine's Day — and its patron saint — is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. So, who was Saint Valentine and how did he become associated with this ancient rite? Today, the Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred.

One legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men — his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.

Other stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.

According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl — who may have been his jailor's daughter — who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.

While some believe that Valentine's Day is celebrated in the middle of February to commemorate the anniversary of Valentine's death or burial — which probably occurred around 270 A.D — others claim that the Christian church may have decided to celebrate Valentine's feast day in the middle of February in an effort to 'christianize' celebrations of the pagan Lupercalia festival. In ancient Rome, February was the official beginning of spring and was considered a time for purification. Houses were ritually cleansed by sweeping them out and then sprinkling salt and a type of wheat called spelt throughout their interiors. Lupercalia, which began at the ides of February, February 15, was a fertility festival dedicated to Faunus, the Roman god of agriculture, as well as to the Roman founders Romulus and Remus.

To begin the festival, members of the Luperci, an order of Roman priests, would gather at the sacred cave where the infants Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, were believed to have been cared for by a she-wolf or lupa. The priests would then sacrifice a goat, for fertility, and a dog, for purification.

The boys then sliced the goat's hide into strips, dipped them in the sacrificial blood and took to the streets, gently slapping both women and fields of crops with the goathide strips. Far from being fearful, Roman women welcomed being touched with the hides because it was believed the strips would make them more fertile in the coming year. Later in the day, according to legend, all the young women in the city would place their names in a big urn. The city's bachelors would then each choose a name out of the urn and become paired for the year with his chosen woman. These matches often ended in marriage. Pope Gelasius declared February 14 St. Valentine's Day around 498 A.D. The Roman 'lottery' system for romantic pairing was deemed un-Christian and outlawed. Later, during the Middle Ages, it was commonly believed in France and England that February 14 was the beginning of birds' mating season, which added to the idea that the middle of February — Valentine's Day — should be a day for romance. The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written by Charles, Duke of Orleans to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. The greeting, which was written in 1415, is part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London, England. Several years later, it is believed that King Henry V hired a writer named John Lydgate to compose a valentine note to Catherine of Valois.

In Great Britain, Valentine's Day began to be popularly celebrated around the seventeenth century. By the middle of the eighteenth century, it was common for friends and lovers in all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes. By the end of the century, printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one's feelings was discouraged. Cheaper postage rates also contributed to an increase in the popularity of sending Valentine's Day greetings. Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began to sell the first mass-produced valentines in America.

According to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated one billion valentine cards are sent each year, making Valentine's Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.)

Approximately 85 percent of all valentines are purchased by women. In addition to the United States, Valentine's Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France, and Australia.

Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages (written Valentine's didn't begin to appear until after 1400), and the oldest known Valentine card is on display at the British Museum. The first commercial Valentine's Day greeting cards produced in the U.S. were created in the 1840s by Esther A. Howland. Howland, known as the Mother of the Valentine, made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as "scrap".

Israel-

The people of Israel (also called the "Jewish People") trace their origin to Abraham, who established the belief that there is only one God, the creator of the universe. Abraham, his son Yitshak (Isaac), and grandson Jacob (Israel), are referred to as the patriarchs of the Israelites. All three patriarchs lived in the Land of Canaan, that later came to be known as the Land of Israel. They and their wives are buried in the Ma'arat HaMachpela, the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in Hebron.

The name Israel derives from the name given to Jacob (see Old Testament). His 12 sons were the kernels of 12 tribes that later developed into the Jewish nation. The name Jew derives from Yehuda (Judah) one of the 12 sons of Jacob (Reuben, Shimon, Levi, Yehuda, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Yisachar, Zevulun, Yosef, Binyamin). So, the names Israel, Israeli or Jewish refer to people of the same origin.

The descendants of Abraham crystallized into a nation at about 1300 BCE after their Exodus from Egypt under the leadership of Moses (Moshe in Hebrew). Soon after the Exodus, Moses transmitted to the people of this new emerging nation, the Torah, and the Ten Commandments. After 40 years in the Sinai desert, Moses led them to the Land of Israel, that is cited in The Bible as the land promised by G-d to the descendants of the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

The people of modern day Israel share the same language and culture shaped by the Jewish heritage and religion passed through generations starting with the founding father Abraham (ca. 1800 BCE). Thus, Jews have had continuous presence in the land of Israel for the past 3,300 years.

The rule of Israelites in the land of Israel starts with the conquests of Joshua (ca. 1250 BCE). The period from 1000-587 BCE is known as the "Period of the Kings". The most noteworthy kings were King David (1010-970 BCE), who made Jerusalem the Capital of Israel, and his son Solomon (Shlomo, 970-931 BCE), who built the first Temple in Jerusalem as prescribed in the Tanach (Old Testament).

In 587 BCE, Babylonian Nebuchadnezzar's army captured Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple, and exiled the Jews to Babylon (modern day Iraq).

The year 587 BCE marks a turning point in the history of the region. From this year onwards, the region was ruled or controlled by a succession of superpower empires of the time in the following order: Babylonian, Persian, Greek Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine Empires, Islamic and Christian crusaders, Ottoman Empire, and the British Empire.

A day after the declaration of independence of the State of Israel, armies of five Arab countries, Egypt, Syria, Transjordan, Lebanon and Iraq, invaded Israel. This marked the beginning of the War of Independence. Arab states have jointly waged four full scale wars against Israel:

• 1948 War of Independence
• 1956 Sinai War
• 1967 Six Day War
• 1973 Yom Kippur War

Despite the numerical superiority of the Arab armies, Israel defended itself each time and won. After each war Israeli army withdrew from most of the areas it captured. This is unprecedented in World history and shows Israel's willingness to reach peace even at the risk of fighting for its very existence each time anew.

Note that with Judea and Samaria Israel is only 40 miles wide. Thus, Israel can be crossed from the Mediterranean coast to the Eastern border at Jordan river within one hour of driving.

Some college fun----

To those of you who received honors, awards and distinctions, I say well done. And to the C students, I say you too may one day be president of the United States.

*** You can lead a boy to college but you can't make him think.

*** Of course there's a lot of knowledge in universities: the freshmen bring a little in; the seniors don't take much away, so knowledge sort of accumulates....

*** Everyone has a right to a university degree in America, even if it's in Hamburger Technology.

*** When reviewing your notes before an exam, the most important will be illegible.

*** The more studying you did for the exam, the less sure you are as to which answer they want.

*** 80% of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed and the one book you didn't read.

*** Every instructor assumes that you have nothing else to do except study for that instructor's course.

*** The night before the English History mid-term, your biology instructor will assign 200 pages on planaria.

*** If you are given an open-book exam, you will forget your book.

*** If you are given a take-home exam, you will forget where you live.

*** Bryn Mawr had done what a four-year dose of liberal education was designed to do: unfit her for eighty per cent of useful work of the world.

*** College isn't the place to go for ideas.

*** Behind me, I heard a young woman of 25 say, "If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college." Now, I'm gonna repeat that, because it bears repeating. "If it weren't for my horse..." as in, giddyup, giddyup, let's go — "I wouldn't have spent that year in college," which is a degree-granting institution. Don't think about that too long, or BLOOD will shoot out your NOSE!

*** I was thrown out of college for cheating on the metaphysics exam: I looked into the soul of another boy. (Clown Prince of American Humor, 1975)

*** They are so afraid we shall break down, and you know the reputation of the college is at stake, for the question is, can girls get a college degree without injuring their health.

*** Colleges are like old-age homes, except for the fact that more people die in colleges.
***

Some funny quotes---

A husband is what is left of the lover after the nerve has been extracted.
*** Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in a light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.
*** Gravitation can not be held responsible for people falling in love.
*** To be in love is merely to be in a state of perpetual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess.
*** Love is the gross exaggeration of the difference between one person and everyone else.
*** The perfect love affair is one which is conducted entirely by post.
*** The only true love is love at first sight; second sight dispels it.
*** To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.
*** I have learned more about love, selflessness and human understanding in this great adventure in the world of AIDS than I ever did in the cut-throat, competitive world in which I spent my life.
*** Love is like the measles; we all have to go through it.
*** Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.
*** Love is like any other luxury. You have no right to it unless you can afford it.
*** Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Let's do it, let's fall in love.
*** Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. (Charlie Brown)
*** Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."
*** What the world really needs is more love and less paper work.
*** Love is the delightful interval between meeting a beautiful girl and discovering that she looks like a haddock.
*** Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.
*** I don't trust or love anyone. Because people are so creepy. Creepy creepy creeps. Creeping around. Creeping here and creeping there. Creeping everywhere. Crippity crappity creepies.
*** True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.
*** The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4:00 A.M.
*** Love lasteth as long as the money endureth.
*** That love at first sight should happen to me, was Life's most delicious revenge on a self-opinionated fool.
*** If love is the answer, could you please rephrase the question?
*** A proof that experience is of no use, is that the end of one love does not prevent us from beginning another.
*** Respectable people do not write music or make love as a career.
*** Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

A Nite Out At Ro K's place

Just few days back my friend Ro K called up and invited for nite out...after long time,I'm going out at friend's place for nite out so there was no chance that I refuse the invitation...so at around 10p.m with movies in my pen drive(love aaj kal and other english movies)(movies only yaar..I got it from karthik) I reached his place.There were only 3 of us me,Ro K and Ro Be...amol went for his ganpati visarjan so cudnt come(sorry amol we coujdn't come)(missed u man.but no worries"aur bhi nite outs hai yaar")...and as I expected they were watching Imran Hashmi's movie "The Train"..:D...."Nice movie yaar" I said and joined them...actually we putted ourselves on "Stress Testing" and as always we passed...

After around 12....we decided to see movies I brought...so he opened the pd and both started watching movies(cz maine dekh li thi)...fast forwarding everything,finally he double clicked on "Love aaj Kal" and decided to see entire movie without fast forwarding anything...so finally I rested on the cosy bed,Ro k on chair and Ro Be on the mattress lying on the floor....

Talking about the movie..many couldn't connect the stories only but we did...Its well connected and it isn't so difficult to figure it out...god knows how others cant...I must admit that I started liking Deepika after that movie....Saif also rocks....nice acting,nice direction and above all SONGS...brilliant composition by Pritam and Rahat Fateh Ali .....I'm now one of the Fans of Rahat Fateh Ali Khan...."aaj din chadheya"...super cool lyrics sung by supremely talented Rahat Fateh Ali Khan...as good as Jab We Met..no vulgarity,very smooth and sweet love story....thanks to Saif and Imtiaz Ali(Director of both the movies)...

So,that's how we enjoyed our nite out...what else you want to know..after that we decided to make our own movie....2 parts are already written....writing story for the 3rd part....can't name it ny1 here...its confidential...

Begat Cooky Mints

Finally, on a very sunny day(one of the days of vacation of 6th sem)(ya sunny cz i got up at around 10.30..) I was having my breakfast when mummy called and told me(ordered me) to go to chintan's place(cousin) and get all the notes of 7th and 8th sem..!!!!....I couldn't believe my ears...did I just heard I was supposed to go and get books of 7th and 8th sem....unfortunately o fortunately it was true...(so boring na...vacation mein bhi aisa kaam karna padta hai)

So,finally I began my journey with headphones in ears tuning to radio stations and obviously birdwatching..that is by default(applies to every one)(we must appreciate beautiful creations of god ...rite)..

Finally I reached his place...and as soon as I left his place bag full of notes,my phone rang and I was surprised to see anku was calling(my friend)....and guess what she asked..."tuje 7th sem ke notes mile kya? mile toh muje bhi dena..!!!!! ".....what a coincidence....so I told her that I just brought the notes(I don't lie u see) and before I could complete the sentence,I was told rather ordered to get down at our meeting place and handover the notes to her...she told me she'll give it back in few days cz she wanted to go through it and take xerox if its good enough.So I gave her the notes,came home happily(engineering ka jugad to ho gya) with 8th sem notes..

Then jump to 10th day later our college reopened,and I still didn't have my notes but who cares..neway we don't study so early but destiny had something else for us...our adbms profeesor announced class test..!!!!!!!!!...that I realized anku never returned my notes(lazy gal)...
hmmmm.....so I told her to return the notes asap...but guess what,even she had class test and she needed the notes(so lazy didn't took xerox also)....so she refused to give back and I almost had a fight with her....but at the end its the guys only who have to surrender(secret every1 knows)....!!!!!!...so I gave up and got back to complete my assignments and experiments.
Lucky I was so much that our class test got postponed and anku's class test didn't...so finally after 2 months of 7th sem,today she is going to give my notes....finally....:D

And ya Begat Cooky Mints is anagram of I Got My Notes Back....!!!!!!!:D

Happy "Teacher's " Day..!!!!!!

So finally,we got an excuse to get rid of pracs n assignment for the first time in dis sem....gud na...because teacher's day...n one of very active member f r class(Shamz) decided 2 celebrate it...but obviously the whole class decided 2 finance the party...so v all contributed 20/-(only)...
and shamz,birju bunked lectures 2 decide the "venue" and "MENU" for the party...(total show off i tell u)...but they got attendance(thanx 2 r prof's).

Only 1 thing was decided that party should begin at 1 p.m(so we dont have 2 attend pracs..hehehe...smart nah..)...evy1 of d "committee" were searching for the "venue" and guess what we finally got d place....V arranged evytg...well I'm taking d credit bcz I want to...meri marzi yaar.....toh finalised on "WOMAN STAFF COMMON ROOM"....
At 12.45 sharp we got in 2 W.S.C.R....and only we guys were there so started our "masti"....and den gals arrive and were standing in d corner f d room gossiping among them only...(gals f r class r weirdo's f d universe...so better not gt into it)....so v ver hvng hell lot of fun when shamz arrived and announced the arrival f prof's...



Ans finally at 1.15 sharp(IST time) all r prof's arrived...O.P sir(IP),Jay sir(HOD),Suvarna mam(CSM),trupti mam(MC),joan mam(adb),Mahesh sir(adb),martina mam(MIS) etc etc....
they cut the cake n ate.....den r tym..v ate n den clikd sme group photos...

So overall v njyd a lot...had fun.....n cleand evytg.....i think so.....cs v left early(very busy v r yaar...).....so aage ki story i dunno...

Features of Facebook-

Well I'm not aware of all the features of facebook,so here are some intresting facts about it I found it on net...

COURTESY : Wikipedia..!!!!!

Over time, Facebook has added several new features to its website. On September 6, 2006, a News Feed announced, which appears on every user's homepage and highlights information including profile changes, upcoming events, and birthdays of the user's friends.Initially, the News Feed caused dissatisfaction among Facebook users; some complained it was too cluttered and full of undesired information, while others were concerned it made it too easy for other people to track down individual activities (such as changes in relationship status, events, and conversations with other users).response to this dissatisfaction, Zuckerberg issued an apology for the site's failure to include appropriate customizable privacy features. Since then, users have been able to control what types of information are shared automatically with friends. Users are now able to prevent friends from seeing updates about certain types of activities, including profile changes, Wall posts, and newly added friends.

One of the most popular applications on Facebook is the Photos application, where users can upload albums and photos.Facebook allows users to upload an unlimited number of photos, compared with other image hosting servicessuch as Photobucket and Flickr, which apply limits to the number of photos that a user is allowed to upload. In the past, all users were limited to 60 photos per album. However, some users report that they are able to create albums with a new limit of 200 photos. It remains unclear why some members have a 200-photo limit while others do not.Privacy settings can be set for individual albums, limiting the groups of users that can see an album. For example, the privacy of an album can be set so that only the user's friends can see the album, while the privacy of another album can be set so that all Facebook users can see it. Another feature of the Photos applications is the ability to "tag", or label users in a photo. For instance, if a photo contains a user's friend, then the user can tag the friend in the photo. This sends a notification to the friend that they have been tagged, and provides them a link to see the photo.

GIFTS :

Facebook launched Gifts on February 8, 2007, which allows users to send virtual gifts to their friends that appear on the recipient's profile. Gifts cost $1.00 each to purchase, and a personalized message can be attached to each gift.On May 14, 2007, Facebook launched Marketplace, which lets users post free classified ads.Marketplace has been compared to Craigslist by CNET, which points out that the major difference between the two is that listings posted by a user on Marketplace are only seen by users that are in the same network as that user, whereas listings posted on Craigslist can be seen by anyone.

iPhone App

The Facebook iPhone website was launched August 2007 and as of July 2008 over 1.5 million people use it regularly.A free application for the iPhone and iPOd Touch named "Facebook for iPhone" was launched July 2008.Version 2.0 of this app was released in September 2008 and featured improved services such as being able to respond to friend requests and notifications. Version 3.0 was released in August 2009 and added features such as events, and uploading video with a iPhone 3GS.

Blog -
Their is a blog feature that you can use. You can even add photos to your blog. If you use the tag feature in the blog to add someone else's Facebook name, your friend will get this blog entry added to their blog too. If you have a blog on another site you can add that blog to your blog by adding the URL of the blog. Then your blog will show up where your blog goes instead of the Facebook blog.

Video Downloads - There is no video database on Facebook to download photos from.

Video Uploads - You can not upload videos to Facebook.

Are There Graphics and Templates Available? - You can not change the way your profile page looks. You can only add information, join groups, add friends and add photos.

Music - You can not add music to your Facebook profile.

Email Accounts - Send and receive messages with other Facebook members. You can also "Poke" them to let them know you are there or thinking about them.

Finance of Facebook....money money money..!!!!!

Given the situation other social networks the web are facing, Facebook is in a good position financially. While it hasn’t managed to get acquired like its rival MySpace (despite some rumors about an $800m deal with Viacom), it’s been quite lucky in most aspects. For its initial funding, it received $500,000 from Peter Theil, co-founder of PayPal. A few months later, it was also able to get $13 million from Accel Partners, who are also investors in 15 other Web 2.0 startups, and $25 million from Greylock Partners, making their overall venture equal to approximately $40 million.

For users, Facebook’s core service is completely free and ad-supported. In fact, in August 2006 Facebook signed a three year deal with Microsoft to provide and sell ads on their site in return for a revenue split. The deal followed an announcement from Facebook’s direct competitor MySpace who signed a similar deal with Google.The youthful demographic that both the services attract is highly prized amongst advertisers and should return a good amount of revenue for both the services to stay alive – and profit.

On July 17, 2007, Zuckerberg said that selling Facebook was unlikely because he wanted to keep it independent, saying "We're not really looking to sell the company... We're not looking to IPO anytime soon. It's just not the core focus of the company."

In September 2007, Microsoft approached Facebook, proposing an investment in return for a 5% stake in the company, offering an estimated $300–500 million. That month, other companies, including Google, expressed interest in buying a portion of Facebook.

On October 24, 2007 Microsoft announced that it had purchased a 1.6% share of Facebook for $240 million, giving Facebook a total implied value of around $15 billion.However, Microsoft bought preferred stock that carried special rights, such as "liquidation preferences" that meant Microsoft would get paid before common stockholders if the company is sold. Microsoft's purchase also included rights to place international ads on Facebook.

In November 2007, Hong Kong billionaire Li-ka shing invested $60 million in Facebook.

In August 2008, BusinessWeek reported that private sales by employees, as well as purchases by venture capital firms, had and were being done at share prices that put the company's total valuation at between $3.75 billion and $5 billion.

hmmmmm...so facebook is making money from everywhere.....!!!!!!!!!

facebook-history every1 knows...!!!!

Originally called thefacebook, Facebook was founded by former-Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg (while at Harvard) who ran it as one of his hobby projects with some financial help from Eduardo Saverin. Within months, Facebook and its core idea spread across the dorm rooms of Harvard where it was very well received. Soon enough, it was extended to Stanford and Yale where, like Harvard, it was widely endorsed.

Before he knew it, Mark Zuckerberg was joined by two other fellow Harvard-students – Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes – to help him grow the site to the next level. Only months later when it was officially a national student network phenomenon, Zuckerberg and Moskovitz dropped out of Harvard to pursue their dreams and run Facebook full time. In August 2005, thefacebook was officially called Facebook and the domain facebook.com was purchased for a reported $200,000...!!!!!!!!!!!

STATISTICS :
A large number of surveys and studies have been conducted around Facebook – some with interesting results. For instance, according to an internal September 2005 survey, approximately 85% of the students in the supported colleges had a Facebook account, with 60% of them logging in daily.
A survey conducted by Student Monitor revealed Facebook was the most “in” thing after the iPod and tying with beer, and comScore Media Metrix discovered users spend approximately 20 minutes everyday on Facebook.


Since their launch in February 2004, they’ve been able to obtain over 8 million users in the U.S. alone and expand worldwide to 7 other English-speaking countries, with more to follow. A growing phenomenon, let’s discover Facebook.

Facebook-

Facebook-second largest social networking site after myspace in terma of traffic.....but I believe its the no.1 site in terms of users.Well actually I never knew existence of such a great site before i think year or so when read about facebook in one of the leading newspapers.I already had an account on orkut and had an impression that it is the world famous site and everybody in the world uses that only for networking....neway just fo the sake of timepass I made an account on facebook and till today I just go and take some quiz's and log out....but I really liked the features and looks..Its really different and friendly(some only)...I'm still searching for the way to change my first name...!!!..hehehehe...
Actually I thought to write about history and features but if I'll write everything in 1 blog only then you wont visit other blogs....so history and features in the next....till then enjoy passing drinks and punching friends...!!!!!!!!

beginning of the beginning

I am finally writing blog.....i am "happy" coz first time in my life m spending time on internet not chatting n browsing o downloading..

NOTE : all ma blogs wiil b in sms lang. . cnt help it...and m nt sry for it..

So,who inspired me 2 write blogs.....ma outhouse guide,my project and how can i 4gt ma fnds.....fnds who write blogs here....dy al r vry gud blogger's.....m jst d beginner....


Well ma fnd 'sh' startd hs blog n msgd me 2 view n comment on it...dat ws d first tym i visited a blog site in ma life...it ws vry diff feelng altogether cz usually i've nvr gone byond orkut,facebook ,google o sme downloadng site....he tld me he hs posted a blog n wantd me 2 read n comment....frankly speakng i hd no intention f readng....so i switchd on ma pc n startd 2 surf social sites...aft 2 hrs(i think so)wen i ws abt 2 shut ma pc down,d blog thot came 2 ma mind and just for a change i visited hs blog....i went on readng n guess wat,i ws rong...it ws realy intrestng..i msgd hm immediatly congng(congrajulating)and thnknh hm....n dat ws d moment i dcided 2 hv ma own blog wer i cn share ma views,opinions n ma lyf wid rest f d world....

So here i m,wid ma first blog after creatng acc 4 around 4-5 mths.....hehehehe....
Der's 1 thng m vry 'positive' about....il njy bloggng....(evn f i dn,i hv 2)...hehehehe....on a serius note yes i realy njyd...cya soon.(ma mum thnks m chatng wid sme cheek,so hv 2 go)...

-ARPIT SHAH