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My observations and opinions about IT are based on 40 years of use in science and technology and lately, in education. I like IT that is fast, cost-effective and reliable. My first use of GNU/Linux in 2001 was so remarkably better than what I had been using, I feel it is important work to share GNU/Linux with the world. Now that I'm retired I still use GNU/Linux on every computer in my home except the smartphones which run Android/Linux.Lately, I've been giving lots of thought to the world I inherited and which I will leave to my descendants. I'm planting grass, trees, flowers and vegetables in my large lot and I've ordered a Solo EV. I plan to charge my Solo by means of a tracking solar array. Life is good if you have a purpose. I do.
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Daily Archives: May 27, 2011
Infection
M$ reports that 5% of PCs running that other OS are infected. M$ found 70% of the infected machines had an exploit of Java running. That information could be interpreted different ways. Since the vulnerabilities were patched years ago, I … Continue reading
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All Your Ideas Belong to Us
In my search for a teaching position I came across this gem in a collective agreement: “ARTICLE 29 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS 29.01 An Employee who wishes to create or develop school curricula or school resources which are not on the … Continue reading
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Governmental Spending on IT
Government is all about IT. There is a lot of paper involved still but computers do more of the heavy lifting each year. After years of tightening IT budgets the need to optimize IT in price/performance is rising up the … Continue reading
Posted in Linux in Education, technology
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BEA Release Preliminary Findings – AF447 Stalled
Planes flying rely on the thrust of engines to overcome drag/air-resistance and the aerodynamic forces on the wings to overcome gravity. When the velocity of the plane is too low, the wings produce insufficient lift and the plane is said … Continue reading
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Changed Comments Policy
Until today, I have been approving or not each comment. I have changed the settings of the blog so that comments by folks who have made comments that I approved previously will be posted immediately. This is an honour system, … Continue reading
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Death by Teacher
All the facts are not in but yesterday a student died and several students were injured in an explosion at a school. One report stated that a barrel was being cut open to make a barbecue … I was not … Continue reading
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Even Apple May Circumvent Intel
Apple likes to make money. If ARM has become sufficiently powerful for “normal” PCs, Apple can make more money by shipping cheaper ARM chips than Intel chips. It could be happening. see ARM-based MacBook Air test sample spied Going fanless … Continue reading
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