Software

It’s called a “Denial of Service” attack and it comes from a virus, affectionately named as you can see in the snippet above, “Smurf”.
It’s 1984 Again
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September 25, 2016
Specifically, if you have an Android cell phone and have shopped for any new app, then you’ll have a Google account.
Binary
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December 29, 2014
Everything in your computer is, at its lowest level, remembered as a set of binary “bits” each of which can be either a “1” or a “0” and if you arrange lots and lots AND LOTS of those together in just the right combination, you can see this web page on your LCD; How synapses between nerves work – they either conduct or they don’t, very much like those “1"s and “0"s in the computer; and Work-days I have left before retirement.
Four
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December 23, 2014
Professional History 1968-1972, American Express, Programmer - This is stint #1 of 2 with American Express.
In school, I learned that good engineering can be done once but to consistently build things well, you need to write down the process you are following, and then repeat that process each time.
I recently helped a friend set up a website to showcase her writing.
Engineering 101
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August 6, 2014
Well, this process is what Bullseye shooters do to develop a successful shot plan: We write the steps down, follow those steps and, when something doesn’t work, we figure out how to change that shot plan so we do it right.
Chapter End
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July 31, 2014
It was surprising to recently get a rental car with the license, “653 YRS” because, while I haven’t been teaching for that long, the last decade has definitely been the “ARINC 653” years.

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