Category Archives: Technology

6
Mar

We Stopped Dreaming

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18
Nov

Why Explore?

Unlike other animals, humans are quite comfortable sleeping on our backs. This simple fact affords us a view of the boundless night sky as we fall asleep, allowing us to dream about our place in the cosmos and to wounder … Continue reading →

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17
Aug

AT&T’s Massive Failure

Yesterday AT&T found it’s DNS infrastructure the victim of a distributed denial of service attack (DDOS) which crippled it’s service. The multi-hour attack began Wednesday morning West Coast time and at the time of this writing, eight hours later, does … Continue reading →

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22
May

After aborted launch SpaceX now en route to ISS

After last weekend’s split second abort, SpaceX is finally bound for the International Space Station! SpaceX successfully launched its commercial rocket today marking the first time a private company has sent a spacecraft to the space station. The Falcon 9 … Continue reading →

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19
May

Depressing Setback of the Day: SpaceX aborts launch

The first private re-supply mission to the International Space Station (ISS) was aborted at T-minus 0.5 seconds early this morning due to problems with one of the craft’s nine engines. SpaceX hopes to try again Tuesday or Wednesday of this … Continue reading →

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11
May

TCP explained simply and beautifully

A good friend from work sent me this video that explains how TCP works in the simplest, most beautiful way ever.   Thanks Dean Threeonesix Share/Bookmark

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7
May

Major cyber attack aimed at natural gas pipeline companies

A major cyber attack is currently under way aimed squarely at computer networks belonging to US natural gas pipeline companies, according to alerts issued by the US Department of Homeland Security. At least three confidential “amber” alerts – the second … Continue reading →

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30
Apr

New Legislation Bans Employers from Asking for Facebook Access

This is good news indeed (if it passes). Your potential employer cannot inquire about your religious or political inclinations so why should they have unfettered access to a place that contains that (and much more) personal information? The Social Networking … Continue reading →

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23
Apr

6 things your IT department should stop doing today

This unusually brief, simple, and to the point piece over at TechRepublic covers some simple, easy to implement solutions to help you save time, money, and a whole lot of Excedrin. Topics covered:  running and making cables Creating accounts manually … Continue reading →

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18
Apr

57 Simple Sys Admin Mistakes that Someday You’ll Regret

Check out this awesome post and find out what mistakes you’ve made (and find ones to avoid). “Forgetting to close a zone name with a trailing dot. The lack of one simple period stopped mail for 30K users once at … Continue reading →

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