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A friend forwarded this nice story ... read on..

Imagine you are at the Airport..

While you're waiting for your flight, you notice a shop selling

shortbread cookies. You buy a box, put them in your travelling bag and then you patiently search for an available seat so you can sit down and enjoy your cookies. Finally you find a seat next to a gentleman. You reach down into your travelling bag and pull out your box of shortbread cookies.

As you do so, you notice that the gentleman starts watching you intensely. He stares as you open the box and his eyes follow your
hand asyou pick up the cookie and bring it to your mouth. Just then he reachesover and takes one of your cookies from the box, and eats it! You're morethan a little surprised at this. Actually, you're at a
loss for words. Not only does he take one cookie, but he alternates
with you. For every one cookie you take, he takes one.

have you ever wonder how to get gmail or yahoo mail icon such as below..

here's how.. point your browser to http://www.google.com, in the search box type "gmail email icon" then hit the search button, select the one with this key word "E-Mail Icon Generator" which linked to http://nexodyne.com/email/

Once there just type in your email id and select your email provider.. then hit the "Generate" button
within a few second your icon will be created.. follow the instruction on how to use/saved the icon..

Below are four (4 ) questions and a bonus question. You have to
answer them instantly. You can't take your time, answer all of them
immediately .OK?


Let's find out just how clever you really are....



Ready? GO!!! (scroll down)






First Question:
You are participating in a race. You overtake the second person. What
position are you in?



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Answer:* If you answered that you are first, then you are
absolutely wrong! If you overtake the second person and you take his
place,you are second!

Try not to screw up next time.
Now answer the second question,
but don't take as much time as you took for the first question, OK?

Second Question:
If you overtake the last person, then you are...?
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This is how you could use find command to exclude files/file pattern.

in Solaris

# find /var ! \( -name filename -o -name filename.* \) -print

where ;

! = not equal to ( in solaris cannot use "-not")
\( = begin complex expresssion

-o = or

\) = end complex expression

In linux ;

# find /var -not \( -name filename -o -name filename.* \) -print

where ;

-not = not equal to ( ! can also be used as in solaris)

\( = begin complex expresssion

-o = or

\) = end complex expression

source : http://www.athabascau.ca/html/depts/compserv/webunit/HOWTO/find.htm