Ejaz Asi - Information Designer from Karachi, Pakistan

Firefox is one of the leading Internet open source Browsers but will it really be able to get into the record books and be next to the alike of the worlds tallest man and the fastest banana eater.

Are you going to be taking part in this years Firefox day? Want to help firefox get a world record for the most downloads in a 24 hour period.

Here is your chance to make the pledge to say you will.

You can go to the offical website to set your pledge (here) This will also mean you will be emailed to remind you that firefox day is coming up. Once signed up you will recieve this confimation email:

“Thanks for pledging and joining our effort to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. Don’t forget to tell your friends, family and colleagues to pledge to download Firefox 3 during Download Day!”

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I have always find it one of the most ironic things related to language and particularly English that It is the official language of the Government and business in many countries including Pakistan besides International bodies like Olympics.

In the days of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and John Milton (1608-1674) there were hardly 60, 000 words in English vocabulary. That has grown to over a million today. 

Now more than 750 million people use the English language. Only one third of them have English as mother tongue.

An extensive vocabulary becomes an important asset, because words are the building blocks of thought. They are the means by which we understand the ideas of others and express our own opinions in an effective and clear manner.

About 80% of the information stored in the world’s computers (such as this text) are also in English. English is also transmitted to more than 100 million people everyday by 5 of the largest broadcasting companies (CBS, NBC, ABC, BBC, CBC).

Some people argue that Technological progress has played a greater role in English’s global triumph. Might I also  add that its the Cultural Paradigms too which indirectly help English the “global language”.

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