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How Does Salt Melt Snow?

SALT melts ice and snow by lowering its freezing point. Salt is best put on the roads before they freeze or before snow arrives. Then, as snow falls, the salt mixes with it, lowering it's freezing point. The result is a brine solution, preventing subsequent ice forming. If roads are already frozen solid, salt is far less effective as there's no liquid water on the surface.

Cool! Acer Aspire S3

Acer Aspire S3 (Core i-7 1.17Ghz Processor, 4GB RAM)


The Ultrabooks are here. This is a new category of ultraslim laptops introduced by Intel, that have characteristics more commonly found in tablets, such as a long battery life and instant resume from sleep. Unsurprisingly, with Intel throwing its weight behind it, the Ultrabook has been embraced by PC manufacturers.

Upside

The big thing about Ultrabooks is their slim, lightweight designs and the Acer Aspire S3 fulfills that with a heft of around 1.33kg and its thinnest point measuring 13mm. This is achieved by using a mixture of aluminum and magnesium alloy for the chassis. It has a dark grey look when compared with the aluminum-clad MacBook Air, but both laptops feel very similar when handled. This familiarity is further reinforced by the chiclet keyboard and a perfectly centered touchpad. 

Our review unit comes with an Intel Core i7 processor, a configuration that isn't available in the market yet. However, with the exception of the more powerful processor, everything else, such as the RAM and hard drive will be similar to what's selling in stores now. This means you'll get Intel integrated graphics, 4GB of RAM and a choice of either a 320GB HDD or a 240GB SSD. From what we know, Acer is the only vendor to offer a HDD option for its Ultrabooks.

Acer is claiming an instant resume of 1.5 seconds on the Aspire S3 and an Instant Connect technology that can restore your Wi-Fi connections on resuming from sleep. Both are features that should be on all Ultrabooks and even the HDD versions will benefit from this. This is thanks to a 20GB flash-based memory cache on the motherboard that will save the state of your operating system and allow for that speedy resume. In our test, it appeared to meet these claims, even though our unit is equipped with a HDD.

Like the MacBook Air, the Acer Aspire S3 uses a non-removable lithium-ion battery. Actual notebook uptime is touted to be seven hours, which would be excellent if accurate for its 3-cell battery. However, the S3 lasted only 4 hours and 37 minutes in our usual battery life test, where we looped a video, muted and without Wi-Fi. The HDD certainly didn't help here. Overall, it's decent, but not too impressive.

Downside

For those keeping track, Apple's Macbook Air, with its 1,440 x 900 screen resolution, does have the advantage over the 1,366 x 768-pixel panel on the S3. It's a minor quibble really since almost every PC vendor (except for Sony) offers 1,366 x 768-pixel displays for their 13-inch laptops. While the pixel density is lower on the S3, we believe that consumers are unlikely to notice this difference compared with more important aspects such as viewing angles and brightness. 

In order to keep this laptop slim, the RAM modules are fused to the motherboard and cannot be upgraded manually. At least you'll get a decent 4GB of RAM, but users looking for a beefier configuration are out of luck. Also, flip the laptop over and you'll see the hard drive seemingly exposed. We have no idea if that's a deliberate design decision to allow users to upgrade the drive, or something Acer had to do to keep the S3 slim, but it felt secure enough.

There are no USB 3.0 ports on the Aspire S3, which is rather disappointing, as most new Windows laptops include at least one USB 3.0 port. Of course, all will be forgiven if Acer is planning a Thunderbolt port to replace those USB 2.0 ports in the next revision. Other ports present include a pair of USB 2.0, HDMI and an SD card reader. The bad news is that they are all located at the rear of the laptop, which makes it less convenient for users.

Outlook

A key idea behind the Ultrabook concept is its affordability, with Intel touting that these laptops will cost less than US$1,000. At S$1,598 (US$1,215) for the 240GB SSD-equipped Core i5 version, the S3 has exceeded this limit by a significant amount. While this is still more affordable than a similarly configured MacBook Air (S$1,688), we were expecting a more attractive price. This would imply that SSD-equipped Ultrabooks from other manufacturers will find it difficult to go below Intel's US$1,000 target. If that's indeed the case, Ultrabooks won't be the runaway hit that Intel is hoping for.

Source: Cnet Asia

Time in Our Life

Take time to think,
                It is the source of power


Take time to play,
                It is the secret of perpetual youth


Take time to read,
                It is the foundation of wisdom


Take time to pray,
                It is the greatest power on Earth


Take time to love and be loved,
                It is a God given privilege


Take time to be friendly,
                It is the road to happiness


Take time to laugh,
                It is the music of the soul


Take time to give,
                It is too short a day to be selfish


Take time to work,
                It is the price of success.

Love Subject..

I found this quote on how they expressed their feeling to their loved ones..Maybe suitable on Valentines Day..

I'm bad in English, but I can tell you ''I Love you''

I'm bad in History, but I remember when I first saw you..

I'm bad in Chemistry, but can tell the reaction when you smile..

I'm bad at Geography, but can tell you that you live in my heart..
I'm bad in Physics, but I can tell the intensity of my eyes when the day I see you..

I'm bad in every subject, but I can tell I will pass all subjects if their topic is about "You"

Strong stuff rite.. ^^

Scary Girlfriend!

Did you ever met a girl that creeps you out? She seemed so sweet when you first held her hands..and then she shows the 'real' her..Check out what these guys says..



"My girlfriend lives in la la land. It's kind of scary the way she glosses over our problems and refuses to fight. She's like a robot" - Azlan

"Girls, loving you 'just as you are' doesn't mean we are OK with you not shaving your armpits and putting on 10kg once we go steady!" -Chris

"Stalking me is freaky enough but stalking my family?! Can you say 'psycho'?" - Kok Leong

"I know a girl who was given a subsidiary card by her boyfriend. The stupid dudes didn't cancel it when they broke up. She racked up Rm10,000 bill." -Chee

"Going through my SMS-inbox and sent box-at the end of every day." - Vincent

"My ex used to have Oscar-Worthy tantrums when she was upset with me: suicide threats, throwing things, hurling abusive words, tears, screaming." -Rajesh

and more of these in different situation...well same for the boyfriends too.. ;)

What to do in Kota Kinabalu?

Ahh yes..there's something happening in Kota Kinabalu that actually starts from 9th Jully 2011 and 4 more days till the festival ends..for Sabahan and tourist out there don't missed out for this festival because there will be so much food to taste! ;) I already announce this on facebook, so anyone is lucky enough to find this information before the festival ends. Food lovers and food critic should join this festival. With so many participating restaurant there will be tons of recipe to be found there.

How to beat sleeping disorders!

(Log: 2.49 a.m July 16 2011)

Hello again,


Whew..look at the time..it's 3.04 a.m and I'm still sitting in front of my laptop. And I'm suppose to meet my friend tomorrow to hang out with them to play Magic The Gathering..haha..what is magic the gathering? Actually it is a trading card. I can explain all the details because it will took me so long. Just visit magicthegathering.com or search it on Wiki..I'm sorry about that :) Okay here the example of the cards. It is more like a hobby for card collector and feel the enjoyment when you win the game.


Okay let me see..since this is my first blog so I want to tell more about me and my blog. What is the basis of my blog? I am thinking of creating a differences for my blog..putting a small decoration of picture to some of the content in my post would be great. Hopefully, I will try to keep it with every content I write. 

Now back to this post title..haha the reason is keep doing something will make you feel sleepy at time like this. Reading a book..writing something is what I always do. Do not take any sleeping pills because medicine will cause side effect to you. Like your sleeping disorders will get worse..It's always better to use the natural way. Ahh..I feel sleepy now..goodnight! :)