Written by Bored Panda

Dreaming is one of the most mysterious and interesting experiences in our lives. During the Roman Era, some dreams were even submitted to the Roman Senate for analysis and dream interpretation. They were thought to be messages from the gods. Dream interpreters even accompanied military leaders into battles and campaigns! In addition to this, it is also known, that many artists have received their creative ideas from their dreams. But what do we actually know about dreams? Here are 13 interesting facts about dreams – enjoy, and what’s most important, don’t forget to share your dream stories in the comment section!

1. You Forget 90% of Your Dreams

Within 5 minutes of waking, half of your dream is forgotten. Within 10, 90% is gone.

2. Blind People also Dream

People who became blind after birth can see images in their dreams. People who are born blind do not see any images, but have dreams equally vivid involving their other senses of sound, smell, touch and emotion.

3. Everybody Dreams

Every human being dreams (except in cases of extreme psychological disorder). If you think, you are not dreaming, you just forget your dreams.

4. In Our Dreams We Only See Faces, That We already Know

Our mind is not inventing faces – in our dreams we see real faces of real people that we have seen during our life but may not know or remember. We have all seen hundreds of thousands of faces throughout our lives, so we have an endless supply of characters for our brain to utilize during our dreams.

5. Not Everybody Dreams in Color

A full 12% of sighted people dream exclusively in black and white. The remaining number dream in full color. Studies from 1915 through to the 1950s maintained that the majority of dreams were in black and white, but these results began to change in the 1960s. Today, only 4.4% of the dreams of under-25 year-olds are in black and white. Recent research has suggested that those changing results may be linked to the switch from black-and-white film and TV to color media.

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Here we go again. – m4w – 22 (Downtown)

Date: 2010-01-12, 11:55AM MST

So a couple of weeks ago a put up a post regarding the etiquette of intersexual drink-buying at bars. Lo and behold, this past weekend a friend of mine got burned at the tav by falling for the exact trap that my post warned against. Accordingly, I felt compelled to repost for the benefit of all the beautiful women in Salt Lake who don’t want to scroll all the way down to find the original post. This may be redundant, but I cannot in good conscience let this phenomenon go overlooked. So here it is again: Why I didn’t Buy You a Drink.

You: Cute girl at the bar. Me: The guy you chatted with while waiting for our drinks. The Topic: Why I didn’t buy you a drink. The Audience: Women everywhere, please read this. I know it’s long, but I feel the length is expedient to truly illustrating and arguing my point.

I was waiting to order right as things were getting crazy. It was obvious that it would be a long wait. What can I say? I can’t compete with all the douches yelling for jager bombs. It was then that you appeared. A cute, petite, slightly hipster-ish girl standing next to me, waiting to order as well. The conversation began in the typical manner, simply relating on how frustrating it is when you spend half a night out just waiting for a drink. It then evolved into a true conversation. I spent the next twenty minutes finding out you have great taste in music, movies and literature. You laughed at my jokes, and that’s a big deal to average-looking guys like me. Unfortunately, after we’d both finished our respective drinks, but were still immersed in discussion, you dropped a bomb that sent shrapnel into my heart.

“So are you gonna buy me a drink or what?”

I had been dreading this moment. I’ve learned from hard experience that any prolonged conversation with a girl at a club or a bar inevitably requires a fee of rum and coke, vodka tonic, or God forbid, a cosmo. As cute as you were, I felt obligated to retain my self-respect.

“Sorry, I don’t buy girls drinks. Just kind of my policy.”

You looked at me like I told you I was going to rape your dog Charlie (yes, I remember his name). Your face morphed from a beautiful smile into a twisted caricature of shock, revulsion, and utter disbelief.

“Seriously, you’re not gonna buy me a drink? What’s your problem?”

Well sweetheart, let me explain to you in detail my logic regarding this decision that you found so unbelievable:

1. I’ve been going to bars for a couple of years now. I enjoy meeting people when I do. I enjoy meeting attractive girls like yourself. I have, however, learned that buying girls drinks is a sucker’s game. Yes, it has developed into sharing my bed for the night a couple times, but 90% of the time, all it does is give me a higher bar tab. Now you might say I’m a prick for expecting a girl to sleep with me just because I buy her a drink. I agree an $8 cocktail does not and should not equal a sexual encounter. However, I believe spending time and money on a girl when I could be having a good night out with my friends does entitle me at least one of the following things: You reciprocating by buying me a drink, you giving me your phone number and/or going out on a date with me, where once again I will be spending time and money on you. Notice that sex is not a requirement or expectation that is coupled with any of these options. Now, of course, if I had offered to buy you a drink, and you accepted, you are not obligated to any of these things. The big distinction here is that you asked me to buy you a drink, and were shocked that I wouldn’t do so. This brings me to my second point.
2. You know exactly what you’re doing. You’re an attractive girl, and when you go out there is no shortage of guys offering to buy you drinks. You know that they are all doing so with the hope that it will lead to sex with you. You know that it’s not going to happen, but you will accept the free drinks anyway. I don’t hold this against you. If they’re dumb enough to think that buying you a drink is the key to your heart and that they are somehow different from the other Ed Hardy-wearing frat-bros then it’s their own damn fault. You’re using your god-given assets to get free alcohol, nothing wrong with that. But it is precisely because I know that you do this that I will not be another douche who thinks he can get into your pants with a mixed drink. It’s insulting to my dignity as a man and your honor as a woman. I noticed you when you first walked in. I saw you dancing with that hopeless collar-popper. I saw him go to the bar and bring a drink back to you on the dancefloor. I saw how the second the glass was in your hand, you gave him the “Thanks for the drink, it was really nice meeting you” treatment complete with the obligatory pat on the chest. I saw the pathetic, defeated look on his face as you walked away. He will enter the next round of bar hopping a little wiser I hope.
3. You took my unwillingness to fall into such a trap as an insult. You accused me of being stuck-up. You then said that I had a chance at fucking you, but that I’d ruined it by being an asshole. What exactly are you trying to tell me? That the asinine idea that getting a girl a drink will get you in her pants is actually true? That your decision of whether or not to sleep with a guy is based on him liquoring you up? We had a good conversation, and maybe you were actually interested in me. But the fact that any rapport we built was destroyed when I wouldn’t buy you a gin and tonic means that I am no longer interested in you. Not all guys are desperate sperm donors. Some of us actually value a good conversation, and we value girls who have enough respect for themselves that they don’t view sex as a transaction.
4. We established during our conversation that we are both broke-ass fine arts students. Why then would you expect that I, someone who shares your financial woes, would want to spend money on you, a girl I just met? I don’t believe that chivalry is dead. I’ll hold a door for you, I’ll pull out your chair or take your coat. I’ll help you change a flat tire, carry you over deep puddles, figure out the remote, reset your modem. I’ll even help you move when I know you a little better. Why? Because I’m a gentleman. I will not, however, buy you a drink under the pretense that it is what a gentleman does, because I simply cannot afford it. If you want a guy who can afford to buy you whatever you want, find a fifty year-old sugar daddy. There was no shortage of potentials at the bar the other night.

I hope this illustrated my thought-process clearly enough. I hope you realize that you seemed amazing at first, and that declining to buy you a drink was in no way an insult. Your reaction, however, revealed the self-entitled, game-playing she-devil that was lurking underneath. I thank god for the out that he provided at that moment though. Just after you finished your little rant on what I dick I was for not boozing you up, a group of girls emerged at the bar right behind you. Two of these girls were thin and pretty. They immediately got the attention of some bros and had free drinks within minutes. The third girl was overweight and out of place. She had clearly spent a great deal of time and effort on her appearance, but alas, she was once again forsaken by her prettier friends and left to stand by herself, looking miserable. Luckily, I know when the universe has given me a profound gift. There were two incredible moments that filled me with an elation that could not be rivaled by the orgasm I would have had while fucking you. The first was the sincere, excited smile that the chubby girl gave me when I moved past you and asked what she wanted to drink. The second was turning back and seeing the look of horror on your face. You pathetic “have fun with the fatty” remark as you walked away was priceless. I may be broke, but I was willing to go into the red to make this girl’s night and to piss you off. I’m sure as soon as you left you got plenty of free drinks and plenty of idiots drooling over you. I just hope that I got under your skin enough to prevent any enjoyment of those things.

I had a great night. I introduced the big girl to an open-minded friend, and as I write this they are across the hall having loud sex. Normally going to bed alone, subjected to the sounds of raucous lovemaking across the hall would be a serious downer. But tonight, as I crawl into my lonely bed, I will go to sleep comforted by the fact that I have retained my self-respect. Having encountered more than a few spoiled bimbos, I infer that sex with you would have consisted of you lying on your back expecting me to be so grateful that I’m seeing your “hot” naked bod makes up for the fact that you are putting absolutely no effort into this sexual experience. This may just be me trying to justify going to bed alone tonight, but hey, what can you do?

The moral: Ladies, accept drinks if they are offered. Do not expect them. And if you’re feeling particularly wild on a given night, offer to buy the guy a drink. He will be instantly smitten.

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Written by htcphones

The year 2009 marked the beginning of an era for Smartphone market. Apple’s iPhone continued its huge success and Google’s
Android revolutionized the smart phone industry and put the old players like RIM’s Blackberry and Nokia under extreme pressure. In
past, Smartphone Industry was dominated by phones like from Palm, Blackberry and Nokia. Their target market was professionals with
enterprise solution.

But Apple stepped into it by making Smartphone a device for everyone. Their step into Smartphone Industry was similar to that of their
revolution in PC. “Device for all” was the key motto and driver of the innovation. Apple’s bold step into bringing
Smartphone as a useful device for everyone and not just for corporate, proved a fruitful step.

Hence in the year 2009, Smartphone got more attention than any other devices because it became the device for laymen. This also meant
more innovations and growth in the Industry. In 2009, trends like Smartphone applications, App Store, Social Media Apps were the key
points of interest. Similarly Google’s Android has given the mobile makers a lot of flexibility to play with the apps.

Currently, iPhone is still leading the industry with their trademark form factor – large dominant touch screen. The question that needs
to be answered is what is going to dominate the year 2010? Below are the eight key issues or points which will be the key factor in the
Smartphone Industry.

1. Power Consumption

Efficient power consumption is the heart of any mobile devices. Today battery technology has come far enough
to provide lasting power for high-end devices like Digital Camera. Mobile Phones are still in their initial stage where its power
consumption cannot be approximated due to the rapid change in the technology.

Today, the overheating problem and power back-up of laptop still binds its mobility feature. Continuous power back-up is always
essential for laptops. Similarly, today’s new age Smartphone are quite power hungry. Apple’s iPhone can give power approximately
for 8 hrs but as the features and capabilities of Smartphone increase, efficient power plan is necessary.

Features like large screen, GPS monitoring, HD Video, TV connect, 3D games, Music and powerful multitasking will consume a lot of power.
Today these kinds of high-end devices are already in production and with this the issue of power will be the key points in the year
2010.

2. Multi-tasking

Multi-tasking feature is totally dependent on the mobile’s
operation system. OS like Android is already boasting about its multi-tasking feature. Further Intel’s arrival in the
Smartphone’s chip technology (MooreStone) with its partner LG is already exhibiting the extreme capability to multi-task where you
can switch between watching a video, talking to friends and using other applications.

Multi-tasking will require break-through in mobile operating system and processor inside it. In both areas, Smartphone have come a long
way through research and development. Hence, the year 2010 will see more focus on the multi-tasking ability of Smartphones. This will
bring it very close to having functionality like that of laptops.

3. GPS and Augmented Reality

Smartphone was the first mobile device to exploit the presence of Global Positioning System. Today’s Smartphone has great
applications to locate yourself and your friends in the neighborhood.

GPS technology combined with mobile camera can do wonders in bringing augmented reality experience. There are many applications which
can interact with the video being streamed through mobile camera to the database present in the Internet about the location of the
mobile phone.

In the recent CES event, an application running on the iPhone demonstrated its ability to control a helicopter (Parrot AR.Drone) with a
camera mounted on it. This capability opens door for interactive games. There are applications being built which can show information
about the objects being streamed via the mobile camera, it’s just another example of augmented reality. Further, one of the most
powerful applications comes from Google’s Android where the phone can act like a street guide showing you the exact direction
towards your destination.

The year 2010 will certainly see a great integration between GPS system and online data repository bringing even more value to people.

4. Touch Screen Technology

Before the emergence of Smartphone, Touch Screen was a thing of fantasy and extreme luxury. Old
models of Smartphone were featured with a stylus by its side to use its highly delicate touch screen. Now touch-screen has become the
fundamental identity of a Smartphone. This is further enhanced by the multi-touch functionality which can track gestures of multiple
touches.

Recent findings of Apple’s patent demonstrated a new technology in material science which could merge screen and touch pad together.
Though this might sound simple, it has the capability of changing the form factor of Smartphone. Currently, a touch pad is layered on
top of the screen panel. Therefore the thickness of the phone is controlled by the thickness of these two sections. But once these
become a part of each other, the size is reduced making phones compact.

There are a lot of speculations regarding Touch Screen Technology due to the emerging interest in Tablet which is the laptop size screen
with multi-touch facility. The technology is also going to change the way we might design an interface for the Smartphone.

5. Mobile Ads

If you ask, what is the next business model to rule the internet space? Then the answer for
sure is Mobile Advertisements. People are spending a lot of time in social networking sites through their mobile devices. The growth of
Smartphone Industry and social networking sites go parallel because these two platforms work hand in hand.

In mid 2009, Apple and Google competed with each other to acquire AdMob (Mobile Advertisement Organistaion) but Google won the race.
Google already had a testing platform to integrate AdMob, their Android Operating System. By the end of 2009 Apple also acquired a
mobile advertising platform called Quattro.

These two acquisitions mean that Smartphone is going to see an innovation in mobile advertisement. Google is already pushing the
internet to its limit by trying to make every area a Wi-Fi zone. As the connectivity increases, Mobile Advertisement would be really
huge.

6. Mobile Operating Systems

In past, Mobile phones and operating systems were considered one entity. No one considered Mobile
operating system being an independent entity or a product. Most of the basic phones had Symbian OS, the Smartphone makers either had to
develop their own basic OS or partner with other providers like Microsoft. But the year 2009 witnessed a great interest in mobile OS.

The change occurred due to the arrival of Google’s Open Source Operating Platform Android. Android has every characteristic of being
a great operating system. It’s immense strength comes from its Cloud Computing and its integration to the Google Map. Currently,
Android is being widely adopted by other mobile vendors leaving out previous software providers like Microsoft.

Microsoft already has Windows Mobile 7 scheduled to launch by the end of year 2010. This will decide if Microsoft will be able to get
their lost market share. In today’s competitive market, Operating system has to be compatible with every hand held devices. Android
is being implemented in every short of mobile devices from phones to tablet. Hence, the year 2010 will be a critical point for the
market to decide the ruling Mobile Operating System.

7. Mobile Banking

On November 2010, Scotiabank announced a new partnership with M-Com, an international mobile
banking and payments solution provider, which will bring mobile banking to Scotiabank customers in the spring of 2010.

This clearly shows the acceptance of Smartphone as a strong business transaction device and, not only as a communicator. The Senior
Vice-President of Scotibank told that with more than 22 million cell phone subscribers in Canada, wireless phones are among the fastest
growing consumer products in history. He also added that Canadians rely on the convenience of mobile devices to help them manage their
busy lifestyles, and having the ability to do their banking from their mobile devices will simplify their lives that much more.

As businesses and banks realize the potential of Smartphone and upgrade their business to fit into the eco-system, we will see more and
more banks creating a mobile platform for transaction. Though Scotiabank did not mention the Mobile platform, it is certain that in 2010
we will see applications for Blackberry and also iPhones to carry out your banking transaction. Mobile banking will be key to future
business transaction.

8. VOIP services , Apps

VOIP service utilizes the Internet as the carrier for phone calls by-passing the existing mobile network. Though
VOIP has been around us for more than 10 years, creating a VOIP service for phone is not as simple as it is for PC. But as the mobile
platform is changing, its more easier to develop a mobile application now than before.

The popularity of Google Voice created a lot of buzz over the existence of net phones. But many mobile carriers aren’t very happy
with it. The rejection of Google Voice Apps from the Apple store is one such example but we may see the change in 2010. Skype which is
the most popular VOIP service is already being accepted in the Windows Mobile platform.

The inclusion of VOIP service in Smartphone will also leverage other services like video phone which is already presented in many IM
chats in PC. Google has already launched its Google Phone and there is no way that it will be rejecting their own Google Voice App.
Currently, many mobile venders and mobile carriers are planning to promote Google’s Android. This means people will get to enjoy the
power and flexibility of VOIP services more efficiently in Smartphone. Net Phone or VOIP over Smartphone is a way towards new
communication platform.