I picked up a Magic 8-Ball the other day and it said “Outlook not so good.” I said, “Sure, but Microsoft still ships it.” (Aiken Drum) Rate, print or email this funny at http://www.gcfl.net/archive.php?funny=20160203 http://GCFL.net – The Good, Clean Funnies List
Author: John Nash
Mr. Nash is an experienced systems analyst/programmer and business manager who believes in giving back to the community through producing open source software.
New solid state of carbon glows when electrified
Q-carbon is ferromagnetic, harder than diamond, and it glows when exposed to low levels of energy. It is formed by bringing the temperature of a thin layer of amorphous carbon to 4,000 K (3,700 °C; 6,700 °F) at atmospheric pressure and then rapidly cooling it.
Things I found interesting in email today
Links to articles I found interesting: potential physical location of long term memory storage in the human brain and apps most likely to be banned by enterprises.
Articles of Interest
Sanitizing data in Wireshark before publishing, value in SSDs vs. legacy disk tech, Five (5) things about CISA – Cyber Information Sharing Act.
Restoring BIOS Real Time Clock Alarm Power Up
ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) allows dynamic control of power to various computer components for use (as an example) in reducing power use when the computer is idle, or allow the computer to be automatically started just before the business day begins, or to turn on the computer and run maintenance tasks at night….