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When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity as ink wouldn't flow down to the writing surface. They took one decade and $12 million to develop a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down underwater, and in practically any surface including crystal.

And what did Russians do.. They used a PENCIL!

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The Simplest Way To Make Free Phone Calls Worldwide (PC to PC)

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Skype is very popular but shockingly not many people are using it to their advantage. By using Skype you could save lots of money on long distance calls especially for those who travel frequently.

The Simplest Way To Make A Virtual Copy Of A CD/DVD

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Nowadays your harddisk is so big that you could technically store every CD you own in it. However many software/games don't work if you just copy & paste the files directly from the CD. In this case you will have to..

  1. Create the virtual copy of the CD.
  2. Create a virtual CD drive that can read the virtual CD.

You'll need two separate programs (all free) to achieve the two steps above.

The Simplest Way To Create A Virtual CD Drive To Read Your ISO files

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You might have downloaded ISO files on the net before and wonder what it is. Basically ISO files are virtual copies of CD/DVD that people created. Please read this guide to create your own virtual CD. This guide is intended for personal use only and please do not support piracy.

Here I will teach you how to create a virtual CD drive that could read ISO files.

The Simplest Way To Manage Programs That Run When Windows Starts Up

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First we'll look at Start -> Programs -> Startup folder. Any programs listed there will run during Windows startup. Feel free to add/remove programs from this folder.

However many programs do not utilize this folder and you'll have to follow the steps below:

The Simplest Way To Get Color Codes Of Any Color On Your Screen

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This simple tool allows you to get the color code of any color that displays on your screen instantly.

The Simplest Way To Schedule Your Computer To Shutdown

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Ever wanted to schedule your computer to shutdown at specific time? Windows has a secret trick that allows you to do just that :)

The Simplest Thesaurus/Dictionary One-Click Lookup Tool

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Here's a free program that lets you check for word definitions, synonyms, antonyms and the like with just a click of a button (and you can do it offline). One thing I like about this dictionary is that its database also contains non-standard/slang terms widely used on the internet or online games.

The Simplest PDF Reader (And It's Not From Adobe)

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Why 'Adobe Acrobat Reader' is evil?