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Monday, October 24, 2011

Angry Bird Hoax

I recently have seen many people sharing pic of an angry bird which the pic claims that it is real.. The shocking part was that everyone had shared the same pic.. So I did my own research and found out that they are genuine paintings made by Mohamed Raoof from India (just paintings..!!!) .... Here are all 7 paintings by him..
 
 
 Hats off to him..!!
Source: http://www.empirefun.com/art/1873-angry-birds-that-look-so-real-7-pics.html

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Rumor: Contact lens melt on the eye

I just saw many people posting that contact lens melt with the eye and cause people to go blind.
Here is the exact article :
"A 21 year old guy had worn a pair of contact lenses during a barbecue party.(An event or meal at which food is cooked outdoors over an open grill or fire)
While barbecuing he stared at the fire charcoals continuously for 2-3 minutes.
After a few minutes, he started to scream for help and moved rapidly, jumping up and down.
No one in the party knew why he was doing this?

Then he admitted into the Hospital, the doctor said he'll be blind permanently because of the contact lenses that he had worn.
Contact lenses are made by plastics, and the heat from the charcoal melted
his contact lenses
."



The Analysis:

Here are some facts from my experience and you will find them true if you google also..

Firstly, I wear contact lenses on a regular basis.. I can safely say that this is false and a rumor..
and  I have even barbequed many times wearing contact lens.. The only thing which will makes you jump up and down is when any small splinter (dust) blows into your eyes and causes irritation..
However, the fact that prolonged wear of contact lens does make the removal of contact a bit tough (not impossible), but just putting a few drops of lubricating drops solves this also..!!

Another point that before the contact lens melts they get dehydrated and turn into brittle glass which in no case can remain in the eye. (around 82% of contact lens is water) . They are disinfected near 121 degrees  Celsius (http://www.contamac.com/Products/Silicone-Hydrogel/)  at  even when disinfecting them, they are kept in an aqueous medium to prevent them from dehydrating..

The bottom line is, before the contact lenses melt on your eyes, your face’s skin might have burnt out.

Finally,  Contact lens are made from SILICA (silicone hydrogels)...!!! NOT Plastics..!!! (silicone hydrogels to be precise)

Kindly, note that this is a rumor nothing else..

WineHQ Bugzilla Login Database Compromised

Just got this mail ;)


"
We are sorry to report that recently our login database for the
WineHQ Bugzilla Database was compromised. We know that the entire
contents of the login database was stolen by hackers. The password
was encrypted, but with enough effort and depending on the quality
of your old password, it could be cracked.

We have closed the hole in our system that allowed read access to
our database tables.

To prevent further damage we have reset your password to what is shown
below. We strongly suggest that if you shared your WineHQ bugs
password on any other sites that you change that password as soon
as possible.

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For more detailed information about this hacking, please read about
it at this link:
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Again, we apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

-WineHQ Staff
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